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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23
PLENTY OF FISHING

plentiful in the shoals above Georgetown
and between there and the Great Falls. APP
parently 1t Is only the most active and best
specimens of the tribe which shoot the
lower falls, and the rock taken above that
point are of better flavor than those which
frequent the muddier waters below, where
the flesh of the fish seems to become tainted
with the conditions Of the water
The Mississippi catfish Is specimen
transferred to these waters by the fish COM
mission about ten years ago, and the Poto-
mac now abounds with them weighing from
six to fifteen pounds. They swim in all
parts of the river in search of food, and
their size seems limited only by the length
of their lives, for some of them attain large
proportions. This fish bites at smelt. craw
fish and even worms or pieces of raw
meat. having apparently little preference
for what 1t eats. If 1t looks inviting from
the standpoint of the fish. Catfishing is
noble sport and many of the anglers of the
District go in search of the species during
July and August. A strong catfish well
hooked gives the sportsman plenty of ex-
ercfse with thumb on reel before he can
be subdued and brought in. The flesh is
good when properly cooked, though many
of those caught in the waters about the
Eastern branch and below the city have the
strong taste that all fish in that quarter for
several years back have been taking on.
Good places for capturing catfish can be
found up the river, especially in the deep
portions of the channel from the Aqueduct
bridge to Great Falls
Many of the local fishermen have a taste
for trout casting and for this form of sport
go to the small streams of Maryland and
Virginia. These speckled and wary beau
ties are generally caught by gaudy flies,
which the trout can scarcely refrain from
biting. Captious though he Is, he has per-
haps more curiosity than any other denizen
of the waters The trout seems to bite often,
not because he Is hungry, but in pure dare
devil wantonness, IL to show the man
the bank or in the boat that he is not
afraid of his Turing bait. The mountain
streams Of Maryland and all down the
state of Virginia are the rendezvous of the
trout, and West Virginia also affords good
advantages to catch these beautiful game
fish. In Maryland, Garrett county holds
the palm. and the small streams emptying
into the Yough each year visited by
the trout fishers of the District who are
attracted thither by the alluring sport
Among the streams most easily reached
the Little Yough. Cherry creek. Laurel
run, Snowy creek Miller's run, Harrington
run and Muddy creek, all of which have
many trout. On Muddy creek is the cele-
brated Browning's dam where sportsmen
from all parts of the country assemble to
try their luck and exhibit their skill. Be
sides the brook trout in that region the
Little Yough was stocked with salmon trout
several years ago by the fish commission
These have now attained good size and If
luck goes slow in the smaller streams the
sportsman can take to casting or trolling
for the larger fish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-23

The trout streams which flow into the
lower Yough. and which may be reached
from the railroad through Accident. Friend
ship and Selbysport, are Buffalo run. White
Rock run. Salt Block run, Mill run and
Bear creek. Castlemans river, which drains
the valley between Negro mountain and
Meadow mountain. affords some good Ash
ing. The nearest points by rail are Frost
burg. Md. and Salisbury. Pa. That part of
Garrett county east of the Big Backbone
mountain Is drained by the north branch
OF the Potomac. and the upper part of the
stream and the little tributary brooks are
we'll filled with trout. Among these are
Crab Tree, Savage and Lost Land run.
But the trout stream which is the pride
of Garrett county rises near Altamont, ON
Big Backbone mountain. and flows through
the picturesque glades of Deep creek to
the Youghiogheny river. This stream is
about ten miles from Oakland and will we'll
repay a visit. 1t feeds Lake Cleveland.
where one of the members of the fish COM
mission has erected his summer cottage
With his friends from Washington he spends
weeks of sport in the cool of the mountains.
Under the Maryland law trout fishing may
be followed up to August Is. and the bal
ance of the time this year is good as
any for taking trout The sport is re-
ported especially good this year, as the
mountain streams have not been affected
by dry weather and are still full from the
heavy summer rains. During much of the
season also the waters have been too muddy
for good fishing and the supply of trout
is still ample.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
MUSICALE AT HUDSON.
Pupils of Marion Institution Gave an
 Enjoyable Concert.

Marion, May 23.-(Special.)- )--The Jud- son commencement concert was held tonight in the college auditorium.
 There were sixteen instrumental and vocal numbers and the program below was carried out in most enjoyable man. ner. The chorus was composed of 200 voices. Each number was heartily ap- plauded. Judson has a corps of ten music instructors, with Edwards Lee son Powers as director. The depart ment is very complete and success scored tonight was striking.
 Chorus, H. N. Bartlett; Commence ment March, Sight Singing Class; piano. Miss Pauline Lacyi. songs, Mss Inez Ezelle; piano. Miss Mamie Moore; four songs. Miss Marietta Aldrich; piano, Miss Patti Davis; violins and piano, Mediation" Misses Burns, Williams, Collier. Pollard. Underwood; piano, Miss Margaret Macon; part song. "The Spanish Gipsy Girl" Misses Ezelle, Jones. Reynolds. Daughdrill, Pitts, Hogue, Aldrich, Provence, Mrs. Gaillard; plano. Miss Lola Warren; song, Miss Lucie Daughdrill; piano. Miss Minnie Carter; two violins. Ronde from Sym phony, Misses Lettie Williams and An nelu Burnsi part song. The Lost Lull, Hogue. Aldrich, Provence, Will Hams. Mrs. Gaillard song, Miss Ethel Jones; chorus, Cowan Schneider; Bri- dal Chorus, The Rose Maiden" R. Wagner; spinning chorus. The Flying Dutchman," voice, pupils.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
FROM SAME BOX Where the Foods Come From.

Look here, waiter, honest now, don't you dip every one of these flaked breakfast foods out of the same box?" Well. yes, boss, we dug, all 'cept Grape Nuts, cause that don't look like the others and people know 'Zackly what Grape Nuts looks like. But there's bout a dozen different ones named on the bill of fare and they are all thin rolled flakes so 1t don't make any difference which one a man calls for we just take out the order from one box"
 This talk led to an investigation. Dozens of factories sprung up about three years ago making various kinds of breakfast foods, seeking to take the business of the original prepared breakfast food-Grape-Nu These concerns after a precarious existence, nearly all failed, leaving thousands of boxes of their foods in mills and ware houses. These were in several in stances bought up for a song by spec ulators and sold out to grocers and ho- tels for little or nothing. The process of working off this old stock has been slow. One will see the names on menus of fiaked fods that went out of busi- ness a year and half or two years ago. Tn a few eases where the aban- doned factories have been bought up, there is an effort to resuscitate the de- funct, and by copying the style or au- vertising of Grape-Nuts. seek to in- fluence people to purchase. But the public has been educated to the fact that all these thin faked foods are simply soaked wheat or oats rolled thin and dried out and packed. They are not prepared like Grape-Nuts, in which the thorough baking and other opera tions which turn the starch part of the wheat and barley into sugar, oc- cupy many hours and result in a food so digestible that small infants thrive on it, while 1t also contains the select ed clements of Phosphate of Potash and Albumen that unite in the body to produce the soft gray substance in brain and nerve centres. There's a req son for Grape-Nuts, and there have been many limitations, few of the ar ticle itself, but many more of the kind and character of the advertising. 1mi- tators are always counterfeiters and their printed and written statements cannot be expected to be different than their goods.
 This article is published by the Pos tum Go. at Battle Creek. Additional evidence of the truth can be supplied in onantttiaa-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
BIC FAILURE.
Merchants Trust Company of New
 York Goes Under.

Merchants Trust Company of New
 York Goes Under.
 New York. May 23.-The Merchants Trust Company of this city was closed today by the order of the State super intendent of banks, becaus 1t had made loans amounting to about $1,250,- 900 upon which it had not been able to realize a sufficient sum to pay deposi- pany from impairment. Upon the ap- plication of the State. Attorney Gen eral Douglass Robinson. a brother-in- law of President Roosevelt. was ap- pointed one or the receivers of the company.
 The company's loans. which had no ready market value. were about $S50,- 900. on securities of the Hudson Valley Railroad Company of Glens Falls. N. Y. which is a consolidation of trolley lines in the vicinity of Albany. Troy, Saratoga and Lake George. and nearly S40O0OO to the Rutland. Vermont. Street Railroad Company. and the Chittenden Development Company. of Rutland. The trust company owes de- positors about $2.000.oo0 and according to the State bank examiner has avail able assets, other than in the Hudson Railroad Company and the Rutland Companies. of nearly $1.300.000 so that it will be necessary to realize $95O,OOo to pay depositorS.
 The stockholders are liable to the extent of $5O0.O00. With that amount the State bank examiner said today that a sufficient sum should certainly be realized to pay depositors in full.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
NO CONVICT LABOR.
President Says Striped Gentlemen Can't
 Work for Uncle Sam.

President Says Striped Gentlemen Can't
 Work for Uncle Sam.
 Washington. May 23.-The President has Issued an order prohibiting the employment of convict labor on govern ment works.
 The question of the employment of such labor was raised in connection with certain river and harbor improve ments in Arkansas. the contractor for State convicts under contract with the State authorities.
 The officials of the War Department were almost unanimously opposed to the plan and Judge Advocate General Davis gave an opinion that 1t was con trary to the spirit If not the letter of tho labor laws of the United States.
 The Presidents order Is as follows:
 Whereas, by an act of Congress which received executive approval on Februa- ry 23. 1887. all officers or agents of the United States where, as a matter of public policy forbidden under appro- priate penalties hire or contract out the labor of any criminals who might thereafter be confined in any prison, jail or other place of incarceration for the violation of any laws of the gov ernment of the Unied States of America.
 It is hereby ordered that all con- tracts which shall hereafter be entered into by officers or agents of the United States involving the employment of labor in the States composing the Union, or the territories of the United States contiguous thereto. shall. unless otherwise provided by law, contain a stipulation forbidding in the perform ance of such contracts the employment of persons undergoing sentences of i'm prisonment at hard labor which have been imposed by courts of the several States, Territories or municipalities having criminal Jurisdiction.
 Theodore Roosevelt.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24

Hazle Green to John M- and William Cum. of Galesburg. III. will estab- fish A big stock breeding establishment. They paid S5.34o for the land.
 Hill Curry of this city was killed by a Falling tree in Lees Cove. Saturday, while hunting. His head was crushed and he died Immediately. His rela- tiyes are unknown and the young mans body was buried near the scene of his
 A lawsuit almost without precedence is on trial In the circuit court. that of inc complainant ayers that he rented a dwelling from the defendant and his daughter contracted scarlet fever from the infection in the house. Einney nrecedent in the Alabama Court reports and attorneys have only found one case like if. that be ing in Massachusetts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
CREATED SENSATION.
Crazy Negro Stopped by Woman With a
 Revolver.

New Decatur. May 23.-(SpeciaLl--A crazy negro, named J. c. Cowon, who was employed at the Louisville and Nashville Railroad shops in New Deca- .tur created quite a sensation yester- day afternoon in New Decatur.
 He left the shops late in the after noon and going up town ran into the home of Robert Alexander and started up the stairway where he was met by Mrs, Wicks, who boards there with her husband, with a 44-calibre revolver in her hand She told the negro ta stop. which he did. She then telsphoned to the police station and apliceman was soon at the house. When the officer ar rived he found the negro sitting on step and Mrs. Wicks vavering him With her revolver.
 The Decatur Cotton Compress Cfsn- pany has done more business the past already handled over 100000 bale of cottan and will continue to run into the mex season.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24

tonight after being sentenced today to another term of two years following his plea of guilty under his joint indict- ment with w. G. Crawford of this city and George D. Lorenz of Toledo, Ohio, for conspiracy to defraud the gov- ernment.
 Machen will not be prosecuted on any of the remaining eleven indictments. Including his present two years term and his sentence today and making allowance for communication for good behavior, he has two years and eight months yet to serve in the penitentiary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
Alabama at Depnrtments.

Washington, May 2S.-(special)- Postmasters appointed-ollie, Monroe county, Mary A. Griggers; Payne. Mar shall county. Gray D. Petty; Scale, Jackson county, John Ryan.
 Rural routes ordered established Heiberger, Perry county, route one, population $50, houses 1s0; Trinity, Morgan county, route one, population $50, houses 13S.
 patent for a spark and soot arrest CT has been issued to Robert E. Spring leaf, Linden.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
Fireman Imnrovtnx

Charles M. Lane, captain of No. 5 station of the Birmingham fire. depart ment. according to reports. is getting along nicely. Although he is suffer nounced that 1t is the opinion of the physicians that he will recover. Cap tain Lane was shot one week ago to- day by Fireman Norris with a double- barrel shotgun, both shots being fired, only one taking effect. He was shot In the abdomen and his wounds at first careful attention he has passed the crisis in his trouble and strong hopes are now entertained for his recovery.
 Norris Is still in the county jail.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24

result was every man responded, as a rule. very briefly. some times very awkwardly, and occasionally in a terse, witty way that brought down the house.
 The Alabama representatives present were Chiefs Weir of Birmingham, Heritzfield of Pratt City and Overton of Huntsville.
 Chief Weir of Birmingham quite dis tfnguished himself this afternoon by q paper he read. the subject of which he had been assigned being 'The Character of the Policemen" It was an eloquent plea for the selection of only men of moral as well as physical strength and courage. The effort was well delivered and was roundly and heartily applaud ed by police chiefs representing every part of the United States
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
SEVERAL SENTENCED.
Work of the United States Court at
 Huntsville,

Huntsville -, .
 Huntsville, May 23.-(SpeciaL)- )-ulck Roden, the licensed distiller or Mar shall county who has been convicted or defrauding the government of the tax on 500 gallons of brandy. has been sen fenced to sixteen months imprlscnmeI'l in the penitentiary at Atlanta. and m ed $1,0O0. Porter Hughes .conNlcteo of stealing a calendar from the mats, has been sentenced to term ot ten tl days in jail; J. T. Bonds, retailing illlSls iiquor, got three months fin jail and $10O fine; w. A. Denham, retailing, got oiX months and $700 fine; and James Blizzard was given a six months sen tence and $100 fine for illicit dl5tiiilng. The United States Court has begun the fifth week of the present term ana Judge David D. Shelby of the court ol Appeals Is presiding.
 After very successful session. the general assembly of the calored Cum berland Presbyterian Church has ao- 1ourned. McGregor. Texas, was se- lected as the next place of meet'ng. This was the thirty-first session or tne assembly since it's separation trom t3e white church in 1871. The asemply consists of twenty-three Presbyterles' representing about fifty thousand com municants. A committee of seven was appointed on organic union to SerNe with similar committee of inc Eres- byterian General Assembly Of the DhltSs ed States. Rev. James EdWards or Huntingdon. Tenn, was eleetsd mooe- rator and Rev. c. l.. Davis aT Hunts vile was elected clerk.
 c. D. Mckinney, former Treasurer ot Madison 1sSuntY. has sold me taf1i ~
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
HEREl

We just want to put you on notice --so you'll know-th,t we have the foxiest selection of Fine Straw and Panama Hats in the city.
 You don't ever want to buy Hat without first giving us a chance to show you what we have. If you do- we'll sell you.
 You might like the $5 straw. If not, you can get one for $4 or s. Go as far as you like.
 Anyway-see us.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
To Visit Ore Mines.

R. H. Edmonds, chairman of the ex- ecutive board of the Alabama Consoli- dated Coal and Iron Company, Balti- more. with George Hoadley and Walter will be shown the great gray ore mines near Sylacauga, in the eastern portion of the State tomorrow by Colonel T. G. Bush, President of the Alabama Con- solidated Company. Messrs. Edmonds, Hoadley and Wright are looking at the industrial development in Alabama and the trip tomorrow may mean consider able for the immediate section visited.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
Two Men Hurt.

Joe Fisher and John Posey, white miners ih the No. coal mine, near Wylam. operated by the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Company were seriously injured last evening by some cars breaking loose on a slope and run ming back into the mine. The men arc hurt internally and there is no telling how extensive the injuries will be. flies. 1t seems that several car loads of coal broke loose while being hauled up the main slope and started back into the mtne.. One of the cars rolled over and struck both Fisher and Posey. Every attention is being given the two men.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
Can't Blame Them.

Phi1adeIphia Record.
 The Germans promise to establish q kind of genteel boycott against Ameri- can exports by establishing prohibitive tariff rates. They justify their action by saying that the rates are only re. taliatory as against the gprohibitiv6 rates of the Dingley tariff, and that notifications of our duties will be met by reciprocal notifications. What an- swer the stand -patters' can make to this Teutonic demonstration is not yet apparent. They cannot complain of the levy of commercial war carried forward on 'protective' lines. X
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
CHIEF wIER's PAPER.
Birmingham Officer Distinguishes Him.
 self at Washington.

Washington, May 23.-(Special. )-- The police chieftains had a kind of for nal love feast at their meeting place in the banquet hall of the Shoreham Hotel this afternoon. It came about in a peculiar manner. Major Sylvester, superintendent of the Washington po- lice and President of the National As- sociation of Chiefs, inaugurated the idea. There were a number of new men present. He had the secretary call the roll and each chief stand and deliver his name and town identifica- tion, with privilege to say anything for himself and his city he pleased. The
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
Negro Educator Talks.

c. B. Moseley, principal of the Avon dale colored public schools, delivered an address this morning to the stu dents of the Tuggle Normal and Indus trial Institute, colored, on Enon Ridge Education for tn, Negro" He advised his hearers to make friends with the whites and to seek a good education. Said the speaker: "The only hope I see for the negro in this country lies in his ability to adapt himself Sto rap idly changing conditions and to en- dure sufferings.' He credited ignor- ance and poverty as the cause of much of the crime done by negroes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
Preliminary Trial Set

A preliminary trial will be given to- morrow before Justice of the Peace l. H. Benners for Town Marshal Dink Burrell and Policeman Walter MePher- son who were arrested Saturday on a warrant sworn out by Coroner Paris charging them with killing Gus Trout, a negro. Trout was shot ten days ago. The officers anticipate no trou- ble in showing a clearing card at the preliminary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
old Man Kill. Himself.

The fuenral of Giant Parks, an old cit- izen who shot and killed himself yes terday at Huffman. ten miles north of the city while in a melancholy mood. took place this afternoon. Parks was sick for long while, Yesterday while left alone he secured pistol and sent bullet through his head. He left a widow and five sons ana daughters, all grown. For years he conducted a blacksmith shop in Birmingham and has many friends here. He was a member of a large family.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
sENTNCED AGAIN.

Two Years More Added to August w. Machen's Term.
 Washington, May 23.-August W. Machen, the former general superinten- dent of the free delivery service of the Postof1ce Department, was taken back to the Moundsville, W. ", penitentiary
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24

an investigation into the shooting af- fray which took place at Skaters church at an all day singing Sunday, in which four men were shot and two of them seriously wounded.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
Attending s,resbyterirn Meeting.

B. L. Greer, vice president of the AlabamSl district organization of the United Mine Workers of America. is attending the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United State at Winona Lake, Ind. Greer is one of the best known negroes in the industrial section of Alabama, and a hard worker for the Presbyterian Church.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24

The jury in the circuit court trying the case of Giddens and Company vs.
 Florence Rutledge. after balloting all of yesterday and being unable to reach a verdict was discharged until this morning by Judge J. c. Richardson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24

J. H. Johnson, the cripple, who killed Officer Bryant at Greenville and was sentenced to fifteen years impris- onment, was lodged in the Montgom- cry County jail yesterday prior to be- ing sent to Speigners at o'clock yes- terday afternoon to begin serving a term of fifteen years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24

Aldermen L. Strauss. c. B. Coins and w. M. Teague nave been named as a committee of the City Council to arrange for the annual picnic of the officials and employees of the city. The picnic will be given at Jacksons Lake but the date has not been se- lected
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24

The injunction proceedings of D. P. West to prevent his arrest by the city for conducting an ice and electric plant at Bibb and Moulton Streets without the consent of the City Coun- ell will be heard today at 10 o'clock by Chancellor ". L. Parks.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
LIGHTNING's PRANK.

Eccentric Bolt Causes Death ef Child
 at Huntsville.
 Huntsville. May 23.-(Special.C-, :, Lightning played curious anh fatal nrank at the home of Morris Petty. a weaver of the Rowe Cotton Mill. today. A bolt of lightning struck the house and descended the chimney to the man tel. where it exploded bottle or tur, nentine and scattered the blazing liquid oyer the children in front of the fire- One of the children died a short tina later and others are in serious con-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-24
EleWS in Briei.

Samuel J. Morgan of Blocton was yesterday appointed notary public by Governor Jelks.