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TEN PAGES. WEDNESDAY MARCH 29, 1899 "Business. Tuesday Evening. March 28. Tb stock market showed (rest strength end ec-Urlty to-day, and though there we heavy profit-taking the clone was atretic sail at general advances.

Sales reached ever a million ehares. The fture vti the bin advaae in Northweatern, followed by a fine In th other Vanderbllts. Money oa call 4ft per laat lea a 4H Pr cent. The bond market wa ttrong. Wheat frit the effect ttf reansv4rtns crop reports and closed at a dectina of Corn loot Ha and oat.

Vtic. while pro-v(akma fell TrtMc. Leaf tobaeo wa. trona; and cm ton quiet. caretty of cattle lanprovetl price In Chi.

rro, the market beta- ttron- to 10c hlih. er.tiaaia iifiatW t4pc-lBher, but ejoaed weak. 8heer were tron and 10c up. Cnarpea On Sank Check Collect! ms. The action of the New Clearinghouse Association in deciding to make a charge off one-quarter of 1 per cent.

for collecting checks on out-of-town banks has already excited bitter end determined opposition. A step which will increase the expenses of buslneas this will can not be looked upon in the light of progressive banking, more especially as It discriminates to certain extant against all financial institutions outside of the metropolis and the few excepted cities. It introduces a compiles Inn In what may be called our currency extern, since under the operation of the rule the checks of banks that now circulate at par will be hence- forth at a discount, and it may lead to a. i revolution af some sort In the methods of collecting. In addition to this the arbitrary rule that takes away from in- dividual members of the cleaiing-houae the riht to make any arrangement with their depositors that may seem best to both snaacka unpleasantly ot th monopolistic features of trusts.

The charge will be an oppressive one upn publishers, merchants and manufacturer who carry on an extensive mail order business. These receive a grel many amu checks, on which the charge for collection must be at least ten ce.its, which, in most cases, would wipe out mors than th entir profit of the trans- action. Unless th buying publio in the interior can be educated Into a new way of transacting business trade any seriously hampered. However, whU this la a serious matter and worthy th moat careful consideration, it la not likely to cause the criticism, of th rule which compels th metropolitan banks I to aot tn unity regardless their Individual wishes' or needs. A bask ought to be ktft free to Judge aa to best method- of doing business with Its awn customers, but when the clearinghouse steps In, trouble is likely.

It is manifest, of course, that there is nothing wrong la law or morals In a bank charging for labor and expense it 1 required to take la behalf of it de- positors. English bank charge up every Item of cost for the benefit of their customers, even to tba outlay for pot- ag stamps for their correspondence. This is a proper and legitimate proceed- ing, too, though it seems "picayunish' ta American bankers and business men. Th charge for check collection can uot always be regarded from exactly th same standpoint. The depositor who turns In the checks may hav a lare balance on which he is not allowed terest, and the bank, by its system of out-of-town correspondents with thair balances, may be able to make Its collections without expense.

Where th depositor la allowed interest on hi dally balances and th checks ar placed at one to his credit at par the matter is put in a different light. Then, th bank may be easily a large loser in th aggregate. It must said that the plan, of Ue New Tork banka reoeivtnE eo6ntry checks xar baa greatly facilitated the transaction of business and diminished Its coat. Anything- that so simplifies and expedites the machinery of commerce will given up with regret. Tba effect baa been, almost the same with the checks of interior banks as it was when the paper currency of the Country being Issued and guaranteed by the Government became worth, par everywhere.

Now the check on any good country bank circulates freely in the metropolis, but with the enforcement of the new regulations it goes st ones to a discount. In this way the usefulness of tba country bank is impaired and tba countryman's credit is contracted. The tep has been taken after careful deliberation, and as New Tork is the great clearing-bouse of the nation it properly starts there If It must be started at all. The banks there claim that it has become absolutely necessary to reduc the amount of unprofitable business, and if they persevere Can make a very large) saving. It is likely, however, to bring about new methods in collections, and may take them larg-ly out of their bands.

An Anomalous Meeting-. Some "Oerman-Americans" hav heU their meeting In Chicago and protested against aa Anglo-American alliance. They might have occupied themselves more profitably In protesting against th term "German-American." There are Germans and there ar Americans, but It would hard to say what a German-American is. It Is understood pretty well at home, and abroad, too, now, what an American is. He is Just that; and there Is uo more occasion for calling him a German-American, or a French-American, or an Irish-American, or a Jspane-Amertean than there is for calling him an American-American.

Th true American does not need any tag to distinguish him from sny other true Amr-lean. But why should Americans who prefer to call themselves German-Americans meet as a class to protest sgainst an American alliance with England? Why would an alliance with England be any more Injurious to a Gcrmaa-Americsn than to sny other true American? If it Is to the Interest of America to form an alllanc with a country that is a rival of Germany, then Is to be expected that all Americans. Including German-Americans, will place th interest of America before that of all other countries, including Germany. If should enter Into an alllanc with Grest Britain. It will not because Britlsh-Amerlcsns favor such an alliance, and If we do not enter into It It will not because Oerman-Amer-f leans oppose it.

Discussion of the alliance itself Is not worth At present ther Is neither I attaMUrvM-Mie V' s.fifrp. But if th tlm ver come for seriously considering It. It will considered sim ply from the standpoint of Americans, unpreAxed and unhyphened. I i Twics Told Tal. I No doubt many newspaper readers te-I tain soma recollection of James Addi-) son Reavls, of St.

Louis, who year ego i was convicted of a criminal offense com, mltted with an attempt to defraud th i Government ut of 13.a00.000" acres cf I land In Artxoaa. valued at $100,000,000. He came very near succeeding, but tls failure caused him to pass two years of bis life In Stat prison In New Mexico. I Interest In th matter has been revived i by the publication of Reavls' own story of the fraud. Reavia does not deny that be deserved th punishment that he received, though he still Insists that he was arrested on perjured testimony.

But he tell th whole story of the attempted fraud without sparing himself. Indeed, the narrative Is almost suggestive of the Idea that he wishes to make himself out worse than he really Is. One of the old English dramas has a character who, contemplating a hideous offense which he can not get his own consent to carry out at once, says: 'Fifty thousand crimes lie 'twUt me and that; I shall come to It at last." Such was the case with Reavia He says that after the war he opened a real estate office In St. Louis, and that his chief offense was the result of a series of crime extending over nearly twenty year. His connection with the Peratta grant, so-called, came about tn a way sufficiently curious.

On Dr. Welling went to see hln about It, claiming the benefit of It for himself. Reavia went to California and Mexico and found that the' Welling Claim was a myth. He also found that th Perattas were too numerous to suit hi purposes, though they were only the descendants of servant of the noble bouse of Feratta, which, was extinct. Continuing his research found that there never was any Peratta grant at all.

The whole story was mythical, and no elalm actually existed or ever had existence. Strange as It may seem, there was a time when It waa pretty hard work to get a pension claim through our pension office. In those days it, used to be said that It was far easier to get through a purely mythical claim, with the aid of 4 Uttl perjury, than It uraa to put through one that was distinctly meritorious by honest testimony. However, this may Reavls undertook to mak a purely fictitious claim. II met aa obscur Aadaluslan girl, who birth and parentage were unknown, and.

be made her th heir of the great Spanish grant. He went to Spain, examined the archives there and Improved them wher It was necessary. He mad Us wife the descendant of a noble Spanish family by adding an additional mera-ber wherever needed and snaking th records correspond to this theory. Having forged enough pedigrees od leit THE COURIER-J OURNAJU LOUISVILLE. them in their proper place he also forged the grant of 12.500.000 acres of land in Arizona.

Forged records to correspond with these were placed' In the archive of Mexico. In short he had a perfect pedigree for his wife and a complete title to the land, all resting on forgery. During all the time that this fraud waa maturing Reavia say that he had abundance of money to carry out his Some of the most famous men in the country thought his claim was ell right. Huntington, Stanford and Crocker, he says, aided him with money and John W. Mac Way supplied th means for him to go to Spain.

Rosooe Conkllng. R. G. IngersoU, Bourke Cock-ran and many other distinguished men gave opinions favorable to the validity of his claim. The truth Is, according; to the confession of Reavls.

his claim was absolutely perfect, with the exception that every document that tended In any degree to support it was forged. The confession of Reavls differs only ta detail from what was previously discovered. It became known that th claim of Reavls was wholly fraudulent, and that It was supported by forgery, but Reavls baa added a number of details of more or less Interest. Whether he Is to be credited tn every detail, it Is not easy to Judge until his statements are sifted. But the story which tells Is sufficiently remarkable, and It Is known that It Is essentially true, and therefore somewhat alarming.

That a purely mythical claim involving so great a sum of money, or its equivalent in land, should have com so near succeeding; la not a very nigh tribute to the official who duty It 1 to protect the Interests of the Government. Nor is It pleasant to reflect that the archives of Spain and Mexico, through which many of our land titles in the West ar derived, can be so readily manipulated by an unscrupulous forger. It Is known that there waa aa attempt to grant away the greater part of Florida after th agreement to cede It was made, but before It was perfected. This fraud was discovered and the grant annulled before the treaty waa ratified. Poubtles there have been many frauds In the pretended old Spanish grants of land ceded us by Mexico that have escaped detection.

The case of Reavia shows how closely all such claims ought to be scrutinised before they are allowed. It is reassuring to learn that the German Government la satisfied with our attitude In Samoa, after the explanations of Ambassador Whit. Of course, it is highly desirable that aU three Governments, that are protecting Samoa should act together. But If one of them happens to be represented, by a bumptious official who takes sides against th Chief Justice and threatens his personal safety by his machinations with th natives, it is difficult to see how the other two Powers can avoid opposition to such which la taken, not by the, three Power, but by on only. According: to th reports this was what was don by the German.

Consul and another German official, Mr. White was careful to say that In emergencies two Power could act for the time being, and It la creditable to the German Government that It acquiesced In this sensible view of the situation. "Th Sirdar, In his statement a to the killing of wounded dervishes In the battle of Omdurman. says that only those who feigned death to obtain opportunitlas for killing Anglo-Ea-ypUans were killed. Lord Kitchener I Judicially, and perhaps Judiciously, silent as to th manner In which the tnteattoiMi of said wounded dervishe were aacartalrtd." Chlcaao Tribune.

The evidence is that he gave his own men th benefit of the douht "If the again." sax a a contemporary, "will paus long enough to read the President's instructions to the commission at Manila tbey will be at a loss to explain what they are fighting about." But they could easily explain it by reading on of th pronundamen. toa of our Auntie. Jerry Simpson say th money question will have third place In th Issue of next year. Such a good thrashing as Jerry hss received on an Issue does considerable to lessen the Importance of that laaue la one's estimation. Even Mr.

Bryan is not so hot-foot after silver as he once waa The Standard OH Company declares that Ohlo'a Attorney General Is carrying on a "malignant persecution of it!" Haa the Standard OH Company no rights In Ohio? Haa persecution gone to the lengths of refusing to accept It bribes? "We promise," says the New Tork Journal, "to invent some new and pleasing kind of type to announce the first locking, up of a wholesale thief." Don't; It la hard enough already to enforce the law against thieve. Who know that Agulnaldo Is not preparing, as a brilliant coup guerre, to redeem his threat to march into Manila by retreating until he can circle the globe and enter the town from the other side? Paris haa women whose vocation I that of expert Better bring one overhand let her decld which I th real Jefferson dinner New Tork. Aa Iron bridge L1Q0 feet long has been shipped from the Uoitod States to toum. What Khartoum needs la a shipment of a sew country along with th new bridge. Cola Harvey haa resigned aa General Manager of the Democratic party.

With Jefferson, Jackson and 7ilden dead and Coin Harvey resigned, wher are we at? That Filipino officer who. waa detailed, to look after the American prisoner is still doing hi looklnc over hi shoulder aa ha skedaddles ta th woods. BITS FROM THE NEWS. Planted a Graveyard To Head Oft a Bailroad. A fact leaked out Monday which Indicates the bearing some of the seemingly harmless bills passed by a General Assembly hav on larg interests.

One cf these bills, which passed at th last session without any discussion, prohibit-)! th building of any railway lines through any graveyard. Little was known- of it purposes, but at that time qf the session bills for-he pensioning of slvll war veteran and their widows and such other benevolent measures were being passed more or less regularly along with pat.i-otto resolutions, and what little was said about the bill was thrown out tn such a way as to appeal to the sentiment of the aolona. In aa effort to prevent the desecration of graves, however, the legislators took a step, the Importance of which they never realised, and the facts alleged in the case follow Ever since the Chicago and West Michigan railway was built, its western terminal'; was at New Buffalo, where it formed a Junction with the Michigan Central, over the tracks of which It entered Chicago, As th business of th road developed, it was found that tn trackage chargaa mad Inroads into th Income of th company to the point where It waa deemed desirable to do away with them. Accordingly the beads of the road decided to build their own line Into CM-cage, and accordingly, through their agents, began to purchase lights of way wherever desired. Most of the proposed rout ran through th sand dunes along the upper end of Lake and Porter counties, and.

hara the Knickerbocker Ice Com. pany owns vast tracts of land, from which it take sand for it ice-house and for building purpose In Chicago. The- new route of the railway will cut through thtir moat valuable sand deposits, and th Knickerbocker Company steadfastly refused to sell. Only a few weeks before the opening of the Legislature, the railway company announced that tt proponed to bring condemnation proceedings to secure poaaes-sion of the land, and then waa hatched th bill which has rendered it 1m posit Us tor th railway to complete Its Una, First of all. the company secured a collection of what -la knows in medical college as the number ot forty or nxty, and these were buried at Intervals, properly marked, all over the tract.

The next step taken waa te prepare the Oravayard BUI, which waa lntroduaed by Representative Patterson, who waa Innooent ot the motives back of it, and passed without discussion by both branches of the General Assembly, under th supposition tn part of the members that it waa designed to thwart the attempt of some railway corporation to desecrate aoms old established burying ground, around which clustered historical aasociaUuns. Th graveyard is sUU there, and th people in the northern part of the Stat are wondeting what move the Chicaao and West Michigan will next take in 'ta n-deavor to reach Chicago. Journal. Tair Tlay for Dr. Green H.

Vaux, Common Councilman from the Eleventh ward, to-day Intro-duced an ordinance for I ha protection ot tbeaXer-goera, Last week Dr. Vaua went to th Alvln to purchase two seat tor Richard Mansfield' engagement. waa refused a view ot the chart showing what seats had been sold, and in addition to having to take seats offered him he found that pi-Ice bad been raised. He says be waa Informed the seats were good ones, but when he went to the theater he found the statement ot the ticket seller was un. true, To prevent trouble of this kind.

Dr. Vaux drafted an ordinance which provides thu all theaters must exhibit chart aoovw what seats have been sold, and that when prices are r-sd notion muse be published In ah daily paper here In Thla. mnnaefra faillna! to ObeV th law are to be fined laO. or undergo three month imprlaooroant. I Mils burg telegram th Chicago Tinvaa-HaraJO.

a a a Qibson nd tb Papacy. A Roman letter published here to-day, in speaking of the possibility ot a con. clava tn the near future, says: "James Gibbons, the American Cardinal, would get the largest number of ballots If all the foreign Cardinals would vote together against the scattered force of the Italian Cardinals. Although this exotic Candida, ture is not taken very seriously by the Italian Cardinals, it would be very much liked in all high political circle, becaus It la felt that a neutral Pope would probably put an end to th tension, now so acute, between Vat lean and the QuirinaJ." (Paris cable to the Chicago Record, a a Church Barrvd To Easter TJHss. Easter lille wUl form no part of th Easter decoration this year in St.

John' Protestant Episcopal church tn Jersey City. The Rev. Dr. E. L.

Stoddard, rector of St, John's, haa tabooed the fragrant and beautiful flower for bygieato reasons. Experience, he says, has taught bim that wha the Easter lily 1 used, even in small quantities, in th altar and chancel decorations the odor affect the member of th choir, giving them severe beadachea Dr. Stoddard says also that he received -complaints on the same score from mem. bars of the congregation. Last Easter be abandoned toe use of Easter Uiies.

Ao-oordlng to Dr. Stoddard the result wes that the singing waa better and the clergymen felt better and preached better. None Of the choir complained of a headache, Instead of Easter lilies calla Illie and potted plants win. be used in the decorations. Tork telegram to the Chicago Tribune, Novel Way ot Raising Money.

The latest and most Ingenious collection scheme, somsw hats after the plan of th endless chain, haa been brought out in this city by the Methodists and Christians, both et whom are working toward th erection of 133,000 auditoriums. They call It "calendar. It is started by one person In eaoh case, who assumes the title ot the year and pays S3 and select twelve others for the months who each pay It and find tour people who each pay fifty cents and assume the weeks of the 'month. They get seven people at twenty, five cents a piece for the days and these seven eaoh secure' twenty-four at ten cents each to cover th hour of th day. The minutes and seconds could also be worked on, but the cbala ia Mopped on the hours.

Each chain run thus tar successfully will bring In Just an even tl.000. It Is Jiuch more satisfactory end not so-much trouble as the endless letter chain, as all the work ta done by personal can. vase. lAnderaon. TumL telegram, the Chicago Chronicle.

A Catamaran. Kansas City Star. Having read to her pupils a description ot the atnkisg of the Merrimac. the teach, er some day later aaked her pupils what th word "catamaran" then used meant. These ara some of the answers: A catamaran la a mounting lion.

The catamaran Is a savage officer In the FUlipose Islands, A catamaran carries club In a gold game. A catamaran ta' the place in Chicago where the cat show was held. The catamaran waa a convention hall The catamaran la the proper name for a eat boat and war rant together. Ilk th Catadia. Hobsoa obtained a catamaran from the Spanish emoera, whicb waa aU fee had eat.

WEDNESDAY MORNING. 3IARCH 29. COMMENT FROM THE CAPITAL. Correspondence of the Courier-Journal. Washington.

March 27. A great deal depends on the point of view on whether th lawyer's or the farmer's bull that gored the ox. Not so very many years ago I sat In the gallery and heard the debate on that vile and unconstitutional law taxing "filled" cheese. There were two Republicans from the same Slate who came near fighting over it. One was from a dairy district, which produced cheese and plga and veaU The other was from a corn-growing district, which produced beef and pork.

first was for the law because it taxed the competitor of cream, or aklm-rmlk, cheese; the second was against the law because fiiled cheese Is made of beef tallow and hog lard. There Is no doubt that the law ought to force the merchant to sell "filled cheese for "filled" cheese: but It Is tyranny, the worst sort of class legislation, to tax filled" cheese because It competes with cream cheese. Old Father Hatch was the author of this species of class leg-lslatlon. and do you know that Father Hatch really thought he wis a Jefferson I an? Indeed, Jefferson has been appealed to to father as many errors In politics aa tbs Apostle Paul has: been to father heresies in religion. Not a great while ago aU of us free trade's were denounced tor speaking a good word for England because of her tree-trade policy.

Republicans said that "British gold" waa sent here to the Democratic leaders to corrupt elections and destroy American Industries. On that bead John J. Ingalla used to twist the lion's tall from rosy morn to dewy eve. Pig "ron Kelley used to look on John Randolph Tucker as the same as Benedict Arnold, because of th admiration Tucker had tor the English tariff. Now all Is Republican goldbugs laud England to the skies, and Democratic sllvertte denounce her up hill and down dale.

Mills, of rex. as. praised England ten years ago; Bailey, of Texas, denounces England to-dsy. Let us take a glance at history in this connection. When Washington was President the Administration was friendly te England.

When Adams the first Adams became President, we went to war with France for the sole reason that Adams was the friend of England and Jefferson the friend of France. It was a glorious little war while It lasted, and, as I remember, made the Tame of our naval hero. Truxton, a Dewey of bis day and generation. In ISO Napoleon Bonaparte Issued the Berlin decree in response to an Order tn Council of the British Cabinet. At that time these United States of America count, ad for little.

I doubt if either th English Prim Minister or the French Em. peror had our country in mind at the time. If either did we did not receive more consideration than Denmark would now tt all Europe were having it out. Both Napoleon and the EngUsb Insulted our flag wherever either had the opportunity. The difference waa that England had driven the French flag oft the water and the French did not have the full awing against us the English had.

Madison followed Jefferson as President. Had the first Adams succeeded Jefferson we would hav had our war In UM with France instead of with England. had the same cause of quarrel with Bonaparte we had with CasUereagh. I believe the latter wa Prim Minister at th tlm. But Madison was a member of the "V.r-ginla Dynasty." and It was opposed to England.

Hence our war with England, 1SU-1S, and. as we outgrow our schoolboy days, we realise that we got a heap more glory than victory out of that war. Qan. Jackson was never a friend of England; but when he became President he bethought himself of the French depredations on our commerce and proceeded to collect th damage In characteristic Louis PhiUpp was King' of France, and he undertook to govern that country on the English system as nearly a it was possible to do so. If be had had th right aort of people all Europe would to-day be Republican, or practically so.

JUouis gave Jackson to understand that If he wanted hi money he must stir up th French Assembly. And that Is Just what Jackson did, and he would have proceeded to stir up the British Commons on like Invitation or provocation. Old Hickory bullied the money out of Franc by taking action that looked lik war. Th other day th French spoliation claims were paid by Congress. It shows that no claim need be outlawed.

Persistence and Influence will collect anything from th United State Treasury. After the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and the Ashburton treaty Stephen A. Douglas waa our leading opponent of England, and after Seward surrendered Mason and Sildell Jsmea G. Blaine became the Douglas of Tbung America." Now "Ood Save the Queen" 1 cheered from ocean to ocean by the dominant party ot America. 8tnce the time of the Conqueror England's attitude toward France and Prance's attitude toward England have been eras of war followed by era of good feeling.

Such Is human nature. SAVOTARP. Slow, Winds. Kansas City 8tar. There la a rising hop that It may still be possible to lose Alger, since he missed bis way tn going to Havana.

MILITARY OFFICES ABOLISHED Cuban Postal Service To Be Independent Hereafter Washington. March 28. An important vent In th work looking to an Independent government system In Cuba 1 an order Issued to-day by Acting Postmaster General Heath, abolishing the military postal eervic heretofore existing at th principal offices on the island and allowing th substitution of an independent Cuban service. It formally announces the severance of the Jurisdiction of the New Tork post-office over these military postal stations, and makes the postal scheme there entirely distinct from the postal service in th United State save for th guarantee of the United State to pay any Cuban postal deficiency that might arise. In view of th diplomatic statu of Cuba, however, the postal affairs Of th island are subject to gen-era! revision by the President through the Postmaster General.

From to-day on no Cuban postal bus. tnesa will be cleared through the New York The Cuban cities where post-office under the new regime are Santiago, Daiquiri. Ouantana-mo. Baracoa. San Luis, ManaanUlo, Gl-bara, Holguin, Sagua de Tanamo, Havana, Puerto Principe, Nuevitaa, Cien-fuegos.

Songo. Itnar del Rio. Guana-jay. Mariel, Trinidad. La Tunas.

8ano tl Splrltua. Cardenas. Bays. mo. Mayari, Falml Soriano, Cristo.

Buena Vista, Matanaaa, Santa Clara. Santa Crux, Santo Domingo, placetas. Jucaro. Sa-gua la Grande, Caiblron, Batabano, Surgidore, Gulnes and Union de Reyea It la announced that the title of the head of the postal service ia Cuba haa been changed from Director of Post to Director General of Posts, a similar order will shortly be Issued for th abolition of th military postal service in Porto Rico. House ot Commons Adjourns.

London, March 28. The House of Commons to-day adjourned unul April IA CYMES Cause Much Damage To Property In Alabama. A FATALITY AT OPEUKA. HEAVY SNOWS ARB OEllXUAI. THROUGHOUT SOUTHWEST.

KILLING FREEZE IN TEXAS. Selma. Ala March 2. A cyclone did considerable damage to-day In th Uttl town of Rtdervill, twenty-two mile north. The sawmill of th E.

E. Jackson Lumber Company and the corn pany store were badly wrecked and a number of dwelling-houses demolished. A large frame dwelling was carried more than a hundred yards and overturned, and part of several bouse were blown completely away. Ex-Oov. Jackson, of Maryland, who Is President of th lumber company, was visiting -the mills, and, with several others, was In th of.

He during the storm. Th offlc waa wrecked, but all miraculously escaped Injury. The cyclone waa about one-eighth of a mil wide and moved in a southeasterly direction. SHOW XX SOUTHWEST. At Bom Points th Ground Zs Covered To Depth of Six Inch.

Kansaa City, March 28. A snowstorm, in many places the most sever of th year, was general througnout th Southwest last night, and at some points fully six Inches of snow cover the ground. At Wht City, tour store fronts collapsed from the heavy weight of snow covering the awninga. At Pittsburg. street car were stopped, and at Independence drifts were plld high.

In Oklahoma the storm assumed th proportion of a blisaard. sleet and snow falling. It I believed that tne snow will benefit growing wheat in Kansas, while In the Territories tt is feared fruit has suffered. FRUIT CROP DESTROYED And the Growing- Corn Killed By a Freeze In Texan. Waco, Texu.

March 28. Immense damage has been done In this section by the freese of night and to-day. Cora, which was In most places on to two Inches high, waa killed and will have to be replanted, while th fruit crop 1 practically destroyed. The lose falls heavily upon a large portion of th farmers who bsd to buy seed in th first case. Th temperature this morning waa 30 degrees, the lowest ever known here this late In the spring.

HOTXL UNBOOnD And On Person Killed By a Heavy Storm At Opeiixa. Opellka, Als-, March 28. A terrific storm passed over this dty t-day. Th roof waa blown off th Mineral Well Hotel, and In the eastern part of the city a two-room bouse wag demolished and Amy Hueguley wag instantly killed. Many trees were blown down, and much damage waa dona, Pence and Houses Blown Down.

Lexington, Oa. Match 28. A destructive wind and rain-storm passed over this county to-day. Hall th sis of bird eggs did considerable damage. At Craw-ford, a number of barns, trees and fence were blown down; store were unroofed and the steeple on two churches were blown off.

TO SHUT OUT COLORED VOTE. Provision et th Haw Constitution Proposed la AlabamaMust Rad and Writ. Montgomery, Ahv. March 28. Th Democrats of Alabama will bold their State Convention here to-morrow to nominate delegate from th Staie-au large to th Constitutional Convention next August and put forth th party's platform on this Important issue.

Th Democ ratio State ExecuUv Committee, In session to-night, rejected the proposition of the Populists, which was that It the Populists were given the same number ot delegates In tb convention that they now hav Senators In th Stat Legislature (seven) they would not make a fight against the Constitutional Convention. Tba oommlttee also refused to submit the question to th Stat Convention to-morrow. The prospects ar that th convention will bo well attended and barmenloua. Ther scarcely remains a douht that the convention will declare for a submission ot tb Constitution to be adopted to the people for ratification, Another proviso will also probably be on providing against the removal of th Stat capital from Montgomery to Birmingham. The suffrage plank may also be decided upon.

A clause will probably be Introduced and adopted providing against the disfranchisement by any mean ot men who -have borne arm In defense of their country, and this provision to Include, of course. Confederate veterans. It la proposed to satisfy Illiterate whit farmer In North Alabama by providing that where one can not read or write be shall be allowed to vote If be pay taxes on aa much as 8300 worth of property. With these proviso, which It Is easily seen would give practically every white man the right to vote and eliminate only the illiterate negroea of the fanning belt. It is believed the suffrage plank could be incorporated.

The Republicans have definitely decided to oppose the movement, and hav stated that their committee, which meet her April i. will formulate plana to that end. Charged With Robbery. Lula Croee, colored, was arrested yesterday by Officer Gore and Sullivan on a warrant charging her with robbery. It te charged that a few days ago she held up J.

W. Beaaley. of Dunmore, at Ninth street and Congress alley and robbed him of a watch, valued at 86S. and US la money. The arrest was effected In the alley between Eleventh and Twelfth and Market and Main streets-Quay Will Hang On.

Harrisburg. March 28. An Informal conference of the friends of Senator Quay waa held to-night at the Executive mansion, to discus the senatorial situation. Senator Penrose was nresent. It waa decided that Mr.

Quay would remain a candidate trVnlte4 States Senator, ano ir mere- tl ''by flte p-esent Leg-uiatu to MrohmU the question to the pcop.e in tor member of the llU AZZ year hence. Mr. Quay's 'fiends deny to-night that there ar any signs of a break In their linen, OLNEY FOR PRESIDENT. ZCovemrtt Said To Bs TJnder Way In Bah slf ot th x-Scrtary ot Stats. MUkaukee.

March 28. The Journal today says: That a movement Is under way to make ex-Secretary of Stat Richard Olney th Democratic candidate for President next year Is revealed In a letter from Boston to tbs Journal. "Gen. Olney campaign Is based on th theory that Is in favor of Imperialism, while opposed to annexation. -The writer of th letter referred to In very prominent In DemocraUo politics, and say th movement in Mr.

Olney's favor is well under way. It is urged In Mr. Olney's behalf that he. though a gold Democrat In 19. did not mak himself obnoxious to th free silver element, and that on the expansion question hs would be an available candidate, being opposed to th annexation of distant Islands to th territory of th United State.

Mr. Olney view on th acquisition of foreign territory are very pronounced. He believes In the United States striving with other nations of the world for commercial greatness, but not for political extension. THINKS THE TIME IS RIPE. Former Secretary J.

Sterling- Morton Interested la ths Proposed Haw Political Party. Chicago, March 58. A special dispatch to th Tribune from Omaha credits J. Sterling Morton with th Intention of forming a new political party which ha declares will be th greatest political organisation since th formation of th Republican party. Discussing the new party and the sidelights likely to develop th reform.

Mr. Morton says: "I hav the utmost faith In the plan, A' party wUl be organised July 4 that will stand for conservatism, pre-eminently. -No doubt, th platform will contain soma elements oommon to all parties, but the keynot will be conservatism. There I a vast Held for th new party's operations. "The 1st war and Its momentous Issues, the struggle of the two great parties over bimetallism, the rise, decline and absolute decay of Populism, all these elements contribute to a situation aa frequent aa those which gav birth to th Republican party on th approach of our civil strife.

"My investigation teaches that the tlm I ripe. I do not car to pose particularly as th head of the new movement, therefor I will not at present go Into details. But I will say before July 4 a call will be Issued outlining the plan, and It will be signed by men of national fam and of tried political worth." FOUR DEATHS IN BEDFORD. Tormtr Surveyor Drops Dead and a Child Dies of An Accidental Wound. Bedford.

Ky. March IS. Special Howard Zerfosa, th aeven-year-old son of County Superintendent of Schools L. P. Zerfoss, died this morning of pneumonia, after an illness of four days.

Mrs. Logan Colbert, of waa vial ting her sister her, expired after aa Illness ot ten days from a complication of diseases. Th four-year-old son of James William Handlon. a proeperoua farmer, on last Thursday fell in an unfinished part ot his father's bouse, striking his head against a piece of Umber, in which there waa an algbt-penny nail. Th nail entered his forehead Just above the left temple, causing Indannnatlon, from which be died to-day.

James M. E. Horton. former County Surveyor, died at hla bom yesterday of apoplexy. He bad gone to th stable and saddled his bora, and waa returning from his bouse with hi riding outfit, when be fell dead in ths yard, lit was a prominent Democrat.

AGAIN AT THE CAPITAL President WcrTlnlsy and THr Party Reached Washington Yesterday Afternoon. Washington, March 28. The special train bearing th President and Mrs. McKlnley. Postmaster General Smith and members of th presidential party reached Its destination her at exactly o'clock this afternoon.

They were met at the depot by Acting Secretary of War Melklejobn. Gen. Corbln, Secretary Porter and other officials. On Trial Por rSmbexalament. Indianapolis.

March 28 Special Benjamin Prather. ex-secretary and treasurer of the Commercial Traveler Association, charged with embezzling 82.000 of the funds of the association waa placed on trial here to-day. He was formerly prominent politically In Indiana, and waa at one time Clerk of th House of Representatives of the Indiana Legislature. Will Visit Louisville. Chattanooga, March 28.

Col J. C. Everett and 100 officer and men of th Fifteenth Minnesota, which was mustered out at Augusta. war her several hour to-day on Lookout Mount, ain. Tbey started for home to-night, but will atop tor a day each In Nashville Louisville.

Indianapolis and Chicago' They will spend Thursday in Louisville! Dead At IIS Years. Indianapolis. March 28. Michael Shea died In this city to-night at ths advanced age of 118 year. He waa born In Ireland tn 1781, and waa a friend of Daniel O-Conneil, Sbea waa married when was fifty-eight year old.

and haa children over aixty years of ageV Entertainment Por Charity Fund. A musical and literary entertainment will given to-morrow evening at Masonic Tempi for th benefit of Powell Camp, No. a. Woodmen of the Worid. The proceeds, are to be devoud to tb-charity tundf ALL ARE QUALIFIED.

Havel Board of Promotion Passes-Oa ths Cases of the New Bear Admirals. Washington. 'March 28. The Naval Board of Promotion, consisting- of Rear Admlrsls McNalr. Howell and Howl-eon, completed Hs work to-day and aub-mitted its report.

The bosrd was convened to determine, the qualifications cf those officers recently advanced to he rank of Rear Admiral under the terms of the Nsval Personnel Bill. The -port passes favorably on all ths offlcjra appointed, so that all question of their, advancement Is removed. The tint ia as follows: Rear Admirals George C. Remey. Nor.

man U. Farquhar, John Watson. Henry B. Kobson. Winfleld S.

Scnley. Silas Cssey. William T. Sampson, Ba rile tt J. Cromwell.

John W. Philip, Fran els J. Higginson, Henry F. Picking; Frederick Rodgers, Louis Kemii. George W.

Sumner. In addition to these, favorable action was taken on Capt Benjamin Day. whoa formal promotion to the' ranlc of Rear Admiral by appointment of the President has not yet been mads. Th retirement to-day of Rear Admiral Rod. eson caused a vacancy which makea Capt.

Dsy a Rear Admiral. The report of the board la now to be approved by the Judge Advocate General and I the Secretary of th Navy, which, however. Is merely a formality. It was stated authoritatively that II did not contain a word regarding the te spective merits of Rear Admiral Schley or Rear Admiral Sampson. The ad Journment of the board summarily dla posed of the published report that It nad called on Rear Admiral Sampson for a fuller report than on those oommodore serving under bim during th war with Spain in order to deteimine questions of An authoritative statement was made that no request of this kind had been made and no response received, sa the board had ample in for mation on which to base It conclusions, SOUTHERN PUBLISHERS set To Discuss Basin ess Hatters and Enjoy a Banquet At Richmond.

Richmond. March 28. The South era Publishers' Association was In res. slon here to-day. and transacted much buslnes of Importance, not alone to their respective papers, but the South generally.

The business raeetjig was held tn a parlor of the Jefferson Hotel, and this evening a banquet waa served In that hotel's dining-rooms, with the local newspaper proprietor as hosts. Th business meeting was presided over by Mr. George W. Ochs. of the Chattanooga Times, and ther were present Messrs.

Leland Rankin and J. E. Ewlng. of th Nashville American; Hon. Clark Howell, of the Atlanta Constitution; JU P.

Miles, Washington correspondent cf the Nashville American and the Memphis Commercial-Appeal: S. S. Nottingham, of the Norfolk Laud-mark; C. P. J.

Mooney, of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal; O. A. Tompkins, of the Charlotte Observer, and J. Brooks, ot the Jackson (Tenn.) Whig. CONFEDERATE ASSOCIATION Of Kentucky Will Hold It Annual Meeting At Lexington April 1.

Lexington. Ky, March 28. CSrfclal.I The regular yearly meeting cf the members of the Confederate Association of Kentucky will be held at the courthouse In this city at 12 o'clock noon on Saturday. April This meeting is for the election of officers and for the transaction of such other bust aeea aa may be brought before It. Among the speaker who have been invited and who have signified their Intention of being present are the Han, Green R.

Kellar, of Carlisle, and Capt. Jame Montgomery, of Ellsabethtown. TOUCH OF COLD WAVE. Thunderstorms GivV Way To Snow and Pressing; Tempera rare. Fair weather to-day la to Mlow th kaleidoscopic weather of the forty-eight hours ended last evening, and the tendency lm for a rise In temperature.

teneral storm that waa In evidence In the South was central over this section early yesterday, but it haa Passed oft to the aortheaat. the barom- eter, rising rapidly and colder weather following In Its wake. From thunderstorm to freesing was but th work of twelve hours. There was a heavy frost, or, rather, a freese, last night, the Un-perature passing th frost Un and dipping down toward th 20-degree mark. High winds made the fall In temperature more noUceableA velocity of 2T miles an hour.

was attained by the wind last evening, oomlng from tb weajL Tb rainfall of Monday night and yesterday was heavy, the Weather Bureau measuring It at l.Jl inch. This was th seooncT heaviest rainfall in the court- -try yesterday. Th, temperature waa highest yesterday at S8 degrees. Tba lowest by 7 o'clock last night wss 58 degrees, and waa still falling. The d-y- throughout was raw and cloudy.

Theta wan a light anowfail In the afternoon. March la making a record for Itself, as to date the rainfall exceeda by ai lP5f normal rainfall for the T1" the wettest March for Married At Owensboro. Ky- Marca Eula Leo. of Henderson, came te "J1" worutng and was met by Albert Hawkins, well-known young farmer of Ohio county. After Mrurin.

ii. Brnca-Wlnbara. Richmond. March 18. W.

wrV "id Bell VVtnbura were married In this city bv Rev a A -Owens, of the BspUst church. Kentucky People la Hw York. -ISpeciaU-Louis. vUle-W. O.

Hudson and wife. Imperial; WA. Avery and wife, W. C. None, WaJ.

Covington. L. Phlrach, Imperial Registered At Chicago Hotels. Chicago. March the arrivals in Chicago to-d a wer.

Phlllsbr1c. or Memphis, at the Pelneri Alex. G. Robinson and nd bera or of Louisville, at the Great Norther Crutchfl eld-Bolder. Lexington, March' 28.

John ft TSi'1, deal and Mrs. MarKis Boulder, of Camn also n. were married last night. WM" Marine Intelligence. New VoVkV MrCB t-v(I: Bulgaria, Phoenicia.

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