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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1900
Page
10
Flooding from a sewer overflow on South Main street causes extensive damage. Officials fear repeated breaks as the river level rises, with a suspected break near the Eleventh Avenue bridge and a potential main sewer pipe failure. Temporary relief may come from check valves.
Adam Kayter of Archbard Street was shot in the neck by his 19 year old son Harry during a scuffle on Wednesday night. The 22 calibre ball lodged near the right jaw and was removed by Dr J B Niles. Kayter was discharged indoors yesterday with no serious complications.
Under Superintendent Gurr and Principal Bryden a new drill practiced in the high school teaches students to exit in ninety seconds. The training aims to minimize casualties in emergencies.
James Carden is ill at home on the West Ride. Miss Lizzie Clune returns from Susquehanna. Typhoid cases include Miss Belinda Carroll of the South Ride and Thomas Golden at Emergency hospital. A Valentine party was hosted by Leon Bly with several named attendees. No prayer meeting at Barnet church last evening and all meetings postponed until further notice.
A social in Enterprise hall last night aimed at paying debt from the cinderpath but drew fewer attendees than hoped. Community efforts continued to organize a local Shield of Honor branch in the borough with a public meeting planned to finalize setup. Frank Couch’s child is ill, Frank Welch visited Scranton, and D and H Company expanded telephones to mine areas enabling better communication. He that seeks finds. Hood's Sarsaparilla promotes healthy blood and digestion while Hood's Pills offer a 25 cent laxative option.
James Logan of Main street slipped while boarding a street car on Tuesday afternoon. His collar bone was fractured and he was badly shaken when the car started before he could get on. Dr. Hermidge attended him, and he is resting comfortably. J Oakley and families and Fred Colley and families have moved to Main street from the hill.
Mr. George Stevens is spending a few days at Ararat Summit. Mr. Frank Rice was a business caller at Scranton yesterday. Mr. William fell has been made.
In Lackawanna Street a flood of petitions swells as contenders seek the Parkville post office job. Names include EF W Swingle Floyd Greiner Captain 8 Mr Briggs and others with political backing. Mrs A A Ewingle and family express gratitude for sympathies and offerings after a bereavement.
The Welsh Baptist church hosts a Washington birthday eisteddfod with three choirs and multiple solos and recitations as entrants prepare for the chief prize. A wedding at Grove Street unites Miss Johanna Jones and Mr William Powell with a reception and move to Providence. The German Evangelical church joins in marriage rites for Annie Ott and Andrew Furber with a reception at Van Weisendlue hall. Local notices include jury selections for Marvwh and April term, a Patriotic Sons of America meeting, and a funeral service for Mrs Thomas Thomas in the Woeleh Congregational church.
Hallstead station of the Lackawanna names J. Compton as watch Inspector. Rev. R. N. Ives, who preached the funeral sermon for Lazeelle Hayard, performed the marriage ceremony earlier in the year. Joseph Westley, longtime Delaware, Lackawanna and Western engineer, died at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral service set 2 p.m. Friday at the Presbyterian church with Masonic rites. C. A. Westley and family at the bedside. A. P. Dawley to address the family gathering at the Y.M.C.A. Sunday.
The funeral for John Conley took place Wednesday morning with services at 9:20 at the house and 10 at St. Lawrence's church in Great Bend. The Order of Railway Trainmen attended in a body. Remains of William Brown, brother of Mrs. Hatch, arrived for burial Tuesday afternoon and were interred at Grace Epineocem? church cemetery in Great Bend. Death occurred in Washington, N Z. T B Poley of Jersey City and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tuttle and Mrs. William Brown of Washington N J accompanied the remains.
The Kilmt Hearn company performs Alabama at the Academy of Music tonight and this afternoon repeats The Commodore praised last night. Saturday features Mr Barnes of New York and Life in Greater New York. A J Dodson Lyceum show Because She Loved Him 80 comes to town with the original Madison Square Theater cast. William Gillette’s comic treatment of jealousy and a twisted romance in a new drama is praised for its skillful handling.
Brennan and Eliot, co workers at Silver Creek colliery, were in the scene as Brennan armed himself with a revolver and shot Eliot in his kitchen over a dispute about wages two days' pay. The condemned man spoke after Father McGovern visit before the march to the scaffold. The execution proceeded without a hitch.
Harrisburg February 15. The state school directors convention met at the state capitol with broader representation. Officers elected include President William Field Shay and vice presidents Simon B. Trowman and J. C. Smith. Resolutions protested public school funding cuts and urged restoring appropriations at the next legislature session.
Modjeska prepares to stage the first act of Marie Antoinette at the Lyceum Monday evening. The scene shows a Little Trianon set at a rural retreat twelve years before the revolution with the queen in a shepherdess costume enjoying private theatricals. The approaching storm of revolution foreshadows later tragedy, notably the fourth act where Antoinette and Louis XVI are separated before his death on the guillotine.
The Holden Comedy company opens a Week's engagement with La Bielle Marie at the Academy of Music next Monday. Burke Brothers with Wise Mike and London's Gaiety Girls headline a varied bill at the Gaiety Theatre, featuring barlesque, song, and a bag punching act by Woods and Remsey.
In the House of Commons Joseph Chamberlain stated the government would aid natives in defending their lands if invaded by the Boers. He confirmed Zulu invasion reports and warned unrest would spread to Natal natives. A.Balfour said Indians would not be used unless Boers shift toward multi racial war.
The Atlantic County Medical Society met in Atlantic City on February 14 and moved to combat fake doctors selling pills and patent medicines of dubious merit. They plan to hire counsel and may pursue legal action, citing fatal results from credulous reliance on neatrums. Elected officers include President Dr Walter Reynolds and Vice President Dr Theodore H Boysen, with Dr Emery Marvel as secretary treasurer and Dr Pennington reporting, plus permanent delegates Dr Stewart and Dr Pennington to the state society.
In Pittsburg on February 15 in common pleas court No 1 an argument was held on the demurrer in the equity suit of Simon P. Kase against M Bell administrator of Thompson Bell. The case seeks eighty thousand dollars in railroad bonds pledged to secure loans and eighty five thousand dollars in income from those bonds. Carrie B Killgore of Philadelphia argued for the plaintiff. The plaintiff is over forty, lives in Philadelphia, and the action stems from a long dispute about bonds pledged during a railroad contract period.
Princess Salm Salm of Carlsruhe Germany plans to organize a hospital corps for the Transvaal while en route to Chicago. She will arrive next week and seek to depart within six weeks for the war seat, nursing both English and Boers alike. She is Agnes Joy daughter of Colonel Joy of Vermont and was married to Prince Salm Salm in Washington at sixteen.
Thomas Brennan was executed by hanging at 10 19 this morning for the murder of Maria Pilot a neighbor and fellow miner. He faced the scaffold with calm fortitude after a quiet night and received last rites from priests of St Patrick's parish before the ceremony.
A testimonial from W H Stapleton of Herminte Pa praises Chamberlain's Pain Balm as the best rheumatism remedy after years of illness. The advertiser asserts one application relieves pain and notes sale by all druggists and Matthews Bros as wholesalers and retailers.
The Popular Clearing House offers house rentals real estate or property sales exchanges and help wanted ads. Advertisements cost one cent per word with six insertions for five cents per word and situations wanted are free to insert.
A jumble of rental notices shows a two percent Madison Avenue house with eleven rooms and steam heat, a store for rent at Lackawanna Avenue, a Spruce Street nine room house with central heating, a furnished nine room house on Myrtle Street, and a rental inquiry through J Th Gunster and attorney Stark at Traders' Bank Building outlining immediate possession and various addresses.
Classifieds show several help wanted notices for a machinist, writer, and salesman plus a young man seeking a job. Also printed is a detailed 1900 train schedule for Beranton Scranton routes, with times to Carbondate Albany New York and connections, and a note that Megarder Bros supplies advertise envelopes paper bags and twine from their Scranton warehouse.
A heavy gas explosion at the Lehigh and Wilkes Harrie No. 3 mine this afternoon severely burned John Sage and Charles Bavage. It is feared they cannot recover.
Railroad timetable notice listing multiple daily trains from Wilkes-Barre to Philadelphia New York Bethlehem and intermediate coal region points via D L & W R R D H R R and others. It notes Pullman parlor and sleeping cars on all trains between Wilkes Barre and New York Philadelphia and patterning bridge connections. Includes agent names and ticket office locations.
Time table in effect February 7 1900 lists trains from Beranton to Dawley and intermediate points with connections at Huw lew to Flo Railroad for New York Newburg Blonendale and intermediate points No 2 Accomprdia tion Ga m No 4 Expres at 1 01 p m.
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