Morning journal and courier., 1883-04-10
A Failure in the Frutt Trade.

NEW YORK, April 9.-At meeting to-day of the creditors of Wiley, Wickes & Wing, dealers in foreign fruits, who failed recent ly, committee reported that the failure was due entirely to the dishonest practices of Luther A. Wickes one of the partners. The liabilities were stated to be $529, ,327. 76, as sets SIS, 462.96. The committee advised the general creditors to accept thirty cents on the dollar.
 Tine New York East Conf nce-The Con
 sOIIdat1on Scheme Discussed.
 NEW YORK, April 9.-There was a very large attendance at the New York East NJ. D.. Conference to day, in the Cornell Memorial church in East Seventy sixth street. Bishop Warren presided as usual. The Rev. Lind say Parker, who has been member of the conference for number of years. and who resigned at the opening of the present ses- sion, delivered 8 brief address of farewell to his brethren this morning. The Rev. Dr. Butz, of the New Theological Seminary of Madison, N. J., was introduced, and asked for the earnest support of the conference for the seminary in training young men for the ministry.
 The Rev. c. $. Nelson, of the Northwest Swedish conference, spoke of the school of Swedish students in the northwest. He said that there were only seventeen students there at present There are now 100000 Swedes in the country desiring to become Americans. ''This shows the great need there is of some of us teaching them the great truths of Metho- dism.'' The question of Conference boun- daries was then brought up. It was made the special business of the morning session. The motion of the Rev. G. P. Mains to ap- point committee of five of the New York East Conference, to meet like committee of the New York Conference, on condition that all of New York should be included in the New York East Conference, was read. It was very evident from the manner in which the motion was received that it was mora than distasteful to some of the mem bers.
 The Rev. M. L. Scudder, of Bethel Conn, advised making haste slowly" He moved that committee of five be appointed to con sider the sxpediency of any change in the Conference boundaries, and to re port at the next Conference.
 The Rev. Dr. Peck seconded the motion
 Dr. Curry said that the movement would amount to nothing except 8 lot of talk The same argument was made HOW as was made in 1846. The New York Conference had only eighteen moro members than the New York
 
 ment for the New York East Conference. He had served it for thirty years, and ex- pected to remain in it during the rest of his life
 The Rev. B. M. Adams said that the infiu- ence of the city on the country was very evi- dent. Ministers in the city were no doubt much sharper, but it was like the sharpening of an axe on grindsbone, and it WAS always at the expense of the steel. After minister had officiated in the city for number of years it was well to turn him out to grass, as it were, by giving him an appointment in the country. He advocated more transfers be- ing made. Every minister should go where his bishop sent him.
 The Rev. MT. Pullman said that it was not the New York conference that de- sired a consolidation, but it was the l Church Extension society. He said that he had no doubt that Dr. Buckley would contribute considerable confusion in regard to the matter by his oratorical powers He created considerable excitement in the ! Conference by saying that although Dr. Buckley had talked great deal about the sacrifices that the New York East Conference were proposing to make to the New York Conference, Dr. Buckley did not object to