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Vol ID: Ho, 10, ashilia :;. c, batout .7 "on:ni:s, febbuahy io, ic: arid Ti n- , ,, ...-.-.'.. " Our tyayer in nov in I ,ct7 York ptnxhccin j - Vr w; : stock of Dry G:: I j r,zl L7o tions, wliicb clidl ccnmr.n:l fyouradrdrati:.i by tho :::::y oveltiesrfind choice c:I lo tions, vc-uill o cl":r you splendid inducements to patronize us; by ct1 -you money on your pufchcoo. Our prccontct c:Ii cf ; Lace.CurirJno is to be moved ; : tho follow-ingprice-fcuto culit to do it; Jl.00 Lace CartainsY :J OSc Pair $1.75 4V - . -; :, " $2.00 f v ; c.s -f ; $2.50 'V;(V, , $1.'75 $3 25 i 52,25, $4.00 : Q2.75 Two pciro Ecfu Appliquo Holland Curtcino, rejulor fci afC3-50 rpoirr,- r i Chcnllb D rap brie 3 at very BiffTcductions in all Dra peries, " Sillrolines, Denims, Dotted Svieees, etc. Sofa Pillows at half prico: t a httle bit better" will fill the bill, provided ycii ere 1 satisfied . u7fi a : second -1 t grade article. Oar ? 1Y I .1 trtjgoods'cidzdDwitfczt a i Been? No eld 1 ctccZS ail .. I , v J,t'-K 'z. " t" - 4 v ',176(21''. ton. to try our Royal ;arlct Tr.-3 cxd. if i mot thte best yon Lave ever t3 W3 JYitaxmej. . TTLr t's f.ir, Iri't it?, j v Dsrecloaia tor eervlps Put i?alf a teacup . wt flwtber Into a zzrizcrm, .vuMwaer, et.it come to a Mil. j i bo -wajtjetr to suit, aT i jrora : i " desfijeid.. : gferve IIcfwLLi cr: ' futly and Bcleit c7 : we Best lugiiedSfi.E.ls tla r: : :Lrt c : ri.i -; - PURE 1-001) Phoned:; . :r ; . Good payius tr tlculkrs address 17. C. DID BY . t .i. ITcUus Yet to ThroT7 Liht ono Cr.uiDc tho - ClrcrYr That t Appr:pristiw J.do: to; Raise Jhs - X ; Wreck cf tha Ekttte- '' : - Washington, Feb.' 18,-HSecreCary L002 , - ........ I ' Y - , toiay.dictr.td,,ie-e fallowing : "Really -tio formation lnaa been received s,lace Capt CTjsbee'a first -dispatcli adding anything to wir 'knowleidge of ' t& Maine disaster! All we liww ia -Uiat : the Haine blew tip. There 4s abundant room for epecuiatiooaof all eorts t'no-oancltiskn''''Om''be- arriTed at . trntil" an cxamlnatioa Jiaa been xiade by divers and anore -facta "are ohbaine'I. - It Ufa mipiIe"fact''to say ' "tt:euc-a7thiaxg might, hapien toy design. Therefore ; my impression, has (been all along ihat It xmisi Lavei been; a-ooidentalr At-" the , cabinet meeting : today the matte was . not dla-; oussed,'- except as any ibody.of men. 'talk about, an eveat'-of that ;kind Moat'of the talk . Telated to .the terrible : loss "of - Mfe and': expressiiana of sympathy for the suf ferers. You "may eay absolutely- there has been ..no- secret cabinet' meeting; Nothing , t -. .'-tJ has taken place in the cabinet -that the puhlic hasr not been informed valbout' that -the " whole ' policy, of thia, VJ,?part23nihas been' to give the public all dl5atche;tfiat the -department has no (more knowledge of the '-cause of . the disaster, or even of ; the circumstane'es attending it than have the puhlic, - and.- that - ainyTeport -,o-th.eV effect that-Cant. SJgshee had .warned the depart meat that the ilaine wa ia danger from submarine mines -rtorpedoe8 S3 utterly without found!atio'nr''I--ri:'." - - "in s ; SIGS2EE WAS l7Ar."Z0.: - Atlanta,' Feb. 18. The Atlanta : Journal' Washington correspondent 1 says : Mr. Slgsbee has ven out a circular .sent her by Captj Sigsbee over two weeks aigo ;m which waa ; written the warning .words: VLook out for your ship. .We wlll.Wpw. your whole rotten navy, to -piecea if you send it here.? ' " ' v" fThe circular is printed in Spanish Capt. Sigsbee sent 4t to h!3 wifa - f t JNew York, 'Feb. 18. The . Spanlsn mored cruiser Viscayta anchored outside the bar at Sandy Hook" at 5:50 to-night -and wili come up thiehiayihorro--;;,I5Le pi- Tat who was first to hoard her, conveyed . T - . - .w . (y i . lie oewfl of th-e raineMisiastier.-Tke,V.is-caya will.ttxme up the ibay binder escort1 cJf navy and" police tugs with stars and .stripes flying from, foremasts , -- jrsJ Off Fort Hamilton he will; fireaaalute cf 2i,;gU'narvThe.jort''WH ithea run up the Cpanish flag and similarly eaKite."-' Formal visits,' to naval rHoers will" then foe ex ctzcci. TTa -ipclice this ncrning ar ranged to co-operate with -the navy so. as to be cUe to arresi kn'y" d: stumers, as the navy ia without authority to.do. this. Ad--miral . Eunce designated- twio-jcavy yard t'j'rs a3 ratrcl Ibc.t.? rrl -crderel k:c,i to, be equipped with machine gun,' amimini-tlon, extra . coal and plenty -.of proyiT'ons. ' ,To the tu3 were azc'ijnel 1C3 citrines Thesa tr3 with Ito tart'or , tns f rl"police launcLcs -will form "a patrol.- - - '7 Lieut. Sharp ttheUnited Statets army, bfirirr letters frci As.lstant Gecretary cf 9 Navy Revelt called at police head -."-v:l ' '. t' it- the - c ' . . t watch V V 1 l:.Jh tad already eivea It 3 crZ:r i" tLIs should have teen talim. I la 3 tl3 fjeae as te I:-3.- ' - , , ccht as-an enemy in search cf a f:3 Every 'Fcllcc-ai in the city v.v 7 c . iuiy ths ship would have given a LfTerent e3 today.' Last night Chief .iloCui::;;h c -:i.cait cf herself and would not now-be at an crier to ibe sent to all police -;-s. .tie bottom cf the;.' irct ta c?e tie notSfyin'g. fhenxto. wport t&ok to.tr ; re- administration order :the 'whole fleet- to cir.cW immediately after c:r c 1 -p-.-IIivana 1 -want yto'eee. .the' eet,go main in rer?rve -until further cr:-: i-Be- J there ca baslEcrs" ether -than that cf a U,-eca 3 and 4 ofdcxi u'-jr -..ther order was irue'd fnm't--f y;rrt-s t t!:3 effect that all cS-r'-'-r-s trust regain U reserve during ti: 'jiy. " a Norfolk, Va Feb. t3. C;r. ... 1c Conrul Htr-:rers his Jeei cotjlri 'ttit cruiser Vlsccya will'T-sit Norfcli ani C. irles4::!. ' - " ' ', . - -. - : '.n- -- ' . t " '--J-- . - ' - v yf -" - "';'. -shiEtoa, Feb. 18. Senator lasoa d a resolution -today yroviiir j for a j .ia corlttee to ,taTt!3at. Z-liXms -ter. Hale asied. that' the e-Kct t? .ican people were tired tf InvestisaU ehi'n41oiaeddr,..thatr,witth' ZtQ c:i- ir t-.a lying at the bottom of Havana L.bor tT 3 people, of the UnSted State ttzji ted to L- . rr whether she was blown- -1 y her tw-ies or f rom'epontaneoua cczz-tuitisa, I la aaid If it waa found that -the dis-i fi ter' was -.the resuflt of an 'accilin,t the p:Tle would be better c:tCcJ if a ccrj 1 Ittee of congress hvuld Cid and n- arm. would -be done " " ' ' T Cator Boutelle -EiSd he had no direct ix- 'crmation, c.T2cial 'or otherwise, as to the of the disaster,": Wtall 'ixsi 'ormation at hand "f endeii to" strengthen tne belief that. 5t waa du!e to an accidenjt. . ; ft, I Ir.- -Mason eaid - the " policy ' of the gof enmientwas delay and'nothing was rtop ping. tiler murder of (people la Cuha.. Th De Lome tetter h'not s6opped:Che-mur-ders. The .lalne d.isasterhad not ctepp-: J them.'' It 'was' time for the -senate to act. Senator Wolcott. created ra eeasatlca, Li replying to Ur. llason! "vMr. Wolcctt x,zL the senator from IlTinoLa had said the jpeor pie -wew lostog coTdence in -.one- cf. the great idepartments, of ? the government,' a statement that" could "n cV'nchaller sed. Th'isv country, he . sa"d; wHi mever-,stand anl listea to -J-nslnuation'that the officers will lie..- ,iIr..-Wolcott teaii war; might come. In" fact might: not he" for-dlatantibut our conduct must be euch as to makelu i respect tssselves and szi- JT - tizn3. rc r?er r our noktiont-TT he resolution was Teferrea. - . - BELIEVE ITjivAS A TCSPECOr "'"A";few members ofthejsenate aird noose cling to the accident theory but the' great majority, dncUnek Intensely ' to the ibeUef that a" torpedo did the "work and that it was eent against the .American man of war by. Spanish, hands, possShly from the Span ish battleship Alfonso XIL tfln vie wof this belief 'which -has in most' casea become -a conviction- the feeling ia general that the outcome of the. investigations ought to ..be a war . with Spain which - will1 wipe out the score with Stoani&b - Wood: - - Nine- tenths of those in an "thoriiy "who 1 expressed.ani opinion ;aar thi qulethaye 1 come to a positive belief "that it Is only a question of a very.ishort time (before SpanUsh 'authority for -the' horror-that' has shocked"; the world . 4a made ' manifest,' and the "conviction is supplemented by ; another that, the end of all is sure to be war. v Mr." Howard of eGorgia, who Isa member of the foreign"- afialnai committee, summed up the ffitjuation in . this -way : "We. have been working alonis for many, montha with a 'lot of live" wires crossed -and recTOssed and touching at many -points So long as we were ableto (keep each in place and all properly tnsuiated; there was W.danger. Butwe have all realized that were the Jn suiat2on " to - wear :off there - would ; be a Cash ' that 1 could only (mean -war," and H lhs f9 if "thi3 Is tL'ft--.!:'..' ' , Of the rcpuhlicani ' eenato?4i '-Mason v of Illinois iTdoiirg the. loudest '--U'Abs for the papers. . ; --v ,..2-. :".;: ' "Spain la responsible for thia, and-In sense bur own government .la-parlly.re-. cponclbla,". he "said this morning.",". ; ' !The disaster tor the claine cou2d not have come from the inside all maval experts agree to that. , It was a iblow dealt by: an enemy ri r.'in Is resrcnsrLla. When I say bnr ,wn Vmprr-in TixHiE'ible. I mean this: s The Maine was eent there on an al leged frienlly els-Ion.- The administra tion.Iie3t to nrst the language, of diplomacy wi en it call tha lliine wa3 coins- to Hava na cn a fr!" "7 ni.'tn. That waa not:tle c'bic'ct cf th3 vizit and every-precauti:a AAA a. V AAV4S.A VVV v v v v' vlv'vVVV V V Df ATOili f-r t' 3 - 3, ia A err- t: friendlyvlsit. -If 1 -tad jay; way We" would eend cr.3 Jiuzixcl tLxyccoc'd - troops -to tiat island nd: drive the -Cpaciardi 3 of iL There will never be any peace until Cuba i free cf.thcDe fellowai'.; " " ; U..mUtr iwT1mj. : Havana,-Pcb 11-jrhe bodies of tose viotinsa tf die J!zlr which had been recovered- were fcurlil here late 'yesterday fwith great non'O. 'Havana' canM ha.w- tiima g Honor they Deea their "own .heroes. - Gen. Parrado with four ' T r I - - v . twwv iv w iwhi vivacuivv w no S. .. .'.w, :,-vJ- ... j-t, . .! -,... '-. ..... .. .. ..!.. .... .... not allowable vnider the law) having on v-ia -right Uni ted - S tatea - Canar.1- rC eaierai 3EiI"xa"t!lcrt the mayor cf Havana. ueaiaronia- ijarrinaga, " Admiral liiante rcla, Gees Aliono .jan4 foSc--!,7 "and two companies cf marines and infantry' parti- cipatedin. the . "big processioni. The'funieral mahsla waa'rurnish tw' the caada f tta Irihella La CatoHica and Porto Hico battaUona, which accompanied -the bodies '- The 'funeral 'cortege started from the principal entrance of: the city hall oa 'Weylee .etreet,- ' then turned , to the right on Jlercadorea street, " then - Ormy street, along the right ide of "Central .Parkland finally to lhe-righV San pafae4 street to jhe cemetery where the bishop of Hava- na'personally "officiated, "The rites at the graW. weW' great- solemnity. The -Mshop 'donated the crovno;. jor jne t?unai. - The munioSpallty rcj wo-' uie e-xeine. 'ft.- --.. . ' .. ' ..- -- ' - "t. UftTIOtl General Business.Cdnditidns -1 : Favorable, .4 S - ----- Kenewel Advances in Staple ir.;.". i V 'Articles;' Continued parked v Activity - iri. fron ;";-"and Stcsl- iNew York, -Feb. 18. Brads treet's tomor row wiM,' eay;s Favorable 'features domi nate the -general business situation aa a whole,' and.: few commercial' 'conditions present themselves which can be regarded as" in any degree disturbing. Chief among those factors which make for continued or growing 6trength4n ommercJail lines may be , mesntioned a. renewed'-tendency toward advances in quotations of aji etapleartU cles and steadiness t prices1 to other Hnesi Perhaps second in the : ilst of ausfpioious features la a continuance of marked acti- vi ty; n nearly all hranches of the iron and steet trade. .The failure of theSouithern fur nace "men to reach a. price "agreement? of course is a'depressinjg feature in that par ticular -"ttion," which, however ' finds ja connterhalancing . factor In'- the inberest te advance pricjes reported fronr the: Bessemer ore proViucera. v , -'- t. The volume .of the .-distributive .trade shows an-tocreasevnofiably in dry goods and groceries at eo many .widely "separated points as to warrant the conclusion 'that the '-sprinig trade is Teoeivlng a perceptible impetus.-' ' At the West the Iron and steel mills are", reported 'generally husily' em ployed andiinwillitg to take orders for early delivery. -At Chicago S0.CC0 tons of steel rails hve ibeeh sold during, the past two weelzs.' --,.3.. - -The bicycle trade.is reported starting, up well Weat hut still alow I3ast, .where how ever'thecotton'igoods s'itu'ation, is. one.,f hopeful strength owing to the strength cf raw material . and the restriction cf pro duction dne to the -New ' Englanki"- mill strikes. The strer -rth of ccttcn, ur--r and .. . -,-.p ,-. " ' - rice and thedemand for iron all- fav)r the Couthern trade situation: which : is al so : being helped iy' tbe growing . foreign trade in ccttontgooi5- ' - . - Activity ia Alaiikan shipments - keers .hiiw rn th'jpi PacifxC coast - and freight rates are firm. . . Califsrnia crop prefects are not neour- cr'r as a t r-.zz? f:'Ir:3 cr'.lius 'to Cz - t -. Z.j tla c::r. c: ti3 tot-i 1 r:r c -t 1-3 f and ii'-r --t : cf 107.. 1 :r-tf-:"':: I r ' 1 1 -' 7W - - ' PICT ilia r 1 i ' i 1 J - '- -! 1 m' - i t . 1 From Sondin: Divers Dottii Into tho, JSunlicn Hull of . Spanish Guard s About - tiuo : llaine Say Nof and llante , ;rola Brealts ffia Word. - ThaUho Shh h Proncrty cf tha fc United States., ; Havana, Feb. - iS.Capt; -Sigsbee; ' Lieut CStmmianaer:Wainwriight,, ChJef Engineer Howell and (Ueut'Holman",.' went--this inorning to where, the wreck lies : in order to" find .the: bodies of X4euL JenikLna' and Assistant IJntglneer Merritt Theyrought several divera jfbr thepurpose. -A eoon as . they approachedv the wreck they were etopped .fc-jr, a guard of armed Spaniish saiil- ors wmca ; surroundis tme . wrecK... ..- uapu Sigsbee. told - the Euardf who i !be was - and what his "inifcentJona were tut" they emphat JcallyiirefttseVJ toJfermittlihtt "to advance further. '"'"J-" ".-"' '"''-"---' ';T:-.,; "" I Nelthercyoueaptahi, nor any , one -else is : permi tted. to j come 'any. " nearer' they -iaa3cL.'.ri'T3Meia; they explained j they had -most etrlngent oredrs not to allow any diver em ployed ' by Americans to go down' into sthe IMalne wirhout , being accompanied by Span? Ish d'iversv vv. Capt.- Sigsbee at once reported to . Consul General Lee v who ' immediately started -to the- palace. - c He xexplaSned to Admfealj ManterQla that asthe Maine Is' the property, of -the- Americani 'government that nd one but-. Amerioan divers andlAmerlcan officer have -a - fright without . American authority to 0 Intb.the wreck orf handle anything 'belonging-to it." 2s" ,-: Admiral lanterola: said ,he would5 give epociai orders to' the guard to permit" Siigs- bee to do whatever he desired at 'the wreck of rhasvessel.' Nevertheless ;th- i promise waa not kept. 4 'r: "'. :-! "J ' "'i -. Sigsbee 'and his staff heid a "lengthy eon-: sultation on the iFern. .They- discussed the projecfof beginning . immediate' examina tion by their divers, ilt.wasfinally-de elded to - awaTtthe 'arrival of tbe board o-f inquiry. iV-t- -'s This soIu-Uoai; of difflculty7 was ' given out by the Spanish at" 3 p. m., - -V: t , As. no stepa had heen taken to carry out the. promise of the Spanish admiral, ..Gen. Lee -drove to the -palace of General Blanco to: press the right "claimed by ;the Ameri cans . fbefore. the highest Spanish' authority in the island. s " . iBlanco said -the Spanish "government was very much" interested, to have rits" own d hrers r examine .; the - iMatne" in " ? order3 to learn, If possible the cause of the disaster! Lee' held to liXa argument .that. the -Miaine is .the-property": of the - United States ; and therefore only, the (Maine's, captalni and offi cens under-, his command and divers con trolled" by him may properly ,f conduct the investigations. - V- " , Finally Jt was agreed to ask the govern ment at Washington if It was willing that Spanish 'divers should go into the Maine's hull. - - ;-"' ' . ' .' vi h"'I With regard to Capt. Clgsbee's request It was decided tSat American ' divers may enter the wreck but Spanish divers may " We are, not - - I 4. V '. - overstocked on ' 4 VJob'.i'a Orcr m: Ccr.i. t The tremble, is, v;s c.n't rt 4- 5 eiiougL ta , cjry us thrcu V the se: sen, cut rr.int we-nive rre are selling for ".' . - t - -- -. - ..... w Ifc- 4.4 W..i Bcn't . :1 to try it; y.u ' .ill 1 -v t-T . 4- f-Vt..r T"- o f v - v w examine the waters outside tLe battleship because they are Spanish waters. iladrfd, Feb 18. The newspapers here are urging the government to adopt great precautions when .the American divers ar- rive, .and tbot to allow . them to descend " alone and examine the Llaine, as divers -sent -by private 'persons misht.be .bribed to report at variance with the' actual facts and niht even do something to. the' hull which .would serve as a -confirmation cf their .report. The , newspapers !tere fear eerhios trouble' linless'-a etrlct supervision . Is" exerclsfd and they claim to foresee the necessity for employifg divena cf a third nation to arbitrate -in the event of a dis- " agreement between the Spanish and -Amer-lean divers. The whole press enjoins the : most rigorous mipervision of the wreck of the Maine. ': : "' ''' v- . '.7 . ;: to raiss ti:s s::ip. A '.rWlution .offered by Senator Hale, appropriating $200,000; for - raising the Maine and ' saving what property could be . saved was passed. Ky ithe aenate without objection,- being amended eo as to author-" :; Ize. the secretary to direct that the remains '--of -the officers and sailors be brought to -the United States forinterment. . The house passed a edmllar resalutlon ' . - - ' '" : The resolution was prepared alt the navy departmenit and introduiced at the request of Secretary Long, who sent a Hotter x- , -plaindng Its purpose In wMchrhe said: .".' - '-; . '.The meagre information, received - re .specting the. nature and " extent of the in- -jutry sustained -by the hull :. of. "the Maine renders It difficult ie determine at this time ; whether I there ' is' reason to hope "that the vessel herself may be -raisedy hut it seems " probable as she lies witMn the protection of:& harbor and Is' not wholly sutfenerged, that much valuable - property may be re- -covered if the necessary 'action is 'taken wit'hout '.delay. -The vessel, rwitir her stores, v run,. .material equipment,' fittings amiap-..-purtenances cost , approximately $5,000,000 As an illustration as to the .value of single -Items which may have escaped' serious in- -jury,', it is saidjbhat the ten-inch guns' at ' whtoh the - Maine carried four,' were worth . with fbheir" mounts, $43,500 each. Asfde from the metanuholy duty resting . upon the ' -government to recover and to bring to this country, for burial, if thls may. 'be done, " ' the , -bodies of oflicers and: men -who lost their lives in thia disaster, it is helieved - tJhatmuch valuable property may be saved from the vessel. In any event, It is of the .. most importance- thatwiha'tevelr 4s, done in this; matter should be entered upon with- .. out delay. The, sinking jof the fMajne will oe made tne suojeot or tmmeaiiate ana ex- haustive Inquiry and congress will be fully . advised 'of the "result ' of -such, 'invesbiga-" a quarantine fight; 'a - - 1 .WasMogton Feb. . 18. The fight: aglSCfet - the" marine lioipitar-hospltal- seryioels josn again, "over , the question of national y-cr state quarantine in time of epidemic.' -There are- a number" of bills .before the . house conmittee;ott;inters'tate and foreign ooan-;.l merce on this subject. ..The committee. to- day" heard ; argumenito," one of ' which is known as the Cattery bill, -advocated by -Louisianii'isf senator out "of . a conviction of. the'-necessiby of national -control. -Another. measure, known as the. Spooner bill, deals -. with, the eu'bject ia,a, more liberal manner - and does not-purpose Interfering with state control. 7 DrV Doty, of New.,Yorki, health-: officer," "the principal : speaker, advocated the Spooner bill,-ataserting "sbabe-conitrol to. - - be' much' more effective .than national.:.. " - DIED FROM HER BURNS. - , BendersonvUle, Feb." lS-Miss Sunofsky - who 'was bo "badly burned- yesterday, died. last-night. She was buried thia ' evening. KINDLING: 30c PBR B'A'RRELL' FULL. About 20 tkUTOM full. At Law's, 35 ra- teen 'Ave j - ' 'i-? K0RT1I CAROLINA GEf.!S. , The rare beauties of nature, so 11 we6I represented' in Western North Carclina, - f - -. --. ,'"-. - - " are becoming better known (every day as people who are better, educated In the for- v matlon and utili of minerals have from v time -.to" 'time horrtt ; their apprec3aticn cf ; these' gems by using them in all kinds ef adornment,". K We" have' decided to close -out some of these- gem's and offer them at "prices that should make" them all sell in a very few -. -. - - .- - .-. ' - days.-. -' . - " '. ' - : -.- we brrnrt: . . --- . One lot or 41 gems at "50 cents each..;" Cne lot of 43 gemot at eO'oent each. - ; Ore lot of 163 gerrs at 73 cent each." One lot of 40-gems at $1.C3 each. Ori let cf 22 t ;1.Cj .:"1. C.'.l. Or ? i;t cf 5 Gcr-5 ct ;i.:3 c :h. ' . C- liter's c:-j at ;:.C2 ci;"j. c 1 1 cf j c ct c-.-. : Oia lot cf 3 r.-iict ?1.C3 ei:h. " Cr s r rj for 53.C3. . L" ONPATTONAV: SrSTcrv:: : c. ohedhtt. : K'BUILDII.a. :.t :rca si :t it: a v..
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