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Show i Chicago Irishmen Are DiUted. New Yobk, December 21. At a meeting of the Irish Parliamentary Fund Association to-night the following dispatch referring to the January convention in Chicago, was read: "Dublin If the urgency of public affairs on this side renders my attendance at the convention impossible I will give you due notice".' "(Signed)' ,-Pabnell." Chicago, December 21. It was made manifest man-ifest to-night that the. rumors of disunion among the followers of Parnell in this city are without foundation. There never assembled as-sembled here a more thoroughly representative representa-tive Irish-American meeting, nor a more enthusiastic en-thusiastic one than that held in J udge Knickerbocker's Knick-erbocker's court room to make arrangements for the coming convention of the Irish League of America. More than 3C0 Irish-American Irish-American members of the reception committee chosen by the committee appointed appoint-ed by Pre3ident Egan, attended. It included men m all ranks of life, representing all American political parties and all religious creeds. Nearly $1,700 was subscribed to defray de-fray the expenses of entertaining Parnell or his representatives, and the cost of a special train to meet the Irish delegation. American Ameri-can and German members of the committee were not invited to this preliminary meeting, meet-ing, as it was the determination of the Irish members to bear all the expenses themselves. I Speeches pledging Parnell support and showing show-ing that Chicago was united were made by ex-Congressman ex-Congressman Finnerty, M. P. Brady, M. J. Dunne, Rev. Father Henneberry, Alexander Sullivan, Alderman Sheridan and others, all of whom declared that the talk of disunion dis-union would prove as groundless at Chicago as it was before the Philadelphia convention. A committee composed exclusively of business busi-ness men was chosen at Mr. Sullivan's suggestion sug-gestion to make all arrangements. |