New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-14
1 QUARTER or 4 CENTURY'S WORK.
THE NATIONAL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY CELE-
rR,rEs ITS TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY.

nRATEs ITS TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY.
Tho tventv.dtth anniversary of the National Tenn
,pco society and Publication House celebrated
yesterday at the Broadway 1abei nacc. The morning
session was SHINY attended, but large audiences
,ened IN thc exercises of the afternoon and evening.
lanes H. Roberts. of Boston, who was present when
h, ociov WAS organized at Saratoga presided at the
morning session. which devoted chiefly to business
affairs John " stearnS corresponding secretary,
ad g, renort showing the receipts for publications
So, ,bo wear To be SiO,7G9 Il. and from donations.
lecacies etc. - orb 50, tot1 OF receipts Of F45,
a43 2G The expenses wore Si35l2 90. Ninety
,,, peyv ,ublcations were issued and %, e6O,O12
nares printed during the year. During the twenty
five wears of tho socieys existence lo33 publications
we're issued from which the receipts were 3lOi3,743.
The donations aggregate S260403, making total Of
coiuts from all sources of 4 i.l2,230 %. The
maid for copyrght literary labor, engraving and ltho
grabbing was .3134.5l4 43. or thIs amount over
900 coo was paid women for writing sunday school
hooks There were published i57,l3l copies OF such
hooks which are IN circulation in 10 900 sunday
hoo,s in the Unified states The society issues three
nancr. the combined circulation of which IS 10000
| comics monthly Upon missionary work. chiefly
among the colorcd people of the 7ouu Sloo'ooo was
| expended during twenty-five years
resolutions were adopted proclamlng the wisdom
and duty Of total abstinence They also SCI ioft laI
tho reccnt decision Of the United states supreme court
concerning the importation and sale OIL lhpAod'ihs
ouor in original packages into prohibition states
,u,l,es early action by Congress OF the utmost I'M
nort,ncc and provide petition to be presented to
tbc List Congress to prohibit this importation INTO
such states. ,.,
The Rev Dr. r. l.. Cuylcr, of Brooklyn was elected
nresidcnt for the coming year, and the list ot VICE
,rs id.nts includes the names Of large number OF
lcrgvmcn and temperance reformcrs in all parts oi
Tho country J. ~ stcarn, Wa, reelected correspond
inc and recording secretary, and William d. Porter
treasurer.
General Clinton l.. Fisk presided at the afternoon
session when the speaking was inerper'ed with III
truncutal music by the Park sisters. OF Boston In
his address General Fisk referred 10 the decision Of nc
.upremc Court which make, the sale OF liquor pos 6e
| i'm original packages ~ prohibition Nidt"' Inc
| remedy he said. must now r"-t Win .ohelc,,'
| u-r,tullrory address,, we're made uN !. VI llaH-
ov of Washington, repre- cntu- the National DlNleon'
an If Temperance: T.. II. Capp, Of Boston, Temple
! - Honor. Dr. ID. II. Mann, OF BrOokltu. the IN
| dnnandcnt order u Good TempaI,. and Mr., Mary
| r Enrt OF New York, Woman, Christian Temperance
| In the evening I'm addition TO the musical features
v fine park sisters and the silver Lake quartet there
| ver, addrc,sc, hy the Rev. Dr. tuYlcr. the lt"V'
| FIR. r. Dewitt Tamagc, and the Rev. Dr. j. e. FIlce'
| president OF Livingston College, North Carolina