Hi Nola,

According to your serial number, 322,680 (if I'm reading it correctly), was produced in the months of Apr or May of 1900.

Interesting note: Apparently the time frame your rifle was produced is the same time period when the Board of Ordnance and Fortifications (BOF) rifle production began.  Unfortunately the current condition of your rifle doesn't completely match the criteria for a BOF

I seem to agree with the previous evaluations that your rifle is possibly a school or VFW/American modified Krag.  Both of which can be modified into many variations.