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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-21
THE FINANCES OF HAVANA.
city Able to stand Debt OF


HAVANA, February 21.-The work on
the city finances. in which Mr.. Haskins
the expert accountant, has been engaged,
IS drawing to a close. He will report to
Gen. Ludlow, governor of the Department
of Havana, that this city is able to bear
SD 900 coo debt
The present per cent Obligations,
amounting to 81. 100000, will be refunded
and the remainder of the new bond issue
VIII be used for improvements. II the ex-
lStlnS DEBT alone refunded, Mr.. Has
kins thinks 1t could be done at per cent
and the total issue of SO OOO,U 900 would be
fayorably received in New York at ) per
cent.
There are no legal obstacles in the way
of an Immediate refunding provided the
CITY council wishes to do 50. Gen. Ludlow
desires to have Havana severed and paved
Under his Immediate direction. He has had
much expert >nce and takes much interest
in municipal movements. He would prefer
TO lay aside the Dady and Hawley projects
The Havana council may repudiate all the
contracts of the old administration and be-
gin over again. letting the holders of such
contracts fight for their claims in the
courts.
Mr.. Haskins' expert opinion of the bond
ing possibilities will no doubt be accepted
by General Ludlow and the finance commit
tee, and will hurt the Dady contract pro-
Vidng for a new per cent S14 600 900 issue
which will realize Sl2,6O0,000.
Senior GalYis, president of the Spanish
Bank, has arranged with a syndicate of
London and Paris capitalists to bid for the
refunding issue of 800 900 D per cent
bonds at par.
Mr.. Haskins will advise the retaining of
the present system of taxation, as the peo-
pie are accustomed to it, but he will sub
init that it ought to be modified and sim
plified in order TO prevent frauds He will
suggest that the water taxes be lowered
in the poor quarters and increased in the
rich quarters.
The Cuban assembly has transmitted TO
Maj. Gen. Brooke an official communica-
ton. which has been forwarded to Wash
ington, thanking the government for the
nc nors paid to the remains of Gen Calixto
Garcia.
Gems. Chaffee, Ernst and Richards. and
others, will go to Matanzas on board tn.
steamer Hartford tomorrow in order to ne
present at Gen. Wilson's Washinston's
birthday exercises
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baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, February 21.-Flour dull uneha ng-
ed; receipts, S, 437 barrels; exports 500 barrels
sales, l50 barrels. Wheat steady; spot and month,
I394aI6: March, IGHaT6as May, 77ls; steamer No
900 bushels; stock, 630,0l2 bushels: sales TO- 500
bushels; southern wheat by sample, 71a16lS: do on
grade. I3a16 Corn quiet; spot and month, 375sa3S;
March. 3sa3SA; April 3s%.a39; steamer mixed
3lsa3Ih; receipts, 129, l05 bushels: exports 295
bushels; southern white and yellow corn. 37a39A
Oats steady: No. white western. 37a37I5: No ?
mixed do 3ia3412; receipts, 1861 bushels: exports
none; stock. 40, 407 bushels. Rye firm No near
BY 6oa6l No. western, 63: receipts, 12154 bush
els; exports, none: stock, los. 673 bushels. Hay
firm: No. l timothy S11aS11.50 Grain freighis
steady steam to Liverpool, per bushel 2led. March,
Cork for orders, per quarter, IS. I'D ABS. 3D.
March Sugar strong unchanged Butter steady
unchanged Eggs firm; fresh, 22a25 per dozen.
Cheese steady: unchanged Lettuce SIPS per
bushel box. Whisky unchanged.
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Washington stock Excba,..

sales.regular call, u O'Clock m.-U :. 3s cou-
Light cert, $1,000 at III. Capital Traction. at
sta, ~ at s31e, at s51s. Washington Gas, IL at
Is6a.. 10 at 1s'4s. 10 at iSGN, 20 at iS5s. a0 at
lsGt2, 10 at is612, 10 at 1857. 10 at 1861 i0 at
l9ls, II at 1875, 80 at las. American Graphaphone
90 5orr az rs al l2., American Graphophone pre-
riage, 100 at 30 cents, loo at 30 cents 100 al Is
cents ioo at 80 cents, 100 at 30 cents, 100 35
Linotype 10 at is6l4. Lanstou Monotype, . at
District Of Columbia Bonds-5s. 1899. ao-year
funding 400 bid as, 1901, water stock, los bid.
Miscellaneous Bonds-Metropolitan Railroad is
i-Ols bid l2Sls asked. Metropolitan Railroad COW
9s, iSs bid Metropolitan Railroad cert. indebt. A.
10 pl1 l3s asked Metropolitan Railroad cert. in
debt, B' 10 bid, 12o asked. Columbia Railroad Is
70 bid 100 asked Columbia Railroad "a mort. IS
Io9s bld. no asked. Washington Gas Company Sc
ries a, is, 10 bid Washington Gas Company Sc
ries b. Us, 100 bid L. $. Electric Light deb. imp.
II BID, 7. s Electric Light cert. indebt., ll0la
bid. III asked. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
5s, loS bid American Security and Trust 81, 100
nid. washington Market Company LIST 6s. ia bid.
Washington Market Company imp, Gs ia bid.
washington Market compsny cxtn Is. ia bid. Ma
sonic Hall Association IS, los bid American Graph
ophone deb. 5s, 1ol bid, 1o5 asked.
~, National Bank stocbs-Bank Of Washington. 3l5
Farmers and Mechanics. $50 bid Second. lie bid.
bid West i'g Rn Da % d 20 s TX 9ld s5@ m
bid. 125 asked. Lincoln, us bid, 40 asked
Safe Deposit and Trust C0mpanies.-NationalS Safe
Deposit and Trust. lis bid. 10 asked. washington
Loan and Trust, ! iS bid American Security and
Trust, 40 bid, ia asked Washington safe De-
post, so bid
Insurance Stocks.-Firemen's, Is bid Franklin.
3sai bid, IS asked. Metropolitan, T5 bid 90 asked
Corcoran. 80 bid. Potomac, O. bid. Arlington Ia5
bid. 1874 asked. German-American, 1876 bid. Ma
tional Union. 10Y bid. II asked. Columbia 10 nd
49, asked. riggs, bid. So asked. Peoples 81
hid Lincoln, los bid III asked. Commercial
bid.
Title Insurance Stocks.-Real Estate Title so hid
Columbia Title, As bid, SIS asked District Title.
. hid. asked.
Iaiiroad Stocks.-CaptaI Traction COMPANY. s5IG
bid, s5]4 9sk9d. Metropolitan. xlelas bid, 1928,
bid, 35is asked Georgetown and Tennallytown 3
bid.
Gas and Electric Light Stocks.-washinston Gas
53Ss bid, 53%4 asked. Georgetown Gas 52L bid
U. 5. Electric Light, 1876 bid.
Telephone Stocks.-Chesapeake and Potomac, 57IS
bid, 60 asked. Pennsylvania, 10 bid, so asked
Miscellaneous Stocks--Mergenthaler Linotype,
1868 bid. 1851 asked Lanston Monotypc, 10 bid
1874 asked. American Graphophone l2%. bid 1917
asked American Graphophone preferred, 13Is bid
II asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, IS bid SO
asked. Washington Market. ~ bid. 1s asked
Great Fails lee us bid. Norfolk and Washington
Stea mb0at. 90 bid. 101k asked.
Xxx dividend.
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Rem TED LETTER BOX
Mrs. Rogers and Cornish Had One at MI
Murdock's
A Year md a Half Ago Witness
Explains Her Marital
Relations.

NEW YORK, February 21.-The Adams
inquest which is supposed to be slowly
Fastening upon some yet unknown person
the guilt of the murder of Mrs. Kate j.
Adams and Henry Barnet, was continued
today. The first witness was expected to
be Florence Rogers, daughter of the dead
woman. Mrs Rogers was one of the few
witnesses to the administering of the poi
son by Cornish to her mother. Mrs.
Rogers commenced to tell what she knows
about the case yesterday, but her testi-
mony was cut short by the adjournment of
the inquest. Her evidence up to that point
had brought out nothing new, but it was
thought that when she resumed the stand
there would be developed some interesting
facts connected with the poisoning.
Mrs. Roland 3. MolineuX and Mrs. Gen
eral MolineuX arrived shortly after III
o'clock and were ushered into the library,
where Mrs. Rogers and some friends were
waiting to be called.
StatiOHer Murdoch Called.
David Murdoch, the stationer and private
letter box keeper, was called and briefly
verified his evidence of yesterday, in which
he stated Cornish and Mrs. Rogers had
dealings with him in 1897 Then Mrs.
Rogers resumed her testimony. She an
swered questions in a self possessed way.
She said she had lived in Hartford, Conn,
all her life until four years ago. Cornish :
uncle had married her fathers sister, and
Cornish was her cousin by marriage.
How long did Cornish live in your
house, asked Mr. Osborne.
Since March last" replied Mrs. Rogers,
How long since you had a letter box?''
Not in a year and half
She had d letter box as Miss Addison at
Murdock's place She never had any other
letter box She was living with her nus
band at the time and having trouble with
him. Her mother was always friendly with
her husband. Asked if he was not in Buff
falo, Mrs. Rogers said:
Il can't tell you. We don't communicate.
He sends me money FOR my support
monthly"
Coroner Hart asked:
Your mother and your husband We're
very friendiy?"
VERY friendly" said the woman. en-
phatCally. She added that her mother was
much grieved over the quarrel with her
husband. The line of questioning was evil
IDENTIFY intended to bring out whether or not
Rogers could have had any possible motive
for an attempt upon the life of his mother
in-law
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100000 DAMAGES.
Big Verdict Against c. and o. Railroad
Affirmed by Court of Appeals

The Court of Appeals this afternoon
handed down an opinion in the case of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company,
appellant, against William Howard and
Laura p. Howard, his wife. The judgment
of the lower court is affirmed, with costs.
The opinion was written by Mr. Justice
Shepard. The amount involved is $4,000
The action was begun by Mrs Howard
ana her husband in the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia November H. 1887
to recover damages for injuries received by
her, as alleged, while being carried as a
passenger on the defendants railway. The
injury occurred at a station called Soldier
in the state of Kentucky, the 18th of No
Vember. 1886
The first trial in the court below resulted
In Judgment for the defendant, the jury
having been charged to return a verdict
because there was not sufficient evidence to
show that the railway line on which the
accident occurred was owned, managed or
operated by the defendant. On appeal by
Mrs. HowarS that judgment was reversed
and the cause demanded for new trial The
second trial resulted in a judgment for the
plaintiffs for $4,000, from which the de-
PENDANT appealed
The points considered by the Court of
Appeals were-whether there was sufficient
evidence to justify the court in submitting
to the jury the question whether the de-
PENDANT was engaged in the operation Of the
road involved at the time of the accident
the legal effect of the lease of the defend.
ants railway, in June, 1856 to the Newport
News and Mississippi Valley Company upon
the defendants liability for the injury re-
ceiyed by the plaintiff in November 1886;
the question in the error of the court as
assigned, in submitting the question of neg.
ligence, as the cause of the injury. to the
jury upon the evidence introduced; the ques.
ton on the pleading evidence and charge OF
the court in respect of the instrument exc
cuted by Mrs. Howard releasing the New
port News and Mississippi Valley Company
and its "lessors or predecessor companies -
in consideration of 500. from all liability
on account of the injuries that she haC
received.
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SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
Repeal of Free Zone Along Mexican
Border Considered.

The Senate committee on finance today
had under consideration the House joint
resolution repeating the law establishing a
free zone along the northern frontier of
Mexico, and the subcommittee having the
matter under consideration was authorized
to report as soon as the members could
reach an agreement among themselves.
Senator Chiffon of Texas was added to the
subcommittee because of the interest of his
state in the bill.
The committee authorized favorable re-
port on the House bill allowing the free
return to this country of wild animals
taken abroad temporarily for exhibition.
A favorable report was ordered on the
House joint resolution providing for the
amendment of the war revenue law as it
affects bonds or notes secured by mort
gage or trust deed. Under the law both
the note and the mortgage are taxable.
The proposed amendment relieves one or
the other from the requirement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-21
OPTIONS ON MILK TRADE.
Further PostpOnement Asked of Date
for Closing.


The dealers in milk who some time ago
gave options for the sale of their bust
nesses to persons claiming to represent
New York capitalists were quite recently
asked to grant an extension of the period
named in these options. In some cases
this request was granted, and the extension
made to the 18th instant. The dealers
whose options were thus renewed as well
as those who did not consider it worth
while to have anything further to do with
the scheme have received notices from
the representative of the capitalists refer
red to above stating that owing to the
snow, these gentlemen did not reach the
city, and expressing the hope that, while
the 18th of February has come and gone
some latitude would be allowed on account
of the severity of the recent meteorological
condition. The exact date of this proposed
further extension is not given.
The options given ere simply agreem ants
on the part of the dealers to sell their BUSH
nesses at prices which are fixed by the
dealers themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-21

Mr.. Zach Z. Thomas, well known in Grand
Army circles. died at University, Hospital
early this morning. Mr. Thomas had been
i'll for several months and his dea tn was not
unexpected to his friends. He served gall
lantly during the war of the rebellion as a
member of the LIST Iowa and of the 18th
Missouri Cavalry. For many years he was
clerk in the Treasury Department He
was a member of the Union Soldiers Al
liancc. There will be funeral services at
Lees Chapel tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock, and interment will be at Arlington
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Rhode Island Avenue Extension.

The Commissioners of the District today
directed their attorney to institute at his
early convenience the necessary legal pro-
ceedings for the extension of Rhode Island
avenue from Florida avenue to LIE Droit
avenue. The necessary condemnation pro-
ceedings were authorized by act of Com
gress, approved the 10th instant. They
will be under and according to the provis-
ions of sections 257 to 267 of the Revised
Statutes relating to the District of Column
bia.
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Naval Academy would be a credit to the
country
Mr.. Berry Gkyl supported the amend
ment, but said he would propose an amend
ment to provide that the connection of
Architect Flagg with the work should
cease after the three buildings authorized
had been completed. He was opposed to
paving New York architect who had no
competition a gigantic sum for superin-
tending the work of construction which
could be safely left to a navy officer de-
tailed for that purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-21
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE

At the opening of the session of the
House today Mr.. Brucker (Mich) denied
that he had voted in the negative yester-
day on the bill approprating $40, 600 for
payment to Spain. He had voted in the
affirmative, and the journal was corrected
A bill was passed to grant to the Sioux
City and Omaha railroad a right of way
through the Omaha and Winnebago Indian
reservation.
The House further insisted upon its dis
agreement to the Senate amendments to
the bill for the allowance of certain claims
III der the Bowman act, and agreed to an
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was not properly clothed. 1t became a
complete wreck. He said he was unable TO
stats the percentage of sickness which he
could attribute TO the food. In his report
he had used the phrase want Of nuIritlVe
value" and this, he explained. meant that
the canned roast beef gave no pleasure IN
eating. nor strength TO the men.
Meat Putrid When Delivered
Replying TO General Davis, Colonel
Powell said that the issue of fresh or re-
frigerated beef was made direct through
the regimental commissary, and without
the Intervention of the brigade commissa-
ries.
He was questioned as 10 the persons re-
sponsiole for the issue of beef in spoiled
condition. To Colonel Gillespie he said that
the beef was generally wholesome, but
never thoroughly good when issued in the
morning and often in a pUtrid state When
delivered late in the day.
He said that either at Santiago or Mon
tauk he had freely commented TO other
officers and said that the refrigerated beet
tasted as if il had come into contact with
Chioroform or kerosene This taste was eS-
pecialIy noticeable when the beef was
boiled. For years he had eschewed the use
of refrigerated beef upon his own table De-
cause he had found il nauseated him.
What prejudice have you against the
beef?" he was asked.
1t may be entirely due to my own taste.
would go to a butchers and purchase
OF her meat that suited me.
Colonel Powell stated emphatically that
neither at Santiago nor at Nontauk had he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-21
Ex-Gov. FLETCHER Improved.

Il Ex-Governor Thomas c. Fletcher of Mis-
souri,, who was stricken with apoplexy in
Wilard's Hotel yesterday, is slightly i'm
proved today. He is at the Emergency
Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-21
Rights of Members.

Mr. Henderson Qa.), chairman of the
&C mmittee on the judiciary, which inyesti-
gated the right of Gen. Wheeler of Ala
bama, Mr.. Robbins of Pennsylvania Mr.
Colson of Kentucky, Mr. Campbell OF Hi
nois who held commissions in the army,
al members who served various civil
commissions to continue to hold their seats
in the House. formally presented the re-
port of the committee, which was in favor
of the view that the four members who ac-
cepted military commissions thereby va
Gated their seats in the House.
The report went upon the calendar and
Messrs. DeArmond (Mo.) and Parker IN
j. were given leave to file a minority re-
port, in which they will contend that the
same rule should govern members who ac-
cepted civil commissions. Mr.. Henderson
did not give notice of the time when he
would call up thdErepert, but. as it is a
question of privilege, it can be called up at
any time NJ.
A bill was passed to grant the Gulf and
Northern Railway COMPANY a right of way
through Oklahoma iterrftory.
Naval Academy
The regular ordsr whs then demanded
and the House went inta committee of the
whole and resumed consideration of the
naval appropriation bill. oFFhe pending aues-
ton was on the amendment of Mr. Mudd to
appropriate $4,000 for the completion OF
the buildings authorized to be constructed
at the Naval Academy by the last naval
appropriation bill.
The members of the nAval committee op-
posed the amendrb ent, J6ontending that a
comprehensive scheme for the reconstruc-
ton of the buildings at Annapolis should
be adopted before Congress went ahead
The adoption of the Atldd amendment Mr.
Dayton CIV. Va.) argued would commit the
government to an expenditure of 5000 600
He denied that the purpose of the naval
committee in opposing the amendment was
because they desired to remove the Naval
Academy from Annapolis.
The appropriation of 100000 last year
he said, was made against the earnest
protest of the naval committee.
Mr.. VIM. Alden Smith (Mich.) and Mr..
briggs (N.Y) argued that the Navy De-
partment should be allowed to proceed I'M
der the existing authorization.
Mp.. Canmipgs tN.Y), member of the
naval committee. declared that if the ac-
ton of Congress last year ~was rescinded
the work of rehabilitating the Naval Acad-
envy would be postponed several years.
He argued that the work authorized
should be prosecuted and predicted that
under Secretary Long the rehabilitated
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ever entertained the idea that the beef had
been chemically treated in order to pre-
serve it He said that had herd of cattle
been sent To cuba all killing would have
had to be done after sunset, and the issue
Of the meat made before o'clock in the
morning. During the civil war that prac-
tice had been followed with good results.
He OF the opinion that cattle on the
hoof in Cuba would have been preferable to
refrigerated beef.
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Presented to Secretary Hitchcock.

Secretary Hitchcock received the clerks
of the Interior Department this afternoon
Chief Clerk Dawson made the introduc-
ton. The reception took place in the Sec
retary's room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-21
Government Bonds.
Grain. Proxisions and Cotton War

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers
and brokers. l419 F st. members New York
stock exchange, correspondents Messrs La
denburg, Thalmann & Co.. New York
CHICAGO February 81 Grain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-21

1t pays to read the want columns of The
Star Hundreds of situations are filled
through them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-21

'Of all the great men in history, says
Lecky, Washington was the most invariably
judicious, and there is scarcely a rash word
or action or Judgment recorded to him. He
had keen sensibilities and strong passions:
but his power of seif-command never failed
him, and act of his public life can he
traced to personal caprice, ambition or re-
sentiment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-21
Other Great Patriots.

Think of others also who have been as
sociated in fixing the destiny of the repub-
lie, who liv I'd, moved and had their being
here. The Adamses, father and son; Thorn
as jefferson, James Madison, James Mon
roe, Andrew Jackson, Daniel Webster. Fen
ry Clay, Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses
Grant. Love of country must necessarily
be inspired by such surroundings. The his
torical environment cannot help but make
better citizens of us all.
In this respect great credit is due to the
committee on public schools of the board
of trade. which, under DIR. A p. Pardon,
organized the patriotic celebration of Wash
ington's birthday by meetings such this
in the public schools of the District of CO.
lumba. Also may be mentioned the great
object lesson before us at this time in the
congress of patriotic descendants of the
founders of this republic, who meet an
nually to discuss how best to conserve the
memory of the great events in the history
of our country aud to make pilgrimages to
the famous localities that are in our midst
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-21
Meat Lett Exposed to the sun.

Col. Albert G. Smith of the 18th Infantry
next took the witness chair. He said his
regiment left New York on the 18th OF
April and reached Tampa on the I'D. He
was personally relieved June 6. and did not
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-06-15
Mr.. EATON INDIGNANT.
He Was Ordered to Move On" by a
Police PatroIman.
Was Making Address Against New Consil-
tuton al Franklin Park.

The "cart-taip' orators did not have
a great deal OF success in their work
last evening, but i'm spite OF adverse
circumstances more or less attack was
made on the proposed revised consti-
tuition. The meeting was advertised
for Franklin Park, or Franklin square.
and 1t is officially known located on
Atwell's avenue, near Bradford street.
When the orators got there there wa
no team. in waiting to serve as plat
form.
Mr. Amasa NJ. Eaton, however, was
not to be daunted and he commenced
sharp crit cism against the proposed
measure, when a cold blooded police
man reached the scene and told him
to move on. Mr.. Eaton was surprised
but complied with the order, after let
ting the officer know that he should re-
port him TO the chief OF police. The
orators then went TO the rear of ~
square and the speech was concluded.
Mr.. Eaton was very indignant over
the conduct OF the policeman and af-
ter the meeting, said he was deter
mined TO report him.
Last evening Col. Henry j. Spooner
went TO Bristol. ana from the tail of
a hay cart told a very small audience
what he thought OF the revised con-
stitution.