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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1895
Page
1
July 4 riot along the East Boston parade route involved parades from American Protective Association and related groups. a violent crowd fight erupted at Saratoga and Brooks streets. Officer Bates and mounted police intervened. Albert E. Andrews was wounded, and bystander John Wills was killed after a gunfire exchange near Maverick Street.
Brown was arrested on suspicion while numerous individuals were held as witnesses.
In Pekin on July 4 Lewis Perrill a well known young man was shot dead by his father in law George W. Smith after a long running family feud. Perrill was riding in a buggy when Smith fired from ahead striking him through the body as Perrill attempted to flee Smith then shot Perrill again and surrendered to authorities.
A Williamsport trolley accident on Park Avenue near Elmira Street killed Alice Grace about 40 and seriously injured Edward Schneider and Phoebe Koch. Motorman Davis and Conductor Welf operated Car No 3 after a bogey toppled on the rails due to bubbling stone without warning. The crash instantly crushed the victim's head.
In Williamsport on July 4 a bark hauler and team plunged into a 400 foot chasm after roadbed failure. Mays dangled in a hemlock, a rolling rock knocked him unconscious, rescuers found him later. both animals died and wagon broke apart.
Police discovered hulls clothing on the river bank suggesting self harm and traced him to a Bellaire Chicago ticket. Authorities believe Huff alive with thousands from his wife’s estate. Mrs Huff’s body to be exhumed for poison traces amid the strange death and property sale.
Special to the Scranton Tribune from Pittston on July 4 reports Dr. Bevan severely injured when a firecracker fuse reignited after he picked up the spent device. His right hand was blown off at the wrist and he was taken to hospital. Nearby, Willis L. Moore was named chief of the Weather Bureau in Washington, and a bonded distillery warehouse in Lancaster burned with barrels of whisky, causing substantial losses.
A garbled news item notes trolley cars will gain fenders with future plans hinted for Scranton and other cities. A lake fire near Erle is misdescribed as foreat fre. Coal traffic growth at Girardville prompts extra weigh scales. Eight year old Walter Grows of Pottsville drowns after going missing during fishing. Mine Inspector McDowall reports four fatal and four non fatal accidents in the Third anthracite district in June.
The International Bimetallic Institute plans a meeting in Berne Switzerland on August 26 to September 1. Rumors say a car ofезin will attend German army maneuvers with Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. German and French bimetallists back a fixed ratio agreed by Germany France Great Britain and the United States.
Wabash Train No 41 leaving Decatur at 9 PM was wrecked at Niantic twenty miles west. Two trainmen were fatally injured M L Higgins engineer Springfield and Smith fireman. A light engine crashed into the rear sleeper jamming it into the chair car. Passengers escaped unharmed.
Charles J. Kinsler, a Philadelphia city council member, was shot after midnight during Independence Day celebrations at a social club. He died at Pennsylvania Hospital hours later. A man named James Leonard was arrested on suspicion and jailed awaiting coroner action.
The Peoples party state convention at Williameport Pa nominated George N. Dawson for state treasurer and W C Rheem John W Stevenson J B Youngs J W Allison D Coughlin for the Superior court. Thompson was re elected as state chairman. The Omaha platform was endorsed and the Republican and Democratic parties were denounced.
Rain poured over Port Smith Arkansas on July 4 as the region endured the heaviest rainfall in years. In three hours nearly as many inches fell, rising the Arkansas River toward flood stage and threatening to overflow banks if rains continue. crops suffered heavy damage and the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway faced major flood-related losses.
Madrid July 4 The Spanish government appointed a committee to consider American claims over the confiscation of Antonio Mora estate in Cuba The value of Mora property taken during the prior Cuban insurrection was about 2 500 000 dollars Spain had pledged in December 1896 to pay 1 500 000 with interest on the deferred portion of the indemnity
At Polo, Caldwell County, Augustus Fields, former Polo Post editor, murdered his wife and child this morning. He then killed himself at Wheeling near Chillicothe while visiting his mother in law, Mrs. Thompson. No motive is given. Fields was a prominent Polo businessman and once practiced law.
In Pittston Pennsylvania two children from a Polish boarding house were reported sick yesterday and died today. A physician diagnosed cholera and the health officer was notified. The health board ordered immediate burial of the bodies and opened an investigation into the case.
A massive Wellington blaze at 8 PM destroyed Lit Toon buildings and threatened $1.45 million in property. Fire torched the rear of a structure as crews from Oberlin and nearby towns race to contain the spread before dawn.
A Methodist church on Main street reports a fast moving blaze that attacked sixteen buildings in half an hour. By then $150,000 of property had been destroyed and the fire continued to spread rapidly with little control.
In Bristol Indiana today a wooden bridge over the St Joseph river collapsed as hundreds watched a boat race. Thirty eight persons were injured with many in critical condition but no deaths reported at once. Rescue efforts and investigations are ongoing.
In Benton Pennsylvania Rich and Stiles of Philadelphia were assaulted and tarred and feathered in revenge for Civil War service. Stiles, one armed veteran, resisted with help from bystanders. Officials believe former Fishing Creek Confederacy members, long absent, carried out the attack.
Ladislaue Chopsky a young cooper from Willlame bure refused to marry his fiancée Victoria Leabanosky after meeting her at the Hoboken seamer wharf. He had left Poland six months earlier engaged to Victoria who had been plump but appeared very thin when they met yesterday.
A section of the new grand stand collapsed during a Buffalo Driving Park event on July 4, trapping about sixty spectators. A weak stairway caused the fall, injuring men women and children who were rushed to hospitals. Ambu lances and carriages transported the severely hurt and the crowd reacted with panic and fainting.
In Elwood Indiana on July 4 a DePauw Gas company well at Alexandria broke anchor and vented gas and water at an astonishing rate. A second nearby well also failed, drying the city water supply as gas and vapors spread through wells and cellars. Officials vented the first well to stop the blow, after a period of about three weeks, while the site released 3,500,000 cubic feet daily.
Chester July 4 Captain Isaac Jennson, law partner of Senator Jesse M. Baker, announces his candidacy for Quay as chairman of the state committee. The move comes amid Baker’s training with the Martin-Porter faction, with Judge Clayton also favoring Quay.
In Philadelphia a machinist named John Hayes, intoxicated, fatally shot his wife then killed himself with a second gunshot, leaving a mortally wounded survivor and a fatal scene.
Carl Browne, Coxey’s lieutenant, arrived in Washington this morning with his march to the capital, but he did not remarry Coxey’s daughter on the capitol steps. Mrs Browne left the train for a hotel. Browne rode through the grounds in a Hendic three times before ending the performance. He wore his usual leather coat and slouch hat. Police did not intervene as a crowd of about 150 watched and then dispersed after waiting a dime.
Edward Magee a 25 year old bachelor in Pittabure died today by throwing himself before an electric car. He was ground to pieces and no motive for the rash act is given.
Reports recount a string of disparate incidents including hangings in Musk Texas and Chicago violent clashes. Other items note land claims in Wisconsin, rail robberies pending cases in New York Auburn, and fires thwarted in Chicago. A parade of legal, criminal, and social events spans Emerson Nebraska to Frisco and Calistoga with various outcomes and inquiries.
Mrs Catharine O Leary died at home in Chicago on July 4. She had long faced accusations she owned the cow blamed for kicking over a lamp that started the great 1871 blaze that devastated Chicago and caused enormous property loss. She denied the tale before investigation committees and swore affidavits rejecting the lamp and cow story.
In Beulah Lee County Alabama on July 4 Clem Sherman a negro preacher and his wife argued during a Sunday visit to parishioners. They left in a rage and a pistol shot was heard soon after. The wife lay dead on the road with a bullet in her left breast. The preacher killer fled.
The coroner went to St. John's cemetery yesterday afternoon to hold an inquest into the death of Patrick Murtaugh following a violent disturbance at the funeral. The Murtaugh family caused a general scene at the cemetery in Cleveland on July 4.
In Rome village a house with five women was blown to atoms by dynamite placed by the rejected lover of one inmate. All injured, three presumably fatally. Luke Hoyle and Tim Hulse challenged Mul lie Blert, Hulse chosen. Hoyle seized dynamite from the damage canal works to seek revenge. He was captured at noon.
July 4 San Antonio reports the body of Albert Blackman found near Logarte Live Oak County. He was hanged by a rope tied to a tree limb after being abducted with consent from Heesie Harris and her parents. Heesie Harris testifies Blackman killed himself, while the family admits plotting the murder. All three held on murder charges.
W. E. McLean a Terre Haute state senator and ex government official returned from Washington reporting an air with no ozone and deadly fumes. He claims the climate in the capital is awful and proposes the death of President Gresham as caused by the hot deadly air and green patches seen on the Potomac.
At Grinnell July 4 Archdeacon Wood and others discussed obedience and Christian socialism as Rev T D Talmage was denounced by L S Coffin who claimed he sold himself to the railroad for 5000 dollars to secure Sabbath labor. The School of the Kingdom closed the next day. In Portland Oregon Frank E Pavia, a five year insurer representative, killed himself after defalcations of several thousand dollars.
The report covers U S actions including an investigation into the Peru killing of L D Howser, calls to reinstate George Davidson, treasury currency redemptions, naval ship safety aims, a Treasury cut to agriculture funds, a court ruling on an election fraud bill, travel delays for a senior official, and navy vessel tonnage and shipbuilding data.
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