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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1898
Page
3
The Wilkes-Barre Record can be obtained in Scranton at M. Meinhart news stands located at 119 Wyoming avenue and Mac Lackawanna avenue.
Obituary poetry and notes advertise paid in advance. The Electric Engine Co of Dunmore holds its annual ball on Aug 2 with good time anticipated. A flag raising at the Delaware Lackawanna and Western round house is planned between 12 and 1 Saturday. A marriage license was issued to Antonio Camu and Angiche Cagliandro of Mayheld. Joan Albright, 49, Swiss native, was arrested for striking a woman but discharged for nonappearance. she said she would appear in police court.
W. D. Cole and O. B. Buckland faced charges by Freeman Lord before Alderman Kasson for breaking eighteen window-lights and five sashes and other damage to a house owned by Lord and occupied by the defendants. They allegedly maligned the lease dispute and denied the charge while posting bail to appear in court.
James T D Jackson of 929 Hitchcock court, a blacksmith at 1915 Adams avenue, was seriously hurt yesterday while shoeing a vicious horse. He was rushed to Lackawanna hospital by ambulance but his wife had him moved home before doctors could examine him. One rib is feared broken.
The bond of Henry Harding, tax collector of Old Forge township, was approved yesterday by Judge Archbald. The amount is $40,000 with sureties including Charles Riddie, John S. Metz, Patton Taylor, Robert Johnson, William Dawson, John Lurher, John W. Faraday, Wallace Ormston, Joseph Jones, Griffith Richards and Henry MacKinder.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fischer thank officiating ministers church choir societies and Company B Thirteenth regiment and all friends for the kindness shown during their bereavement by the death of their son George Fischer.
A spark from a small locomotive ignited the fan house roof at Elk Hill Coal and Iron No 3 shaft, trapping 23 men and boys. Mine Foreman Hugh McCutcheon and James Eckersley ordered evacuation as gas filled the shaft, with firefighters later quelling the blaze and rescuing survivors.
Pascore and Griecen were arrested by Warden Simpeon and deputies on the Santoro murder case. They will face a 2 PM hearing before Alderman Kasson and are expected to be discharged as alibi evidence is strong. Pascore claims he was working on a water trench six miles from the scene. Griecco cites his presence in the courthouse arbitration room as alibi.
Prizes totaling over £300 were awarded at the Wilkes-Barre Wheelmen first annual meet at the Y M C A park. Winners included W F McMichael £75, W Krick £70, Marl Bower £40, and others with prizes ranging from £1 to £25. Key events yielded wins by Krick in the mile open and Croughn in the club championship. Morgan took the half mile, Brown led the mile handicap, and Joe Rice posted a quarter-mile exhibition time of thirty seconds.
George W. O Kell is critically ill in Moscow after falling ill while visiting friends. Relatives and local physicians are at his bedside as his condition is not expected to improve.
The Supreme Court affirmed the Scranton city assessors and board of revision and appeals in Jer myn v city, ruling that annual assessments in nontriennial years are permissible. The opinion, written by Justice Green, rejects claims of unconstitutional delegation and holds that intermediate assessments may be made when circumstances require, without voiding the system.
The court holds that the contested statute constitutes lawful class legislation and is not local in character. All errors are sustained, the lower decree is reversed, the defendants demurrer sustained, and the plaintiff's bill dismissed with costs.
Thomas Healey fired five shots at his wife in their Pittston home on Wednesday evening wounding none. He resisted a police welfare warrant for nearly two hours before being restrained after a street altercation. Healey claimed his wife was unfaithful and was held on $600 bail by Alderman Barrett. He works as a miner at Twinshaft and is described as large and muscular.
An old railway advertisement touts day coaches from New York to Chicago on Delaware Lackawanna and Western trains 6 and 7 with low rates, superb dining car service, fast time, and elegant equipment.
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