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20 May 1896
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1896
Page
1
Spain seeks Europe aid against United States over Cuba
London reports May 19 that Madrid factions secretly urge European powers to intervene against the United States over Cuba. Vienna and the triple alliance are named as participants in a strategy to deflect U S hostility, while diplomats warn that Britain France Germany could exacerbate tensions by stirring public opinion without direct military aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Canovas
Madrid
United States
Foreign Office
Vienna
Spain
Francis Joseph
Angela
France
Germany
America
Cuba
Uncle Sam
Congress
Europe
Italy
Austria
Washington
Red Men Elect Officers at Columbia State Meeting
Four hundred representatives from across Pennsylvania attended the Great Council of Red Men gathering in Columbia on May 19. Elections named Walter B. White as Great Sachem and Thomas K. Donnelly as Great Chief of Records among others. The annual financial report shows receipts of $207,022.31 with expenses totaling $208,775.41 and invested funds reaching $521,694.40. membership reached 92,410, up 2,165.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Red Men
Committee On Elections
Walter B. White
Sagamore
Walter R. Rodgers
Jerome Hite
John E. Poore
Thomas K. Donnelly
Wampum
Geo. W. Kreamer
Great Council of
United States
R. F. Wilson
Harry E. Shaw
Thomas A. Breyer
Clement H. Smith
Medical Society Opens 46th Annual Session in Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania State Medical Society begins its 46th annual session in the Harrisburg hall of representatives with about 200 delegates. Dr W M Foster of Pittsburgh presides. Governor Hastings welcomes the delegates. Dauphin County Medical Society hosts the opening. invitations for future meetings are extended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Medical Society
House of Representatives
W. &. Foster
Pittsburg
Hastings
Lietz
W. T. Bishop
Dauphin County Medical Society
Allegheny Medical Benenest
Odd Fellows Grand Lodge Holds Seventy Third Session in Pittsburg
The seventy third annual session of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Pennsylvania opened at the Alvin Theatre in Pittsburg with Grand Lodge officers arriving from the Seventh Avenue hotel. Di Gontelier Gourley delivered the welcome address to the assembled delegation and Patriarchs Militant escort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Pennsylvania
Alvin Theatre
Third Regiment of
Patriarchs
Seventh Avenue Hotel
di Gontelier Gourley
Daughters of Rebekah Begin Seventh Session
Master Charles Chalfant of Plumville Pa addressed over 1 000 delegates as the grand lodge continued in session to morrow with Williamsport Reading and Harrisburg named as possible next meeting sites The Daughters of Rebekah opened their seventh session at Odd Fellows Hall Fourth Avenue with President Gehrott Haines presiding for two days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Chalfant
Plumville
Grand Lodge
Williamsport
Reading
Harrisburg
Daughters of Rebekah
Odd Fellows Hall
Fourth Avenue
Gehrott Haines
Horace Boies Nominated by Iowa Democrats for President
In Dubuque on May 19 representatives of Iowa Democrats will back free silver and nominate Horace Boies for the Democratic presidential ticket. Boies will endorse the 16 to 1 policy and delegate his future actions to friends, amid anticipated turbulence as gold standard supporters led by ex-Representative Herper clash with the majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Iowa
Hawkeye State
Horace Boies
Herper
Clinton
Quay Hints at Visiting McKinley in Canton Ohio
Senator Quay contemplates a quick trip from Washington to Canton to see Major McKinley. He notes Ohio as a battleground for sound money and hopes to slip away from Senate duties if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senator Quay
Major Mc Kinley
Canton
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Major McKinley
Beaver
McKinley
Mr. McKinley
Quay
Hayes
Afro American Republicans meet in peace after yesterday’s turmoil
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania the Afro American Republican league opened with prayer and attempted elections. The session ended in disorder as delegates clashed over the order of business and presidential endorsements. Peter S. Blackwell was named state president and officers including FR W Scntt and C W Green were elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Committee On
Quay
McKinley
Peter 5. Blackwell
Steelton Press
League
FR. W. Scntt
Allerheny County
Fate of the Agitators Sentenced to Fifteen Years
The Times reports the Transvaal executive council will sentence Col onel Frank W Rhodes Lionel Phillips George Farrar and John Hayes Hammond to fifteen years in Pretoria jail for high treason. It notes the harsh term may be mitigated and bans or exile undecided for other prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
the Times
Pretoria
Executive Council
The
Transvaal
Frank W. Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
Lionel Phillips
George Farrar
John Hayes Hammond
Johannesburg
Midon
Menia
McKinley Banner Visible Over Mountain Poll Scene
An old engraving describes crowds at a mountain edge near the Catskills and Adirondacks where a pole with a streamer proclaims For President William McKinley. The scene suggests a public display supporting McKinley amid enthusiastic local sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Alofi
Rebe Eos
O of Te Pr
Big Horyes Mountain
I Casic Range
Catskill Mountains
William McKinley
Trouble on Tongue River
The Democrat reports a state convention will assemble on the Tongue River reservation in Montana. General Brooke is asked to dispatch needed troops from the Dakota command at St Paul to the scene to quell the threatened crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tongue River
Columbia
8. C
Cole
Tongue River Reservation
Mont
Toeetep
Brooke
Pilitary Department of Dakota
St. Paul
Wen O
Chaplain McCabe Elected Bishop Amid Conference Turmoil
The Cleveland general conference reports Chaplain C. C. McCabe elected bishop on the fifteenth ballot after Earl Cranston fell nine votes short on the same ballot. Cranston later won on the sixteenth ballot. Nominations for new York and Western book agents followed with crowded, disputed floor scenes and fast moves toward final results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Cranston
Cleveland
Ohio
Bowman
Methodist Church
Methodist Christian Endeavor
United States
Charles L. Staffor
Iowa
Buckley
James R. Mace
New Jersey
A. J. Palmer
church @ resolution
Dr. Forbes
Duluth
Jesus
C. C. McCabe
J. W. Hamilton
H. A. Dutta
T. B. Neeley
J. W. F. Brown
McCabe
H. A. Buttz
J. W. EB. Bowen
Greenland
Ley Mountains
Cranston
New York
Elehons
Homer Faton
R. McGee
G. P. Maines
W. M. Swindell
Lewis Curts
Dr. Cranston
Samuel Dickey
H. C. Weakeley
George P. Johnson
Jaymen
Weather and World Notes Mixed in Morning Paper
The morning issue blends weather outlooks with cross‑page briefs. It highlights Chaplain McCabe becoming a bishop, a visit by Quay to McKinley, and regional news items from Washington and abroad alongside local market, council, and sports notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mccabe
Day
Washington
Quay
McKinley
Ierce
Congressmen Owens Wins Battle In House Session
The House confirmed W. C. Owens to his Kentucky Seventh District seat after contest with George Denny Jr. The chamber also approved a recount in the Rinaker Downing race and debated immigration bills. The President vetoed the Caroline Mowatt pension bill and was referred to invalid pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Today
Committee On
W. C. Owens
Kentucky
George Denny, Jr
Illinois
Rinaker Vs. Downing
Cleveland
Mowatt
House
Messrs. Steele
Rep
Ind
Cousins
McClellan
Military Academy of
Weat Point
Committee On Immigration and Naturalization
Bartholdt
Morse
Maas
Messiga. Tracewell
W. A. Stone
Corligs
Mich
Lake Cltes
Buck
Dem
Caroline D. Mowatt
Alfred B. Soule
Maine Regiment
Henry T. Mowatt
Soule
Terrible forest fires ravage central Pennsylvania region
Bellefonte May 19 central Pennsylvania endures a vast forest fire across Centre and nearby counties. The Seven Mountains and Nittany range suffer extensive burnings, with 2000 men fighting flames since Saturday night. Dwellings threaten Penns Valley and Beech Creek, while Clearfield County reports massive timber and camp losses. No end in sight without rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefonte
Pennsylvania
Nittanny Mountain
Penn's Valley
Beech Creek
Bald Eagle
Clearfield
Bear Meadows
Rains In The West Threaten Red Lake Infrastructure
Crookston Minnesota May 19 reports say the Red Lake River has risen alarmingly endangering bridges and the dam powering the water works and electric light company. Many families move from flats to lower areas as water may reach record heights. Red Lake Falls Minnesota May 19 notes nonstop rain from Thursday to Sunday raising water in the Red and Clear Water rivers and tributaries. Mill dams endangered and Gooding Mill crews work through the night with some safety after washouts. Between here and Lambert twenty five miles seven bridges have been swept away. Railways suffer washouts interrupting service and roads become impassable from landslides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crookston
Minn
Red Lake
Electric Light Company
Red Lake Falls
Lambert
Baptist Anniversary Opens In Asbury Park Weeklong Meeting
More than a thousand people arrived for the Baptist anniversaries in Asbury Park New Jersey beginning tomorrow and lasting a week. Two thousand more expected, with Women Home Missionary Society and American Baptist Publication Society active in events and meetings centered at the auditorium under Senator Bradley’s new committee rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
N. J
Senator Bradley
Women Home Missionary Society
American Baptist Publication Society
New York
Crozer
The
Publication Society
American Baptist Missionary Union
American Baptist Educational Society
Auditorium
Negro Jim Grimley hanged after assault attempt
In New Orleans on May 19 a body swayed from a courthouse yard tree was identified as Jim Dargle alias Jim Grimley a negro. He allegedly attacked a white woman named Mrs Molese near Poydras plantation on Sunday. a man on a road cart pursued and the suspect was captured and jailed at the St Bernard parish jail in Terre Aux Boeux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Court House
St. Bernard Parish
Nunez
Jim Dargle
Jim Grimley
Poydras
Mrs. Molese
Aleter
Mra
Moleso
St. Bernard
Terre Aux Boeuxs
Coroner’s Jury Censures Family Over Hunlock’s Creek Death
Wilkes-Barre May 19. S. S. Edwards, a Hunlock's Creek farmer, died Sunday under suspicious circumstances. The coroner found typhoid fever and that he refused doctoring. Witnesses testified he was a Christian Scientist who rejected medicine. The jury censured family members and local Christian Scientists for neglect in obtaining medical attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Edwards
Hunlock's Creek
Hunlock’s Creek
Weyler Prohibits Cuban Tobacco Exports
General Weyler issues an order blocking tobacco exports from Cuba prompting alarm among Florida Cubans. Thousands face unemployment and may return to Cuba to pursue independence efforts amid uncertain supply for Florida manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Weyler
Cuba
Florida
Railroad concession report between Seoul and port details
John M. B. Sill, the U S minister to Korea, reported to the state department that a concession to build operate and maintain a railroad between Seoul the capital and its seaport has been granted for an American syndicate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnn M B. Sill
United States
Korea
State Department
Beoul
Treasury Gold Reserve Report City Close
The Treasury Gold Reserve in Washington records at close of business May 19 with a balance of 11,210,185 dollars. An additional figure shows 2y,000 in unspecified holdings. The notice provides no further context on denotations or changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Gold Reserve
Washington
Treasur
Steamship Arrivals. May 19 New York
Ships arriving and sighted near Antwerp Amsterdam and New York listed with routes from Antwerp the Mediterranean and Southampton. Coastal steamers and liners such as Sel Havel Scandia and Berlin noted with destinations Bremen London and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kennington
Antwerp
Sel
Mediterranean
Balled
Havel
Znandam
Amsterdam
Southwark
Scandia
Lammbore
Neutrin
Bremen
Ligand
Manitoba
London
Pasnell the Linard
South Carolina Democrats to Meet in Columbia Tomorrow
The Democratic state convention will assemble in Columbia at noon tomorrow. Indications point to Senator Tillman and Governor Evans controlling the convention and sending delegates to Chicago only if they back anti free silver action. The platform will reflect Tillman’s money policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Columbia
D. C
Tillman
Evans
Chicago
Cave
Democratic Convention Adopts Free Coinage Resolution
Springfield C May 19 The Democratic convention of the Seventh congressional district adopted a resolution instructing the delegates to Chicago to vote for free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Seventh Congressional District
Chicago
Forest fires consume coal on Pocono mountain line
Stroudsburg Pa May 18 Forest fires burned seven acres and 160 tons of coal on the Pocono mountain above Stauffers in this county owned by the Wilkes Barre and Eastern railroad A slight wind aided the blaze but officials believed the fire was checked and progress halted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroudsburg
Pocono Mountain
Stauffers
Wilkes-Barre and Eastern Railroad
Weather Forecast for Middle States May 20
In the Middle States today clear and slightly cooler with northwesterly and northerly winds. A slight rise in temperature followed by fair skies. Warmer and easterly to southerly winds later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
New York
Middle States
Bicyclists Urged to See Weichel's Bicycle Belts
Local jeweler Weichel advertises a new line of Bicycle Belts for cyclists. The message invites riders to call and view the latest models described as novel titles in stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weichel
Matthews Brothers Paint Products Listed for Trade
Trade catalog listing Matthews Brothers products including Atlantic Lead French Zinc enamel paints carriage paints Reynolds pure colors Reynolds wood finish Crockett preservative ready mixed tinted grass paints and strictly pure linseed oil with guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds
Crockett’s
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Greel
Quarty
Hamburg
GLOBE
Great Council OF Red Men
Medical Society
ODD Fellows Grand Lodge
Hawkeye
Horace Boles
Major
Johnonesburg Reform Committee
M’cabe
M. E
Bishop Bowman
M'Cabe
Whitney
Stytual Pay Evangelical
Pocatavely
Grand Counel
Soa
Suburban News
Ppriay
Scranton
John
Johnson
Wales
Congressman Owens
MR. Cleveland
Committee On Immigration
Senate Proceedings
Senate
District of Columble
Treasury of
Senate Committee
Murphy
Senate Committee On Pensions
Dominick TI. Murphy
Napoleon J. Danna
New Hampshire
Minnesota
Jim Dagele
Pocono
Finley
Dresden
Congo
Gloria
Walt
Lackawanna Avenue
Bicyclists
Tles
Spruce Street
Matthews Brothers
Atlantic
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