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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1895
Page
1
In keeping with our rule for clean stocks we place on base this week high class lace curtains and a few odds and ends with new patterns. None are old or counter boiled and in essential quality they are as good as the latest offerings.
Four price updates show lace curtain stock with four pairs at 4.45 after discount from six dollars. Six pairs priced at 7.50 and 5.50 with six pairs at 10.00 and 7.50. Sale concentrates on white lace curtains in four pairs.
Four pairs priced at five dollars drop to three seventy five while three pairs fall from six fifty to four seventy five prompting shoppers to grab a quick deal on white tambour footwear.
Six pairs priced at 2.25 or 1.75. six pairs at 3.50 or 2.50. five pairs at 4.25 or 3.25. six pairs at 8.50 or 6.50. four pairs at 10.00 or 7.50. Discounted stock for a limited sale.
Six pairs of white Swiss ruffle curtains offered at reduced prices. Original price two dollars and fifty cents per pair, now one dollar and fifty cents each. Curtain set features classic pleated ruffles and light spring decor. Suitable for living rooms and bedrooms.
A local ad shows hosiery items in ecru and white with quantities of 25 prs at two dollars, 22 prs at two dollars and fifty cents, and 50 prs at three dollars and twenty five cents, reflecting discounted prices.
Auction notice urges buyers to act quickly as many small parcels go on sale and late bidders may face disappointment. Officials warn they cannot be held responsible for missed opportunities.
Philadelphia October 29 Holmes seeks legal aid as prosecutors present a flood of testimony in a tense cross examination. He displays efforts to balance defenses while his former counsel returns to the case, a dramatic scene marked by a heavy barrage of circumstantial proof and a tense courtroom atmosphere.
Governor McConnell receives appeal from Wallace mine managers reporting the miners and union dispute at the Hunter mine at Ofulten threatens an all out strike. The governor orders militia captains on standby to move to Mullen if unrest breaks out and martial law is declared.
The State Federation of Women convened its inaugural gathering at the New Century club in Philadelphia on October 29. Delegates from sixteen regular clubs and auxiliary groups attended, marking the federation's initial statewide assembly.
Commissioner Lochren submits annual pension report to the Secretary of the Interior showing up to June 1894 past totals and 1895 changes. The rolls stand at 970,624 with 27,816 deaths and 14,675 pensions dropped. 1895 saw 99,185 new pensions and 4,206 restored, with a $140,000,000 appropriation seen as sufficient for the 1896 fiscal year. The act increases and repeals affect payments, clerical dismissals exceed 100, and a plea is made for aid to discharged clerks disabled by long service.
Boston reports from an American in Constantinople warn that a planned Armenian petition to the Porte sparked a crisis. The sultan overruled ministers, ordering troops to resist any gathering, leading to carnage. Reports cite Armenian uprisings feared in Adana, Marash, and Hadjin.
General Dickinson addressed the jury in San Francisco on Durant's behalf. He argued Durant was not involved and attacked pawnbroker Oppenheim for implying Durant’s guilt. He criticized women witnesses as unreliable, noted the evidence was circumstantial, and suggested two others were involved, urging the jury to return Durant to his family.
In St Louis on October 29 a two inch knife blade was removed from Mike Ryan at the city hospital. The blade had been in his shoulder for over thirty years, preventing full use of his left arm but causing little pain. Ryan was stabbed in 1863 during a melee and served the war to its end though he remained partially disabled.
Porter, one of two men shot by George Myrick in Jackson, Mississippi, is alive but not expected to recover. Elein Weiss remains badly wounded with possible recovery. Myrick eludes capture as a bloodhound hunt continues. Death of Father Ranch in Baratoga New York Catholic reverend aged 47.
Windloe of Chillicothe Ohio set three world records this afternoon defeating John Johnson. He lowered the half mile from 61 1?2 seconds to 60 1?2 seconds and the quarter and third mile marks to 24 3 seconds and 5 2/3 seconds respectively.
Rivalries between United States Pipe Line company and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad flare into armed clashes on the New Jersey Pennsylvania boundary. Wounded men, guards on duty, and possible state intervention mark ongoing battles as lawyers seek injunctions and potential election delays loom in the background.
George H. Smith and Charles N. Davis, both Albany county residents, were electrocuted at Clinton prison in Dannemora. Smith died at 11:44 a.m. after a series of voltage changes. Davis followed at 12:01 p.m. with instantaneous death. Autopsies showed no unusual findings.
At a directors meeting in Atlanta the Cotton States and International Exposition board postponed Cuban Day from November 6 to December 17 after disagreements over international issues. The move signals a likely indefinite postponement as the date nears the exposition’s end.
Judge Beach in the New York Supreme Court rules that the rooster emblem of Democracy must be removed from the official ballot. He grants the petition and orders officials to eliminate the symbol, citing improper approval by the police commissioners.
Celso Caesar Moreno found guilty of uttering a criminal libel against Baron De Fava, the Italian ambassador to the United States. The trial opened in Washington with Fava not appearing. Bail raised to 3000 pending new-trial application. Sentencing discretion lies with the court.
Grand jury in Cumberland Maryland indicts Richard D D Johnson Jr for the murder of Grant W Zufall believed to have occurred Christmas Eve at John Yosto's saloon on North Mechante Street. Johnson posted 10000 bail and faces trial this week with witnesses including James who claims to have seen the deed.
Uniontown Alabama October 2 19xx Frank Metzger a leading merchant killed himself by jumping from a train yard after his brother W G Metzger fought a street duel with Police Chief Britton who died Metzger wished to take his brother’s place in jail and asked authorities to let him suffer instead, but was refused.
Two Missouri Pacific passenger trains collided at Howard station eight miles west of St. Louis at 11 tonight. Engineers John Howard and William Caton killed, both buried beneath wreckage. Firemen George Trese and George Dunbar injured. Buck Taylor, a passenger, suffered a broken right leg. Several passengers shaken.
In Pittsburg on October 29 two girls Marion Gertrude Henderson and Delian Mallory found a paper box on the Monongahela wharf. Gertrude died in agony last night and Delia died today despite medical efforts. The box contents resembled sulphur with an unrecognizable compound inside.
Edwin Bookmyer a pension agent and his son and daughter Edwin Haridlla were arraigned before US Commissioner Montgomery in Lancaster on charges of altering changing and forging pension affidavits. They were bound over for trial in the US district court. Two counts against Bookmyer and his son, one against his daughter.
A third fire broke out at 1 85 this morning on the yard of Mehaffey's wood mill in Williamsport Pennsylvania. The blaze followed two fierce lumber fires from 150 a m and the situation was reported extremely critical. A second item notes a vote on woman suffrage in Columbia with a 121 to 26 result in the constitutional convention after a lengthy debate.
Fragmentary report mentions Williamsport and street mile markers with unclear details about a sale or work in lumber yards. The readable content is too garbled to determine a clear event, entities, or outcome.
Governor Clarke orders sheriffs to arrest Fitzsimmons if he moves north toward Hot Springs. Correspon dence from Corpus Christi says Fitzsimmons will fight in private, possibly in Indian Territory, with plans to take the bout to the battlefield grounds.
President Faure spent the day conferring with leaders including Zurlinden Killam Lebon Polycare and Leygues about replacing the Ribot ministry. A tentative cabinet with Bourgeois as premier and interior minister Peytral finance minister Doumler commerce minister Carlalanac war minister Bernard colonies minister Guyal-Dessaigner justice minister Doumergue public works is discussed with Brisson possibly refusing to serve.
Shipping circles report a large locomotive order from Philadelphia for the Transcontinental railroad now under construction from the Black Fort to Vladivostok. The British whaleback Turret Bell is chartered to load the first cargo in December, shipping to Novorossiysk, Russia. The railroad, upon completion, will become a vast corporation with about 7,500 miles of track largely finished.
Attachments for eighteen thousand eighty seven dollars were placed on the Union Ten Per Cent Clothing House in Reading by New York dealers against Mitchell Bros. Twenty attachments allege purchases were made on false representations and hidden to defraud creditors. The court issued the attachment order and a forty thousand dollar bond was filed. Deputy Sheriff Schaeffer closed the store.
A Lackawanna and Western train struck Joan Meeker a 45 year old Hungarian worker on the Alford to New Moford section about 6 PM. Conductor John O Hara reported the fatal injuries and said Meeker could not survive. He was employed by Section Boss Ferrin and was unmarried.
Tiffin Ohio reports a quieting situation with militia to be withdrawn. Clyde and Canton units left this afternoon and Fostoria company to depart tomorrow morning. Funerals for Matz and Mutchler held today with little attention. mob spirit believed to have calmed.
The funeral for Samuel Josephs was held this afternoon from his residence in Philadelphia. A large number of floral tributes were present.
The advertisement lists multiple underskirts and skirts in satine, mohair, and brilliantine fabrics. Prices range from $1.19 for a fast black satin underskirt to $2.95 and $4.50 for full silk skirt lines.
Lancaster Pennsylvania October 22 The Twenty first Pennsylvania cavalry held its sixth annual reunion with about one hundred survivors in attendance Officers were elected including President Major Robert Bell of Gettysburg and Vice President W H Boyd of Reading A resolution was adopted to transfer the regiment s monument on the battlefield to the Gettysburg Battlefield Association
Local weather note for the Eastern Pennsylvania area reports north winds and temperate conditions with scattered notes on mild temperatures. No marine or storm alerts issued. Flags may flutter with gentle gusts across towns.
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