WEATHER:
Fair 1 ' and colder today;
Monday fairj fresh west
winds.
VOL. I, NO. 121
CITY EDITION.
GREENSBORO, N. C, SUNDAY, v aRCII, 4, 1906.
CITY EDITION.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
SIXTEjHPAGES
TWO SECTIONS.
DEFENSE IN MATTHEWS
CASE SEEKS TO SHOW
PRISONER'S INSANITY
Physicians Examined as Experts Testify as to Symptoms Attending
Mrs. Matthews' Death Admissibility of Evidence Tending to
; Show Hereditary Insanity Decided in Fm or of Def nse
The leading feature of yesterday's
session of the trial of Dr. J. B. Matthews
were the testimony of the . witness's
father, Mr. B. W. Matthewa, of Dr. A. L.
Petreo as expert, and the wrangling of
defense and prosecution over the ad
missibility . or non-admissibility of tes
timony. At least one Important decis
ion was handed down in favor of the de
fense. This declared competent the
testimony of Dr. Matthews' father con
cerning the alleged insanity of his
mother, which, declared the defense, was
necessary to establish a hereditary ten
dency to insanity in the prisoner.
Acted Queerly About Dog.
The' first "witness called to the stand
yesterday morning was Sheriff John
Veatherly who testified that he had
known the prisoner for two years, and
that in the last year he had noticed
t lint he was not exactly "right." He
said that l)r. Matthews had first acted
strangely in some matter concerning a
dng. On the cross-examination much
amusement was caused by Solicitor
Brooks' question as to whether many
men were not peculiar on the subject
of dogs. Sheriff Weatherly included.
Sheriff Wcatherly's response to this was
I hat it was his dog and not himself
that was peculiar.
C. I'. Lewis was then called to testify
that he hud noticed something wrong
n limit the prisoner, who had been his
family physician and that be had de
ckled not to employ him any longer.
Dr. Petree Expert Witness.
Dr. A. L. Petree was then called to
the stand and qualified as an expert.
He was asked to suppose hypothetic
ally that the jury should find as a fact
that when Drs. Tumier, Brooks and Far
far went to the house they found Mrs.
Matthews in a state of complete coma,
which continued till death, that her res
piration was from twelve to fourteen a
minute, that her pulse was high and
weak, that she died in convulsions, that
the doctors had given her two one six
tieth grain ' doses of strychnine, one
thirtieth grain dose in combination with
one one-hundredth of a grain of nitro
glycerine, one one-hundredth of a grain
of. atro'pfmv and one two hundred and
fiftieth of a grain of digitallis, followed
by ono or two doses of caffeine. Dr.
IVtrce was then asked in the face of
opinion was tne cause or aeatn.
Dr. Fetree's reply to this question was
that the case was so compli
cated that he could not say what the
cause of death could have been. He
slated that the symptoms were not typ
ically indicative of any poison, or any
DEFENSE CLOSES IN
Mlss Sheridan Says Davidson Did
Not Have Knife When
Attacked.
Gaffney, S. C, March 3. The trial
of George Hasty for the murder of Actor
Abbott Davison last December was
marked with the morning session of
e)urt today by the close of testimony
for the defense. The state introduced
several witnesses in rebuttal, ' particu
larly to disprove the allegations of self
defense made by Hasty and his wit
nesses. .
Miss Sheridan, a member of the com
pany, of which Davison was also a mem
Lcr and to whom she was understood to
have been engaged at the time of the
killing, was brought again to the stand.
She declared untrue tho statement
that Davison had a knife in his hand
when ho was attacked by Hasty. Every
effort of the defendant's attorneys to
discredit her testimony or to confuse her
on tho stand proved entirely fruitless.
U. S. TRANSPORT ASHORE
PROBABLY TOTAL LOSS
Manila, March 3. The inter-island
transport Ingalls is ashore on IUporapo
reef, off the southern coast of the
Island of Luzon, She will probably be
total wreck.
A battalion of the twentieth infan
try, en route to Manila, where they were
to transfer to the " transport Sheridan
for the United States were aboard the
Ingalls. They were rescued by a coast
guard cutter. The transport l.iscuiu
hat been sent to take off the soldiers'
baggage and render any assistance.
The sailing of the Hheridnn has been
delayed.
Oau4a jvAaiil R-b Irate! M fia
Springfield, O., March 3. Mai k M.
Davis, the brakeiuan who was shot by
negro Wednesday night, died early to
dav. It was the shooting of Davis that
led to the riots in this city on Wednes
day and Thursday nights. Kdward .Dean
and Preston ldd. both colored, are in
jail at Dayton charged with shooting
one drug. The state of profound coma,
he said, while typical of opium poison
ing, would also follow the administra
tion of other toxic drugs. If the case
had been one of opium poisoning the
pupils ought to have been contracted.
The rapid pulse was a proper svmplohi,
but the convulsions were not, save as
exceptions to the rule.
Not Typical of Strychnine Poisoning.
Neither were any of the symptoms
related typical of strychnine poisoning,
snjd Dr. Petree, as convulsions follow
ing strychnine poisoning were much
more violent than thoso Mrs. Matthews
is stated to linve had. Moreover, m
strychnine poisoning the mind of the
patient would remain clear until imme
diately before dissolution. The dilated
pupils were, however, an important
symptom in strychnine poisoning..
As to the atropine present in the
tablets of morphine used by the doctors
who prescribed for Mrs. Matthews, Dr.
Petree said that the commercial -morphine
tablet usually used by doctors
hud in them one quarter of a
grain of strychnine and one one-hundred
and fiftieth of a grain of atropine.
If these quantities were exact neither
would predominate in the production of
symptoms. If the atropine predominated
the dilatation of the pupils of the eyes
would follow. k
The second hypothetical question
asked was what would have been the
result supposing that the jury should
find it a fact that Mrs." Matthews took
fifty one thirtieth grain tablets of
strychnine at 11 o'clock p. m., and that
Dr. Matthews gave her ono quarter grain
doses of morphine every hall hour till
morning.' Dr. Petree stated that this
would relieve the convulsions and an
tagonize the effect of the. .strychnine, -on
the reflex nerves. The patient -'would
have lived longer for having taken the
morphine.
Dr. Petree was then asked to suposc
that the jury would find it a fact that
Mrs. Matthews was in a state of coma
from 10 o'clock a. m. till night, and to
state what effect that coma would have
on the absorption of poison into the sys
tem. .-..'.-.'.'
The profound coma, was the reply,
would have interfered with the absorp
tion of the strychnine because it would
nave caused a dryness of the alimentary
his hypothesis to state what in his canal, would have dried the secretions.
would have kept down peristaltit ac
tion of the intestines, would have
stopped action of the stomach, and
would so have weakened the circulation
that the poison would be distributed
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E
P M V Race' Af1nn' I Mn. 1
" v rauiuwv, l";fiif an hour near '-Anna. Tuamotu. Her
Into Sea at Atlantic
City.;:- ;'':;::-:
Atlantic City, N. .1., .March 3.
body of the man who committed suicide ;
last night by leaping from the., end of , '.,,. mi,iim,s llm dwelling houses
Young's pier floated ashore at Southland the I'atlmlie elmreh were swept
Atlantic fit v todav. From naners foundinway. Many of the natives climlied cm
in the Dockets it." is believed 'tlmt. ,i,p
man was E. M. Y. Bass, once a Tennes
see lawyer, and a Confederate veteran.
The man had a cork leg and the body
was floating head downward when dis-
vv., ,,,,. 11,: iiium vmniiiu i" ir ,n,n ill,
New York magazines.
No money
WaS
found on the bolv.
North Carolina Postmasters.
Washington, D. C, March 3. Dora U
Smith was today appointed postmis
tress at Moulton, Franklin county, vice
E. C. Iiobbitt. resigned. .
John y. Skipper has been appointed
regular carrier, and Maggie D. Skipper
suimLitiiit', . 01 uic rutin lire uemerv
service at Wade.
OF
E OF TWO WEEKS
Georgia Man Held on Charge of
Causing Death of Young
; ' Wife. '
(Villa, On., March 3. Keason Handley
was lodged in jail at lrwinville today
charged with poisoning his young wife I
t A I I
ii iwo weeKS.
Handley is from near Crosslund and!,, . .. , ,
hH ,. nl ,. -lw.vf Th. ! the greater portion of it was wrecked,
coroner held an iiupiest yesterday and
the jury asked that the stomach be
analyzed. R, U Henderson left today
for Atlanta with the organ fov the pur
pone of having it analyzed bvn cheiiiist.
The accused is a man of u proininent I
Ii.vi. . II. i believed t hut thn mob I family! of Wilcox and Irwin counties.
spirit it effectually broken. lie protests his iunocony.
HEAD OF FAMILY LEADS M RDYS
:' - i! IHraHHP 11 1 PPSWft -
w ' mmm$&m filter Hs.ftii
ROOM IN 'IMPERIAX SUITE ON AMERIKA. . iA ImI
CYCLONE CAUSES CONFIRMATION OF 1
DEVASTATION I HOLTON'S II I M
PACIFIC ISLANDS SIS NOI CERTI; v
Most Destructive Storm In History
of Tuamotu Croups on Feb
ruary 7 and 8.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE
IN LAGOONS IS FtAKtUi
Wind Blew at Rate of 120 Miles an
Hour and Waves 65 Feet High Are
Reported Damage EAmated at
$toooco.
Papeete, Tahiti, l'cbiimr;, IS, via San
Francisco, Mare!)' 3. The mow, dest na
tive cyclone ever iMMieHeod in the So
ciety and Tuamotu Islands. occurred on
Fcbrnary 7 and S. The damage 111 I a-
hiti is estimated at $1,000,000, and pie.
sumably a .similar amount of properly
was destrovcd on the Uuaniotii Island.
The city of .- Papeete was in.imlalcl
and alioui seventy-live buildings tie-
st roved, including the America 11 eoM'l-.
ate anil the '-Trench government' biiihl- 1
ing. The shipping in ' -the harbor of
Papct'l:? escaped injury owing to the
direction uf the wind, but fears are en
tertained for vessels which were cruis
ing near the Tuitumtu Ulands.
H is feareil that there has been heavy
loss of life in the lagoons of Tuamotu.
Islands, though the death of guardian
of the tiiaraiiiine station in Papeete if
the only fatality yet report ed. .
Waves Sixty-Five Feet High.
The W,r l'! " oul.mergiMl
captain, Philip .Michaelli. estimated that '
1 the waves were siMy-feet feet high. It
iwas inipnsible to sec twenty feet away.
At 3 o'clock iii the day time the sailors
1 had to he lathed to tin vcs-el.
ie; -M. Mareadi, a French, resident at l'a-
haraii. Tuamotu Islands, aliainloiiecl the
,tli,iu, in im dm, ill fiiHi.r tiior nil 1 lio I'liv.
!"a nut trees and. oilier put
ml to ea !
ill small boats. The schooner Ina wlueli :
was anchored in the lagoon at Makemo. '
suc-cessfullv rode out the lorm.
lliidL-es 'and roads weie l.aillv dam-
aged on the Island of Tahiti. Bread
truit, .cocoa 1111 1, banana and pliimtiiiii
in,.a tt'i.ci
blown down in great uuni-
1 l,ra tvliioli till nibitll hi 1 rit qlii 04 to
.1.. i....:..n.. ....,.,.,.
LIIB I Ullll'n II II llltlli'l nil 1 , nil. , b ,iti-
merce during the next two or three
years. -
'IM.- I.". '..I.... I..W
lias gone
to the Tiininotu
. ..'.
lands with supplies
water., ..The British
of food and fresh
consul has appealed to his goveiument
i for y f(ir five. hundred British' stibieels.
jf,,, .Americans have ' : sustained heavy
(Concluded on page 0, column 1.)
N0RWEIGAN FISHING FLEET
DESTROYED; HUNDREDS LOST
Three Hundred Boats Caught in Fearful Gale Only S:venty.Nine
Have Been Reported Though Saved From Water v
Men May Perish of Cold.
Trondhjcm, Norway,. March 3 A fish
ing fleet, consisting of 300 boats and
operating off Trondhjein, was caught in
. ,-a ,.,, ia.:,i ,i it : f,..l
as many boats are reported to have been
seen tloaling keel upward .
Thus far seventy-nine of the boats
have been 'reported safe and possibly
others have reached shelter at some-f
I the thousand
of islands dotting the
uuwt,
District Attorney Has.: Filed
Answer to Blackburn
Charges.
COURTS THE FULLEST
iflVtbllljAllUft! ur tA5t
Denies That he Ever Falsified His Hotel;
Account at Asheville, or Elsewhere
Bradsraw Will Urge the Ratification
of Frazier's Nomination. ,
BY JOHN E. M0KK.
Washiiigloi,, . C, Mimfl 3.--The
charges preferred against Drstrjci '.Attor
ney ilolton by Representative Black-
burn have been-lully answerer! ana, in
. iic opinion of at least one senator, Mr.
; j,,,,,,,,,.., ((.fesp 0 his record is such
I - .-. . ... .
,1! senate jiulaiary commiUee will
('report favorably his nomination at an
i pinlv incetini'.
i.i,,!.,,,,
mswer to the last
charges tiled ag.iinst : him was brought
here today by .Mar-l.al Milliknn and
filed with the judiciary committee.
'Mr. Ilolton denied that he lint- falsified ;
his hotel account: at Asheville
or anv i
other point and courted ' thfe fullest in
vestigation. ' '":'
C Mam Ht.vlshawVdid not leave here
last night as he iiitemlcd, and will re
main over next week to urge
the wm-
firuint ion .f
Senator Overman ha liccn asked to
write a tavoraine report m lavoi yi u-,
bill introduced by senator Aldrich oj" i
Khode Island appropriating f2.),f)0t) for
' . . . i . : . . . ' .. -.1' M...
the erection ot a' .monument tc
. . i
Nathanicl (irceiic,
it liuiiford ilattlc
Ui'ouml. .
Judge Kovd is here.
DLrClDUKIl tlU
nt i.nlimi Mr,
LIEUTENANTS CONFER
. '
' . , . - .
! bolore going to prcVs
it was
j learned that C. V
Samuel and ".lack"
Alloicbt. of Mt. Airv, ,wcie registered!
"at the Hotel ( legg and that they, lo-
i eel her wit ll '.Congressman E. Mpencer
I Blackburn, were in consultnt ion in Mr.
,
Maniuers room until about 1 o clock last
r- c . .
1 tmrlit '
I The parties were -asked if any signill-
icance was to be atlaclieil to the inter -
view, but. declined to say anything in Una, presiding.
regard to the subject under discussion. J Address iilford Pinchot, Chief For
Mr. Samuel is the ex-revenue ollicer , ester of United States, Washington,
recently convicted in the federal court. I'D. C.
! '
Steamers are.' cruising in the hope of
picking up survivors. ,'
The fisher boats, are usually manned
by three or four men, so that the loss
of life must lie great.
The weather is bitterly cold and even
I if the ship-wrecked fishermen reach un
inhabited islands they must jierish un-i
, less they are rescued iimncdlately.
!.-' The. village of ; (Ijaservaero is the
greatest sufferer, as niost of tho fleet,
had (headquarter there.
IN EXODUS TO EUROPE
RICHARD A. MeCTODY,
Deposed Read of Mutual Life Insurance Company.
iDISTINQUISHED
AC THE MATIflM DITJAn
FOR FORESTRY RESERVE
Charlotte the Mecca for Those Interested in the Preservation of
Our Woods Governor Glenn Presides Pinchot Talks of
Needs and Advantages o! State Forests.
Special to Daily .Industrial 'News. j Address Alfred Akerman, State For
Charlotte, March :i.-lt is doubt fill if cst eIj ot Massachusetts, Boston, MaS8-
Address Alfred Gaskill, Lmted States
there ever gathered in Charlotte;. on any ! Fowatry jjq,artment, Washington, D.
previous occasion, as many uisi ingiiisiieu
men as are here today in attendance
on the Interstate Forestry Conference.
! Among thn number are: dillonl
J Pinchot, chief forester of the . United
: States; Alfred '.Akerman, state forester
'of Massachusetts; Alfred (iaskill. of the
4'nited States forestry department; C!ov
; eruor Itobeit 15. Wenii, of North ( aro-
Una
(kivenior .loscph M. Terrell, of
fieorgin;
A. T. Sinythe, cN-mayor of
Charleston. P. C; Ellison 'A. Mmyth, of
(iieenvillc, M. C; ' Collier Cobb, of the
l!niversity of North Carolina; Prof , I.
A..' Holmes; state geologist of North
Carolina: .1. . Elwood 'Cox, of High Point,
N. C; K. A. Newell, chief hydrogrnphcr
of the United Mtates; (iranville Heal, of
Calhoun Falls, M. C: Dr. C. A. Schenck,
forester of the Hilt more, estate: J. F.
Hays, of Mount To.va way ; W. P. Wilson,
of Hock Hill: A. (!. Fiinnan, of-'Greenville,
M. ('.; Fred C. Bates, of General
ii . r. . . i u j :, ir..i:. 1 . . f
r.iccu u:. v ompaiiy ; in. mi vur, i im,
los. Hvdc Pratt, of the University of
North' Carolina';- Prof. H. V). House, of
Clemson College; V. E. 'Bent tie, Urcen-villi-.
.
Reception to Visitors.
An infnrinnl reeeolioii was 'tendered
the visitors in the parlors of the South-
I em, . Manufacturers Club from 11 to 1
! o clock today, the visitors meeting many
01 "i" proininent uusincss men 01 me
ciiy.. I'liriug inc . icecpiioii u. musiriii
programme was rendered by ltichard-
sou s ..orchestra.-.. -Minor .)lc. men was
i masti-r ol ceremonies.
r of ceremnnies
. ' "m" . " m m ,
Academy ol Music this attcmoon begin-
; -ut 2::!o o'clock, at which (Iovcrnor
.
general session was
IMi.itn iivoiilnil I In, Iii hivni'i nro.
'gramine was carried out:
' - (iovcrnor K. B. (ilcnn, of North Caro-
EX-
OF TEXAS IS DEAD
Former Chief Executive Had Been
In Falling Health for a Year
or More.
Houston, Tex., March .3. Former Gov
ernor James Stephen llogg died today
at the residence of Frank C, Jones, his
law partner. Mr. Hogg had been in
failing health for a year or more. His
condition was not considered critical by
his physicians and he was planning a
trip to Battle Creek, Mich.
( Iovernor Hogg reached Houston last
night and feeling ill, took to his bed.
1 'unci a 1 arrange incuts luve not been
tinuouuccd.
IN LUXURY
MEN
Short addresses:
(iovernor Terrell, of Oeorgia.
V, 11. Newell, Chief Hydrographer of
United States.
A. T. Mmylhe, of Charleston, S. C.
.1. F. Hays, Toxaway, N. C.
Dr. Oil Wylic, President Southern
Power Company, New York.
Dr. O. A. Schenek, Forester of Van-
derbilt estate, Asheville, N. C,
Prof. Joseph Hyde Pratt, University
of North Carolina.
F, C. Bate.s, manager New Y'ork of
tiee. Central Electric Company.
W. S.Lce, Jr., vice-president South
ern Power Company.
Prof, Collier Cobb, University of
Nortli Carolina.
J. Ehvood CoxPresident Manufac
turers' Club High )Point.
H. D. House, Prof, of Botany, Clem
son College. S. C,
Address Governor Glenn, of North
Carolina.
Pinchot Address the Feature.
The principal address at the afternoon
session was by. Air. UitfOM Finchot,
chief forester of the United States, who
said that the mountains of Western
North Carolina furnish a great play
ground, for the industrial progress of
North Carolina and ad joining states and
it .is a matter ot the most vital im
portance that these forests lie looked
after with the keenest interest of the
people in the piedmont, section of . the
country.: J he Appalachian range, he
said, the mountains that are being so
rapnlly de-troyeu because no decided
steps have been taken to preserve them,
arc witnm Hours ride trom two
I thirds of. the population of the United
i States. J hey are tho headway for
; countless enterprises that are vet to be
i inaugurated, but it is a deplorable fact
mat only a lew more veaTs will have
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EAST WASHINGTON STREET
STORE A TOTAL LOSS
A fire broke out in. small grocery store
520 East Washington street about 2:30
o'clock this morning. An alarm was
turned in which brought out the entire
fire department But the blaze had too
good a start and the building and con
tents were both totally destroyed.
The building was owned by David F,
Causey, policeman, and carried $400 in
surance. The stock which was vnlied
at, $750 was owned by E. 1j. llobbs, who
had $:'."0 insiiran..
It was not learned how the fire origi
nated. FRANK ROCKEFELLER
SUES BROKERAGE FIRM
New York, March 3. Frank Rocke
feller, brother of John D. Rockefeller, be
gan a suit in the supivme court today
against various individuals and broker
age firms in this city and Cleveland. Mr.
Bockefeller, who lives in Ohio, is seek
ing to rccovor $300,000. M 4
19 DEAD; 24 HURT
bV TORNADO THAT
SWEPT MERIDIAN
Property Estimated at One Million
Dollars Demolished by
the Storm.
CONVICTS AIDING IN
THE WORK OF RESCUE
Sensational Eeports First Sent Out as
to the Loss of life Prove to Have.
Been Exaggerated $13,000 Already
Raised for Belief of Sufferers,
Mendan, Miss., March 3. Nineteen
people are known to have been killed as
a result of the tornado which swept)
over a section of this city shortly after
6 o'clock last evening. Twenty-tow
persons were injured and property with
an estimated value of one million dol
lars was demolished or otherwise dam
aged. - ; .
Many sensational reports were sent out
from here of an appalling loss of life,
due probably to the chaotic, condition of
affairs immediately following the visita
tion of the storm, but tonight after a
careful canvas of the situation the fol
lowing list of dead appears to be com
plete :
The dead: Patrick MoGinnla, oondne
tor on Mobile and Ohio, killed at El
mira's restaurant.
Cliff Edwards, flagman. Mobile, and
Ohio, killed at Elmira's restaurant.
J. F. Tarry, polioeman, lulled la
Thornton's Transfer stables.
W. B. Nelson, killed in Thornton'
6 tables.
Mrs. Ella Singleton and little grand
daughter, killed in east end.
John P. Smith, engineer, Iciled aft
Elmira's restaurant.
Mr. Stewart and little eon, of Cat
tondale. Mrs. Smith, of Cottondale.
Claude Williams, bookkeeper Meyers
Neville Hardware Company, found in
debris.
Negroes: Unknown man and little
child, charred remains found in "Buck
town." Tom Barney and child, killed at fertil
izer factory.
Unknown negro woman, killed near
fertilizer factory.
Mrs. Dunn, Georgetown.
B. F. Elmira, proprietor restaurant.
Among the injured are the follow
ing: William Yarborough, Brisbon, La,
slightly.
W. Josephs, of Tennessee, back hurt.
Mrs. Stewart and daughter, of George
town. Ben Sharkman, a negro express driver.
T. H. Brown, chief clerk at Queen and
Crescent depot, leg broken, several ribs
broken.
E. Wildean .telegraph operator. Quees
and Crescent Railroad, shoulder crush
ed. M. Goodwin, express driver, leg took
en.
Unknown negro woman and child, 1
Wiliam Donovan, left cheek out.
Mrs. William Donovan, slightly hnrt
J. H. Adams, brakeman for the Frisco
railroad, collarbone broken and bruised
about body.
Negro waiter at Grand Avenue HoteL
badly injured.
Collier Carr, bruised on nead sua
body...'
Convicts Ait In Rescue.
A mass meeting of citizens of Meri
dian was called today and 98,000 was
immediately subscribed to aid the desti
tute and injured. The Mississippi legis
lature, in session at Jackson today ap
propriated $5,000 to tne rebel fund.
Governor Vardaman at noon secured a
special train and loading it with con
victs from the Rankin county farm, dis
patched it at once to Meridian. The city
now enjoys the unique spectacle of state
convicts aiding in tho rescue work.
Hunter George, president of the board
of trade, was made chairman of ths
general relief committee and J. W. Dono
van was elected secretary. Business is
practically suspended and every citizen
is giving his best effort toward alleviat
ing the suffering of many poor people.
The tornado which played such fright
ful havoc appeared in the southwest st
6:27 o'clock last evening, a low funnel
shaped cloud was seen to form near the
city. A heavy downpour of rain had
been falling when suddenly the humidity
became intense. With a roar that could
be heard a great distance the storm ap
proached from the southwest and de
scended upon the city.
The greatest loss of life is reported
from the east end, in what is known 'as
the "cotton mill" settlement The
large cotton, mill there was partially
wrecked and probably 400 small houses
were demolished or badly damaged. The
tornado swept Front street and wrought
great damage there. Many houses were
demolished and others were partly dam
aged. Darkness Added to Honor.
The electric light plant was partially
wrecked and to add to the terror of the
situation the city was thrown into total
darkness. Lanterns, candles and even
coal oil lamps were used by the peo
ple in seeking places of safety. The
tornado also did severe - damage on
Twenty-second avenue between Front
and Railroad streets.' Several houses on
this avenue were partially wrecked. The
storm lasted for only, a brief period,
many i people claiming that the entira
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