The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-17
JERMYN AND MAYFlELD.
Interesting Session of the School
Board-Destruction by Fire of a
Barn-sad Mine Acciuent.

Interesting Session Of the School
Board-Destruction by Fire Of
Barn-Sad Mine Acci.ent.
The school directors held a special |
meeting Tuesday evening to take ac-
ton on the exoneration list. A num- |
Der of taxpayers were exonerated from |
personal taxes. but when the list of |
widows was presented the question
was raised as to the legality of exon
Grating. A decision recently given in
Scranton was read, wherein it was de-
cided school boards had not the power
to exonerate from real estate. The
question was discussed fully and the
board appeared to be in a dilemma.
They finally took a charitable, il not
legal, view of the case, and decided to
act on the list as has been their Gus
tom in past years. A number were
exonerated in part, some in full, while
the remainder will have to pay. Presi-
dent Pritchard, on account of possi-
BILE inability to be present, declined the
invitation extended to him to present
the diplomas to the graduating class
at the commencement exercises and
the honor was unanimously conferred
upon Mr.. Hunter. William Benson,
resident of the Second ward, was pres
ent to complain of what he termed
the harsh, cruel and brutal conduct
of the principal of the schools in dis
ciplining his son, and he further denied
the right of the principal or any of the
teachers having any jurisdiction over
pupils after they had reached the out
side of the school building, the offense
the boy was whipped for having, he
claimed, been committed outside the
| building. The principal, who was
| present, was asked by the board to
give his version of the affair which
! he did and which put such a different
complexion on the affair that the
| board decided the bov deserved what
he received, and, Furthermore, the sec
| retary read a portion of the school
| laws to the parent in which 1t was
plainly shown Mr.. Benson's contention
about the teachers authority over the
| pupils outside the school building was
entirely wrong. Messrs. Morcom Ed
munds and Pritchard were appointed
visiting committee for the present
| month
At half past one o'clock yesterday
morning a barn at the rear of Michael
Furey's residence, on Main street, was
discovered on fire. the discovery hav-
ing been made by some members of
the Artesian Hose company. The COM
pany at once got their hose cart out
and were at the barn before the gen.
eral alarm was given. They succeed
ed in putting out the blaze: the con-
flagration, however, had rendered the
building worthless. The Crystal Fire
company also turned out and connected
their hose with the plug at the corner
of Main and Bacon streets, but their
services were not needed
Tuesday morning, Mike Crokdah, a
Hungarian laborer, was instantly killed
in the Delaware and Hudson collery
bya fall of fourteen-inch top coal while
barring out a piece of the four-foot
bench of coal. The accident happened
at Z o'clock, Just as the men were
starting wor. and in accordance with
their usual custom the men quit work
for the day and the colliery was idle.
The unfortunate man, who was 40
years of age, leaves a wife and six
children, who reside at Mayfield.
In accordance with the custom adopt
ed the past two years, the merchants
of the two boroughs will close their
stores from June to Oct. at o'clock
at nlSht, with the exception or Satur-
days, pay nights and the day after
pay. Those who have already agreed
to close are L. A. Green, C. D. Winter
& Company, Mrs. Rich, j. d. Stocker
& Company, j. j. Place, j. II. Wheeler
and II. Nj. Hart.
The funeral of Morris Powers the
young man killed at the quarry in
Nicholson, took place yesterday after
noon.
The child of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter De-
: pew, of West Mayfield, reported dead
in some of the papers, was still alive
last evening, the report being incor.
rect.
. Mr.. Moser, of the Scranton Times
was in town last evening hunting VI
the local politicians and interesting
: them in the candidacy of his friend
Attorney Lewis, for district attorney.
Street car No. 4, in charge of Motor.
man Cobb and Conductor hart, killed
a COW at Mayfield Monday evening
The women in the neighborhood of the
= accident We're much incensed, claim,
| ing ii was the crews fault and they
7 threatened to do the men bodily harm
E until the conductor, who is a specia
: policeman, showed his badge anC
threatened to arrest some of them.