The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-05-04

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throughout the upper floors of the
main 1O-story building and caused a
loss of from $500, 900 to 100000. The
fire started from the explosion OF
boiling sugar. Two hundred people
at work in the building escaped.
Roosevelt for 1912. This sugges-
ton has been made in Washington
within the past few days by an in
surgent republican senator, by one
of his colleagues who is admittedly
a reactionaary republican, and by a
former republican federal othceholder
of prominence, all representing diff
ferent sections of the country.
Detectives who brought suit against
the Goebel reward fund commission
for the capture and conviction of
Henry E. Youtsey and Jim Howard,
charged with taking part in the as
sassination of Governor Goebel in
January, 1900, were awarded $5 500
in the state circuit court in Frank
ford, KY, last week.
On account of ILL health, Senator
Frye, of Maine, has rendered to the
vice president his resignation as
president pro tempore of the senate.
The senator is confined to his apart
ment and his friends, because of his
advanced age. are apprehensive. 1t
is probably that Senator Gallfnger
will succeed him al president pro
tenn.
In a decision handed down last
week by the third civil tribunal in
the suit of the Wright brothers
against several French aeroplane
manufacturers for an infringement of
patents, the court upheld the conten-
lions of the plaintiffs in principle,
but declared that it did not wish at
present to render a definite decision,
as the science of aviation was too
new to admit of an arbitrary finding
in such a case.
Property valued at upwards of &c.
000. 10000 was destroyed, hundreds of
people made homeless and almost
the entire business section of Ban
gor. Me, devastated during the con-
~1agration which at midnight Sunday
was believed to be practically under
control although the fire was still
burning in many places. A light rain
fell which helped to check the fire.
One life is known to have been lost,
an unknown man who was killed. by
a falling wall.
The third national peace congress
will assemble in Baltimore today for
four days session under 'circum-
stances of unusual interest, with ar
bitration treaties and the peace
movement attracting the attention of
nations and the public on both sides
of the Atlantic are encouraging the
advocates of peace in the belief that
a realization of their hopes is not
far distant. The gathering there is
under the auspices of all the lead
ing societies of America devoted to
the settlement of international dis
putes by means other than war.
Mrs. Charles Turner, a pretty
brunette, of middle age, was found
murdered in the woods behind a
studio building on Fulton street.
Lakewood, N. j., Friday afternoon.
The woman's face had been beaten
in by a big club which lay near by.
stained with blood. The body was
found by Arnold Turner, a nephew
who was searching for his aunt, who
had been missing since Wednesday,
when she left her home to deliver
some dresses to women inmates of
a local santarium. Her husband,
who is an employee on the es-
tate of George Gould had hunted in
vain for her for two days.
Probably the most extensive fish
ing trip ever undertaken by a woman
is that of Miss Lola e. Vance, of
Noblesville. Ind, who passed through
New Orleans Saturday en- route to
Peru, where she will spend the sum-
mer fishing for queer specimens for
the University of Indiana. Miss,
Vance is making a speciality of ZOO
lOgy under Professor EngIeman, of
the Indiana university. Miss Vance
will be met in Peru by her brother
and will make the larger portion of
her trip into the interior on pack ami
mails. She says she intends to re-
turn to the states next fall.
The commissioner Of Indian affairs
has directed officials throughout Oak
lahoma that hereafter every Indian
who cannot write his name will be
required to sign all checks and Off
cial papers and indorse checks and
warrants covering money by making
an impression of the ball of his right
thumb, such imprint to be witnessed
by an employe of the Indian agency
by one of the leading men of the
tribe who can write. If an Indian
is not living with his tribe his thumb
mark signature must be witnessed by
the postmaster of the pace where he
resides.
The widow of a miser who die
recently at Pau. Okla was visited
few days age by a debtor who said
he had signed a promissory note in
favor Of her deceased husband. The
widow searched everywhere among
her papers, but could not find the
Then she remembered her hus-
band had been in the habit of hiding