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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1898
Page
7
The Wilkes-Barre Record can be obtained in Scranton at newsstands run by M. Meinhart located at 19 Wyoming Avenue Mace Lackawanna Avenue.
City council meets tonight in regular session. Public school teachers and substitutes to be paid tomorrow. Elm Park church Ladies Aid serves supper tonight 5 to 7. Estate of William P Connell letters of administration granted to Frank H and Frederick Connell. Jacrisse will replaces The Two Orphans at Linden this week due to scenery not ready. Second Presbyterian ladies serve supper Friday 6 pm with musicale after. Marriage licenses issued to James J Thomas and Sarah Smith. Furene Warner and Mary J Shiffer. Police and fire officials to attend Lyceum production The Prisoner of Zenda as benefit for Crystal Hose. Lady Oakford union to meet Thursday March 10 at 2 9 in newtfall over Price's. Delaware and Hudson paid at Jermyn mines. DL&W paid trainmen and Cayuga and Brishin mines. Car shops Pyne Taylor Holden mines to be paid today. End of paying in this section.
At the Dickson Manufacturing annual meeting stockholders elected directors: Robert Olyphant Mark T Cox R R Brown of New York H M Boles C H Zehnder C C Rose W H Storra C S Weston of Scranton. Absence delayed organization and future meeting planned likely alternating between here and New York.
Mandiey Block clears North End to improve area. Two small stores will be erected at the dismantled end of the Handley block on Wyoming avenue. Contract let to Conrad Schroeder. debris removal starts at once. They will not be extremely Palallal Stores. It is said, Save your horses by getting your carriage rubber tired, satisfaction guaranteed, Bittenbender & Co.
Coroner's jury returned a verdict that Frank Kornewski, an unlicensed practitioner from Ladywanna, caused Mrs Magdalene Gindzylwicz's death through an attempted operating procedure leading to septic peritonitis. The husband testified she confessed the act before dying and chemist Benjamin's analysis supported the medicines used. An arrest warrant followed, but Kornewski is still at large.
Williamsport Pa March 9 the United Evangelical conference at Hughesville released appointments for the Lewisburg district naming H W Buck as presiding elder and listing pastors for Lewisburg Milton Dushore Danville Bloomsburg Watler Smith and others with several districts and quarterly conference memberships announced.
A Tit-Bits excerpt notes a moss like Hé plant in Jamaica and the West Indies reputed to be invincible except by immersion in water or red hot iron. It claims the plant can regrow from tiny fragments, leaves suspended in dry air will sprout in a sealed box, and evergreen leaves stay green for years in herbariums and trees.
J. H. W. Leedham of Scranton reports southern resolve to retaliate against Spain for the Maine disaster. He spoke at the Hotel Jermyn after returning from Atlanta and other southern cities, noting strong patriotic fervor and plans to prove no class would outdo the North in defending national dignity. He secured a Georgia license for the American Mutual Indemnity Co and set up state agencies in Atlanta and other southern cities.
John M. Garman, leading prosecutor in the Lattimer trial, says he is disappointed by the manslaughter verdict but will pursue other indictments. He argues the evidence warranted a murder verdict and notes the outcome may imply laborers can be harmed without redress, while urging swift future trials.
County commissioners and judges weigh whether to erect a new courthouse or remodel the present structure with strong support for a new building. Commissioner Hay favors a $450000 plan, site discussions to follow after the triennial assessment, and public opinion will guide the final decision.
Washington Post recounts the Vest seat bid amid civil service law debate. Pendleton and Dawes bills split parties as Republicans shift votes to Pendleton, then Vest files claim for Pendleton's seat. Vest declares such graft never to return to the Senate.
An old druggist advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a health tonic to keep blood rich and pure and promotes Hood's Pills as purely vegetable and non purging.
Postmaster Ripple to receive surplus money order funds from over twenty borough post offices with Scranton designated depository. List includes Archbald Carbondale Dunmore East Stroudsburg Elmhurst Factoryville Hawley Jessup Montrose Olyphant Readham Waymart and others. A tampered letter to Cuban consul sparked scrutiny of mail security.
City Clerk Lavelle issued a call for a joint estimates committee meeting tomorrow night. Democratic leader Mr Grier said the party would present a revived appropriation ordinance Friday night within the 295000 limit. Chairman Ross did not order the call. a Democratic member authorized by Rows issued it.
The passage notes that Chairman Rom asked Democrats to call a meeting in his name when they were ready to consider his suggestion. It records his readiness to engage and the conditional invite for formal talks. The remark underscores a diplomatic posture without committing to a fixed date or agenda.
Jenkins mourns his mother-in-law with visible distress as he follows the hearse. The undertaker urges him to bear up while Jenkins laments the first time they have left home without quarreling. The lighthearted remark ends the scene on a comic note.
In Brooklyn Beagle, a playful exchange unfolds as Hunive admires a proposed engagement style. KHether responds with a lighthearted remark on how well it suits Hunive, highlighting a witty domestic moment.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad sets March 1 1898 as the start for a continuous passage excursion rate from Scranton to New York Jersey City Newark and Elizabeth Junction at 1.50 dollars with tickets valid thirty days. Time of trains and details available from Lehigh Valley ticket agents.
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