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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1895
Page
8
Five dollar reward offered for information leading to conviction of anyone stealing The Tribune from subscribers' doorsteps amid a rash of irregular deliveries traced to stolen papers.
James O Stanton granted a sellers license by Clerk Thomas. Marriage licenses issued to McCarthy Campbell Davis Jones Dayla Hughes Telup Muskowski. A boy narrowly escaped serious injury on Larch street bicycle crash. Funeral planned for Howard Breckstein with Knights of Pythias attendance. Elim Park Zenith society met with temperance talk and plans to aid a 15 year old boy. Women and girls meet at YWCA for world union program with Pittsburgh delegate expected.
Beginning tomorrow a new Sunday timetable will be in force on the Peckville line with 16 minute headways from 7.15 am to noon and 74 minute gaps from noon to 9.30 pm followed by 16 minute runs to 11 pm. The Nay Aug line will gain improved daily service and the Lackawanna Premu stop serves the late night last car.
A 20 minute service will begin today with an extra car running from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. Cars will also depart Lackawanna Avenue at 10.30 p.m. and 10 p.m., the day’s final trips. All cars will run to Nay Aug Park until 10 p.m.
Grand Army and patriotic societies join to present Allatoona at the Frothingham for the new armory fund. A foil contest features A W Jurisch versus Thomas Foster, with the chance to win a star performer. Lyric Club singing and dancing acts, child wonders, and special scenes headline the final performance.
William Monsey of William Connell & Co. turned the first sod for the James Simpson & Co. silk mill on Cedar avenue in Scranton's Twentieth ward. The 1 story brick building will be 159 ft 4 in long and 181 ft 8 in wide with a boiler and engine annex. The project aims to employ about 500 workers and includes six acres donated by William Connell. Excavation expected to finish in a week and construction will proceed atop solid earth after surveying several old drifts for deeper foundations.
Reading officials remain hopeful of securing 21 percent of coal output as price and tonnage disputes stall at a New York meeting. Jersey Central actions are viewed as temporary, while Lehigh Valley expands mining to meet demand and avert curtailment. An unrelated fatal electrocution occurs as a man dies from a 60 volt shock at a local facility. inquests are set for evening.
Colonel T. D. Lewis is dangerously ill at his North Malin avenue residence in Providence after suffering a stroke of paralysis last Thursday. He had been in poor health for five years following a grip attack and has been unconscious since 11 yesterday morning, remaining very low at midnight.
Tomorrow evening a program of Easter music will be repeated at Providence Presbyterian Church. The lineup includes Prelude, choral Awake Our Souls, anthem Sing Alleluia, solo The Risen Lord, and works by Warren Davies Heckel and Whitaker. Performers include Mrs J Hheckel, Mrs J E Heckel, and choir.
The Aborn Opera company presented Bohemian Girl to a large audience with creditable rendering and strong solos that drew hearty applause. In the afternoon Ship Ahoy raised 65.55 for the armory fund. This afternoon Pirates of Penzance and tonight Sald Pasha close the week.
Annie Dungarbage, a 71 year old woman from Milwaukie, saved her two year old sister by grabbing her as she almost toppled into a tub of boiling water. She overbalanced and fell in, and despite her mother’s effort, she died from scalding.
Coroner Kelley impaneled a jury to inquire into the death of Phillip Soar ela who was killed on Thursday evening by taking hold of an electric light socket in Santo Pugnano's saloon on Dundaff Street Carbondale. Pugnano’s account is subject to further testimony.
General Mine Superintendent Benjamin Hughes shows slight improvement yesterday and this morning. The steady progress eases anxiety among supporters, with officials optimistic an official announcement of recovery will come soon.
Brakeman John McDevitt of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad dies after a switch mishap at Tobyhanna when he slips between a box car and tender and is crushed. Patrick McCabe, 16, injured at Archbald when a gravity road car runs over his legs. doctors say amputation unlikely. Funeral plans and lodge notices accompany the report along with local ads and timetables.
The Standard Grain and Stock Exchange bucket shops failed with liabilities around $250,000 affecting 25 cities. In Scranton only furniture and a small bank account were attachable. Managers fled, with Buffalo head John C. Allen arrested for misappropriation. Local officers eyed assets, while creditors face losses amid closed branches and unsettled liabilities.
Arbor Day exercises were held yesterday at No. 33 School corner Madison Avenue and Pine Street. Professor P D Stone led the event at 2 90 o clock with choruses and a planting of two soft maple trees named WT Welsh and Emma Hartley in memory of a former teacher. Four dozen boys from different classes helped plant and Professor Stone spoke to the children.
The Young Men's Christian Association marks its twenty seventh anniversary with brief historical addresses by Alfred Hand RE, B Sturges, Colonel F L Mitchcock, City Solicitor James H. Torrey, G F Reynolds, H A Knapp, William J Hand, and A W Dickson. William Connell and Colonel H M Boles endorse the association as presidents. A short music program rounds out the event at 8 o'clock with invitations extended to members and a lady friend.
At Zenke's hotel on Penn Avenue a Kahl Kopf Verein was organized. Officers were elected during the gathering and plans for upcoming activities were set.
A list notes 25 dozen children’s lawn caps once 35 cents each now reduced to 15 cents each. The ad invites buyers to come and get their confirmation wreaths priced at 15 cents apiece.
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