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The Irish Contention.

The Irish Convention.
PHILADELPHIA, April 26sh.-At noon tie
Irish Convention was called to order by
Alex. Sullivan, Of Chicago. in an appropriate
speech. Temporary organization was effected
by the appointment Of Rev. Maurics J. Dor.
ney as temporary President. The usual com.
mittees were appointed. Mrs. Dslia Parnell
entered and was escorted by Alexander Sulli-
van, who introduced hsr, amid tremendous
applause, as "a greater woman than the
mother Of the Gracchi."
After 8 short recess permanent orgsniza-
ton was effected, with the following officers
Chairman. NJ. a. Feran, Ohio; Secretary,
John J. Hydes; Assistant Secretaries, John
@. Enright, Michigan; Edward Fitzwilliams.
Massachusetts, Cornelius Koran, Peunsyl.
vania; J. d. O'Connell, Washington. A
number Of Vice Presidents were also chosen.
Ferap, before taking the chair, said
speeches enough had been made. Now was
the time for work. He counseled the unifca-
ton Of every Irish society perhaps in the
whole world.
The following telegram was read BY Father
Dorney:
LONDON, April 20, 1888.
James Mooney, Esq., President Irish American
Convention, Philadelphia: My presence at the ses-
sion of the most representative Convention Of Irs-
American opinion ever assembled being impossible,
owing TO the necessity OF my remaining here to OPP
pose the Criminal Code bill, which reenacts perma-
nently the worst provisions Of the Coercion Act,
and il passed will leave constitutional movements
at the mercy of the Government, kwould ask you
10 lay my views before the Convention. l should
respectfully advise that your platform should be SO
framed as to enable us to continue to accept help
from America and at the same time avoid affording
a pretext to the British Government for entirely
slppressing the national movement in Ireland. In
this way only can unity OF movement De pre-
~, Traia nd I have
perfect confidence that by prudence, moderation
and firmness, the cause of Ireland will continue to
advance, and though persecution rests heavily upon
US at present, before many years have passed We
shall have achieved those great objects for which
through many centuries our race has struggled.
CHARLES STEWART PAkNELL.
Committees were thea announced, and the
Convention adjourned till FIidsy.
PHILADELPHIA, April 26.h--11 P. M.-The
Committee ou Platform and Organization Is
still IN session. The members said their de-
Hherst;ona would not be concluded before
o'clock tomorrow, and probably much later
The chief result accomplished by the two
Conventions SO far is the appointment, with.
out serious discord, of commissions to evolve
the ststus and conditions on which all Irish
Societies of this continent unite. The Land
League Convention has net yet definitely adj
iourned. The results tonight OF tha COM
mittee work viii determine whether the COM
mittee of seven appointed by the Land League
Convention shall pronounce that body adj
jourred sine die, OK reeonVene it.
The Coming PrIze-Fighf Between slade
and Mitchell.
NEW York, April 26th.-The following are
the details of the arrangements for the fight
between Slade and Mitchell: The fight is TO
take place on September II, 1888. between
the hours of O'Clock In the morning and 4
o'clock in the Afternoon, within 200 miles Of
Kansas City, the man winning the toss TO
give notice to the other Of the place chosen
ten days previously. The stakes ere to be
81. 500 side, and the fight is to be conducted
according to the new rules OF the London
prizs ring. Forfeit money of 81, goo side
has besn found, and the Zoo has been
placed in the hands of Harry Hill, who will
act as trustee Of the fund.-. GA July 3lst,
before Ii o'clock in the morning. the further
sum Of 81, 500 sids will be made up which
will also be intrusted to tbs care OF Dir.
Hill for ssfekeeping. The toes for choice OF
grounds will be made when the whole amount
of sthe stakes is in the hands OF the trustee.
The agreement provides further that in
case the fight is iaterfered with or inter-
rupted by the police, the final stakeholder is
to mama some other place and tine, on the
same day or within the same week, il posi-
BILE, and tbs fight is TO be continued. In case
either Of the principals should fail to appear
at the time specified, the other is to receive
tbs stakes. Otherwise the stakes are not to
be given up unless there is 2 fight or by mu-
tusi agreement of the principals. The docu-
ment is properly signed and witnessed, but,
for obvious reasons, the names Of those wbe
signed it are withheld. Mace and Slsde
will spend two months in England before the
fight. Upon their return Slade viii go i'm.
media.eiy into training for the fight with
Mitchell.
The Rev. DIR. Heber Newton.
NEW YORK, April 26sh.-When r. Heber
Newton, rector of All Souls Church (another
memorial), on West Forty-sighth street, de-
liversd series of sermons last winter on the
right and wrong usss Of the Bible, number
of preachers OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church criticised him severly. They accused
him of teaching doctrines contrary to the
laws of the Protestant Episcopal Church and
its sacred canons. Several came
out boldly and charged Newton with heresy.
The vestry Of All Souls Church held meet.
ing TO ind5rse Newton, and at "a subsequent
meeting of the congregation the action of the
vssiry was fully Endorsed. Bishop Potter
said the charges against Newton were appar-
entity Of a voluminous character, and he had
not as yet examined them carefully. he did
not think it proper at present to allow any
part OF the charges 10 be made public through
him
Decosta and Prof. Buell. had little to say
last evening. A copy of the sermons on the
Bible will be put in as part of the present.
ment It now rests with DR.. Potter TO do
one Of two shiags-either to ignore the pre-
sentiment. in which case there is an end to
the matter, or to designate twelve clergymep,
from which DIR. Newton YVES to select five TO
act as his judges. II there should be trial.
it will probably not be reached before the LIST
of July. The trial win be conducted &C.
cording to the rules Of the State Courts.
Sargent and the Hog Question.
New York, April 26th.-Referring to the
Berlin dispatch about Sargent, the CONNER
cial Bulletin says: Sargent's letter wss Sc
we're, though possibly not strictly diplomatic,
exposure of tne various tricks and devices re-
sorted to by certain parties in Germany to
prejudice the American hog, as if to secure
monopoly of the home market for themselves.
There can be no question, we suppose, that
its statements were true. The only way to
really shake Sargent's position is to show the
State Department at Washington that he has
been imposing upon it; but the German Gov
eminent, we suspect, is not ready just yet for
the question in that shape.
The Pennsylvania Ell Dorado.
PHILADELPHIA, April 26th.-A special to
the Press from Meyerstown, the seat of the
recent gold discovery, says: A large shaft has
been sunk at the mine, about mile from
here, and cr1shers, smelling furnace and
other machinery are on the ground. The ore
is of very dark slate color, with shining
yellow particles in it, which the company
chemist says ia gold, and which he claims can
be separated in paying quantities. The
chemist says some of the rock has yielded
gold, iridium and mercury. Fully So, 900 has
been spent by the firm in experimenting and
machinery.
Marry NE, or Bie.
LEAvITTsBURG tO.). April 26th.-A place
near here known as the "Center of the
World was the scene this morning of q
terrible double tragedy, man named James
De Long killing a woman named Griswol6,
and then committing suicide. 1t appears
that De Long bad asked Mrs. Griswold to
marry him, but she positively refused, and
he determined that no one else should marry
her. SO this morning he called at the resi-
dence of VIM. Allen, where his victim was
employed, and asked to see her. As soon as
she appeared he opened fire on her with
revolver which he had in bis hand. The fret
two shots took effect in the hesd and third
in the side De Long then piaced the nl1zzle