The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-10-11
NEW YORK.
Banks Anxious to Resume Currency


Banks Anxious to Resume Currency
Payments.
NEW York, Oct 10.-There is a very early
prospect OF putting all end to the pooling ar
rangement. Many of the old and prudenty
managed banks down town and nearly all the
snlali banks up town are FESTIVE under this ar
rangemeDt, and desire the liberty of managing
tneir own green0acks as we'll as national bank
uoees IN their own way, and to receive and pay
tncm out across their counters. Their receipts
they very properly urge cannot be made free as
oelore the suspension, so long as there is dis
count on bank checks in Wall street, and while
hey have no anxiety about breaking up the
arrangement for certifying checks payable
balances in relief certificates bearing per cent.
interest, they do insist upon the resumption in
hoIes (greenbacks or nationally across their own
counters. No day is named for a meeting of
ene clearing Hoase banks to relax the existing
arrangements, but the probability is that it will
not be later than Saturday or Monday next.
Increasing Interest i'm the stokes Case.
The interest in the Stokes case is increasing.
ms morning the halls and corridors of the
Court were thronged by persons DESTROYS of
gaming admission. All who could not produce
proper credentials were excluded. The priso-
ner enteled the Court shortly before 10 o'clock,
looking pale and somewhat subdued. Some
delay was caused by the absence of the priso-
ner's counsel.
The Evangelical Alliance.
Delegates to the Evangelical Alliance were
very busy to-day.
At Association Hall, after devotional exer-
crses. paper was read by Rev. Joseph Angus,
d. d. Regents Park, London, on 'The duty of
the churches in relation to missions" The
speaker said more was done in the last century
to give the Bible to the world than in the first
ten centuries of the era. The conversion of the
world is being enforced by the extent of the
work done and the success achieved
A paber on Territorial division of mission
airy fields of labor written by Rev. Rufus
Anderson, ID. D., Boston, was read by Rev. DR..
Clark.
obligations of science, literature and COM
merce to christian missions,' was the title of
paper read by Rev. Thomas Melody, D. D.,
of New York.
The second section Of the Alliance met at St.
PauPs. The church was filed by an immense
crowd.
The first speaker was Rev. Mr. Sheshadri,
who spoke of christianity among the HindoOs
Time failed the speaker to tell the triumphs of
the gospel in India. The immense audience
were warm in their reception of the speake.
and his words
Rev MIR. Woodside spoke of women's work
in India.
Bishop E. De Schwartz, D. D., Bethlehem,
Pa, read paper an Missionary work among.
the most Insignificant and degraded tribes of
the heather world" after which the section
took recess till 2 p. m.
In the third section Rev M. Delore of France
made brief speech in French upon Protestant
measures in France, after which the section
adjourned till 2 D. m.
Various Matters.
At a meeting of the WorkLgmens Council
last night the Secretary was instructed to COM
municate with Mr.. Arch, now in Canada, and
ascertain whether he intends to be the guest of
the upper classes or of the working people,
The Women's Centennial Association of
America, an association of American women
which, while commemorative of the immortal
Declaration of Independence and it's centenary,
shall also serve for all time as an incentive to
excellence in the various departments of indus
try science, literature and art, held an enter
tainment last evening at Stenway's.
Committees of Tammany and Apollo Halls,
to confer with other political organizations rel
alive to the nominations, have been appointed
by each faction, and coalition between the
two wings is effected.
Police Dismissed and Gas Shut Off
PoUGHKEEPs1E, Oct. 10.-The Common
Council to night, in view of the defeat of the
appropriation asked for at the special election
yesterday, passed resolutions dismissing the po-
lice, shut off the street lights and stopping all
labor ON public works and fencing in dangerous
streets and bridges.