Birmingham state herald., 1896-02-22
THE LATEST ALABAMA NEWS Johnston Stock Jumped Away
 Above Par. HIS FRIENDS ARE JUBlLANIA The Clarke Forces in Montgomery Are on the Run-A Police Relief Association Has
 Been Formed.

Montg omery, Feb. 21.-(Special)- )-Johh- ston stock jumped way above par today. The speaking here last night had a spleh- did effect. and Captain Johnston's fr'ehus ar,a gratified immensely with the result If is evident that the Johnston speak ing redowned much more to the adVah- tage of Captain Johnston than the clarhe speaking did to MT. Clake's advantage. Captain Johnston made a Vote-gettihs speech. He, in rather pleasant style, ridiculed his opponents efforts to make it appear big l and little Joe, and maoe light of MT Clarke's political assaults upon him rather than employ Nltupera- lion and abuse. MT. Clarke was rathei unsparing in his criticism ot Captaii Johnston and appealed in his speech ai- most entirely to one faction or democrats' but Captain Johnston reminded the peo- ple that he could not afford, from standpoint either of principle or polcy' to cali on any one action of the Alabama democracy; that he expected to be noml- nated and 1t would require the co-opIa- tion and support of eVerybody III the party to effect the nominees election.
 Captain Johnston made an exceedlnsly fayora ble impression while here Inose who had not known him, nor heard nm sneak before were pleasantly surprised in him He made no effort at oratory ana attempted no Word-painting, put dehV- cred his speech in crisp, chatty anu thoroughly interesting style, interspers- ing his arguments with apt aheeootes and spicy comparisons. His bitterest op- ponent would probably admit that the speaking resulted to his decided adVan- tage here. The Johnston men are en- thuscd today. They consider that they have the Clarke forces on the run
 A Police Relief Association.
 The police of this city have an organi- zation known as the Police Relief asso- ciation which is probably the best or ganiZation of it's kind in the state. The membership is limited to the active mem bers of the force, and each member IS required to pay into the general fund $l per month. The association has its own physician, whose duty 1t is to attend all the members during illness, and besides the physician the drug bill is paid out of the treasury and in case of the death of any member of the association the sum of $50 Is turned over to his relatives to ald in defraying his funeral expenses, While If he loses any member of his family half this amount is paid. Besides the monthly dues of S1 per member the department has appropriated to the fund the returns from all sales of unclaimed property All personal property found and turned over to the police department, except live stock, Is kept a stated t1me ana 1T at tnV end of that time 1t is unclaimed, 1t is sold at public outcry and the proceeds are placed in the treasury of the Police Re lief associa tion During the past week the associa tion has buried one of its mem bers, MT. James Holt who was for many years in charge of the street forces. Po- liceman Suggs, who was killed while on duty last week, was not member of the association. He had been requested to 1oin but put it off from day to day, and was killed before he had sent in his ap- plication.
 A Tuskaloosa Fugitive Surrenders.
 Officers from Tuskaloosa county were at the governors office today arranging to get the requisition papers necessary to secure the return to this state of Will liam Walters, the fugitive from justice who surrendered himself to the authori ties in Los Angeles, Cal Walters com mitted a murder in Tuscaloosa county nearly six years ago, and since that time he has been fugitive from justice.