The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-08

Vertable tramps, others are possibly
deserving, but the most of them are
at least questionable. If he granted
all demands OF this nature made upon
him, he would spend $4,000 a year.
one of the applicants was Edward
Belmont, of Kensington, ILL., His
home and restaurant were burned
down. and with only few dollars in
his pocket, he started for Scranton
with his wife and aged parents, in
tending to open up a quick lunch eat
ing house here. He went to Allentown
first and then came on here with 80 in
his pocket. Yesterday he had all his
money spent, with the exception of SO
cents, and as he did not want to con-
tract a bill which he could not pay,
took his wife and parents out of She
hotel where they had been stopping,
and established them in the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western station
while he went out looking for help.
WAS GIVEN HELP.
Mr.. Fuller on Thursday had declined
to help him and advised him to go be-
fore the board He was the first to
enter when the door was opened to
the applicants, and he proceeded at
once to put up a fight for transpOrta-
tion to New York. After about ten
minutes Of questioning and argument
he came out on top, and with an order
for four tickets in his hand he hast
ened out to get his party aboard the
1888 vestibuled train for New York.
Next came John Larson, who drifted
in here looking for work. He wanted
to be sent back to his home in ClcVe-
land, O. After sizing up his six-foot-
one of pronounced ruggedness and
contemplating the excellent condition
of the highways, the board told him
to take himself off.
Bridget Malta, of Cedar avenue,
wanted to be sent to Warren, Pa, 20
her daughter, who would support her
If she could get out there. The board
told her she might stay at the Hillside
| Home until such time as her daugh-
| ter was able to send for her. She ac-
| ccDted the offer.
Ann Cannon, Of the West Side, an
| unmarried woman with two children
wanted to be sent back to England
| but the board, which has already cared
| for her on two occasions, refused heI
| request.
WANTS HER CHILDREN AGAIN.
Ellen Baskerville of Theodore street
! came before the board with a demand
| for her four children who were linden
! tured to ST. Patrick's Orphanage and
| st. JOseph's Founding home, while
/ she and her husband We're in the coun-
| ty Jail doing thirty days for drunken.
ness and lighting The board said she
| couldn't have them and she went away
seeming not to care a great deal.
Under the head of reports of direc.
tors, Mr.. Shotten announced that hC
had to call an outside physician L
care for a case which DR.. Williams
the boards outdoor physician, said III
hadn't time to attend. He was MOI
making the report in the nature Of 6
complaint, but merely that he might
| have the board ratify his action Hi.
action was ratified without any discus
sion.
Overseer Lotus, Of Fell township
appeared before the board with the re
quest that it take as boarders thre,
paupers of his district They have NJ
poor house in the township and i
would be cheaper, he thought, to pay
than to pay for their keeping at som,
of the citizens houses in the township
as would be necessary if the boarC
would not accept them. 1t was decid
ed to accept them, and the charges
| were left TO the home committee.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES REPORT.
Superintendent Beemer reported tha
there were 800 inmates at the farm
| May 1, Of which number l5S were pau
pers. During the month five were ad
mitted and twenty discharged
Resident Physician Strang reported
1917 patients in the asylum April /
There We're IS admitted during tn
month and died, leaving 21l remain
ing, May /. The total number of pa
tients treated during the month wa
4S3, Of which 2G7 were sane and n
insane.