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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1895
Page
1
Fashion notes call black dress goods highly desired by women of taste with new lustrous textures. The department offers leading novelties for fall and winter wear for one week starting Tuesday September 1th, showcasing latest fashion decrees for correct attire.
A sale offer highlights novelty fabrics with a furry appearance priced from 45 cents to 1.25 dollars. Glace dots and other small effects range 76 cents to 1.25 dollars, heavy warm fabrics and mohair effects attract buyers. Brocades and concert patterns are also featured, inviting customers to view the full stock.
Atlanta gears to launch the Cotton States and International Exposition led by President Cleveland. The event highlights colored exhibitors and military units, with notable Pennsylvania and national displays, and a planned Blue and Gray reunion drawing 100,000 attendees on November 21.
In Jamesburg Kansas Squire Hazen accused the Baptist pastor of selling out to the flesh after a revival drew five baseball players. The town planned a game as church duties intertwined with a revival and warnings circulated among parishioners.
The Jamesburg baseball team faced Colwich in a key game causing a scheduled baptism to be postponed. Squire Tagen arrived in town furious and shouted loudly over the delay. The manager had urged postponement to permit the game, and the request was granted.
A wagon carrying five people collided with the Fast Mail train No 2 near a station twelve miles south of Lynchburg Virginia. Joseph Callahan is believed killed along with four others including two women and two children and the horse. The warning not to cross the track was reportedly ignored and the train was moving rapidly at the time.
Court proceedings in the Durant case featured student Miss Lanizan testifying that she saw Miss Lamont and Theodore Durant together on a Powell street car, with a black dress and bat identified as worn by Lamont. Mary Vogel and Mrs Edwards corroborated, placing Durant near the scene. Prosecution aiming to finish its direct case this week.
Saratoga N Y Sept 16 in the run up to the Republican convention harmony prevailed. The ticket slate and platform were set with Platts victory seen as assured. The old ticket likely to be renominated includes John Palmer James A Roberts Addison I Colvin Theodore Hancock Campbell W Adams Celora K Martin and Senator Clarence Lexow with James S Sherman as temporary chairman.
Hollidaysburg Pa Sept 16 John A Lenon ex auditor general of Pennsylvania and senator from Cambria district died at his home Liverelock this afternoon of typhoid pneumonia. He was 72 and survived by a wife three sons and four daughters. He was a coal operator and railroad contractor born in Cambria county.
San Francisco dispatch notes the steamer City of Rio de Janeiro arriving at Quarantine from Honolulu. Quarantine Officer Chambers reports fifty eight cholera cases in Honolulu up to Sept 14, with twenty four new cases since last advice and fifteen deaths. Total fatalities reach forty four.
J P Sears of Adair county files a $1000 suit against Harry Carver claiming alienation of his wife’s affections led to his ruined corn crop as he watched his wife all summer. Separate brief items note five murderers escaped from a Raleigh jail and a freight train wreck near Bosnieville killing one man and injuring several.
Sept 14 report notes wholesale adjustments by leading houses. retail prices rise across the city. Anthracite coal costs gain about a cent per ton, with districts implementing the higher rate to reflect the wholesale move.
The article discusses a potential US intervention to halt Cuban oppression, citing President Grant's precedents and the need for practical action over recognition of belligerency. It notes Spain’s reforms refusal, the danger to American interests, and hints Cleveland may act through Congress. It also reports Cuban rebel actions and a recent rebel execution in Santa Maria Bayonne.
Rev. D. McKay, 40, resigns as rector of Fern Bank Protestant Episcopal church in Cincinnati after vestry request and bishop approval following complaints about his conduct. He had served two years and is single.
A Cincinnati rector with a $1000 yearly salary faced controversy over personal conduct and social ties to a well known theatrical guest. After a two months abroad and alleged attentions to parish daughters, the vestry demanded his resignation. he issued it last Thursday and departed east.
Atlantic City hosts the Sovereign Grand Lodge session with representatives from across the states. Mayor Stoy welcomes visitors as clam bake draws over a thousand people and electric arches illuminate Atlantic Avenue. The event anticipates a record parade with robust lodge growth and substantial real estate holdings.
Toledo September 1 N B Bacon says President Cleveland, not a candidate for a third term, would prefer to retire after his present term. He notes Cleveland is friendly with Whitney and Carlisle and would not single out any single successor, though other names could also be favored.
Rev. Dr DeWitt Talmage was asked in Brooklyn to join Dr Byron Sutherland as co pastor if Washington Presby terian Church would need a successor. He had not decided and would reply after careful consideration. He said he might go if Sutherland resigns and planned to answer the letter the next day.
In Flyrna Ohio during a storm on September 16 George Jaycox a young beyelist rode his bicycle toward home from White Riding. A bolt struck him while riding. He was found with blood from mouth and ears and died a few hours later. His home is listed as Avon Polini north of the city.
Joseph Kereneau, a French chef at Tracken miller's cafe in Missouri, overheated and entered a refrigerator to cool off. He was found dead ten minutes later as the temperature neared the freezing point. The incident is reported from September 16 in Br. Joseph.
In Lancaster County James Smith and Hugh Armstrong, aged amates, quarreled last evening and Armstrong stabbed Smith six times. Wounds are believed mortal. Armstrong, aged years, was arrested.
Special to the Beranton Tribune from Pitteton Sept 16 Smithville near the Delaware and Hudson line erupts in a riot as Roger Hines foreman at Willey shaft confronts Slav workers over pay. Peter Lacuta saloonkeeper tries bail. Hines and officers repel mob with revolver fire. arrest of a Slav rioter and Lacuta.
John Howe of Anderson files a $10000 damages suit against Dan Teeters, owner of Teeters Dogs, claiming fright after being chased by bloodhounds on rural paths and a chase ending at a depot. Howe alleges the dogs trapped him and notes prior incident involving Marine Pence. The case questions the dogs infallibility and Howe seeks compensation for the terror.
In Arcola Maryland R A Matthews bound over to the grand jury on a malicious mischief charge after defacing the Liberty Bell with a small sludge hammer. He escaped handcuffs from a jail transport and fled. he had not been captured by nightfall. In Ann Arbor Michigan the Detroit Methodist Episcopal conference voted 52 to 9 to support admitting women delegates at the general conference.
The report mentions ten miners at Pigleton affected by water shortage. Two workers at Milford Pike County climbed a telegraph pole and pulled down electric wires. Other items note a Doylestown wreck case against Hey Ro and T Cocker, and Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh to reopen November 6 with anticipated music.
In New York City Charles Le Clergy, veteran comedian with the Daly company, lies critically ill in a local hospital. Police report a dangerous incident during patrol, and a New York hospital scene accompanies this brief.
A weather brief notes showers across eastern Pennsylvania followed by a fair period and warmer temperatures as southerly winds develop. The update points to a mild stretch with improving conditions after the unsettled spell.
Our orders to English French and German manufacturers secured desirable staple goods and novelties at present prices. Manufacturers have raised mohair prices nearly 100 percent, but our lines remain unexcelled in style quality and variety and offer savings.
A local retailer promotes affordable good school shoes for children, emphasizing quality and value for students preparing for the new term.
A shop specializes in fall eyewear including opera glasses and spectacles. Local customers are offered a range of frames and lens options with emphasis on comfort and style.
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