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IN WRECK ON
LAKESHORE
Three Trains on New York
Central In Wreck In
Pennsylvania
EIGHTEEN INJURED
Two Trains, 11 Freight and Passenger,
Run Together on a Siding The
Passenger' Fails to Clear the Main
Line and Bast Train Runs Into it,
Killing Three Persons and Injur
ing 18 More All the Killed and
Injured Were in These Two Cars.
Passengers Stricken With Terror.
(By Leaned Wire to The Times)
Erie, Pa., Dec. 14 Three persons
were killed and 18 Injured today on
the Lakeshore division of the New
York Central Railroad at Northeast,
Pn., in the wreck of three trains,
they the second section of the Twen
tieth Limited, the New York, Chi
cago & Boston special and a freight.
The Twentieth Century dashed Into
two cars of the Boston Special after
the latter had crashed into, the freight
train.
The wreck occurred just beyond the
siding at Northeast. The' Boston
Special was being side-tracked to
give the right-of-way to the limited
train, bu through a misunderstand
ing 01 oraers, me ireignt. train was
already on the siding. The Special's
last two cars did hot take the siding,
but were still on the main track when
the Twentieth Century, speeding at
the rate of 62 miles an hour, tore
Into them.
All those killed and injured were
In the two cart of the Boston Special.
By what railroad officials consider
the most remarkable of chances, no
one in the Twentieth Century suffered
any Injury worse than trifling bruises.
The passengers were asleep in their
berths on the Twentieth Century and
were -violently shaden up, but so far
as could be learned none of them was
hurt enough to need the services of a
physician.
The passengers in the Twentieth
Century train suffered more from
' shock, through flight, than through
injury. There was a panic on the
train until it was realized that no one
was in any danger. Men and wo
men rushed through the cars, scant
ily clad and many of them left their
cars altogether to investigate.
The dead:
Three unidentified foreigners.
The known injured:
Lewis Bidell, fractured skull; will
probably die. Aiola De Lewis, Au
burn, N." Y., fractured skull and in
ternal injuries: will die. E. B. Col
ston, Jamaica Plains, Mass., frac
tured skull, both jaws broken, Inter
nal injuries; will probably die. Geo.
McFadden, Greenwich, Conn., severe
cuts and bruises. William McFadden,
- Buffalo, severe cuts and bruises.
Frank A. Starks, Greenville, Wis.,
fractured skull, internal injuries;
may die. A. H. Whittler, Dunkirk,
N. Y., cuts and bruises. Louis Zidole.
Elogoston.
Most of the injured were almost
suffocated to death In the last car of
the Boston Special because of the
smashing of the gas tanks when the
engine of the Twentieth Century
rammed it. The gas filled the car
and it was only through the quick and
"heroic work of the rescuers that
many were not asphyxiated.
The Boston Special was crowded
with passengers. She left Ashtabula
behind her schedule and it is thought
that this accounted for the freight
train being on the siding at Northeast
when the Boston train should -have
taken it to give way to the second
section of the Twentieth Century,
from St. Louis and Cleveland.
When the Boston Special dashed
into the freight, the passengers were
hurled upon one another in fearful
confusion. Many . of the passen
gers were laborers on their way east
and they were stricken with terror.
They rushed to and fro jn the cars
and It was until the trainmen from
the Special and those from the freight
who had not been hurt, came tip and
entered the cars that any semblance
of coolness was1 restored.
But the passengers had no more
than become partly calm and an In
vestigation of the Injury began, when
the limited train came rushing along.
The last two cars of the Boston
Special, still on the rails' of the main
track, were shunted ahead like a
catapult by the great engine of the
limited train and were torn from the
rest of the Boston Special.
Four Were Killed.
(By Leased Wire to The Tlmea)
new torn, Dec. .14 "Four pas
sengers on train No. 10 were killed
in the Northeast wreck,' said A. W.
McLaren, chief clerk to Vice-Presi
dent C. F. Daly, in charge of traffic,
of the New York Central, today.
The wreck was caused by a bro
ken engine on train No. 6, from Chi
cago, which delayed train No. 12,
which in turn delayed No. 10. These
are mixed Pullman and day coach
trains.
"Train No. 10 was not hit by the
Twentieth Century Limited from
Chicago, but by the Limited from St.
Louis, Indianapolis and Cincinnati,
bound for New York. This train is
No. 26 on the Big Four. At Cleve
land It joins the Chicago Twentieth
Century, also known as No. 20.
When there are too many cars for
one train, or one section pi late, the
Twentieth Century, containing the
Chicago and the Southwest trains, Is
sent from Cleveland in two divisions.
"This was the case last night, the
Chicago train being an hour late be
cause of the storm. At Cleveland the
St. Louis train, from then on officially
part of the Twentieth Century, was
sent ahead as section one of the Lim
ited. "No one was hurt on this train
when the crash came, except that a
womati passenger, a Pullman porter
and a railroad mail clerk were
bruised. The crew of the engine did
not even leave the cub. The damage
was entirely to train1 No. 10."
BUST IM mm
Marble Et cf Governor W.
A. GrafcaaArriyeJ Yesterday
ftiust is the Wort of Sculptor F. W.
Rackstahl otf NW Will be
Placed in One of die Niches in the
Rotunda of tne CapilxA-Presenta-tlon
Cere mottle Will be Held
8oim Trme j Jaitnary. ,
The
North Carolina Historical
Commission received yesterday after
noon from Carrara, Italy, the marble
bust of Governor William A. Graham
which will be set up In one of the
niches of the rotunda of the capitoK
The bust was executed by Mr. F. W.
Ruckstuhl, of New York, who Is here
to superintend its placing in the
niche. The order for it was placed
by the historical commission about a
year ago. During the past summer
Mr. Ruckstuhl has been in Italy,
where the bust was carved. At the
same time he was having carved his
magnificent statue of John C. Cal
houn for the state of South Carolina,
which he has just set in place in
Statuary Hall at Washington. Mr.
Ruckstuhl goes to Paris in January,
where he has a studio to make for
South Carolina the great monument
to the Women of the Confederacy,
which is to be erected in Columbia.
He will therefore not be here when
the Graham bust is formally unveil
ed and presented to the state.
The bust is one and one-eighth life
size and represents Governor Graham
at the time of his resignation of the
office of Secretary of the Navy upon
his nomination for the vice presiden
cy. At that time he had rendered his
greatest services to the nation, and
was( at the height of his fame. He
had been governor of his native
state, United States senator, and
United ' States cabinet minister, and
was the nominee of his party for the
second highest office within the gift
of the -people. ,
. The presentation ceremonies will
he held some time in January. The
ceremonies will be simple, but very
Impressive. A biography of Gover
nor Graham will be read by Mr.
Frank Nash, of Hillsboro, and the
address of presentation will be deliv
ered by Honorable Thomas' W.
Mason, of Northampton county, while
Governor Kitchin will accept the bust
for the state. The ceremonies will
probably be held in the hall of the
house of representatives.
After the bust has been set up
three other niches in the rotunda will
remain to befllled. The Historical
Commission hopes that the legisla
ture will take steps at an early date
to have them filled with busts of
three of North Carolina's greatest
sons. i ,
Oklahoma -Bank Closed.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Tulsa, Okhv, Dec. 14 National
Bank ExamneiH Y .. p w9do2
Bank Examiner F. W. : Bryant has
closed the Farmers National Bank
here. The suspension follows the
closing of the Columbia Bank and
Trust Company of Oklahoma City,
both having been controlled by W. L.
Norton. The Farmers National waa
eutablUbed In 1906. I
ZELAYA HAS
CAPTURED THE
CITYOFRAMA
Country In a Ferment and Eager
For Military Inter-vention-
ANOTHER STATEMENT
One Story Says Zelaya Has Captured
Town of Rama, While Another
Says the Zclayan Forces at Rama'
Cannot be Drawn Into Battle
Mexican Envoy Will Meet Secre
tary Knox This Afternoon for Pur
pose of Conferring With Him
About the Situation Will Urge
Plan of Co-operation Between the
Two Countries Itegarding Central
American Affairs,
(By LeaRed Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Dec. 14 Important
dispatches dated December 12 were
received by the state department
from United States Vice Consul Cald-
era this morning from Managua say
ing that the town of Rama has been
captured by the Zelayan forces after
a hard fight. Demonstrations against
Zelaya have again been reported at
Leon, according to the same dispatch.
The country Is said to be in a fer
ment and "eager for military Inter
vention," according to the wording of
the dispatch.
A dispatch from United States Con
sul Moffltt at Blueflelds, dated De
cember 13, announces that apparent
ly the Zelaya forces near Rama can
not be drawn into a decisive battle.
He adds that the suggestion that Jose
Madrlz, as a successor to Zelaya, has
been again broached as a means of
ending the strife.
Senor Enrique Creel, special envoy
from Mexico, is to meet Secretary of
State Knox late this afternoon for
the purpose of conferring with him
about Mexico's attitude in the pres
ent Nicaraguan situation, as well as
that of the United States.
It can be said that the argument
will be made along the lines of re
paration due the United States gov
ernment by Nicaragua, for the execu
tion of Cannon and Groce, and also
the question of the future peace and
stability of the Central American re
publics. With the question of repa
ration, it is understood Senor Creel
will say that Mexico admits it has
nothing to do, but as to the other, a
plan of co-operation and unity of ac
tion, will, Mexico believes, be well re
ceived by the United States govern
ment, providing that it does not con
flict with this government's present
policy. The United States and Mex
ico have often acted together in Cen
tral American questions, it will be ar
gued, and the active support of Mex
ico, it is thought by that govern
ment, will probably be acceptable" to
the state department in the present
crisis.
Dr. Salvador Castrillo, special dip
lomatic representative in Washington
of the Estrada government of Nica
ragua, received at 2 o'clock this
morning the following cablegram
from Blueflelds:
"Zelaya's troops do not wish to
fight. We are very strong and will
soon take the offensive.
"DIazV secretary of state, provis
ional government of Nicaragua."
Commenting on this, Dr. Castrillo
said:
"Of course the troops of Zelaya
don't want to fight. Why? Simply
because every man in his army knows
that his fall Is certain within a few
days. Zelaya will not be allowed to
leave Nicaragua after he is deposed.
The Nicaraguan constitution requires
that ex-presidents remain in the
country one year after leaving Office.
Tnis Is to give anyone who has a suit
or wishes to prosecute, the former
president for crimes an -opportunity
to do so under the law. I haven't
the slightest doubt but that Zelaya
will be tried and condemned for his
'many crimes. He will be tried and
condemned under the civil law, un
less he succeeds In escaping from the
country.
"Former President Calveda, of Sal
vador, soon after he left office, was
tried for forty crimes, and condemn
ed, tut fled before he could be exe
cuted. Zelaya is guilty of a thous
and crimes. He will be punished
with death unless he escapes.
"I am expecting a cablegram to
day announcing that we have been
completely victorious and Zelaya is,
either held & prisoner, or baa taken
refuge abroad-."
MRS. BROKAW IS
AGAIN ON STAND
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
New York, Dec. 14 Mrs. Blair
Brokaw, who is suing W. Gould
Brokaw, the milionalre yachtsman, for
separation and $60,000 a year alimony,
was put on the rack again at Mineola,
L. I., and cross-examined. As on the
previous days of her Ordeal, the beauti
ful witness out-fenced' her adversary.
The most baling of all the attitudes
was her "baby Btare" and "I don't re
member." Mrs. BroHaw's eyes, un
usually large and beautiful, have been
a prominent feature of the trial and
her counsel, Arthur J. Baldwin, daily
reiterates his declaration' that they
were responsible for her marital un
hnppiness, her husband imagining that
she tlirted with every man she merely
glanced at.
Attorney Eugene Busch, for Mr.
Brokaw, today declared that the suit
was brought solely for financial reas-
ment were mane betore the trial e-
gan. Mrs. Brokaw and her attorney
deny this story.
Just before Mrs. Brokaw took the
stand today, her husband was served
with an order in any action to recover
$2,150 for gowns purchased for his
wife.
Attorney Mclntyre the crnss-exnm-iner.
attempted to show that Mrs.
Brokaw wished a divorce so that she
might re-marry. Mrs. Brokaw fought
the imputation.
She told of overhearing Brokaw
eoar-h his lawyer to explain the hus
band's absence of three days, when
she demanded an explanation.
"I didn't go to the phune booth
purposely to overhear, " said Mrs.
Brokaw, "but I heard."
TO MEET SATURDAY
Society for Study and Preven
tion of Tuberculosis
Wake County Society for Study and
Prevention of Tuberculosis Will
Organize Next '"Satnrday - at IS.
O'clock, Noon Meeting to be Held
in Rooms of Chamber of Com
merce Gov. Kitchin, ex-Governor
Aycock and Others Will Speak.
The Wake County Society for the
study and prevention of tuberculosis
will be organized next Saturday at
noon. The meeting will be held in
the rooms of the Chamber of Com
merce and quite an interesting pro
gram has been arranged.
Dr. C. A. Julian, secretary of the
State Society, has appointed Dr. Al
bert Anderson secretary for Wake
county.
At the meeting next Saturday the
president and other officers will be
chosen and the plans for an active
campaign against the white plague
will be formulated.
It is proposed to wage active bat
tle in this county against the dread
disease, tuberculosis, and it is hoped
that there will be a large crowd
present at the meeting, for nothing
is of more vital importance to the
whole people than the question of
fighting tuberculosis. It is a matter
that every citizen should feel a deep
interest, and this interest should be
demonstrated by attending Satur
day's meeting.
The program is as follows:
Importance of Observing Health
Laws, Dr. T. M. Jordan.
Health: Its Fundamental Value,
Individual Health and Public Health;
relation of Preventable Diseases to
Public Health, Hon. J. Y. Joyner.
Are Diseases Preventable? Dr. W.
S. Rankin.
Tuberculosis: A Preventable pis
ease, Dr. C. A. Julian. -
The Cost of Preventable Jftseases,
Governor Kitchin.
Organized Effort Necessary to Pre
vent Diseases, Hon. R. W. Winston.
Central or State and Local or
County Organizations, Dr. R. H.
Lewis.
A Wake County Society for . the
Study and Prevention of Tubercu
losis, ex-Governor C. B. Aycock.
VISITED THE BOWERY.
President Spent a Busy Evening in
New York, Taking in the Sights.
New York, Dec. 14 President
Taft's strenuous night, culminating
in a visit to the Bowery and a view
of the "bread line", delayed the chief
.executive's trip to New Haven to
take part in the Yale corporation
meeting a few hours today. He had
planned to leave at 8 o'clock this
morning, but when the waking slg-
nal was given him in his brother
Henry's home he murmured, "Not
yet, but soon," and merely turned overcome In the meantime, tne sen- tions are being made by both the zoo
over. I ate is not likely to take action looking logica, park and the Smlth80n,an ln.
Mr. Tft anil hAr IM r.
Laughlin. oflttsburg, conclude. to'" J ' distIneulsh. '
remain in mew York ana ao some
Christmas shopping until Thursday. !
The president will be back In Wash-
'lngton tomorrow. '
WOMAN CUTS
HER THROAT
TO END LIFE
Mrs. Henry Seagraves of Cary
Cut Her Throat With
a Razor
SHE IS STILL LIVING
" , Mrs. Henry Seagraves, of Cary, (iocs
Into Rarn During Kurly Morning
Hours and Slushes Her Throat
With Razor Regs Doctor to Let
Her Die, As She Does Not Wish to
Live Altho Itadly Cut Will Prob
ably Recover Xo Reason Assigned
For the Hash Act.
(Special to The Times)
Cary, Dec. 14 Early this morn
ing neighbors were awakened by the
screams of Mr. Henry Seagraves, who
had found his wife in the barn wilii
her throat cut. A relative, Mrs.
Goodwin, living with the family, re
cently operated on, caused members
of the family to be up a great por
tion of the night and before day this
morning Mrs. Seagraves was missed
by Mr. Goodwin and he suggested to
Mr. Seagraves that he make a search
for his wife. After making a search
over the house and premises he found
his wife in the back part of the barn
with her throat slashed oh. one side
with a razor. Blood covered the
clothing and when found she was un
conscious. Neighbors answered the
loud screams of the husband and as
sisted in placing the wife on the bed
where she wjis snnn attended liv Dr
Templeton. A11 the whiIe the' wo
man begged that nothing be done for
her and asked the doctor to let her
die. At nine o'clock this morning
she was thought to be improving and
had a slight chance to live. She is
the mother of two grown sons and
no cause is given for her rash act.
PRICES NOT SO GOOD.
Tobacco
Prices on Fuquay Market
Take a Fall.
(Special to The Times)
Fuquay Springs, N. C, Dec. 14
The tobacco warehouses here will be
closed the li'th until after the holi
days. There is only about 25,000
pounds left in this section that is
likely to be marketed here after
Christmas.
Up until last Friday the prices on
the weed have been satisfactory to
tne iarmers, out. on wiai tuue uie.e ,
was a uem, mop m me p...ca .... ....
the grades put on the floor, taey
averaging less at each warehouse
than at the first of the season.
The people here are glad to see
Mr. E. H. Howard, the popular and
efficient cashier of the Fuquay Bank,
return to his work, he having been
ill at his home in Oxford the past six
week. Major Hart, of Raleigh, re
lieved Mr. Howard during the hitter's
illness.
MOVING THE MARINES.
Getting Ready to Sail for Nicaragua
on Prairie.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
New York, Dec. 14 Two hundred
United States marines, fully equipp
ed for active service, leftthe Brook
lyn navy yard under command of
Captain R. R. Wallace today for
Philadelphia, where they will join
another company of 300 men under
command of Lieutenant W. P. Bid
die. The two companies will board
the United States transport Prairie at
Philadelphia and proceed at once, tot
Colon or Nicaragua. Most of the
men sent from the Brooklyn navy'l
vard todav have seen service 'on the
isthmus of Panama and will be bet-.
ter prepared to stand the climate of ,
Nicaragua.
THE APPOINTMENT
OF JUDGE LURTON
(By Leased Wire to The Times.)
Washington, Dec. 14 Unless all op
position to the nomination of Judge
Horace H. Lurton to be associate Just-
lee of the United States supreme court
towara tils connrmation wnen it meets
.r,Byhl, hnnt nf .n.ino. w
nomination to lie unon the table with-
out reference to the committee on the
judiciary, as la uwmI-wttk aU-Judgship
appointments, where it may be called
up at any time This practice has been
followed in times past, but rarely and
only in the case of cabinet officers.
Should it be referred on Thursday to
the committee this action will be taken
as Indicating some objections to his
confirmation. The committee on the
judiciary will not meet again until
Monday. It is said that President
Taft's cabinet is divided on the ques
tion of Judge Lurtnn's appointment,
Secretary of War Dickinson strongly
urging it ;ind Secretary Knox oppos
ing it, although the ground for the
hitter's protest cannot be learned defi
nitely, but it is reported that he an
t agonized the apointnieut. and that the
president in naming Judge fuiton
acted against Secretary Knox's objei
tion.
Aside from his personal admiration
for Judge Lmton and bis ability, the
president is said to have been actuated
in making bis appointment by the de
sire to select the republican office.
Thief Justice Fuller expects to die with
judicial robes upon him, it Is said, un
less a democrat should be elected pres
ident, in which event it is believed he
would immediately retire. The ap
pointment of a republic, in to succeed
1 i m would leave only one democrat,
Justice White, upon the bench unless
a member of that party fills the place
made vacant In- the death of Just
Peckh.-iin.
Two American Bishops.
( lly Cable to The Times. )
Koine, Dec. 14 f'ope I'ius today
appointed two American bishops. The
Rev. M. F. Fallon, of the Provincial
Olilates, of Buffalo, is made bishop
at. London, Canada ; and the Rev.
.lames O'Koilly, nf Minneapolis, who
lias been rector of SI. Anthony of
I'adua. becomes bishop at. Fargo,
S. I).
TAKEN TO TARBORO
Negro Who Worked Slick
Game in Rocky Mount
Two Colored Youths Work Slick
(nine in Railroad City and Are
Lodged in Jail For Carrying Con
cealed Weapons First Case of
Small Pox of the Year Other
News.
(Special to The Times)
Rocky .Mount. Dec. 1 -I John Pope
and Henry Lindsay, two colored
youths, were taken to Kdgecombe jail
in Tnrhoro this morning by Squire
C. A. Calhoun and lodged there to
await a hearing in Edgecombe crim
inal court, upon the charge of carry
ing concealed weapons. The negroes
were working a game somewhat out
of the ordinary, but the usual incent
ive for lawhrealiing that comes the
way of the negro, namely that of a
chicken, was hack of their trouble.
i ne two negroes, with a snotgtin be
tween them claimed to be hunting
near the cemetery section of the city
uut at lhe s.,me'time peopIe in thal
neighborhood continued to miss their
chickens. The officers were apprised
f t, ,,,..: ,,,,,, Kifte, ,t
down to these negroes. They were
arrested on tne scene and as was
thought they were killing the chick
ens of the neighbors and placing them
in a bag which they carried, suppos
edly for game. When the negroes
were arrested a pistol apiece was
found on their person and this caused
a slight turn in the evidence in the
case. They were bound over to Edge
combe courl under a bond of 10u
each and they could not raise the
money. They lodged In the city lock
up all day yesterday.
The first small pox quarantine of
the present year in this city came
under the eyes of the health officer
of the city on Saturday afternoon,
and soon thereafter the police, who
has charge of the 'quarantine, had
raised a yellow flag there. The per
son afflicted is an aged colored wo
man, Sarah Ilunn by name, and her
home is at lhe south end of Hill
street, and it is thought that owing
,n; location
ind the fact that
'mere is no near neighbor it will not
ht- necessary to move the patient to
the quarantine quarters of the city
Tho woman has not suffered expos-
"'? to other persons and it is hoped
this case can be handled without any
danger of an increase in the number.
On Friday night Nathan Jenkins, a
worthy colored farmer who lives on
the Sherrod place, about five miles
from this city in Edgecombe county,
suffered the loss of two bales of cot
ton by fire. The cotton was stored In
the yard near his house and It is not
known how it caught fire. Both bales
are practically an entire loss. v
Roosevelt Trophies Coming.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Washington, Dec. 14 Prepara-
Htt . TC,niv mha- t.
n - s of African animals and birds
weeR. tne result or the smith-
sonian scientific expedition now in
Africa, beaded by Theodore ROose-
velt.
SEVEN DIE IN
A TENEMENT
HOUSE FIRE
Building a Death Trap From
Which There Was No Escape
After Flames Started
MANY ARE INJURED
Four-story Tenement House Caught
Fire From Hall Lamp on Second
Floor and the People on the Upper
Floors Were Cut Off From Escape.
But One Fire Escape and It Was
Made Useless by the Flames
Emergency Door, Supposed to Lead
to Safety and Required to be Kept
Open at All Times Was Nailed
Shut.
(By Leased Wire to The Times)
Cincinnati, O., Dec. 14 In a fire
which destroyed a large four-story
tenement house in East Third street
early today, seven persons lost their
lives, three will die and twelve oth
ers were seriously injured.
The dead:
Mrs. John Henderson, aged 40 and
her three children, as follows:
Nora, 16.
Ruth, 9.
James, 5.
Thomas Watson, aged 4.
J'
Isaac Rucker, 30. ( j
William Grout.
The fatally injured:
Mrs. Laura Wilson, Mrs. Emma
Tiel, unknown girl.
The building was a veritable death
trap. The' one fire escape was ren
dered useless by the flames and the
emergency door, -supposed to teat-te-safety,
and ordered kept open by the
fire department regulations, was nail
ed shut. The building is a four-story
structure, with tenants on every floor
except the first. The hallways are
lighted by kerosene lamps and In
some way the lamp on the -second
floor was upset and in a very few
minutes the dry woodwork in the
hall was aflame.
The blaze shot upward, making it
impossible for the tenants of the
place to get out by way of the stairs.
Some of them jumped out of the win
dows and were badly hurt. There
were fifty persons in the house-at the
time.
The first fireman to reach the
scene, saved several of them from the
rear of the burning building. Cap
tain of Engine Company No. 4, car
ried down two bodies on the ladder,
and several women were found hud- I
died together on the fourth flooor.
The bodies taken to the morgue
were so badly burned that identifica
tion was almost impossible. Patrol
men Clark and Trlnker, who were
lhe first upon the scene, picked up a
blanket from in front of the building
and yelled to the terrified people in
the windows to jump. Holding the
blanket between them they called to
a woman on the second floor to jump
into it. ,
As she jumped to safety the officers
called to a small girl who was on the
verge of dropping from a window on
the third floor. The girl took one
look at the outstretched blanket and
jumped head first into it. Both wo
mnn and child were badly burned and
were quickly rushed to the city hc
pltai. Lieutenant Kane, Patrolmen
O'Neil, Hayes and O'Dowd, were the
first to reach the imprisoned, ten
ants in t lie, rear and carried many Of
them to safety over the rooW of
neighboring buildings.
THE WEATHER,
Forecast till 8 p. m. Wednesday!
For liaeligh and vicinity: Fair to
night and Wednesday.
For North Carolina: Fair tonight
and Wednesday; light winds, becoming
variable.
The storm that occupied1 the eastettl
portion of the country yesterday hat
continued to move northeastward aal
Is now central over the St. LeWrene
Valley. It was attended by a general
rain from the Mississippi Valley to thA
Atlantic coast with some anow in tt)4 -northern
districts. The rainfall ranged
from one two inches from Georgria til
southern New England. The Rvrac4
over North Carolina was aboufonVariS
a half inches. This disturbance haa
been followed by- a moderate Chang
to colder weather, the temperature faRJ
ing about twenty degrees- over ' tM
eastern districts. Pressure haa In
creased over the northwest.. i
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