The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • 4

A 'If' t'-P'tP THE yASnTILLlS AMIflltCAN TIIJTItSnAY MOtrNTNO Al'ItTL 2(1 moo THE NASHVILLE AMERICAN DEATHS IN A FIRE NEWS AND COMMENT A POEM OR SO BRYAN AND DEWEY EDITORIALS BY MAIL ertnl markets lost year Japan China nod AbIbUo ruaaln bilug the chief purchasers Now conic non) of big shipment of wheat to Japan from A port Not only wheat manufactured Into flour Is growing In demand (nit wheat ungtound In wanted Through lle door" of tho Kaat tbe product of Held und factory will pour from tho Vhltrd States bilngtng ticlica In return and with then rhlies wage-earnsra In tho United States will be furnished wore oj purtiuUUcS atlve will present Admiral Dewey with handsome watih JTwo hundred oewa-paprrs united lu roeelvlng 1-cent coutrl-hutious from 60000 children for the Dewey watch fund Archie Cadxoti Is the name of the boy who suggested the gift The wateh beautifully engraved The deslgns'on the cover are In blue enamel The Ift will come as a pleasing remembrance to the old Admlrul on the anniversary of hla great ea fight Comments from the Kiiglli-h prrs on American affairs continue to contain the usual minimum of Information The Speaker for example treating of the effort to change the manner of electing Senator and ot the Senate says: May-Pauncefote treaty for example was blotkcd not because Its provisions were disliked but because it might help McKinley's candidacy" If there 1 any ono reaaon on the contrary why the Hay-Pauncefote treaty haa not been concurred tn by the Senate It Is that it will Injure Mr McKinley' candidacy It would offer such a splendid chance to rant of gold" and atreet aubsery-leery Wo are yet not quite Intelligible to tba HrltUhora Iht Fir Dwfltlng Sie tbrougU the duy the we(iiie ot the gun Roe through the to the comfort of the ehttcJo! They ley pt 4yg for etch hie olher one Who now 'n(h sua end ehftduw low eie Juld And my one-Uughed often loud end I or Ami your smiled often your knew Now they ere fone from eumtnor end from Ml Thtj bky end ehede deep only you end me See hour the buds hen bursting oa the hour Its bee how tho blood root peeps from out tho old! lb )ud and Rower coco gloried ell the home Bet hr ibet no et folded old And your best the eppte-hloom And one- my rhoee lHy blls fnr Now crly dust through echoing hell end room The flower blow the buds bang oa the tree In my fyelnh dim one wet teer! hue on your (i Iltw lonely We underetAnd 'Tis felr In summer I could oof ter if when the autumn dire! Hodt Wheeler tn N-w ork A rinnfatloa Hymn Ter dwn tbe west ni glows the light Though elewwhefe it is night The ltdda eie quiet es the stare Have an ijioi an the bnre hose full bruit quivering to the brim Flows ncr to hvmn It e'mU its stiangrly eolema tide Of hnlJrlHjtthr wiuq A- rote the PH if end up fer A tn the fiiifbodt star llll ell the eniiihenj nighi's In blooak tfh enng atid Blur-sown era fnnry bears the advent rell Ihrough that old tagro a ul! Howard Weeden EXTRA ALLOWANCE TO ARMY OFFICERS HOOT RKILf £3 TO A IKT iTK OF nailHY IJHMC1 ICIUIIKS WASHINGTON April Serretry of War Koot to-duy tout to Senate hi reply to th resolution of April 21 a to whether oflhfr of I'nlted State arm Id Cuba or Porto Rico have feccived any compensation for their ecrvloe there other than the compensation to whkh they were entitled by law to receive a salary and allowance and if asking the came and rank of the officers and the amounts received by them The reply say that allowance have teen paid four officer of the army who hae been required to live In the city of Havana and to perform Important civil function in connection with the administration of th government of Cuba aa follow 'To the Military Governor of Cuba at the rate of $75U per year the Military Governor of Havana at the rate of 0o0 per year To Collector of Cuatoma for Island of Cuba at the rata of $1 SuO per year the lYeasurer of the Island of Cuba at the rate of $1800 per year The report continues: payments were In adlitlon to tho ealary and allowances which said officers ere entitled aa ap to receive out of the Treasury of the I'nlted States I am not awaro of any other raymenta of the character described in resolution to any officer in Cuba I annex hereto a report received months since fiom tbe headquarters division of Cuba ahow-lngthat none other have been made Tho payments have been made mouth)? from dates stated In said orders until preaent time Payment to the Military Governor ot Havana will ceane with tba termination of that office on the Ht day of May HUM) Naims and ranks of offHeri receiving the payment were Military Governor of Cut a Mai Gen Prooke until the 13th day of Iknember Huy and MaJ Gen Leonard tVood since that time aa iatai Governor ot Havana Brig Gen Ludlow ae CoPector of Custom for Cuba MaJ Pa Ker PIIhs aa Treasurer of the (aland of Cut a Mh) 8 Lad 1 8 have been made to anv offh ors In Porto RKo other than the statutory salury and allowance out of tho Treasury ot the United Siatts pavmcuta pet tiled were out of the ievi nues o' the Bland of Cuba on account of the government thereof mid thev were male on that account for the rtaiwu that it wan hnpopalbie for said oher to properly perform the nerciiS'try duties pertaining to their positions (ihout the erpcndl-ture of the full atnnmt of their allowance In addition to their atatutoiy sslarle and allowan out of the Treasury of the United States atyreKftto of the pAvraents thu made prior to first day of rreaent month was $17 441 The total of Island of Cuba rollectei by off cers dm lug the period covered by the rfoTCFuid cxpindilure therefrom amounted to 121 0M 572 and the total disbursements under their dlreitlon amounted to $lfi2su 512 allowance to ofhera of army performing civil functions tn Mexico end California weie approved by bv act of Mrth 3 1M1 and the act tf Keb WA mil paymeuta wore authorised bv the Presjilcat of the United Rtitcs on the oral advice of the Attorney General that same were in all respects lawful respet full ROOT of Marrlnae Iicetiaes lrd AMU rw Tulius ParNt and Augusta Rob II lard Tlrrlll and Aphna Arms A 8 AAoolwine and Mariba Poittr Junius Allan mil Mtnnl Miller llurhoit A rut amt AIko Gihsun Ib rt Repine and Nannie A bhutc roLOunn Tnnm Row and nsna Hollins JUuioa and A tmda MulltUnv I'rrmltM Granted Turn i to ere ot coltago £VJ Fftfhcjlnud ftiiict $2 ivd JLrm'ut to repair bouse L4 Jac kon at rrt The lllrtli Reforcl MITE April do and Mtrtln 1UU 1 il don tirt-t a plil A put to uuus and Camilla II Kvuna 314 South Front sticct a gui COLOR LD ApiH 2 to Allen and DutUo Terrull 22 Peikln stn a bov AfiO 21 to Dump hnd Dottle Jour 220 fcmoh Hummer s-Uoa a girl April ii to Wm ond Ad Huggins SI Kohtrtfton stiect a girt Apri to George and Muy Bolton 117 Lew Is Btt reti a boy 1HIIKK PFI1S(1S KIIIIO AMI uni I oi ill-ill luiniu at COIIK NEW YORK April TLrre persons Wi-rs kUlt'il and thrtn ssverely iujureot In Are emly Nils morning In 6-stoir Irnonirnt 54 Forsyth street TLe drsip Hsnnuh Llcliowllx 13 years old Amello Ilibosltx il iurs olfl Jos LlebosUx years olil Tho Injured hlinmi Lletxxwllj IS years ohl father of tho desil chll'tron: lKr Llitowtlx SJ years ohl MUhsrl House hhauin 63 years ohl Tho Injured persons xters burned shout tho face and hands xthllo making their escape Non of them Is seriously Injured Tho house In whhh the tiro oecurred Is a typical East Hide tenement four families living on a floor There acre many thrilling onrape nnd brave reaeuca Ly tho fliemeu and i-Ilt The chlUlien who Inst their' Ilvta wnr overcome by tho smoke ou tho upper floor I fore they tould remh the window hen tho flremeq aueteeded In getting Into the tup floor th found tho budlcs of the rhlllreu AU had been suffocated tut their bodies were blaikened hjr tho flames The damage to the building wae about 10fis) IMPORTANT TRIAL George Dm Is llsrllo Costy Mi bluer Before the FeAersl ort JACKSON April 2 (Spet lal -Dy far the most Interesting and Important case to he tried at th preeent term of the Federal f'ourt now witting tn this city ta that of George Davte th anted Hardin moonshluer under Indictment lop complicity In the murder of Usrner a special deputy of Purdy and th shooting of Marshal Brown Many readers of The Amerhan will remember the desporsto fiflht whhh occurred between tho moonshiner and a posse nf Pntled Slates revenue oHhcrs headed by Marshal Brown on the morning of June 23 Dj3 tn whhh Garner was killed outright and Brown badly wouuded Uy receiving a bullet In tbe rhin Davis operated tn ths Ked Sulphur Sprlugs Hardin County neighborhood and was chlf of bis clan At Intervals covering a peiiod of several years fruitless etfoit had been made to run this man to earth but tn that spursely settled rurged country where almost Inxarlably death was the I rice of Information It wa A tedious task i A few days before this raid a cltlsen of neighborhood who It Is aald became angered at Gua Thomas a co-worker with Iiax Is at that time called on nil I Slates Commissioner Blumple at Eeliner and proffered his services as guide The Marshal wa notified and the raid was plarned Thomas was captured without trouble and all went well wrllh the raider until within sixty or seventy yards of bouse Then two men were aeen running from a corner of the yard toward the house and wer ordered to halt They replied with a volley and Garner fell dead riddled with htnkehot and the braini oo-tng from a bole in hie forehead made by a Winchester bullet Before entering the house one of the men fired four ehois fiom a Ini heeler In rapid succession It was this YolUy that wounded Marshal Brown Many shots were exchanged tut th officer wer at a disadvantage and beat a retreat and returned to Selraer with the oth-r prleonere At the time of thle tragedy Davis was under a seven-year eentence He was captured shortly afterward and has Just finished his time In prison and must now be tried for Ills life labor 1 plica ul SEATTLE Wash April States Emigrant Agent Healey gives an Interview on the Japanese tidal wave In vhbh lie snva the rush will cause a labor upheaval Five thousand are on the high si ns and 25UC0 are to come he saye Thev ill land mostly In British Columbia and sneak over the line Into th Inlted States BjsieniiiUc plan of ImporlaLlon Is In forte He says Canada and the States ehould take Joint at lion at onre orsomen Arc you here to win? If so you must keep your horses In racing form every day and In order to do this you ylll have to keep hand In hand with some live updo'date druggist who can always furnish you with pure fresh drugst In fact the best the market affords and at the same time offers you prices that will be just as Inviting as the quality of the goods We quote you a few prices bclowt Wood Alcohol gallon SI 10 Witch Hazel gallon 90 Tr Arnica pint 75 Buchu Leaves pound 40 Absorbent Cotton pound 25 Flaxseed Meal 10c pound or 2 pounds for 15 Castila Soap pound hy tho bar 12- We also carry a full fine ol Sponges Campbell's Foot Remedy and Gall Cure Turn bull's Curine etc which we sell at popular prices cinovillc Co Open All Night Opposite Maxwell UouAe cominunlf atlon ill printed that ift nrt by the real name of th wiitM '1 iu its waits not ftirtuftNnruy fxiuied but It munt knows to lUw eliiur Hr) wn Vwi(ttit To Kdllor of 1 American: My I ny a few word In itforenc to Mr Dryaa and hi miliUty retold It 0 hspoemd that I Wat Ip one of vnntb At my Cot pa Regiments Ulrat foulh Cardlnaj siKitinped In Florida not half a mil from tho Nebraska regiment of whl Mr iirytn wa olonel knd that I was on duty nt Ihe Third DlvLirn JL'npltiil the f'k of both legiimtita were gent while awal'mg the tiansfer from th First Bouth CnioltMi to 1h First liKitmnl 1 willingly bear tostliruy Mr Rryan fatheily aro of bln men blh in ramp and 1 erj Mill from personal knew ledg of ff used oft to to the bmpital mul go through Mi vailuiii waids clueting and fturouiuglng ill It La a thing of which Amor It ana may well 1 proud that a man who jonr being ommaruLr in- hi of Lulled Saro Am hnd Pruid-nt of peopl ahoidd liave prved a tmpie Colonel of 1 rM men under poluiU oppom nt MNUvfcr bo our of Mr buc fa it ai then lu our htMory ought ufvr to be lost tight of It was partly th tight of Mr Jirynn nuMly deing hie duty when at )nst nine teuth of Bovsulh Army Corps wanted to out of that led ui to transfer a a pnvaio -hlir from that being muarored out to tn of my atiiv State thu visit I It was with nwrpita and incredulity that I first hesid of Mr Rijrau reHignatimi when I hod rea hed Manila and it waft not wnttl 1 returned ti th I niUfld Slate that would that bla roinient had gun to Cuba without him) If no doubt4 bad good reason ftr hla course but I couldn help fceL Ir that he hid committed a pollthM blun-d D-ftt would him dear Ht til stnrtkri find amated was I when I read in La Indifendemla and La Republic a Filipino orrnns of th Tayalo invurgiwits at Maulla or Mnlolos and San Fernando on IN 1 and D'9 few Uyft first outb-eak it Manila BumrrmrhB of Mr Rryau epeeche wLlch had been (abb 1 to them I pur hasd thev papers on the itrott of Ms-liMs ut the buw anl read Mi-nienis with it own eyes I couldn help cling that Mr Bryan bad far bitter to Cub with hi regiment than give public utterance to auth amttraeuU at that nlMcal time Had Mr Riyan been Colonel of the other Ncbiaska rryumnt which went to tho Rbil Ippinwi lu front of whoie camp ('ol Smith foil and with which ou of our own battalions tormel Ban Juan bilde 1 bciievo be would have fouKht as brave'y a did th lamented Col btatenburg of the Nebraska Regiment who fell by the bullets of the Insurgent month Utcr ArJ bad Col Bijran returned to the I'nlted States from the with an per-tonal of the eouditions there rc tu believe he would rr bav rusde the speeches he Jid nmkt and Is making iow would know difTereure between Taenloft tho Yankee of Fhllipplnea nnd tbe Vlaayan the Southerners and would now advotato a policy that would the Vlftaynns at nery of the fsithleet and lilHdy Tagslon than this I believe (hat If tbe next Iomotratie national platform dealer in favor of retention 0f the Ia-ands no wan will Bubtrit with more gtae or router loyalty thin Mr Bryan being no politician I do cot to enter Mo any political controversy 1 s'toply slat facts that are my personal knowledge and my own belief based on tho few I would no Tennessean however did 1 not bi tlat the first duty of Tennessee leih to her sons who ore now In the Fhilip-tines to those who have returned snd to tiioe who lie beneath the eod lu i oes is to send a solid dt legation to Kansas City pledged to Insert in th platform which will constructed tbre a plank demanding he retention of the Ialanda now und for sll time as territory of CnlUd State Any other policy than this will lay lmtx ratio party open to the rhatg of with tin pait record Any other I nib than I hla will Jay at the Bouih Ien to thu charge of advocating Bicevlon under new form Any other policy but this will place us on the defensive at th b' ginning Rtid keep us on the defensive till tie lone of the campaign To put the Rem-ccrstic party on tbe defensive snd especially the Southern portion of it a time when tt las proved its loyalty to tho world by unmistakable conduct and when for the first timo tn nearly forty years it is in position to inak a ftUaiglitout fight for (hot political priiKiplea whuh ar dearoat to the ollthorn heart without fear of having our moMve questioned would be ioioeml folly viuild be a calamity for whhh 1 caa find uu wotds strong enough tn dft ribe LDW1N LKHMAN JOHNSON Fort Hill 8 April About Itrow ntovv'ft trret To the Kditor of Tho Amorlcsn' I have nnd with much Interest the art'clo 1 i last 8umki 8 American by lion John AlHeor in his rmlcw of Jule rcmple book on Tnst and the Civil the urrewt of Wm Itrownlow As a cnniilbutlon to some ef facMs In cia matter but little known I cnoloae you a letter now in my peesiou from Robert Reynolds the commtseicuier of (lie Con led-ernte Siitcs ndiirosed to Hon Jaiucs Tbomns who wa tho number of tbs Confederate Stairs Congress from this district FRANK SMI 1 11 Columbia April 2- The Rdicr Is follows KNOWlLLi: nn Jan 1 Dr Uamaey Having rcnl an cvtrict from a letter lo jou from Hon Janus II hnmaa which repreftc ut that there Is some dissatift faction in Uichn'dnd In rofc to tho -nrreBt pf Riownlow after was discharged fa of the Cxie these lirowulow was never at routed after he ihi dta-t hniRPd He first amsted by virtu of warrant Issued by mvslf iliaan up ty (kQ Rnuua Dm'iict AtUirmv nt my leijvtCRt he cojuutiiiig wilh mo In the ueioft-Fit for Its Issuance I failed to ft MaJ (en Cntlen len to po-t 5 1 ajuUftt bt giuutlig a piaeport and a rfnR'fT vnvctrtt to HnmMlnaf tb hMa tc rrnrh -enemy a Uuia la s-iftty 1 Uidud ihnt I could not prevail upon the General 10 withhold from Riownlnw faciUtUi to roac'h IniHd state I inquired of Re tietal If he mil 1 with the rivrl authority If a wHirnnt was Issued for Riown-low He replied th it hr would not 'thereupon 1 said to DmrUt AUoimy ieu Ratimey 1 Draw warrant before smied (ton Rftu sev fully coneuried with me In the policy and ime sftlty of iweulng a wuirant for Mm Rrowntow Still had t-c Kaniuy differed with me in regard to tho nrreiil of Rrownlow 1 should have lftiutl niv warrant notwUhtaiid ng Ins was the flrot and tbe only amst which ii be made of that nutiumuft i mhi a cnee was dmpoiwd of tu wuv 1 lls-titi't Attorney reported on the aircst t' the Sf rclarv of War und ly afler re ceiving a letter from him in reply lltri(t Attorney) cnlhd up the bo'ora me and oh In motion a noil prcqul wut tii'erc! and Rnwnlow ivr( fn an vs The luoixl aucbt of Riownlnw mlDlfti HUthot ity wifhwhi'h (bn Ram p( bed nothing to dnnul tho prisoner I BliU in the luijidfi of tho nifhHrv 1 understand lie spti (fully jour nbedicmt eovant NOLI Cnnf derate Ccnnmiioner I Tcnncsee lllirr looils MUD CHEEK April 25 (bpeeial The niict-M 0 lllxtfr is mi a boom It has oicrflowid Ilshauks and Is (limbing the timber at Ihe tale of one imh per hour William Dodd's fine oatficlil at 4 oflee whs submerged hist wok ns was hundred-ai re Held if wheat near cm annah Munv crone tics are being swept away by the sudden rise 4)lil Alnhnater tguarrles Fvuiio old quarries of Oriental shilaidnF hax reicntly been due overt iu the neighborhood of Motile Aiinuti lietr oi cn It now sc cine veiy probible IliiC the benutlfu columns of Hint mnlerlnl lu the drill of fcicnit came from phono quarries Tho quarries art) about to bo worked Araeiltaa Fullitkad LKy In th Yr at NoshTtlle or iik toiirAnr LELANn ANKlMPrrllsai an Mar Olticeef Publi-aiioa -Aoiritoa building Cer-nor thurih na Cherry btreeta EDITOUIAI IlOOUS-Tkbd floe: entrance loriy etrcct LKANHAM Advertlelcg Manager New York Ofttce: Fvetdng Pont UulbUug Koom tS tVaablngton Bureau 1345 rmniylranla Aw It MOOHMAN omripondcot TIIH AHFHICAJf 'I LUTHCMtb lulltorlal Itoouia ItH llnalaess Offlca tl- It RATES By Mail Adtsncr Tald Lully Edition ona year 1 CO Dully except Bundsy 00 huoday Edition ona year 00 Ami-Weekly Edition gee year 1 00 To City Sabarrlbera Dilly Edition delleared ona weok 15o Dally exiept Sunday delivered on week lad fully exicpl Sunday In the city In futur will cost the tans fully and buuday Ialty delivered one mentis OSe felly except Sunday delivered one month toa Thoie wleblo The American aent to their addresn caa order through tba trlephooe or by portal card Failure of carrlere to deliver ehould be reported In the tame manner Subscriber IravlD the city whll here to pay at The American ofgca loo per week (So per month or 12 tor fhiea tuoothe Alt aubaertp Uuna by mall must be paid tn advance Rrmlttancee Remittance mud ba made by ebecke nn Nashville or New York banka Expreaa Company money orders pootoffli money ordera or reentered ttera containing eurrency Checka on out-of-town banka cannot he accepted THURSDAY APRIL 29 800 REWARD For tho arrret and eoavlctloo ot any pernoa detected etealtng The American from yard or dooratep tho sun of (300 will be paid THE AMHUCAJf CO AOTKE TO CANDIDATES AH matter In the intereet of eaadi-datri for ofllcrn of emolument mu at be paid for ot regular eilver-tiling retra Hanna Is still on top In Ohio And Quay paasr OTer the briny wateri With one called Clark The new terminal station grows more Imposing In appearance each day When the Senate going to send Mr Clark back to Montana to work for a Hying! The ossified man la dead again though there are oaalfled minds still la existence The Sultan seems to be softening but the mouth of his purse has not yet expanded Quay was defeated by a nose but the result was the same as If he bad been left at the post Hill and Tammany have made peace arrangements It le a strong combination but will it lastT Louisville has no base ball club this season Pho will try to pass the time with Just politics Neither Cleveland nor Dewey bare ever stated they would vote for Bryan though they have done some talking lately It looks as If Dewey will stand no greater chance at Kansas City than the colored man stood In the recent election arranged In IiOUlsiana The Turk" finding that his game of procrastination has proven so successful for many years In Europe proposes to Introduce It In the I'nlted State Owner Hearst of the Now York Journal says that as a profound thinker Napoleon was not much supcrlrto Suckles Simp-eon of Kansas "Ye gods and little fishes!" Another Ignatius Donnellyha proved by cryptogram methods that Shakespeare wrote tho realms Soon wo shall havo some one proving tliut Cleveland wrote the Chicago platform As a contribution to tho hat question discussion the New York Dress furnishes this axiom: a woman W'cars man's hat she ought to ba made to take It off wherever a man has Mavbe Senator Hanna believes can do more effective work In his portion Jar lino at the Dhlladclphla Convention as an unauthorized delegate and heme refused to be tnado a delegate if Cong) ess will wait a few weeks the SSeu'iueoK ooient apptuhqa at the xariopy uiilwrailks will acltlu the piuhleius now vexing the law-mokeis and stale amen nnd remove tho loud fiom their shouldcis Senator Hanna 1ms many butdeus to car ry and now they havo hern added to by tin rejection of Quay by the Senate It hi ing claimed tbit Manna of Chlo re fused to come to the rescue of Quay of I'MIadeipbla Judging from extinits wo havo si i a of tic now "School History of Tiiiio-ai til Text ltook Commission would do Well to guess again lu fore otdi ring Its use It Is evidently a cimlo hnd hastily written book lathing lu bicvlty end umclcnuo and fulling to pi oi "i emphasise the sail nt nnd vital points In the Rbiles history Abusif Of oilier hl-torles has no pi tc in a si hool liisloiy of Tuine-sie tmh a lilstniy should ho a brief eomptU-iion of facts with as 111 tic common as potalble The Dhilndeli hla iteioid in ogiilzmg tho resources of the bouth uigea tho business inou of that city to eultiv etc (loser trade relations with tbs thmth whhh so ni to tnvcstoi In slunt tnc IP-iont rdvUen more pun basis In the South nnd that by thus doing J'hUidtl phi wilt sell nun In the Southern Stales It Is silmitlid that pig Iron made hi Birmingham Ala and shipped by water horn Mobile can be placed tn Dhilu leluhhi cheater aven than Iron fora lhnu-vhi tna furnaces and business men of the North are making a noto ot thu fait Bit million dollars' 'worth of flour was phlppud from United Elates to Oil The Htookiyn Eigls hss the following gpet lal from Washington under a dnt Hyn and pewey This is the tUkot In the fve of usUuuftoii at this time When the I tgln nuimuin 'tl tuque wks ago that thus vrue a ptewmg beilrf to the efTmt that Itiyan would dufniit for rrnomiimf Ion or would be rtirmmltHilttd on a platform very different Horn the one adopted el hiotgo in 'he sirt)n was rrgnrdud aft uiutb iu edvaiue ot public opinion Hy gome it wa hetieveJ tn be almost IntposnibUt Jt was intimgiud vtr that rmn utmost as prominent iu thu J'rynn oraanlEollnn as her atnr Jouee of Ar hnlruian of the Hrmotratlc National mnniifytue believed this to be not only pogsl-I )e but not Improbuble Iht gentium even came out whh denial I spite of this i'ki however smne of hi rolirarues la the upper hrath of stated that they Ih natnr Jotiu tluninht It to be ptob Inc njid now tills Inipression generally obtains flnKmK Itemorruts iu end Is the iilmont Ubunimous bniif of all Htpublhuns A prominent Ohio IGtyublh an who wee with Snaior Bonn long tint yesterday told ne (Cagle coneRKindnt to day that Ihe hulmum of the tiepubtha NnUonal thwn-mime now believe that it would be liiyati and end that the use of Ihe latter name was only tntondsd to be a wedge to ither dufe-ul retiomlmition or to fun bin to eept radical tolff atim of th Chteago platform that the Rontttor believed thie would neither II to 1 nor go eminent bv tup nrtum iu th Kansas i'tty plnConn that It would not many wiks until this agreKro-cut was rea-hed and that Ir point ef tn It would nsver go up to the tim of Kaunas City convcrjUOQ for ed-UK'insnL 1h oieanlgatioa for tbti a(cornpllahment was effected It now Mid tn Washington prior to the lust hrletmaa hfiHdays herhr li originated with lliiarar Whitney Arthur fjoirrua Hiinitl lament or Harry inont or wai the production of their Joint and simultaneous effort Is not known but tt Is believed that all these den have tellevd for many months that tho salvnllon of the Democratic party routed with the defeat of Itryan or his renomlnaUon on a platform entirely different from that adopted iu It is feared by earUin sutemn of th that this argantrstion baa been quietly securing th oleedun of delegate to tb hQ- i City tonvtrition ever since Wtat conventions called for thta year snd that many men who pr latnilng tbeinclvs for the nomination of Ilryan ar being selected wth view to fan ing him to acipt a modified platform No ronccalment la msfle In Repuld'nan elr-flcit that Ilrnn and or llrykn and Bthlcy on a cnrcfuMy timdilfd platform without any IntimaCon about Ifi to 1 or guv-srnment bv InJuntUon would a very dsngcroua ticket It Is thought In Washington and rtgard-ed by the Hrjsu National Committee that Kugune lubst nominated on the Socialistic Democratic tkket will not indorsed by th pof 1 1 at that it Ha hla wish not to bo Indorsed and and hi friends believing that if he run ai an Indcpen lent Democratic candidate with Rryao pitted sgalnat him on tba Chhago platform he will get auffl lent vows la many 8tatg that went for lirvaa la to overwhelmingly d( at the lin tWkot The Republhan that also there will be a middle of th-road P'm-ullt th ket nominated this year whhh will neither be bamboozled inttinldated bought out or absorbed by Pryan ticket as tt now stands and that thl tiikct will draw vrv largely from the Ilryan on th Ghkago platform jjust what might be accomplished by an early conclusion among th Democrats to iiomlnat Rrynn and five him Dewey a running mate and rndhslly the plvt-form I a problem that is puzzling to Iho public ana To ay the hat tt would pre-eent a very formi laMe proposition An early nrccnnt to Itryan and Dtwov upon a jlntform diflrnt from that ol It la bulevtd mould head off car- fain utratogic understandings whercty the Ilryan vote ou the old plnPorm would be tut till to jterea and it might result In placing but two tl Met In th field Road rsndUtut is to be placd In luuninaMon at innafl pome wpf after the Simit Fnlls Gonventlon which will be held earfy In Miy The hunit Palls Convention of course a Ihyan rouventlon and wiM him on tho old platform The bioux Palls Convention was cook'd up th lepullitaus fAY to be held at Senator Pott! grew home for the purpose of helping hm out as a candidate for reelettton and the i pen va Incident to the ac uring of delegates and the holding of tho conveiPlon tt is und istood are all being pvid by lirjnu National Con nnttoe Tho Cincinnati Cfnvntkn which will be held ftone time after thu biuux Pall Convention haa conreftion whatever with thv Stou I nil gutNring and it delegate will I In moat part farmois who were formerly good ILpublirnts but who In ter-1 i I govcruimufii prlu Iphs not Involved In Ihe lu i Issue They mostly believe In what la known ns rolorendum piimiple fovsrnn ent ownership of railroad etc Ih Jrloux bills Convcnimji la tslhd by men ho It la said ar practically straight out Divan It is uuhrwtood that the platform Wilttn ly Mr Dijan und adopted bv fusion convention in Nebraska will bo ntd In dlml ut Sioux bulii and rallP there gn roit will be made to have sime raDflcd at inflnnntl but the meu who are locking after that conveuthn cy thct an enllretv dtifeiviit lines of men will control that gtthmng and that freo silvorite and anarcha will not run it GIFT OF CHILDREN TO ADMIRAL DEWEY in: iti in vkii ami mtiiF 1 OU SI 1IM RIHilt 10 I1Y 50000 i oi ms i rpi WAPTIINGTON Apt 11 2T-AdiBiral Dew tv to day Tiucived a dt location at lb au-vr nit vrnjjilTV houpc which IhiLLou Noit-hwiiisL aud pre-atnltd to as token of tho retard nnd cMcm of the donors a beautiful gold watch und The money wa rnlaid bv ono 'iit Buhsi rlpiioiiH the movement lie ing attuted hv Mr of ltoat mount Minn Tho Idea nud with suth favor and the cnlRrtlen of the mone Involved so much work Unit 170 newspapers of Northwest Joined In the moviment and aa Hinted in lcrehinff the money and receipting for it by publLsblng Diunea of cou-triliutm All Ihe panics together with a ntory of tho a le up from ntwwpiner clippings and prepared In th form of a on nt 1 1 ul book an ompuiled th vath The wath ia 22 rniat roM Lett a tnonocrum (1 on the front of the caM und tho (lag ill blue and white enntml on the ba On the ot 1 an linn ripilon of the muoua of th whips deuroyed In Manila Harbor end the tniriplmn nteu to Admiral luwev by the children of MlmitapnUa uml the N(h Invent Muv 1 1 Hh) fnh donor i toil ll ut im one nt Atiuhed is a foh of vei unique ond beiuliful dealirn cf gold uul bhuk gun rmdul Th gun melal and copper ud In waUh und the fob ore fiom ships strenwri In Manila Mirlor The boor marked on the gold dial by tlu ltd let of thy name there lu Ing idevrn of them und just inmifeh to ofcupv the rctiulred upacca iftl It I ft ibB Iininlh on Trial nt JncTinon (or RilHi: lliekw VCKPO Apt it 23 'special )- Tho flrHt di acftwiim of the Criminal Couit whm a bus one though the case di posed of were of minor The handler murder has been act for tn-dav (handler is (harped with the tiRirdor of Kdi lllck The -men wro in a gambling dive at tho tlmn or the tragedy and Ciimo to over a dispute grow ing out of a game Chandler strut llhk on tho head pith su Uoa cusiddor ciuah-ing hla skull Emllo Zoln tho relohrated Fretn novelist conirlMitcs to the April North Amerhan Review au Interctlng utlidc ou 'War" Ho takes an optimistic view of ho situation dm luring his conviction that th tlm la rapidly uppioachtng when nations xhiill cease to learn war any more when utuvcisal iicacc shall spread over the habitable globe He begins by saying-Tn the Hist place 1 must say that mv whule being rebels against the Idea of wnr Its massacres exasperate mo and appear to )ii a usede ss atroc Ity This may seem a sentimental view of Iho matter ona for which temperament mental ond physhat habits ar undoubtedly responsible but It I also a reasonable) vtaw lor In looklug hack over history I am amased at IhO bloody uselessness of war IT have not yet found and I believe no ono disc overed the pretended law of Ivlllratlon demanding that nations mercilessly attack ono 2 ol a admits that existing facts seam to mitigate against bU theory do Rloch the famous Rustan economist whoso book Cost of la said to have had no little Influence in Impelling the Cssr to cull the recent Tuac Congress dev lares In a recent number of lh Revue Selentlflque that ninny of hi prediction have been verified by the war In Bouth Africa lie had declared among other things that because of the ns of smokeless powdnr loug-rango tlllerv and magaslno guns It would ba Impossible 1 To make useful reconnnlsancea: To make frontal attacks without enormous losses 3 To trews tho sons of firo without sheltor To accomplish surprises on account of thv dinger of counter-surprises 6 To old the loss ot artillery those who serve the gun being picked off at long tange 6 To pioflt by a aucrexs Rloch also predh ted the relatively large percentage of ofAonr kilted and asserted that the war of the future would be one of slcgee and fortified positions Though the experience of tho British armies has spparently borne out three predictions It 1 a yet somewhat early to accept them a fully proven particularly In tho nhpenco of ofHelal and detailed report This first four however seem In all probability fully proved The sale of the Fifth Avenue Hotel property on Thursday April 2C haa necessarily attracted wide attention and when the property la offered It la aafe to predict that there will be no standing room aavs a New York correspondent At present every one Is speculating on the knock-down price and opinions differ widely A to the real value of the parcel Bppralsrmenti range from 4tKKJ(KH) to (85h('0tii with the figure Just between oftencat mentioned The estate has realized per cent on (4600000 for many year This Is represented by tho annual rentnl of (180000 the leases paying tn addition all taxes assessments and repairs They have It Is said reduced their rent to C00nn and have paid half of the taxes by renting the stores to the Second National Ritnk sad other tenants And it is estimated by competent expert that the profits from the restaurant cafe bar barber-shop and billiard room almost equal the amount of the rent In liiO theslte of the Fifth Avenue Hotel was occupied by Cottage" a road house which was at that tlmn considered far up town It was a small wooden building with a piazza across the front and on It was a sign reading: "Corporal Thompson's Madison Cottage corner Broadway Tvcnty-thlrd Rtreet and Fifth Stage leave every four minutes Afterward a hippodrome was built on the site and when Amos Eno bought the property In 1854 the building was still stnndlng The original plot of ground purchased by Mr Eno comprised not only the sites of the hotel and theater hut other lota on Twenty-third and Twenty fourth atreet These be subsequently sold with restrictions as regards height of buildings In ordor to protect the light and air for the hotel which was then in course of construction The hotel wa opeaei) Aug 1 1851 liy Hitchcock Dar ling Co the partners bolng Hiram Hllchioik A Darling and Faran Stevens A feature of the hostelry nt that tune wsa a first-class passenger elevator which was the first one built and operated In this eountry It was run by a screw and although alow was perfectly safe But It was not called an elevator being known as a vertical railway Sim the hotel was opened or for more than foitv years It has ben conducted uu der the same firm name and of that firm Mr Hlti hock la still a member It la said that no other hotel In the country has had a stiriisfcful raieer of the same long period under practically the same management IUM) OK IHHUOHlIes Thirty 4 elernin of the Confederate Aiiiij (o lie a( Louisville One of the most Interesting features of the Confederate reunion at Louisville Ky May 89-Juuo 3 will be the nppearame ot a company of Cherokee Indians who will accompany the veterans from North Caro-Ima Thirty full-blooded red men wllj lake part In the great parade and partlcl pate in the festivities ot tho men who mire the Kray For they loo wore the badge of tho Confederacy nnd fought braicly to defend It throughout the gieat confili The thirty lndinna who will attend the rt union ore tho suivtvora of the famous herokee battalion of Gen Thomas' Wen Not Hi arollna brigade Tbe redskins were Helm? In North Carolina when tho wnr bloke out snd thev followed In tba step" of the Ir comrade of the old Eouth ein fctiite They rended on a reservation msr Asheville wlilih had been set apart tor tbem some years bi fore the civil war When the exodus of the Ouiokeca to' Ilia West begun tho-o llunn In NortlCnro Him refueiul to go They were aatlalbd with the Carolina country nnd In lesponso to their appeal tin wer granted tho ruieivallnn whbh thev still occupy The leiord of the Cherokee tirigde lx one of credit nnd distinction They were I lacs hardy anldjcra In the Southern ntmv there vein a number of Indian regl nenis Including Ihe fumona fighting Choi law of Mississippi but the Clicro kecx were ttie peels of any of tho fight lug nn Thev will come to Louisville as purl of thii Fourth North Carolina trlgude United Confederate etrrans uuder the command of Gen if Ilav 11 It I OF FMItKZl lITlENT Tbmiina Hunter keiitcncecl to ritrn In Prison ATLANTA fla April 28 Tho-nn 1 Hun fiimer Auditor ot the Atlan'a A cat 1 olnt I'atlroati Cirnip my was found guilty ef cn h'rzleioent In Ihe hnpi rlor ou-t to ilny nnd genteuccd to Iho penitentiary le yetna It was ihargid aealnat Ilim'er lhit he lied mb ippropriuted one hci trouble id a shpituae aroae Hunt wu out of Iho cllv Ho was luten arrested In Morn to sod returned here II denied ms suilt and Placed tk bin no) on others in the auditor otttce Betoi guy troubto occurred Hunter wo one of tho best known club mu luul society leaden 1 Atlanta Cuban Statistics The summary of the results of the Cuba showing the population to be now about whut It was ilHimed to bo at tho beginning of tho revolution In Cuba haa caused much newspaper comment and tunny ore disposed to believe tho stories of Wejhr's cruelly and ot the Immeuae death rate among tho reconceutiados were gient ly exaggerated Hut It must bo remembered that this census the first aoeuiate one vcr taken tn Cuba The Spanish census was not a census ss wo use tho word It was not no actual enumeration of tho people It was a partial enumyrMlon In cities and towns and purs guesswork as to tho remainder of tli Islund No accurate count had orer been made until tho United States Government undertook the task It Is known that the loss of life by the Cubans In battle wai small for there was hut little actual fighting and It Is known that deaths from starvation and hardships did follcrw the reeoncentrndo polity The men In the field were In better condition than tho old men women and children shut up lu the towns by the Spaniards While the sufferings end number of deaths may have been exaggerated It will not do to take Fpanlsh guesses at the population of the Islund us lure proof of the falsity of tho reports that Weylor's policy did cause fearful death rate Is generally admitted however that the census shows a rapid Increase In the negro population and that the negroes are Increasing more rapidly than the white despite white Immigration With a alable Government Inviting Immigration and capital the negroea may be kept In the minority Put with a Government giving them the same powers as are accorded the whites there Is danger of constant i Ion Internal strife cessation of white immigration aid state of affairs s'rillar to Santo Homlngo's experience whbh will not aid civilization and progress In Cuba Already there Is A race question In Cuban politlis nnd A 'colored'' question Is coming to the front The negroes want their and one of these they say Is not to be called In official documents end newspapers or They have petitioned Gen Wood to prevent terms being used whbh distinguish Cubans by their color 'a Song Birds and Ornaments Considerable discussion ha going oa In the East recently concerning the ii qrurtlon of fong birds It having been alleged that these birds and their feilhrs ere as ornaments A largo Timber of people manufacturer of milhnery especially deny this and declare it is vhe fathers of chickens nnd other domestic ruiinmN hhh are used being dycl and other ih treated in order to make the desired fTect The Chairman of the Executive Committee of the New York Audubon Icty Frank Chapman however takes another view and his remarks seemingly backed by Indisputable evidence are tm rtb reprodm ing1 It is true that at present song birds are rarely worn Jtut what of that Is birds song only tlmm to our protection? As nmtii of fiu tlwm one-half our birds are song birds but dma it follow that we are justified in ibetroyliig the remaining odi per tout The tre'h ns evoiy omlthoio pist knows that many birds bth la The poser of song are ewn more UMful and fuUy ss bt dutiful as our most prized souRoters The euiomlc vtUuo of hakt owla and buz-zirnH la bejonrt quoUlon while the services icmUred bv gulls In freeing the wai re of our coasts harbors and lakes of dead forma of animal lift cannot be overestimated and certainly tho grace of the tern tie daintiness of egret nnd the grandeur of tho engle nmke limn ss deserving of our rare ns if they bad the voire of the nightingale itself In Bb-vcrtlng that tho abandonment of feather wr tiling would throw flu us tods of women out of emplnjment the fovhor wrtrk era take a narrow but under the dreura Units wholly natural view of the question bn howeor it in realised that a largo proportion of the fiit hers ate worn Just as tiiry were Ukoirfioni the bird It la otmoue llut he total abolition of feathers In nuliiucrj their cojiseijuint rrptarenunt by various artificial rrminunte would result in glvug unpio ment to a muh larger number of i er bops tiian me at picsent enjpgtd in the fr ithor trndu AYe have pa doubt that Mr Chapman's oomlu'dons hro In the main correct but howiuanv women think of the feathered tribe alnn they don their EaRter lu Nevcrlheles It Irf a subject to whuh they fvhouU turn their attention Tney have it In their power to stop this whole F'tle Lnr'Hter of Mrd if tliev so PI A Hero anJ His Monument The movement to erect a suitable minium nt to the mommy of Bam Davis the Gen i ih lute stout who met deulh rather than htlrny a coufiilence 1s meeting It lx general favor niul eniouraje-meiit The lsltiir paper for young folks published by the Mulio-d st DuMmhing House of this eliy has an edllorlil on the sutj-it and snya a1 me'HHiieiit nsurate with the sae-1 lfl of this Ti die jotiug find ono thlft Oh ill! riellt upon Ills grateful rio ill I en" ehould He eleiled Detull-lm aomevvhnt tlu rir uinstnm es of his 1 nth It sovs' lie met the ih -it tv by (he gume rule of air whhh Noli in Unto ihfliof under (lea Ml hlio-on InO lie In entltkd lu a gir it utnt metli it Invnn lion eifm 1 i vi ti on the ilov id is ut I on (he road to slorvvlv imninind uti ihe rhenm-tiih i lie in a no rn voidli lie inline immi have luo 1 out Imr I hue him lih nil the ph liz nllon noils id liope Bhuhlmg wllli five ope mound his lie he wiev nfl reil life and Mnuly If he would mt do boner tidy He ihee diitli 1 1 In i llmu lile lying 1 hol a tlu'iiriml pvs 1 would hoe them nil line I mov 1 hue I would hen vy iuv fnuds or Hie undid nee of my Inhumer' mnrtit bill In dmv and honor nut with nuh folilud' tns n'tc'i'ty a parallel In -rn times nnd hi one of the most In-flilug i Irs to the vnueg 'Ite t'hlllin's Visitor thinks this mom merit should not coat liiis thau $Jj-iii I It Iiouhl he a worthy one or none at all The Dewey Watch On May 1 ho annlvrisary of tho battle of Manila lljy the children ot the North western Btalex through ehossn rerresent- It maka all the difference tn the woild In the cost of an enterprise whether the Government or a private concern uadtr-takea It The debato on the naval apnrn-prttttlon hill in the House disclosed that (3500000 of the appropriation was Intended tor a cadet hall at Annapolis Congressman Hill of Connecticut rmule the point that all the dormitories on the Yale campus designed to accommodate 1100 to 2ooo students did not coat a much as this one hall designed to accommodate 360 students If more Congressmen would make comparison between the cost of private enterprise and Government enterprise the taxpayer might be saved many millions annually The affair with Turkey seems In a fair way to be settled without straining amicable relations The rebuilding of the destroyed missions hns been authorized end this la considered a good omen sml as giving a better Btatua to the rights of missionaries It is presumable that the Sublime Porte will expect In return more delay In settling the Indemnity claim though olth 1 u1 dispatches from Constantinople state negotiations are progressing favorably and the Porte has undertaken to meet nil engagements made regarding the missionary clalma Yet It will not be wise for Secretary Hay to relax his effort to reaih a speedy pa meat for the Sultan If not reminded may forget or change bis mind The Philadelphia Commercial Museum haa Issued a pamphlet covering the conversion of United States weights and measures and moneys Into foreign weights and measures and moneys This information while of value to the general public will be found to be of especial use to American manufacturers seeking expoil trade As the mctrle system la absolutely neceaaary In exporting to most countries the convenience of auch a pamphlet Is apparent Tho Philadelphia Commerclul Museum la doing great work foeterlpg the sales of American goods In foreign countries It la easy to depict tn print the Bending ot a war ship to Turkey to back ud our demands snd to bombard a town In order to show the Sultan that we are not to be filled with but It Is well to remember that though Turkey ha no navy she has an army ait has given other governments In Europe much trouble Turkey Is In bad condition financially tut her soldier have always given a good account of themselves and European military mm know they are hard marcher snd fighter The number of United Slates exhibit at tho Paris Exposition Is '04 Francs alone showing more Next to the United States comes Belgium with 2M2 Great Britain send lest than 7 tcllcve that they call America tho great land of trunta New York Sun This is a fair shot What la the answer to It? Gates the steel snd wire combine magnate may have turned a neat trlik In Wall street and he has also succeeded In making trust securities had collateral The story now 1 that New York banks not only will not lend on trust securities hut are calling tn loans already made on sin securities Benstor Pnnlcl of lrglnia voiced the sentiment of ninny true and sterling Dom ocrals when ho said In reply to a question ss to tho platform to adopted at Knnois City liope the Iiemoeratle Nut tonal Convention will have Ihe cour ago to make a plat'urtn for 1'hmj Quav can again go before tho Le Mature of las Slate asking sUitlon to Cue Seryite and If the lA-pislaturo elects him whu 7 gditjed Hqt he ami vthars a lo shako the senatorial plum tree have Inin lnfoi mi by the Sinale that they must shake according to law It Is proposed In Republic nn psrly cucIib to ninko Roosevelt Governor Uon-ernl of (he Philippines In PM )n order to keep him prbmlncnlly In view for tho preside Dtlul nomination This resembles drilling In futures Conference dt Montgomery The AmcrhHO is in uvelpt of tha pro-Rjimuio giving tho list if rauktis uml at the fotthinmintf lmtKmny a lift i pine on tbo l'vo piuiihm The toi omho will lx Fin on Wuv nni nmm the iIih ti'igvilah tl rmn who will puiTiujuUe ju it i' hl'finMom tn ly he tniMtUoiiMl tio Join Mon of Alibmtii linn Hilary A llnbcit ix Sotiutary of tiro Novy Hon John Urav' of UhoirIa Gov AN tn A MuYoikle of fi Yiri inli Pr Holm nmko ns II pi im ijiil of impbnt Institute HaupUm i In lullua Prehvi hilt of Roanoke Salcirt Pt t'uut'V UKtnt of I ho Peabody fund itev Oay IIUv Sti ntmy of the Southern 1 obvt iuu hoard N'Kio rvmrpeliat ion Hev A rtiuplttiri of thu Ini i-nty of the South st Siwwioe ery Kev MiUotv huUlmun Mil lion Ale Kir of At In lit i (h (Tittoa hrooklu ridyi of AiknnsHS nml lion liouikd Cothrau Nw oik City I'loen aiefl HifiHlIimt AHTANP CITY Ajnll 2' (ppflal) Thtr sin elen of smallpox now in heatlnm ouniy rpoitu! Pr Eennox Pom tv rhyuolm i on cnc nt lienn HH in the I- if tlx Pirfrirt klx utmi vn Point PftMk in tho sucoinl Plf-triot Old foii iiH'H tour Kbuhtoo SpnnifK in thn Klovonth I it ric I Tim lounty t'hf i(iiLn hut 1hi eltnaMon woii in band nil raws Nin kopt under strlot quarantine A further prnj of the iIwohjw is not appre-hoQijed MouhUb and Rriiie ar quite frevaknt in the county a ivw cose proving fatal Ivfilh Heeorid H1TK April £4 Wm Adam Snell it yearv 32 WHUw eel Apnl 24 Haley 20 yeaia St Thom-afl ilotplial April 4 fatrlek Kane feS years 1UI Cedar Hiuct Aim II Wm Truotte Suns Infant 12U KilftMetl Btrct April iiJ VS in Howard Mitt hell 67 ycuirv lie North Hpruie street COLORED April 24 Sciwoy Kennedy Infant 314 Suntn cr April 2ri Itschet Brctnsfocd tS year 618 rCwixig avenue I 5 I 4.