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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1898
Page
9
Patrick Walsh seeks warrants for the arrest of Frank Holgate, a Livorne count resident, after Holgate allegedly received a horse, woolen and harness stolen from his premises for ten dollars. Holgate posted $400 bail for court appearance. warrants issued for the young men involved.
A large crowd heard Dr I M Danton president of Clann university at Orangelurg South Carolina speak on the subject of allegiance to Great Britain and the United States. He was aided by a quartet of young men who performed plantation melodies and encores. A Fi W Saocial club gathering featured music and a debate on the resolution that alliance with Great Britain benefits the United States. Churchgoers then attended a Peckville Christmas Eve reception where the Baptist choir presented the cantata Saul of Tarsus under Professor Watkins.
The Father Whitty society will hold an Ao literary meeting at St. Mary's rooms. A debate is planned on the subject Resolved That the senators of the United States should be elected.
The funeral for Mrs Christian Scharar will be held this afternoon at 2 from the family home on North Malin Avenue. Rev George F E Guild of Providence Presbyterian Church will conduct a private service followed by interment at Dunmore Cemetery. Mire Jennie Jankine and James Redl are among visitors and students home for the summer. The local United Mine Workers branch meets at O Donnell Hall at 7 90 this evening with Chris Evans and Denia Gannon addressing.
The echont board met at No 1 build and, with all members present except Mn Spencer, to discuss the current year's tax levy. Last year’s levy totaled 17 mills including tuition, building, and bonds. a proposed revision by Mr Webber would lower it, though not seconded. A separate motion by Mr Kellan set separate allocations for general expenses and building repairs totaling 112 mills, carried 4 to 1.
Live coverage from West Scranton notes a birthday celebration for Master Hoordon Thomas, son of Councilman and Mrs Simon Thomas-Ciarlas, with festivities at the Ancient Order of Mysrtia Chain lodge hall. IOC representatives and local officers were elected with upcoming state session in Allentown on Sep tember 15.
Master Gordon Thomas celebrated his fifth birthday yesterday with a party at 409 North Main Avenue hosted by Select Corncilman and Mrs Simon Thomas. A large group of juvenile friends attended with games recitals singing phonograph music and refreshments served at six o clock.
The report says the Lucerne street link under Ninth Street will soon reopen to vehicles connecting lower Hyde Park and Toulouseville. Residents have endured a two month detour due to a lower street position and a dangerous Oxford trestle crossing. A washout on Main Avenue at Lucerne created a wide gully. funds secured by a special appropriation and councilmen from the Fifth and Fifteenth wards push repairs with better guttering to reduce future floods.
Charles Oberdorfer of North Hyde Park avenue was severely injured Sunday when a horse kicked him in the leg while he and a friend were returning from West Mountain. A calk penetrated below the knee, splintering the shin. He is under care of Mr. F. C. Hall.
J Von Maur of Philadelphia hosts Badras Howell and Mrs A M Shiffer on Washburn Street while Mrs Catherine Durkin and daughter visit New Britain Connecticut. Invitations issued for the marriage of Elizabeth Schubert to Thomas H Saville on June 2 at the bride’s home.
Mrs H M Jenanyan a representative of the Asa Minor Aphystolic Institute will speak at the Tabernacle Con. The event invites parishioners and townspeople to attend the address and learn about the institute.
This evening at 7 90 o clock an erogational church event features an Armenian costume singer performing native songs with free admission. At 7 15 o'clock the West Side Military company meets for a regular drill and other important business will be presented for consideration.
Mr and Mrs Clearwater of Monsey avenue return home. Charles Ross of Company 10 Thirteenth regiment is home on a five day furlough. Mrs Gracehandier of Penn avenue returns from Philadelphia. Miss Harriet Jackson and Mize Emma Kohl of Carbondale visit Miss Minnie White on Green Rider street. Mrs Genry of Capouse avenue returns from Easton. Mrs J E Rows of Marion Street returns from Dalton. Mrs Hughes and daughter Irene of Pend avenue return from Philadelphia. George Clearwater of New York City spends a few days at his parents home on Monsey avenue.
The article presents historical war statistics comparing French and German casualties and losses in the last great war. It cites figures on deaths, wounds, and prisoners, artillery shots, booty, and finances, plus Austrian military engagements across four centuries with totals and averages. It emphasizes the toll of war and the frequency of conflict among European powers.
Funeral processions and services dominate the South Scranton notices. Owen O Malley and Anna Matin Webber are remembered with high mass and Lutheran rites, followed by interments at Cathedral cemetery and Washburn Street cemetery respectively. Local clergy from St. Peter's Cathedral and St. Mark's Lutheran church lead services with Martha Lodge Daughters of Hari Gari among attendees.
Weather permitting an unusually large crowd is expected for the Hickory Street Presbyterian Sunday school annual outing to Lake Ariel. Scranton Athletic club executives plan the event with arrangements made at Harvey's Lake for the club's annual outing.
Peter Keogh of Fig Street South Stranton dies suddenly at home after a brief illness while employed at Banyoolt Suk mill. Henry Reeve of North Scranton dies after a period of illness. Benjamin Evans, 15, dies at West Side hospital following hemorrhages. Harry Heuke, 12, dies from fever and illness. John Gilbride, long-time West Scranton resident, dies at Eynon Street home. Funeral arrangements pending with services at local churches and cemeteries.
Miss Kate and three sons Michael and Thomas survive. The funeral will be held from the reatherie Wicknesdas afternoon at 5 o'clock. Interment will be in Cathedral cemetery. Thomas Grimaritt of 0M Waites street died at home Sunday afternoon from fever. He was a native of tinhald and of age. The funeral will occur today at 4 o'clock with services at the cathedral.
Minooka records Charles Devers of Carbondale visiting on Stafford street and Patrick Powell returning from Fast Stroudsburg Normal school to spend vacation with friends. The Maroons are set to play the Crickets of Jessup at Minooka grounds on June 20. John Monroe and Thomas Walsh of Plains, who have been visiting here the past few days, returned home yesterday.
Dr Walter M M Reedy acting as deputy coroner held an inquest at the coroner's office on Lonk Street into the death of Thomas Kearney a revenoold boy from Minooka who drowned in a cave last Thursday The jury of Minooka residents John Kane William Holleran Patrick Coyne Michel Lydon John Coyne and Justice M J O'Neill found death accidental
The Washington Post reports Spain worries over the Holland and Plunger among U S vessels and seeks to acquire the Russian sub destroyer Invented by Sergius Rokosfsky. Experts warn of a silent undersea duel where battles unfold beneath the waves with no surface signs and immense terror.
A bank vault relies on the Holmes Electric Protective System for security. No further details about location or incident are provided.
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