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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1898
Page
7
The Wilkes-Barre Record is available in Stroneton at M. Meinhart newsstand 19 Wyoming Avenue Mac Lackawanna Avenue.
Notice to Republican voters in the Record district announces a convention at the Arbitration room Court House on Tuesday April 6 at 2 PM to elect two delegates to the Republican state convention in Harrisburg. Vigilant committees will hold primaries in precincts on Saturday April 2 from 4 to 7 PM. Fred W. Flints, Chairman, Watter E. Davis, Secretary.
The Rim Park church supper is set for Thursday evening as organizers promise the best yet. The Enterprise dancing class led by Marty Taylor hosts a social for charity on March 1 at Executor Hall. Teachers’ committee of the board of control plans a meeting tonight to act on a resolution about work done enrolling night school pupils. Noonday services are held at St. Luke’s Church and are open to all. Dr. Huntington of the Order of the Holy Cross will speak Wednesday and Thursday. Marriage licenses were issued to several residents including William Price and Elizabeth Jones of Beanton and Frank Ross of Scranton, among others. The Firemen’s Relief Association meets tonight at city hall to discuss by laws, constitution, and charter steps to access state funds. Courts noted exceptions in Creighton & Birch for Scranton Lace Curtain Co. and actions in Creighton & Hitch and KR Blythe cases.
Passenger conductors on the Lehigh Valley railroad began wearing a blue shield shaped badge to indicate the length of service with the company. The badge is worn between the wrist and elbow as a visible mark of tenure.
J. W. Brownlee has resigned as state mine inspector. Two applicants are named for the vacancy, G. M. Williams of Wilkes-Barre and Captain B. C. Reese of Centralia.
During a heated council session the Democratic minority passed the 1898 appropriation ordinance on two readings with Republican support. John E. Roche accused ex City Solicitor Torrey of illegally taking city funds, a charge he reiterated amid debates over lighting, asphalt repairs, and various budget amendments.
The Rossini Opera club presented The Cadets Picnic in the High School auditorium to a full house with many standing. An operetta in three acts featured Miss Rose Callen and Miss Gertrude Fellows, with a Klondike quartet number and a march by the school girls. Professor C. K. B. Derman directed the music.
Connell and Co s Meadow Brook breaker burned out completely after a 430 yesterday morning blaze discovered by a fireman in the hoist room. Firemen failed to save the modern structure after two hours. Estimated loss 90000 dollars, partially insured. Cause undetermined with a theory that tramps may have started it. About sixty five tons buckwheat coal stored in pockets at the time.
Proprietor Melvin investigated when E Phillips and RR Jones failed to return to their St. Charles quarters on Monday night. A cabbage head and waste paper were found in abandoned rooms. Telegraphed to intercept suspects. Wilkes Barre noticed two men matching descriptions under surveillance. Warrant to be prepared as they remained unsettled on a $0 board bill. amount stolen in Binghamton unknown.
A photograph confirmed that William J. Cosgrove of Wilkes-Barre was the second fireman aboard the Maine among the killed. Relatives in Wilkes-Barre provided the image, and Navy officials verified the likeness. Cosgrove, age 27, enlisted over a year ago and his body was recovered.
A telegram to Scranton police reports Patrick Murphy of Liberty New York killed by a train near Rockland New York on March 2. Relatives in Scranton were asked to notify. Police officers checked precincts for any Murphy relatives but no matching inquiry was found by midnight.
Jenkins and Morris announce the spring opening of new hat designs at 406 Spruce Street. The event runs Thursday through Saturday this week with displays of latest millinery styles.
The Board of Trade pursues indictments to force Lackawanna and Washington avenues resurfacing as 1898 funding falls far short. Officials debate honesty and motives while facing legal and financial hurdles with bond limits and council reorganization looming.
Elty seeks to appear in court and assure judges that every possible effort is made to hurry through the red tape necessary to complete essential repairs.
At 12.20 am Patrolmen Dominick Boland and Conrad Marker brought in a drunken middle-aged man and his four-year-old son found on Lackawanna Avenue drenched and cold. The boy cried loudly en route to the station, then calmed after warmth. the father identified himself as John M. Gordon visiting relatives from Wilkes-Barre.
Report notes no new leads in the case of Leroy the government horse buyer who vanished after leaving Wilkes Barré on Sunday. An unrelated advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills claiming cures for scrofula entarrh dyspepsia rheumatism weak nerves and impure blood.
A sale advertises 16 by 20 inch Florentine frames with five inch mounts. Gold burnished moulding is highlighted with a price reference of four dollars for the moulding and a total sale price noted as seventy dollars.
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