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GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY Passengers Oil ill cle uuu niui nun nmaiKMlue escapes from death in New York yesterday when they were catapulted to the street a distance of twenty five feet in the midst of debris of tin car in which they had been bound to work The front car of a train was knocked off the elevated structure on the th avenue car line near Trinity Church by a collision with another train and demolished Tho wreckage was wedged in between the elevated structure and the side of a brick building a dozen feet away The fifteen persons in the demolished car sifted through debris to the street and about a dozen of them were removed to hospitals the only woman passenger in the car being seriously hurt The motorman who at first was missing finally appeared at the scene of the accident after being treated for slight bruises and is said to have told the official investigators that he ran by a signal signalWhisky Whisky bandits broke into the wholesale liquor establishment of Thomas McCarthy at 003 North NorthWells Wells str nine bar 31001 put it on a motor truck and escaped Tin robbery was not discovered until yesterday Mc ¬ Carthy who was a saloonkeeper at 102 North Wells street opened the shop at 003 North AVells street last week He has a government license to deal in liquor and supply hospitals with whisky Early last week he obtained a government permit to re ¬ move the whisky from a bonded warehouse in Louisville ami bring it to Chicago The whisky ar ¬ rived on Friday and was immediately taken to McCarthys shop and stowed away As it was car ¬ ried into the establishment a large crowd gathered to look on and it is believed that someone who was in that crowd was responsible for the burglary burglaryOtto Otto Praeger second assistant postmaster gen ¬ eral has sent the following telegram of instructions to all superintendents of the railway mail service Instruct all chief clerks transfer clerks and others to report any obstructions directly or otherwise by conspiracy or otherwise with passage of mails as result of strikes together with mimes of person or persons involved Bring to immediate attention of local postolllce inspectors inspector in charge and Iliited State district attorney with request that offenders be vigorously prosecuted if facts warrant See sections UMMI 1712 1714 and 171S postal laws lawsThe The longthreatened revolution in Guatemala against President Estrada Cabrera finally has broken out Reports yesterday to tlie Slate Depart ¬ ment said the opponents of the president had gained control of Guatemala City after some street fight ¬ ing A marine guard from the cruiser Tacoma and submarine tender Niagara has been landed to protect the American legation Renton McMillan the Ameri ¬ can minister has been instructed by the State De ¬ partment to take whatever steps possible to compose the differences between the opposing factions factionsAppointment Appointment of four additional women as members of the executive committee of the Democratic na ¬ tional committee was announced yesterday by hair man Cummins They are Mrs Henry Ridgeley of Dover Del Mrs Charles 15 Ames Washington Mrs H Otto AVittpenn New Jersey and Miss Katherine Filcno Boston Tile executive committee will hold its first joint meeting in Chicago April 20
