Our stre will he open every evening of
this . week, v - ,
HOLIDAY GOODS.
The Christmas shopping
and buying isnow the order
of the day. ; ; Very. little
time left for decision, ' but
there is no need for hesita
tion about where to buy, be
cause ourfs is the, store! to
visit for the :nicest goods,
and last, but not leasts-bargain
prices. , . '
Holiday Specialties are
Here in Great Profusion :
Handkerchiefs, Y
Umbrellas, regular hol
iday styles;,
Metal' Smoking Tables,
Metal Picture Frames,
Collar and Cuff Boxes,
Metal and Dresden
Toilet sets,
Easel and Hand Mirrors,
Fancy Garters,
Perfumery,
'Alexandre' French
Kid: Gloves, .
Shaving sets
Manicure sets,
Artistic Fancy China
and Dresden n Ware,
Glove and Handkerchief
Boxes,
Jewelry, - "... ..
Etc. that's always the
last word. , "
28 South Main Street.
The All Important (?)
Is your house well furnished. If not,
why not, when . furniture is t going : so
cheap ? How about that bedroom s'uit that
you have been thinking about v eo- long?
Kice oak suit coiner now at $15.00. In
.
tins trial ' cupons taken on all- cash - pur
chases. ;-! . " ' ' -: ' r
W.A.BLAIR.
Phone 75. . 45 Patton Ave.
TO ADVERTISERS
Hereafter advertisements for- the
Gazette must be received , at 'the
Gazette office .before noon, in or
der to receive publication in the
issue of the ' ' following , morning.
An earlv edition of the Gazette is
to be issued to go out on the mid
night trains, east" and west, .and in
order that all advertisements ' may
be inserted in this edition which
"will have a'large circulation in ad
dition to that Vnow possessed by
the reul ar edition of the Gazette
O ' . . ' ' .. . . . ' . ' .t
it will be necessary that advertising
copy shall be in the hand pi
type setter at an. early hour. .
the
I offer to sell BlxJfceen acres of jland (in
clu'Iins? ,fvi f Tim . Tnrtiinta.in at'reduced
S(s known as. ifh -Wvpv .iands. -The top
n - T . ... ' ...
OESTREKMER
irom it i
sidea
RUSSELL'S
CLEMENCY
Extended to Persons Con
. "v victed of Killing. Y
"Riley Pate of Yancey
Escapes the Gallows
His Sentence Commuted to Life "Im
prisonment. Robert Dougherty of Asheville Giv
en His Liberty. J
An Alleghany County Convict Set Free A
Christmas Wave of 1 ender Heartedness on
the Part of the Executive
Special to The Gazette.
Raleigh, Dec. 21. Governor Russell to
day pardoned Robert Dougherty, convict
ed of manslaughter at the June term, 1891;
of Buncombe criminal court and sentenced
to -twenty years in the penitentdairy. The
-governor, gives the following reasons for
his ladtion :
J.
"This pardon is recommended "by E. D.
Carter, who prosecuted the case and whose
letter glives reasons sufficient and satisfac
tory for granting it. It is also advised -by
V. S. Lusk, by the private prosecutor and.
by ithe widow of Ithe deceased, and by all
the jury whotried the case, Iby many mem
bers of the bar of Buncombe county, and
by numbers of responsible citizens. It ap
pears irhat this homicide was Without
malice or premedication or actual intent to
kill and was not without some provocation.
Ijugherty -had been In the penitentiary
a?out six years, and has suffered enough."
Dougherty made his escape the night of
the kiiling, which occurred on Simiih's
briidgevoear -tiLercftry1 l!lmi;ToTrence' and;
Dougherty's "brother werej Tiding double on
I a horse when liobert Dougherty -sttruick at
fflie two with a epike', breaking Torrence's
neck.
It is though (by otne that Robert Dough
erty intended the blow 'for his brother,
thene being isome jealousy between them.
'Doitgherty was spotted by oflScers in Gal
vesiton, Texas, and the sheriff of this coun
ty ndtdfied. H. C Jones, then a deputy
under D. Xi. -Reynolds, was appoiinted by
the governor' a special agenir- to arrest
nnim)fir.t T, V. ! J
livery stable in Galveston and arrested
him and brought him to AsheviilJe, where i
:heD3hetrr'.consented to a verdict of l
mansilaughlter and received the sentence of
twenty years in ithe penitentiary.
Raleigh, Dec. 21. The Governor today
pardoned Preston Andrews convlcteid of
manisilaugfhiter at the spring .term 1896, of
the Alleghaney county- court and sentenc
ed to - three years In the pendtenitlary.
Orockeltt Holbrook and Prestoni wAndrews
were convicted under the same indictment
of feloniously slaying Geortge Edwards.
It 'appears (that in . the altencatlion between
the deceased and Eli Lowe, the two boys
who were convicted, were friendis of the
deceased, and that Andrews was also a
cousin. Through . an accident , Edwards,
the friend of the prisoner, was1 killed.
The solicitor who prosecuted the case cer
tifies that St was the understanding at the
time of the conyidtiom that .after one
year's service the judge would recommend
the pardon of Holbrook. The - other de
fendant "was. pardoned by Governor X3anr.
Andrews - appeals to have-had no connec
tionvwjith, shooting est all. l.
The .Raleigh Press Visitor of (Monday
contained ' the following:
John A. Hendricks of Madison' county
is in the city. He cam from' far off Madi
son to plead with the governor In behalf of
William R. .Pait the seventeen year old
boy who while' under the influence' of
liquor, killed a little "(companion fourteen
years of age. The case was carried to the
Supreme court and that body affirmed the
decision of the lower court which ihad con
vkrtekl the boy of murder In.. -..the. flrst de
gree.. Mr. LH.eniaricK& says xntax me looy 1
small for his age, is not bright and1 liquor
was the sole cause of the murder. . He (has
mammoth' petition' from ' citizens' j of
Yancey county in tne boy s Denair. . , .
TRIAL OF J.E.LINDSAY
FOR -EMBEZZLING FUNDS OF
THE TEMPER A.NCE LODGE.
r
Points of an Alleged Defective Indict-
. ment Made by His Counself
t Ruling To-day. . ; .
, In the circuit court the case of ,J. G.
Lindsay, charged with embezzling $1,000
of money belonging to the Sons of .Temper-
hm'ce of Asheville- Division, No. 15, is now
on trial.' : -' f - ' ?
i it- is alleged that this money ame into
Lindsay's hands as trustee ior.xua u
W.from the sale of its hall over wmi:
. . ' , n W J. Aston inl89J,
m to A ClW O ' l DIU1 .: .-.T-- " A - : .v .....
,The day in court yesterday was con
sumed, in, the development . of the states
case against the defendant, in the progress
of which it came to, light that some time
in 18915- the defendant, was arrested An
Cocke county, Tennessee, near Newport,
whither he and family had removed some
time before, and - a jf equisi tin was Ttoii&A
for him "by the Governor of North Carolina
upon, the Governor of Tennessee, which re
quisition the Governor of the latter state
declined ' to honor. Lindsay afterwards
voluntarily returned to this city, histoid
home, and signified his willingness to he
tried for. the, alleged embezzlement. Ac
cordingly a bill of indictment was seat
against him, which charged the . offence,
but failed" to aver the . ownership "of the
money alleged to have been misappropri
ated. s'
The solicitor ' being unwilling to ' rely
upon -this bill sent another it the -January
(1897) term of the court, and it is upon
the last bill ' that the trial is now proceed
ing. The state showed the receipt of the
money, its deposit in the National Bank of
Asheville and produced a large number of
checks, upon that fund ranging iif amounts
to from $5 to $64, alleged by the state to
have been used for Lindsay's individual
purposes." -
About an hour before adjournment the
state got through its evidence in chief and
rested its case. t . .
The defendants counsel "by permission
of the court presented some legal 'views of
the testimony upon which it was claimed
that the defendant was entitled to be dis
charged. These points are as follows: First, That
the bill of indictment alleges ttnbezzlement
by a trustee and- the section of the code
undeV which the indictment is founded
does not .mention trustees among the per
sons who may commit embezzlement in
violatioa of its 'provision; second, the
bill of indictment alleges a corporation
v
chartered by act of the General Assembly,
and the proof - showed no organization
under the said charter; third, the bill of
Indictment alleges the money as the prop
erty of Asheville Sons- of Temperance,
lodge No. 15, and the proof showed that
it was the' property of the National divis
ion of the Sons of Temperance; fourth, the
bill allege' the'moneF-to be the property of
the Ashevlllft Sons of Temperanice, lodge
was no lodge No. 15, but a division No. 15,
; Judee Ewart over ruled the last three
positions of the defendant's counsel and
intimated that unless the state could show
authority to the contrary at 9:30 thismorn
tng he would 'hold, with the' defendant's
counsel on this first position'.
If . the Judge should hold wfth, the de
fendant on the first position he will be
Aianha-raraH Tt ha TlrtlrTtt flora inat. t.TlA Afi
" o
ienaant on tnis position tne iriau wm prw-
rwxl and will likelv consume today. The
- tate ia presented by Solicitor McCall,
assisted by George W. Justice, who is also
rrairkPd m nrosecutor in the case. The
defense is represented . by Judge fcxnunora,
Col. Lusk and Judge E. JS. Oarter.
Mies Emanuel, stenographer, is taking
down the testimony in the cae.
CALIFORNIA EROST BITTEN
WF.AVTEST FREEZE v IN OVER
TWENTY YEARS REPORTED.
Ten Thousand Carloads of Oranges
Exposed to Its Injurious
Effects.
San rRrancisco. Dec. ZL The heaviest
frost for over twenty, years lis reported to
day in all paints of the state. N tExperts es
itimajte that 10,000 car loads of oraaiges, ag
gregating 300,000 boxes, were exposed
to
the frost. This loss will amount to $600,:
000; not counting damage to citronalem
on, limes and other frusta. '
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Some for This District Handed Down
- Yesterday
'Special to The Gazette. -
. Raleigh, Dec 21. The supreme court Co-,
day filed the following. .opinions:
T&bcr against Clark, and Kline against
'iAnmber 'company, from Swain; motion to
docket, and dismiss allowed- .
Cunningham againslti Cuttmingham, from
STtransrl vania ; affirmed. 1
-f'v'Staite against Gibson, from (Buncombe, no
error.-' - '-'
WHITE CAPS INDICTED-. v
. The ''grand jury - rqairned true -'bills
against -the alleged whitecajpers from
Safidy MiisSi yesterdayr This case is . set
for trial nsxt Monday week. v - :
Thegeran of .the wheal ' is'; contiained in
iBiltanore Patent. Ftour. ' It is highly au
tr'itious and 'superior, to 'any flour on the
markeL 'EJvery 'time- you buy flour insist
u con ""having Bil'tmore Fatenlu - 2S8-2
, : , ,
. : ' .' GOOD, -
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established, paying, business for sale
COTTON . MILL
TROUBLES
Blue Promise for Nw
Year in New England.
Owners Refuse Concessions
to Operators,
N Insist on the Proposed Reduc-
: tion in Wages.
A Big Strike Will Probably, Begin
on Janaary -3.
New Hampshire and Maine Mill Oper
ators Likely to Accept a Temporary
Reduction in the !Hope That Trade
Will Revive Later.
PaM Rliver, Dec. 21,-JThe conference be v
tween the cotton mtouifaictUTers and the
operatives far the purpose of settling the
present dlifaculties was fruMess. This af-
teinooca the manufacturers 4n a 'letter to
the unions infonmld them (that they will
hold to their first decision and reduce
wages 'Hi-9 per cent, on January 3. The
operatives w3H resdst. 'It "looks as if the
city wlU be plumged into one of the worst
strikes f recent years.
The operatives in New Hamipshire are
todined to accept a temporary reduotlion
in wages, as a present jef uge (unjtil busi
ness revilves in spuing.
Advices from olfcher co titan, centres in
MaiasaChusetts and Maine indicate .that
whiles4hese mails are watticMng the situa
tion closely, and some irumors of outs are
abroad, 4!here is no imminent daniger of
such reductions unless forced hy cults at J
Fall Hdver and .'Manchester.
Trff WORK OF ROBBERS.
- W -.
Murdered ' ',91'- Mjanf and Loodea the
House- '
Si. Louis,' Dec. 21. Jacoib Weinerd,"'60
years oLd was found dead this evening on
the yWtohn floor of iis home, 4321 Broad
way. He had Ibeen, choked to r death by' rob
bers who fear'ing he was mot dead, 'bound
and gaffeed him. The house was rkm-
sacked and; everylthing of value taken.
RIOT AT A HANGING.
Libenty, Mo., Dec. 21. At the hanging of
murderer William Carr last Frtiday a mob
broke down the barriers about the gallows
and created a disgraceful scene. Yester
day the brother of Oarr's Widow secured
the arreslj.af Ernest Fightmaster, twenty
years old or robbing the corpse of a ring
while the body was "reft dangled Fight
xmaster admitted the theft. "
Monterry Mex., Dec. 21. Xfll the sugar
i . . . . . j -
planters of Mexico have formed a trust for
the purpose of regulating the production
and price of sugar in this country. 'They
daim the price is too low, :
NEGROES INDIGNANT
AT THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
IN SAVANNAH.
Meeting Called For To- night to Resent
the ''Insnlt" to Their
, Race-
Savannah, Dec. 21. The colored resi
dents are incensed at the resolution adopt
ed by the whites at the cotton exchange
yesterday, protesting against the appoint
ment of colored amen to office in Savannah
by President McKinley. The following -cir
clar was issueid !by them itoday: ' "
"To tAll Loyal Colored .Men: Your race
has been insulted. v Will you resent it ?
Meet at-Harris street hail on Wednesday
night; December 22 and stamp your!, dis
approval. .Attend yourself and encourage
your friends to do, so.- Don't allow the in
suit Ho your race to go by withomt resent
ing it. Be loyal.'! .
The meeting wUl' fbe attended J5y several.
hundred negroes. ; , . - . - -
FOR THE CHILDRENS' HOME,
The . mama-gement - of tfle (Children's' home
solioitt con tribuflons . f rem. the. puDrrc ana
niii whA fARi-aiW ma!ke' donal',ions to this
deservang msfitutJ!on.-vv":Tl'kiIa!dly leave the
is&me at ifhe homes-of t Mrs. . Doe and Miss
Fannie "PabtonJ It - is hoped- that rr the
u-RhP?vilfli raibWA ;wi!Il show ,is oharaateris
fic generosLty -- in refttrence' to the- appeal
fcx the children or tne-nome. - 4 L-
vThe many friends of lk Swicegcod will
regret to-" learn -that has condlition is quiite
rritiral l "his -home on South iMain sitxeet.
"Forl.He was "stricken, with,' paralysis ' S-unday
C0RBETT WANTS TOTIGHT.
New York, EDec 21. Oorhe'tt had a long
confab with Dan- Stuart lto-d!ay. He asked
Stuart to go with him to Chficago and con
fer with 'Mtzsimmons ar he is confident
the latter would accept several prbposi
Qcns he had to mke to brSng about a fight.
If Stuart wouldm't go he saiid he would go
alcne. iHe' did not intend to have trouble
with FKtzsimmons, and if -Pitz. finally de-
term'ined not to fight he would be satisfied.
Stuart expects to hear from Fitzsimmbns
to-morrow and of what he hears s en
couraging he will go With Corbett. Cor
bett declined to state what propositions he
had to make.
CUT THROUGH JAIL WALLS
Six Desporate Negro Prisoners Es
cape at Newport 'News-
Newport- iNews, Va., Dec. 21. Friends of
six desperate negro prisoners to-day smug-
pn.CW -frk -flkTi-i In TTT, w : , t N I
0.-. vr wivui A .LI 'Vim V XLilW IVO. VOUUSiy jail
a cnisei, unite and file with which the
prisoners cut a hoiethrough the double
brick wall and escaped.
ax me special election yesterday the
j. . t .. 1. .
voters oaireuy carried tne proposition to
spend $90,000 on a new building.
QUINGEY RE-ELECTED
POT-LLED A TREMENDOUS VOTE
FOR MAYOR OF BOSTON.
Tne Vote of the Silver Candidate on
Which the Republicans Reck
oned -was Very Small.
Boston, Dec. 21. Mayor Josiah Quincy,
u'cmuurajL, was re-eiectea loaay, polling a
tremendous vote, carrying every demo-
waiic waru ana runnang very strong m.
repuibldcan wards.
The total vote, with but one small pre
elect missing out of 191, is as follows:
Qttincy, 39,707; Curilis, 35,741; Riley, silver?
ite, 2S85. Quancy's plua-aility 4,048. The
Riley vote, upon ; which the irepuBlicans
based hopes of defeating Quincy was ridi
colously -stoaai, f a paltry 2800 votes in
place of from 10,000 to 14,000 esttmated by
his managers an3 the repubERa machiaeJ
VANCE' MONUMENT
TO-DAY'S EXERCISES OF THE
CORNER STONE LAYING.
The Line of the Profession to Begin
Moving from The Masonic Hall
at 10:45.
Today will be a memorable one in the
history of Buncombe county, the occassion
being the laying of the corner stone of the
Zeb Vance monument. Every arrangement
has been made, and the exercises will be
attended by a large audience of the late
Senators friends and admirers.
The Masonic fraternity having the exer
cises in .cnaree nave scared no ume or
pains in making the occasion one. credita
ble to Buncombe county Vance's birth
TvlnA iTid th, home of his youth. The
program as arranged will prove a most in
teresting one, and" it is to be hoped that
the weather willl permit of the attendance
of the many friends who desire to come
and take part in the exercises.
Asheville and Biltmore lodges with many
tHsiHrnr .mpmhers will meet at Masonic
hall at 9 o'clock to welcome the members
of the (Grand lodge. The line of procession
will begin from the hall ai 10:45 and march
f.rnmi the hall under the direction ox tne
marshal. The following program will be
observed the weather permiting:
Music, Asheville Orchetra.
Ode, Fred Moore, esq.
Pirav,r Rpv.' Chas. W. Byrd, D. D., as
Grand Chaplain. , s
Music. - ,
Deposit of articles and memoranda of
Interest in the stone by Grand Treasurer
William Simpson. i
Music. "
Setting stone by Grand officers.
Invocation.
"America," pupils city schools.
Oration, Rev. R. R. Swope, D. D.
"The, Old North State," pupils
schools. ,
Benediction. , v
city
Music.
Invited guests will be .ushered to seats
on the platform on presentation Ot tickets
"to the ushers, John A. Wagner., and Mar-
cus Erwin.
The corner stone' of the monument will
h nndcfelaid with, the proceedfings of .tne
, .. , .ls .t t,A a tw imira mMtt
scaaivu i - o"t
'fiirniffbrirl hv Aid TetT-
HUU uumowoo
erans.
stahlA fnr rent near Hotel Berkeley. " Al-
sn vone set of hand-made " double harness
at' $10.00. S. .H. Chedester. I : ' .
CUBANS CAN'T
BE BRIBED
. - ' ' '' ' L'-Ji.
The Meaning of the Execu
v tion of Col. Ruiz
Laying the Eesponsibility of ;
His Death oh Blanco.
A Letter From the Commander w
Found on Ruiz's Bodv.
Offering a $100,000 Bribe to Col.
Aranguren.
Two Other Commissioners Said to Have Been
Hanged by the Insurgents For Attempting
to Purchase a Surrender.
New York, Dec. 21. Delegate Palma, of
the Cufbaa Junta, said today that the recent
execution of ithe Spanish officer, Col. Ruiz,
by the insurgents for endeavoring to pur-
suade Col. Aranguren to accept autonomy,
did not occuf until the Spanish had full
knowledge of the consequence of such ef
forts. The blood of Ru'iz was theTefftrA nn
the head of Blanco who sent Col. Ruiz to
the insurgents, well knowing the conse-
quences.
Palma gave warming that hereafter all
peace messengers will be shot unless they
come concedding Cuban's independence.
Havana, Dec. 21.The insurgents found
on the (body of Col. Joaquin Ruiz, a letter
from Gen. Blanco authorizing Ruiz to
offer $00,000 'to Col. Nestor Aranguren and
a high office tto Ananguren's father, who
is now in the United (States. Blanco gave
pledges -in the letter' that both promises
would be fulfilled immediately after the re
turn of Aranguren to ' Havana with Col.
Ruiz. The letter extended a similar ''off er
to Col. Raoul Arango if Aranguren, after
ac;eptmg use Mb ia.
auence wlth iis friends Arango to that bad --
Gen. Blanco and his staff were talking at
a dinner three weeks ago. "abWt the fail
ure of farmer attempt 'at hiribeiy and Ruiz
volunteered to make another attempt.
Next day Ruiz 'irepented but ii)t was too
late to withdraw and he went to his death. '
The news 'is circulating here -that Gen.
Jesus RaTVij second In command of the, In-
surgent army in Santiago de Cuba, hanged
two commissioners sent to him by Gen.
Pando with an offer of autonomy and a
large bribe if he would surrender. One of
the guides was released and sent back to
Pando with a letter from Rabi, in wMon
the Cuban commandera)id:
If you think our law sentencing to
1 ait..
death those who' come ito us tram xne
1 Spanish, authorities
with such proposals
does not mean what it says, you wiw nuw
... ..JH'
be convinced to the contrary. Until Spain
recogn'izes the independence, of Cuba we
shall answer Spaniards only with death.
If you want Ito take our lives in revenge
come and take them."
TO CURB A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if it fails to
cure. 25c. The genuine na u.
on
each tablet.
t tt tjiw. announces that he will keep
his' store open every night this week until
10 o'clock.
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We wish to take this opportunity, oi
thanking the public for their many kind ex
pressions and also for making our opening
u Mi 'hrilrhint Buecess. We wi vy
. . . .
ogize f or no having our stock In foettar
shape, but tne extra, unexpected rusnust
at this time, both in town and rrom cata
logue orders, made It Impossible for us to
&e better prepared.
We have endeavored this year to put on
-, . - f
the market our usual hign graae m.
zoods. at orices mucn lower than v-r De-
forej we can safely say that w are
- j
J w seuing goods as low if not lower than
any other jewefry house in the country.
I xrhh -handle a high class of goods.
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I . T,trn ir CTTJ'T T
Leading Jeweler, Cor. Church St and Pat-
ton avenue, Asheville, N. C
A
-ne highest . elevaUon ' in .Asnevuxe,, - . - th (tmad- -
it there are grand mountain views on -ston' owning the first story oi m " lestablii
dea. B. C0FFIN .L'l ' ' ,'. , ' J?Licu
-r' : ; 29 Haywood' sbPeett. C ' f ' ;iv , ' s f- ; -... ' ;y
particulars address box 7U5,;cityv,
tl ana n&s been unconscious ever xuu&. .
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