Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-08
TOWN TALK IN CHICAGO,
The Bradley Martins Not Being Over
whelmed With Social Attentions.

| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
| CHICAGO, May 6, 1893.
! The Bradley Martins of New York, with their
| distinguished son-in-law, the Earl Of Craven,
and his seventeen-year-old bride, have either
not invited or have not been rendered social
attentions in this city. They have apartments
at the Richelieu, with retinue Of attendants,
and were on time to see the fair opened, but
! they have not attracted attention socially, and
the eccentric earl has not received the news
paper attention that New York saw fit to give
him.
On the contrary, they have lived very quietly
and appear to be doing considerable sight see
ing. Relatives who are in the city have Joined
with them in one or two quiet dinners at their
hotel. and these are usually followed by a
theater party. In spite Of these facts the
ladies Of the party did not leave their jewels at
home, and the vaults Of the hotel are supposed
| TO retain 800, 900 worth of these in safe keep
| ing. The earl does not dispense with any Of
! the little attentions that money and title OBJ
! tain at the Richelieu. Bell boys tip toe by his
lordship's apartments until IL a. M. up to which
! hour the earl prefers not to be disturbed.
Neither are the doors slammed by maids on his
| floor. and one evening this week, when private
dinner party was in progress on an upper floor,
the earl demanded that the halls be cleared,
| and it was done.
| His lordship is also said to be a trif1e impet-
nous. When a dispatch was sent to him one
day this week by reporter, who desired to
know if the earl had badly cut his leg with a
razor. as described, his lordship would return
neither answer nor telegram, and the pretty
maid in waiting said the earl tore up the
| telegram.
| THE WEATHER.
Chicago has not much to congratulate herself
for upon the weather subject as it related to
the opening Of the fair. 1t was trife better
that day than it had been for ten days previous,
| but that Improvement left miserable day for
| people who were not warmed by pride and
! patriotism. Mud under foot, drilling rain at
times, cold, raw wind and the sun hidden
except at unfrequent and brief periods was the
unwelcome program. Yet 100000 or mere
people went to the fair and made the best of it.
What has happened since then gives promise of
much better days soon to come. Spring is yet
III abeyance. but the wind and the absence of
rain have worked many improvements at the
fair grounds. The mud is fast going beneath
acres of rapidly prepared and hand
some roadways and walks and hundreds of
| unfinished details have been completed within
few days. Thirteen thousand men worked
| almost day and night for a week before the
| opening day In a desperate effort to complete
the fair as nearly as possible before President
| Cleveland touched the button, but human en-
ergy and enthusiasm could not wholly offset
wind and rain. The result was that at the last
hbition had to swallow their pride and bow to the
| inevitable. Nothing was left undone that could
be done, but some things could not be done.
Yet there was more of the show to be seen at
/ the opening than one couid have examined
! carefully in weeks. Each days work at the
of decorative details, and visitors need not post
| pone coming, for what isn't now ready will be
finished before they leave.
| CONFERENCE OF METHODIST BISHOPS
| Amid all the excitement attending the OPEN
ing of the fair. this city has been called upon to
play host to the distinguished bishops of the
| Methodist Church. They came upon the heels
I of the departing President, and, to the great
! Methodist world. the bishops semi-annual con-
ference is most notable and important. 1t is a
| distinguished body of men who thus come to-
/ gether, and they attract attention even in the
shadows that follow the rising of that effulgeut
| luminary, the worlds fair.
| The conference is held chiefly for the pur-
pose of determining at what conferences the
various bishops will preside next fall. During
their stay these distinguished Methodists will
remain the guests Of prominent laymen OF the
| suburb of Evanston. The board composed
| CT sixteen bishops. Twelve of these were pres
ent at the first meeting. Bishop Newman is in
South America an cannot be present. There
are in all about H., conferences. half of which
are held in the spring and half in the fall.
| Semi-annual meetings held by the board
| when the conferences 70 b. held br each bishop
are designated Besides those belonging to the
board there are missionary bishops. They are
| Bishop William Taylor. whose episcopal terri
! tory is confined 70 Africa. and Bisnop Ihobusu,
, whose episcopal jurisdiction is confined TO
! India and Malay. They will not be present at
! the conference. Each of the other bishops has
jurisdiction iuri. : one year over the ministers
and members 81, me conference TO which be
has been assigned. While the conferences do
chanOa tn 1 ta val
rule that the sam, bishop will not attend the
same conference. two consecutive years. The
sanle law of itinerancy applies 10 ths bishops
that applies TO tt ministers. except that the
bishops themselves govern their own actions.
Certain cities are designated by the general
conference the home for bishops. The
bishops choose their own places of residence
from among these cities.
The full board as it now stands includes
Bishop Thomas bowman, ST. Louis; r. S. Fos-
ter, Boston; S. NJ. Merrill. Chicago; E. C. An
drews New York: H. W. Warren. Denver, Colo. ::
c. D. Foss, Philadelphia: John F. Hurst. Wash
ingtOn. d. c.; W. y. Ninde, Detroit: John NJ
Walden, Cincinnati; W. +. Mallalieu, Buffalo;
c. Fl. Flower, Minneapolis; j. H. Vincent.
Topeka; J. n. Fitzgerald, New Orleans; J. p.
Newman. Omaha; ID. A. Goodsell, San Fran
cisco.
In addition to assigning conferences over
which the various bishops are to preside there
are also other important functions in connec
ton WIN the present meeting or the board.
In accordance with the recommendations of
the general conference held last year the board
will appoint committees on the organic union
of all Methodist churches, and on other
branches brought before its notice. Although
it has no legislative power. many important
questions will come up for discussion. Dele
gates will be appointed by the board to attend
the general conference of Canada, England,
Ireland and South America.
The fall conferences over which the various
bishops will be designated to preside are as
follows: Arizona, Austin, Black Hills. Blue
Ridge. California, California German. Central
Illinois, Central New York. Central Ohio, Cen
trail Tennessee, Chicago German, Cincinnati,
Columbia, Columbia River. Des Moines De-
troit East German. East Ohio. East Tennessee,
Erie, Foochow. Genese, Hoiston. Idaho, Hi
nois. Indiana, Indian Mission, Iowa, Japan.
Kentucky, Korea. Lower California. Michigan.
Minnesota. Montana, Nebraska. Nevada, New
Mexico English. New Mexico Spanish. North
Carolina, North China. North German, North
Montana Mississippi. North Nebraska, North
Ohio. North Pacific German, Northwest Ger
man. Northwest Indiana. Northwest Iowa,
Northwest Nebraska, Northwest Swedish
Norwegian and DANISH, Ohio. Oregon. Pitts
burg, Puget Sound. Rock River st. Louis Ger
man, Southwest Indiana. Southern California.
Southern German, Southern Illinois, Swtzer-
land. Tennessee. Texas. Utah. West China,
Western Norwegian-D Danish. West German,
! West Nebraska, West Texas. West Virginia,
West Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Wyoming Mission.
NOTABLE FIGURE.