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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1895
Page
1
Democratic State Convention Nominates Six for Superior Court
The Democratic state convention at Williamsport opened and ended with the nomination of six candidates for the Superior Court. Nominated were Harmon Yerkes James Moorehead Peter P. Smith Charles H. Noyes O P Bechtel and Magee. Fr Meyers nominated by William M. Singerly chosen as state treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Yerkes
Moorehead
Noyes
Bechtel
Magee
Superior Court
Harmon Yerkes
Ruck
James 3
Mootehead
Westmoreland
Peter PL Smith
Lackawanna
Charles H. Noyes
Warren
Juice OP
Schuylkill
Christopher Mingee
Allegheny
Fr. Meyers
Harrishire
Nomination of Sixth Judge at Philadelphia Convention
The ex Supreme Court Justice Samuel Gustine Thompson and nominees J Messrs Yerkes Moorehead Smith Noyes and Bechtel were declared nominated. An additional ballot was taken to select the sixth nominee as Chairman Garman struggled to control delegates. Judge Magee’s nomination was announced at 8 20. The convention adjourned sine die two minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyers
William M. Singerly
Philadelphia
Yerkes
Moorehead
Smith
Noyes
Bechtel
Magee
Hower HJ
Rose
Meafibers
Bower
Garman
Hebert EB. Wright
Allentown
Maloney
McCarthy
Pennsylvania Democracy
Sellers
Singerly
Hastings
Philadelphia Record
The
Philadelphia Times
Democrat
Robert §. Pattison
Register of Wills
Quay
Supreme Court
Samuel Gustine Thompson
J. Messrs. Yerkes
Elixth
Sine Dle
No Change in Wages for September and October
Pittsburg iron workers will hold wages steady for September and October after talks between Secretary Jarret of the Iron and Steel Sheet Manufacturers and President Garland of the Amalgamated Association. Wages may rise in October if price levels hold for sixty days before settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Jarret
Iron and Steel Sheet Manufacturers’ Association
Garland
Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Pennsylvanian Millers Probe Cooperation Against Mammoth Mills
The Pennsylvania Milling and Export Company convened and urged millers to unite to counter large mills. They discussed railroad privileges and proposed replacing the bushel with a 100-pound grain weight for shipments after July 1, 1896. The group condemned Belgian French and German duties on American flour and sought retaliatory actions. Officers elected include Colonel Asher Miner president, Jacob Edge and Nathan Sellers as vice presidents, with directors Isenberg Hoffa Ingham and Freed. The session adjourned as they planned Atlantic City visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvant State Millers
William G. Audenried
Pennsylvania ‘Milling and Export Companny
Pennsylvania
Reading
Congress
Richardson
Landis Levon
Lancaster
Asher Miner
Wilkes-Marre
Cyrus Hoffa
George T. Ingham
BT Freed
Atlantic City
Officers Elected at National Council Session of United American Mechanics
The second day's session at Independence Hall elected officers for the National Council. Charles J. Dittress became Councillor. Maurice Bauer vice Councillor. John Server secretary. Joseph H. Shinn treasurer. Ira D. Coff marshal. S. S. Thompson protector. J. D. Jones doorkeeper. The council set 1896 sessions for Worcester Massachusetts and gave visiting delegates a Delaware River trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ailadelphia
National Council Order of United American Mechanics
Independence Hall
Simon
Charles J. Dittress
Philadelphia
Maurice Bauer
New Brunswick
John Server
Joseph H. Shinn
Camden
N. J
Marshall
Ira D. Coff
Providence
Thompson
Richmond
J. D. Jones
Charlestown
W. Va
National Council
Worcester
Mass
Delaware River
Trial of Durant Opens with Damaging New Evidence
San Francisco scene reports additional testimony in the Durant murder case. John Curran cited seeing a girl with school books on a street car, but could not confirm it was Maudie Lamont or the date. Merc Noble, aunt of the murdered girl, testified Durant sought clues about her niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
John Curran
Maudie Lamont
Durant
Lees
Misa Lamont
Merc. Noble
Dr. Vogel
Clarence Wolf
Gibson
Tice
Head on Train Crash Kills Six In Minnesota
A head on collision between east bound and west bound trains on the Great Northern near Ashby Minnesota leaves six dead. East bound engineers J K Emerson and James Thibodeaux and west bound engineer Ira Haines are killed along with the east bound baggage man James Hawkins and an unidentified express messenger. Minor injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnesville
Minn
Great Northern Riilroad
Ashby
J. K. Eimerson
James Thibodeaux
Ira Haines
James Hawkins
Defender Prevails in Valkyrie Protest At New York Yacht Club
The New York Yacht Club regatta committee sustained Mr. Iselin's protest against Valkyrie, awarding Defender yesterday's race. The ruling cites Valkyrie's foul using its main boom while bearing down, with testimony from captains and witnesses, and notes the decision delays no further trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sept. U
New York Yacht Club
Iselin
Valkyrie
Som Dunraven
David Henderson
Lord Dunraven
J. R. Rusk
Valyre
Leeward
Cranfield
Hal
Defender
Ingista
Regatta Committee
House of the New York Yacht Club
Arrest of David Roll for Swindling a Compatriot
David FB Roll was committed to Union county jail for thirty days to await requisition papers for removal to New York. Private detective Joseph Petrosino arrested Roll in Roselle and brought him to Elizabeth. He is accused of stealing 490 Italian dollars from Domine Marglello of 240 John Street. The crime occurred in New York City in 1892 and a warrant had been issued. Roll fled to Roselle and was only recently captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Roll
Elizabeth
David FB. Roll
Union County
New York
Joseph Petrosino
Roll
Roselle
Dominico Marglello
John Street
Man Dies by His Wife’s Grave in Kansas
John Crowley, an elderly Chapman resident, wandered from home after his wife’s death. He was found dead at the foot of her grave in the Catholic cemetery, face and body badly gnawed by wolves, indicating he killed himself days earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abilene
Kan
John Crowley
Chapman
Doors Open to Women at Washington Catholic University
Washington announces that the Roman Catholic university will admit women to all higher studies including science philosophy and the arts. Women may attend lectures and courses starting October though they will not be permitted to matriculate or receive degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roman Catholic University
Prieets
Tragic base hit ends in fatal injury at ball game
Benjamin F. Myers aged 40 was killed during an amateur baseball game in Banos Washington. He slid into second base as the baseman leaped to catch a throw and landed on Myers' neck, dislocating his spine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjemin F. Myers
Banos
Washington
Benjamin F. Myers
Myers
Minister condemns bloomers in Waterloo sermon
Rev. G. F. Scott of the First Methodist Episcopal church in Waterloo preached against women wearing bloomers last night, citing a biblical text and the era’s gender norms. The address framed bloomers as a violation of established dress codes and social propriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Iowa
G. F. Scott
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Cavalry for Cuba Forming in Englewood Near Chicago
A local paper reports a cavalry troop forming in Englewood aims to march to Cuba with two batteries and a regiment of foot under Lt. Gt. Andrews. He claims 400 Chicago volunteers and $75,000 pledged by three city residents for outfitting and guiding the expedition. Wealthy Cuban patriots have promised lands in exchange for aid. Recruits to be drilled upon reaching the south. batteries and infantry to be recruited in Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Englewood
Cuba
L. Gt. Andrews
Insurgenta
Lelana
Mr. Andrews
Kansas City
Cholera scare fades as poison ends Chinese feast deaths
The Mariposa reports Honolulu cholera alarms subsided after authorities traced deaths to poisonous food at a native feast. Chinese emigrants aboard Belwig from Hong Kong were released from quarantine before the ship departed Honolulu for Auckland and Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckhild
New Zealand
San Francisco
Honolulu
Auckland
Sydney
Mills
United States
State Department
Waerhington
Island of
Hawaii
Hong Kong
Murder Near San Miores In Camp Inland California
Reports reach San Diego of a triple murder near San Miores. A Fallbrook family at Mussel Beis camp eleven miles from Las Flores is found dead by Stiles on his return from a hunting trip. Indian culprits are suspected amid recent northern San Mingo county crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Cal
Tiple
San Miores
Fallbrook
Bewen
Las Flores
J. D. Borden
Stiles
Oceanside
San Mingo County
Fatally Shot by His Son in Indiana
Daniel Kemp a Galveston Justice of the Peace in Kokomo Indiana was shot and fatally wounded by his son Frank 24 during a noon quarrel. Neighbors found the elder man in a rocking chair with a chest wound while the son sat nearby with a revolver. Kemp a respected 60 year old, wealthy, with a large family. The incident follows a history including Frank losing both legs decades earlier after a car truck accident in St. Louis. Police say the motive remains disputed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kemp
Kokomo
Ind
Daniel Kemp
Galveston
Frank
Kemp
St. Louis
Two Monuments Erected at Brandywine Battlefield
Chester County Pa September 11 memorializes the Brandywine fight with two monuments for General Lafayette and Colonel Joseph McCleland near the battlefield. About 8000 attendees heard orations by Charlton T. Lewis of New York and Colonel Joseph McCleland Bell of Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Lafayette
McClelland
West Chester
Washington
Brandywine
Chester County
Joseph McCleland
Indians to Have a Dance in Wisconsin Gathering
Joy John Young known as Pottawattomie John led twenty four Pottawattomie Indians from River Falls to Tama La to attend a grand dance with Sacke Fox and other tribes. They will join Winnebagoes and Chippewas at Trempeleau before marching to the Muskoogle home for a major intertribal meeting expected to include representatives from most western tribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black ‘River Falls
Vic
Joy John Young
Pottawattomie John
Bo ‘Tama
Sacke and
Fox Indiana
Trempeleau
Erie's Red Letter Day Centennial Parade and Fireworks
Erie Pa hosts its second Erle centennial featuring an industrial parade, civic and military demonstration, harbor craft and yacht events, and a sham naval battle. About 10,000 participants marched in the afternoon as pyrotechnic displays lit the lakefront float show in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
War Veterans Parade Draws 200000 Along Line of March
Louisville reporters describe a grand parade of veterans with 200000 cheering along a two and a half mile route. Hospitalities included ice water at intersections and medical aid ready as the march passed the review stand over four hours. Commander in chief T N Walker near unanimity and naval veterans elect Allmond rear admiral. Mrs. Turter to lead the Women’s Relief Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Louisville Legion
Grand Army of the Republic
Brown
Tyler
Pennsylvania
Minois
Wisconsin
New York
Massachusetts
Olinois
Court House
T. N. Walker
Indiana
Ex-fireman kills man in street quarrel in Chicago
John Oram an ex fireman and World’s Fair survivor shot Joseph Conlon at his Austin avenue home after a loud dispute. Agnes Conlon witnessed the incident as Oram and his wife passed, he threatened to kill ifConlon did not leave him alone, then fired three shots, hitting Conlon in the left breast. Conlon died a few minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oram
Kim
Conlon
Gun Accident Injures Dentist in Pittsburg Area Fishing Camp
Dr George A Henderson a dentist is in critical condition at West Penn hospital after a gun shot wound from an accidental discharge at a fishing camp near Wellsville Ohio. James A Carr sustained a shoulder injury but is not seriously hurt. They were taken to Pittsburg by T D Davis a club member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzaburg
George A. Henderson
West Penn Hospital
James A. Carr
Fifth Avenue
Wellsville
Ohio
Henderson
Carr
Pittsburg
T. D. Davis
Turned on gas and died George Kramer ends troubles
Newark notices a Bilounkeeper at 75 Passa avenue who died by self asphyxiation during the night. The 49 year old man retired after closing the store, turned on gas with windows open, and was found dead when his door was broken open. He leaves a widow and two daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Gieorge Kramer
Passa Avenue
Kramer
Farmer Jewett Found Dead in Cell at Owego Jail
Charles F. Jewett, arrested on arson charges after a spate of local fires near Catatonic, was found dead in his jail cell at 7:30 this morning. He reportedly hanged himself with his trouser belt after tying the garment to the cell door grating. Sheriff and Coroner Dutcher are investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owego
N. Y
Charles F. Jowett
Gonklin
Jewett
Dutcher
Aged Brinkly Brothers Reunite After 62 Years apart
James Brinkly of Coal Valley West Virginia aged 85 arrived in Columbus Indiana to meet his brother William Brinkly aged 72 who has lived in Columbus for sixty years. The brothers separated sixty two years ago in Virginia and each believed the other dead until a recent life update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
William Brinkly
Columbus
Ind
James Brinkly
Coal Valley
W. Va
Virginia
Eastern Pennsylvania Sees Warm Fair Weather Continues
For eastern Pennsylvania, continued warm fair weather with southwest winds is noted. The outlook suggests cooler temperatures by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
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