The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-08-02
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New YORK, July 3l.-Thc San say,
that Augustus Storrs, treasurer OF Ply
mouth Church, has paid to Henry Ward
BceCher $4,000 as the first instalIment oi
the Sl00,OOO salary. Two secret meet
ings the Board Of Trustees have beer
held within the past three weeks, and
there has been very much difference Of
opinion, bordering almost on dissensiOn
as to how the remaining S7O,OOO shall he
raised.
The amount paid to Beecher was the
surplus that the pew rents ncttel at tho
sale in January, and covers his regular
S2O0OO salary,
The Times says that it is somewhat au.
thoritativcly stated that the officials Of
Plymouth Church intend to raise the
$4,000 additional salary voted to Mr.,
lieecher, by mortgage on the Bethel.
A fund is now being raised by the mem.
hers Of Plymouth Church for the benefit
Of Miss Bessie Turner.
The extended time for the defendants
to answer in the suit for libel, brought by
Edna Dean Proctor, against the New
York GrGphic, expires to-day, In all
likelihood the suit will he compromised,
VANDERBILT, JAY GOULD AND WESTERN
UNION.
The Tribune says u member Of the Ex-
ccutiye Committee Of the Western Union
Company, well acquainted with Com.
modOre Vanderbilt, was questioned as to
the truth Of the report that Mr.. Wander
bilt was ready To sell out his stock. lie
said that Mr.. Vanderbilt was perfectly
willingto part with any speculative stock,
and such Is the Western Union, but he il
intensely stubborn. The stock he holds
cost him SGc, and he never will sell at n
loss. II It can be got up to the nineties
the Commodore will sell out to Jay Gould
or any one else who will give him his
price. But the retirement Of Wander
bilt from the Board would not neCes.
snrily involve the retirement Of his
friends. Vanderbilt has large number
Of followers in all enterprises which he
enters into, and in our Board Mcssrs.
Schpll, Work, IIarkpr, Durkee aud
Thorne are all looked upon rs his
friends. All have been identified with
the management Of the company. |
do not believe they would sell out their
stock, eyenif Vanderbilt should. There
are thirty.five million dollars Of Western
Union stock in all. The Commodore
holds $j,OOOOOO, and his friends 81 | ,OOO,.
900 more, making SlG,OOO,0OO in all,
enough to control the Board at all elec.
tions. II Gould desires to control this
Board he will have to buy out the Van
derbilt clique us well as the Commodore.
lie, to-day, owns more Western Union
stock than does Vanderbilt. II il well
known in our Board that }. Gould owns
seven million five hundred Thousand Of
the Western Union stock, to five million
held by Vanderbilt. Should he buy out
the interest Of Vanderbilt, which the lat.
ter Is quite willing to sell tie moment
the stock rises to about SO, Gould, with
his S7,50O,OOO will be very near to con-
trolling the Board. He will have to pur.
chase II all himself, however, for he can
not rely upon his friends. lie has no
such following as the Commodore has,
but he makes up in cash what he lacks in
support
Letters have been received from John
T. Raymond, John Brongham, and Vim.
Wheatlcy, denying that they are losers
by Duncan, Sherman & Co.
Schmall and Grawciltcr, proprietOrs
Of an extensive lager beer brewery, at
Marion, n. j., have failed for about S7j,-
900.
The leader Of the Goth Regiment Band
has made a proposition to John Nolan,
President Of the lrish.AmciiCan AssoCia.
ton, now here, for contest Of bands on
the l7tlI of March next.
BARRETT on TWEED.
NEw YoRK, July 3l.-Judgc Barrett
to-day refused To yacate the order Of ar.
rest on the six million suit against Tweed,
Or 10 reduce his bail.
GoED sALEsEOR August
NEW YORK, August 1.-The Assistant
Treasurer at New York, has been direct
cd by the Secretary Of the Treasury to
sell gold during the month Of August as
fOllowE. One and n half million dollars
on the first and third Thursdays each,
and one million dollars, on the second
and fourth Thursdays each; total five
million.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
An order has been issued from the
Post OlIice Department to include
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, post office in the
first class letter carriers office, and the
pay Of carriers lus been increased ac-
cofdihgly.
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