The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-16
CHANGESAT
p0TTSVILLE
New Court House AppointeeS Assumed
Their Positions To-day.
WARDEN BROWER KICKS AGAIN
He will Not Recognize New jail Appoint
ments Made by the County Commits
sioners some Removed Clerks
Will Enter Suit to Recover
Salaries
Special HERALD Correspondence

Pottsville, May 16-The court house cor
ridor was the Mecca Of many prominent Re f.
publican workers to-day, and many new faces
were noticed in the Commissioners Office and
the docket clerks room Ii will be remem-
bered that shortly after the new County
Commissioners assumed office thcyannounCCd
a clean sweep of all employees under their
jurisdiction, including those employed at the
county prison. To-day was fixed as the time
for the new appOintees to assume their
duties, and they were all on hand this morn
ing.
All the old employees were faithful and
courteous, and their removal is simply the
turn Of the political wheel Of fortune-or
misfortune for them. John Lugan, Of Nlaha-
nOy City, docket clerk, is succeeded by T. r.
Williams, of Shenandoah; Bob Hciser, also
of Mahanoy City, the Controllers docket
clerk, retires in favor of Frank Ball, of that
town; Warrant Clerk Semmit, of Cressona,
is succeeded by Druggist S. c. Cummings, Of
Schuylkill Haven; Wesley Crone, of Donald
son, takes the job Of transcribing clerk held
by Charles Reed, of Pottsville; Samuel Losch,
of Pottsville, is the new stenographer and
typewriter in lieu of Frank Rentz Jr., of
Ashland; Major Wm. Clark Of Llewellyn
succeeds Janitor Morgan Jones, of Cass
township; j. n. Sterner, Of Schuylkill Haven,
handles the mop formerly in charge Of
Assistant Janitor VIII Carter of st. Clair;
Charles Schneider, a Pottsyille Democrat,
will fire up the boilers now welded by
Jacob Lauderman, of Minersville; Cornelius
Meyer, a Schuylkill Haven Democrat, will be
die wacht am Rhein' by night at the court
house and Ed. Gormley, Of Pottsviile, va
Gates
Horace Rebor, the former chief clerk, is
now clerk, and Harry Bensinger, of Maha-
noy City, will seek pastures new, and Robert
| c. Green, the Pottsville jeweler, will wind
the court house clock, something W. Harry
Mortimer had been in the habit of doing
j. f. Zerbcy, brother of Editor J. II. Ierbey,
is the new chief clerk, while II. O. Bechtel
has been looking after the legal end for sew
eral weeks in place of Charles E. Berger
The Commissioners also announced these
changes at the prison Frank Moore, Of
| Pottsvlle, as deputy warden, in place of
George Seiders; Harry Hill, Of Schuylkill
| Haven, as turnkey; Simon Straub, Of Ash
land Isaac Jones and George Owens, of
Pottsville, as prison watchmen, succeeding
Charles Beuchley and William Williams.
The Commissioners, learning that Warden
Brewer had instructed the employees under
him not to relinquish their positions nor give
up the keys, have notified Brewer of the APP
pOintments made by them, and requested
him to dismiss the men now under him on
the 10th inst. to-day and confirm the new
appOintees. This the Warden refused to do.
Charges, it will be remembered, were pre-
ferred against Warden Brewer by private
detective and the Commissioners have re-
ferred these charges together with a recon-
mendation for the appointment Of c. d
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Judges Of the court.
Several of the deposed clerks this morning
called upon the Commissioners in referenc
to their removal, but most Of them re
t luctantly handed over the keys. 1t is in
timated that at least two OF three of the de
posed clerks have retained counsel to test tn
legality of their removal. From auothe
source it is learned that they merely made
demand for a full months pay.
Three Of the outgoing Commissioners
clerks, Harry Bensinger, cf Mahanoy City
= Frank Rentz, of Ashland and Frank Sem
nit of Cressona, refused to accept pay 70
first two weeks of this month this morning
They demanded pay for "A full month Thi
was refused and they retained Vim. A. Mari
Esq, to collect the amounts demanded.
$ T. j. Mullahy was appointed guardian q
II James, Edward and Joseph, minor childre
of the late Z. F. Gallagher, of Shenandoah
In the case of Justyna Szydlowski the rul
S to release the bond in the sun Of $1,000 an
g have a new bond filed was discharged.
c. d. Arters filed his bond as Prise
Warden and asked the court to approve it,
A petition was filed asking the appoin
ment of William O'Brien as Assessor
Jacksons vice Philip Brien, who has gol
to the war.
The new appointees at the Jail did not a
l. sumo their positions, for the very go
le reason the old ones would not retire. 1t W
10 require the decision of the court to straight,
out this tangle.
George Walker, former deputy in Il
Controllers office under Severn, is again {
special duty there. He will succeed And
Gloss on the first of the month. Depui
. Payne will be retained at least for the presen
CIVIL COURT.
The two weeks term of civil court open'
this morning with Judges Bechtel and Ko,
in on the bench. The list of cases for the shO
and long causes were gone over, and maI
were MAJ ked continued Judge Bechtel "a
10 nounced that motions would be heard ne
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