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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1900
Page
7
The report describes a stormy day in Scranton with a vote pad incident and a broken bicycle rack near a factory committee meeting. A pedestrian, Helen Ball-O'Connor, sustained injuries and was taken to Lackawanna Hospital after a fall.
The notice touts a hotel twenty five minutes from Hotel Jermyn with scenic views of Elmhurst and Lake Scranton. It promises city water, telephones, baths, and first-class stable accommodations in a wooded area near mountain springs.
A Scranton region page reports on a county council meeting about standardizing electric pole heights, fundraising for the Park exposition, and a concert gift of 100. It covers a mining explosion injuring workers Anthony Brown and Joseph Mlowenm at West Ridge mine, a fire committee contract dispute, a Catholic Young Women's meeting planning Memorial Week activities, a coroner's inquiry into the Bele and Writing Villar railroad death, and a patrol raid led by Chief Robling arresting several individuals at 420 Raymond court.
The Central Labor union plans a special meeting to back a road ordinance granting Connell Park and Speewal Street Railway Co permission to build with an all union workforce. Officials pledge unemployment of nonunion labor and pressure to favor union firms grows amid opposition. The group may urge a vote on the ordinance and discuss boycotts against breweries not employing union help.
The case Ingram N. W. tre vinga against Rt. Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, bishop of the Central Pennsylvania diocese, was appealed Monday to the Supreme Court by attorney Walter B. Gunster. The appeal follows a local court ruling denying a preliminary injunction to stop unfrocking Dr. Irvine.
The Delaware and Hudson railroad offers a special one way fare round trip from all Pennsylvania points to Wilkes-Barre for the Knights Templar of Pennsylvania conclave May 21 22. Tickets valid May 21 22 and return by May 28. Barrett Wilhelm open a timing and chilling establishment on Washington avenue and have long served Henry Ruttin & Co. Esther Assembly Naomi A OK M C mourns late sister May Urbach with funeral at 104 hall Wednesday May 16 refreshments smoke Pocono cigar.
The Creighton & Birch v Stephen Chappell case ends amicably before Judge Edwards after a lengthy dispute tied to the Scranton Lace failure of 1897. Earlier rulings over fraudulent preference were reversed, with a verdict for the plaintiff. Other actions include Worden v Schwartz and Worden v Rosenfeld, plus assorted verdicts and a withdrawn slander suit.
Park commissioners demand removal of a toll house on Elmhurst Boulevard that cuts through Nay Aug Gorge. The structure, noted as the only toll house within a public park in the country, is cited as the source of mounting trouble if the request is refused.
Park commissioners discovered a grant clause restricting land use to a driveway bridle path or cycle path and forbidding any other buildings. The clause may bar a toll house, prompting legal advice and possible ejectment if the toll house remains after officials demand its removal.
Mrs. Joseph Wiseley of Biaircourt and her father Adam Garmius were arraigned before Alderman Howe on shoplifting charges and committed to county jail in default of bail. Garmius held at 500 bail and Wiseley at 1600 bail. 350 dollars worth of dry goods found in the house were identified as belonging to Globe store Goldsmith's Mears & Haagen's Gerson's and Jonas Long's Sons.
Imperial Council of the Order of the Mystic Shrine announces reduced rail fares on the Central Railroad of New Jersey for travel to Washington D C. Tickets to Washington and return cost one fare round trip. Sale May 19 to 21, travel May 19 to 21, return by May 25. Beecham's Pills advertised at end.
Brown Brothers J P Morgan and Co and Knauth Nachod and Kuhne issue letters of credit and international cheques outlining banking arrangements, guarantees, and settlement methods for trade transactions between firms and clients.
A story of Frances Slocum born 1773 in Warwick Rhode Island abducted by Delaware Indians in 1778 and raised as Miami queen. After forty years she refused to return, dying in Peru Indiana in 1847. In 1900s a Peru movement funded an unmarked grave’s monument with a public ceremony.
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