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r ?. _ . , _ the eve vino star ' _ . - _ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION. /^W ^ TIT Bu*iuaa* Office. 11th St. ud rwn?ylT>ni% Atouu*. L/^^f W ^ L y /"V WeatbST. The Evening Stw Newspaper Company, A? I 1^4 ^4 M M 4/4 |44/4/4>4A^ Europe*n Offl-o: St.. Loudon. Enflaad, H | I V l^r I I I B/ III I III I I I IJL> ijr.i ill ill i cir A cou tomillion, is ijpllvrrrd l.y curriers witlit'i tb*- city 1 . JH 1 VW at .%ft rants par month, Orders may If fnl by V about K llC'TCCn Tlirsi'-iv mail or telephone Main 244<?. Co!l.. tlon i? made, Xwi^ ^ v ^ uv-bKl?* 1UCSUdy by carrier * the end o' each month. ' . . Br mail, postapo prepaid: j ??-? ? ?? ; ? 1 RfoSBaasa.g:.satsg&. x?. n,??i. washington, d. c., monday, february i, 1909-twenty-two pages. two cents. (m i vjioi , w, j v uuuu..,. - ?.?? T BAIL BONO FORFEITED I Brandenburg, the Writer, Fails ( to Appear in Court. BENCH WARRANT ISSUED 5 Counsel Believes Missing Man Will ] Appear. GRAND LARCENY CHARGED 11 . _ i ; Had Sold Article Purporting to Be ] by Grover, But Which It Was Claimed Was Not Genuine. Spc. ial Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK. February l.-Broughton p T.rmi.Ienbure. the inatrazinc \vr ter. whose v case was called fur trial today in the c criminal branch of the Supreme court on r a charge of grand larceny, second degree, failed to appear. His bail bond was for- t feited and a bench warrant issued for his t arrest. The charge against him hinged ! upon the sale by him to the New York >s Times of an article purporting to have been written and signed by the late ( < 1 rover Cleveland, but which, it was l charged, was not genuine. District Attorney Jerome was ready to j 1 on with the case- at llilll o'clock this : ( morning, and Justice Dowling was on the , bench, but Brandenburg liad not yet put 4 in an appearance. His lawyer, Samuel \ Bell Thomas, was there to look alter nis interests. " Broughton Brandenburg to the bar," railed the clerk loudly, but there was ' n<> response, from the accused writer. 3 .Mr. Thomas explained to the court that i his client had telephoned him at 1? , o'clock that he was leaving his home, j and Mr. Thomas understood that he i would go at once to the court. lie ! r asked that Brandenburg's name be ! j called in the corridors. This was done, ' but without avail. Bond Declared Forfeited. n Then, following the usual practice, I Justice Dowling ordered the bail bond j v forfeited. The American Bonding Com- ^ pany of Baltimore was Brandenburg's surety for the bail, which amounted to 4 *1.500. A bench warrant was issued 11 for the wrUcr'ti arrest and placed m the I, hands of court officers. Should Brandenburg appear within twenty-four houis and make a satisfactory explan- 3 at ion, forfeiture of the bail bond will 1 , be set aside. * Mr. Thomas seemed to have no fear j ^ that Mr. Brandenburg would fail to * show up before the expiration of the * twenty-four hours. "He is in town, I am sure," said Mr. Thomas, "and will s in court tomorrow with an explanation." Mrs. Grover Cleveland, who was ex- ? pected to appear as a witness at the v trial, was not in the courtroom, but J1 it was said that she was in town this morning, ready to be called. She had f not been subpoenaed. ^ Others who testified before the grand jury wore Richard WV.tson } Gilder, editor of the Century; John II. Flnley. president of the University of New York; David N. Carvalho, the * handwriting expert; Dr. Josepii D. Bry- 2 ant. the Cleveland family physician; George F. Parker and others. It was said that John G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury during the second Cleveland ad- s ministration, might also l>e called to di.s- s prove the alleged signature of Grover f < "leveland. Mr. Thomas said that George $ R. Sheldon, treasurer of the republican national committee, and Richard Y. Oula- 1 ban. who had charge of the committee's pnbl'city work during the past campaign, s would be supoenaed as witnesses for the defense. 3 The district attorney had already de- 1 clared in open court that he had offered j t to lbandenhurg an opportunity to plead to a minor degree. i < The Published Article. |C Tii* article .niblifhed in the New York Times caused a lot of talk in the heat of . -the recent presidential campaign. The introdnetory sentence reads: "Kach quadrennial campaign is a re-]' crudescent crisis in the affairs of the,' American people, formative <>f n?-w en- , ( deavors in our national life from the 1 mas- of the old mingle,i with the new 1 and unti led. ' ' The following paragraph purports to | set forth Mr. Cleveland s reasons why j ' Mr. Taft sliould land the presidency: 1 "There is fear on my part of being 1 ,is understood in what I am about to t -ay but substantially tiie fair-minded i nan must realize when be considers my , < attitude toward niv own party, all now I a matter of immutable record, that it is s prompted by a sense ,,f simple fairness. Personally and officially. 1 have had (he opportunity of knowing many tilings concerning Mr. Taft that were not a ^ . latter of general knowledge, and with . . keen interest J have watched his large share in the conduct of our national af-j1 fairs in very recent years. "His excellence as a federal judge in ! Cincinnati is something not to la- under- j j Gat una ted or overemphasized, for should * he come to the presidential chair the ! I qualities which made him a judge of I high ability, which I know hint to have i , been. will be most needful to him as ' President of the United St u'es. 11 is ' high ideals of honesty and of relative,, justice, his great capacity for severe j labor and his wisdom in the face of se- I < rious problems are attributes equally]; valuable and commendatory to a people ' seeking him, in whom the> may repose , j the trust of their collective inteiests !while they turn their increased attention to their pressing individual ?! -- j mauds." ( Paid $500 for the Article. Brandenburg, It is said, received from the Times for the story. A large ( percentago of tliis niouc. it is tinder- ], stood, was 'o go to ih" 'lovehiiul es- j, tatc. Mr. Thomas. couns<-| f,,r Rrandeii. jl burg, bad serv? d nolle-- on the district!1 attorney to produce at the trial lie orig- j i*?.i I ar1i?l? * 11 >< ii t which tin criminal | I?r<?si < fii it?n is l?.jst il, aiiti .< !so iju? uorre spondeuce nf F S Hastings. ex.Vutor i of 111? Cleveland est.it.-. i )n*. of these ! is acceptance ijf "In- terms for 1 ?lir sale, aiiil utioiliei is addressed (>> the ! finies, m which M:. I l.i -?t ings writes', that la tins authorized Rr.mdenburg to 1 1 enrrv on tin- negotiations for the sulci; Of tile artiele. ? ?- _ Wireless System Stirs the French. PARIS Febf-tiary I. The French government. as a result of the use made' of , wireless telegraphy following the sinking , of the steamer Republic off Nantucket January :?{, i> studying the entire ipiestion of wireless comniuni< ation with the! idea of introducing a bill to oblige French navigation companies to install wireless apparatus on i^ll tlielr ships above a certain tonnage. Killed After Shooting Two People. MADISON, lud.. February 1. l?ce Hrown last night shot Henry i.oehard and Ms wife and wii> himself killed hv > J .?chard Mrs. Las-hard will probably die. I 1 Ml FIRES: SIX DEAD /ity Hall and Hotel Pasje in Mexico City Destroyed. SIXTY AMERICANS ESCAPE! i rour Incinerated When Home at Brandford. Ont.. Is Consumed. rWO CHILDREN ARE BURNED -4 fatal Fire in Kentucky?Florida Town Wiped Out?Many Other Places Suffer From Flames. MEXICO CITY. February I.?Fire rie- 1 itroyed the city hall, the Hotel Pasjo. ! in<I two blocks of business houses and , IwelUngs yesterday. The loss is est:- ! natcd at $500,000. I .. (!.? Ua<.1 in uic i luiui ra.^ju niAi v miin ir-m . ourists escaped with only the clothes i hey wore. No lives were lost. Four Are Burned to Death. ip?'<-ial Dispatch to The Star. OTTAWA, February 1.?A Sunda> lire j lestroyed a home at Brandford. Onta io. Philip Van Sickle, head of the hous"?. ivas carried out fearfully burned and | lied without saying a word. Martin fan Sickle, a son: Lydia. a daughter. \ ind Harry Van Sickle, son-in-law vere also burned to death. Burglars Fire Opera House. GUANQQITE. Ontario, February 1.? tire destroyed the Turner block here j ,-esterday, causing a total loss of $110.- i K?>. The grand opera house, erected a ear ago at a cost of $30,000, also was nirned. It is supposed that burglars wlio *. t. . I * uuueu an anjaceni jewelry store sot ire to the block to distract suspicion, j Big Arcade Is Consumed. SCH KNECTADY, N. Y., February L- ! ["he Central Arcade, consisting of twenty tores on the ground floor and offices, soiety rooms and printing plant above, vas destroyed by fire early today. Two alarms were turned in shortly after o'clock, calling out the entire departnent, and the best endeavors of the flrenen were futile to check the flames. Phe entire structure at 8 o'clock was a nass of ruins, though the walls had not et fallen. The building is located between the sew York Central tracks and the Erie anal, and extends from Union to Liberty treet. There were no adjacent strucures, and therefore the fire did not pread beyond the. building in which it tarted. The building was worth over $100,00h. cas owned by Mrs. Anna E. Van Dusen nd was partly insured. The stock in the arious stores is a total Toss, and as yet o accurate estimate can be made, hough it will reach over $.10,000. The Central Arcade was formerly the "lute Brothers' machine shop, where the amous United States steamer Monitor, vhich defeated the Merrimac in Hampon roads during the civil war. was built. The firemen fought the flames valiantly, vlth the temperature 8 degrees below iero. Scores of them were frostbitten. Three Business Houses Burn. ROOKFORD. 111., February 1.?Fire] Halting in the White Front dry goods itore at Freeport at m'dnight iast night lestroyed three business houses. l.oss l 100. OM). Fire Chief Overcome. SI'LLIVAN, Ind.. February 1.?Fire I iwept the south side of the public square esterday and caused a loss of $100,000. fie tire department of Terre Haute came 0 the assistance of Sullivan firemen. Fire Chief Wlson of Sullivan was over om? by the cold and is in a. serious conlition. Six Fires in One Day. VAL.DOSTA, Ga,. February 1.?Six fires, lestroying eleven buiid'ngs ami causing 1 loss of $20,000. wore fought by firemen lere yesterday in freezing weather. Three ires were going at once. The residence of Mrs. I.. M. Blitcli was mrned. with a loss of ?<1,000. Seven; louses were 'gnind in another section of j he city as the firemen were at wor.-t on Ifs blaze and caused a loss of $11,000. Another bu.Iding. owned by Ousley & . *0.. was gutted, with a loss of $1,200.] Defective dues, used for the first into in many months, were respons.bl" or tlie fires. The homes of Mrs. Mitchell, firs, flooring and of three Syrian mer hants. with the homes of Mrs. Bliteh. B. **-k\ rlmati and R. G. Starke, were destroyed. Two Disastrous Fires. hi BM.V, Ga.. February 1.?There ivere two disastrous fires in different lections of the city Saturday, entailing i total loss of $75,000. The veneering plant of the Southland -umber Company was destroyed in the list tire. In the second tire Jackson's stores were consumed and adjoining property slightly damaged. Two Children Incinerated. -jxi iai mspauu 10 i dp mar. LKXINGTON. Ky? February 1.?Two hildren of Nathaniel Workman were iiirnoil to death in a fire which destroyed the Workman "home in Bath eoun.y ast night Tile ehihlren were asleep on the upper loor and tin- parents on the lower floor, i'lie latter barely escaped the flames. The ? hat red bodies of the little chilli-en were found early this morning in ;lie ruins. Public Square Devastated. I.KBANON. Terin.. February 1.?Fire ?n tin* south side of the public square resterday morning destroyed a number ?f business bouses and caused losses agsiegating $100,000. with insurance of 175,000. Town Nearly Wiped Out. I'KNSACOl.A. Fla.. February 1.?The town of Milton, th'*t.v miles cast of Pentaeola. was pra-i-. l|y wiped off the map by tire yesterday. Tlie entire business section and sev ral residences were deatrocd. 'i'lie total oss is estimated at ba?ween $150,000 and .<-'00.000. Nine Buildings Destroyed. hlCLIii. La., February 1.?Fire which broke out in the business portion of town late last night destroyed nine buildings, causing a loss of about $50,900. Little insurance was carried. Students Break Fever Quarantine. MFItt'KKSBl'RG l'a.. 1-ebruary l._ Panic-stricken beeati.se of the presence of scarlet fever in the institution, thirty students of Mereersburg Academy broke the <-|uarantine ard tied in a body. As there are no Sunday trains out of Jilereersburg. they walked ten mile* over a road deep wit It snow to Greencast le. I'pon arriving there they were persuaded to abandon their flight, and last night returned to the academy. , i ~ ! I ff I ''' ^ ' ' were at once rebuilt, were destroyed by the fire. The fereity of the flames created a panic among the floating population and prevented the rescue of | life and the salvage of property. Among the corpses so far recovered are many mandarins. The picturesque hwa ting, or s->j called flower bouts, which abound in the Canton river, are a source of perennial interest to visitors to that city. They are really not-boats at aJl in the accepted meaning of the term, for they never travel anywhere, being used as restaurants 01 floating music halls. They are tor the most part neat and attractive in appearance. Not a few | are beautiful. They are elegantly d"-.,: : orated within and without with ! quislte furniture. I Tea. sweetmeats. Chinese wines and | liquors are always to be had there. ?*ud I they have frequently been the scene of I of the wild revels of the gilded youth ' of China ar.d Europe. It is stated that on one occasion I low Qua. sou of the great Chinese million I aire, took one of the hoats for t iiree ! months with a party oi friends. l":e i experiettee cost him S'Juu.bOO. ARRESTS IN ST. PETERSBURG POLICE* AT MIDNIGHT RAID I HEADQUARTERS OF UNION. Special Cablegram to The Star. ST. PETERSBURG. February l. The police at midnight raided the headtju^tters of the Union of Clerks and Shop Employes and arrested two men "who were : found on the premises. They searched the 1 place and discovered a number of manlj festocs and a quantity of correspondence and illegal litotature. They were about to depart when a young girl appeared and was im mediately arrested. She was found to !e carrying a roll of paper, which turned out to | have upon it a manifesto, wiitten in inj visible ink She was identified at a daughter of Rear Admiral Ha.-iKoff of the Russian navy. Six other persons were i subsequently arrested, on? o' whom is ! tiie daughter of a colonel. The police | made domiciliary visits to about twenty ! houses last nlcht ami trailv additional at' rests were maue. Creates a Sensation. 1 The arrest of Lakuhpin, former ? liief ! of police of the empire, on the ? harge of ! being a revolutionist, has t reated a great ! sensation. The circumstances of his arj rest were dramatic. At K o'c.ock yesterday morning his house was surrounded by ! police who wore bullet-nroof i uirasses. lakuhpin was awakened and appeared half dressed. When the order for his arrest was shown to him lie replied calmly: "Gentlemen, do your duty." Former Minister Prince L'rusaoff. a 1 brother-in-'aw of Lakuhpin. arrived at the j house while the police were searching it and was placed in arrest. But lie was ! liberated, after having been searched. Other residences were vis.ted by the po1 lice, including one occupied by M. Siois; berg, an advocate, who acts for the min: Istry of the interior. Couple Asphyxiated in Apartment. NEW YORK. February 1.?With the gas i radiator turned on full. Frederick Vahoy. i forty years old, and his wife Marie were I found dead from asphyxiation in their ! apartment in Jersey City today. There | was no note or message left by either .of i the touple to indicate that their death | was other than accidental. Valiey who was a mechanic, had been out of work for i some time. ! : ^V> Cj ^ FIRE OESTROYSFLOWER BOATS TWO HUNDRED LIVES LOST ON FAMOUS HIVA TING. Manj of Dead Are Mandarins?170 Bodies Recovered From Ruins at Canton. (.'ANTON. China. February 1.?At least 20l? lives were lost in a fire which o curred today in a fleet of flower boats. The eliarred bodies of 170 victims have already been recovered. Maw persons are still missing. The famous fleet of flower boats, wliieii sank in the typhoon of July and bays She Was Unnecessarily Alarmed Abont His Health. ???? ATTORNEY GARNERS CHARGES Claims That Efforts to Learn Opinions of Wbitworth Led to Effort for His Belease. i . 1 XASit VILRE. Tenii.. February 1? With I deputies summoning a new venire of 5C0 ! to complete the jury that will try Col. j Duncan Cooper, his son, Robin Cooper. | and John D Sharp, for the murder of former I'nited States Senator Curmack. i Judge Hart today considered the request i that Juror Whitworth he disqualified bei cause of ill-heaith. The court, when the ' proceedings opened, announced that he had another letter front the wife of Juror Wbitworth withdrawing her demand that her husband be excused. She explained that she was "unnecessarily alarmed" by reading that a physician had been-called to attend a juror, and that "without investigation" siie had written the original letter asking for his discharge. reee. s was granted in order that the attorneys on both sides might examine the letter. Charges by Attorney Garner. Attorney Garner, for the state, opened die argument after the conference. He said that some then link down party called up a friend of Juror Whitworth narmed Xieoll and asked how Juror Whitworth stood on the Gooper case. "This man." ii? went on. "then called oil Nit-oil and two other friends of the juror and wita; he sjid to tliem aroused i fear in their iiearts that Whitworth .vonld get into troubl if lie were left on the jury. Then and not until then did the friends of the juror attempt to secure Whitworth's release. The questions they put to Mrs. Whitworth frightened her. and she then seI ieeted the physician's certificates as the , easiest way out of the danger. "We do not know who prompted these methods or who put them into effect, but we oppose the release of Juror Whitworth unless he be proven legally incompetent." Gen. Washington replied for the dcI fetise, claiming that the physician's certificates and the testimony of Br. Suliij van were under oath, while Attorney Garner's statements and Airs. Whitworth's le ters were not. He held that if | Whitworth he a victim of Blight's dlsj ease he should l?e excused. Family Physician Summoned. The court interrupted to remark that the only point to be decided is whether I or not the juror is a sick man. After some further argument it was .i....i,i..i ^,.ini fin- l)r. Grower. Whit j worth's family physician, and from Dr. Brmver learn whether or not another examination might endanger Mr. Wl.ltworth's health. 1 w'll Issue an instanter subpoena for Dr. B rower and hear him at 1:30 p.m.. to which time 1 will adjourn court," said Judge Hart. SCORNED MOTHER'S ADVICE. i Young Man Writes Regretful Note and Shoots Himself. i Special Dispatch to The Star. WILKESBARRE, Pa., February j.? William Tarnian. a young man of ba'.timore. attempted suicide this morning at Ashley, near here, by shooting himseir in the itead. llo Is not expected to live. Jfe le t a letter addressed to his mother. Mrs. William Tarman. 2707 York road, Baltimore, in which he bids the family goodby forever and says: "Mother. I hope you will forgive me all my bad doirat .as I have caused your heart to acne-many times. If 1 itad listened to you and pa. I would be a happy man today, for I had full and plenty of everything." Turinun is still alive at the City Hospital here. . DISPUTEJVER JUROR Controversy Over Excusing Whitworth From Service. WIFE WITHDRAWS DEMAND i I ~ ! c a EARTHQUAKES AT MONTREAL ? THREE SHOCKS LAST NIGHT L AND THIS MORNING. t 8 Confined to City and Vicinity and j f No Damage Done?Shocks Eelt - JI in Mexico City. j a ; to l'ii? Star. MONTREAL., February t.?This city was visited by a S3ries of earthquakes late ; a j last night and litis morning. The shocks, j i 'which were distinct, were rone of them j 1 | severe, and appear to have been confined i ? ; to the city and Immediate vicinity, hs re- j poris from localities off the Island ot : Montreal indicate no disturbances. The first shock cante at 11:43 p.m. and J other tremors followed between that time and 12:30 this morning. Ad was quiet until 3:20 o'clock, when another shock was felt. This was tlie most severe of all. ' In no vase were the shocks of more than c momentary duration. 4 In the western portion of the city and e the suburbs in that direction the shock J was much more distinct than in the oast- ^ ern portions of Montreal. Throughout the island residents were j awakened, and in many instances the ' frightened inmates of houses rushed out 1 into the zero weather. l, j A There are no reports of casualties, how- ! j ever, and in 110 instance were the shocks i sufficiently severe to even disturb the I plaster on the walls. Montreal was visited by a series of! earthquakes in 181?7 and spfeud over a J period of several days. These were much i more severe than were the present dis- i turhanCes. McGill's scientists are of thej opinion that the pieseni disturbances are ( indirectly connected with those which j . j have occurred on the other side of the < i world. j ' I Mount Royal, which overlooks the city. | t I was at one period of its existence a living . ; volcano, hut not for many ages lias it [ J b^en active and scientists are of the 1 opinion that it never will be again. MEXICO CITY. February 1.?Two slight j 1 earthquake shocks have been felt here in ; ' the past forty-eight hours, but no damage j has resulted except the cracking of walls j f of some buildings. t ASSFMRIY AGAIN TllflRIII FNT ' nwvbmviii nvnin i viiwvaikiif t UNITED MINE WORKERS HOLD ! ANOTHER STORMY SESSION. i I INDIANAPOLIS. InU.. February 1 The fortunes of war were with the ad- j ministration parly when the third week of the convention of the United Mine Workers of America opened this morn- * ing. The assembly was more turbulent eveu than it had been, but there was IJ j manifested among: the delegates a deter- j .i I minution to proceed to business without i further personal controversies. John i e Walker of Illinois attempted, to take up, I I where he left off Saturday, his denunciation of the action of President Lewis and the international executive board in sus- 1 pending the officers of district No. 11. \ Indiana, fot disobedience. A motion to extend the time of debate in favor of Mr. Walker was lost, amid J cheers, and he had to take his seal. v Johni Lawson and Peter Patterson t j of Canada, international board mem! bers, presented a resolution calling en | . I President Van Horn of Indiana either j { to retract his characterization of ?iie 1 international board as "wooden" or > withdraw from the convention. * Pours Oil on Stormy Waters. 1 Mr. Van Horn poured oil on the 1 troubled waters by explaining he had meant the board was helpless within c the organizat ion's constitution and that t he had not charged its members with ( lack of intelligence or integrity. vs On the question of accepting the renort g of the committee approving the action of j ? the president and the international board ; j in suspending Van Horn and his asso- j \ ciates. it was obvious that the "ayes" I t had It. but the anti-Lewis faction * demanded a roll call and succeeded In musi tering tbe fifty delegates whose votes were necessary to make the demand legal. There was a storm of disapproval l and the charge was made that there was 6 an organised effort to impede the prog- e ress of the convention. However, the roil call proceeded in disorder, and with 6 frequent bickerings over alleged attempts c to confuse certain delegates, especially 1 those who did not well understand the j ihiglisb language t )IG SHIPS FIRE GUNS I ______ merican Fleet Salutes in Port of Gibraltar. ;OUNDS LIKE ENGAGEMENT essels Begin Coaling for Last Lap of Journey Home. J ANDS HELP BY PLAYING RAG' Lear Admiral Sperry Goes Ashore to Make Official Calls?Guard of Honor. GIBRALTAR. February 1.?For one our this morning the port of Gibraltar I eemed to be Die scene of a naval engagelent at Hose range. The American bat- ( ieships that arrived yesterday were ex- j hanging the salutes with the shore and I ip foreign warships in the harbor omitted j erause of Sunday. The Connecticut saluted the port and le flag of Vice Admiral Sir James Goodicli. the commander of all the naval esiblisliments at Gibraltar, with twentyno guns, and when these had been rotrned gun for gun from a shore battery j nd the British battleship Albemarle, thsr salutes were flred to and answered y the Russian, French and Dutch warhips in port. The reverberations were icessant for an hour, and clouds ot ray smoke blew over the waters. Coaling for Trip Home. The colliers promptly took their posiions alongside the Minnesota, Vermont nd Kansas, and before the sound of salting guns had died away the hands on oard these ships were playing "rag time" o liven up the arduous work of coaling, laeli ship requires from twe've to sixteen undred tons to till her bunkers lor the omcward voyage. The Rhode Island and the New Jersey ame into port at 10 o'clock this morning, nd were followed an hour later by toe ourth division, the Wisconsin, Illinois, Cearsarge and Kentucky, which anchored lit L*? f 1 Itf*. l.t.An ir ? . ?. 4 - uiciuc mc ui tann dttl Third Division in Bear. The third division, consisting of the .ouisiana, Missouri. Ohio and Virgina. irought up the rear and presented a teautiful picture as they steamed in. listening in the sunlight and their signal lags cracking in the smart breeze. The varskip basin is too small to permit the ntrance of the entire American fleet, onsequent'y some of the vessels had to mchor outside. Rear Admiral Sperry, accompanied by hree members of his staff, came ashore at toon and cahed official.v upon <Jen. STr~ Frederick Forrestier-Walker, the military governor. A guard of ltonor consisting of i company of the Norfolkshire regiment, n red coats, met the admiral's launch at ying's Stairs and < scorted the carriages if tiie American naval officers to the j cs dcnce of tiie governor. BILLIK OFF FOR JOLIET. - i Haii Respited Five Times From Death Begin? Life Term. CHICAGO, February 1?Herman Billik, ifter two years' imprisonment in the ounty jai\ during which period he lias ive times been respited from deatii on the jallows. was taken to the state peniten- i iory at Juliet today to begin a term of S ife imprisonment for the murder of Mary I t'zral. The deatn sentence of Billik was coin- ' nuted to life imprisonment by Gov. -De- j ecu. it was the tirst time in two years ! hat Billik had been outside tlie jail walls. : le expressed confidence before his de-' >arture that he soon wot:Id i eeive com-S >!ete freedom a ROBBERS INVADE SICK ROOM. " Sill Cue. Shoot Two Others and Make Their Escape. LANCASTER, Ru.. February 1.?At 8! >'clock las. nigiit. while Alfred Haulhnan. j m aged farmer . f i'apuea township, this) cunty, was sitting a*, the bedside of his j deb wife, in company with rvir. Kreider. j vtrs. Cramer and tvyo neighbors, two ' narked men entered the room and demanded money. The sick woman called o Mrs. Cramer fo give them what was n a kettle in the room. Mrs. Cramer picked up the kettle and led. The men shot at her and then turned md snot Mr? Haullman in <he neck, kii'- ; ng him. They then shot Mr. Kreider [ wiee, dangerously injuring liim. The robbers fled and have not been cap urod. The Haullmaus some yea s ag" ost money 'n a batik failure, and have since kept their cash in their house in a :eUie. It is supposed that the robbers aiew this and were after it. GODFREY GIVES BAIL.* ??__ _ flan Accused of Attempted Assault Secures Release. <|w< ial l>is|iat< it )<? 'I in* Si nr. HYATTSVILL.E. Md.. February 1.ames C. Godfrey of Chesapeake Junction, ust beyond the District of Co'umbia line n Prine? George county, who was arrestid Saturday at Rosslyn. Va.. on a warrant barging him with attempted assault on drs. Elizabeth Lindsley. lias been reeased on bail. It is alleged the attempt I cas made at the home of Mrs. I>ind:sley ' it Chesapeake Junction the evening of lanuary 18 last. The wife of Godfrey ; vas stopping at Mrs. Lindsley's at the j Jme Sheriff Thomas H. Garrison went to i )A0al..H .-1 . 1 .1 ~ 1 * t _ - - t vwo.? ii ;iiiu ^lat^ru uuuirt^ Hi arrest aliu lie prisoner consented to so to Hyatts- i ille without requisition papers. Th 1 varrant was obtained by Horace C. Jndsley. husband of Mrs. Lindsley. It i vas issued by Justice Oarr. _ Mr. Lindsley lias also sworn out an ad- 1 litional warrant for George and Ernest j Jodfrey, sons of James C. Godfrey, and ! "lew Walker, charging theni witii as- . an)ting hihi with an ax and clubs as a equel to the other cms?. He was cut j ind bruised when lie appeared before lustiee Carr. Deputy Sheriff Ray bold j las the last warrants and Is looking for I he three men. West Appointment Confirmed. The appointment of Henry L. West to | lucceed himself for a term of three years is a member of the board of Commisioncrs of the District of Columbia was onArmed by the Senate this afternoon, rhe action was unanimous, no objection ?eing raised to Mr West's name. NEED NOT BE HEARD Shaw Excused From Testifying in Canal Libel Matter. DISTRICT ATTORNEY ACTS Ihrce Other Witnesses Relieved From Attendance. NO REASON FOR COURSE GIVEN Presumed That Their Evidence It Not Necessary?Believed Grand Jury Will Soon Have Case. Contumacy proceedings, which were threatened last Friday against J. Angus Shaw >;' New York, secretary-treasurer of the Press Publishing Company, because of his refusal to testify before -the grand jury in the Panama canal ltbcl inquiry, have been abandoned by United States Attorney Baker. Mr. Shaw, after being interrogated by Mr. Baker in the lattcr's private office this morning, was excused at noon from further attendance before the grand Jury. It is suggested ,hat Mr. Baker possibly w is unwilling to have the grand Jury report the refusal of Mr. Shaw to Justice Gould, because by so doing lie would reveal the name or names of the persons against whom lie was seeking indictments. The report would be made public and the questions asked and refused would furnish an intimation as to the per.sons whom he is seeking to connect with the alleged criminal libel. More Witnesses Excused. Xo testimony was offered today before the grand jury in the canal inquiry. Dumont Clarke, Florence D. White and Samuel Williams of the New York World attended as witnesses, but it is understood that, although not wishing to place themselves in the position of contumacious witnesses, they were unwilling to \ fx Attorneys II. E. Davis of the local bar and John D. Kindsay of New York conferred with Mr. Haker and Mr. McNamara in an effort to prevent the calling of these men as witnesses. The la wye; s were successful in tiieir efforts, and after each of the three men had been called into Mr. Baker's room in the presence of their counsel and questioned Mr. Baker decided to excuse them from attending the grand jury. 'J .te witnesses called and excused were Dumont Ciarke. president of the American Exchange National Bank and vice pres'dent of the Press Publishing Company, Florence D. White, financial manager of the New York World, and Samuel Williams, a political writer on the World. Why Witnesses Were Excused. Although Mr. Baker would not state New York witnesses were excused from testifying, it is presumed that their examination by him disclosed that the information they possessed was already in evidence before the grand jury and would be merely corroborative or accumulative. Mr. Baker refused to say whether the testimony before the grand jury has been completed, but the general impression is that all the important witnesses have been examined and that the case will shortly be submitted to the grand jury for the action of that tribunal. Stimson Eggs on Jerome and Says He Will Help NEW YORK. February 1.?United States Attorney Stimson lias answered the letter from District Attorney Jerome, declaring that proceedings by the latter against the World for alleged criminal libel in behalf of Douglas Robinson would in nowise be ~ . ?f - ?" I KAtr\i a..- nu jimci infinr Willi lilt? leueral government's investigation of the Panama canal purchase charges. but would, on tiit* contrary, call for warm co-operation. Stlmson saui thai each of Hie publications alleged to bo libelous i onstitutes a a separate offense "under well known principles of law." IP- alluded especi: lly to tlie circulation <>f the newspat>er among officers and men of the army, and declared that the publication contained charges of personal corruption or dishonor against "a gentleman who occup'ed the position of head of the War Department." which might "well engage the attention of the officials whose duty it is to enforce the law in those localities." Attorney Stimson's Letter. The letter follows: "I have received your letter of January "ti. and have given it careful attention. The series of publications in the NewYork World to which you refer has for some time been under my consideration. These publications, which I concur with you in considering libelous, appear to have been circulated by the newspaper In question'in a number-of distinct and independent jurisdictions, and to contain charges reflecting upon the personal character of a number of men, of whom some are in public life and some are private citizens. "In each of these jurisdictions, under well known principles of law, each of these publications would constitute a separate offense, anil as it happens In this case each one is characterized by distinct and peculiar features. "Your letter makes clear the offense against tine lews of New York state, eon stituted by the attack upon the reputation of Mr. Robinson. circulated anion* hts friends and neighbors in New York coun.y. The circulation of similar charges of personal eorruption or dishonor against a gentleman who occupied tiie position of head of the War Department, among the officers and men of the army, res dent upon the military reservations in my district, or among the residents of the District .if t'olumbia. where the War Department is situated, may well engaged lie attention of the officials whose duty i. is to enforce the law in those localities. Harmonious Co-Operation. "Rut. while these alleged offenses thus possess featmes which arc distinct and. to :i certain extent, peculiar to these different jurisdictions, they ail relate to the same general subjec matter?the Panama canal purchase?and a prosecution for any one ol" them bears a necessary relation to and may be to some extent practically affected by the result of a prosecution for any other. "In such a situation I conceive that it is the duty of all piosecutors not to ailou any conflict of jurisdiction to jeopardize an" ultima :c Conviction. but to take up the work in a spirit of harmonious cooperation, with the common aim that the offenders sliall he eventually tiled and punished in tiie forum where that end cm be most suitably and effectively accomplished. In accordance with your request. i have conferred witli the Attorney General, and I am authorized to say t! at ids views upon the present situation fully coincide with my own. "in answer, therefore, to your qtfcttfv as tii whether a prosecution on yoir part as to the aliened lihel <>f Oct>b?r I