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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1894
Page
1
Dispatches report Chinese troopships sunk or disabled after Japanese naval assaults near Round Island and Yar Chun. Korea’s king appeals for Western aid fail, while Japanese forces press toward Seoul and harbor defenses are strengthened. Imperial movements escalate as UK and other powers monitor.
In Hantworp Connecticut three Guinan children aged four to six were found dead in a New Haven Hartford railroad yard closet after authorities traced a foul odor to the site. Lungs showed suffocation signs. no struggle noted. bodies unclothed and mangled by rats. deaths likely occurred after they left home Thursday afternoon.
Report says three boys hid in a closet to escape a passing policeman. The closet, five feet high with 28 by 15 inch floor space, locked from outside. Doctors estimate unconsciousness within fifteen minutes and death within about fifty minutes after the door was sealed.
A violent thunderstorm in Welrsnone Pennsylvania caused crop and property damage. Lightning struck two barns and a dwelling, both burned. A tented performance for about 1,000 people was flooded as canvas tore and the audience fled in panic. No serious injuries reported.
Reports from Canton describe a deadly outbreak with officials urging sanitation and clean water. Officials note ceremonies continued despite death tolls, while crowds paraded through streets with gong pounding and firecrackers to appease spirits amid the health crisis.
Governor Rich refused California’s extradition request for Alonzo J. Whiteman ex senator from Wisconsin charged with forgery. Howell businessmen testified the signature claimed as forged was not genuine. Whiteman will be granted liberty.
After six weeks of stoppage in the Gogebic range, miners resume work as officials report the strike cost labor $100000 plus a $50000 county tax. The militia will depart Troswoop Michigan tomorrow.
Reports from across the nation describe a heat wave with many cities recording 100 plus degree temperatures. Philadelphia suffered heat deaths and prostrations, while Berlin and other European and American locales felt the strain as workers paused, and a Williamsport refinery closed after mass heat exhaustion.
Washington July 20 A sultry heat aids tariff compromisers as extremist opposition eases. Senator Jones says an agreement on the tariff bill may come this week amid debate on appropriation measures. The House drifts while Mr Cockrell aims to push the sundry civil bill and treaties receive little attention.
A street entertainment in Susquehanna Pennsylvania on Main Street toppled a wooden walkabout twenty feet into Drinkererak Creek. About 150 people fell with fifty five reported injured though none were killed. Police and rescuers describe the fall as a major accident with extensive caution needed for the injured.
Civaco, OL, July 20 reports a large bill for damage to railroad property caused by strike rioters. The Pittsburgh Cincinnati and St Louis line presents charges totaling 401,601 for 720 freight cars destroyed and 42 damaged. The Pittsburgh Port Wayne and Chicago bill reaches 21,047 with 14 freight cars destroyed and 58 damaged. Mayor Hopteins reacted with a smile, saying wait until we finish them.
Report says Santa Fe lines may strike within forty hours affecting engineers firemen conductors across the system. A circular circulated days ago warned contracts could be abrogated and pay cuts feared unless demands met.
Silver City July 20 report of a gold strike in the Pinos Alto district about two miles from Pinnons Altos mines. Prospector crowds have flocked to the site as diggings begin to show promise of a rich lode.
A fragment reports a campground at Pinos Altoa struck something new, noting a changed formation and location focus this month. The text mentions prior finds of golden dolls raining down and suggests earlier prospectors undervalued the Finos Altes area.
A July fire gutted the southwest Fulton Fulton street block 82 to 88 destroying Mondot Aiken and several firms including a saloon patent medicines drapers and tailors lithographers and a jeweler. Losses run high with 1400000 in damage and limited insurance.
James Mulligan, known for Mulligan Latters and close ties to James G. Blaine, died in Mayland after a long career as a confidential manager. Born in northern Ireland about eighty years ago, he came to America at 15, worked in Roxbury, ran a Prentice and Tremont street store, and later managed affairs for merchants and the Adams Sugar refinery. His role in Blaine era politics and business dealings, including the Fort Smith and Little Rock railroad project, shaped his public image. He remained taciturn and small in stature, weighing under 100 pounds in later years.
A mysterious illness called black erysipelas kills three residents within three weeks near Minerva ten miles south of the city. John Morehead died first, Joseph Poorman followed, doctors from Canton and the city failed to treat it. Mrs Levi Pennock, who cared for Poorman, died from the illness after a sore finger.
Stevanovan Pennsylvania July 20. A boiler exploded in the engine room at Packer's No. 4 colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal company. John Miller, 45, was instantly killed. Darby Shields and John Lavsock, both burned, died later. Daniy Siumups, 44, also killed. Stevan Sauisky, seriously burned. The blast hurled workers across the room. boiler house wrecked.
A freight train of seven loaded cars and eighty empties fell through a Carrollton bridge on the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg line. Two spans gave way, fourteen cars piled atop each other. Clear-up will take days and losses reach about 1000 dollars. no injuries reported among an approaching Bradford excursion train.
Mrs Brancus D Lorton, after months of illness and failed medical advice, underwent a specialist procedure inserting a copper wire in her throat and applying a current. The doctor said a dome ikhad shock enabled clearer speech and she now speaks in her natural voice.
In Danville Illinois a nightly shooting pattern continues with Joe Byrnes an engraver fatally shot last evening. He died today at Eyiga hospital after a revolver fired four shots into his engine cab as it crossed Fairfield Street. The assassin fled, Byrnes and his fireman do not know him.
Congress approves agricultural appropriation for rural seed distribution. Conference report indicates Secretary Morton must disseminate $100,000 worth of agricultural seeds, expanding outreach to constituents with seed allotments.
In Egypthia county a quarry blast loosened twelve thousand tons of rock. Twenty two holes were drilled into the mountain totaling 100 feet, with a ton and a half of dynamite placed in the holes. The mountain was lifted several feet and then settled back.
In Omaha on July 20 the Knights of Labor general executive board drafts an open letter to Alabama voters detailing Congressman Odtes' role as Homestead strike chairman and his work with the Pinkerton agents cited in the strike.
The text portrays defense for the Carnegie company and the Pinkertons as serving their interests more than the public. It notes Omaha Knights calling organized labor of Nebraska to a political convention on August 11.
Dolly Jones of Laura Furnace in Trige County planned to elope with Joseph Colston when Ona Hicks and a confederate lured her to a place of confinement. For ten days Jones resisted marriage proposals until her father arrived with armed men to rescue her, and she now plans to wed Colston without elopement.
Rhinehardt Jacobs, a local bakery owner in Forest City, was seriously wounded when a gun during a street fight was fired accidentally. He was treated in Carbondale by Drs Mile and Grander after the shooter claimed the incident was accidental and offered to pay all expenses.
Severe thunderstorms devastate Mancachusatte with multiple lightning strikes. George B. Castle, 28, killed at Totina Island on Oueta Lake. Charis Johnson, Henry Wagner, and Leta Wagner severely shocked. Others, including Castle’s wife and Mrs. Williams, were unconscious or injured. Lightning also hit a shed at the fair grounds injuring two bystanders and damaged a block on North street. A second strike damaged a Junction property, tearing a roof hole but injuring no one.
At a meeting of the Imperial Federation league a speaker warned against annexation by the United States. He claimed deep enmity toward England among educated Canadians and the need for a federation with Britain. He stressed Canada would sacrifice for unity if Britain assists against U.S. pressure.
Ida Welle, a Negro lecturer, spoke tonight at the African Methodist Episcopal church on Sullivan Street. She warned that the Negro is not free to express himself and that white crime and law are imposed on blacks. she urged equal justice and noted British astonishment at American cruelty.
Washington July 20 forecast bulletin notes local rains and cooler air in the eastern portion. Southwest winds prevail with showers in the south, fair in the northern portion, and south winds remaining through the day.
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