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4 Dtsor<ierly Convention.
ALBAST ~. Y April 9.-Tte Repub
| lican convention 10 elect two delegates
1.-THE Chicago Colvi n.inn from this
Con resslonal district sssetuh,-d AZ
| Slingerland II Ill to24v. Grea' interest
xas taken in the meeting by outsiders.
owing to the knoviedye that the ORA
Der and Smythe factions were IN num-
I bers about equal. The first conflict
took place over the delegates from the
| Sixteenth Ward. This troub settled
| a ballot WAS taken for President. The
| chair announced as the result: George
| II. Fits. IF Cohoes, - Vim. IL Has
kell, of Albany, %. The latter was sup
ported by she nti-admlnisiration men.
The vote bad hardly been announced
when rush was made for the platform,
| and i'm edlately the officers and report
er5 found themselves amidst a surgIng.
| fghtiLg. hustlInR. pulling and yelling
msb. lhe supporters Of Haskell gained
the platform. and lifting the chairman
| and secretary threw them bodily from
| the pl ttform. Haskell was immediately
| installed As chairman. and A Gordon was
formed around him. which Fits adj e.
rents could not break. Hand-t hand
| encounters we're constant, and yells and
cheers were unceaslrg. Haskell WAS
| maintained In his position long enough
20 entertain and put motion for re-
| Cess. The opposing faction of Draper
| ties now made desperate and success
FIJI charge upon the platform. bearing
Fits on it. Fits began the roe of
ch ,Irman. being upheld bv strong
body guard. Yelling and cheering was
most vuciferous and constant. Fits
then named delegates To Chicago. de
clared them elected and adjourned the
cpnventiou. The anti administration
men, or SmythItes, now resumed pos
session, named delegates to Chicago,
declared them slestod and lIke~ Use ad-
journed.
The Confederate Home Meeiinx.
NEW YORK. April As it WAS known
that Gen. Grant would not preside at
the Confederate Home" meeting a.
Cooper Union to night, owing to disa-
biiity. the large hall was not crowded.
About 100 persons were present. Cor
poral Tanner. Of Brooklyn, presided.
The exercises were opened by the band
playing Dixie" Many letters of re-
Rrst were read, including ones from
General Hancock. General BristOw, DIR.
TaImage and others. General Gordon
IN ade the speech Of the evening, being
frequently applauded. Geo. A. Sheri-
dan, of Louisiana. made a character
lstic speech followed by Gen. Floyd
King. and Judge Albion Iourgee. 1t
Wis stated that Florida had voted 1890
for the home. Chairman Tanner raised
a like suu of money from Confederate
and Federal soldiers On the stage.
Onirers In Disgrace.
COLUMBUS. o., April 9.-The Adiutant
Genera has issued an order relieving
from duty and placing under arrest +.
Ii. Mott aud George Ii. Phillips, Colonel
and Lieutenant Colonel of the Fourth
Regiment Ohio National Guard of Day
ton, for disobedience of orders and mis-
conduct while on duty IN suppressing
the hot at Cincinnati. A court martial
will soon be appointed To try the Cases.
Heavy SNOW fall.
BALTIMORE. April 9.-The heaviest
snowfall of the season occurred TODAY.
The snsw melted as It neared the earth.
Railroads report telegraph poles down
in all directions from the force of the
gale.
The Luther statue.
The steamer Hohenzolleru has ar
rived with the grand bronze statue of
Martin Luther. to bs erected In Wash
ing;on city in May. The statue weighs
over three tons and Is eleven and one
halt feet high.
Railroad Movements.
CHICAGO. April 9.-Ihe Atlantic & Pa
ciflc road, says the Boston Transcript.
Is to DO continued to the Pacific coast,
and the Mojavs line will be paralleled.
unless G. p. Huntington will sell it at a
reasonable price.
Change Of Position.
Galloway, Manager of the Chicago &
Grand Trunk road. has accepted the pO-
sition of assistant to Managing Direcit
AIues of the Union Pacific.
Assisted Emigrnmts.
BosToS. April9.- steamer Greeian
landed 3S6 emigrants assisted from Gal
way by the Tewke Fund. Nearly all
started Westward. Most of them have
been evicted from Irish estates.
Railroad Bonds Not Public stocks
Boston. April 9.-rhe Supreme Court
in the appeal for relief from the tax i'm
posed by the County Commissioners up
on Pacific railway bonds. says: Rail
road bonds are not public stocks or SO
curities within tho ordinary meaning of
these terms,or any meaning the Legisla-
ture may have by Implication gwen
them, and the prayer of tue petitioner Is