The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-08

cer--Dr. Paine Made President.
They Had Caucus.
The board of health reorganized last
night by electing DIR. w. A. Paine
chairman, Attorney Robert j. Murray,
secretary, and re-electing DIR. w. Il.
Allen health officer. Henry Lotus was
deposed from the position of crematory
superintendent, David o. Williams, the
assistant superintendent, was promot-
ed to the superintendency and James
White, of Providence, was appointed
to fill the vacancy caused by the pro-
motion.
The five members of the board, Pres
ident NJ. j. Kelly, Henry Zeigler, DR..
w. A. Paine, Dr. j. X. Bentley and
Attorney George S. Horn, assembled
at 7.45 o'clock, and by ypre-arrangement
entered into caucus in the boards pr-
Nate office. A few minutes after
o'clock they returned and proceeded
forthwith to finish up the routine busi-
ness of their fiscal year.
When adjournment had been made
sine die, DR.. Paine was selected to
act as temporary chairman, and then,
on motion of Mr.. Ziegler, seconded by
Mr.. Kelly, he was unanimously chosen
president
The salaries of all officers and en-
ployes were, on motion of DR.. Bentley
fixed at the same figure as last year.
and then the selecting of these Of
tlcers was proceeded with. DR.. Bentley
seconded by Mr.. Kelly, nominated Dr."
Allen for health officer, and he was
unanimously chosen. Mr.. Horn nomin-
n cd u oh Go,
There were no other nominations, and
his election was made unanimous.
MR.. LOTUS REMOVED.
DR.. Bentley then sprung the sur
prise of the evening by moving to de-
clare the position of crematory super
intendent vacant. The motion was car
ried, a dissenting voice being heard,
and then, on motion of Mr.. Kelly,
David o, Williams, the assistant sup
erintendent, was promoted to the posi-
ton vacated and James White, of
Providence, was named to fill vacancy
created by the assistant superintend-
ent's promotion.
Mr.. Lotus, after recovering from his
surprise walked over to the presidents
table and facing the members calmly,
but firmly challenged the board to show
cause that he had been discharged for
anything but politics. Il was dis
charged once before in &c." said the
doughty old soldier land / am proud
of it. Considering the reason of my
discharge now, l will say / am also
proud of this discharge. What i did
to offend the powers that be, I'll do
over again, if l was to be discharged
every day for it. That's my little
piece, gentlemen"
No one deigned to make any reply
to the challenge.
Mr. Murray, the new secretary, was
called in from the corridor, and after
being introduced by Mr.. Horn, made a
brief speech of thanks. The retiring
secretary, Attorney walter Briggs,
shocks hands cordially with his success
sor, and proceeded to turn over the
keys and books. Mr.. Murray has not
decided as yet whether or not he will
give his personal attention to the office
or engage a clerk, as has been the
custom of late.
According to Secretary Briggs re-
port for June there We're 16G deaths,
ia births and 55 marriages. OF the 154
contagious diseases reported Sc were
diphtheria, sc measles and l2 scarlet
fever There We're 10 deaths from diph-
iberia and from measles.
EPIDEMIC HAS DIED OUT.
DR.. Allen in his report called atten-
ton to the fact that the measles epi-
demic had virtually died out, and
among a number of other suggestions
advised that steps be taken to abate
the nuisance caused by the lodgment of
waste water from Dunmore in the field
diagonally across from the county Jail.
The secretary and health officer were
instructed to communicate with the
Dunmore health officer regarding the
nuisaEce.
Food Inspector Cullen reported hav-
ing confiscated $50 pounds of beef $50
pounds of fish, 5 barrels of pine apples,
10 barrels Of vegetables, 12 lunches of
bananas and 40 quarts of milk.
Superintendent Lotus reported that
the crematory had consumed 1916 bar
rels of refuse, dogs, s cats and 0
calves with "a tons of coal. In June,
1896 1854 barrels were consumed. The
decrease this year was explained by the
fact that the month of June was much
cooler than the corresponding month of
last year.
An anonymous communication COM
planning of one Frank COrnawiski, of
1905 Cedar avenue, who is alleged to be
practicing medicine without a diploma,
was referred to District Attorney
Jones.
The resolution of councils requesting
the board of health to omit from it's
annual report the birth statistics until
such time as they could be gathered
with some degree of accuracy was not
received with the best of grace. DIR.
Bentley wanted the councils to under
stand that the board of health is col
Letting those statistics as best it can
but can never expect to get accurate
returns as long as lay obstebrlcians are
allowed 60 practice
The date for the annual inspection of
the water supply was LETT 10 the discre-
tion of the health officer.
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