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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1895
Page
1
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Reports from Missouri to Wisconsin describe a vast storm system with tornadoes and heavy rain. Losses include many deaths in Winona Baxter Springs Columbus Ottawa Fayeteville Paoli Richards and Indian Territory while crops suffer and fishermen face ruined harvests. Lake Geneva tragedy claims six drownings as a pleasure boat capsizes.
London dispatch reports Parliament will be prorogued on July 24 with no queen's speech. Marquis of Salisbury in the Lords rebutted Lord Rosebery's charge of Lords’ preponderance, arguing Lords had no say in government changes or public funds and noting the Evicted Tenants bill was rejected as impracticable.
Mrs. M. L Callahan who runs a boarding house at No 4 Washington place Newburg New York reports a burglar entered last night by forcing a rear window. The intruder ransacked bureau drawers and piled contents on the floor but Miss Callahan was awakened by the noise and rang a large dinner bell to scare him away.
A thief escaped by leaping from an open window into a yard fifteen feet below and fled with no items of value. He had been left guarded by another man in the yard, but the intruder dropped two pocket books in the yard and left behind his "Jimmy" instrument.
A meeting called by People's Party Chairman Adams aims to fuse with Republicans and open the spring campaign in Birmingham. The platform will focus solely on state issues and the money question. In Georgia, about fifty gathered in the county courthouse to choose delegates for the free silver convention at Griffin on July 1, selecting thirty-two delegates for Griffin.
Joe Dallas and his family survived a 21 day voyage aboard the Rosie after leaving Bermuda with all possessions. The Bellarden offered to tow them to New York but Dallas refused to abandon his boat and possessions. The Ros ie later drifted about 100 miles southeast of the Capes of Delaware before the Bellarden continued to Bermuda.
The thirty first session of the United Order of Elks begins in Atlantic City on Tuesday. Meade Detweller, elected grand exalted ruler by the Jamestown faction, reportedly comes to propose a peace settlement. Grand Exalted Ruler FE. S. Hay of Washington expects at least 10 000 attendees.
Honolulu rumors say ex Queen Liliuokalani plots marriage to a Japanese count to ally Hawaiis monarchy with Japan. Officials fear rising Japanese numbers threaten the republic and have imported 1600 Italians to counter perceived influence.
Mrs Helen Gilkeson wife of Republican State Chairman F B Gilkeson died today after an illness of two months from prostration. She was born in Bristol in 1848 and leaves two children, George Clymer Gilkeson. Reading reports George Ki Clymer aged 6, brother of the late Congressman Hiester Clymer, died today from sunstroke.
At Gray Gables the quiet summer home of President Cleveland a girl was born this afternoon at 4 90 local time. The infant is a member of the Cleveland family and the ceremony occurred during a calm serene setting.
Our Mexican minister General Han som improves in health and will not reign. Colonel William Winthrop, judge advocate general, will retire August 4. New Portuguese minister Thadieu reports Portugal thriving in Washington. Attorney General Harmon plans to take to the Supreme Court the government’s suit to recover 15 million from the Janet Branford estate. Secretary of the Navy Mc declined to testify on charges.
Miss Thompson, allied with a Philadelphia doctor, speaks openly about her breach of promise case seeking $25,000 damages. She alleges Dr. Gilbert J. Palen deceived her about engagement and Gould family ties, and disputes his claimed professional conduct and motives. Thompson leaves for Philadelphia after detailing received letters and supposed engagement plans.
Indianapolis July 7 P H Fitzgerald plans to purchase lands near Tifton Georgia for a soldiers colony. The colony company already has 126000 from shareholders toward a 600000 capital, with deeds ready and Northen acting as seller’s agent and shareholder. About 11700 families totaling 65000 people are said to be interested, and the Drew farm near the colony site is eyed for purchase.
Italian laborers at Rockport Indiana rioted by piling brush under bridges to burn them. Father Brandt promised transport to Chicago to calm the unrest. Citizens urge a $600 allowance to move them, sheriff and deputies remain on guard, and contractors owe money and have fled.
The flaxen-haired baby of Mia Mabel Roellf, left at the Pennhurst hotel in Atlantic City, becomes central as her arrest in Philadelphia for passing worthless checks unsettles hotel owner William Hood. The child was left with plans to return for supper, but the situation halted at the ferry house inquiry.
Howl takes charge but is refused custodianship. He telegraphs Superintendent Linden in Philadelphia for help. responses are discouraging and worsen his nervous state. Wires glow with appeals for Mrs. Roellf's guardians, her estate tied up in litigation and valued at $40,000, while the baby receives care.
Governor Altgeld declared union labor required for the Southern Culinda Asylum project in Anna. Trustees awarded the contract to James L Diver & Co and Youngstown Bridge Co for 149,800 dollars, though a lower bid from Anderson Bros of St Louis was rejected for not agreeing to union labor.
Albert Tribolet returned from Fronteras Mexico after investigating his brother Robert's murder on June 26. He was seized from prison for complicity in Stage Driver Moreno's death and executed without trial by Mexican troops. Tribolet tried to prove innocence as he was stationed at home the day of the robbery. He died without relatives present. his brother will seek U.S. State Department redress.
George Kerr and James Kerr of Good & Co., railroad contractors building the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf railway extension, were declared Intruders by Indian Agent Wisdom. They were ordered from the Choctaw Nation in five days for alleged sale of goods to citizens and non citizens and refusal to pay two and one half percent royalty as required by US law.
July 7 New York reports a dry Sunday with fewer saloons open. Ministers praise the crusade against Sunday alcohol, hotels require meals before drinks, and the Howery area near Low-Lowery is nearly deserted.
Deputy Sheriff McMullen and Jailor Patterson spotted a man on the jail annex roof during a lunch break. They recovered aTep e and a full set of breaking tools left behind, while the two escapees fled into darkness. Three diamond thieves are confined in the main hall building nearby.
Jackson Miss July 7 Several counties held primary elections to select delegates for the Democratic state convention meeting Aug 7 in Jackson The counties uniformly endorse Senator A J McLaurin for governor signaling continued silver craze The sound money candidates McAbee and Stone have yet to secure delegates and many contenders are pressed to state their views on bimetallic policy.
The Hay Trade Journal reports that states east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio will produce less than half a normal crop. Quebec and eastern Ontario look for a full yield while England’s short harvest could redirect Canadian supplies to the United States. Ban Francisce: Judge Troutt denies Marie Hurroughs divorce bid citing insufficient evidence of infidelity.
In Harvey county Kansas farmer W. Miller reports eight cows lamed by freak bull snakes over six weeks. He watched a monster bull snake about ten feet long coil near a cow and suck milk from its udder before releasing it. After capturing this and five other large snakes, Miller says the cows have remained undisturbed.
In City Island New York on July 7 architect Arthur Kerry of Morrianta was drowned when a small boat capsized. His fiancée Miss Julia Andrea was pulled from the water unconscious but saved.
Governor McCorkle received several messages from the strike region stating all is quiet and no trouble is expected at present.
A steamer Merrimac loaded with live stock ran aground on Isle Roude opposite Montreal. In other items a man lynched in Mina for a farmer robbery. a skeleton found in Fredericksburg. Newfoundland legislature prorogued with payroll bills rejected. Minnesota court orders Kristian Kortgard to serve term. two electric cars collided in Columbus injuring many. Canyonville arrests for Southern Pacific express robbery. a gull swarm leads to discovery of a drowned boy's body in Long Island.
Ore running 160 ounces to the ton found at the Concepcion mine in Mexico City San Luis Potosi at 1,006 feet depth. The mine reportedly yielded over 1 million dollars in a single year with another rich silver ore body traced to the Villadama mine in Nuevo Leon owned by a Philadelphia company.
Joseph Bouchare, a destitute market gardener on the Hermantown road seven miles from Duluth, chanced upon a gold vein while digging a woll on his property. The sudden discovery turned him from near ruin to a wealthy man with gold in abundance.
Examination by mining experts finds the property vein to be one of the richest ever opened in the state and could be mined with simple cutting tools. The discovery prompts interest in further prospecting and potential development.
The coroner's jury verdict finds Vito Cortesi guilty of murder in the shooting death of Vincenzo Vitire. Brone Sopolini, shot in the face during capture, prosecutes Cortesi for assault and battery. five more companions remain jailed as witnesses. Cortesi would have been lynched by Vitire’s brother and others if not restrained by their employer.
Cassie Connell, 16, living with her widowed mother in Pittston, fires a loaded .22 revolver to prevent an accident, killing Mrs. Catherine Kelley as she leaves for church. Deputy Coroner Gibbons powers a jury. inquest set for tomorrow at 4. Kelley leaves three daughters and a son.
Kate Welch, confined in Reno asylum, has a $10.2 fortune deposited in the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco that has been unclaimed for twenty one years. Bank officials have searched the Pacific coast and eastern states for the rightful owner, while a possible heir, John Buckley of St Louis, claims he may be her son and could establish kinship.
Two unknown young men were struck by an express train on the New York New Haven and Hartford line near East New Rochelle. One died instantly and the other soon after. A letter found in the second man's pocket addressed to William Ferguson of Paterson New Jersey appears from his sister. Both wore light summer suits and straw hats.
Ex governor Stevenson of Idaho took laudanum leading to his death at Paligo Springs after a period of illness and decline. He had recently shown gradual improvement and was despondent in his final days and did not leave his room.
Five boys from Fort Scott Kansas were found yesterday by search parties after fleeing on Thursday afternoon. They had become water bound on an island between two flooded creeks for two days and nights.
Fair conditions give way to showers Monday night across far eastern Pennsylvania as forecasters expect a change in the region. Moderate temperatures and light winds accompany the shower chances through the period.
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