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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
NO DANGER OF FLOOD.
The Critical Point Has Been Passed
on the River.

There is no longer any danger of flood.
This Is what was stated this afternoon at
the weather bureau and harbor masters
office. From all points on the river reports
come that the water is falling and that all
danger has passed Reports from the up-
per Potomac show that the ice is rapidly
disappearing. The bottom lands that were
covered with water Thursday night and
yesterday morning are now uncovered, and
people who live along the river are easier
So far. reports received from WilIiamsport,
Harper's Ferry and other places show that
beyond the washing away of some fences
and the covering of wheat land with water
no damage was done. Far down the Poto-
mac there is still some floating ice but not
enough to interfere with traffic, and the
river steamers are making their accustom-
ed time. Today several of the oyster boats
left the 18th street wharf and started for
the oyster beds. Because of the strong
tide and favorable winds these boats were
able TO make good time. Unless the cold
weather has ruined the oyster beds more
than the oystermen suppose. 1t is thought
that some of the PUNCHES will return here
early next week with oysters. Harber
Master Sutton went out on an investigating
tour en- the tug Mitchell Davis today and
found the river practically clear of ice
There Is still swift current in the river
but even this condition has greatly improv-
ed since yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
Stocks We're Generally Lower at New
York Today.
STEEL STOCKS TEE EXCEPTION
News From Philippines and Bank
Statement Bear Arguments
GENERAL MARKET REPORT
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
NEW YORK, February 25.-Iondon stoch
market, after a tame opening in which de.
ciines on bid of Is to SIS were made. ths
entire market for American securities
changed and became strong with prices
quotably higher The principal feature was
the immense demand for Ontario and
western stock, the price of which rose tn
70 5-S, all offerings being eagerly taken.
Inis advance is equivalent to . SIS New
YORK parity. an advance Of is over New
York closing figures.
The New York stock market opened ire,
gularly, but soon fell under reactiona,,, in.
fuences. the Philippine situation again fur.
nishing one of the principal bear argu.
Traders also sold freely I'm authorization
OF an unfavorabIe bank statement There
were some exceptions to the general weak
ness, however. Ontario and Western was
hlgher on rimors that the strength OF rhi.
stock in the London market as noted
ABOVE. was due to progress in the plan for
classifying stock
The steel and iron stocks. too. opened I'm
strong, but Federal Steel gave war Ia+ay
American Steel and Wire opened mn pea,.l,,
Two points, with heavy trading fos. both
sales. vi 'S'''Niiis
Brooklyn Rapid Transit broke nearly tu,o
points. while Sugar was rroderateIv sfesdy
Tobacco nuctuated Violently huf NOT fss
from last nights basis ''-
IN the hrst hours business the sDecula-
tlon was mainly professional bur snort
setihg entered largely into the Operations
AFTER the first hour the market rallied
SHARPLY on rumors of a better hank state
ment than had been expected. This al
vance, however. was caused by coverjn. %
snort contracts, and the bIIoyan,.y gave
place TO a weak market after The publjca-
uon OF the bank statement, which was NOT
much better than what was really looked
Tor by The sellers Of yesterday and early
this morning.
The statement follows:
Reserve decrease, $4.o3l 925: loans in.
crease, S12.63, 900; specie increase, S523 oo0.
iegals, Increase. H,21I6Do: deposits In.
crease, $13, 300; circulation. increase.
The banks have thus again increased their
leans larsely-neariy sf3. oO0.OOO-and at the
same time have sustained small loss in
lawful money.
The movement of gold from San Franz
cisco seems TO have stopped and shfpmepts
or currency TO the interior have fallen OF
Net result brings the surplus down over
4,ooo.oD. to S30.234. 300 Opinions are MIXED
IN regard TO next weeks market bur after
To-Day close some very good people thought
the market behaved more than fairly well.
considering the hammering IT got from the
professional traders, and they look for a
better market next week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
FROM TAXES AND CUSTOMS.
Receipts in Cuba. Porto Rico and tn
PhiliDnfneS

Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn
made public today the following state
ment, showing the total receipts from Gus
toms and taxes received in the several ports
in the Islands of Cuba and Porto Rico and
the Philippines. so far reports have been
received by the War Department, from the
respective dates OF occupation of said ports
by the military forces of the United States
to and including January 81, 1899.
No reports have as yet been received from
six of the ports in Cuba, namely, Baracoa
Batabano, Guantanamo. Gibera, Manzan-
lilo and Nuevitas, for the month of Janu-
cry, 1899. (Receipts from Guantanamo,
Daiquiri, Manzanillo. Baracoa, Mayar and
Gibera are included in the total receipts of
the port OF Santiago, for the reason that
prior TO January 1, 1899, these were sub
ports of Santiago)
No report has been received from ports
in the Island of Porto Rico since December
10. 1898, consequently the following state
ment shows receipts to that date only.
Receipts from the Philippine Islands are
given only to December 81. 1893; reports
for the month of January 1899, not yet re-
ceiVsd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
STATISTICS GIVEN.
Report by superintendent Mcfarland
of water Depa rtment.

In a supplemental report to the District
Engineer Commissioner on the continued
low water pressures in the city during the
recent cold snap. Superintendent McFar-
land of the District water department
states that the greatest trouble was ex-
perienced in the vicinity of Iowa Circle, on
the summit of Capitol Hill and in the vicin-
ity of list and K streets southeast.
THE trouble eliminated" he states. ION
the morning of the 18th instant when no
pressure at all was found at either 9th and
East Capitol streets or at LIST and X streets
southeast. The absence Of pressure stimuli
taneously at these two points is interesting,
as the statement is frequently made that
defective pressures on Capitol Hill are due
to diverting the water from this locality for
the benefit of the lower land on the south,
and conversely. that defective pressures in
the southeast are due to favo7itisn shown
Capitol Hill. During the week the avail
able head Of water over nearly the whole
low service area was from ten to twenty
feet less than that of 1897"
As illustrating the increase in water con-
sumption and waste occurring during cold
weather. Mr.. Mcfarland gives the amounts
In gallons pumped TO the middle service
area daily from the 9th to the 22d instant.
which amount supplied a population of
about 5000. no large public buildings be-
ing included in this area From this Ii
appears that the largest amount pumped
in one day was 4,S26. 900 gallons. February
). 1898. while the greatest amount pumped
this winter was the 14th instant when the
amount was T.61S.0o0 gallons making the
per capita amount, respectively 1G2 and 2l9
gallons. The mean temperature February
5, 1898, was 81 degrees above zero, and that
OF February a. 1899. was IA degrees above
1T has been found" says Mr. Mcfarland
on comparing our records of pumping with
the aqueduct office records of total supply
to the District, that the variations in the
amount pumped correspond very closely
with those in total supply, from which 1t
seems fair to assume that the above table
represents fairly well the conditions over
the low as well as the middle service areas.
The consumption and waste on the middle
service is probably about L per cent of the
total for the District and the per capita
rate on the low service is usually about
from ) to 10 gallons greater than that on
the middle"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, February 25.-FIeur dull unchana.
GO; receipts SEQ barrels exports, S,Ioe barrels
Wheat hrmer spot and month"; f6aaT7; March. 7.ss
al; May Is bid; steamer No. 2 red, 74Ila74Il. rae
septs 1893 bushels; exports, So 600 bushels: stock
oio us bushels; sales, 500 bushels: southern
Corn frmer; spot, month and March, 3slbassss :
april s9lsa39l4 May, 4oH asked; steamer mixed,
SIa3IIs; receipts, 2fI o9s bushels exports PSI e]i
bushels stock, ola, e5I bushels sales Is 900 l,ish
els; southern white and yellow corn, 37a3siI oats
qu,et: NO. white, Sfa3ft2; No. 2 mixed, 34a33h.
receipts s3S6 bushels; exports. So, 900 bushels
stoek IA rs bushels Rye firmer; No. nearby
6lA bid; No. western. 63A bid: receipts 3 T6i
bushels; EXPORTS none; stock los, SOB bushels Hay
steady; No. timothy, s1Ia$1I SO Grain freirhfs
rates firmly held unchanged. Sugar strong IN,
changed Butter steady. unchanged Eggs frrn
Joe per dozen. Cheese sfeady, unchanged lettuce
$1.75 per bushsl box. Whisky unchanged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

When we.captured Manila" said he. adj
dressing Tho opposition, your George
Washington wanted to. enter and loot it.
With the evidence that Agunaldo planned
a massacre of our troops in Manila before
them the gentleman from Ohio tMr. Lentz)
night nsia nave Withheld 1.n his comparison OF
might have expressed their fulsome eulogies
likening him to Bolivar and Washington"
Concluding, he paid a glowing tribute to
the valor of the American soldier fighting
in the trenches under the tropic sun at
Manila.
Mr.. Grosvenor (Ohio), pursuing the sub
ject along the same lines, recalled the days
of Tom Corwin of Ohio, who was in the
Senate during the Mexican war. Corwin,
he said, was the idol of his party and ad-
mired by his political opponents. On one
unfortunate day in the Senate he had said
Wers l Mexican as 1 am an American
I would welcome your soldiers with bloody
ha nds to hospitable graves"
For that utterance Corwin had been re-
pudiated by his party and had died brok-
en-hearted man. When he delivered it our
soldiers were dying on the banks of the
Rio Grande as they were now dying in the
Philippines.
1t was treason now, he continued. to stop
and hesitate as to whether our soldiers
should be defended. He denied that there
had been any alliance with Aguinaldo, and
said that at the proper time he would pro-
duce the record. The first order of the
President after the fall of Manila had for
hidden any and all alliances of any cf1arac-
ter with any one. He referred to Aguinado
as "scalawag.''
Denounced by Mr.. Cannon.
Il can say what 1 desire to in two SEN
tences,'- said Mr.. Cannon 0l3, who then
got the floor. 'If the speeches made here
yesterday by Mr.. Simpson and others had
been made yesterday in Manila they would
have been arrested, tried by drum-head
court-martial and shot. Republican ap-
md mn
States has and win continue to exercise
sovereignty in the Philippines
II they are obstfucted the power of the
Whoie people as represented by the army
ana navy Will see to it that our authority
Is maintained and the rocks and mountains
VIII fall upon any individuals or any party
which seeks to obstruct u.s." Great repub-
lcan appfause.)
Mr.. Simpson Replies.
Mr.. Simpson rose to a question of per-
sonal privilege, to answer the statement of
Mr. Cannon that if he (Simpson) had made
his speech in Manila he would have been
court-martialed and shot Perhaps this
might be so, said Mr.. Simpson derfsively.
adding: But to be shot at Manila is bet
ter than to be shot here by an old muzz,e
loading brass cannon
sons pun.
He was thankful. he said, that the time
mad not come when men were shot for
expressing their views He had not, he
declared. criticised the soldiers, for he
glorted in their heroism. But the blood
of those brave soldiers from Kansas and
elsewhere who had fallen at Mania was
on the head of the President as command
er-in-chief Of the army.
WalthalI EuIogies.
The committee rose at o'clock without
having completed the army bill and took I'D
the special order of eulogies to the late
Senator Waithafi of Mississippi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
Situation Looks Threatening, if Not
Actually Serious,
DESPITE TIE OFFICIAL DENlALS
Significance in the Nightly Land
ing Of British Sailors.
RISE OF COMPLICATIONS

Though every effort Is being made in OIL
cial circles to detract from the significance
of the Dewey dispatch, urging he need OF
the Oregon at Manila for political rea-
sons" 1t is almost universally regarded as
indicating a situation in the Philippines that
threatens international complications.
1t Is understood that the publication of
the dispatch was the result of an over
sight, and it is also appareut that the
meaning of it was not a; once realized by
the officials.
a realization that the only Interpretation
warranted was one that related to possible
foreign complications led at once to ex-
plantations as remote possible from this
most obvious one being very earnestly ad-
vanced
Dewey Diplomat.
II the dispatch assigning political rea-
sons for desiring the presence OF the
Oregon had been received from some one
less careful in his choice of words and
forms of expression than is Dewey the
same importance might not be attached TO
the dispatch But Admiral Dewey is
diplomat and far-sishted. and his dis
patches have all been remarkable for their
directress and discrimination in the use of
words and phrases.
The use of the phrase for political rea-
sons COMING, from him. is regarded as
surely bearirsg all the significance that the
most carefUl use of the words could imply
In congressional circles the opinion Is al
most universal that the dispatch cannot
relate to anything hut an International
phase of the Philippine situation II is felt
that il does not necessarily follow that
any foreign complication is actually at
hand. though even that might be inferred.
but ii is thought. rather. that Dewey. in
his foresightedness, sees the danger and
desires to guard against it and to prevent
the development of serious crisis by pre-
pairing for it.
The Administration Explanation.
It is not believed among men abreast of
the situation that the President or the ad-
ministration officials believe in the expla-
nation of the dispatch which they want
the public to accept.
The censored press dispatch announcing
a meeting of the foreign consuls at Manila
with the exception of the British consul,
and that British sailors have permission to
land every evening for the purpose 'Of
wetting down the consulate and banks" is
regarded as peculiarly significant. in con-
nection with the Dewey dispatch, and is
thought to furnish key for the interpreta-
tiOn of the Dewey dispatch
The disposition In well-inforned congress
sional circ'es is to look upon the situation
as threatening, II not actually serious.
What Secretary Long Says.
Secretary Long was with the President
this afternoon. A cabinet officer today said
to representative of The Star that he did
not consider that the word POLITICAL used
in the dispatch of Admiral Dewey yester-
day. TO have been intended as significant.
He considered that the word was intended
for prudential or was intended to mean
prudential. making the sentence read: For
prudential reasons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
RECALLS THE LUETGERT CASE.
Chicago Has Another Mysterious Dis
appearance of Woman

appearance of a Woman.
CHICAGO, February pa strange par
allel to the Luetgert murder mystery was
Brought to light today. Albert A Becker.
sausage maker. living in the stock yards
district, was arrested today on suspicion of
having murdered his wife ON January p.
for the purpose of marrying a younger wo-
man. Although the woman's body has not
yet been discovered, the police are inclined
TO believe that she has been murdered
Becker makes contradictory statements
and blood spots have been found on the
walls and floors of a barn In the rear of
Beckers residence.
ElSht years ago Becker married Theresa
hafenberg in Milwaukee and shortly after
moved to Chicago Six months ago Becker
became acquainted with seventeen-year-old
Ida Sutterlin, and since then according to
MS ne1ghbors, he has been extremely cruel
to his wife
A few days before January q Becker
asked the Sutterlin girl TO marry him. and
when she inquired about the woman al
ready living with him, Becker said she was
sister of former wife and was employ
ed by him a housekeeper few days
after January ~, the day Mrs Becker
disappeared, Becker married the Suttcrlin
girl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
PECULIAR ILLNESS OF NURSES.
Several in Richmond Hospital Sud-
denly Seized With Delerfum.

denly Seized With Delerfum.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
RICHMOND. Va, February ga very
puzzling and remarkable illness visited
nurses and patients at the Retreat for the
Sick here a few days ago. to account for
which the physicians in charge have been
unable to offer any reasonable theory.
A number of the trained nurses were
simultaneously taken violently sick with
pains In the back and head and soon went
into delerium.. While in this state several
Of them cried out that hot metal or sand
was icing poured down their backs
1t became necessary to put some of them
in straight Jackets to prevent violence to
themselves. The physicians were baff1ed
and unable to account for their strange and
sudden Illness, and 1t yet remains a mys-
terry. though thorough investigation has
beer made to discover the source.
Tue sufferers have all recovered except
one nurse. and she is still i'll from the eff
fects of the attack The hospital authori-
ties succeeded in keeping the matter from
the public until now.
The institution is conducted under the
auspices of charitable organizations and
city patronage. 1t has two resident ply
sicians, and all the physicians in the city
practice within its doors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
THE PHOTOGRAPH AS EVIDENCE.
Novel Proceeding in a Criminal Trial
at ST. Louis.

ST LOUIS, no, February 25.-In the
trial of Campbell Aligair on the charge of
murder, a decided innovation in criminal
Jurisprudence has been introduced. Photo
graphs purporting to portray every stage
of action in the course of the assault wera
introduced by the state and allowed as ev,-
dence.
The entire tragedy. as the prosecution
presents it, was acted out before a camera
Not only were the relative positions Shown.
but every feature of the scene was por-
trayed. When the pictures were introduced
II created storm of argument, but Judge
Tally was firm and could not be changed
in his decision. Attorney Anthony for the
defense, strenuously objected to this form
of evide but Judge Talty oyerruled the
motion and an exception was filed Ii q
conviction is obtained an appeal may be
taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25

The Equitable Cooperative Building As
ISOLATION hled bill in equity today against
Louise NJ. Costello, the widow. and Eleanore
NJ and James H. Costello, the minor chill
dren7of James II. Costello, deceased, to fore
close a deed of trust given by Mr.. Costello
in his lifetime upon his residence. 609 Q
street. The bill alleges that there are three
trusts upon the property. all of which are
overdue, and that an offer has been re-
ceived for its purchase at private sale, but
the property cannot be sold without the aid
Of the court in consequence Of the infancy
of the children. Attorney Clarence a.
BrandenbUrg appears for the complainant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
Suit to Recover Damawes.

Suit-at-law to recover damages in the
sum of 10000 was instituted today by
Catharine Landrigan. administering of the
estate of Thomas j. Ladrisan, deceased,
against the Baltimore and Potomac Rail-
road Company and the Philadelphia, VIII
mington and Baltimore Railroad Company.
The allegation is made that, owing to the
negligence OF the defendants, the 18th of
last August, Thomas J. Landrigan, while
attempting to cross Virginia avenue at it's
intersection with South Capitol street, was
run over and killed by a railroad car
Messrs. j. j. Darlington, Douglass and
Douglass and Joseph d. Wright are the
attorneys for the plaintiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
Hotel Arrivals.

Arlington-Jno. Perry. Kansas City; ]. H.
Ware. Chicago: ]. W. Caldwell, Toledo.
Ohio; G. H. Northington, Cleveland, Ohio;
j. w. Cochran, Wisconsin; W. F. Difling-
ham, Honolulu, H. l.. J. B. Oliver, Pitts
burg
Dewey-S. E. Barton. New York; Jos.
Shildon, New Haven, Conn; G. w. Boyce,
Chicago: P. N. Purdy, Boston; W. j. Cur
lis, Cdas. Gately, New York
Ebbitt-W. o. Chapman, U. s. "; F. NJ.
North. New York; F. Stone. Boston; C. l..
Steele. U. s. A; o. D. Baker, Boston; r. A.
Walton. Philadelphia; H. J. Gallagher,
U. 8. A.
W. K. Dana, Westbrook, Maine; H. c.
Smith. San Francisco, Cal: c. w. Jones.
Grand Rapids, Mich; W. A Handley, Ala
bama; ]. III. Drake, Richmond, Va: F. G.
leans.
National-J. H. Wilson, Mobile, Ala: ].
l. Ward, st. Louis: J. F. Flower, Ohio;
F. =. Williams. Boston: ]. c. Hughes, Phil
adeiphfa, Geo. Barber, Cleveland: A. c.
Hughes, Pittsburg: H. C. Davis. Philadel-
phia.
Normandie-P. ]. Hughes. Philadelphia:
A. Vendrell. Guatemala; Jas. Cox st.
Louis; A. NJ. Haines. New York
Raleigh. w. Fassmann, New York;
W. N. Quicker. Cincinnati; J. c. Mustard,
Philadelphia: s. NJ. Bushnell. Chicago; w.
River. Mass: A. G.. Smith. New Haven,
Conn: NJ. Hubert, Louisville
Riggs-W. Fl. Ward. Lowell, Mass: C. W.
Morseil. Cleveland: T. W. Higgins, Louis
Vile: c. w. Vamey. Lynn, Mass; ". p.
Kidd. Boston; s. l. Levan, Lancaster, Pa. /;
d. p. Hall. New York; A. II. Todd, Indiana.
.Regent-R. e. Roake. Boston: r. J.
White, Detroit: F. Mcdonald, New York:
r. J. Riley, Cincinnati
st, Jarnes-A. c. Freebord Proctor. VT.
z; e. SNYDER, Seattle, Wash: w. N. Ayers.
Fhiladelphia; G.. Blake. Camden. Ohio; A.
e. Franklin. Chicago.