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VOL. XXVIII, PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY. JULY 19, 1906.
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1.1 OUT Of SIX
f aur Members of Family Arc
Butchered in Their Beds
FIRE SET TO DESOLATED HOME
j
Ike Lyerly, His Wife and Two Vhild
, Ten Mudered as They Slept in Their
: al "Negroes Arrested for the Crime.
GreensboroN. C, Special. One
of the ..most horrible trage
dies iu the v history of Row
an county occurred near Bar
ber's Junction, about 40 miles from
this city Saturday morning:. Between
the hours of 1 and 2 o'eleok an r,n
lino'wn person or persons entered the
home of Ike' Lyerly, a well known
farmer,'-- while its occupants were
asleep, killing Mr. Lyerly, his wife
anil two of the youngest children and
fatally wounding the third.
The parents and the threo children
Arere asleep, in- "the front room on the
first floor there being two elder
daughters sleeping up stairs, who
were" unmolested and were awakened
by the smoke from below. The girls
descended the stairs to awaken their
father and mother. On reaching their
room they beheld, their father and
mother and three j'oungest children
lying on the bed, their heads were
'-'-rushed and their faces badly dis
figured. : ":-.' -
The two older daughters, Mary and
Addie, aged 13 and 16 respectively,
managed to carry the dead bodies
from the house "and extinguish the
flames. Then they ran to the near
vst neighbor, W. B. Barbers, and told
the story of the awful tragedy. There
being no officers of the law at this
place, R. R. Mulliken. train dispatch
er on duty at that hoitf, was notified
and promptly wire'd vt he news to the
sheriff at Sallbifrv, 'who: started at
once to the . scene ;vith bloodhounds
and a posse of armed men. Blood
hounds Avere also sent from Winton
Salem to assks in the pursuit of the
guilty. ,
Mr. Lyerly was a highly respected
citizen and well connected and it is
inconceivable that any one should
have anything against him or his fam
ily. Three negro men and a negro wo
man George Erwin, Jack Dillingham
and Mitchel Graham and his wife-
have been arrested and put in jail
at Salisbury , on r suspicion of compli
city in the ease.' '" :
Excitement is intense in the neigh
borhood and there is talk of lynching,
if the criminals are caught.
Charged .With the Crime.
Charlotte, Special. Sheriff Julian
of Rowan, county brought, to this city
for safe keeping, 'Neal Gillespie, his
son, John Gillespie, Jack Dillingham
and Avife, George Ervin and Henry
Lee, colored, charged -with the mur
der of Isaac Lyerly. his wife and
two children near Bai'ber's Junction.
There was nothing to indicate a lynch
ing at Salisbury, but the Sheriff
thought best to move the prisoners.
The coroner's jurv fastened the erime
upon all the prisoners. -,
Negroe3 Made Threats.
Mr. Matt L. Webb, a white man
who had worked with Xease Gilles
pie. a large mulatto, about 40 years
old. reported that he had heard .the
negro ust the following language:
"Old man Lyerly can cut that wheat
and thrash it but he will never eaf
it or get the money for it."
This recalled something that Mr. J,,
0. Lyerly. a son be a former wife,
bad heard his father say. Nease Gil
espie. who is a saw mill hand for
-dr. -JoIim Doilinger, moved into one
of .Mr. Isaac Lyerly 's cabins last fall.
He, his son and step-son agreed o,
'fMk so much land if they took the
b'Misc. section of wheat was laid
''I- The Gillespies sowed part of this,
W finding that they could get plenty
rf work at good wages did not sow
tlie entire lot. This, not being ac
cording to contract, worried Mr. Lyer
ly. who spoke to JJease and was, in
ti'rn. cursed. Finally, howeve, the
matter was settled by Mr. Dillinger,
Jl'f saw mill owner, agreeing to pay
!"iisL' rent for Gillespie. Nothing
more was heard of the wheat until
'ii)ie time ago, 'when it had been cut
' Mr. Lyerly, who was preparing to
liavi. ii thrashed.
-Monday Nease Gillespie went down
Mr. Lyerly 's house and asked him
w'liat lie was going to do with the
wheat. .
hy, I am going to thrash it and
,! it." said Mr. Lyerly.
"You will not," declared Neaso.
Hot words followed and Mr. Lveriy
Adored the negro out of the vard. It
as here Gillespie told his landlord
"at he- would kill him or die in the
a1;mpt if he used the wheat without
'ig him a. share of it.
"t was after this that Nease. told
Webb that Mr. Lyerly might out
"' wheat, but. ha
M'U it. f;;iu..,v; i. i i.
, -ni; nua oecn very m-
l0'-'nt to Mr. Lyerly.
The crowd which gathered "at the
Lyerly home heard of this threat of
Gillespie and went to his borne 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, saying 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 it,
but my husband does," said Gilles
pie 's wife. ...
Near the home of Gillespie was a
freshly burnt spot, where a strawr 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 scortched
blood. Some paces from the house
a bloody shirt, which had been boiled,
and was still wret, was discovered
in a weed patch. These bits of evi
dence, when put together, make an
interesting and convincing story7.
Gillespie's wife Avas hysterical and
Avild. She talked tAvo ways, but the
officers belieTe 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 Avith Dillingham, one of bis
hands. He had been after Dillingham
for being trifling Avhen the negro told
him that he AVas going to leaA-e and
go to work at the saw mill. - Mr.
Lyerly answered: "Yes, if you go
there and work five days right
straight along I Avill set you up."
This seemed to rile Dillingham, for be
told some one that, except for the
reason that he liA-ed on the old man's
place, he would have given him a
cursinsr.
Friday Mrs. Lyerly had trouble
AA-ith Dillingham's wife, who Avas tak
en to task for leaving dirty Avater
in a wash tub, which had been loan
ed to her. The netrress became mad
and abusiA'e.
Those Avho Avere looking for mo
tives thought that .Jack Dillingham
and his Avife should be arrested.
Attack On Rowan Jail:
Salisbury, N. C, Special. On Sat
urday night, just before midnight, a
desperate attack by a leaderless mob
was made upon the jail here Avith the
pujrppse tof dealing summary pun
ishment to the alleged murderers of
the Barbers Junction family. The
officers allowed two committees of the
lynchers to go through the jail and
see for themselves that the prisoners
had been removed to Charlotte. Then
the mob dispersed.
TAR HEEL CROP BULLETIN
General Summary of Condition of
North Carolina Crops for Week
Ending Monday, July 9, 190S.
The weather during the past week
has been generally cloudy with fre
quent rains especially in the central
and eastern districts where the dam
age by excessive rain was consider
able. The rain over the entire State
averaged about 0.80 inch above the
normal. The greatest excess was at
Wilmington where the rainfall was
2.47 inches abo-e the normal amount.
In the Avestcrn district the rains Avere
reported, and the Aveek as a Avhole in
ihat section was favorable. The warm
weather of the week ending July 2nd
continued jintil the 3rd when the
weather tbeca me gradually cooler, the
temperature aA-eraging for the week
1 to -3 degrees loAve rthan the normal.
The highest maximum temperature
reported was 96 .degrees in Halifax
County on the 3rd; and the knvest
was .0. degrees in Buncombe county
on the.othpd 9th. A. H. Thiessen,
Section . Director.
, New directors Elected.
Elizabeth City, Special The stock
holders;' the-Elizabeth City Cotton
Mill met' here and elected a board of
directors for the ensuing year, con
sisting of C. H. Robinson. J. B. Flora.
D. M. Jones. Dr. O. McMullan, G. M.
Scott,,D. B. Bradford and P. H. Wil
liams. P. H. Williams Avas elected
president, G. M. Scott, vice-president
and 'James, G. Gregory secretary anil
treasurer t 0 per cent dividend Avas
declared. The mill is in a flourishing
conditio.!!. v ;
Over 200 Houses Flooded. .
Wellsville, Ohio, Special. A cloud
burst in the' country just back of this
city sent a torrent of Avater down
Trotters Run that caused the heaArey
loss of city and country property.
Over 200 homes and business houses
were flooded- and the foundations
weakened so that the people would
not remain in the houses.
Foul Meat Smuggled.
Berlin, Special. A despatch to Ta
geblatt from Duiburg, Prussia, an
nounced that the custom authorities
of Duiburg, as a result of the discov
ery that inferior Rssian meat was
being smuggled across the frontier
iiito Germany, . seized consignment
which proved to be carcasses of un
born eolves. Witnesses testified that
a number of large firms Avere regu
larly import ins" such meat.
cm
AFFAIRS
Items of Interest From Many
Parts of the State
MINOR MATTERS OF STATE NEWS
Happenings of More or Less Import
ance Told in Paragraphs The Cot
ton Markets.
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These prices represent the prices
paid to AAragons:
aood middling 1. ..11.35
Strict middling 11.35
Middling .11.35
?rood middling, tinged .... ... .11
Stains 9 to 10
General Cotton Market.
Glalveston, steady.. 11 1-16
New Orlenas, quiet and easy. .11 1-8
Mobile, steady 10 3-4
Savannah, steady.. 10 3-4
Wilmington, firm 10 3-4
Norfolk, steady 11 1-8
Baltimore, nominal 11 1-8
Nfew York, steady 10.80
Boston, quiet 10.S0
Philadelphia, steady. 11.05
Houston, steady.... 11
Augusta, steady ..... ... .11 1-8
Memphis, quiet 10 7-S
St. Louis, steady ..10 15-16
Loisville, firm 11 1-8
State's Cotton Crop Below Last Year.
Charlotte ObserA-er.
Secretary Thomas B. Parker, of
the North Carolina Cotton Growers'
Association, has -now secured prettj
nearly all the reports of the cotton
2TOAving counties of the State and of
these The ObserA-er correspondent
has made quite a study. It may be
stated, on the strength of these re
ports, that, it looks something like
the crop Avill be about 75 or 80 per
cent, of that of last year. The wet
June did a great deal of damage.
Cotton has had a hard time this
year, between the drought, the un
usual cold in May with Avidespread
frosts and the great rains, which in
many sections continued day after day
and which caused a great groAvth of
weeds n the east where the rainfall
has been greatest and in some other
sections of the State here and there
towards the Avest, the central belt
faring better than the other parts.
The increase in the labor troubles,
due principally to the exodus of ne
gro field hands to factories and rail
Avays, has become more graA'e and
there is a story of complaint from
every county reporting as to this mat
ter. Cotton dealers, with few ex
ceptions, say they regard the crop as
much below last year. Some of them,
it is true, say they get good reports.
The wet June prevented the proper
development of the ta proofs the main
root of the plant, and thus affected
the latter vitally. The outlook therel
fore is not good. In fact, it is not
what it seemed to be ten days or two
Aveeks ago.
The Luthernan Synod.
Dallas, Special. The meeting of
the general united synod , of the
Lutheran church here has been large
ly attended by prominent ministers
and laymen of the church from all
points of the country. The synod has
taken ad-anced ground on all ques
tions concerning the AA-elfare of the
church. The subject of missions re-ceiA-ed
a large share of attention, as
also the matter of the orphanage. The
publishing report was beard on
Thursday. EA-ery department of the
church's work is reported as in a
flourishing condition. On Thursday
night fraternal delegates from other
churches were heard.
North State Breveties.
United States" District Attorney
Skinner has brought suit in the Unit
ed States District court at Wilming
ton for $4,500 against the Atlanttjc
Coast Line for penalties for failure
to provide safety appliances for trains
and thus -iolating the laAV made
which requires such appliances.
- Charters are granted tl Montgom
ery Construction Company. Hirh
Point, to erect r.ll kinds of buildings,
capital stPck $100,000. W. O. Mont
gomery and others stockholders! the
Zion Ministerial Brotherhood and Re
lief Company, CCharlotte, no capital
stock. T. H. Lomax and others incor
porators; the Piedmont Marble and
Granite Company, Lexington, $10,000.
Zeb Deaton and others stockholders;
the Opie Odum Company, St. Paul's
Robeson county, to manufacture lum
ber, $6,000; the Greensboro Elks
Lodge Company, $50,000, David
Dreyfus and others stockholders,
The Raleigh & Southport railroad
ran its first train into Fayetteville
last Wednesday. Work on the road
is being pushed by a large force of
hands.
The Cabarrus county commission
ers have passed an automobile speed
laAV, the limit on the public roads be-ino-
20 miles and six when crossing
a bridge. The ordinance also pro
vides for the display of a light at
night.
FARMERS MEETING A SUCCESS
The State Farmers' Convention at
Raleigh Was a Big Success..
Mr. C. C. Moore, president of the
North Carolina division of the South
ern Cotton Association, gives the fol
f owing . account of the . third annual
convention of the North . Carolina
farmers, held at Raleigh last week:
The convention was in session three
days, with three sessions per day.
During this time there Avere meetings
of The North Carolina Tobacco Asso
ciation, the North Carolina Division
of the Southern Cotton Association,
the North Carolina Dairymen's Asso
ciation, and under the excellent man:
agement of Mrs. F. L. Stevens, the
farmers' Avives Avho attended the con
A'ention held five sessions, which Arere
full of instruction and benefit.
At the general sessions of the' con
Tention from start to finish the chair
man had a supply of speakers who
handled their subjects in such a way
as to win the applause and apprecia
tion of the convention. The different
subjects coA-ered almost the entire
question of agriculture. 1
Governor R. B. Glehn Avas the first
speaker. He Avas folloAved by Hon.
S. L. Patterson, commisioner of agri
culture. Col. J. Bryan Grimes of Pitt
county spoke on "Agriculture in
North Carolina for the Past Ten
Tears." Mr. A. C. Green of Wake
county delivered an interesting ad
dress on "What the Coav Has Done
For Me." Mr. A. L. French, of
Rockingham county, handled the ques
tion of "Beef Raising" Avith intelli
gence and demonstrated to the satis
faction of the farmers that beef rais
ing in North Carolina is not or-ty
possible but very profitable. Mr. R.
W. Scott, of Albemarle county, with
his characteristic plainness handled
the subject ofcorn gnwing to the sat
isfaction of the convention. Mr. R.
H. GoAver of Johnson county, showed
and demonstrated that dairying can
be made profitable on the average
farm.
The woman's department was per
haps the most interesting of the AA-hole
convention. Dr. Delia Dixon Carroll
gave a lecture on home nursing and
care of the sick that Avas full of val
uable information. Miss Mae Cord,
of Canada, addressed the conA-entiom
The Woman's Department elected
officers for the ensuing year as fol
Ioavs: President. Mrs. J.' L. Stevens,
Raleigh; Vice Presidents, Mrs. C. N.
Allen, Mrs. J. N. Bowles; Secretary
treasurer, Mrs. W. Grimes. Execu-tiA-e
Committee. Mrs. R. S. Tucker,
Mrs. M. M. McLeod. Miss Viola Bid
die. Mrs. W. P. Wilson.
The Dairymen's Department of the
com-ention elected R. H. Gower of
Johnston county president and Prof.
J. C. Kendall, secretary. The exhibits
of butter by various darymen Avere in
spected and prizes awarded. The
sweep stake prize was awarded to Mr.
R. W. Scott of Alamance county.
Tobacco Growers Session.
There was a session of the tobacco
farmers presided oA-er by President
John S. Cunningham. Col. J. Bryan
Grimes, Secretary of State, was one
of the principal speakers. He made
a special appeal for organization on
the part of the tobacco farmers, de
claring that up to the present time
this class of farmers haA-e shown
themselves incapable of perfecting an
organization. He urged that the to
bacco farmers present return to their
homes and urge the necessity of or
ganization and co-operation upon
their neighbors. He- said the only
successful tobacco farmers' organiza
tion in the State is in Pitt county
Avhere he has money invested in the
co-operative organization that has for
three years yielded him thirty and
forty per cent, profit.
News Items.
The State charters the Asbeboro
Grocery Company, Avholesale and re
tail, with $50,000 cam'tal of which
amount $10,000 is subscribed by H.
T. Caviness, C. T. Loflin, Asbeboro,
and T. J. Finch, of Wheatmore.
Brarrlian insurgents in the State of
Mai to Grosse captured the capital
and murdere 1 the Governor.
M. Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, a noted
French authority on Russian affairs,
declares an actual reArolution is in
progress in Russia, Avhich may take
years to accomplish its aims.
A marshal of nobility of Kherson,
Russia, declares his belief that the
situation there is drifting into a
calamitous uprising against land
owners. , Admiral Rojestvensky Avas acquit
ted of charges in cortection Avith the
surrender of the Russian fleet to the
Japanese, but four other officers were
sentenced to death.
The last six months 86,S67 persons
emigrated from Russia to Siberia.
Official reports disclose revolting
conditions in some of the English
packing houses and preserving plants.
Lord Robers told the British House
of Lords that an army reserve of
500,000 men is necessary, since for
mer allies are not to be depended
upon.
The Midvale Steel Company offers
to furnish armor plate for i.ev battle
ships for $olQ a ton- for Avhich the
Government has been paying $i'J0.
DREYFUS VINDICATED
BY FRENCH NATION
Devil's Island- Martyr Declared
Innocent and Rank Restored.
TO BE MADE A GENERAL
Accused Officer Could Not Have Ob
tained Secret Mobilization Pa
pers For Delivery to Germany
Did Not Write Bordereau.
Paris. Alfred Dreyfus has been
completely vindicate! by France.
The Supreme Court of the Repub
lic announced its decision annulling
the ' conviction of Dreyfus by the
court-martial at Rennes in 1899.
To wipe every stain'from Dreyfus'
reputation and to emphasize its con
demnation of the false evidence tJjfit
was tried against him the court or
ders that , he need ; not stand trial
again. It declares there is no reason
for another trial because Dreyfus
committed no offensa.
In conclusion the court noted the
fact that Dreyfus had waiA-ed pecu
niary indemnity for all he suffered
during twelve years.
be . transcribed on the records of the j
Rennes court-martial and to be pub
lished in the official journal and five
newspapers to be chosen by the Procurator-General
and, at the Govern
ment's expense, in fifty newspapers
here and in the provinces to be
named by Dreyfus.
The former captain, after being
falsely convicted of treason, publicly
degraded and imprisoned on Devil's
Island, is restored to the army by the
decision itself.
He will return to his country's ser
vlca with the rank of Brigadier-General,
Premier Sairien assured the
Chamber of Deputies, and the court's
decision will be posted in every com
mune in France.
Neither Dreyfus nor his wife was
in court when the decision was ren
dered. In an interview afterward
Dreyfus said:
"This has been a long and terrible
ordeal. 1 began to feel as if it would
never end. It is clear that the decis
ion restores me to my old place in
the army, bufl am not aware of the
intentions of the Government con
cerning my advancement in rank.
"I haA'e nothing to say against my
accusers. Being again an officer I
am obliged to obey the army regula
tions of silence.
"I am inexpressibly thankful to all
who have assisted in the mainten
ance of truth."
The Ministers held a protracted
special session at the Elysee Palace
under President Fallleres. The Gov
ernment's course in carrying out the
court's decision was determined. Two
bills were drawn. By them Dreyfus
will be nominated! a major, with
early promotion to a lieutenant-colo-nelship.
Had he served his country
continuously he would be a lieutenant-colonel
of artillery now.
Dreyfus' name will be entered on
the list for the Legion of Honor, but
he will not be nominated to that dis
tinction directly.
Picquart, whose sense of justice
secured the quashing of the Rennes
court-martial's verdict, will be made
a brigadier-general immediately.
In its decision the Supreme Court
holds that these neAV facts have been
established before it:
First That the document from
General Mercier's secret papers pre
sented at the Rennes court-martial,
in which the initial "D" was substi
tuted for "P," was a falsification es
tablishing a strong presumption of
Dreyfus' innocence.
Second That another document
from the secret papers in which Drey
fus was falsely shoAvn to have given
to Germany the plans for the railway
mobilization of French troops never
reached the War Department; there
fore Dreyfus could not have secured
possession of it.
Third That the Rennes court
martial failed to hear essential testi
mony calculated to establish the fact
that Dreyfus was innocent.
"These facts," says the court's de
cision, "without seeking for any fur
ther grounds, are of a nature to es
tablish the innocence of the accused.
Therefore itNis only necessary to ex
amine whether the verdict of the
Rennes court-martial shall be an
nulled without a retrial or be fol
lowed by another trial by a court
martial." After a long review of the docu
ment in the case known as the bor
dereau, the decision sfates that it
Avas written by Major Count Ester
hazy, and that the accusations con
necting Dreyfus with the bordereau
rest only on hypothesis and conject
ure. "The accusation against Dreyfus,"
continues the decision, "whether
based on the handwriting or the text
of the bordereau, was wholly unjus
tifiable and Avithout motive. More
over Dreyfus having a large fortune,
one seeks in vain for any reason for
his committing such a great crime.
"The court, therefore holds that,
as all the accusations against the
accused fall to- the ground, there is
no necessity for a new trial, and con
sequently the judgment in condem
nation is annulled as unwarranted
by the evidence."
Chief Events in Case Which Nearly
Disrupted France.
The "Dreyfus Case" has excited
Bank Exchanges Increased.
P.ank exchanges at New York for
the week were 4.5 per cent, larger
han jn 1C05, while at other leading
cities the average gain was 2.2 v per
cen'.
Factory Scandals in England.
Factory inspectors found condi
tions in English food establishments
as revolting as those in Chicago.
Failures Are Few. .
Failures occurring this season are
iew in number.
France- to the verge of revolution
several times, it has1 overthrown min
lsteries, it has excited anti-Semitic
fanaticism and provoked insane glor
ification of the French Army. The
dates, of its chief events during
twelve years are:
Dreyfus arrested. . .October 14, 1894
Found guilty by a secret court-martial..:..
...December 19, 1894
Publicly degraded and sent to Devil's
Island under life sentence . .
January 5, 1895
Mathew Dreyfus charges Colonel Es
terhazy with having written the
bordereau. . .:. November 15,. 1897
Esterhazy acquitted by secret court
martial January 11, 1898
Zola publishes " J'accuse" letter . .
January 13, 1898
Zola fined and sentenced to prison. .
February 23, 1898
Court of Cassation quashes Zola's
sentence .. .... . .April 2, 1898
Cavaignac, War Minister, produces
documents to prove Dreyfus' guilt
. .July 7, 1898
Zola condemned again. July 16, 1898
Colonel Henry arrested, confesses
forging chief of Cavaignac's docu
ments; commits suicide. .
August 31, 1898i
War Minister Cavaignac resigns. .
September 4, 1898
French commission decides against
revision .. ..September 26, 1898
Brisson Ministry resigns; Court of
Cassation reports in favor of re
vision October 25, 1SJ8
Dupuy Ministry takes office. .
October 31, 189S
Court of Cassation stops prosecution
of Picquart. . . .December 9, 1898
Court - of Cassation orders second
court-martial. ." . .June 3, 1899
Dupuy Ministry having been defeat
ed, Waldeck-Roasseau forms new
ministry . . . . -: . . . June 22, 1899
Dreyfus .leaves Devil's Island for
France.... .. ... .July 13, 1899
Second court-martial opens at"
Rennes '.August 7,-1899.
Attempt to kill Labor! fails. . v
V August 1.4,-1899
Dreyfus sentenced to ten years' im
prisonment in a fortress...
': September 10, 1899J
President Joubet issues pardon.'.
September 19, 1-899
Dreyfus set at liberty . .
September., 2 0 . 1 8 9 9
Supreme Court fully vindicates Drey
fus..
. . July 12, 19.06 1
MOR MTTRTIWRS AtTP RPATPR
MURDERS. AVLFE BEATER. I
Indiana Man's Neighbors Capture and
Kill Him Before He Gets Sober.
Indianapolis, Ind. Oliver Bryant,
a coal miner, of Venderberg County,
drank to excess, went home and gave
his wife a beating. .
A mob 'was Wganized at night,
and while Bryant was sleeping off
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. J. Gleich, a prominent farmer
and fruit grower. He was arrested,
charged with murder. Harry Linn
ville, a blacksmith, is also under ar
rest on a similar charge and war
rants are out for a number of others.
SIDED WITH MUTINEERS.
Czar's Soldiers Bayonettcd Officer
Who Gave Command to Fire.
' St. Petersburg, Russia. Addi
tional details of 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
baj'onetting the officer who gave the
command. Only, a detachment of
dragoons, who, it is said, had been
plied with liquor, attacked the 'mu
tineers. The officers of the Seventh fired
on their own men. The number of
killed or wounded has not been es
tablished. DEWEY AT OLOXGAPO.
Dry Dock Reaches Philippine Waters
After Long Voyage.
Manila. The dry dock Dewey ar
rived at Olongapo. The trip from
Singapore was uneventful.
The arrival of the dry dock Dewey
in Philippine waters marks the suc
cessful completion of the biggest tow
ing feat ever undertaken in ocean
navigation. The giant dry dock
passed out of the Virginia Capes at
10.40 o'clock on the night of Decem
ber 29 last.
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
tions in Russia seem to be growing
worse.
'Kentucky Murderer Confesses.
At the trial of ex-Judge Hargis in
Beattyville, Ky., Curtis Jett testified
that he had killed J. B. Marcum, but
did not stick to his recent confession
implicating Hargis.
Coffee Rates Favor NeAV 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 thirty-five cents a sack.
Labor Men in Campaign.
Federation of Labor officers an
nounced that an active opposition
would be begun to Congressmen who
had voted against laoor Interests.
Public Money Stolen.
Armed men in St. Petersburg, Rus
sia, shot two employes of the Admir
alty and stole a bag containing $12,
500. Petroleum Stops Plague.
Dr. rner, Health Officer of Bom
bay, has successfully demonstrated
the extraordinary efficiency of crude
petroleum as a plague disinfectant.
Religion 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.
California Fruit Shipments.
The season's total citrus fruit ship
ments are 2 3,8 5 S carloads.
SEVER LITTLE GIRLS- DROWEL
Were Wading at Cedar Rapids
and Stepped Beyond 'Depth. -' ,
Smallest One Suddenly Sinks and Six r
Other's Lose Lives in Trying v
to Save Hei
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Seven 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 Sweeting. Ruth and Cora
Coyle and Clara Usher. The girls'
ranged in age from seven to sixteen
years.
The Sweeting children lived with .
their father near Ellis Park, on the
outskirts of Cedar Rapids. Clara
Usher was the daughter of Sweet
ing's housekeeper, and the Coyle
children were nieces who were on a
isit frnm.RiniiT f!itv '
I The children had eorie 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 chil
dren. '"'.Lucille Sweeting however,
ran to, the end of the bar and, the
sand yielding, silpped. off into seven.
Tjjet of water. Her cries brought .
-Hazel Sweeting to her 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 chil
dren' were .in deep water. Some of
em drowned helplessly, while two
or three yainly tried to climb back
on the snd-bar out of deep water.
Ruth Klersey, seeing the fate of
her companions, then ran down the
road crying to Mrs. Usher, overtak-
ing ner iWhen almost home. Mrs.
Usher leIt ner baby 111 ttLe r0aa &n1
ran back tQ aid tQe chlldren. She
managed to get hold of the hair of
two of them and pulled them out of
the water, but it was too late to
save their lives.
The other bodies were recovered
later, while hundreds of people
gathered on the river bank to watch ..
the sad task.
Girl Drowns in Big Moose Lake,
Utica, N. Y. The body of Miss
Grace Brown, of Otselic, 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.
STOLE $200,000; LOST IN COTTON
T. W. " Alexander, an Augusta, Ga.,
Broker, a Defaulter and a Fugitive.
Augusta, Ga. T. W. Alexander,
of the cotton brokerage firm o .
Alexander & Alexander, is a default
er for nearly $200,000 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 $150,000. The Georgia,.
Railroad Bank is the heaviest loser.
In addition to money gotten from"
banks Alexander touched his friends
for sums ranging from $1000 uf.to
$5000. . '
GIRL KILLS HER BROTHER.
Avenges the Death of Crefficld,
Whom Mitchell Shot.
Seattle,. Wash. George Mitchell,.
who recenty shot and killed Franz.
Edmunds Creffield, a "Holy Roller
Prophet," and was acquitted of the
charge of murder on a plea of in- ' 4
sanity, was shot and killed by his -sister,
Esther, in the Union Station.
Esther Mitchell joined the' "Holy
Rollers" at Corvallis, Ore., and was
one of the most ardent of Creffleld's
followers. When her brother pur
s'ued the leader of the "Holy Rol
lers" to Seattle and shot him in the
street-, he declared that Creffield had
deluded and wronged his sister.
Mitchell was acquitted. Nearly
all the following day he spent search
ing for Esther in Seattle lodging
houses. She refused to be comfort
ed after the .death of Creffield.
AWARDS FOR BATTLESHIPS.
Cramps and Nev York Company Get
Contracts for New Vessels.
Washington, D. C. Secretary
Bonaparte awarded the contracts for
the two 1G,0 00-ton battleships, 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 $3,
540,000 and that of the New York
Shipbuilding Company $3,585,000.
The Secretary of the Navy wa3 ob
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.
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
net personal property does not exceed
$40,835.
ThaAV Denies He is Insane.
Harry Thaw, from the Tombs, New
York City, made his fir3t statement
since hi3 indictmsnt, in which he
I positively dsnisd t.bct ho is insane.
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