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BOERS TRYItlG TO ISOLATE PliULIER Ifaf eking Relief Column May be Surrounded Near Gaberones. UETHUEN NOW THE ONLY HOPE tU Is Sim Skirmishing, at Warrea-ton, 167 rmt Away, French'e Cavalry May Fighting East 1 loemfonteln Qen. Joubort, It la tald, la In Command at Kroonttad. LONDON. Masrh U-A dispatch to The telly Newe from Lorenso Marquss, dated Friday, aays: Mtt reported hart from Pretoria that Commandant Eloff Isolating Col.

Ptumer'a Core near Oeberones." Tha War Offlca haa Issued tha following-: From tho Onaral at Capt Tows to tha Secretary of War; capo Town. March 23. Tha following telegram haa arrived rrom Nicholson. Buluwayo, March 16: Tha following la from Plumer: Lobat-t. March 14.

Tha Boers advanced from tha South In considerable force thla morn Inc. They first advanced from Ooode'a Biding. After a sharp Uttle engagement U)Ut CoL Bodle'o advanced poet was compelled to retreat. Tha retirement was -raileBtljr carried out to our mala position. The casualties Included Lieut Chapman nd a Corporal, prisoners, and two miss-In, probably prisoners.

Five troopers were wounded. Chapman's home fell with him close ta tha enemy, who immediately aur-founded aim. Tho exact Boer casualties are unknown, fcut several were shot ar short range. In tha afternoon the Boers advanced further north and shelled our position from a ridge on our left. Our twelve-and-a-half pounder replied, tha artillery duel continuing until sunset.

"Lieut. A. J. Tyler has since died cf rounds. One native waa killed." Tho sentimental Interest in tha fata of Naf eking haa Intensified with Col.

Plumafe torced retirement to Crocodile Pools, where waa two months ago. Relief, from tho worth now dwindles to Improbability. Lord Methuen Is skirmishing with tho Boers at Warrenton. 167 miles away. Although seemingly In force sufficient to do pretty much as he likes, he haa not advanced these five, days.

It is hoped that Ma military administration has a pleasant surprise in preparation. for the Britishers bv raising tha alege with a strong column of cavalry and artillery detourlng to Mafe-ktng, while Commandant Snyman Is drawn oft to engage CoL A dispatch to Tha Daily News from Warrenton. dated Thursday, describing Lord Metbuen'a position there, aaya: MA small flanking" force, sent through Boahof, secured an Important crossing, where tha pont. or ferry, had been destroyed; but, foreseeing thla. Lord Methuen bad another peat built, which ready to be sent thither when ha advance is considered, opportune.

Tho cavalry and Infantry column Is en route for thla point. Thus the position of the Boera at Fourteen Streams la formidably threatened. Lord Methusn'e advance haa rot been hurried to tho relief of Matching, when the pressure apparently haa been relaxed as a result of operations elsewhere, but he Is confident of his ability to push aside the opposition on tha Vaal River, when the proper time comes." Oen. FVeaoh's cavalry and mounted infantry, according to a rumor, are fighting somewhere east of Bloemfonteln. This suggests mora Boer bad as Commandant Olivier commando, with 3.000 wagons, is reported on the Basutolaad frontier, tolling northward toward Kroonatad, via Lady-brand.

This enormous wagon train Is supposed to be moving twenty-live miles a day. Oen. French's cavalry posts stretch from Bloamfontela eastwards tho mountains. It waa reported yesterday that ho had arrived at Thabanchu. east of Bloemfonteln and about half way between that place and Ladybrand.

on tha frontier of Basutoland. and had opened hellographlo commnulcatlon with Maseru, tho chief town of Basutolaad. Oen. Buller has not yet moved In Natal. The Eighth Division will go direct to Bloemfontaln.

Lord Roberts's effective disposable force at the front tan days hence will be. it la estimated, TO, 000 men. with the easy possibility of moving eastward, forcing the Boera to evacuate tho Blggara-berg Range, and Joining hands with Oen, Buller before continuing tha march to Pretoria. It Is understood that 8lr Alfred miner's mission northward la connected with, the enforcement of martial law. He will use his personal Influence toward tho paelfhm-tlon of disaffected centres.

Tha Cape Ministry Is loyally supporting him. Martial law, in response to requests from loyalists, haa been proclaimed la the Gordonla district. Tho Delagoa Bay railway arbitration award la editorially considered In the morn tng papers. Tho approaching declaration the findings of the arbitrators ta welcomed as coming at an appropriate moment, and aa bringing the acquisition of Delagoa Bay appreciably nearer. GEN.

JOUBEET IN COMMAND LONDON, March Bloemfonteln cor. respondent of. Tho Dally News, telegraph. Ing Thursday, aays: "A letter from Mr. Poulteney, an Inter preter In the Free State courts, has been received by his wife here.

In which the writer declares thst Oen. Joubert Is commanding the combined force at Kroonstadt, where there, are plenty men. guns, and foodstuffs for determined resistance." BOER CAMP, KROONSTADT, March 22. -Affairs are being put In proper shape, and the Free StaUrs who had to leave are returning la crowds. The President' proclamation has shown the burghers that the Government Is standing firm.

Tho ln numbers and determined than ever. proclamation In which ho warns tho burghers who lav iatrJtoraV utmost punishment Prltska Rebellion SuppraeaeoV BLOEMFONTEIN. March rebel. Hon In the Prleaka district w- pressed, hero. ewssassr BW ana Lara Kitchener Is returning BOERS TURN IN OBSOLETE ARMS, LONDON, March 2-A Sprtngfonteln tel- egram published la th second edition of The Tim aays: ,,5 Th apparent submissive attitude of the Free Staters should be accepted with large proportion of obsolete.

In 'tTepons being turned In by them to ftM Srltlsa is flvla th Impression that SELSSTT of are being rwndt at running strong against tha iNrCZ.7ltiwh.lch Cap Colony iSfhorttics." lreUkl hy tb BrtU' STIYN DEPOSED I SPRING March SX-It reported her that Mr. Bteyn has been de-Poeed from th Presidency, and that the fr4Ur th Fre Stat are being administered by a committee at Kroonatad. TO MOLO AN IRISH CONVENTION. LONDON, March ax-At a largely attended meeting of the Irish members of Parliament to-day. John Redmond.

Chairman of in It was decided that of "tlonal unity It waa ad. "ummon convention of the representatives of ElfiVH- "Puwic bodies, and tha Nationalist organisations. Ac. a.f?raJSlt.tif WM PPolnted to arrange the convnuon. which wiu probably meet at Whitauntld.

in Dublin! Offr to Portugal. WASHINGTON. March Ignacio da Cost Duarte. the Portuguese Charge, wd to-day. In regard to a letter received by him from Oeorge W.

Van Stolen, President of the American Council of South African Republics, offering a loan of So. 000,000 to the Portuguese Government aa tha aum necessary to pay the Delagoa Bay ward, that Mr. Van Melon's overture' out orop' such "Proclaimed, and to uia efft tP mmunlatlon 't1 lh In any case, should have been sent to v.ie Portu-guese oovarnment direct. He will forward It to LUbon. wltn forebodings as to Its be-if-1'? irrjr rlously.

Furthermore, he said thst his country was not In need of money, as the offer Implied: also that some time ago loans of many times over the amount now submitted had been offered his Uovernment by certain European countries and had been rejected. LONDON. March Is officially announced that the Delagoa Bay award will be given Monday next, March 20. Strong Feeling in Dutch Guiana. KINGSTON.

Jamaica, March 23. Dispatches from Surinam, Dutch Oulana, received here to-day say the feeling of tho Dutch there Is strongly antagonistic to the British, and that British subjects in prison SSSth by th OuUwdfra'of To Prevent Export of Cannon. VIENNA. March Wolf and Lemtsch have telegraphed to the Premier, Dr. von Koerber, demanding that he take rtatlon of forty-five cannon which are said to have left the Bobonita, on their way tS further alleged that they BIG WESTERN RAILWAY DEAL Former PitUburg and Gulf, Union Pa-, clflo, Chicago and Alton, and Illinois Central May Combln.

KANHAS CITT, March Star says that there are rumors of the consolidation of th Union Pacific Chios rw Alton. Illinois Central, and ths Kansas City voutnern Kaiiroads. The latter road Is the' successor of the Kansas City. Plttsbur and Gulf. The nrobahllltv nf tttHnw auch a combination Is denied by the men In a position to consummate it.

hut it la undeniable that the closest of trafflo and other rotations are to be formed between the transportation Unas named. While the announcement of a Drobahla consolidation of these lines may seem pro- mature, there is abundant reason to believe thst such a scheme Is under serious consideration by the representatives of the interests included. The Chicago and Alton and the Union Pacific now have the closest traf- mu ifwuuiu. ana mcv ere 10 oe extenaea BO Sa ta Inclinl th V.n... rMtw and the Illinois Central.

inese rumors rise from a secret con- appointment, here to-day of S. M. Felton. President of the Chicago and Alton; Horace G. Burt, President of the Union Pacific, and E.

H. Harriman, President of the Oregon Short Line, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Union Pacific, and a Director In the Chicago and Alton and Illinois Central Companies. Mr. Harriman was a member of the New Tork Organisation Committee of the Pittsburg and Gulf, and organised the underwriting syndicate for the t30.O00.UO0 of new bonds for the Kansas City Southern. He and Mr.

Felton arrived here to-day after completing an inspection of the Kansas City Southern. They also looked over the water and rail terminals at Galveston. It Is considered significant that ths railroad Presidents should Inspect a foreign line, which in the past has been their competitor rather than their ally. But these gentlemen are deeply Interested In the future of the former Pittsburg and Gulf. In which they have large financial holdings.

Mr. Felton and Mr. Harriman were met at Horn beck. yesterday by a W. For-dyce.

receiver; F. Mertshelmer, master mechanic, and J. A- Edson. general manager of the Pittsburg and Oulf. ILLINOIS CEXTRAL'a HEW Wilt AtMUtdoa ts Bis; Feme Cosm tloa at Paaa, III.

Sfttid it Tkf AVw York Timtt. CHICAGO, starch 23. Additional details have been announced In regard to the plan of th Illinois Central Railroad for operating Its freight and passenger trains between Chicaro and St. Louis over a new route fter June 1. The trains have been run from this city to Pans, 111., where connection was made with, the Big Four Road.

The last Central iraln will be run under this arrangement May 81. The following day cars will be started over the new route, which will be the Illinois Central from Chicago to Springfield and from the. State capital to Kaat St. Louis via the St Louis, Peoria and Northern, which is not tho property of the Harriman syndicate. New Pennsylvania Freight Station Engineers yesterday began preliminary surveys on strip of land on ths Greenville water front of Jersey City, extending from Chapel Avenue to the Morris Canal.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company purchased this strip of land in and obtained from the Riparian Commissioners ths right to fill in In front of It to an extension line feet from the present shore line. The statement has been made that the company will shortly begin the construction of a big freight station at this point, with wharves for the accommodation of its foreign trade, and that it will act In conjunction with the Lehigh Valley Railroad. BRYAN DEMOCRATS MEET. ALBANY. March l- Executive Committee of the Chicago Platform Democrats of the Bute met here to-night, and after approving th platform adopted, by iff recent Nebraska Convention, passed resolutions as follows: Resolved.

That the rank end file of the Democracy of the 8tate of New York demand that the delegates selected te attend the Htete sad Nslonal Conventions be nta thst are known, stove suspicion, as leyal to the platform and ticket of is; and that ueh delecatea he ta-etrMoted to vote tor reaffirmation of the Chi-o pUttorm and for the nomination of William J. Bryan of Nebrasks as the Empire state's choice fur PreaKleat; And it Is further Resolved. That a ropy of these rvsulutlona be forwerded by the Secretary to the Chairmen of the din'ereat county committee thrtMishout the Stale, and that the Kseculve Committee shall bio, over the list 01 deleistes, selected, snd are then authorised to take such sctloa ss the situation may demand. fieeolved. That a State delegation two delegate from ee.cn Cottg-reeelonal dtetrtrt shall be eeloctrd to attend th National Convention who ti ll contest the rest of any delegate who did not loyally support the plsttorm sad ticket la 1KW.

New Assistant Patent Commissioner. 1 WASHINGTON. March a-The President to-day nominated Walter 1L Chamberlain of Chicago to be Assistant Com-miuloner of Patents, THE KEW. YORK KEIITUGKI SUSPECT'S EXADfflATIOH BEGIBS Caleb Powers Brought to Court for Prtliminary: Hearing. STATE'S WITNESSES TESTIFY Defense SaW Evidence Did Not Injure tha Ac Golden to Help is Commonwaalth.

FRANKTC RT. Ky March 21-Th pr. llmliAry exa mlnatlon of Secretary of State Caleb Power 1. charged with abetting th assassination William GoebeL began to-day before Judge Moore. Th Court Hons was guarded lnslie and ouUld by militia and core of De: uty Sheriffs, armed with Winchester rifle.

to prevent possible Interference from mntalnesra, who were reported op their waj to Frankfort, but thlr presence was on keeeasary, as th mountaineers failed to app ar. and no disorder oocurred. Tho wltne ise to-day Included Warden Eph Llllard Detective D. E. Armstrong.

Shertlf Bosvorth of Fayette County; who arrested Secretary Powers and Capt. John Davla and uaa who la aow utd.tr bonds chart with complicity In the murder. Th tes Imony tended to show that tho shou cam I rem that section of the Executive BulMlm In which Secretary Powers' ofllco la local ed. although no on swore that th shots we re from th Secretaries The strong it evidence), perhaps, was given by Silas nea, who waa In Gov. Taylor' anteroom wlien the shooting took place.

No evidence waj adduced tending to show that the defendarl was implicated in any con-Prcy, but, in one or the frequent wordy disputes bett een the attorneys for the.de-fenss and th 1 Commonwealth, the fact was brought out that F. Wharton Golden, who la said to ha vs made a confession, will be put on the tness stand before tha hearing ends. Prosecutlni Attorney Polsgrove said tonight that ifHclent evidence had already been heard warrant holding Powers, but that the casn would be much stronger before he was through. On the other hano ex-Ooy. Broirn, for th defense, expressed himself as wjell pleased with the situation, regarding th evidence ao tar aa decidedly weak.

It Is probable that all of the witnesses tor thfc prosecution will be heard by to-morrow afternoon. An Incident! occurred during the afternoon that showed the feeling and also how the People are prepared for emergenclee. A soldier In the rear courtyard dropped his revolver on Jthe stons flsgging and It 4" Instant every man in the crw.Sd Soutroom waa on his feet, fully a third of them with their hands to their rear pockets! ifiS.f MSST his court at 10 JV Commonwealth witnesses numbering forty. The name r5t; Golden was not In this list. At the conclusion of the call of Commonwealth Mtmf Polsgrove an-thcas.

1 t0r tlUA rtad tn warrant against Powers, changing him with being an ac- i5ed jh4 dismissal of the defendant on Vai warrant was fatally defective In (not alleging that the crime was com mitt 4d in Franklin County and did not even shiw the offense to have been Jude Moore over-rani: oWfctlon to tne torm of th WMW Dendy and W. O. Dunlap of Lexington were bdded to the counsel for the SSififS' whJth announced It readiness to t. August Munlnrer. a TtTf ton undertaker, as the first witness.

ht.did.D0.t nd an attachment for h'ra iMUfd by the court. Wltnesse In the room wef ordered to retire and were M.01!.".0' t0 onybody. -P y1' Borden of the Frankfort bel when the! latter was shot. He walked sneaxi of Sen ttor OoebeU and was lust en- l5r snot fired. He turned back from the State w.Ur!SP".

lndJlfc.T wia had happened, ftr. lookd. ward -the KxecmUve Building and saw that the second window of the corner room vaa slightly raised. This was the office of the Secretary of State" He thought the hot had been fired from this room. There were several other shots, but.

hf thay did not come from the same pli- 1 1iot WM evidently from a rtfle. while the others seemed to be from pistols. On croas-etamlnatlcn. CoU TJUsrd ssld he saw nobody In the room from which the shots set med to have been Bred, and he did not se any one In the main -door or on the steps the building at the time of tha shooting. Policeman Wlngat Thompson testified was carrying Senator Qoebel out ol the yard be saw armed men at the en rat ce to the Executive Building and recognised John Davis and Berry Howard among them.

Detective irmstrong of Louisville raid that Secretar Powers rsf used to tell him who wss In he offlca of tha Secretary of State at the time of the shooting and declined to say who waa In charge, but said that ha (Pov era) waa out of the city that day. At noon 01; rt adjourned until 1:30 o'clock P. M. Whet court reconvened Attorney Sims demanded that the Commonwealth furnish the defense the names of witnesses yet to be board, wtether they have been subpoenaed not. Judge Moore finally ruled that ie Commonwealth must produce the list and County Attorney Polsgrove then gi ive the name of Charles Fin-ley, Jim nd Berry Howard.

John Bow- Tsld'. F- Wharton Golden, and Dr. W. R. Johnson as probable wit- 8ergt.

F. harton Golden, who Is alleged to be the ch ef witness for the Commonwealth, Is said to be In th city, but his whereabouts tr being kept a secret, and It is not known at what Juncture he Is to be placed on th stand. Capt. John Hawn of Barboursvtlle waa then called, sjnd testified to a conversation had with Powers at Barboursvllle previous to the shootlr g. in which Powers asked him to turn over nls ammunition and company to Ueut.

Glson. Previously Hswn had told Powers he was not In political symna-thy with him, 'Secretary Powers ssld. 'They are robbing us at 1 continued Capt. but 1 Ud not.2.r wh? wanted the military ampany at Frankfort." During Capt. -Hewn" a testimony sx-Gov.

Brown made 1 he point that a man cannot be convicted as nn alder of crime unless some principal la mvicted of the crime. Aa the actual murdei tr of Goebel haa not yet been named, the lnt possibly Involved the liberty of Secretary Powers. Judge Moore ruled sgalnst the defense. Silas Jones of Whlteley County testified that he was ln the room leading to Gov. Taylor's oftlc 1 when tae shots were fired.

There were any In there whom he did uot know. It ws bis Impression that ths shou were fired fiom the Executive Building, and he thought from the corner of the building In Which Secretary's Powers' office Is located. When the shots were fired he wslked lr to the ante-room, where he ssw Capt. Dm vis and Gov. Taylir among others.

Did you any one try to open Caleb Powers dotrs?" asked Attorney Polsgrove. "Yes. I sat a man with sandy whiskers trying to opei the door. He struck It with a hatchet," piled Jones. On cross-exaVnlnatlon Jones said he saw Powers leave In Is office during the morning for Louisville This was previous to the shooting.

The witness said the shots sounded ss if fired from the aame gun. but he could not say positively whether they were fired froi 11 th upper or the lower story of the bulldi r. The papers ound on th Drisoners, deluding the pardoi Issued by Gov. Taylor, were placed on rc rd, and the court adjourned until 10 o'cloc i to-morrow morning. KEXTtCKlAXg EB MR.

MK1JILBV. Explain Cosdltloas. bat tar They Do Set wist Federal Trwofa. WASHlNOTpK. March 23Col.

Andrew Cowan, a merchant of Louisville, Samuel J. Roberts, editor of Th Lexington Leader, and I John Marshall. Republican Lieutenant Odvernor of the State, all prominent Republicans and friends of Gov. Taylor, called at 1 the White House before the Cabinet meeting to-day, and had a halt hour's con verhatlon with the President on the political situation in Kentucky. On leaving Jthe Executive Mansion they stated that thk-y had called on Mr.

McKln-Icy for the sol purpose of explaining to him the exact situation ln the Stat and what had led up to the present condition of affairs. They) said that they assured the President that they did not went Federal troops to be aent to the State or any Federal Interference They had not axked for a-1 Congresslonsl investigation, they said, not would they aak lor oaa. as they did not want ia -TIMES. SATURDAY. AT THE HOTELS- WA1.XBTORIA-0.

Portal Aunt. tot-eage: w. F. Hi hoard, tntnmf-m t. Ksmbarr.

Chali 11.0.:..," the Hanoi can steamship Lis. Washlagtoa: taJtTTJKRIaXI-Alolne Oeofrey. Wasa- aAVOT fUmo VldWH Me. MAjatSTTAlfWAluam Crape. New Bedford; W.

Creastea lAraed. JrV cwosga. "LSHCif' JT. NorthfWd, Ttt l2ILArrv-t- Cfa, FWladelpWs. tiAUD FWUtdelphls.

Cunningham. Preader-gsatOitiBor. sad Uuttnoa, PhltadelshU: Railroad Cosninlssioer I-nk i BaW. Owiao. "vC2fDan- n-JHoffmaa.

Albaay: Lovlag, Fort Worth, ARRIVAL. OF BUYERS. xwrr W. 1L Allen tows, Psna. J.

H. Wallace, Bprtagfleld. Wallace. Motions and fancy, i R. V.

Walker uz in "mi? MA: Miss M. White-HSse fiverett 9pe Company. Pittabanr Penn. Bingham ton Oall Company. Blaghamtoa.

K. Hotet aoods; at. Deals Miller. Kneads A Cb Norfolk. achwarts.

Mmlahlng gooda. and ladles' aid infants- wear: Hotel Mariborough. Mlnseapolla. Mina.t L. H' Miller Rhoads.

Richmond. Va. U. Millar furnlshlag goods; Hotel Mlborought hfr. tkrwU A Bo.

too, P. B. Milliard, mUllaery. TT Broadway Para Arinue rloll. Fahy-fihanti 1 Dry Ooods Company, Rochester.

N. Hotel' drT ds; Broadwsy Central Efrroymson Wolf, mdtsaapolla Ind.i M. Ef- clothing; lUrald Hqaare Lederer Brothers A Chloage, 111. W. D.

tderr. dress goods snd linings, zfta Church I A Baltimore. L. M. Retnhard.

clothing; Herald bauare Hotel. Pratt. Simmons A KrauMilok, 8t. Urals, M0.1 M. aimmons.

millinery. eM Broadway; Herald Square Hotel. Long lllddlck, Richmond. J. R.

Rlddlck. dry a 60 la: Rroadwav ruii ii.i Ferria, Oeneaeo, N. W. Ferris. dry goods snd millinery; St.

Oeorge Hotel. Welner, Kane A. Weiner. drv vwvt Broadway Central Hotel. Spencer A Adams, Csmdea.

K. T.J Horace Adams, dry goods; Hotsl Albert. jsives Baser, warren. wke drv roods: BtuaM Hotel. BalUUne.

A. Port Huron, A. R. Be dry goods; Hotel Cadlilse. McOeeoln.

Hugh, Johaaonburg. general store: Wenunlnater Hntel Jennlnge. Moralves. N. C.

rut. ter. dry rooda: Hotel Alhert Mjf001 J' Krtwkson. W. Wilkinson, general merchandise.

MeKlmley. Clayton, geaarai mer- ehaadlae: Hotel Normandle. Duin. C. Schroon Lake.

N. Loekmore. a runt 1 at. arand Union Hotel. Cos.

Mrs. Oswego. N. T. dry goods: Mrs.

Jaroea Qlbaoa, dry bristoL Olaon Brothera, Leroy, N. T. O. 8. Olsea.

dry goods and millinery 1 Hotel Majestic. Lathrop, Q. Livingston Manor. M. drugs and books; Park Avenue Hotet Land on.

W. A Son, Pltuborougb, N. T. W. Landon, general merchandise; St.

Oeorge Hotel. Glover. Thomas 8., Warsaw. N. T.

dry goods: T. H. Lewis, dry sooda: Qananal tu Ux.l Howe. O. Potsdam.

N. T. dry sooda and millinery; Mrs. O. O.

Howe, dry goods and nllllnerv: Coamonnlliaii IIamI a-" m' nr goods and millinery Cosmopolitan Hotel. Anthony, Chartea Watertowa, N. T.i dry THE- WIATHIR. LOCAL rORDCAfT.tnfreaalns aUmMmmmm, rain or snow; colder; fresh sortherly winds. The dlstarbance ta the Soathwest has develosed to th east and aorta, but hot to say soaslderable extent.

It has. however, osueed general ralss Uiroughout ths South. In sddltlon there have been light showers la the Lower Missouri Valley and middle slope. Temperature have fallen generally, except la the West Quit and Atlantic Slates and la th Ohio Valley. In the Pacific Coast and plateau regions gener-allx fair weather haa prevailed with higher temperatures In the Central portions.

During Saturday the rain area will extend northeast ward through the Ohio Valley and Middle Atlantic States, and by Saturday sight rain or snow la probable In New England, aad precipitation will Ikely continue Saturday on th Middle Atlantic and ln New England. Bhowera are also Indicated Saturday from the Ohio Valley eastward and northeastward movement of a marked low pressure area, which Is central to-night In Northern Al oe ns, wiu cause miner temperatures as far east as the westers upper lake regie by Sunday and lower temperaturea with rain or snow in th northers slope by the same time. Is the Interior of the country and the Southwest generally fair weather Is Indicated Sunday. On the New Ens-land snd Middle Atlsstlo Coast winds will be fresh snd mostly northerly. On the South Coast they will be fresh and mostly esiterly.

The leoord of temperature for the twenty-four hours eri'led at midnight, taken from THS Nxw York TimES'S thermometer snd from the thermometer of th Weather Bureau, la as Weather Bureau. TlstKS. 1HW. 16x10. IWOU.

8 A. 34 37 0 A. SS Jif 41 A. Hi 41 48 11 3d 4T 4tt 4 P. 44 6.

51 P. 40 48 JO P. 43 4 la P. 34 44 42 TKB TIUKS'S thermometer Is feet above the street level; that of the Weather Bureau Is Sao feel above the street level. Average tempetaturea yesterday a areas follow: Printing House Bquare 3U Weather Bureau 4.VC Corresponding date 188 37C Corres ponding date for last 29 years, 87 At A.

M. the barometer registered SO and the humidity waa T3 per cent. At 8 P. M. the barometer registered ZS.B2.

with 0 per cent, humidity. The maximum temperature was M. at P. and the minimum so, at 4 A. M.

YESTERDAY'S FIRES. (From 12 o'clock Thursdsy night until 12 o'clock Friday night.) 12:05 A. Second Avenue: owner unknown; damage slight. -2til Avenue; Nathan Goldberg; damage, IJUi. A.

Bowery; Iver A Green; damsge slight. 105 A. Mangln Street; Isaac Weight; damage slight A. -334 East Seventy-third Street; Peter Seveck; dasnage, tii. 10:4.

A. M. 137 Orchard Street; Harry Bohulis: damage slight. 12:10 P. East Fifty-ninth Btrt; Henry Watr; dsmage.

K. 126 p. East Fourteenth Street; A. Heller: damage. 113.

P. Kaat Street; Hugh Lyons; damage, ft P. East Twenty-fourth Street; owner unknown; damage, 20. P. M.

Essex, Street; Schauosky A Laaarus: dsnuwe slight. P. M. 1.417 Brook Avenue; George Bos wick; damase, tSHO. :30 P.

M. 115 WUlis Avenue; SUma, Becker A damage, $25. 0:43 P. 537 Ninth Avenue; T. Brooks: damage, S23.

:80. High Brtdgs Road; Holland and others; damage, Sll.uoo. lw P. M. 102 Bleecker Street; owner on-known; no damage.

Vr.30 M. 134 West Twentieth Street: C. B. Gray; damage, $23. LOSSES BY FIRE.

NEW LONDON, March destroyed the Central Vermont House, In East New London, thla morning. together with thirty-seven freight car belonging to different railroad corporations of the country. The loss Is estimated at tao.000. The steamer Mohegan of the Central Vermont Line waa badly corched before shs could moved out into the stream. LAWRENCE.

Xan March 23. Fire last night destroyed the office building and warehouse of th Kansas seed house of V1 building coautned worth of seed. Th loss Is nearly covered by Insurance. R. VV.

Wltherbe Dies of Apoplexy. R. W. Wltherbe of Whitehall, Washington County, N. died at th Park Avenue Hotel Thursday of apoplexy.

He waa stricken while at th. Broadway Theatre on-Tuesday night. Mr. Wltherbe was a member of on of th best knows families ln Northern New York. He leave a wife and on daughter.

He -died possessed of a considerable fortune. The body will bo takaa to Whitehall. LJ. Hamburg. Mm'-TSiS J1004! Bwsdwayi Hotel CdUlss.

Miller Rrothers. Oalveeton, Texas: 1 Miliar iotl Blodgeit Ovdsray dt Wehhee k. u. MARCH.24. ID 00.

COL GBUBER STRIKES BACK Declares Assemblyman Fallows Ut-: i tcTed a Falsehood. A COUNTER ACCUSATION MADE Mr. Fallows Char.d with Taking llltsal Favor from Corporatlore Col. Qrubr' Explanation. r' 't I a CoL Abraham Gruber of th Twenty-first Assembly District is ln no way disturbed by -tha ohargs of Assemblyman Fallow that at the Instigation of CorporaUon Counsel Whales and for a consideration hs sought to have Mr.

Fallows kin the Confession of; Judgment bill Gruber to said to have approached Assemblyman Fallow In the presence and hearing of WlTUam Conover. "Mf- FaUowaa atatament," said Mr. Gruber yesterday. to a stupid 11. absolutely without foundation, and mad out of whol doth.

says that I mad th proposlUon to him In the -presence of William Conover. Now. Cenover is clerk to Fallows at Albany, and la th Assemblyrosn's political factotum. Ha waa a Democrat when he lived la tho Ninth Dlatrlctbut became a Republican when he moved Into the Twenty-Bret. He depends on politics tor a living.

oanltt. but being refused an mnVfoVU, Mkt4 tW' Mr. Abram OruW. 1889 tJTJtl rby resfgn aa representative of tne Twenty- meaaneee an us- flsxt er Pontine: seeon. doing business; third.

"Uon ln 'avor of a certain elaes, Tours j. WM. CONOVER. tlon hUn t0 withdraw his resigns- most lrnportant of th session and one that w5n interested In SndT kM1ow" Mf7 wnt 10 Whalen "i mD a lob. VV halen la onsnf thai rla a r.

w- ihmi Thomas oe Influence In killing or passing a bill there aa Oom Paul hai househol2ana'ranl 0f Victoria's et Whalen possibly three i Vl tb or ll'i certainly not JfnSil 1 say vn that we 1 cali rollo that If 1 went to Whalen with any such proposl- '2 iu" that Whalen Would remark. Bine kan i i brick business? Mr. halen knows where to go when he blU passed or killed Just aa well aa Controller Coler doe. Mr. Color, I be- why.

Whalen would aura oaition from me. and say, 'Mr. Gruber, havs no hayseed In my hair. You had bet- your neaa i Th. a Ue on Ita face, aa It ta In fact.

It'a verv at ranee thil k.vln. been Intimate with Mr. Fallows while ha waa In tha Assembly, thst the only thing that ho say brought about his desertion from me was a bill Involving millions of dollars which I greed to kill or defeat In return for a political appointment for one of my supporters. Mr. Fallows only resl-lses my wickedness snd my unworthlness at a time when Mr.

Qulgg, whom Fallows says he consults, wishes to defest me ln tne Twenty-nrst District. A week ago Mr. Fellows said I was to get 900.0U0 for beating the bill; now It has been reduced to a cheap appointment a two-dollar or three-dollar a day job. "After the close of Mr. Fallows's first term In the Legislature, and knowing that it was a crlmo for an Assemblyman to rid on a pass, he took a pass tor himself and family to Chicago, with a atop-oVer In' Indianapolis, and saw the pass delivered to him.

When the law waa vio lated for hia benent. in the Bummer of 1MU, even tbousrh-hs might have aunrjectaxl that Aba Gruber wss narticena erlmfnla. ha ril.l not allow his outraged virtue to break his pleasant relations wita Mr. ruber, but be rooe -on iaa pass ana still remained patriot. I dont believe that any man with an ounce of brains will aivs Mr.

Fsllows'a charge a serious thought." Asked how the battle would result next Tuesday, Mr. Gruber said: do i tninx ru winr wen, i saouid say thst I will. They aro moving heaven and earth to beat me, but they can't do It. It Is to laugh." The Qruberltes will hold their final meet- Ing Monday night at Richmond Hall, In nest vna ctuuuiw iuu Dyiinuiu Dlirru THE FIGHT AGAIN ST GRUBER. Assemblyman Fallows Repeata Hla Ac cusationOther Charges.

Th antl-Gruber Republicans of the Twenty-first Assembly District turned out In force last night at the Austin meeting In Colonial Hall, at Columbus Avenue and One Hundred and First Street About 800 persona were present- Thomas I. Crane presided, and the waa warmly applauded when he said: "There have been three Abrahams In th world's history. Abraham, the patriarch; Abraham the emancipator, and Abraham the We want none of the last-named." Philip Bloch, a clerk In the Harlem Police Court, followed Mr. Crane, and he charged that Gruber had schemed with Edward Lauterbach to defeat the Amsterdam Ave-iue Anti-grab bill in the interest of street railroad corporations Assemblyman Fallows was neit Introduced, and he prefaced his remarks with th statement: Gruber seems to think he owns me so much thst I csnnot hsve an attack of tonsllltls without his consent." Then Mr. Fallows repeated the speech he delivered at Richmond Hall Thursday night, ln which- he made the specific charge that Mr.

Gruber had asked him to kill the Confession Of Judgment bllL Mr. Kallnwe closed his remarks, and caused a sensation by saying: am reliably informed that ex-Uavov W. L. Strong haa seen a new light and has taken hla hands off tha fight In this As-trlct." M. Linn Bruce then made a tew reraarka.

J. Leslie Ooaaia read a poem, and the meeting adjourned. HEtf MAKE! BRIBERY CHARGE. Cesrsslttee to Hat Dsi Irrglrt-ttea 1st th Twtaty-atth. A meeting of the Election District Captain of th Twenty-hfth Assembly District was held last night at th Madison Bquaro Republican Club.

Charles A. Hess, the district leader, referring to the factional contest In the Twelfth Congressional District, of which the Ta-eaty-ttfth Assembly District Is a part, said: We find ourselves opposed by a lot of men, many of whom throughout the year travel the district with no visible means of support and with their pockets turned tn-side out. Yet these same men to-day Ar well supplied with money which they nr using liberally to corrupt the voters at the primaries. I think the District Committee should tske some action looking to th punishment of th offenders." A committee of which Macdougall Hawkee was made Chairman was appointed to consult the proper authorities with a view to bringing about the indictment and conviction of the alleged offender. The antl-Hess men laugh at Mr.

Heas's statements, and say be haa good reason to be acared. The colored Republicans of the Twenty-fifth Assembly held a amoker at Central Half, 14? West Thirty-second Street. All present wore Bliss and Hess campaign buttons. aaeaaSafsiBSXMsaMMBSswsekBsaaasHa) SHEEHAX BITTERLY DEHOCTCKD. Clrealar Lt Set Oat by th Bora, tl ysaoar Clab, Th Horatio 8eymour Tammany Club, which to endeavoring to displace John Sheehaa from th Democratic leadership of th Ninth Assembly District ta th Interest of; Frank J.

Good win. has among the enrolled Democrats of th district a circular letter ta which Mr. Pheehan la roundly denounced for bis efforts to have Democrats imprisoned for alleged fraud at th primaries last September and for what his enemies term his secret attempt to Injur the organisation." In thU connection, the letter says. Mr. Sheehan Is a leader ln name only.

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tKlBKlrktCo DEIMEL LINEN MESH UNDERWEAR, For, yVen, Women and Children. Be ejSUhtttm (o instigated th appointment of a Republican special District Attorney and a Republican Judge and the calling of an extraordinary Grand Jury (or th purpose of Imprisoning Democrats. Republican aid can always be secured tor such an object. He had Democratic residents of this district Indicted during: the Chrtatmss season, when a desire tor revenge seldom finds room In the heart of any man. He sought to taist innocent errors of Judgment.

If any, Into Intentional violations of the lsw, lu order to Punish those who differed with him politically. Mr. ttheehan can never regain the wBuuenc-aj tammany sibii. neenan supporters win bold a smoaer at the I'equcM Clubhouse In iweawn in Bireei, near isignin Avenue, this evening, and the Beyroour Club wis bring the campaign to a close Mondst evening with a mas meeting at Its new ii zua cigna Avenue. TO DISTEAITCHISE 2TEOE0Z3.

Bill fsr.Tasi Psrseat latrodaced ta tk Maryland LevtBlatare. SNtUt The Ter Timn. ANNAFOUS, March 23. The long- expected election blil having for Ita main object the disfranchising of a large propor tion of the negro voters In Maryland, was introduced In th House late to-night by. th Democrats, It is Ingeniously worded, and while not stipulating an educattonai qualification tt provides xor tne removal oi all party era biems from the ballots, forbids any.

assist ance to th voter In ths booth and in eral so arranges the mske-up of the ballot as io prevent in voter rrom voting intelligently- unless he can read. THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Sv 60,000 Admission Tickets Necessary and 9,000 Badgte. PHILADELPHIA. March SX Several Important matters appertaining to th Republican Convention received tho attention of the rub-committe of th National Executive Commute to-day.

Fourteen thousand admission tickets Xor each day of th convention were apportioned, arrangements for the dissemination of the proceedings were made, and th oonventlon badges, ,000 in all, wer Tho committee adjourned to meet about th mlddl of April. Sergeant at Arms Wis well will have the appointment of doorkeepers, 250 pages, and 1.000 additional employes, beside Issuing permits to th press, messengers, and telegraph -operators. Messrs. Ms nicy, Payne. Kerns, snd Wis well decided that Fennsylvsnlsns should nojt be appointed asslstsnt sergesnts at arms or doorkeepers, owing to th fact that they might be Imposed upon by friends.

About BO.0O0 tickets will be engraved. Each delegate and alternate will receive two to give to friends, and each of the fifty-six members of the National Committee will receive twenty-five tickets. Four thousand tickets will be banded to Msyor Ashbrldg, as Chairman of th local Convention Committee. The remainder will go to the distinguished guests of all tho States. SILVER REPUBLICANS TO i i DULCTH.

March S3.Chairmsa Charles A. Towns of ths National Committee of th Stiver Republican Party, has issued a call for a National Convention of th party, to meet In th Coates Opera House at Kansas, City, at 13 o'clock noon, on July 4, for -the purpose of placing tn nomination candidates for President and Vic President of th United States, and for the transaction of auch other business aa msv properly some before the convention. a. coraiaj invitation to attend extended to all electors In th United States who ln 18WJ left th Republican Party because of th abandonment by that nartv of ita tra ditional policy of bimetallism, and also to au present members or mat organisation, which, by It adoption of the gold standard, by Its retirement of th greenbacks, by Its surrender to the banks of the Oowraraaat function of Issuing money, and by It other numerous acts of recreancy to the principles and traditions of the best days of th Republican Part, have been convinced that in parry or unooin no longer exists, and who ar prepared to recognise the duties of patriotism aa. superior to all party Gov.

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