The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-02-04


zatlon by the poor board yesterday.
but it resulted in deadlock Messrs.
Brooks and Langstaff each receiving
three votes for chairman. An adjourn
ment was made until next Friday
night, by which time, 1t is thought,
the existing vacancy will he filled and
the deciding vote at hand.
Mr.. Fuller was named as temporary
chairman, and upon taking his seat,
announced that the election of a per-
manent chairman was in order Mr..
Shotton named Mr.. Brooks, and Mr..
Murphy nominated Mr.. Langstaff.
Messrs. Langsaff, Paine and Shotton
voted for Mr.. Brooks. Messrs. Brooks,
Murphy and Fuller voted for Mr. Lang
staff. mo election" was declared, AMI
the routine business was proceeded
with under the temporary organiza-
tion.
Twenty-Five applicants for relief were
heard. Nearly all of them were from
the South Side district, formerly
looked after by Mr.. Terppe.
After Mr.. Terppe's retirement the
board decided to give his district q
general overhauling, and with that end
| in view had the secretary notify all
recipients of outdoor relief in the South
Side district to appear before the board
yesterday. Not all of them responded,
| but out of the eighteen who did come.
six We're adjudged undeserving of fur
| ther assistance and had their alliev-
ances discontinued.
MADE CAREFUL INVESTIGATION.
The board arrived at it's judgment
| in these cases from reports made by
| Secretary Langstaff, after personal in
| vestigationS, from statements submit
I ted by Mr. Terppe and from the appli-
| cants' answers to the questions with
which they were piled when they came
! before the board. In twenty-one of the
! twenty-five cases the petitioners were
widows.
| An Informal census of the district
showed that at present there are
| POS parties receiving outdoor relief.
Mr.. Fuller has IL cases; Mr.. Lang
staff, 3; DR.. Paine, 46; Mr.. Brooks, 12;
Mr.. Shotton, 20: Mr.. Murphy, 2S, and
on the South Side, rs.
one of the new supplicants for aid
was Mrs. Adolph Bender, of Little
England whose husband was sent to
the county Jail for six months for SELL
ing liquor without a license. 1t was
at her house Peter Meyer, the victim
of Joseph Keller, boarded.
The matter of the habeas corpus pro-
ceedings in the Branda case was
brought to the attention of the board
by superintendent Beemer, and the
boards solicitor, John f. Scragg, was
instructed to attend the hearing today
| hn HiCtr nj gte
Superintendent Beemer reported hav-
ing accepted six insane patients from
Luzerne county. and one from Susque-
| hanna.
Adam Meisel, of 1S1 Prospect ave-
nue., appeared before the board with q
proposition to take some woman from
the poor farm, give her a trial al
housekeeping, and if she suits-and is
willing-marry her. He is 45 years OF
age and a widower with five children
Superintendent Beemer thought he
would be able to fix him up" all right
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
The report of Superintendent Beemer
for January was as follows: Number
of inmates in the house Dec. 81, 1895
443; number admitted during the
month, "a; NUMBER dlScnarBeu, 20
number remaining, 442 OF these is!
are sane, 1913 males and Sc females
There are 253 in the insane depart
ment, of whom 126 are males, and 12i
females.
DR.. Murphy, of the Dunmore district
reported having made 72 visits. He
was the only outdoor physician tC
make report. This brought from DR.
Paine a motion instructing the secre
tary to notify the outdoor physicians
that the board expected them to sub
NIT monthly reports.