The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-12-19

For the six consecutive days this
month the New York subway carried
more than 100000 passengers a
day
Five persons were killed and seven
injured in a wreck on the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad near Hyndman, Pa,
Thursday.
Miss Mary H. Bartelme, eighteen
years public guardian OF Cook Coun-
ty, Illinois, will be Chicago's first wo-
man Judge.
The bill to bond New York State
for an additional $4,000 900 for
highways, was carried by 2 to !
vote, in the November election.
Four Annapolis midshipmen have
been recommended for dismissal by
the superintendent for alleged NAL
treatment OF fellow middle"
Two severe earthquake shocks
were felt at Oxnard, California, Fri
day. Desks and chairs were over
turned in some Of the buildings.
The city council of Los Angeles
voted against establishing NUM-
cipal dance hall, and also against
regulating the length of hat-pins.
One person was killed and twenty
injured Monday when two passenger
trains on the Chicago and Rock ISL
and Railroad collided near Chicasaw,
Okla
Ocie Davis, ten years old of Tiff
ton, Ga, eloped Monday with a boy
sixteen years old. The girls father
is making every effort to locate the
couple.
J. A. Carney, a Democrat of Okla
homa, Tuesday, filed with Congress
notice of contest of election of Con-
gresham Morgan, Republican, of
that State.
Seven persons were killed and sew
en- injured at Astabula, Ohio, Mon
day night when the Lake Shore and !,
Michigan coal train dashed into a
street-car.
The new nickel, with an artistic
Indian head on the face, will be in
circulation, according to the expecta-
lions of the Treasury Department, by
February /.
The House of Lords in England |
has passed the anti-white slave bill |
adopted some time ago by the House
of Commons. The bill provides for
flogging for first offenders.
The messengers who are carrying
to Washington the returns of the
Electoral College will receive % .
cents a mile one way under decision
of Comptroller of the Treasury
Tracewell
Three negro houses several blocks
apart were blown up by dynamite at
Birmingham, Ala, Saturday night.
The explosions all occurred within
thirty minutes. One negro woman
was killed.
The Government Saturday fled an
antitrust suit against the Elgin
Board of Trade, the so-called But
ter Trust" alleging the organization
formed a conspiracy to arbitrarily fix
the price of butter.
Representative Rodenburg, of
Georgia, has introduced a bill in
Congress to prohibit the marriage of
persons of negro descent to white
persons. The bill applies to every
State in the Union.
Nearly half of the enrolled mid
shipmen at the Naval Academy were
sentenced to seven days absolute re-
striction to their rooms a few days
ago for raising pool to bet on the
Army-Navy football game.
Neils Nelson, steeplejack, braved
a siXty-mile wind and climbed the |
fiag-pole of a Broadway, New York,
building, $50 feet from the ground
a few days ago. This is only further
evidence that they are not all dead
yet.
President-elect Wilson returned to
New Jersey Monday from Bermuda
and brought with him the message he
will send to the New Jersey Legis1a-
ture which convenes January /. He
would not discuss his plans for the
extra session.
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