Evening Star Newspaper, February 18, 1898, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1898-14 PAGES. = = SPECIAL NOTICES. SPIRITUALISM—MR. KEELER, 995 H ST. N.W., MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY NIGHTS, S o'clock. Consultations on all subjects daily through independent state writings. — felS-2w* New fashions are introduced first by “Leading Tailor,” 1310 F Street. haracte L-printed matt rable impress Jndice. of their correspondence. jer is bound : n estimate, Elliott,506 10th St Stationery Cases. We have them in Oak. Cherry and Walnut. Very rich and hands: m>. Prices—like those marked on everything else here—are lowest. CFCome te us for BLANK BOOKS. Ali kinds, alwass on hand. If your business re- quires bland books of special size, shape or Tuling. we'll make them to order at very Teasonable prices. 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ROCHE, fel4-3m_ 716 13th st. nw. LAMPSs— Cheap Lamps for wi and other vebicles. Call and see them at FRANCIS MILLER'S, fels-tw* 307 Ninth st. uw. A. WILSON HAS OPENED AN OFFICE tate Broker, Room 9%, Firemen’s In- building, cor. 7th and Louisiana ave. surance Co. n.w. Money to loan in any amount on first-class security at the lowest rate of interest. fe5-2w Art Students’ League, WS 17TH ST. N.W. Drawing acd painting from antique and life. Industrial designing, composition, water color and sketching. Special Saturda: ‘evening Classes. Avatomy and. perspectit Circulars mailed. fet-Im i For the Klondike in Life Insurance For{25, Klondike im Life insurance policies bought and money loaped co them. T. D. HADDAWAY, 521 14th st. a.w. fe2-im THE REGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF THE stockbulders of the Arlington Fire Ins. Co. for the District of Columbia will . 1606 Pa. ave. n.w., Wash- op THURSDAY, February 24, the hour of 12 0'c! |., for the elec- tion of eleven (11) directors. Polls open from 12 o'clock w. to 2 clock p.m. jazzrof23in McC. JONES, See'y pro tem. for intending purch: MeM. M.D., Veterinarian, Prop. ‘Phone 135. del5-5tt DEATH OF JOHN J. BEALL. District Water Register Expires Sud- denly of Heart Disease. Mr. John J. Beall, the District water reg- ister, died suddenly at his residence in Georgetown yesterday of heart disease. Mr. Beall left his office in the District building shortly after 4 o'clock, apparently in good health, and taking a cab, as was his invariable custom, reached his resi- dence, 1670 31st street, shortly before 5 o'clock. He engaged in conversation with his wife for several minutes, and while so engaged suddenly fell from his chair. Dr. Lewis Mackall was quickly summoned, but although he arrived in a few minutes Mr. Beall was dead when he reached his side. Mr. Beall was one of the most widely and most favorably known men in the Dis- trict. He was born in Winchester, V: about sixty-one years ago, and had re- sided here since he was six years of age. He was appointed chief clerk of the water department in 1886 and water register in 1885. He was an exceedingly popular offi- cial, a man of the highest integrity, ac- commodating to the highest degree | and mech respected by his associates in the I ct building. He leaves a widow and family. For several years he had suffered greatly from rheumatism, being confined to his house a few months ago, and that trouble induced heart disease. His sudden death had evidently been anticipated by him, and he had often remarked to his as- sociates in the water department that when his end came he hoped it would come auietly and quickly. He was a member of the Society of Cincinnatus and of the Ma- sonic order, having been one of the origi- nators of the Masonic Temple in George- town. Mr. George F. Green, acting chief clerk of the water department, has issued a call for a meeting of the employes of the de- partment to be held at 4 o'clock this after- neon fer the purpose of taking appropriate action on the death of Mr. Beall. iS ‘Wanderers Return. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., February 18, 1898. Rogers Gore, the eleven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Gore, and Mona Lee, thirteen years of age, who disappeared from this village Tuesday evening, were brought home yesterday. The young ad- venturers walked all the way to Rockville and returned to Washington Wednesday night, where they were taken to police beadquarters. DYING OF HUNGER Relief for Starving Cubans by No Means Sufficient. AS INTANGIBLE AS AUTONOMY What a Trip Into the Interior Has Revealed. es WHAT WAS EXPECTED ee ee (Copyright, 1898, by Charles M. Pepper.) Special Correspondence ef The Evening Star. SANTO DOMINGO, Santa Clara Province, February 11, 18us. I am trying to find out something about American relief for the sterving country people. So far the relief to them has been as intangible as the policy of autonomy. lt 1s an invisible and unknown m2ans of bettering their condition. ‘They have heard of it in some places, but they have not been able to eat it. ‘heir stomachs are still enpty. They n2ed food, clothing, medi- cines. 1 believe it is nearly two months since the President issued his appeal. The country people heard of the appeal in a vagu> way. Of the relief they have not heard. I have made inquiries along the route for a distarce of 200 miles east of Havana. It is the same story everywhere. No Ameri- can reli2f this side of Matanzas and very little relief of any kind. Traveling, how- ever, is less harrowing to the traveler. In half a dozen trips, I have not made one in which the begging was so littl> obtrusive as now. Yo a person making the journey for the first time, it might seem a terrible exhibition of the condition to which the ecrntry has been reduc2d. Not so to one been over the ground previously. en the concentration camps as pepulous as a crowded clty. It has been my exp2tience to see these people drawn up in double file along the railroad tracks, old mien, women with puny children at their breasts, half-clad gi young boys, stretching forth pony hands and struggling like starved wild cats for the alms which Might be tossed them by the compassion- ate stranger. That sight is no longer wit- messed. While the scenes of individual suf- fering are such that a traveler would glad- ly close his eyes to them, the beggars no longer surround the trains and besiege the travelers in a mas: he grav2 has claim- ed so many that a s meeting of recon- centradoes at any one point would not be pessible. Hundreds of the bohios, or palm huts, in which they were huddi2d, are now tenantless. Dyirg of Hunger. It was with an undefined hope taat the conditions were improved, that I made a rasty visit to some of the huts. A mo- mentary glanc> in the interfors was enough. It did noi feed the beseeching words of the inmates to call forth sym- rathy. Many of them, the children espe- cially, are dying of hunger, just as others have dizd for the last eighteen months. They live on what can be begged. Where rations are issued at all, they are insuffi- cient, poorly adapted to the needs of the suffering and issu2d in a fitful way. But the demoralization of Spanish authority is so great that relief from them has long since ceased to be expected. Begging re- mains the chief means of th2 reconcen- tradoes procuring food, and in the smaller places there is no one from whom they can beg. It is like seeking sustenance from a dead trea. What remain cf the country people are sull kept in the concentration camps and in the villages. The military authorities contirte to rullify the effort to put them back in their homes in the country. The inquirer will look in vain for a single sign that they have been returned to their homes. The eves, wearied by evidences of desolation, are not able to feast themselves cn the indications cf a fresh rural life springnig from the ruins of agricultural industry. In a continuous ride of 100 miles I counted scores and scores of the thatch- less rafters of the bohios, but not one in- stance in which the huts had been re- thatched and repeopled. Out of a dozen sugar mills which have not been destroyed three were grinding. On these plantations work has been found for some of the re- concentradoes; but for the mass of the country people nothirg has been done. Where the zones of cultivaticn have been nominally extended the extension jas amounted to a few hundred yards. The in- quiries everywhere met with that answer. |. There was not enough cultivation to yield the means of life to the people of the neighborhood and sustenance was not be- ing received from outside. What Was Expected. I am writing hastily in order to catch the Havana mail, and in this letter can only sum up the conditions. We got a hint in Havana that the United States, having undertaken what Spain is unable to do— to feed the starving people of Cuba—in- tended to do it on a scale proportionate to the task. There was the further hint that this succor was the prelude to events which would remove the cause of starva- tion In Cuba. I do not know whether this is true or not. The starvation wM mot stop as long as people remain to be starved until the cause.is removed. But an exten- sive plan of temporary relief might bridge over a short period and save the lives of some thousands of the population. The point I am trying to make clear is that so far as the country people, for whom the relief was originally asked, are not being relieved to the extent of a single loaf of bread, I know from personal investigation that a large number of persons in Havana are starving. The food which goes to them in the name of the generous and philan- thropic American people helps to fill a void in stomachs that feel the gnawings of hun- ger. In time a system may be organized which will insure that none of the charity goes astray, and the United States may feed the poor of Havana and the imme- diate neighborhood for an indefinite pe- riod with the certainty that they are do- ing a good work. But this does not help the poor in the country, who are even worse off than those in Havana. The other day, when Captain General lanco was here, the military commander of the dis- trict, General Aguire, ordered the inhabi- tants to cheer for Blanco, for Spain and for autonomy. Most of them were too weak to go through the whole program. But if American relief ever gets here I think they will find strength to cheer for itand for the country from which it comes. ARES M. PEPPER. ——_—_ ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON BOARD. Lord Beresford’s Opinion Regarding the Disaster to the Maine. In an interview with a correspondent of the New York World in London yesterday Lord Charles Beresford, the English naval expert, said: “It is now possible to express an opinion, though not a definite one, in view of today's information, on the possi- ble cause of the explosion. 1 don’t for an instant imagine that it was done from outside. In the first place, it seems to me practically impossible with the look- out kept by the sentries on board a wai ship lying in a harbor that either a tor- pedo could be projected against her cr a charge of dynamite affixed to the huil. “I speak of a British warship, and know that just as hsarp a lookout is kept on American ones. These terrible accidents are unavoidable. We have had our share of them, especially where you deal with high explosives. Some of these in use now would be liable to explode if the tem- perature in which they are stored was changed, or they might ex; from en- urely unavoidable ‘ith gunpow- causes. er we had no such fear, but these high | treacherous, , and such acci- dente as that to the Maine can seascaly as can be guarded against.” eee IN CONGRESS CURRENCY REFORM An Interesting Talk With Represont- ative Updébraf DOTY OF THE’ REPUBAICAN PARTY He Thinks a: Curréney Measure Could Carry in’Gongress. Action Taken on Number of Measures by the Senate Committee. Proposed Amendments to the Local Appropriation Bill—Improving Suburban Streets. The Serate committee on the District of Columbia held a meeting this morning. Members of the committee present were Senators McMillan, chairman; Gallinger, Hansbrough, Pritchard, Baker, Wetmore, Faulkner, Martin, Bacon, Stewart and Kenney. A favorable report was ordered on pro- pcsed amendments to the District appro- priation bill as follows: By Mr. Penrose—Appropriating $50,000 for beginning work on the Massachusetts ave- nue bridge. By Mr. McMillan—Appropriating $10,000 for grading and regulating Kenesaw ave- nue and Park road, from 16th street ex- tended to Kingle Ford road, and $10,000 for paving Kenesaw avenue, from 13th to 14th streets northwest. By Mr. Foraker—Appropriating $16,000 fcr Faving 16th street extended, from Florija avenue to Morris street. The two proposed amendments, notice of which was given Ly Mr. Penrose, appro- priating $10,000 and $15,000, respectively, for making experiments with Welsbach lights, were considered by the commuittee, and it was decided to make no report on these amendments, as provision for an up- propriation of $500 for experimenting with these lights is now included in the District of Columbia appropriation bill, and it was thought thag the whole matter might be considered by the appropriations committee of the Senate when the bill comes before it. The committee decided to make favor- able recommendations on the nomina- tions of Conrad H. Weiss of Anacostia, to be a justice of the peace, in place of Car- roll W. Smith, deceased, and Francis Car- roll Mattingly of this city, to be a justice of the peace, in place of Charles 8. Scott, resigned. The invitation extended to the Senate committee on the District of Columbia by the committee on public health of the Mea- ical Associaticn of the District to attend a meeting of that ccmmittee, when pap2rs would be read on the water supply and sewerege of Washington city, and upon the qvesticn of the reclamation of the Anacos- tia flats, was placed before the committee. Members present expressed their desire to attend the meeting of the committee, and requested that copies of the proceedings of the committee be sent to them. Senate bill 3485, authorizing the acquisi- tion of certain lands in Woodley Park for an addition to the Zoological Park in exchange fof the interest of the United States in certain land north of W street between 15th and 16th streets was re- ferred to Senator Proctor for a report to_the full committee. Senate bill 3647, for the protection of subsurface pipes, cables, wires and other metallic constructions in the District of Columbia from danger by electrolysis, was referred to Senator Bacon as a subcom- mittee, and Senate resolution 34, authoriz- ing the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to alter, amend or repeal certain health ordinances, was referred to Sen- ator Gallinge:, as a subcommittee. A favorable report was ordered on Senate resolution 28, appropriating $2,000 for plans for the improvement of the Anacostia river and the reclamation of its flats. In the Senate. In the Senate today Mr. Faulkner, from the committee on the District of Columbia, made a favoreble report on House bill 7541, which has passed the House of Rep- resentatives, and caused it to be substitut- ed in place of Senate bill 2347. He said the two bills are identical. The bill is to require certain writs to be executed by the marshal of the District of Columbia. The Serate today passed a joint resolu- tion authorizing the erection on a govern- ment reservation in the District of Colum- bia of a monument to Union soldiers, sailors and marines of the war of the rebellion, said monument to be provided by the National Union Monument Associa- tion. The monument is to be erected on such reservation as may be selected by the Secretary of War, said monument to be subject to his approval. Mr. Mitchell gave notice in the Senate today of an amendment which he will propose to the District of Columbia ap- propriation bill appropriating $12,000 to establish and maintain three kindergar- tens in each of the eleven divisions of the public schools of the District of Columbia. Mr. McMillan, chairman of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia, today received a communication from W. J. Hughes, secretary of the North Capi- tol and Eckington Citizens’ Association, calling attention to the omizsion in the various Eckington Ratlway Company bills now pending before the Senate of a re- quirement that the underground electric system shall be installed on the North Capitol street line at the same time it is placed on the New. York avenue line. Mr. Hughes states that he Is directed by the association to ‘suggest that an amendment be placed in the Eckington Railway Com- pany’s bill including the North Capitol street branch in the plan of improvement. BATTLE UNAVOIDABLE Representative Updcgraff of Iowa,-who has several tithes carried a close district by a distinct fight for the single gold standard, talks in an encouraging “manner regarding the possibility of currency re- form legislation by the present Congress. Mr. Updegraff is not a member of the com- mittee on banking and currency, but he has given much study to thé money question, ‘and is firmly convinced that the treasury should be protected from the operations of the present money system, and that the south and west should be afforded the benefits of a more elastic currency. He believes the republican party will strength: en itself with the people by ‘passing a cur- rency reform bill thfough the House at the present session and making a sincere effort to pass it through tHe Senate. He said today: “It seems to me of paramount import- ance that our party should act upon this question. The currency and silver ques- ticns will not cease to agitate the coun- try until we have a more scientific cur- rency system than at present. It. will be no easy task, moreover, to unite the same elements which elected McKinley in 1506 for another battle for sound money unless we meet the reasonable desires of the business community for currency reform. That reform should consist in supplying a more elastic currency, which will re- duce interest rates and increase the means of extending credit in the south and west, and will provide in some way for protect- ing the treasury against gold raids and the issue of long-term bonds. If the green- backs cannot be retired, the obligation of their current redemption should be thrown upon the national banks, in some such man- ner as is proposed by Chairman Walker of the banking committee.” A Measure Could Be Passed. “Do you believe that such a measure can be passed through the House?” was asked. “I do not see the shadow of a reason why not,” replied Mr. Updegraff, “if the republican party is sincere in its pledges to plant the currency upon a more stable basis. We have about fifty majority in the House and without any democratic help ought to be able to pass an intelligent measure of currency reform. Some of my friends think it would not be desirable, from a political point of view, to reaflirm the existence of the gold standard, al- though I would gladly*Wote for such « declaration. The essential things are those which I have already ‘outlfmed—the pro- vision of a more flexible currency and the protection of the treasyny., I am awarc that there is some sentimental feeling among republicans in favor of the reten- tion of the greenbacks,’ but“even if this should be done a measure can be framed which will not only involve no increase of the interest-bearing debt, but will guard the treasury against the necessity of buy- ing gold py bond issues when it is de- manded for export. The burden of main- taining the gold standard and providing a sufficient currency ought t6 bd thrown upon the banks. I think such & measure would pass the House with thé loss of very few republican yotes.” i “But is there any chancé of securing favorable action in the Senate?” Chances in the Senate. “There, of course,” wa#'the reply, ‘‘th> cont2st would be a hard one. It seems to me, however, that if thé republican lead- ers wculd take hold of the fight with the same zest they threw into the fight for the tariff bill, they would elther win or com> so near dving it that every currency re- former in tne country would appreciate their sincertiy and their devotion to honest money. I have n2ver been able, myself, to understand why there should be such a tone of discouragement about use Senute if there is any honest disposition to secure results ther2. The republicans have forty- three senators and the gold democrats who oppused Bryan have three. This makes a majority of three votes in the Senate. The republican vote includes: two senators from Wyoming, one from Colo- rado, one from Idaho, one from Montana and one from New Hampshir>, who are more or less friendly to bimetallism. If all six of these should yote against currency ‘reform,’ it would leave us in a minority of nine votes. These six republicans, how- ever, are not likely to cut loose from the party upon a distinct party issue. Sena- tors Warren and Clark of Wyoming, who are among them, age already being sub- jected to criticism at home because they did nét stand with their party on every roll call on the Teller resoiution. A copy of the Cheyenne Tribune, published just af- ter the vote on the Teller resolution, wh!:h I have received, declar2s that ‘Republicans im Cheyenne yésterday were asking their neighbors the omnipresent question, “Where are we at?” We are not quite prepared to offer an explanation, but of one thing we are absolutely certain, end that is the republicans of Wyoming will decline to follow our senatorial ‘lelegation over to Tellzr and Tellerism.” Should Stand by Their Party. “I understand that this is only a sample of the utterances of the other republicar. ers in Wyoming, and that the over- whelming majority of republican senti- ment ther2 is that republican senators skould stand by their party. I have no doubt that the two Wyoming senators voted for the Teller resolution for rcevsons gocd and sufficient to themselves, but if they follow the wish2s of their constituents they will vote for a currency reform meas- ure when it reaches the Senate. I think the same thing is true of the s2nators from Idaho, Moatana and New Hampshire. I observe that Senator Cnandler is receiv- ing a good deal of criticism for his votes on the Teller résolution. S2nator Hans- brough of North Dakota, on the other hand, who voted on the sound money side, seems to be receiving little but praise for his action. It is very probabl> tnat Sena- tor Wolcott might decline to vote for cur- rency reform, but I do not see why every other republican senator, 5} not do 80, and I think it highly probable that some of the gold democrats whio stipported Bryan would either vote for carrency reform or ———__e+___ DESERVING PROMOTION. Employes in the Bureau of Engrav- ing and Printing. The policy of the Treasury Department in making promotions is to see that all classes of cmployes, from those drawing the highest to the lowest salary, are given credit for good and faithful service by in- creased salary. Assistant Sccretary Var- Geriip recently had prepared a iist of the employes of the bureau of engraving and printing drawing small salaries who de- served promotion. Frem this list the fol- lowing promotions in the burcau haye been made:: From $390 to 470—-Anna Adams, Mamie Aschenbach, Alice P. Baldwin, Minnie Baul- sir, Georgia E. Beane, Anna Bierley, EMe J. Borland, May J. Brermer, Johanna L. Eresnahan, Daisy E. Brick, Virginia Britt, Kate M. Cassidy, Stele M. Cole, Mrs. Blanche C. Corey, Kate E. Costello, Agnes Cu.dmore, Cora E. Donnelly, Katie E. Doyle, Margaret C. Doyle, Hilda M. Ed- wards, Julia M. Edwards, Katharine T. Feeney, Mary C. Fitzgerald No. 1, Mary Cc. Fitzgerald No. 2, Bertha Foos, Kate C. Garth, Mary E. Gillon, Emma J. Greer:well, Clara Gross, Ellent T. Harnett, Esther M. Harwood, Annie A. Hasler, Mrs. Kate L. Hawkins, Ida M. Hayden, Josephine Hick- ey, Annie A. Hill, Arrie T. Holloran, Ma: F. Houlihan, Mrs. Catherine C. Hurley, Jesephine P. Jeffries, Mary G. Johnson, Nettie K. Jones, Mary A. Kelly, “llen V. Kershaw, Frankie E. Knibb, Mary Kyne, Mrs. Kate L. Laskey, Lucy L, Lynn, Mar- tha L. McDade, Eliza E. ‘McGovern, Cap- itcla Molyneaux, Ella F. Moulton, Flor- erce Mullican, Elizabeth M. O'Brien, Louisa W. Rempp, Ida A. Riley, Rosey R. Riley, Lydia Shoemaker, Louisa O. Sim- mens, Helen M. Smith, Marie B. Smith, Jennie Stewart, Martha BE. Stockett, Mary E. Sullivan No. 2, Dayelle H. Taylor, Es- ther T. Walsh, T. Walsh, Katherine = Werle, Meggie E. Williams, Matilda From $548 to $626—Mrs. Fannie H. Col2- man. From $170 to $548—Miss Carrie B. Mc- Knight. tion turns upon the wishes. pt the people, and I think, the large gnd.intelligent_ele- ment which d2mand curréncy reform™will make thelr opinions felt upon the Senate after the House has takeft action. To my mind it is infinitely preferable to seek the support of this element than a few popu- lists or greenbackers who“may be placated by our refusal to “existing” evils. Tkere ought to be no le about the Senate if the r2publican majority in the House does its duty, amd in my opinion courageous action on thé/witbject affords the best hope for defeating Bryanism in .. | 1900. ‘The battle of the is _una- je Tom #470 to $626—Miss Alethea E. Hur toidable While “te cous disturb From $300 $48 : |. | business and thus none return o: Fon nO to $A8-Mise Roberta 1. Lind- | Sresperity. ‘The sooner it Brought to sn issue the better. If wel‘must have ovr Bull Run let it come in 1888, and we shall sey. From $1.25 per diem to $390 per annum— er, | bs. more certain of ‘our Appomattox in Grace A. Arth, Maud E. Ball, Zera Beach, Mary G. Bischof, Julia C. Butler, flizateth A. Carroll, Jessie B. Chandler, Mrs. Loula Coliins, Annie L. Elmor>, Annie W. Ferris, Hannch F. Ireland, Nora Lyons, Julia McGrath, Mary Miller, Mary A. Mitchell, Stella Mullican, Fran é laly, Zeta Parso: G. Richmond, Ida K. Seavey, ingen, Olga M. Voll Nannie C. Withers, Lillian Young, Mary lagill. From $890 to $700—Mrs. Lillie B. Salcott. From $548 to $626—Mins Terésa G. Colby. From $390 to a Martha V. Kealey, a a Interest in Post Office Fight. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. LAU REL, Md., February 18, 1898. A great deal of interest is manifested in the struggle for the postmastership of Laurel. The term of Mr. John A. Flannery, the present incumbent, expired a month ago, and a number of prominent citizens, are Miss Cath, A. Lay Laersarerabiags ae a $1.25 per diem to $470 per _| after. the sppaataear eeveres = Mo Adena’ Miss Plone Hote ane gre considered the leaders in the race, while Mary F. McCracken, Miss ‘A. | M F. Schooley, ex-delegate to the legisia>}: O'beirne, Mie Carrie A. Ran, Miss Natile bide Dr R, Ht Sadler, George we, Taylor, Miss Anna M. Wilson, Miss Mary Eon $1.25 diem to $626 annum— Meow ine BG My Mies “MM = Del Jeannette M. A. neglect to vote against it. The whole ques- | THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP, OW 64: AY EXPLANATORY NOTE: Observations taken at 8 a.m., or lices of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an Inch. equal temperature, drawn for each ten rs during preceding twelve hours. The words ‘High"* Darometer. Small arrows fly with the wind. ‘75th meridian time. Solid lines are isobars, Dotted lines are isotherms, or lines of ded areas are regions where rain or snow has fallea and “Low’ show location of areas of high and low LIGHT RAIN. Possibly Clearing Weather ‘Tomor- row Afternoon, District of Columbia, Delaware, Mary- jand and Virginia, light rain, possibly clear- ing Saturday afternoon; warmer Saturday morning and colder at night; southerly winds shifting to westerly. Weather conditions and general forecast— The disturbed condition Thursday morn- ing in the lower Missouri valley has moved eastward end extends from the west guif to Ontario, dnd has been accompanied by rain or snow in the Mississippi and Ohio valleys, the lake regions, the middle and south Atlantic states. A seeond storm of great intensity appears to be developing off the north Pacific coast. It has grown generally warmer from the Mississippi river to the Atlantic coast, and much colder from the Mississippi valley to the Rocky mountains. Snow or rain y be expected from the lcwer lake region, the Ohio and lower Mississippi vaileys to the Atlantic coast. It will grow warmer in the Atlantic states and colder in the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys. The following heavy precipitation (in inches)- was reported during the past twen- ‘our hours: Mobile, 1 New Orleans, Tide Table. ‘Today—Low tide, 12:23 p.m.; 5:47 a.m. and 6:18 ‘p.m. ‘Tomorrow—Low tide, 12:52 p.m.; high tide, 6:48 a.m. and 7 high tide, The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rises, 6:48 a.m.; sun sets, 5:40 p.m. Moon rises, 6:02 a.m. tomorrow. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 6: The City Lig! Gas lamps all lighted by 6:49 p.m.; ex- Ungutshing begun at 5:55 a.m. The light- ing is begun one hour before tne time named. Arc lamps lighted at 6:34 p.m.; extin- guished at 6:10 a.m. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, 33; ndi~ tion, 11; receiving reservoir, temperatur 36; condition at north connection, 4; c dition at south connect , 28; distrib: s reservoir, temperature, condition at in- fluent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, Record for Twenty-Four Hours. Tfe following are the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hour: beginning at 3 o'clock yesterday aftern February 17, 4 p.m., 40 night, 41. Februa’ 8 p.m., 38; mid- , 35; 12 m., 18, 4 a.m., 41; 8 a.m. 37, and 2 p.m., 37. Maximum. » at 3 p.m., February 17; minimum, at 11 p.m., February 17. The following are the readings of the barometer at the weather bureau for the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yi Februa: 7, 4 p.m., 30.30; 8 p.m., 30.32; midnight, 30.28. February 18, 4 a.m., 30 1.20, and 2 p.m., 30. THE SATURDAY STAR. A Partial List of Contents of Tomor- row’s Big Paper. The big Saturday Star this week will be full of readable and timely articles on sub- jects of general and special interest. Just as a successful hotel-keener must cater to all tastes and try to have something to par- ticularly please the palate of each, so a great daily paper must cater to a great va- riety of tastes. Some people are more inter- ested in sporting news than they are in so- elety gossip or talk about the latest styles from Paris. On the other hand, there are thousands who are more anxious to know whether the Russian blouse will be the proper garment for the coming spring than they are to know what new players have been signed for the Washington base ball team. It is the aim of The Star to set be- fore each of these something to his or her taste. Men and women alike are interested in good fiction, and it is the constant effort of The Star to supply them with the very best the literary market affords. With stories by two such men as Rider Haggard and Joc! Chandler Harris one must be very particular indeed if he cannot be satisfied tomorrow. Among the features of special import- ance in the big Saturday Star may be men- tioned the following: COOKING SCHOOLS (Illustrated). Something about the good work that is being done in this city in the way of teaching young girls the principles of household economy. SPRING MILLINERY (Illustrated). The great dictator of fashion in Brussels says that feathers are being supplanted by artificial flowers; he also sends a design for a tailor-made gown suitable for March and April wear. PRIMITIVE BATHING (Illustrated). The Indians of the far northwest long years ago enjoyed the benefits of a crude but very effectual sort of Turkish baths. BEAR A NOBLE NAME (illustrated). General Washington left no direct de- scendants, but a number of the descend- ants of his brothers are living in vari- ous parts of the United States. FOR SPRING BRIDES (Illustrated). The Star’s New York correspondent writes of some dainty novelties that make up a, handsome trousseau; gowns for day and evening wear. OPENING THE DOORS. A breezy letter from Gotham, showing the change which has come over that great town since the consolidation and the in- auguration of the Tammany adminis- tration. COOKS IN THE NAVY. They fill a very important place on board @ man-of-war and can make life very uncomfortable for the others if they see fit. ELIGIBLE OFFICIALS. The number of men in public life in this city who are unmarried is greater this winter than it has been for many years. USE CLAY FOR FOOD. ‘The curious habit to which some people down in Georgia and Alabama are ad- dicted. AS OFFICER AND MAN. Fresh gossip about the Father of His Country picked“up by Frank Carpenter in Alexandria, Mount Vernon and from the archives of the State Department._ _o— . The Peorin Collectorship. A. J. Dowity has been indorsed by Sen- ators Mason and Cullom for collector of in- ternal revenue of the Pecria, Ill, district. of mie: ident ‘th j Mr. yesterday on the subject. Mr. Star ‘was the former collector of that dietrict. ~ i Dead Infant Found. --Page --Page Page 13 10 13 RENT (Stores) SALE (Bicycles) SALE (Hous:8) SALE (Loti FOR SALE (Miscellaneous) HORSES AN! HOTELS. LADIES’ GOODS... LECTURES. LOCAL MEN 10 LOST AND FOUND. 12 MEDICAL..... 13 12 12 13 12 13 8 13 SUBURBA: 12 UNDERTAKEBS. 13 WANTED (Help). 12 WANTED (Houses). 12 WANTED (Miscellaneous) 12 WANTED (Rooms). 12 WANTED (Situations) 12 WINTER RESORTS ies AT THE WHITE HOUSE. The bitter Nght between the republican factions of Louisiana was displayed befure the President today in a manner to im- press him with the fact that southern republicen politics are of an ex>losive character. A large delegation of Louisianians, called on the President. It was headed by ex- Gov. Warmouth, and consisted of John M. Pharr, reputlican candidate for gov- ernor two years ago; Gen. A. S. Badger, Willlam E. Howell, W. 8. Wilson, J. R. Checks, S. B. Brown, Col. Zenor, John M. Baldwin, Frank M. Williams, A.’H. Leon- ard, C. W. Boothby, Col. L. 8. Clark, Gen. L. J. Souer and Capt. W. H. McMahan. The delegation is intensely hostile to A. T. Wimberly, the republican national committeeman of the siate, who is a can- didate for collector of the port ef New Orleans, and to Henry Demas, the colored ex-state senator, whose nomination as naval officer of New Orleans is now being fought in the Senate. The delegation repres2nted to the Presi- dent that its only desire is to have good men appointed to office in Louisiana. A vigorous protest was then entered against the nomination of Wimberly as collector. He was put before the President as utter- ly unfit for the position and was soundly berated. The spokesman of the delegation did not refrain becaus> they were talking to the President. The President, of course, promised noth- ing. He said that he would consider the Si ggestigns and protests of the del>gation. Wimberly, who is being fought so bit- terly, has long belonged to a faction dif- ferent from the members of the delegation. His friends claim that h2 has been success- ful over his opponents in many ways, and especially in the election of delegates to the St. Louis convention. Not only is the delegation fighting Wimberly at the Whit: House, but the members are doing all they can to defeat the nomination of Demas at the Senate. Settled on Edward Rozicr. Col. Ker2ns, the national committeeman of Missouri, was at the White House today with friends. It has been decided by the Missouri leaders to have Edward Rozier mede district attorney of the St. Louis district, giving the marshalship to som2 St. Jadge for Texas. tion was made by a bill which has passed FINANCIAL. 8 Per Cent Investment. 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These reduced rates of in to bor- rewers and depositors are greatly to the advantage of the association and makes our already strong position still stronger, and yet affording a very satisfactory profit to the me Our aggregate of profits last year were $124,382.37 and our cx- 00, or less than 10 per n ever before. Tunning expeuses. See the differen DUNCANSON, c. President, JOHN COOK, ary. 596 11th st. fels im Force of habit * MONEY SAVING. It is not the want of opportunity, bat the want of will, t a bank accoun' With hand or b i spent than is ree sou ix better of for labor two a saving a month or months after first depositing a Ms & depositor and see if the fo noi Keen you at Its Union Savings American Security And Trust Co. Ranking House, Storage Wareb Boxes for safe luable jrxj ts k = Deposit num apward. OFFICER x EXCH ANGEL New York Corresp ne in, = HUNTER, COOPER & CO., Menibers of NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE Stocks, Bonds and Securitics Bought and Sold—Cash o> Mangia. Private Wire to New York. Telephone 390. 3027-14,1m C. T. Havenner, ROOMS 9 AND 11, ATLANTIC BUILDING, AND ADAMS BUILDING, 1233-1385 F ST. N.W., Stock and Grain Broker. Direct Wires to New York ard Chicago. Stocks, Bonds, Grain, Provisions, Cotton, Bought and sold for CASH or on MARGIN. Careful attention given to FRACTIONAL LUTS. Correspondent, F. L. LORING, 10 Wall st., Ni York. nggo 21d MONEY TO LOAN Being the Washington representatives of four of tle Ingest sa ‘banks of Baltimore, Md., to- gether with our private clientage, we are prepa to entertain all first-class loars at a minimum «ost to the borrowsr. Wescott, Wilcox & Hieston, ja20-1m _1907 Penn. ave. nw. W. B. Hibbs & Co., BANKERS & BROKERS, Members New York Stock Exchange, 1427 F Street. Correspendents of LADENBULG, THALMANN & ©0., de6-164 New York. CORSON & MACARTNEY, Members of the New York Stock Exchange, 1419 F st.. Glover building. Correszondents of Messrs. Moore & Broadway, Bankers and Dealers In Government Bonds. I Exchange. 1 Schley, a all listed on the exchanges of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore bought and A specialty made of investment securities. Dis- trict bonds and all kcal Railroad, Gas, Insurance and Telephone Stock deelt in, American Bell Telephone Stock bought and sold, je81-160 LOANS NEGOTIATED ON REAL ESTATE This office has constantly on hand money to loan on real estate in such amounts as may be required, and at rates of interest varying from 5 to 6 per cent. according to Jocation and security. No delay. Apply Uy person or by letter. B. H. WARNER & CO., §s25-1m 16 F st Money at 5 PerCent toLoan On real ‘estate in District of Columbia. No Je- 8. MONEY 7 IN SUMS FROM $1,000 UPWARD, | AT LOWEST RATE OF INTEREST, ON H REAL ESTATE IN THE DISTRICT. R. 0. HOLTZMAN, jal-tt COR. 10TH a —— the place went elsewhere. Alabama has been given one small consulate, paying fees, and will be satisfied with one other place of some importance. Another Missouri! Change. The Missouri situation is kaleidoscopic in i ts H li 1-f : { shes? i i i i