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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1895
Page
1
Curtain and Drapery Department announces a clearance pricing event for odds and ends from early season stock. Prices slashed to move inventory with multiple lots reduced from their original marks to attract quick purchases.
A list shows multiple quantities of white tambour curtains on sale with successive markdowns. Examples include 4 pairs from 4.0 to 3.00 and 6 pairs from 6.0 to 4.00, with other bulk lots also discounted to new prices.
A jumble of discount lines lists prices for lace curtains in multiple bundles. The ad shows various quantities and sale prices, with garbled figures and inconsistent formatting.
Harrisburg report notes a full day of morning and afternoon sessions devoted to second reading of revenue bills from the state tax conference. Debate included taxing building and loan associations and mutual savings, with Speaker Walton striving to clear the calendar ahead of May 23 adjournment.
The New York Assembly denounces the federal administration for its handling of the recent Nicaraguan complication. The measure criticizes policy direction and calls for changes in approach and oversight.
A longstanding feud between the Gilley and Day families erupts on Indian Creek fifteen miles away. Three Gilley brothers James Fred and Sam are killed and Joe Day is mortally wounded after a highway gun battle with over 100 rifle shots. Officials fear further violence from survivors.
John Douglas of Hallstead bought a vacant lot and built a fence on it. Abe H. Dubois, Hallstead burgess, with a patrolman, tore down the fence twice. Dubois fired at Douglas as he approached the lot, claiming a dead line. Douglas left the land and sought attorney J. M. Kelley for immediate action.
In Topeka Kansas on May 9 Mrs Mary Lease an orator and politician surprised observers by performing as a hypnotist during an ongoing inquiry into officers of the state insane asylum. She signaled no explicit aim yet induced attendant J L Flint into a trance and guided him through various tasks before awakening him.
In Plymouth Pennsylvania on May 9 Miss Frances Racquish was found dead in the Susquehanna River two hours after leaving her fiancé Frank Bakkara’s house. Banns for the marriage had been read the prior Sunday at the Lutheran church.
Reports from Reading on May 8 describe a wholesale epidemic caused by a tainted cheese brand. Scores of residents contracted illness after consuming the product as investigators link the sickness to a drug used to accelerate fermentation by the cheese makers.
Governor Brown set Friday July 6 as the execution date for Marshall E B Price, convict in the murder of Miss Sarah Elizabeth Dean of Carolina county. Price remains jailed in Baltimore and will be taken to Denton a day or two before execution.
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports 11 year old Charles Kresge drowned beside the creek while fishing near East Stroudsburg. The bank caved in and the body was not recovered.
Reading’s population cited at 80 000. Pottsville council abolishes peanut and frat elands. Charles Brenner commits suicide at Lock Haven amid melancholia. Frederick Crane dies after falling fifty feet in a Mineraville mine. A Mt. Joy Lancaster runaway horse kills Harry Prank. Samuel Franklin death result of self defense verdict acquits William Taylor. Williamsport gasoline can explosion injures Gable and burns the proprietor.
Tokyo reports exchange of ratifications for the Japan China peace treaty at Chefoo. Japan agrees to renounce Liao Tung peninsula with indemnity terms to be settled with China. Wel Hal Wel to be held until 100 million taels paid, with Port Arthur possibly retained temporarily.
The will of Howell Osborne probated in New York names John W. Sterling and George W. Church as executors and trustees. It dated January 3, 1894 sets aside a bequest to actress Fay Templeton, allowing her to select property up to 100000 dollars. Templeton signs as Fay Templeton Osborne indicating marriage to Osborne. Residence listed as 103 West Seventy-second Street. Executors state Templeton claims interest as widow.
Theodore Durrant declares he will wage the greatest legal battle in state history and expects to be freed. He says four attorneys will spare no effort for his acquittal and fears witness Harry Partridge most of all. He denies offering a ring for sale, accusing a pawn broker of being used by police.
In South Chicago May reports say danger of an attack on the Illinois Steel works persists though not as dire as feared. False rumors claim involvement by the American Railway union and Calumet and Blue Island switchmen. Expect trouble when new workers are to be hired late this week or early next.
The third attempt to cast a Jena lens for Rev. Dr. Peate's reflecting telescope succeeds at Butler plate glass works. The 62 inch diameter lens weighs 2300 pounds and will take three years to polish. it emerges almost perfect after annealing and will be refined through further processing.
Smoothing and polishing work at Greenville proceeds under Rev. Mr Ponte supervision. The nearly 70 year old retiree, a former Methodist minister, plans to devote the rest of his life to building a giant telescope.
Comptroller Eckels notes favorable signs among sound-money advocates on a western trip. He reports a general awakening in trade and industry, revived inland shipping, new business construction, and hopes that panic wreckage fades as fresh life returns to finance. Other western men share similar observations in Washington.
In St Louis on May 9 wholesale grocers frantically seek any supply of sugar as refineries close and demand surges. The sugar trust has raised the price and New Orleans refineries refuse to ship, with east shipments delayed past May 20. Grocers report scarce stock, with many holding ten barrels or none.
A Marion brief reports Sol Miller shot and killed Byron Solden after Solden enticed Miller's wife to elope to Upper Sandusky. Both were fined $50 for adultery by Mayor Ingard. Miller paid his wife's fine, and she winked at the mayor saying married life is too slow. Miller then confronted Solden on La Rue public square and fired.
Receivers announce that control of the Reading Railroad has shifted from Philadelphia to New York and London. Purchases of Reading stock are not believed to be for speculation but to gain control of the company and its roads.
Colonel Coryell runs for brigade commander in Williamsport Pennsylvania. If General Gobin retires next June, Coryell would become brigadier general, notable as the second oldest regimental commander. Colonel McGhee is the oldest but due to expiry may retire in June.
In Lexington Judge Jewell condemns newspaper writers and seeks authority to imprison and fine authors of insulting articles after an alderman is restrained for assaulting a correspondent. He has drafted an ordinance to empower such penalties. In Pittsburg, National Tube Works announces a wage increase for 5,000 McKeesport employees starting Monday, sparking local joy.
Louisville May 9. Prosecution claims a well planned trap used Gordon as the tool in a conspiracy to kill Archie Dison Brown. Governor Brown seeks full investigation and name of the spy who guided Gordon to Lucy Smith's house. Gordon is discharged after four hours of arguments, triggering uproar and cheers in court.
Brown stated he did not believe the decision was warranted by the available evidence and voiced disagreement with the ruling.
Ex Senator Thom W. Palmer of Michigan at the Fifth Avenue hotel says ex President Harrison did not want a second term and asserts the Republican ticket in 1900 will win without free silver. He cautions against free coinage, predicts hurt to industry and credit, and notes strong anti free coinage sentiment in Michigan.
A bull driven up Hanover Street forced its way into Rev. A Wile's residence as he and family dined. It smashed the front door and ransacked the library before owner Butcher Parks intervened. The animal then exited the house in a calm manner.
The crew of the steamship Capello bound for Amsterdam mutinied just as she prepared to sail with naval stores. United States Commissioner Lehman refused warrants since all sailors and officers are Dutch citizens. The Dutch consul at Savannah may be asked to intervene. the ship cannot depart until order is restored.
Rev J W Kinard at Grace Lutheran Lancaster last night spoke on the dangers of venom on the communion cup. He called for Grace church to adopt the individual communion cup citing disease risk and ruinous results, urging rapid adoption.
A deck hand from the steamer United Empire was lost last fall and his body was found in a slip near the vessel’s harbor berth in Duluth. In Savannah, Mrs H H McAllister filed for divorce from Heyward Hall McAllister of New York.
Special numbers feature a Tucked Yoke Muslin Raffle Gown at 69c and Embroidered Yoke Cambric Gowns at 98c. The Fedora cambric gown in square neck is $1.19, previously $1.65.
Examine the selection of children's gowns drawers and underwaists along with gingham drogues and boys kilts to appreciate their value and quality.
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