Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-02-20
The Public Schools.

| AND THE CoMMIssIoNERs-CHANGEs IN TEACHER
! sHIPS-sTASDAED TINE FOR THE SCHOOLS.
The relations of the board OF school trustees and
the District Commissioners are somewhat strained
| Oh account OF action taken by the District Com
missioners in suspendlng from pay the janitOrs who
the Inspector OF buildings, in recent report con-
corning the furnaces In the Banneker, Garrett and
Gales school buildings, charged with carelessness
or Incompetence. At the meeting OF the school
board last evening Or. Pulrvs. from the committee
| on jantors. to whom We're referred the charges Of
| the inspector of buildings against the JantOrs at
| the buildings named. reported that the committee
| had Investigated the cause of the bursting OF the
| pipes In the Gales and the Garrett buildings and
Were satisfied that the lanitors OF the buildings
were In no wise To blame for the accident: that they
were also satisfied that the janitOrs OF these two
| buildings were competent engineers. The commit
tee the report said. We're largely influenced in its
decision by the testimony OF the two fOreInen OF
Mr.. ThOrne. who repaired the pipes. Their testi-
| mony Was that the accident was unavoidable, in
view OF the position and construction of the pines
MI smith called attention 10 the suspension of
| the lanitors, which he considered AS unwarranted.
! DR. PllrviS maintained that the Commissioners or
| whoever had ordered the suspension, had no more
authority for 1t than they would have to remove or
suspend teachers. After some discussion he framed
resolution setting forth that the board felt con-
| strained To condemn the action Of the auditor In
| stopping the pay OF the janitOrs.
| In teapot He advised against inviting a tight
when so many came to them unlimited and offered
substitute for Dr. Purvis' resolution and this sub
sttute was adopted II requested the District Com
mssoners to pay the anitors question their sala-
ries for January now withheld
| CHANGES IN TEACHERsHIPS
The committee on teachers recommended action
on various cases. as follows, and their report was
| adopted: Grant leave of absence without pay to
Miss Caroline Ranney to the end OF the year. ac-
cept the designations OF Miss s. NJ CoorneS teacher
lst grade 5th division, and Miss Marian Thatcher,
teacher Sd grade, 9th division both to take eject
| january 81, 1884. Promote Miss Anna r. Neu.
| meyer from the LIST to the Sd grade 4th division
Vice Miss Ranney, on leave. Appoint Miss Emma
4 Pan MOI no l..fi p,rf thar
division. vice Miss Neumeyer, promoted. Appoint
| Miss Vi. b. stevens teacher In the Sd grade 9Th
division. vice Miss Thatcher, resigned. Appoint
Mr. Frank A. Pease to be acting teacher In the 18th
| grade. I'd division, vice Mr.. Chas. H. Butler re-
signed Appoint Miss VI. Angie Brewer to be acting
| resigned.
\ communication from Mr.. R. w. Gurley, propos-
Ing that the high school be opened at 10 a. In. and
closed at p. H., Was referred to the committee on
| high schools.
Upon motion of DR.. Purvis Mr. Griswold was as
signed 10 the portion Of The 9th division which Gen
| Bnney mad under his charge as trustee.
| Miss Fannie a. Barrier was granted leave OF alb
sence without pay for the remainder OF the school
year.
| Inc committee on accounts in reporting as usual
| the monthly bills, submitted letter sent by the
| committee to the District Commissioners on the
Both of January. Informing them '.that there is
deficiency IN the appropriation for the payment OF
persons employed in the care OF the smaller build
| ings and rented rooms. The balance is only
\
up 10 the 18th OF the present month AS these per
sons are very poor and their employment Is atso-
iuteiS necessary TO keep the public schools open it
Is reSpectfully submitted that the matter be pre-
sented 10 Congress with request TO appropriate
| the deficiency Congress failed To appropriate the
amount estimated Tor and shown to be necessary
| The SUM required 10 pay tue 1anitOrs for their
services 10 the end OF the present fiscal year at the
rates nXed ID the act OF Congress making appro-
prlatlos Tor the current year is estimated at
An application for a teachers position was re-
ceived from Miss Lydia HinlIian.
STANDARD TIME ADOPTED.
resolution. offered by Mr. Baum, THAT the new
standard OF time be adopted and used by the pub
| lie schools of the District OF Columbia from and
| after this date, was adopted.
Mr Smith offered resolution, which was
adopted. calling attention OF the Commissioners to
The TeDor OF Inspector Entwisle as to the danger
and respectfully urging that steps taken to place
the building IN condition OF safety. Mr.. Smith re-
marked that the propreIOrS OF various halls and
public places had been required TO alter their stair
ways and entrances in accordance with the recon-
! meniation OF the Inspector The reports OF the
superinteEdentS for the month OF january showed
! that the whole number OF pupils enrolled was
1884; average daily attendance q 1863 and num-
| Der vi teachers employed 525
AN OLD MAN DROwNED.-This morning Mr. VIM
| BrackhaSen, manufacturer OF saddles and harness
| No &54 eth street northwest, after getting at
police headq quarters u description OF the drowned
man mentioned in Yesterday STAR and his CLOTH
Ing caihe 10 the conclusion that the deceased was
! ''eorge cooper, an old man who came here
| from Brooklyn, New York. November 18th,
having walked all the way. and went to
| work in his (Brackhagen'Sl shop on the 18th
November. He was Is years old, and worked until
| the 2ith OF the same month"; when lie received his
pay and went out In the afternoon, and after
Wards showed himself at the shop. Mr.. b. states
| that he made no special Inquiry about him. sup
posing him 10 be not altogether right In his mild
and that he had determined TO tramp further
W nile The Old man was with him he learned that
/ lie had separated from his wife. whom he left in
t BrooIyll, also a son In the dry goods business.
1 hat uta y1t1tH
| the toopers In brooklyn and communicate with
| theIn- Cooper was buried yesterday In potters
| Held no one having identified him.
RELEASED FROM JAIL ON HIS Personal RECoG-
| NKANCE--The case or Robert Wilson, Indicted
| Tor rape on his step-daughter, Annie NJ. Wilson on
l1ecelncer 2d last was called to the attention OF
the court by Mr. Taggart assistant district
! attorney, this morning. He stated that the GOV
trhiIrnl had made efforts to secure the attendance
OF Tie prosecuting witness without success and he
hai learned from her mother that she had left
Nome alid she {the motherJ did not know her
| whereabouts. lnder these circumstances he was
unwilling 10 keep Wilson longer In tail and would
T TIM nr 10 hs fsisae on MS PERSONAL
| prisoner entered into personal bonds IN $500.
A HIGH PRICE FOR WooDCOCK Richard l.
hoiApooh, poultry dealer ILL the Center market
was put ON trlil IN The Police Court this morning
charged with having In his possession fifteen wood.
COCKS After hearing the testimony, the court said
| that thln was one VI The hard Cases that come
Within The law and imposed iine OF 81 apiece or
so In all NJ Thompson then asked the court
what was TO be done with the birds. The court
thought that they ought To go the defendant as
| Ne had paid - apiece iOr them, which Was rather
| DEAR "But Mr. Darlington took The BIRDS" said
| Nr thompson The court had no more TO say but
sliillcd Mr. Darlington Toasted on the birds Sun
day morning. The case against Jas. f. Brown
VINO killed the birds Ia Mary land, dismissed
RAID on BAwDY HoCsE-SOme time ago Mr.
Ci toWnley OF us u street southwest, COMP aimed
at the NTH precinct station house that his brother
Ii-i0tw had deserted his wife and children and gone
10 I'VE with Ainerlc5 Murray, at No. 1909 T. street
northwest Last night sergeant Heffner and al
officer went 10 the house with a special rai(in,
order and 1Ound evidence Of its bad character anu
arrested the proprleLreSS and several other per
SOILS II the Police Court this morning Americas
was nned $50 1or keeping II bawdy house young
HAL Iistiiitd George Meyers who lives with AmerI
Gus, ".ls required 10 give his personal bonds
| AN OBSTREPER0CS PRISONER.-LaSt night GeOrpf
smith, cOlOred while Intoxicated ran against Mr.
NJ /. hey, agent for tie 5. Y. Z. A., and turned
back and apOiOslzed- Mr.. Key handed him over u
ali officer. ana lac was locked up Ill the 9TH precinct
station house, where he maIiag ed to draw 4 stove
litter INTO his cell, and defaced the walls knocked
Out sSVera. br1chs ana bent the iron bars Judge
>ne,i this morning sentenced him TO thirty days tx
the workaou=e TOr Vasraucy, and fined him $40 OF
Thirty days Tor destroying the wallis in the station
house.
a RUNAWAY AcCIDENT.-YeSterday afternoon
| horse attached 10 a wagon owned by James Beilew
OF No al 1ln street northwest, became frightened
On 9TH and streets northwest, and its efforts t(