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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1898
Page
8
A Dunmore, Pennsylvania correspondent corrects the Tribune about a claim that Episcopal church young ladies’ dancing class, named the Twentieth Century club, is connected to the church and club. The writer asserts no official link exists and requests publication of the clarification.
Three unknown burglars forced entry to the Old Forge post office around 4 AM, blew the safe, and took three registered letters two money order advices and eight cents. Postmaster P J Judge and Squire Samuel Brodhead pursued them. shots were exchanged as the trio fled toward the DL&W station. The case, tied to a prior 1855 break in, involved heavy tools a wrecked drawer and a small Dexter safe.
The victim was dragged about a barn yard for an hour and died on the scene. Edward Neilon dragged him from the position, but the life had already gone. The body, horribly mangled, was moved to his Bearle street home.
Robert Hopkins a driver boy at the Pennsylvania Coal company in Pittston was thrown by a mule while taking it to the barn. His foot became entangled in the harness and he suffered fatal injuries Thursday evening.
Delegates Devine Price and Glarner, after twelve days in New York, report Scranton will host the next carpenters convention in 1900 following a stiff fight with Detroit as the rival.
Colonel T A Watres of the Eleventh regiment hosted a complimentary dinner for about forty commissioned officers from all cities with regiment companies. The event in Scranton featured notable officers from Scranton, Lebanon, Reading, Harrisburg, Carlisle, Pottsville and more, with a formal table arrangement and several speeches after the meal.
Fifty boys and girls invited to join an orchestra with focus on ensemble proficiency. Preference for students who paused prior study. open to those studying with other masters. Call Harriet P. Ward at 604 N Main Ave within ten days. The piano school accepts registrations at Carter building Adams Ave and Linden St.
Travel offers list half rates to Pittsburgh via Lehigh Valley with return by October 13. Contact Lehigh Valley ticket agent for details and scheduling related to the Knights Templar Conclave.
Mrs Elizabeth Lewis teaches dancing with openings in October. Miss Hester A Worthington leads drawing and painting at the Beranton Conservatory of Music Steam Heating and Plumbing PF M T Howley 231 Wyoming Ave.
The Scranton scene features Col Louis A Watres presiding over a military dinner at the Scranton club after his election to command the Eleventh regiment, N G P. Watres, longtime public servant and former lieutenant governor, is noted for his early service in the Thirteenth and his influence on Pennsylvania militia standards.
J. A. Stober, who defeated C. C. Kauffman for state senate nomination in Lancaster, faced a move to set aside the nomination. The petition argues the delegates didn’t represent the district and that certifying officers aren’t district residents. Also noted are filing actions for coroner and surveyor, party nomination papers, and pending deadlines with Harrisburg.
The St Thomas college night school, under Christian Brothers, opens Monday Oct 10 for six months. Grether Andrew, the principal, invites interested young men to arrange classification and books. Two terms of three months each cost five dollars per term. Attendance from 6 p.m. on the first four nights weekly. Subjects include reading spelling penmanship grammar arithmetic geometry mensuration bookkeeping commercial law and shorthand.
A two day excursion from Scranton to New York via Lehigh Valley departs September 30 with return on the last train Monday October 3. Fare from Scranton is $3.00. See Lehigh Valley ticket agents for details.
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