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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1895
Page
1
A notice proclaims fine goods priced far below typical value as everyday weaves flood the market. Market curators warn such bargains are unlikely to recur and urge quick action to secure remaining items.
At 9c the three numbers fill the bill for the average buyer. The white and green options are praised for their complete assortment and popular contrasts like pink and white, black and white nile, and blue and white nile. Aniline dyed black ground organdies are colorfast and patterns show white with dainty floral effects. Prices are described as favorable, with emphasis on modest, unobtrusive elegance.
The creation of a superior court and district changes by the last legislature will boost judiciary costs by 149000 over two years, with total next two-year appropriation set at 1,324,000. Salaries for seven judges consume most of the superior court funds, while common pleas judges garner 940,000 in salaries across the state.
Annual $500 for a portrait of ex Governor Pattison and $500 for ex Lieutenant Governor Watres. Funeral expenses for late Representative Lemon of Pittsburgh set at $1405.10. Senate appropriations committee allotted $3500 for visiting various state institutions asking for aid and the house appropriations committee $10220.90 for similar work.
The fourteenth annual convention of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor closed after a record gathering. Delegates filled Mechanic's Hall and tents with restrained enthusiasm amid morning prayer meetings in 21 churches and five pilgrimages to historic sites such as the Washington Elm and Bunker Hill.
London reports Unionist candidates for numerous seats were returned unopposed. Named districts include Somerset West, Bridgewater, Honiton, Sevenoaks, Isle of Thanet, Knutsford, East Devon, West Surrey, Eppling, Newark, East Dorset, Tewkesbury, Handsworth, Uxbridge, Fareham, Watford, and Edinburgh and St Andrew's universities. The tally so far: 105 Conservatives, 16 Unionists, 11 Liberals, 4 Parnellites, 3 McCarthyites.
Cadet Rob er ta a plebe at West Point fainted after hazing. Cadets Robert Jayne Maxey from Arkansas and Wallace Bryan Scales from Texas were arrested for alleged offenses. Maxey released from arrest. Scales’ status under advisement as Colonel Mill notes strict drills for new cadets.
At the Buffalo meeting of the State Editorial Association Thomas Y Cooper editor of the Media American presents a draft libel law to curb abuses It would require libel suits be filed only in counties where the publication printed A fifty member committee would press the next legislature to pass a proper bill.
Behuylkill counts report 61310 axables and Lehigh miners earn only 70 cents daily. Luzerne jail holds fifteen men on murder charges. Shenandoah miner injures dog with dynamite. Third brigade plans Mt Gretna encampment. Millerstown death from glass injury to Hixler daughter. Roland post office robbery suspects captured at Bellefonte. Bucks farmer dies after cow bleed cure attempt. Wheat harvest shows 600000 bushels in valley between Jersey Shore and Williamsport. Cautionary note on disruption from visiting venders in parks.
Toronto reports reveal H. H. Holmes linked to the Pietzel family murders. Bodies of Futa Alice and Nellie Pietzel buried in a cellar at 16 Gt. Vincent St. reveal a long chain of crimes from Philadelphia to Chicago and Canada. Holmes faces charges and legal questions over cross border proceedings.
The Philadelphia Platdeutches Volks Feat Verein hosts a two day picnic at Washington park with a 1000 member New York delegation visiting from the northern German community. The visitors were received at city hall by Mayor Warwick and later by local members at Maennerchor garden. The New York group, from a society of over 26 000 merchants and business men, tours with two bands.
Quarters were refused when it was known they had colored members and southern posts would not allow colored men to march. The only venues opened to negro veterans at the encampment would be the Ohio river and the workhouse. An investigation will be conducted, and if reports are confirmed many posts in this section will stay home.
Maria Barberi was convicted in Brooklyn before Recorder Goff for the murder of her lover Domenico Cataldo. The verdict makes her the first woman in the state sentenced to death under the electric chair law. A appeals bid may seek a new trial, or the governor could commute the sentence if no new trial is ordered.
Judge William A. Milliken states his brother B H Milliken fled town on July 6 after advice and that he is surprised and indignant at the indictment for alleged house breaking and assault on a daughter of ex solicitor general F Phillips. He will return to Washington to answer the charges and a full statement will be made to the press later.
In Annawan, Illinois, a mother believed insane killed her two young children aged 3 and 5 with a hatchet during a quarrel. The husband, J Debay, fought to restrain her and disarmed her before she was captured and placed in care.
The Antrims of Indiana claim heirship to Ireland’s vast estate of Lord Antrim valued at 75000000. They will send an attorney to Ireland next month to present claims. The estate allegedly passes to Grandfather Antrim of Wheeling West Virginia and then to about 60 minor heirs. O'Donnell and Maher Fight Set for Dallas Boxing Match in November.
National Guard headquarters grants honorable discharge to Commander R. K. Wright Jr of the First battalion State Naval militia who resigned July and to First Lieutenant William I. Schaffer of Company C Sixth regiment infantry who resigned July 10. Mrs Mary Disston widow of Henry Disston founder of Disston saw works and mother of Hamilton Disston dies at her son's residence in Atlantic City at 6 PM July 15.
Secretary Carlisle and his son Logan return to Washington. A harbor of refuge at Point Judith costs 210000 and is half finished. The treasury gold reserve closes at 107007413 after a 232000 drop. Russian envoy arrivals proceed with potential September minister arrival. Indiana’s James I Parker promoted to chief of lands and railroads department. Amphitrite tests reveal fatal gun concussion. Mint reports for last year total 6971112 coins worth 63715040. Iron plating deadline extended to December 1 and drawbar update to February 15 1895. Ecuador coinage totals 400009 2 cent pieces.
A Cleveland Gazette letter from Louisville alleges that at the national Grand Army encampment in Louisville the color line will be enforced and Black veterans and other African Americans may be refused housing and public accommodations. The report has caused a stir among Black veterans in Youngstown and elsewhere.
Philadelphia July 15 The anti Quay Republicans led by Magee Glikson and Losch met with David Marth then Magee saw Mayor Warwick. They praised Lackawanna primaries and declared they would win. Hastings headquarters reported confidence despite Quay forces losing in the Fourth district.
In Trenton on July 15 John H Collins charged with shooting Princeton students Fred Ohl and Garrett Cochran had his trial in county court. Cochran, recovering, was not present but may attend tomorrow. Jury selection took three hours with careful vetting for prejudice and Princeton ties. The state plans to open its case tomorrow.
In Sisterville near Middlebourne West Virginia the Anthony J. Smith farm well struck gas dunes, causing a colossal gas plume. Within a day about 12 million cubic feet of gas escaped, roaring eight miles away. No containment efforts could curb the flow. The discovery surpasses the prior Big Moses gas well in size.
Ex Premier Stambuloff, walking from the Union club with M. Pet koff, was assaulted by four unknown men. Two fired revolvers and two stabbed him. He was taken home and doctors say recovery is unlikely as the assailants flee.
In Cole Creek Bradford County a 60 year old named Button discharged a shotgun into Leo Phillips a 19 year old, both had been drinking and quarreling over money. Phillips remains alive but gravely wounded. Button is held pending outcome of the injury.
A morning catastrophe unfolded in Cumberland Maryland on July 15 when workers in a pulp pit suffered a horrible disaster. Rescue efforts followed as investigators began to document the incident and its toll.
Cornelius Miller, 35, employed in the digesting room, fell asleep in the blow-out pit at a pulp mill one mile west of the city. The digester blow out discharged acids and boiling water, covering him. Found 20 minutes later, the acids had eaten portions of flesh from his bones. He leaves a widow and four children.
In Sharon Pennsylvania on July 1 oil strikes near Sandy Lake boost land values with daily hits. Hotels fill with oil speculators as land sells at high prices. Buyers acquired 2000 acres at about 500 dollars an acre.
In New York the divorce hearing for Mrs. Ollie Corbett against James J. Corbett heard Miss Marie King testify about a woman named Vera who traveled with Corbett and was registered as Mrs. Corbett. The testimony described travel between Cincinnati and St. Louis and hotel registrations. The hearing adjourned to Wednesday.
Mrs Eliza beth Rankin wife of Hugh Rankin of Liberty avenue Pittsburgh gave birth to four children three boys and a girl last night one boy died The doctor says life chances for the remaining three are excellent The Rankins married five years are parents of seven children and Mrs Rankin previously had twins Mer Rankin works in an iron mill.
Gabriel Thomas a colored man killed his wife during a fishing quarrel three miles from Stonewall, Pamlico county, by striking her with a plank and throwing her body into Bey River. He is jailed.
William Raup, local manager of the Bell Telephone company in Shamokin Pennsylvania, leapt from a forty foot pole when he believed it was breaking. He landed on an embankment and rolled into a ditch dying several minutes later.
A wire summary reports that France produced 1 031 000 000 gallons of wine in the previous year. It also notes a census by letter carriers giving Indiannapolis a population of 180 000. Other items include a Topeka man Kennedy's death after a 68 day fast, a shooting in Huntington West Virginia, and various crime notes from across the country.
Herald reports sultry warmer weather with rain and thunderstorms. Wednesday brings partly cloudy to fair skies, with a warm wave advancing. Thursday looks warmer and generally fair, continuing the hot and humid pattern.
Finley presents a special sale of Scotch ginghams with about 150 pieces priced at 19c per yard. The offer includes 10 pieces Clan Plaid Silk Ginghams, 35 dress patterns Trilby Silks, and a range of Irish Dimities, French Corded Piques, Organ dies, and White lawns with embroideries. Located at 510 and 512 Lackawanna Avenue.
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