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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1895
Page
5
A $5 reward is offered for tips leading to the conviction of anyone who steals The Tribune from subscribers doorsteps. The notice cites multiple complaints of irregular delivery traced to stolen papers and urges readers to provide information.
Estate of Catharine Sullivan grants letters testamentary to Thomas McLean. Grid and municipal divisions assessors return assessment rolls to county commissioners. Rev Richard Hlorte donates two engravings to Rescue Mission adorning the meeting room wall. Alderman Fuller to hear Ambrose Mulley case amid questions of city authority. Marriage licenses issued to Wehr and Walter, Kane and McGuire, Hartshorn and Owens, Derrick and Flannery. Mrs Charles Atwater of Green Ridge dies of typhoid pneumonia at 12, survived by husband and five children. funeral planned later. John Franta and Patrick Murrough admitted to Lackawanna hospital with injuries and cold exposure.
A large fashionable crowd filled the Young Men's Christian Association hall last night to hear the Temple Quartette Concert Company. The pioneer American quartet, formed over twenty seven years ago, featured EF M Spears first tenor FE F Webber second tenor Robert Bruce baritone and accompanist and L B Merrill bass with Fay Davis as reciter. They performed The Signal Resounds Sunset and an extravaganza by Genee. Encores included Ye Banks and Braes and Walts Song. The group delivered pristine blending in both standard and humorous numbers longer encore on the Extravagant surprised the audience.
The quartet explained musical terms while singing a medley and showed patient practice in dynamic crescendos. Fay Davis led with precise recitation and earned encores for realistic characterizations and humor.
Ex-Judge John Handley, a towering figure in Lackawanna County's legal history, died at 2:00 AM in his apartments over the Merchants and Mechanics Bank on Lackawanna Avenue. He had suffered months of illness including bronchial trouble and muscular rheumatism, with doctors and a professional nurse in attendance.
The Tribune reports rapid growth in contributions for the Young Men's Christian organization finishing and furnishing fund. Almost twenty dollars in one day brings the total to $125.20 with broad support from Lackawanna and Scranton schools. Other schools like the School of the Lackawanna and Scranton Business College plan to contribute nickels and dimes, urging even small gifts as valuable as larger ones.
A boiler explosion at the Spencer Coal Company breaker in Dunmore occurred at 4 50 pm yesterday. Fireman Reuben Jones suffered severe burns from hot cinders and steam as the boiler bottom blew out. Water was reportedly adequate in the boilers at the time. The incident caused the loss of the boiler and damage to the firebed. Mardi Gras Festival travel deals are announced for New Orleans with reduced rates via the Nickel Plate road. tickets available February 23 and 26.
It states that any amount from a listed minimum will be received by The Tribune and acknowledged in its columns for the V. M. C. A. Finishing and Furnishing Fund. The coupon is printed for convenience. Address details appear for fund contributions.
A Scranton reader recounts seeking work, crediting the Young Men's Christian Association for guidance and support. The appeal urges benevolent contributions to the Finishing and Furnishing Fund to aid all faiths in the community and improve the city.
Coroner Kelley will hold an inquest today in Olyphant into the death of a man found crushed beneath a cage in the sump of the Moosic Mountain Coal Company shaft four miles east of Jessup. Mine Inspector Roderick of the First district notified the coroner yesterday afternoon. the deceased’s name is not known, but relatives are said to live in Binghamton. The body is at Sweene y's Undertaking Establishment in Olyphant.
A valuable letter addressed to Mrs. M. Be. Webster in Halming ton New Jersey bearing the name Laura was returned from the Dead Letter Office to Scranton. The note was first sent to the dead letter mail and retrieved for the recipient.
In Washington a letter to Halmington is misrouted and returned to Scranton where officials seek the writer. Recent dead letters include checks totaling 114 dollars and 3644 dollars, a 10 cent piece, a one dollar bill, a five dollar check, photos, and a money order to England. When no sender is found within thirty days, letters are returned to Withington or burned if no valuables are enclosed.
Police report indicates Wisniewski vanished soon after the Saturday night murder on Maple Street. Chief Simpson says there is no trace and notes the suspect’s sister Alice Yankowski aided his escape with $10. Sister and Taniff Gonevski are detained as accessories. three witnesses detained, two at large.
Frothingham says Wilkes-Barre will have a new theater within a year with five sites under consideration. Canary & Lederer and Klaw & Milanger back the project, aiming for a modern colonial interior and shared management. Frothingham may take a quarter stake in the venture.
William H. Coyne hosted a large company at his parents' Adams Avenue residence honored by the military dance of the Kirmess. Attendees included out of town visitors Misses O Green Miah Kelley C P B O Conn er and others from New York Carbondale Philadelphia and Buffalo alongside many local residents and families.
Representatives of Father Mathew Societies met at the Coy Roland office to arrange a lecture tour by Father Mat Doyle national secretary of Father Mathew societies. Doyle will arrive Feb 28 and give nightly talks across the city the details to be arranged by each society. fair reception is anticipated before his departure.
A Scranton Chronicle reports St Valentine’s Day events with postmen delivering 12,000 valentines while noting rising use of lace paper and flowers and a decline in caricature valentines. Officials condemn the comic valentine as vulgar and immoral, calling for its removal.
A large Davis theater audience warmly received Killarney and the Rhine last night. J B Toole starred with strong support from a powerful troupe. Prison scenes moved the crowd as the Irish drama drew mer riment and evident popularity from the performance.
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