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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1899
Page
3
City notes announce a concert at Dan & Pasie's and list a Judiciary Committee meeting by Council to be held tomorrow evening before the council session. The funeral of Joseph Robling was held yesterday at Cathedral cemetery with services at Bl Moters Cathedral led by Kev J Floughran.
Elizabeth Marcher of Pilechure swore out a warrant for Andrew Tratcher her husband on charges of desertion and non support of themselves and their children. Alderman Kirston remanded the defendant in jail in retainment at county jail. Lena Kabatechinek, deaf mute, taken to Lackawanna hospital after injuring her throat in Eastward court with a rotor knife led to self harm. Doctors say she is in a grave but recoverable condition and that melancholy and despair may follow.
Four alleged burglars Frank Courtright Joseph Fitzgerald John Crow and Mame Crow were brought before Alderman Howe after Christmas. Families of victims identified items found with the defendants as their property. They were committed to the county jail to await trial on burglary charges.
John Morris of Providence, 40s, hospitalized in Pittston with a fractured arm and facial injuries after claiming he and three Pittston friends were assaulted and robbed by four masked men near Lackawanna station. He said they were en route to Scranton, but Providence and Pittston hospitals found no missing Morris. later listed as living in Nanticoke.
Elmwood Hall long used as a sanitarium faced a sheriff sale at Elmshurst after a last summer induction. A postponement arose due to Dr Wy Thoberts claiming ownership. Interpleader action now delays execution while creditors William Ingham & Company and Hunt & Con Tell Company, aided by Welles & Torrey, secure the levy. A lawman entered via an upper window after a lengthy vigil as the institution’s manager Dr Tull offers no clear remedy.
Judge and Mrs TH M Edwards depart for Cincinnati to attend the national eisteddfod on New Year's Day. Edwards is conductor for all three sessions and an adjudicator in the literary contest. The event is at Mounte Hall with a large auditorium and $204 in cash prizes across the three main awards. Davies Mus Dae of Wilkes-Barre joins as adjudicator of music.
Infant Gerald Hughes, son of Mr and Aire Hughes, aged 2 years 10 months, died in Gerantun on December 5. The funeral is this afternoon at 4 o clock from residence of Mrents, Givortreet, to Hyde Park Catholic Cemetery.
Judge Edwards refused to continue the preliminary injunction preventing Scranton from interfering with the Delaware and Hudson fence along its tracks at Poplar Street. The city plans to reclaim the crossing as a public thoroughfare, with a final hearing set for next Tuesday to decide whether Poplar Street crossing remains or the fence and crossing stay removed.
Formal declarations filed by Attorney FP F Loughran in a case brought by former crematory superintendent D O Thomas and James T White against the city seek pay for overtime. They allege July 27 1897 to Oct 1 18 they worked ten hours daily, two hours above the eight hour limit, totaling 1298 overtime hours and $995 each.
Six cases are set down for equity court which convenes next Tuesday. Dockets include Thomas Davin vs Lackawanna Coal and Company, Charles J Keogh vs Pittston and Scranton Railway, City of Scranton vs Charles DuPont Breck trustee, Commonwealth ex rel Thomas Ford vs Rush Brook Coal, Teal Estate Title and Trust vs Carbondale Traction, Northern Coal and Tron vs Delaware and Lindsay Canal. Grand jury to begin on New Year’s day.
A scrambled OCR fragment lists several names and places including Harry A. Blesecker Scranton Frederick G. Merkel Scranton Katie Crouse Scranton Finffaole Chiod Carbondale Angel Antonin Scaccia Old Forge.
Anna Walsh sued Scranton Button Company for 5000 damages claiming a hand injury from a dig that cut and squeezed it. The case ended with a 25 payment to Plainth yesterday and an appeal taken by the defendant from Alderman Rudily's judgment. In Mahon vs Scranton Railway, Mahon claimed 250 for internal injuries after being thrown from a trolley by a conductor, with defendant absent.
Funeral services for D C Frederick were held yesterday at 329 Martinson Avenue with Rev C M Giffin of Elm Park Methodist Episcopal church delivering the sermon. The body was moved by rail to Lewistown for additional rites with Lackawanna lodge Odd Fellows officers leading the process. A large group of Frederick’s Keller’s carriage works colleagues attended both services and the Lewistown Masons lodge is slated to take charge there.
Funeral services for the late Mrs Dolly Harvey were held at her son Alfred Harvey’s home on North Washington avenue with Rev ED M McKee of the Christian Science church officiating and a quartet providing music. Interment followed at Forest Hill cemetery. Pallbearers named. Day and evening sessions reopen Monday Jan 24 as new students enroll at the Scranton Business College. Smoke the Hotel Jermyn cigar. Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup advertised for children.
Erie Company asserts no right of possession to the canal bed at Lickawaxen and contends its rival Delaware and Hudson line, plus a parallel route, violate constitutional limits on railway and canal control. It claims prior joint occupancy ended in 1899 and that a 1848 grant and 1848 Delaware and Hudson deed support its title while alleging the plaintiff's ownership and plans threaten a separate contract with the Erie and Wyoming Valley Railroad.
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