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NEW-YORK, TTESDAY, MAY 1, 1888.
PRICE THREE CENTSl
NO POLITICS FROM ROME.
IRISHMEN AND ENGLISHMEN CONDEMN
THE POPE'S DECREE.
A WtSOLTTTION TO CF.ASF. CONTntnUTTNG TO
PETKR'8 PEXCR-BOLD STANK TAKEN BY
THE M1TCHELSTOWN BRANCH OF THE
NATIONAL. LEAGUE-COMMENTS
OP THE LONDON PllliSS.
London, April HO.?A meeting composed of Irish?
men and Englishmen, held at Aldershot, con?
demned the Pope's decree, and resolved to found
n branch of the Heine Rule organization and to
ernie contributing to Peter's Pence. The Mitchols
town branch of the National league luts discussed
the decree, and has decided that it will not take its
politics from Rome. Thc Irish Parliamentary
party will take no steps in connection with tho
decree, but will leave the question on its merits
to the appreciation of the people. The promoters
and supporters of the Plan of Campaign do not
expect that the decree will act as a serious check
to the enterprise.
" Th* Pall Mall Garette," commenting on tho
decree, says: ? The Pope's blunder ammos us.
It will make no difference in the condition of
affairs in Ireland, while thc alliance with the
Pope will displease England." " The St. James's
Gazette" asks what Mr. Gladstone thinks of his
position now. What the Vatican declares to bo
a damning sin Mr. Gladstone, it says, considers
exclusive dealing. " The Globe" says: w Arch?
bishop Walsh doubtless did his utter?
most to refute Monsignor Persico'a state?
ments relative to tho condition of affairs
in Ireland. It is possible, ns 'The
Daily News' intimates, that 1 'if ''ope has been
threatened with something, like a schism. Thc
decree means that law and order, which were
men.u ed by the juncMon of I strong British |?rty
with the Parnellltcs, hav? row, in the Vnticans
opinion, overcome the distu. ? it.g forces assailing
them."
* Tiie Star" denounces th. n-crec as cruel, part)
lous and r:nkn Ti says thai Ireland, iifhting
with her back to the wall, will never. |x .haps,
discover tie methods by which the BttMk WM
instigated. If Ireland submit to saenJioe i er j
liberties to a base Tory int'ipi., she will l>e un- |
worthy of thc freedom wMdfe ll ? fcw year. '
Englishmen will grant DM .i' sh- mnintmik her !
demands. The paper sum in ms En< 'ishmen to <ie
nounce their Ministers' li.tigu*. LMlaod, it de
declAre*. will accept political advice and eoiu.se!
from no power b >t her chosen p liti'-al leaders.
" The SUadaYd* urgues that lin effect of the |
deere* t jj be disastrous to the National Leatjiv
by lessening its c . .r.t ribo t inns.
Dublin, April 30.?" The Ft i man's J^irnal"
says: "The decree will always command the
tenants' respect, bufc the noonie understand their
own affairs too well to a'lo\v 1,"-: ie machinations
to prevail. They have ^ble, and vigilant advo?
cates, like Ar^hbisl op Wa.sii, in Rome, and Arch?
bishops and Bishops rt home, whose support
will nover fail them." Not .ces have been posted
in Kilruch, threatening with thc doom of James
Carey (the Phoenix IVrk informer) any one deal?
ing with the innkeeper who harbored a constable
who assaulted a priest during the efforts of tho
authorities to suppress a meeting of the National
League at that place.
One hundred men belonging to tho Sixtieth
Rifles have started for Gwcedore to arrest another
priest. _
The official niblicntlon of the Papal Decree de?
nouncing the Plan if Campaign In Ireland has undoubt?
edly created a sensation la Irish circles in thin city.
A Tribune reporter visited yesterday many of tho
leading Irish Catholics and Nationalists who were will,
lng to express their opinions upon the subject In em?
phatic language, but owing to the McClyua trouble
deollned to have tholr names mentioned.
Said one: " I do not know how to keep cool In dls
euwlng this matter. It ls horrible, 1 could not really
believe that the Pope would do whit hr 1 is done, lt
h an Insult to the Irish race. Of course the Irish
people will Ignore the dorree ami thc irish priests too, I
hope; for they taught Kome a lesson six years ago
when the Parnell te-tlmonlal was demounted by tho
Pope by giving to the Irish leader ?40.000, al>out three
times as much as be would have got If tho I*opo's
letter hadn't appeared. I hope now that the Plan of
Campaign wtU bl enforced with double vigilance and
that boycotting the landlords will ho practised with in
creaslng severity. Poverty stricken Ireland that has
lost everything in clinging to Kome bj thus rewarded.
On the othor hand Prince Blfaurok who has spent his
life In persccutlix tho church. In enforcing the in?
famous m?j la.>9, In vetoing the appointment of
bishops and priests, and In cl. sing up c.ithollo places
of worship In nain parts ot the Empire was decorated
not long agu by Inn same poj>e with the Order of christ,
? special aw hail ador having l.^n sent from Porno to
Berlin tor that purpose. I'm sick ot tho wuole thlug."
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DVNA.MULKS IN PARLIAMENT.
COMMONER .NOLAN KBCA1T.8 CENSURE FOR INTRO?
DUCING MILi.KN's DAKSHTBMi
London, April 30.?Joseph Nolan, a Nationalist
meml>er of Parliament, was re examined to-day before
the io ru mit tee on the Admission of .Strangers to Par?
liament. He admitted that he Introduced In Parlia?
ment two ladies of the name of Millen, but he said
he did not know that they were the daughters of a
reputed dynamiter.
Chief Detective Munro deposed that Millen, when
he sent his daughters to London, directed tuat only
Nolan should escort them about. If he got a chanco
to capture Millen he would prove the latter's connec?
tion with the haman raids ol IW7.
After Monro had concluded his testimony the com?
mittee drafted a report to the llojuse In which they
avoided censuring Mr. Nolan.
A LITTLE DOMINION BLUSTER.
WHAT ML.III HAPPEN IF THE FISHERIES TRKATT
IS NOT ADOIMKD.
Ottawa, April 30.-In the Senate to day the Fisheries
Treaty was again up for discussion.
Senator Polrler said that if tho Cnlted States do
not adopt the treaty lt will be all the worse for them.
" We shall have done our sharo In making liberal ad?
vances and concessions," said he, "and If in reject?
ing that which ls Just they should, relying on their
number and wealth, force through the lines that limit
our legitimate Inheritance and attempt to prey upon
our national substance, it will not be the < anadlans*
fault If behind their n>et and within sound of their
Atlantic cities they hear, nearer and nearer, tiri
mighty voice of Ilrltish cannon.'
TIIE EMPERORS DOCTORS DISAGREE.
DR. BIKOMANN TO RETIRE IX FAVOR Off DR. BAR
DEI IBKN?THE PATIENT I KVr.lUSII.
Berlin, April 30.-Doctor flardeleben, Director of
the Clinical Surgery Itepanraent of the Charity Hospi?
tal, will replace Doctor i'.etgmaun in attendance upon
the Kmperur. Professor l;< .?gmann wrote to UM chef
tourt macha! roojMOtta| t? be relieved from oj Ima
ance on tho ground that lt wm Ust that the patlont
ihould not bo treated bj two physicians nuable to
? grce. The Emperor appiovel Professor Hergruann'j
jourse and the latter Withdrew from the csso. Tho
Emperor was somewhat leverton this morning. Uo
reoover* his strength very Mew ly.
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BOLLAMILKS LAMHLIKK DISIYISITION.
a WANTS NO WAK i MK C/.AK.S ANTIPATIIV
TOWAKU HIM.
Parts, April 30.- Geucial lioulanger has written a
letter ?yotoattag against th- waru Lc Mee* that have
been attributed to Mm. Ht Wiamea now to declare
diaULCtly before Ti-ai;. - ard \..pa ta!4, democratic
Prarie Is maligned ti hem- erodttol win, thoughts of
aggression, io which he has evei bora a::d Ula) remains
resolutely oppooed.
Monow April WK?Il ls authoiltatlvely stated that
the czar has exprcbied antipathy toward ueneral
lioulanger.
THE AFT AU WITH MOROCCO.
ntt iCLTAN HESITATES IO 6CBM1T THE DISPUTE
TO AHBITHATION.
Tangier, April :io.-The r-uitan of Morocco hesitates
to submit to arbitration the dl?pute between his (iov
cniment and tho United state* regarding tko lm
Pnaouraent at lutat of persons under ihe flnjos Iinji
Ommjm protection. Mr. Lr wis. the American Con
?*?j ? awaiting further onie* from Washington.
BA.NWl.ET TO (ARL fCBUM
Berlin, April 30.?A bane jot was given at the
KaiiertJof Hotel Jut evening, In honor of Mr (arl
aofcuw. Count lichen lamarck, sevoral membcro
of the Reichstag and other distinguished persons were
present,
m
A SALARY FOIi COLONEL KING RAHMAN.
JOHN MORLEY BITTER IMPOSITION TO THE MEAS'
URE AVAILS NOTHING.
London, April 50.?In the Home of Commons to?
day Mr. Balfour, In moving tho second reading of the
bill tc pay a salary to Colonel King-Harman as Under
Secretary for Ireland, urged the necessity of having a
salary attached to the post.
John Morley moved that the bill be rejected. He
reminded tho nouse of the distinct pledge given by
the Government that no salary would be attached to
the office. The appointment of Colonel King Harman
j to the post, he said, was regarded by the people as a
: distinct Indication (hat the Government were taking
\ sides In the social war raging In Ireland. The office
I was wholly needless, and was created to give some
1 thing to a man whom the Ministry found on their
. hand*. lt ma-; an appointment which had plucked
out by the roots any confidence which the Irish had
still felt In the Government. (Cheers.i
After a heated debate the biM passed Its second read?
ing by a vote of ilJti to 17/
In tte debate on Mr. Balfour's Irish t*nd Com
i mission bill. Mr. Balfour offered to give favorablo ron
j side-ration to any suggestions of amendments whloh
would Improve Its working.
Mr. Parnell said be failed to see the neces?ity for
; the bill, wMch was frivolous and unsubstantial to th'
last degree. The proper thing was to Increase tho
1 number of sub-commissions, not to raise the already
swollen, bloated salaries of tho Irish County Court
; Judges.
A motion for the second reading of the bill wa* then
carried by a vote of 226 to 130.
Notice has been given of 2()7 Liberal amendments
! and of Wi conservative and Dissident amendments
I t> the Local Government bill
FURIOUS GALEaTqUKENSTOWN.
TBE CITY OF CHICAGO COMPKLI.I* TO SEEK SnEL
TPR IV HIE INNER HARBOR.
Queenstown, Apri' .l.t. - A furious gale prevails |
here. Tho wind blows with such severity that the '
Inman Line steamer City ol Chicago, Captain Watkins,
which arrived here to-day, from New York, was com
pHled to seek shelter In the inner harbor and transfer
lier m .fis and passengers, (several ships aro lying wind?
burn, in the harbor.
Till HICIDR Ol' HKLKNF. GROSMONT!.
London, April 30.- -Tho Coroner's Jury In the case ol
the Sooth of Helene Crosmond. the prima donna who
shut -herself In a caa in Piccadilly last Wednesday, to?
rt ly re.ude.-ed k verdict of suicide, giving Insanity as the
cause.
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AUSTRALIA WANTS NO CHfNKRR.
MelKurne, April 30.-The steamer Afghan, from
Boag Kong, brought 2ft8 Chinese Immigrants to be
larded i ?r>?. The Government, however, forbade tho
landing of the Inmigrants and quarantined the vessel,
refusing r msir ie the naturalisation papers of the
( hinamen.
MT SEXTON'S ELECTION VALID.
Dublin, April 30 -Tho Court of Queen's Hench
'"-dav unan'f.iously dre dod! that the election of Mr.
'Humus iseiu.u as Lord Mayor of Iubiin was valid.
FRBBMBTS DUM JO MELTING SNOW.
NEW-ENGLAND RIVERS UKTTSUALLT HIGH.
RAILROAD FMBANKM.'.XTS WASHED OUT AHD OTHER
DAMAGE DC NT ? WESTERN' FLOODS.
[PT TELEGR.?.FH TO TUB TRIBCKE.]
Boston, April 30.?The warm weather of the last few
days has rapidly melted the beds of snow which re?
mained In the woods and sheltered valleys along tho
water courses In Maine, N'ow-Hampshlre and Vermont,
and has caused serious freshets In some localities. A
dispatch to "The Journal'' from Newport, N. H., says
that tho new pulp mill and barn erected by James H.
Hubbard at. an expense of IplO.OOO at Codon Flat,
was swept out by the high water last
night, carrying with lt tho excelsior shop
aud dam of Pillsbury, below, and 200 cords of
poplar pulp wood; also (he blacksmith shop and other
buildings and the bridge over a branch of Sugar River
et Croydon Flats. The damage cannot be less than
KCO.OOO and is a total loss to the owners. The flood
In the Connecticut has not been higher for several
years. There ls a washout at Barton, Vt, and tho
Canadian Pacific train which left Boston last evening
went only to Wells River and returned to Concord,
N. n., this morning. Montpelier, Vt, sutlers nearly
every spring from freshets. The Winooski River has
risen considerably since Saturday and last night all
tho cellars and basements in the lower portions of
tho village were deluged. Several roads are Impas?
sable on account of the flood. The streams are entirely
free from floating lee. At no time binre th* freshet
of 1860 has the water been so high. A dispatch from
Lebanon. N. H., says that the water In the Mascoma
River ls higher than during the great freebel of lSHO.
There ls much darker to the railroad track and bridge.
A dispatch from Concord, X. H., says th?t tho Mein
mac River has bow rising steadily since carly roi tot
day. Intervales and highways aro Inundated, cutting
off travel willi towns lying cast of tl j city. The
fraobet lg greater than that that of ISM. The waler
is rising at the rate ni one and one-half Inches an
hour and although little damage has yet been reported
In this reglou, much ls liable to happen unless tho water
recedes.
Hartford, Vt., April 30. -At 4 a. m.. to-dav the
highest point was reached nineo the great freshet of
18(10, it has grown, considerably colder since and the
water has fallen eighteen inches "in tko last four hours.
The Central Vermont Railroad embankment a short
distance south of Sharon ls washed out considerably,
and th'-re are fears of further damage. The water
ls overflowing fine meadow lands several feet deep
also some points In the highway between hero ana
West Hartford.
Fan Claire, Wis., April 30.-The flood bas driven
fully a hundred and fifty families from their homes
in the last twenty-four hours. Portervllle, a village
below her*-, ls flooded and deserted. The Inhabitants
are camped in shells and warehouses. Two streets
on each side of the Chippewa Uiver In this city are
flooded. The greatest Ml thu' far ls to the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad and to partly sub?
merged saw mills and business houses, tour inches
of melting snow have fallen
Minneapolis, April 30.?Dispatches to "The Jour
nal." fram Chippewa Falls, Wis., say: "The
Chippewa was stationary at about eighteen feet this
morning. Last night and this morning considerable
snow fell."
Troy, N. V.. April HO.-The recent hot weather has
melted the snow In the Adirondack region so rapidly
that a freshet has resulted. The water has risen more
than four feet since Sunday morning and ls now above
many of the docks In the city. The water ls still
rising. _
THE QLAS8W0MEEX9 STltlKE ENDED.
WORD RECEIVED RY THE STRIKERS IN SANDWICH,
MASS., FROM THE WEST.
Sandwich. Hat*., April 3(V?Tho workmen em?
ployed In thi Posion and 'sndwlcb Glass Works re?
ceived official notice yesterday that the strike or
lockout, which had been going on In all the factories
In tho Cnlted States since January 2, has bern de?
clared off. It ls said thal tho manufacturers conceded
Rule 7, regarding (he employment of apprentices, and
the local members of the Flint (doss Workers* Inion
believe that the workmen wei* victorious In this, the
longest strike ever known In glass-making atnie*
heston, April 30 (Special).?At the Boston oflico of
the Boston and Sandwich (Mass Company today little
wa* known In regard to ordering off tho strike of
glass workers beyond tho fact that Superintendent
spurr had received a telegram from tho Writ
Stating that the strll.e had been declared
off, bul giving no particulars. The factory at Sandwich
will not l)c opened until a meeting of the directors has
been add. TMs will probably occur In a few d?JS, Tm
New-Kngland (Ilass Company has already dOOMtod to
move to the West and consequently will not bo affeoted
by the declaring of the strll.e off. "Wo are building
a large fail irv at Toledo, ohio." said the supcrl ti?
de nt to a "Journal" lepmeatatlve, "and shall prob?
ably remove our entire business there by August 1."
TB! rp.F.WRRY INVESTIGATION1 TOMORROW.
Th" meetings held yesterday In Clarendon Hali
were bj Moray as UsuaL The cry. of all tho members
of the different branches of the central body ls : " I.at
us see your books." The minute books of the Journey?
men brewer; weie produced on Saturday before the
state Board of Arbitration, and now the union mon
say thai tf.ey will hiing out facts as damaging to the
brewery" proprietors as anything that has been pro
duoed roi Lasry?r Dalona?*? sall yesterday:
'They aro whistling to keep their courage up."
A pr.B.irnii l.btr n;an said ' If e.-Judge
Fullerton appears fer the Journeymen on Wednesday,
tier? will midi ubledly be a possibility of a cirrus,
In legal tilt.s Thc fur ls bound to Uv. It will he
an Interesting case it n,,,,^ u(, an Important case
because two of the best lawyers In New York have
been engaged to act as counsel for the respective
belligerents."
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DF.MANDS OP THE 11 RF. VI t RS IN ST. LOIT6.
St. Louis, April 30 (Speelab --eecrelary BecM<;ld. of
the Brewer*' I'nlon, presented today to Pnsldont
\\'millwright of tho Brewers' Association, the contract
wiin ii the employes d-mand that the bosses shall sign,
ibo demand wa* formally refused and Mr. Bochtnld
? 111 .ejxiri (he result to a mass meeting of the employes
to -morrow night. Tho new contract ia not ac arbi?
trary as the ono which Just ciplrod, The Kale of
wages proposed ls as follows | Employes In wash houses
not less than $15 a week: employes In the cellar.
fermentation room, mali house and kettlemen not
less than $10 a week; rate of pay for extra hours. 30
cents per hour, an advance of 10 coots an hour over the
rate paid under the contrail of last yoar. There are
twenty-two breweries In St. Louis and two In Eas*
Kt Loala involved lu tho trouble.
TWO BUN DUB J) LIVES IN PERIL.
LOSS OF A PACIFIC COAST STEAMER
THE QUEEN OF THE PACIFIC SINKS ALONCSIDE
HER WHARF-A RXjfUl FOR LUE IN A
LEAKING VESSEL.
fBT TELEOnArtl TO TM? TBIStTXH..
Ban Francisco, April 30.?Only the eon rage and
coolness of the captain and the calmnes, af the sea
prevented a great loss of life early this nu.ir.lng
when the Paclflo Coast steamer Queen of the Pacific
sank near Port Harford, Pan Lull Obis po County
The Queen was the swiftest and staunchest vessel
on the lino between hero and San Diego and way
ports, and owing to this and the popularity of tho
captain, she always carried a large passenger list.
Over 200 persons were aboard this trip. About 3
o'clock th!s morning a leak was discovered, the causo
of which ls still unknown. The vessol was then about
fifteen miles from Port Harford, ono of her regular
stopping place*. Captain Alexander determined
to make tils port If possible and then bearii the
?teamer. Tho powerful steam pumps, however,
could not keep down the water, which steadily gained
The passengers were aroused and a scene of the
wildest excitement ensued. The captain finally re?
stored ordor and under severe orders forced the fire?
men and engineers to remain at their posts although
the water was pouring In and they were up to their
breasts In lt. All the steam was crowded on and
about daybreak the vessel reached Port Harford,
where the passengers and baggage wore landed. A
few moments afterward the vessel listed heavily
and sank alongside the wharf.
The stories told by several passengers show
that lt was a critical situation and a narrow
escape from disaster. W. E Sehroc, of San Francisco,
said he was awakened from sleep by the rolling of tho
vessel at A o'clock, and found the cabin full of water.
Going out, he found the vessel lying at an tafia "r
sixty degrees, the lower side only a few feet from the
water. In the dining room there was three feet nf
water. He praises Captain Alexander, and says that a
panic was narrowly avoided. All were cool excopt tho
women.
The Queen was built six years ago by Cramp under
a contract with nenry Vlllard. and was brought out
here for.service with the Northern Paelflr. road. Ho
spared no expense In fitting her out, and when the
Northern Pacific wu opened he Intended to give an ex?
cursion on her on tho Columbia River, the ls valued
at $500,000._
the nam or A " SUICIDAL IMPULSE."
mr. DEATH OF THK RRT. NIL HEERMsNCE UX
DOUBTKDLY MU TO THIS MENTAL DISEASE.
The suicide of the Rev. Edgar I- Hcomance was
the one tople of conversation at White Plains yester?
day. No one was allowed to seo the body of the dead
man except tho Intimate friends and relatives of the
family. Mrs. Heermance ls completely prostrated by
the stuck. Sho ls attended by Dr. Schmidt, the fam
liy physician, who refuses to allow her to converse
with any ono about the sad affair. As to the tiotlvo
of the act, the universal feeling was that Mr. Ileer
mance killed himself while Insane. Coroner Tlce and
a Jury held an Inquest yesterday morning. John
Blakely, the sexton, was the chief witness, nis story
Is In substance the same as that published In yester?
day's Tribune. The Jury then returned a verdict that
the Rev. Mr. Heermance came to hit death from a
pistol-shot wound, seH-lnfiicted, while laboring under
temporary aberration of the mind.
Dr. Schmidt, In speaking of the suicide yesterday,
said:
Mr. Heermance was of unsound mind, and six
year* ago I sent him to Switzerland In ronseuueneo
of this anaJady. He returned much Improved, but
eventually the disease returned and In a stronger
form. On two different occasions I havo known of his
being on the very brink of committing suicide, and lt
was only bv a severe struggle that he held bach tho
desire to bring himself to an end by the means which
he finally used. I informed a brother of the suicide
Just how the matter would end, but that Information
was kept from Mrs. Heennance, and yesterday was the
first time she knew of lt
The dead pastor left no letters or messages behind
for any friends, and this fact In Itself is considered to
be sufficient corroboration of the insanity theory.
No arrangements have yet been marin for the funeral.
The following statement ls made by one who, through
knowledge of the circumstances of Mr. Heermance's
life, ls tiualllled to speak on the matter:
Allow me to correct an error into which all the
j>ai>crs have fallen, regarding the cause of tho Rev.
Sir. Heermance's suicide. Tim testimony of the fam?
ily physicians at the lng nott, at which I was present,
brought Out the fact that this was his thiel attack of
'' melancholia, with suicidal impulse,'' within five or
six years. He had confided to them that he had
taken a pistol out to shoot himself two or three times
before?and that years before the late church diffi?
culties. These, of course, wore on lils sensitive na?
ture, but had lt not been for his lurking Insanity lead
Ins to strange words and conduct, Ihe church troubles
would not have arisen. It was a sad case of hered?
itary alienation, which would probably have resulted
in the same way at some time, under tho existing
STATE A.VD .VA TWXAL DEL KG ATMS CHOSES.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., April 30.- TBA Republican
delegates to the State Convention from the 1st DI*
frlct of Dutchess County, are: John B. Dutchcr, of
Pawling; W. H. Masc, of Mattewan ; Isaac S. Carpen?
ter. of Stanford ; Jooepfe H. Mona, nf l'.ast IT.-hklll.
ar.d I. Mead and E. M.Thompson, of Amenta.
st. Ixiuls, Apsll DO.-The Republicans of the
XVlIIth Illinois Congres-slonal District chose Judge
C. J. IJndaley and H. A. Haskel', of Madison Com.ty,
as delegates to the Chicago Convention, and A. P.
Slade, of Monroe < oumv. Presidential elector. Tho
delegate* are for Gre sham.
Carmel, N. Y., April 30.-Democratic delegates to
the Ptate Convention from Putnam County are Phillp
C. Rullry, (hatles L. Austin and Solomon Post
Plttsford. N. Y., April 30.?Tho Democrats at Fair?
port, Monroe County, have elected as delegates to the
State Convention: George H Houek, of Rush; William
H Rice, of Henrietta, a ' T mes Baird, of Irondetiuolt.
There wa*, a hot coi toe, rreu factions.
Rochester, N. Y., April 30.-The Hld District Re?
publican convention has chosen as delegates to the
State Conversion: Earll H. Slocum, of Wheatland;
Frank Webster, of Ogden ; George Savage, of Hlga.
George Hutchinson, of Greece, and John E. Miner, of
Clarkson.
Elmira, N. Y., April 30.-The delegates to tho
Democratic State Convention from ('henning County
are: W. L. Muller, ft S. Taylor and James II. Rod
bourn.
Schenectady, N. Y.. April 30.-Pchenectady County
sends as delegates to the Republican Slate Convention
at Buffalo: TW Winne, W. II. Young, F. Springer
and Henry B. McQueen.
Lyons. N. Y., April 30.-The 1st Asormbly District
Convention held at Rose Saturday bv the Democrats.
Ol?l'iJ'J**?*? ,0 th" s"*"' '"'invention: Stephen
IWv iw1V'n,,:Ul:,/' U- ?'?Mniff, "t Huron/and
Henry Paterson, of Moe,
Binghamton, N. Y., April no.-The Broome County
Daaweiatl have elected Caanaa A. Hull and Jamel A.
dVlecatrVw "? SlSl S2 ? K r,)11>"V ?* Windsor,
aoicgare* lo th> State ( onventltn.
Elmira, N. Y.. April 30.-The delegates to the Dem
Pn&to Mirboo V?.n fnm T,?" Oaaatf are Burr
J. Down, Mk. bael Quigley and J. R. Willmcr.t.
a jr ons KETEnszs Bli ow* decistox.
Harrisburg, April 30.-An op|n|,n was filed by
Judge Simonton today, |? ?,e , omni0nwealth's suit
against the Western Colon Telegraph Company, In?
voking a tax on gross receipts fe* messages sent Into,
out of. or through (he State. The case, was argued
about a year ago, and Judge Simonton then decided
that the w,.?? Data aaa tts*!* tot tax to the
amount of IBJM, <-0Iinsrl for ^ flJfd
exceptions to tko opinion, and toby's opinion I*
upon the exception*. HokHmr ?*?-* ?> " ?- ??
, , ... " r ?iomirig tti?? ti,,, Kuprenrirt Court
of the Cnited Male, baa In two rcent rMr, reversed
nell"rV^^',''e?J,',,,,f:,Hr,'0n,,,n """? '?"?*"" ??>
nen-or, in nefen-ure to 'hat court, to revers.,, hu own
former opinion, and dot.*, against tho 8\o5o!
TEY1SG Tn GET A hot-si, THK ALDERME*.
The Corporation Counsel has horn Informed by the
Long Island Tunnel Company that ,n application will
I* mad.* for the app.ilnt,neut of commissioners to ap?
praise and value the property which will be required
for tho projects tunnel. The consent of the Supreme
Court wm aJaa bo asked In lieu of the consent of the
city authorities and (be property-owneea. The present
construction of the law I. that the consent of the eorfrta
L*.!?0' ^/"^'[""^ fr,r th" "' "?' ?"?rd of Aider
nyn. This will be obviated, if possible, by i he passage
of an amendment to Ihe act by the legislature Ag
ilatani f ornoratlon Counsel Scott Will represent fte
eltj la opposing tho application.
M. W. FULLER IS NAMED
TO FILL THE CHAIR OF CHIEF JUSTICE.
MR. CLEVELAND TRF.AT8 THE COUNTRY TO AN?
OTHER SURPRISE-HE PICKS OUT A BUG
CESSOR TO MR. WAITE FKOM THE
' RANKS OF THE CHICAGO DEMOO
RACY-PCBLIC OPINION OF
THE NOMINEE.
rSTTKICOHsril TO THK TRIBtTJIK. ]
Washington, April 30.-The President s?nt tn
Hie Senate to-day the name of Melville \V. Fuller
J to succeed the late Morrison li. Waite as Chief
Justice of the United States.
Secretary Pruden, with the large envelope con?
dining the nomination, presented himself at the
har of the Senate'shortly before 2 o'clock.
Everybody knew or anticipated that the nomina?
tion was coming.
" Message from tho President of the United
States," announced old Doorkeeper Bassett with
something more than his usual dignity, and bow?
ing fully two Inches lower thai when a mere
postmaster is about to run thc gauntlet of the
Senate.
u Mr. Secretary." gravely suggested tho Presi?
dent, pro tem., Mr. Ingalls, adjusting his specta?
cles and raising his gaveL
? Mr. President,-1 proceeded tho assistant pri?
vate secretary of the " first business Administra?
tion" that has graced the White House since the
aforesaid secretary so fat demeaned him>c i as to
accept pay from a lie publican President. " Mr.
PresiJ-nt, I nm directed by the President of the
United States to deliver to tho Senate a message
in writing."
A bow by the secretary, a stately bow by Mr.
Ingalta in return, and the antique doorkeeper
bears thc precious document to tbe desk of the
presiding officer. A clip of the scissors opens the
big aaralopa. At the mm time the munifold copy
of the nomination is passed about in a group of
Senator* who surround the desk.
"Well, I declare!" exclaims one.
"A surprise again!" says another.
u Who would have suspected it?" asks a third
" Hut who is Melville W. Fuller? Never heard
of him before I" chime in half a dozen, and the
question ta repented in nearly every corner of thc
chamber. The Democratic Bl nators looked sour,
and cast, sympathizing; looks in thc direction of
Senator Gray's seat.
A WEAIO' BOOK ON MR. PHELPS'S FACE.
At about the same time?a curious coincidence
?Minister Phelps stalks dignitieilly into the
chamber.
" An excellent appointment, Mr. Phelps," ta the
greeting he guts.
? Unexceptionable," Mr. Phelps replies, with
just a shudo of a weary look In his face which
even the most accomplished of diplomatic smiles
ta not able altogether to hide.
" Unexceptionable," he repeats, and then he sits
down to tell the Senators that a New-England
man tot thc appointment, after all, for Fuller, so
it seems, was born in Maine. It is a consolation
to Mr. Phelps, though second-hand, as it were.
"But who is Melville W. Fuller?" ta again
a.iked. It appears that, of the Republican mem?
bers of thc Judiciary Committee few only knew
of him, and those simply by reputation. The
Democratic members of the committee do not
teem ever to have heard his name before. Gradu?
ally it dawns upon them that in appointing Mr.
Fuller the President did not consult Democratic
Seuutors at all. but relied chiefly upon thc counsel
of the two Republican Senators from Illinois,
Messrs. Cullom and Farwell. lt ta doubtful ir
there ever was a President who. unable to go to
members of his own party for advice, had to seek
the counsel and a?statiinee nf Senators of an oppo?
site political faith in order to make such an ap?
pointment as that of Chief Justice. In this
Feature alone the case is unique. ... ^
Melville W. Fuller is practically a man without
a record. His availability seems to have been the
principal cause that HI to his appointment.. Ho
was a member of the Kitchen Cabinet which in the
beginning of Mr. Cleveland's Administration dis?
tributed tin- Federal pap in Chicago, lins Cabinet
was made of ex-Senator Lyman Trumbull. W. U.
Goody and Mr. Fuller. ,
Mr*Goody has himself heen a candidate for tho
office of Chief Justice and has quietly antagonized
Fuller, but ox-Senator Trumbull has written ur?
gent letters to tho President favoring tho appoint?
ment of the latter.
UEPUBUCAM MVATOKS PRESENT His ITAMB.
Mr. Fulb-r's name was presented to the Prudent
bv Senator Farwell, who said he took this course
at tho suggestion ?f the bar of Chicago.
? Can be be confirmed !'" Mind Mr. Cleveland.
? He can. if your Democratic Senator! are agree?
able," replied Senator Farwell. " Cullom and I
will see to our aide of the Senate
" Your tank would bc anatol than mine, re?
sponded tho Fr'sident. Cinofn_.
This was at the time the Democratic Senator*
were protesting again-.! Ile- appointment olt Min !v
ter Phelps and at the same tim.- urging Senator
Giay. Before that tbe Ulindai people thought they
ha.i the riant sort or nan in Justice Schofflcl* or
the State Supreme Court* who was warmly r com?
mended bv Justice Harlan. But Soho'????? ;"?n?
several letters begging that thc honor bo MtcoB
ferred upon him. and he WW taken at hirw J
From that time Fulkfi st ir WBI in the ascendant.
The President grew bnpatienl at tho Prwouro ex
erted by thc DemooratS Senators for Gray, ana
Ins, week decided that the mm. of Mr. I iiirr
should go to the Senate early ?lto week. ,| '" ?s
Farwell and Cu lit* had sounded their wUeaguee
nt Mr. Clevelands request, and were able to say
that there should be no serious.opposition to Mi.
Fuller's confirmation by t^mM^?SSSS^?
might be auld that thc two Illinois Sena tmm fath?
ered thc appointment, as not a single Democratic
Senator was consulted. _ M ,
An effOft was made by Clone W. Tl. MoW son
to prevent thc appointment. Morrison is a.,,ut
I Dbe only Illinois Democrat who was not frn mil>
I to Fuller. H.- brought out a country judge named
Craig, now on the State bench t mig w.af..Nn\^
is known ns a Granger Judge, and his reputation as
a jurist hardly warranted naming him for fbe i-ea
ernl henrth. Morrison's purpose was simply to an?
tagonize Fuller and thus keep the n00""/"""1,;'^
going to lils own State, About the only P'"'ticrt?
l-arin* the ..ointment has ls the RI ob U?*
Morrison. The President told some of Mr * Biller ?
friend* that to have the OMef Justice would bo a
big thing" for any State, but be can liardlj expect
to carry Illinois on this account.
A FAMILIAR riOUM IN THK lUnSKl COLRT.
Mr. Fuller is tolerably well known to the mem?
bers of thc court over which he has been chosen
to preside. His practice before it has not been
exceeded by half fl dozen Western lawyers, and
with the exception of criminal law has covered a
wider range. At hobie he is called *?j?W"
Fuller, but he has never oven been a OMdifiaW
for a judicial position. He gets tbe titlci from
body was controlled by the I>>'tm
known ns thc " Pea... Legislature.
indorsed him say that while ? strict Democrat
he is not a Bourbon, and has ?*" notions of
political progress. h^h^ ... .. ...ni,
In Chicago. Mr. Fuller trains with the silk
stocking" efement of Ins party. He is a leading
member of the Iroquois Club. He is much sought
after as a speaker at banquet! and similar public
occasims when a good si-? h ls In demand He
ue somewhat Vnown to the National
has b.?(?(lin,
as tl
n'sniT'sp.'.ice for CNcago t?H*. pincefor holding
f?Utici*n?through bli addrasvob for.' the Nnti..na|
Committee, [n mi, he and Mayor (arter Mar?
the neuio-ratic Convention. Ust l.bruary he
made another plea for the Uta f'\V. but his
Bowery slooueaoe was futile against tho superior
claims of St, Louis. Mr. Fullr was onei of the
dclegatea to the Chicago Convention in UMNd
vot?J for Cleveland. tl is said that the IVesident
hus at different times offered him responsible posi?
tions, but, he has declined to give up his law prac?
tice. It may be surmised that he will not refuse
th.- latest tender.
THIS RuBEM OF A JUSTICE WILL BECOME HIM.
Mr. Fuller is about fifty-five years old. Ile is
nn under sized man, but is said to have a Judicial
bearing, so that the robes of u Justice will not be
unbecoming to him. Ho has an independent
fortune, and the aocial dntiea of his new position
will not Ix- irksome. Mis wife is thc daughter of
the H.>n. W. T. Coolbailgh. a fenner bank president
and member of Congress from Chicago. Mr.
Coolbaugh became involved in financial misfortunes
a few years ago. and bia traffic suicide la atill rc
membered. Mr. Fuller is said tn be a man of
decided literary tastes, ia noted as a bibliophile,
and in his lesure moments ft metim-s writes poetry,
which Senators will probably overlook when they
come to judge of hm llUiess for Chief Justice.
In speaking of the appointment to-day, Senator
Cullom said: -I have known Mr. Fuller for
twenty five years or more. Ile is a scholar, and is
possessed of more than ordinary literary attain?
ments. I resrard him as an excellent lawyer und
am sure he will make an excellent Chief Justice.
Senator Spo0ner said: " I know Mr. Fuller
quite well. He jg tt man of profound learning
and eminent respectability."
Representative Cannon said: "Fuller has the
reputation of being a bright lawyer and a clever
| fellow. No doubt his selection will prove satis
factory to the people. I have no reason to doubt
his confirmation."
I Representative Townshend was overjoyed when
i he heard of the nomination. " He is the very best
i man who could have been appointed," he said.
14 He is one of thc ablest lawyers in the country
I and most populnr man in thc Northwest, Ho is
I in every way suited for tho place. There is no
better legal mind in the country. Be is young
] and vigorous, only fifty-four years old?a Demo?
crat of dignity and character, against whom no
! objection cnn be raised. He has held a position
at the head of his profession, and that has been
his ambition. He has the bigest public and pri?
vate character. His appointment will meet with
general approval. I do not believe there cnn be
any opposition made to his confirmation. They
cannot even accuse him of being on offensive pur
tisan, though he is a Democrat. He is I man of
great suavity of manner and every inch a lawyer
and a gentleman. He.was not a candidate. His
friends suggested lils name Wans* they thought
he was thc best man in the country for the place.
Everybody in our section of the country indorses
him. Mr. Springer and myself spoke to the I'resi
dent in favor of this selection, nut. it was not a
matter of pressure?merely a suggestion of a good
mau."
MR. LAWLER CONCRATULATF.S HIMSELF.
Congressman IawIt said: " I was tho only
member of thc Illinois delegation who stood out
against the sidectiou of Judge Scholfield and recom?
mended Melville ff, Fuller. ' i he selection of
Fuller for Chief Justice by the President will
meet tho approval of the people. He is a clean,
bright, honest man and will fulfil the duties of
the high office with credit to himself and the
country. There can be no opposition to his con?
firmation. Senators Farwell iuid Cullom have as?
sured me that they will vote and work for his
confirmation. Judge Fuller hus been in active
politics for many years, but lie was never a bitter
partisan, although a life-long Ilemocr.it. J am
sure his selection is gratifying to tho people of
Illinois, irrespective of politics. The President
has shown wisdom in giviqy the highest office in
the land to the great State of Illinois."
Mr. Springer said: "The appointment of Mr.
Fuller as Chief Justice was the very best ono that
the President could have made. Mr. Fuller is
prominent in his profession, is of un?
impeachable integrity and bis private
character is exemplary in every respect. Ile is
about fifty-four years of age, is in good health
and gives promise of a long and brilliant career
on the bondi. Ile is exceedingly courteously in his
manner, but firm and unyielding in his convictions
of right. He is not a partisan, but a Democrat
in the enlarged and better sense, a Democrat from
principle. His appointment will give great sat?
isfaction to thc people of Illinois and the .North?
west without regard to party, and to the entire
country r.s soon as his cnaracter and great abil?
ities ure known.''
Senator Stockbridge expressed himself in the
highest terms on the selection made by the Presi?
dent. " Mr. Fuller is a man of character and a
great lawyer."
Judge Cooley, ehairman of the Interstate Com?
merce Commission, said the appointment was a
most excellent one. He telegraphed Mr. Fuller
his congratulations.
MR. FULLER'S CAREER IN ILLINOIS.
KNOWN AS A GOOD I.KOAL AND GKNERAL SCHOLAR?
LOTA I, DCRINC, THK WAR.
Chicago, April 30 (Special).?There was a group ot
prominent Democrats at tho lunch tablo in the Iroquolg
Club, Including Melville W. Fuller, Goneral fillies and
Mr. Green, of the law firm of Goudy <fc (ireisn, -when a
reporter entered and Annonneed the nows that Mr.
Fuller had been nominated Chlof Jmtleo of tho I'nliod
6tates. The announcement was received with hearty
applause, which finally culminated in a rinding cheer.
Mr. Fullor, however, seemed to bo dazed, and was
scarcely able to speaU from astonishment.
"Is this true?" asked the lawyer, when a reporter
sought an Interview. >
" Cndoubtedly."
" VaU, I am too much astonished to malro any state?
ment."
" Will you accept!"
" Yes, but don't ask mo to say more. I <*.o .mt think
I ought lo talk about lt, and I will only say I am as?
tounded."
The appointment se?ms to give general satisfaction
in chicago, the Judges and members of the bar being
especially pleased. W. 0. Goudy. Who had many sup?
porter la the Wost for the Chief Justiceship, haul:
" I am much gratified, Indeed, to hear that Mr. Fuller
has received ihe appointment. I was certain that ii
tho President came to Illinois for a Chief Justice, Mr.
Fuller was the only man upon whom tho choice hvould
fall. Ho ls a ripe scholar, an able, lawyer, fresh from
the bar, and a man of spotless integrity. Ho will fin
the position ably."
Judge Shepard said: "It is tho bes/ appointment
the Fresidont could have made. I am heartily glad
that Mr. Fuller has been named."
"Tho Journal" (Hep./ says that tho appointment
will bo heartily approved by Mr. Fuller's host of
fronds In Illinois, where, for over thirty years, ho
has been In active and successful peal tieo of his pro?
fession. In which he st-ids among the foremost.
In personal appearance Mr. Fuller lg unusually
handsome, his hair and mustache are sllvory. and his
feature* clear cut and Intelligent. In stature he ls
short and slight, compared with his fun. < associates
on the Supreme bench. Ile ls a man of h:gh scholar?
ship aa well as legal talents, and a brilliant orator.
in politics bo Is best described a? an "Old behool
Democrat." He was loyal In feeling during the war;
ls a believer In an advanced doctrlno of States rights
anil an advocate of simple government. He ls a
member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and has
been prominently identified wilt that religious de?
nomination and conspicuous In the (henry and other
famous ecclesiastical tilals. James W. Harlan, a
ion of Justice Harlan, U In Mr. Fuller's law ofllco
hero.
For thirty years Mr. Fuller has enjoyed a lucra?
tive prac UM and has won distinction among tho lam*
mott of this bar. In 1801 hs was elected a member
of the State Constitutional Convention. lu l*?ii ho
was chosen to the Legislature, and. although a Done*
crat. running each time la a sining Republican dis
trlct, lie was victorious by large majorities. Ho
was a delegate to the Deniociatlc National Oonrea?
tlens of l?ft4. 1872, is;.l and lHo<>. In I860 he
was ssleeto4 by the citizens to deliver the ad drool
of welcome to Stephen A. Douglas. In ISM Mr.
Fuller Harried Oaosta 0. Reynolds, end after her
decease, Mary KUeu. daughter of the banker, William
F. C'oolbaugh. Ho has c gat daughters.
GRATIFICATION SHOWN IN AUGUSTA.
MR. FULLER'S EARLY FHIKNDS HAVE CONFIDENCE
IN HIM?HIS YOUTH.
Augusta, Me., April 30 (Special!.-Melville Weston
Fuller was born In Augusta on February ll, 1833. The
house lu which ho was born ls still Minding In Fini?
al. He carno of a heal family on bi,th sides. Ills
father. Frederick A. .'aller, set)., wa* a lawyer, tho
SOD of Jud^e Henry Pallor, who was Judge of Probate
In Keaneaee County for many rears and dropped .I. ;vl
In thc streets of Bootee in January. 1^41. Mr. Pol
lcr's mother was Catharfue Wctun, daughter of Judge
Nathaniel Weston, who for thirty years was Cate!
Justice of Malno, being ono of the most eminent Jurists
ever In the service of the State.
Voung Fuller gained his preliminary education In
the common schools of Augusta and was graduated at
Howdoln College In UH ?' Ihe early age of eighteen
>cars, itaudlng at the head of his class. Even In his j
boyhood he wa* notni for brilliancy of Intellect. After ,
leaving college lie studied law with his uncle, li. a. OL ,
PttAor, and lu lS&o was graduated from the Harvard |
I-aw School. His next step was to eater Into the
practice of law with hb uivle. lor thant six month*
he also edited "The Age," a DeaMKratft paper pub?
lished III Allgili-la. lu lr-50 Mr Fuller l.hde ?00**09
to Mg native city and departed for i hlcago, where
he at once took a leading rank tn his prolcssion.
Mr. I'uller has many friends and relatives here,
among the lader being ex Governor Williams and the
late ex -Governor, own roti'lns. The appointment ls
generally gratifying lo people hero of both political
partle*. Ills friends believe ho po'tesses the nere*
sary ijualiflratlon* for tho high ofli. e. Ha has always
been a Democrat.
SEX A TOR HA WL EY TV liA KE A X ORA TWX.
New Haven, April 30 (Special).-Senator Joseph
R. Hawley has consented In deliver tho Memorial Day
oration In New Haven. The exercises will occur In
Centre Church. _
FOR SHSRIDAX, MORTOS AX/) MILLER.
Buffalo, *prll 80 (Special).-"The Expreag" will
come out to-morrow in favor of the following ticket:
For President, Phillp IL sheridan; for Vice-president
Uvl f, Morton; Ipr (iovernor, Warner MUiex,
TO OPEN THE CONFERENCE
METHODISTS GAT1IKK Di FULL FORCE.
BISHOP BOWMAN WILL PKKMOE AT THK FIBJW
AtKKTING OP THK (ONKCKKNCKTOIIAr
-nil-; woman omwrioa TO
UK MKT AT anYOaa
Nearly 400 of thc delegates tn thc General Con?
ference of thc Methodist Episcopal Church bad
arrived in thc city lust evening and were quartered
in thc hotels in the neighborhood of thc Metro
politan Opera Iloune. 'Ihe Conference will con?
vene this morning at 0 o'clock. Thc first hom
will be devoted to devolionul serries, and then
tho work of the Conference will begin with tho
roll-call by the Rev. Hr. Monroe, who was secre?
tary of thc last General Conference. With tho
roll-call will probably come up thc first great
question ut issue in thc Conference?thc a.lmisaloa
of the women who have been elected aa delegates.
It was generally thought yestcrduy that any I ^aJ
action on this subject will be deferred for several
dnjrs, but a debute is likely to be laised at tho
outset which will bring the supporters of tba
women delegates to their feet.
Tho headquarters in tho Opel. House wera
onenu<l yesterday morning, and General Fisk,
thc Rev. Drs. Sanford, Palmer and Monroe, Rowles
Colgate and Anderson Fowler, the members ol
the committee, were busy receiving delegates, uv
bigning them to their hotels and arranging th?
preliminaries for today. In thc- absence of any
MBOnl law on th.: subject, thc committee havs
virtually recognized the woin. n fUaffPMaj align?
ing them as they arrived to the hotels with tho
other delegates from tin ir respective conference!*.
The absence of Miss Franc, s E, Willard, who is re?
garded as the Lader of the woman movement, wat
heard with BOOtl regret yesterday. Sin- wis hore ol
Salurduy, but WM Nilgai to return home owing
to tin- serious, illness ut (ur mother, and it is doub.
ful whether she will be able to return to the cit*
before the question has been fully determined.
HMM. NJ-.WMVN MAY' 1.KAI) lill. ttci.MI.N.
In the absence of Miss W.llard, the management
on thc part of the women falis into thc banda.of
Mrs. Angie F. Newman, of Nebraska, who has hat!
a large amount of experience in public affairs, and
is also an elle, live speaker. Mrs. Neuman was tut
hrs-t of the women delegates to arrive yesterday,
and her rooms at thc Oriental Hotel, opiiomu
tba Opera House, were made a | o nt lor cottier, MM
amohg the delegates. Hie lir>t woman deiran
whose name will be called, and Ihe one on whoa
tb., contest will be made, if any, la >Lrs. W. D.
ttippeXj of Lawrence, Kansan Nearly one thud
of the names of thc delegates' will have been
called before b.-r Mme tuta bean wa ched.
lite Rev. Dr. John 1'. New niau, so well known
in New York, wno among the >ir lr galee at tho
Methodist Rook Rooms yesterday, il.) is thought
lo favor the women delegates. He says that ho
has ulko't with several eminent jurists in Hants.
ingtoii on the subject, and they are of tiie opinion
that tho women mihi Ix- seated as delegates if
their certilicates are regular.
One of the means by which the question will
be avoided, it was thought by some of the <|.l.?
gatea, will be au action on the part of the Bishop
ni [frwini ovor sba names ol the women aa they
are reach. 1 and leaving it to iii.: t .inference aa
subsequently organised to settle the question*
The supporters of this view tay that thc presiding
Bishop is the only member ol the Couteronce, and
his decision, if he decides io pass th" ninnes, can?
not be overruled, ni ile- mcmcx-i* do not const it ute
a Conference until the roll has been called, and
they cannot vote until then. How such an action
will be met, the women declined to say last night,
but it was understood that a meeting had Ix-cn
hold and that they had consulted their friendg, and
a definite line of action had been determined upon,
BISHOP BOWMAN io PIU.SI HF..
Bishop Bowman, as the senior Bishop, will
preside to-day at the opening of tho Conference,
and the entire College of Bebops .will occupy seat*
on the stage. Fraternal delegates from churches
of other denominations and thc secretaries of ( un<
ferenco will also have places on the stage, and a
cathedral scene will bc thc setting during tho
sessions. After the roll has been called the ad?
dress of welcome to the delegates will l>e made by
ex Judge Enoch L. Fanch.r, and the choice of
seats will then be in order by the delegations.
The di legates are aitablianad in the different!
hotels, by eonfami.s, and m nearly as possible
such conferences as adjoin each other and the
members ol' which are aoauaintetL In the Grant
Central Hotel more than 200 deiegat s ala -t >pping,
while at. the Metropolitan there an nineteen inn
ferenec.s represented, aniuiiK them tl.- New York
and the New-York East. Most of the oflciabl of
ihe church from Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati
were registeicd at the lark Avenue. Ali ihe rooms
in the Metropolitan Opera House are secured by
the Confenerce Committee, and if these are not
sufficient to accommodate the Conference com?
mittees, the Methodist Churches in Forty-first Mal
Forty-third sts. will also be used by them.
The r-ception to the Bishops and the members
of the General Conferenoe, tendered them by tho
Methodist Social Inion ol N> w York City, will !>o
held at, Hie Opera House to-morrow ev. ung Tba
lurmal exerclsea, lasting an hour, will begin ab
t< o'clock, and will consist ol an address of wel?
come by ?Bowles Colgate, president ol thc New
York City Mission ami Church Extension Soeieti;
a response by Bishop Foster, and by a delegate WM
will be selected by the General Conference. Tho
organ will be presided over by Walter R, Johnson!
Lander's band will furnish Instrumental musia
nnd a luncheon will bc served by Man-si in tho
supper rooms. The most of the evening will ba
devoted to social Intercourse, and. as the General
Conference has not met. in this city since 1MJ
at which tim" the Methodist Church Booth
formed from the rank* of the slav, ry element
present occasion will furnish an opportunii
New-Yorkers to see and hear the lanrest numboi
prominent Methodist clergymen and laymen ev. l
before assembled together. Tickets may be te>
tained at. the Methodist Book Concern, No. cns
Broadway, or will be forwarded bv mail on written
application to the secretary, E. M. P. Miller. No.
:i$ Wall st. No tickets' can be had at thc door.
ASTONISHING GROWTH OF TUES TON.
GAINING 17,000 INHABITANTS IN A RINGT.nl
NIGHT.
Trenton April 30 (Special!.?This It an Important
night In tho history of Trenion. The population was
our In the st reels waltina foe the witching hour of l-J,
Whoa the Trenion Consolidation Act wa* to go Into ef?
fect. At that hour the township of Mlllhani and the
borough of ChambersburK by annexation became part of
the capital, and thc population of the city Jumped from
43,000 to 00.000. The bell* of the public buildings and
In most of the .burch steeples, and half the factory
whistles, were set going. Cannon Ix.onied and a s.ore
of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia and Read?
ing railroad locomotives opened their br?ss
throats. Tho Mlllham officials and a thou.
saM'etfiaeaS formed In HM SM marched to Mel Tienton
illy Hall, bearing the township corporation books and
documents. These wen- formally lui ned ov^- to City
Clerk John c. Ovens. Several of the Chamber-be rr
bo.-trds gave dinners Tbe tfayorso! Treitoa ana
( hanihcis.bur? wen- tomiaded, and officials of each of
the places eoi solidab I kept open house- and entertained
all who cared to inter.
a viGmtors war ox JXTt.Mrr.uAycK.
Philadelphia, April 30 (Special).?.\ll liquor saloons
that have not paid tho Culled St i?es taj. of f^ WU
be compelled to close after to day. gs far 'J.-:;*
?nar dealer-; have paid their tax, although ouly Tia
uf them havo boon granted licenses. Th? majority
of those, however, refused by the court will pay (he
|fj and so go on for another month. It li,threat*
ene.1 in some quarter* that as the Dened States Gov?
ernment lax ls for a year liquor will be sold straight
along until thu matter I* tested In the court*.
Te dag a license was granted to Heidi's Ilellevu*,
which ' fed bren held under advisement. Out of WM
applications from five wards there were granted to?
day 11(7, tarli -two vvev withdrawn and live wera
held under advisement "ut of a total ol l,M7 appll*
rants from the?<: wards l.oiil have thus far been sue*
ces-iful.
la some counties of New-Jersey lt has boen claimed
that under tho new law groceries may sell bottled
beer and ale, but that li must not bo drunk upon lae
premise*. The Kaetse lead of Camden gives Dot Ice
that lt will not permit this traolo.
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PARDOXRD BY THE FSESIDEXT.
Auburn, N. Y.. April 30 (ppoclal?.-John McMahon.
who stole f-jo.000 from tl* Leather Manufacturers*
Hank In New York four years ago, was pardoned by
tho President to-day and released from Auburn prison
FALLISO HEIR TO Id.OOO.OOO.
Chattanooga, April 30 (Speeiali.-A retired preacher,
the Kev. Samuel Beere, of Jasper, Tenn., has become
suddenly rich. Hy tho death ?f an old bachelor uncle
In Texas, Mr. noone Inherits Ori.000,000. Us hat
gone to take charge of his windfall*