IGH EVENING TIMES. i XX 111 .1x1 V C w" 1X2 T ealtioh. k, c. tziday. iisvxzt ss 1x4 I OWN TOPICS CONVICTED OF DIRTY BLACKMAIL 1 II. MURRAY SAYS HE IS GET I0 BE BMIEO SLEET PLAYS HAVOC"' . IS PARDOr AT ARLINGTON WITH WIRES IN CITY X T7I ED GARLAND'S SON J:rr Ecfrtts Tatb tl Kl IT TOOK .EMMIES 4 -10 MAKE UP VERDICT TWr Otftftaar VWHaaa OMivtarH All TVat O Mf I Very TMl la Th M ItrcrMHI rrr la tke t MaJ NLalca" Iitiw As ; na.Ua Moral tag Ikalllra. . (Dr IS Aaanrlata' ITMal Nw Tar. Jan. H. Tke Jury la-day la th Tuva To4r returned vcrdi-t that tJUur Namua HHt-"J la nal guilty taf criminal lltial. Tb Jury was ul-atul ten i.ila laa.. Ilaprn4 waa rhrgd with criminal llb4 mt Janice Draei The comp aim la Ih daw raa kaad on an atiituiii la Oollter bust August beating on Jua lka Dcl's connection with JWi Tc0 It "I will au( lcoir to diirgutae from yoa .tia alter loathing and contempt I faal for atm af tb wlmsssea a hvn I myself hav lot reduced." dectuied District Attorn? Jereni to the jury to-day la hi rgnmct for I" pr-ia-rutloa la lha actio fur criminal lbel brought against Norman HapgooJ. edi tor of Collier' Weekly, o complaint of J uat Ira Joseph aUtteu-1 of the ourt of pct1 ataaion. . - "For mora than, two weeka now w hara bean wanaWllng through Vanity fair." Bald Mr. Jerome, witnessing exhibition .of ha man weakness and folly and In an me Instance, of human degradation.". ' The raaa wai expected to go to th ", Jury t'dy After Mr.-Jerome'e argu irenf and I ha coarr la the Jury... , , "it mfiy t'oe' thatT ought not tek here prosecuting on of the beat friend I've got for" a crime which In. iny prl vale Judgment I bellev he ought U , have done and which 1 might have doue In hlar place with more aeal and more " I,M- than tim AtmnvA. TK law not to .restrict the liberty of the preaa has provided that. If the. published ar.lcle be true and published with Justliiabk ends. It la a defense. ' On tiff grotmd Of ekcus the prosecution coneedn that this publication was honestly tns'le In a belief that It waa true.' ' If you tlnd that the article wa true you hav'c got to acquit. . i . "Now let us see the charaf :t-r (it this . paper deterring to Town Topic . . Mr. Shepard haa told you, that : Coljnel Man a ha stated that it waa ths nat ural evolution of personal Journalism; If this Is true k ought to ba appli cable to rtioi-e than one dally paper in New York -whose , trend la that way There Is scarcely morning papr that does, not print vile scandals anil oh scen matter.' I don't see vhat inter est It coti serves to publish such etuT. I don't xee w'hat Intercut articled re lotlng to the adultery of this or tlut ' person have for you and me , v.- "Does It servo any useful purpose? Is It other than filth? It la .ml therA for ;o other purpose than -hat of ivj. ing dividends to the sto-.-kh(iWers. . The avtrogl newspaper ,1s t;;n finn the counting room standpotnc - Many of the adyertlementa are but a corruption fund to. Induce quiet ace .t this, that or the oth'er. There la not a pleasant statement to make, but If you ask the - average newspaper man why a ortnlu : paper let up on a certta propvaflMn, . his reply will be, 'Why duln t yu e : that ad of ao and sor . . ' ; v "These papers haven't' yet reached the oondltlon that this, vile riieet ha. . reached. I am not here, to Justify Town ' Topics." ' " ' i , . V Jutitlfloatton of the editorial de bouncing Justice Deuel." Mr... Jeroro5 said, "mean;) that Deuel was part own- '. er of the naper; censor r(d reviser of prooi, nna mat tne paper wnicn ne eu Hed in- part extorts money and print? . scandal. It la alleged thatb threat , ened to make public the family skcle- .tonfr, of . society -people uiiIcsb driver moncy.'i v, x, , ' . , V The Alstrlotv attorney oaserted thai . Jthlge Deuel jdW "noV.vlo'ta the stat- -Uie wnien. loroaaovnira,' to,, practice uvw "in court, but, paid ho. "x ,mr oplnur i he' violate)) the statute ja- carrying on buslnens. It -cannoti be paid that in carrying, on. btislneta h neglected hl s judicial duties,: , As Jiuittce,., win say rof'tilm that he conrlurt,eI his Judicial , duties i hnmesUy . fairly, and iwejl. ,. Mr. ' Shepard haq adiifiltWil that a.: great JuHst (lhi vlo'atn the statute,, hut Deusl was not drawing a salary of 117,000 o v year; On rules a bankinjr house from uj the supreme ' court ; bench, as others have . from ' the bench.; Growing gray ' and with his back to the wall, Do.uel violates the city charter In an endeavor i' to provide for hlmsolf in his o'd age ;.VH" do"? whnt a, rreat ludtte who (Continued on Pnge Soven.J , OMV fOiuTONE SAVED Alive (rca Sccc:3 Ealllx:! Tr Am4 TVaa Marvtaac M tWl TaBr4 kk Mat mt aW riaw HrrtT ttm Hmm riw11 Mr Urn mm TrrH I4ui Ills Mt Awtoi rtra I bWuUl Ja t Tbe klB Tpeka. vhkk arrive at fort i "IMI ibm asomiac. hroactt m thoa Jrea4y rvpftrtod. Ta total aa4. acrordlBf to tka tgaraa of Iba shVUIa of tha rarlfta Coast Compear, la forty, larUdlag three m foaad oa Tarm liaad. And 3 iai,a b-llrTd la a alH oa tha InlktlJ kill II ! mmi-tA W . mrm loraied iy lajlaaa. Tnla iao Inclade ibr report n the berlt. iar Ktaneaak. To tug F1 laat alaht. rcuortnd aothla left biit the hall of Ik Vslearla Victoria, n. C. Jas. 1 Advi ce to the Eiprtm from I'd met to day aay that tba tea men who left the Valencia Wednesday afternoon ij the second life raft, which waa lrkd op by the steamer City of lopeka, drifted Into Berkley Sound. Ob arrlylng at small lalaad off Vil lage Island. WUkn, third engl aeer, Jumped overboard and In at tempting to swim aahor. was Irowned. The remaining nine land--d on Turret Island Wednesday. Before'' morning five men went raiy and Jumped Into Ula water. On man, lh atrongest, atarted out for help, and bad not returned wbe th remaining three men were take in board the launch Sharoek of, Vie nna. ' . ' Th name of thooe on th raft who wer drowed are:""' r. " '"' r-WHMirrTh lhlrVinrtaWTTr- "4in, a passenger; , .Wallace, ateer tge waiter,' and a man-of-war' ma on leave rrom jft U., . a. Con 3rd, name unknrrVn. 'Th man In the bush on the Island la Frank, t waiter. Hancock think Prank will 'M found by the Indiana, who arc Uoklng for him. The; three men brought to Toqnart are exhausted. They are being cared for at the To luart fishing station.- rooL-nooM mi iidkr. Manager of Negro Renort in Iurh.im , Kills His Cousin. Special to The Evening Times.) Durham, N. C, Jan. 2. Last night .it ten minute to II o'elock there was murder In cold blood fn a negro pool room on Mangum streets John Rogers shot and killed his cousin. Gus Chavis. without provocation and then escaped. a The slayer left the building by the front, door .was grabbed" by a police officer, who, saw the pistol In his hand, but did not know of the murder, and escaped after a scuffle with the officer. Two eye-witnesses say that Chavis had- been, .left In charge of the room while Rogers went on. "When Roger who was the manager of the business, returned, he asked for the money col tected. He was told that there was no money that no playing had been done, and he Immediately began to curse, nnd pulling; his pistol ffred- the fatal shot. . . . - ,' ITALIAN HANGED FOR WIFE MURDER ' By the Associated Press.) New York, Jan. 2fi.-r-Nlcola Murdaco, nn Italian, was hansed In the jail in Jersey 'City to-day for the murder ol hi wife in that city In May last. , Mur. daco killed his wife with a hatchet after, a quarrel ,tn which she had de clared ."this Is a free lnnd and-1 am free to do ns I please.'. Ills little son witnessed the, crime and , testified ngainst his father. Militia Withdrawn. (I5v the As'oclaiert Pre.) : Chattanooga, Tenn.F Jam 26. The militia was to-day withdrawn trom the county jail "which was stormed last night for the third time in itf history by a mob intent on lynching a negro held for assaulting. a white girl. The Jail was damaged to the Mtent of $1,000. E. D Johnson, the man the mob 'was afte.r is said tt have been taken by, Sheriff Shipp tr Knoxvllle. t v , . '.- . ,' " v Sir Edward Thornton, Dead. 'v-fBy the Aasofl"ited "'Pros.! fV: London, Jan. 26-s Sir Edward Thornton, the" former-British' minis ter "at Washington.- lod ini.Londor to-day after a long Illness. ' - .r('iA'V;i fA?f!W'J 5 t-v Eves Cc::al" rwJca'fcl Siczs b!!okltj Utiltt FtS Oirr EbwNW CUSTOM MEW1 i:L:A 1 tjC:i titer PATS $750 AND COST - t Mil r ,Vi Vr Hum t,s.My 4 RrfsM AlwAdke tmfm hm " a mn mtm m a IW aad lk4 k Hn Uam4 IklxitMH- Gsmw Ofc-tta itn afi fieriled cn.diiwl wik Is W H M array, aritb.a a at-Man f fears la Ik rinkm klt fr kitiin kU ltttr In a (ht ikrn Th tiuvcrmtr mm M uii a r mtilMd uiwai Ik ) nin ,,f a of 7r and ftt nxna. a rtMm irt toil bafidt diiMaia Murit i tlao rt a 11 ut w ! i araiMW at Minti trm .rf nuit ! IM lUd ahay lhat h la ,l hi. iim dkrtavl hiniartf m a mun ,.r a-"x1 i tmi I dar. Ttie n-vrnnra r4l - lti upotl the afri.tatiis i.f t.i,,ia 1 A Mann. John M Manning J M u K.lty 1 N. M. Jirftnaun and N. B. IIikIh .nal ftans of Durham, that In ihHt i. inka ! the continued enafloenx nt of Murray j or changing hie arntx m a trim ti , the roads would mult In hla Vath Solicitor Ttrnoka alai fir the niirt tun , Mna In th mjnrct for the i.r,1.,n j (totemor Olrun atlll rinl,1i-i Mur- , ray guilty, but he la unwilling I.. nu i the man s drkth. The petition aa fM in absolute psrdnn. This th Oover- i nor waa unwilling Irt give. . He Inves tigated th financial eoadlilon of hr man and found that he pout Tht uuthoiitia In Ourhini were notified to lay of the artkMi the (einnr had taken and this afternoon Onvernot ilenn received a trlegrah) anylug that Murray's friends had raised the sum required ao the conditional pardon was forwarded thin evening to Durham. LEGATION T0.NIGH1 By the Asaoclated Press.) Washington, Jan. 26. Several of the member of th imperial Chi nese commission spent the morntnt In visiting some of Washington' public buildings, paying quite a long visit to the Treasury Department. They lunched at the Y. M. C. A. and afterwards visited the Corcoran Art Qallery, where they were received by th District commissioners. The chief event of the day will be the dinner to be given in their hon or tonight at the Chinese legation by the Chinese Minister, Sir Chen Tung Llan Cheng. Among these expected to be present are Secretaries Root and Bonaparte, Senators Dry- den and Bacon, representatives Dal tell, Denby, Payne and ifull. Assist ant Secretary of State Bacon, Jus tices Harlan and Brewer, Genera) Chaffee and several others interest sd in Chinese affairs. INTERNATIONAL JEWISH LEAGUE GROWING LARGE. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 26. Per manent organization has now, beet effected by the International Jewish League, formed in "this , city last month for the purpose of aiding Jewish comrtiunltles in any part ot the world In the attainment of civfl and religious liberty. :: It Is believed that within two Tionths the whole Pacific coast will thoroughly organized.- In time State leagues will be formed, and the heads of these State leagues will con stitute the "delegates from whom the national ' and subsequently the inter national executives will be organized. . Coffin Manufacturers Meet. V (Sperlal to The Evening Times.) .. High Point, N, C Jan. 26. The pint offln manufacturers of the South met here last afternoon to formulate plant for a permanent organization-to, b Known as the Southern Pine Cofflr Manufacturers Association. Mr. E, L Wltherspoon,. of Sumter, S. C. was made1' temporary chairman and Mr. A 41. Rankin, of this city, secretary. Tht date and place for permanent organi sation, will be announced later. , Ten Mllo Middle Weight. ' ,..5in , (By the Associated Presa.) thrmond. Fla'., ian: ?6.-Raclnaf in the automobile tournament on the beach here was continued to-day. The teti "mile middl weight championship was won by Vaughan In seven minute. Cedrlnp was second In seven minutes, fifty seconds. Vaughan Is driving the cars which Homerv was expected to run before he was disqualified. "H ''' I'i,'?' ': 1 '. .- ;V ''V-' v V.,' '."s'.'r: A "'' .-'" I t . aWNffllLCIllNESE , NEAR JEWELRY STORE Ma Ail - aa ) VM T4ta Ha4-I4 Bjtaar-aaV Hi TWTB rVtker I aaM Ma- ' Mrrtaaa taf Waaaajr a)M ka N Mmh. ir)y Ike Aak4ktv4 f-m ) tixago, Jan. l Ji a iiai Uaifl I k aUary tih ao am u, off, r araa the Wa Wlltlaai Gatiaad. ! ar 14. ainw4 Hp Ma nan '" aMer be kai ! antd tx. K-., ie aad WaVlBr"i s'rwta. 'lartaad lold the ili-e tha' he the ) of Auu' " II (iarlund ! fi'Miier I'nlled Stale Mtotncy (i-a I eral Hki BCiloas I arouxd ike' n.li1on of JWO dxtn-tivea. grid j ahen a-ar-hd Ihey found a plw of in wrapped I i"ktn ron"l d under hi rol. He uul tMen II Kerlag near Urge Jea.-h-j tor for eeveral hoars. Whi-n .iken to lb mi Ike all Hon Ji iii.kV ihe follow ing ronfeaialoa : ' I aimply a as don and out and I had hunted for WoiU althoul aue cm Then I read in ihe iiapers of .he easy wy la -whlrh hold-up men had smashed Jewelr Flore windows tnd got away with h cooda, and decldi-d that I would turn roliher " When the police i nt to (inrland's rooms to aearrh them they found several utiflnished lorles a hlrh evl ienlly he prepnrlng for a maga zine. A colleg illiilonia also was 'oiind In the room MANYTaTENTSTn 1905 Commissioner Wanls More Office Facilities Itcmarkable Inm iiH Dnring the IjisI Year, When ." 1,034 Applicntions AVere .Received .for .Mechanical Patents Xeii rlv All Countries In the World Represented. (By the .Usoated Press ) Washington. .Inn. 28. In hm n- tttal report to ( impress for the calon- lar year 190,ri. the Commissioner of Patents sets fori It the impernllve teed of an increased force and ad lltlonal offire fncilllles to cope with he business winch, the report, says. vas Bhown a tvtmirkable increase luring the last year. In 1905 tiiero were received! )4,034 appllcaiions for mechanical I atents, 7Xt design patents, 156 re-j ssties ot pntents. 1 T , 2 2 4 applications or . registration of trade marks, 1,068 labels and If. 7 prints. There vere 30,2 70 patents issued, including leslgns. The total receipts wore U, 806.75S. The expenditures II, 179,633. In proportion 10 the population, nore patents wore Issued to citizens if the District ol Columbia than any Itate or Territory, the ratio being ine to everv 121. Connecticut was text In order, and Tennessee the laRt. Nearly nil the countries In the 7orld are represented In the list ofw Coleman died suddenly at atents Issued, dernianjV' -England, .. ' ,...i.iii i .,in "!anada and Austria Hungary lend- 'tn, . . ,.,. 't : (V,! The most important event tn the uslness of the Patent. Office in 1905, according to I ho report, was the new rade-mna'k law, which reduced tlie ee for .trade-mark applications from 125 to 10. In 1905 lii,224 applications were ecelved for trade-mark .patterns, rtiile in the preceding year only ',524 were filed. ' TUES TEACHER FOR WHIPPING BOY. ' (Special to The Evening Times.) Salisbury. N. C. Jan. 26. A Ina Grove schoolteacher; Mr. T. vValter Gibbs, was in Salisbury yes 'erday seeking legal advice in a case igalnst himself for whipping an ob ltreperous boy. One pf, the com nltteemen will prosecute with the iOy's father and the " educational owers will stand with Mr. Gibbs. ft Interesting suit must develop it he mattef reaches th0 pottrt'. 1 cl Els ln fUXERAL ON MONDAY Tavaaa. faaaaa all tirSMtaa. ! Aaxarialf ha I W aiiiaun, Jaa r ..rrai vrii. e n I ft ha -iik necwrm la ,,i I'-aef-day. will ! kartd Naikmal (Vai-ter at Ailing )i fi'H mlliUr) boom a doe 'if I lank krtcadier geo- ' mi i 1 an offi rial ul li-" ii ion Hoi I'riii-d Kta n aimy. nk kwr kWil IWy WIN rke H-W la e laa-k awb, aaad Ik iMly III IV 1 akra aatilaiaii i jaw ml a tn irt ed on the'fm,,, rngrwa I. of h.-lo i. U'h O.HIKI tm i ftcii l.i. iMfc'y olll finallv ,1 r-t l' til"1 The t"niatn iiKitrraiM liroildi-a ikai ih. iui,ral arikr mill I.. hl,l ' at Kl Jira iih ituirh. tn thi In ihia ii) Monday afternoon, th aerla to be conducted by th rector of that ehUreh, Rev Cotton Smlih Chap lain Chaili-a (' I'lerre. staliond wlih the trnopa at Kort Mer. lll asalHt In Ih aeivlifs at tbe grav . The ewort to be provided m ill con slit of lroo from all branch of I urging ihe matter The um of 175, the service. Official at Ihe War las-1 "00 will Im unked for. and II I paitment are aow actively engaged thought that iih this the building In msklng Ihe arrangements for Ihe ran be made ta meet all refill re funeral I nients. The present bnlldlng was - 1 ,ot, it 1 ul ..H In 1(41 Thn ,l New York, Jan. it. Kuneral ser vlrea for Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler, who died yesterday at his t Concluded on Third Pago.) WOULD BE BETTEIUE- WEATHER illy the Atx'l:itetl Pres. 1 New York. Jan. 28. -Dispati hes t Pun'f Review lidiesie that fciislner i.'ondiilons wen' l Iw liio'e snllsfactjiry If normal weather prevailed, yet the frineial situniion s undoubtedly het tu thHn ever before, nnd In manv in spects the hlRh tempeiHtuie anil an s'ii."e of mhow stimulated ome im '".lllUlenilv lo offset it e sewhrre. Hank exchanges are slightly undci preceding weeks. :is usual In tne fouiil week of the month, but are stl'l heaw and indicate exc-epimnailv large settle incuts through the banks. Total ex changes thlM week lit all leading citu hl the I'lilted Slat a ere $:.S-I7.r.2s.7r2 an iiu'iense of per cent, over las sen r. AGED LADY FOUND DEAD IN HER BED. (Special to The Kvemng Times.) lliKh Point. N. ('.. Jim. 26. Mrs. D. S. Leak, living on Hamilton street, upon entering the room of her mother, Mrs. Dorset l. this morning, found the aged ladv dead. Although feeble Mrs. Dorset t mid retired in her usual good health. The hodv was vet warm when found, anil she must have died earlr this lmnnlng. Mrs. Dorsett was n native of Randolph eounlv and a woman known for her strong Christian char acter. Death of Captain Coleman. U'-ifi'onlAi. M n ln 9fi Pout um i (..iini'ii. v. ii.ii jh in i. ii ii i in lino count v yesierdnv afternoon. His health had not been good for several ..... , years, but his death was unexpected He was one of the most prominent men In this comity, a man of large means and universally popular. He was a native of Virginia and served as captain In a Vlrglniu regi ment during the Civil Wat. He set tled it thiai county in 1885, and from then until the time of hfs death ranked as one of our most public spirited and successful business men. By the doath of Captain Coleman the entire community is bereaved. One of the largest processions over tteen'ln Warrenfon followed the re mains, ot Mr. John G.. Tar water to the grave yesterday afternoon. V Drank Ounce of Laudanum. - Durham, N.. C Jan. 26.-Last jnlght Charles P. Jetton attempted suicide by drinking an ounce of laudanum. For several hours he Was ki a. serious condition, but was all right to-day. Mr. Jetfm has lived In Durham for a num bej; of years, t A wnoco fSi aiaiw W aliaav I raTMa lki lhm tTMaiaa , tu a AaMotna Ik rSnnan IVi fmrml t,n m Ikr Itig Itanq a1 iti i T' r ,ig rmm stlminru J.i It TU out l,k ftf Mtia,it c ,iii i fitiur, i:, or aoraieal killtu.r haa Mil Tfc BiMittilaual llm from liiiimir. la aaitM Ma o, I v VS II llama. rM(l as a i.i. i'. t ,,! u,r Kali I luot aad ( imlm. -anlHa! H,ia inn , haa r i art" 1 WllBBIB(10li. il". nf Camnene. ul lo iHllluirr eti 1 1. , ( 'hamlwr al 11 r lo awillv i I'I'i o'i is) ion of I lltolll lionh. I ll iiva,-ni (iiti'iiuiH in l.ulldlnc la ttell l4Mtid. toil la out ot dali' Mild entirel) lndtiiaie in it,,' nn-1 of l,r' Tier h. no nMKl. rn inn tenieno- In th building, and ie pairs are iinKianil n-i1ii1 The matter will be taken iii alth. lh,' IMiaera at Washington Immedlatel) . The question of enlarging the post office tiiiildlnii la also being agilaled Ponlraant-r Wallsce baa retained from Washington, wher be ha bee llnS.sOO The banquet to be given by the Chamber of Commerce on Jnnry Si promises to be one ot the most Important affair held here in year. Repreaootatlv Burton, ot Ohio. laalrmkA of th river and. harbor rommlttee. baa boen Invited to be present, and as he ha on more than tme occasion expressed a desire to visit Wilmington It Is thought he v.lll accept this Invitation. The banquet will be an elaborate one. Cover will be laid 'or 100 Senator Simmons and Representa tives Small and Patterson are among the guests expected. COLD BLOODED PROPOSITION. (Bv the Associated Press.) St. Petersburg, Jan. 26. Colonel I'rosnrnvBl. chief of the gendarmerie St Pcnsa. East Russia, has been in formed by the local revolutionary or ganization that the recenw murder of Colonel l.lssovskl. commander of the seventy-eighth infantry division, by members of the organisation, was a blunder. He had been mistaken for Colonel Prosorovskl. and the organi zation haa notified the latter that the error will shortly be recttifled. RICHMOND'S MAYOR WAS FINED $20.00i (Bv the Associated Press.) Richmond, Va., Jan. 26. In the cast of Mavor McCarthy for calling a News 1,eader reporter a liar in the police court yesterday and placing himself in contempt, he was fined this morning by Ihe justice $20. He took an appeal. Dropped Dead. Salisbury, N. C, Jan. 2fi. The re mains of Mr. Caleb Bastnger, who dropped dead Wednesday afternoon al Rock, ten miles in the country, were buried vesterdav in his home churchyard. The old gentleman had been away so carry dinner to his son working on his neighbor's farm and returning fell dend in his tracks. No one was verv near at that time and no help ould lie given htm. IT GOES TO SENATE AS IT PASSED HOVSE. Washington. a.In. 26. The Senate commilteo on territories has agreed to report favorably the statehood bill as passed by the House. Some minor amendments have been made to the hill. Negro Leaves Fortune. (Special to The Evening Times.) Salisbury, N. C, Jan. 26. The will of John Mowrey, the wealthiesj colored man In the city, was pro bated today and he leaves a fortune varying, by estimate of executors, from $23,000 to $35,000. ,AU of this he Inherited from - his father. who Was at his death worth $35,000 10i! lS KEW TflflU TfillH OIEEED AT L'ETIOO rrwaa ArHs) a 4 A. M. aWitl IU-U M I rntrnm Ik-aja V A. I Track. Itkatked laaaaage lr Hw rvukably tA.000 Maaiy ka wa ' Morgaa iMrr a ha r ai4 kar tkl anoralng taaw ' -1 ih tr4MBM aa4 trm aaara ya irma ixs'aaaaliated Mapvauaaa mt 1 aiiM-t tar aa4 pmmr aarvara, rapal 1 and in aom InalaJHwa cnialllr tiki isurnad tram aa4 rwultad la ! a .i,4uil.fcr damage taf IVM t wtr tikni alihln in city. Tli rainfall from 4 'dock ya4srdr 1 afitnMn lu I thla morning waa lit 1 Inchca and abort Iy after I e'ekork W th morning th rain tarad kit Bt, Th tia and wire wr tamn kkvliy eiaid Ith k-a. and allhougk he wind as n high, many poles od kcaach I save air under th rf hL At dawk I poles. Ilmba and wire rer dowa M ' lectrlc Fi::l 13 ma ay rt of tk city. Th ama-a was heavtat wast of th city and tker Hlllabore road and at organ at recti were- f effartually barricaded by pol. -' Th fore of th Ralt h KUctrle" Company began work ' ' bsfor day and the company waa kka to be gin th operation of It car ftmrnpthr this morning. However, City .'lv trtctan and Chief of th Plr DeparU -ment John W. Mangum rjoctd to th , mayor that It waa Imposatbl ta pro ceed with the work, unleaa th elect ri mireenta aara nil nn ' TTnrafnr 'l1 Mayor Johnson at 10 o'clock to-day ta sued order for th power Ikowa to shit dtiwn'wnd It was.not until I cUekl tn artrnoon that th elect rla mm- " ' pany ws permitted t rrauma opera- tlons. ' i ' Train fetall! Her. The Seaboard Air Lin fast train, , irom new lorn, aoainmuna, am , here at 4 a. PA., reached Raleigh about an hour late. Wire appeared lo be down and the dispatcher could get . no reports from the south. The train left here and proceeded tour mile to , Mf t hod when it encountered two pole . which had fallen across th track. ' While the train wa atandlr-g waiting for the obstruction to be removed ano- " ther pole fell and i:uck one f th Pullman cars, making a smU hoi in the top. The train waa then backed . to Raleigh and at 1:30 o'clock thla aft ternoon is still standing under th union depot shed. When the train returned to Raleigh from Method the passengers were anx- Inii, fnt- thuli- hf-Alrfnat Thara waa one buffet car In the train but the food supply was soon exhausted and pas- ; sengers, many of them northern peo ple bound for Pinehurst, poured int . the little lunch room at the depot, They are enduring a weary six or eight hour wait In Raleigh. , ' t ' The Seaboard Air Line track south v of here is completely blocked by fal len poles and all telegraphic com munication is cut off. At 1:30 thla at ternoon the northbound train ,due here at 11 a. in. ancl 11:15, have not arrived and they arc supposed to be between here and Hamlet. Five trains, passen gers and freights, are not blocked hi this stretch of ninety miles. The Southern Railway fared better nn its line .though the train were de laved. The train from Qoldsboro left here at 9 o'clock, but was two hours or more making the run to Durham. The eastbound train, due here at 10:30. arrived at 12:25. The poles down be tween here nnd Cary fell across the SeaVioard track and did -not reach to Ihe Southern's parallel line, Telephone Service Damaged. Of the three telephone companies here .the Interstate seem to have fared worst. The company lost twelve poles in the city and seven of these are down on Morgan street. iimi street presented the most Inextricable -tangle in Raleigh.' Swinging arc lights,', poles and wires were all piled In the street. Out Hlllsboro street th lt- . ., uation'was also bad. From the textile building of the Ar and M. College as far as one could see the poles seem to be on the ground. ' J ' ; " f The Bell Telephone officer reported - that they had 400 phone out of order In Raleigh, their ITne was down for a dia- n , tt&ce of five mile out of town, and ',',: alt long distance connection were cm . off. The wire of this company In the icity are underground at that. - . . i Manager Wynne, of the Raleigh 'tfU ephone Company did not lose- av pole -, e In the city and 'only has thirty-five ', phones out of ; condition. These are .: , mainly due to crossed wire and cah; be fixed easily. - , , The eltv suffered some damage, to Us ' (Continued on Page Seven.) ; . v -

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