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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
CHINA'S FAMINE.
The Country Decides to Appeal to
Europe For Aid.

Victoria, 3. C.-Advices were re-
ceived by the steamship Tosu Maru
that China had decided to appeal to
Europe and America for $~1,35O,000
for the relief of the famine sufferers
in Central China, where 100000
Chinese are facing starvation this
winter. People famished from hun
ger are reported to be pillaging the
homes Of the authorities.
A foreigner who has reached
Shanghai from the famine-stricken
district a y that he saw men and
women naked, except for a few rags
around their bodies. The women
had naked children at their breasts.
The famine threatens to equal the
appalling one of thirty years ago,
which devastated the northern prov
inces Of China and destroyed hum
dreds of thousands Of people. The
outlook is worse than then, as the
district IS now more thickly popu-
lated.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
DIE IN SUSPICIOUS FIRE.
Ncighbors Come Too Late to Save
Riverdale Family.

Paterson, N. IA fire, the origin
Of which is unknown, at Riverdale.
near Pompton Plains, at 2 O'Clock a.
m, destroyed the home Of Louis Nc
Whitney, a New York engraver. Mrs.
IMcWithey and their two children,
Helen six, and Elizabeth, four years
old. were burned to death. q Mrs. Me-
Whitney was subject to fainting spells.
and it is supposed that she got up in
the night to attend to her children
and was seized with n of these at
tacks while carrying a lamp in her
hand. r.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
FOREIGN.

The Vatican has issued~a note to
the Powers ( formally protesting
against the methods of the French
Government in its enforcement Of
the laws of separation of Church. and
State.
Three hundred and ninety-thres
lives were saved by the heroisml OF
the crew of the steamer StrathconaI
from Halifax for East Nova Scotiau
points; the men stuck to their posts
vessel and landed all the passen gers.
Anti-clerical and Socialist clubs
at Rome are making plans for great
demonstrations all over Italy to ex-
press rejoicing at the French separa-
ton Of Church and State.
In st. Petersburg a profound i'm
preston has been created by the as
sassination OF General Count Alexis
Ignatief. @ ..sq, 4
Full details of the death of Nelson
Fairchild, United States Vice-Consu1
at Mukden, China, show it to have
been accident. -Ea-a
Many Jews were injured in a riot
following an attack on the Zionist
Congress at Craiova, Rumania.
Premier Theotokis, Of Greece, in
timated that the union of Greece and
Crete might soon be accomplished.
King Peter was holly denounced
in the Servian National Assembly
and a riot ensued.
Persia's Crown Prince favors a
Constitution.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
A. j. CAsSATT FALLS DEAD.
Sudden End of President of Penn
sylvania Railroad.

~SylVania Railroad.
Observation-Disclosures ]. Cas-
sett. President of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, died suddenly at
his home in this city. The announce
of his death was made from his
Office in the following bulletin:
"Mr. A. ]. Cassatt, president Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, died sud-
denly of heart disease at 1 p. m.
The symptoms were those known to
the profession as the Stokes-AdamS
syncope, and as is often the case
under these. circumstances, death was
instantaneous"
Mr.. Cassatt fell dead, surrounded
by the members of his family, who
were at home at the time.-E
Mr., Cassatt's illness, which cul-
minated in his death, dates from the
Pennsylvania Railroad scandal last
summer. -a
Alexander ]. Cassatt was born in
Pittsburg, December 8, 1888, was
educated in Germany, at. n
Troy Polytechnic Institute. He en-
ih6rsd the servicel 'Eof the Pennsyl-
yania Railroad in 1861 as a rodman.
In 1867 he became superintendent
,of motive power and machinery, and
in 1870 he became general ssuperln-
tendent of the Pennsylvania system.
From this time on his rise was rapid,
and in 1880 he had become hrst
yice-president. In 1882 he resigned
and did not again hold an ohclal
position in the company until he was
elected to the presidency in'1S89.>
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
LYNCHING A sCHooLBoY LARK.
Evidence That Students Were Com
cerned in killing Negro.

Annapolis, Md. - Accommodating
eTidence is making it clear that
Henry Davis, the negro VINO as
saulted Mrs. John Reid, was lynched
by two score OF s~chooiboys as a huge
lark. There seems to be little doubt
that few residents of the section in
which the crime was committed, or
even mature men from any section.
took part in the lynching. The evil
dence is Overwhelming that the
crowd, which numbered about forty,
was composed largely of candidates
for the Naval Academy and students
at st. Johns College.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Trooper UiI1ed at Dinner.

In the presence Of the four troops
of the Fort Sheridan squadron OF tae
Ninth Cavalry, who had just begun
their Christmas Dime" in the dlninS
hall of the fort, at ChicaSo, Sergeant
John Griffin, OF Troop I, scot and
killed Corporal William Taylor, on
the same troop The men, WHO are
coIorad, had euarreled over a woman.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
MOB REFUSED.
Tried For Hours to Get Into a Colo
RADIO Jail.

Las Animas, Col.-After storminG
the county Jail here for several
hours, a mob that gathered-after
dark for the purpose Of avenging the
death of Henry Lavenmeyer, a we'll
known farmer near here, who was
murdered in a most brutal way by
a tramp, Dispersed. The mob worked
it's way into the jail as far as the
steel door by breaking down the
wooden doors but metIwith a stern
refusal by the Jail keepers to turn
over the prisoner and finally gave up.
When apprehended the prisoner
gave his name as Lawrence Iceberg,
and many believe him to be insane.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Killed by Natural Gas.

James Harris, his wife, thirteen
year-old son and three-year-old
daughtaT were asphyxiated by natu-
raj gas which escaped from a stove
IN their home at Niagara Falls, On
taElo. Their eleven-year-old daugh-
Ter is n i ~pTecarious condition from
the eHec1 OF inhaling gas.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Shoe Factories Busy.

Shoe, shops are so well SATISFIED
with the present seasons contracts
that statesmen are deyoting attention
to business for delivery next fall, but
there is sufficient material on hand TO
prevent much activity in the leather
market. ~ ~ .
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Life Whirled Out by Machine.

Falling into a sponge mixer full
of dough at the Bliss Bakery, Co
lumbus, Ohio, H. D.. Vank1rk, a
baker, was wnirled round and round.
When the machine was stopped ne
was taken out dead.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
STOLEN BANK FUNDS FOUND.
Cover Surety Bond of Kansas City
Cashier Under Arrest.

Austin, Tex.-Between $4,000 and
$4,000 stolen by William G. Ander-
son, former assistant paving teller of
the First National Bank of Kansas
City, who vas arrested here, has been
found in Austin. The amount re-
covered, according to the agent here
of the surety company that bonded
Anderson, is sufficiently large, with
that turned over by Anderson when
arrested, to reimburse the company
for the $4,000 bond it had given.
The surety agent declined to tell
where the money was found, except
to say that it. was locked in a box,
but not in a bank.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Esca7ed Conrict Returns.

Edward Ness, who, with eight oth-
ers escaped from the Hamilton Coun-
ty Jail, st Cincinnati, Ohio, surren-
deTed himself at the Jail. He said
he was tired OF beins hunted like a
wild animal AMI preferred to serve
his sentence.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Rank Teller Sentenced.

William c.. Anderson, former as
sistant paying teller of the First Ma
tional Bank of Kansas City, pleaded
guilty in the Criminal Court to en-
bezzling $4,000, and was sentenced
to four years in the pe~nitentiary.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Montana Lawyer Indicted.

An Indictment charging illegal
fencing of 1857 acres of public
land has been returned at Helena,
Mont, against T. E. Brady, a promi-
nent lawyer.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Three

Three children Of Stanley Single
ton, aged thirteen, eleven and eight
years, were burned TO death in a
fire that destroyed the Singleton fam
lily residence at Neater Station, W.
Va.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
ADVANCE in Prices.

The record of the prices of railroad
supplies, rails alone excepted, dur
ing the year shows the greatest ad-
vance ever known in a like period.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Ship CAPTAINS Disciplined.

Fifty captains of Hamburg ship
ping companies have been dismissed
and other officers have Joined in a
strike, delaying steamships.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03

Tragedy Caused by Smoking in Bed.
Smoking her pipe in bed, Mrs.
Lewis Phillips, colored, set fire to
the house and she and her husband
were burned to death at New Or
leans.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Woman Gets Five Years For Murder

Miss Florinda IllaTio, the Italian
girl recently convicted at Somerville,
N. j., OF manslaughter for shooting
to death. her lover, Alexander D.,
Paolo. a contractor and hotel man
Of Raritan, on June 4, was SEN
fenced to serve five years in the State
prison at hard labor.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
COLORADO MURDERER LYNCHED
Forty Masked Men Break Into the

Jail to Take Lawrence Iceberg.
Las Animas, Col.-Lawrence Lee
berg was lynched by masked men,
for the murder of Henry Laven-
meye About forty men entered b
iaii and easily cverpowered
sheriff, the under-sherif, and two
other officers, and locked them IN a
room of the building. His captors
formed a procession and hanged Le-
berg to a telegraph pole. THE con-
fessed murderer, made no resistance
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Root Urged to Act.

Prominent New Workers urged
Secretary Root to use the Nations
moral support" to remedy evils in
the Congo Free State.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Kinina Of Brother Justifable.

Justifable homicide was tne YER
dict in the killing of Nicholas Lyman
by his brother Paul, near Warren
ton. Ga. -
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
An Editor Falls Dead.

Charles Beckwith Fink, editor OF
SHe L2trobe (Pa.) Advance, dropped
Ueao at mis- nome from apoplexy.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
HoI,day Fatal;ties in Ono Day.

TweEty-six persons met death In
Louisiana, Alabama and mississippi.
many of them from the use of fire.
works in celebrating Christmas.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
SHOT BY ROBBERS.
City Marshal and Under Sheriff
Killed in Colorado Town.

Denver, Col.-The City Marshal
of Lamar and Under Sheriff Horace
Frisbie, said to be the most fearless
officers in the Rocky, Mountain re-
gion, were shot and instantly killed
by two strangers who were attempt
ing to rob a store. The men escaped.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The Hawaiian Medical Association
has proposed legislation recurring
all applicants for licenses to spractice
medicine to pass the necessary ex-
aminations in English. Many ia
Danese applicants have insisted on
their examinations being conducted.
In the Japanese language. The pres
ent law on the subject Is indefinite.
The Supreme Court of Porto Rico
decided against the Government in
the case of the ownership of Cath4
Ollie Church property. f.
Wealthy Cuban interests declared
they would blow up the English rail-
way to force Americans tt stay in
Cuba if the Liberals won the election.
For the first time since last Au-
gust Cuba is now free from yellow
fever, the last > case which was in
Havana having been discharged.
Swift & Company have bought
land in Porto Rico.
The latest act of the Philippine
Commission creates the insular Office
in the Department of Commerce and
Police Of Supervising Railway FIX
pert. at a yearly salary OF $4,000.
Philippine currency. or $4,000 in
the money of the United States.
Japanese soldiers, it was persis-
tently reported in Honolulu, are
flooding the Hawaiian Islands. .
DOMESTIC.
imperfect condensing is one Of
the defects in the new ~battleship
Connecticut. It is not known. how
ever, that the defective condensors
- -~wykl-S-~ - a. Q A. 1000
failure of the ship to go through her
speed test.
Judge Cutting, of Chicago, over
powered a disappointed sutton who
tried to shoot him in the Criminal
Court Building. -
Mayor Mcclellan. of New, York.
and Vice-President Rea, of the Penn
~sylvania Railroad, agreed on terms
for the New York Connecting Rail
road. The road yielded on most dis
puted points. =
Governor Cooling. of Idaho, in a
letter to the Interstate Commerce
Commission. puts the entire blame
for the coal dearth on the Oregon
Short Line Railroad.
The Acknowledgement, of Mime
sofa brought suit in St. Paul for an
Injunction to prevent the proposes
issue of S60.OO0,0O0 stock by the
Great Northern.
Telephoning from a moving train
was successfully tried with a device
invented by DR.. A. D. Jones, OF
Louisville, Ky. .s.r....
J. Pierpont Morgan gave a $780,
600 mansion, at Madison avenue and
Thirty-seventh street, New York
City, to his son, j. P. Morgan, Jr. d.
H. c. Frick was elected to the
Board of Directors of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad at the annual meet.
ing in Philadelphia. aa SO.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03

Killed by, Town Marshal.
In self defense Marshal John Gov
ander, killed Jim Key, colored, at
Mansfield, Ga. - s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-27
Sporting New s.
THE RACES
AT COLUMBUS
MAJOR DELMAS FAILED TO LOW
Err THE RECORD - ANGUS
POINTER MADE 2:o3

Columbus, O., Sept. 26.-Pronounced
favorites swept the light harness
grand circuit today in good time.
From speculative standpoint the day
was the quietest one of the meeting.
Major Delmas made an assault on
the track trotting record of 1902, made
last year by Sweet Marie, and failed.
He tired perceptably in the stretch,
but his time, 2:04A, is the best made
by trotter anywhere this year.
George G.. and Angus Pointer were
5 to 1 favorites for the 2:O5 trot and
free for all pace Neither was ever
in doubt. The middle mile by Angus
Pointer in 2:03, is the fastest one Of
this meeting.
Lady Maude c. got the final heat
of the unfinished 2:09 pace away from
Elesis, having DO make the record of
2:06A to do so.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-27
= $500
Lost and Won,

"He who judges people by their
money" said clergyman, sis apt to
fare like the man who gave a dollar
to each of his little sons.
NOW, boys said the foolish man.
Z am going away for week. Take
this money and see how much you can
make out Of 1t in my absence. To
him that does the best I'll give fine
present 49,.
"On his return at the weeks end he
called the boys to him.
"'Well. George, how have you sue
ceeded7' he asked the first.
George proudly took So from his
pocket.
"T have doubled my money, father,
he said.
Excellent cried the father. 'An6
you, John, have you done better still?
"'No, STR said John, sadly. 4 have
lost all mine ,,t.
'Wretched boy the father ex
claimed. How did you lose itT
"I matched George faltered tn,
."-Exchange. -
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-27
MADE A HIT

Chicago, Sept. 26 Chicago's pro.
fessional woman Chauffeur has made
a hit. #& ,s- ,7f H. Nj !. & NJ, " 5 s$
A large crowd Iof automobilists
of every grade and class called on
Kathryn Lockwood at the Wabash
avenue establishment in which she
makes her headquarters, She re-
ceived offers of all kinds. She is
needed for exhibitions, she is needed
for museums, she is needed for plain
everyday automobile work.
"A lot of these folks want me for
advertising purposes, " said Miss
Lockwood, as she hammered a piece
Of metal on the anvil in the repair
shop. t''But I'm not after the center
of the stage for a few weeks and
then a drop out. I want to work and
work for good salary. I'm worth it,
and I'm worth more than the ordin-
airy man chauffeur. p :I,.@55
*'I've received several offers for
permanent work, but the people who
made them acted as though they had
little confidence in me or thought
they were doing me a favor. They
figured lower than could see it, SO
/ declined II
=. "One man who came today has
been his own chauffeur, and all he
knows about the machine he read by
candle light from an almanac. He
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-27

started to ask me questions ina lof-t
.ty way. told him his commlltator
was out of adjustment; that he was
short in his primary circuit; that his
spark did not twinkle properly; that
he must have broken his commu tator
spring; that he must crank his en-
CINE over and see that the spark
nlugs were in proper cylinders and
timed. When we got to this poine
he gasped and slid out. .a..55
So did others who listened to au
.tomobile lore that dropped from Miss
Lockwood's lips, but the only pro-
fessional woman chauffeurs in Chi
cago whistled cheerily, took UP her
wrench and tackled the inside of
disabled machine and paid no atten-
tion to anything else than her work. III
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-27
Street Names In City of Mexico.

GtrSeC bNafuee III SNS Ol mSAbC0s
The street nomenclature in the City
Of Mexico is even more puzzling than
that in New Orleans. Each block has
different name. Following the same
street, you successfully go through the
streets of st. Augustine. Of the Angel,
Of the Holy Ghost, of st. Joseph, etc.
From the street of the Rats you pass
to the street of the Crosses; from the
street of the Gate of Heaven to that of
the Love of God. Every shop also has
special name, as was the custom for.
merly in Europe. I regret that I did
not jot down many curious ones. I
only remember q 'spulque" drinking
shop called Los Perros (the Dogs, thus
plainly telling the frequenters what
they are going to. Another 'pul
GUERRA" directly opposite church
| calls itself boldly Ell Castillo del Di
ablo (the Castle of the DeyiD. Anoth
er Is San Lunes' (St. Monday. The
Mexican workman always celebrates
Monday as a day of rest and dissipa
ton. He will work ON Sunday, but
not on Moneay.-New Orleans Times
| Democrat, H.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-27
FISH comes BACK AT HARAHAN


company held on October IL, 1906.
Mr.. Hartman and his attorney Will
Liam Nelson Cromwell made their
fight solely on the ground that +
would not consent to the election
into the Illinois Central board of an
other director OF the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific systems. =
/ Concerning the loan by him as
president of the Illinois Central to
Mr. Dresser, Mr.. Fish says that it
was made in collateral, which at the
time was marketable and abund-
ant"
After the failure Of the Dresser
firm, the collateral was sold at a
loss, "but,," says Mr.. Fish, If my per-
sonal enemies can only claim that
caused the company a small loss in
respect to the millions,-I might say
hundreds of milions-loaned in the
meanwhile (more of it to Mr.. Har-
riman than to any other Individually
I am content to let the matter rest
there. r: a a 4
"It is needless to add that no other
loan made by me and, of course, on
none to me did the Illinois Central
Railway company ever, lose a doll
lar. Nor need I refer to the social
ed investment in July, 1906, by Mr..
Hartman and his associates of about
$3.50, 100000 of money, of the stock
holders of the Union Pacific in pur-
chase from him and them of their
securities which have in the mean
while deprecated by some $3.50, 00O,-
600. '.g *
SIN respect to circular of Sept. "a
now being put out in the name of
Harahan, it is only necessary to say
that it does not contain one word in
answer to the question in my letter
of Sept. q, 1907, to the stockholders
of the Illinois Central Railway Co.
as to whether they wished their pro-
perry to be managed as heretofore
in the interest of the whole body of
the stockholders or to be dominated
by the Union Pacific. That question
will be determined on Oct. 16, 1907,
by the rejection or election of E. H.
Hartman as director of the Illinois
Central Railway Co."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-27
The Married Woman's Sympathy.

When married woman meets paE-
ticularly attractive, busy, contented
spinster, she says plaintiveiy: poor
Ada, or Virginia, or Emmeline! What
a pity that she never married. She
cannot help it any more than she can
help the color of her hair. When
Notwithstanding dreadfully, by the
way-slipped the ring upon her finger,
he endowed her not only with all his
worldly goods, but also with an inerad-
icabIe pity for those upon whose hand
the yellow band has never cleaned.
If he had taken to beating her the fol
lowing week, had developed an undue
appetite for drink the next month and
had deserted her the following year,
she would still have looked with pat
ronage upon me, unbeaten, unac.
quainted with intoxication, undaserted.
There is no wife so unhappy, so neg
lected, SO trampled upon, that she has
not in her own opinion some one still
more pitiab1e to whom to condescend
and that Is any unmarried woman, no
matter now busy. how cheerful, how
! popular Anne OHagan In Harper's
Bazaar. 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-09-27
Fond of Crab.

A jolly old boy from the Midiands
entered into one of the hotels at the
seaside and, seeing on the slab on the
right crab dressed on the shell with
legs, claws and parsley ranged round,
said to the landlord: .s+s -e
''What dye call that?"
ssCrab," was the answer.
Looks good. I'll have I'm, and gle
US pint of ale"
Bread and butter was added and the
diner left to his dinner In about an
hour the genial landlord entered the
dining saloon to see IL his guest was
getting ON all right. He found him
chawing up the last claw, the chawel
red In the face, but beaning.
Like the crab, sirT' ~
Yes. He was capital. I never tast
ed one afore, but think you baked Ill
. a little too long. The crust was hard
Let's have another pint" ss
He had eaten the lot--sheII, claw.
and all complete. London Tit-Bits.