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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1895
Page
1
French origin fabrics headline bold and refined
The passage extols new printed fabrics in plain white and cream with many tints. It highlights endless patterns including sprays floral styles and figures, noting they carry a light graceful elegance characteristic of French origin.
Iridescent Dotted Swiss Fabrics Debut in First Season
Iridescent dotted Swiss fabrics appear in many color combinations and attract attention for stylish dressers. The spotless white weaves offer a delicate silky luster, noted as charming. This marks their first season.
Old Favorites and Fabrics Listed with Prices
A fragmented listing shows fabric names such as India Linena Plain Nainsooks and Dotted Swisa with varied prices. Other items include French Mulls in white and English Longcloths with price ranges from 8c to 42c. The text reads like a late 19th or early 20th century dry goods catalog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Victoria
New Fashion Dimities and Organdies With Fresh Looks
A wide new range of white and tinted dimities and organdies appears with stripes sprays florals and dots. The pieces show a strong stamp of newness and 7 ounce White Organdies will be in demand as prices range from 42 to 65 cents.
Fancy Piques and Wash Goods Stock Up
The article advertises a wide range of fancy piques in white and dark grounds with various patterns for children's wear. It stresses deep, fast colors and urges shoppers to view the vast stock while stocks remain plentiful, noting the wash goods story could be extended.
Quay County Bill Defeated in State House Fight
Harrisburg April 30 The Quay county movement suffered a serious setback as the house defeated the bill to create the new county by 92 to 3, with opponents arguing it would worsen local debt and distance to Wilkes-Barre. The measure, already passed by the senate, faced renewed efforts to reconsider amid protests from Luzerne Schuylkill counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Tribune
Harrisburg
Quay County
House
Senate
Luzerne
Schuylkill
Shrink
Schuylkill County
Friends of the Bill
Hazleton
Wilkes-Barre
Quay
Representative Few
Messrs. Fourcells
Kipp
Loan Hill
Cotton Building and Loan Association
Pittsburg Building and Loan Association
Leange
Cotton
Allegheny
Pennsylvania
Clarency, Crothers
Department of Agriculture
P. D. Bricker
Jersey Shore
Bricker
Mylin
Lawrence
Philadelphia
Ninteenth
Chester
Delaware
Montgomery and Bucks
Northampton
Monroe
Pike and Carbon
Berks and
Lehigh
Lancaster
Lackawanna
Dauphin
Perry and
Lebanon
Bradford
Susaquehanna
Wayne
Wyoming
Tioga
Potter, Lycoming
Clinton
Columbia
Montour
Northumberland and
Sullivan
Huntingdon
Mifflin
Juniata
Snyder
Union
McCoy and Chapman Deser to Canada to Escape Court
Two McCoy family members and a Chapman linked to the McCoys fled Kentucky and traveled to Canada to avoid Kentucky court witnesses. They stayed in Superior Wisconsin after a day of drinking at multiple venues then rode the South Shore train toward Canada. Police learned of their presence but had no arrest orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCoy
Kentucky
Canada
Superior
Wis
South Shore
Chapman
William Knight
Knight
Four Men Die in Tennessee Feud Shooting
News from Newburn Tennessee reports a family feud ending in a swift street gunfight that killed four men: KR W Townsend and son Bureguard, and Able and John P Fulgham. A prior insult sparked the conflict with Fulgham’s arrest, bond, and a $60 fine. The confrontation triggered a lethal volley outside the magistrate’s door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Newburn
Tenn
Thin Town
KR. W. Townsend
Bureguard
Able
John P Fulgham
Townsend
Fulgham
Murray Fulgham
Avery Townsend
Madison County
Young Fulgham
Sailor loss as steamer Sakle Shepherd sinks near Maumee Bay
Captain George Hayward and four crew members reach Toledo after Sakle Shepherd founder near Maumee Bay. Cook William Jones drowned after abandoning ship in a yaw while engineer Albert Hamlin was rescued by the Roy. The vessel filled rapidly in heavy seas and sank within an hour of water intake. Survivors endured a seven mile, perilous row through towering waves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Lake Erie
Murphys Daughter Weds Ex Mayor Hugh Grant in DC
Washington April 30 The society world in Washington was stirred by the marriage of Miss Julia M Murphy daughter of United States Senator Murphy to Hugh J Grant ex mayor of New York City. The ceremony took place at the senator and Mrs Murphy home Seventeenth and K streets with Archbishop Corrigan of New York officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Julia M. Murphy
United States
Murphy
Hugh J. Grant
New York City
Benator
Judge Brown Refuses Habeas Corpus for Buchanan Execution
The federal judge in New York denies a writ to halt murderer Buchanan's execution. The report notes a chaotic scene as guests celebrate Buchanan’s birthday in Chicago and mentions a series of other incidents including a coroner investigating James St. John’s funeral, a civil service appointment for reporter Richard Wadsworth, and a missing foreman found mutilated in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
New York
Fast River
Louise Scharce
G. H. Ebersol
Chicago
Butte
Mont
Reading Police Bow to Lexow Rumor and Local Cases
The Reading police face assimilation rumors as a dozen men are jailed for watching a cock fight. Ex mayor John Powers dies in Bellefonte of diabetes at an unspecified age. A South Bethlehem fire claimed the life of George Jankelk’s daughter in a home accident. Boston detectives seek reguisition papers for A Bachelder in Allegheny County for forgery. John MacQuiston, a poor man of Heltzhoover Allegheny, inherits 960000 and plans to return to Ireland. Philadelphia and Reading rail traffic reports indicate forty five long trains from Palo Alto to Crossona in two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
John Powers
Bellefonte
South Bethlehem
George Jankelk
Boston
A. Bachelder
Allegheny County
John MacQuiston
Heltzhoover
Allegheny
Ireland
Philadelphia
Palo Alto
Cross Ona
Tragic murder in Louisville harms governor’s son
Archie D. Brown, governor’s private secretary, and Nellie Bush Gordon die in a West Madison street room after a confrontation with Fulton Gordon. The killer, claiming jealousy, shot both Brown and Mrs Gordon as the couple attempted to flee. Coroner calls it justifiable homicide. Gordon arrested for preliminary examination. Governor Brown collapses with grief in Frankfort as news arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Archie Brown
Fulton Gordon
West
Madison Street
Brown
Gordon
Lucy B. Smith
Marle Mattingly
Archie D. Brown
Frankfort
Undertaker King
Arch Dixon Brown
Headly
McDowell
Secretary Headly
Robbery and assault after hold up near Baker Oklahoma
In Guthrie Oklahoma on April 30 two masked men robbed and bound Mr George Williams and assaulted his wife near Baker in Lincoln county. Hayes and William Beach were arrested and identified as the guilty parties. Possible talk of lynching their suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Guthrie
O. T
Baker
Lincoln County
George Willams
Hayes
William Beach
Nicaragua Offers Pay to End British Ship Blockade
Washington reports Nicaragua will pay 77,600 in London within fifteen days to settle the dispute with Britain. The condition asks for British ships to be withdrawn from Corinto harbor first, a move praised as US-friendly but seen as hard to secure. London has not yet replied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
England
France
Medina
Nicaragua
Great Britain
Managua
Lord Kimberly
Corinth
London
United States
Zelaya
Corinto
Heir to millions traced to Ansel White discovery
Ansel White, heir to a New York estate valued at 4 million dollars, has been identified in Port Angeles Washington. White died in May 1888 on a ranch between Port Angeles and Dungeness, aged 76. W Pierpont White, a nephew’s son, traced him from Utica to Missouri and California before matching a San Francisco description with C P Clapp of Seattle triggering confirmation. Attorneys from New York soon travel to secure probate and distribute the inheritance among sixteen heirs after the will is probed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansel White
Port Angeles
Wash
New York
Dungeness
San Francisco Bay
W. Pierpont White
Utica
Missouri
California
San Francisco
C. I’. Clapp
Seattle
Angel White
Heira
Durant Case Evidence Takes Turn In City Court
In San Francisco April 80 Theodore Durant faces murder charges in the Minnie Williams case. Dr Barrett the autopsy physician testified the victim was assaulted before death and died of suffocation and hemorrhage with wounds formed beforehand. The court room was cleared as testimony proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett
San Francisco
Theodore Durant
Minnie Williams
Blackwell Mystery Moves Toward Carpenter Innocence
Finston, Pa, April 30 The accused murderer Samuel Carpenter, who attempted suicide with a razor, is recovering well If no complications arise he will recover The remains of Mrs Blackwell were taken to Ringoes New Jersey today A secret consultation was held in Carpenter’s interest and another arrest is hinted The general belief is Carpenter is innocent
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Emmons
Finston
Samuel Carpenter
Mra
Ray Blackwell
Woman dies after prolonged coughing spell in Conshohocken
In Conshohocken Pennsylvania Mrs Edward Hogan dies after a long coughing fit that began after breakfast and lasted for hours, with death recorded at 140 o'clock in the afternoon. The incident is described as a distressing case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conshohocken, Pa
Edward Hogan
Weat Conshohocken
Republican League holds important Harrisburg meeting
Harrisburg, April 90. The Republican League of Pennsylvania executive committee met in the Supreme Court room with Colonel Everett Warren presiding. They planned attendance at the national convention in Cleveland on June 19 and set September 13 for the next state convention in York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Republican League of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Everett Warren
League
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
York
Lukens
Philadelphia
A. Wilson Norris
Florence J. Miller
Pittsburg
Hoke Smith Explains Currency Stance in Macon Interview
Secretary Hoke Smith of the Interior department spoke in Macon on April 20 outlining the currency debate. He predicts a national discussion over the next year focused on unlimited silver coinage at 16 to 1, dividing the public into gold monometallists silver monometallists and bimetallists. He believes silver monometallism will drive the campaign and expects the next president to oppose unlimited silver coinage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Hoke Smith
Interior Department
United States
United States Refuses Peace Treaty Alliance Policy
Washington officials insist the United States will not join Britain and Japan in any alliance to counter Russia France and Germany over the Japanese Chinese peace treaty. They state this has never been the government's policy and it will not set a precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Japan
Washington
State Department
Great Britain
Russia
France
Germany
Troops Likely Needed to Quell Indian Uprising
A telegram from Deputy U S Marshal Shhindler reports about 200 Indians at Langan near St Johns have burned settler homes and prepare strong resistance. The U S marshal seeks instructions from the attorney general, and troops are expected to be ordered out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
N. D
United States
Shhindler
Langan
St. Johns
Roosevelt Resigns Civil Service Post to Become New York Police Commissioner
Theodore Roosevelt resigns as United States civil service commissioner to take the New York City police commissioner job offered by Mayor Strong. He served about six years in the civil service post after appointment by the president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
United States Civil Service
New York City
Strong
Contractor fined for swearing in Pittsburg dispute
John Hoffman, a contractor, was fined 2.68-7 cents for each use of a profane epithet during a dispute with a tenant in Pittsburg. Alderman Donovan imposed the fine under the act of assembly after the vulgarepithet was used four times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
John Hoffman
Donovan
Hoffman
Jail inmate Garrett triggers window–bar incident
Charles Garrett awaiting execution for murder created a scene in Lebanon jail when he produced a knife and cut through barred window sills hidden by soap. He claimed Julius Ferry supplied both knife and razor once. Ferry denied involvement as Garrett accused him of double dealing and plot with Seltzer and other officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Charles Garrett
Garrett
A. Frank Seltzer
Aaron Sattazahn
Seltzer
Garrettt
Julies Ferry
Ferry
Sallie Garrett
Wae
Wounds Point to Murder in Malone Case at Cairo
The body of J. J. Malone of Benton, Mississippi, was washed ashore on the Ohio River near Cairo. Malone had appeared as a witness in a U.S. court on April 12 and was last seen with two black men the night before. His clothes were stripped of valuables and marks on the body indicate murder. no suspects were arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Malone
Oain
Cairo
J. J. Malone
Benton
Ohio
Malone
United States
Gold in Tron ore exceeds iron value per ton
Tehcpeming Michigan miners report assays from the 3 000 ton stockpile at the Dexter mine show nearly half a ton in gold per ton of ore. Traces of gold occur in district iron ores, but this assay indicates gold outweighs iron in value. Further stamping tests will extract gold and recover iron and manganese from tailings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehpeming
Mich
Dexter Mine
Notable European Figures Face Shifts in 19th Century News
Herr Gustav Freytag lies critically ill in Wiesbaden. The Dowager Duchess of Marlborough wed to Lord Beresford in London. Risley may become Denmark’s consul general in Havana due to the post’s importance. Duke of Orleans injured in a hunt. Princess Helene of Orleans postpones marriage to the Duke of Aosta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustav Freytag
Wiesbaden
London
Duchess of Marlborough
Lord Beresford
Denmark
Risley
Havana
Duke of Orleans
Helene of Orleans
Duke of
Aosta
Congressmen Hutta Faces Public Duty Amid Arch Dedication
Congressmen Hutta remains occupied with public business causing the president to miss the Washington Memorial Arch dedication in New York. Ensign George Mullivan of the navy lost a leg after being struck by a chain on the Olympia in San Francisco. Plans call for State Naval reserves from Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland and North Carolina to train aboard Admiral Meades's fleet this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutta
Washington Memorial Arch
New York
George Mullivan
Navy
Olympia
San Francisco
Masdachinette
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
North Carolin
Admiral Meades
Unsettled Weather Brings Showers to Eastern Pennsylvania
For eastern Pennsylvania unsettled weather brings showers as a cold front sweeps in from the northwest with brisk northwesterly winds likely to persist through the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
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