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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1895
Page
1
In a rare season opening milestone, rivals acknowledge the match as unprecedented at this stage. The team asserts their long hold on the West conference margin has finally paid off with a dramatic early-season win.
A brief notice states the sale opens on Friday and runs through the following period. It emphasizes immediate availability and a limited window for customers to participate.
Washington reports a circulated pamphlet praising Senator Matthaw Granley Quay as a top political strategist. It frames his presidential bid as imminent, cites his role in shaping tariff policy, and notes past clashes with party leaders and a 1890s campaign reshaping.
Indianapolis Nov 8 indications show the Populist organization in Indiana will disband within a month as leaders resign and national leaders realign. Secretary Be B Cummings has tendered his resignation and others are said to follow. The Farmers Mutual Benefit Association severed ties three weeks ago, sparking talks of a labor party to carry Populist principles forward.
Senator William H. Andrews leads the Pennsylvania Senate committee on a forthcoming police department investigation and visits the new criminal court building. Recorder Goff grants a private conference and provides papers and information from his experience with the Lexon committee.
At the general committee on church extension in Chicago the panel revised eastern district appropriations for the years 1804 1805 and eastern Pennsylvania. The Jersey and Pennsylvania allocations include sums of 1500 and 1000 dollars. The board is expected to finish by noon tomorrow.
Miss Alice Hamilton of St Louis was arrested after police traced thefts to her at the Transit Coal company office where she was employed. Authorities say she had a rich stock of dry goods and is suspected of a spree across the city.
Efally seized a mink cloak worth 150 dollars and left the store. Miss Hamilton was identified by a saleswoman who traced the supposed purchase to the fur department. Police found a room packed with dry goods valued between 3500 and 4000 dollars. Hamilton claims kleptomania and says she did not steal for profit.
In Detroit the Journal building wreckage is being braced as rescue work continues. Two bodies were recovered this morning Lizale Weldhbush of Hiller's bindery and Charles Lind age 20 of the same bindery. A mass meeting is set for tomorrow to aid grieving families and relief subscriptions grow. Prosecuting Attorney Frazer orders the arrest of wrecking engineer Thompson. officers prepared to detain him.
New York reports a broken week with election influences fading. Leather and woollen markets show price readjustments and production cuts. feared declines push cheaper materials as makers offer concessions. Wheat and corn fall and rise with mixed receipts. railroads report higher October earnings but overall strain from gold fears. failures rise modestly in the U S and Canada.
London reports the wedding of J A McLzan of the Royal Irish Lancers to a daughter of Seymour Forbes in All Saints church was postponed after the groom and his valet failed to appear. The bride and party waited beyond the hour, then left in distress as authorities searched for the missing groom.
T. D. Steen a noted coal operator and Idlewood mines owner was found guilty of unjustly cheating his employer by using light weigh and defective scales in weighing coal mined by his workers. His trial concluded last evening with the verdict given today by the jury.
A man named Bush and his wife Maggie, about 30, were found dead from gas fumes in rooms at 205 East Sixty-ninth Street. Mrs. Hicks, a friend who provided lodging the previous night, reported the deaths.
In Wallamaport Pennsylvania a suit concludes with the award of ten thousand dollars to Mrs Hose. Details of the case and the defendant are not fully disclosed in the available text.
President Cleveland signed a major civil service reform order extending classified status to most post offices not near free delivery. It will divide the country into large postal districts, making the metropolitan postmaster the sole non classified official in his district. The plan, urged by civil service commissioners, aims to bring 75 percent of offices into the classified service, with gradual cautious implementation by Postmaster General Wilson.
The article notes that more than half of Chickasaw Nation property is owned by Intermarried citizens, or squaw men. If the new law is upheld as constitutional, millions of dollars of property held by these citizens could be confiscated.
Luzerne county count completed marking full but unofficial state totals. Haywood leads state treasurer 455,906 to 281,044 with a 174,442 plurality. Seven Superior Court judges elected include Smith over Yerkes by 1,264 votes.
Chicago capitalists propose privately financed Nicaragua Maritime Canal using Chicago drainage technology. Project would bypass U S government aid, seek 70 to 82 million dollars from London financiers with British capital, while facing possible political hurdles but asserting private enterprise rights.
Consul Anthony in Cardiff reports Welsh tin industry optimistic as steel prices surge in America may boost tin plate output and wages. If steel costs align with U S levels, Welsh producers hope for steadier demand and improved employment, despite current price gaps limiting competitiveness.
New York detectives hunt three gunmen who last night entered the Walters Brothers saloon and shot Richard Pope before robbing the till and fleeing. Police speculate the trio may be western showmen or friends of such performers and have only meager descriptions to go on.
Afton Chenango county New York reports the suicide of John Fritchley after his arrest on a bigamy charge filed by his wife, Julia Davis, who lives in Pennsylvania with their children. Fritchley had moved from Susquehanna Pennsylvania to Afton about three years ago. He shot himself in the head while his wife was away, ending the domestic scandal.
Official count in Denver and Arapahoe counties shows Republicans winning most posts except assessor and treasurer. Taxpayer candidates claim irregularities as ballot boxes sit in the courthouse under guard, with nine watchers from each side. Court action likely to follow.
Ex Senator Allen G. Thurman aged 130.48 lies in critical collapse after a sofa fall in his Columbus library. Doctors report no bone breakage but warn death could come any time. Thurman born November 13, 1813 in Lynchburg Virginia. married Mary Dunn in 1844 and had three children.
United States Consul Mason of Frankfort reports no new device for economical conversion of high pressure alternating currents. The Pollack rectifier is claimed to bridge a difficulty in long distance electric power traffic with 2000 volt AC becoming 65 volt DC, losses around four percent.
On the eve of a panic Paris Bourse opened dull with a sharp fall in Ottoman stocks causing anxious mood among traders. Default fears rise among speculators though Coullisseur houses expected to meet engagements. At 2 pm officials announce a twenty four hour delay for large coulisse firms in their difficulties and efforts to make payments continue.
President Debs writes that no strike has been declared or is likely. He says local trouble exists at a few points but not a nationwide action. He accuses press despatches about Great Northern of being largely false and notes any general strike would require authorisation by the workers.
B James C Matthews, a former recorder of deeds in Washington under Cleveland, is elected Judge of the recorder's court in Nev city. His majority exceeds 2000 and he is cited as the highest judicial office ever held by a man of his race in the country.
Harrisburg announces that the attorney general's opinion finds the 1887 act retrospective to honor officers who already served ten years. Major General Henry Huidekoper and Major J Ridgway Wright are placed on the roll of retired officers.
A. G. Gridley, formerly of Bloomington HL, aged years, killed himself in a strange incident at a second hand stove shop. He asked to be shown a pistol, examined it, requested a cartridge, then to the dealer’s horror placed the pistol to his head and fired, dying instantly. He had come to Cuicana a year ago seeking health.
The British War Office prepares an expedition to Ashanti after the Gold Coast report confirms the Ashanti king rejected the ultimatum demanding a British commissioner and Ashanti protection under British rule. The Accra dispatch dated October 31 details Britain’s push to enforce the ultimatum.
Ardmore I T Nov 7 The Chickasaw legislature has passed a bill barring all intermarried citizens from any property right in the Chickasaw nation. The measure disenfranchises those not of Indian birth, stripping them of property and voting rights within the nation.
Durant was brought up for sentence but a two week continuance was granted to prepare a motion for a new trial. The Minnie Williams murder case, set for today, was indefinitely postponed.
Eben Bentley, president of the Bentley Shoe Company of Syracuse, left the city last Saturday and has not been seen. Attachment papers accuse him of fraud and forgery. liabilities reach about $60,000 while assets are nearly nothing.
The grand jury in Huntington has indicted Dave Flaherty of Portland Oregon Dick Wilson of Cincinnati and John Bingham the principals in the glove contests and several prominent men connected with bringing them together officials report after a week long in session investigation
Wilkes Barre Pa Nov 8 A petition circulates in this county urging the board of pardons to commute the death sentence of William Penn Bowmen the boy murderer to imprisonment for hire Bowmen awaits execution for the murder of the armblam peddler committed about a year ago
The strike at Devil's Lake North Dakota began last night with spikes pulled from rails a mile west of the city. Trains run hourly with new crews as 40 striking workers are discharged and police patrol the yards to prevent trouble.
Harrisburg reports the Soldiers' Orphans commission has more than 160 applicants needing enrollment but limited room and a restricted state appropriation prevent admission. The sole state facility for soldier orphans is the Scotland industrial school, and current funds fail to outfit departments of work.
Philadelphia report states third vice president John L D Garrett names Henry H Kingston of Philadelphia as general traffic manager to replace the late John Taylor. Kingston assumes duties with Peles serving as assistant general traffic manager.
In a Norristown case, the Bowman firm sued a Philadelphia area manufacturer over property claims at West Anyunk. The jury returned a verdict favoring Bowman for 135,360 dollars in a high profile recovery against the unnamed defendant.
Nov. report from Wiconie details Mrs. Wolf and companion felled from a railroad trestle into a creek bed about twenty five feet below. Mrs. Wolf sustained severe injuries with facial damage. her companion was less harmed.
Two Glen Richey miners faced discharge from their local union amid recent regional strike agitation. The Blooming Coal Mine unit contends with ongoing labor tensions affecting Phillipsburg and surrounding areas.
M E Olmstead a prominent Harrisburg lawyer has announced his candidacy for representative in congress from this district comprising the counties of Dauphin and Perry. He calls for service to the country and aims to win the seat in the upcoming election.
In the advertisement two cases list men s heavy natural wool shirts and drawers at 75 cents per suit and one case of ladies heavy Egyptian fleeced underwear at 75 cents per suit. Also offered are full lines of the Stuttgarter sanitary underwear for ladies gentlemen and children described as the season s greatest bargains.
A brief item notes steady activity at a shop, praising honest labor as a noble craft and reflecting the era's appreciation for diligent trade work. The snippet highlights daily commerce and the virtue of workmanship in a local setting.
Kenneth White wed Gertrude Hislop amid guardians facing a plan to send her to an insane asylum. White, with a policeman, intercepted the attempt, secured a marriage license, and had a minister marry them before Dr. Hislop returned home. The rapid ceremony followed family opposition.
A fragmented OCR note mentions a local event or notice with unclear names and details. Readable parts reference an action or proceeding and a place but lack sufficient context for precise identification or dates. further text would clarify involved persons and the outcome.
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