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Asheville Daily VOLUME XII-NO. lf7. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY EVENIXG, NOVEMBER 17, 1896 PRICE 5 CENTS m IIIIIL AYEKGED I F Fill'S DEATH .CONTINDE 10 FiGBT FOR SILVER RTIK GETS THE SEABOARD TODA Say, Bud, NEW CROP BUCKWHE T FLOUR, MAPLE SYRUP, FIGS, APRICOTS, PRUNES, CRANBERRIES and CALIFORNIA CANNED FRUITS. Powell and Snider. D ONT l-i k all over the city for your .favorite I'tiimls of CIGARS, but drop in at BLOMBEKGS imI hsk lor the following brands: Sub iros , I'.i Mcrito, (Ieorje W. Chdds. Blomherii's Selector, Won. berg's i'anatclas. Koval Blu-. Hlotnberg's lvitra Good, Solomon I. Chase, l. i'ento, Mexican, hand made, Grand Republic, Kev West 5c. cigar, La Crantata, Senorita Letitia. The Model Cigar Store, oecond to None in the State. I.. .Hl.OMBLiKG. Prop., 1 7 l'atton Ave. COFFEE, FLOUR, SUGAR, LARD tul si i I tising. We cannot uote you i rices on these things because thev are i onst.iatly changing, but if you will call mil see us we will sell as cheap as any one Hitter lav in a supply of these things le lore thev get any higher. S. H, Chedester, J'J lATTON AVE. XELEl'UONE NO. OO. IMfc. O ester Crackers 5. per pound; 4e. by the box. OUR BOYS' SHOES Can stuud some loud talk ing. Hoys are very hard on shoes, nd our $1.75, 11 to and $"00, 2 to i, we have used several years and never had a complaint of them. Besides the wear they please the boys as the style suits them. Have them in the narrow toe and the new round toe. J. Spangenberg, 4 N. Court Sq. Or HOW'S THAT ? Every laundry doesn't do it, do tbey ? Don't you supp, tbey could if tbey wanted to?- Honesty and carefulness have as much to do with making a good laundrv as anythicgelse. We knovy this is a good laundry and we aren't afraid to have anyone trv up. For satisfac tion pure and simple, come to ASHEVILLE STEAM LAUNDRY l-l W. COLLEGE ST. BON MARCHE, 15 South Maiu St , Making diciucd reductions in Dress Goods and YYrai. s. Some Drtsi Goods that were 25c, will be sold for 1 9j. Some Dress Goods that were 50c. will be sold lor 39c. S me Dress Goods that were ('Je. and 75c, were sold for 50c. Some Dtess Goods that were 85.-., will be sold for 05.-. Ladies' Capes that were $5 for $3.90. Ladies' Cap.s that were $3.50 for $2.50. Ladies' Capes that were $7 50 for $5.'0. Ladies' Capes that were $10 for $7 ;o. Ladies' Jackets and Children's Reefers at reducid prircs. Invoice Dotted Swiss for Curtains. Invoice Centtm-ri Kid Gloves. BON MARCHE, 15 South Main St. GREA ASSIGNMENT SALK! Hverything in the House at COST! -AT THE PALAIS ROYAL, 28 SOUIH MAIN STKET. NEXT DOOR TO HESTON'S. White Goods at Gloves at COST. CO T. Ladies', gent's, chil dren's and misses' Un derwear at Blankets at Comforts at COST. COST. COST. Corsets at COST. Gent's collars the 15c. ones, now for 8c. Gent's white and colored shirts at cost. At best everything in the hons at cost and goods must go. Be sure and see our bargains H. MEYERS, Assignee. .U Mr. A M Field, Dear Sir: A few weeks ago your op tician fitted glasses for mv wife and she is very much pleased with them. I watched your optician careful'y and I have watched giving the nam s of two celebrated ocnliscs and I must say that your optician takes a great deal more pains to see that be gets jast the right glasses, than the specialists named. Yours truly V. L. Reagan, M. D. Being agraduateand practical optician myself I subjected Prof. Garrard to a mast careful and critical examination be fore making arrangements with him to take charge of oar optical department and I can truthfully and conscientiously recommend him for the correction of Hyperopia, Myopia, Astigmatism, Pres byopia, Asthenopia, Amblyopia, etc , by the scientific fitting of lenses. ARTHUR M. FIELD, Leading Jeweler, Asheville, N. C. O b T3 O O C3 at a i 1 r Oj P- 0 o o (J e .s as o u c a S i a 2 - 2 (J) D J 0. LI h 4) u o a ut .5 I 5 O CD c J3 J3 a 3 5C U 4- O e 3 O CZt - GRANOS BISCUITS A new and delicately flavored food made from the choicest wheat perfectly cooked, delicate, crisp, delicious. Ready to eat at once. G. A. GREER. 10 N. COUET SQUARE. c u IS CD be ' -- a a as 3 CO O S5 3 -J o h3 t t H O W o o o A TRAGEDY OF MAST TEARS AGO RECALLED. The Son Fled and Lived Under an As sumed Name Facts Disclosed by a Daughter's Genealogical Research es VIslttDK In Asheville. Mrs. W. L. Dickenson and daughter, Miss Thama, of San Francisco. Cal.. who have been visiting relatives in and near Asheville for three weeks, left Sun day for a vfsit to relatives in Mississippi. These ladies are concerned in a story so unusual, so full of absorbing human in terest, that it proves anew the truth of the adage that truth is stranger than fiction. A number of well known Ashe ville people, too, have places in the drama, the tcenea of which are laid in Buncombe, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas and f ir-awav California. The head of the Wbitson family in this country was William Wbitson, the great srandfather of the younger family of the name now living in Asheville. About the year 1812 or 1815 he and alibis sans, with the exception of Joseph, sought homes in the West. In 1836 William Whitson.the grandfather of Mrs Dick enson, then a resident of the State of Aikansas. was slain asthe result of some political controversy, the slayer being a man of the name of Lassiter. Mr. Wbitson 's sldest son, John Witr erspoon Wbitson, was at that time 15 or 16 years of age. The voang son, burning with indignation because of the deed, immediately alter th death of his father as a result of the wound icfl cted by Lassitcr, avenged bis father's death by killing Lasstter. The youthful slayer ri d the country, changing his name to Johnson and set tling first in Missouri In that State he fitted himself for the practice of medicine and married. L?aviug Missouri he re moved to Galveston, Tx., where he lived until 1852, in that vear going to San Jose. Cal There he practiced medi line until about 21 j ejts ago, when he died, having made the name of Dr. "Johnson" promiceat throughout that section. No member of Dr. Johnson's (or, prop erly. Dr. Whitson's) lamily except h:s wile ever knew what bis real name was until August of the present vear, and the discovery was due to the tfforts of Mrs. Dickensou, who is one of the children of Dr. "Johnson." Mrs. Dickenson devoted a part ol her time to tracing the genc alogv of her lamily. She was greatlv puzz'ed to find that so fr as records wtre obtainable her father was the veiy first of the tamilv. Pursuing her invest. gauon as far as possible she became con vincfd that Johnson wes not herlather's name. Last Jnlv Mrs, Dickers n accompanied her husband, who was a delegate to the Sdver convention, to St. Louis. There Mr. Dickenson met a man of the name of Woodson who knew something of the family history, and who, while rot oi vu ging what he knew still told enough to confirm Mts Dickenson in her opin ion end give her something to work Tjpir. On ber return to California she ulactd toe matter before her mother, who then told her the strange life story. On the loth of September Mis. and Miss Dickenson started east to search out and visit their new relatives. On their wav here they stopped for a month in Tennessee. While in Buncombe thev have spent their time at the home of Dr. Geo. W. Whiison on the Swanna noa, or at the home of W. R. Wbitson, esq., in Asheville. Mrs. Dickensou has a brother who is a pbvsiciin in San Francisco, and two or three sisters. Her mother and one sister are now on their way to Asheville. William Wbitson, whose slaying caused the tragedy in his son's life and was responsible for this uousnal storv, was reared at the Murphy place, east of the city. Dr. Geo. W. Wbitson had heard absolutely nothing of the family since the tragedy, the members having disappeared as completely as if swal l wed up bv the earth. Members of the Tennessee branch of the familv , howerer, knew of the eircumstances. Bat in the old days news traveled slowly and finallv the story wps forgotten and the lamily lost to sight. KIGGEST GBAMTE BLOCK. Trouble In Flndlntr a Route to Ship It to New Orleans. Bellows Falls, Vt.. Nov. 15. Much inconvenience is experienced in finding a railroad route to New Orleans haying bridges high enough for the lar gest block of gianite ever quarried in Vermont. The block is fifteen feet square and three leet thick. It is in tended for the noted Moriarty Monu ment in that city. It was quarried in Barre and has been moved to the dressing sheds. A special car is be ing built bv the local roads, on which it is intended to set the block on edge, allowing the lower side to swing through the bottom, extending to within eight inches of the rails. The weight of the block exceeds 50 tons. In vestigation shows that most routes have bridges too low for the block to pass through M. Y. San. NOW HE 18 DEAD. A Judge Who Passed More Death Sentences Than Perhaps Any Other. Fort Smith. Aik.. Nov. 17. Judge Isaac Parker, the well known jurist, died this morning. He has been suffering from a complication of diseases arising from tatty degeneration of the heart for the last four or five years. Judge Parker once represented the St. Joseph, Mo., dis trict in Congress and he was appointed to the bench by Pre ident Grant in 1874. He has been located at Fort Smith ever since, and has probably passed the death sentence on more men than any other judge in the United States. Italy Whipped Onto! Ethiopia. Rome, Nov. 15. King Humbert has received a telegram from Menelek, King of Abyssinia, saying that a treaty cf peace between Abvssin t and Italy was signed on October 26. The new conven tion abrogates the Uccialli treaty, by the terms of which Italy claimed a protec torate over Abyssinia, and recognizes the complete independence of Ethiopia. Didn't Lynch Him. Farmvillk Va., Nov. 17. A lynching party went to Prince Edward jail and attempted to lynch Elisba Johnson, Charged with highway robbery. The prisoter was badly though not fatally wounded. TOOO PEOPLE OUT TO SEE BRY AN AT 8T. LOUIS. The Great Champion of Democracy Still Enable to Enthuse Crowds Shaking Hands With the Ladies. St. Louis M., Nov. 17. After the Bryan party had dined last evening a stroll abont the big station was at tempted, but the news of the ex-presidential candidate's arrival had drawn a crowd of 4000 piople, who insisted upon a speech, la response Mr. Bryan said in part : ' The Democratic party is committed to silver and will continue to fight for it. The woi k must goon. We will all be better able four yeats from now to either endorse or to reverse the decision rendered in the election. The more closely we scrntinize legislation the more we are apt to have good legislation." Cheers and cries of "Bryan for presi dent in 1900," made it impossible to hear further. The multitude had ic creased by this time to fullv 7,000 people who crowded and pushed in an effort to get to the great champion. Then Mr. Bryan stepped on the platform and shook hands with all who could come within reach. There were many ladies in the crowd, and wherever it was possible Mr. Bryan extended his hands to them over the surging mass of men. Springfield, Mo , Nov. 17 William J Bryan and several friends reached here this morning. He was serenaded by 3000 people wh blockaded the streets. Bryan made a 10 minutes' speech. BAPTIST CONVENTION. Last Day's Work of That Body at Mor Kantou. Moegantox, N. C, Nov. 10 The Baptist State convention concluded its labors Sunday. Saturday memorable addresses were made. Dr. J. M. Frost of Nashville, Tenn , spoke on the work of the Sunday School Board of Southern Baptist convention. Rev. J. B. Boone, Rev. W. C. Turner and Dr. J. D. Hofham made addresses in behalf ot the Baptist orphanage at Tbomasville, at the con clusion of which $548 in cash and pledges was raised. Wake Forest college was considered and able addresses made by Rev. C. A. G. Thomas, Rev. M. L Keelcr and W R. Cu'lom. In the afternoon theemveution visited the North Carolina School for the D.-af and Dumb where they were greatly de lighted and highly entertf ined. The educational advantage of this big brained State convention has been al most . s i ff.ctive as a well filled college course. The convention, only two delegates dissenting, adopted the following resolt tion : ' Whereas, State aid to higher educa tion by taxation is wrong, unjust and unwise, wrong against the whole people who cannot receive the benefit ot sucb opportunities; unjust to private and corporate and denominational ins'.itu- tions voluntarily supported; unwise bt ca use the people of North Carolina are now inade-juattly provided with public schools for their children and need every cent of tneir taxes that can be spared for that purpose. "Resoved, therefore. That the Baptist State convention of North Carolina re affirms its opposition lo State aid bv taxation to higher education. The next State convention meets in December, 1897, at Oxford. THE POPULIST VOTE. Holton Savs It is Only :JO,000-Pr!tch-ard's Chances. Raleigh, N C, Nov. 17. Special. Chairman Holton's estimate is that the Populists polled only 30 000 votes. Otho Wilson says there are twice as manv. Holton laughs at him. Holton declares the Republicans have gained 00, 000 votes ia the past four v;ars. and says, as to Pritchard, that be has not the slightest doubt ol his re-slection. as the Republicans have elected Populist congressmen and the latter partv, if it leels anv gratitude, must show it. Secretary Hvams says Butler's letter re-elects Prilchard. Butler has certainly begun the hardest fight e f this year. The addition of the electoral vote will not be completed until late this after noon. Thr vote is 49 000 greater than that of four years ago. NOTHING INSIGNIFICANT. Consul General Lee In Washington on His Way to West Point. Washington. Nov. 17 Consul Gen eral Lee was at the State Department and called on Secretary Olney with whem he spent only a few minutes. Gen. Lee said there was nothing significant in his visit to Washington. He was merely in the city with bis wife for a few davs and expects to get away today. He desires to go to West Point and see bis son, who is a ca-et there, afterwards returning to Virginia tor a week before he returns to his post in Havana. SHOT IN THE BACK. A Georgia Fracas Et.ds in the Proba ble Death of Three Men. Ai gusta, Ga., Nov. 17 At McLeodr, a small station five miles below Swains boro.Ga., Felix Rountree and two broth ers, John and Lawscn Sutton, had some words about a settlement at Sutton's gin. John Sutton knocked Rountree down with a piece of iron. Rountree shot five shots, mortally wounding both Sutton brothers. As be walked ofl an unknown person shot him in the bac' , mortally wounding him. All the parlies are well-to-do. It's Do or Qnit. Washington, Nov. 17 It is learned here on authority that the Spanish gov ernment has given Gen. Wevler to nnder stand that be mast push his operations against the insurgents aggressively and vigorously. Unless he soon achieves a decisive victorv over tie Cubans, it is believed, be will be recalled. Fire Among Store Houses. Montgomery. Ala., Nov. 17 Last night fire destroyed $27,000 worth of buildings in Brewton, Ala.; small insur ance. Thousands of dollars worth of goods were badlv damaged. Under new law passed by legislature ol 1895, revising charter of citv of Ashe ville all taxes; must be collected bv De cern ber 1, 1896. It is advisable for property owaers to be mindful of this. THE PURCHASE IS IN THE INTER ESTS OF THE SOUTHERN. This Will Bring the Rate War to a Close, and Freight Rates Will Go Up One Line ot Steamers May he Taken Off in Time. Baltimore, Nov. 17 With thechange in ownership of the Seaboard Air Line, which is expected to b; c jnsummated today bv the transfer of a controlling interest to the syndicate beaded by Thos. A. R?an, one of the first eff.ctp will be a restoration of rates bv all lines involved i j the recent rate war. Although it has been decied that the purchase is made di e;tly for the South ern Railway companv.it is a well known fact that the relations between the two svstems will be very close. Mr. Ryan and other gentlemen of the New York syndicates have verv beavv interests in the Southern. Mr. Rvan owns stock in the Suihern rail wav, the Norfolk & Western railroad, Atlantic Coast line, and other Southern railroads. Therefore it is natural to expect a speedy termina tion of the expensive rate war which was begun last summer between tbet Seaboard and the Southern Railway company and whi;h was primarily the cause of the deal looking to a purchase of a controlling interest in the Seaboard company. Mr. Reuben Foster, general manager of the York River line which bdongs t t.e Southern, suys: "If the deal for the Seaboird goes through, I believe the relations between the new owners and the Southern railwav company will be very friendlr. and if, in course ol time, it is found that it does not pay to operate both lines of steamers f om Baltimore to Noif lk and R chmond arrangements may be made by which one would be withdrawn. The Bav line bHng bv far the oldest it is likelv the York River.lioe would be taken off." ltisrmnied in financial circles that Mr. Rvan, who has enninceied the deal bv which he expects to gain control ot the Seaboard todav, will be chosen as piesident to succeed Mr. R. Cu:zeou Hotfmau. Later. Mr. Rvan arrived here this morning prepared to ourchaseth? nooltd stock of the Set b ard and Re nneke rml road company, wb:ch will give him anr) bis associates control i f the Seaboar.i Air Line system. . Unu-ual rtti erce is. maintained, but it is gererallv brlievm that a consummation ot the deal will be i ff cted todav. LEGISLATION IN NEBRASKA. The Governr Tells What It Will Prob ably Not Be. Lincoln. Neb, Nov. 17. In an ex tended interview Gov Silas A. Hulcombe replies with vigor to the charges that Neorasna will suff-rthe penaltv ol fusion victory at the election by driving cut capital and keep away men of means who through Uar ol radical legislation wi 1 not invest in that State. In atsvir to the question wLcthtr there is ground for apprehensi n on the tiart nf i-iimnm. tions and eastern investors, the gover nor savs: "Y U ask me whether anv lauoo mill be passed against railroads and corpo rations; wh tber a state law will be passtd bv which the IpohI mti c( itif .- eit will be lowered or hostility to ureign capital shown. 1 do not car to enter into a discussion of what the next legislature may do. Manv rtfoim in tne interest ot good goveriimen' should be inaugurated and probably will. I do not expect anv radical legis lation, and no such le i,la ion seems to be anticiiatec'. I nevr have heard dcussed the subj-ct oi amending or modifying our Stite laws, and am of th; impression that the law relative o the entoiceireatfen d collection of debts throuah the cha nneis tA the courts have beeu tairlv satisfactory to all cocc;rned, borrowers as well as lend ers, and that uoder normal condii i n- no complaints would arise from ei-.her source us to the equity c f these provi -ions of statute." United States Supremo Court. Washington, Nov. 17. The Supreme court, after rendering decisions in a num ber ot cases, has adjourned for the 1 bagksgiving recess. Its next Sfssion will be on Monday, the 30th inst. GENEkAL NEWS. The Iudiana Renilhliran rnnarteamsn. elect have decided to reterall applications r - - ir posiLmce appointments to the pa trons of the posr ffK-e. and elections will be held in everv town and citv cf the State after March 4. Congressmen-.lec t have adopted this plan to avoid ther sponsibility of making appointment ments. W. B. Johnson, colored. Liihop of the Independent Methodist Episcopalchurch, who was recently arrested at Fort Scott! Kan., for making false pension affidavits hs been sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. It is authoritatively stated that there is no foundation to the story that Presi dent Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle will establish a law partnership in New York early in March next. TIlf r rrr t rf f flannmrni... I . C I . . - . cw i- v mv v. i uj in i i 1 1 j v i u i navi gation shows that Japan is becoming a tormidable competitor of tbe United Cfaf.B rA. : , uiana iui iuc inrryiii uao oi tne Pa cific. The New York Sun figures that the House of Representatives in tbe Fi'tv fifth Congress will stand: 207 kennhli. cans, 137 Democrats, and 13 Populists. The Democratic Honest Money Lea gue has decided to keep up its organiza tion and has engaged permanent head quarters in New York. Secretarv of Agricult ure Morion claims to h ve reduced tbetxpenseof his deLart nrent 20 per cent, during the four ears of uis administration. Secretary Carlisle in his forthcoming report will con.iue the fight against greenbacks and for a banking currency. It is estimated that the Republican committee spent nearly $1,500,000 in running the McKinley campaign. Governor Oates is said to have the inside track in the content for the United States senatorsbip in Alabama. The customary cheers for the Emperor were omitted at the opening of the Ger man Reichstag. The famine and p'aj;n: in India are spreaaing aLa tne price ot grain is ad- Did you lose ytyor vote? then get even by buying your Drugs and MedFcineji at Dr. T. C. Smith's DrugStore. Prescriptions for sick folks should always be filled with the best medicines ycu get this kind at Dr. T. C. Smith's Drug Store. The best campaign smoke is the "Portuondo Chico" for five cents five for a quarter at Dr. T. C. Smith's Drug Store. Gold Standard or Free Coinage, no matter, the coun try is safe if everybody con tinues to get their Medicines at Dr. T. C. Smith's Drug Store. Longman & Martinez' Pure Paints are the goods to paint your house with best in qual ity and lowest in price call for color list at Dr. T. C. Smith's Drug Store. Do you need a show case or a fire proof safe? Dr. T. C. Smith has both these arti cles, and you will not find them elsewhere in Asheville 'I ry Pratt & Lambert's No. iio Cabinet Varnish on in side woodwork if you want a fine gloss. Dr. T C. Smith has it always in stock at mod erate prices. Truth, Not Poetry! Tbe great question which has for so long agitated the minds of the American people has at last been decided bv the voters of this great nation, and "the will of the i e iple is the law." The silverites, with their brave and invincible leader. have svff;r(fd a temporary defeat. But tbe earth continues to turn over once in every 24 hours just as if nothing had happ ned. Tbe wheels of commerce have not ceased to revolve, although we real ize that the "mighty panis" still holds wi bin its pawerful grasp the monev of the nation. But McKinleyitcs tell ns that a glorious dav of prosperity is soon to dawn upon us, the fljod of whose golden sunshine will certainly bring life and cheerfulness alike to gold and silver bug, to Retublican and Democrat. But for the present we must solve the money problem for ourselves and learn tbe les son of economy to make the little monev we have go a long ways. We must have the necessities of life, but we must buv tfem where we can get the largest quantitv of tbe best goods for the least monev, and at the same time go where we can have the largest, freshest and completest stock of fancy groceries to select from. Roberts & Nichols, 16 COURT PLACE. OUR STOCK OF MISSES and CHILDREN SHOES Is complete and at prices to suit all. We are overstocked on FINE TRUNKS And in order to reduce our stock will make very close priced A complete line of J. A. Banister Co.'s men's fine SHOES. Shoes promptly repaired. J. D. BLANTON & CO., 39 Pattern Ave.
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