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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1902
Page
3
Ground was broken yesterday for the new federal building in Wilkes-Barre. Officials from the city and federal government attended the ceremony marking the start of construction on the project in the city.
Thomas James was committed to the county jail yesterday by Justice of the Peace J A Dolphin of Olyphant on an assault and battery charge.
Charles Teal, a well known town figure, was arrested last evening by Patrolman Noals on charges of abusing his wife. He will be given a hearing this morning.
The Tribune published a reproduction of the original photographs and group pictures of the Scranton police department. The photographer credited is Behreiver.
Rev. A Griffin presiding elder will hold a quarterly conference at Old Forge this evening at 7 4 p m He will preach at the same place on the Sabbath of August 3 at 2 p m.
Patrick Noon 9 James Robinson 10 and Thomas Loftus 11 were arrested for disorderly conduct and fined 2 each in police court yesterday by Magistrate Howe.
The sixth annual reunion of the Dow and Tucker families will be hosted by JL N Dow at Starrucea on August 1 1904. All relatives of both families are urged to attend.
The Scranton Railway company has not announced its arbitrators for the labor dispute with the union employee. The panel has been selected and will likely be disclosed soon to the parties involved.
Referee C A Van Wor er announced in U S court that 70 percent of claims in the 3 L Bullard bankruptcy at Meshoppen will be paid on August 7.
No word has been received from Hayes and Sons of Cleveland in reply to a formal request to send a representative to receive the issue of any bonds they were awarded, and they have refused.
Edward Crample from ad avenue Booth Scranton disappeared yesterday while searching for cows. He was picked up by police and taken to the station and will be brought home later today.
William Palmer recently released after a nine month county stint was arraigned yesterday before Alderman Otto Myers on allegedly assaulting his aged mother. Palmer was committed to the county jail in default of a ten dollar fine and five hundred dollar bail.
A matter involving Louis Perry of the Columbia Jose company. An inquiry board found him for reckless driving and forwarded the report to Director Wormser for transfer to Recorder Connell. If approved, the summary action will proceed.
Coal is being cut and loaded at multiple collieries by under-bosses and returned strikers, hidden from surface hoisting to avoid strikers’ pickets as unions push for arbitration. Pickets clash with workers at Racket Brook washery, Coalbrook breaker, and Northwest breaker as authorities prepare to curb disorder. an open letter urges Scranton’s Board of Trade to mobilize a two million name petition backing impartial arbitration.
An unidentified Polish man was struck and killed by No 4 train near Sears grist mill in Chinchilla while walking along the tracks. He died almost instantly and was brought to Moses Taylor hospital morgue for examination by Coroner J F Saltvy. Seven ribs were fractured the left lung penetrated and the left arm broken. The body rests at Barrets morgue on Carbon street awaiting identification.
A Philadelphia firm Schrack and Sherwood sent a letter seeking information about a young man presumed drowned when a canoe capsized near Lackawaxen Pa. on July 5 1902. The description fits a 22 year old man about seven feet tall weighed 149 pounds with dark curly hair. Morgan of Carbondale was drowned weeks earlier in a similar incident. A liberal reward is offered for information.
The New Dixie Theatre plans an August twenty fifth opening with a first class vaudeville show. The old armory has been transformed into a cosy playhouse seating 1,200. Hill and Copwell will furnish the house and Keystone Scenery company will paint the scenery. The asbestos fire curtain is being mounted by George Morris. Frank Sherman, ex stage manager for the Hon. John Grigsby Company, will be stage manager.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Thomas J. Thomas 72 at 112 South Keyser Avenue Catherine Morris of Olyphant William Price 72 of West Locust Street and Martha Rolwins. The items note birthplaces Ireland and Wales and survivor details with funeral arrangements and interment at Washburn Street Cemetery.
Alder man Howe heard Miss Philopoena Engle arraigned at the instance of Charlotte Starke for circulating defamatory stories. William Baker, a witness, admitted circulating the tale, signed an affidavit of guilt, and paid the prosecution costs.
The funeral for Mika Margaret Davia of Wilkes-Barre took place yesterday at the home of her uncle Dr. Lewis in Wilkes-Barre.
A concise note praises the Lackawanna Finish applied to linen, noting its admired appearance at the address 08 Penn Avenue and suggesting local interest in the finish.
John Dotels of Olyphant was committed to county jail by Justice M W Cummings on the charge of stealing iron. Special Officer Crippen of the Delaware and Hudson filed the complaint.
The author of Sweet Alice Hon Bolt was the late Thomas Dunn Ensligh, as identified by the Inquirer.
Archbald borough charges Elk Hill Coal and Iron Co. with nuisance for discharging washery water into a gutter that feeds a city gutter and river. The company contends a legal right to use a natural stream. judge invites further argument as defense proceeds.
Charles Heffron filed a trespass suit against Electric Light and Heat and the Banderson Oil and Specialty company. RF N Holgate and Thomas F Handley represent Heffron. J W Swanick and J Elliot Rosas filed an assumpsit suit for 350.72 dollars in commissions from December 1901 to May 1902. Bert Baldwin registered as a law student. John J Owens also registered as a student. Adam Wredt, with attorney John J Manning, was granted leave to appeal a summary conviction for assault and battery. he claims arrest for assault led to disorderly conduct charges and jail.
At 11 o'clock last night Andrew Healey of Dunmore was reported very low and physicians doubted he would survive the night.
The Shamaku earthquake devastates Shamaku with 25,000 homeless and unknown dead while spotlighting oil districts near Baku. Scientists debate cause and effect linking mineral oil drainage, gas pressures, and seismic activity, noting Los Angeles’ quiet since tapping wells.
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