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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1894
Page
1
Sept 3 reports from Deora and Hinckley Minnesota recount massive wildfires in northern Minnesota. Widespread destruction hits Sandstone Partridge Manefield and Hinckley with hundreds feared dead or missing. Firefighters and rail lines struggle as towns vanish and survivors flee toward water.
Eyewitness report details the Hinckley disaster with a grim field survey of burned wreckage. Rescue crews uncover ninety six nude scorched bodies and forty five more under quilts in a rain drenched cemetery, as officials and investigators catalog remains.
Sept 3 Ishpeming Mich reports intensifying wildfire threat as drought dries brush and swamps ignite. Fire brigades split into squads battle crews near Bradford farm Dead River area while Salisbury and Sagola face possible suburban loss. Rail service aids evacuees with box cars. no missing persons yet.
Settlers arrive in Ashland with tales of loss and destruction as fires ignite in multiple city areas. Five men are arrested three in the act and fear of lynching spreads. Deputies are sworn and stationed to guard docks and control the situation.
At Mora Minnesota a new town on the Great Northern line was wiped out by fire. The blaze razed 300000 feet of lumber a sawmill hotel stores post offices and a school home and a settler house. Twenty five families are homeless with an estimated thirty thousand dollars in losses and no insurance. Several residents are missing dead or injured including Nora Olsen Fred Holander Oscar Larnen and others.
The sun has not been seen for a week due to dense smoke from multiple forest fires north and south of Dolgeville. A United Press check found at least a dozen fires near Garoga, with sparing of spruce timber to the south. Farmers fight the blazes, two burning on Oak Mountain near Devereaux, risking timber loss. Reports note disastrous fires in Lewis and Ulster counties.
Berlin reports Prince Tching leads a rising Chinese war party with a large army gathering at Pekin and plans to send forces to Korea for winter quarters. Russian squadron heads for Korea to protect Basian trade, while battles and skirmishes rise in Korea as both sides claim victories.
Ex President Harrison, staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, says he will remain a day longer and head home via West Virginia tomorrow with Mrs. McKee and his grandson. He plans no campaign speeches, aside from two for Indiana friends this fall, and will not speak in New York or in support of Mor ton. He will visit ex Secretary of War Stephen B Elkins’s family in West Virginia before continuing to Indianapolis.
Rupert George, a mill worker from the West End, died after tumbling sixty feet from a Steuben street bluff. Found with a blood trail at dawn, his neck and both arms were broken and his head crushed. He had attended a Maennerchor meeting the night before and, intoxicated for the first time, wandered home without help. His wife collapsed upon learning of his death.
Troops stationed around Evanston began breaking camp after breakfast and marching to Fort Sheridan on General Miles' orders. Units from Fort Brady and Fort Leavenworth depart for their new posts while hospital and signal corps detachments head to Fort Riley.
Niodrara will remain temporarily at Fort Sheridan and a battery of four Hotchkisa guns will also be left at the same post.
The Rahway road race official corrected times list Walter Lurtgrass of Brooklyn winning in 1 hour 11 minutes 43 seconds. N Lane of Plainfield took second in 1 hour 14 minutes 4 seconds and H A Allen was the only scratch finisher in 1 hour 14 minutes 7 seconds. Other top finishers include A Swarwo uth Newark 1 14 11 and H D Eiges Syrgwick 1 11 55.
Elizabeth Bissell aged 10 and L Derry Passano 28, a Johns Hopkins graduate and professor, ran away from Bel Air. They wed at Rev Littleton F Morgan then checked into the Alta Mount Hotel. Bissell confronted by the groom led to a scuffle before the couple vanished toward Boston.
In New York the East Side meetings of United Brotherhood of Tailors and United Garment Workers drew crowds as 1,200 strikers walked off. The strike now includes 12,000 finishers and will affect 9,000 pressers and related workers, with expectations of 20,000 clothing workers out by tomorrow.
Dr Henry George and Dr Edward McGlynn led hundreds of followers in a single tax convention at Cooper Union in New York. They agreed not to vote as a bloc at the upcoming polls.
Reports detail Thomas Fix trafficking drowned bodies, the February murder of Policeman John Adley by Frank Williams, a hammer throwing accident injuring Miss Mary Bearing, a Lancaster plot donated for a memorial chapel, public opposition to annexation by a small town, miners returning from western Pennsylvania, and disputed mortality figures in Luzerne County.
Montrose readies Susquehanna county veteran reunion with the 143rd regiment participants from Lackawanna and Luzerne counties. Fort Defianes rock fortress hosts a sham battle and extended order maneuvers as crowds gather for ceremonies and a camp with tents, torches, and rations. The event features Galusha Grow as principal speaker and a flag presentation by Justice McCollum. Weather预计清爽无雨。
The district mine examining board held its monthly meeting and evaluated applicants for miners' certificates. It denied Daniel Ganndwork of Greenwood and Eugene Smolardi of Meadow Brook for not speaking English, while granting permits to Walter Parozenake Priceburg Anthony Padeske Scranton Harry Marcough Scranton Joseph Ribiain Scranton Michael Kahala Jessup Michael Gilroy Scranton Adam Lana vask Peekvila.
A new electrical melodrama titled Shaft No. 2 premiered last night in the city at the Frothingham. The crowded gallery applauded the performance and residents paid tribute to the author’s work, indicating strong local reception for the production.
The stage melodrama unfolds with Mr Bixby as the mastermind finishing his villainy when a bolt of real lightning strikes center stage. The plot features a blind girl a talkative Irish woman and several schemers while scenic and electrical effects receive praise from a creditable company.
The Scranton Traction Company reports over fifty extra men seeking motorman or conductor roles and the general manager’s office is besieged by up to a hundred applicants for positions.
Labor Day observations feature large union parades in New Bedford Rocheston and Chicago. Textile workers led the New Bedford march with about 4000 participants while 2500 men paraded in Rocheston. At Neversink highlands the flag raising honored peace with Britain and Cromwell’s death anniversary. Debs spoke in Chicago at Lincoln Park and Ogden’s Grove.
Bangkok rumors say the King of Siam is ailing from fever and heavy chloral use with his health impaired. Diente serpa and ministers view a potential palace plot and gunboat dispatch from Hong Kong is being considered. Royal family influence grows as dynastic stability appears at risk.
Major Everett Warren of Scranton arrives in Harrisburg with two or three friends as the advance guard for the Republican League convention to be held Wednesday. President Jack Robinson and league officers expected tomorrow. A large attendance of club representatives is anticipated.
W L Wilson willanil on Wednesday for Europe to rest. Eighty three youths take exams at Annapolis for the naval academy. C P Diefendorf retires after long service as auditor of Adams Express in New York. George Murphy, Brooklyn organist, arrested for pinching women on the Brooklyn bridge promenade. Divorce suit filed in Columbus Ohio for drunkenness cruelty and desertion against John M Case of Case Milling Company. Mrs H P Borley of Little Rock Arkansas jailed for stealing a diamond ring from Irene Hennett, a mail carrier.
Eastern Pennsylvania and western Pennsylvania expected fair with southeast to south winds. Likely showers on the lakes region with cooler temperatures.
A local advertisement touts fall dress goods as exclusive with desirable fabrics. The notice promises unique selections and urges shoppers to visit the store to view the limited stock and avoid duplicates.
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