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30 May 1896
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Scranton Tribune in Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1896
Page
1
Death Uist Grows: Bodies of Cyclone Victims Found
Rescue teams report more cyclone victims in Uist as authorities confirm multiple deaths. Dismay spreads across communities with weather officials warning of ongoing search efforts and dangerous conditions.
Storm Toll and Relief Rise in St Louis May 29 1896
The city braces after a devastating hurricane with hundreds homeless and a large toll of dead and missing. Mayor Walbridge seeks 160000 for storm relief as St Louis pressures to help victims. A relief fund quickly grows above 20000 with contributions pouring in locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Mound City
Grand Avenue
Calvary
Belfontain
Walbridge
St. Louisans
St. Louise
Merchants’ Exchange
St. Louia
Destruction at Ambler Amid Cyclone Toll
A May cyclone devastated Ambler and Jarrettown area with at least seventy five buildings wrecked and losses surpassing 109000. Alexander Knight estimates property loss above 25000. Coroner Kurtz allowed burial of Moffatt and Emslie. Betz injured but not expected to recover. Debris clearing employs hundreds as insured losses loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambler
Jarrettown
Alexander Knight
Kurtz
Albert Moffatt
Winfield Emslie
John Betz
Knight
Fight Postponed Between Maher and Slavin in Queens
The twenty round bout scheduled at the Eureka club in Long Island City was postponed to Friday night after Police Justice Ingram postponed the event. Maher Slavin and their managers were detained for examination from 8 until after 10 p.m. while officers sought the complainant who inspired the arrest for allegedly planning a prize fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island City
Maher
Slavin
Eureka Club
Preparations Begin for National Guard Camp Site
Harrisburg May 29 Superintendent Creighton Assistant Engineer Heale and Assistant Trainmasters Moore and McClintock visited Lewistown to assess proposed camp site improvements. They noted grounds suit the camp but storage sidings must be built and drinking water piped from a nearby spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Creighton
Heale
Moore and McClintock
Lewistown
National Guard
Sealdy Wins Knockout in Twenty Rounds at Tonight’s Fight
In Woburn Maz Mex and Too Wolcott faced Ben Bhi of ennagivant with Sealdy securing a knockout in the twentieth round at the local venue. Glcott emerged victorious in a tense main event, though details are fragmentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sealdy Sie
Woburn
Maz Mex
Too Wolcott
Boston
Ben Bhi' Qifinn
Ennagivant
Glcott
Silverites Will Not Be Excluded From Roll Call
Senator-elect Money of Mississippi asked for a clear answer about reports that the Democratic national committee would bar silver opponents from the Chicago convention. Harrity replied that no such exclusion was declared and that loyalty to the majority will governs the process. Money affirmed he will support the convention majority if its platform and candidates differ from his views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Money
Chicago
Harrity
Pennsylvania
Democratic Executive Committee
Harrityays
Democratic National Committee
Euch
Amy
National Committee
Weather Inquiries and Local News Highlights
Weather shows fair skies with westerly winds today. A broad, miscellaneous digest follows with notices on cyclones, royal visits to Cambria, congressional items, editorials, a William Connell party, bicycle laws, and local society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Cambria
William Connell
Haunted by a Voice Seeks Death After Civil War Vengeance
In Wilkes-Barre on May 29 an aged union veteran Joseph Knecht King at Noxon, 78, killed himself with arsenic after planning suicide over a past murder. He shot a rebel who killed a comrade, then said a haunting voice from his wife’s tale haunted him, driving his final act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter's Field
South Side
Knecht
Warron
Their First Reunion Third Pennsylvania Volunteers Regimental Association
The Third regiment Pennsylvania volunteers from Allegheny Blair and Cambria counties held its first reunion at Lakemont park in Hollidaysburg on May 2. An association was formed with Major WU Irvine as president, John McFarlane and John Murty as vice presidents, Co D Bowers as secretary, and Captain Robert Johnson as treasurer. The regiment claims equal honor with the First Defenders for rushing to the front after the first call. A committee was named to pursue recognition of this claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollidaysburg
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Allegheny
Blair
Cambria
Lakemont Park
WU. M. Irvine
Duncansville
John McFarlane
John Murty
D. Bowers
Robert Johnson
Altoona
Prospects Bright Despite Political Uncertainty In Trade
R G Dun & Co reports weekly trade view with 229 U S failures vs 215 last year in the U S and 20 in Canada vs 4. Political uncertainties delay some business while conventions pass. Wheat and cotton fall. iron and steel weak though finished products rise. May railroad earnings up 2.7 percent year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Actea
Cottom
St. Louis
Disturbance in Crete Rebels Reject Consul Terms
A Times dispatch reports Vamos besiegers refusing arms and supplies surrender and troop removal. A Turkish official admits a Turkish soldier shot a Greek cannon dead. The Daily News notes a circular from the government denying responsibility for Crete’s rebellion unless the Porte grants autonomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Athens
the Times
Vamos
Canea
Daily News
Crete
Confessed theft at Philadelphia Safe Deposit Trust
Montreville H. Smith, head of the real estate department at the Philadelphia Safe Deposit Trust and Insurance Co, confessed to stealing seven thousand dollars. He was held in five thousand dollars bail after a hearing. Smith, with the company fifteen years, was regarded as a faithful employee. his actions with the money remain undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phiadelphia
Montreville
H. Smith
Philadelphia Safe Deposit Trust and Insurance Company
Smith
Oklahoma Hurricane Injures Six in Perry Area
Perry Oklahoma May 29 a hurricane struck Pawnee thirty miles east causing injuries to about six people. Strong winds wrecked houses barns and shattered north and west windows. Sheridan nearby reported many buildings damaged but no fatalities known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Okla
Pawnee
Here
Sheridan
Hennessy
Scotia Mines Clamped Down Put Hundreds Out Of Work
Bellefonte Pa May 9 The Carnegie company limited large Scotia ore mines in this county closing them for an indefinite period. The Scotia mines are the largest in the state and their closure will throw several hundred men out of employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellefonte
Carnegie Company, Limited
Scotia
General Assembly on Temperance Proceedings and Seminary Control
The General Assembly discussed temperance actions and education of the rising generation. A substitute plan on theological seminary control was adopted, and Winona Indiana chosen as the next meeting site. The temperance report urged churches to form permanent committees and promote laws to curb intemperance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Ind
Saratoga
N. Y
General Assembly
Franklin Shepherd
Philadelphia
Assembly
William E. Moore
Theological Seminary
Humphrey
Louisville
Agnew
Hubbard
Auburn
Cutaiar Convicted in 1879 Philadelphia Murder
Alphonzo Cutalar Jr. is convicted of murder in the first degree for killing his aunt Johanna Logue on February 22 1879 at her home 1260 North 11th Street. He strangled her buried the body under the kitchen floor and robbed valuables. The case ended with Logue’s skeleton found during repairs and Cutalar’s arrest after new suspicions formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Alphonzo Cutalar, Jr
Johanna Logue
Jimmy” Lo
Cutalar
Logue
North 11Th Street
Catalar
Neht
Jinjing Logue
Tobacco Directors Indicted Under New Anti Trust Law
New York May 29 grand jury filed an additional indictment against American Tobacco Company directors under the anti trust law. The indictment targets contracts or conspiracies to restrain trade and curb competition in prices. The directors were previously indicted a month earlier under the old law but may not be arrested or required to plead in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grand Jury
American Tobacco Company
Hallstead Mystery Poet Returns From Elmira Absence
Robert E. Hall the poet known as Mett McKune who reportedly died by his own hand in Elmira last week appeared in Hallstead early this week before departing again on a new trip. An longtime Susquehanna county figure he formerly lived in Great Bend and wrote for many papers in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton Tribune
Hallstead
Robert E. Hall
Elmira
Hall
Great Bend
Susquehanna County
Mett
Chief Justice Snodgrass Fined for Carrying Pistol
Chief Justice David L. Snodgrass of the Tennessee supreme bench was fined $50 and costs after pleading guilty to carrying a pistol. The charge stemmed from an December assault with a pistol on lawyer John R. Beasley. he was acquitted of murderous intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattan
Tenn
David L. Snodgrass
Tennessee Supreme Bench
Snodgrass
John R. Beasley
Steamship Arrivals Near New York May 29
Arrived Columbia from Hamburg Southampton Cherbourg and others. Lucania from Liverpool and Queenstown. Persia from Hamburg. Sutled Halle for Bremen Stateep ensks for Glasgow. Outbound: Kaiser Wilhelm I from Queenstown. Genoa named ships bound for New York Noranl from Southampton H H Beler from Bremerhaven Cirensla from Moville Paris from Southampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Columbia
Hamburg
Southampton
Cherbourg
Lucania
Liverpool
Queenstown
Persia
Hekla
Brettin
Copenhagen
Halle
Bremen
State
Epensks
Glasgow
Gtueenstown
Kaiser Wile I
Noranl
H. H. Beler
Bremerhaven
Cirensla
Moville
Paris
Weather Digest Reports Mild May Conditions in Ariddle State
In the Ariddle state today fall is tempered by moderately warm weather. Fresh northwest and southwest winds bring variable skies and rising temperatures as a weather pattern unfolds with some scattered cloudiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pan Variae
Hermsdorf Hosiery Offers Free Souvenir Picture
Advertises Hermsdorf Fast Black Hosiery with every purchase a handsome souvenir picture free to each buyer at Lackawanna Avenue location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hermsdorf
Bicycles Belts Sold By Weichel Jeweler
Bicyclists are urged to visit Weichel the jeweler to view a new line of Bicycle Belts and the latest bicycle ties now available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weichel
Matthews Brothers Paints and Finishes Catalog
A historical catalog entry lists products including Atlantic Lead French Zinc enamel paints carriage paints Reynolds' Pure Colors Reynolds' Wood Finish Crockett's Preservative Ready Mixed Tinted Glass Paints Strictly Pure Linseed Oil Guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Reynolds
Crockett’s
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