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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1896
Page
4
The Hog Island bathing beach at Far Rockaway faces disappearance as ocean forces reshape the coast. A past storm moved buildings, shifted sands, and could leave the island high and dry, ending ferry access across the inland lake that once separated the shore from Hog Island.
A vault reveal shows a single book covering the recorder's court terms from January 1857 to November 1871 with names such as Justice Milliken King and Scully. It logs grand jury proceedings and crim inal dispositions including gambling charges at the Metropolitan hotel and forgery cases. A loose sheet notes a five dollar fine for the jury foreman pro tem, date unknown.
Col Stoughton Bliss long noted for exact routine was found dead in his Kennard house Cleveland where he lived alone for 40 years. He rose and retired at precise times kept by a watch and drank at set moments each day with a fixed chair and chairside items arranged to his liking.
Jesse Gray fell through a floor hole at Park mills Marinette Wisconsin and swam ten minutes against a strong current to avert the water wheel. Workers shut gates believing him entangled, worsening the danger, but he was saved by a stray belt fragment after being drawn from the flume in a near unconscious state.
HH Burnett of Elkhart county reports a strong second peach crop with excellent yield and expects another harvest in about 30 days before winter. Similar favorable conditions are noted in northern Indiana counties. Strawberries have also been plentiful this season.
A newly discovered cave on the Thompson farm six miles from Jeffersonville Indiana will be fully explored soon. Inside a chamber hundreds of lizards eight to ten inches long cling to the floor and walls. when disturbed they leap to walls and cling there.
The Dry Goods Economist notes high chinchilla prices limit real skins to singles while new season novelties mix chamois leather with long haired furs. Fashions show increasing combinations with feathers ribbons lace and even gold or soutache embroidery. Imitations of sable blue fox and bison seal grow common and harder to distinguish.
The Luxembourg museum adds an annex on Rue de Vaugirard side to display more works by living French artists. In Montefiascone frescoes from the 14th century were uncovered during repairs at the Church of San Floriano. Sir John Millais earned up to 100000 dollars in peak years with portrait fees higher than Sir Joshua Reynolds. Jules Stewart receives a Berlin gold medal. American exhibitors include John W Alexander F A Bridgeman and Julian Story.
C H Bagley florist of Abilene owns a lock of Napoleon’s hair said to be authentic with about 30 strands in a sealed bottle. The lock came from St Helena via the nurse Mrs Lowd and Gen Bertrand approved the cut. The collection includes plaster from the emperor’s death room, coffin fragments, tomb mortar, and willow wood from the grave site.
Arthur Harris survived a severe head injury after a bucket fell from a coal load striking him in a Newark corral boat. Doctors at Newark City hospital rebuilt the skull with silver wire and bone punches, stopped brain bleeding, and removed gauze. surgeons say he should recover to near his former condition.
The 1896 political pageant on Chicago’s west side featured a street railway parade powered by electric wires. Nearly 4000 grip men conductors and barn men marched under a blazing chariot with star banners and lamps, showing the trolley system’s new electric spectacle.
Edward Bailey a Summit Sunday school superintendent recounts a frightening encounter while rowing the Passaic River above Swinefield. A large six foot alligator surfaced with a rough back stunning him and prompting a hurried return to shore.
Westinghouse Electric completed a final test of the Mount Holly and Burlington electric railway for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The trolley averaged 60 miles per hour with eight passenger cars in operation. If approved, the system may replace steam on Camden and Atlantic lines and affect Vincetown and Medford plans, though the Mount Holly line has not been financially successful despite quadrupling passenger numbers and halving fares.
Carnegie Steel officials uncovered a scheme in which Russian agents lured armor plate secrets for a 1107 ton contract to a Russian cruiser. A czarist officer studied Homestead methods during eight months of production, then fled after plates shipped.
Two full brothers named Mark P Carney meet in Chicago after years apart. The elder, 51 from Central Point Oregon, visits parents in Guelph Ontario and learns a younger brother 20 in Chicago did not know of him. The Chicagoan works as a bookkeeper for Bohn Brothers wholesale clothiers.
Julius Gottlieb, an 18 year old law student, died at Mount Sinai hospital after a Tuesday nosebleed worsened into a pernicious hemorrhage. He lived at 310 East Fifty sixth street and had been treated by Dr Baruth and others before succumbing despite all efforts. The case is described as the first of its kind in New York City.
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