Show A DANCE OF DEATH Electric Wires in St Louis Make Things Lively HARRISONS FIRST STATE DINNER The Standard Oil Trust Beaten Sionx Indians anti Eastern Schools The House and Senate ST Louis Jan iThe sudden adveabof rain snow and sleet has transformed the business section of St Louis into a grotto gotto of scintillating icicles swinging from telegraph tele-graph telephone and electric light wires The wires were breaking frequently today under the weight of ice and pedestrians were busy dodging The danger of break ing limbs on the sleety walks was not half so near the public mind as the fear of death from electric shock Now and then a wire sagging beneath the heavy weight of ice would touch another wire Blue sparks would fly for a moment and a shivering blue flame would succeed until the fusing of the wires caused them to unt and fall to the sidewalk Then the crowds would scatter falling over each other in their anxiety to reach a place of safety The police are watching for fallen wires The elect light and telegraph and telephone tele-phone companies have men out repairing the damage as rapidly as possible but the danger is still very great Two streetcar horses were killed and their heads nearly burned off this morning by an electric wire which dropped across the track as the car came along There were fifteen passengers on the car and they scrambled out in every direction but no one was hurt Harrisons State Dinner WASHINGTON Jan 7 President and Mrs Harrison gave their first state dinner in honor of VicePresident and Mrs Morton Mor-ton and the members of the cabinet and their wives The floral decorations were unusually elaborate and beautiful The President escorted Mrs Morton and the VicePresident Mrs Harrison General Schofield Senator and Mrs Sherman Senator Sen-ator and Mrs Cockrell Senator and Mrs Hale Congressman Carlisle and Mrs Car lisle Mrs Logan and Mrs Chandler were present |