Daily Republican., 1884-06-19
News Sum mary.

Inc Eastern Fig Iron A0aOClaLlOn,
composed Of owners Of one hundred
furnaces east of the Alleghonies, repre-,
senting $25, ,0O0, 900 of capital, met yes.
terday in Reading. Henry s. Eckert,
OF that city, presided. New York,
Philadelphia, Pittsburg, the Schuylkill,
Lehigh and Lebanon Valleys were
largely represented. The reports pre-
sented indicate that "the present slight
dullnesss in the trade will be succeeded
by brighter business and heavier or.
ders as the season advances"
The 10Th annual session Of the
National Catholic Union began yester-
day in Baltimore Before the session
opened the delegates attended Ponti-
fcisl High Mass, Archbishop Gibbons
officiating. The Archbishop also spoke
to the delegates, The Secretary reported
that the number of Societies in the
Union had decreased to 66, also that
the receipts had 30 fallen off that mo
ney had to be raised by loans to defray
the expenses of the Union.
The colored people of Wilkesbarre
yesterday celebrated the adoption OF
the Fifteenth A amendment TO the Consti.
tuition. Delegations from Harrisburg,
Reading, Philadelphia and from neigh.
boring towns were present. A parade
took place in the morning, in which
1900 colored people participated. Prof
WIN. Howard, of Harrisburg, the ora
tor of the day, delivered an address
in the afternoon on the freedom Of the
race.
A telegram from Reading says that
friends of the family Of the late Hiestel
Clymer authorize the following state
ment relative to his death " Mr.. ely.
mer was In bad health, suffering from
malaria, profuse night sweats and In.
scmnia. He used narcotics in quaint
ties which in ordinary health would
only have produced sound sleep, but
which, in bis debilitated condition, pro
duced paralysis of the brain and hur.
ried his death.
The Liquor Dealers Association o1
Cincinnati held meeting on Tuesday
to consider the effect of the decision O
the Supreme Court of Ohio in regard tt
the Scott law. The general opinion
was averse to the payment of the tan
and in favor of presenting . case which
will make q full test of the law.
DIR. D. Magelrow, of Minneapolis, i.
reported to have been robbed Of $27Q(
on railroad train near Kingston, New
York, on Tuesday night. He tells
singular story of how the robbery wat
done by two men for whom he wa,
changing bills.
The Chief of Police IN Pittsburg ha.
notified the keepers Of combination
pool roorns that they must clcse W
their business and stop selling pools Oh
races or anything else. The order will
be contested In the Courts.
The Dominion Bolt and Iron Com
pany's works 1t Toronto have beer
closed and number of the men thrown
out of employment have left for the
North west and the United States.
The 18th commencement OF Prince
ton College closed on Wednesday
The degree Of A. b. was conferred OF
90 graduates. The degree OF Bacheloro
Science on II.
1.-THE boat race between the Harvard
and Columbia crews took place las
evening at New London. Harvard wol
in "a minutes % seconds, Columbia'l
time being24 minutes, 20 seconds.
The strike of the coal miners along
the Monongahela river has now extend
ed to nearly all the mines In the fOul
pools, and about 5000 men are idle
The operators appear Indifferent.
Philip Emory, member of the Sal
walton Army, being crazed by religious
excitement, committed suicide OF
Wednesday at Geulph, Ontario.
Two miners were fatally injured il
the Girard colliery at Girardville, Pa
Wednesday morning by an explosion
of powder.
Abe" Buzzard, OF the notorious
Welsh Mountain gang of Pennsylvania
thieves, was arrested in Chicago on Tues
day night.