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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1897
Page
1
The Wintersteen dynamite case moves forward as defense lawyer A 8 L Shields argues for the defendant’s innocence and outlines motives and alibis. Testimony highlights Sallie Gast and Knorr alleged threats and a loaded revolver, with other witnesses challenging prosecution claims.
Heavy frosts swept the Northwest over two mornings, with snow and freezing weather in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, damaging vegetables and fruits. The Wisconsin strawberry crop, corn in northern Illinois, and potatoes in several areas face major losses. flax and barley are damaged while wheat may benefit. Ice formed in many places as reports from Minnesota and Michigan indicate widespread crop injury.
The House passed a bill consolidating the Chicago Gas Trust 67 to 9 while another Gas Frontage bill cleared 90 to 48. Both had Senate approval and await Governor Tanner's signature amid expected veto pressure.
Detroit June 11 Secretary Dowling of the National League of Republican clubs received a brief letter from Theodore Roosevelt in which he declines to be a candidate for president of the league in the July election. Roosevelt says his duties as assistant secretary of the navy fully occupy him. Roosevelt had been seen as a leading candidate for the presidency.
Thousands of reapers work across Central North Texas and the Panhandle as rain delays threaten to reduce yields. Wheat may total 20 to 25 million bushels while the cotton crop is put at about 40 million bushels if two weeks of dry weather hold.
Japanese loan of 41,000,000 yen equaling about $21,047,000 at 5 per cent and gold 10 percent price was subscribed today several times over within an hour in London. The issue reflects strong demand and favorable terms for the Japanese government.
At Washington Pa shortly after midnight the morning the entire works of the Novelly Ulnas company including two factory buildings were burned. Loss estimated at seventy thousand dollars, partially covered by insurance.
Harrisburg June session of the joint investigative committee heard testimonies from Haley Fiske Metropolit an Insurance vice president and agents French and Shortt regarding efforts to defeat an insurance bill. French alleged a payoff scheme while Shortt denied wrongdoing calling French statements vicious lies.
The American Medics Association opened a four day golden jubilee convention at the Academy of Music with 3000 attendees including members and their wives. Mayor Warwick welcomed guests, and Charles Emory Smith spoke on the state’s behalf. President Senn praised Roentgen’s discovery and addressed medical education defects. The Bush monument fund report urged more donations to surpass the $4,000 raised for the Rush memorial while $75,000 is set for the Samuel Hahnemann monument in Washington.
Friends of Samuel L. Clemens deny reports of illness and poverty. Mark Twain appears healthier and more alert in London, after finishing his book. he plans a summer in Austria, with publisher awaiting manuscript and a social dinner with Harper’s Weekly editor Nelson.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has arranged a deluxe special train for the president and party to Philadelphia. President Thomson’s private car will host the president and Mrs McKinley along with Mrs Saxton and Mrs Bates. Cabinet members and families will use another private car, with three parlor cars for diplomatic corps guests. A parlor smoking car and a large dining car complete the set, under Tourist Agent Bell’s supervision. State Department officials will join, and diplomats from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, China and Korea will attend.
An unknown man about thirty, wearing a brown overcoat and hat, jumped from Prospect Point near Niagara Falls this morning. Rescue crews searched the gorge for the missing individual.
London June 1 In a resumed inquiry Alfred Bell denies Labouchere’s charges of rigging to market and offering firm books. Belt urges Labouchere to retract or prove charges while Harris’s reexamination is considered. Chamberlain states he had no foreknowledge of the raid and consulted Cape Town upon new hints. The committee plans to report Rhodes and Hawksley for telegrams nonproduction.
The international chess match between members of the US House and the English House of Commons ended in a draw. Each side won two games and drew one, with Mr. Shafroth securing a decisive win to tie the score. Spectators included Sir Julian Pauncefote and various diplomatic staff.
Washington June 1 John L McLaurin the new senator from South Carolina was sworn in at the session opening He succeeds the late Senator Earle The senate roster shows Republicans 43 Democrats 44 Populists 7 Silver Republicans 6 vacancy 1 total 90 for the near term
In Blue Hill Maine Luther Bridges’ family of nine under seventeen years old nearly all consumed milk from a cow that had died. The deadly milk has caused widespread illness and death among the household, with only one member reported surviving thus far.
The report notes emaciated cattle with five recent tubercular pneumonia cases, three near death, and a cow described as the worst tuberculosia case seen, with pus in the udder and a 34 reaction on test. A fever rise of two degrees would condemn the animal. The surviving girl child avoids milk but remains healthy.
In Millville New Jersey June 1 two prominent citizens face death after a shooting at Newport. Italian berry pickers Falice Carfagna Giuseppe Tramati and Angelo Disimore boarded a fishing boat and, when ordered off by owners George Kates and Alfred Bradford, were fired upon. Kates wounded with lung injury Bradford hospitalized and feared to die. The Italians are jailed.
Conflicts erupt in Lee township near Atkins as mobs clash with negro residents. Reports confirm multiple killings and severe injuries including Will Gaylord and Jesse Nickels amid ongoing countywide unrest and warnings of further outbreaks. Local authorities, led by Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Tom D. Brooks, dispatched to the scene as tensions rise.
The Baltimore board of health ordered Mary Samson, patient with leprosy at Johns Hopkins, sent back to Allegheny City, Pa. She is the wife of Italian shoemaker Egansio Bameon and had been an inmate in a charitable institution there before this year. The case is advancing, and the death of the patient is considered imminent.
Major General Nelson A. Afiles A G A arrived from Thermopylae where he met Crown Prince Constantine and inspected Greek army defenses at the headquarters in Athens.
Steamship updates list vessels that arrived or cleared. Arrivals include Werra in New York en route to Genoa from Bremen and Gibraltar. Cleared ships include Weertermland to Antwerp and Majestic to Liverpool, with Southampton and other ports noted.
Aged 78 groom T. D. Lufkin of Sacramento and Mrs. A. A. Lufkin of Hartford wed in the city with Rev. W. W. Ranny officiating. The bride is the widow of the groom's brother.
The morning edition discusses weather indicators and war threats, the winter economy, tariff debate progress, and the Transvaal raid inquiry. It also covers baseball news, wheel racing results, a prominent labor bill passage, jury notes, and local government updates from Lackawanna County.
Senate moved the tariff bill forward covering metal schedules with votes mostly along party lines. House session saw renewed attacks on Speaker Reed and the GOP majority by Democrats and Populists led by Richardson and Simpson, with Henderson and Grosvenor defending the majority. Conference report on the sundry civil bill was adopted.
In Atlanta on June 1 Miss Ethel Hamilton says a young man handcuffed her wrists as a joke with a bracelet key broken inside. He promised to fetch a blacksmith but did not return. A policeman freed her after about three hours.
Kitty Winan, 18, daughter of Benjamin Winan of Little Hocking, was dusting her father’s room in Parkersburg when she knocked over a rifle. The gun exploded, the bullet entered her mouth and lodged at the top of her head, killing her instantly. She was to be married this week.
Washington June 1 reports by Mr. Preston director of the mint show U S gold production about 8 000 000 pounds for 189 year an increase of around 200 000 from 189 The silver output is listed at 67 700 000 fine ounces an rise of 1 890 000 ounces over 18%
The Herald reports fair weather today in the Middle Hinter and New England with local frosts in northern districts and fresh to variable winds turning southerly. Thursday will bring fair to partly cloudy warm weather with light to fresh southeast and southerly winds, followed by rain in western districts and along the coast by night.
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