The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-22
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CITY AGhIrs.
Robert Sweeny, City years old residing
at No. 2042 Rittenhouse street, fell down
stairs yesterday and fractured an arm.
Sarah Stewart, sixty years old, residing
at No. 2121 Homestead street, fell on the ice
yesterday at Tenth and South streets, and
fractured one of her legs. Both sufferers
were admitted into the Pennsylvania Hos
pital.
Tho Coroner held an inquest yesterday
on the body of an unknown man, who was
found drowned at Green street. He was ap-
parently forty years old, and was dressed in
blue army blouse and pants, brown jacket
and grey undershirt. The body had been in
the water only a short time.
An inquest was also held on the body of
an unknown white man found drowned at
Arch street wharf. He was apparently forty
years old, was five feet nine inches high, had
black hair, whiskers, and moustache, and was
dressed in black cloth sack coat and vest and
dark ribbed cashmere pants. The Coroner
took charge of the bodies.
"A further hearing was had yesterday,
before Recorder Givin, in the matter of the
alleged conspiracy between Holmes & Kelly,
Thomas Cochran, of New Jersey, Benjamin
Thompson, and Ransom Rogers, to defraud
Edward M. Satterthwait. Before the open
ing Of the case, the charge against Mr.. Rogers
was withdrawn. Mr.. Kelly was the only de-
fendant present, the other two not having
been arrested. After full hearing of all the
facts, the defendant Kelly was held in $4,000
bail to answer at Court
The Morocco Manufacturers Exchange
of Philadelphia held meeting yesterday to
take action in reference to the death of Mr..
George Bockius, late member and Treasurer
of the association. The President, Mr. Sam
uel Il. Jones, after announcing the death of
Mr.. Bockius, appointed a committee, con-
sisting of Messrs Edward Evans, Edward
Amer, and Edward S. Deemer, to draft reso-
lutions expressive of the feelings of the men,
bers of the Exchange. The resolutions re-
ported by the committee were adopted. The
members of the Exchange also passed reso-
luton to attend the funeral on Wednesday.
The stated meeting of the Executive
Committee of the Board of Trade was held
last evening, President John Welsh in the
chair. The new members elect were all pre-
sent. The standing committees were ap-
pointed as follows:-Foreign and Coastwise
Commerce-Messrs. Winsor, latham, Thos.
@. Hand, Wetherill, and Gillespie; Inland
Commerce and Transportation - Messrs.
James, Morris, Allen, Hall, and Hoffman;
Domestic Productions-Messrs latham, Nc
Cannon, Stokes, Dougherty, and Bullock;
Currency and Banking-Messrs. Wetherill,
Grubb, Wood, Souder, and Durborow; Arbi-
trations-Messrs James, Souder, Buzby, Hall,
and Gillespie. Resolutions by Mr.. Buzby, in
favor of a postal telegraph system, were re-
ferred to the Committee on Inland Commerce
and Transportation. The special committee
having in charge the subject of the imme-
diate forwarding of goods to the port of desti-
nation was continued, with the direction to
urge the passage of the bill recently reported
by the Committee of Commerce in Congress.
The committee of the month are Messrs.
Grubb, Souder, and Stokes.
"A special meeting of School Controllers
was held yesterday, Mr.. M. Hall Stanton in
the chair, to consider the draft of law, re-
ported by Mr.. Armstrong of the special COM
mittee on the subject Of compulsory educa-
tion.
The preamble recites that there are reported
to be in the city of Philadelphia at least
10000 children, between the ages of six and
eighteen years. who have not attended and
who do not attend any public, private, or
parochial school, and who have not and do
not receive any instruction in either reading
or writing.
The second section provides that no child
shall be admitted into the public schools who
has not been vaccinated
The third section provides that the Mayor
be authorized to give the Board of Control
lers all the official assistance in his power to
carry out the law.
The fourth and last section authorizes and
empowers the board to adopt such measures
as will best carry out the provisions of the
act.
The bill having been read, Mr.. Cassidy
moved it's postponement in order that it might
be printed for the careful inspection of the
members.
Mr. Green was of the opinion that the Sec
tional boards should be consulted before ac
tion was taken in respect to the bill.
After further discussion, the motion tC
postpone was agreed to.
The board adjourned to meet on next Mon