15 Pieces 44 Inch All Wool Coverings in Pleasant Tones
The listing describes fifteen pieces of 44 inch all wool coverings in quiet tone effects and exquisite shadings of greens tans browns blues and grays. It notes the price earlier in the season.
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Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1895
Page
1
10 Pieces 44 Inch Wool Suitings in Tan Grey Blue Green
A small lot of tweed and worsted goods offered this season. The 44 inch all wool herringbone fabrics come in tan grey blue and green mixtures with a touch of a popular effect. Suitable for suitings and tailoring.
Setback as Landis bill fails in original form in Harrisburg
Harrisburg reports a decisive house vote against passing the Landis bill in its original form. The measure would require school boards to buy American made flags, prompting opposition over local costs. The bill faces final consideration next week as patriots observe the legislative clash amid debates on related measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Tribune
Harrisburg
Patriotic Societies
Landis
Senate
Patriotic Order Lone of America
Spangler
Fecht
Andrews’ Bol
Crawford County
Pattison
Gordon
Niles
General Judiciary Committee
James W. M. Newlin
Philadelphia
Ways and Means
Riter
Ways and Means Committee
Cochrane
House
Woods
Hastings
Greater Pittsburg
Pittsburg
Casper Thomas Freed After Jury Refusal to Indict
In Bloomshoro Pennsylvania a grand jury declined to file true bill against Casper Thomas 69 who killed Walter Hayes in self defense during the April 11 incident Hayes a young baseball player died of his wounds. Thomas was discharged as the jurors did not indict him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomshoro,Pa
May
Casper Thomas
Walter Hayes
Thomas
Hayes
Rioters Arraigned After Minos Steel Gate Clash
Chicago May 8 The strikers arrested during a riotous demonstration at the Minos Steel gate were arraigned in court. Eight men were bound over in 800 bail to answer at court, while fourteen were discharged. The works were quiet today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Minos Steel Company
O Donovan Rossa Disrupts House of Commons Row
In London on May 8, O Donovan Rossa rose in the strangers’ gallery and claimed an assassin’s blow was dealt to him and a stain on his name. Officials removed him as commotion erupted during a debate on Knox’s bill to repeal Balfour’s coercion act. He later said the expulsion did not surprise him and referenced a Labouchere letter about funds from the English government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Edmund Knox
West Cavanaugh
Balfour
John Morley
Ireland
O' Donovan Reesa
Rossa
O'Donovan Rossa
Labouchere
America
Her Corset Took Fire From Celluloid Sheath
Sophia Marsh a 12 year old servant in the family of Dr Frederick Weygandt of 645 Bedford Avenue Williamsburgh caught fire from a stove last Friday The corset made of celluloid burned fiercely Dr Weygandt wrapped a sheet around her and the couple doused her in a tub of water She was badly burned but expected to recover
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Marsh
New York
May
Frederick Weygandt
Bedford Avenue
Williamsburgh
Man leaps to death after work refusal in Cleveland suburb
A Cleveland area man applied for a job with the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad in Collinwood and, denied work, declared death or life with a cry. He then leaped under a passing train and was killed, his body cut to pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Collinwood
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Tecan
Strangler Case Ends in Not Guilty Verdict
The Denver trial of Richard Demady labeled the strangler concluded with a not guilty verdict returned by the jury this evening after a long afternoon session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver, May
Richard Demady
Multiple Local Tragedies and charters from Pennsylvania News
Emry wheel accident kills Thomas McCrea in Pittsburg. Bull Keller in Pottsville Jail on burglary charges, attempted suicide. Jennie Strunk, 15, drowns after falling from a tree into the Sunbury canal. Schuylkill Poor Director Day indicted for assault on almshouse baker’s wife. Union and Holland Presbyterian churches in Pittsburg favor consolidation. George W. Cormeny dies from injuries after being struck by a nozzle in Lancaster. John White, 12, dies after igniting an oil can with a match in Pittsburg. Governor Hantings to host Johnstown Correspondents in Harrisburg May 6. McKeesport Ridge Co with 1100 capital and Minin Bridge Co with 1000 capital granted state charters yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McCrea
Pittsburg
Bull Keller
Pottsville
Director Day
Schuylkill County
Union
Holland Presbyterian
George W. Cormeny
Lancaster
E Hantings
Association of Johnstown
Harrisburg
McKeesport Ridge Company
MiMin Bridge Company
Aged Man Hangs Self at Wife's Tombstone in Hazleton
May 8, Hazleton, Pa. Christian May, 73, escaped from the county home, went to the local cemetery, and hanged himself by drawing a rope around his wife's monument. Once wealthy, he later suffered financial reverses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Christian May
May
Work of Convention of Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania
Devotional services precede the annual convention in Philadelphia as the gathering proceeds to begin the regular session. Clergy and lay representatives attend the Protestant Episcopal diocese meeting with the May 8 date marking the start of formal proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Diocese of
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Fire Lays Six in Sweatshop Blaze on Pratt Street
Six persons probably fatally burned in a gasoline stove explosion and fire at a sweat shop on 1424 Mont Pratt Street Baltimore on the third floor. Heroic rescuers included Samuel Morris who aided victims and broke the door free. Injured ranged from facial burns to internal injuries and were taken to Baltimore University Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaltimore
May
Mont Pratt Street
Samuel Morris
Garrel
Morris
Tom McGuigan
Baltimore University Hospital
Snakes in a Cow Report Post Mortem Mystery in New Castle
In New Castle Butler county farmer Nicholas Grutiner tells a tale of a cow found dead among cranberry bushes. A veterinary surgeon conducting a post mortem found a four foot black snake and a stomach alive with 6 to 8 inch black snakes. Thirty two were slain and some escaped, suggesting infestation by a mother snake entering the cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Nicholas Grutiner
Portersville
Butler County
Portner
Settlement Reached In Hershfield Alienation Suit
In Helena Montana May Della Hershfield former cashier heiress of Aaron Hershfield filed suit against Lewis Hershfield and his wife for damages for alienating her husband. Jury selection began, settlement reached for 30000 dollars and Aaron Hershfield’s consent to divorce. Aaron Hershfield currently in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. H. Hershfield
Carter
Aaron Hershfield
Chicago
Invents a compass to prevent sea collisions
New York electrician J P O'Brien claims a shipboard compass with an electrical system and a ten foot magnet will detect and deflect the needle when a vessel enters a six mile magnetic field. He received support from Senator Hil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York, May
J. P. O'Brien
Navy Department
Hil Haa
O'Brien
Experimental Naval Magnet Alarm in Bay Trials
A writer notes a magnet experiment in a bay two weeks ago that successfully triggered an alarm bell indicating approaching vessels. He plans further tests on navy department ships to assess the device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Pirates Loot a Brig Off Morocco Coast
Tangier May 4 The Dutch brig Anna becalmed off the Rif coast was boarded by pirates. The crew was overpowered the captain killed the mate wounded and the brig looted. The brig escaped to Gibraltar where the captain was buried. German cruiser Alexandrine landed marines at Safi to support punishment of the murderers of R Rockstoph. Morocco City remains beleaguered with rebels killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Morocco
Anna
Gibraltar
Alexandrine
Count von Tattenbach
R. Rockstoph
Saffl
WANTED HALLSTEAD'S PARK Fencing Fails Before Borough Intervenes
Hallstead May 8 A would be land claimant tried to fence a river bank public park held by the borough as park land for seventy five years. Workmen felled two fence attempts as Mayor Dubois and Policeman Flem ming intervened. The disputed green area was later plowed and dumped with rubbish before dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Tribune
Hallstead
Dubois
Flemming
Fence No. 2
Dispensary Law Declared Illegal by U S Court
In Columbia South Carolina a United States Circuit Court decision rejected the state registration and election law and the dispensary law. The ruling sparks statewide unrest as the governor rejects legislative reconvening and liquor orders surge amid seizures by a constable enforcing the court mandate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court
South Carolina
Coumbia
United States
Royal Arcanum Meets in Reading Pennsylvania
The seventh biennial session of the grand council of the Royal Arcanum of Pennsylvania opened in Reading with about 250 delegates. Grand Regent BE. D. Doolittle presided, D. H. Wingert delivered the welcome, and Grand Orator C. BE. Cornelius of Pittsburgh replied. Insurgents in Cuba attacked by government troops near May, with Songo branch railway trestles cut and traffic halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Grand Council of the
Royal Arcanum of
Pennsylvania
BE. D. Doolittle
D. H. Wingert
C. BE. Cornelius
Pittsburg
Cuba
Bantingo de Cuba
May
Songo
Mrs Parnell Improves in Bordentown New Jersey
Mrs Parnell continues to improve rapidly in Bordentown New Jersey. Her physician said she would recover unless some unforeseen complications arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parnell
Bordentown
N. J
May
T Parnell
Compromise sought on Manitoba school question report
Government officials of Manitoba discuss a private conference on a solution to the school question. The Hoereshoffs of Bristol Rhode Island have bid to build six torpedo boats for Spain. Former Gov. Altgeld’s pardon of Harry Featherstone stirs Chicago. Executors win a hearing in Frisco on the Fair. A New York Assembly bill bans hotel discrimination against colored people. Delia Hershfield seeks $30,000 alimony in Helena Montana divorce case. Mrs Wilhelmina Albers of Brooklyn helps W H Beacon avoid jail for theft. Judge Brown refuses to order Collin P removal to California for insurance pans due to defective application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Hoereshoffs
Bristol
R. I
Harry Featherstone
Rovber
Altgeld
Chicago
Frisco
New York Assembly
Aaron Hershfield
Helena
Mont
Delia
Hershfield
W. H. Beacon
Wilhelmina Albers
Brooklyn
Brown
Federal Supreme Court
Collin P
California
Japan's Probable Course Doubted in Washington Dispatches
Washington reports cast doubt on Kur ean reports of Japan backing down in the Liao Tung issue. Terms of peace at Shomonoseki reaffirmed with concessions on control and indemnity. A possible resignation in the emperor's cabinet could threaten domestic security while new rapid mail car concepts promise 200 mph service between major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
China
Shomonoseki
Manchuria
United Preva
Lian-Tung Peninsula
Europe
Far East
Dimint Tho
Che Foo
Tomorry Mining
New York
Chicago
Niigata Falls
Mlee
Tiesell
Crell
Babylon Sunday School Scolds Wheelwatching Youth
Babylon Depot L L May and Reverend George Adams of the Babylon Methodist church reproved Indy Sunday school youths for leaving services to watch a hundred wheelmen pass through the village on a country run. The pastor warned they should not gather on village streets and promised stricter talk, though the youths vow to repeat the act if they choose.
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Babylon Depot
L. L. May
George Adams
Babylon
Young Warriors Foiled In Cuba Aid Plot Foiled
New York May report. University of Virginia students Gordon Thomas and Travers Aarman left for Cuba to join Insurgents aboard the Yumurl. Parents telegraphed for their arrest as Spanish soldiers boarded the Seneca in Havana and transferred the youths to the Beneen. no Cuban service occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
New York
Ward Line
Seneca
Havana
Gordon Thomas
Travers Aarman
University of Virginia
Bandy Hook
State Department
O Fe
Dile
United States
Wth
Beneen
Discriminating Clerk and Eloping Couples Marry in Terre Haute
In Terre Haute Indiana this morning Mary McLinden aged 17 and William Nutt from Green Castle wed after eloping. Her parents reportedly objected. Samuel Riley a farmer and Ella Mountjoy aged 16 failed to obtain a license in Marshall County and planned to seek a clerk in another county who would overlook her youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheeks
Terre Haute
Ind
Mary McLinden
William Nutt
Greencastle
Miss McLinden
Samuel Riley
Ella Mountjoy
Marshall
Two Hawk brothers killed in Kittanning mine collapse
In Kittanning Pennsylvania on Saturday morning two Hawk brothers living near Madison entered a mine with two companions. They failed to emerge that afternoon. A companion dreamt of their deaths that night. He searched Sunday and found one brother dead under a heavy slate pile and the other dying. the survivor expired shortly after extraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kittanning
Hawk
Madison
Actresses Without Money Plan to Walk to New York
Marie Worthington and Fannie Hasedl, two well dressed actresses, visited the department of charities in Pittsburg seeking transport to New York. The superintendent refused to issue tickets, prompting the pair to weep and declare they would walk the entire distance if needed after their company disbanded at Marietta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pittsburg
Marie Worthington
Fannie Hasedl
Department of Charities
Marietta
Michigan man perfects postal car model for rapid transit
A. B. Creil of Ionia Michigan after six years of work has perfected a postal car model designed to achieve rapid transit speeds. The invention, created in Ionia, promises faster transport for malls and related services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Ionia
Mich
A. B. Creil
President Cleveland Refuses Clemency in Washington Bee Editor Case
On March 21 W Calvin Chase editor of the Washington Bee was convicted of criminal libel and sentenced to ninety days. President Cleveland declines to intervene and denies clemency, stating the crime is detestable and harms journalism and public safety. The plea for mercy came from C K J Taylor, a colored Democrat from Kirns, appointed to a Washington city post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. Calvin Chase
District
C.K. J. Taylor
Kirnens
Washington City
KK. Druve
Cleveland
Chase
Teast
Orover Cleveland
Death from onions in Indiana caused by tainted produce
In Jeffersonville Indiana a family tragedy followed onion purchases from a huckster Herman Wilson and Elmer Wilson and Pat Mesler aged children fell gravely ill with two others hospitalized. Doctors suspect poisoned vegetables caused the illness and earlier Leonard Friend and others nearby also suffered sickness after eating onions but recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Ind
Herman Wilson
Elmer Wilson
Pat Mesler
Leonard Friend
Love Spurs To Murder In New York Daily News
Early today Thomas Hopper, a waiter, cut his wife's throat with a razor but she survived. Jealousy spurred ho pper to attack and he was jailed. In Brooklyn Gottlieb Meyer shot at his wife who had separated from him and then shot himself. A bullet grazed Mrs Meyers arm while others went wild. She says he had tried to shoot her four years earlier but was stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
May
Thomas Hopper
Hopper
Brooklyn
Gottlibh Meyer
Texas Treasury Emptied After Legislature’s Fund Absence
Texas treasurer Wortham reports the state treasury is exhausted with a cash shortage of 414000 dollars after the general appropriation bill took effect. Only 160000 dollars remained in the treasury, and within six hours all funds were spent. A cash basis return is not expected until January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Texas
Wortham
Ballet Girls Wade in Wabash After Show
Eddie Foy closed his Logansport season with OW the Mareth. After the performance the ballet girls waded the Wabash River at midnight and caused so much mirth that police halted a score or more and escorted them to headquarters. They were discharged after promising to return to bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logansport
Ind
Eddie Foy
Marth
Epidemic Cholera and Scandals Stun Ocean District
Cholera outbreaks surge around Ocean as cases rise rapidly. Bankruptcy rumors surround Bervin amid lavish court festivities. Secretary Greaham declines intervention to punish Ha waii. John A Bowler loses citizenship per secretary. Dudley Ming hosts Primitive Methodist conference as Rev Jonathan Bell expelled. Emily Hall’s death under Detroit Hospital care noted. London case of John ER Roger seeks divorce from Minnie Palmer amid alleged affair with Sir William Rove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean
Bervin
Greaham
Hawaii
John A. Bowler
Dudley
Ming
Jonathan Bell
Emily Hall
Detroit
Juathe Jenne
London
John ER. Rojrers
Minnie Palmer
Herrens
William Rove
Weather Summary for Eastern Pennsylvania Fair
For eastern Pennsylvania the forecast calls for fair skies with showers in the early morning, followed by clearing. Southerly winds are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Attention to Special Numbers in GOWNS A Tucked Yoke Muslin
A notice highlights special numbers in GOWNS A Tucked Yoke Muslin Ruffle Gown and children's dresses along with boys kilts in Galatea and Pique fabrics. The call directs examination of the goods to appreciate their value.
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