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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1895
Page
5
A $5 reward is announced for information leading to the conviction of anyone found stealing The Tribune from subscribers’ doorsteps amid multiple delivery irregularities traced to stolen papers.
Criminal court begins this morning as Patriotic guards hold a ball at Musie hall tonight. A Florence mission managers meeting is set for tomorrow at 10 a.m. Funeral services were held yesterday for Doc Stiles from Pullman House in Duryea with interment at Hollenback cemetery. The Lackawanna Presbytery convenes tonight at 7 in Second Presbyterian church with Rev. W. H. Swift delivering the sermon. Scranton Bicycle club weighs canceling the Washington inauguration anniversary banquet, planning for a hundred covers if approved. Clearing house exchanges report a week’s totals of 659 614 13 dollars and varying daily clearings. A Chelsea Mass city clerk requests municipal building details and architect, after a favorable reaction to a building cut shown by the Scranton board of trade. John Gaughan of Capouse avenue had funeral services Saturday at St. Peter’s cathedral, Hyde Park Catholic cemetery, with pallbearers named.
Produced at the Academy of Music by Mr and Mrs Kendal The Second Mrs Tanqueray a drama in four acts by Arthur Wing Pinero Aubrey Tanqueray and a large cast including Kendal George Orreyed Burt G P Huntley Captain Hugh Ardale Norman Forbes Cayley Drummile J F Graham Frank Misquith Q C M P F M Paget Gordon Jayne M D George Gray Marion Lea Nellie Campbell Florence Cowell Elean Kendal The play is judged from a dramatic standpoint showing Pinero's clever stagecraft but the story is seen as not elevating the stage and centers on a widower who marries a woman with a controversial past.
The review notes the Jove episode resolves as Mrs Tanqueray reveals her bold nature to her step mother and then kills herself. Mrs Kendall delivers a faithful interpretation of the Second Mrs Tanqueray with thorough yet marred mannerisms. Aubrey Tanqueray, played by Mr Kendal, is praised along with a competent supporting cast. The staging is careful and artistic, and a fair audience attended.
Coroner's Jury convenes in Olyphant to hear evidence on the death of Hungarian Joseph Turk found near street car tracks Friday night. Post mortem indicates loss of blood as the cause, with disputed theory of street car involvement. Jurors to consider further testimony after examining street car workers.
Clarence P. Allen died at his father William H. Allen 917 Vine Street yesterday. A quiet, affectionate son with a strong character, he joined the Second Presbyterian Church about four years ago and served as treasurer of the Senior Boys Mission band. Funeral at his home Wednesday at 2 PM.
Williams & McAnulty announce the launch of their new drapery department on Monday April 15. Mr. W M Weaver will oversee the department as the store emphasizes increased staff to handle record trade and promises prompt order fulfillment. The notice invites patrons to attend and assures better prices and service at 127 Wyoming Avenue.
Scranton faces Pottsville at the ball park at 4:20 with umpire Mr Gaffney. Crown and Johnson and Rodgers and Reagan to pitch and catch for Scranton. Also the Marcy Mate Quartette from Brooklyn to perform at the M C A hall Tuesday evening April 16. Heite Weents Love jewelry sale at Turnquist 206 Washington Ave opposite Columbus Monument. Spring cape and skirt discounts at 1 L Crane 224 Lackawanna Ave.
The jeweler Turnquest advertises no extra cost for work by skilled craftsmen. He claims experience, skill, and a large reputation as a first class watchmaker and diamond mounter.
In Scranton a series of death notices lists Clarence Foulham Allen aged 18 with funeral at his parents home on Vine Street and private interment. Daniel Edgar at Hillside home aged. May M. Kime 21 with funeral from First Baptist Scranton. Michael Melvin at 04 West Market Street with mass at Holy Rosary. William White 14 years 10 months with funeral on Monday and Arch Street cemetery interment.
Delegates from the Second district of the Scranton Diocesan union held their ninth quarterly convention at St Pauls Armory. The heated talks covered opposition to Ladies Temperance societies and the role of women in the movement with speeches by representatives from St Johns Green Ridge and Minooka. The session included calls to organize cadet societies and potential lectures by Rev George Zurcher.
Tickets to dispose for the benefit at the Frothingham are offered to support the Thirteenth Regiment Armory Fund.
Butcher Lewls Getz of 718 West Lackawanna avenue was killed by a fast Delaware Lackawanna and Western train at 2 05 yesterday morning near the Lackawanna Iron and Coal company store. The body was mangled with the right arm severed and the head bruised. he leaves a wife and four children Ella William Edwin and Charles. An inquest was ordered with coroner Kelley and six jurors. burial to White Haven after services at Grace Reformed Episcopal Church, with interment on the 246 afternoon train.
Albert Hammond an 18 year old colored youth from New York City and Sterling Bruce a 22 year old white man from Cincinnati were arrested Saturday night for breaking open and stealing pennies from slot machines at the Jersey Central and Delaware and Hudson depots. They were jailed in default of 300 bail each awaiting trial after pennies were found on them. Lieutenant Davis reported the thefts and the men were later caught tampering with machines at the Delaware and Hudson station.
Banor's Full Orchestra will provide music at the Frothingham for Professor J Frank Siegels promenade concert and dance. Tickets have sold rapidly and the event is billed as a premier society affair of Easter week with a temporary floor in the theater. Bauer's band and orchestra will perform and Professor Stegul will supervise the dancing.
Teddy Richards the bugler leads bugle calls in a military style while Tom portrays a United States volunteers colonel. Proceeds benefit the new armory as ladies Norton Powell Hurria Ries perform under Dr W Sciem as the villain. A Kingsbury drive funds costumes and paraphernalia, with Dr Gibbons in Scranton offering weekly hours.
Professional burglars entered through a rear kitchen window at Madison avenue near Mulberry street and stole over 200 dollars in solid silver from Attorney Joseph O'Brien. They left cheap or non-silver items untouched and fled after swift entry, with clues pointing to two men and precise methods indicating seasoned professionals.
Allan Lawrence files a 10000 damage suit against Scranton Traction after his four year old son Merritt Lawrence was killed at Adams Avenue and Olive Street. Attorneys Halslandner and Vosburg filed the initial papers in the prothonotary's office alleging negligent speed and failure to ring the bell or use proper safety devices. The accident occurred ten days ago. Alarm clocks advertised by Turnquest's on Washington Avenue are noted in the text.
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