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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1895
Page
5
Five dollar reward announced for information leading to conviction of anyone stealing The Tribune from subscriber doorsteps after numerous delivery complaints traced to thefts.
A three weeks' term of common pleas court opens this morning. An auction sale begins today at St Charles hotel on Penn avenue. The city committees on permanent certificates meet Thursday at 4 pm. Archbald residents Samuel Smith and Elizabeth Roberts were granted a marriage license. Susan A Murray is granted letters of administration in the estate of James J Murray of Dunmore. The National Athletic Club boxing tournament is tonight at Music Hall with all weight classes and a wrestling bout. State Commander H H Cummings will attend Friday's Lieutenant Berra Grittin post No 1 meeting and serves as a juror in the federal court. The St Charles hotel fence caught fire again Saturday morning from hot embers.
Coroner J A Kelley convened a jury in Dunmore to investigate the death of 12 year old Wille Pletcher killed Friday on the Dunmore Suburban line. Jurors include Dr J R Murphy and others. Witnesses will be heard after an evening adjournment. Funeral services were held for the boy at the Methodist Episcopal church with Rev J Lea cock officiating. Interment followed at Dunmore Protestant cemetery.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to those who assisted during illness and after the death of Jacob Goerlitz. Thanks extend to Hillside Home hospital staff, police, church choir, and friends who sent floral tributes. Also mentions Mrs. Philip Goerlits and Family and Mrs. I B Horton announcing parlor openings at 66 Spruce Street. Tribune Bindery advertises book binding services and a millinery opening at Haalacher’s Milinery.
Judge Gunster to rule if equity can restrain Waverly teacher from reading or leading religious worship at opening of school. Secretary Stevenson and Rev Wall push for ban while Principal Han yon defends the practice as lawful. attorneys cite Wisconsin and Pennsylvania law and cite local votes showing mixed support.
Many liquor dealers granted licenses on March 4 face money tightness and uncertainty about taking out permits for the year starting April 1. Some proprietors plan to avoid paying and continue operating as if licensed, while others delay, hoping neighbors remain unpoliced. The county treasurer may end up with few or no uncalled licenses after the deadline.
Democratic council members met in caucus Saturday night and nominated Sando for city solicitor. The caucus also brought forward John F Seragey and J Alton Davis. Sando has long been with the Lackawanna bar and served two terms in the Klute legislative body. Some members did not attend or pledge support to the caucus decision. T. Melvin, proprietor of the Pacific hotel, secured a five year lease for the St Mineles hotel from Afra Brainard and will take over when the Kerr brothers retire. The hotel building will be renovated and refitted, with Marther succeeding Melvin as Pacific hotel proprietor.
Obituaries and funeral notices for Royce Ireland McGee McGeever McKune O’Hara and others across Scranton Dunmore Olyphant and Hazleton list ages dates and funeral times. Services set for Monday and Tuesday with interment at local Catholic cemeteries and St Patrick's church observances.
Captain Frank P. Amsden is buried in Dunmore with Grand Army of the Republic rites. A funeral service was held at his home, followed by a grave ceremony led by Rev. M D Muller and Rev. De B C Logan. Veterans from nearby towns attended, with pallbearers named and Fireman Robert Yost injured by roof debris. The Phoenix company handled damage to the building, valued under 500, insured.
Mrs Frank Hummler was laid to rest at Pernst HS cemetery as mourners gathered from Scranton New York and Sullivan County New York. The service at Alan German Lutheran church featured hymns led by a double quartet and a sermon by Father Zizelman praising the wife and mother. Relatives and friends filled the audience with floral tributes and a choir. bearers named Albert Zenke Willam Weichel Carl Lorenz and Fred J Widmayer.
The funeral of John W. Ferguson was held yesterday afternoon from his parents home on Capouse avenue. Services were at St. Pauls Catholic church Green Ridge before interment at Dunmore cemetery. Pallbearers included Thomas Loftus John Rogan Edward OMalley John Devanney James Newell and James Cush.
A stove in a second floor room at the St. Cloud hotel, owned by PP Jordan, overheated and ignited early Saturday, burning woodwork and causing about 100 in damage before flames spread to the roof. Fire crews from Crystal hose house and Phoenix Chemical company responded, applying water to extinguish the blaze.
Mine Inspector Roderick ordered an inquest into the death of Edward O Hara, 18, a pun che r killed by a blast at No 2 shaft in Olyphant. A jury including McCann, Jones, Gibbons, Ryan, Brennan and Gildas viewed the body and met to hear details on whether proper warnings were given or if the accident was unavoidable. The funeral is set for Lowellville with a requiem Mass at Patrick’s church and burial in Gisphant Catholic cemetery.
On Saturday 2010 Sheriff PF H Clemons conducted public sales in Throop Hyde Park and Carbondale. Properties of Prank Magicko Francisco Brung Henry Layman M E Ainey Thomas Pope William Lochlin Mr A Williams administrator James Spencer and Thomas Herbert sold to various buyers including John F Murphy Eugene Fellows W W Watson Peter Krante J F Reynolds D Winters James Butler for sums ranging from 40 to 107 600 dollars.
Green Ridge residents will attend four art lectures by Miss Leah Treath at the Green Ridge Library to raise funds for the library. The first lecture, Hours With Art, is Tuesday March 26 on Christ in Art. Subsequent sessions cover Rubens and Van Dyck, Grente and Le Bron, and the Barbizon school.
Captain W. D. B. Ainey of Company G Montrose resigns due to pressure from private business. The resignation has been forwarded to Colonel Ripple. Lieut McCausland likely to take command with Second Lt Jessup and First Sgt Warner to advance.
A petition to Governor Hastings requests BN Willard be named to the superior court judgeship, signed by leading Susquehanna county lawyers and prominent Democrats and Republicans. The document will be sent to Harrisburg, with Justice Courtright of Montrose bringing the petition to Scranton. Also noted is the death of F B Weeks, longtime Hazleton resident and father of George W Weeks, a local printer, with Weeks once operating a Spruce Street shoe store.
The Clearing House association reports last week’s exchanges with figures for each day from Monday to Sunday. The totals show weekly activity and compare to the previous year, noting a decline in the week ending Saturday and referencing a lecture by W. Hudson Shaw on The Decline of Venice in the Voting Men's Christian movement series.
A divorce petition is filed by Mire Ethelinda against Jol Divi. The couple had lived together after a marriage that ended in estrangement. The record notes he did not return to their home or provide for her since a reported dispute in the prior months.
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