if I Tlin OMAHA DAILY I1KE: MONDAY. JANUARY - - 4, 1004. SI0ISF)0ESN'T RECALL MUCn Li nni-i ipi til ipr.Liii7 Mnnii I ir Lju ill m a J jaiB Eipemi" Ahead of Tine. HpORY FAILS H:M AS TO DETAILS Sirsn't Recollect Who 'ntd film the I Money op Whm and U Hair to 111 l,lrrn to rll i I.lqnom. rt'sltpr Molse struggled warily with the phantoms r,f the just Paturday evening In a vain attempt, In reply to the questions of W. J. Connell, to lay before the Hoard tif Fire and Police Commissioners, his rec ollections of events In IK.' This was mm- paratlvely easy except when the questions touched upon the matter of a deferred license which obliged Mr. Molso to continue Ms wholesale house Tor some time without official sanction. Here the witness per Ilred and temporised. At the beginning- of the cmss-examtna- inn ni o cinra air. nmisa admitted that tie personally knew CHIT Pole and added that If that person had paid him any money durln 1NW It was for Roods sold. Outside 'of 1S98 witness mlt?ht have received money from Cole for campaign purposes couldn't remember If It was during, campaign time. Witness also knew Thomas J. Foley, but couldn't ssy whether he had received any money from him during lRW-lf he had It was for campaign purposes. These he fre quently collected two or three months be fore campaign time. Witness denied hav ing collected or received any money during 18: or any other time from a poker game run over the saloon of Foley. Hadn't had any arrangement with Foley atjout same and couldn't say If a game was run there or not. Witness might have had a talk with Folcjf In witness' place of business during; 1MI8 couldn't say-but Foley had not said that parties who had rented rooms over his saloon wcro willing to pay Ji'iO a week for protection If witness could' fur nish It. Also witness had not snld that he could protect the place from the police tor $fi0 a week. Witness! had never received money for protection. License for 1NU Mothers II I m. ( Witness admitted that he had run s. wholesale liquor houso uninterruptedly m Omnha rlnce he first started, which was tan or twelve yensj ago. "Isn't It true that you ran the wholesale house In 18F8 without a license from Jai;u- nrv n Alicn.t?" alraH -f Cnnnall wWltness' memory became very much 9 clouded and he declared that he couldn't ' ssy If he had run the house In 1W'3, only that he had run It ten or twelve years ' without stopping. "Isn't It true then that during this year you ran the place five or six months. with out a license?" ' No, witness wouldn't say that was true' didn't remember If. he ran It in 18!K didn't think he had ver been without a license. Mr. Connell demanded If It were true that wl'ncss bad had a license every month he had run, and Mr. Molse started to expostu late with the commlssloDers, saying: "It would be .unfair to me to saV" "Don't you know you didn't have a license, Molse?" demanded Mr. Connell. "If he says lie had a license .nil that year he lies'." ' Mr. Molse became excited, and for a moment contemplated violence, saying a man shouldn't call hl.n a Hir. When forced to answer be snld: "As well as I pun remember. In 1S9S, ISM or jwir we aavertisea ror a license, and It Jiy dormant; they didn't act, and we man i unused the board and afterword got a l straining order against the mayor and hr.nrrt to , prevent them from In any way Interfering with our business. I believe the very last day of the year or thereabout Hie mayor and board granted the license." Witness tried to evade the question as to v.-hether ho had run the place without a license, but finally after uskiiia for the question two times and long hesitation aid that' he haft had no regular .city license. He couldn't temember If the licence hid been protested by Martin White or nnyone else before they had man kjamused the hoard. Mr. MoImo's testimony concluded with an effort to remember what occurred In Alliance, and whether or not he knew that Lowenstiln whs Jack Norton's other name. I Harry Ila ward's glory. V Harry liny wind was the next witness, end-Attorney B. R. Kus'h led him through a minute description of the wholesale house geographically, 'on rtoss-examlnatlon he admitted that thjre were two small rooms la Iks rar of the saloon at 16 South Four teenth street. He s ild that he didn't know that they could be called wine rooms; they were very nmall card rooms. He said that women were not there In. the day time, but afterward admitted that he could not tell what went on there when the connecting jgffoor was closed. There were also several mall rooms upstairs, he admitted. They had not been torn out by the police, but because Molse A Co. needed the room for storage. He denied that these rooms hud bten put In for tlio exposition, but were there before that time. They were not put in for the Molse company; witness didn't know for whom or when they hud been put iu, but remembered the nol.-e of car penter work. He didn't know whether or not women used these rooms. Witness on direct examination stated that Klrsrbbuum hud been In the Molse place n few times, hut on cross-examination thought that he had not been. The board adjourned, to muet Monday niornlng at 10 o'clo-.k for an all-day session. The following licenses, against : which there were no protests, were granted: Mrs. Mary Cummlngs. JXJt, Sherman avenue; Ad'.er & Hlller, 13 s Farnam streeh Peter I'elerson, 311 North Sixteenth street; Riley Jiros., 1113 Farnam; William Huston. li;0 Farnum; George Dwyer. Itl't Farnam; Alexander Flck, :oo I'oprleton avenue; Foley A Ryan, 2l7 South Fifteenth; Ienti y Willlanis, H18 Farnam;' J. A. Tuthlll, IMS I' Ugias; Charles Weynmller, 1717 North Twenty-fourth stieet. WILL, LOSE BOTH 'HIS LIMBS Fred Patterson Most Salter Amputa tion of Iks as Hes.lt f Being; Rnrued. Fred Pnt'erMin, Injured in the Iroquois theater tire, will have to suffer the amput i. tion of both limbs below the knees. Mrs. Patterson received a telegram Saturday veiling from Mr.. Patterson in Chicago say " lug that this would be necessary to save "Csbm, glvs as a tssts ! TaT tor MILWAUKEE. "The b:er witHan hoiet bic cinj quality. Has no equal in this or any old country." 'Always ths Sam? the boy's life. The mother Is very much' arrrcted. When young I'sttersen was first taken to the hospltal'lt was thought that be was on the wrty to a raj I I recovery from his Injuries. I.nter it developed that they Were of the most serious nature. MORMON' CHURCH AND LABOR Sends Statement to i;nmprr Snjlna It Does Not I n Ions. Oppose HALT I,AKK CITV. Jan. S.-The Mormon cnurch has sent a telegram to rresldrnt Oompers of the American Federation cf Ivibor denying the charge that the church had taken a stand ngalnst organized labor. The message, whlcii Is signed by President Joseph H. Binlth and his advisors In the t.rst presidency, John It. Winder and Anthon II. I.und, follows: A report having been circulated tri it the mormon church Jin :i ued Its piiluenre "HinM nigunixeii ial,or and hud endcsvorel to nil the places of union strikers with non union men., we hereby emphatically denv mm tne church over which we preside h i' taken any such sters orT'ied any Instru" iions on tins matter. The whole story originated in a false newspaper report. The cha: ges referred to aroe frbm the rending at the regular tabernncle services last Sunday of a no'.lc" by President Gor.Te Q. Cannon of the Salt Lflke stake that men were wanted in the l tali coal mints to till the places of strikers. President Cannon says the notice was handed him by n coal lu,,,t'""i I'luciiti ana rem with other no tices, as Is the custom. No question of church influence, he says, was directly or Indirectly connected with the reading of tne notice. FALLS IN ELEVATOR SHAFT Albert Joherr, Proprietor of Swedish Tribune, flnstnlns Ilroken Lev from Accident. Albert SJobcrp. residing at 2813 Wool worth avenue, fell down the elevator shaft in tne Kimball laundry at 19 Jackson street, Saturday, breaking his leg above the kite anil sustaining several body brues. P.loberg, who is the proprietor ef tao Swedish Tribune, has a prifllhy; ofrk-e on the second floor of the lulldinitTTilstook tic door of the elevator for the door of another room and stepped Into the shaft falling a distance of thirty-five feet. The Injured man was attended by the police surgeons and later taken to his home. BAILEY APPOINTS ATKINSON Kansas Governor Names Snccessor to Pollock on State Supreme Uench. TOFEKA, Kan., Jan. 8. Governor Ilnlloy toilay appointed W. V. Atkinson of Pur sor.s a Judge of the state supreme court, to succeed J. r!. Pollock, whom . President Rojsevelt recently appointed district JudRe to succeed Judge Hook. Judge Hook suc ceeded Judge Caldwell as circuit Judge. Mr. Atkinson, who is a practicing attorney, came to Kansas from Iowa In 1SS3. Weare Offices Close. The Wearo drain company has discon tinued business in Omaha, and it Is under stood that all of Its-western oftlces, at least, have been closed. The rooms on the first floor of the Board of Trade build ing which the Weare company used have been occupied by Kdward Wood & Co. Frank Johnson, who has been locnl man ager of ,the Weore company, has gone to South Omaha to take charge of the branch thero for the Wood company. SEASONABLE FASHIONS Shirred Waist, 81 to 40 bast. 4430 Hblrred Skirt, 22 to 30 waist. A Young Girl's Dinner Gown (Shirred Waist 403:.', Sliirred Skirt 14:.0i-Shlrrtd c. s tiiinrs are In the height of style and are pe culiarly well suited to fclrllsh ligurej and needs. This one la designed for dinner and veninu wear and Is made of Ivory white cninon cloth, with trimming of. cream Venetian lace and unlined yoke of tucked mousselliie, but all tho many pretty icfi fabrics of th season ore equally eppro prlate. Also the model will be found well suited to the commencement and gradua tion dresses that will be In demand before msny inert hs are passl. The waist la made over a fitted lining ard Is closed invisibly at the back. Th:s lining la faced to form the yoke and can be cut' away beneath whenever a tram par. nl i ff ct Is desired. The waist Is shlrrtd at its upp.r and gathered at the lower edge and the bertha with shoulder straps Is arr:ined over the whole. The corselet Is rhwped to fit the flsiin.' and Is kept In place by me ins of strl)is of Ixme. The skirt consists of one' portion, which Is clrrulur, nod the belt. The shlrrlnBS are made on lndlcatid lines and are drawn up to tit bands which are cut In the exact length required. The lack ts finished In n.-iblt stylo and the during made Invisibly. The, riuairtlty of material required for the medium tdie Is, for waist,' 414 yards n or it ards 41 Inches wide, with yard of tucking for yoke, 1 yards of all-over lara and yard SI Inch's wide for corseiL-t belt; for skirt, 10 yards il or t yirds 41 Inches wide. The waist pattern 4592 is cut In sixes for a 32. 34, 34. Sit and 40-lnclt bust measure. The skirt pattern 44fO is cult In sises for a L'C, U, IB. 28 and Su-liuh waist measure. ' I, 1 " 1 out ln.,i in Mil ,a 3 rs y.jr auality," Hstalet. m WHEsuxJiSIn (Blsned) tub prm.ic, America's Authority on Bear. Good Old Blats. - f. V KF FAIRS AT SOUTU OMAHA Jailsr Turcifvit Gomp'les Statistics for Yeaf Sh:w:rig Pispoition of PriDuert, LARGE PER CEJtT 0- ARRESTS D.SMISSED Jndae Kins; api'loniTii ts the Table with One Sbowinar Fines and Sentences mpowrd Daring? the Wnr. Kcls Tiu-nqulst, night Jnller at the slty prison, h.-.s compiled itatMIrs f,,r lioa show ing the numor of arrests and the disposi tion of the can s brought before the police magistrate. During the year the police made 1.645 arrests. Of this number 1,0'fi prisoners were dWmlswd. Those lined num bered 3C9. 8eventy-two prisoners were given city Jail Sentences und sLxty-elght were sent to the county Jail. Of the seri ous rases thirty-three were held to the district court for examinations Quite a num!er of the arrests was at the reque.it of efllclala outside of South Omnha. Twenty-one prisoners were turned over to the Omaha police and fifteen to the police or lierlffs of othT cities. Two arrests were made at the request of United State, offi cials. The table prepared by Officer Turn quist gives tlie arrests by months as fol lows: January, 95; February, SS; March, 134; April, 9s"; May, 131; June, 1M); July, 131; August, 170; September, 1C9; October, 157; November, 141; pecerrNVr, 140. Judge King's report showing the amount of tines for the year will be presented to the council within the next few "days. ' Kschanae Election XI outlay. The annual election of ottlcers of the IJvJ Stock cxVliange takes place Monday, the polls being open from 10 a. m. to 4 p. in. For the first time in two or three years there Is a contest for the offices. The ticket nominated at a t-pechrt meeting of the exchange a few weeks ago named D. 8. Parkhurst iir president and R. Gll'chrest for' vice president. Recently a new slate was gotten up. M. It. Murphy heads the aew ticket for president, with John Fits Roberts for vice president. The regular ticket nominated for lioard of Directors for the three-year term was W. I. Stephen, Jy I.averty and M. K. Murphy. The new ticket substitutes tho name of W. E. Wood for thiit of M. R. Murphy. There Is ap parently no contest on the rest of the ticket, which Is as follows: Committee on arbitration, D. D. Olney, W. B. Vansant. P. T. AlcGrath, W. A. Hlggins and Frank Chittenden; committee on appeal, C. C. Daily, J. G. Martin, H. F. Hamilton, U. F. Carpenter and T. E. Sanders. llospilnl Election Tuesday. A mfeting of the South Omaha Hospital ansoctation will be held Tuesday afternoon nt the pnrlois of the South Omaha club. At mm uiiHu.li Hireling oiucers ror the year j will be elected. Every member of the as- I soclation Is urged to attend this meeting. For tho purpose of ralsinc funds to mrrv I on the work of the Institution a charity ball will be given the latter part of Janu ary. Every year the hospital association raises several hundred dollars !y giving a ball. Aside from the money raised by the sale cf ball tickets the Institution Is main tained by contributions. During the months of November and December the contribu tions amounted to considerable and the officers of the association wish to return thanks for the same.' V. M. C. A. Notes. An Interesting service will be held at. the Young Men's 'Christian association rooms this afternoon. The meeting will be led by Secretary Marsh, and will consist of a song service of favorite, hymns and a num ber of talks by local men on the past year and tolling forward to 1904. At the social hour between I and 4 o'clock the program will be furnished by C. E. Campbell. Miss Florence Campbell, Mr. Hiram Scovlll and Assistant Secretary Orange. Monday evening. . under the auspices of the boys', department, a stereoptlcon lec tors will be given on "Pilgrim's Progress." One hundred views will be shown on theN canvas. Mr. Packard, the funny man, will furnish part of the program. The association night school will open Monday. evening for the winter term. The price of registration will be reduced from the full course. There were thirty-seven students in the first term. ' Christian Church Services. The'Chrlstlan church has rented the audi torium of the Workman temple, Twenty fifth and M streets, and will occupy the new quarters for the first time today. Sunday school will be held at 9:45 o'clock and preaching ut 11 a. m. A meeting of tho Endeavor Society will be held at 6:3 J o'clock In the evening; and the regular evening service will commence at 7:30 p. m. Rev. Eeunder Lane will OCCUt'iV tli a mil nit ucin morning und evening. Special muslu has beeu arranged for the services today. Tenehers' Ksainlnatlons. The examinations for positions as teach ers In the public schools is over and the examlnlr.g board is now engaged in look ing over the papers. A report scarcely will be ready for the meeting of the board on Monday night, but will hp handed in as soon a' possible after that date. About two dosf-n took the examination. As usual tome of the anawers to simple questions aro amusing. Applicants who answered some of the most difficult questions readily made errors on some of the easiest ques tions on the sheets and tlmucH a tn,, -4 P knowledge of matters riKht at hums. Church llnlldluir Lots. I-r. Wheeler, pastor of the First IYesby terli.n church, la making one more appeal for money to buy lots at the southeast cor ner of Twenty-third and J streets for tha church. In case the lots can be secured it Is the Intention to move, the church from Twenty-fifth and J streets. to the new loca tion. For some time past the trustees of 1 the church have held an option on the lots desired, but not enough money had been re ceived up to last night to take up the no tion. It is thought that an extension of the option caa be secured. OMhe 11.000 required on the option by January'l, only about half of this amount has been secured. A deter, mined .effort will be made during the next few da to afi-ure tli money tieceasary to close the transaction. Week of Prayer. A week of prayer begins at tha Protestant churches in 8011th Omaha on Monday, Jan uary 4. The Intention is to hold union services, meetings to be held hi the various churches during the week. The first serv ice will be hrld at the Presbyterian church. Twenty-fifth and J streets, on Monday evening. Announcements for the" meetings for the balance of tha week will be'mada rrom the pulpits today. Poatoftlcf- Receipts. During the month of December. 1903, the South Omaha postoftU-e sold stamps to the amount of ts.OGO J. For the corresponding Binnm a year ago tne sales were 7.H3.a, The figures show ail increase for December, l!o3. of .K7.G7. as comrared with December! ISO:. In the money order department the business shews a large increase, as com pared with former years, but these figures will not be ready for publication until Mon day. W.at Mora Mem.' The Cudahy Packing company la cutting lea at Smnur lake. A 'hus line operates titweii the Onri'thv tiln,i. I and eveutug to carry ths employes. Gmu r I irljfc Insurance Company of New York, UlCIIAKn A. McCUKDY, President. Announces to its hundreds of thousands of policy holders throughout the world that its funds held for their protection have now reached the enormous sum of over 400 . MILLION DOLLARS Many millions more than the assets of any other life insurance company in existence. This company has returned to policy-holders the stupendous sum of over 1 626 Over 190 million more than any other life insurance company in the world has disbursed. . This excess over any other company is greater than the combined capital of. the Bank of England, Bank of France, and Xhz Imperial Bai't; ol Girmmyand Russia. These unequalled results are the hest guarantee of future returns to policy holders FLEMING BROS., Managers, DES MOINES, IOWA. ' a OMAHA, NEB. F, A. CASTLE B. KOHN, JOSEPH TRICK, Special Agents buses leave the Cutmhy plant at a. m. and return in the' evening. Men who desire moy remain at the hotel at the lake. Ar mour expects to betrlrr cutting Ice at Ash land this week. Magic City nosalp. J. P. Lang Is reported to be seriously ill at his homo. Unloading sale for ten days. Home Fur niture company. Tuesday evening the local lodge of Eagles will Install officers. E. G. Rozzelle. one of the letter carriers, is on the sick list. For Hent Woodman hall, city hall build ing. George Crfmpanv. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Masson are vis iting fritnds In Michigan. Daniel Iliiunn of Aimley, Neb., is here for a few days visiting friends and relatives. A son has been horn to mr. anu ftirs. William Boyd, 1214 North Twenty-firth street. Rev. Dr. n. I.. Wheeler will occupy the pulpit nt the First i'reebyterlan cnurch this morning. Kven the severe cold yesterday did not materially increase the number of applica tions for charity. N Mr. and M.S. K. H. Montgomery enter tained a number of friends at (heir home Friday afternoon. Bt. Martin's auxiliary will meet In the guild hall. Twenty-fourth and J streets, on Wednesday afternoon. Members of the Royal Achates drill team are requested to meet at the hall at 'I o'clock this afternoon. Jucob Rothchlld has purchased the inter est of S. H. Coldstrom ill the wholesale liquor house afih'l Q street. Rev. M. A. Hear will preach this evening at the Methodist church on "Lessons from the Ureut Chicago Disaster." First-class work at Gooden's antiseptic larber shop, under" Somh Omaha National bank, 510 N siTeet. Sculp and face mas sugo a spe.ialty. , The funeral of John Wallter will be held at o'clock Monday morning from Hrew er's undertaking parlors to St. Agnes' church, interment at 8t. Mury's cemetery. POLICEMAN AVERTS A PANIC New York Theater Audleuce Held In Keats with Hlowa and Force. NSW YORK, Jan. 3. An fmmense holi day audience at the Thalia theater on the Bowery, at today's matinee performance, all but repeated the scenes of panic at the Chicago theater lire, when a cry of "lire'" rang through tho house. By only a chance circumstance several policemen were standing In, the lobby at the niomt nt und met the emergency with strong measures, checked the wild, unreasoning fienry of the audience In their desire to escepe from the building by the nielli entrance. Clubs snd fists met ttie rush tho moment It began, the police and the employes of tho theater rushing the crowd) nnd literally lifting the leader; from their feet and forcing them Into seats. Tha attack of the police from the front was as tid.'.eii as had been the fire alarm and served In a moment to quiet the crowd and avert what could not have failed to have been a mur derous stampede. Tall This to Your Wife. , Electric Bitters cure female complaints, surely and safely; dispel headaches, back aches, nervousness or no pay. 61c. Fur sale by Kuhn & Co. Movrmeata of Ocean Vessel Jan. 2. At Queenstowii Arrived: I'ltonla, from Boston, for I.lveriiool, and proceeded At Havre tailed: I.u eiavole, lor" New York. At The IJxard Passed: Amsterdam fiom New York, for Rotterdam. ' At Liverpool Arrived: Armenian, from New York: HoliemlHn, from Boston; Cym ric, from B'wlon; I. mama, from New York Bailed: Cevic, fur New York; L'uibrla. ror New York. At Southampton Hailed: New Y'ork ' for New York. vU Cherbourg. Arrived; (St Paul, from New York. At New York Sailed: Minnehaha, for Loudon; Anchorla. for Glasgow; Island for Christiana and l'oeiihagen ; Philadel phia, for Plymouth and 80'ithampion; Ei rurla, for Queenatown snd Liverpool; Blue cher, for Plymouth. Chwlniurg' and Ham burg (latter three vessels detained in lower bay by storm). At Boston Arrived: Bylvanla, fnn Liverpool. At Rotterdam Sailed: ' Btaaten lam for New York At Bremen Sailed: Caa!, fur Nw orlc ZXaammi'lM saasut v uneraysiBB MUTUAL LIF MILLION DOLLAR WIND. AND SNOW IN EAST From Ohio to Ma?rxhns9ttJ Winter Storii Eagei with Fury. SHIPPING DELAYED IN NEW YORK HARBOR Atlantic Liners Anchor In Hay Await ing; Clearer Weather to Start on Trips to Knropean Ports. COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 8. -A blizzard has raged throughout central and northern Ohio for tho last twenty-four hours. Z rnes vlile has fourteen Inches Of snow on the lovel and freight trains are reported to have been abandoned. At Bucyrus two feet of . snow is reported. Drifts cover fences and ehctrlc lines are practically tied up. Fremont reports over a foot of snow, with drifts ten feet high. - Storm Delays Ships. NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Birow beginning early this morning, with brief alternations of hail and rain, combined with bitter, blustering gales to create a condition of Intense, discomfort In New Y'ork today. Tho Indications point to tha arrival of a cold wave tomorrow. 1'hS local weather bureau reported that up to 1 o'clock about seven Inches of snow hud fallen and that there was a prospect for the fall to continue all night, to a depth of ten Inches or more. . Owing to tho tevere snowstorm, shipping has bce,n much delayed In New Y'ork harbor. The American liner l'hlludolphla, for Cherbourg, Plymouth and Southampton, which sailed this morning, was forced to drop anchor in Gravesend buy to await rleartr weather, and the Cunard limy Etruria, for Queenstown and Liverpool, went to an anchorage off Clifton, Statei island. 'PHILADELPHIA, Jyin. !. This city wan 1 DDT Abstinence from "strong food in the Spring and Summer time is a everybody gets weaker because the weather is warmer, yet we eat tick instead of eating light, easily digested food like i! which has all the elements needed for the sustenance eg all parts of the body in proper proportions to give health and strength.' v Palafalilo nutritious Easy of Digbstion and Ready to Eat JsTy signature en every eeceage. Dr. Price, tho creator of Dr. Price's Crera Baking Powder and Delicious Flavoring Ertracta. Paired ty FHICE tllUl FCQD CO., Food Kills, BATTLE CHEEK, K1CH., Mala CfHeit, CUliiaS vjslted by a heavy snow and slaetstorm today, accompanied by rapidly lowering temperature. . ', 30ST0N, Jan. 8.-WIth railroad tra'ns delayed and street car service .aerlotisiy hampered, Boston realized tonight thnt'it was the center of the storm which started In tha "Pan Handle" region of Texas Fri day. The storm.-wlth low temperatures, Is general throughout New England and the Maritime provinces. ' No causaltles to shipping In this vicinity have been reported. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., 'Jan. 3. -At mid night a heavy snowstorm Is raging over the Virginia peninsula. CLEVELAND, Jan. 3.-Ona of tha worst blizzards experienced In years ranged to day throughout the greater portion of Ohio. WILL RETURN MARK HANNA Ohio Legislature, Overwhelmingly Re publican, Will Meet In Regular ' Session Monday Morulas."' COLUMBUS. 0.,,Jan. 3. -The legislative caucuses preliminary to the organization of the Ohio general assembly, which con venes next Monday at 10 a. 4n., were held this afternoon. The republicans control both branches. At a joint caucus of the democratic sen ators and representatives John It. Clark of Cleveland was nominated for United States senator. This action was regarded as somewhat unusual In view of the fact that Clark was nominated for tho otllce by the democratic slate convention. Tho dem ocratic caucus declared by resolution "That the precedent of years has caused the duty to devolve on the members of tha general assembly In caucus assembled to select the candidate of tho party." -Tho republican members, abiding by the action of their state convention, which nominated Senator M. A. Hanna for re jection to the United States senate, will lot hold a'senatorlal caucus. At the ro .ulillean house caucus Geoj-ge A. Thomas if Newark was selected as the candidate mm a 01 OJ lijia r3 OHEAT FLAKE CELERY S DES MOINES.. IA W, B, OLIN, W. , TRICKi Special Agents, for rpcaker. At the republican senate cau cus George II. Chamberlain of Lorain was sclucted for president pro torn. ARRESTS FOLLOW OUTRAGE Montana Man ti reels "White raps' with Gun and lias Lender Arrested. ' GREAT FALLS, Mont., Jan. sVj. M. Reeves, a prosperous rancher living vtwen-ty-seven miles east, of Great Falls, was ar rested in this city today on a complaint sworn out by George Gould, wno charges assault in tha second degree, alleging that Reeves waa participant in a recent white cap outrage in which four men. were shot. Two weeks ago Reeves' wife secured a divorce on the ground of cruelty, and a few days Inter was married to Could, who owns a farm adjoining that of Reeves. Reeves, ' It is alleged, took exception to the marriage and. it is asserted, that a number of neigh-' bors were asked to Join a whitecapplng party for the purpose of tarring and feathering Gould. Gould! learning that the affair was set for Wednesday night, armed himself and waited for the party. About midnight twenty-five masked men appeared and ordered Gould to come out or be killed. Gould repllet by emptying his gun Into the crowd and continued firing until the white cappers were put to flight. Four of th party were wounded. FIRE COMES DURING BLIZZARD" People in Massachusetts Hotel in Danger Are Ordered to ' Leave. WORCESTER, Mass.. Jan. 3.-Durlng a howling blizzard fire broke out about 1 o'clock this morning in the Boston con fectionary storo 011 Jront street. A gen eral alarm of fire brought the entire fire department. An hour after the fire started the building was gutted. Many other buildings are in danger. The people In tho Jackson house, near the fire, have been cr dercd out. duty and a blessing. ' In the Spring with the Winter's appetite and get