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Scranton Tribune

Location

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1894

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Plainly Doesn't Love Him President Cleveland Starts for Washington

President Cleveland and family leave the Pennsylvania depot for Washington in Thomason's special car. He travels with Dr. Bryant and Miss Bryant, guarded by three detectives. When asked by a reporter about a letter endorsing Senator Hill, he denies any truth to the claim and thanks the reporters.

Jersey City N. J Cleveland Pennsylvania Railroad Washington Thomason Dr. Bryant Miss Bryant Mia Senator Hill

Hastings Delivers Polished Address in Chester Welcome

General Hastings Republican governor candidate drew a large Chester crowd with a 45 minute speech at the Cambridge Hotel after a parade of clubs and fireworks. Ex-Congressman Ward and others joined the party greeting Hastings and the 3,000 at the opera house heard him discuss the Wilson tariff bill and Pennsylvania industry before he left for Philadelphia.

General Hastings United Press Chester Cheater Ward W. C. Gray J. Milton Lutz W. 8. Sykers Orlando Harvey Philadelphia Charles W. Stone B. W. Fisher J. W. Latta John C. Robinson George B. Orlady William S. Shaffer Cambridge Hastings Opera House Pennsylvania Stone James W. Latta

Reed on Populism in Minneapolis Exposition crowd

Thomas B. Reed says uncertainty drives disaster and cites two fixed facts: the president and senate are Democratic, and the senate bill is a law. He notes Populist currents align with Democrats and warns states like Kansas and Colorado to act with better sense in the coming two years.

Minneapolis Thomas B. Reed Senate House Congress Maine Kansas Colorado

Harrison Will Speak at Morton Rally in Scranton

General Harrison agreed to deliver a speech on behalf of his old running mate Levi P. Morton at a Morton rally in Scranton. He said he would not make a long address but would express admiration for Morton and planned to speak in Anderson, Indiana, before leaving mid next week. Harrison will also speak at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Wednesday evening October 31.

New York Harrison Levi P. Morton Morton Anderson Ind Carnegie Hall Buffalo Mckinsey Saxton Empire State Dunkirk Chautauqua County Daniel Webster Erle McKinley

Good Republican Field Sixteen Of Twenty-nine Ohio Districts

Special to the Scranton Tribune from Columbus reports that Ohio counties expect the Republican vote to exceed last year. In 1892 Republicans elected ten of twenty-one congressmen, with ten districts sure for Republicans and eleven doubtful or Democratic. The canvass suggests Republicans will win sixteen districts.

Ohio Scranton Tribune Columbus Gréereman

Wilson campaign train reaches Parkersburg crowds assist tariff stance

The Wilson party special train arrived at Parkersburg at 1 oclock. At Friendly St Marys and Willamstown Mr Wilson drew gold crowds while Senator Camden defended his tariff position saying he supported Wilsons tariff aims and had voted in the senate for tariff reduction. He claimed misrepresentation in the press and on the stump and urged sympathy with the people.

Parkersburg W. Va Wilson Friendly St. Mary's Willamstown Camden Senate Ees Teees

Wilson and McAdoo address 2500 in Clarksburg

Assistant Secretary McAdoo and Mr. Wilson spoke to an audience of about 2,500 this afternoon. McAdoo said the Democratic administration had kept its pledges and offered no apologies. Wilson gave a tariff speech for about an hour before a special train moved on to Clarksburg.

McAdoo Wilson American Congress Clarksburg

Two Political Riots Roil Indianapolis Tonight

Two riots erupted in Indianapolis as political tensions flared. Negro Democrat speaker J Milton Turner was mobbed at Yellow Bridge and dragged from the stand amid police, fleeing under guard. On the South Side Allen Jennings Populist was pelted with eggs stones and potatoes as Democrats attacked his remarks, a young girl injured.

Indianapolis J. Milton Turner Yellow Bridge Turner Amness Morris Streets Allen Jennings Jennings Bynum

Republican Congress Will Be House to Republicans From North of Potomac

Washington Oct 25 Representative Apsley acting chairman of the Republican campaign committee released a statement on election expectations. He said the situation is more promising than ten days ago and predicted the fifty fourth congress would be organized by members elected north of the Potomac. He forecast fewer Populists and a surprise from West Virginia Virginia Maryland North Carolina Tennessee and Louisiana with possible southern gains.

United Press Washington Apsley Republican Congressional Campaign Committee Babcock West Potomac River Apesley West Virginia

Editor Singerly's Tour Across Pittsburg and Uniontown

Democratic campaigners led by County Chairman Fagan and George Filem ing visited Pittsburg for a breakfast at the Duquesne club house followed by an address of welcome by Henry C. Osborne. Singerly then spoke in Connellsville and Uniontown where six bands joined large enthusiastic meetings with Thomas Collins Senator Grant Herring and John M. Garman. Attorney General Hensel traveled to Washington with Senator Brown.

Uniontown Pittsby Fagan George Fileming Randall Club Duquenge Club Henry C. Osborne Singerly Pittsburg Pittaburg Party of Connellsville Thomas Collins Grant Herring John M. Garman Hensel Washington Senator Brown

Hastings Accepts Swap With Editor Singerty at Norristown

General Daniel Hastings Republican candidate for governor closed his state stump tour with a mass meeting at Industrial Hall Philadelphia. He will campaign nightly in Philadelphia and in nearby counties until election day and will swap audiences with editor Singerly at Norristown on November 3 with Colonel Singerly addressing a Republican meeting.

Singerty Norristown United Press Philadelphia Daniel H. Hastings Industrial Hall Hastings Singerly

Political in Brief The 1924 Gotham Shuffle

Adlai reaches Gotham as Illinois Republicans tally a 4 00 plurality. Faulkner lowers New York expectations. Delaware women rally against Judge Clayton. Sipe battles to keep Acheson below 6 00. Martin backs Pittsburg for the Republican convention. McKinley speech praised in New Orleans, Hart vote doubtful in Mittehler’s district. Dr J M Hole claims wife threats. McAdoo to attend a Democratic meeting in Cohoes New York. Zachariah C Ragin nominated for Andrew Browne Senate seat. Prosecutor Goff withholds key state contest details.

Adlai Gotham Illinois Hugh Grant Faulkner New York Delaware County Clayton Sipe Acheson David Martin Pittsburg New Orleans Mittehler Hart Stevenson Missouri J. M. Hole Salem Congress McAdoo Oe Navy Cohoes N.Y Daniel Cleveland Zachariah C. Ragin Ae Warnes Andrew Brows Goff Withholdt Tate

McKinley Delivers Rousing Empire State Tour in Dunkirk

Governor McKinley opens his Empire State campaign at Dunkirk with an expansive speech to a massive crowd. He criticizes foreign competition and asserts domestic production can employ workers, before touring multiple packed venues and ending the day with a late departure.

Confederate Veterans to Visit Gettysburg Battlefield

Confederate soldiers from the Army of Northern Virginia are chosen and commissioned by Governor Foster of Louisiana to visit Gettysburg and cooperate with the federal Gettysburg battlefield commission. Colonel John B. Bachelder of the war department extends a cordial invitation for the Louisiana committee to meet at Gettysburg in November for consultation on positions of Confederate troops in the historic action.

Northern Virginia Foster Louisiana Gettysburg Battlefield John B. Bachelder War Department Gettysburg

Paris Collides With Unknown Vessel At Sea

The Paris, an American line steamer, collided at 2 a.m. eighty miles off Bishop's Rock with an unknown sailing vessel. The sailing ship lost its jib boom and vanished toward the Bristol Channel. The Paris sustained no damage and remained on the scene briefly before continuing.

Paris United Press London Lloyds Southampton Bishop's Rock Bristol Channel

Crank Seeks President at Cleveland Residence

Richard Gordeler, a noted crank, arrived at Dr. Joseph D. Bryant’s West Thirty-sixth Street home seeking to see President Cleveland. He claimed two years of attempts to meet the president to address a supposed national issue and spoke of an earlier duel challenge to Emperor William, whom he called a coward. The butler refused entry and Bryant reasoned with him, eventually the crank left. He linked his incarceration in a German lunatic asylum to his claims.

Terview Cleveland United Press New York Joseph D. Bryant West Thirty-sixth Street Richard Bordeler West Fifty Seventh Street Gordeler Emperor William Germany Dr. Bryant Fie Gorderler Gorderer William

Postal Thieves Loot Braddock Post Office

Thieves entered the Braddock post office last night and ransacked mail bags and letter boxes. They took letters believed valuable, stamps, and a small cash amount, attempted to force the vault door but could not open the inner door, leaving a burglars tools kit behind.

Braddock United Proms Pittsburg

Reverend McCrory Advocates Earthly Sanctification in Marriage

The Rev. Dr. W. J. McCrory of Rochester Pa. promotes sanctification on earth influencing marriage vows. His doctrine based on a verse from Corinthians leads to calls for unequal marriages, ending engagements and divorces as families face disruption across Beaver Valley near Beaver and Ohio.

Pittsburg W. J. McCrory Free Presbyterian Church of Rochester Beaver Valley Presbyterian Church McCrory Dr. MiéCrory Beaver Ohio

Grover Cleveland Nominated For Governor Mentioned

The Binghamton Call editor R and Mr. Rogers linked Grover Cleveland to the Buffalo mayoral period, noting his name being suggested for the gubernatorial nomination in an article in the Binghamton Daily Democrat.

Binghamton Call Mr. Rogers Binghamton Daily Democrat Grover Cleveland Buffalo

Tragic morphine tragedy shocks Watertown pair

In Harrie House, Watertown, James Pierce alias E Case of Toronto is found dead after a night of morphine indulgence. The woman claiming to be his bride lies recovering from a nearly fatal overdose, discovered at noon.

Fribe United Press Watertown Harrie James Pierce E. Case Toronto Ont

Doctor Helmbold Dies in New Jersey Insane Asylum

Dr. H. T. Helmbold, famed patent medicine entrepreneur and former millionaire, died at the state asylum for the insane near Trenton yesterday. He was about 56, suffered from chronic melancholia, and the immediate cause of death was apoplexy.

Trenton H. T. Helmbold State Asylum For the

Bride Absent Delays Carbondale Wedding Mystery Disappearance

Miss Bridget Duffy of Fall Brook street vanished after mailing a letter on Saturday. Her parents and friends have no clue to her whereabouts, prompting the postponement of her wedding to Robert Culkin of Pleasant Valley. The groom arrived with guests to find the bride absent and the ceremony called off until the mystery is solved.

Carbondale Bridget Duffy Fall Brook Street Robert Culkin Pleasant Valley

He Died From Joy Inheritance Shock in Detroit

Detroit, Oct 25. The death of Fitzroy D. Monerleth, a young man born to a Scottish noble family, is attributed to joy over a $100,000 inheritance from an aunt in Scotland. He came to the United States twenty years ago seeking a better life, served in Company EK, United States infantry, and later worked in local commerce. The unexpected fortune allegedly caused a fatal reaction within a week.

Detroit Mich Scotland Fitzroy D Monerleth United States Infantry

Farewell to Russia Dictated by the Czar

In Berlin on October 25 the czar ranged between drowsiness and cheerfulness. He spent an hour with the czarewitch and dictated an affectionate farewell message to Russia to be issued after his death. He expressed gratitude for the Russian people's free expressions of sympathy.

Berlin Csarewitch Russia

Japanese Forces Capture Sukochin Works in Russia War Action

London reports a Japanese rifle force crossed the Wi Ju river and broke Chinese earthworks at Sukochin. Chinese artillery fled after brief clashes as Manchurian cavalry supported the retreat. Japanese advances loom with pontoon crossings at Modzu and a planned main assault before Sunday.

United Press London Wi Ju Sukochin Yamagata Sukochin Ferry Modzu

Brute's Narrow Escape in Pittsburg Area

J Wilson, who brutally assaulted Maggie Green a 10 year old near Blair Station McKeesport, was captured last night at Duquesne and sent to jail for trial. The suspect escaped being shot by the child’s mother by leaping onto a moving train and narrowly avoided summary punishment upon arrest.

Pittsburg J. Wilson Maggie Green Blair Station McKeesport Duquesne Jadl Wilson

Hunting the Cooks A Posse of One Hundred Citizens

Washington October 2 An organized force of about 100 citizens is planned to pursue the Cook outlaws in the Indian Territory The regular troops will not be deployed until the civil force proves unable to handle the desperadoes who number no more than 25 men

Washington Indian Bureau Indian Territory Peronne Cook

Narrow Escape Of Guests At Nor-mand ia Hotel Fire

Montreal reporters describe the October 25 blaze at the Nor mandia Hotel. Guests fled by window ladders, many overcome by smoke. August Pence the cook died en route to hospital. Bouen the clerk and Bue the waiter suffered severe burns, Nantell is missing, presumed dead.

Montreal Normandia Leagt August Pence Bouen G. B. Nantell Bue

Interior Department budget forecast for next fiscal year

Estimates show the Interior Department needs 155.185 million dollars to run next year including pensions. This year’s appropriation was 100.554 million with a projected saving of 13.74 million. Pension estimates for 1891 drop by 10.0 million.

Washington Interior Department

Diphtheria Cure Reported From Global Experiments

Official reports from Dr. Chan seller, American consul at Havre, outline hypo dermic serum injections for diphtheria. Experiments by Dr. Roux and Dr. Pehring in Germany over five years show that most malignant diphtheria and croup can be cured and prevented.

Konx United Press Washington State Department Chanseller Havre Roux Pasteur Pehring Germany

Severn Predicts Force May Be Needed for Rights

In Des Moines General Master Workman Severn of the Knights of Labor told a labor meeting that workers may have to use force to gain rights. The gathering, under the American Railway Union, discussed future prospects for labor.

Des Moines Severn Knights of Labor American Railway Union

Williamsport Conference Debates Unions Motion

At the national conference of the Methodist Episcopal Women's Home Mission society in Williamsport Pennsylvania discussions opened with a motion to form conference unions. The proposal was defeated by a vote of 45 to ? leaving the agenda open for further deliberations.

Williamsport United Press National Conference The Methodist Episcopal Women's Home Mission Society

Langtry to Start American Tour in Scranton

The celebrated English beauty Mrs Lily Langtry and company arrive from Europe aboard the Paris this Saturday and begin her American tour at the Frothingham theater in Scranton on November 7 presenting her London success A Wife's Peril.

New York Lily Langtry Europe Paris

Firemen Crushed in Burning Barn Collapse

Assistant Chief Jack Welch and fireman Topton Dunon were trapped under a heavy slate roof as a barn burned in Columbus Ohio. Both men suffered severe injuries and were believed fatally injured as rescue crews worked to free them.

United Press Columbus Jack Welch Topton Dunon

Louisiana Legislature funds Gettysburg troop markers

The Louisiana legislature approved an appropriation to mark the positions of Louisiana troops at the Gettysburg battle. The action follows preparations in New York on October 25 to designate sites from the three days of fighting and honor the state’s march in that engagement.

Louisiana New York Legislature of Gettysburg

Keystone Vignettes From Rumors and Accidents

Wet tracks delayed Point Breeze races. A coal fall at Gilberian colliery fatally injures Adam Medainsky and Charles Irvin. Salem Lutheran cemetery in Lebanon must be vacated with bodies moved. Trinity Evangelicals push work on their Allentown church through the night. Tyrone milk dealers ordered to use laciometers for impure milk. Eli Shertzer arrested for obtaining money by false pretenses. Two sisters in Ellenborough burned by a gasoline lamp explosion. The State Y M C A receives a $1000 bequest from Joseph Price of Waynesboro. Ex editor William H Bradley seeks a pardon for embezzlement. Logs of blood after tooth extraction weaken T J Fuller leading to near collapse. suit for $10000 for false imprisonment against J W Ogden of Philadelphia. Conference at Dinilewe ante orthweat Phi district with Elder S W Th of Philadelphia named chairman.

Point Breeze Gilberian Adam Medainsky Charles Irvin Salem Lutheran Cemetery Heart of Lebanon Trinity Evangelicals Allentown Tyrone Eli Shertzer Lancaster Tacco Eellenborough Margaret Mary Fitzgerald State Young Men‘s Christian Association Joseph Price Waynesboro William H. Bradley Philadelphia T. J. Fuller Wilkes-Barre J. W. Ogden Matron Taylor Pittsburg Dinilewe Elder W. Th

Myerstown Lawyer Among Six Arrested on Peculiar Charge

In Myerstown PA on October 4, George W Burk, a local lawyer, is held on a peculiar charge accused of stealing turkeys. He is one of six people arrested in connection with the case.

Meyerstown The United Press Myerstown George W. Burkholder

Hugh Smiley Dead in Coal Shaft Accident

Hugh Smiley a minor aged several years died in a shaft No 1 accident at Buaquehanne Coal company. He ascended about sixty feet and was seen to fall then crushed between the carriage and wall and killed instantly.

United Prom Wilkes-Barre Hugh Smiley Buaquehanne Coal Company

Death of Perry Rogers Prominent Binghamton Journalist

Perry Rogers a well known Binghamton journalist and prominent citizen died suddenly in this city this afternoon at his home. Rogers discovered Cleveland and made significant contributions to local reporting and civic life. He was a longtime figure in the press and community affairs.

Binghamton Cleveland United Press N. Y Perry Rogers

Tragedy at Church Consecration In Trokh Village

During the consecration ceremony at a village church in Trokh yesterday a panic erupted. Two women and three children were trampled to death and twenty seven people were seriously hurt in the ensuing chaos.

BU. Petersburg Get Trokh

Left Deputies Protest Abolition Law in Italy

A manifesto signed by eight Extreme Left deputies protests the decree abolishing socialist societies in Italy and announces the formation of a league for the defense of liberty.

Milan Deccee Maly Berty

Cholera Declared Absent in Several Cities

Official statement says cholera does not exist in the ravines of Plock Grodno Somalia Mo ileff Ewthonia Radom Siedice Kostr oma Olonets Pskov and Warsaw is also free from the disease.

Petersburg Oct. S Plock Grodno Somalia Moileff Ewthonia Radom Siedice Kostroma Olonets Pskov Warsaw

Brief Wire Ticks from American City News

Rumor note says Dr J M Coppencall of Tuscola fled the county after forging notes. Fall River weavers refuse reduced pay causing layoffs for working spinners. Commodore William Hopkins U S Navy retired and died in San Francisco at 73. Rob Bauer booked for stealing $20 from India Wharf Brewing NY. Wil Hammond of Honey Springs shot Tip Bullard and was wounded. Augusta Lope and Macon Chase sentenced to death in Mexico for killing McSheeney and Hoppe. Michael McLaughlin fatally injured after diving into a Chicago packing house vat.

Fall River William EB. Hopkins United States Navy San Francisco India Wharf Brewing Company New York Robert Bauer Wil Hammond Honey Springs Tex Tip Bullard Bullard Mexico Augusta Lope Macon Chase McSheeney and Hoppe Hy O Chicago Michael McLaughlin

Austrian suffrage expansion eyed amid political notes

A乱 garbled clipping notes possible extension of suffrage in Austria. It also mentions Johann Strauss ill with a cold and various European events including a Berlin dedication on November 15 and a Spanish expedition in the Philippines. The text is fragmentary with many OCR errors.

Austria Johann Strauss Berlin Syuinish Cortes Porto Hico Telands Mindanae Ambasdiiloy Runyon Clifton Ft

Weather Outlook Hint Winds Shift Southward Friday

The forecast notes generally tall skies with winds turning southward and warmer conditions by Friday evening as a mild pattern develops.

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