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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1902
Page
7
John M. Jarris was re elected as borough solicitor of Dicken City on Wednesday night to succeed himself in the office.
Three Polanders were arrested last night at Lackawanna station by Special Officers Byers and Greenburger as they prepared to depart for New York. They are charged with attempting to defraud A. Finberg, a North Scranton grocer, of sizable store bills.
Mrs Miury Carson reported that her husband struck her after an argument over her delayed return home. She pressed charges of assault and battery. the husband faced arraignment before Albert Ruddy and was held on $300 bond.
Deputies quell alleged larceny suspect John McNally of Carbondale after a failed escape from Deputy Constable Hawks at Alderman buddy's court on Mifflin avenue. McNally faced a larceny charge from Annie An and was fined 10 in the local proceeding.
The Latkawanna hospital board re elected officers including President Jaumes P. Dick Bol and Colonel Mara J. Ripple as vice president. Secretary treasurer BR Fuller and others named to positions. Reports of the year’s work will be reviewed at the next monthly meeting chaired by Dr A J Connell.
After a long council session the Consumers' Gas company franchise passed with amendments. Keller led a push to restrict life to forty years and gas price to eighty cents, but his seven-vote bloc lacked support. Debate centered on company transparency and city gains from taxes and pavements, with next readings planned and extended sewer payment terms discussed.
The United Evangelical convention for the Lewisburg district concluded last night with an enthusiastic Pentecostal service at Zion church. Rev S B Munney led, reading Acts 2 and urging prayer as a crowd joined in praise. Delegates approved resolutions thanking the church committee and urging ministers to attend next year’s meetings.
Last night the Scranton city council unanimously approved a resolution directing the city controller and solicitor to seek from Lackawanna County the amount owed to the city by its treasurer and report at the next meeting. The council killed a rule requiring approval by the solicitor before council introduction. It approved $540 for a street sweeper and sprinkler, $3,000 for a stone crushing plant, and second reading ordinances to buy a New Street lot for a public works storehouse and pay $100,000 to settle judgments, plus third reading ordinances for sidewalks on Sixteenth Ward and Jackson Street and for opening Wayne and Monsey Avenues.
Local heads of coal companies held a conference and ordered all washeries closed yesterday to remain idle indefinitely. Officials said the measure aims to maintain community peace and that operations could resume if demand for fuel rises. Mile company workers were recalled to Dunmore shops for today.
Creditors from Sayre filed in U S District Court a petition seeking Michael Kane's involuntary bankruptcy. Ticket 20645 won the sideboard at Freedsman’s Department Store.
Melita Commandery No. 68 Knights Templar conducted the first ceremonial conferment of the Degree of St. Paul and the Order of Malta in this city, with forty Sir Knights present at the Masonic Temple on Spruce Street. Seven silken banners were presented, and visiting knights from Wilkes-Barre, Carbondale, Tunkhannock, Great Bend and Binghamton attended the event.
A lengthy sale note advertises Black Taffeta Silk and Black China Dress Silk at reduced prices, with other silks, foulards, chiffons, and fabrics like Albatross and Henrietta highlighted. Numerous price points from 25c to $1.25 per yard are shown, emphasizing sale pricing across fabric types and widths.
Miss Tessie L. Cusick died at her North Washington avenue home after a months long illness. She had recently returned from a winter sojourn in the South and showed improvement before a final sinking spell. Survived by brothers P F and Eugene Cusick, Ambrose, Bartley, and Elizabeth. Funeral arrangements pending.
At a finance committee meeting of the board of control last night the group decided to fund all permanent improvements through a bond issue. This allowed a budget cut to a level that necessitates a five mill tax. Earlier expectations had forecast five and three quarters mills.
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