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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1895
Page
1
Buyers will have price lists to suit their needs during the bargain period with values designed to induce sales even if not for immediate use. The market offers nothing newer better or more desirable than the splendid silk stock now submitted for inspection for trimmings and related items.
Dispatches from Boston and Constantinople report mass killings and attacks on Christian communities in Marash at the end of October. Armenian and Protestant leaders plead for protection as mobs burn and loot, with Turks claiming Armenian blame. The story urges substantial powers intervention to stop the massacres.
Meagre reports from the Coptic recount the destruction of the Kung Pal off Kinshaw Bay on a voyage from Tien Tsin to Kinchow. The ship carried about a thousand troops and six foreign officers with one foreign passenger. nine Chinese and two foreigners survived, most perishing. The vessel, fifteen years old, built in Leith in 1880, had famed dangerous boiler conditions.
In Los Angeles Colonel H G Otis reports Senator Sherman will head party protection in Ohio and elsewhere in support of Major McKinley for the presidency. He says recent elections clear the sky for McKinley’s nomination and predicts strong Ohio backing and a timely nomination and election.
At White Post Pike County last night a score of armed men abducted two Mormon exhorters from a church. They were escorted across the state line into West Virginia after threats of horsewhipping.
A brief item notes Yale introduces a new plan affecting a second division or divisioned contest, with mention of Wilt and Priage in the context of college sports and roster changes.
State Senatorial committee hearing on Philadelphia municipal affairs continues. Addison F. Bender cites insufficient street paving forces. Bernard Bowen says current bids cannot meet contract specs and cost per yard. Witnesses discuss inferior Belgian blocks and nonfulfillment of ash removal and garbage disposal contracts. John Maneely describes garbage feeding to hogs and cattle. Charles Richardson notes railways’ paving ignores laws and cites 1898 talks with authorities. Hearing adjourned to Nov. 21.
John Wanamaker, ex postmaster general, sent a personal 310 000 dollar check to W. T. Durbin of Anderson to cover a loan the State Republican committee borrowed for campaign use. Wanamaker had promised repayment by the national committee, which repudiated the debt, but after three years he fulfilled the guarantee.
In Homeraville Georgia a captured African American suspect named Lewis Jefferson confessed to the alleged assault on Miss Wilson Frebel. While being taken to Argyle for committal trial unknown assailants attacked an officer, overpowered him, and hanged Jefferson body shot with bullets.
The U S Supreme Court ruled that beans are vegetables not seeds for customs purposes. In the New York port case Human Sons and others challenged duties on beans, claiming seeds classification. Chief Justice Fuller delivered the opinion, noting beans are commonly treated as vegetables.
Mrs Grover and her daughter Esther Cleveland watched Palmer Cox Brownies at Lafayette Square theater in Washington It was their first stage experience for the children They sat as spectators in a matinee setting later reports confirm other notes on post offices inspected by secret agents as in good order across Pennsylvania including Shenandoah Mahanoy City Reading Carlisle Franklin Beaver Falls and Huntington.
Memorial services were held in Christ Cathedral Reading Pennsylvania in memory of the late Bishop Howe. The memorial address was delivered by F Bishop Otter of New York in the presence of a large number of clergymen prominent in the Episcopal church.
A fragmented excerpt shows Sherman It denying a claim from Washington Pang-told about rights or status. The readable text suggests a dispute over recognition or entitlement, but details are scarce.
Denver reports a flood of sick and crippled travelers arriving at Union Depot for Schlatter the New Mexico healer. A 300 man Union Pacific train carried aimless pilgrims, while locals profit from hot bricks and coffee as officials push free transport for workers seeking relief.
National, Eastern and Western League magnates convene at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York. Baltimore is named 1896 champion as talks on fines, umpires, and Sunday play stall. Billy Nash trades to Philadelphia for Billy Hamilton. Powers group seeks representation on the National board for minor leagues.
In Larédo Texas on November 13 a man who traveled with a woman and an eight year old girl checked into the Hotel Hamilton as C Schuler and family. He later took them to the depot then returned for supper. The next night two bodies were found in Chacon Bottom near a reservoir with buggy wheel marks. Authorities identified the victims and investigate the case as an apparent murder suicide driven by insanity.
The steam oyster boat James W Boyle sank near Rockaway Inlet during a northeast gale off Rockaway Beach New York on November 13. Captain Peter McDonald Jr. deck hands John Finn John Newbury John Carroll and Walter B Wood were lost with the vessel. The Boyle, one of the fleet’s largest, sailed from Bridgeport with seed oysters for Mr Wood and went down after a big sea rolled over her forward deck. The tug Mutual and Captain Robert H Deakin found no sign of survivors amid wreckage.
A horse driven by Harry Buss of Nesquehoning and his passenger Harry Clarkson of Philadelphia collided with a freight train on Lehigh Coal and Navigation tracks near Coaldale Lansford. Buss died from injuries and Clarkson remained unconscious after the crash while the horse was killed.
On the Southern road near America Alabama a rear end crash between a work train and a coal train killed four laborers Tony Cunningham Mose McGhee Luke Bolles and Sam Franklin and seriously injured seven others including pe Matthews Fireman Philips Sewell Townsend and Pink Williams.
An unstable man from Missouri sought to assault Vice President and appeared at the White House this afternoon. He was subdued and taken into custody for evaluation.
Honolulu reports The new Japanese consul Shimamura criticizes Hawaii over immigration terms and warns of rising Japanese influence. A riot in Jantown on Nov 4 led to 16 arrests as natives clashed with inebriated Japanese. Officials fear public push toward annexation despite Tokyo denying such aims and notes Fujii's hostile stance toward the Dole regime.
Survivors from the wrecked steamer Missoula told Cleveland reporters that after disablement Friday night a week ago the vessel foundered Saturday night and the lifeboat launch cost five men their gear. The crew went without sustenance for over sixty hours until fishermen brought their first meals. First Mate Gorman arrived aboard the steamer Yuma with other survivors and described the ordeal.
George Montague a well to do German farmer is charged with killing Mr and Mrs Schultz an old couple two years ago in Cherokee county. He is a brother of the murdered woman and was arrested after a neighbor's tip and a claimed confession. A hearing is set at Washta next Monday.
A body found near Peoria was identified as Lawrence Kehoe by witnesses and Coroner Hoefer's jury, but he later appeared alive. A second inquest found the body belonged to Hogan, a poor farm inmate, correcting the earlier verdict.
Worcester Massachusetts November twelfth patrons of husbandry from many states attend the Grange annual session in Horticultural Hall. Officers and delegates from twenty six states answer the roll call as formal morning proceedings set stage for master J H Brigham's annual address later in the day. Died in a Buggy is reported from York Pennsylvania where C B Wallace oldest member of the York county bar dies suddenly while driving. In Franklin Pennsylvania a drillers death occurs in an accident at work. Ex state legislator S B Myers is found dead in his bed in Franklin bringing notice of a public figure passing.
A fragmented OCR note mentions a wreck of the Irrawedds with dates in November and scattered nautical terms. The readable fragment hints at a maritime incident with vessels and salvage references.
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