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NEW ORLEANS, I-a.. April 3.-The unusual circumstances of half the people of a country, not much over 200 miles broad. remaining In Ignorance for at least a week 1 of the fall of the capital and flight of the , nation's president is shown to exist by 1 despatches from Puerto Cortez and by the stories brought here by fruit ship passengers from all the Caribbean ports of Honduras. As late as last Wednesday fully 1,000 men engaged in a sanguinary half , day's battle at Oamaygua, In the northvofitem Ko 11 Llrv.,^,1 rnO Tu;? + tvh . i nan vi Kviiuui or. j 1110 uaimr nus between 400 revolutionists and troops of Gen. Guerrero, a Graclano Indian leader, , who was executinp an order issued by Pres- t ldent Bonilla before he had fled more than i a week previously. ' Guerrero wiVed the news of his victory to that part of Honduras which was still mow or less loyal to Bonilla and ignorant j of the outcome of the war. c nr uiu nut Rive ine nunioer Kinea. * J All Believe in Christmas. Fruit ship passe risers all tell of the ' c busy preparations of the soldiers in the f Caribbean port towns. They say that s these soldiers swarm so thickly that at c night a person cannot stiY about without a being continuously challenged and com- a pelled to give the password. They say also that these people are still placing implicit faith in the ultimate success of Lee Christinas. the American from Memphis. Tenn., ^ who they believe to be heading an expedition into Nicaragua, although he was re- s ported wounded and captured several days mro by NU-araguars. Many of these sol- v dlers. the passengers say, are little more g than boys, and their confidence In their d country appears almost pathetic. 0 Uncle Sam's Intentions. 1 PUERTO t'OKTEZ, Honduras, March 28, 1 via New Orleans. April 3.?The intentions J of the I'nited States in landing marines on the Honduras coast and the evident lati- ' iuu*- granted them in protecting foreign life and property is exciting much com- ' ment here. It has been remarked us es- e peclally significant that the American land- x lrjt parties, not only here, but at Ceiba and a Trujillo. have in each instance placed a I Hotchklss gun which they took ashore a wun inem so a* to sweep the seaward ap- a proach. c The foreigners believe that this means the United States will not permit the ports to be bombarded. Inasmuch as 90 per cent of the houses here and at Celba belong to foreigners, cannon shot fired into either place would do most damage to foreignowned property It Is believed that in t these two ports Nlearaguan gunboats will y be kept off by the Hotehklss guns, while r at Trulilln ilfsnito Tho # ?<? v??* * * ? ? * ? ...V I ***- fc mat 11 IB U 0 .Honduran port, the Honduran gunboat will f not be allowed to bombard in any attempt c to re.-apture the port from the Xica- F r?gtian?<. n Both Treated Impartially. ti M< tli countries are treated impartially 1 iii this resp??t. Although the powers t granted Commander Kullam of the Ameri- < t;in gunboat Marietta. which landed the I ? s.. .wi_ ? ^ .. -Kc-, ?.r uii?> imnicuiar oeuevea to t>e ciently broad to prevent naval attacks. I \ >et tl?? foreigners fear that the Americans ( *\ nld not interfere to stop landing* parties S fj? ni charging th? local garrisons and cap- r luring the ports. ^ in?> iear. mmever, that such captures C would involve the horrors of a loot has ( !>? n dispelled. .it least for the coast towns s where Ameivatis are stationed, by the ex- t P?-rienc* of Trujillo. There the Nlcaraguan I captors have conducted themselves in a most exemi?la:\ nianiit r. Reports of condi- ^ tiosis at captured interior towns are not so a s.? i jsfactorx. At Trujillo Commander Ful- ^ lain is reported to have summarily settled iii?- ciim< uit\ arising over the burning of some houses, and also one between United Bta ea Coi Hilar Igent Jo] n T. Olynii and the Xl?-araguan*. Details about either of 1 these affairs are not a\ail?ible. One Dozen Marines. A: Puerto <*??rtez the dozen marines com- 1 j s.r'.K tlw landing party are quartered in 1 * hat is perhaps, in the I uited States, the i moM widely known of llonduran buildings, i namely. the mansion formerly occupied by the Honduras National Lottery Company. j ji?- iimiiM' f iicrupy a large room where I tli*- lotter> drawings wrrc held. and the Hoi. nkiss gun stand* 011 the veranda. Thl* handful of marines in in the midst of about J.3M? Honduran soldiers. who are continual- ' Ij bus> <!r 111:n?i and throwing up forlitica- ' ttons. State Department Advices. Vnsident llotiilla of Honduras is otil) sur- , rounded at Amapala. so far as the State | Department knows, but the bombardment , of the town t>y >'icaruguan gunboats has i *-eased. ac< ordilig to dispatches received today from I'tiilip R. Brown, secretary to the c limed Slates legation ?. - xj.w?iciuaia MnO ^ Honduras. s Ttv,. 1'nited Slates cruiser Chicago arid < the jtunboat Princeton are lying near the 1 Island <>n which Amapala is situated, and r the pimmv of tli.se two warships is sup- V posed to be iai*ely responsible for the halt < In the bointwrdment. P Mr Brown's dispatches of today do not t tale whether president Bonilia has been offered asylum on the Intled States war- a hips and neither do they state whether I lie Ims taken any action on behalf of the r 1'nited ? ? pruiwt me r fugitive pr?*Hia?*nt. Mr Brown Ik nt !>a Union. Salvador, on J! Ih?- bay of Fonn^ a. only a few miles from ? Anri:i|iala. ? Barrundia's Case Recalled. t The dangerous position of President Bo- a nil la recalls the eaee of Gen. Barrundia, a ' Honduran revolutionary leader of twenty- fc del years ago. While traveling on an y American merchant ship between two ports In Central America Gen. Barrundia was Rhot and killed beneath the stars and stripes. The merchantman, with Gen. Barrundia aboard, touched at a Honduran port, and the local authorities made demand upon the ship's captain for the surrender of his passenger. The merchant captain appealed to Commander Relter, v/ho commanded a United States man-of-war, then In the harbor, who directed that Gen. Barrundia be surrendered. This, however, the otill r(. fllCOll tn rift" hut an armed force of Hondurans boarded his hip and killed Barrundo in the cabin. This afTair was greatly deplored in the United States. Commander Reiter received a severe reprimand from the then Secretary of the Navy, and since that time the right of asylum aboaid a United States n arshlp under such circumstances has been rery liberally construed. Complaint Against Brown. Mr. Corea. the Nicaraffuan minister, called at the State Department today and nquired as to what authority Philip I. Brown, secretary of the American lega:ion to Guatemala and Honduras, had for lis interference with the bombardment >f Amapala. Honduras, by the Nlcarafuan forces. Mr. Corea's advices from lis home government show that Mr. Brown went to Amapala by the courtesy >f the Nicaraguan officers, assuring them [hat he hoped to persuade President Bolilla cm: Honduras to surrender, thus ending the bombardment of the city. The Nicaraguans consented to ceftse firing for twenty-four hours. Before that time Mr. Brown went to I,a Union. Salvador, and frnni there he directed a protest on he half of Salvador against the renewal 01 tne bombardment of Amapala. saying that Salvador would regard such action as a declaration of war by Nicaragua against the Salvadorian republic. It is the desire of the Niearaguun gov?rnment to lenrn by what right Mr. urown Is acting for Salvador. Such interference un his part is a radical step, and all Central American republics are much interested in the outcome. State Department nfficials have refused to disclose what Mr. Brown's instruction^ have been. BIG CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE. r? YTa^AnAlifiAe P ^nr?_ j wcuijr -? uui ^ v sented at World Meeting in Tokio. Spfi'ial Cablegram t?> The ?<tar. TOKIO. April 3.?The conference of the Christian students of the world opened here this afternoon. Twenty-four nationalities were represented by ."VN<? delegates, of whom K>0 were orientals. The holding of the conference in Tokio is especially pleasing to lie Japanese, as it is the first international fathering of any kind that lias been held n the otient. They also welcome it because of the effective service the Young Hen's Christian Association did among the fapanese soldiers during the late war. The delegates were formally received at he foreign office by Foreign Minister Visount Hayashi and his viscountess. At the Irst session of the conference cordial mesages of greeting were received from Visonnt Hayashi and Mayor Makino of Ozaki, is well as others front President Roosevelt ,nd several European statesmen. CENTENARIAN'S BIRTHDAY. Paltham (Mass.) Han Has Voted for Every President. !*>< !?] Dispatch to The Star. WALTHAM, Mass., r April 3.?Having oted for every President of the United nates irom jonn wuincy Auams to ineolore Roosevelt, Archibald C. Anderson, the lde^t resident of Waltham, is today observng the completion of a ccntury of life, kmong those who are helping him celebrate he event is his daughter, Mrs. Lucy Stering. Who, at the age of eighty years, came rom Toledo, Ohio, for the purpose. Mr. Anlerson, who is in remarkably good health, ives at 84 Russell street. Still possessing xoeptional eyesight, he spends much of his ime reading. Mr Anrtprsnn was hr?rn nn Anril 3 1?0? I it th>. corner of Pearl and High streets, Joston. For many years Mr. Anderson was i republican in politics and was originally l whig. He has seen most of the Presidents if the country and also Gen. Lafayette. CHINESE EDUCATOR COMING. Toted Authority Will Study Status of Chinese Students. SAN FRANCISCO, April 3.-Proclamaions were posted throughout Chinatown esterday stating that Liang Hing Kwel, a loted educational authority of China, had ieen commissioned to come to this country or the purpose of studying the educational ondition of the Chinese children. The (reclamation was sigDed by the Chinese miister at Washington. The Chinese consul stated last night that if had been notified from Washington that he imperial government at Peking would end l.iang Hing Kwei as a commissioner o this country to study the status of the innese students in me scnoois 01 me 'nited States. Moy Dong Jou, president of the Chinese ieform Society of Chicago, called at the 'hinese ligation yesterday and delivered to !ir Chentung Liang-Cheng, the Chinese ninister. a special message from Hong You Vai. an intimate friends of the Emperor of 'hina. and probably the most Influential 'hlnama i in the United States. The mesas' was with reference to Chinese affairs 10th in this country and at home. Moy Jong Jou will leave for Chicago tonight. Within the nrxt few weeks Hong You Vai will make a trip through the south, ind it Is probable that he will stop in Washington for several days. TAFT AT PANAMA. Xi Holds Conference With Officials There. PANAMA. April 3.?Secretary Taft con'erred at the Presidentla yesterday with President Amador and Secretary of State Kiias from 9 In the morning until 2:30 n the afternoon. The points discussed: First?The commissary department. Second?The importation of liquors, toaaeeo and specially taxed articles. Third?The Hotel Tivoli at Ancon. Fourth?The landing of merchandise for ?nnmimnHnn with tho rornhlln . ..r - ...... ...V .^f/uwxv, > id V.1IRIULKil and I-a Boca. Fifth?The canal employes. Sixth?The paving of streets. Mr. Taft agreed that the commissary lepartment should import only articles of r>?ooecit w ? II.it ...V - .7 .^UI.CU 1UI ircuuig me employes and that no liquors should be niported. The I'nlted States, tlie Secretary pointed nit, desired that its employes should enjoy lie benefits of a firsl-clais hotel, and also hat Americans wishing to visit the isthmus ihould be enabled to see how the American taxpayers' money was being spent. *egarding other people, the canal comnissioners assured President Amador that lis executive order of November, 1M04. rhich fully protected Panama's rights in ireventlng smuggling and landing goods via he canal lone would be obeyed. Mr Taft was informed that a certain imount of ill-feeling existed among the 'anamana because of the great distinct Inns uade by the commissioners between Pa nana ns and American and foreign, and even Jamaican employes, not only regarding aiarie*. but in general treatment. The natement surprised the Secretary, who. hough he was not ready to answer the tolnt. said that his Informant might rest igsured that a stop would be put to any njustice. The questions of the Importation of; to>acco and the paving of streets have not et been settled. 4 V IX THE CHIC at tur u/uitr unircrh m I ML Will I L IIUUUL t The Foraker-Taft Contest in c N Ohio. I i I I TRYING TO PACIFY FORAKER \ C t r Willing to Give Him Another Term in the Senate. 1 CALIFORNIA JUDGE NAMED W. C. Van Fleet Appointed by President Today?Protest Against the Watch Trust. Representative Kennedy of the old McKinley district of Ohio has come out for Taft for the presidency, but at the same time favors Foraker for the Senate. After a call at the White House today -with a number of friends, he said: "I am for Taft for the presidency, and I have no question that he will receive the indorsement of Ohio republicans. But I am at the same time for Foraker for another term in the Senate. He has made a mighty good senator and Ohio can feel proud of him. He is also straight on the tariff. I am a standpatter and admire the attitude of ruraiicr uii mill question. I uo noi imilK 1 that Ohio republicans will consent to retire Foraker from the Senate, no matter how hot the fight between him and Taft becomes for the indorsement of the state for the presidency." Representative Taylor has also come out for Taft. So has ex-Rcprescntative Southard. who has just retited from Congress after a long service. The line-up is coming faster than had been expected. j Trying' to Appease Foraker. From the various Ohio callers at the v\ ime nouse ana visitors in tne city tne Taft supporters in Ohio seem perfectly willing to accede to the propostion that Foraker shall be given another term in the Senate if Taft secures the backing of the ate for the presidency. This is considered * strung recognition of the strength of Senator Foraker. It is admitted that many republicans are trying to line the state up that way. They hope to create a sentiment of that kind before Senator Foraker can *et nnnn i the stump and begin the campaign which * his friends look forward to as promising victory -for him. There are a g?od many republicans In the state who are said to be falling in with the plan because they regard it as assuring harmony in republican ranks, no matter wiio gets the presidential delegates. Tli?y feel that if there should | b2 a ttniJh fight much harm would come to J ' the party. They willingly adopt any suggestion that may compromise. Protest Against the Watch Trust. Representative Kenni-dy introduced a committee or Independent watch manufae- 8 turers, who laid before the President a 8 petition urging that the government take 1 legal action, against the aiicged watch c trust. It is claimed that the watch trust 8 is operating In violation of the Sherman t anti-trust law, fixing prices on its prod- I ucts and doing about as it pleases. The 1 I r>r??aiflpnt at once rpferrft! th*? -n*?tirir?r? tr* fi Attorney General Bonaparte, who will re- 1 quest that all the Information possible ^ against the trust be furnished by independent watchmakers. A special agent will also be sent out to make investigations. The committee consisted of Wiliiam Wagner of Cleveland. Julius Whiting of Can- c ton. Thomas T. Kyle of Springfield and j several others. California Judge Appointed. * The President today announced the ap- ll polntment of W. C. Van Fleet of San Franctsco as United States district judge of California, this being the Judgeship created by the last session of Congress. 8 Judge Van Fleet is one of the sunerfnr judges of California, and was recommend- ? ed for appointment ^by the California dele- li gat ion In Congrt-as. s Bishop Satterlee today introduced to the a President Bishop A. F. Joscelyne o? Jamal- to f #? AGO MAYORALTY HUNTING 'fl U'hn iu vicitlntr in Wacliinirtnn Associate Justice Harlan oi?the Supreme -ourt made a call upon the President. The Chicago Postmastership. Senator Cullom called upon the President oday and they exchanged congratulations >n the result of the Chicago mayoralty lection, in which Postmaster Busse was sleeted mayor. As his term of office will >e for four years and extend through a jresinenuui year ins election is ui ance to the republicans. A successor to Mr. Busse -as postmaster will soon be :hoaen. Senator Hopkins will be most loncerned, as Senator Cullom usually turns iver Chicago appointments to him. So far he two senators have not talked over the natter. The Postal Commission. Senator Carter of Montana, who is a member of the postal commission appointed to consider the question of better business methods for the Post Office Department, ivas at the White House today. The sena ors and members composing this commission have a good deal of work ahead of ;hem, but are going to try hard to have jomething to report at the next session of Congress. Speaking of one of the features of the situation which has presented itself during ;he time the committee has been at work, ;he senator said that it had been charged :hat the money order department of the ?overnment loses J1.000 per day. The committee had not found this charge substan lated, but the senator expressed the opinon that undoubtedly there was conslderib.e laxity In various bureaus of the postal lervice that ought to be remedied. For nstance, it is said the government loses 7 :ents a pound on every pound of second lass newspaper mail sent through the nails. When the commission called on the lepartment for an explanation, the senator iaid, it found the officials had no means >f giving any information on it. All was fuesswork. Expert accountants will be ;mpioyed to go over the-records and see If lie charges are substantiated. There is a proposition for the appointnent of a director of posts, who is to hold lis position Irrespective of any changes here may be In the office of the Postnaster General, which the senator admitted lad- some merit, and the commission will lonsider the propriety of recommending the xeation of such an office. HARRIMAN'S LETTER. 3eing Discussed in Hew Tork With Deep Interest. NEW YORK. April X?Tlie publication of he letter from E. H. Harriman to Sidley Webster and the correspondence beween President Roosevelt 411 d Representalve Sherman and the President and Mr. larriman was given the widest "discussion n financial and political circles today. The itatement iiven out by Mr. Harriman last light In reply to the Roosevelt-Sherman :orrespondenee was eagerly read, especially n Wall street, where Mr. Harriman's posiion as a leader in the railroad world has jiven him such prominence. Mr. Harriman limself was not at his office as early as laiia I * o t/ T*- ? * J *? >t nM auu in<ii nt) was in :onsultation with several of his friends as o the present aspects of the situation, prelumably with a view to defining his fuure attitude and course of procedure iliould the President make a rejoinder to lis statement of last niffht. Earthquakes on the Azore Islands. PONTA DELGADA. Island of St. Michtels, Azore Islands. April 3.?Violent earth hocks prevailed throughout this island durng the night. The worst disturbance ocurred at Villa Franca, where the panlcitrlcken people fled to the outskirts of the own. The wealthier Inhabitants are leavng Villa Franca, the ancient capital of St. tflchaels, which was twice previously detroyed by volcanic eruptions, being pracion 11 v sft-nllnwaH nn hv on -r ctuyuiill U[ 111U(1 D 1522. British Squadron for Jamestown. PLYMOUTH, England, April 3.?The first rutser squadron, under the command of tear Admiral Neville, sailed for tire West ndies today on its way to Hampton roads, rhere the British warships will participate n the international review in honor of the aauguratlon of the Jamestown exposition. Noted Methodiat Dead. peclal Dispatch to Tb* Star. RICHMOND, Va., April 3.?Ths Rev. Mr. >aul Whitehead, the oldest presiding: elder n the Methodist Church, and for fifty years ecrrtary of the Methodist conference, dieJ t 7:4"> o'clock this morning- Mr. Whitelead was in the ministry fifty-four years. GROUNDS. IIGALLERYJOF LIARS The President's Distinguished Collection of Portraits. JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER The First to Go Up a Few Days Before Election Say, 1904. EX-SENATOR WM. E. CHANDLER Also on the List, and Henry M. Whitney, Engineer Wallace, Bellamy Storer, Harriman and Others. When President Roosevelt hung up Mr. E. H. Harrlman's picture in his "Liars' Gallery" yesterday It brought the total number of distinguished portraits In that collection up to eight. Of course, there Is quite a collection of what you might call the tintype style of liars, such as congressmen of the opposition party, muckl>fl If P maca7ino writorc onrl tha Ulro Hut the real, life-size oil portraits now number eight. To be sure, the originals of these portraits strenuously object to being included in the President's liars' gallery, and most of them claim that they can prove, or have since proven, that they were unjustly classified by the "hanging committee" and should be in quite another alcove. However, the President has put 'em there, and there they are. There are different varieties of alleged liars in the gallery. There are "atrocious liars," "deliberate liars," "willful liars," "disingenuous liars," "inventive liars" and "utter liars," with one or two just plnln liars. The Portrait Gallery. The first portrait to go up was that of Judge Alton B. Farker, a few days before election day in 1904. Judge Parker, democratic candidate for President, had made some charges about contributions of trusts and corporations, under pressure, to the republican campaign fund. The President came out in a statement, saying, in conclu sion, "The statements made by Mr. Parker are unqualifiedly and atrociously false." Passing rapidly along the gallery, portrait No. 2 Is found to be that of Mr. Henry M. Whitney of Boston, a distinguished citizen of that town, who got Into a controversy with the President over what was said or was not said upon the occasion of a talk between them on the suDjeci 01 xariir revision. Mr. Whitney was very Insistent, but the President had the last word and in referring to Mr. Whitney's recollection of what occurred aaid, "He absolutely, and I am constrained to believe deliberately, misrepresented what had occurred." The next portrait as you pass along shows the sarcastic, saturnine, cynical and quizzical features of ex-Senator William E. Chandler. The details of that squabble are well known, arising as they did over the efforts of Mr. Chandler to bring Senator Tillman and the President, together on the railroad rate bill. Mr. Chandler kept a diary?he Is ?ne of the Samuel Pepys kind of fellows anyhow, who take notice of everything that goes on In public life and among public men and set it down In a little book at night. He makes comments in the little book, too, it is said. If that book is published after he dies, It will make mighty interesting reading. Anyhow, there was a clash between Mr. Chandler's recollection of what occurred and the President's, so Senator Lodge got up In the o J -??-' " *- " - ? Drnme Him, B[>rttHiiiK lor me rresiaent. said: "The President said in reply that the statement which I had read to him, attributed to him by Mr. Chandler, was a deliberate and an unqualified falsehood." Engineer Wallace. That portrait in a com man ding position in the gallery, evidently hung with a de aire to get a good light on it, la seen to be the face of Mr. Wallace, sometime engineer in charge of the Panama canal. He "yumped the yob," aa Ole CHeson would say, and was tagged by the administration as he went out. Mr. Wallace, In resigning, gave several reasons for quitting the government service. Secretary Taft, in commuting upon these reasons, said, by au thorlty of the President. "These statements are utterly untrue." That portrait in the center, with the festoon of crepe above it, Is easily recognised as tf)e face of "Dear Bellamy." The crepe is in memory of a dead friendship. Everybody recalls the correspondence between President Roosevelt and Mr. Bellamy Storer, sometime ambassador to Austria and minister to Spain. It was a long series of letters, backward and forward between the two of them, but for the mirDose of Identification In this gallery the whole thing resolves itself into the President's concluding statement to Mr. Storer: "The assertion that in any private conversation I took an opposite position from that which I was thus repeatedly expressing in writing is not only an untruth, but an absolute untruth." The next portrait, ladles and gentlemen, is one not so well known to the nubile. He is only the son of poor, but honest, parents. It Is Mr. G. O. Shields, president of the league of American Sportsmen. The trouble was something about a bill to prohibit the use of automatic shotguns in tta# territories. It's a long story anu Involved; anyhow, the President settled the thing. He wrote to Mr. Shields: "Not one single sentence you quote as I said It. Some of the sentences are sheer Inventions; others are Inventions In part." So, blng! goes up jar. onieias portrait. Minister Bowen. The next portrait as we pass rapidly along Is that of Mr. Bowen, sometime minister to Venezuela. He got tangled up In a threecornered fight with Acting Secretary of State I?omls and the President, and when the President reviewed the case he wrote to Secretary Taft: "It is disingenuous for Mr. Bowen repeatedly to use such language. ft * * r? ? -A-* ' - -* ? iwi. ounen e Biuitriuem is snown lo be absolutely untrue." Of course, the Harriman portrait In the center there is familiar to all, since the details of Its acceptance by the hanging committee were published yesterday. That bunch of stuff on the center table need not be scanned, as it includes only tintypes of unimportant people and a few daguerreotypes of dead-and-gone characters. The main gallery has been shown. FIVE HURT AT FIRE DANGEROUS BLAZE IN ONE Or THE TERMINAL BUILDINGS. Damage of $50,000 and There Will Be a Delay of Thirty Days on Work. NEW YORK. April 3.?Fire caused by a spark from one of the boiler rooms in the excavation for the McAdoo tunnel terminal at Dey, Fulton and Church streets earlytoday did damage estimated at $50,000, and a delay of thirty days in the completion of the work on the hi'ge terminal buildings will result. Five men were injured during the progress of the Are by being caught in one of the deep caissons, two .of them on ooi'oroli? f V? a ?" 4-1? ?v uv? v? c?j niu c it naa jirccasai j iu them to a hospital. Those severely injured are John O'Hara and Edward Murpliy, both tunnel workers. The fire qtarted on a high wooden structure midway between Dey and Cortland streets, and used to support a hoisting entj.f +l.v>rt fl -A. * jjj (lie liilic mc jut; urpai llllt'lll reached the scene the shower of sparks and embers from the burning boiler house had set Are to a dozen other boiler houses and similar structures in the excavation. These, together with several big derricks, were badly burned, and the temporary n.Tvn/1 on flnnrinc niror tho cnvfo^o e\t r?o\r I nvwuvia nuui h>q v/? wuv n V* * * u ?-< v. Vi J-/V J street covering the excavation wap ruined. Many Thrilling Rescues. There were many thrilling rescues and several instances of personal bravery during the progress of the fire. Deep down under the ground In the 100 and more caiBsons which are being sunk for the foundations of the big terminal buildings to rest upon were between live and si^ hundred men at work. When it was seen that there was danger of the fire spreading to all of the engine houses south of Dey street, shutting off the supply of air, the pressure of which enabled the men to work underground and the withdrawal of which would mean serious danger if not death to many of them, the danger signal was given and tne DucKets lowered into the caissons to bring- the tunnel workers to the surface. Flames Raged Violently. Around some of the derricks used to lower and hoist the buckets the flames raged fiercely, and In two instances the men In charge of the donkey hoisting engines lost their nerve and deserted their posts, leaving the men eighty feet beneath the surface of the ground to their fate. The deserted hoists were quickly remanned by volunteers, however, and the new men stuck to their nosts with th< h '? _ ...... tiuuico iuaimg arnuna them until the last one of the tunnel .workers was brought up to safety. Fire in Cambridge. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. April 3.?After a stubborn fight, In which the entire Cambridge fire department wan assisted by Boston and Somervllle apparatus, a threatening blaze in the manufacturing district of tills nitir ** ~ X..IJ c<ui] unujr was connned to the fivestory brick building occupied by the Ira G. Hersey planing mill. The loss is estimated at from $35,000 to $50,000. Loss f2,500,000. SAN FRANCISCO, April 3.?J. A. Bratton, president of the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company, estimated the loss at $2,500,000 In last night's fire. He says that it was a $7,000 000 plant and that over onethiri of It was destroyed. NEBRASKA FOB BOOSEVELT. Senator Burkett Believes ?V sent8 Home Sentiment. Senator Burkett was at the Capitol today. He frankly announced that he favored the renomlnatlon of the President. "I favor the renomlnatlon of President Roosevelt," he said, "and X propose to be j for President Roosevelt and nobody else, j In my opinion he will be renominated and I will be re-elected. I am quite sure the people of Nebraska want him and nobody | elso." Senator Burkett will leave foi his home in Nebraska tomorrow. Five Burned to Death. Special Dispatch to The Star. PASSAIC, N .J., Apll 3.?Mrs. Michael 8alupo and her four children?Mary, seven years old; Librato, five years old: Tony, i tkfree years old, and Joaeph, seren months i old?were burned to death this morning In t a lire which destroyed a three-story tenement at 21 and Monroe street. The ] ' house was owned by Michael and George j f Mo feral. The family occupied apartments ( on the top floor, rear, and were prevented | by the flames from reaching the Are escape , in the front. Salupo escaped when he first , learned of the Are. A few moments later he attempted to, return to his family, but ' could not do so. i ANOTHER ORDEAL TO TEST THAW'S MIND I ^ M uuiictuy isummission Again uans Him for Examination. EXPERTS ALL AT ODDS Great Difference of Opinion Among the Several Alienists. CRAZY BEFORE, BUT NOW SANE Commissioners Will Determine for Themselves About the Condition of His Mind at Present. NEW YORK, April 3,-Tlie commission appointed to examine Into the menial condition of Harry Thaw finished its open hearings this morning and went Into secret session to conduct a physical examination. uuc ma pjciuumi rrom me court room except the commission and the stenographer, even the attorneys for l>oth sides being shut out. The morning session wai taken up by the examination of one expert on each side of the case. Dr. Allen Ross Deefendorf trstlfled that in his opinion Thaw is ai present Insane, and Dr. Charles G. Wagner nrnr? that in his opinion Thaw is at preseir sane. Before Dr. Deefendorf left the stand there ?vtx. auuM explosion between .District Attorney Jerome and Commissioner McClure. Mr. McClure was asking the alienist about the difference in his opinion as to Thaw's sanity when he shot White and his sanity now. Mr. Jerome jumped to his 'eet and objected that the commissioner's questions wore unfair, and that Mr. McClure was trying to put the witness in a dishonorable position. Mr. Hart ridge jumped tip to say something and for a few moments there was : ?horu? of voices, which Mr. McClure shortly quieted. Thaw's Suggestions. One of Thaw's remarks to Dr. Wugntr came as a surprise to those who have followed the case. Thaw told the alienist that it was at his suggestion that conversations between himself and his wife weie |>ut in evidence, and it was at his suggestion that E'-elyn Nesbit Thaw was called to th? stand. It had been understood before that Thaw was opposed to the appearance of hi wife in his defense. Much Conflicting Testimony. Thaw's sanity and Ills ability to consult with his counsel at the present time will, it is expected, be finally decided today by the lunacy commission which has for a tL'Aolr nr mnrai Kon r> lnit?a(li>nili??i u I nvvn v?? Uivi o well un cOlifeU l I ng UJV Question. Much will depend upon another private examination of Thaw which the commission has decided upon. Apparently the conflicting testimony of - e alienists called by both sides In the case has not tended to clear the question to the satisfaction of the commission, and their recalling Thaw is taken to mean that their decision will largely depend upon the show ing made by the defendant himself. Thaw's examination today will be the final and crucial test of his mental capacity. It will follow a brief public hearing, at which one auemsi, anu possiuiy inn, will be examined. Not even Thaw's counsel or the district attorney will be admitted to the private examination. With their of- , ficial stenographer the commission will retire to a room In the upper part of the criminal court building and put the defendant through what tests they please. Putzel Will Examine Him. Dr. Putzel will examine him as he would a private patient, and questions may tie asked as to the continuance of the delusions from which Thaw is shIiI to have suffered last summer. It is the plan to conclude the hearing with Thaw's examination, and unless something unexpected Intervenes the commission will then go into executive hexslon to consider their report to Justice Flt*gerald. This report will probably he made early Thursday before the Thaw trial l? reconvened in order that the trial may proceed should the decision be favoraMe to the defendant. Called Dr. Dicfendorf. When the commission went into petition today District Attorney Jerome culled to the witness stand Dr. Allen Ron* Diefendorf. .superintendent of the State llnrpltal lor ni<* insane ui anuuieiown. i on:i., and professor of mental and nervous diMiti at Yale University. Dr. Dlefendorf testified for the state at the trial of Thaw, declaring that defendant knew the nature and quality of his act when he shot and killed Stanford White and knew the act wa? wrong. To the commission today the alienist declared that from what he had seen of Thaw and the writings he had examined he was of the opinion that Than is not now capable of rightly understanding his own position, of appreciating the nature of the charge against him or of rationally advising his counsel. Dr. Diefendorf examined at some length the twenty-four pages oI suggestion-- made by Thaw to Mr. Del mas for his summing-up address, and declared they emanated from a diseased brain. The commission atked tlie witness to point out what he .onsltfered insane evidences among the memoranda. Dr. Diefendorf pointed out one pastage which District Attorney Jerome vt.irted - ? _l J to l ean aiuuu. "I must protest against this," interrupted Mr. Hartrldge of Thaw's counsel. "Thosa papers were produced for the benefit of tba commission at a secret session and the dlsLrict attorney Is reading them to the reporters. It Is another case like the I?jran etters from Pittsburg. They were sent lere to the clerk of the court. It waa igraed thejr might be copied in Um district V