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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1895
Page
1
The article reports the swearing in of the new Attorney General following cabinet completion. It notes the formal oath taken and the official transfer of duties. No additional specifics on date or location are provided in the readable text.
Rioting fire in South Chicago caused about 200000 dollars in damage and threatened many lives at Peter Young’s furniture store on Ninety Second Street.Patrolman Kohl found the fumes behind the store. Mrs Young was nearly overcome by heat as policemen helped all inmates escape. The blaze forced shutdown of local power plants and streetcar service. A police station was briefly in danger but the wind shift checked the fire. most of the Houston Erie block bounded by Ninety Second and Ninety First streets was burned, with several businesses and apartments damaged.
From Havana a Herald dispatch reports Col Canelles clashing with Jose Maceo at Soburico leaving Lieut Nieto and two soldiers wounded while rebels suffer two dead and seven wounded. Four guns and ammo seized. Basillo wounds one in Sevilla where insurgents abandon flags. At Matanzas Maria Cristina guards coast with death of Andres Bermudiz and injury to Jose Perez Callez. Governor General heads to Puerto Principe. Santa Lucia and Campos mobilize to quell revolt. volunteers suffer five killed and one wounded.
Judson Harmon arrived in Washington on June 11 and took the oath as head of the Justice Department before Justice Harlan. Accompanied by Secretary Olney he attended a cabinet meeting at the White House where he was warmly welcomed, especially by Secretary Carlisle who knew him previously.
Dispatches from Shanhai report a mission in the district ruined by rioters. Officials refused protection to missionaries until the mob finished. Other missions face threats. The Victory Liu is blamed for inciting the action.
Perry Oklahoma Territory June 11 meagre details reach of a hurricane that swept twelve miles west Sunday night. Twenty or more houses said to have been blown down and several persons killed.
A Herald report from Key West recounts the British warship Mohawk being fired upon by a Spanish warship off Cape Maysi on May 22. The Spaniard pursued into Santiago port, where the British commander demanded and received full satisfaction. Only two blank shots were fired amid darkness and searchlights.
A Nashville dispatch reports May 29 advisories of a Jordan-like Cuban rebel rise near Holguin Puerto Principe and Santa Clara as Gomez and 1,500 to 2,000 troops encamp in the Amigui mountains near San Andres. He mourns fallen allies Martin and Crombet, vows vengeance, and cites Bolivar Washington and Samartin as enduring symbols of liberty.
Four men Frank Schaefer George Jordan James Miller and Hester Bress all colored were arrested at Wilkesbarre Pa on the charge of wrecking a Hungarian boarding house on a mountain near here October 28 1894. Dynamite and a battery wired to a switch caused the structure and occupants to be blown apart. four Hungarians were killed and eight injured. One prisoner confessed naming the others as accomplices claiming the act was for robbery.
Bertin June 11 The mining pit near Antoinette hut remains alight but spread to other areas is halted. Fifty entombed miners were recovered during the night and all were resuscitated. Ten bodies were recovered and fifteen men are missing. The initial count of men in the pit appears overstated.
The Chronicle publishes a Moscow dispatch stating the twentieth division of Caucausian arms has been ordered to Kars and other frontier stations. The move surprises many observers and is conjectured to relate to the Armenian question.
The Pall Mall Gazette reports an upcoming high court slander suit involving a titled lady as defendant. Witnesses include several distinguished members of society.
John Burke, a Philadelphia tramp, confessed to Justice Simpson that he murdered his cousin Patrick Shea in County Mayo, Ireland in 1881. He claims secrecy and betrayal led to the crime, but intoxication fuels doubt. Burke is jailed for vagrancy for four months in Monroe County, during which authorities will investigate the tale.
The Royal Southampton yacht club race covered forty four miles on a triangular course. Ailsa finished second after striking jib damage near the Warner lightship. Britannia led from the start, passed the Warner mark ahead, and won as a heavy rainstorm rolled in and the Ailsa retired with a split jib.
Postmaster General Wilson visited the city and spoke on congressional action. He said he does not expect a free coinage bill, doubting the coming House and Senate’s ability to act. He noted tariff outcomes depend on December revenue, citing whiskey-driven internal revenue shortfalls.
The Milford savings bank halted payments this morning. It holds about $90,000 in deposits and a $21,000 guarantee fund and expects to resume operations and pay all depositors in full when general conditions improve.
The commercial treaty between Russia and Japan was signed today in St Petersburg, marking a formal economic accord. The ceremony occurred on June 11 and involves bilateral trade arrangements and mutual concessions.
Karl Bernsurg was found dead in a wood north of Titusville on Church Run road. The body sat upright against a tree with two bullet holes in the forehead and a pistol in his lap. He was about seventy, well educated, and despondency is given as the cause after letters threatening self-harm. He was last seen Friday afternoon.
Springfield judges the lower court decision valid and the Supreme Court sustains it as a bold arraignment of price control trusts. The ruling says the whiskey trust exceeds its charter by seeking to fix prices rather than merely producing whiskey. The attorney general sees broader reach to include the Pullman Company and expects reversal on the Pullman matter.
Dr Allen Norton Deet editor of the Sunday News died of typhoid fever in Scranton at age 55. A Williams College graduate, he earlier worked for the New York Tribune on Horace Greeley lines. He died after a heat prostration six weeks prior. He inherited a $50000 legacy from Henry B Carey of Los Angeles and Newark youth friendship. A widow and one son survive.
Dispatch from St Brieux says Erquay police monitor the captain of the British vessel Why Not suspected of abandoning her burning ship with twenty French passengers aboard. Nineteen saved, one drowned as they forced ashore at Erquay. Passengers reaching Jersey say the fire broke out Saturday but no panic, crew and passengers worked to contain flames. The captain and four sailors later left in the boat and did not return.
A steerage passenger named Donchue aboard the Nachaschee, a steamer from Savannah, leapt into the sea off Scotland Light this morning and was lost. The incident occurred as the ship neared its route, with rescue efforts not reported.
Berlin June 12 The fire in the Antoinenhutte mine in Prussian Silesia has been extinguished. All imprisoned miners except twenty six were saved, ending a tense rescue effort.
Special officers have been detailed to guard President Cleveland at his summer home as he plans a period of strict seclusion. The arrangements emphasize security and privacy with patrols and restricted access surrounding the residence.
A fatal mistake is noted with a father shooting his own son as a Brooklyn Bridge jumper. Secret service officers will guard President Cleveland and family all season as Detective Hastings coordinates security. Mrs Cleveland and babies arrived, with more officers arriving to reinforce protection of the president.
Washington June 13 1913 Senator Cameron builds a presidential bid on free coinage of silver and a McKinley tariff revival. At a Cleveland meeting of Republican clubs joined by Senator Carter of Montana and Senator DuBois of Idaho to urge a united platform and electoral votes from silver states. A Cameron nomination may unite silver miners and manufacturers under a protective tariff.
A unknown woman in a silk gown applied to the Court of Appeals to force Rothschilds to honor Beaconsfield’s supposed will. She claimed a forged will by the Rothschilds swapped in the provision. The judge sent her to Probate Court. The woman is described as a crank. Lions Head Ontario reports a fatal accident where James Graham shot his son by mistake while aiming at a hat mark in dense brush.
New York June 12 David Cohen aged 22 leapt from the Brooklyn bridge and was rescued by a ferry crew. Cohen suffered only a severe shock and an arm wrench before being taken into custody by police.
In Laporte Indiana a four year old named Gilbert Bawsher killed Bernice Collins a two year old playmate. The boy was with two others when Bernice spoke to them but ignored him. He lay in wait and attacked her with stones causing death before help arrived. Authorities are unsure how to handle the case.
Rochyster New York June 13 Miss Emeretta Gilman of Churchville attending Brockport State Normal School caused a scene in church claiming she was under hypnotic influence. She told a reporter she felt strange during services and gasped saying Gordon Cook hypnotized her alleging an electric current sensation and fear of Gordon Cook’s eyes.
Workers on the Wilkesbarre and Eastern road near Stroudsburg unearthed two murdered Black men buried under six inches of earth. One head crushed, a bullet hole in the other, with three laborers missing after a nocturnal dispute weeks earlier. Authorities suspect the pair are among the missing, the whereabouts of a third body unclear.
June 1 Andrew Sundstrom, resident of South Buffalo, was found dead in a well on William McKler’s farm. Detectives later arrested Richard Robinson, colored, on murder charges. Robinson confessed, saying a quarrel with Lundstrom led him to strike with a shovel, killing him and disposing of the body in the well.
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