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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1895
Page
1
An advertisement touts 25 handsome wool seal capes lined with heavy Latin Rhadame, extra wide sweep, full length and deep storm collar. They are marketed as ideal winter wraps with a stated value of $25.
The text states there is no possibility of reproducing the superior garments at the quoted prices, suggesting limited availability or exceptional quality that cannot be matched economically. The remark implies a premium market stance and invites consideration of price or value differences.
Philadelphia voters head to polls tomorrow for district attorney recorder of deeds city controller coroner and quarter sessions clerk amid a quiet race. Republican candidates hold likely majorities with Graham unopposed for district attorney and others led by Gearty Walton Vandergrit Ashbridge Ahern Sellers.
Wilkes Barre Nov 4 The death of a man identified as Reinhart has been linked to a confession by HW Garris a Luzerne borough merchant who says he shot the assailant during a bridge holdup. Reinhart later used an alias John Wyehoff and traveled via train before dying at the city hospital. Garris is jailed for further hearings. Also Rev Frank Hyatt Smith faces an attempt to quash an indictment over obscene letters to congregants.
A blaze at the Dean and Mitchell Wyoming cotton mills in Norristown PA caused 60000 in damage. The fire left about two hundred workers unemployed as an overheated cylinder is blamed for the incident.
English and Ottoman press debate Armenian tactics and the new Armenian Commission of Control as tensions rise. Reports from Constantinople, Lond on, and Washington describe unrest, bank moratoriums, and violent incidents including a murder attributed to intoxication and aim at a youth named John Walters.
President Grover Cleveland proclaims Thursday November 29 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. The proclamation urges worship, gratitude for national prosperity, mercy, and charity toward the poor, with the official seal and signature of Richard Olney, Secretary of State.
An unclear report from New Orleans describes a juvenile boy named Joseph Patel who found and drank whisky. The piece notes a remarkable occurrence in Gretna Jefferson Parish across the river from the city with references to a young killer and a now famous case.
The new Superior court in Philadelphia convened for its first business session in the Supreme court chamber. Seven judges met after organization, with Charles I. Rice of Luzerne county chosen as president judge. The court announced that lawyers admitted to the Supreme court before February 1, 185 would practice before the Superior court without further order. The session began with a call of the regular list of cases.
Eugene Field the poet died in Chicago from heart failure about six this morning after a night of apparent peaceful sleep. He left a widow and five children and had a career as a newspaper writer and literary figure with works including Dream Ships and children’s verse. He had connections to St Louis Amherst Williams Knox College and the Kentucky Kansas City Chicago and Denver newspapers.
James J. Corbett arrives in Memphis for an exhibition and declares Fitzsimmons had shown no desire to fight. He cites a railroad letter suggesting Fitzsimmons avoided the bout and contemplates quitting boxing as prize fighting faces legal risk in many states. He says he may trust nature's weapons and retire.
Funeral services for Jack Dempsey were held at his residence and public Mass at St Francis Church in Portland. About 2000 people attended the services before the interment at Calvary Cemetery.
M. D. Morange, a long-standing Albany politician, fell from a shaft in the Arcus building today and died about thirty minutes later from injuries.
Ida Gaskill and a 1 year old girl were murdered in a house at 18144 Howard Street Omaha. Martin Booker and George Morgan were arrested with Morgan admitting prior crimes including burglary and an earlier assault. A preliminary examination is set for Wednesday at 2 PM, and Morgan is held for murder as a crowd forms outside the jail before his transfer to Lincoln.
Philadelphia citizens gather at the Academy of Music to urge the national government to support Cuban efforts to throw off Spanish rule. A. K. McClure and Rev. Dr. Russell Conwell speak as resolutions call for U S action and possible armed intervention if protests fail to move Madrid.
The Supreme Court issued several decisions including Commonwealth vs Order of S4on reargument denied Hallowell vs Lieay reversed Delaware and Huslon Canal Co reversed Beanthall v McKean reversed Mullin Co v Kinvar and Himlock Railroad Co reversed Meyer Rothlieb v Pennsylvania valued McKean reversed.
Ex-Judge Garrick M. Harding and ex-Attorney General H. W. Palmer sue to recover $1,000 each plus interest for legal work. Actions involve Walter H. Winton and iM as defendants, with Palmer winning $1,000 from the Winton brothers in Catherine Winton v Mutual Life Insurance Co. Executors of their mother’s estate face suits by heirs and other claims against executors and the Winton Coal Company.
Proceedings filed in Blair County Court by Hollidaysburg and Cayport boroughs, the Hollidaysburg board of health, and twenty five landowners against Altoona to force sewage filtration or disposal, prompted by State Inspector W E Matthews report on public health risks. Old Merchants and Mechanics Bank directors elected James Williams, James Jordan, A J Casey, Franklin Howell, and Thomas Jones. board to organize Saturday.
Minneapolis union job printers of 20 workers struck for 9 cents an hour and a nine hour day. In Harrisburg the appointment of Thomas W. Shaw of Chester as deputy factory inspector was announced.
Finley offers umbrella re coverings while you wait with no extra charges for frame adjustments. Prices include 26 inch Ladies' Silk Gloria and Paragon Frame umbrellas at $1.00 and 100 Children's School umbrellas at 47 cents each with varied handles in Acacia Weichsel and Oak.
A brief observance notes the enduring value of honest craftsmanship in shoemaking, praising the work as a noble example of practical artistry and industrious labor.
Superintendent Howell outlined new policy measures for school administration. The plan requires written complaints from teachers, parents, or pupils to curb exaggeration and misstatements. He also announced two new rules on substitute requests and accepted substitutes upon approval, after opening with a speech on Progressive Reading at the Training School.
For Eastern Pennsylvania fair and followed by cloudy weather and threatening conditions on the coast. Easterly winds continue as the forecast company notes a shift to unsettled conditions later in the day.
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