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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1896
Page
2
Archibald Butt’s pamphlet on Mexico’s labor under silver coinage argues Mexican wages run 12 to 25 cents a day, rents are high, and workers live in adobe huts while furniture costs a year's pay. It warns U S wage earners to fear silver policy impacts.
The article contrasts wages for smelters and laborers in Omaha and Monterey Nueva Leon, Mexico, noting Mexican pay at 75 cents daily and 46 cents monthly wages for herders, with U.S. wages higher. It emphasizes silver-basis pay and downplays purchasing power, detailing rough monthly incomes for cooks, seamstresses, house servants, and other skilled laborers.
A wealthy young heiress Mlle Ioanid was abducted near Bucharest by M. Jean Fourgeon aided by his sister Mile. Rosa Fourgeon. The plan sought to secure her dowry of 504 600s and prompted a police pursuit leading to Fourgeon and relatives being arrested at Diamant estate. The case shocks Bucharest society.
In Hanlock Pennsylvania a feud erupts after Annie Sharpe, a rustic beauty, defies her father by attending a country dance. The Sharpe family fires rifles at the Handler home, prompting a pursuit of Uncle Jacob Hoffman and warrants being sworn. Tensions rise as residents demand arms amid a high excitement.
Pittsburg August 2 Alderman Mc Masters holds A T L Siler on desertion charge. Siler's wife claims she is daughter of Judge Kenneth Raynor of North Carolina, tied to a Know Nothing ticket vice president and Polk kin. She says she was Washington society figure and Daughters of the Revolution member. She is allegedly the divorced wife of Dr A H Glennan US Marine Corps. Siller denies marriage. He attends Frank Talmage's church.
In Silver City New Mexico Aug 31 two companies of United States troops join Marshal Hall and deputies to pursue a border bandit gang. About 150 men form a twenty mile radius circle around Cook's Peak Mountains near Deming as the pursuit continues. Hall expects a capture soon.
Grand Rapids Michigan reports General Passenger Agent Fr M Drake of the Big Four dropped dead on a southbound train as it arrived in the city from northern resorts at 10 o clock last evening. The body was taken to Indianapolis on the same train.
Postmaster appointments announced include H. G. Stryker at Morrell in Huntingdon county Mrs Christina Lommel at Robbin's Station in Westmoreland county and Mrs M M Smith at Yostville Lackawanna county plus additional Pennsylvania entries from Aug. daily notices.
Mr and Mrs Bryan visited Chautauqua New York Aug 31 with Postmaster Fuller and Mrs Bishop. Bryan then addressed about 400 at Mayville praising the Chautauqua work and platform before returning to Ripley where he spoke to 2000 in Tallmadge grove. He framed a farewell New York speech tying silver coinage to Democratic power and urging public engagement.
Ohio police say they have arrested Elmer Flower, 24, a prominent church member, in East Liverpool for the ongoing assault on women by slashing dresses in crowd scenes. The suspect is linked to numerous daytime dress mutilations, with Edna March the latest reported victim.
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson must settle debts to clear the cloud over her Samoa home known as Vullima. The article notes her return from a health trip and the unresolved indebtedness surrounding the property.
Island custody case centers on Mr Chatfield a newspaper man who presented a care bill. Mrs Stevenson acted as her own attorney cross questioned Chatfield but faced contracts showing thirteen months of expenditures during her absence. Chatfield prevailed and Stevenson was ordered to pay to clear the homestead cloud.
The week shows three month bills at 14 percent and thirty day bills at 14 percent. Since gold withdrawals began, $13,750,000 of European gold moved to New York with more shipments possible. Silver dull as Indian buyers refused. Stock market dull. consols down. American railroad securities rise amid hopeful political outlook and bear closings.
Paducah Kentucky August 31 Henry Barber and Goldie C Bundy colored are in jail for trying to poison O T Torian family. The Torian household including Mrs Torian son Russell and daughter Fannie drank coffee laced with arsenic at breakfast. Miss Torian remains in critical condition. Barber confessed claiming Barber was urged by Bundy who had been told to stay away from the house.
A severe electrical storm struck the copper district with Joseph Roppa killed at the Finnish church in Hancock and Weber injured at Quincy. A blacksmith Johnson and James Kane were knocked senseless and other casualties were reported in a chaotic set of incidents.
The fountain pen used by Major McKinley to sign his acceptance letter passed through Columbus on its way to New York. It will be exhibited in a show window, then offered for sale to highest bidder with proceeds to charity. The pen is an ordinary fountain pen with gold bands at both ends.
Benton Harbor women meet at city hall and form a political club advocating protection to American industries and homes, sound money, a single honest dollar, and support for McKinley. The piece also promotes a “Mystic Cure” for rheumatism and neuralgia sold by Carl Lorenz in Scranton.
Timetables list express for New York and East points at 1.40 2.50 6.15 6.00 9.65 a m 1.10 and 3.38 p m. other expresses for Easton Trenton Philadelphia and the South at 6.15 8.00 9.65 a m 1.10 and 3.28 p m. local and accommodation trains to Tobyhanna Binghamton Elmira Cortland Syracuse Ithaca and more with connections at Buffalo and Northumberland. Details available at city and depot offices.
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