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Show LATEST DWATC11B. GENERAL. I' L7M0LT II TO THE RESCUE. The S;il;iry of lieiM-her Raised to !SllM)j0UU Per Allium). W ho Woulilu t He Nned lor Adultery? New York, 7. A lar-dy attended meeting of the Plymouth society, composed of pewholdcrs of Plymouth church, was held in the lecture room of the church this evening, with J. B. Hutchinson in tho ciunr. The chairman stated that the mectinghad been called for the purpose ot considering consid-ering the question of increasing lieecher's halary. Henry W. Sage ollered a resolution to the effect that the salary of tho pastor for this ensuing year be lixed at $100,000, instead of $l!0,OUO, which it has heretofore been. 'I his was seconded by R. V. PopcB, after which R. W. Raymond made a lengthy address in which he censured cen-sured the action of the pms very strongly. Reporters lie characterized as a perfect nuisance, and mud they had all hiillercd by being interviewed by representatives of the press of the country. S. 13. White delivered a brief address in which he said that: while tho investigating committee were sitting Plymouth church had mado no efforts to influence them in any way and so it had been all through the trial. They had made no move whatever towards influencing influenc-ing tho jury or anybody else in Reech-er's Reech-er's behalf. Their time had not coine until to-nigljt, and "now," said lie, "we will show the world that Plymouth Ply-mouth church can spend millions in defence of her pastor s innocence, but not one dollar r t'nr blackmail or bribery." The resolution waa theu put to vote and passed unanimously, , there being not ono dissenting voice-. There we ro about four-fifths of the pewholders of the church present atj the meeting, which was a very enthusiastic en-thusiastic otic. It is generally under-1 stood among the congregation that thief enormous salary is only for this year, and is mainly intended to help defray the expenses of the trial. |