The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-06-16
NEWS SUMMARY.



The Union Republican City Executive
Committee met at No. 1105 Chestnut street
yesterday afternoon, at o'clock. They
organized by selecting as officers:-
President-John l.. Hill, Ninth ward.
Vice-Presidents-J. II. Seltzer, Thirteenth
ward, and John w. Donnelly, Fifth ward.
Secretaries-Robert r. Gill, Second ward,
and John Mccullough, Tenth ward.
The committee includes Samuel Lutz, of
the First ward Robert T. Gill, Second; VIM.
Kelly Third Richard Butler, Fourth; John
w. Donnelly, Fifth; Charles w. Ridgway,
Sixth; John V. Greeley, Seventh; Charles A.
Porter Eighth; John l.. Hill, Ninth; John
Mccullough Tenth; Jacob Albright, Ele-
venth; William Address, Twelfth; John H.
Seltzer, Thirteenth; William H. Johnson
Fourteenth; Joseph Ash, Sixteenth; George
W. Painter, Seventeenth; Joseph A. Allen,
Eighteenth; George Boyer, Nineteenth; John
L. Preston, Twenty-frst; Thomas Dalton,
Twenty-second; A. l.. DUNCAN, Twenty-third;
James Newell, Twenty fourth; Samuel II.
Irwin, Twenty-ffth; M. A. Everly, Twenty
sixth; Henry Hancock, Twenty-seventh; Hiram
Miller, Twenty-eighth
The closing contests in the regatta of the
Schuylkill Navy for 1869 will take place on
Saturday next, at B o'clock p. nj. The first
race will be between the Hiawatha, six-oared
outrigger, of the Malta Club, and the Nautilus,
four-oared shell of the Quaker City Club. The
crews of these boats having been disappointed
by the Withdrawal of contestants of their own
classes, have agreed on this trial of skill and
endurance. The Nautilus is allowed eighteen
seconds start. The second contest will be
single-shell race between Nj. Schmidt and @. H.
Clark for the champion belt and gold medal
This race takes place at 3 40 p nj. The third
race will be between double-scull boats, in
which there will be at least three contestants,
after which there will be a scull race between
three members of the navy. Should the
weather be propitious, these races will be very
interesting.
John Glossel, eighteen years old, residing
at No. 423 Buttonwood street, fell yesterday
and broke his arm. Patrick Markay, twenty
one years old resident of Carbon, while at
work yesterday on the Lehigh Railroad, had
thigh and leg broken by bank of earth
falling on him. James Lukens, fifteen years
old, residing in Carpenter street, while at
work yesterday in Fourth street, below Wal
nut, was seriously injured by bank of clay
falling on him. Two men were injured yes
terday by gravel bank caving in on them at
Thirtieth street and Girard avenue One was
much bruised about the breast and was taken
to st. Josephs Hospital. The others in
juries are not serious.
The following police appointments were
announced yesterday: district, Philip
Dougherty; Ninth, Edward Carly, Emanuel
clner, Lawrence CostlBah; 1enIn, ~. T. helss
and Charles G. Coulter; Fourteenth, Ed
ward Eastburn, Michael Young, and John P.
Detwiler
The residence of Mr.. George Ritchie,
No. 1851 N. Broad street, was broken into
yesterday, through back window, the family
being absent, and robbed of the table silver
ware.
james Sweeney, twenty five years of age
committed suicide yesterday afternoon by
jumping into the Schuylkill river, near the
United States Arsenal. The Coroner was no.
titled