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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1895
Page
1
Fall brings new curtain and drapery designs suited to any home from cottage to manor. Manufacturers highlight artful textures and affordable pieces, offering options that fit varying budgets and taste for cozy indoor comforts during the coming winter.
Curtains have just come to hand featuring Irish Point Brussels Lace Tambour Swiss Scranton Lace and Ruiffe Curtains among the fashionable varieties. The range covers all desirable patterns and styles for home decoration.
Chauncey M. Depew, arriving from Europe, describes English reporters pressuring him for views on American home rule for Ireland. He says Americans broadly favor home rule and federative links with the British empire while opposing European control of the American republics. He notes English reactions and a special Westminster Gazette interview, plus his reflections on Gladstone and U S foreign relations. He also recalls a German celebration of Sedan’s anniversary and wartime contrasts.
Fragment discusses reducing German military strength and maintaining peace, mentioning threats to stability and assertions about a role for men in the process. No clear names, dates, or locations are provided.
The body of Annie Hoekman, about 22, was found in bushes along the river road near the depot in Somerville New Jersey. She was choked and assaulted with signs of a fierce struggle. Mrs Catharine Johnson identified the Newark visitor as the victim. Two men seen talking with her at 9 PM Saturday night at the fair disappeared.
Dedication ceremonies at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park will honor the 1955th anniversary of the Chickamauga battle with Vice President and top military officials in attendance. Survivors of federal and Confederate forces including Manderson Boynton and Butterfield are listed among expected attendees as the park spans about fifteen square miles.
At Saratoga on September 15 the convention's likely action centers on Platt allied candidates with Sherman named temporary chairman and Clarence Lexow permanent chair. Judge Martin is expected to win the nomination as part of the anticipated slate led by Platt.
In Shenandoah Michigan during a Pronken Maw a fight broke out between James McHale and Paul Maleshko with several Polish men. McHale was fatally wounded after Maleshko allegedly fired. Maleshko was arrested while other participants suffered cuts and bruises.
Final papers in the appeal of Harry Hayward, convicted of murdering Catherine Cling for insurance, were filed in the Minnesota Supreme Court. The legal limit expired two weeks early, but 22 days were allowed. The case cannot be reached for several weeks.
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania Mrs James Rice aged 50 was shot by her stepson John Rice during a domestic quarrel this morning and likely fatally wounded. The stepson was arrested amid claims the shooting was accidental. In Knoxville Tennessee residents celebrate the Lone of Veterans encampment with large crowds and a visit from Commander in Chief Bunday and staff.
Word reaches here that a large stock farm in Appalachia owned by Colonel Isaac Catlin and formerly by exSecretary of the Navy Benjamin F Tracy burned. Fire damaged buildings on the estate near Binghamton on the night of September 15.
The steamer Colon arrived this morning with reinforcements for the troops in Havana. The newly arrived soldiers were given an enthusiastic reception by local residents and guards.
Fire destroyed John D. Rockefeller's barn and outbuildings at Bedford road in Tarrytown. Explosions heard during the blaze. kerosene and dynamite found near the scene. Fifteen workers allegedly dismissed earlier may have exacted revenge. Rockefeller party away in Cleveland. Dynamite and powder also found near the mansion.
A vast cedar swamp fire near Waterford New Jersey spreads across ten miles from Jackson Meadows toward Atson. Crews save Collings cranberry bogs as flames threaten farms and homes including Isaac Herford's house. An Italian laborer is reported missing since early afternoon amid the smoke and cinders drifting toward Cedar Brook.
New York reports say Cesaie Marcon, once a notable figure in the Tenderloin, died in her room at 16 West Thirty-fifth Street after claiming a man beat her. Coroner Hober organized an investigation and a warrant was issued for Daniel McGilagan whose name was not released until arrest.
Atlantic City prepares for the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the United States Independent Order of Odd Fellows annual session opening tomorrow. Several thousand representatives from every state are expected to attend and a major parade is planned. Special services were held at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension conducted by Grand Chaplain J. W. Venable of Kentucky.
The central Pennsylvania Grangers twenty second annual exhibition opened today in Hellefonte with 250 tents occupied. State Grange Master Leonard Rhone supervised a day of devotional exercises and husbandry sermons. Attendees reached about 5,000 on opening day as the event runs for a week.
The daughter of Jesse Baker, a wealthy Sigel township resident in Shelby county, hanged herself with a woolen scarf at her bedroom door. Despondency from a long love affair is cited as the likely cause in this desolate case from Pana.
The Christian World accuses Belgian officials in the Congo Free State of harsh abuses against natives, forcing supply of ivory under threat of mutilation. The report notes severe penalties and widespread coercion as the situation unfolds from London on September 8.
The article accuses officials of treating native lives as worthless and describes baskets of severed hands seen at the Congestations. It alleges drunken brutality toward blacks as targets, combines with charges of open grogsness with native women, and calls Christian missions to urge King Leopold to purge involved offenders.
Mrs. Olstrom, wife of a Walcott Station section hand, spotted a fire on a wooden bridge over a gulch near Cheyenne, Wyoming. She dashed along the track and flagged the fast mail train, which was forty minutes late, stopping it a few feet from the burning bridge just as its speed would have carried it across the gap.
Cyclist P Searle completed a 144 hour 20 minute journey from Chicago to New York shaping a new record by three hours and twenty-five minutes. He started at 4 15 Sunday morning and faced multi hour stops at Jamestown Hallstead and Washington NC before arriving in New York exhausted but triumphant. Frank Leonard and Bert Henderson aided his progress after Scranton VA helping him push to the finish in New York.
Morton Duxbury, a trans continental record breaker, arrived in New York after traveling from Scranton 150 miles in about sixteen hours. The Providence, Rhode Island born rider started from Frisco on July 88 and finished a 9270 mile journey from the west to promote a continental record duration of 59 days 11 hours. He left the city tonight for Providence to complete the trip.
Oscar Sisco of Elmhurst was struck and killed by a Delaware Lackawanna and Western line train near Dunmore while walking along the tracks. The body was found later by workers. a coroner's inquest is scheduled for 7:40 this evening at Undertaker Ranb's rooms on Spruce Street. The deceased, a single Erie and Wyoming Valley RR section hand, had just arrived in Scranton and had no known witnesses to the incident.
The county wide primaries were orderly with voters casting ballots for delegates. Vigilance committees issued credentials to delegates chosen for Tuesday’s convention and the body will convene tomorrow at 2 PM in the courthouse to elect two delegates to the next national Republican convention and to nominate candidates for coroner and county surveyor.
Fire struck the Pennsylvania freight house in Wilkes-Barre at about 10 o clock. Goods and the office were badly damaged by flames and water with losses around the cited amount. A separate Arkansas river drowning reports involve John Hull and family during a summer outing. A fatal balloon explosion near Hrussely kills four aboard.
Two constables Bruce Wolf and Michael Judge clashed with a crowd of Finnish immigrants at Bywarts boarding house in Edwardsville. Wolf fired a six shot pistol, wounding four, with two likely to die. Judge was jailed. Wolf fled and remains at large as authorities search. The incident provoked widespread indignation among locals.
A Polish immigrant known as Mike McKinney fell from a platform while posing on a Pleasant Teach excursion train between New Milsons and Alford Saturday night. He died from skull fractures after landing at the embankment and was found with his head submerged. remains were taken to Raub's undertaking hall in the city. He was about 20, single, and lived with Michael Batth on the South Side.
Former Con ductors and Motormens assembly No ey Knights of Labor disbanded and members pledged to the American Federation of Labor Street or Moon's division. Initiation followed with an election: President Fred Tholly, Vice President Thomas Gilallon, Financial Secretary James O Boyle, Recording Secretary John Lyncht, Treasurer Patrick J Kelley. Discharges not addressed.
Thomas Quinn, a cab man, broke the glass door of Broad’s Oyster and Chop House on Penn Avenue last night. A policeman stopped him as he tried to enter and he was taken to the central lockup. He claimed he was in a gaunt state from days without food and heavy drinking.
Eastern Pennsylvania sees warmer conditions with fair skies and southerly winds. Winds ease through the day as temperatures rise and conditions remain dry.
A newspaper notice notes that British French and German makers boosted Mohair prices by about one hundred percent this season. It mentions early orders to secure desirable staple goods and novel fabrics at present prices and emphasizes the effect on customers seeking quality black dress goods.
In lines we state our prices are unexcelled in style and quality, with a wide variety. The wording emphasizes value and assurance to customers about value and selection.
A brief item notes a sale of school shoes described as quality footwear for children. The notice emphasizes affordable prices and dependable styles for students.
Advertisement notes a specialty shop offering fall eye glasses opera glasses and spectacles with likely emphasis on eyewear variety and specialized lenses.
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