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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1895
Page
1
The importer offers swiv el Wash Silks at 25 cents a yard landed in American soil. They are the highest grade, selling nationwide for 50 cents. A stock of 76 pieces showcases new patterns and colorings, full 28 inches wide, with a guarantee of being the best cloth on the market.
Harrisburg May 4. The House extended the session to push appropriation bills to next week and beyond, despite warnings from the appropriations chair. A roll call over Smith of Bedford's school fund distribution plan led to a tense vote and a contested strike of a member’s name. Final passage occurred on several measures with broad cuts and a long list of hospital and public charities funded.
About 227 editors and guests attended the Democratic Editorial association banquet at Delmonico s in New York May 24. Senator David Hill headlined the event with honors. toast topics included Democracy Sound Money Party Principles and The Press.
Telegraphic notes report the Toronto jury could not agree in the Hyame case. Other items mention O'Donovan Rosen aboard the Germanic arriving in New York, Michigan lawmakers opposing drink in bars, Chicago railroad men forming a southern development group, and a murder charge filed in San Francisco against Durant.
An uproar at a Pittsburg General Assembly session centered on proposals to shift from an annual to a triennial gathering. Judge William H. Jessup led criticism of the committee report, likening it to liberal factions attacking church courts, while visitors from the United Presbyterian assembly observed the proceedings.
Reports from Cincinnati on May 24 say Commercial Bank of Cincinnati faced failure and President Charles B Foote is rumored to have overdrawn about 40000 dollars. Foote suffers nervous prostration and creditors consult with attorneys as tensions rise. Foote is connected to George H Pendleton, the late senator and minister to Germany.
Pittsburg district miners plan to seek 100 deputies to guard strikers and will petition the courts for an injunction to bar interference by 20 deputies assigned by President W P Dearmitt of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company.
New York May 34. James Corbett refuses to cancel the Corbett Fitzsimmons match and threatens to pull Fitzsimmons nose if he does not honor the agreement. Corbett demands the bout be decided in the United States, possibly Dallas, Texas, and vows to act if Fitzsimmons flinches.
May 24 report notes many colored residents arrested for polygamy under the Edmunds act as applied to Washington, territory questions arise about applicability to DC and other territories. Real estate titles tied to these cases show clouded ownership due to unrecognized marriages from slave era. A spike in marriage license demand followed the crackdown.
James Owens, an escaped murderer under a death sentence, was killed after opening fire on five deputies at Fritz Klute’s farm near Rockport while resisting arrest. He had murdered Seneca Noble last fall and fled to Kilute’s house with his wife nearby. Deputies returned fire, ending the violent confrontation.
Solomon H. Mann, shot last night by David F. Hannigan after a family betrayal, died at 4:35 p.m. in New York. The incident centers on Mann and Hannigan with law enforcement likely investigating motive and circumstances.
R G Dun & Co reports tentative signs of improved business with widespread price rises in iron leather and hides. Wheat shows no collapse, speculation drives demand, and better wages near Pittsburg push finished goods prices higher. U S failures total 207 vs 198 last year, with 23 in Canada versus 28.
Samuel Samuelsohn a 52 year old Jew is shot in the right side by Andrew McCran 25 in Miles alley Bordentown New Jersey at 630 pm. McCran used a horse pistol loaded with No 6 shot the charge lodged mainly in the intercostal muscles. Doctors say not fatal yet. McCran arrested. 14 year old daughter Rachel witnessed the shooting. Hood poisoning considered possible.
In San Francisco on May 24 C W Winthrop assistant superintendent of Laurel Hill cemetery was arrested awaiting coroner's inquest into the death of Mrs Jennie Matthews who died suddenly while decorating her child's grave. A stomach analysis showed strychnine and the daughter said Winthrop gave her mother a pill. Mrs Matthews reportedly had life interests favoring her daughter and Winthrop was named trustee.
Commander Ballington Booth and Maud Elizabeth Booth were sworn in as American citizens this morning in the county clerk's office. The Salvation Army leaders, who lived in the United States for just over eight years, took the oath after renouncing allegiance to the crown.
Telegrams received by Cuban leaders in Jamaica deny reports of Marti's death. The messages describe the claim as a Spaniard hoax aimed at weakening the Cuban cause.
Loulaville Kentucky May 2 after witnesses were examined the grand jury at noon refused to indict Fulton Gordon for killing his wife and Brown He was discharged from custody.
London May 24 Henry Irving the actor and Walter Besant the author were among those knighted on the queen's birthday list.
For eastern Pennsylvania, expect increasing cloudiness with showers, southerly winds, and a mild, unsettled pattern across the region. Forecasters warn of possible brief downpours and patchy drizzle as fronts move through later today into tonight.
Special numbers in gowns and children's wear are highlighted with rules to examine the goods. The notice lists A Tucked Yoke Muslin Ruffle Gown, Specials in Children's Gowns Drawers and Underwaists, Abo Children's Gingham Dresses and Boys Gal ates and Pique Bilts.
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