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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1897
Page
1
In Bloomsburg Pa the Wintersteen dynamite trial features extensive testimony on Knorr's bad character. Witnesses describe Knorr as vicious and relate alibi and housing details. Defense highlights old Bloomsburg residents who assert Wintersteen's reputation for peace and order.
The county faces trial expenses excluding the 1877 Molly Maguire case. Total costs estimated at 25 000 dollars. The county covers officers stenographers and witnesses for the commonwealth. The defendant must pay his own witnesses and counsel fees. The prosecutor bears his counsel and detective costs.
The state convention of the American Protestant Association in Wilkes Barre adjourned. Philadelphia delegates won hosting rights for the 1808 convention in June. Worthy Grand Master W C Hart received a jeweled emblem, and a silver gavel was offered for membership gains. Delegates read appeals, paid claims, and planned a revision of the grand lodge constitution. Sightseeing followed the session.
Sheriff Gibb reports 200 or more Indians off the Cheyenne reservation to threaten settlers. A 30 man posse under Stock Inspector Smith and Captain Brown guards settlements, while Indian agent Stouch resists delivering a prisoner and faces arrest. Militia possible, as Porter warns authorities may mobilize.
Three men set out from Denver in a wagon labeled Co operative Commonwealth Van to preach revolutionary socialism across Colorado and prepare for Eugene V Debs's co operative commonwealth. The travelers are James Hogan vice president of the American Railway union N T Griest of Denver and William Holmes of Chicago.
June 4 report from Franklin county says D. S. Webster a prominent citizen was killed and detective BR L Dillard wounded by Richard Gibson a negro desperado they pursued for robbery Gibson fled and about a hundred citizens search for him amid fears of lynching if captured.
Peter Oleson a Danish subject naturalized in New York on February 2 1897 was struck and killed by an Erie freight train in Elmira around 7 40 this morning A letter found on him suggests relatives in Liverpool England He is believed to have deserted from a man of war in New York address unknown
Prominent growers in Grand Rapids and Michigan predict a peach crop this year that will not equal ten percent of the usual yield. Extreme and prolonged cold and wet weather are cited as the cause.
San Quentin California June 3 The revolt among convicts is nearly over with nearly 100 men released from solitary confinement and prepared to return to work in the jute mill.
In Miami on June 3 Captain Sabate and five crew members of the steamer Tiecayne were arrested after allegedly throwing Inspector Hambleton overboard while transferring cargo to the Dauntless during a filibustering operation.
George Pye, a Dublin University graduate and noted civil engineer, died last night in Chicago’s poor house. If no friends intervene, his body will be given to a medical college. He was years old.
Montreal reports Montmorency Cotton plans a large new mill in Drummondville to employ about 1,000 workers and to house roughly 1,400 spindles in the facility, signaling expansion in the Canadian textile trade.
Washington dispatch notes the Senate progresses on the tariff bill with amendments rejected and a mainly technical debate. Tillman defends his record while Gallinger objects to public character inquiries. House session includes Terry's move on foreign affairs and Simpson’s absence as several bills pass unanimously.
Five year old James Gaines, son of impoverished Black parents near La Crosse Florida, is described as a triple murderer after allegedly killing his sister by burning and stabbing his brother, then shooting his three year old sibling. He may be sent to an asylum.
Captain W. D. Smith of the Cuban army testified before a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on June 1. He provided details on Insurgent strength and resources and shared information about the treatment of pacificos and other Cuban residents by Spaniards. The testimony was kept private by the committee.
George Dolheimer, 23, a Massillon resident, fatally shot himself in a grove near West Brookfield after writing letters about losing about $200 in a business venture. He hung the revolver in a tree crotch and fired, dying instantly. He had married about two weeks prior.
Police reports across Greater New York show an epidemic of death by own action with at least ten people attempting or ending their lives using toxic, pistol, and rope by June 31.
Five 19 000 gallon water tanks fell five stories at Davis Browne Co soap plant on Twelfth Avenue burying workers. One man, William Frazer, was recovered. two others Jacob Jacobson and others remained missing. Several officials were arrested on homicide charges as debris cleared.
Walter Brown of Philadelphia was found half submerged in mud at Brunswick and Seventh streets in Jersey City after claiming he was robbed of 25 dollars and his bank book with 1 600 dollars on deposit. He was taken to a local hospital. Suspects James Toole John Flattery John Daly and James Deboives were arrested nearby on suspicion of involvement.
Frostburg Maryland June 3 Willam R Percy one of Western Maryland's richest men died by accidental drowning last week. His will contains a novel codicil affecting inheritance if George B Percy and his wife Daisy B Percy divorce. The codicil states that a divorce would deprive their son of any estate share and that sister Mrs Helen Hitchins and Miss Rosalind Percy would receive the portion. Pery’s life insurance totals 2160000 dollars.
The West Burlington shops of the Burlington railroad switch to full time today with a full force. Wages rise by four dollars per month. Additional men are being employed across the Burlington system.
Whitecap members in Lamar county attacked two women of ill repute then shot dead a Black man named John Hayden, whom they mistook for a different Black man. The June incident in Birmingham area reports the vigilante violence and mistaken identity by the Whitecaps.
June 1 report states the Manhattan Musical Union appoints a committee to organize theater orchestras in the city. It proposes musicians be paid directly from the box office, not through union leaders.
Johnstown hosts a state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic with crowds lodging in hotels and homes. Officers elected at the Opera House include Captain W. D. Stauffer as Department commander and W. B. Kellar as senior vice commander. The governor’s refusal to confirm two appointments sparks debate among veterans.
The British steamship Cuban from Liverpool to New Orleans reports an immense school of whales in latitude 42°N, longitude 37°W. She slowed to three miles an hour to avoid collision after running through the school for ten miles.
Dover bank robbery ends with suspect William N Boggs named as key figure. The incident occurred in Dover Delaware with a reported loss near 638000. Details indicate Boggs, a First National Bank teller, involved in the heist and under investigation.
Justice Collins of Westfield held that cycling on Sundays in New Jersey violates the law. A damages suit by Crane against Herfield over a Westfield street collision was dismissed since Crane rode for pleasure on a Sunday and had no standing to sue. Crane plans an appeal.
Ambassadors from the Powers and Tevfik Pasha met at the Tophane Palace for the initial peace negotiation sitting. No secretary attended and no record will be kept of proceedings.
About 300 convicts at Folsom state prison planned a rock breaking strike to force work stoppage. Leaders were to signal after noon, but a betrayer alerted Warden Aull who ordered guards to shoot seven leaders at the first sign of mutiny if it occurred.
Perry Oklahoma June 3 The Kiowa and Comanche Indians hold an old fashioned camp meeting in the Sad Qe Mountains near Perry Hundreds of bucks and squaws have found religion Squaws faint and are carried from the grounds A large arbor of branches and bunting marks the gathering A committee rings dinner bells to call the Kiowas from their tepees to the meeting place
In Boston on Memorial Day vandals chipped and removed pieces from gravestones marking the graves of Paul Revere John Hancock and Increase Sumner in Granary Burial Ground on Tremont Street. The vandalism may lead to keeping the cemetery locked on holidays to deter further damage.
Michael Murray and Mary Crummie of Pittsburgh area obtained a license and sought a Methodist minister to unite them in marriage this afternoon in Broubenville Ohio.
The Raleigh has called from Gibraltar for Malm to relieve the Cincinnati. The Adams sailed on the 28th from Honolulu for Port Angeles, leaving the Philadelphia and the Marion at Honolulu.
The morning bulletin notes cabinet instability in Spain with varying witness accounts and signals ongoing tariff discussions. It also covers winter trials, local police routes, and regional news from Johnstown as part of a broad May circulation.
Madrid June 3 The resignation of the cabinet and political uneasiness dominate attention. Senor Canovas del Castillo says he briefed no one before offering resignation and that the crown will decide whether Sagasta forms a Liberal ministry. A crisis with Cuba and Weyler’s fate is pending U.S. note denial.
Havana reports that American special commissioner Calhoun says his the report’s content cannot be released by the government. He doubts Cuban affairs warrant press alarm and notes conflicting dispatches from both sides. A Spanish battalion engagement near Hilbin ranch lasts ten minutes with nine dead and thirteen wounded. Insurgents raid Vueltas in Santa Clara. Vargas seeks civil trial. U.S. Vice Consul Springer is briefly detained and released by the military commander.
Boulogne: Sailed BSpaarman from Rotterdam to New York and Genoa. Ema sailed to New York. Queenstown: Teutonic sails to New York. Uremen: Trave arrived at New York via Plymouth. Plymouth: Fuerst Bismarck arrives from New York for Hamburg. Queenstown: Britannic arrives New York for Liverpool. Rhynland sails to Philadelphia and New York. Normania sails to Hamburg. Friederich Der Grosse sails to Bremen.
An unknown man about years old, described as a comfortably dressed workman, was found near the Hire station at Owego. He had a bullet wound in the small of his back and was paralyzed below the wound. He claimed the name John Plood and said he hailed from Buckton, Manchester county, Connecticut.
In Bridgeton New Jersey on June 3 1913 10 year old John Mc Dermott died from lockjaw infection after a wooden splinter pierced his bare foot from a schoolmate a few days earlier. A physician removed the splinter this morning but it was too late.
The Herald reports partly cloudy and warmer, sultry weather today across the Arible States and New England with fresh southerly winds and rain and local storms along coasts, clearing later with cooler conditions. Saturday brings cooler weather with westerly winds, possible return of coastal activity.
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