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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1895
Page
2
The Miners Savings Bank directors moved the remaining furnishings to the new modern building with oak interiors and marble block floors. The old building becomes the Board of Trade as a parade of local events continues.
Councilman Lane introduces an ordinance to establish an official standard of inebriety at city stations. The measure would require a formal test to determine intoxication levels for enforcement.
Senor Muruaga complains that reporters abused his confidence and published his private remarks on the Alliance incident. He admits he spoke freely and vigorously to Spanish legation correspondents and must bear the odium of what was attributed to him as news.
Governor Matthews grants clemency to Joseph Wade, a northern prison inmate, recalling a sensational murder case from fifteen years earlier in Indianapolis. Wade, a saloon keeper, was accused with Mrs. Brown in the killing of her husty aunt, with Wade sentenced to life and Mrs. Brown also convicted. Wade was pardoned due to ill health.
In Hepworth Ontario March 24 residents protest brutal punishment of Mary Kenderson by her parents. They stripped, tied and suspended the child, beating with a snake whip or buckle strap. A medical exam showed severe injuries. parents were arrested amid talk of lynching.
General Electric and Westinghouse appoint joint committees from their boards to regulate business in harmony and raise prices. The move aims to avoid consolidation or pooling of interests while signaling a trend toward profitable cooperation between the two companies.
Professor McCook of Trinity College reported tests on seventy four whisky samples at Trinity laboratory in New Haven showing extensive adulteration. He noted high end bars sometimes sold inferior whisky as good, and that two experts could not distinguish the best from the worst. He estimated state controlled whiskey profits at about $1.10 per gallon and favored state stock company control.
Two deaf mutes Edward A. Kelling of St Louis and Blanche Mills from Jacksonville married in the county court room and left for St Louis by afternoon train. Blanche's husband Charles Mille of Modesto says she eloped with Kelling and arrived to seek her arrest but Mille later declined to prosecute and left for St Louis to try to win her back.
The mayor and common council remain deadlocked over police business. Nominations from Mayor Marrow were rejected, no new names proposed, and the council adjourned to April 1 leaving the town without a single policeman. In Omaha reports, several toughs started for Boone, and merchants hired guards sworn in as deputy sheriffs.
A Madrid coup by Marshal Martinez Campos changed Spain’s crisis, routing army mutiny and forcing officers back to barracks with orders to avoid disobedience. The incident exposes the army’s corruption and risks to constitutional liberty, with future leadership by Campos anticipated. In Washington, Secretary Gresham’s dealings with Spain’s Maruaga remain cautious amid Atlantic tensions. A separate report notes a gun attack injuring a woman, leaving her permanently crippled.
The Rewiing eyes four abandoned collieries in Schuylkill for lease while the Bouthertt Railway shops at Knoxville Tennessee prepare to employ 1,000 workers by June. J. M. Kimball leaves Milsbure and Erie railroads to head Pennsylvanias econ business in Erie Cleveland and Ash tabula. New coal cars to be built at Jackson Woodin Berwick and Lehigh Valley adds engines for passenger service as shipments of Pocahontas coal rise over last year. The Pennsylvania railroads plan track changes due to mining damage and a new line will follow Mul Creek bed. Readings receivers push for 21 percent output share amid calls for harmony with the New York consortium.
At Tiuncoola Nebraska on a Saturday session Speaker Richards announced tighter access restricting floor admission to senators only after outsiders caused a disturbance. A woman from Omaha, lawyer Mrs Medardson, was escorted out following a brief talking contact with Tenedlet of Douglas county before she withdrew. The scene highlighted ongoing lobbyist pressure on the House near year end.
News from Mexico reports Ponelang Diaz of Mexico killed by a bull in Culiacan Sinaloa. He was gored in the groin and trampled. promoter of Bucarelli bull ring in this city. Demeterio Rodrigues, an associate, had died earlier in Durango in a similar incident.
Dr H B Mottinger of Indianapolis Indiana reports months of rheumatism relief after using Detchon's Myotic Cure and claims immediate improvement. He states two bottles cured him and recommends Myrtle Cure, sold by Carl Lorens Drugstore at 418 Lackawanna Avenue Scranton.
Shelbyville Indiana March 24 Mrs Ross returned home to find a loaded shotgun arranged to fire when the cellar door opened. Calvin Ross had fixed the gun for thieves who had been raiding the cellar. Mrs Tlogg later attempted to open the door and was shot, potentially crippling the woman.
Stocks started uneven as investors weighed weak ionion cables and railways but soon recovered. General Electric led gains with prices near week highs while Jersey Central Lacleinanni and others rose modestly. Chicago Gas lagged. The Tribune notes broad daily movement guided by broker G du B Dimemick of William Linn Allen & Co.
Cattle receipts 1 000 head steady with dairy cows and feeders near 4 000. Hogs receipts 0 000 head market slow to strong with mixed to choice offerings around 4 4 0 to 4 8 0. Sheep receipts 4 000 head steady from inferior to choice and lambs quoted around 6 0 0. Oil market shows Pittsburg opening near 1 12 ½ with high 1 12 ¾ and close 1 12 4 0.
Classified advertisements list multiple rental properties across Scranton with addresses on Lackawanna Avenue Vine Street Franklin Avenue and West Lackawanna Avenue. Also present are professional cards for physicians in Scranton including Dr G Edgar Phan and Dr A J Connell with office and contact details.
Public notice announces RS Venton a clairvoyant and phrenologist offering readings at 23 Lackawanna Avenue for a short time only. Blighted rooms advertised with or without board at 611 Washington Avenue.
Market listings show prices for cattle hogs sheep and dairy products with mixed and steady trends. Livestock receipts totaled thousands with prime steers at about 4.60 to 4.50, hogs near 4.80 to 5.00, and sheep around 6.00 to 7.00. dairy items include creamery and western dairy offerings.
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