The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-23
NEWS SUMMARY.


Mrs.. Boucher, residing at No. A Rilston
street, committed suicide last evening by taking
opium. Deceased was sixty years of age. The
Coroner was notified TO hold an inquest.
The Trustees of the philadelphia Gas Works
are having an extensive building put up for
storing coal, and also extending the railroad
tracks to the new building.
Yesterday afternoon, a boy named Caven-
der, aged years, was run over at Hancock and
Jefferson streets by passenger car, and killed.
The wheels passed over the head, causing almost
instant death. The body was removed to- the
residence OF the parents rear of No. 175 Jeffer-
son street. and the Coroner notified to hold an
inquest.
corner of Third and Arch streets for the COM
mencement of the new church intended for the
congregation of st. Andrew Lutheran Church.
The building will be of the Henderson marble,
in the Gothic style of architecture. Twenty
four persons were recently added to this church
The Pennsylvania Seamen's Friend Society
during the past year has placed l25 sea Libraries
in II different languages on board of vessels
leaving the port of Philadephia given 9l5
copies of the Word of God to seamen, and dis
tributed 40 600 pages of tracts among the sailors
along our wharves. Within n few years it has
placed 700 sea libraries of so or 60 volumes each
on the vessels of different nationalites, they
left this port.
William Bassford, mate Of the American
barque Brilliant, had q hearing before United
States Commissioner Henry Phillips Jr., yester
day, on the charge of maliciousy assaulting Ma
thaniel Tare steward of the vessel. Complainant
testified that on the 25th of August last, when
between Key West and Havana, the mate frs
used abusive language to him, and then struck
him violently over the eye with an instrument
some kind, causing severe wound, and render
ing him unable to attend to duty for four days
The captain of the vessel testified that the
steward was insolent, refused to obey orders,
and that the mate struck him with the hand, and
not with any instrument. The testimony of the
steward was corroborated by two or three of the
crew, except that none of them saw the mate
have an instrument OF any kind. The Commls-
sioner reserved his decision.
The formal opening of the Rooms of the
Tobacco Trade of Philadelphia took place yes
terday afternoon, at the rooms, No l29 North
Front street. The lower room is about 45 feet
square, and is used as daily exchange. The to-
bacco merchants meet there daily at 1919 o'clock
in the morning The upper room Is fitted up for
the storage of articles pertaining to the interests
of the trade. Both apartments are neatly fur
nished with chairs desks, and engravings.
The President of the Association David G.
McCammon, on taking the chair yesterday, said
that in the early part OF June, 1868, lew gen.
tlemen connected with the tobacco trade met
together, feeling the necessity and state of the
times demanded some kind of an organization
for mutual protection and resolved to form
Tobacco Association. Some sixty firms, repre-
senting one hundred and twenty-three members,
were enrolled, and are now members of the To-
bacco Board of Trade. Its history has been
little known, owing to the circumstance of its
having but recently acquired local position,
and is only familiar to those who have been
more Immediately connected with it and taken
active part in its deliberations, but felt in the
halls of legislation, where its members have had
a partial hearing, imparting such information as
to justify modification in existing laws which
were detrimental to the great interests of the
trade.
The following toasts were drunk during the
entertainment which followed:-
THE President of the United States"
"The United States of America"
'"The City of Philadelphia" Address by Col.
Page.
"Our Guests" Responded to by David Camp
bell, of Newark, n. j.
"Our Sister Associations" Remarks by e. H.
Jeffries, Esq.
''The Bench and the Bar" was responded to by
Chief Justice Thompson
''The Press" was responded to by DR.. K. s.
Mackenzie and John Davis Watson.
Woman: God bless her." Remarks by Stephen