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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1895
Page
1
A columnist recounts Warren County Court sessions of June 1895 with anecdotes on a traveling watch repairman, a pants thief acquittal, and a police halt of yard ball games. He notes inconsistent enforcement, criticizes gossip press and scandal mongers, and closes with Harrisburg legislative adjournment sine die amidst Philadelphia and school-investigation debates.
In LynN Massachusetts John Hennessy and Edward Begler, Knights of Pythias members, quarreled over lodge matters. Begler struck Hennessy with a bottle on the head. Hennessy died by morning. Begler awaits post mortem results and is in custody.
Lord Duraven’s yacht Valkyrie, built for the American cup, was towed to Gourick to receive sails this afternoon. She will be tried next week and then proceed to the Thames and Sheerness for races.
News reaches Bupa PestT on June 10 of a large fire that leveled part of the Hungarian town of Mereny. About 320 houses were burned and several residents were killed in the disaster.
Count Darretli formerly under secretary of state for foreign affairs died this morning from injuries after being shot by unknown persons in Rimini on the evening of June 3.
Hazelton Pa June 10 Jeansville one mile south of town is rocked by a coal mine cave in No 2 shaft. At 2 pm earth tremor followed by sinking fissures twenty yards long threaten Lehigh Traction lines Welsh Baptist church and cemetery. Church service halted and imminent collapse endangers church property and graves.
Fire in Milwaukee Wisconsin at dawn damaged Forester Shrng lumber yards and Gallup tannery and two steam barges Raleigh and Lucy Graham. Schlitz brewery narrowly escaped. Eight blocks from business district, $100000 loss with sixteen horses cremated. Shipping and other property in the area also damaged. Flames under control by 3 o clock.
Lorenzo Covington, an American, was arrested on a charge of threatening to murder Cardinal Vaughan by throwing vitriol or failing to receive 250 pounds he claimed to have lost through a church action. He was arraigned and remanded for medical examination to assess if he is a crank or a blackmailer.
A Chicago & Northwestern freight train derailed at Dixon last night, killing fireman Louis Brooks and brakeman John Wadley who were found under the engine. Engineer Charles O'Berhart was thrown twenty feet but is expected to recover. The California fruit cargo and speed of about forty miles an hour are noted. cause cited as a defective rail.
A large Cameron West Virginia blaze began in a haymow where gambling occurred and burned through the night, extinguished at five this morning. The town suffered about 200000 in damages with Heckers and Holmes’ general store taking the heaviest hit at 360000, and over 100 residents left homeless.
TRIESTE June 10 Two shocks of earthquakes were felt here early this morning causing great consternation among the inhabitants of the city. Thousands rushed from houses and many are camping in open squares fearing a recurrence. Little or no damage was done.
The military governor of Santiago issues a curfew banning residents from leaving the city and province after sunset until sunrise. Violators will be shot by troops.
Rome June 10 The King and Queen were greeted by vast crowds as the new Parliament opened. The throne speech urged patriotism and quick budget action, claimed financial relief, promised judicial reforms, and supported humane methods over force. It forecast amnesty and noted the upcoming marriage of the Duke of Aosta to Princess Helene of Orleans.
At Cameron West Virginia a fire train responding to a mayoral appeal derailed at Krosby’s Rock eighteen miles east of Wheeling. Engine and gondola wrecked, Duffy and Donahue killed, Ferris injured, fifteen aboard, later reports blame a cattle drive. Cameron fire still burning, town menaced. London regatta notes follow with Ailsa and Britannia finishing close.
Loganport Ind June 10 An Indianapolis division passenger engine ran away in Panhandle yards with no one aboard Switchman Schaffer moved it into a siding to avert collision There the engine struck a switch engine killing its engineer Fred Shultz and badly injuring fireman Patrick Gray
In Chicago on June 10 a fight between Harry Shepard and William Simpson, a colored man, ended with Shepard shooting Simpson who was killed. Simpson’s companion Mattie McLabor, also colored, was assaulted by Shepard and Simpson attempted to intervene.
The President departed Washington late Saturday night or early Sunday morning and is believed to be with Harry Harrison at a trout fishing preserve near Leesburg Virginia. He is expected to return to Washington tonight.
Terms accepted resume work for Ohio coal miners after a clash described as a shot to scare. The incident involved Collins who did not intend to kill two Princeton students, now clarified in evolving coverage.
Two men killed and one scalded in a coal mine explosion near Columbus. A railroad wreck is noted in the same region. Ohio miners accept operators offer to work at fifty-one cents per ton while machine mining remains unsettled as miners press for three-fifths of the pick mining rate and operators offer half.
In Benstable Massachusetts Henry Ledtke, about 40, a German farm laborer, shot and killed Lizzie Coleman aged 14 as she walked to school with her brother. He then killed himself. Jealousy is believed to have caused the tragedy.
New York on June 10 saw the fourth trial of William P. Laidlaw s suit seeking fifty thousand dollars from Russell Sage for injuries from an explosion of a dynamite bomb in the hands of Norcross at Sage s office. The case has been before three juries previously and was upset on appeal to the general term.
Terre Haute Indiana June 10 Mrs Yankanopa a Russian immigrant hurled her year and a half child from a Big Four passenger train as it entered the city. The child is believed to die. She had two other children and is suspected insane en route to join her husband in St. Louis.
John Collins, arrested for shooting Cochrane and Ohl, Princeton students, claims they were striking him in the hallway and he fired only to scare them. He says he had no intent to kill. In East Sipney, a Big Four train derailed nine miles west on a heavy grade, telescoping eight cars. eight tramps in one car died, three crushed, another fatally injured.
Vienna dispatches confirm storm devastation in Robernhof Valley with seventy confirmed dead and many missing. Authorities and rescuers continue search efforts as aftershocks complicate assessments.
In Huntington West Virginia on June the resumption of mining across most N and W Q R mines from the Ohio river to the Elkhorn region occurred today with nearly full digger quotas and a strong revival in business.
Burra o, N. J., June 8. Brake man Williams died from injuries from the Erie wreck at Darrien Wednesday night. Fireman McCormick, badly burned and scalded, cannot recover.
The Master Plumbers association expelled three large firms today after they settled with striking workers. The leaders vow to pursue the dispute to a standstill, escalating the confrontation as the labor conflict continues.
Secretary Olney was sworn in as secretary of state today in Washington. Chief Justice Fuller administered the oath of office.
Camp Baker Colorado June 10 cattlemen numbering about 50 formed a line a mile long as they approached the sheep stronghold. Sheep fled, leaders urged immediate removal of the herd. Cattlemen restrained from slaughter as the sheep moved north.
The Warren Centennial Celebration Association announces a public parade on July 4 1896 to showcase Warren borough history and growth from old times through war years to the present. Civic and military groups, industries, and individuals are urged to participate in uniforms with emblems and banners, with Seneca Indians in traditional dress among parade features. Notice to participate or send intention and officer in charge should be given promptly. H J Muse is director general, Warren PA, June 1895.
The Manchester cup of 2,000 sovereigns was run today in Manchester England and won by Florizel, the horse of the Prince of Wales.
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