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THE PRESIDENTS VISIT TO NEW YORK.
WASHINGTON, May 28.-The President
viii leave Washington for New York
tomorrow night, and will be accom-
panied by Secretaries Whitney and En-
dicott, and Postmaster General Villas,
and by Secretary Lamar, in case his
health will permit The party expect to
return Sunday.
PERSISTENT PREACHERS.
Boston, May 23.-Rev. w. F. Davis
and Rev. P. L. Hastings, who repeated
their preaching services on the Common
last Sunday in spite of their arrest and
fine for the previous Sundays preaching,
appeared in the Municipal Court this af-
ternoon to answer to the charge of vio-
Iating a second time a city ordinance.
After considerable evidence
had been given the defendants
were fined $50 and costs. They
appealed and were placed under $500
bonds for the higher court.
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CONVENTION.
BALTIMORE. May 28.-In the Protes-
tant Episcopal Convention to-day a reso-
luton was adopted to make penny
collection in the Sunday Schools and an
annual collection in all churches in the
diocese for the spread Of the church
among the coIored people. 1t was also
resolved to appoint n committee of the
clergy and laity, with a bishop rs chair
man, to consider the feasibility Of estab-
fishing church school of high grade in
the city of Baltimore for the education
OF the colored churchmen.
THE EXPOSITION BEFORE THE CABINET.
WASHINGTON, May 28.-There was
full attendance of the Cabinet at the
meeting to-day, including Secretary La
mar, who has partially recovered from
his recent attack Of sickness. The ques-
tion of authorizing the continuance of
the Worlds Exposition at New Orleans
was again considered The result is
shown in a telegram sent to Senator
Graham later in the day, Of which the
following is n copy: The question of re-
opening the Exposition has been consid-
cred by the Cabinet, and they are unani-
mosly Of the opinion that there is no
warrant Of law for it, and that it would
be inezpedient on other grounds
HAzLEHURsT's POSTMASTER.
WASHINGTON, May 8.-Postmaster-
General Villas requested the resignation
pointed postmaster at IIazlehurst, Co
piah county, Miss. The resignation of
Meade is called for on the ground that
''the interests of the public service re-
quired it, but the explanation of the
action of the postmaster-generaI is that
since the appointment of Meade it has
come to the knowledge of Villas that
Meade presided over meeting which
was held at Iazlehurst just after the
November elections in 1888. and subse-
quently to the killing of Mathews, a re-
publican postmaster, by man named
Wheeler on election day, at which per-
sons participating took sides by rosolu-
ton with Wheeler and served notice on
the friends of Matthews that they in
tended to stand by Wheeler, in case they
thought Of revenge for the killing Of
Matthews.
The appointment of Meade was re-
commended by Congressman Barksdale,
who represents the district in which Co
piah county IS situated, and this recon-
mendation was backed up with numer-
Gus letters and a strong petition signed by
residents of TIE courty.
Upon these the appointment was
made and the postmaster general says it
was made without the knowledge of
Meade's having participated in the pro-
ceedings of the meeting referred to
above. When the facts of his partici-
patton in that meeting became known to
the department his resignation was re-
quested. It is understood that this is in
conformity with the determination of
the administration not to allow itself to
become involved in anypolitical quarrels
which had occurred in the south