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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1896
Page
2
The Leader advertises a January clearance with numerous bargains across women and men apparel. Corset covers, chemises, gowns, jackets, dress goods, wash silks, and hosiery offered at reduced prices. Men’s shirts and neckwear also heavily discounted, alongside kid gloves and hose. Prices marked as clearance sale figures.
Harishurig Pa January 00 The following military commissions were issued January Orlando Miller Lehigh County to be First Lieutenant Company 1 Fourth Regiment Charles Hhedes Lehigh County to be Second Lieutenant Company 1 Fourth Regiment James Medicar Lehigh County to be Captain Company 1 Fourth Regiment Ups Laser County to be Sergeant First Lieutenant Company 1 Ninth Regiment Blerse C Heat Lehigh County to be First Lieutenant Company 1 Ninth Regiment George McCleory Union County to be Captain Company 1 Ninth Regiment Edwin Tu aris ed Luzerne County to be Second Lieutenant Company D Ninth Regiment
A neighbor from Baynackwell district reports hearing a pistol shot the afternoon of Mrs. Blackwell's death and sees Carpenter at the residence shutter briefly, then disappearing. Prosecutor Strucker withholds the claiming person’s name.
Springfield report states John Sullivan, injured after falling from a Rock Island to Peoria train traveling thirty miles an hour, lies critically ill after a performance at the opera house. Doctors fear diptheria-like infection may set in, endangering his recovery. His wife and Harry Clukauff remain at his bedside while the rest of the company left for St Louis.
Chester Pa Jan 30 two brothers Charles Sheppard 19 Edward 17 drowned after breaking through the ice on Ridley Creek at Chester Park. Their father Frank Sheppard a contractor. Bodies recovered and laid on the bank awaiting the coroner. A dog guarded the scene barking at bystanders.
Governor Hastings announced approval of board of pardons recommendations. Hugh Dempsey, Homestead labor leader imprisoned for conspiracy in connection with an alleged attempt to poison non union workers, will be pardoned.
At 4 p m a second explosion and spreading fire trap miners at the Pettibone mine. Fire fighters rush to the scene and rescue efforts bring out multiple men with burns to the face head and hands. Officials say the fire is dangerous but under control this evening and no one is entombed.
Color Line at Boston 20 reports Bishop Benjamin W. Arnett of Ohio was allegedly refused admission to three leading Boston hotels due to color. He met critics and supporters at the Revere House with figures including General Secretary Hauer and Archibald M. Howe, as protests loom.
Julian Lederman was arrested in Lancaster after a warehouse fire destroyed a tobacco facility. He was seen leaving the site minutes before the blaze, with substantial stock losses reported and a large bail set, pending charges of arson and related offenses.
The annual meeting of the Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley Traction Co. elected nine directors for the coming year led by FL Myers and J Graham. The band reconstituted with Myers as president, Graham as treasurer and manager, and W G Eno as secretary. President’s report shows 1905 receipts of 404, balance and charges totaling 1,811,814.25, with a profit of 387,127.10. Improvements funded include power plant, car barns and track, plus new rolling stock. About nine million fares were collected. Market notes indicate likely early spring coal price schedules around 2.50 per ton for stove coal. Earnings data from nearby utilities show mixed results for December and year-to-date, with Susquehanna and Western up, Delaware and Hudson down.
Reports from coal presidents sparked early buying and a sharp rise in prices as an agreement on percentage shares emerged. Leaders such as Jersey Central and Delaware and Hudson moved, while Jersey Central and others tumbled later. Exchange-rate shifts and a possible silver coinage vote influenced sentiment, with overall activity muted and total sales around 5,010 shares.
The Toledo market shows dull activity with lower bids and firmer receipts. Wheat and corn quotes fluctuate with No 2 red cash and yellow cash noted. tallow and tallow derivatives are listed as unchanged and dull in Philadelphia markets.
The New York Produce Market shows mixed activity across commodities with No. 2 and No. 3 grain prices listed for No. 2 yellow and white varieties, futures and cash prices for elevators, and unsettled conditions in butter cheese pork and eggs. Provisions and lard remain quiet with prices near firm to unchanged, while dairy items show steady to fair demand and varying regional quotes.
Cattle steady to strong with good prime quality and fair to good grades. Hogs ten cents lower with mixed and heavy good mediums around 4.95, pigs around 4.40. Sheep and lambs slow and lower with prime yearling wethers and choice lambs around 4.50 to 4.75, calls to fair lots 9.40 to 4.40, mixed sheep good to prime 2.50 to 4.75, export sheep nominally 2.25 to 4.75.
Talon Stock Yarde reports cattle receipts at 13 000 head with market steady and steer prices around 3.20 to 1.70, stockers and feeders 0.70 to 1.01, cows and bulls near 1.00, calves 5.00 to 6.25. Hog receipts 5 0 head with market weak and lower: heavy packing and shipping lots 4.06 to 4.22, common to choice around 3.60 to 4.26, light 2.05 to 4.25, pigs 3.25 to 4.15. Sheep receipts 16 0.00.
King Charles of Portugal was struck while riding in an open carriage as an anarchist threw a stone at him. An ankle-guard was hurt, the assailant was seized by a nearby officer, and shouted cheers for anarchy as he was taken into custody.
A New York encounter recounts a young man sent to interview Rutherford B Hayes at a Fifth Avenue hotel. After collecting facts, the interviewer fired a final question asking Hayes what position he held as president.
A garbled column shows multiple old style help wanted notices. Fragments promise jobs in printing sales agents stock subscriptions cigars and rental spaces with salaries and commissions. The text is incomplete and contains numerous misspellings and broken lines.
Classified items show a mix of situations wanted by a young man with store work preference and an experienced man as a foreman or clerk, plus professional cards for dentists doctors and a long list of attorneys with offices around Scranton. Includes ads for bookkeepers and clerks and multiple law firms and medical professionals.
Local directory item lists JOS KUETTEL as a wire screen manufacturer located at REAR 61 LACKA WHONk avenue Scranton Pa. The entry notes the business as a producer of wire screens and provides a street address for contact.
timetable lists trains from Beranton to Pittston and Atlantic City to New York with express and parlor car options. includes departure times from New York Philadelphia and Allentown, and notes on Sunday services. corporate signatures P Baldwin and J A Olmausen as general superintendent and passenger agent.
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