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is strengthened by Section 536.
while the following, taken from
the latter part of Section 537, tells
in what manner trustees shall be
elected:
And all of SAID trustees herein
mentioned shall possess the quail
itications of any elector in said
district, and shall be elected by
ballot, and the name of each cleo
tor voting for trustee shall be re-
corded by the secretary of the
meeting, and such record shall be
filed with the district clerk
Every n in the room was al
lowed to vote in the free and easy
manner adopted by the chairman.
Mr.. Moore, who, being a lawyer,
was supposed TO know the law.
There was a ballot cast by one
young lady who is under Is years
of age. That, of itself. would in
validate the election.
No one objects to the men de-
clared elected. They are good
and true men and would no doubt
serve the district well. but the
people of the district do object to
a packed meeting and to irregular
proceedings when it to so
important a matter as the selec-
ton of a trustee. Unless the trus-
tee is legally elected all his acts
as a member of the school board
would he illegal and that is what
the people object to. If the chair
man of the meeting had listened
to Mr. Jensen that part of the
proceedings would have been le-
gal also, as there is no doubt but
what the rest of the proceedings
of the meeting were legal.
, 1902-05-08
soalded by Hot Water.

Edward, the six year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Kenna-
day. got badly scalded a few days
ago. One of the men had started
toward the door with a dipper of
hot water when the child came
in and the dipper struck his chin,
pouring the scalding contents
down his neck and breast.
They tore the clothing away from
his breast as quickly as possible
but the water burned a large blist-
err. The little fellow is doing wei
and no serious consequences vii
follow beyond an ugly scar on his
breast.
, 1902-05-08

one OF the prettiest green houses
IN the country. She intends to
keep plants and flowers for sale
and vii also, on special occasions.
order cut flowers from Denver for
all who may wish them.
Among the plants now on hand
are several American Beauty
roses, palm, fuchias, carnations
etc. Within n month it will amp
~ repay anyone to make her
place "A visit and she wishes it un.
derstood that all visitors are vel
come.
, 1902-05-08
Sunday Afternoon Band Concert.

Sunday afternoon the Saratoga
Brass Band will give n public
concert in full uniform. They will
assemble at the Club House and,
after playing several pieces, will
adjourn to the Hotel Wolf, where
the concert will be continued
The band boys r very proficient,
are a fine lot of fellows and Sara
toga is justly proud of their prof
cheney, Their leader John Taaffe,
says they intend to make these
Sunday concerts a regular thing
hereafter.
, 1902-05-08
PRICE FIVE CENTS.

cessful and still others have tried
valiantly to lure the willy trout
from his lair, but without
Prehaps they did not spit on the
bait, or it may not have been of
the particular vintage that the
trout were using this year. Trout
are very abundant this year and
there is no doubt but what the
fishing will be good this coming
season.
, 1902-05-08
Mrs, Bakers Conservatory.

George O.. Baker has recently
had "A green house constructed for
his wife at their residence, in the
dlenroy addition. Mrs. Baker is
very fond of flowers and delights
III their culture and she has al
ready "A large number of flowers
ana plants installed in the new
"O'lding and they are doing fine,
~ She also has a number oil
pants Of the harder variety, now
"" The road from Denver, which
4,e expected every day. Wher
'He last lot arrives she will have
, 1902-05-08
Trout Fishing.

Trout fishing has been in full
blast here since the LIST of May up
until the rising waters of the riv.
err got SO muddy that the fish
would not rise to II fly. Rev.
Huntington was the first angler in
the field, Hs he has been for many
years and, as usual, got his fish
Others have been moderately sue
, 1902-05-08
Mayor Clemmons' Business Methods.

Mayor Clemmons in his desire
to benefit the people of the town
and the surrounding country is
trying to organize a Drug Trust.
He is not satisfied in charging %
per cent. more for goods this year
than last but is very anxious to
stamp out competition.
This is one of his democratic
business ideas and all for the good
of the people. TAX PAYER;
, 1902-05-08

Now hat the franchise for elect
ric light has been granted by the
city mayor and coucil we would
respectfully ask them to answer the
following questions:
l. Why did they not consult
the people and tax payers before
passing this important ordinance?
2. After passing it. when n
meeting of citizens and tax payers
III. l.. Kuykendall and c. p.
Clemmons being present. remon
strated, and protested that il was
not right TO tie the city up for
twenty-five years at seven-hund-
red and forty-four dollars per an-
mum, for four are lights, which
lights they considered to be an I'M
necessary expense, why did HI. L..
kuykendall agree at that meeting
in the presence of not less than Is
persons, to withdraw the fran.
chIse, if he had not decided that
the people were opposed to the
granting of such franchise?
Mr.. McSperen, who. ms an agent
sent to Saratoga to investigate
this franchise, told several respon-
sible men, that at Steamboat
Springs, where a similar franchise
was presented TO that city for con
%sideration, the city refused to tie
itself up for fifteen or twenty-five
years for ANY amount. Mr.. Me-
Speren then stated that the fran
chise was changed to read FOR ONE
YEAR ONLY. The city then grant
ed the franchise, and the plant was
put in by the company. We ask
why did not our city mayor and
council try TO make this kind of
an agreement for our city?
We ask our citizens to stop one
moment and figure what this fran
chise means Twenty-Five years
at twenty-five times seven humid
red and forty-four dollars is eight
cen thousand, six hundred dollars.
BY adding compound interest to
this it would amount to over thirty
thousand dollars in the twenty
five years; more than enough to
pay for IA system of water works
for the town.
The arc lights might be pretty
10 look at, but do we need them AT
this time? Do we not need a sys-
TEN of water works first?
AS WE have already stated, by
making this seven hundred and
forty.four dollars yearly a sinking
fund III IL city treasury. at the
end Of twenty-five years it would
more than pay twenty-five thous-
sud dollar water bonds, which we
could vote at this time and have
the system put in at once and
without delay.
CITIZEN.
, 1902-05-08

Our mayor seems to take n great
deal of interest in school elections.
We wonder if he will pass the hat
for ballots next Tuesday.
, 1902-05-08

temporary under the heading of
&C. F. Hoel's Address" THAT
there are more Republicans, two
to one in the Peoples Party than
there is in the Republican Party
must make the Peoples Party
candidates feel very comfortable
as If this be the case their election
is certain, sure and safe, but the
next time Mr.. Hoel permits his
name to be used in a cast of this
kind we would recommend him to
write his remarks himself, as we
cannot believe that he is the au-
thor of this address"
Further on our courteous con-
temporary seems to have his ten
der feelings greatly narrowed and
is quite piteous in his walls that
Mr.. Maxfield has a son-in-law who
is County clerk, that c. E. Jensen
iiuS tiotLltI WHO 10 u L OstIlHSUeT
and still worse that we not con-
tent with being U. S. Commits
sioner also aspire to the office of
Town Attorney, which is certain
y news to us as well as to our
friends. What we shall do is to
stay with the Republican Party,
which party we have always en-.
deavored to faithfully serve.
The decency of abiding to our
being a pensioner of the United
States for faithful service with
the Army of the Republic in up
holding our country, we leave to
the consideration of the people.
1t would seem that every pusillani.
nous pencil pusher in thecountry.
who tries to he particularly cut
ting and sarcastic, has to make
some slurring allusion to our pen
sion, always taking care to exag-
gerate the amount.
Our contemporary seems deep
ly aggrieved at the idea that J. d.
G. Kruger should be mentioned
as a probable Treasurer, though
we will give him the credit of
seeming more troubled over the
=
thought that Mr.. Kruger is draw
ing n salary as Cashier of the
Bank. We may say that Mr..
Kruger has no more idea of being
Town Treasurer than he has of
being an angel, that is at present,
although we have personally but
little doubt but that he will OBJ
tain the latter distinction later on.
The editor of our courteous con-
temporary further complains,
why not select someone who is
not already a member of an Office
holding family" OF course no
m would imagine that our editor
would accept any Office himself
but makes this piteous appeal
from a most unseltish motive.
We notice in another column
some Extracts from the address
of Judge f. l.. Blood to the Con.
vention." These Extracts do
not breathe the same spirit which
the Judge seems TO have been i'm
bued with when he made another
address on the occasion of the
banquet given at the opening of
the new Ferris Hotel in Rawlius
when he said, when he was what
is generally known rs ''taffying
the Rawlins citizens" that Sara
toga even had to 20 to Rawlins
for its Mayor" Knowing Judge
Blood as we do we could hardly
have believed him to have been so
unpatriotic as to have uttered
such a sentiment.
The last extract from Judge
Blood's address states. "The
DEMOCRATS of the town and the
present Administration are de-
nounced ms being sectional, injur-
ious to the public credit, destruc-
tive to business enterprise and
full of grammatical and typo
graphical mistakes,"-Just so.
, 1902-05-08
ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING.
Considerable Business Transacted 81, 900
Special Tax Voted and s. 1000 Appro-
priated for the Teachers Fund-Action
in Regard to Election Of Trustees Tile
gal.

At about 2:3O p. m, on Mon.
day a number of persons had
gathered at the school house fo1
the annual school meeting. the
meeting having been called for
200 p. m.
1t a suggested by several
that through the non-appearance
of j. ID. c. Kruger, president of
the board. that Gus. Jensen call
the meeting to order. Mr.. Jen-
sen stated to the meeting that
Mr.. Kruger had just advised him
that he could not appear until
300 p. m. 1t was also stated by
Mr.. Jensen that Mr.. Kruger no
doubt had notice of call for meet
ing and would read it on his ar
rival. 1t was then stated by Mr..
Moore and Mr.. Clemmons that
the reading of the call could be
dispensed with. This was OBJ
jected to by Mr.. Jensen.
Mr.. Jensen was then ordered to
call the meeting to order, which
he did. by requesting the election
of a chairman. Mr.. Jensen acting
as clerk instead of John Johnston.
district clerk.
NJ. b. Moore was made chair
man The minutes of the last an
nual meeting were then read and
approved. The ~treasurcrs report
was read and approved.
Moved that the chairman APP
point n committee of three to ex-
anime the treasurer's report. A
motion was then made that a spec
ial tax of $1,000 be voted, which
was seconded and carried.
Nominations for officers were
then made as follows: John
Johnston, three year term, a. NJ.
Sears. three year term; +. l..
Blood, one year term; John ID. c..
Kruger, one year term. The NOM
nations being closed, the chair
man announced that those present
should prepare their ballots,
which was done by everybody
present and the ballots were de
posted in hats which were passed
around, through the crowd. Mr..
Jensen being the only member of
the board present, objected to this
way of voting, stating that only
qualified voters and electors could
vote: also that "A record should be
made by the clerk of the name of
each elector voting. This Mr..
Moore, the chairman objected to,
asking Mr.. Jensen's authority for
such proceedings. MIR. Jensen
stated that this was required by
law. and that the record should
he kept of each elector and filed
with the district clerk, Mr.. Moore
then stated that he knew of no
such law. As already stated votes
were then gathered up in hats
throughout the audience and bal,
lots SO taken counted as follows:
John Johnston, s; a. NJ. Sears,
"a: John ID. G. Kruger, s; l.. L..
Blood, %. Short term, one year,
John Johnston, =; John D., c..
Kruger, long term. 2.
Motion was then made that the
teachers fund for the coming
wear be $1,000, which carried.
Chairman then appointed f. n.
Larsen, c. p. Clemmons and Fred
G.. Wolf TO examine treasurers' re-
port. Meeting then adjourned.
The action OF the meeting IN
3 the election of trustees is clearly
illegal and, as the matter has been
= referred to Miss Gertrude Nj.
; Huntington, County Superintend-
cnl of Schools, there is nc doubt
but what she will have TO order Il
( new election to remedy the bIund.
v er.
j Section 533 of the Revised Stat
a utes tells what the qualification
, 1902-05-08
POLITICAL POINTERS.

Shall | be next Town Attorney.
And quote municipal law?
Shall | guide the corporation?
Quoth the voter:
Never Moore
, 1902-05-08
The man with a ''pull'-Our
Town Clerk and Dentist.

We were amused, although at
the same time panied, at the
Statement (sic) by the ''Peo.
pies Party" as it appears in the
columns of our courteous contem-
porary, and which we are admon-
ished to Read Carefully, Study
Thoroughly, Then Vote the Tick
ct" We have endeavored to com
ply with the request so far as read
ing and studying is concerned.
but the more we study it the more
complicated the Statement" ap-
pears. The first thing that is
forced upon our notice, and what
seems to be the principal want of
the Peoples Party" is a few les
ons in elementary English com
position, especially with regard to
punctuation and grammatical con-
struction. The next time the
writer of this Statement feels
called upon to write for the public
benefit let him commence with a
full stop and not attempt to 90
further, and thus save his own
reputation for wisdom and assist
his party by his silent eloquence.
We imagine that the "worthy
persons who needed the work"
would be delighted to find that in
stead of earning their money, the
contract was given them in a char
liable spirit and to assist them in
getting over what might other
wise have beeh hard times" We
feel we are only doing what the
worthy citizens" will thank us
for when we express for them the
gratitude they feel for this timely
assistance.
In the next paragraph the auth
or of this Statement seems to
be quite astonished that 'the town
has been peaceable, orderly and
quiet; that We have had no fights,
brawls or disturbances; no thefts,
burglaries. assaults or gun plays"
From this we take it that the writ
er of the Statement is either a
stranger, or else a new conner, as
We have lived here for the last
twenty years and have yet TO see
any of these little eccentricities,
though at the same time we feel
sorry that the perpetrator of this
statement" should miss the mild
excitement to which he has been
hitherto accustomed.
We find that matters of grave
and lasting Importance to the peo-
Pile have been before the Council
III ut'cl Idti anu Sttlittiltul,
but we do not find that anything
in particular has been determined
or settled, but that on the con-
trary there seems to have been a
confused notion among some of
the members Of the Council that
something of great Importance was
before them with regard to water
supply and electric lighting, which
something becomes confusion twice
COMPOUNDED i'll the Statement
We are glad to find in the next
paragraph that during the past
year the different departments Of
the municipal government have
been attended to with promptness
and dispatch" This is very pleas
ant news and we congratulate the
Peoples Party" in having so eff
fcient a trumpeter as the author
of the Statement even il he does
blow II false note once in a while.
The rest of the Statement is
taken mp by the usual appeals,
promises and pledges with which
we are all SO familiar, and we trust
that the candidates 80 ably spoken
for in the statement" will obtain
their full deserts in the coming
election, and we feel that they
have fully deserved the second
place,
The statement published in an
, 1902-05-08

Binks.-"I hear the Peoples
Party is in a hole"
Jinks.-"I don't know about
that but there is certainly a Hoel
In the Peoples Party
, 1902-05-08
why?

Some Pertinent Remarks Concerning
the Electric Light Franchise and
Some Questions it Would be Well to
Have Answered.
New-York tribune., 1902-06-19
FOUND SEVEN POOLROOMS.
CITIZENS UNION ALSO MADE OTHER
STARTLING DISCOVERIES.

1t was learned yesterday that considerable
part of the material which was to be presented
in the report OF the trustees Of the City Club last
night furnished by the Citizens Union Many
members Of the City Club also members of
the Citizens Union. and the two bodies have
worked together in the investigation that has
been made.
The results of the Citizens Union investigation
Of conditions IN police precincts on the East Side
are startling It developed in the course of the
investigation that wires resting on the Citizens
Union Headquarters at No. 81 Union Square
East were carrying poolroom tips In the ter
ritory bounded by Irving Place, Fourth-aye.'
Union Square East and Fourteenth and Nine
teenth SITS. seven poolrooms were discovered in
operation not a fortnight ago, and fourteen
Raines law hotels were used for immoral pur-
poses. This just before the grand shakeup
and transfer.
The cause Of the Unions investigation was the
statement made at City Committee meeting
last February by Mayer Schoenfeld. James B.
Reynolds lieutenant in the With Assembly
District, that conditions on the East Side ware
worse than in the old Red Light days. While
the members of the Union did not believe this,
they determined TO investigate, and directed the
East Side district chairmen to call their execu-
tive committees together and begin an inquiry.
The evidence obtained by the Unions members
showed four hundred instances of violation
and neglect on the part of police officials. Tbs
evidence was put into affidavit form and placed
in the hands of the District Attorney. 1t consti-
tutes considerable share Of his evidence in the
Churchill case. Only the transfer of the captain
in the district in which the Unions headquarters
IS situated prevented the preferring Of charges
there.
The Union is not attacking the administra-
ton seeking to criticise the Police Depart
ment'' said an East Side leader The Union
is simply seeking to strengthen its hands, TO
help in improving the conditions in the city and
Furnishing the offenders. The committee which
dealt with this matter is the complaint commit
tee, of which Abner s. Haight, of Brooklyn, is
chairman. The main work has been done
through the District Attorneys office. AS soon
as we get a complaint of abuses in a certain dis
trict investigate it through the COM
plant committee. That is the work of the
Union at the present time. AS far the in
vestigation of the City Club is concerned l will
not say that it worked with the Union. but !
am sure that whatever the Union learned by its
investigations was placed at the disposal OF the
srxyC 11h's
New-York tribune., 1902-06-19
CAN'T DODGE TAXES NOW
LAW DEPARTMENT WILL PAY FOR IT
SELF IN COLLECTING ARREARS

Martin Sake Assistant Corporation Counsel in
charge of the bureau for the collection of ar
rears of personal taxes, who in the first four
months Of his administration collected more
taxes than were collected by the Tammany ad-
minstration in four years, found some ola rec-
ords in his department from which It appeared
that $500 900 due to the city as arrears OF
personal taxes in Brooklyn for the year 1871
Mr.. Sake has already collected $4,000 of this
amount by suits at law, and purposes to get the
entire
The record sheets for the 1897 taxes were
scattered promiscuously about his office when
Mr. SAKE assumed charge. He gathered them
and had them bound so that they are now easy
OF reference. There had been popular impress
sion that these taxes were not couectible. be-
cause no statute could be found which specif1-
calIy applied to Brooklyn covering arrears of
personal taxes. Mr.. SAKE says that this impress
sion was erroneous and that where no specific
law applies to a municipality the State law be-
comes operative.
There was absolutely no reason for that i'm
preston" said Mr. SAKE TO Tribune reporter
yesterday we have started in to collect these
taxes and the results have been highly crafty
ing We have this month collected over SioOOo
and have number of suits pending. Because
there was no specific statute on the books ap-
plying to Brooklyn people got the idea that
when they got into arrears there was no method
of collection There is no why these
taxes could not have been collected long ago
The last administration made move to get
any OF this money in the last four years, and 1t
would probably never have been collected IL we
had not dug out the old record sheets Notices
were sent out 10 these people in 1901. but no.
body paid, and the thing was dropped.
I'VE sued Senator La Roche. of Brooklyn. and
he came over here and told that he had been
lyn that the thing was unconstitutional. He
paid S162 0S on Monday. however. but afterward
went to the Controller and told him of his con-
versation with the judge. and wanted 10 know
if he couldn't get his money back. He was told
he could sue the city The First National Bank
of Brooklyn extremely prompt in its pay
ment of the taxes. They not only paid for 1897,
but also for 1898.
We have established precedent by collecting
a number of these arrears that ought to govern
all such cases. There is nothing to prevent peo-
pie from contestng right to collect however.
and If they anxious to pay lawyers fees
they are at liberty to do We bound.
though, to win all the take into court"
Mr.. SAKE expects that by the end of the year
his office Will have collected between $34O0OO
and S350.OO0 This will pay the entire sal
aries of the Law Department. which will there
fore not cost the city a cent this year. The
total amount of arrears of personal taxes col
lected up yesterday this year was S239 500 lS,
as against S151,3l6 So collected under the Tam
many administration in the last four years. MI
SaXe's collections have been made from records
that considered dead
New-York tribune., 1902-06-19
FOODY SHIFTS REVOLTERS.
PUNISHMENT FOR POLICEMEN WHO
PAVED WAY FOR CAPTAINS TRIAL.

The policemen Of Captain Foodys coiiiiiiaiN'
the West Thirty-seventh-s station, VINO led Ihe
excise revolt on March 81, and showed tnat the
Sunday closing law could be enforced recel'eo
last night the punishment they have peen eH-
pecting since they made their stand CaPtalil
Foody shook them up" and transferred then'
Captain Foody's action is significant Whcn II
is remembered that he has just been nolcleo
by the grand jury On evidence furnished oy LIS
trict Attorney jerome that he failed TO nave 'he
excise laws in his precinct enforced. he trans
fers from the beats which they en1orcea
these laws the very men who showed that the
saloons could be closed up on Sunday IN 'hat
district Foody was tried on this same charge
Just before the indictment. and Commissioner
Partridge thought reprimand sufficient pun
ishment for him.
The second platoon has been known since
March 81 as the revolt platoon The changes
were made by Captain Foody personally Wheh
the men were turned out at p. mr and IL came
without warming, though the men who TOOK part
in the excise revolt and paved the way Tor the
trial Of Captain Foody on charges OF neglect OF
duty had been expecting It. There was much
talk by the men after they turned out on post,
and the opinion among the '-revolters' Is tna'
the captain is getting back.