Show LITTLE TELEGRAMS W WASHINGTON Feb 4 Congress Congress ma may fail to act at this session on th the bill to promo promote to Robert E. E Peary Penry to ha bd haa a n. rear admiral The Tho bill was WM reported on the private calendar y yesterday but consideration was postponed It is not likely that private bills will again bo be betaken taken up before adjournment V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Feb 4 Marquis Marquia Eaton attorney for John R. R Walsh tho the former Chicago Chica o banker now in the fed federal eel eral prison rison at Leavenworth Kan Kant saw sw President Taft yesterday and asked him to expedite the petition which has been mado made in Walsh's behalf He lie said the banker was sick aik and nd should bo be freed freedon on that account The president said the case would be expedited a m much h as pos poe sible SAN PRA FRANCISCO CISCO Feb 4 It i It is reported ro re ported at Mare Island navy y yard that Commander Hugo Huo who has had charge e of tho the station for over o a year will leave for the Atlantic sea seaboard ea- ea board in Juno June to take comman command of the Atlantic battleship fleet TOPEKA Kan Feb Fob 4 The 4 The bank burglary bill has passed the 8 senate nate It provides pro that an any one who shall shaH break into a building and attempt to open a l safe safo vault b the of or by use explosives ha shall be on conviction sent to tho the penitentiary peni reni for not less than ten nor more than thirty years years v The drastic law is is the result of ot tho the numerous bank burglaries bur in Kansas in tho the last three months JU JUNE JUNEAU EA A U tit Ala Alaska Feb jOeb 4 Selina Selina Dowling the pretty prett hal eed girl garl ac accused accused ac I of ha having n poisoned her mother is said b by the tho Jaw law authorities to have hae confes confessed confessed con con- fes ed- ed that she sho gave ave the poison at her fathers father's request t. Selina Jina arid and her father Edward Dowling Dowlin a white miner miner have been bren held for a hearing Mary Dewar Dowar tho Indian IncHan mother of Selina was waR found to have hayo died of poisoning by strychnine contained in fish BERLIN Feb 4 Word 1 Word was re rc re- re co cd here hero yesterday that tho plague had appeared along alon the Shantung Shant n railroad railroad rail rail- road tho German lin line lino which extends from the tho eastern seaport of west Ji miles to Second and third thirll cla class traffic between these points has bas been suspended OAKLAND Cal Feb Fob 4 fohn John Lissak Lissak Lis sak and md C. C H H. H Wilson bookmakers arrested arrested ar rested at the Emeryville race track on January 20 b. b by detectives from tho the dietrict district dis die 3 attorneys attorney's om office for alleged violation violation viola viola- tion of the betting anti law were held yesterday for trial in in the thu superior court b by Police o Jud Judge e Samu Samuels ls Bonds Donds were fixed at 1000 SANTA MONICA 10 ICA Cal F Feb h. h 4 Joh Spencer aged d 97 07 the sole survivor of the ci crew of th the Savannah which raised tho the American can flag at Monterey Cal in iii 1846 is dying at the time national soldiers soldiers' home at When the Savannah reached Monter Monterey v Spencer was Va on ono one of tho the first men to to land hand and assisted hauling down rion the the M. M Mexican colors r |