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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1895
Page
1
Fine Wash Fabrics announces a June 4 opening at 6 a m for dress goods in the Dress Goods Dept. The store warns customers that after opening day it cannot guarantee selection or stock, highlighting extraordinary merit values on the listed fabrics.
The notice appeals to sharp buyers to view the listed items as the best value yet offered in Scranton and warns against faulting the sellers if expectations aren’t met. It frames the sale as superior from a world value perspective and signals strong confidence in the offerings.
The ad notes a duplicate purchase of 75 pieces sold in 30 hours and now offering 45 more swivels of genuine English make. It claims these are the highest grade, locally landed by the importer and priced to sell before prices rise.
The leading wash silk of the season is offered with an unlimited shade list and a bargain value that may surprise customers.
35 pieces wash silks in plain weave, guaranteed perfectly pure with very choice colorings offered at a special price of 23 cents each.
A catalog note describes 30 inch wide fabric with 50 percent wool in black grounds. It promises guaranteed fast color and small run of 43 pieces offered at a fixed price.
Harrisburg dispatch reports the House approved the deputy auditor general bill at a 164 to 25 vote after reconsideration, replacing earlier defeat. The measure, now headed to the governor, would cost about 3 000 dollars yearly and reorganize the auditor general's department.
Fred Smock, a young farm hand from Linton township, was shot about 10 PM while returning home from a neighbor's house. He saw a man fleeing and suspects a family feud over alleged thefts. He suffered multiple wounds and internal hemorrhages. the motive is linked to alleged stealing by a presumed suspect from a respected family.
Delegates from every county in Pennsylvania convene at Pittsburg for the Prohibition Party state convention. A joint Populist and Prohibitionist meeting considered a possible union, with concessions needed from Populists. The day featured an oratorical contest won by Thomas W. Davis of Dickinson College Carlisle. Tomorrow includes nominating a state treasurer and a mass reform meeting.
Richard W. Allen of Albany received a 35 cent settlement from the United States Navy after more than thirty years. He served as landsman during the Civil War and will frame the check from the Navy pay office in Washington as a memento, bearing a portrait of Admiral Farragut.
The New York Herald predicts fair, cooler conditions in the middle states and New England today with rising temperatures and fresh northwest to westerly winds. Friday brings warmer, clear weather with possible light frost in northern New England and winds shifting to the west and southwest. Saturday stays fair and warm with maximum temperatures around 90 degrees in the region.
Bellefonte Pennsylvania marks its centennial with a three day celebration opening last evening. The Central Pennsylvania District Firemen's Association convention gathered, electing W. L. Johnson of Dubois as president, W. A. Moore of Curwensville as secretary, and F. C. Waltz of Bellefonte as treasurer. The convention will move to Clearfield next year.
Monday night storm uprooted many forest and fruit trees in Horris county while thefts spread across the region as shoes stolen from an Allentown store were found hidden in Pottstown. A series of court actions and civic notes conclude with the Emerald Beneficial association announcing its seventeenth biennial national convention at Mahanoy City with 100 delegates attending.
Delegates flood the Democratic silver convention in Springfield Illinois as W J Bryan attacks Grover Cleveland for seeking Wall Street counsel and backing free coinage. a heated debate over reading resolutions ends with a 6 to 1 silver pledge and a call for a national convention by August 1895.
In Savannah area news a saloon proprietor Fitzpatrick is slain by attorney Charles D Loud over love for Misa Helene Stockton. The victim visited the Warsaw hotel and courtship escalated after Stockton refused to meet him. Loud allegedly shot Fitzpatrick following a dispute during a ride request.
After tailing the suspect to a room the pair forced entry. a door was broken and the man was shot and killed. Loud was arrested.
In Murhegon Michigan on June 6 Mrs. Henry W Hughson appeared in court to face murder charges for killing her second husband Nathan Douglas A full day was spent selecting jurors and witnesses. George W King requests a separate trial for his client while the defendant receives support from her attorney and remains in custody under guard.
The Fifteenth division encampment opens at Central Market hall Allentown with 225 delegates present led by Commander C J John from Mount Carmel Aided by Fred Row acting adjutant 250 delegates attend afternoon session reports show a flourishing order with finances improving The Ladies Aid society meets in Grand Army hall with 75 delegates enrolled Towanda and Gettysburg compete for next year’s encampment no public business recorded by Ladies Aid Society.
Delegates to the funeral synod of the Evangelical Lutheran church arrive in Hagerstown Maryland for the June 5 opening. The synod will hold daily business sessions and evening meetings focused on church interests including hymn revisions foreign and home missions school extension ministerial supply publications board and the historical society.
Ernest P. Ingham editor of the Fourth Estate was arrested on a criminal libel charge brought by the United Press. He was taken before Justice McMahon and paroled to his counsel until 2 o clock to furnish $500 bail. The libel stemmed from the May 30 issue of the Fourth Estate.
In New York the complaint was served on Clayton McMichael proprietor of the Philadelphia North American in a libel action brought by The United Press in the supreme court for $100000. The publication in question appeared in the June 1 issue. Meanwhile ex President Horatio will arrive tomorrow en route to Indianapolis and will stay briefly with ex Postmaster General Wanamaker.
The Kentucky Republican state convention in Louisville organized a permanent committee and adjourned after handling the resolutions report. The session paused until 7:40 p.m. to continue business.
A scrambled batch of short items notes thieves targeting Nquorelore in Boston, a dog bite causing a death in Kentucky, indictments for county officials in Ohio, a Baltimore man fatally shot amid a drunken chase, a Berlin steamer en route to a temperance convention, a California official missing and feared murdered, a prisoner pardoned to die at home, and a council brawl in Atlantic City.
Panicked reports say Bedouins attacked consuls at Jiddah with deaths among British officials and arrests of tribesmen. Europeans rush onto merchant vessels for safety while twelve British and French warships head toward the harbor as tensions rise over Mecca quarantine and Armenian reform disputes.
Major Mortimer Higley of Cedar Rapids Iowa, friend of President Dole, asserts Hawaii’s republic is provisional and annexation by the United States is likely. He notes strong pro annexation sentiment among natives and predicts Japan may claim the islands if not US annexes. Higley cites Hawaiian royalists favoring annexation and Dole’s support for a strong power.
General Tren elfo, Colombia’s chargé d affaires, says Colombia will pursue negotiation with Nicaragua over the Mosquito territory. He notes instructions allow use of judgment and sees no US representation needed. General Rengifo adds Colombia will press Pacific means to claim the territory.
Mrs. J. A. Barr, a New York widow, sues Mary J. Newton of Booth Nyack for 50000 damages claiming a broken promise to marry. She alleges Newton, son of millionaire Henry J. Newton, invoked spiritualist demonstrations at his homes and in New York, while Newton denies any promise.
June 5 in South Beaver township Richard Perrett, a farmer, sought medical aid for a badly injured arm after a mad horse attacked him in town. The animal, bought ten days earlier, had earlier been bitten by a dog and went on the assault, leaving Perrett with a broken arm but he escaped serious injury.
Columbus June 5 state prison managers released on parole William Berner a noted Ohio prisoner serving a manslaughter sentence for murders in Cincinnati His release followed the jury failure to sentence him to death which sparked the Cincinnati riots of 1884 Security was tight as mobs sought to seize him on route to Columbus The same date Washington reported Spanish minister Dupuy de Lome received Cuban governor general confirmation of Marti’s death by official designation of the core
Secretary Werbert sailed for Annapolis aboard the Dolphin to attend graduation exercises. Interetate Commerce Commissioner Veasey is housebound for a week due to overwork and dyspepsia. Ht. Merton of Bangor faces possible removal for criticizing the administration. The Mexican boundary commission filed a partial report to the state department via Colonel Anson Mula. Troops from Fort Sheridan march to Camp Douglas and back led by Seventh Cavalry and Light Battery.
Reports describe sickness crippling the French forces in Madagascar and Queen Marie of Hanover near death in Kielce. A Treblond chief in Armenia killed himself to avoid torture, a collision sinks an Austrian ship with no deaths, Nasralla Khan attends Moslem services in London, and J R Roosevelt will represent the United States at the international railroad congress in London on June 24.
A weather update for eastern Pennsylvania notes showers with some western areas seeing more precipitation. Cooler air moves in the eastern region as westerly winds persist, bringing a changeable moisture pattern.
The notice promotes Finley’s Silk lines including Kal Ka Silks and brocade taffetas and highlights Special Low Prices on a large line of wool dress goods to reduce stock. It references questions of nationality of goods and urges customers to visit for bargains.
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