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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1898
Page
3
The Wilkes Barre Record can be bought in Scranton at M Meinnart news stands located at 09 Wyoming Avenue and Lackawanna Avenue, Mac.
Community snippets report work resuming at the South mill after a week. A street bus built for Rudolph Bloever of Motel Rudolph by William Dlume & Bon is mentioned. A collision at Adams Avenue and Linden Street damaged a Green Midge car and Sevtiolt’s mill wagon. the defender wrecked with other damage. Fines for fights on Saturday night were set at six dollars or jail. A concert at Trinktw Lieutheran church May 5 features Miss Garagan and N A Crofts with donationist Willard Howe. Tickets at Loreene’s drug store.
A Dunmore suburban car struck a horse on Washing Ten avenue near Pine street Saturday afternoon. The horse died from a broken neck. Passengers Anto Clemers and Joe Solffl were spilled on the pavement. Clemere's head was cut and Solffl suffered facial bruises. The men run a grocery store on Buel Street in Dunmore.
Scranton business leaders plan a new line to New York forming the New York Wyoming and Western Railroad company. Key organizers include Sturges Watres Jones Watkin Connell Jermyn Kemmerer Williams Simpson Rice Payne and other prominent Scranton figures. Charter filings to be made in Pennsylvania and New Jersey with surveys already done on several potential routes.
Proponents urge a proposed railroad to unify coal shipments from Wyoming and Scranton area to tidewater, arguing current rates favor bituminous and penalize hard coal. They claim a new line could lower transportation costs, unlock 6 million tons more output annually, and reduce dependence on existing carriers.
On Saturday the court named three viewers for each sewer project in several wards. James F Manley J F Kern and David Williams will supervise the main sewer in the Nineteenth district spanning the Fifth Sixth Fifteenth and Eighteenth wards and meet May 21. Richard Nichols Peter F McHale and George D Taylor will oversee the Providence pond on Philo street sewer with a June 2 gathering. John H Reynolds J M Harris and Joseph Mikus are appointed for the sixteenth district sewer and will convene June 4.
An exhausted homeless woman, unable to speak English, was escorted to the police station after a failed effort to learn her history. She is about thirty, better dressed than a typical peasant immigrant, and has no known relatives here. An interpreter says she arrived recently hoping for employment and is temporarily housed at the emergency hospital in city hall. Mrs. Duggan will take charge.
The supreme commander Markey of the Knights of Maccabers issues four special dispensations to order members. The grants permit members and beneficiaries to engage in any military or manual service for the United States during the Spanish American War, with full protection of the order's laws and united efforts.
John Walsh and James Dacey received three year sentences for robbery and violent assault in Keyser Valley. Prosecutors alleged the November crime against Michael Milenviteh, with Walsh claiming innocence and blaming Donntells and Dacey. Judge F Edwarda dismissed the new trial motion, citing prior statements as unpersuasive. Walsh had previously been elected constable in Lackawanna township.
George Weaver of Drinker street Dunmore was shot in the right side between the eighth and ninth ribs Saturday night. He is at Lackawanna hospital with a bullet wound. surgeons will not locate the bullet for now. Weaver 20, married, works at Pennsylvania Coal No. 1 colliery and had pay Saturday. He says he was fooling with a revolver when it fired. his wife and mother say otherwise. He is expected to recover.
Attorney John F. Scrage filed an appeal Saturday to open judgment in the case of D. R. Thomas against John Geary. The suit was heard in Alderman Kelley’s court in the Eighteenth ward, with W. J. Tracey defending Geary. Scrage argued Geary should not bear the neglect of another.
Clothier J. C. Hitchner is charged with embezzling 106 dollars from employer Clark a Lackawanna avenue clothier. Hitchner was arraigned Saturday night before Alderman Howe. his brother Charles Hitchner of Prospect avenue stood security for his court appearances.
Patrolman Hart found about 40 pounds of lead pipe on the Delaware Lackawanna and Western tracks near West Lackawanna Avenue. It had been stolen Friday night from Hunt Connell Co warehouse at Eighth Street. No clues to the thieves. they likely dropped the loot and fled.
The Erie railroad and its partners New York Susquehanna and Western announce that employees who enlist for the Spain US war will receive leave of absence. Upon return, if fit for duty and honorably discharged by the United States, they will be reinstated.
Court orders petitioners in the Langstaff Kelly case to file bills of particulars within ten days. The March 3 1808 judgment directs immediate action with all procedures stayed except for witnesses subpoenaed for Mondays May or any day of examination at the county courthouse.
Reported arrest on forgery charges involves a man sought on theft warrants. Alderman Kass said the suspect was detained Saturday, with multiple warrants outstanding. The article also mentions another drug advertisement line about Hooil's Sarsaparilla as a medical claim.
A crowded Penn Avenue pulpit service featured Rev. Robert Pierce of Philadelphia delivering a patriotic sermon from Mark thirteen. The service included Union and Cuban flags as decorations, organ and choir selections, and a call to U S patriotism tied to Christian faith and liberty.
A fragmented column contrasts peaceful conduct with wartime duty urging citizens to vote wisely and honor the flag. A separate item notes the steam dredge We Bull owned by Durnin and Bull van destroyed by a late night storm on the Delaware river near Schooner Lele with a loss between 900 and 1000 pounds and dredge work canceled for three seasons near the Brooklyn incident.
Last evening at Scranton Street Haptist Church a patriotic service featured a draped national flag palms and flowers. The choir performed patriotic selections and Rev. S. F. Matthews preached on Exodus Remember the Day praising Maine’s honored dead and denouncing Cuban misrule.
Rochester NH clergyman Rev John L Evans preached both morning and evening at Plymouth Congregational church yesterday. He led a special song service at Providence Presbyterian under Prof Whittemore amid his return after a prior accident. Welch Calvinistic Methodist Church held prayer and praise service in South Main Avenue with Rev Huh Davies absent at Mymouth conference.
James Doda of 15 Prospect Avenue suffered a skull fracture from a fall down stairs after a night of heavy drinking. He was found at the bottom of the stairs unconscious with bleeding from the mouth ears and a scalp wound. Dr. Walsh attended and hopes for recovery.
A Fingless craft with a yellow smoke stack was seen Saturday near Five Fathom Bank lightship. The British schooner Kramer Ethelrede, from Shields, under Captain Trowsdale, reported passing a warship about forty miles east earlier that morning. The ship described had a single smoke stack, yellow, with black wool white ports, sailing slowly under fore and…
A large building housing the Broneslate shirt factory and W. G. Binknrey tax factors burned today in Honesiale Florida. The blaze left about 20 workers temporarily unemployed as damage and insurance questions are assessed.
A partial newspaper fragment describes an observed figure near the First National Bank steps, with unclear details about identity or motive and no further context available.
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