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SATURDAV. JUX.T 2, 1S9S. t. lartn i . - of cor" h t fc 1 f a J Preslu. head of should ca The Asheviile Citizen BT THE CITIZEN COMPANT. Every Afternoon Except Sundays. One Tear Six Month Threa Months One Month, in advance.... One Week, to carriers ....34-00 .... 2.00 LOO 44 10 The Serai-Weekly Citizen is Issued Tuesdays and Fridays. In advance. $1. SATURDAY, JULY 2, 18&S. Psarson Wts Lattar. There are thousands of ordinary rank and file Republicans in the Ninth Con gressional district who will feel great ly honored this week by receiving a let ter from their Representative, the Hon. Richmond Pearson, M. C. The fact that this biennial epistle Is printed in Mr. Pearson's organ and is the only recognition the aforesaid rank and file Republicans have receiv ed during the past 24 months should not cause them to lack in appreciation. Mr. Pearson bss been too busy a man to wrtte letters (except to the leaders upon wnora he relied for re-nomination), since these rank and file people elected hJra to Congress. The swallow tailed social functions of the capital city have made such demands upon him that it was with great difficulty he found the time to respond to the re quest from his friends in the English House of Cdmmons to Join them in n. , - the present Secretary of State, the per so rial friend and closest political ad viser of President McKinley. , In fact. Secretary Day was writing to the House of Representatives, asking them for an appropriation of $70,000 to defray the expenses of a commercial commis sion to China, when he penned these words, and the object of this commis sion was to extend our trade and en large our market. These instances are sufficient to show that Republicans who have grown gray trying to convince the people thaf what we wanted was the home market, on a basis much above the pauper mar ket of Europe, have at last seen a great light, and are fast revising their theories of political economy. Democracy has always taught that the United States are able, and that their destiny can be fully realized only in having the world for our market. A narrow home market, built up by the wall of high protection means over pro duction, stagnation, death. "Tear down the bars and go out upon the seas" is the only way to bring prosperity that will stay by us from January to De e ember. THAT $288,000. What the Investigation in the Matter Swows. Knoxville Journal and TrI game of chess, hv .r l'..rt..r. wi ll 3 SO Can- MM-V r W , . , i xi is xte- nk and a few nt Demo- And tt tv3 jTw-the Simon-pureness o p'tJ-Jicanlsra (of course the r. tile have forgotten that onl moons since he was a rampi ocrat and that not until his iasi cam paign did he succeed in gettinHff nla pol itics from under his hat) an swears such unalterable allegiance tuVb tne Louis platform (all but the cillvil ser vice clause), that surely no one 11 WM -heartless enough to mortify lYlm D calling attention to the fact thalV civil service has never stood in the wYvy of any Republican getting office, proAl'ded Prit chard and Pearson thought it -jfcuuld be to their interest for Jij T V have it. is)i'p , And how abmfTnCJvvho can write aOOUt tVjj0 -ar.r.1 H r COIBUU licicrr oeing in vv ast,tr,gton m. stead of Cuba? Just listen af-thts, which, by the way, was eleventhly anu lastly among the topics treated in this letter "I shall favor the vigorous prosecu tion of this war to a mumphant con clusion, . taking from Spain everything in signt, and holding all we get untii all the differences are adjusted, and then making such disposition of the conquered territory as is dictated and demanded by the best interest of the people of the Islands, and the matured judgment and best patriotism of the United Slates. If Spain refuses to yield to our just demands after we shall have driven her army from the Western hemisphere, 1 should insist upon carrying. the war into Spain, cap turing every seaport of hers on the At lantic ocean, on the Bay of Biscay, and on tne Mediterranean sea; and if she still refuses our demands, I should in sist on tearing down her accursed flag from the ramparts of the Kscorial at Madrid, and seizing every foot of her territory from the Rock of Gibraltar to the Pyrennees, and thus wiping oil the face of the earth the "thing called Spain." " A man who can write like that should btby the side of James Montra vllle Moody, not in the pent up capitol at Washington. The rank and file should rally under the bugle call of this letter and renominate and, if possible, re-elect Mr. Pearson. We can promise them one thing if they do this, and that is that they will receive no more letters from Mr. Pear son for another two years. shows that resent A Home Market. It was not for the purpose of tilling a little space that The Citizen sug gested a day or two uko that it is pos sible the Republicans may drop both the financial and tariff questions In their light for Congress this fall, and make their campaign upon the one is sue of territorial extension. Few doubt but that the Republicans would gladly drop the financial 'ques tion if they could, but it will possibly cause some surprise when it is stated that there are symptoms that indicate that some of the staunchest leaders of that party, those who have heretofore been the most sturdy in their advo cacy or high tariff as a panacea for all the Ills of the body politic, are weaken ing in their advocacy of that heresy, if they have not altogether abandoned it. For Instance: On the lloor of the Uni ted States Senate a short time ago Mr. Frye of Maine used this language: ""Within five years We have found that we must either havy foreign markets for our manufactured goods or we must cut the wages of our working ' jcople." At the beginning of the period at which Mr. Frye admits he thought very differently from the way he now does upon this question, he could not have been induced to utter the above sentiment on the floor'of the Senate or anywhere else. Hut Senator Frye is not the only Re publican whose eyes are being opened. as witnesseth another instance: "The export trade of the United States is undergoing a transformation which promises to profoundly influence the whole economic future of the coun try. As is well known, the United Slates has reached the foremost rank among the industrial nations. For a number of years its position as the greatest producer of manufactures as well as of raw products has been un disputed, but. absorbed with its own internal development, and satisfied, for the time being, with the enormous home market of 70.000.000 people, it has until recently devoted but little con certed effort to the sale of its manufac tures outside of its own borders. Re cently, however, the fact has become more and more apparent that the out put of the United States manufacturers has developed by the remarkable in ventive genius and Industrial skill of our people with a rapidity which has excited attention throughout the great centres of manufacturing activity In Europe, and has reached the point of large excess above the demands of home consumption." Much less than five years ago this would have been considered rank treason, yet the above was written by From the bune. The investigation of the claim pre sented by the Book Concern of the Methodist Episcopal church. South, for 2SS,000, and ordered' paid, by an act of Congress, seems to have cleared the at mosphere and left nothing to be mis understood. There is no denial that the agents, Barbee & Smith, agreed to pay and did pay to Major E. B. Stalhman, 35 per cent, of the claim or $100,800, for jiis services in securing the payment of the claim through the favorable action of Congress. The agents admit that much and Major Stahlman says so. Major Stahlman did not expend $40,000 as charged, but he did pay out a large imount, and he submitted an itemized taiemeni no tne nvesugaunjjjg2imit- tee of the UmourUrTij" hiw " J ' ' " ie of it was paid to Rep- ?fffes In Congress. jarbee & Smith, who telegraphed .to Senators Bate and Pasco that no con tract existed for the payment of 40 per cent, to a paid agent or lobbyist, ad mit that they had contracted with Ma jor Stahlman to pay him 35 per cent, of the claim if he succeeded in collecting it, and nothing if the claim should not be paid. That seems to be the whole thine- in a. nutshell. The Question is wnther Barbee & Smith did wrong in suppressing- Chi, facts iavJ .StyasJiAg. misleading dispatcfr -S the Senators mentioned above. If they did wrong in making the contract, or in sending the dispatch they are amenable to then church and the church authorities will see to that. Now, as to the church. No one has called in question the justice of the claim. As to the means resorted to for its collection very few of the church members knew anything about that, and w hether right or wrong they are not responsible. Then why should the money be returned to the government as some assert? It belongs to the church, was an honest claim, then why return it? Nobody for a moment can charge that the church has done wrong and if its agents have, why that is only what often happens in the case of good men. In the most extreme view of the case, no reasonable person can think or say that the Methodist Episoc pal church. South, has been guilty of any wrong doing and those acting for it have no more right or authority to return that money to the government than they have to pay over to the gov ernment any other funds they may have in their custody. They are not bound by law or morality to do so. SEVERAL NEEDED REFORMS BOARD OF ALDERMEN HOPES TO WORK THEM OUT. HackvilU to b Moved, and Monu ment Square to bo Mado Attractive Instoad of an Eyoaoro Stocks on tho Sidewalk. The members of the Board of Alder men have lately become fearful that unless a change is made in the matter of addresses before the body its delib erations are liable to keep them in their places until the wee sma' hours every Friday night. Accordingly, when the minutes had been read last evening Al aerman west made a motion that speeches before the Board be limited to five minutes. The motion struck a popular chord among his fellow mem bers and it was put through in a. hurry. Mayor Miller kept time, and the new rule was made to do service from the start. There was a presentation of the Lib erty street telephone pole case bv J. W. Summers, esq., who submitted a pe tition signed by H. Batterham, Miss N. J. Alexander, J. M. Johnson and Dr. J. E. David, property owners on the west side of the street. The Bell Telephone company moved its poles and wires mm the east to the west side of the street, to the damage and annoyance of tne petitioners, it was stated. The Board was asked to require the com pany to move the poles back to the ast side. Speaking to the Question. Mr. Summers said he understood the only reason for moving the poles was that one subscriber on the east si.ip omplained that he could not hear well over the line, and the cause was al- eged to be the proximity of the elec- rlc light wires. "The question to be The Word Wife. John Iluskin. What do you think the beautiful word wife comes from? It is the great word in which the English and Latin- lan guages conquer tne tt rencn anu Greek. I hope the French will some day get a word for it instead of their "femme." But what do you think it comes from? The great value of the, Saxon word is tnat t means something. Wife means weav er, lou must oe eitner nousewives or house moths, remember that. In the deep tense you must either weave man's fortunes and embroider them, or feed upon them and bring them to decay. Wherever a true wife comes, home is always around her. The stars may be verhead, the glow worm in the night's old grass may be the fire at her feet; but home is where she is, and a noble woamn it stretches far around her bet ter than houses ceiled with cedar or painted with Vermillion, shedding its quiet light for those who are homeless. This I believe is the woman's true place and power. PEOPLE. Ex-Mayor Latrobe, who was mayor of Baltimore for 14 years, has at tended over 600 banquets. Young Phil Sheridan will enter West Point on the 50th anniversary to a day of the entrance of his father. He has already passed an excellent exam ination. Lord Alfred Rothschild sent a brace oi pheasants to every one of the 3000 drivers and conductors of the omni bus company in which he is interest ed as a Christmas present. William Kearns was plowing corn in his father's field near -Bluffton, O., when the idea of going to the war struck him. Tying his team to the fence he thereupon started for Lima, w here he enlisted in the Second Ohio volunteers. Mr. Gladstone's ardent desire as a young man was to be allowed to take holy orders. There exists, according to Rev. Harry Drew, a letter, written to his father when he was just leav ing the university, in which he set forth a most urgent appeal to be al lowed to become a clergyman. Professor Alexander Agassiz of Har vard, as curator of the museum of comparative soology, has without pa rade indeed, almost without notice added to the plant of 'the university more that $700,000 in buildings, col--lections, books and materials, besides $100,000 for current needs. Captain Charles V. Gridley, commander of Admiral Dewey's flagship Olym- . pia in the battle of Manila, speaking on his deathbed of the expedition which the government is sending to the Philippines, said: "I feel sorry for those boys they are sending out to Manila. They are in more danger from scourges of the country than from Spanish bullets. The heat is simply damnable and they are sure to sicken. The fleet has been singu larly free from it. but I fear it will come. I have no desire to criticise any plan of the government or to stand against the wishes of the peo ple, but I see In those islands for us hut a coaling station. Not one in ten of our best men could survive there." laced, said Mr. Summers, "is whether the corporate monopolies or the Board, representing the people of Asheviile. shall control." The case was aerrTtr, the street committee.. r" W. B. WilliaDa5-n'presented a state ment Qf-ffrPo rrl nf TroHo's L. t 5 to secure lower 'phone rates, which was outlined in The Citizen a few days ago. Four hundred signa tures, Mr. Williamson told the Board. had been secured to a contract from those who want a cheaper service than the present one. He asked the Board to authorize someone to sign the con tract on behalf of the city. Mayor Mil ler said he did not know how other memrmfs of the Board felt about the matter, but he thought that any tele phone company operating in the citvl .V. . 1 , rLKntot, V. . - . ... .... " 1 3"uiu minimi, wic irv. omoes witv free phone service a: tor tne vaiuaoie JJ4fKEi e-iven. Mr. ught this matter could factorily arranged. The Board ;ed Mayor Miller to sign tho contract. Dr. A. Toomer Porter asked the Board for a plank sidewalk on Chunn street, and the street committee took the case. Dr. Porter and H. F. Grant com plained of trouble on the subject of wa ter supply to the former's property, which comes from the gravity line. Plumbing Inspector Guisohard, being -isked for a statement, said the gravity iine delivers six gallons a minute, and that it required a good deal of work to keep it up. Dr. Porter has a proposi tion to buy this line, and it was refer red to the water and sewer committee. Noah Murrough, colored, claimed th removal of bricks from the front of his place on the extension of Grove street damaged his property. Referred to the street committee. IMPROVE THE SQUARE. Alderman Rankin had a pocketful of suggestions as to improvements in ex isting conditions. The first dealt with Monument square, which has lately become more an eye sore than anything else. It was suggested that curbing be placed about the square and that this be top ped by a low fence. The intention is to have no walks through the square, and that instead there shall be one solid grass plat from curb to curb. County Chairman Brown has signified ais willingness to co-operate with the city in making the square a decent spot. The second improvement is the re moval of Hackville, the title given the stables on the square; Mr. Rankin sug gested that the hacks be moved to the east side of Market street. These improvements will be thought over by the members, and ere long will be brought up for decisive action. Another suggestion concerned the "sidewalk stores," those shops where a goodly portion of the stock is kept on the sidewalk. It was related how a peanut rooster handle had almost torn the dress off a lady the other day, and how the lard buckets and such are con stant menace to the clothing of pedes trians who must pass thege stores. Chief Lyerly was told to look after the matter, and he said he would proceed to do so at once. The elction of a building inspector came up, and Alderman West nomi nated O. R. Jarrett for the office. The vote for MK Jarrett was unanimous The question of compensation was left for a later meeting A recommendation came from the special tax committee that a tax of $25 be imposed on wholesale dealers in fruits and produce, commission or oth erwise. This was adopted. The maxi mum penalty for engaging in this bus iness without a. license is $50. Alderman West told the Board that the track of the Asheviile and Biltmore railway is by no means kept to the proper grade. The members discussed the situation awhile and then sent the question to City Attorney Luther, to see what rights the city has in such cases. LINDLEY HOME. Mrs. T. H. Cobb, Mrs. H. T. Collins Mrs. T. W. Patton and Mrs. 1 E. Hil- liard were present representing the management of the Lindley Training school. Speaking for them, Haywood Parker, esq., asked the Board to con tinue its $25 monthly donation to the institution. The school, he said, basJ taken care of 120 girls in three years. In its first year it cared for 30 girls, and of this number the records show that 13 have since then lived correct lives. This is believed to be an unparalleled record. Police Justice Erwin was quoted as saying that two-thirds of the cases in his court were to be traced to the social evil. The Board decided, on Alderman Hill's motion, to give the school $25 a month for the next 12 months. T. R. Yeatman appeared in the inter est of Cumberland avenue's improve ment. The street committee through Chairman West recommended the exe cution of the order of the preceding Board, which called for widening the street and the payihent of $50 to Mr. Carey. The recommendation was adopted. Alexander "Wise, an old time darkey, who lives on the Murdoch property,' in the. northern part of the city, recited to the Board that he wanted "pay for damage," as the "sooy pipe" on the Charlotte street line is about to be laid through his field of growing corn. Fine corn it is, too. Wise assuring the Board that it was almost as high as his shoulder. Alderman Rankin asked him If one acre would be damaged. "Seven acres, yit," was the reply. He was told he should see Mr. Rich of the contrac tors about it. He said he had. "What TLIC RATTI P IQ niCPIICCrn did he savr was askfd "Hi. told m i 1 DM ' 1 IO UiOUUdOCUl I'd have to come before He told me the Board.' Wise replied. On motion of Alderman West, it was ordered that Boyee & Rich be notified that the Board would not be responsible for damage to pri vate property. LOWER RENTS WANTED. The meat dealers in Central market petitioned for lower rents, claiming that their rents "are not on a par with other businesses of the city. The peti tion was spoken for by A. W. McFee, and the question was referred to committee composed of Aldermen Con. nelly. West and Rankin. For the special tax committee Alder man Kennedy recommended a. repeal of the soda fountain tax, now paid by tne tanay jsatchen and the Kiss Me Candy company. The committee did this that there might be no discrimina tion as between the houses named and the drug stores. The recommendation was adopted. iiie mantel nouse committee was given time on the question of James Wolfe s meat pans in Central market W. W. Wooten asked restaurant ! cense free for the Cripple Creek pre cinct, on account of physical disabil lty. Granted, on condition that he moves to some point where the place win not give the police so much trou ble to regulate. City Engineer Lee reported the result or the test of the new Deane steam pump. It had a guaranteed capacity of l,o00,000 gallons a day, while the test showed l,i 13,000. Everything was re ported as running satisfactorily, and Mr. Lee recommended the acceptance of the pump. Adopted. Building permits granted: To C. N. Webster, seven-room house on the Wtl- don property. South Main; to Rhin hart & Francis, four-room frame build ing on Dakota street, Nellie park. tor the committee Alderman Rankin recommended that property owners on the west side of Grove street who have not put down sidewalks be notified that uniess they do so the curbing in front of their properties will be removed to points where most needed. Adopted. FINANCES. Tire weekly , ;;jtement by City Clt'iK Robertson showed: SANTIAGO DB CUBA. WHAT OFFICIALS THINK YESTERDAY'S FIGHT. OP Cash on hand June 24 $5,765.27 Collected by J. A. Campbell... 7,i75.54 Collected by E. D. McCollum.. 48.71 Collected by J. A. Lyerly 70.50 Collected by W. H. Bird 27 Collected by B. F. Rives 9.21 Total $13,86.9S Less disbursements 4,S2o.59 Balance $9,071.39 Bills paid: Water department payroll, $13.82; sanitary plumbing payroll. $43.90; street department payroll, $yl.73; sanitary department payroll, $113.85: Asheviile Electric Co., $1030.14; Nichols niica.l Co., $o8.45; J. R. Oates, $1.50; idwards & Broughton, $1.25; The Citi zen Co., $13; G. A. Greer, 90c; I. X. L. Grocery store, $11.70; E. D. McCoilum, $2; MePherson & Clark, $32.70; Haines, Jones ft Cad bury Co., $19.20; Mon tague & Co., $85.65; M. V. Moore, $43.50; Dr. E. B. Glenn, $1.50; M. W. Robert son, $4.5o; W. A. Ward, $2; J. M. Alex ander, $28.50; Swannanoa Ice & Coal Co., $1.05; H. C. Johnson, $10.96; George ft . Scott & Co., $67.18: Asheviile Street Railroad Co., $".7.83; John H. Law, $3; B. M. Lee, $40.50; Chas. Goodman, 50c; regular payroll, $S33.66; Cowan & tradley, $1; Penniman & Kelly, ?103.27. HOW CIVIL StHViCEWOOKS COLLfcCTOrt DUNCAN WULDS THE AXE VERY LIVELY. Miles and Stona Talk-State of Af fairs at Manila-A Close Watch is Kept on tho Cadiz Flaet in the Mediterranean. WASHINGTON, July L Just two months after the battle of Manila, and on the first day of the month, like that glorious engagement, began the r first set battle of the war In this hemis phere. What the result will be was not known when the department closed. It was nearly 6 o'clock when the signal office received the welcome news that the enemy was retreating. General Miles was of the opinion that the action of today was in the na ture of a heavy skirmish all along the American line, particularly on the front and that its main purpose was to develop the strength of the enemy and if possible to learn the vulnerable points along the Spanish front. This, how ever, was based only on the lack of defi nite information, and General Miles felt that any hour might bring word of a general engagement. Brigadier General Stone was inclined to believe that af ter maintaining their stand today the Spaniards would retire during the night, leaving the city evacuated. 1 iie miltary authorities are tully considering the chances of such a re treat of the Spanish army from Santia go and are endeavoring so to shape events that General Shatter's force will not only take Santiago, but will capture the 12,000 Spaniards before they get away northward to effect a juncture with General Blanco. Full information as to the possible lines of retreat has been placed at the disposal of the War Department- One of the most interesting state ments is that of General Manager Cox of the Spanish-American Mining com pany at Daiquiri, who is thoroughly acquainted with all the country sur rounding Santiago. He shows, that the two possible lines of retreat are: First By the road to El Cobre; or, second, by following the line of the Sabanillo and Marato railroad. The first line will be easy for about the first 10 miles or as far as El Cobre, but after that the country is mountainous and barren and would not afford subsistence and the pass to reach the central plateau of the is'.and would be difficult. The more likely line of retreat will be along the line of the above mention ed railroad, crossing the Sierra Maestra at El Cristo, a pass 600 feet above the sea, 10 miles north of Santiago, which is the lowest pass through the Sierra Maestra for many miles. The country back of this is a rolling plateau of rich agricultural land. At Manacas, on the railroad, two miles north of the pass. is an iron bridge, consisting of a series of thirty-foot ' spans on iron trestle bents. This point is about two miles beyond the Cristo summit, and just be yond this bridge the railroad divides nto two branches. The destruction of this bridge would be the most feasible method of preventing the approach of General Blanco's Spanish troops to re lieve Santiago. It is probable that if the Spaniards retreat by this road they will make a stand on the plateau at El Cristo and hold the pass of El Cristo. The only other pajs through the moun Santiago (or St. Jago) de Cuba was at one time the capital of the whole is land of Cuba and is now the chief town of the eastern department. It is situ ated on a fine bay on the south coast. The spacious and well defended harbor is accessible to the largest ships, but silt near the wharf allows only those drawing less than . 14 feet to come alongside. The city which climbs a hill side 150 feet above the bay, has con siderably improved since 1870, though the streets are still "badly paved. It contains the largest cathedral in the island, a theatre, a custom house, bar racks and hospitals. Foundries, soap works, tan yards, and cigar factories are the only industrial establishments. The exports were valued in 1867 at $8,000,000; in 1882 at $5,000,000, and in 1883 at $3,500,000. Besides sugar, which forms about two-thirds of the whole the principal articles are cocoa, rum, tobacco, cigars, coffee, honey, wax, ma hogany and copper ore this last at one time to the extent of 25.000 tons per an num, but now in greatly aimimsnea quantity. The copper mines Lomas del Cobre lie on the other side of the bay Inland from Punta de Sal. Population is about 27,000. It was founded by Diego Velazquez in 1514 and incorporated as a city In 1522. Santiago is memorable mainly for the French occupation and ransom in 1853 and the affair of the ship "Vlrginius" In 1873. which resulted in the Spanish government paying an in demnity to the United States for the murder of Captain Fry and his com panions. But the" greatest murderers of prices of hay, grain and feed are F. D. Thompson & Co., Wholesale and Re tail Dealers on South Lexington ave nue, Asheviile, Buncombe county. North Carolina. They sell only for spot cash. and for this reason they can sell you 20 cars or 20 pounds of their commodi ties cheaper than you can possibly buy them elsewhere. It Is to your in terest to call on them, get their prices and examine their stock before you buy elsewhere. They sell these commodi ties by the car load all over North Car olina and South Carolina. They are one of Asheville's new enterprises and their success already is a demonstration of the fact that Asheviile is a magnificent location for large business enterprises and is the logical distributing point for Western North Carolina. CAM" CUBA LIBRE. From the Raleigh News and Observer's Jacksonville correspondence. The Asheviile company has a banjo and mandolin club, and almost any night the tinkle of these instruments may be heard as the men sit about their company streets in the moon light. In the Waynesville company there is a banjo and a violin. The courtmartial is still investigating the case of Oscar and Willie Wiggs, charged with desertion from the Golds boro company. Depositions of witnesses at Savannah, Ga., are to be taken be fore their case Is decided. The seventeen-year cicada, commonly called the 17 year locust, due to make its appearance in the United States this summer, is already in Florida. Their shrill whirr may be heard in the trees and shrubbery about the camp. It is not yet quite time for this subterran ean brood of grass-hoppers to appear in full force, though. They remain in the earth as grubs for seventeen years, then the entire generation attains ma turity at about the same moment. The cicada will appear very thickly in Western North Carolina. They inflict great damage by depositing their eggs in twigs and branches of orchards. causing the inflicted part to wither and die. EXTRACT HONEY Something exceptionally fine for ta ble use, put up in self-sealing fruit jars. Pint Jars, 20C ! Racket Store New Quart Jars, 30c Try a package of our new coffee DIVIR BRAND. It Is a splendid grade coffee and sells for 10 cents a package. W. E. JOHNSON, 420 South Main St.. 'Phone 52. A BATH.... These hot summer evenings Just before retiring is the most restful and health ful thing a person can take. You would not do without It after you have once enjoyed such a luxury. We will put one in for you for very little money. Come and see us about it and be en- Joying one yourself before the end of the week. Mcpherson & a ark NO. 45 COLLEGE STREET. TELEPHONE 133. 30 South Main Strest. Since we have got our C'oin,.i, ... , . of shoes we feel like every -is.,.. t:. , wears shoes ought to know it, a.:i , they do not come and lit tin-:-they have actually lost im.ri. y. is about $3400 worth in this i::.i Such well know n makes ;is lr, u. .- & Co.'s, Lewis A. Cressi.-ts an ! equally as good. Ladies' Oxfords, black ami t . 4! -. dren's oxfords, black and t in.. We got such a largo di.-M-ut:t .... ;;. . stock we can make the . .- f...- . . . goods as low as trashy ..:s bought. We expect to d.-jni t). . out In July, and feci we will '. : our customers a great fa..r i. - them to come in and hiok-'tl.t u i; , stock of shoes. J. 7VI. Stoner. - Trrzr- ' Mmi -mur. fe Hem . I! U I i The Second Regiment Expected to Move Soon - Minstrel Show in thi Pen Good Crops Throughout th; East. RALEIGH, N. t, July 2. As has been stated, it is expected that the Sec ond regiment will be paid off by July 7. There is a current belief that it will leave here somewhere about July 10. Col. Burgwyn is certainly desirous that it should quickly leave, so it can get the benefit of drill w ith its brigade and division. The railway commission, in its ca pacity as the State board of equaliza tion, is sending out circular letters for the purpose of securing information on which to base the equalization of taxes. These returns will be of all property and of the valuations placed upun it by tiie various counties. Dr. Reid Parker says the crops in piedmont North Carolina are the best he ever saw. The news which comes here as to the tobacco crop is of the best kind. East of here the curing of tobacco will begin in a fortnight. A droll thing happened yesterday at the field officers court of the Second regiment. An enlisted man "ran the guard" last night and when the provost guard picked him up in thejity said with great coolness that Mai. Dixon had sent him to see if the provost guard was doing his duty. He then compli mented tlie guard and when the alert corporal told him he was under arrest said Maj.Dix.n would be thoroughly an gry w hen he found that he was thus in terfered with. The too smart piivali was given a couple of days extra duty. A private of the Wilmington compa ny, who it is said has been in the guard house 20 times, yesterday sent his knap sack there, so he could find his belong ings ready to hand. The general courtmartial has begun its work. 1 he hrst case taken up was that of private Houston of (.'apt. Ed mund Jones company. Houston is from Burke and was the first deserter captured. He has been in close con finement in the guard tent. It is said that he is not of entirely sound mind. The State treasurer has received the quarterly report on the national banks in North aCrolina. There are now 27 banks in operation. The report shows loans and discounts, $6,744,843; U. S. bonds, $908,000; specie. $578,000; aggre gate resources, $11, OSS, 000; capital stock paid in $2,671,000: surplus, $807,000; undi vided profits, $395,000; national bank notes outstanding, $594, 000; individual deposits subject to check, $5,712,000. It is learned that the convicts in the penitentiary here are rehearsing for a minstrel performance July 4. There was a big shake-up in the rev enue collector's office here yesterday. To the clerks it no doubt came "as a bolt from the blue." It had been for some time expected by the collector, no doubt. It is a sharp Republican scheme for flanking the civil service law. Had Democrats taken such a step the Re publicans would have raised the roof with the howl they would have put up. . Collector Duncan yesterday, under a ruling by the commissioner of internal revenue, removed all the field deputies and appointed their successors. The same ruling declared the clerks in the office, save three, not to be clerks but to be deputy collectors, and hence re movable. Thus field deputies and five clerks were taken fromcivil service. The ruling gives the collector a right to ap point. He is also given authority to appoint two more field deputies. There have been 12 of these; now there will be 14. The old ones were Democrats; the new ones will be Republicans, of course. Five additional clerks, to serve four months, are appointed. The Republicans had been posted at to the bombshell and a lot of them were on hand to get pie. By noon some Qf them were getting it. tains near this point is at Escandel summit, about six miles in a straight iine east of that of Cristo pass. Escan del summit is 1200 feet above the sea and is reached from Santiago via -Ca- ney. The road from Santiago to Caney is fairly good, being wide enough tor vehicles. Between Caney and Escandel the road, which is no more than a trail, ascends the mountains and is very w inding and broken. Beyond Escandel tcross the range the country is heavily timbered arid broken and the roads are not good. It is an ideal country for ambushing. This is probably the only pass through which the Spanish posi tion could be turned should the Span- sh troops occupy the Crito plateau and pass. AFFAIRS AT MANILA. While not prolix in his utterances. Admiral Dewey loses no opportunity to keep the Navy Department informed of the state of affairs at Manila. A dis patch came from him today dated Ca vite, June 27, reporting that conditions remain practically unchanged, but not recording the arrival of his reinforce ments. He had some other matters of nterest to communicate but they were not of a character that could De prop eiiv made public at this stage. For one thing it can be stated that Admiral Dewey has been particular to avoid committing his government to any par ticular line of action respecting the fu ture of the Philippines or to ao any thing that would embarrass General Merritt in framing a policy to meet the needs of the case when he arrives. He has made no official pledges to the in surgent leader, although he has not hesitated to openly praise his good pol itics and his accomplishments. IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. So far as the Navy Department knows the Cadiz fleet is still at Port Said, un able to coal, but it is taking no chances rn their course and is steadily pressing the arrangement for the dispatch to the Mediterranean of the eastern squadron under Commodore Watson. An . evi dence of this purpose was made visible today in the packing and forwarding of boxes of charts of all the waters likely to be traversed by Watson's quadVon directly to the ships off Santiago. Wanted tho Whole Edition. From the Lewiston, Maine, Journal. Some lawyers were talking the other day in a Piscataquis town about the quick wit of Chief Justice Peters. To illustrate, one of them told a story oi what occurred once upon a time be tween Peters and "old Cornelius," the porter of a big hotel in Bangor. The Chief was then plain Mr. Peters. He had boarded at the hotel for several years, and as .a matter of course had had a good many frolics and good times there, all of which were fully within Cornelius' knowledge. One day Cornel ius came to him in great seriousness. ""Mr. Peters," he began, "I am going to publish a book telling my experiences and recollections since I have been por ter in the house. How many copies will you take?" "Thunderation, Cornelius!" replied Mr. Peters, instantly, "If you are going to tell w hat you know, I'll take the whole edition." whos house is. conspicuously clean, whose work worries her lejjist, whose leisure time is greatest, how he manages. The chances are ten to one she will answer : " I do all my cleaning with 0J Wf, JSmM Powder ooia Dy au grocers. Largest package greatest economy. THE N. K. FAIR BANK COMPANY, Chicago. BU Louis. New York. Boston. Philadelphia. Russell in Rhyme. From King's Weekly. Russell's a dandy, Russell's a daisy, but we can't hardly believe him crazy, Of all the things he has done the latest is to pull his gun and give out a little plain chat that people may "not mis take where he is at. But because he's a dandy and a daisy, he'd better not act too awful crazy. Some other fellow may have his gun and be applauded by the verdict of "well done." I The Royal is the highest grade bakfeg pewear fcaowa. Actaal teats show it goeaae third further thaa cay ether braa Wants Hill for Sheriff. After consulting all the leading Re- oublicans of Buncombe I find that a majority of them are for W. M. Hill ftr sheriff of Buncombe county, and also the rank and file of the party are for Hill. Yours truly, T. J. LOFTAIN. Asheviile, N. C, July 1, 1898. &4Kfl0 PQVDER Absolutely Pure nOVM. BAKIM3 POWDEM CO., NEW YORfc IRREGULARITIES. The Ever-Present Enemy of the American Women. Regular functions bring health. Ir regular functions are sure to end in disease. This is especially true of wo men. The organic functions peculiar to women must oc cur regularly, or disease and disaster is the result. Ir regular menses is the bane of the American women. Mrs. C. C. Neave, of 386 Morrison street, Portland, Oregon, says: "I have never found an equal to re-ru-na lor regulating the menses, and before I began to take it I was I never regular and always had more or less pain. I had tried many different medicines, before I saw Pe-ru-na, with out success." Nearly every such case is due to pelvic catarrh. Pe-ru-na cures pelvic catarrh. Pe-ru-na cures catarrh wherever located. Every woman should have a copy oi Dr. Hartman's book on female diseases. entitled "Health and Beauty." Sent rree to women only. Address Dr. Hart- BREAD! We handle Kern's steam baked bread of Knoxville, Tenn. It is received fresh every day. If you will try It once you will be a regular customer. Tarbell Cheese in cold storage, three pounds for 50 cents. Country dried Bacon smoked just as nice as can be 10 cents a pound. Dove Breakfast Strips. Dove Hams, and Breakfast Bacon. .Country Hams at 10 cents per pound. The White House, 17 South Main Street 'PHONE 203. BRfCKand DRAIN TILE. 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RA.TKS 122.60 and upward per week, nrrordinn to mom scli-ctcd, ( oioijiuiuK citcjjuui uieuicines, wnicn r supplied nt t-it A certain number of rooms are n-served at a lower rate for piitl.-nt u in anclal circumstances require It, and to tueh the medicines Hre also im-hnl. ,i Patients can enter and leave at any time. Hopelebslv advnnc. d t-i-. - ai . admitted, WINYAH HOTEL AND SANITARIUM CO I t ELEVATION 4000 FEET. CLIMATE UNSURPASSED. ..CAESAR'S HEAD HOTE This famous resort, situated -within easy driving distanc e ..f H. vllle and Brevard, N. C, has been opened this season undr new i-i ment. No more cool delightful climate found anywhere, and in.st 1 1; views abound. Special arrangements for livery teams from Hen.li -i and Brevard enable parties to reach the hotel at a minimum exi-t-nse. tra livery expenses. All livery bills payable at the office. Further inf. i may be obtained from City Ticket Agent F. R. Darby, Asheviile, or by to - BEN E. GEER, Manager, Caesar's Head, r PEACE INSTITUTE, Raleigh, N. C. A Famous School for Girls. Vsry Thorough and of High Grade. JndRO George D. Gray "Culpepper, Va., says : "I sincerelv believe ltlih. . best female school of which I have any knowledge." Illustrated catul.. u. f: all who apply. Jas. Iuswidwe, m. A,. Fi lm ., : man, Columbus, Ohio.
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