Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-12
completed for peoples concert and festival
to be given tomorrow afternoon and evening ut
Quentin's park for the benefit of the yellow
fever sufferers, and it is expected there will be

completed for peoples concert and festival
to be given tomorrow afternoon and evening ut
Quentin's park for the benefit of the yellow
fever sufferers, and it is expected there will be
an immense attendance. Business houses gen.
orally will close at noon and no afternoon SEES
sion of the chamber OF commerce will be held.
The programme consists of musical selections
rendered by Bach's and other orchestras, gym
nastic exercises by 100 boys and girls under
direction of Prof. Brosius and other similar
attractions. Refreshments have all been do
mated and almost the entire gross receipts will
be available for relief purposes. All railroads
leading to the city have made special rates for
this occasion and large attendance from in
terror cities is expected. President Hayes and
party will visit the park at o'clock.
PORTLAND, OREGON.
SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. 1.-THE citizens' conn.,
mittee of Portland, Oregon, raised over $4,000
for the benefit of the yellow fever sufferers.
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE chamber of COM
MERGE committee to-day transmitted $4,000 to
New Orleans, $1,000 to vicksburg and $4,000
to Memphis These sums were sent to tho
Howard associations for distribution in the
cities and infected adjacent towns and villa
ges. Total subscriptions received to-day by
the committee, $1,549.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1l.-Reports from all parts
show continuation of liberal contributions for
yellow fever sufferers. The Masonic contri-
button in this State is $4,000. The Wintam
Ice company of Boston is sending fifty car loads
of ice to Memphis, which al railroads carry
free. Owing to the prevalence of yellow fever
the National Local Preachers Convention of the
Methodist church, called for Covington, KY,
will be held in Paterson, N. j., in October
next. Washington dispatch says the collector
Of internal revenue at Cairo will be allowed to
transfer his Office to some other point in his
district in case yellow fever spreads there.
ST. LOUIS.
ST.. LOUIS, Sept. 1.-THE quarantine hospital
physician reports n patients there admitted
since our last report, yellow fever cases, 4
doubtful cases, 8 convalescent from yellow
fever, 8 discharged as cured, 7 died, Q both col
ored roustabouts.
The merchants exchange fever fund now
reaches over $4,000, and collections from
other sources over $14 900.
FROM OTHER POINTS.
CLEVELAND, Sept 11.-Total contributions to
date to the yellow fever fund, $4,000.
CHICAGO, Sept. 1l.-Total subscriptions tc
the relief committee, $37,156; from othe,
sources, $10,5l1. Total, $47, 667. This is e1
elusive of the picnic fund of yesterday, which
exceeded $4,000
The Philadelphia citizens committee col
lected to-day $500, making total of $63,00O
Archbishop Wood received to-day $4,000, thu
collection in the Catholic churches of his do
cese. The archbishop has ordered special pray
ers for cessation of the plague. The Can't
Getaway club, of Mobile announces 81 900
The club has also sent to infected cities ninet,
physicians and nurses