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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1895
Page
1
Readable lines describe 46 inch all wool Coverly mixtures with quiet tone effects in greens tans browns blues and greys. The text references earlier season pricing but provides no specific figures or dates.
Harrisburg dispatch reports Quay County likely to be created as Senator Quay endorses the bill. House and Senate action expected next week as allies press the measure amid opposition from Schuylkill county factions and a crowded capitol lobby. The Senate and House consider related bills including local government and railroad provisions while a high profile prize fight bill faces defeat. Garrett’s execution follows a botched hanging. authorities report lengthy death and family involvement.
Charles Garrett was executed by hanging in Lebanon Pennsylvania for the murder of his wife Louise. The procedure occurred without notable incident as the condemned man faced the justice of the state in the morning execution.
Washington May 7 An advisory bulletin from the navy department says Admiral Carpenter’s fleet is en route to Foo with two ships expected to arrive by week’s end if treaty ratification proceeds without delays. The move signals strong American representation at Foo should complications arise.
A Grand Lodge circular warns Elks that any subordinate lodge or group claiming authority from another power is treason to the order. The notice follows a proposed self-styled Buffalo meeting on May 26 and urges lodges to reaffirm allegiance to the Grand Lodge with a session planned for Atlantic City.
Reports from Ontario County describe a violent storm washing out railroad beds from Middlesex to Naples and flooding fields and streams near Canandaigua Lake. The Roseville freight depot reportedly struck by lightning, telegraph and telephone lines torn down, hindering details.
Western forests burn destroying timber while Reading plans new schools under compulsory education. Convicts Delaney brothers found guilty of conspiracy in Pittsburg. Warfield of Lafayette College to address Albright Institute students tomorrow. Williamsport committee seeks flood protection funding for Major Raymont plan. A libelous charge against Jacob Day ends in a felonious assault case at Pottsville. Lehigh student Harry Thatcher injured in lab explosion. Sheriff issues execution against Goo man Hros for nearly 000. Brisman, Pennsylvanian Odd Fellow leader, dies after a stairs fall at a store. aged 53.
The Times reports Japan will receive an additional indemnity of 50 million dollars for abandoning the Liao-Tung Peninsula. Troops move from Canton toward Farmers Island to suppress anticipated opposition to Japanese occupation under the peace treaty. Other dispatches note mixed reactions in Russia and Europe to Japan's concessions and the evolving far eastern settlement.
In Avondale Pa on May 7 a woman, Mrs Charles Boland, fled pursued by her husband Roland Boland who fired five shots. One bullet hit the woman in the head as she fell and Boland fled. she is not expected to recover. Boland, a servant’s husband, is at large.
W Rourke Cockran, now in Ireland, reportedly aims to join parliament within a year campaigning through a borough district. Observers note potential strong voter support, though some Tammany figures doubt his chances and Croker's influence may oppose him. If elected, Cockran would align as a McCarthyite.
At the Columbia College trustees meeting President Seth Low announced a $1,000,000 donation to build a new library. William Schermerhorn supplemented the gift with $4,000,000 for a natural science building, intended as a memorial to the late Abel Abbott Low.
Burglars entered Mrs. Oscar Allen's Coopersville Michigan home during her absence Saturday evening and took about $1,350 in gold, bank notes, and negotiable notes plus silverware. The victim, an elderly widow, preferred not to use banks.
May 7 reports smelter men deny a Colorado syndicate buying gold. Ex-Governor Grant of the Omaha and Grant smelter says the rumor is erroneous and notes bullion is shipped to New York for more than a month, with a price of 66 cents per 1,000.
Reports say Governor Morrill, returning to Topeka from Hiawatha, faces charges of obtaining state funds via false vouchers. Attorneys Waters and Herald promise arrest tomorrow, citing Governor’s absence as delaying warrant service. Similar claims surface against Mrs. M. F. Lease for mileage on a trip not made.
The Eleventh Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania opened at St. Luke's Church Philadelphia with many delegates. Rev Francis Burgess preached the opening sermon and Bishop Whitaker celebrated communion and called the convention to order. He urged creating a presbytery to oversee diocesan missions.
Insurgents attacked Cristo, twelve miles from Santiago de Cuba, burning several buildings. A relief train was halted by the insurgents and a captain was wounded in the ensuing fight. General Martinez Campos departed for Guantanamo at seven this morning. Manuel Fuentes, New York World Cuban correspondent, was released from prison and ordered to leave the island.
A sensational note from Wichita Kansas describes Rosa Whiteface a young Caddo pupil sold by her father to her sister s husband for 15 ponies. Rosa petitions President Cleveland to prevent her marriage while her lover Rosen aged 17 awaits the outcome. Elsewhere a rowing race is set for June 2 on the Hudson at Poughkeepsie. In Reading Pennsylvania the Democratic Judicial convention nominates Judge J N Ermentrout for president judge of Berks County. The Republican convention contemplates no nomination.
Foreign news flash notes ex-Premier William Gladstone condemning the sultan over the Armenian affair. Pope Leo praises the Canadian Catholic schools effort. Emperor Francis Joseph rejects Count Kalnoky’s resignation. James Spencer Balfour returns from Argentina to Anetunid amid Southampton uproar.
The Navy Department orders the cruisers New York and Columbia to participate in Germanys Kiel naval demonstration beginning June 1. Supreme Justice Brewer rejects the Catholic Bishop of Nesquillys land claim near Vancouver Washington saying the church only holds the mission grounds. A U S Supreme Court decision upholds ten point possession or valid title for Ban Jones California residents in a suit brought by Jane M Teall and others of New York challenging an ancient title.
About seven hundred of two thousand Hainois Steel strikers attacked the gate at Eighty-sixth and Green Bay streets in Chicago. Police used clubs to disperse the crowd, reinforcements arrived, twenty eight ringleaders mostly Hohemline and Poles were arrested, several officers and strikers injured, and work continued without further trouble.
A crowd of Pocwhantas miners was halted at a tunnel by home guards under Lt Seabury on route to a 2 30 pm meeting. Major Simons refused a pass infuriating Lawless and followers who expected the crowd. Tense standoff and excitement followed for hours amid a split between tunnels toward the state line on the West Virginia slide.
Amalgamated association officials celebrate when Slrm works management signs onto the wage scale. The mill will resume full operations with about 400 men employed. This marks the third victory for the union in the last day, and the strike may not extend much further.
Chicago May 7 Twelve hundred men employed by the furnace department of the Winds Steel Company mills at South Chicago quit work this morning. Two furnaces are shut down as a result and the strikers expect sympathizers to spread the discontent to other departments. They say they were paid $2.10 a day two years ago and now earn $1.00 for twelve hours of work.
A dynamite blast at 4 a m partially destroyed Peter Patten’s new Fanwood hotel. Holes were dug beside the arch, a fuse attached cartridge placed inside, the earth replaced, and windows and weatherboards torn away. Patten and his wife, the sole occupiers, were uninjured amid accusations a jealous rival without a Fanwood liquor license committed the act.
The Queens County Agricultural Society fair will exclude wine and wine jellies from exhibits and premium lists. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union cited a law against such items and noted judges tasted them in violation of the law.
Henderson New York May 7 A resident Mary Birchall of Henderson is described as sending electricity through a sewing machine and grindstone to run at will. The family sews by a crank powered from an electric current she supposedly emits from her fingertips and sharpens farm tools on a windstone driven by the same. She can illuminate a dark room by presence.
Eyewitnesses describe invisible electrical forces around a young woman during transmissions described as dangerous to touch. A dog and a cow were shocked. a man who touched the girl reportedly fainted and died soon after, with conflicting testimony about the events at St Town Pol.
Coroner accepts tip from J J Clancy of Shamokin that body recovered near the Jermyn breaker in Dickson City may be his brother Michael Clancy. Clancy notes a knife clasp inscribed Hickory Swamp Shamokin Pa and says the dead man’s clothes were found at Dyderwater Hines in Olyphant. The wife and four children live in Shamokin. exhumation not yet pursued.
A sudden cloudburst swept over New Gitton Ohio covering a small area. Torrents washed clear the gulley but dissipated within five minutes. The entire event lasted under half an hour. Strike ends for New York wallpaper workers
Ex governor Robert Stockton Green of New Jersey died yesterday in Elizabeth after a quarrel in Selma Alabama Bilas Lee shot an unknown woman and killed himself in the incident In New York C M Redstock of Chicago fell from a train and was cut to pieces About 20 percent plan to petition President Cleveland to pardon Van Leuven the dying expansion attorney in Webster City Iowa A report that John R McLean of the Cincinnati Enquirer bought the New York Morning Journal is denied By the time of a Little Rock Arkansas arrest warrant for James Taylor Ed Bohannon and David Choles and Taylor themselves were killed An unsuccessful attempt to wreck an express train occurred at Waterbury Connecticut
Showers in the early morning at ewater Pennsylvania followed by fair and cooler conditions. Winds shift from southerly to variable later, bringing a drier feel and mixed skies.
Notice highlights special numbers in GOWNS A Tucked Yoke Muslin Ruftie Gown Specials for children and includes Crowl ers, Underwaists, Children's Gingham Dresses, and Boys Galatea and Pique Kilts. Read to appreciate value.
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