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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1895
Page
1
Mid summer sale emphasizes price cutting with a sweep of novelty wash goods, highlighting a complete clearance as the event proceeds. The advertisement notes a tight deadline and aims to attract shoppers seeking bargains on summer fabrics and related items.
A dressy fabric described as Stripe Crepes with cream and tan pinstripe woven effects in contrasting colors. Noted for its elegant appearance and has been sold for 25 cents per yard.
A sale on Novelty Zephyrs highlights light breathable pieces described as rich as silk tufted catnipes. The items are 20 light and comfortable for hot weather with an 18c season price and a sale price of 12 1-2c.
A fragment describes a delicate cob-webby fabric with light woven stripes and dainty printed sprays. About 40 pieces remain available.
The Fancy Japonettes command a 26c market value today with only a few units left in the market. Traders note the pat market remains tight as supply dwindles.
A wild tale claims two well known state journalists ran a secret Ad ministration News Bureau to attack Senator Quay. The story is denied by William Russell and Quay allies, who say no box spying or secret acts occurred. Headquarters opened on 24 South Eighth Street with a large staff and public, legitimate work.
In Wilkes Barre July 9 Senator Quay manned Wyoming Valley headquarters attracting local politicians. He said Lackawanna locals greeted him pleasantly but would not commit on delegate strength, noting the outlook in the county as perhaps doubtful. He planned Hazleton then Beaver, with route changes overnight.
Senator Quay tours the state advocating his bid for Republican state chairman opposing Gilkeson. He confirms support for superior court judges including Mrs Rice and Willard, and says he will not oppose them. He heads to Hazleton after a productive Wilkes Barre stop.
Judges of the Superior Court Reeder Rice and McCarthy met as a committee to prepare rules for the tribunal. The rules will be submitted to all judges for confirmation before the court opens on July 24 at Harrisburg.
Philadelphia reports expose a claimed deal among Hastings Cameron Warwick to boost Quay against the state administration. The piece argues Quay seeks Cameron’s support for reelection, while Cameron is kept in the background and denied public involvement.
A drowning accident near Bluff Point on Lake Keuka claimed five lives. Terry Tufft, his wife and three children perished when their boat capsized in strong winds while crossing the lake from Gibson's landing. The craft was found at about 2 o'clock, and bodies were recovered from roughly ten feet of water.
C L Magee of Pittsburg travels from Philadelphia to Harrisburg to meet Governor Hastings as he campaigns for a Republican state contest against Senator Quay. Magee cites conservative estimates and notes press attacks on the administration are shifting Republican sentiment in Hastings' favor.
A fragment from Harrisburg cites Republican calls for peace amid internal strife over party leadership. The note mentions Colonel Watres as a suggested candidate for the chair and hints at divisions within the party on July 4.
The Chickamauga and Chattanooga battlefield commission executive committee was appointed by the governor. The Cited appointees include Lieutenant Colonel W. A. Robinson and Captain Ceorge W. Skinner of Pittsburg, Captain Thomas Rickert of Pottaville, Colonel Archibald Blakesley of Pittsburg, Captain J. H. B. Storey of Philadelphia, and Lieutenants Sylverner W. McCloskey and Edward M. Boring, both of Philadelphia. The committee will meet in Parrisburg tomorrow afternoon.
An 11 year old boy, son of Hans Cook, died this afternoon in Hazleton Pennsylvania after eating a dish of ice cream believed to contain poison. An investigation will be made by Enholman Judge Advocate and others. Barney July Poole and Frank Esheimen of Lancaster are named in connection with the inquiry as officers and advocates.
Special to the Scranton Tribune Harrisburg Pa July 9 the fertilizer manufacturers in Pennsylvania save about 3500 annually at the expense of the state college by removing a proviso that would have required one third of last year's license fees before extending certificates. The college had collected license fees for analyzing samples and would lose income, while manufacturers gain the same amount. Officials seek to learn who dropped the proviso during the session closing hours.
A girl from a rural Mexican town says she joined a convent after a broken romance and escaped. She claims the Mother Superior used cruel methods including needle eye restraints to keep novices awake for prayers and forced under table eating with scant food. Investigators doubt the nun’s sanity and note extreme austerity.
Dr. A B Raymond, superintendent of the county board of health, returned from a river trip to a levee camp where four Negroes with smallpox were isolated in a swamp near the state line. He found a dead man in a tent in mud and water and others near death or exhausted from nursing, with authorities refusing to remove the remaining patients.
In Bristol Colorado on July 9 scientists report grasshoppers dying of consumption, ending the threat to crops. The outbreak is described as so severe that agricultural interests are now safe from hopper ravages. Minnesota and Idaho have requested quantities of the dead and drying insects to scatter in danger zones to spread the disease.
Guthrie Oklahoma July 8 Mia Jennie Metcalf alias Jennie Stevens a 16 year old girl has been sentenced to a term in jail for aiding in whiskey smuggling charges. She was found in the range of a local outlaw band and linked to the illegal activity.
A July report from Little Rock Arkansas states Populist leaders plan a national delegate convention of free silver advocates to meet in St Louis or Chicago in August. They aim to select presidential timber and decide on a party name, with free silver as the campaign issue and Caldwell and Morgan favored in the South.
Cleveland on July 9 reports Santonelli staged a seven day hypnotic trance on Harmon Leonard of Ravenna at Lake Brady. Leonard's pulse dropped to 44 during the test and rose to 120 upon awakening. he remained immobile and without food under guard, waking to claim ignorance of his sleep. Doctors from Ravenna anticipate two more weeks of tests under Cleveland supervision for potential abdominal gunshot wound recovery.
The first crop report by Willis Moore, new weather bureau chief, says weekly temperatures were generally favorable across the country. It notes excessive rains in the northern and central cotton regions, drought in Michigan and Minnesota, and droughty conditions in Northern New York, central Ohio, and eastern Iowa.
The Nicaraguan canal commissioners will sail on the warship Montgomery to return home and decide whether to report on the Panama canal. The Colon local president laments Congress did not direct a report on the partly finished Panama project, arguing it offers a shorter route and lower cost than the Nicaragua canal.
Six inmates escaped from the DeWitt county Jail between 2 and 3 am after sawing fourteen inches through a boiler iron casting to a window and removing brick. None of the escapees have been captured. Also notes shifts in rifle practice inspector appointments and a local political meeting in Pottsville favoring Mr. Quay.
Grand Haven Michigan July 9 Mrs Levi Pierce 63 beaten and choked to death at the Talmadge farm home. Her daughter 13 Mary Pierce and grandson 17 George Chesbro arrested on murder charges after coroner's inquest. Motive cited alleged improper intimacy and dispute between mother and daughter.
New York delegates adjourned until July 30 with no price adjustments. The June output reached 76 percent, and production limits by units remain as set. Officials expect further July policy action while preserving trade stability amid market negotiations.
In Birmingham a youth named Frank Reeves, 10, climbed a tree to view a funeral procession for Fd Lewis who died on a train to Memphis. Reeves fell from the tree and died instantly while the grandfather, already near death, died upon hearing of the accident.
Advices from Shawnee report several Choctaw railroad bridges damaged by dynamite in a rivalry with Tecumseh. An attempt to burn the Canadian river bridge near Shawnee failed as dynamite blew out part of a trestle.
The Governor states that in Wyoming women are a power. His young daughter, just out of college, acts as his private secretary and handles routine office duties. She prepares key state papers and runs the office in his absence, effectively in charge as a secretary.
A rule to show cause why Margaret May Thompson's breach of promise suit against Dr. Gilbert Joseph Palen should not be quashed was filed. A second rule requests the plaintiff show why Palen should not be discharged on common bail. Dr Palen and his bride departed for Europe aboard the Southwark.
The article outlines a factional struggle within Pennsylvania politics centered on Cameron and Quay. It accuses Senator Cameron of leveraging influence to control party machinery and bar younger Republicans from power, describing a bitter intra party feud amid calls for change in leadership and policy alignment.
In Eliot county upper Blaine Creek district a young girl named Jorden was forcibly taken to an old deserted mountain house and assaulted by three men. She was choked, nailed to a wall, then found later and died. Locals hunt the three alleged killers who fled to the mountains.
In Humboldt Wisconsin Mr Coleman a Brown county Eaton town chairman and widow Mrs Fitzgerald wed at the Roman Catholic church. All ten children from each family attended the ceremony occupying the front row. In Reading Pennsylvania Brooke Tron company posts wage increase of ten percent for about 450 mill workers starting July 2 restoring pay levels to those before May reductions.
Special sale of Scotch ginghams offered by Finley’s features over 150 pieces priced at 3c per yard and 4.68 a dress pattern. Includes 10 pieces fine Clan Fluid Silk Ginghams and 12 yard dress patterns, plus Irish Dimities Corded Piques Organdies and Swisses in white and natural tones with matching embroideries.
A band of piano swindlers, expelled from Illinois by press exposure, operate in southwestern Iowa. In Union County a farmer was scammed when a salesman from the American Piano Co left an instrument on his property and a receipt revealed a $500 note. Detectives pursue the gang as more farmers in nearby counties report losses.
John Monaghan, a well to do farmer near Patterson, Iowa, held up three women near Bevington and seized a keg of beer they had bought in Des Moines. He was arrested, waived examination, and bound over to the district court for highway robbery.
A 19 year old girl serves as governor pro tem in Wyoming. While in St Louis for a week long encampment visit, Governor Richards keeps affairs at home carefree. His daughter, age nineteen, runs the state house and sends a daily telegram reporting quiet conditions.
In Lancaster Pennsylvania this afternoon Fred Engle Jr was burned by a bottle that exploded while filling seltzer siphons at Fred Engle's bottling works. A fragment struck his throat cutting the windpipe and reaching the jugular endangering his life. A second item notes a proposed joint currency debate in Washington with A J Warner leading the Bi metallic league challenging the sound currency committee chaired by Charlie G Fearchild.
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