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The Lolcul Anzclger publishes today the following statement, which was evidently inspired by the foreign oillec: "The German government has ex cluded from the scope of arbitration of the Venezuelan dllllculty 11 claim of 17,000,000 bolivars, which must be paid immediately In case before arbitration is bosun." The paper adds that it is understood here that President Roosevelt's under taking to arbitrate involves a guarantee for the payment of the sum to be awarded. Confidence has grown in government circles during the past twenty-four hours that President Roosevelt will ac cept the task of arbitration. Itomo, Deo. 23. The only conditions which Italy has attached to her ac ceptance of arbitration of the Venezue lan dltllculties arc that all points In the dispute shall be submitted to the arbi trators, so that no questions shall be left undecided, and that Italian claims must be considered on an equality with those of the other powers. France Favors The Hague. Paris, Dec. 27. Baron D'Kstournelles do Constant has written to Foreign Minister Dolcusse notifying him that the writer will interpellate the govern ment on the re-assembling of the chamber concerning the disregard of article 27 of The Hague convention shown by the allied powers in coercing Venezuela. In his letter Baron D'Kstournelles strongely supports the contention of the United States that the Venezuelan trouble should be referred to The Hague court. After pointing out that the present Is Just the contingency contemplated by article 27, the writer says: "The conflict exists between Vene zuela and several of the signatories to The Hague convention and the formal obligation that France and the twenty-live other powers signed Is not only bplng ignored, but we observe a sys tematic Interdiction of The Hague court of arbitration by the European governments. An explanation has be come necessary. It cannot bo objected to by the allied powers that Venezuela tool; no part In the conference; and as she Is asking for arbitration, an occa sion exists for reminding the powers of the obligation they signed and rat ified. Nor can the reply be made that states unlike individuals are free not to observe their engagements and that moral obligations exist only for Indi viduals or for the weak, as this point of view Is precl.-ely contrary to the principle that The Hague conference sought to secure." Cnstro Accepts The Hague. Caracas, Dec. 23, President Castro has telegraphed from l.ti Vlctoila his acceptance of the proposal to submit all pending differences to the arbitra tion of The Ilugue tribunal,' subject to certain conditions, which Include cessa tion of tho blockade and the return to Venezuela of the fleet seized by tho allied jiowers. President Castro's acceptance lias Won transmitted to the "Washington government fiom which tho proposal emanated, No Decisiou Reached. Washington, Dec. 23. It was stated at tho state department to-day that tho president had reached no decision in regard to the Jnvltatiou of the powers that ho arbitrate the Venezuela mutter, It Is possible) that this deci sion will not he forthcoming for sev erul days. Correspondence: is being ex changed dally between tho slate de partment and tho foreign olllces with reference to tho Invitation. Seeietnry Hay was at the white hoitso early to-day and held a brief conference with the president mi Iho Venezuelan situation, THOUSANDS OF CATTLE ARE STARVING, They Ave Located on a High Range and It Is Impossible to Get Food to Them, Hy i:.cliuhe Wjro fiom The Associated Prow. Denver, Dee. 23. Thousands of rattlo nre reported to bu starving on tho range la iiorthWeMorn Colorado. Tiio humane moiety appealed to tho owners to rescue their stock, and (hoy hu.ro replied that tliey uro powerless to do so. Tho cattlo aro snowed In on tho high range In Houtt anil Hlo Hl.inco counties, without pasture and without water. It U Impossible to get feed to them and equally Impossible to dilyo them Into ultublu winter quarters. Low Temperature in South Dakota. By Kuliuhc Wire from 'Hie Associated 1'rcw. flonektecl, B. D, Pec. 23. The thermo meter gtuudg at 12 below zero and tho mow is two frt on tho lerol. Much btuck on thu range fctehiug. 'ffc :& 1KJ JLKS r . irtMNITY 'Z-'AN M'LEOD CHAMPION. & Catch-as-Catch-Can Expert Got3 tho Hotter of Tom Jenkins. Hy IXcliiihc Who from tl.e Axwelated Pre:. Worcester, Mass, Dec. 23. Dan Me Leod won tho championship of America at cateh-as-eatch-pfiK wrestling and the $1,000 end of a $2,000 )iursc in Mechanics' hull before 1,100 people this afternoon by getting the better of Tom Jenkins. Jenkins had a bad leg, caused by blood poisoning and the pain caused by the points of a brass buckle of a leather bandage entering the flesh of this leg made him quit in the third bout. Jenkins won the first fall by a three quarters Nelson In 59 minutes and Me Leod got the second In 24 minutes on a crotch and half Nelson hold. The match was fast from the start, McLeod being on the aggressive almost all the time. In order to protect the injured part, Jenkins had u leather bandage with a steel strip down the front of tho shin, fastened with brass buckles. Two of these were broken In the early part of the mutch and tho brass points dug Into his ilesh until the pain was unbearable and hu was afraid of further blood poisoning. He had wrestled twenty minutes in the third bout "when he told McLeod the .condition he was In and said he was willing to quit and call the match a diaw or go on wrestling. Me Leod insisted on continuing, but Jen kins' manager refused to let the big fel low go on, and forfeited the match. THE GOVERNMENT MAY TAME ACTION The Presence of a Blockading Fleet On the Venezuelan Coast a Menace to Peace. fly Uiklushi! Wuc from The Associated l'icss. "Washington, Dec. 23. No conllrma- tlon could be obtained In Washington to-night of the report coming from Caracas that the proposition had been made to President Castro that all pen ding differences between Venezuela and the European governments having claims against her to "tie submitted to arbitration 01 The Hague tribunal. Sec retary Hay had retired when the de spatch reached Washington and no other oltleial of the state department was able to give any information on the subject, ft is known that only two days ago President Rosevelt had not determined whether or not to accept thu proposal of the allies to act as ar bitrator or to urge again that the ques tion should go to The Hague. If, as stated, the suggestion, has come from Washington that the matter should be arbitrated at The Hague, that conclu sion probably was reached at the long conference the president had with Sec retary Hay yesterday afternoon when the two ofllclals were together for some time considering the proposals from the allies that tho president take up the question of the arbitration. The dispatch to President Castro, through Minister Dowen, suggesting ar bitration at The Hague, must have fol lowed that conference. The ofllclals here refused absolutely to say anything on the subject since the receipt of the proposal from the allies, or even to give out anything bearing on tho terms of that proposal. The impression here to night Is that an early determination of the matter will be reached. No matter by whom the matter is arbitrated, either by the president or by The Hague tribunal, the feeling here is strong that the United States gov ernment, if tho occasion arises, will In sist that the existing blockade be called off while the arbitration Is In progress. The presence of the blockading fleet along the Venezuelan coast Is sure to be a mention to peaceful conditions, and dltllcttllles of various kinds may arise tit any time through the arbitrary ac tion of some of the commanders of tho ships of the allied fleets, or to the 17. trepedlty of some skipper who may at tempt to run the blockade. Hut tho greatest objection lo a. continuance of the blockade pending arbitration would be tho loss to American shipping Inter ests, which this government does not bollevo should be tolerated. WARSHIPS USE SEARCHLIGHTS. Forty Vessels Now Detained By the Blookaders at La Gttayrn. Uy Uxilmho Wire I10111 The ksoclat'd Pi id. WlllemHtitd, Curacao, Dec. 25. Tho American J ted "D" line steamer Carac as has brought tho remainder of her cargo here. Tho warships of the allied powers aro using searchlights to watch the coast of Venezuela. Forty vessels aro now detained La Ciuayra. EARTHQUAKE IN ASIA. at Uy i:xcluIo Wire from The Associated Pro. St. Petersburg, Doc. 23. According to tho latest advices from AaiidJ.iu, itiissliiii Central Asia, thu shocks of eurth'iuuKo are continuing there. Tlicro have been four or flvo seismic disturbances dully and a particularly violent series of shocks dining tho nltjlit of December 22 and thu following momliiK, set all tho rolling stock 011 tho railway la motion, resulting in u panic among tho rullroud men. Truffle Is btill suspended on tho railroad and tho station U closed. Tho military authorities lire taking over the control of thu Unu for bomo distance from Andjaa, Thu dumnge resulting from tho rccont earthquake amounts to several million dollars. Miss Knox 111. Uy Kxeliuhc Wire from 'ibe Associated l'foj. Washington, Do c.23. Mist) Kcbccca Knox, daughter ot tho attorney general, who returned f 10111 Pittsburg for Christ inas, Is qullo 111 at her parents' home on K street. MUs Knox, who was to have started for California 011 Saturday lo Join her aunt and uncle hi u tilp to Japan, lias been obliged to slvo up tho journey. ' CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY. A Sick Woman Receives Bullets In stead of an Expected Present. By Exclusive Wire from The Associated I'iom. Kansas City, Dec. 25. William V. llolletiback today shot his wife three times uh she lay hi bed, drove his 17-year-old daughter into the street at the point of a revolver and then shut and killed himself, at their homo hero. The wife Is seriously wounded. llolletiback and his wlfu quarrelled repeatedly or late and recently separ ntrd by mutual agreement. Ho was to have been tried in police court tomor row on the charge of mistreating her, and he tried today to effect a 1 con ciliation. Falling In this, he locked the doors of tho apartment, and, with tho remark, "Hero's a Christmas present for you,"shot his wife as she raised herself In bed to receive the expected gift. Ho then turned the weupon upon his step-daughter, who managed to un lock 11 door and escape, after which he sent a bullet into his own heart and died instantly. CABLE NEARLY COMPLETE The Eventful Trip of the Silvertown Will End Today Honolulu Is .Prepared to Celebrate. By Kxclmivc Wire from The Associated frets. On Hoard Cable Ship Silvertown, Dec. -., via san l'rancisoo xue evcnuui trip of the Cable Ship Silvertown will , be completed Friday and tho first link 1 in tho trans-Paclllc cable will he laid. In making the Honolulu connection the cable will be buoyed thirty-five miles from the shore end and spliced. Dur ing the past twenty-four hours 230 knots have been laid, making a total of 2,109 knots from San Francisco. A strong northeast wind Is blowing, mak ing the sea rough and a landing Im possible until calmer weather. Not a single calm day has prevailed during the voyage from San Francisco, but a succession of strong winds and rough sea. Honolulu, Dec. 17, via Victoria, B. C, Dec. 23 The Honolulu chamber of commerce, the Merchants' association, Builders' and Traders' exchange and other bodies ate preparing to celebrate the arrival of the cable ship Silver town, establishing communication be tween here and San Francisco. There will be a general holiday and a largo public meeting will be held. The con duit which brings the wires into the local ofllco of the company from the landing at AVeiklkl is nearly finished. OUTWITTED -HER-MOTHEB'. Girl Elopes on Wedding Eve and Marries Another Man. Uy Exclusive Wira lrom The Aifcoclatcil Pit-. Wilmington, Del., Dec. 23. Daisy B. Koons, of Philadelphia, outwitted her mother, her friends and her long-time 1 fiance on Tuesday evening by eloping over the Delaware line and wedding the real idol of her heart hero in the par songae of the Union Methodist Episco pal church. His name Is Morris A. Harrington and he Is a clerk in the jewelry department of the Wnnamaker establishment In the Quaker City. 'The first hours of the honeymoon were passed In trying to pacify the indignant I mother of the bride, who arrived on the early morning train to demand an explanation of the cleigyman who had performed the ceremony. He stated that the ghl had given her age as 20 years and the young man as 21. This being over tho age re quired by law he had no hesitation in marrying them. Mis. Koons then be gan to pay her respects to the newly married couple. The pastor, rallying to their defens-e, was told that tho girl was to have been married to another on Chirstmas eve and that all the ar rangements for the wedding and recep tion had been made. Every effort at reconciliation pioved useless, and tho mother left for her home at noon. On Friday Mr. and Mrs. Harrington will return to Philadelphia and open a home of their own. FOUR BURNED TO DEATH. Other Occupants of the House of Ju lius King Have Narrow Escape. Hy i:ulule Wire fiom Tliu As-od.itnl Pie. Malonc, N. V., Dec. 2',. Four pui-sons wero burned today In the house of Julius King, of Plorcelleld, a prominent pulp and paper nianufactuilng town In the Adlroudacks. Tho lire gained such head way beforu It was discovered that Mrs. M. J. JlcOovern, King's eldest daughter, and her three children, who weio sleep ing 011 the lower lloor, wero not able lo get out and all wero burned to death, One of tho children, whoso body was found closo to a window, evidently had mado heroic efforts to escapo. King and his wife, with u few boarders on an up per floor escaped by jumping out of the windows. Ono man was seilously burned, It Is not known how tho fire stuitcd. A Effort at Reconciliation. Uy KncIusIu" Wire from The Associated 1'ri-ss. London, Doc. 2C Th Homo correspond ent of tho Dally Mall telegraphs that as an outcoinu of ueaotlatioiu. with the Saxon court tho popu has sunt a prelate to Geneva to inquire into tho circum stances of tho flight of the crown prin cess of Saxony with a view to arranging a reconciliation. ..'. ... Colored Man Lynched. Uy Ktchuhe Wire fiom The Auoilatcil 1'icw. I'lttsbmg, Kan., Dec. 23. Montgonuny Ciodloy, a colored man, van taken fiom tho jail hero today and lynched by a mob bocauso early this morning ho had shot and killed Milton 1 (Inkle, a policeman, while- tho offlcor was trying to piotect himself against a crowd of unruly negroes. Wage Increase for 12,000. By Uulinlvo Wire fiom The .Uwclatcd PrcM. Pittsburg, la., Deo. 23. h'mployes of tho Uuffalo, ltochetter and Pittsburg rail road havo been granted a 7 per cent. In crease in wages, effective December I, Thu company employs about U'.ono men, almost ull of whom will benoilt by tho raise. St. Louis "Cabbies" Strike. Uy i:cliuivc Wire from The Associated I'rc. St. Louis, Dec. 17. The cab and cuiiiagu drivers' stilko begun at midnight lust night, for an hicrcuse of wages, has ex tended until now 390 of the 3T0 Ui Ivors In St. l.uuls are out. , TARIFF THE VITAL ISSUE Senator Vest who is to Retire from Public Lite, Talks ot the Political Future. OPINIONS OP THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER Ho Believes That the So-Called Sher man Anti-Trust Law Is Ineffective. Best Remedy Is to Take Away Favors The Weakness of the Anti Trust Measure Unable to Predict Regarding the Presidency. Uy i:.clusic Wire from The Associate d Pi ess. New York, Dec. 23. A AVashlngton special to the New York Times says: On the eve of his retirement to pri vate lite, after a long career of honor able und useful public service, Senator Vest, of Missouri, Is In a position to discuss affairs of state and legislative policy with solo relation to his coun try's welfare. A Democrat of profound convictions, ho believes that in tho Democratic party reposes the Repub lic's hope of permanency and greatness, but removed from the thought.pt pre ferment for himself, ho has no need to let party considerations give color to his utterances. Said the senator: The greatest menace that threatents this country today Is in combinations ot cap ital that have monopoly for their object. That these trusts, as they como to bu known, owo their being largely, if not solely, to tho protective tariff should bo evident to any student .of economic ques tions. Tho existence of a monopoly depends on the ability of a. combination of capital to control tho output and distribution of a commodity. That sufficient capital can be combined to control a commodity in this country we have seen; but thcro has not been, and It docs not seem there could be, a combination sufficiently gigantic to control tho world's output of any of tho great necessaries of life. In attempting to refute tho argument that the tin iff Is responsible for trusts in this country, It is declared that equally great trusts exist in froo trade England. This is false, absolutely. There arc in Unglund a number of trusts which Con trol the supply of certain articles of com merce, but none of those articles Is a great necessary cf life of general pi educ tion. Tho Kngllsh monn(olie.s are jKM&lblo be cause the articles they control aro of such limited production that they havo been able to gain possession of the sources of supply. No monopoly can exist In a great staple of commerce whero compe tition la open to the world. Tariff "Mutuality of Greed." This being tho ease, it seems very clear that monopolies In commercial staples aro possible la tho United States only bocauso competition Is not open to tho world, and tho protective tariff is convicted of ie sponslblllty. Tho first step, then, in an honest attempt to correct tho evils from I which wo suffer Is to remove the pro , tection tho tariff gives to monopoly and j force It Into world competition. 15ut tho Republican party will not take this step. The protective tariff Is an in terdependent mutuality of greed. Let an , attempt be made to remove .the piotectiou afforded one Industry and every Industry , that feeds on protection will cry out In pain. Ltku a Hock of Kuglisli sparrows that comes noisily to the succor of ono that has umltted cries of distress, the en tire protection brood will join In a chorus of protest against any chango in existing tariff schedules. When tho present tariff was under con sideration in the houso of representatives .Mr. Dlngley, tho ucci edited author of the measure, admitted tho rates wero unnes- Kirlly high, but declared tho schedules wero llxed ns a basis from which to ne yoVi'J'.o favorable commercial treaties with other nations. Yet the Dlngley rates aro now held sacred and their cunttnu aneo is demanded by tho Interests that havo gluttoned on them. Refusal to reduce tin? tailff rates loaves congress with but weak weapons with which to light monopoly. Tho act of It-DO, known erroneously as tho Slierniun anti trust law, roptesonts tho limit of the con stitutional authority of congress to rcgu lato thu trade between States, and only In thu regulation of Undo between slates can congress touch tho trusts, It is odd that the namo of the lato Sen ator Sherman should bo coupled to u measure which ho conspicuously opposed and refused to voto for. In 1SW Air. Sher man Introduced from tho senate finance committee a bill designed lo regulalo tha trusts, but It was cloarly unconstitutional la-that It sought to thku from tho states their right to regulato tlalr domestic commerce. Tho bill was icfencd to tho judiciary committee, of which Senator KdiuiimN was ulminmin and of which I was a mem ber. The judiciary commlttco took up tho question and reported tho null-trust measure, which beeanio law, but which embodied pono of thu essential fcaturos of the Sherman bill. Weakness of Anti-Trust Law. When the bill eumo before the senate Mr. Sherman opposed It, and, rather than voto for Its passage, got up and left the benuto olmmbur. This act requites the establishing of two pilmnry fuuts In order to make prosecution of n trust successful, The lirst Is that tho goods nro manufactured or produced by a combination of capital monopolistic In Its tendencies and hi ic btralnt of trade, mid tho second Is that tho goods upon which action Is based aro In tho channels of iutor-stnto commerce. I lead with gloat Interest tho Pitts burg speech of Attorney (lenural Knox, In which ho claimed to bo ablo to conduct successful piosecutlons under this law, Tho attorney general may havo icsources of which I know nothing. As 0110 of thu authors of the act, I do not see how it can bo dono. Tho only other hope of securing direct legislation to cure thu trust evil lb by a constitutional amendment, giving to congress 11 larger grant of power, and I do not bcllovo tho states aio willing to surrender to congress to large a incasuie of their icburvcd rights-. Tho dlfilculty, If not tho Impossibility, of dealing with trusts through tho icme dlul legislation being established, docs it not seem reasonable that tho wlso coursu would bo to cut oft' tho iiouilsliiiicut that has enabled them to grow to such ungov ernable hlsw? This Is tho view 1 tldnk. thu Ainurlcun people will take of it, and a demand for such process bhould be the at titude of tho De-mocrutlo parly, Iho de termination of the Republican party not to adopt the remedy being apparent. Willi this for tho paramount Issue In 10OI, I coiilldoull.v bollevo a Democratic president and 11 Democratic house of rep resentatives will bu elected. A's to who will load the Democratic party lo Its promised victory two years hence,, no s.U'o prediction cult now bo made. A tho situation ,1s today, NVw York could nominate any man upon whom Its delegation wiim agreed, but ninny changes uro piM"lblo In two years Mr. Itryau will undoubtedly have a strong fol lowing In tho convention, but ho hardly ran control It. Ills Influence Is on tho wiino everywhere, seemingly, but hi my own Htnlo of Missouri, and It docs not seem that lie can again dlctato tho policy of the party. 1 , Mr. Uryan hns not tho elements ot gro.it or successful leadership. I twlco voted for him, bocauso he wns the party nonit iueo, but ho holds many beliefs with which T am not In sympathy, and with which I do not bollevo tho Democratic party in In sympathy. RIVALS THE STORIES OP CAPTAIN KIDD Warren J. Baker For tho First Time Tells of Looting of Catholic Ca thedrals In Mexican War. lly Inclusive Win1 U0111 The Associated Press, Toledo, O., Dec. 25. The Ueo to-day says: "Warren J. Baker, secretary of the Northwestern Ohio Masonic Relief asoclatlinS, today for tho first time makes fjiibllc the secret history of the looting of Catholic cathedrals during the Mexican wnr, tells how it was done and of thu burial of the treasure. His I tongue was loosened by a. newspaper despatch from Mexico City telling of ! the discovery of a chest of diamonds, sapphires, rubles, pearls and golden images in the chapel of Las Vozcalnas college lu Mexico City. Mr. Baker's story rivals thu mythical tales of Cap tain Kidd and moreover bears the un mistakable stamp of truth. He says that his father marched from Vera ! ?..... . "ATn-ctnA fl... .,.111. rlnn.tit Scott's army during the Mexican war. He and a tent mate, after plotting for weeks, dug their way Into soma of the richest cathedrals and pillaged them of their fabulous wealth of all sorts of valuable stones and huge golden Im ages. For hours they looted, carrying their burdens of precious stones to a hiding place beneath the flag stones in a Cathedral yard. Shortly after ward, Baker's companion died. Baker returned to his homo In New York and then went to Hillsdale, Mich. Fifteen years after plundering the cathedrals he confided his story to an Intimato friend. The friend wrote to the Mexi can government asking "If there would be any chance of a 'divvy' of the spoils," if he should tell the govern ment where It could Und tho sacred and valuable altar decorations that had been stolen. In a letter bearing the official seal, the Hillsdale man re ceived warning that if he knew of any one who had a hand in the notorious pillaging or if he himself participated In It, he would do well to forget all he knew about It and "keep mum" lest his life bo sacrificed in revenge for the desecration of the cathedrals. Baker took tho advice, but still inten ded to secure the treasure he had bur led." DR. L0RENZ INTERVIEWED The Great Austrian Surgeon Denies That He Has Made Fabulous Sums in America. Uy i:cluslc Wire irom The Associated l're-. New York, Dec. 23. Dr. Adolph Lor ens:, who returned to this city from Boston to-day, while dlscusslnir his visit to this country said In an inter view to-night: "There is erne thing I want to say and that Is in regard to finance. 1 see It reputed that I have mado in this country ?1CO,000. Now as a matter of fact, f got one fee of $30,000 In Chicago, and in the four months I have been hero I have earned just $30,000. My practice at home In fourth months is worth that. "True, l have seen a number of pri vate patients in each of the cities I have visited, but as you Americans say In no instance havo they moie 'than paid the freight.' As a matter of fact, It bus been the physicians of the var ious cities who have prollted by my visits. They aro my colleagues and f am glad they did, but you see I re mained only two, three, four or perhaps llvo days. During that time 1 was working lu the hospitals lu the clinics, ! Tho private patients began to come In and they wore operated upon by the . local surgeons, who had witnessed my clinics. Hut I am glad I came, Thu triii has been the crowning success of my life. My trip has been successful I ethically, but not materially." Dr. I.orenx spoke gratefully of the hospitality he had received at tho hands of the Americans. TROUBLE IN MOROCCO, Sltuatlou Is Serious Many TribeB Wavering In Loyalty, lly HuliMic Wire from llic AuocUtcil I';e. London, Dee, 20. Tho correspondent of the Times at Fez, Morocco, describes the situation theiu as having become very serious, owing to u largo increase In tho number of the pretender's fol lowers, whom thu government troops are too weak to attack, Reinforce munis amounting to 12,000 men, ho wiys, will leuvi hero tomorrow und nn addi tional force of Irregular cavalry has been called out. Many tribes not already lu rebellion are wavering and are ready to join tho rebels In tho event of a serious govern ment defeat. John Marx Found Dead. Uy Kxclush v ire fiom Tho Atoclated Press. Wllkcs-Uarre, Dec. 2'5. John Marx was found dead on thu Lehigh Valley railroad tracks at Pttbton today. Ho was a miner und dining the strike his holiso was blown up with dynamite. It was thought ho was run down while wulklug (in the track but has lamlly think hu piay havo been the victim of foul pluy und thq au thorities aio Investigating. WHITE CHRISTMAS IS CELEBRATED KILLED BY A ROBBER. Cold-Blooded Murder of Christian C, Rnuck, a Lancaster Farmer. Uy Exclusive Wire from Tho Associated l're. Lancaster, Pa., Doc. 23. Christian C. lmuck, aged 23, u farmer residing with his father, Benjamin Rauck, near Para dise, this county, early this moraine; was murdered in a pectillurlyV?eold blooded manner. About 1 o'clock young Rauck went out to attend to the Incu bator In his hencry. As ho was return ing to the house ho noticed that the cellur door was open. Thinking It had been left open by accident, he started to close -it. As he stooped In doing so he saw a man in the cellar. At the same moment, und without u. word, tho Intruder shot him In the abdomen lrom u 3S-calibre revolver, and then lied. Rauck fell, mortally wounded, but re covering himself staggered into tho house, where at the time his aged mother lay dying from apoplexy. His father left her bedside to go to the assistance of his son, who had swooned In the hall, his fallen lantern threaten ing a conflagration. A physician was hastily summoned, but two hours 'later the young man died. Ho was conscious for some time before death, and related the circum stances of the shooting, but owing to the darkness could not describe his cowardly assassin. The latter left .10 clue to his Identity. Snow had obliter ated his footprints by the time pursuit began. TWO POOL Room VICTIMS ARE DEAD William Helwig and Joe Kenney Ex pire Four More Are Liable to Die at Any Moment. By Kxclusiic Wire from The Associated Press, Hot Springs, Ark., Dec. 25. William Helwig and Joe Kenney, both of Hot Springs, victims of yesterday's pool room 'explosion, died during the night. Thus far these are the only fatalities recorded, although four tnore of .the victims are likely to die. These are C iVnonnellyChicngo; WllilaiffMetzger,' 111 years of age, Hot Springs; Thomas Ozier, engineer, Arlington hotel. Hot Springs, and W. S. Mclnerney, Louis ville. Ky. The explosion wrought dreadful havoc to tho pool room, which was located In tho rear of the Turf Exchange. Tho house stands on Central avenue. In tho heart of the city. When the explosion occurred, the pool room was crowded with people and all went down in a mass of wreckage. R. C. Chambers, one of the proprietors of the club, had both legs and both wrists broken. The bones were set last night and today it is believed he will recover. J. C. Burch, of Chicago, sustained a broken leg and Is seriously injured. Benjamin Murray, the driver of a gasoline tank wagon, who was arrested, charged with crimi nal negligence, made a. statement this morning. He says he made a connec tion from his wagon to the gasoline tank In the cellar under the pool room. Upon entering the cellar, he found twenty or thirty gallons of gasoline overflowed In a large pool on the lloor. Fearing an explosion, he rushed to an open window and closed it. He says the door was then opened by a negro porter and the gases coming into con tact with the lighted cigars In the pool room, Ignited and the explosion fol lowed. Murray was blown against the side of the cellar, but escaped with slight Injury. All of tho Injured are re ceiving the best of treatment. The large force of physicians of tho city have volunteered their services and are looking after tho wants of the unfor tunate victims. Charles Walker, tho partner of Mr. Chambers, stated today that the wrecked portion of the build ing will bo rebuilt. BRUTAL THREAT TO KIDNAP. Citizen of Abbottstown Finds an Odd Christinas Epistle, lly i:.clule Wliu from The Anooclatcd 1Vn Hunover, Pa., Dec, 25, Abbottstown, Adams county, has a modest under study or Pat Crowe, the notorious Cudahy abductor. Ho loft this elegant little note lu an envehme In front of Allen .March's line home on Hruio-UT strict, ,vf sterduv: On the 2ii April your bruthoiulaw dr. Miller kidnaped his sou and boforo the l of dec one of your uhlldimt Is going to be kidnaped to, but If you will put a certain sum ot money at a place C will tell you to-night all right If you doun't it will be a sorry Christmas for you now don't go anil publish this keep it secret and do as wo foil you and all will bo (I. K. wo want money, 1 of Vs. Mr. Ali.ich has no eiuo to the writer's Identity, but the new law, passed since the (,'i'dahy abduction, would easily send the fellow, if apprehended, to prison, whuther he attempted to carry out his threat or not. Five Hundred Sheep Burned, Uy Keiute Wire from Tho A&odited Pre. Omaha, Dec, 23. -Tho sheep barns of thu Union Stock Vatds company at Soulli Omaha burned today together with rw) sheep, entailing a loss of $-".0,eu). All ef fort was nmiU to drive out the S,iC0 shoep, but IJ00 of them tun back Into tho tiro ami wero consumed, Murder and Suicide, lly i:xclu!!ic Whe fiom The Associated I'te. Algona, la., Doc, 23. Henry Adams killed his wifo with a shotgun today and then blew his own brains out. The coll ide had been rpiuriclling for six months. They leave two young children. Mr. Vnnderbilt's Condition, By Uxeiualic Wire from Tuo Associated lrctj. New Yoik, Dee. 23. O bulletin lssuo to night by tho physleiuus in uttenduncer 011 Cornelius Vundorbllt reuds: "Mr. Van dcrbllt has (a good day, holding the Im provement ho has uuido." Observance o! the Season oT Paacc and Good Gtieer In This and In Other Lands. FESTIVITIES AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL The Fiesldent and Cabinet Officer Observe the Day -King and Qucem of England at Sandringhnm Un usually Cold and Clear In London. Emperor William Distributes Coin to Servants The Imperial Family Lights Trees In Rome, By r.::elu'lvc Wue horn Tho Woci.itrd l'ir. Washington, Dec. 25. Snow, which began falling late last night, gave Washington a genuine Christmas ap pearance today. Public and private business wus practically entirely sus pended. Tnlorest centered In tho hap penings at the white house. Harly In the morning tho president and all mem bers of his family repaired to the library.where presents were exchanged and the many boxes and packages" which had come from out of town opened. There were a largo number of callers, and many gifts In the shape of floral pieces were received. Soon after breakfast the president, Theodore, jr., and Lieutenant Ferguson from the Rough Riders, who Is a house guest, took u long horseback ride, returning in time to Join the rest of the faniily at luncheon with Commander and Mrs. Cowies. At 'the homes of the cabinet officers the day was observed, while among tha embassies and legations elaborate prep arations had been made for the cele bration. Tonight the president enter tained a number of friends at a dinner, which was given In tha newly finished statu dining room. ..Celebration, in. tondon. London, Dec. 23. King Edward .U'rid Queen Alexandra spent the ,day at San diingham, this being tho first Christ mas their majesties have spent at their favorite residence since their accession. The royal family. Including the Prince of Wales, Princess Victoria, the Duch ess of Fife and Prince and Prlnfces3 Charles of Denmark attended an early service at Sandringham church, whicxU was beautifully decorated. The king afterwards personally directed the an nual distribution of beef and game to the employes and tenants on the San dringham estate. London and the south of England geneially enjoyed an unusually dem and cold Christmas. A severe gale swept the north coast of Great Britain today and caused considerable damage to shipping and water-front property on the Clyde and the Tyne. Herlin, Dee. 23. Emperor William spent Christmas lu his usual way. His majesty took a walk this afternoon In tho Suns Soucl park and distributed blight gold pieces, fresh from the mint, among the gaidners and watchmen. After dinner, at i o'clock, Christmas trees wero lighted in the shell hall a! the new palace. All the children of the Imperial family wore present and each had his or her own tree, of n size proportionate to tho age ot the child. In Rome. Rome, Dee. 23. AH fashionable Home wound ii)i Christmas day at the Ameri can embassy, wheie Ambassador and Mrs. Meyo,r entertained their friends at 11 dance. Among tho Americans present were (ieneral and Mrs. Cioiis, of Wash ington; AIlhH Curuw, sister-in-law ot President l'looseelt; tho St. Louis Fair eoiiiinJssloiior, A. AV.Kvarts, of New Yoik: John Mason Little, rif'lSiwtoii, and Air. Chapln, of New York. Among tho Christmas felicitations ex-' changed by the pope today were greet ings from the Emperor Francis Joseph and the kings of Spain, rortngal, Hel Kluni and Saxony. New vork, Dee. 23, New York en Joyed a "white Christmas this year, Very c.ir.'y In the morning snow began falling ni'd by tho time people wero awake the ground was thickly covered. Pails, Dec, 23. Ambasssador and Mis, Porter gave a Christmas dinner to day, among the guests being Admiral and .Mrs. Knutss and Commander and .Mis. Harher. .-. .. . YACHTING CROESUS' BRIDE. Met the Millionaire While She Acted ns a Vanderbllt Nurse, Uy Ktcliutva Who from 1 lit V'iocUtcd Press. Pottsvlllo, Pa , Dec i'i. Tin co years ago, while Miss I'timliiio U. Pritchard, of Pottsvllle, w.is nufsliig In tho Vanderbllt family, at Nowpoit, It. I., the watering placo of Now York city's 100, she met Harry P. Smith, a intlred millionaire, of lloston, Mass., and ironi the !lrt meet ing caiuo their tinner romantic weddng here today. Tho ceremony was performed by Iter. Dr. James T, Hatchell, at tho homo of the bride's father, ox-Chief of Police D. C. Pritchard. 'j Miss L'na Stlchter acted as btldesmaid, while L. L. Pritchard, brother of- tho bride, acted as best man. Tho wedding wus 11 very quiet one, and Mr. and' Mrs. Smith left on an extensive Mediterranean trip. Mr. Smith Is a member of tho New YorU Yacht club and also of tho l.'nstern Yahl club, and ha and his bride, will, later n, take a, .ruUo in hU handsome yacht, tin Adrlanno. , ' 1 4- r -f-ft A- 11 WEATHER FORECAST. Washington. Deo. 25. Forecast for Kiidwr und Saturday Kaptern PeniiiiViFnla Fair, coukr Filduyj Satuiday fair, continued cold; fresh 4- to bilbk northwest winds n VT-TT ttttttfTtt u 1 1 r 11 i X U -' '" .. o
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