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Evening star., 1899-02-07
b. AND D. CROSSINGS.
Conference Today Between the COM
missiOners and Railway OMcials.

The following statement relative to a
conference held today by the District Com
missioners with the officials of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, including John X
Cowen and others was given by the Com
missioDers this afternoon:
THE Commissioners held a conference
today with the officials of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company in regard to
the elevation of tracks and new terminal
facilities. They were much gratified TO
learn that satisfactory progress has been
made in the solution of this vexed question.
The Commissioners are entirely satisfied
from the showing made to them by the Off
cials of the railroad company that while
dlfflculties growing out of the reorganiza-
ton of the company will prevent a bill
from being introduced this session, all
questions will be definitely arranged and
that bill can and will be introduced at the
opening of the next session of Congress,
and that so soon as the bill becomes law
the company will be prepared to push 10
speedy completion the elevation of its
tracks and the erection of a new station
I'm this view they have the concurrence
of Senator James Mcmillan, chairman Of
the committee on the District of CoIum-
bia, with whom the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad officials likewise had a confer
ence"
Evening star., 1899-02-07
CASUALTIES REPORTED.
Gen. Otis Sends In List of Those
Killed and Wounded.

The following report of additional casual
ties has been received from Gen. Otis:
MANILA. February Z, 1899.
Adjutant General, Washington.
Additional casualties:
Utah Light Artillery: Killed-Battery A
sergt. Harry A. Young; Corp. John G.
Slightly wounded-B, Corp. Geo. B. Ward
law, Private Peter Anderson.
First Washington-W ounded slightly,
Capt.. Albert H. Otis, First Lieut. Edward
X. Irwin, Second Lieut.. Joe Smith, Quarter
master Sergeants Rufus B. Clark and Oil
YER Clancy. Company A-Corporals Ken
dali FelloWes, Charles F. Delago. John +.
Tlmewell; I-Corporal Miles NJ McDougall.
Seriously wounded A-Priyates Joseph E.
Dougherty, James F. Greik, John c. Kline,
Richard II. Mclean. Oscar Sowards; D
E-Walter P. Fox; G-George NJ Duncan,
William j. kays; Earnest H. a. Fischer:
L-John Pruitt: M-Jesse n. Morgan, Civil
ian j. B. Weatherby, cook.
f. Everett, William r. Fait, Otto H.
Hoppe. Albert W. owen, Frank Rivers. B,
Lawrin L. Lawson. Albert F. Pray. c,
Augustus Zeloder. E. Herbert E. Osborn.
P. Bernier, Wesley Walton. G, George
Mcneil, William j. Hayes. NJ, Daniel
Camgobell. Killed; Private Ralph f.
1st Idaho-Wounded: Company C-Musi-
clan Frederick W. Beck, Private Fred H.
Streeter, Howard Hallor, Thomas P. Burke;
B-John Switzens; G-Win C. Payne; b
Frank A. Mccall: H-James Hansen
Flews; B-Beach G. Harrey, Rutherford
Fred She'll B-WilHam NJ. Keller. Quarter
master Sergt. Ernest Scott; C-Private
James Payne. Piley Walton; B-Robert
Jones; F-Enoch koth; G-Sidney Bailey
Bailey.
Twentieth Kansas-Wounded: Company
z, Charles A. Hammond, Private Daniel
Conway William Nelson; Company NJ,
George NJ. Battersly.
First California-WoInded: Company A,
Corporal John Murphy, Private John Siade;
Company G, A F. Sherer: Company M
A. Cutting; Company F. William Hogue;
Company II, Oscar II. Heimroth, William
A. Rogers, Richard Jentzen, First Lieut.
Charles j. Hogan.
First Wyoming-Killed, G, Sergt George
Rogers; wounded, Private Ray Wiedeer.
First Nabraska-W ounded c, First Sergt
Orren F. Curtis, Corporal Henry Epp, Mu-
sician James Pierce; A, Corporal Harry L.
Hull; b, Private John l.. Bronson; F. Har-
ry Brown; 1, William MADDOX; X, Conrad
Egan
Simon J. Simonson; L. James P. McKin-
ney; NJ. Hugh Kenoyer; Howard L; Kerr.
Lewis Pegler; F, Egger.
Sixth Artillery: Wounded-Battery D,
Private Jesse G. Lowerberg.
Hospital corps: Misunderstanding Hos
pital Steward Frank L. Hemstead
Third Artillery: Killed Battery G, Corp.
Dean: +, Sergt. Whitaker. Wounded
G, Private Albert ]. Curbett; Neimeyer r.
E. Clampltt: Sergt. William McQuade:
Private Roscoe l.. Mitchell; K Andrew
Johnson. George NJ. S. Schulemrie, David
Krider. Holmer E. Hawkins Christ B.
Ploeger, John A. Gray, Second Lieut.. Rob-
ert s. Abernethy.
Discharged soldiers still with regiments
Wounded: Isaac Russell, Battery A, Utah
Artillery; George L. Clother, Company B,
LIST Nebraska; Douglas L. Bridges, Conn
pany F, 1st Nebraska; Emmett II. A. Fish
er, unknown.
< Tenth Pennsylvania--Killed: Company C,
Corporal Jacob Lands; Private Allen B.
Rockwell. Wounded: Company d. James
KessleF. OTIS
Evening star., 1899-02-07
baltimore Markets.

BALIlMoRB February Flour dull UNCHANGED
receipts, ii 80 barrels: exports, none. Wheat
hrnler-sIot and month, 145sa15; March, 7Js.a70:
May. 161saal1t steamer No. 2 red. 7iJsa75-re.
,eipts lfe6s bushels; experts none: stock SO s85
bushels; sales, 2o.o0e bushels-southern wheat by
sample, 10ai5ia: do. on grade, 72a75 Corn easier
spot and month 3slsass&; March, 3stsa39a.
stedmer mixed, 3IAa3s-receipts 17S227 bushels:
exports, none: stock. :, 2ei Sos bushels; sales.
6I ;Ooo bushels-soIthern white and yellow corn,
3tka4o. Oats quiet and easy-No. 2 white western
SotYaS6; No mixed do, 33a33Ls 3Ls-receipts, g. ,56S
bushels; exports mons; stock, 2ss.ssi bushels.
Rye easfer-No. nearby. 60afl No. western 63
receipts. 3,g23. bushels; exports, none; stock
~. 2a1 bushels. hay duii-No. timothy. sl1 Goa
$l1.oO. Grain freights quiet and easy-steam to
Liverpool gid February: Cork for orders per quar-
ter, 80 February Sugar strons unchanged. But
ter steady. unchanged Eggs firm, unchanged.
0heese steady. unchanged. Lettuce unchanged.
Whisky unchanged.
Evening star., 1899-02-07
FINANCE AND TRADE
General Decline in Prices on New
York Stock Board.
LONDON ABOVE LOCAL FIGURES
Strong Reactionary Sentiment
Among the Commission Houses.
GENERAL MARKET REPORT

Special Dispatch 10 The Evening Star
NEW YORK. February 7.-The raiihca-
ton of the peace treaty was made the
basis OF considerable speculative entnns-
iasm during the early trading this morning.
London prices were above the local parity
ana Foreign houses had liberal supply OF
buying orders during the opening hour
Inc execution OF these orders, amounting
IN all to 10000 or 10000 shares, made the
hlgh prices for the day in almost every in.
stance Locally there was a disposition To
take profits and the easy yielding OF prIces
after the first half hour Inspired a heDaf
market S"''"'
At the close of the noon hour the marke,
had relapSed into pronounced dullness ana
declines varying from ! 20 per cent we're
general There was some disappointment
at the outcome of yesterdays deyeloDments
az w Washington, but traders simply followed
the WeI-known argument that the beat of
every good pending development Is dis
counted IN advance Of the actual certainty
Inc real owners of stocks and the pubi,
tain their holdings
Reaction is talked helped or urged IN
y rnany OF the best commission houses. The
teason h Tor this Is obvious, since every office
mas orders to buy on a scale-doU-n T'sa
declines are usually limited to : per cent I'm
most OF the current predictions and the he
lei Is almost general that future purchases
sales. '4"i present
A waiting market may prevail for few
Gays and the long delayed breat hing sneIl
would brighten up the SPECULATIVE ma
chinery and make new achievements nosst
Die The sentiment Of the board Is alr,oost
unanimous I'm favorfng an Adjournment
from Saturday until Tuesday.
Inc low-Driced stocks were rnoderatal,-
active during the day. but In most of them
Ihe declining tendency of the market was
IulIy reflected. The Federal Steel issuas
showed evidences OF liberal realizing as
uia @ also the common stock of the American
Wire Company.
me reorganized roads in spite of the as
sueu dividend on the preferred stocks wer.
included in the selling, but the Cerua nd Gov
III M1utn on q scaie-down was called good
ME the interests identified with the
movements which made the recent high
,eFeis are confidently optimistic the mar
ket is losing its one-sidetness and m.
selling by the professional element is dis.
paying more conviction than that of last
week ~ maj VI taSt
An attack on prices just prior to delivery
noun was temporarily effective but the COW
lies =" ~ TAT
The subsidy bill seems likely 10 forge 70
the Tore as speculative factor and friend.
or Pacific Mail are consequently much in
teIested in its progress.
The dec'aration of a dividend on FaderaI
steel preferred. details OF the BROOKLYN
RAPID transit consultations the settlement
OF central Pacific's debt to the govern
ment ana like developments NAV furnish
tIe incentive to higher prices in the near
future. '
Evening star., 1899-02-07
CHEMISTS TESTIFY,
Two Witnesses Before the War Inyes-
tigating Comm isxiOn.

The war investigating commissions ac-
tive labors are about al an end. Two wit
nesses, Prof. Clark Of the geological sur
vey and DR.. W. d. Bigelow of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, who are government
chemists. were called to the witness stand
and questioned briefly at the afternoon ses-
sion today.
Both have submitted to the commission
rerorts of chemical analyses they have
made of specimens Of refrigerated and
canned beef sent them. Their appearance
today was purely formal and they testi-
fed only to the fact that the analyses in
the reports were made by them.
Chairman Dodge of the commission stated
to q Star reporter that this brief reopeninR
will not prolons or delay the submitting II
the report. The commissions conclusions
as to the War Departments conduct of the
war have been put in printed form and the
government printer was expected to finish
his work upon the document today.
Evening star., 1899-02-07
ADMITS HIS GUILT,
Charles Winston Retracts Statement
MRde at Former TriaI

Made at Former Trial
A mild sensation was caused this after
noon in Criminal Court No l. during the
trial of Charles Winston, colored. for the
murder of his wife Emma. The defendant
took the witness stand and declared that
his statements at the former trial last
spring were false. At the first trial Win
ston stated under oath that his wife had
killed herself after attempting to take his
life. This afternoon he admitted his guilt.
declaring the real facts to be Just the re-
verse of his previous testimony
Winston's original story of the affair
was, in effect. that he had gone to the
room occupied by his wife and himself the
morning Of the shooting and fell asIeep
in rocking chair. He was awakened by
the reports Of two shots from a pistol
Almost Immediately he felt stunning SEN
sation, and when he came to his senses
was in hospital.
His latest version Of the affair, told this
afternoon. was that he learned that his
wife was not true to him, and when he
accused her of inf1delity she practically
admitted the truth of the assertion. He
was wrought up to such an extent by this
admission that on the spur of the moment
he grasped pistol, lying nearby, and shot
Emma. Realizing what he had done he
thereupon attempted to end his own life
He testified falsely at the former trial
so he said, because he loved his wife de-
votedly and did not want her character
besmrched in any way
Since the trial year ago Winston told
the jury this afternoon, he had become con-
verted. and thought it best to now tell the
truth about the shooting.
Winston's father and another witness
We're called to the stand to testify as to
the condition of mind the defendant was in
when he learned of the infidelity of his
wife.
This closed the case of the defense. and
on the showing made the ATTORNEYS fnr
Winston feel confident that they will NJ
least secure qualified verdict
The jury was excused while counsel SUBJ
mitted and argued in support of a number
of prayers for instructions. Arguments to
the jury were begun late this afternoon. A
verdict is expected this evening.
Evening star., 1899-02-07
ORDER SIGNED.
Action of Court Affecting Firm of
P0rterRelI & Co,

In the case of William NJ. Cooper against
William A. Porterfeld3 and others, Justice
Cox, in Equity Court No. 1, today signed
an order requiring thefdefendants Richard
H. Taylor and Thomas F. Young, to show
cause the 10th Instant why receiver
should not be appointed to take charge of
the assets and Effects of the firm of W.
A. Porterfield & Co. bl
Justice Cox also enjoined Messrs. Tavlor
and Young today from dsposing until fur
ther order Of any assets of the firm of w.
A. Porterfield & Go. under a certain deed of
assignment from seereting, disposing of
or altering any books pr papers of the firm
Evening star., 1899-02-07

Under the agreement made yesterday to-
day ia the House was devoted to the con-
sderation Of public building bills and the
House went into committee of the whole
for this purpose.
The first bill taken up was the bill to
erect a building at Newport News, Va. at
cost of $1,000.
After some discussion as TO the method of
considering the bills. IN which Messrs.
Siercer, Bailey and Dockery took part. the
eOnlmittee proc seded with the bills and tbs
following Were favorably acted upon bv
the committee Of the whole:
Newport News. $4,000; Blair City. Nah
ssS.Ue; Altoona, Pa, sI25 600; Eliza oett
City, \. c.. S,o.0oo; Oakland, Cal, $50. 600.
and Elmira, n. Y, S1S5OC0
AT this point owing 10 criticism Of the
Bisjr t1ty. Neb, bill. Mr.. Mercer gave
notice that he would withdraw the bin
Tns committee then proceeded with the
consideration of other bills.
Evening star., 1899-02-07
To Remove snow and Ice.

Upon motion of Mr.. Cannon, the House
yesterday afternoon passed a bill appropri-
ating s., 900 to enable the Commissioners to
remove snow and ice from the streets and
sidewalks. The bill also carries 81 600 TO be
used by the superintendent of public build
ings and grounds for the same purpose,
Evening star., 1899-02-07
GEN EAGAN'S PUNISHMENT
Suspended From Duty for the Period Of Six
Years.

The President hsS approved the sentence
of dismissal in the case of Commissary
General Charles P Eagan, but has mitigat-
ed it to suspension from duty for six years,
when the accused win retire from active
service.
Gen. Eagan was ronvicted by a court
martial of condas ldnbecomins an officer
and to the prejudice Of military discipline.
Evening star., 1899-02-07
QUAY TRIAL pfT OFF AGAIN

Postponed on Recount of Occurrences
- of Two Holidays.
PHILADELPHIA, 4, Kfbruary THE trial
of Senator Gay. his son, Richard r. Quay
and ex-State Treasurer Benz. j. Haywood.
charged with conspiracy in the misuse of
state funds on deposit in the Peoples Bank.
has again been postponed. this time from
February 20 until February q.
Evening star., 1899-02-07
Queen Regent TO Sign a Decree.

MADRID, February THE queen regent
VIII sign decree to morrow raising the
state of siege throughout Spain.
Evening star., 1899-02-07
snow Blockade Brok.r.

DENVER, Col, February THE sreat
snow blockade and the Denver and Rio
'irande railroad in the canon of the Grand
river has been broken.
Evening star., 1899-02-07

FURNISHED by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers
and brokers, 1919 F St, members New York
stock exchange, correspondents Messrs La
oenburg, fhalmann q Co, New York
lHI'Afn0
Evening star., 1899-02-07
HoUsE OF REPREsENTATryEs.

A. 2.in pm The consideration of the In
dian bill was resumed.
Evening star., 1899-02-07
A Sea Trip Suggested.

1t is believed he will take good sea trip
and thus get away from harrassing cares
and be at the same time inhalng tonic and
able to secure plenty of exercise on the
deck of the vessel OF course the vacation
will depend entirely upon the condition of
public affairs. but it is not regarded as
probable that unforeseen events OF such a
critical nature as to prevent il will happen.
ST crCtary AlgeT was also an early visitor
TO the President. When asked if any
further news had been received from Ma
Mia ne stated that a telegram of inquiry
had been received this morning but it's i'm
port was not of public interest
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19

simply dissolved and removed in fluid
state. The body was also laid in salt or
natron, which 1t is said dissolved everything
except the skin and bones. The cost Of mum
mifying in this manner was 90 minae or
$3.50. The third method was employed for the
poor only. 1t consisted simply of cleansing
the body by injecting some strong astrin-
gent and then sailing 1t for seventy days.
The cost was very small.
II the friends of the dead were too poor
to go to the expense of even the cheapest OF
these methods, the body was soaked in salt
and hot bitumen. or in salt only In the salt
and btumen process every cavity of the body
was filled with btumen and tho hair disap-
peared. Clearly 1t is to the bodies which
were preserved in this way that the name
mummy" derived from the Arabic mumia
or bitumen) was first applied The salted and
dried body is easily distinguishable. The
skin is like paper, the features and hair
have disappeared and the bones are very
brittle and white. 1t may be noted that the
eyes were sometimes removed and their
places supplied by others OF ivory or obsidiau
The hair was also removed and made into
a packet covered with linen and btumen. At
a late period the flank incision was covered
with metal plate on which a symbolic eye
was engraved. The linen bandages employed
to swathe the body were three or four inches
wide the length was sometimes as great as
400 yards.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19
GREAT BIBLES OF THE WORLD.
Fabulous Sums that Have Been Paid
for Rnre EIitIOnH.

Fabulous Sums that Have Been Paid
for Rnre Editions.
Fabulous sums are paid for copies OF the
earliest printed bibles on account OF their
rarity. Yet it is known that many more
were manufactured than have ever come to
light, and every now and then we hear OF
another copy having been found in some
garret or cellar amid the rubbish. The
famous "Mazarin bible has been sold for
more than $4,000, and this is called cheap,
for it is one of the finest specimens of the
printers art ever produced and, most inter-
esting of ALL was set up and published by
Gutenberg in 1455, after three years Of con-
tinuous labor. He only printed a hundred
copies, but eightyfve of these have never
been found. It is called the Mazarin be-
cause the first copy to be discovered in mod
ern times was in the library of Cardinal
Mazarin.
But there is another part Of the bible,
called the "Psalterium," because it con-
tains the Psalms only, which commands even
higher price, having been sold for $25 900,
for but six copies are known to be in ex-
istence. 1t was printed by John Faust and
Peter Schoeffer on parchment in Gutenberg's
shop, and is the first printed book bearing
the year and day of its publication on the
title page This inscription reads: "1457
on the eve of Ascension" or course all
OF the earliest bibles were printed in Latin
The first complete Latin bible with date
appeared in 1862, and is valued at $1,000
After that time many editions of the bible
appeared in all languages, German, Eng
lish, French and Greek, and in 1514-15l7 was
the first Poyglot bible, one In which the
bible appeared in various languages side by
side.
The most valuable bibles all date from
the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries. After
that no special value is attached to them.
Here is an extract from one OF the earliest
German bibles printed in 1888 It shows the
kind of letters used which were very much
like those written by the pens of the monks
in their labored manuscripts. 1t was only
later that the simpler type, such as is used
today, was adopted.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19
OUT OF THE ORDINARY,

The Russian state scepter is made of solid
gold, three feet long and contains among
its ornaments 26S diamonds, $50 rubies and
fifteen emeraldS.
sisters boasts an aggregate age of 545 years,
an average of 6Sh. The Oldest is 76 and the
youngest 60. They lately had a reunion, all
well and active.
A retired Mississippi steamboat captain
intends to make his will by talking it into
phonograph and having the receiving cylin-
der preserved so that in case of contest 1t
can be produced in court. '27-
A swell masked ball is to be given in Chi
cago at which the 125 Invited guests will
be vigorously excluded. Some of the dane
ers will wear male costumes.
In accordance with her last request the
ashes of Mrs. Peter Karl, who died in New
York last month. are to be taken by her
husband to the torch on the Statue of Lib
erty and from there scattered to the winds
Captain c. Baettge of San Francisco has
entered into an agreement to sail around
Cape Horn to New York and thence to Eu-
rope in his thrty-foot boat Mabel. 1t is
inches Of water
Ex-senator Henry G: Davis of West Vir-
ginia will present to that state home for
orphan children; There Is at present no
tute orphans are boarded at various places
until homes can be found for them in good
families.
Captain Leary, first American governor
general of Guam. has an eye to business.
Very few postage stamps are needed there
but when he found there was going to be
a great demand among stamp collectors for
those with Guam" printed across the face
he ordered $4,000 OF them. These stamps
cost the government about $40 and Captain
Leary estimates that the fancy prices they
will command from collectors will yield the
government about $4,000 profit.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-19

fluid is kept in open bottles-for you can't
pen up liquid air safely, and the clerks in
charge won't sell a bit until they are salts
fled that you are a reliable person with no
mischievous proclivites.
Then the clerk makes you sign a receipt
for 1t and after you have paid hundred and
fifty dollars for pint, two hundred for a
quart, two hundred and fifty for gallon,
and three hundred for peck-if my liquid
measure is wrong it's because l was absent
from school with the measles when the class
took up liquid measure-I say after the
proper payment has been made, the pur.
chaser is allowed to take the bottle out with
many cautions against its improper use.
One day Aristarchus read in book that
liquid air was as cold as 300 degrees below
zero 1t SO happened that the day was in
sufferably hot. A few lines further he read
something like 'sick rooms may be cooled
by the use Of liquid air.
He dropped the book and jumped from
the bed where he had been sweltering. IF
sick rooms, why not we'll rooms, any old
rooms in fact? III make papa buy me a
bottle of this air."
Now IL Aristarchus father had been a
man of the normal age for parent, that is
anywhere between % and So, he would have
said, mo street" when Tarkus (for by that
hideous nickname he was known asked him
for pint bottle of liquid air. But as Mr..
Greenwich was 72, he smiled pleasantly and
said "I'll get you some next Saturday when
/ come up again" Tarkus and his mother
were boarding for the summer up in the
country.
The clerk in charge of the store was all
out of liquid air, but he had something else
"just as good" So IL the effects of this fluid
are not according to Trpler, 1t is no fault
of the real liquid air. The clerk was in a
hurry to shut up shop-it was Saturday aft
ernoon and he wanted to go to the ball game
and he did not ask Mr.. Greenwich a single
question or make him sign any receipt. He
told him not TO drop the bottle and then fol-
lowed him out to close the shutters and
shut up shop.
Mr.. Greenwich hastened to the train and
was soon hurrying up into the country. The
cars were so hot that he longed to open the
bottle and pour little air on the floor, but
he knew that Tarkus wouldn't want anyone
to use the air but himself, so he refrained.
As soon he reached the boarding house
Tarkus ran out to the wagon and said: Did
you get my liquid air?"
Ssh. Yes ! did," said the old gentleman
in low tone. He must have felt that the
other men who had come up to spend Sun
day would feel nervous II they knew that
Tarkus was to have bottle of unlimited
mischief about his clothes.
There were two or three choice spirits
known of Tarkus and with the bottle resting
securely in his hip pocket he went forth to
find them. They were country boys There
We're city boys at the boarding house. but
they were fretful, sickly fellows and Tarkus
avoided them when he could,
He found Dick Leonard and Billy Mason