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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1898
Page
3
The Wilkes-Barre Record can be found at Scranton news stands operated by M. Meinhart located at 119 Wyoming Avenue Mill Lackawanna Avenue, offering readers access in the area.
Paid notices run for obituaries cards and condo resolutions. John J. Hurley registered Saturday as an OB student at law. Lydia Dougher and Robert Moyer wed in Alderman Russon's office. Delays in hearings delayed the Richards Pearce case. DL and Hudson and D& H rail lines operate local mining area shuffles. Funeral for Brier Dimmick, age 4, set for Uniondale Susquehanna county. Exchange totals at Scranton Clearing House list weekly sums. Maine display ends at Jonas Long's Sons store with naval Maine scene in Havana harbor.
Notice of a standing committee meeting of the Republican party for the Third Legislative district Lackawanna county to fix time and place for the district convention and attend other business. Lists committee members and is signed by T S Parker chairman and John R Johns secretary Clark's Green Pa August 6 1905. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills advertise after the notice.
The Rev. J. W. Williams D. D. of Swansea Wales formerly of West Scranton preached at South Main Avenue First Welsh Baptist Church in Welsh and English services. Immense congregations attended and a brief reunion service followed. The sermon analyzed Acts 19 10 15 on Ephesus and the power of the gospel versus magic and motive.
Jim Austin and John Lee, two colored waiters at the Rudolph, confronted on Linden Street bridge near Lackawanna hospital after Lee’s firing. Lee suffered a battered scalp and facial injuries from Austin’s attack before an ambulance transported him for treatment.
Laula Merriman a yeoman on the Texas spent yesterday in Green Ridge visiting his brother John Merriman after the ship returned to the Brooklyn navy yard. He spoke of the July 2 engagement off Santiago and the damage to the ash hoist and boiler rooms from a shell that marked the fierce bombardment.
Mrs. Mary EB Angell of 100 Jackson Street has filed for a government pension following the death of her son John Angell. He enlisted June 13 at the Menro building, served in Company BF Eleventh Infantry Fourth Army Corps Tampa, and died two days after an accidental knee injury necessitated amputation. The claim marks the city’s first pension filing from this war.
Scranton companies will join the elev enth regiment of the Provisional Guard under terms from the adjutant general in Harrisburg. Additional companies come from Reading Lancaster Carlisle Easton York Harrisburg Lebanon Honesdale Pottsville. Two Wilkes Barre companies and single units at Williamsport Sunbury Hazleton Wilkesbarre? Plynmouth Pit ts ton Shickshinny Tunkhannock Mahanoy City Allentown join the regiment.
Bauer's famous band performs at the Letter Carriers' picnic in Laurel Hill Park tomorrow afternoon from 2 to 6. The program includes Country Clody Medley Luster of Beaches Love Somebody Just Like You Star and Stripes etc. A large audience is expected for one of the season's most enjoyable outings.
On Friday the Headings minute train set a season opening record by covering 55% miles from Camden to Atlantic City in 454 minutes. The run surpassed last season’s best time, powered by Baldwin locomotives No 1068 and No 1027, with a combined car, three coaches, and a Pullman. Officials aboard included Superintendent Vauclain and the Chinese Eastern Railway inspector. The train averaged 72.9 miles per hour.
From James M. Clark's forthcoming 1897 annual report: open hearth steel 1,421,973 gross tons, Bessemer 12.8 per cent, crucible 49,245 tons. total pig iron 4,617,204 tons with value $45,384,000. Labor force 11,072. wages $4,676,970. average yearly earnings $1,402. Black plate in Pennsylvania up 60.5 per cent to 294,157,601 pounds. tin and terne plate output rising. Allegheny County dominates pig iron and steel production with 69 per cent of pig iron and 14.20 per cent of finished steel.
Andrew Nicol aged about 60 died at his home at Dickson Avenue and Delaware Street after a mine fire heroism in Olyphant. Born in Ayr Scotland in 1817 he served long with the Delaware and Hudson Coal Company and was pensioned in 1897. He aided two men to safety before perishing and leaves five children. Funeral set for Tuesday August 4 at 3 PM at Green Ridge Presbyterian Church.
Cornelius Smith formally announces he will run as an independent candidate for judge. His platform stresses equal treatment under the law for rich and poor and calls for uniform administration.
Rev Dr Smith of Baltimore preached at a union service in the First Presbyterian church to a large audience. Former pastor of Second Presbyterian for forty years he resigned three years ago and is now pastor emeritus at 78.
The venerable speaker remains in town for services at the First church next Sunday. His morning discourse centered on The Voices of the Stones while last night he delivered a stirring Ezekiel study described as a Mount Blanc of religious imagery reflecting fading Judaism and the rising Sun of Righteousness.
Walter O Malley once in charge of the New York World circulation in the city was arrested Saturday for embezzlement at the request of W A Lyons of the World circulation department who came to secure a settlement. O Malley allegedly owed the World £500. He was held in bail of 500 for court appearance.
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