The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-06-21
SHORT ORDER NEWS
EpitOme of Current Happenings Of
Interest Briefly Told.

William e. Bryan was a IoOker-O
at the Russian Douma when member
denounced the War Minister as
murderer.
Henry Rumble, so years old, VIII
is said TO have ran a "'moonshine
still for 40 years, was put on tria
at Parkershurg, West Virginia.
President Roosevelt made public til
report of the Department of Agricul
ture's experts regarding conditions i,
the Chicago packing houses.
Friends declare that Secretary Taf
has decided to accept the appointment
as associate justice of the Suprem,
Court.
Representatives of the Nationa
League of Women's Organization.
presented to President Roosevelt reso
lutions demanding that Smoot be ex
cluded from the Senate.
Capt. William b. March of Reds.
vile, Va, master of an oyster pungy
was convicted at Norfolk of cruelty
to n of his crew.
j. V. ,Bulheller was drowned al
Richmond while bathing in the James
river.
The contest of j. A. Selph and ],
0. Phillips, who were defeated in q
recent primary contest in Richmond
has resulted In the Indictment of three
election officials on charges of fraud.
Gabriel Battaile was hanged at
King George Courthouse for assault
on Miss Lena Rogers.
A banquet was given at Harrison
| burg In honor Of Judge Samuel Hous-
J ton Letcher.
Testimony showing the bitter feel
ing of E. II. Cloves for DR.. Foster,
OF the Williamsburg Asylum, was Of
fered at the investigation.
The Pennsylvania Railroad investi-
cation developed additional charges Of
discrimination.
The packers rebate cases were ar
gued In Kansas City by District At
torney A. s. Van Valkenburg.
= Eight men were killed bv white
damp in a Montana mine following a
fire in the diggings.
Eight miners were shot down bv
constabulary in Pennsylvania after
one of the strikers had fired at the
troops.
Iowa is pledged to Bryan in an in
v1tation extended to him to speak in
that State IN August.
That the S0-cent gas law in New
York IS unconstitutional is indicated
in the opinion of a New York city
judge.
Richard ". Sans of Chicago, viii
head a new retail mercantile eorpo-
ration to be capitalized at $40, OOO, 600.
A water tank IN Pittsburg crashed
through a three-story building, knock.
ing out the rear wall and injring seven
persons.
Nine persons are reported drowned
IN Michigan and Ontario as a result
of storms that did great damage in
that section.
Recorder Golf refused a motion to
quash indictments against Mutual of
icers.
The Virginia Corporation Commits
had many searching questions to
General Manager Spencer Of
the Southern Railway.
The crew OF the British steamer
Fashoda, at Norfolk, refused to 60
sea in her, claiming she is over
William johnson, of Mount Car
bon, ". Va, eat off his wife's head
with a breadEnife In the course Of
a quarrel.
Joseph K. Aikens, a Pennsylvania
Railroad clerk on a small salary, tas-
tilted that he had secured over $751;
300 worth of coal stocks.
The $4,000 O Christian Science
erected In Boston was dedi-
Gated.
William J. Bryan was Endorsed for
President and tariff for revenue only
urged by the Democratic State
Convention In Indiana.
Mrs. Alice Myers, Of Washington,
lied in Vancouver, Washington,
where she was visiting, as the result
IF burns received, it is alleged in
throwing a lamp at her sister.
Thirty-four Christian Scientists
we're injured In an automobile acct
lent In Boston.
The Knights of Columbus, in con-
at New Haven, accepted an
invitation to meet next year in
Jamestown, Va.
The first section of the PennsyI-
7ania Limited collided with a
wrecking train near Lancaster, Pa.
md several persons were injured.
President Cassatt, of the Pennsyl-
7ania Railroad, has sent his replies
% the questions embodied in the cir
,ular letter sent out by the special in