New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-19
THE MAYORS SCHOOL BOARD
EIGHT COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED.

MI HUNT SUCCEEDS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ALSO
NAMED.
The appointment Of eight Commissioners Of Public
Schools and Of eight school Inspectors announced
by Acting Mayor John III. V. Arnold yesterday TIE
commissions had beer signed By Mayor Grant pre-
vious 10 his European departure but to forbid pos
sibillty Of legal complcationsH Acting Mayor Ar
mold put II. he took the prccaution OF ccuncIsghhS
them. The following were appointed School Coin'
missioner for three years from January next
john /, \, Hunt reappotntcd.
Thaddeus Moriafty, reappoined.
Miles, VI. o'Brien, rcappeinted.
Adolph l.. sanger. reappointed.
Charles - Nch:um, IN place OF EDWARD % "a lam
sen.
SCHUYLER Crosby In place Of DR.. Edward II. Peaslee
Charles H. Knox IT, place of Mrs. Sarah il. Powell.
Isaac A. Hopper was appointed In place OF DaVld
n. King IT, resigned team to expire January l. io''.
The School Inspectors are a. follows, all except
three appointed to fiji vacancies, being ior 'nrVo
years term: e.. ~,
FIRST Distric.-James j. Walsh. NO. 70 Oity ho'
Place, reappoiuted; second pstrict-fmhP hoP ~,
xhansen No 81 C.nnon-st, reappointed Ihiid Dis-
tr,ct-Oliver r. Stout, No. ESQ West foaruEs~' to
appointed; Fourth Dstrict-benlamn biumehuhai' w.
B37 East Fourth-st., reapponted' flith D's"i''
Thomas q. Barry, No. Al Clinton Place, IN pace !"
Wuayn Wilmer; sixth Dlstrict-August sehuinacher'
No 437 West Thirty seventhst, in place OF John Mul
uxan: seventh Die tr4ct-Dr g. +. Jackson NO eo2
west one-hundred- and-f fifty -thrd-st reappointeu'
Eighth Dstrict-Dr James 7. DAILY, NO. ooo h"s' Wv"
hundred and afueth-st., reappointed
The notable features In these appointments are inc
Mayors Discrimination TO Ieappoint woman 10 "io
office as shown in his selection OF Charles H. hhoA "
take the place of Mrs sarah II. Powell and his pc
cular action in putting In the Board Ex-Governor
schuyler Crosby, formerly Of Montana BON appo"'
ments are looked upon as Significant. Inc nc" meih,
beys Of the Board OF Education are MeSsrs' hhoA anu
m paa Ice II.
Wehrm who is Mr.. Tamsen's successor, and Isaac A.
HOMER WHO takes Mr. Kings place. MI Knox Is
LAWYER and a decided adhcrent Of Tammany, ana lives
at No. 751 Madison-ave. Like Mr. King, MI Hopper
Is a builder. lie is a member Of the Iainihhy nan
General Committee in the XNllld Assembly Dis"l0''
He built the Carnegie Music Hail. in West FLY seVehu
ST.. the sth Regiment Armory, the Montehofe ioihe
and other buildings Of note. Mr.. Hopper lives al NO
1853 West one hundred sndtwe ty-Secondst.
Ex-Governor Crosby il descendant of General Phllp
Schuyler, Of Revolutionary fame great GRANDSON VI
William Floyd and was nephew OF the late Dr. HOW
ard Crosby. lie served in the Army curihe tle OiNh
War and aiterwad became friend and warm partisan
n, President Arthur President Grant made him unted
States Consul at Florence and In 1876 he received lto
Congress n 90 medal saving the life OF Miss May
I'm the catastrophe TO Commodore farmers yacn'' 'no
Mohawk Tie Yacht was overturned III suaueh saio
I'm The lower bay, and its owner, ms we anu ''o
Iaters brother lost their lives. Mr. Crosby refused
Eosber brave sailor WHO had risked his HE 10 save
Others in the Mohawk disaster
When President Arthur assumed the Executive ONCE
he appointed Mr. Crosby Governor of the TERRITORY VI
Montana and sfterward First Assistant Postmaster
General Mr. Crosby was recently plainth In SUIT
brought against Russell Harrison, son OF the PRESIDENT
The suit was based upon certain charges hauo III
aThe Helen. CNontana) Journal OF which MI; Har,
rison was proprietor, ana the phunIin U .saI
$500 600 damages. The never came 10 IT'LL
Charles g. Wehrum, who takes the seat an inc Dosiru
which the German friends of Commissioner hansen
were so anxious the latter should retain Is reuea
coal merchant and lives at No 315 k-st Iwehueo,sv:
He is an ardent Tammany man OF the Ky I'm AsnUiy
Distrct Professor J. L. V. Hunt who heads the iiet
Is president of the Board and Republican. fItSiuc'
Hunt zealousy defended the Tammany Guy soVern,
ment during the last campaign against Le ea "a
MT Fassett and the Republican party that thousahu'
~ children were unprovded with school acoohlhodi
lions Most Of the Inspectors appointed are lahaS
men The appointments announced yes'erVa3 w NV
increase the Catholic strength in the school boarus;,
Inc vacancy caused by Congress nai-eect Joseph %;
s.utlo's resignation not nlied Inc ITlenuS VI
AIT Hansen affected 10 believe YESTERDAY thaI aneie
was Wei a chance for him when the Mayor comes "
appoint Mr.. Lttle's successor.