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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1896
Page
1
A catalog of hosiery offers lists various ladies and children's stockings with sale prices. The piece also reports the 1900s Republican national committee meeting in St. Louis with William Hanna elected chairman and detailed factional assignments for states and delegates.
Two committees named by the convention to notify William McKinley and Garret Hobart of their nominations as president and vice president met today in New York. The McKinley committee will notify him in Canton on June 29 and the Hobart committee will notify Hobart at his home on July 7.
St Louis reports speculation among politicians on McKinley’s potential advisers. Names discussed include General Benjamin Tracy as secretary of state, with history as Harrison’s navy chief and key adviser during the Chillan crisis. Other names considered are Senator Sherman for treasury, Henry Clay Evans for postmaster general, and Senator Mitchell of Oregon for attorney general depending on state legislature.
A letter from M. A. Hanna urges adoption of the 1802 Republican emblem made from California pampas plumes. He commends Mrs. H. W. Strong of Los Angeles and proposes red white and blue plume fans on staffs for parades and interior decor. The note is presented through the Republican national convention's chairman and state chairs.
A flood of congratulatory messages arrived for Major William McKinley after his nomination. Notables such as Speaker Reed Governor Morton and Senator Lodge sent telegraphs from Canton Dubuque and Washington praising his candidacy. Messages from Mrs Garfield and Mrs Depew joined many club telegrams, with many from women nationwide.
Canton's 1900s crowd fills Market Street as Major McKinley receives the returned St. Louis delegates. Ohio neighbors from Trumbull Mahoning and Stark counties cheer, while New York McKinley supporters pledge strong November backing. Mrs McKinley and local officials observe amid a celebratory scene.
The jury in New York acquits Henry Barton Beecher in the criminal branch of the Supreme Court verdict. He is discharged after the forgery trial concludes.
The morning edition notes fair weather with chances of showers. Political items include Hanna as Republican Chairman with a reception for McKinley and Eneland seeking arbitration. Other items cover trade reviews, high school graduates, church birthdays, and Suburban News alongside market reports and sports results.
London reports say Foreign Undersecretary Curzon says Sir Julian Pauncefote to report on Caracas proposals while US talks continue on frontier arbitration. Venezuela Britain border tensions rise. Trinidad seen as likely source of fuller details.
Albert Wood proprietor of a Washington Park photograph gallery and visitor Richard Mensee aged twenty die after a loose arc light wire on the gallery screen delivers 1 400 volts. Mensee touched the screen and was hurled back then Woods also received a shock. Both men die at Samaritan hospital. Wood leaves a wife and two children.
Senator Teller of Colorado plans a rest after recent duties and will travel by water to Fulton Illinois to stay with his a get mother for a week or more. He intends to resume campaigning after the Chicago convention and believes the western field offers strong missionary opportunities.
Forecast notes a warm trend in the middle state with light southerly and southwesterly winds and possible local thunderstorms near the lake region. Sunday brings partly cloudy skies with warm southwest winds and local rain on the coast, followed by cooler conditions.
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