Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-09-06
Inc Railway Mail Service Men.

aEETING OF THEIR MUTUAL BENEFIT ASSO
CATION.
The L. s. Railway Mail Service Mutual Ben
eft Association reassembled yesterday after
noon at Franklin Legion hall, 10th and c sts.)
The election of officers of the association to
serve for the ensuing year resulted In the
choice of II. c. Dunn, of st. Louis, for presi.
dent, nine vice presidents, lone for each di-
vision,) and w. w. James. of this city, secre-
tary and treasurer.
committee TO wait on the Post Office dc
paI.nient officials returned, and introduced
Hon. J; n Tyner, First Assistant P. NJ Gen
era1, Hon I. j Brady, Second Assistant. and
Hon. A. \. HaZen, Third Assistant who made
brief addresses.
Mr.. Brown moved a reconsideration of the
vote by which Boston had been selected as the
next meeting place OF the convention. After
considerable discussion his motion was car
rled. Cleveland, Ohio, Boston, Mass, Buffalo
N.Y. and Washington, DC, were each named
as the place for holding the next convention.
A vote being taken, Cleveland. Ohio. was Sc
lected. and the third Tuesday in September
1879, was set as the time;
Mr.. H. &. Sener offered resolution. which
was adopted, thanking the press of Washing
ton for the manner in which they had report
ed the proceedings of the convention.
The committee on resolutions reported q
series, embracing one of respect to the mem
DRY of the late George s. Bangs; rendering
sympathy to their brethren in the south; ten
to Capt. Bailey and others of the local division,
which resolutions were adopted.
The convention reaSSem bled at O'Clock, MI.
He. Dunn, the newly elected president, in the
chair.
The evening was taken up in considering
the amendments to the constitution ana by
laws reported by the committee,
Mr. Harlan offered resolution. which was
adopted, thanking Theodore n. Vail, general
superintendent railway mail service, for his
untiling efforts in behalf of the members of
this association aid his endeayOrS to secure
TO us an increased compensation for our SER
vices.
After authorizing the secretary to print 5000
copies OF the proceedings OF the convention for
distribution among railway employees, and fix
ing the bonds Of the general secretary and
treasurer at $4,000. the meeting adjourned
Relief for Fever Sufferers.
An adjourned meeting of the citizens of
East Washington, was held last evening at
McCauley's Hall, Col. TAFT presiding, and l..
\. Delwig secretary: contribution of $40
was received from Mrs. M. A. Devlin. The
sc1ibed and SS4 paid in. The secretary was
directed to send the collections every third
day, in the proportion of Fl to Grenada, s. to
ee ekseTe and - to Memph The commit
A. TAFT DR.. j. E. Bracket. Messrs =. P. Little.
s. A ID. Marks, Louis Delwig, E. n. Hill,
Thomas IN rs. ): G ( H. J. Bright, Adam Cad
Ferd Franc, and William III Carrico. Mr.. Hill,
referring to the statement of the Health Officer
That the city was in 2 sanitary condition, de-
IT, anu Stlu Ill the sewer through the
Botanical gardens was opened as cOntenl-
plated, the public health would be endangered,
and the Commissioners should be prevented
from doing so. Mr.. Hill stated that he knew
OF three or four yellow fever eases i'm this city
brought from the south, but they all had re-
covered.
Mr. Soomons acknowledges the receipt of
Sl.432s3 from Mr.: Simon Wolf, including
Sl,4lI.e3 from the Treasury department: SI53
collected. by himself including 81 from the
Naval Observatory, and s7S from the Navy
department.
The benefit performance by Duprez & Bene-
diets MINISTRIES at the National theater yester-
day afternoon Melted S5l.25.
Mr. S. b. Lyons, for the employees of the Gov
eminent Asylum for the Insane, has forwarded
by Adams express, TO the Howard Relief AssO-
citation of New Orleans, 1928.
Mrs. Winnie Ream HOXie writes to Mr.. Solo
mons that, desiring to contribute all she can,
she gives for the relief of the sufferers one of
her finished works, 1.-THE South" to be con-
verted by Mr.. Wolf, in such manner as he may
think best, into its money value, which is $500.
c. II. McAlliSter, G. w. AShburn and F. III.
Chaffee, committee of Crystal FOunt Division.
S. of T., to-day sent TO the president of the
Howard Association, at Memphis. Tenn, S6l,
part OF the proceeds of the entertainment by
the division for the benefit of the yellow fever
sufferers on the I'd instant