The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-20
NEWS SUMMARY.


City Affairs.
AT National Hall last evening a mass
meeting of the Order of the Knights of st.
Crlspin Gourneymen shoemalSers) was held
It was the first general assemblage of the
order in Philadelphia. Addresses were de
hvered by William j. Mclaughlin, of Massa-
ehusetts; General Wynne, of California:
nessrs Coggswell, of Illinois; LuclSer, of
New York; Leger, of Massachusetts,; and Bis
sett of Philadelphia.
AT the hall of the Perseverance Hose
Company, on Race street, below Fourth last
evening, meeting of the committee of fire
men on the reception of Captain Shaw, Chief
of the London Fire Department, was held to
make arrangements for his reception on his
visit to this city. The subcommittee APP
pointed at preliminary meeting held last
week at the Office of Chief Engineer Downey
to visit Captain Shaw who is now in New
York, reported that they had conferred with
him, and stated that he had decided to come
here on tomorrow and would arrive in the
early afternoon train. He will remain in
Philadelphia over Sunday, and go to BalG-
more ON Monday While here he will in
spect our Fire Department and learn its
workings. To exhibit in detail our fire depart
ment system, an alarm will be struck to bring
the companies together.
"A few minutes past nine o'clock last
evening fire broke out in the hfth-story of
the importing dry goods house of j. H. ~ w.
Creighton. No 2l7 Chestnut street The
flames originated in packing-box filed with
rubbish, and were confined to the box The
stock was damaged by water to the extent of
about $3.50, GOO, fully covered by insurance in
the following companies; Liverpool and
London, $4,000 Royal, $50, O00 Queen, of
London, 500, 600; Pennsylvania Fire, 500. 600:
Insurance Company, State Of Pennsylvania,
$4,000; American $4,000; Delaware lIu-
tual, $4,000; Fire Association $4,000
Fame, $4,000: North America, $4,000: Ma
tional, of Boston, $4,000; Htna, of Hart
ford $4,000; County of Philadelphia, $4,000
Total, 500 900. The stock of goods of the
firms was valued at over $500, 600. The Fire
Insurance Patrol rendered efficient service in
preventing greater loss by water by covering
4 With gun blankets the goods in the lower
Mayor Fox has issued a call for a special
neeting Of Councils on Monday afternoon
H& ext, to take into consideration matters re-
ling to the supply of Schuylkill water for
tribution to the citizens, and in regard to
ch the Mayor will communicate in writing.
James Carlin, aged eleven years, had his
blurred severely yesterday by having it
INT in the machinery at Wallaces Mill.
He was taken to his home in Smether's court.
The American Tract Society has donated
seventy thousand English and German tracts
to the Philadelphia Tract and Mission So
ciety, to be distributed over this city in Sep
tember
y The following persons were admitted to
the Pennsylvania Hospital yesterday:-C
Minon, aged tventy-eight years, residing at
Front street anG Germantown avenue, badly
beaten about tle head at Seventh and Bedford
streets by some persons unknown. Ann
Donelson, aged twenty-four years, residing in
Jefferson street, head severely cut at Seventh
and Bedford streets. John Mitchell, aged
forty-five years, badly burned about the per-
son while attending boiler at Brown q Car
Yers, in Jayne street