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any boot thaa the similar action with Missouri Factfie. Money was easy at 20 JV per eeat. and sterling was heavy, though a sman shipment of gold was engaged. Governments were strong. Cotton vaa oaster.

CajtUe war stead to strong la Chicago: hogs to to Ma lower and Bbeep tronc Irsit and Steel Karkata. Tho fact that the Teonessee Coat aad Iron Cbmpany received aa offer from Glaacev at market prices Uonday for lOO.OOt tons of pir fa-oa so be detlrered a alna months proves the healthy eon-: dltloa of the a-oa trade la spite of the assertions of Wall street bears. South, era furnaces sold M.0M tons of pbx Iroa for export last week, aad it. to evident the export demand can. take cars of all the) surplus that may be turned out and at a cood price, too.

The London Statist, la Its current issue, calls at ten. tka to the great drain of stocks la the warrant yards of Great Britain since laaoary X. with the suggestion that pubUo stocks win possibly be exhaust, ed wltha ths next two or three months. This, la coaoecUoa with the Glasgow order, shows that European buyers win take advantage of any recessions ta the Amencaa market, which means that the recessions win amount to nothing. More than tons ware exported last year aad so far the demand Is.

much greater aad sales larger ta DM. large baying of wire and wire aaOs "and heavy purchases of sheets at 3eve-' sand aad of pig lroa ia Btl Louis also Indicate reviving strength In the) dome. tio markets. Ths stlght reductloa la steel products has at once Increased buying; orders, and trade authorities predict that two weeks mors business win be in sa old-thae healthy eoadltloa. More? moderate prices, howeser.

are likely and would be of great benefit to "the business situation, it should not be forgottea that there has been aa enormous advance In Iron sad steel prices, aad that even at a cut of CO a ton there are large profits in the wire aad aaU trade. The following table from ths last issue of ths Iroa Agt shows ths great rise since one year agot Apr. 'Anr. m. iron uas.

Foundry No. t. Stand ard m.ta Foundry pig, Ne. 1 South- lam 1S.71 era t4JS Bessemer No, Chi- cage yxog la. 10 Bossemer pis.

MM list Gray org. Sao 14-! Lek Supartor charcoal. Chicago tUl fLsl Billets. Rails, etc Steel billet, Pittsburg Steel billets, Philadelphia sin n.j sx.ot Sim ITS td lis) H) UN UN le M.M Steel Chicago Wire rods, Pittsburg Steel rails, heavy. Casters vv, mllL B.C0 Spikes, -tidewater X.M Splice bar.

Old ktatertai O. steel rails. I7.S0 O. steel rails. Philadelphia.

XLCS O. iron raCs, n.r O. iron rails, M.M O. ear wheels. C0t O.

ear wbeela, Philadelphia. tJLOS Heavy steel scrap. Chicago. ItCt It; will be observed that ta spite or rather general decline daring th last month price sun are enormously higher than a year ago. and certainly indicate Urea profit, Railroads ar making extensive improvements to- their tracks and sew lines are belnc project, ed A reduction la the price from a ton for hear? rails to $3J or S3d ought to help consumption and tin Prove highly remunerative to the manufacturers.

a yet. however, the market haa not weakened except on old rails. The country- knowa better than to believe a moderate reduction la the price of steel la proof that good times art over. -On the contrary, such reduction will help th good tiroes alone. An TJnccnnfortabls Ally.

Among those who addressed the Maa-ufacturers Association at Its recent meeting was Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese Minister to the Unites States. He Is said to have been the mostplctoresque ngart at the banquet. He wort a good-natured smile, a yellow silk Jacket, a. black stlk.fes with a diamond star, and, of course, other garments, to match, though these are not mentioned In the report- speaks but a slight (foreign accent, which sbojrg that the Chinees have at least a good idea of ocs. qualification of a foreign repre-sentatrva The truth is.

the Chines feel the need. of diplomacy, and; their ministers are usually men of ability, with pedal training for their business. Wu Ting Fang made aa ingenious speech. Without appearing to do so he apologised for the commercial Isolation of Chins until a comparatively recent date, by saying that it was shut la by natural barrier. Then he traced the history of the gradual, removal of the artificial barrier to International trade and announced that China Is bow opea to the commerce of all, the world.

He said his country needed the cotton manufactures of Lowell, the food prod-acts of the West, modem mechanical appliances for developing the resources of the thousands of miles of railroads, aad la short every line of American got da. Then he gave a little advice as -e the removal of America barriers by making It easier for Chines merchantsto come to this country to bay our goods. By way of off. set to this counsel, which was probably aa unpleasant reminder to some of his audience, he recommended the Improvement of transportation faculties between this country aad China, which was sure to please his audience. But his remarks oa this subject are somewhat perplexing.

Among other things hosaid; "Mr. Goodaow. your Consul General at Shanghai, reports that rates of freight from New York to China and Japan via Sues from shfllaga peace ta 17 shlTi Inge peace GS.eS to Sd.cs) per ton of forty eubie feet, against shtluags to Shillings Ols-St ta tlSJS) charged by ship owaers from Loodoa to the same dea tlaatioa. Taos tt Is apparent that British steamship eompanles give preferential rates to American shippers. The English are noted tor their- acute 'judgment ia, matters Of business.

If English shipowners thmk It worth their while for buatnsss reasons to offer cheaper freight rates to AsBurleaathaa to. English shippers tt is not to be supposed that they theilsh greater Kr lntr American cousins inaa roe English brethren. It Is because they consider It good business policy. Such being the case, tt sums strange that you enterprising Americans should so far have avade no carious attempts to secure at least a share of the profits arising from carrying your owa goods." The facts hers recorded are mterest-Ing, but tho moral of them requires consideration. It appears that we ar shipping goods from New Tork to China aad Japan for one-half the costs charged British merchants from London aad Liverpool.

Thst looks Uke a pretty good thing for our manufacturers and merchaeta. Wa Ting Fang seems to think that the British shipowners are still making a profit oa carrying our goods, for he says It Is strange that our shipowners do not try to get a share of this profit. He says nothing about subsidies to enable them to get a profit. Thus It appears that Wa Ting Fang doea not comprehend the carrying trade as understood by the shipping-subsidy attorneys la this country. Their chief abject of complaint is that freights between this and foreign countries are too' low.

It Is the wicked conduct of British ships ta carrying oar goods abroad at too low a rate of which they complain. They insist that the carrying trad) most cost tho United States more money, because tt Is necessary to make the profits of shipowners satisfactory. Since this can not be -done la competition with other ships they Insist that tt mast be don by taxation. Not only exporters aad 'importers, but the whole American people mast be taxed to enable the American shipowners to get more money for making trips to foreign countries. This' taxation must be so high that It win be Immaterial whether the ships 'carry freight or not.

They are to be paidout of the Treasury tor the number of miles traversed and ths speed attained, so that they win be quite Independent -of the shipper. They caa put up rates if they choose, by combination with ths foreign lines or otherwise. It Is not a question et cheap freight rates, which the sab-sidy people say are already too low for profit. It to a question of bigger profit for shipowners, who la spits of their protests sgalnat low -rates are well known to be rich and prosperous. The Chinese Minister eras therefore apparently, making a blunder when he expressed wonder that American shipowners were not going In for a share of the profits of the Chinese carrying trade.

Possibly, however, there was la what he said an undercurrent of vailed humor. He evidently thought that the British were making a profit by carry, tag American goods at half price, aad he probably meant that Americans could do ths same if they adopted the policy of free ships, which prevails la China and every other country en earth except ths United Stat, la aay point THE CQTOIER of vlw. Ws Ting. Fang' iaaa uacoaW fortabl any for the" subsidy people. Chicago 8triks Conditions' WhUe fresh strikes ar reported aU most every day, at last there seems to be some' improvement In Chicago.

The strike la that city- has been going oa five months and the effects, ere thus summarised: "Number ef tnea involved. "Loss of wages, average S3 a day.4 working "Buflding contracts prevented on account of the "Building contracts held to, bey- -v ance on account of strike "Losses to Aft.m "Union men JrS 1 "Non-union men kHled.i....iJi,Jv.t "Non-union men assaulted and. This to a summary enough to startle aay one, and It Is gratifying to know that the public conscience of Chicago seems at last to realise the situation. The people are demanding that at least order be maintained aad Mayor. Har rlaoa has takea steps to enforce the law.

He has called the resignation of Civil Service Commissioner Edward Carroll aad abruptly changed policemen, suspected ef affiliation with the assatl-anta of nonunion workingmea, from the districts ia which they have been serving. Carroll President of the Build ing Trades Council and the head of the strike, and his attitude as a part of the administration could no longer be borne. It is alleged that he has a criminal record and this has alienated some of the sympathy heretofore, extended to the strikers. Mayor Harrison has also determined that assaults on non-union worklngmen must cease and has Instructed Magistrates to enforce the maximum penalties In such cases. Heretofore tt to said not one striker who abused or killed an Independent worklngman has been punished.

Assaults have become so frequent and threats so opea that the usual result has transpired and violence to defeating Its own objects. The people and the authorities now at last recognise that violence must be put down. By Insisting upon the maintenance of order they will also aid in the settlement of the strike, for no striks ever prospered with the men's blood heated to lawlessness. The conditions which foUow are the worst possible for organised labor and the sooner this to recognised the better It will be for everybody. The killing of a UtUe boy by a rapidly driven coal cart la this city Monday was one of those shocking tragedies of the street made the more painful because so unnecessary.

Whether it was the driver or the little victim to blame, negligence was responsible for the accident. It caa not be denied that there are many recklessly driven wagon and carts which are responsible for many grievous accidents. There are men who. when pot la charge of a team, have no sense of, responsibility to the public, 'but maintain the right of way without regard to the safety of pedestrians. The drivers of "telephone" beer wagons are among the worst offenders and often are Intoxicated.

Judging from the fury with which they dash through the streets, bat there are others equally and criminally careless. Children playing la the streets are out of their place, it to true, but they need protection and they ought to have It, for they caa not take care of themselves at the best. About ths cheekiest argument made before the Supreme Court In the Beckham-Taylor case was that the Illegal us of militia in Louisville was the act of the State, and that the State could not take advent ag of Its own wrong. Now the fact to that this Btat was no party to the contest cases of Goebel vs. Taylor and Beckham vs.

Marshall, and consequently the rule would not apply In any event. But the nee of miUtla here was not an act of the State at alL It waa la defiance of law, and was simply the act of Taylor's attorney. That this attorney happened to be Governor of the State at the thus makes no difference, as he. was acting contrary to the Constitution and the laws. The Porto BJcaan seem to been disappointed In Gov.

Allen on his ar. rival because he waa dressed simply la a blue serge coat, duck trousers and a straw, hat "A ware of exclamations followed the says the report That "oaa't be Mr. Allen said one, that's not the new said an-' other, "not that man In the straw hat! Surely notFV, We evidently mad a mistake in Beading Ailen. We should havs shipped the Porto leans one. of our-Kentucky staff Colonels.

"l' "The proceeding of the Ecomen leal Conference and the aisttilons that' have takea place in the multitude of meetings held ta New Tork halls and churches this week have given emphaals to the practical and bustnas Ilk method that are now employed la missionary work, ta for. sign fleida Baltimore American, They dor aay ta UawalC br instance that these practical and bustness-like methods are sometimes carried to such extent -that there hi little left to the natives, except, perhaps their expectations in another world. "In the Quay mourns the Washington Post, "the chairman of the Re publican National Committee managed to line up neatly the. chairman of the Democratic National This ought to inspire the admiration of our esteemed contemporary, which tries so perseveringly to line np with both parties. Score one piece of good luck for the Democratic party, which haa suffered much from some of the company It has had to keep recently.

Pingree says he to not going over to-the Iaiocrata." Ws can't sU the Sultan a cruiser, but wa may show him a few, CULLED FROM THE KENTUCKY PAPERS. BelatlTss ef Dick." (Oweasboro Messenger. Mrs. Richard Parks Bland, who was ia the eity the first of the week, cam here for the purpose of talking with Mr. Frank Nail and Mrs.

Julia Mitchell concerning Incident la the early life of her distinguished husband, ct whom she is preparing a biography. Mr. Bland, as is wen knows, was bora in Ohio county and lived there until he was about grown. He went to Mlrsourl la the early flfea, and from there to California, where he remained for several years, afterward returning to Missouri Hi public career, his aervlo ta Congress for twenty-five years, his eminence as a Democratic leader, hi prominence before the convention of 1S9C. when be would probably have been nominated for the presidency but for the now his-torio speech of Mr.

Bryan, are matters well known. Mrs. Bland went to the seen of Bland's boyhood days, but found upon arriving at Hartford that his nearest Uv. tog relative was Mr. Frank Nan.

aa uncle, who now resides' near Owenabore. She also learned that Bland spent much of his time in boyhood at the home of Mrs. Mitchell, who now resides with her niece, Mrs. George D. Mattlngly, at the Planters' House.

Hence Mrs. Blead came to Owenabore and spent two days talking wMh the two old people, gaining much Inter, ting Information. Shs bag a- stenographer, to take dowa thetr so riea, and they will be incorporated to her forthcoming book. Young Bland was Only thirteen years old when both hia pareoU died. There were a number of children, and they were takea by various relatives.

Richard went to Uv at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, who then lived wlthia a short distance of Hartford. He remained with them for several year. Mrs.

MlteheJI Is about eighty years old, but Is active and vigorous. She always took a prideful interest ia the career of the boy who found a horn under her roof, and afUrwards went out to battle with the war id aloe, winning fame and renown and preserving aa honest The fact, however, that the distinguished Democratic leader waa ence her ward Is not graeralty kaowa, Mrs. MltcheU also reared Mrs. Mattlngly from a child of two, and ts still rnaother" ta thai estimable and well-known lady, few people knowing that She is hot bar natural mother. Mr.

Nail is a waO-knowa farmer, and Is well advanced ta years. Some Bemarkabl Lives. Cynthiana pemocrat.1 On the bank of North Licking river, four m0.ee northeast of SylvandeU. near the mouth of Cedar creek. Uvea a family of old people, four in number, Jhat never saw very much! of this world.

Half of the number never saw Cyathiaaa sad never saw a railroad train. It la only about thirteen miles from Cynthiana. Their name and ages ar: Henry Fryman, aged S3 years; Mrs. Sanaa Fry. man, hi wife, aged years; Mr.

Klkaaey Fryman, their soa-ta-iaw. aged years, aad Mrs. Armtlda Fryman, his wlf. aged CI yean. Henry Fryman wa bora la Nicholas county, near Bethlehem church, aad Mved there with his father and mother till he was about twenty years of age, and then he moved Into this county and married Mia Susan Wsgoaer.

Then settled dowa en the farm be bow lives on. He went dowa North Licking river several times oa rafts aa far as Falmouth and walked back. Once or twice rod back oa the train to Cynthiana. His wlf was born ta Har-rlsoa county, and always Bred here except about two or three years, when she ttved in Bourbon county, near Millers-burg. She Is quite sprightly for a womaa of har age.

So says she never saw a railroad train aad caa not anatin bow It caa ran without horses to haul K. She i never was la Cyathiaaa, Mr. Elkaney Fryman waa bora la this counts- and always hved In Harrison. Six or seven years ago he lost his sight by some cause or another, but his general health Is good. His wife.

Mrs. A null da Fryman, never waa In Cynthiana and never saw a tram, and never was in a town larger Bylvanden. When she wa told the could sit dowa to Cynthiana and to any one In Lexington or Cincinnati, a distance of sixty or seventy-five saOe, she wondered "How In God's Kingdom could tt be Valuable Walnut Loga. IFurton Leader. Men ar hunting timber In Kentucky and Tonne see as retlgtouaty ss the mining prospector seeks gold.

The most novel lumbering ta this section Is the walnut loggings at ReeUoot Lake. Several doses men are engaged In the business of locating the big walnut logs la the lake and dragging them out iM sal. They locate walnut because It Is harder thaa other timber. As is well known, black walnut Is very scarce and valuable, and these men are well repaid for their work. The industry haa become a regular business at the lake.

A Xammoth Cornstalk. Oweasboro Messenger. Mr. Jess R. Johnson has a cornstalk which has grown en the Bon Harbor farm that Is the biggest thing ever seea la Owensboro in the shape of a corns talk.

It Is seventeen feet four Inches long aad has twenty-seven Joints. Two feet and six Inches of the stalk has been cut off, th stalk being originally nineteen feet ten inches in length. a a A Valuable Invention. nSjinchester Democrat T. R.

McDonald, of the Wades Mm section, has invented a nesting box that win prove in dispensable to the breeder of fancy poultry. It baa two compartments, divided. by a sliding door that Closes automatically when ths hea enters the nest, sad this nables the breeder to know, which class of hi stock. lays th eggs. This is a valuable Improve-meat over the old method, as the various strains caa be kept pur, An Active Old Xan.

lOweneboro Inquirer.) Dr. John Grove Bpeer. of Oldham eoun. tr. is visiting his relative to this eeusty.

He le Bin ty-twt years eM. and looks like he might be ap pi caching seventy-five. He called at the Inquirer office this saoralnc, and ia diacussinc his sere, said he had tost little of the agOtty that marked his earU- er and to prove tt Jumped Into the sir sad cracked his heels together like a boy He has written a book ea the Bpeer family, which is very Interesting. Dr. Bpeer went to California ta IMS.

but dkt not remain long. has been a aractio. tag physician for snore thaa sixty Dr. Bpeer haa two sister in the county, Mrs. Margaret Clyde Conyers, of Masoa.

vttle, who is ninety years old. and th wid. of Cap. William Taylor, who Is stghty. eight.

V' BaUnmd Psassa. rjSoetoa Trsascriptl A very large number of Senators and Representative travel oa railroad passes, taking thalr families sad servanta latha same way. On officer of the Hons boast, ed that be bad procured pa see for sixty- two persons to visit Washington at in- augurrnvma. Victoria Biff Fatally. -MNew Tork Commercial Advertiser.

Queen Victoria's personal family ta a very large one. She herself has had seven soos and daughters. They have had thirty-two chlMren. her grandchildren, and there are thirty-four sreat'cranchlldren- making a total ef seyaaty-tar Pons. THE SOUTH.

Aa addition Is to be built- to the Brook-side cotton mills at KnoxvtUe. i The pig Iroa market Is holding Its own la th Birmingham district despite efforts to hammer it down. VV --iV--- The yeas of 1900 has opened up better and Is progressing more satitf actortly for tke fire insurance companies doing business Tennessee than for several years previous, says a Nashville telegram. For a number of years It has not been pro1 ta-bts "for the fire companies. Assistant Insurance Commissioner C.

R. Craig haa prepared a table of loos ratio covering a period of seventeen rears In th past, The average per cent, of looses to premiums for the-entire period has been 71.U. Counting to the IS per cent, for expenses, the statement shows that for the period the companies have worked under sa absolute loss of over per cent, of the premiums- V' The East Tennessee peach crop Is reported the largest for five AU other fruits win also be ee 'During the past few weeks there has been aa apparent slacking in the taking of settoa by Northern mills, so that at the eloe of last week the total takings sine September I- were but bale saor thaa those taken during the same period toot season, while the Increas ia the takings by Southern mills was 106,077, says ths Manufacturers' Record, Ths takings by Southern mills this seaaoa have beta more thaa per cent, of th total takings in the country. Where thi cotton Is going snd where more Is to follow Is Indicated by ths continuous record of additions aad other improvement of existing mini In the South and plans for the erection ef new one. Work Is now being rapidly pushed to-erecting the DeKaib eottoa mills at Camden, 8.

which win havs 10.0CS spindles aad looms. The Orangeburg Manufacturing Company, which will complete the project ef the Enterprise eottoa mills ef Orangeburg. 8. C. has now awarded eoatraeta for th machinery and Is preparing the building for the equipment, which wnt consist ef lOJto spindles and Ss) looms, a SDe-horse-power steam plant and a humidifying system.

The building has a capacity for IS.W spindles, which. It Is. expected, will he Installed as soon as practicable. It has been decided to go beyond the original Intent as to the equip, meat of th Seneca. 8.

eottoa mills. The original purpose waa to build only Mi-soe spindle and as) looms. But plans have how been made for the equipment of spindles and lW looms, though the Initial equipment win but 15.009 spindles and JBd teoma. The remaining machinery win be added soon after th first Installation has begun operation. The Alpine eottoa Bains of Morgantown.

N. wu add to It capacity by building a new s.00 spindle eottoa factory with twisters to twist the entire product. Steam power will used. It to thought that th addition will cost about HOO. 000.

Th Adelaide mills of Aa-nlston, contracts for which havs been placed, will have tSW spindles. Other projects contemplated are a fSO.000 factory at Eestover. a sUk factory at Newport News, Ta, a tJOOJOS knitting mill at Tarboro. N. O.

a SU0.eW cotton yarn factory at Minea. Oa a SEO.000 srsmlnss bag factory st Martlnsburg. Va. aad another eottoa factory at Huntsvfile, Ala. see A sensational Incident occurred at the Hin CHy Methodist church this afternoon and on that has aroused th greatest Indignation among local national goards-sssa, says'k Chattanooga telegram.

The body of Private Hugh Ragoa, late of the 'inth United States Infantry, formerly eft.pi Third Tennssau, aad who died ta Ean Fyancsseo ev abort time ago while ea route. hom from the Philippine, where had served for more thaa a year, arrived here' to-day- aad the funeral occurred at the Hill City -church, a largs detail from Company 1. Sixth regiment. N. G.

a. aad from the local camp of the veteraaa of th Spanish-American war. the camp being present In fun uniform. Th minister. In the course of th funeral sermon, denounced th character young Regoa.

declaring- that waa new In hell and his life sad character Should be a warning to the soldiers who remain." At this point of th serric the soldier boys to a man arose In thetr seats aad left the church In a body. The sermon created great Indignation, tt being claimed that the young man had been really very xmpiary. He had a devoted Christlaa mother, who was present, a a Miss Jan Dcupree died at Jonssboro last Thursday night of smallpox, says a Xtttl Rock telegram. She was to have sees, united to marriage oa the day of her. death to Will Wagner, a prosperous young timber man.

but death forestalled their happy union. She was burled In her bridal clothes, and the flowers that wer Intended to celebrate the marriage festival were as emblems of grief and A remarkably strong argument In favor of small Industries and the eo-operattve plan intelligently carried out exists In this atty, says a Rome, Oe telegram. Tw years ago a number et the union motders In the Bowie A Terhuae foundry went out on a strike, Ex-Mayor J. J. Seay persuaded aniB aided them in establish) ne a co-operative stove foundry.

So, from misfortune waa evolved prosperity for many men, aad the establishment of a splendid stockholder Is a worker ia soms capacity, but there are only two salaries officers. The plant was capitalised at 130.000, and only 10 per cent, was called for at the outset. A large part of th stock was paid for by the molders in labor la the building of the plant. Some worked as carpenters, some as common laborers. So a large building was erected la North Rome, and orders booked month ahead for an of their product.

At the first anmsml meeting a dividend of (30 per share was declared, snd at the second annual meeting, held tost night, a dlv. Mend of SCT.SS per share was declared. and the cepitansattna Increased from gk- S0O to X30.800; aad this concern has been the salvation' eg some of the men motders now near life's meridian, who. though always, making good salaries, bad never saved a cent-, are under the present ooa-oltlons well fixed. Theyhav Cved wall, aad comfortably, have their stock paid up.

And are" getting a magnificent dividend. All ef the BBolders era from gSOs to gLeOS Ja stock. a Councilman from the Fourth ward, to superintendent of the workers. If the men had been able to buy quantities of pig Iron while prices were lower, their profits would have The questionof caning a constitutional soaventioa la Irglnta has been practically settled, so far sa the Democrats are concerned, says a Richmond telegram. A majority of the delegate to the Democratic Stat Convention, which assets at Norfolk ea May are Instructed ia fa vor of making the ceil for the convention a party issue, i nia muter is bow tne ab.

sorbing- one ta Virginia, and the demand for the disfranchisement ef the negioc aad other constitutional reforms has entirety overshadowed the original purpose for which the Norfolk meeting was called. The Coastltvtion under which the people now live waa adopted la 188 by what was knowa as the Underwood convention. That body was composed of Northern set. tiers and negroes. The white people of Virginia, very many of whom wer then disfranchised, had nttl or no part ia formulating th organic law under which they have since lived.

There is an overwhelming sentiment la the Stat la favor of eliminating the colored vote from its what is: i IN politic forever. This caa ooly be accomplished by 'constitutional revision. Th elimination of the black vet Is dtmsnrt ed not only from the great black belts of Virginia, but also by th white counties. Bom of the largest aad most Influential ef the 'totter elected delegations Instructed to favor a coovntioa. The keynote of this radical suffrage reform has been sounded by the declaration ef soma of the great negro eountie.

Those, la. effect. Insist that the present political conditions can not eontiaae ta the Old Dominion. The plain- eislaaaUoa of these derlaratloaa 'is that the people are tired of the meaner which they have been forced countenance ta order, to retain white supremacy In the State. They now demand that -a constitutional eoavendoe shell be assembled and ta as'o re--movod from politic.

-f The element opposing, this movement are the. great corporation, the local office-holders and the Republicans. Some of the Democrata. including Gov. Tytor.

have takea the poshloa that their party caa not carry the coaveotioa at the polls on May ft. They Insist that the elements named, with the addition of the twtcrat whites, win defeat ft. BOSSES AND BOSSES. lOorreaposjdcnee of the Courietsjeuraal. Washington, April 9l The United States Senate dealt a cruel Mow tm Tuesday tl seeaoea so The most brilhaat.

If summat. boss -of our political history went dowa la a body that only a few years ago observed his every nod. A great many years ago, when I was but a youth, I read ta a literary weekly paper aa account of a levee given by Napoleon the Great at Dresden. It was Just before the Invasion of Russia, the fatal lavsetoa. There were assembled the Marshals of the Empire those harass, who had defied death at th cannon's mouth ta Italy, sa Egypt, ta Germany, la Bohemia, la Poland, and had gained victories for th conqueror from Lodl to Wagram.

They were' In vivacious conversation, as only Frenchmen oaa oocrroroe, when a folding door was swung opea and fata Majesty the Empaiur wa announced. As ths Corsicaa entered every bead Inatkiotlveiy bowed, very tongue was stilled, everyone there. hero though he was, knew his somewhat like It to the United States Senate ta March, 1SX Quay was boss Hs had fought ths bat-tl of U88, and had gained It. His practiced eye at a glance over the field saw that the struggle would be decided oa Long island aad th tears ef Breoklya, He had money by the cartload, and be had Dave Martin. The victory was won, and Quay waa the hero of the hour.

As be entered the Senate that day every head on his aids th chamber kistlnctivaly bowed. They did not reckon with a little duck-legged, diab-f seed man. Who had Just been Inaugurated President of the United States, and of th name of Harrison. That lfttl man had refused to be bossed by Oliver P. Morton, and It would take a regiment ef common bosses to aisl ea Morton.

Four years before Bayard thought he was going to show Cleveland how to act President: but Clevetoad had his owa conception of the rat, aad now Blaine undertook to show Harrison how to act President, aad Harrtaoa proved Just as perseiss ss his petite nr had been. It was not toag aatfl Quay was sa uawetoome at the White foa Qany first held office la aad It was not unttt March, IMS or forty-three years, that he found himself out of aa official Job John Sherpaaa's record; but Sherman ts a much older men. They assd to eed Jama Buchanan "the old petite fasetioB-ary." but I doubt If be held elnea longer thaa Quay, who Is but sUty soa. and may hold office agala. There to an old fallow dowa ta Texas, Father Reagan, who would bave broken all Amarlcaa records In the emce-hohtmg One sf It had not been for the hiatus oeealontd by the ten years ef reconatf actioa.

I am not so certain that he does aot head the Ust of official longevity, anyhow. But he has served under three flags rbfirs of the pubUo ef Texas, the Unsted States of America and the Coafaderat Batbes ef There ar Just as there are Alexander H. Btepbeae spstih th different sorts of demsgogn defining of the best papers a young anaa caa read. I believe he made tt la the Forty-etxth Congress. There are good demagogues, men who love thetr country aad serve It.

There are good busies, men who love thetr country and serve it. It to th same way with bosses. The greatest of bosses was Gen. Jackson; but Oaa. Jackson never manipulated a convention, sever bought aa election.

This country needs Uke Andrew Jackson about one. forty year and the Democratic party needs him right now. It to no disgrace to be a eaadloat for office, no disgrace hold office, If disgrace attaches tt ts when office Is fraudulently gained sad corruptly administered. Unfortunately, Mr. Quay to not regarded as aa altogether scrupulous man la amttars political.

That to what Is the matter with Quay. Hs to said to be a delightful companion, a most fascinating man. At a distance, from the gallery to the floor, he haa that air of calm reposs "That marks th cast of Vera do Vera." Sometimes be raratada you ef of Minnesota, aad tt la said there la maeh hi common between thesa. Quay I said to have the finest private library la Washington, and that he does aot have It for smnsement. but for use.

Davis Is oae of the best read men In the Senate, aad Is also the owaer of a fine collection of hooka The air of the two men ts very much alike. When you see Davis mov. ing about or even sitting ta hbi seat yea think there-Is a maa who oaa do snais thlag whenever he wiUa ta do tt. The same thought ooaita to you wha yea see Quay. I have heard that Quay was greatly indebted to the Camera na for Ms political advancement to the boa ship.

Dob Cameron went out of th Senate la 1SB7, and gave place to Quay's atty anaa Penrose New Doa Cameroa was aot the mas to retbre voluntarily. Mayhap Boa Quay made a mistake when he let Cameroa got The Boa. Penrose neither look Ilk a Senator nor talks Uke oa. Da Cameroa looked the Senator at any rata, and wore the handsomest trousers of any maa la Washington, covering, as they did. a stately a pair ef togs as ever walked dowa th avenue.

George G. Vest ought to be aa tadepea-dent maa. The measure of hie amhittoa Is fun. He to mere attached to Quay thaa to any ether maa left ia public stooe the death of Vance. But Vast voted against Quay, Tuesday.

It was a bitter pill; but be would not sscrlfice his legal opinion even to have the society of his a ai noat friead. There was aa politic la the vote. Six Democrats voted for Quay, and about sixteen Republican voted aaaiast htm. Vest might have saved hst friend. He prefect ed to preserve his eaa-a'ttencvj It took a very considerable Btaa to do that when politic wa involved.

After aR.it look a though Tom Piatt to the greatest boa ef them sit SAVOYARD. Indiana lbJUtlomlgta, IndlanapoUs. May LThe State Convention of the Prohibitionists opened here this morning. The committees were appointed, aad win report to-morrow. National Chairman Oliver W.

Stewart, of Chicago: Stats Chairman T. Brittoa, of Michigan, aad Stats Chairman T. B. Demaree. of Kentucky, are present, and delivered addresses tonight.

Candidates for Congress have been named aa follows: W. H- Crow-der, of Sullivan, frosa the Second dis- trict; Oeonre' W. Speedy. of Eckerty. from th Third; George H.

Church, of Freetown, from the Fourth; the Rev. L. A. Wells, of Monrovia, from the Fifth; Charles W. Bone, of Lafayette, from the Tenth: B.

Clin, of Nap pa nee. from the Thirteenth, aad the Rev. XX. Powell, from the Eighth. Nominations win be made for State offices to-morrow.

The attendance to large. TEX ZZGHT-HOTTA SAY rstablished Ia Almost Zreyy District VvV-'irL- X-a Hew Fnglanrt. Boston. May The eight-hour day was established to-day la almost every district ia New England where Journeymen of the buflding trades have ergaa-toed. and the cone tea loa waa obtained with nttl friction aad only a few strikes.

Th most widespread demand for the eight-boor day wag made some weeks ago by the granite cutters throughout New Er gland, aad wane at most p(aoes the demands were granted, there were a few echoes at that contention to-day. The most important of the strikes la this Industry waa at Barrs, Tt, where the gramt polishers went out, and a confer ence ia the afternoon failed to bring about a settlemtnt. At Lowell, aa Incipient strike was settled, but small strikes at MUford aad N. Sunivaa aad Franklin, lie, and at Fail River. MasA, are stm ta force.

INCENDIARY' F1RC At Xt, SterUa; Destroys Several TaTarshonsea, Ckastng; Heavy hit Sterling. Ky, May This city was visit sd by another disastrous firs last night The losses will run ap into the thonssnils. wall the insurance to very light Two wstthousee bsawigtnr to th Chilss-Tbompson Grocery Company, ana occupied by Ed MltcheU and the other by F. Tabb, were destroyed with their contents. Mr.

MltcheU's loss arm aggregate t.090, with only S3.0O4 Insurance. He had oa yesterday pat ia the bofldlng 100 new wagons; oa which he had no Insurance. Tabb losses. are also very heavy. The Joaa Hauck Brewing Company's storage rooms, occupied by Howe A Johnson, ware also destroyed with a heavy losa The fine stable of ths ChneavThompson Grocery Company, near the depot was burned, together with several hundred dollars worth ef feed.

The fire originated la a dwelling house occupied by Hettle Chiles, aad was. it to thought the work of aa Incendiary. ROW AMONG WORKMEN. hollos Callsd Oat Ta Trobset Ssa-vaioa Iron Wot-kars At Oevaland. Cleveland.

Cv, May The police were called upon ta quell a riot In th Big Four yards this afternoon, where a number of nonunion workmen were repairing. They were attack sd by union troa-workara The trouble came as the result ef tho refusal, of the nonunion mea to atop work, a strike having been declared by the union. Clubs, stones aad pieces of iroa were used by the combatants, and several of th participants received bad cats aad braises. The police airested the leaders la the fight ICE GOES UP. Advance of From Five To Fifteen Cants Oa the Block By th Trust The Ice Delivery Cbmpany.

or what to otherwise kaowa as the Ice Trust haa advanced Its price for this Important commodity; The prices as Increased are from thirty, cents to thirty-five cents for peddlers aad thirty cents to forty-five cents for occasional customers by the block, about SM pounds. Denial From Spanish Consul. Havana, May The Spanish Consul General. Seaor Bagrarto, denies having cabled to Spain that there were uprisings in Coba. says he does not be-, tlevs such occurrences probable, and that he could aot have commualcated an Idea so absurd to his Government "No agitation exists." he remarked today, "aad I do aot believe that any win exist So far aa I caa Judge the relations "betweea the Cubans aad the Americans are most Ftxisf Tor Oon volition.

The Alumni Chapter of the Phi Delta Theta College fraternity win hold its sunns! msptlng at the reel dene of Dr. F. W. Samuel. TJOFourth avenue, at o'clock to-night In addition to the eiectloB of officers of the local chapter for ths ensuing- year, plana win be out lined for th entertainment of the national convention ef the fraternity to be held her during TToanksfiting week of this year.

Opena Up Well." Almost all ths members of the congregation and many outsiders attended th opening- of the baner for the benefit of St Brigid's church in a hail at Highland aad Von Borriee a venues last nlgL The bhxar wU ran for tea days, aad to Judge from the. first night aot a mala member of the congregation or in the neighborhood win have a cant to call his own befor the cad of that time. -r Jtr. Bryan At Oolumbua. -Columbus, Cs.

May Cot W. J. Bry-an to-night addressed aa audience of 10,90 people la th Columbus Audltori-um. The crowd was one of the largest ever smemblsil la the halt Coogreas-maa Lenta prssldsd at the meeting. Cot Bryaa discussed th money question, imperialism, aad Later, by ln-vitatioa, Bryaa atteaded a baa-quet given by the Col ambus Board of -vf A Ksrrlage At Hopkins-villa, HopkinevCl.

Ky May rSpsdall-Thomas Gaat a leading merchant aad Mass Florida Gunn. ascoad da ugh tar of Dr. John 8. Ouna, wer married at Episcopal church at o'clock this after-aooa by the Rev. Robert S.

Carter. They Mn uirectiy alter ins trip tareugh toe South. i "Tor Queen aad Country. Cape Town. May At a big raeetlng held her to-night an Irish assocta-tioa waa formed.

The present cheered an references to the Queen, and the Deputy Mayor declared that the-voice of the Irishmen ta South Africa Waa for "Queea aad country i WttLJlOT SIR XTSIOS T.AB0KTR3 ASS TXXAJ5X3 WITH COTOITIOCT CT .1 -j'. Carpenters Sefraat Workinf; Undag t- Nrw AffTmmi Tsstsrdsy and' WU! Stand Loyal To Ia all probability, th gmeral strika of th building trades win aot afreet Loulsvtn contractors, aad they caa go serenely oa. assured that their worbr win not be delsyed by ployca. vJ i Ia an th trad anions, th painters ar th only ones who express disss tls faction. They are spilt by dissensinas and are warring with, oae another.

Both factions ia thetr owa way are endeavoring to have their seal more gen- arsJly recognised and ths actioa of their fellow wotkmen throughout th country may influence them to leave their work; an tfl their flemands. that bob bat nntoa men employed, ar recognised. The tw carpenter, anloesm, Noa. aad XK, were newer in a mar prosper ous eoadltloa, nor wer their members-better pleased. There was a rtnof' afioat tost night to th effect that a reneral strike waa ooatetnptated to.

day. The fonoetinsT statement front Chariea Diets, th business agent ap- parently discredits "Carpeater anions No. 103 and 214 vQ aot strike. said be. most emphatically.

"We have a lie sane. Our bosses bav treaud as most courteoueiy. and under no coo. dttlons win we go out on a strike. have a special schedule ia Loalsrin aad ws ar satisfied, Oa December IS there waa a conference bet ecru th eotrtractors of LouievUl and a committee re presenting: the aatoaa, Wa -met to arrange a scale for 1M aad to adjust other oifferencea.

Th prupoaU tioa of oar employee to make Bin hours oonstltut a day's work with a minimum wage seal of twenty-five eenta an hour waa readily accepted. AU difference are to be settled sin In biy aad by oarnmittee. Only smlosi mea ar to be employed, and ta retur union men ar to work only -for fate boasea That agreement went into effect oa mat 1 aad-tt to to eon tin a for on year. We are aot rt trff strike." 7 Then there to no daager of a strikg through sympathy?" "None whatever. By the agr litem bound ourselee for oa yar.

aad) as long as we have too grie-raao tt would be suicidal to strike. On Monday alght we held our regular meeting? at Odd Fellow HAIL oa Jefferson street, between First and Dec end, aad. -although there war zS nsea there, all members of th union, not one word was said about a striks. They talked) freely of the situation ta Philadelphia, and the East bat a local tabor dem- onstratloa waa not even thought of.1 "Is there any UkeHbood et a strika among the painters "There to a bare poeefbCfty. Th wnaosj painter ar disss Mailed because thetr seal Is aot mors jreneraTly reeoeiisedV but they are handicapped by Internal dissensions, aad it to hardly likely that they win strike." READY FOR ELECTION.

Commercial Qaba airnaal tlag To St HtU Tftxt Truaday. Th Board of Dtocetor the Come mercial Club wm meet -fats afaersopf-at I s'dock aad wind ap Its busiutss foe? the year. preparatory to -J '-r a officers next Tuesday. Th repoits ofj the President. Secretary and the various committee win be read and tha basiness for th year dtoeasaed.

Aa: honotary member win also be by ballot The nsmes of W. knap, th retiring President aad XX F. Murphy aav beea mentioned la eon Beotloa with, the place. Oa next Tuesday the regator maiaat -meeting of the dub wm TssM. at which an entirety new act at officers -wm be elected and five aasmber of tha Board ef Directors.

Th csiwUrtsf os foe Freaident are Clarence Dallam aad Barm P. Jones. J. J. Eaundera, Logaa Murray aad Thornaa O.

Wktkins ar 7 offering for th First Vie Presidency-and W. C. Noaea, W. Bernhelm and Theodore Ahrens. Jr are the contest-ants for th Second TVs Presidency.

There ar two tickets In th field tdj -fill the vaoaacie oa th Board of DU D. P. Curry, Georg Header son, Henry Kaufman. WQliam Heyburn and Thomas hi alone compose one tick- et and the other to made up of John Hancock. Blacoe Hind man.

Frank G. Nuaemacber. John Lewi aad T. Deartng. There is a great deal of friendly rivalry between th tickets and ths various caadidaiee anticipate aa ta terestlng election.

RESPONDED HEARTILY. CoL Xeff srt's Trlenda Gar Slni 4t Benefit Last Slfht That TaTaa Very "O0C W. H. Meffert's Brrrnds'werc gtvaa aa opportunity last algbt to show th e. teea la watch) they boM him.

Their response waa both practical and gratify-J Ing. Almost the enfr lower floor waa sold out AU the boxes wer takes and the galtory ws' cIoely packed. Tha' asMajbets of th stock, som of Trinls vine's most capabt enrertalnera, tha VJ First Regiment Orchestra aad the stag Vf. band wer active partlctpaaU ia thai affair. Th rest was left to tha aad ae and th sohstsntlal recetpts, anaountinc to almost te00.

show that their part was well performed. Cot Meffert -wa called to th stasre and -responded to a gracafuny-woroed litti spetcfa of thanks, la which be ea-pressed his appreciation of th friend- ship shown htan and rave aa outline of -th work that th compear has attempted to do since tt ergaaisattoa aad th aeede which It ha met ao sueceasrfualy. -As appeared on th stage, the New- boys' Band struck up "Dixie." At its conciuaion. band and aodlenc Joined ia '-hearty Those who took part were: Loci and Nen SklllmaB, Miss Daisy. Whtppas, i Robert Nolan.

Artoona Meyers. Master Harry Cueraden. and James A. Keaaa, Carter B. Weaver.

Jame Bropby, Jissa Mb Rothrers, Edith Ward. W. T. Clara. Henry Napier.

Ada Levlek and F. Kendricfc, of the Stock Company. i Wildcat Ynrras Solldor. Logan. W.

Va May t-SpscisX-Mbr thaa five hundred people witnessed a fight '-here thto aTtemooa beteeeu a wQdcag aad a bulldog. Several hundred dollar wa bet oa the mill. Tb dog wa killed at ta end ef thirty minutes, aad the cat waa The fight occurred ta a wire sag nfteea feet aquara. Xid Snddenly Away From Ham. J.

B. Jenkins, of Plneville. died suddenly ef uraemia at th Phoenix Hot! on Market street between Seventh and Eighth streets, early yesterday morning. Mr. Jenkins was forty-thre year old aad waa oa bis way to Nevada, Mo, for his health.

His widow and a child, living in Finer ill, survtve, -es -e sa 17 ei rJt.