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IS RISING RAPIDLY

The Potomac at Williamnport Coversthe Canal Banks.

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Danger at Cumberland Appears to

Be Over.

RAILWAY LINES CRIPPLED

lint TisptcI to The Enning Stnr.HAGEIRSTOWN. Md., February 2.-The

upper fPotoma river is on the rampage.caused by the heavy rains of the past fewdays and the melting of the snow on moun-

tain and hillsides.At Williamsport the citizens are expect-

iT g a repetition of the high waters of 188.Farly ye-sterlay morning the rise beganand continued throughout the day at therate of fr). ten to fourteen inches anhour. late at night the rise was twelveirches an hcur. The canal at Williams-port t.- subnerged, presenting an unbrokensheet of s -ething, raging water for miles,carrying with it, as It rushes down,-con-siderable debris.There is na dividing line between the

canal and river, all being one sheet ofwater. Th-t great damage will be done tothe former is no question.Hagerstown is nearly depopulated today,

its citizens iiastening to Williamsport towitness the flood. The Hagerstown trolleyline. which has a terminus at Williamsport,is taxed to its utmost to carry the sight-'eers. It ts now thought that In a shorttime the water will interfere with opera-tions at the power house of the eleetricrailway e-orrpany, which is located nearthe canal at Williamsport. and that nocars will be running this afternoon.At 17 noon today, the hour of filing this

-lispatch. the water at Williamsport is ris-Ing at the rate of six Inches an hour.

I. AND 0. TRAINS BLOCKED.

Pamengers Cared For and a Resusep-team of TrMae Expected Soon.

bALTIlMORE, February 23.-The follow-ing bulletin cor.cerning the effect of theflood in Marylantl ha. been issued from the!ne-ral office of the Baltimore and Ohiorailway:"The .ituation at 10 o'clock this morning

-,n the Baltimore and Ohio Is as follows:'There are ten feet of water over the

track at Ch.-rry Run n'id at Sir John'sRun, ifty miles east of Cumberland. ThePotomac als.3 covers cotiiderable of thetrack between "herry Run and Hancock.Operators at Cherry Run, Sir John's RunandlMagnolia have left their offices."There Is no report of serious damage to

the tracks. The water is reported fallingbetween Cumberland and Green Springs,but Is rising about five inches per hour atSir Jotn's llun. General SuperintendentFitzgerald, who is at Hancock, expects thewater to bentin falling very soon, and is ar-rangirg to get the passenger trains through

ids afternoon. Westbound trains areheld at Martinsb,:rg and eastbound trainsat Cumberland. Passengers are being wellcared for by the company. No bridges havegone out. an.1 large numbers of men withquantities of ballast, ties and other ma-terial are on the scene awaiting the reced-ing of the water In order to repair thetracks."On the Pittsburg division there Is some

water over the tracks between Connellsvilleand West Newbton, but not enough to delaytraffie, There have been two small land-slides on this division, but they did isotamount to much."Operations on the Cor-luence and Oak-

land and the Grafton and Belingtonbranches have been su-pended. Thesebranches are of no real importance. Trainson the Parkersburg and Wheeling divisionare heirg delayed by careful running, andare keepin. on the lookout for trouble.Trains are having no trouble between Cums-berland and Grafton. No doubt traffic willbe resuned ty tomorrow morning at thevery latest.'

Lewer Chsarlesten Flooded.CHARLEbTON, W. Va., February Z.-

The river here is 40 feet and rising and alof the lower part of the city has been un-der water since 9 o'clock last night. Boththe Kanawha and Elk rivers are rising.and there is now evidence that great suf-fering among the lower class will followthe r-ediag of the waters.

Rise of the Wabash.GRAY VILLE, Ill. Febraury 25-The Wa-

bash river at this point is rising at therate of an inch an hour. The low landsare all under water and as the rain is con-tinuing it is thought that the entire riverbottoms will be flooded. The river is nownigher than it has been for three years.

Foeod Expeeted at MadIsen, lad.MADISON, Ind., February 25.-The Ohio

river has risen fourteen feet since Satur-day. It is now thIrty-eight feet and ris-ing, and Is espected to come over Frontstreet. It has been raining aimoot stead-ily since Saturday.

Dunger Over at Cmsbesland.CUMBERLAND, Md., February 2.-The

Potomac rose laist night to a point within afoot of that attained by It during the fa-nrous flood of 1889. when Johnstown wasoverwhelmed, but this morning It is re-cedling ard all danger appears to be over,as the rain has ceased falling. Part of thecity is. however. still under water andmany families living on Mechanic, Beall,Prospect and Paca streets have been c-pelled to temporarily desert their hemes,Railroad communication on an the lines enitering this city is badly cripplied, but nose riots damage has been reported.

FLOfl AT PET1gRt'Ro.bid Rewe Men Prediet ~a Rime of

beary Thirty Poet.P1TTSBURG. Pa.. Fel-ruary R--The con-

tiraued rains along the Monongahea and Al-legheny valleys promises to casee a Doodhere greater than any since 3Nt. At noonthe marks showed 2S feet of water in thechannel and rising at the rate of sine inch-es an hour. Dispatches from all paits atthe headwaters report the rivers still risingasnd old river men predict from 2S to 88 feethere by nightfall.The lowlands in this city, South Pittaburg

and Allegheny are already under moeralieet of water and the residents are mnovingto higher ground, Al the minas along theMonoegahela and Allegheny rivers havebeen forced to close down, and the tracksof the Pittsburg and Lake Eie. P'ittsburgand Western and Pit-aburg, ascw..perand Youhiogheny raareade are e.sbm.eged.At Morgantown, W. Va., the water is 88fet and vising two inches an ae.It is now witMa thisteeni amsas of theDeed af last Jnl and sia foot beleew thegreat deod of iWhen the wait wasthe highm egge hamw.Cheat river is a iata torrent. 3t realenll aght, but is grewg ecier. Al maug-vie. Pa., the sa is * feat anduM

three krehor a heor., Thdmage.-adnemisamPla..m., .a v.a...... . .en

many thousands of dollars. So far no fatal-ities have been reported.WATER R3S1G AT CINCINNATI.

Rain Has Ceased and the Weatheras Beeome Colder.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, February. 2.-Therain has ceased and the temperature hasfallen, until light Ice has formed. Theseconditions, if continued. will do muchtoward lessening the height .of the Inevit-able Ohio river flood. At 9 o'clock todaythe river had reached 51 feet 4 inches, andwas rising at the rate of four Inches anhour. If this rate continues the river wilbe running Into the Grand Central depot by3 p.1a. This wil cause a alight ineonven-lence In the transfer of peeengers andbaggage, and wil also disturb freight move-monts. but the roads all have high ground ashort distance et, where trains ean behandled.A special to the Commercial Tribune from

Wheeling. W. Va., says: At midnight a bigslide on the Baltimore and Ohio railroadblocked both tracks at Piedmont. The Cum-berland and Pennsylvania railroad losttrestles that will ciese it for two weeks.The West Virginia has abandoned Its roadand is using the Baltimore and Ohio roadfor its passenger trains. The approachesto the Luke bridge on the Baltimore andOhio railroad washed out last night.Three loaded coal barges towed by the

Joseph H. Cook were washed down theOhio by the Licking river swell at Cincin-nati and sunk against the Southern rail-road bridge pier last night.

EXTENSIVE DAMAGE CAUSED.

Trestles and Bridge. Swept Away-Residents in Danger.

Special Disatch to The'Evemiag Star.PARKERSBURG, W. Va.. February 23.-

At Ravenswood there has been one of thehardest and most damaging water spoutsever experienced. Creeks overflowed andfences, foot bridges and railroad trestleswere carried away. Considerable timberand many cross ties were swept away. TheRavenswood, Spencer and Glenville tracksare covered with water for over a mile.Tha running of trains Is impossible untilthe waters recede, which will probably bethis evening.At West Grafton the back water from the

river is from three to six feet high In thehouses. Twenty families have moved out.On Water street all the families are mov-ing out. There is a thirty-foot rise inKanawha river at Charleston, and thelower part of the city Is under water. Towboats are trying to save property.There has been a great destruction of

property at Clarksburg. People livingalong the river all had to move out lastnight. The river and Elk creek are higherthan since IBM.A report from Fairmont says that the

general rise has been very disastrous tothe railroads. Between Clarksburg andFairmont there are thirteen land slips.At Cumberland, Md.. the people expect a

flood. People in the lower lanis all had tomove out. The Baltimore and Ohio tracksat Hyndman, near Cumberland, are cov-ered with four feet of water. The lowerpart of Piedmont is submerged. The resi-dents of the back streets were rescued bywagons from windows and taken to higherground. Nearly all the wooden trestles onthe Cumberland and Pennsylvania railroadacross George's creek have been sweptaway. Heavy land slides on the WestVirginia Central have stopped traic onthat road. The Piedmont Pulp Companyhas lost thousands of cords of wood.

"FIRST TUE TAREFF," SAYS HANNA.

He Announees That He Favors Bush-nel's Renomination.

Specla Dispateh to The Evesing Star.CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 23.-Mr.

Hanna announced this morning that hewotutd go to Canton this afternoon for alast conference with the President-elect be-fore the Inauguration. Mr. Hanna has re-ceived notice of his appointment to theSenate from Governor Bushnell and is muchpleased. On receipt of the letter Mr. Han-na said: "I am very much gratified to re-ceive the appointment from Governor Bush-nell and the people of Ohio, and I appre-ciate the step of the governor in announc-bhg to me bis intention of making theappointment prior to the creation of the,vacancy, as he has said no appointment%ouli be made until the vacancy occurred."When asked It he favored Governor Bush-

nell for a renomination. Mr. Hanna saidthat he certainly did, If the governor de-stred it.When told that Governor Bushnell had

already announced himsel as a candidate.he replied: "Well, then I am for him."In response to a question, Mr. Hanna

said his energies and influence to the full-est degree when he became senator wouldbe directed toward the enactment of atariff measure."That is the first legislation the countryneeds," said he, "and I shall give it my

first earnest consideration as a UnitedStates senator."Governor Bushnell a personal organ inSpringfeld has come out with the an-

nouncement that the governor will notmake the race for the Senate this fall, butwill content himself with a renominationfor governor, thus renouncing what has al-ways been supposed to be his highest am-bition, and leaving a clear feld for Hanna,always supposing that the democrats donot carry the state.It Is believed here that with the recogni-tion of New York in the cabinet in the per-

son of Col. John J. McCook and the ap-pointment of Gen. Horace Porter as am-bassador to France, New York will have torelinquish her claims en the English am-bassadorship. The tide of sentiment herenow is In favor of Col. John Hay, the ox-Clevelander, who is a resideat of Washing-ton. The understanding here is that CoL.Hay stands very near the English ambas-sadorship, though the matter 'has not yetreceived the flull attention of the President-elect.

TWO *FFEC3Ra SUiSPENDED.They Failed to Prove a Charge of

Theft,Ejeetal Dispateh to The Ereig Star.,ALEXANDRIA, Vs., February 28.-Thecase of William Webtr deputy sitysr-geent, charged with having in his posses-sion the watch which was stolen from Mr.Harry 8moot last fall, was called In theeevrstio eotrt of Alex*adria today at32 o'elock. The evidence in the case sedenedto hinge on a tter written by Mr. WiimaB. Rnset to Sergeant Smith, who was in-vastiatne the ase at the 'waleb, in whichMr. Smoot said that Deputy SegatWeb-ster, as predicted by Sergeant Smthadcalled en his brother, Mr. Harry Sanoot,and told hims that he thought he could pro-dues the watch if the evidman was forth-eamiag. Sergeant Sminth had toed Mr.meet that ho had information which went

to shew that Webster had the watch in hisrp--m-ou A numbher of witnesses wereput en the stand, but no teain.cayprinbeycnd doubt that Webster had thewacwas introduced.Sergt. SmaIth teid of hid eeamation with

the saatter, and said that 'Willam Cha

session and that Webster .had armisedher a part of the reward money. "~.whqnput on the stand was evasive is his repliesto the questlons to the atterasys arndwould net dmt that be had tdSmith asytha et the kind,Mayes' Thpson dm=d the 4e5se anEthereupon -uspended Sesm ith.sea

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TOCSIN OF SILVERWhite-Metal Republicans Issue an

Appeal to Their Follower.

IG UP FOR mOTRR CAIPAIl

Signed by the Senators Who Bolt-ed at St. Louis.

THE FINANCIAL ISSUE0

The, silver republicans of the House andSenate have held a conference and takenthe preliminary steps toward a national or-

ganization. Representative Towne of Min-nesota was selected chairman of the pro-visional naticnal committee and arrange-ments were made for the appointment ofmembers of the committee to meet In Chi-cago on the 8th of June. The following ad-dress defining their position was adopted:"To the silver republicans of the United

States:"There co:dd not be a better illustration

of the great law by which In free gov-ernment the rise, progress and decline ofparties are determined, than that affordedby recent and present political develop-ments in the United States. Political par-ties are practical instruments for execut-ing the will of the people in respect toprinciples and policies of government."They, therefore, should represent and

respond to public opinion in Its attitudetoward the problems which the experienceof the nation from time to time bringsforward for solution. It is not parties thatmake issues, but it is issues that makeparties.

Approaching a Settlement."For years events have been forcing

,upon the country, with ever-increasingdefiniteness and emphasis, the necessity ofreform in our monetary system as respectsboth the coinage of the metallic moneyand the regulation and control of creditcurrency. Under stress of experience andconsequent investigation, opinions havebeen gradually crystalizing. In this pro-cess the line of cleaveage has paid littleregard to previously existing party demar-cations; and today the most careless ob-server cannot fail to see that the geniusof the nation is approaching a settlementof this momentous controversy through theagency of political instruments now be-ing fashioned to Its hand."In the story of these formative events

the to-called silver republicans have takenan important part and discharged a neces-sary function. In doing so they have notsurrendered their conviction on certainother great principles of political economyand government: but they realize thatthese principles are not capable of.success-ful application under the present monetaryconditions. They believe, therefore, thatthe adequate treatment of all other Issuesmust await the correct decision of the dom-inant one thus presented. In this spiritthey co-operated with the organized forcesof bimetallism in the last campaign. Everyconsideration of patriotism and expediencyseems to counsel a continuation of thatpolicy.

Republican History."Silver republicans believe themselves to

be in harmony with the original spirit ofthe old republican party, and they claim aproperty In its great names and glorioustraditions. justified by the splendid servicesand sanctified by the sacred memories ofthe time when that party embodied the as:.pirations and spoke the purposes of thegreat masses of the American people. Thatparty was born in answer to the cry for achampion of liberty. Its early words werewords of comfort and assurance to theoppressed. Its great deeds, by which itwill hereafter live in history, were deedsof patriotism. Its policies professed aboveall things to hold dear the safety and wel-fare of the American people as against therest of the world."The silver republicans cannot forget"that history. They cannot today followthose who have usurped the dominion ofthat party into a'shaneless abandonmentof American interests and the tyranny of

an alien money system. They believethat the duty of the hour demands thatthey maintain their identity and perfecttheir organization."Circumstances have sometimes in the

past thrust upon the undersigned responsi-bilities on behalf of silver republicanswhich, -in the absence of formal organiza-tion, we have felt warranted in assuming.Recently, however, we have received avast number of anxious inquiries fromvarious parts of the country upon the ques-tion of party policy and requesting us togive some definite direction thereto. Thencommunications exhibit a surprising dnagratifying unanimity in sentiment andplan.

Appeal to Silver Repubeans.Responding to these earnest suggestions,

and at the same time expressing our owndeliberate opinion, we urge upon the silverrepublicans of the United States, and uponall citizens of whatsoever previous partyassociation, who are willing to co-operatewith us in political action, until the greatmonetary issue is settled, and settled right,that immediate steps be taken to perfectorganizations in the various states-end ter-ritories to the end that thereafter a na-tional convention may be held for the pur-pose of makringr an authoritative pronounce-ment to the country and effecting a na-tional oraniation.As soon as possible each of the states and

territories should designate a member ofthe provisional national committee of thesilver republican party. which committeewill have charge of the calling of the na-tional conventioa and of all matters pre-liminary thereto. Mantime we have takernthe liberty of nma=n 3(r. Charles A.Towne of Minnesota as ehehrmmn of saidprovisional national committee, whose ofit-ciel address for the present will he the cityof Weahngton, and to wheen all costuni-cnta=s should be sent. The provisional na-tional cosmmittee is hereby called to meetin eeutive sesson at -the city of Chicago,

atato be slasomably announced bythe on Tuemany, the 6th day of

June, lIWT.Signed at the city of Washington this

2Ud day of Fhbruary, 180f, the anniversaryof the birth of the "Tirst American,"whose life was a sublime eample of pa-triotism, and whose preoept, plaing dutyto oountry above and beyond llpartyob-==tian, is a dathlss watchword of po-(Signed) B. .I, Teller, Fred '. Dubois,

Frank J. Canon, R. F. Pettigrew, LeeMantl, John P. Jones4 Charles A. Tbwne,Charles 6, Hartman, John F. BShafroth,C. E. Allen.

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FEARS OF A FLOODHigi Water Reported on the Upper

Potomac.

THE RIVER STEADILY RISING

Merchants, However, Are NotSeriously Alarmed. -

WEATHER BUREAU REPORTS

The weather bureau this morning sentout notifications to property owners alongthe river front that a flood may be ex-

pected in the river within twenty hours.The flood is expected to reach its heightwith the high tide tomorrow. It will thenbegin to recede.It will be sufficient to overrun the

wharves and float away whatever prop-erty is left in exposed places. Low landswill be endangered all along the river.The flood will not be an extraordinary one.The worst floods are caused when theriver is gorged with ice. There will beno gorge this time. There Is no dangerof more rain at this time.The weather bureau authorities say that

high waters are the rule throughout theOhio valley. The following bulletin wasIssued this afternoon by Chief Moore ofthe weather bureau:"A report from the weather bureau ob-

server at Harper's Ferry, W. Va., givesthe height of the river at noon today astwenty feet above low water (which isfour feet above the danger line) and risingsix Inches an hour. Two inches of rainfell there since Sunday. It is probablethat the river at Washington will riseabove the wharves. enda'gering propertyalong the river front, which should beremoved- to places of safety. The riverwill probably continue to rise here untiltcmorrow, but it Is not anticipate-i thatthe flood will approach ;n magnit2de thoseof 1877 or 188W. In the iatter year theriver at Harper's Ferry reached a rtageof thirty-four feet."

No Issmediate Dauger.In spite of the high condition of the river

in the upper regions, there Is no dangerapprehended by the merchants of this placeur-til scme time this afternoon. Aftcr arise In the Potomac at Williamsport orHarper's Ferry it takes fully twenty-fourhcurs or more before there is any indica-tion of a rise at this point, thus givingplenty of time for preparation. While theheight of the water at Harper's Ferry iswatched with interest by those who haveproperty at. stake, no particular alarm isfelt unless the water goes at least fifteenfeet over bounds. A rise of that size atthe village on the upper Potomac willmean a rise of only six or seven inches atthis place, WbAe each incre eg fee- ofheight at that place Increases the dangerto the port of Georgetown. At a height ofthirty feet a srlous deluge -an be lookedfor at this point, eojaal, in fact, to theltrgest freshet ever known in local history.At Williamsport, Md., a distance of about10D miles from this city, the water reacheda height of fifteen feet above its normallast evening, and was still rishig at therate of eighteen inches an hour, a tre-mendous increase. There is no abatementin the rise, and the freshot at that pointhas assumed serious proportions.The rise in the river around this city hasbeen very gradual. This morning at ao'clock, from reports received by the Wash-ington equeduct office, the water at GreatFalls had risen four and a half feet aboveits normal, and still increasing at a livelyrate. The effects of the rise were felt atGeorgetown shortly after 7 o'clock thismorning, but the increase has been so grad-ual that up to 10 o'clock this forenoon theriver resembled the ordinary high tide.Perhaps the best-ir.formed individual inthe city on the condition of the upper Po-tomac is Mr. G. L. Nicolson. the general.manager of the Chesapeake and Ohio ca-nal. Seated In his offie all day. he hasreceived almost hourly reports from pointsall along the line from the numerous em-ployes of the company, who have been in-structed to keep a close watch on the con-dition of affairs. To Mr. Nicolson mostof the business men along the wharf frontlook for information. A Star reportercalled on him this morning to secure hislatest advices.

Looks Serious."Things look very serious," said he. "and,

what is worse, the river is still rising. Inmy opinion, there is only one thing thatcan prevent a serious flood at this place.and that is the providential failure of theShenandoah river to overflow its banks.Tbis appears to me nothing short of amiracle. The steady rains in that region,which have helped to swell the Potomac,have also helped to swell the Shenandoahriver, which runs into the Potomac at Haraper's- Ferry. Above that point the Potomacis a comparatively small stream, and aheavy rise at any point along its wholecourse above Harper's Ferry will mean butcomparatively little at this place. If theShenandoah river is at flood height and onthe rampage, the volume of water it willturn into the Potomac, together writh thealready high water of that river, $ili besufficient to cause some effects along ourwater front. The size of the flood will ofcourse all depend upon the volume of~water."From points all along the annal from

Williamaport up the river Is very high.The telegrams I received at-8 o'clock -thismnorning tell me that, and I am waiting forother information. At 8- o'clock the waterat Williamsport was between twenty-threeand twenty-four feet. and stBl rising. AtSir John's Run, or, rather, above it, thewater )tas flooded the anal entirely, sothat it is impossible to distinguish the dif-ference between the two waterways. Thisls aimost the coindition of affas from this

point clear up to Cumberland, which Is180 mmiles from this- place.

Di~mnng to Cames.*"rhere has been some aae done to

the canal. How iniuch it is tinpossible toascertain. We will not know until thewater recedes. It i1' quite certain, how-ever, that somne damage wrill be done,~andwe can only hope that it'wfll not imoeuntto much. So Ims'r have received no mRn,pntion of ra la the camni, thoqgh it-oldbe hard tie tell It stjeh 'could be

the case, as the towpeth is ebu-wed.There was o.-water inr :the -evels of thecanal, -and this mnay help cause soes

amoAcooittang to the constructionc when the water raee a cer~tain heiht' the caral fills of itS own so-

edtoigtoour,,stmof waste weis-hg the river have to be trtghto fit the -cnnal tIreiy.

THE PERRMNE 'AN1D GRANT

urtiier Hearing -by se8ate InStiga-tion Omitil

Mr. Robinson, One of the Settlers, Ex-imined at IengfisAmayits

The Senato commt14 on puliic landsthis morning cotinued !tq Investigation ofthe Perrine land giat' case. There werepresent in the 'erinuittes room SenatorsDubeis, chairman; Carter, Tillman, Mc-MWe and WiOn. Mr. E. 1. Robinson, oneof the settlers, and attorney for othersettlers on the land grant, was examinedat length. He was askeg the value of theland on the Perrne grant, and said it wasworth $160 per acre in the back districts.He said the men who hadworked in theinterest of the railroad company were theright men, who were 1Qcated on the bayfront, and had been given the largest con-cessions from the company. He said thatDr. Cutler, the richest main in that vicin-ity, was to have the town site. This hehad been told by Mr Ingraham. He saidthe rich men on the bay front used theirinfluence to have the back settlers sign theagreement with the railroad company, andthe railroad comDany ha& made threatsabout what they would do -in order to in-fluence the settlers to sigi He said thatWilliam Roberts, who had g6ne to sea, toldhim that he had to sign the agreement withthe railroad oompary beforo leaving home,as he was afraid his wife'and family wouldbe put out of their hom if he did not do so.He said that Roberth- toldlbim that whenhe went to sign the kgrobnent with the

railroad company. McKinley, the attorneyfor the company, asked 'if he had eversigned a petition to Senator Call, antlwhether he would sign another petitiodi infavor of the Perrines. Roberts told Mc-Kinley he never would do so.

ARIdavits Expected.Mr. Robinson said h expected affidavits

here in a short time regarding the improve-ments made by the back settlers in con-firmation of some statessents made by him.W. S. Holcombe, attorniy for the railroadcompany, who has beenprebent during thehearings, made an obje-ao to having let-ters and affidavits pla'ed fore the com-mittee when the railroad company wouldnot have an opportunity.to answer them.Mr. Robinson suggested to the committee

the desirability of having an 4nvestigationof this case on the gnawad, .so that theback settlers might hvo jan opportunityto have thei" case propmrlyr passented. Hesaid these settlers hadde;ghed the de-partment with appeals -nd letters, but re-ceived no satisfaction, *ue. had only beeninformed by the department that theywould have to go to Congress.The examination of Mr. Robinson con-

tinued until about 12 o'clock. when a recesswas taken by the coismittee until 7:30o'clock this evening, when the anvestigationwill be continued.

CANADA'S GOVERN"R 9WNERAL.He and Lad Aberdeels t% a nta

o bhaAttugt _The Governor General of 4*ftada andLady Aberdeen, who are -

, guests ofthe British ambassador'n4 Idy Pg.unce-fote, are enjdying their Yisit in Wash-ington. and are said to have expressed greatregret at the ncessary brevity of theirstay. Their "f4sent plan is to leave nextThursday morning for New York, wherethey will make a brief stop; With them istheir daughter, Lady Majorie Gordon.Lord Aberdeen's aid-de-catnp, Capt. Wi!-berforce, accompanies the party and waswith the governor general .yesterday whenbe called to pay his respects to the Sec-retary of State. Lord Aberdeen has ex-pressed a desire to call upon the- President,and it is understood that, arrangementsto t.at end were made during the call uponMr. Olney. Lord and Lady Aberdeen arethe most distinguished viitors Washing-ton has had in some time past and theirpresence here has caused quite a flutterin diplomatic and social citcles. Yesterdayand today many of the members of thediplomatic corps and the ladies of theirfamilies have left carda at the British em-bassy. The British ambassador and LadyPauncefote have dispensed a lavish hos-pitality in honor of their guests. Sundayevening they gave a very large dinner forthem. A second followed last evening andthere will be another tht. evening. To-morrow evening there wilt be a large re-ception at the embassy. This is not thefirst visit of the governor :general and hiswife to this city, and they have taken ad-vantage of the pleasant Weather today torenew their acquaintance .with its beau-ties.

RECOVERED THE SU.VERWARE.Confession of One of Therme Concerned

in the Woodale iobbery.Special Dinatch to The Eve"i'g tar.ROCKVILLE. Md., February 23.-The

colored woman implicated: with, WilliamCrutchfield in the burning and robbing ofthe Braid residence, near Woodside, lastmonth, was yesterday- -arrested in Balti-more, brought here and. lodged in jail.She afterward confesset her complicity inthe crime and told whete the silver takenfrom the house was bidden. Last eveningSheriff Collier pent to. ther premises of theCrutchflelds and- on digging in the woodyard unearthed the silver ;ware and a lot'of' fne china ware, since Mentiiled by Mr.Braid, and the value of which is placed at3200.All the accused are now iin the county jail

except Wmn. Crutchaiald, who is serving asentence in the Distriet.. .The Robinsonwoman was. located in~Baitimore by theinitercepting -of a letter ,written by her tocne of tfie Cr'utchfleld pfnmlly.

.bvisioneofa eed*4.. ikteALANT-, N. T..aebq sb 9-Mr Ens-.

worth intr*gged ~~J h senate to-dyto probMba thepaUiq of crtodps

of-any -peesa.l~Wim n periodi-ca- ThFiiib#pdsis~ltno portraitor aM-nd~rttw ofaridual *allbe printe4 or Puhitsked annewspaper,periodical, ina===us= ,mlps ..bookwithbut the written C~tsudh indi-viduaLA violation of .the P ~~ii~s to be

toade punisabl Si a 0 et d Im--prisonmentiforeste ye

r Ww YORK, F s ihar4Ctoker and4 his menaF smed for Oam-maany today on the N~~(maLloydstamnnet Bpre.

hours. With these off our hands we wilfeel considerably relieved. In case highwater should come we would have verylittle to lose, outside of a few thousandtons of coal. We do not apprehend somuch danger from the river as we do fromRock creek. The last great Rood we hadwe suffered more from Rock creek thanfrom the river. The creek jumped Itsbanks and washed away everything. Justat the present time the creek doeI not ep-Pear to be affecteJ iy the rainfall of thepast two days, and so long as it keeps inbounds we have very little to fear. Wewill not make any attempt to save any-thing until the water reaches this place.The volume of it will regulate 's in ourmovements."

This Afternen.Capt. Joseph Lee. who Is an authority

on rher matters, was seen by The Starreporter, but he was not in a position togive an opinion on the result of the highwater. It was impossible to tell just whatthe result would :e until the water reach-ed here. "The water is rising at pres-ent." said he, "ar.,] Judgsng by the pres-ent Increase it will Ie .1 'cloek this after-noon before ordinary flood tide is reacned.The current is omewhat stronger thaausuaL and is running close on to livemiles an hour. N atempts have pernmade as yet to save anly property, as thewharf owners and others are watchingthe result. They will wait until the waterreaches this place before making any at-tempt to save property. Judging entirely bythe rate the water is rising at this pointand reports receivel from the regions ofthe upper Potoma."

Nt Alarmed.At 1 O'clock this afternoon the wateralong the Washington river front wasabout three feet higher than the averagehigh water, and was rising slowly. Aheavy northwest wind was prevailing, andthe water was moving out so rapidly thatexperienced river men had little fear of aflood here.

Better News.At 2 o'clock this afternoon the weather

bureau received a bulletin from HarpersFerry saying that at that hour the riverwas 24) feet and 6 inches above low water.This was a rise in two hours of only sixinches. a diminishing rate. The weatherbureau considers that this shows that therise is being rapidly checked, and that theflood here won't be as great as at first an-ticipated.

DISTRICT I CONGRESS.The House today passcd a bill granting

a pension of 150 a month to the widow ofGeneral Thomas L. Casey. The billwas called up in the House by Gen.Wheelerof Alabama, the famous ex-confederatecavalry leader. As the bill origin:.lly stood,it provided a pension of 75 a month forMrs. Casey, and Gen. Wheeler was anxiousto have the bill assed at that rate.Gen. Blue of Kansas, however, signifle-

his intention of cbjecting to the considera-tion of the bill. Gen. Wheeler imploredhim not to interpose an objection, and ashe was aware of Gen. -Blue's position uponsimilar bills, suggested that if the rate ofpension were objectionable to Gen. BlueIt might be reduced. To this suggestionGen. Blue replied that if the rate were re-duced to -Si1 he would not object to the bill.The amendment was thereupon made andthe biHl was Passed.

Bustft of Veorhees and 3.wUB.In the Senate today Mr. Turple gave no-

tice of an amendment he will propoesto thesundry civil appropriatiOdn il, appropriat-ir g SM( to purchase busts in Niartile ofSenators Daniel W. Voorhees and Austin S.Morrii fcr the Ubrary of Congress.

For bit. Elinabeths.Senator Sewell raported favorably from

the committee on military affairs anamerdment to the sundry civil appropria-tion bill to construct additional accommo-dations at the Government Hospital for theInsane in the District of Columbia, forwhich $3,.U0 is appropriated.

Extra Pay.The amendment to the sundry civil ap-

propriation bill lately offered in the Senateproviding that an extra month's salarybe paid to offlicers and employes In theHouse and Senate borne on the annualpay rolls was today referred back to theSenate by the committee on appropriationsand again referred to the committee oncontingent expenses.

Government Printing Ombee Site.In the Senate yesterday afternoon Mr.

Gallinger gave notice of an amendment heproposed to offer to the sundry civil billapprorriating $170,000 for the purchase ofland adjoining the present goverrnmentprinting office. This sum Is fixed as theupset price of the land to be bought, ex-clusive, however, of the value of any build-Ir.ge and improvements thereon. The prop-erty-which it is desired to purchase lies ad-jacent to the government printing office,between H. North Capitol and G streets toa lina running from H to G streets, start-Ir:g 24 feet west of the present buildingand ptarallel with North Capitol street, com-prising 00,730 feet. The sum of 8250,000.which was appropriated in 100 and sus-pended by an act in 102, Ia to be madeimmediately available for purchasing thesite and beginning -the work on the newbuilding. This amendment is similar to oneintroduced in the last Congress by Mr. Gal-linger.

Per the Relief ef Mras. Pulloek,,From the committee on claims Mr. Allen

made a favorable report to the Senate yes-terday on a bill for tihp relief of Verona E.Pollock of this city, to the extent of UT7600Mrs. Pollock is the widow of alerander L.Pollock, late consul of the United Statesat San Salvador. The mnoney is intendedas compensation for losses from the de-struotion of properly on account of thesickness and death of her husband themeduring a scourge of yellow fever.,

A Fee fer Menith .eeeren.In the Senate yesterday afternoon Mr.McMian made a favorable repert froma thecommittee on the District ot Cohamba ofa, House bill antherining timen...ms..to chorge a fee for the i.muanee of tran-scripts from the records of the heslth de-partment.

The proposed new system of regulatingthe finportation of tea into the Unsame IStates. which was presented. to the waysand mneans comamiee of the House recant-ly by representatlves of the tema of thgc(uttell StateS, was approed by the esm-

mattee today. It was doedit t eess-

mee to the ous the bIB whih the s

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DR. RUIZ'S CASENo O ia Information of Gemea

Lee's Rignato.k

Waiting to Be Sure Before Mak-

ing a Move

AT THE CUlBAN LEGATION

Friends of the administration in CoagreasInsist that Consul Ge-neral Lec will not boepermitted to resign nio account of inactionon the part of the present administration a,to the alleged assassination of Dr. Ruis.The statetuent that #ieneral Let will sestgIf the murder of ;Pr. zIo.r iS permittJed topas along with, the o.her outrages aal-Americaen cltiens ly the !.fauish it Cul.ahas gained genertl hbleir. but frae.is of theadministration Pay that 'J. tolney will notpermit the outr:a:e to past, unresented. It,Is insinuated that perhaps Goeneral see is alittle inpatient. but that when this ic-iern-ment is fully eaiformid as to the facts inthe cae, dhe action taketn will be such asto satisfy ne-:sl le ":1 the Aaeri'.tapeople.It is suggested that Mr. iney believes inthe policy of "not pulling a gun until you

are ready to shoot." and that If there isoccasion to mnake use of the navy to pro-tect American catiaoen. In Cuba. it will niotbe a mere matter of form.An to bhe Need of Shipsn.

It is suggestei that It there Is necessityfor the United States ships there will beneed for more than one. Intending to sothe full length if he moves at all, it Is satithat Mr. Olney is simply cautlous abouttaking the initiative. desiring to be sure ofhis position efore lie makes a move.There appears to be no doubt that Mr.Cleveland feels that Gen. Lee is disposed tobe too impetuous. It is a known fact thatGen. Lee, when in Washington. reported astate of affairs in Cuba which, in his opin-ion, warranted this government in inter-fering.Mr. Cleveland did not agree with him

then, and the probale4iity is that Mr. (-lev-land now regarts eur consul general " (oosympathetic with the Culians. Mr. Cleve-land insists upon belie!.virg that Anmericancitisee are try ing to parovoke outrages soas to force this govern etent to interfere.Feeling this way about the matter he isslow to accept reports of outrages whichare not verlited beyond doubt.The belief here is that he may be forced

to act in the Ituis case. The catinet toesyIs said to have the question under advise-ment.Deaul Of The Keuisummiss.

The State Department today autbhoriedthe positive statement that se far as thedepartment was informed. Conul GeperalLee had not rdilgned, and, it was added.baf tfot t#f*ate*ei To resigl. if anmy bteof resignation was going to be seat ag Gen.Lee *teah Havana. as published, the de-parttuent was absolutely without a-ews onthe subject. The other published sensa-tional statements regarding warships andlike matters were denied yesterday.Inquiry waq.made at the White House to-day as to the fourdation for the publishedstory, which has ten repeated in variousforns within the past few days. to the ef-fect that Gen. Lee, consul general at Ha-vana. has rerigred or intends to resign Ifhe cannot secure certain demands he hasmade upon the state )epartment, and atsothat he has called for an American war-ship to suppcrt him. Mr. Thurber. secre-ta.ry to the President. stated postitively that'there was not a scintilla of truth in thestory, either as to the resignation or thecall for a warship. The President was en-gaged with his cabinet at the time. and itIs understood that he instructed Mr. Thur-ber to make the denial as specifc and com-prehenslve an possible.

At the Catam. E aties.The Cuban legatio.n here has no informa-

tien regarding the stories that ConsulGeneral Lee has £hreatened to resign ithe Is not given full powers to protect Amer-ican citinens In Cuba. and that he hamealled for warships to aid him In his'omamnde The legatin is. however, great-ly iterested in the atates and the be-lief is espressed that there is somethingsin them. General Loe Is thought to begrowing tited of besmiang a amere figure-head in mara' in Cuba. He cannot tokmetien on the meest searis ase withouttemimumaeting with the State Department.Eie tera of oce of Geseral Lee is Notlikely to list muchlerger. He may bebecomingmespatient, it is said, at the man-mer in which affairs are Csuducted, andmay have decided to bring things to a:nUmay before he leaves GEMe

me Veirafaa Usmbeffss.The Virginia nMaiers ot coagress have

mo informatnen concerning the repor1ted in-Lonton of Gee. Lee toW-. g.

Mfr. Otey said: 'I plae no esedes inthe report. Gee. ELe's he=imanagip for thaePresdent is very strong, aned I believe thatspould restrain him trem taking sueb a

step, even If he felt disposed to de se.''

Mr. Tyler maid:, "I have noe InformiatIonit Geea. Lees opinions ont the Cuban quee--ion. baut it would he like hism to resign Ifhae thaought the adaninistradomn was Calling

to property protect LAnerisa eltises.''

menis mar.ESa, (Reveamud thume% eu Dae

Qene to Psamansum.Thday was moeving ties at the WhiteSouese and the Clvla&domestie emeb-

a~i.mnt was transferred is ftie. hem.e

a Prineon. It was a large aetty thatnoed oat today. and smdeand Mrs, 0ae-mud and her these anema, Mea. Ptie.SE. Geesiand's mother. ths chibeumsgeoee .and nure same Mew. Gestad's

neM.Ah to.2 e'elesthe Pimsuat's es-iemps driven ap to the maim eerway

if Gse iset. Gehr the mssr.,aeoteneyping t ne haned a Ut e a.burneg in Mae waassdl am fellosing Mim

nabs Mrs. alMad, ws. Plstatnse timehae Whib e assa hoes.% the pelat

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