The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-01-25

CITY Annirn.

neiu meeunB aJ their nau last evening,
Peter j. Simons, Esq, President, in the
chair. The hall was crowded.
The new term of the United States Dis
trict Court will be commenced on the third
Monday in February. Neither the civil nor
criminal list will include large number of
cases, and the most of the former will con-
sist Of continued revenue cases.
Preparations are being made to place the
iron roof on the bonded warehouse at Second
and Gold streets. When it is completed, the
building will be speedily put in condition
for occupancy.
Last evening the Finance Committee of
Councils discussed the ordinance making an
appropriation to the School Controllers. The
committee discussed the question of an in
crease of salaries, and heard an argument in
its favor by Mr.. Richie, but did not dispose
finally of the bill.
>-tThe members of the Order of St. Crispin
(shoemakers on ladies' work., now on o
strike, assembled on Dock street. above
Walnut, yesterday morning. to receive the
amount allotted to them weekly, which is
paid by committee of the Order The sum
given is regulated by the number of persons
dependent upon the striking member.
Mr.. John T. Riley, victualler, we'll known
in this city, died yesterday morning. He
served in tho late war, in the 10Th Regiment,
as q private for three months, and in the Goth,
as Lieutenant and Captain, under Colonel
Lyle. lib IeCOTu WAS BOOu' Alo
fought in numerous battles in Virginia, and
was a prisoner in Richmond for several
months Mr.. Riley was an active member OF
the Democratic party. Four years ago he was
nominated for Clerk of the Common Pleas,
but his competitor, Mr.. Wolbert, was elected
by small majority.
"A meeting of those favorable to the abo-
lition of capital punishment was held last
evening in the hall of the Mercantile Library,
on Tenth street. above Chestnut. Hon Eli X.
Price presided. He introduced Mr.. M. II.
Bovee who, in addressing the audience as
serted that since the abolition of capital pun
ishment 10y Michigan, Rhode Island, and
Wisconsin, the crime of murder had in those
States decreased John 1. Rogers, Esq, then
made a short address; and at the close of the
meeting petition for the abolishing of capi-
tai punishment was circulated for signatures
"A meeting was held last evening by the
Temperance Blessing, at the Assembly Build
ing, Tenth and Chestnut streets, to make
arrangements for series of temperance meet
ings to be held ON the 22d of February next.
Rev. Mr.. Terrence officiated in prayer, after
which the object of the meeting was stated
by Mr.. Heritage, who submitted a series of
resolutions, providing for the appointment of
committee to draft circular to be sent to
all the clergymen of the city and the presi-
dents or heads of various temperance socie-
ties, urging upon them renewed efforts in
favor of total abstinence, and requesting
meetings to be held by the churches and So
cieties on the 22d of February next. The
resolutions were adopted.
The committees selected to try the con-
tests to the seats of the sitting members in
Select Council, from the Twenty fifth and the
Eighth wards met yesterday afternoon in
Select Council chamber The Twenty-ffth
ward case was first taken up, wherein Thomas
Q. Evans is the contestant and Samuel l..
Snyder is the respondent. The committee
was presided over by William f. Smith.
James Lynd and J. Alexander Simpson,
Esqs. appeared counsel for the con-
testant, and George Bull and Richard Lud
low, Esqs., for the respondent. After the
reading of the petition, Mr.. Bull moved to
quash it on the ground that it was not filed
within ten days after the organization OF
Councils as required by the act of Assembly
Councils having organized on January 3D.
and the petition being filed on the 18th day
of the month. The committee, after half
minutes consultation, overruled the motion
to quash.
Mr.. Bull then moved to strike out the spe-
cifcations charging that in certain division
more votes are counted for respondent than
he received; that the numbers of votes in the
return were not written out in words, but
were simply in figures; that O certain number
of votes were cast for John B. Gallagher Other
than he received; and that certain votes were
received and counted correspondent that were
not legal. He based his motion on the ground
that they were irrelevant, as they did not
show how the number of votes cast were tt
be determined; that John B. Gallagher wa'
not the party complaining; that there was NJ
allegation that the omission of the number o.
votes cast, written out in words, was fraudu
lent; and, finally, that the persons who wer'
said to be unqualified voters, it should hav'
been alleged, were not registered voters, a
the registry was p''inea fdcie evidence of
persons right to vote.
The motion was sustained as to the strikin,
out of the specification relating to the omis
sion to write out the number of votes cast
and overruled as to the balance.
Mr.. Bull then filed the answers of the re
spondent, which formerly denied all the allie
cations contained in the petition.
The returns and papers of the Twenty
fifth ward were then produced from the offic
of the Prothonotary of the Court of Com
mon Pleas
The returns from all the divisions in tn
ward footed up as follows:-Samuel Il. Sny
der, 1885, Thomas @. Evans, 1910; John b
Gallagher 334.
The tally list showed in the Fourth division
more votes for Mr.. Evans than he wa
credited with on the return, which woul
make his vote 1918. The case was then con
tinued until tomorrow, at 3 o'clock p. M.
The Eighth ward case was then taken up
Thomas A. Barlow presiding over the com
mittee.
The contestant, H. Brinton Coke, appeared
with Robert Il. Randall and Isaac Gerhart
Esqs., as his counsel, and the respondent
Alexander II. Hodgdon, with j. Alexande