The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-08
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iron ADDITIONAL LOCAL 1rBMs SEE 4, urs1BE PAaEsl
CONTROLLERS OF Public ScHoohs.-Tbis, the
regular meeting day otthis oody, being the oc.
Casion OF election, the Board met yesterday
afternoon instead
President Shippen filed the chair.
note was received from three Of the Dree-
tors oi lhe second section. 10 vas currently un-
dcrstood that two of the lady teachers in that
section were about to slip oil their bonds OF
allegiance to the school or the bonds of matri
DouyH To meet that case, the local board held
meeting aud elected successors 10 these two
ladies', The application OF the minority was
lat THIS decision should be set AIDE untll the
aforesaid alleged candidates Tor nupdal nOnors
personally declared their Intentions to that
oloCt, or until they resigned. The movement
was pronounced unjust, because alter the 9th
Of October three of these Directors would have
passed out OF Office, and the acti n intended by
them, if allowed to go into effect, would pre-
vent their successors from reversing it. Re-
ferred TO Committee.
Dr. j. Wilson, successor to Mr.. MullineauX,
resigned, was sworn in as repres eltatiye Of the
FIRST District.
A batch of communications were received
from the local Boards in various sections, an
nOuuCing sundry changes aud promotions of
school teachers, and asking for various items
OF appropriation for repairs aud improvements.
The Twentieth Section asks S2l00 TO complete
the school building at Z yenLieth and Jefferson
streets. Referred TO Councils.
The Fifteenth Section wanted the new school
Ceive the name of Hoffman school house.
communication was received from the State
Superinl endent OF Schools, asking for the loan TO
the Minister of the Argentine Republic OF the
plans and drawings Of certain Of the public
schools OF this city.
Mr. Shippen said that he had received a special
request from Mr.. Barnard, Commissioner Of the
BuTeau of Education, who wishes to present
them to the country IN the pages of his next re-
port at Washington
resolution comply ing with the request of
understanding that due security shall be granted
for the safe return OF the engravings and
plates in question.
An invitation requesting the Board to be pre-.
sent at the inauguration of the Hoilngsworth
School, in Locust street, was accepted.
The Committee on Property offered resolu-
tiOn for the transfer of certain items which was
directed to be sent to Councils.
communication was received from the City
Controller. That officer declines to pay the
salaries of Miss nj. p. Crawford, of the Seven
teeuth, and Miss Emily Walton, o. the Twenty
fifth Sections, IN consequence of Irregularities
in the drawing of the warrants
The desired amendation was ordered.
The Committee on Expenses reported favora-
bly, to the rental of front room in the Athe-
nRum Building, at an annual rent of $1,000.
motion to substitute $500 for $1,000 was
agreed 10, and the resolution was adopted.
There was nothing else transacted of public
importance, and the Chamber adjourned.
A DISTINGUISHED HONOR CONFERRED BY Pope
PIUs THE NNTH.-The Very Rev. James O'Con-
nor, rector of st. Charles Theological Seminary,
of this city, has recently become the recipient
of an eminent mark OF the confidence and es
TEEN in which he is held by the Supreme Pontitf,
Plus the Ninth. Rt. Rev. Bishop Wood was the
bearer of the following resCript of Propaganda,
raising tnis distinguished clergyman to the posi-
tion OF doctor IN sacred theology, a title spar
ingly given to the priests of the Church. At au
audience OF his Holiness, July IA, 1867 it was
ordeTed:-
Wheeas. Rev. James oConnor Rector Of the bio
ce'an seminary Of iladelpha IN the United States
of America has mer ed the appreciation the Sacred
oral Integrity ana pi ty. and by his zeal for pro.
moti1g the good of religion and 1t is wen known also
knowledge; Our Most Holy Father, Pope Plus x on
tes,inOnS Of the light Rev. Bisnop Philadelphi
with some particular favor has, by apostolic
tnority, aciousy created and declarel him Doctor
ever the Condition that he AXE In the ie1cs Of
the Ordinary the sO mu profession OF ia tn prescribed
Given at Rome, from the Office Of the S. G. de Prop.
The ceremony Of investing DR.. UConnOr with
his new honor took place in the Seminary, in
the presence of the professors and scholars.
The Doctor made the profession of the faith Of
Plus ", aud received at the hands Of Bishop
Wood the ring and cap, symbols and insignia
OF his dignity, and, after the recital of the Ie
Deum, the kiss of peace from the Bishop and his
colleagues OF the faculty. DR.. O'Connor is the
brother of eXBishop OConnor, Of Pttsburg,
and man of distinguished zeal and ability.
THE HYGIENE CONDITION OF PHILADELPHIA
One OF the greatest among the many advan-
tages of Philadelphia is that of its being the
healthiest city in the United States, as the fol-
lowing statement of the mortality of the city
for the present year. as compared with 1866,
will show:-
Months No Deaths. No Deaths.
January January IS1S lS5 14o2 1902