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SPORTS ONE GRAND FIZZLE tVGSTER.V LEAGUE MAGNATES AC COMPLISHED ABSOLUTELY 7>9THIXG AT MEE.TIXG. CIRCUIT STILL A MYSTERY Whitfield Promises Sensational De- «-!»>pinem Before the Week Is Out—ldea of Entering Big Towns Is Abandoned. .Special to Th * Globe. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 15.—After a two days' [session, the Western league n!ais.rates adjourned today and left for ilion- homes, _i.iv.n__ rceciaipHshel abso lutely nothing in «egv»rd to settling the circuit euestion. - Several matters of small nance were passed oh today, but ill* general impression is that -he whole, afair has been a fizzle. For weeks hero. Whitfield has been promising sensational developments at this .meeting; that the crusade to wine m. American association - off" the oase ball-map was to be. inaugurated. The <■'■ i-r.'it was '1 have been decided upon, art', all details 01 the opening of the .'taton arrange^ 5 . -What has been dene i. shown very forcibly by the mimics of the two day;*;" 5«.r..-ion_,- Yesterday the o vil_» action of importance was the expulsio 1 i»_ Bealland the award :ng of.-.jthe Denver franchise to D. C. I ckard. "Today ir was decided thai tht*. heasonV 14 ■>• .hi be five months; that all ,_ ' f-Yiirac t;-. be fo. that length of time. " Ton pet*'"cent" of the gate receipts are to be sent to the pies-dent after each.home series, and this to be used to carry on the affairs of the league. At the next it.. t ting. v. hie h is to be held in Denver, o-iich club owner will, be required to de posit r.sjrf_><X_ Although no circuit;iJias yet bt < ._ decided upon the next meeting is .01, need as the schedule meeting. Judg ing by what was'predicted by the ma. nates, and by what has actually be.n Of re, the one , conclusion is that the Western is hopelessly whipped in the fight which they said was being maSe on the American asssciation. There w<^re :' ntany fiery roeeo ics denouncing the new organization and warning the player* against signing' w; th the teams, yet the m_.nagers do not deny that t7ie associa - • tlon has already secured the Western's Fiars of last year. After the meeting today - - W.-.itfield said thru there would be sen ' . sational en-nit developments before the week was out. From appearances all Idea ol entering Indianapolis, Louisville. Min -. neapolis and St. Paul lias been dropped. g.cux City and Pueblo stand good 7 ...chances of getting into the league. CURLERS DOIAG MCE WORK. Hundreds of Spectators Are Atten l iijfi' the Matehe*. • £p'pcial to The Globe. _ DULUTH, Minn.. Jan. 15.—Today saw the. best-curling of the bonspiel. As the ... ti.no goes on, the events grow more in ' teresting and the playing is watched by hundreds.,. I'm- weather is almost perfect and the ice is in splendid condition. , Tomorrow the international contest will hi begun. An equal number of Canadian ar.d American rir.ks will compete, but they have not been chosen tonight. Th"* j Canadians will probably use the four Wannipeg rinks, whose members curl ejght months in the year. The scores for today in the Flour City _ contest follow: Magner. Duluth, 9; Mo- T.. od, Duluth, S. Richmond, Chicago, 12; ,', McLaren, Duluth, 9; Harstone, Winni peg. 10; A. K. Smith, Superior, 9; Ron . Smith. Duluth, 10; E. J. Rochon, Fort Williams, 13; Duncan, Duluth. 13; Bone. . 50... B. R. D. Bradley, Duluth. 7:-i'homp pon. Soo, 12; Ash, Duluth. 13; .Chamber;*, Oax Lake. 12; Don Morrison, Duluth, 15, Strickland, 9. - Following were the scores in the Du iui'.i jobbers: Hunter. Hartney, l-".; Comb, Biro. 9; Black, Winnipeg, 12; Lorimer, St. Paul. 10; Ripley, Soo, 7; Stocking, . Duluth, 18; Rochon, Fort Williams, 11; A. D. Bradley, Duluth, 5; McDonald, 11; Ordwav, St. Paul. 10; John McLeod, Minneapolis 12; McDonald, Duluth, 1?,; P. J. McLeod, Duluth, 12; O'Grady, Mil waukee, 4; Stewart, St. Paul, 15; Wood re.''! Duluth, 11 VOTE OF THANKS AM) ADJOI RX. Western League Magnates Settle Routine Business and Go Home. KANSAS CITY, Mo!, Jan. 15.—After a . session devoted to routine business the Western league tonight adjourned to meet in Denver on or after Feb. 15, when the circuit will be completed and a sched ule arranged. It was decided at today's meeting that tho Western league season should be of five, months duration, and all players will be signed for that length of time. The committee on constitution and by laws was instructed to incorporate in the revision of the constitution a" clause pro viding that 10 per cent of the gate re ceipts of each series of games is to be forwarded to the president of the league and to be placed in the general fund to .defray the expenses and establish a sink ing fund. ■ it was agreed that each club shall de posit $500 as guarantee to faithfully carry out all its obligations. Upon application of J. H. Manning, the franchise award ed .to the Kansas City club at the St. Joseph meeting was transferred to the - firm of Manning & Nichols. The Kansas City and Denver franchises were given *to their respective holders for the full life of the league, a term of four years. The selection of umpires and the fixing of their salaries was referred to the pres ident of the league, who was given full power to act. A vote of thanks was given to the officers of the National As sociation of Minor Leagues for their at - tendance at this meeting and the en couragement they have given the West ern league. President Powers promised that a delegation from the National as sociation will attend the Denver meeting Omaha. St. Joseph, Colorado Springs Kansas City and Dcs Moines announced that they would soon be ready to give out a list of players they have signed. Of the players already signed Omaha has 4, St. Joseph 12. Dcs Moines 12 and v Col orado Springs 16. Denver today signed Jack McConnell. a catcher, who formerly played with Minneapolis, W. A. Rourkc, of Omaha announced that he today agreed on terms '■ with'Ed Hickey, a third baseman, from Indianapolis. .... -XOT AFTER RED FLAYERS. •Johnson Denies Story of Wholesale Raid on Cincinnati Team. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 15.—Consider, able speculation was indulged in yester day as to the nature of a conference be tween President Ban Johnson, of the American league, and Attorney J. E. Bruce. But. while neither would say anything regarding the matters talked of. both stated "positively that they were of no interest "to the public. Johnson tocic a -able view of the present conflict in the National league.- When asked re garding the outcome, he replied: "Well, it looks to me as if both side 3 were licked to a standstill. I fail to see Where there is anything to be gained now. No matter-what the outcome may be. the. National league "has been badly hurt. I took no part in the squabble | until an effort was made to drag the American league into it. Then I ob jected, for we have had nothing to do with either faction, no matter what has been insinuated by some people." ' Johnson then corrected a statement -...■._ . . .—■ . ■ made in an afternoon paper to the effect that the American league had made of fers to eleven members of last year's Cincinnati team ami that only one had been secured, Dick Harley. "1 will tell you just how many of last year's Reds had offers.'" he said. "Haa-Tx,- Crawford and Steinfeldt were - the men. and the latter did - not have one until he had signed here. We never went after Harley. He came to ~us of his own ac cord. None of the other _ men had of fers, though they may have claimed to have had. A few days ago one of our clubs got a tip that George Magoon had not signed for next season and m;_.ri>* ah effort to sign him. but Magoon wrote that he was signed, and the matter was dropped." _ -""■-..• . FOIR MEN IN XASTV* SI'ILL. Hnlli.lt! and Freeman Xot Likely to FiniKh the Race. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15.—Twetv minutes before the finish of tho third day's racing *n the six-dty bicycle co" --test tonight there was a nasty spill, ii. Which four riders v.c-re mixed up. Hac- Ittld broke his collar bone, Fre.rm.iu Vadly sprained hi*; rht shoulotr. .and Fisher and Gougo.tz were -considerably shaken up. The spill was caused by Leander. Tie .had been spurting with the other riders clcse-up. Suddenly he swerved slightly an. 1 his wheel struck that of Ha .tie! i's-. The latter fell and the others also went down. Leander escaped, Hatfield, [*'-!!■ <*. and Freeman were compelled to leave the track and their places were taken by their team mates. Gougoltz contiin._*.l tiding after he had been furnished with a new wheel. . ' Gougoltz's riding was the feature of the day. n is partner, Wilson, is ill. and the Frenchman was compelled to ride the entire eight hours. The leader., cov ered IG6 miles today*, against 172 /esr:-r --day. and 175 on Monday. Tne score at the close of tonight's racing was as fol lows: Munroe and McEa'chern. 513.1; Freeman and Maya, 513.1; Gougoltz and Wilson. 513.1; Leander and Rutz, 5131: Chevalier and Fisher, SC.B; IVatflcld. and King, tli'.lO; Mueller and Barclay, 512.3. WILL MEET ALL COMERS. Harvey Parker. Wrestler. Has Issncil - Challenge to Local Athletes. Harvey Parker, -a wrestler, who will appear with the Cracker jack company at. the Star theater _hext week, has issued a challenge to the St. Paul athletes. Par ker, though he weighs but 140 pounds, agrees to forfeit $25 to any wrestler "able to stand before him ; for fifteen minutes. Monday night Steve Kohn, of the Ama teur Athletic association, will try to pull down the $25 prize, and Wednesday night Capt. Whitmore. another member of the same association, will meet Parker. The bout with Whitmore will be of more than ordinary interest, for Parker and Whit more matched strength thirteen years ago. Parker is anxious to meet Gibbons. Webster, Herman Smith. Fred Burns or Jim McAuley. Gus Dorn will wrestle with Parker Tuesday night. WILLL BE GREAT RACES. > Boralma to Go Against The Abbott mii.l Lord Derby. NEW YORK, Jan. 15—Two checks for $5,000 each were received here late this afternoon from Thomas W. Law son, of Boston, to close the negotiations in the talked-of race between his trotter, Boralma; and E. E. Smithers' horse. Lord Derby, and the Abbott, owned by John J. Scannell. ..-Tint, is the outcome of Mr. Lawson's original challenge to trot Bor alma, 2:07, against any. horse in the world. When this challenge was made known Messrs. Srrrithers and Scannell posted forfeits and Mr. Lawson was ad vised of this fact. The arrangements for the matches now. stand as follows: The Boralma-Lord Derby race and the Boralma-Abbot lace will be trotted some time between July 15 and Sept. 1, 19U2, and will be for $20,000 a side. The club which offers the largest stake will get the event and the several matches will be decided in.favor of the winner of the best three out of five heats in each case. The remainder of the side stakes is To be posted as follows: Five thousand dol lars en signing the articles, $5,000 on the first of July, and the final 55,000 on the night before the race. St. Thomas to Be Invited. CHICAGO, Jan. 15.—Sir Thomas Lip ton is to be invited to the Olympian games, which will be held in this city in lflOk A special invitation will be sent to the great English sailor, not only be cause he stands so hign in the world of sport, but also because yachting events, in which he has been so prominent, will be made a great feature of the contests of that year. The . proposition developed yesterday afternoon at the meeting of the 'executive committee of the International Olympian Games association. During the meeting the fact that Sir Thomas had given his order for the construction of Shamrock 111. suggested that the great tea mer chant be given a special bidding to the contests. Sir Thomas has already promised a trophy to be sailed for here July 4, and so" is much talked of in local yachting circles. And the yacht races to be given in lUO4 will be, unless plans miscarry th<* greatest ever seen on the Great Lakes" Those present at the meeting yesterday were Dr. E. Fletcher Ingals. La Verne W Noyes. Judge John Barton Payne and President Harry J. Furber Jr Sir Thomas Will Build. LONDON Jan. 15.—After a lengthy in terview today with Sir Thomas Lipton the Associated' Press has no reason to doubt the correctness of the arrangement announced yesterday that William Fife of Fairlie on the Clyde, is to build Sir Thomas Upton s next challenger for the America's cup, but no contracts have vet been signed. Favorites Make Good at Oakland. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15.-Favorite 9 won four of the races at Oakland today and as toe other two winners were fair ly well played the books were hit hard The best performance of the. day was that of Tower of Candles, she winning in a drive from Sir Hampton. The six furlongs was covered in 1:15. Water Cure beat Edgardo and Josie c easily in the mile and sixteenth. Wyoming ran game ly in the last race, winning by a head from Commissioner Forster. Jim Parr Makes Good. p,ri'7''ALO- Jan. 15.-Jim Parr. the English champion, beat Ed Atherton. the Portageville wrestler, at the Olvmoic A. C. tonight. The Englishman won' two straight falls, the first in twenty-six minutes and tha second in twelve min ute:.". In both bouts Parr put Atherton on the mat with a; wrist and leg hold and a back hammer. _ Good Shooting: at Hamilton. HAMILTON. Ont., Jan. 15.-The second day of the Hamilton Gun club tourna ment was productive of many good scores especially in the target events. Fanning made one straight score of 20. Ki'kover two straight of .20 each, and West brook one of 20. Kirkover's run of 40 from scratch is the record,of the meeting. • .. . Brush Seems Willing:. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. 15.—John T. Brush tonight, In an interview, says he is more than willing to have the sten ographic reports of- the recent National league meeting published. He says he is as willing as A. G. Spalding "is to have them given to the world. Barbers' Dance Tomorrow Evening. Local Barbers* Union No. 31 will give a social hop tomorrow evening at Lift's hall, Grand opera house block, at which the members will entertain their friends. Bible Talk by Morgan. Rev. David Morgan will address the Y. M. C. A. Bible class at €:30 this even ing on "Date and "Authorship of Deu teronomy." 7 7 :■■ ■-"■ " : r y-y ; . ',•;-_■ .... ■ .:_,--::'. .■:.:.'.;■; .■-•■■.•■-■ v r ■■■: •*■*;...~*rv . . - -.■? ■• '-.;-v , .... ,- -.. ' ■::■.•■ .."•',• ■> THE ST. PAUt X^UBS,-™^ JANUARY 16, lS#u;s. 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We feel greatly pleased at this 7opportun "7 --■ ~ "••-«>"••■■' ■••*■■•- * ! -?■ they have given us to show you the ; difference in trading with a Reliable St. Paul Clothing House and the Minneapolis branch stores. ■ We want you as a favor to us and because it will be-to your interest in the future to do so, to see the suits offered by these branch stores then come to us and look at the grand values we- are giving you, and hereafter you will be convinced that the only place to trade is at ' - • ■-'. ••-• ■' - SHERIFFS SHOT DOWN OKLAHOMA OUTLAW KILLS TWO OFFICERS. GUTHRIE, O. T., Jan. 15.—Sheriff Frank Smith and his deputy, George Beck, were killed by highwaymen early j this morning in the vicinity of Anadarko, I the home of the officers. A posse of 100 | men started immediately on the trail of the murderers, but no arrests have been reported. The posse expects a fierce fight before the men are taken, as it is known that the notorious highwaymen—Bob Mc- Cune, Ben Cravens and Bob Sims—are at the. head of the gang in that region.. Sheriff Simth had been on the sheriff's and marshal's forces for a number of years. A number of murders and rob beries are charged to the gang that mur dered the officers, and efforts to capture them have been made by all the officers in that vicinity. Sheriff Smith and Deputy Beck met their death while storming an Indian hut eight miles west of Anadarko. Highway men on Sunday night had held up and robbed persons going home from church and Smith and .Beck, accompanied by Deputy Briggs, located the robbers early yesterday morning in the hut. In at tempting to enter Smith was shot through the breast and died in a few minutes. Beck.also was shot through the breast and. his left arm was shattered. Briggs. was not injured. The highwaymen rob bed the dead bodies of the officers and then fled. Sheriff Smith made a dying effort to arrest the robbers and shot sev eral times through the door and walls after being wounded. Beck continued the fight until killed. EDWARD OPTIMISTIC. Kin*. Has an Idea - the War "Will Quickly End. LONDON, Jan. 15.—King Edward has given the royal indorsement to the belief current among the public that an early declaration of peace in South Africa may be anticipated. "The war might now be tegarded.as approaching its conclusion," were the. words used by his majesty to day in addressing the officers of the guards after reviewing a draft of 1,200 of the grenadiers, Cold Streams and. Scots guards, who start for South Africa to morrow. MULE TRANSPORT LOST. Allegation . That Boer' Partisans 4_"e Responsible. _ NEW ORLEANS. La.. Jan. 15.—Twis be lieved in shipping - circles here that a British transport, laden with .- American mules, bound for South Africa, has been; ! either : intercepted and blown up by a Boer spy in the gulf of Mexico, or has foundered. 7 7 - \ - A schooner arri.'ing on the lower coast reports hundreds of dead . mules floating, for a ; distance of thirty miles. This news has greatly stirred shippers here, who fear that further desperate -attempts will be made to stop the export of . mules to Cape Town. 7 - HALF A STATE SHOOK. ; Earthquaking; Explosion of Nitro glycerin -in Indiana. - 7.7 ' MARION, Ind., Jan. 16.—Fifteen hun dred quarts if .: nitroglycerin .-■ stored in two magazines owned by -the . "'St. ' Mary's . Torpedo company and . the Em pire, Glycerine company in a ravine two nd: one-half miles southeast of this city, exploded this morning 1:30, shaking the entire northeastern part of the state. ' ■. *- -■ :'.•; --, --..-•' 'A..-A, ;•" "■" ' : :_ V< ' ' "The Busy Clothing Corner," Seventh and Wabasha. Business blocks and dwellings-shook and i swayed as if by an earthquake and the | entire city was aroused. A yawning hole • in the bottom of the ravine was all that was left to tell, the story. So far as known no one was injured. _.— _^i» " * EIRE CHIEF FATALLY HURT. Fond dv Lac Hotel Burns and Guests Lose Heavily. 7. FOND DTJ LAC, Wis.. Jan. 15.—The Gallant house, valued at $20,000 was par tially destroyed by fire j this afternoon, ] and assistant Fire E Chief Michael Me-! Grath, is lying at the hospital at the point of death, the result of a fall from j the roof. 7 The thirty guests lost their belongings and had narrow escapes. __ !_gi &icks of telegraph » ' Frenchmen Buy Land. - •MEXICO CITY. Jan. 15. — A French company has bought a large tract of land on the Papalopam river in the state of Vera Cruz, and will sell ranches to na tive and foreign- settlers. The company will aid colonists in furnishing them im plements and machinery. Coffee, vanilla beans and - tobacco will be • cultivated. American capitalists are also negotiating for large tracts of..land in the states of Vera- Cruz and Tgbasco for rubber cul ture. "■:.«■ A-.- . •■ Belgian Baroh Gets a Prize. 7 MEXICO CITX>Jan. 15.— marriage of Miss Charlotte- .Clayton, daughter of- Gen. Powell Clayton, United State- am bassador, to Baron Moncheur. Belgian minister at Washington,' was solemnized - today in the private chapel of the Duchess of Mier. - Kitchener Will Build Railroads. ' LONDON. - Jan ' .16.—1t- is announced here that Lord Kitchener has "been au thor-zed to exepend £835.000 for the exten sion of railroads in South Africa. Lord Kitchener has arrived at the conclusion that this course would materially aid in the subjugation of , the Boers. _ _._. 7- Negro Charchmau Does Murder. CHICAGO.: Jan. ;a, 15.—John Hampton, prominent in negro church circles, shot and killed Mrs. Roselia Evans, 550 West Fifty-sixth street, tonight,and then dranK several ounces of carbolic acid, dying shortly afterward. j Both were colored. - - Law for Employers. . "_• INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Jan. 15.—The Indiana supreme court today in affirming a lower court judgment held that an em ployer cannot by-. any contract he may make with his workmen relieve himself from duties and liabilities which the law expressly imposes on •him."- The decision was rendered on a miner's suit for dam ages on account of 'injury ....■'.'- Deadly Youthful Depravity. WICHITA, Jan. 15.^-Nellie - Corneilson," the twelve-year-old old girl, who killed - her. baby - sister, with a razor yesterday.' and charged her five-year-old A brother with the crime, confessed today that she did it, but was unable to assign. any rea son for the act.- 7.7" -.=>'■'•"• • OCEAN LINERS. 7 -a Liverpool—Sailed: Steamers Celtic, ' New York. via •*.Queenstown;, West_*rnland, Philadelphia, Queenstown. *-,'.. ..A-. •. - 77-*fe"t7 -,- Hongkong—Arrived: '-Steamer Indra- ; phura, Portland, via Yokohama. ... . Yokohama—Arrived: Steamer Claver ing. Tacoma. for Hongkong. ■: ■.--" ;._..:: 7 Hongkong—Sailed: :.. Steamers-: Empress of China," Shanghai, Nagasaki, Yokohama and ; Vancouver, B. C- . ' ; 7 * 7 : Genoa—Arrived: v * Steamer: Fuerst 7 Bis- i marck. New -York,-, for; Alexandria,^ etc* A'••■■ i JUMP FOR YOUR LIFE was the cry THAT MARKED CIV. ing wav OF A.\ EXGI AEER'S .VERVES WAS NO DAGGER IN SIGHT Experience .in/a Wreck Some 'lime 7 " Ago Proved Undoing- of an Old. and Trusted Engineiuan . of the Wabash. . PERU, Ind., • vi. 1.-. -A danger which really existed only in a mind over wrought; by dwelling on irecent' railroad wrecks, last night brought fatal injuries to J. E. Sible, an old and trusted engi neer, of the Wabash railroad. Sible was at the throttle of the big loco motive of the limited last night. His fireman, Burt Frick, noticed nothing un usual about his conduct unless it was that he was more quiet, and somewhat more uneasy in his expression"than usual. The train was thundering along at a rate of forty miles an hour when, the lights of| the town of Attica appeared. The track was clear, and the signal lights of the switch showed an unobstructed*path. . ..Suddenly the old engineer, gave a start and shouted to his companion: "Jump for your life, Burt.. The switch is turned and well crash into -" " The sentence was not finished, for in an instant Sible had applied the safety brake, reversed: the lever and had.jumped to escape the spectre his harassed nerves had con jured up. The fireman followed, but was not injured. '-..'.""'-* - Sible Fearfully Injured. The train came to a stop*, ♦ and Frick went back to find his engineer. The lat ter lay oh the roadbed, horribly injured. His skull had been crushed, an arm and leg broken, his ribs fractured and his spine injured.--. He. was: carried aboard the train. Meanwhile an investigation showed that there had been no danger to the train:- Sible was brought to a: hos pital here, where he managed to gasp out his story. A" According to Fireman Frick, up to the time of the . wreck at Lafayette.: some months "ago, Sible had been a man of ab solutely perfect nerves. - Sible was In that wreck, and ever since! he had pos sessed a fear of further trouble. News of -collisions in any part of the country .added to his depression. '..'.'.Last i.ight, ; ap parently, his worrying came to a climax in the hallucination. which the physicians .say will cause his death.: He thought the switch had -been turned and that he would crash into a train standing on the siding. -7 - The passengers were shaken \,p by the sudden stopping of the train, but none of them were injured. 7 _■». Business Opportunities for AH. -Locations in lowa,- Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri- en the Chicago Great West ern Railway; 3 the very, best _ agricultural ; section of the \ United States, where farm ers are prosperous and' business • men suc cessful. .We have a 'demand' for compe tent men," .with the necessary capital, ior all branches of business. 7 Some special opportunities for creamery men and mil lers. Good locations :. fori general mer chandise, -: hardware, harness, r:- hotels, banks and stock buyers. Correspondence ■ solicited. Write :* for *; maps A and ' Maple Leaflets. W.A J. Reed, Industrial Agent. 604 Endicott 81dg.,. St. Paul, Minn. WAS A SLAUGHTER PEN FATHER'S DRI'.MvEX FREXZY HAS A FEARFUL E.XDIAG Attacked Wife and Children anil Was in Turn Attacked With Knives by the Maddened Mother. . PITTSBURG, Pa., Jan. 15.-A ghastly discovery was made at 10 o'clock this morning when some neighbors, hearing cries from the residence of Vincent Ven celsick, a Pole, in Spring alley, knocked open the doors and found the bedroom of the house saturated with blood. Mrs. Vencelslck lay dead beside her bed, her face and head crushed almost beyond recognition. Three little children, their heads and j bodies covered with cuts and most dead, were lying on the floor. From what could be learned, it appears that Vencelsik came ■ home intoxicated last night and assaulted his wife with a rail cutter. The first blow inflicted an ugly gash on her shoulder, but with such weapons as she could find she de fended herself. ; .- The three children were asleep in one of the beds and the brutal father at tacked them. Made desperate by the plight in which she saw her children, the mother caught up a knife in either hand and sprang upon her husband. She stab bed him repeatedly, but her strength failing, he struck her down! with the heavy steel cutter, crushing her skull. By the time he had killed his wife, Ven celsick was exhausted. He sank on the floor and'lay there throughout the night. The moans and cries of the children this morning attracted the neighbors. ■Vencelsick, it is said, was not married to the women, whose name it developed later was Rosa Lock.. A strange man, who was found in the house by the po lice, was locked up. He-refuses to talk. SCARED BY A METEOR FIERY HUMMER FALLS HEAVILY .'- "' ■ IX KANSAS. 7 ._- V BEAVER CITY, Neb.. Jan. 15.-Late last . night 'the sky was illuminated by a brilliant meteor, which passed across the heavens in a southwesterly direction. .When it struck the earth the concussion sounded like thunder. Those who saw it say that it .appeared- as large as j a football. ; Many who were In their homes. > ; or. business places and did not: see its' passage," thought it to be a slight earth .quake shock. .7 '_'■_■ ■• ■ ' ; r 7; Railroad men on trains from the West report that the meteor struck the earth near Atwood, Kan., and • that the ', people in that city were panic: stricken by its appearance. GOLD MANI NOMINATED. lowa Democrats in Legislature Se- lect Candidates. DES MOINES, Iowa; Jan. 15.-At : a joint caucus of the Democratic members of 1 the | general assembly this * evening, E. H. Thayer,, of :Clinton,7; was nominated for' United States 7 senator.' to 1 succeed Senator Allison and. John J. Seerley,; of Burlington; was nominated -7 to % succeed Senator Dolliver. -Both men are - gold Democrats and • their , nomination is con sidered a victory for that wing of ;the .party.- _ .- . - . : ■■y%5& HALE RAISES A BREEZE Continued From First Page, of J. William Stokes, formerly a repre sentative in congress from South Caro lina, and as a mark of respect- the senate, at 1:50 p. m., adjourned. HOUSE HAD A DILL DAY. Pension Appropriation Bill f_, |.., Through. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The house - whU af, ed 'the Pen, si"'l appropriation lill. which ha* been under discussion for thro days, and then adjourn.-1 until Saturday The resolution prepared by the special committee on the McKinle. memorial ex ercises provides for an address by Secre tary of State John Hay, in the hall of representative-.*, Feb. 27, was adopted. A bill was passed to allow the redemp tion of war revenue stamps any t time within two years after the passage of the act, and also a resy.ut.on on the same subject to authorize the secretary of the treasury to return on demand within one year bank cheeks and drafts with war revenue stamps imprinted there on after the cancellation of such stamps The house resumed consideration of the pension -. appropriation bill, .which was read for amendment under the five-min ute rule. ..-.■■ An amendment offered by Mr. Jenkins (Wis.) providing that the testimony 7,:f three witnesses -that persons lived to gether as man and '.-if-* for live years should be assumed to be prima facie evi dence of marriage, provoked considera ble debate,-and Anally was ruled out on a point of order. --•_*, >.. /. < The bill then was passed. OLEO MEX PROTEST. 2 Cong-reMNional Committees Getting ; Down to Work. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-The hearings on the various oleomargarine bills before the i agricultural committee -of the * house were continued before that committee to day.- Mr.; Tillingham, representing an ar tificial butter factory at Providence.. R. 1., gave it as his. opinion that, a 10-cpnt tax on oleomargarine and butterine would kill the industry, e-. - r 7-Mr. Larson, manager of > the Latigdon, D. c.. : "uterine - factory, gave a detailed statement of the methods of manufactur ing butterine and exhibited specimens o' butter and butterine. The senate committee on immigration today heard arguments by representa tives of i: the Immigration 7Restriction League of Boston in support of the bill before that committee an eudcatlonal test for immigrants. A The gentlemen contend ed that an educational test would be the most effective means -of keeping out un desirable immigrants. ; 7 • The subcommittee of Pacific coast sen ators | and:: representatives interested in Chinese exclusion will report tomorrow to the | full - committee a' bill combining the best. features of the several measures which have 1 been proposed, including that of the immigration" bureau -and' the| Fed eration of Labor. It is also expected that there; will be a minority report la voring ."a more simple treatment of-the question by extending the a Geary exclu sion law with an amendment prohibiting the.entrance of Chinese from the Philip nines. ? T-.~-;iE.7.-7:. :A-zA./:~;?AAAA : .y .... fei