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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
SEVEN LITTLE GIRLS DROWN
Were Wading at Cedar Rapids
and Stepped Beyond Depth
Smallest One Suddenly Sinks and Six
Others Lose Lives In Trying
to Save Her.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa-Seyen girls
were drowned while wading in Cedar
River, only three blocks from home.
One child slipped into a deep hole.
and in trying to rescue her SIX others
were drowned. Ruth Klersey was
the only one of the party to escape.
The dead are Lucille, Hazel, Gladys
and Josie Sweetfng. Ruth and Cora
CoyIe and Clara Usher. The girls
ranged in age from seven to sixteen
years.
The Sweeting children lived with
their father near Ellis Park, Oh the
outskirts of Cedar Rapids. Clara
Usher was the daughter Of Sweet
ins's housekeeper, and the CoyIe
children were nieces who on a
visit from Sioux City.
The children had gone to the river
with Mrs. Usher, who took her baby.
The latter fretted and Mrs. Usher
started home with It. The children
Immediately went wading in the
river. Ruth Klersey went to the
end of a long sandbar and. seeing
that the water was deep at the end
of the bar, warned the other chill
QTS0. Lucille OWS6IlnS.
ran to the end OF the bar and, the
sand yielding, slipped on into seven
feet of water. Her cries brought
Hazel Sweeting to ner aid. In try
ing to pull Lucille back on the sand
bar she, too, fell in to the deep
water Another child went to her
assistance and slipped in. and so
on until the seven of the eight chill
dren were in deep water. Some Of
them drowned helplessiy, while two
or three vainIy tried to climb back
on the sandbar out of deep water.
Ruth klersey, seeing the fate Of
her companions, then ran down the
road crying to Mrs. Usher, oyertaE-
ing her when almost home. Mrs.
Usher left her baby in the road and
ran back to aid the children She
managed to get hold of b hair Of
two of them and pulled them out OF
the water, but it was too late to
saw their lives.
The other bodies were recovered
later, while hundreds of people
gathered or the river bank to watch
the sad task.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
FASHION NOTES

Most OF the new suits are yitbor,
collars. but with the collar effect. got
by trimming applied 10 break the
long line.
What has been done TO voiles and
other thin stufs this season makes
the old idea of taiIormade suits seem
surprisingly crude.
Chemisettes and guimps are more
in demand than ever. They are tc
be had in attractive variety in the
shops.
There is a certain style in the dan
kid ties that is somehow lacking liz
those OF polished kid though the lat,
ter have the advantage Of being OF
lighter weight
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
STOLE $500, 900: LOST IN COTTON
T. w Alexander, an Augusta. Ga.
Broker. = DefauIter and a Fugitive.

Augusta. Cat. w Alexander,
of the cotton brokerage firm OF
Alexander & Alexander, is a default
er for nearly 100000 and a fugi-
tive He left this city, leaving a note
saying he had been using funds to
speculate in cotton. that the market
had gone against him, and that he
would never return alive.
Investigation showed hat Alex
ander had used not only all the re-
sources OF his firm, but that he had
stolen from Augusta banks by the
improper use OF cotton warehouse
receipts about $4,000 The Georgia
Railroad Bank is the heaviest loser.
In addition to money gotten from
banks Alexander touched his friends
for sums ranging from $1,000 up to
$4,000.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Mccall Left Small Estate.

John A. Mccall, former President
OF the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, died comparatively poor. There
has just been completed an appraise-
ment Of his property. and it shows his
personal property does not exceed
S40,S35.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
SIDED WITH A~IUTINEEHS.
Cars Soldiers BayoHetted Officer
Who Gave Command to Fire

st. Petersburg. Russia. Adj
tional details o. the mutiny OF the
Seventh Cavalry at Tamboy shows
that both the infantry and the Cos
sacks sent to subdue the mutineers
refused to fire on them-the infantry
bayonetting the officer who gave the
command. Only d detachment of
dragons. VINO, it is said, had been
piled with liquor, attacked the mu-
tineers.
The officers OF the Seventh fred
on their men. The number OF
killed or wounded has not been es-
tablished.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
SOUNDS SLANGY.

Bacon-We're forming a Vegetarian
Club, and we want an appropriate
motto; can yeu suggest one?
Esbert-Why, certainly; how would
Beat It do?- Yonkers Statesman.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
MOB MURDERS WIFE BEATER.
Indiana Mans NeighbOrS Capture and
Kill Him Before He Gets Sober.

Indianapolis, Ind.-OIiver BRYANT.
a coal miner, of Venderberg County,
drank to excess, went home and gave
his wife a beating.
A mob was organized at night.
and While Bryant was sleeping on
the effects of liquor they. broke into
his house, took him out and beat him
so Terribly that he died next day.
The mob is said TO have been led
by A. ]. Gieich, a prominent farmer
and fruit grower. He was arrested.
charged with murder. Harry Linn
vile, a blacksmith, is also under ar
rest on a similar charge and war
rants are out for a number OF others.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Coffee Rates Favor New York.

Steamers between South America
and the United States announce that
the rate from Rio de Janeiro and
Santos to New Orleans will be forty
cents a sack on coffee, while the rate
to New York from the same ports will
be t~hirty-five cents a sack.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
AWARDS FOR BATTLEsHIPs.
Cramps and New York Company Get
Contracts for New Vessels.

Washington, d. c. Secretary
Bonaparte awarded the contracts for
the two 16,0OO-ton ~battieships, South
Carolina and Michigan, one to the
Cramps, of Philadelphia. and the
other to the New York Shipbuilding
Company, Of Camden, n. J.
The bid Of the Cramps was So
$4,000 and that of the New York
Saipbuilding Company ~$3,585,000.
The Secretary of the Navy was OBJ
liged to distribute the contracts in
this way because Congress had pro-
vided that not more than one ship
should be built by any one concern.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Girl browns in Big Moose Lake.

Utica, \. Y.-The body of Miss
Grace Brown, of OtseIic, was re-
covered from Big Moose Lake in
the Adirondacks. The lake is still
being dragged for the body Of her
companion, Carl Graham. of Albany.
They went out on the lake Their
boat was found upside down next
day.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Russian Admiral Shot.

Vice-Admiral Chouknin was shot
by a sailor at Sebastopol: the sur
geons hold out no hope of recovery;
the assassin escaped; general condi-
lions in Russia seem to be growing
worse.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
DEWEY AT
Dry Dock Reaches Philippine Waters
After Long Voyage.

Manila--The dry dock Dewey ar
rived at Olongapo. The trip from
Singapore was uneyentful.
The arrival Of the dry dock Dewey
in Philippine waters marks the sue
cessful completion of the biggest tow
ing feat ever undertaken in ocean
navigation. The giant dry dock
passed out of the Virginia Capes at
1910 o'clock on the night of Deem
Der 29 last.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19

The crowd which gathered at the
Lyerly home heard of this threat of
Gillespie and went TO his home to
arrest him. The negro had gone TO
his work. a mile or more away, but
his wife became frightened and ran
to the home OF Mr.. Dick Files, a
farmer, and begged him to protect
her, saving that she would be hanged
for killing the Lyerlys when she had
nothing to do with it.
Said Gillespie Knew Of the Crime.
"I don't know nothing about ii,
but my husband Does" said Giles
pies wife.
Near the home of Gillespie was a
freshly burnt spot, where a straw bed
and other things had been fired since
daylight. Those who graveled In the
charred place found pieces of cloth
ing. and a spoonful of scortehed
blood. Some PAGES from the house
a bloody shirt. which had been boiled,
and was still wet, was discovered
in a weed patch. These bits of evil
dence, when put together, make an
interesting and convincing story.
Gillespie's wife was h%ysterical and
wild. She talked two ways. but the
officers believe that she gave her hus-
band away to Mr.. Files. Gillespie Is
described as a fussy negro.
One Of the ladies told the officers
of a conversation that their father
had with Dillingham;. one of his
hands. He had been after Dillingham;
for being trifing when the negro told
him that he was going to leave and
go TO work at the saw mill. Mr..
Lyerly answered: Eyes, if you go
there and work five days right
straight along I will set you up"
This seemed to rile Dillingham;, for he
told some one that, except for the
reason that he lived On the old mans
place. he would have given him a
cursing.
Friday Mrs. Lyerly had trouble
with Dillingham; s wife. who was tax
TO task for leaving dirty water
in a wash tub, which had been loan
ed to her. The negress became mad
and abusive.
Those who were looking for mo-
tiveS thought that Jack Dillingham;
and his wife should be arrested.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Attack On Rowan Jail.

Salisbury, \. C.. Special.-On Sat
urday night. just before midnight. a
desperate attack by a leaderless mob
was made upon the jail here with the
purpose of dealing summary pun
ishment 10 the alleged murderers of
the BARRIERS Junction family. The
officers allowed two committees of the
lynchers to go through the Jail and
sec for themselves that the prisoners
had been removed TO Charlotte. Then
the mob dispersed.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Petroleum Stops Piague.

DR.. . ,rner, Health Oficer of Bonn
bay, has successfully demonstrated
the extraordinary efficiency of crude
petroleum as a plague disinfectant.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Factory Scandals in England.

i. Factory inspectors found condi-
lions in English food establishments
as revolving as those in Chicago.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Thaw Denies He is Insane.

FAIRY Tnaw, from the Tombs, New
YORK City. made his first statement
since his indictment, in which he
positively denied that he is insane.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
ReIigioo In british Army

Mr.. Haldane, the British Secretary
for War, in a speech at Pimlico out
lined a plan to give more attention
to the spiritual needs of the army.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Kentucky Murderer Confesses.

At the trial of ex-Judge Hargis in
Beattyville, KY, Curtis Jet testified
that he had killed j. 3. Marcum, but
did not stick to his recent confession
duplicating Hargis.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Bank Exchanges Increased.

Eank exchanges at New York for
tie week were As per cent. larger
than in 1905, while at other leading
cities the average gain was 2.2 per
ran
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Public Money Stolen.

Armed men In st. Petersburg, Rus
STA, shot two employees OF the Admir-
atty and stole a bag containing $12,-
500.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Labor Men in Campaign.

Federation of Labor officers an
nounced that an active opposition
would be begun to Congressman who
had voted against LABOR interests.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Southern Railway Trains

0O4UA040
Effective Monday, Oct. 9, 1905
Trains on the Southern Railway
leave Hendersonville rs follows:
No. Ia. No. 10
East Bound East Round
West Bound West Bound
$40 A N. 5:15 r. M
No. 9. No Is
West Bound West Bouno
1850 p. M. 6:35 r NJ
Connects at Lake Toxaway with
Turnpike Line to the Resorts OF the
Sapphire Country and Highlands-as
Hendersonville with Southern Ran-
way for all Points North and South
T. S. BOSWELL,
Superintendent
]. II. HAYS,
General Manages
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD co.
General Offices, Brevard, North
Carolina
WINTER

Effective Monday, October s, 1905.
No. 3 Eastern Standard Time No. Z
Daily STATIONS Daily
p. NJ P. n.
3:2o Lv S. Ry. Asheville S. Ry 12:15
$50 So, Ry. Biitmore So. BY 1910
Hender-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
4:25 Ar S. Ry. sonviIle S. Ry lis

Flag Station
Parlor Car daily between Lake Tox-
away and Ashev:lle.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Negroes Made Threats.

Nj Matt L. We55. Il white man
w..o lad worked viii. Nease Giles
pie, Z large m~uIat5o. about - g
ul6. reported that he had heard the
nero ust the following language:
Cid man Lyerly can cut that wheat
and thrash it but he will never eat
II II get the money Tor IT,"
his recalled something that Mr.. II.
g LyerlE. a son be i former wife.
had heard his father say. Nease Gil
lescle. who is a saw nnill hand for
Dir. john DeIiinger. moved into ore
"f Ir. Isaac Lyerly's cabins last fail.
He ISIS son and step-.on agreed to
wcTk 50 much land if they took the
I.osse. y section Of wheat was laid
eli The GiliesP;es sowcd part OF this,
I'H5 finding that they could get plenty
II w0rk al good wages did not SOW
TIC entire lot. This. not being ac-
eoEGl.ly 10 contract. worried Mr.. LIVER
i. wtio spoke 10 Nease and was. in
tura, cursed. Finally. howeye. the
matter was settled BY Mr.. DiiIinger,
:2e saw mill owner, agreeing to pay
i:..lse rem for Gillespie. Nothing
mere was heard OF the wheat until
.orae time ago. when it had been cut
by Mf. Lyerly. who was preparing to
have it thrashed.
Monday Neose Gillespie went down
70 Mr. LyerIy's house and asked him
what he was going to do with the
wheat.
"Why, I am going to thrash it and
use it." said Nh. Lyerly.
"YOu will not" declared Nease.
Hot words followed and Mr.. Lyerly
ordered the negro out of the yard. It
was here Gillespie told his landlord
that he would kill him Or die In the
attempt If he used the wheat without
living him a share of it.
It was after this that Nease told
Mr.. Webb that MI. LyerIy might cut
the wheat, but he would never eat OF
Esell Il. Gillespie had been very in
soieht II Mr., Lyerly-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Failures Are Few.

Failures occurring this season are
few in number.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
Charged With the Crime.

Charlotte. Speciai.-Sherif Julian
OF Rowan county bg0Hgb; to this city
Tor safe keeping. Neal Gillespie, his
son, John Gillespie. Jack Dillingham;
and wife. George Erwin ard Henry
Lee, colored. charged with the muir
der Of Isaac Lyerly. his wife and
1we children near BARRIERS Junction.
There was nothing Ia indicate & lynch
ing 81 Salisbury. but he Sheriff
thought best to 1aoye the prisoners.
TIE coroner'S jHry fastened the crime
upon al the prisoners.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19

California Fruit Shipments.
The seasons total citrus fruit ship
ments are 1855 carloads.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19
-FOUR OUT OF SIX MURDERED
Faur Members of Family Are
Buachered in Their Beds
FIRE SET TO DESOLATED HOME
Ike Lyeriy, his Wife and Two Wild
rem Murdered as They Slept in Their
Home by Unknown Hands. Sever
al negroes Arrested for The Crime.

Greensboro. n. c.. SpeeiaL-ORe
of. the most horrible TRACE
dies in the history OF Row
an county occurred near Bar
ber's Junction. about 10 miles from
this city Saturday morning. Between
TIE hours of 1 and , o'clock an I'M
known person or persons entered the
I.ome Of Ike Lyerly, a well known
farmer. while its occupants were
asleep. killing NJ. Lyerly. his wife
and two of the youngest children and
fatally wounding the third.
The parents and the three children
were asleep in the front FOOm on the
first floor, there being two elder
daughters sleeping up stairs, who
were unmolested and we're awakened
by the smoke from below. The girls
descended The stairs 10 awaken their
fa:he- and mother. On reaching their
room they beheld their father and
mother and three Youngest children
Iyia2 on the bed. their heads were
crashed and their faces badly dis
figured.
The Two older daughters. Mary and
Addie. aged IS and 10 respectively,
managed 10 carry the dead bodies
from the house and extinguiSh the
flames. Then they ran to the near
est neichbor. ". 3. BARRIERS. and told
me story of the awful tragedy There
being no officers OF the law al this
place. e. r. Muliiken. train dispatch
or or duty at that hour. was notified
and 5romptly wired the news TO the
sheriff at Salisbury, who started at
cnce 10 the scene with bloedhOunds
and a posse Of armed men. Blood
hounds we're also sent from Winston
Salem 10 assisS in the pursuit of the
guilty.
Nr. Lyerly was a highly respected
citizen and well connected and 1t IL
inconceiVable that any one should
have anything against him or his fam
lily
Three negro men ana a negro wo-
m2-Georse Erwin. Jack Dillingham;
and Mitchell Graham and his wife
have been crested ard put In jail
at Salisbury on suspicion Of compli-
city u the case.
Excitement Is intense II the neigh
bozhocd and there Is talk Of Iynching,
Il the criminals are caught.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-07-19

Chief Events in Case Which Nearly
Disrupted France.
The "Dreyfus Case" has excited
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25

night conditions are very much improved.
II is estimated that more than $4,000 left the
city during the pat twenty-four hours. About
1000 civilians under pass have entcrod san
Francisco during the past four days.
Working parties are busy clearing roads.
demolishina dangerous walls and repairing
water mains: the street railways Whlch were
operated temporarily on Sunday have sus-
pended operations pending further repairs,
There has been no suffering during the
past twenty-four hours for lack OF water
food, or temporary shelter. although much
wet bedding necessitates temporary dis
comfort. The citizens are apidly erecting
wooden barracks in Golden Gate Park.
A board Of officers has been carefully ex-
aiming the situation for such temporary
camps as may be further necessitated,
Present Indications point, however. to largely
decreased demands the ooming week owing
to rapid removal Of inhabitants to country
and adjacent
Many relief trains are arriving daily; the
facilities for feeding the destitute have been
greatly improved by the arrival to-day OF
twenty-eight cars sent by the Chamber OF
Commerce relief committee of Los Angeles,
the outfit including ite own transportation
forage, &c, and provided with cooking ar
rsnaements capa BILE Of caring for $4,000
persons. HkhELf'
Upon the recommendation Of Gen. Greedy
Acting Secretary Of Wal Oliver to-day gave
authority to him to employ a sufficient
number of civilians for necessary work
in San Francisco for four months without
regard to compliance with the civil service
repDlations
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
FRIsCo's STREET CARS GOING.
President Calhoun Receives Full mforma'
tion From Engineer In Charge.

George II. Davis Of the engineering firm
of Ford. Bacon 4 Davis, "a Broad street,
and the engineer in charge Of the United
Railroads of San Francisco, yesterday
reported over a special wire to Patr1ck
Calhoun, president of the railroad COM
PAW. with Offices in this city, these facts on
the condition Of the street railroads in the
burned city:
The BRYANT street electric power station is
IN NIL oneretion. The North Beach power
station is slightly damaged. The two cable
mower houses operating the Hayes ard McAllis"
fer street lines were not burned. Only seven
out Of a total equipment OF 45 electric care
and 10 out Of a total equipment OF 42s cable
cars were burned. Some shops ana stores on
hand we're burned and damaged.
Tho total general loss to all the physica
property Of the railroad company Is esti-
mated by Mr.. Davis at 81. 900 600. A large
mart Of this property. everything indeed
eycept damage to track and overhead struc-
ture. Is covered by insurance a gainst loss by
FIRE.
OneratIon Of the Fillmore and Sixteenth
street line was resumed on Saturday night.
This line extends from North Beach south
along Fillmore street, across Market street
10 Sixteenth street, and thence east along
sixteenth street TO Kentucky street, at a
poiut near the Union Iron Works. Kentucky
street parallels San Francisco Bay and is
the nearest throu gh street to the bay. The
! spnroximate length OF the Fillmore and Six
tenth street line is five miles and forms a
belt beyond and around the part Of the city
which has been burned,
MIR. Davis added that Market street from
Fifth street to the ferry would be- under
trolley operation by to-day, and that the
Mayor Of San Francisco has authorized
the temporary operation Of all cable lines
by means of electric trolleys. Mr.. Davis
said that the census Of 1900, when San
Francisco had a population Of s42, 900 people,
showed a total population living within
the now well established burned area OF
1876, COO. The growth Of the city since 1900
has been estimated at 100000, residing
principally in that district Of the city lying
outside of the burned area.
Carpenter, Baggot Il Co. received yester-
dav a despatch from San Francisco stating
that the two refineries of the American
Sugar Refining Company in that city were
damaged neither by fire nor by the earth
quake.
h. W. Halsey 4 Co., fiscal agents for the
Pacific. Gas and Electric Company, which
controls the electric lighting and gas. plants
OF the city, said that their latest advices in
dicated that they would be ready TO resume
business as soon as the danger from fallen
wires was obviated. The companys loss
was not serious.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-25
RAILROADS WE'RE LUCKY.
santa Fe's Loss Not Over $50 .o0o-south'
ern Pacific ESCAPED Well.

At the Offices Of both the Santa Fe and
the Union Pacific systems in this city yester-
day officers of the roads were congratulate
ing themselves over the reports they had
received. An officer of the Santa Fe said
that the loss to that system was small beyond
any idea of the officers prior TO to-day. 1t
does not exceed $50, 600, be said
The loss of the Southern Pacific is much
larger, several times larger, but II is not
considered large for a corporation of the
size of the Union Pacific, which owns the
Southern Pacific, to stand.
AN of our track that is put out 81 BUSH
ness, " said an officer Of the Southern Pacific,
sis the Imperial Valley branch, which runS
through PaloAlto and SantaCrIzt TO Monterey
and thence branches off eastward TO a con-
nection with a line south. There l. A bridge
nut out of business at Pajaro and another
that is unsafe near Palo Alto. When we
repair these bridges and make some repairs
TO the roadbed, both on this division and the
division rlnning to Santa Rosa, our entire
system. only barring Of course, the tracks
in the burned district of San Francisco, will
he in good working order.
when we consider what would have
happened TO us if the earthquake zone had
been in Tehachapi Pass, for instance where
our road doubles on Itself we think ourselves
more thar fortunate. If the earthquake
had extended to any one of d hundred
places. in fact, il would have put the line
ont of business for weeks and months. We
haven't made an exact estimate Of our loss
and are not anxious to. for II is SC small
that it isn't worth worrying about.