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VOL. XL-NO. 146.
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At KEITFZR'S.
Official Report of the Committee on the
Bogart Protest.
THE APPROPRIATION IS TIED UP
Frof. Cooper Appointed Supervisor of the
Schools Pending a Decision Director
Edwards Reports a Conversation Be
Had With Prof. Bogart, Who
Denies the Charges.
As expected, tho special meeting of the
School Board on Saturday ovening was a very
interesting ovent. At times it hecamo so in
teresting that porsonal attacks seemed im
minent. At a moment when tho tension was
tho greatest ono of tho momhers, in a half
humorous address, succeeded in pouring oil
upon tho troubled waters and soon after an
adjournment was taken,
Of courso, the cause of the trouble was tho
superintendency. It was evident from what
occurred at tho meeting that tho Board is so
clearly divided on tho question that nothing
but a decision by tho Stato Department cm
settle it.
Soveral Democrats havo declared their be
lief that Prof. Bogart will not demand a
hearing 011 tho charges mado against him,
but forfeit his position hero and let tho mat
ter drop with as littlo publicity as possible.
With this vlow they arguo that tho Board
proceed to dcclaro tho position vacant and
elect another superintendent. Somo Demo
crats havo boldly como forth with the sug
gestion that the Board bring about a speedy
settlement by re-electing Mr. Whltakcr.
On tho other hand tho Republicans main
tain tho position that tho Board had 110
power to go into another election until tho
charges mado aro either proved, or dis
missed; and stamp tho suggestion of Mr.
Whitaker's election as a part of tho Demo
cratic program by which tho charges wero
first brought out. In a nutshell tho position
of tho Republicans is this : Prof. Bogart
was elected superintendent of tho public
schools of this borough, by tho Itopubllcau
members of tho School Board and in order to
grasp somo chanco to re-instato Prof. Whlt
akcr tho Democrats havo assailed tho moral
charactnr of tho now superintendent. Tho
Republican members aro not bound to prove
that Prof. Bogart is not guilty of the
charges, nor can they consider him guilty
until ho has had a fair trial heforo tho proper
tribunal and been convicted. On tho other
hand, tho Democrats aro bound to follow up
their charges with proof and show that Prof.
Bogart is not a fit person to tako chargo of
tlio schools. If they will not, or cannot, do
this tho Stato Department is bound to issue a
commission to Prof. Bogart and uphold tho
election mado by tho Republican members of
tho Board. Tho issue is in tho hands of tho
Democrats, and Prof, Bogart cannot attempt
to assume control of tho schools until it is
settled. From somo remarks dropped at
Saturday night's meeting it would seem that
tho Democrats havo discovered that they
havo a mora difficult task in hand than they
bargained for in tlio start.
Tho meeting Was called for general busi
ness, hut moro especially to rccclvo tho re
port of President Price and Solicitor lieddall,
who constituted tho commltteo sent to.Har
risburg to luako an investigation. Mr. "lied
dall mado tho report and said, after reciting
tho preliminaries as to departuro ;from town,
arrival at Harrisburg, meeting of tho Stato
Superintendent, etc. : "When tho caso is
ready for a hearing tho accusers must pro
duce proof. It may bo close to September
heforo a hearing can bo had and a decision
mado. As to tho state appropriation, tho
Stato Superintendent suggested that tho
secretary of tho Board prepare the animal
statement and ask tho lato superintendent to
wrlto a privato letter to tho Stato Depart
ment, stating that tho report is correct to tho
best of his knowledge. Tho report will then
bo placed ou filo and after tho new superin
tendent is elected tho report will bo returned
for examination and to bo certified by him."
It will be seen that tho district must not
only ho without a superintendent until after
tho contest Is settled, but must also bo do
prived of its annual appropriation, which
amounted last year to?lU,33.fe3 and is always
counted upon by tho Board for a start in tho
now fiscal year.
Mr. lieddall continued: "If Mr. Bogart
falls to demand, vr appear for a hearing, tho
State Superintendent will notify him to
appear. Wo learned from sources that were
not official that Mr. Bogart would appear at
Harrisburg to-day and arraugo for a hearing.
Ho has not filed his oath of office. Should
Mr. Bogart fall to appear tho Stato Superin
tendent will notify tho Board that ho will
not Issuo a commission, In which caso the
Board will hold another election."
Mr. Dovitt askod if tho Stato Superin
tendent offered any suggestion by which
ovidenco could bo secured against Prof.
Bogart, and Mr, lieddall answered that ho
did not; ho simply said that after a hearing
Is demanded tho liarticg who brought tho
charges will bo notified, a day will be fixed
for hofirlng and tho production of evidence.
Mr. Treziso moved that tho report bo
accepted aud tho committee bo authorized to
write and ask tho Stato Superintendent that
tho hearing proceed at once. Tho motion
was carried.
Mr. Morgan then moved that Prof. J. W.
Cooper, the principal of tho High school, act
as supervisor of tho schools until such timo
as there is a superintendent. Mr. Morgan
called attention to tho fact that the com
mencement oxcrci&os aro to bo held on tho
17th and IStli lasts., and there should bo
somo 0110 In charge.
Mr. Hanua opposed tho motion and moved
as an amendineut that tho matter bo referred
to tho High school commltteo with power to
select a supervisor if it should seo fit to do so,
Mr. Hauna said Prof, Cooper already had
enough work on his hands aud that tho
teachers could arraugo tho preliminaries fur
the commencements, aud tho President of
tho Board could officiate at tho ceremonies.
Mr. Treziso said a supervisor was ucceesary
aud cited as an instance that siuco tho schools
Vivo been without a superintendent some
teachers wanted to attend a picnic. There
was no ono iu authority to givo them per
mission and they took French leave
Mr. Hauna'g amendment was dcloateu and
Mr. Morgan's motion prevailed.
.Mr. Hauna then asked If some means coum 1
not lie suggested by which tho caso could bo
properly presented before the Stato Depart
ment against Prof. Ilogait.
At tli 1 i point Mr. Leo aroso and spoko with
considerable feeling. He started out with:
"It seems to mo theso gentlemen havo got
into a hole and they don't know how to get
out of It. They como hero aud ask if tho
Stato Superintendent can't glvo them infor
mation to provo tho guilt of this man. How
did wo get In thi3 holo? Thcso gentlemen
knew about It somo tlmo ago, but never
brought it before this Board. Let tho few
who did it provo It. There is a certain class
of peoplo who signed that petition, as if they,
alone, had the interests of tho schools at
heart. I stand right hero say to that I am as
much Interested in tho schools as any man on
this Board, or who signed that paper, but I
was never asked to sign It, and know nothing
of tho charges until tho last meeting. I don't
hellovo there is a man hero who would wiint
that man a3 superintendent If tho charges
wero truo. Why did they keep this thing to
themselves. For my part, I say, let tho few
that got us in tlio holo get us out."
Mr, Dovitt aroso and mado a hot reply.
Ho said tho charges appeared in two reputable
aud prosperous newspapers of Pittsburg and
if Mr. Bogart is innocent ho has a fortuno in
suits for libel. Ho also said that 500 peoplo
could be liad at a moment's notice to sign tho
petition, but what they had was enough,
Mr. Hauna said that tho object in with
holding tho matter from tho knowledge of
the other Directors was ono which could bo
justified if necessary by those who withheld
and ho denied an assertion by Mr. Leo that
Mr. Hauna, knowing tho protest had been
filed, had asked Mr. Leo why tbo superin
tendent had not arrived,
Mr. Edwards finally got tho floor and
sprung a surprise by stating that ho had a
conversation with Prof. Bogait in Philadel
phia last Thursday. Mr. Edwards was in tlio
city on personal business nnd concluded to
call upon Prof. Bogart. Mr. Edwards said
"I saw Mr. Bogart, hi3 wife and daughter at
tho lilngtiam House. I talked to him as to
why ho was not around here. Ho told mo,
as has been explained, that his commission
could not bo issued until 30 days after his
election, which was to-day, June 0th, and ho
didn't know but Mr. Whitaker's commission
ran ovor until August. That explains why
ho wrote In ono of his letters to Mr. Treziso
that ho would bo ready to tako chargo after
August 1st. I asked him directly about tho
charge and ho told 1110 there was not ono
word of truth in it. He reviewed tlio wholo
matter with mo in tho presence of his wife."
Mr. Hanna took tlio floor-again and said ho
could not seo how a man of Prof. Bogart's
cxperienco could get tho impression that tho
commissions of superintendents run until
August, and during tlio course of subsequent
remarks raid that ho believed somo members
of the Board knew of tho charges before
Prof. Bogart was elected.
Mr. Edwards aroso and said ho thought
discussion had been prolonged enough with
nothing to bo accomplished and thought tho
matter ought to ho dropped until something
could ho done. His suggestion met with
general approval and the discussion ended.
Tlio Board adjourned to meet upon tho
call of tho chair.
Tlio bond of tho treasurer was fixed at
$30,000, the usual amount.
Ferguson's theatre has been engaged for
tho 17th and IStli iusts., for tho commence
ment exercises.
At Kipchlusltl's Arruilo Ciifc.,
Boan soup to-night.
Nico freo luncli served every morning.
Meals served at all hours.
A Young Lady's MNfurliine.
Miss Irene Lambert, formerly of this town
and now a resident of Mt, (Jannel, has mot
with a serious misfortune. Somo time ago
blood poisoning attacked ono of her arms
and last week tho limb was amputated close
to tho shoulder at tho Methodist hospital In
Philadelphia. .
At Ilreon's Cuff, 7 North Main Stri-et.
Beau soup will bo served as free lunch to
morrow morning. Plenty for everybody.
Meals served at all hours.
'Will KslublMi u llninch.
Tho peoplo of Northumberland having of
fered sufficient inducements, tlio Schuylkill
Hat and Cap Manufacturing Company has
uecuieu to establish a branch in that town.
Tho building is now being erected, aud will
bo occupied by July 1st, giving employment
to about 100 hands. Tho company will re
main in business here, which will bo their
headquarters, and they say tho branch Is
established at Northumberland because labor
hero Is scarce.
Stilf and crush hats at MAX LEVIT'S,
Spilled Out or u Carriage.
Tbreo young men from Mahanoy City
whuoo names could not bo learned wero
thrown from a carriugo at tho oast end of
Centre street yesterday, hut 110110 sustained
injury. Thoir horse shied upon tbeapproach
of an electrlo car.
That cabinet was out Saturday aud as
promised it was fine. Tho Columbia Brewing
Company always keep their promises, and
make and keep lots of friends by always
doing tho right thing.
Veil Down Step.
Mrs, William Bronnan, aged 00 years,
sustained a fracture of tho right furearm
Saturday night by fulling down the steps of a
porch at her residence. Dr. W. N, Stein, of
town, reduced tho lracturo.
Children's Day, .
A nurabor of people of town attended tho
Children's Day services of tlio Union Sunday
school at Lost Creek last ovening.
Latest straw hats ut MAX LEVIT'S.
CUII Service lWiimlmitloii,
Tho civil service examination was held In
tho South West street school building on
Saturday, and but ono applicant, Joseph
Manley, appeared fur examination. Letter
Carriers Uartsch and Durkln conducted the
examination.
Wltlltml,
Middle aged woman as housekeeper. Apply
at Hkiulu office.
IHllnqiu-nU Caught.
Tax Collector Scaulau and a Constable
captured two Polish taxables as they Warded
tho 0:01 train at tho Lehigh Valley depot this
morning. Tho captives disgo;j;ed.
If vou WHittfL fine weddim? cukn. let Ottn
mako It for you.
THE LUST DAYS OF CONGRESS
House members Anxious ,.o Adjourn
BUT SENATORS MAY PREYENT IT
The Inability of the Two Houses to Com
promise on Important Measures May
Prolong the Session Until After the
National Party Conventions.
Wasih.vcwo.v, June 8. Tho houso man
agers havo parliamentary machinery In
operation -which will enablo them to se
cure prompt action on overy proposition
submitted by tho conferred on the five re
maining impropriation bills looking to tin
adjustment of tho differences liotween the
two houses. Instead of adjourning Satur
day night, tho hoii-o took a recess until 1C
o'clock this morning. That action con
tinues tho legilatlvo day of Saturday
which, by u special order adopted on Fri
day, was nmdo 11 suspension day nnd will
enablo the houso tovotonn any proposition
after twenty minutes' debate. Tho differ
ences hetweon tho two housos on tho fmu
supply hills (tho sundry civil, naval, In
dian and District of Columbia) uro radical,
hut by mutunl concessions tho hnuso lend
ers believe tho differences can bo adjusted
sons to permit an adjournment tomorrow
or Wednesday.
In tho sundry civil hill tho houso has
thus far persistently refused to nr-copt the
amendments for public buildings at the
capitals of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming nnd
Montana nnd tho additions for tho public
buildings nt Kansas City. Savannah and
Canidon, N. J. In tho naval bill the house
has remained equally firm In Its Insistence
on four battleships and $12o per ton as the
maximum cost or armor plato. To both oi
thoso Items tho sonato has declined to
agree, and on Saturday refused u compro
mise. Tho senate Insists on two battle
ships and a reduction of tho cost of armor
pinto to ?320 pur ton.
In tho Indian hill, which has no loss than
four tlmos votdd for tho Immediate termi
nation of appropriations for sectarian
Indian schoolsnsag.ilnstthosenuto's propo
sition to allow them to run until 1KH, the
houso doclinod to accept as a compromise
their termination in lh!17. This same ques
tion figures In tho differences between the
two houses on tho Items iu the District ot
Columbia hill relating to .soctnrlan chari
ties. Another trouhlosonio question in the
Indian bill is the appropriation for the
payment of tho attorneys for tho old set
tler's association. The sonute declined
compromise 011 this question which would
postpone tho payment of theso claims until
further legislative action was had at the
noxt session. On thoqiiostlon of sectarian
schools It doos not seem proh-ihlo that the
houso can ho Induced to yield. The prob
abilities aro that tho other items will lie
compromised, saving nnd excepting the
public building items in the sundry civil
hill, which It teems likely tho senate will
eventually abandon.
The main difficulty In the way of an ad
journment by tho middle of tho weok t oems
td lio at tho sonato end of tho Capitol,
whero n single i-onntor can obstruct mat
ters if ho chooses until tho quorum fulls,
when nil chance of a lno die adjourn
ment heforo tho St. Louis convention will
disappear. An Intense do-iro of members
at both onds of the Cnpltnl to get awoy,
however, will do much toward inducing
thoso who uro disposed to raiso faction,
opposition to yield thoir individual desires
to accomplish this result.
It is poslblo that If Senator Harris nnd
others who uro represented as strenuously
insisting 011 tho restoration of the south
ern war claims in tho now genornl defi
ciency bill should curry their obstructive
tactics too far tho leaders nt both onds ol
tho Capitol might decide to ullow the defi
ciency bill to fall altogether to bring about
tho coveted adjournment. While the fail
ure of this bill might embarrass tho gov
ernment, it would not stop any of the gov
ernment machinery. The old bill was ve
toed by tho president on Saturday on ac
count of the allowance of $1,027,311.00 for
tho French spoliation claims and $174,
445.75 to Charles Chonteau on account ol
claims arising out of tho construction ol
ho ironclad steam battery Ktlah. The
veto was sustained by tho houso, and the
new general deficiency bill quielcly framed
and jKissod with thoo ileitis omitted.
Senator Harris makes no secret of hlj
intention to domand the restoration of
those items to tho hill, and says that he
will not consent to its passogo without
them oxcopt upon nn aye nnd nay vote. If
he Insists upon this a voting quorum will
bo nocessnry. Several senators have an
nounced their intention of leaving the
city early In the week, and many othern
will depart about tho middle of tho weak
for St. Louis. Under thee circumstances
it is possible that adjournment may bo
postponed until after tho Kopuhlionn
convention, though there will be 11 very
general effort to prevent this.
If congress adjourns this weok It will lie
tho sh'irtost so culled "long session" since
that of the Thirty-fifth congress and one
of the shortest in tho history of the gov
ernment. This record Is prolwbly partly
duo to tho political difference between tht
(onato, house and president, which havo
forestalled agreements on many lines ol
legislation, and partly to tho determina
tion with which tho Republican leaders In
the houso have curried Into offoct Spoakor
Heed's caucus prediction that the con
gress would bo n do nothing assomhlago.
There wero no conferences at the Cap
itol yesterday on tho different appropria
tion hills In disagreement between the
two housos. It upiicirs to lie only a ques
tion of which house will recede from tho
position it has taken. Never In the history
of tho oldest members of congres has
there lieeu such a condition where so many
hills wore hold up? and when so many
conferences have lieen held, resulting In
many votes In each hout. It has almost
resolved Itself Into a deadlock, btlT 1110111
burs of the appropriations committee uiy
there will bo a way out.
Ilk-kerfs Care.
Our freo lunch to-morrow morning will
consist of Boitou Baked Ikans and pork.
mmmmmmmmmmmmm
Nw
Summer Specialties.
Milk Sets, Water Sets.
Lemonade Sets, Fruit Sets,
Tea Sets, Juice Extractors,
Cracker Jars, Water IJot ties,
Banquet Vases,
Fruit and Cake Stands,
Tumblers in Shell and Pressed
Goods,
Syrup Jugs, etc., etc.
Gl RVI N'S
8 S. Main Street.
Vuiieruls.
Tlio funeral of John Malonc, who died at
tlio Schuylkill Haven almshouse last week,
took placo in town yesterday. Tho remains
wero Interred In tho Annunciation cemetery.
Tho funeral of John IiiughcUcr took place
this morning, tho Annunciation T. A. B.
Society and baud wero in attendance.
Services were held in tlio German Catholii'
church and interment iu tlio Annunciation
cemetery.
FinoNegllgeo shirts at MAX LEVIT'S.
Held for Assault.
At about one o'clock yesterday morning
three Poles fought 011 "tho rocks" and one of
them was badly cut on tbo head by Ixiing hit
with a stone wrapped in a handkerchief in
such a manner as to form a sort of black
jack. Policeman Folt arrested tho assail
ants and Justico Walker put them under $300
hail each for trial.
Don't fall to scotheattractlvoshow window
display of watches at Brunim's.
A Jllg Itelay Itace,
big relay bicyclo raco over a course from
Mahanoy City to Tainaqua to Pottsvillo aud
return over a diflerent route is being con
sidered by tho Mahanoy City Bicyclo Club,
nnd is likely to develop into a certainty. The
raco will not lie run until tho latter part of
August.
If you have carpet rags and wish them
made into a good carpet send them to Fricke's
carpet store. Carpet beaters of all kinds.
New Ilvbrow Synagogue.
Tho corner stone for tho now Hobrew '
synagoguo at Hazlctou was laid yesterday
afternoon with appropriate cereuionios iu the
presenco of a largo gathering. After tho
ceremony Lewis llosenbaum, president of the
Hogodas Israel congregation, Invited those
present to a banquet, and among tho nu mber
wo note the name ot our townsman, Lovi
Befowicb.
Ilig Ilrhi) In Hosiery.
We havo just received ono cao of Misses'
Fast Black Hose, sizes 5 to 0J, which wo wilt
sacrifico at 0 cents per pair. At I!. F. (Jill's
You can be con
vinced that the
line of tableware
now on sale our
store is certainly
the Handsomest ',
most dutable and
cheapest thing yet
offered to you .
Water Sets, Table Sets,
Syrup Jugs, Castors, Salt and
Pepper Shakers, Tumblers,
Cream Pitchers, Sugar Bowls,
Spoon Holder, Covered Butter
Dish, Gallon Jugs.
Use your own ideas in forming
sets. Any piece sold separately.
Call and see this beautiful line of
goods now ou exhibition in our
window.
F.J. Portz 8c Son,
SHENANDOAH, PA
Kirlin's
Korn
Kure
Knocks
Out the worst tormentor in the
quickest time. Only 10 cents.
KIRLIN'S
DRUG STORE,
,7" 6 SoutiriUaln Street. ' . ffiT"
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