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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
Pardon Refused Bishop.

Raleigh, Special.-Governor Glenn
has declined to grant a pardon to
a. L. Bishop, the Virginia travelling
man who was convicted of mansIaugh-
ter at Charlotte in 1908 and sentenced
to the penitentiary for five years.
bishop was calling OH the daughter Of
Thomas Wilson, when Wilson appear
ed and ordered him to leave the house.
instead Of leaving there was a fight
III which Wilson was killed. The wife
OF the prisoner presented the appli-
cation for the pardon.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
SLEW ACTRESS AND HIMsELF.
Man Locked Wife in Bathroom Before
Committing Crime.

SOk1A14lN1AS SAAA4Ns
New York City.-First making hts
wife a prisoner in a bathroom. Louis
Nosser, a race track man. shot and
killed Miss Stella Reynolds. Of New
Orleans, an actress, who was a guest
at his home. and then killed himself.
The murder and suicide was the Sc
quence of a stormy scene when Miss
Reynolds called at the Nosser home to
take Nosser to task for refusing to go
to Europe with her As he had agreed
to do. I
During the argument which followed
Nosser swallowed laudanum. Both
women forced him to take an enietlc
immediately and the poison did no APP
parent harm. Miss Reynolds h re-
maired with Mrs. NOsser all night.
In the morning. while his wife was Ill
the bathroom, Nosser turned the key
and went to Miss Reynolds room.
Their voices. the mans threatening and
the wOman's pleading, were heard by
the wife in the bathroom. She tele-
phoned to the office of the apartment
house and told a maid who answered
her ring to hurry to the apartment and
release her.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
vERDICrINM ED1CALLIBEL SUIT.
Jury at Buffalo Mulct the Ladies
Home Journal $4,000.

Buffalo. n. Y.-The first libel suit
growing out of the attacks on patent
medicines. in which DR.. Pierce, of Buff
falo. was plaintiff, and the Ladies
Home journal was defendant, has re
suited in a verdict for Dr.. Pierce. Al
though the jury named $4,000 as the
amount of damages which h Curtis
Publishing Company should pay, Dr..
Pierce Immediately moved that the Vef-
dict be set aside and Il new trial Or
dered. the grounds being that the YER
dict was insufficient. This motion is
yet to be argued.
The article on which the suit was
based declared that DR.. Pierce's medl-
cines contained alcohol, digttalis and
opium. 1t was shown that they con-
tain none of these drugs and Mr.. Box
editor Of Ladies' Home Journal, adj
mitted. on the stand, that three chem
lists employed by him after the article
had been published had reported to him
to that effect,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22

Mocksville, Special.-News has just
reached here Of a safe robbery at
Harrington, this county. Safe-crack-
ers went to the -four mill of A. W.
Ellis Tuesday night, rolled the safe
outdoors, blew it open and secured
$500 in cash. The burglars took a
horse from a nearby stable and went
in the direction Of Winston-Salem.
No further clue has been secured. The
flour mill is located some distance
from the little village.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
For Closer Relations.

Charlotte, Special.-A conference
of delegates from all branches of the
Presbyterian and Reformed churches
in America in an effort to bring about
closer relations began here. Rev. John
Preston Searle Of New Brunswick, n.
j., presided over the sessions, which
were held in the First Presbyterian
church.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
Murderer Kills Himself.

Louis Brown, awaiting trial for the
murder of Flossie Reese, at whom he
threw a lighted lamp which exploded.
fatally burning the woman, committed
suicide in the Norfolk (Va.) Jail by
cutting his throat with a knife which
he had struggled into the jail.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
MONOGRAM COEEEE
Evolution In Coffee pleading

Evolution has become the leading
science of the world, and the priDcipi6
OF 1t can be applied to the unfoldmenN
Of everything in accordance with intellf-
gent designs, which. is ever adapting
one thing to another to make necessary
and more harmonious ends meet.
Will there be further evolution in
Coffee Roasting and Blending? We be-
lieve we now have this art to perfection,
and request every user of coffee to see
that they get the celebrated
Monogram Coffee
Sold in l and 8 Id. cans only, never sold
in bulk. Ask your grocer for Monogram
Coffee.
F. w. WAGNER & CO.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
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Young Lady Suicides.

C~aroleen, Specialization a search
Of nearly three days the dead body
Of Miss Tice Huntley, who mysteri-
ously disappeared Tuesday morning
was found in the mill pond here af-
Ter it had been let off. The dead girl
was q years Of age, a daughter of
Lorenzo Dow Hantley, and was en-
LIoyed as a weaver in the Caroleen
Cotton Mills. Miss Tice, whose pa
rents live III the country, boarded with
l,er grandmother, Mrs. Rebecca Mode,
near the mill. She. worked in the mill
against the wishes Of her parents.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
SEEMS so.

"All Of these life insurance COM
panies claim to be striving to bene-
fit mankind"
acting on the principle that too
much money is bad for you, l s'pose."
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
Girl Student a Suicide.

Miss Ruth Edith Houdlette. of Cam
bridge. Mass, a Radcliffe College Sc,
Nor, is dead mysteriously from wood
alcohol. Suicide. while suddenly IN
sane from overstudy, is the most plaus-
bile theory suggested.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
nrama to Resign Soon.

Upon the completion of the evacua-
ton of Manchuria by the japanese
Field Marshal Oyama will resign and
will be succeeded by General Baron
Kodama,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
-11Np1.E q

"They have a cow out in oregon
that wiggles her horns"
Gee! I'd hate to have a COW IKE
that hook me-" - Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
To InyestiCate Street Cleaning.

Twenty-Five thousand dollars was
voted by the New York Board Of Alder
men for use in an investigation of the
city's Street Cleaning Department.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
TRANS CRASH
Fatal Disaster on the Denver and
Rio Grande Railway.
PASSENGERS ROASTED TO DEATH

Express and Local Meet Head ON
While Going at High Speed ON q
Cerve Near Adobe. COI.-Engines and
Coaches Turn Over and Flames Add
to Horror.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-03-22
NORTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS.
items Of Interest From Many
Parts of the State
MINOR MATTERS OF STATE NEWS
Happenings Of More or Less Import
snce Told in Paragraphs-Fhe Cot
ton Markets.
Charlotte Cotton Market.

These figures represent prices paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-08
Charged With Stealing Wheel.

Suspected of having stolen a new blue
framed bicycle George Thomas, twenty
five years old, was arrested this afternoon
by Detectives Grant and Trumbo and sent
to the first precinct to await further in
vestigation. The detectives, 1t is said,
caught the man trying to dispose of the
machine at very low figure. and were
about to arrest him when he ran out of the
store. Trumbo pursued him on a bicycle
and Grant started out after him on foot.
The fleeing man went through Maine ave-
nue. to Sd street, down to Canal, thence to
9TH and then back to Maine avenue and 41a
street, whence he had started.
Asked why he was In such hurry getting
away, Thomas said he had to catch a train.
He admitted that he stole the wheel, but
could not remember the name of the street
where he got 1t. He says he has no idea to
whom the bicycle belongs.
The wheel is of the National make and
has new lamp attached. 1t is numbered
3661S and the detectives are looking for the
owner,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-08
ORCHESTRA SHAREHOLDERS.
Annual Meeting Held Yesterday
Election of Directors Deferred.

The annual meeting of the shareholders
Of the Washington Symphony Orchestra
corporation was held yesterday afternoon
at 1918 F street. Mr.. William Knabe presd-
ing. Twenty-four shareholders were repre-
sented In person or by proxy, and in this
respect the meeting was the most encour-
aging In the history of the local orchestra
movement. The treasurer's report was
read, showing receipts of 81, 500 and dis
bursements of 81. sos. 10 since the last an
nual report March IA. 1905. The liabilities
of the corporation were shown to be So
9.S2, with small cash balance and $751;,
S15 treasury stock in hand. 1t was stated
that an item of 81, 500 in the list of habil-
tiles, growing out Of the d'Albert engage
ment, would be reduced so per cent in a
settlement. The treasurer. Mr.. Stevens,
was of the opinion that the liabilities would
be reduced to about 81, 600 when the organ
ization is In position to settle.
There was a general expression of be-
to resume orchestral concerts next season,
and committee composed of Messrs.
Knabe, Rakemann, Stevens and Scranage
was appointed to consider ways and means
of raising funds. 1t was the sense of the
meeting that an effort should be made to
obtain a subscription of $50 600 per year for
a term of five years, with view to giving
the capital a first-class orchestra, both in
numbers and personnel, and insuring its
continuance for at least a stated period
The election of directors was deferred to
the adjourned meeting TO be held at $50
pm. Thursday, May II, at 1918 street.
Notice was given that at this meeting an
amendment would be offered to the bylaws
to reduce the number of directors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-08
CLEANLINESS OF SIDEWALKS.
Bill Drafted by Order of the Com
miSsioners.

Taking up the question of compulsory re-
nloval of dirt sand, gravel, etc, which may
have washed from private property upon
paved sidewalks or alleys within the Dis
trict, Corporation Counsel Thomas, under
order of the Commissioners, has drafted a
bill which will probably be forwarded to
Congress with a favorable recommendation
in few days. The bill provides authority
for the Commissioners to levy special tax
of 81 per linear foot front against any i'm
proved or unimproved lot in the District
from which dirt sand. gravel or other OBJ
structiou washes, falls, caves, and becomes
deposited upon the street. 1t is provided
that twenty-four hours constructive notice
only need be given to the owner of lot,
in the event of such obstruction of the pub
lie thoroughfare, after which the work of
removal may be done by the local authori-
ties and the tax assessed. Property owned,
leased or occupied by the United States, the
District of Columbia and foreign govern
ments, embassies, legations, ambassadors or
ministers are specified exempt
To enable the Commissioners to execute
the law the bill authorizes the Secretary of
the Treasury to make an advance of cash
to the District disbursing officer, one-half of
which shall be repaid out of the special
taxes collected.
Superintendent Twohey of the street
cleaning department has suggested that
$4,000 would probably be the amount re-
quired for the purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-08
RAISING BUGS FOR PROFIT.
A Singular Feature of the Fig-Grow-
ing Industry in California.

From Lesle's Weekly.
There Is greater variety OF plant life In
California than In any country of the globe,
excepting, OF course. that Of which the SUM-
set state is part. One farm near the town
of Fresno. county seat of Fresno county,
and in the center of the great inland basin.
has on 1t nearly everyknown variety or
tree. So great Is the diversity of vegetable
life here
Fresno is also the center OF the rasin in
dustry OF America. which gives employment
at lucrative wages during the picking and
packing season to thousands. including the
wives and daughters of the ranchers and
the annual product amounts to about 81
100000
The bug raising enterprise is part Of the
fg-growing industry which is reaching
large proportions about Fresno. One
rancher is now setting out IN fig trees alone
a single tract o. 40 acres. Another orchard
owner who has forty acres I'm fig trees sells
his product every year for from 5000 to
5000. The Introduction Of the Smyrna flg
has neceSsitated the propagation of the fix
wasp, a tiny insect no larger than r. gnat.
The Smyrna fig is hollow receptacle con-
tanning nothing but female flowers, which
are inside of the fig, and unless these figs
are fertilized by the little fig wasp tech
nically known the blastophaga grosso-
rum, the figs never mature, but shrivel up
and fall off the trees when about one-third
grown. The Capri. or wild fig, stands in the
relation OF the male to the Smyrna or fe-
male fig which Is the edible fruit. This
Capri fig serves the home for the little
fig insect which is necessary for the perfec-
ton of the Smyrna fig. The pollenation of
the Smyrna fig takes place in the following
manner: The Capri fig produces three or
four crops a year, the only one of which
is of any value to the Smyrna fig maturing
in June. The little wasp passes out of the
ag at this time, getting its body and wings
covered with pollen from the male or STAN
mate blossoms and enters the Smyrna fig,
forcing its way through the almost closed
oritice and fertilIZes the female flowers.
Having performed this office. 1t passes out
OF the fig and perishes. There is a nursery
man In Fresno who made a thorough and
Intelligent study of the fig industry at
Smyrna, Asia Minor. and has imported and
now raises both Capri and Smyrna fig trees.
He sells young trees to the fruit ralsers,
and provides with each lot sold supply of
little wasps, safely housed in their native
Capri fig homes. AS the Smyrna is the
finest fig known and in great demand in the
United States-whIch has hitherto depended
on importations from Turkey-the industry
In Fresno county is rapidly growing, and
.he man who sells the bugs, the feruliZing
wasps, is getting rich
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-08
SPIDER THAT EATS BIRDS.
Lives in the Forest Of the South Amer
lean Tropics.

From the London Graphic.
There has just been deposited in the insect
mouse at the zoo a specimen of the bird
eating spider, which earns its name by oc-
casionally including in it's menu some of
the brilliantly hued humming birds and
veri-colored finches of the South American
tropics.
1t Is doubtful whether the silken threads
which he spins In profusion constitute his
most effective tackle for securing his prey !;
indeed, 1t Is more probable that the little
birds get caught through alighting upon
the banana and other leaves, in the twisted
folds of which the spider makes his home
The similarity of his coloring to the bark
of trees to which he attaches himself, is
also powerful factor in enabling him TO
approach his prey.
The silken threads which help to ensnare
80 many beautiful birds are serious an
noyance to the traveller when riding or
driving through the less frequented forests.
AS they continually strike the face one IS
reminded of some f1endish motor trap on
the Surrey roads
The bird-eating spider is much smaller,
although not less ferocious in appearance,
than the famous tarantula. The body of
full grown tarantula is as big as a hens
egg. and on an average 1t gives from
twenty to forty yards of silk. the weaving
of which was expected at one time to prove
a very considerable industry in some of
the Australian colonies. The silken output
Of the bird-eating spider Is greater In pro-
norton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-08
LAW AND LEGISLATION.
Committee Of Business Mems Associa
ton Acts

At a meeting of the law and legislation
committee of the Business Mems Associa-
ton last evening a number Of proposed
measures were discussed.
The suggested legislation In regard to
usury In the District, which was reported
by the District Commissioners recently, to-
gether with the report of the Commission
ers, was considered. 1t was the unanimous
opinion of the committee that the law as
provided by the code was amply sufficient
to meet all requirements and to protect the
borrower as well as the lender. except that
the code seems to be contradictory In re-
gard to allowing interest at the rate of 10
per cent to be charged when contracted for
in writing. 1t was recommended that that
section of the code be changed to allow 10
per cent to be collected under contract.
A committee of three consisting OF
Charles Linkins, Chaplin Brown and Wilton
]. Lambert, was appointed to represent the
Business Mems Association, and IL neces-
sary appear before the committee of Con-
gress In opposition to the proposed legisla-
ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-08
cANDIED FRAGRANT FLOWERS
Demand in England for Sugared Rose
Petals and Candied Vtolets.

FROM Ine London GtoDe-
One of the latest developments of luxury
is said to be the candytng of fragrant flow
ers. The notion is not altogether new, for
violets have been made into CONNECTIONS for
the palate well as into bouquets for the
olfactory organs, from time to time for a
long period.
At any rate. 1t seems that the fashion has
got new impetus OF late, and a canded
violet is coming to be regarded as an ac-
ceptable "bonne bouche" to be presented to
a lady There is also, we are told a de-
mand for sugared rose petals, which is be-
ing catered for by some enterprising artists
in sugar. 1t can hardly be pretended that
flowers made into sweets" are of any
medicinal efficacy. though damask rose
leaves have long held a recognized place in
the materia medica.
Whether the violet has any therapeutic
qualities does not appear. though the leaves
mot the hower) have just now some repu-
tation-outside the medical faculty-as a
cure for cancer. The best that can be
hoped for If flowers are to be eaten as well
as to be seen and smelied. Is that they may
in all cases prove to be innocuous. 1t is "a
nice question whether the perfume is al
ways a safe guide.
Perhaps the modern craze is after all
only a form of luxury. A candied violet or
dish of rose leaves cunningly prepared for
the tea table could not possibly enter into
the category of cheap sweets for the mil
lion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-08
Instance of Harm Done by Smoke.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
The astronomer royal OF Great Britain,
in charge of the world-famous observatory
at Greenwich, has recently made complaint
to the admiralty of the damage that Is pe-
ing done TO the work of the institution by
the smoke from the chimneys OF q neigh
boring electric tramway power plant own
ed by the London county council. The SCOT
and hot. gases have damaged delicate IN
struments to such an extent that the an
nouncement has been made in substance
that either the chimneys have got to stop
smoking or the observatory will have TO
find another site for some of Its most I'M
portant work.
1t is evident that the public authorities
In Great Britain are no keener TO apply
anti-smoke legislation to their own selves
than public authorities are under similar
circumstances In this country. The trouble
in the present case seems to have been
due to carelessness when the contracts Tor
the construction of the power plant were
let. That the plant could have been bulp
on a practically SmokeleSS OASIS IS BeHeI-
ally admitted
The Greenwich observatory will make
good fight to protect itself. but the London
Lancet takes occasion to draw a lesson
from the incident to the great need or
protection for the residents of Greenwich.
''Our point of view" 1t says. is that II
the gases discharged from the chimneys or
the power-generating station are chem
icaiiy active enough to AFFECT injuriously
the work of the royal observatory they
must be chemically active enough also 10
affect inturiously the health of those who
happen to reside in the neighborhood or
that station"
What is true OF London is true of Chi
cago. Every concrete demonstration of the
harm done by smoke and the accompany-
ing gases, and every direct lesson that can
be drawn from ii. Is useful over the extent
of the two continents, whose people are
growing more serious every year in the
endeavOr to keep the air they breathe pure
and clean,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-08
At the Palace Hotel.

From the New York Tribune.
Secretary Taft said OF certain domineer-
ing statesman:
He fills men with dread. They quail
before him. They can't call their Souls
their own in his presence. Altogether he
makes we think of a waiter L once met In
the west.
in a small western town many years
ago I put up at the Palace Hotel
az was assigned to room. There was
no water nor towels in the room, ana
rang.
There was no reply.
81 rang again.
"Still no reply.
And again and again ard yet again
rang and finally a walter appeared
This waiter was a robust man OF stern
and forbiddng aspect
".Did you ring7' he said. I'm rumblins
bass voice.
"I did, answered.
"'Well don't do II again., said the waiter,
with a menacing scowl. as he Withdrew.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-08
For Relief Of Sam Francisco.

Subscriptions received by e. 8. Parker.
treasurer California fund. to noon today:
Amount previously acknowledged. $751;
S35.T3: William ]. Myers, IS: Columbia
Lodge. No. 101. Independent Order Sons Of
Benjamin. SO: Mrs. 2. H. Copp. s.: through
John Joy Edison. chairman, q. 162.5S. Pu-
pills of the public schools. first division. as
follows: Adams School $24.11: Berret
School. $1s.17: Dennison School. $21.53:
Force School. $45.71: Franklin School. 80. II;
Harrison School. $13.T2; Hubbard School.
So Is: johnson School. $685.; Morgan
school, $50. 10; Ross School. $12.08 Morgan
enth division. public schools, as follows:
Banneker School. $780, Benning Road
School. 81 cents: Burrvfl1e School, -; Cook
school, $3.72; Douglass School. $40; Ivy
City School. IS cents: Jones School. S046;
Logan School 1895: Lovejoy School. $22S;
Payne school, S2.00: Simmons School, $431;
cash, 81. Total. $50