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Vol III: Uo, 11, AGUEVILLU, N..CL, SUNDAY LIOimnr&, FEBEUAEY 20, lO. -Price 5 Cents. i ' - - . . . - ! - i I ll i m. ll JUflllulUiid, and Ci nv.n 2S S. sIan St. Onrbuyer in novzin lloT? Tork purchrcin cur epnng stock of Dry Qzzlz end Mo tions, which shall ccnimrmd our admiration by the inaay ioVelties and choice selec tions. . T7e 7ill alco oCer you splendid inducenibats to patronize us. by ; caving you money on your purchases. Our present stock of ' : Lace Curtains is to be moved ; the follovr ing price-cuts ought ;to dp it. $1.00 Lace Cartains 65c Pair 9Cc" $1,501 $2.00 $2.50 : $3 25 $400 u tt- - J" fTv70 pairs Ecru Applique V Holland JCurtaino. ; regular $5, at G3-50 per pair. : ? ; -J Chenille Draperies at very low prices. Big reductions in all Dra peries, Siliiolines, Denims, Dotted Swisses, etc., Sofa .Pillows at half price. - ; r dOQpS thzt ore "Just as cccd as soziethlns . rte pill, provided you are t satisfied vlth a second t grade article. Osr : - MO - 1 of goods tzr.ds vltlczt a t . .pccr. JYo c7d - cfecf, Clam: h 111 1 Are you fond of it? If ycu tra'we wanti you to try our Royal Scarlet Lr:.a eaia u t is not the best you Lave ever ate we will 1 . refund your money. That's fair, tcn't it? - -' t-- -Price, 25 cemt3 per tl-n. : , tftreototns for aervins Put Ualf a teacup - of bat, .water 'into a eiucepuitt, add the Vhowder, let it come to a boil. If tcr rici . hob waiter to suit, clso inorie ECciS, K desired. Serve Hot with. crzr"-". &7 '"t or breaid: Tii3 Cz" refuj3y and ecientllc-:: T--: - : Beat ingnedent3 tla ir-ct : cooking, Cicpri Ilc-'-lrj. .'PUIffi 1 , p , od payi-1 Wcalars addrer s : j -I 111 A J ii S trcnlioning Gorriccao in Every Port oaths Atten - , 1 ' " tic Ccact. v All, Tfcr Yecc3l3 0:Jcred; to be Prepared For In- r . Crcst'fctip ct All th3:T-,itcd States f.Tivy Yards and 'Washington, FeT). W.While the tifn- -. . . j-n i. - istratixxn at Wasiln'giton has epared no ef- . " - -, v ."- iflort aU'dajr to foster the belief theyaye claimed ' to; hold' (that the. tlofwinkjTsif " -" . i. , j the (Maine was n accident, Presidamt llc- -'- r , - -s r , j - v. -t - Kinley and this adviser 'have (beeusArsable to conceal from the ipu!bli that' Oeai' Miles and Secertary Ixn' with the apprmaf of the pfresidemt, after oonsiAtattton wit2x bim, have been ordering ' the' strengthening - of carrisona in every port at every strategic point aloes: the Atlantic Coast and on the Gulf . of Mexico and sent ordera to all navy yards to prepare all war vessela not yet ready, for instant eerrioe.. . ; . In fact everything is being done to put the 'coutnitry In a State of oMense to Tesdst possible tnvastone and prepatre lor offen sive (operations as well. 1 - " -- . ' ; - Tonight's dispatches "to the Sun from all cities .of the Atlamtic Coast -where exten sive fortin cations - are 'erected sJmw that the garrtsoas .ihave" received" or iera frosi Washington to prepare for all" eventual ities., i v..v. - r ." - In a number of instances garrisona bave been re-lnforced. ' - - " u - If the Spanish" warship- Viscajya bad not been enshrouded in - a fog . as ehe . lay. off Scotland MgbtsMip aill day -today waiting for the weather to clear ber officers witb their marine iglaesee could bave eeen JOO1 artil lerymen amd officers dimbark from a revenue cutter. - . ? v - They -were, "sentr to Sandy Hook sunder detailed officers' - to - man ; ithe - great guns there ' I, whlcih Bit ' a . ' mamient's notice carr be made to rise out - of their IMden" batteries tand - send enormous prejeotiflee : to ea-.'ltt: '-nys'dlreirtlon for distance ot .twelve miles. v "7 -'The' tospedo !boat Jwirt was launched at Newport ttoday. v- -. v tA,t Font Schuyler, on the -Sound, 'Which guards the eastern entrance to NewTork, an engineering corps grilled all day. --, Se cret orders were received. fThe Sound, for deveral . hundTed' yaTda, out' i mined ; with" torpedoes-" - J T 1 ' . ovri ll ef' Point def enees. in the Sound were reiinforced by a detachment of fifty men who came so "unexpectedly 'that -f.axo quarter were avalltable for themi - .A Port Warren; - Boston Harbor . ammunition and 15.000 rounds for the -battery ere ordered. IjAt -Mobile,, Al3L.,: Charleton.andsoavy yard - at Norfolk, - Va. there "wfW-..-today ecjeaes of the greatest activity. Assistant Cacretcry. cf 4 V,Tir?I!eileJohn made a eeoret virrt to Gecretary Alsr. who is' iirat Fortress Monroe. -Both int-peoted the cTsfenses there. , . . , . .-. RAILROAD ir.Tr.OVEr.TEflTS To tall 3 ct tho,-CcTiiiiera's ELepot The Southern: is' to" inake improvements la caenger dcat here, that wm 3d ma'terially to the comfort of the traveling public " r - " , The present building will be"mved back from the railroad fifteen orj twenty feet and sheds will extend from it to the track. The waiting rooms will benefitted, re- fiored tad gener-ally overhauled as will tl.3 c :t "3 cf itis tuiliiri, and tla sur- rc " i- . " r:" -1 tLSed iwlUi mounds, grass And flowers and the lawn" will he kept lnperfect;"orderv ; . Between the. waiting.- rooms "an i; tlie tracks a large wire fence or screen -will be erected and at (the gates will be f laced guards who will grant admission only to person's having tlciets.br pass e frci the railroad officials. " V. " ' Tfc-rushand --crowdWin be avoid? at the arrival of the trdna and the "dan'ser of accident will be lessened. - - -J I Ooatxactcrs will arrive tomorrow and bids will be received ' for " the work to be begun at caca.'-"- - - - " " Atlan)"ta, Feb,'- ' 19.1-Jtev. &ax;2z3, whose : unique evan'elistic methods tave won him notoriety la every Jcti;g, ct iX country, created ensa.tlcri; -ttU 2fer nodn toy announcing hia caadldacy U tire impending' gubernatorial "ccbtest. ' mV Jones .pminiMjs. LpuiiL to full next weeknd.. tfat&UfrV' clans, 'he wRI not'te tl "hicl ..V ; SUBSTITUTE L JtlEASURS 7 GDS THItOUGrttnOUSH 1 t. -' pU.1 j Efforts ;to Amend the BUI Voted : , Dowa-Conference! 'Washington, Feb. 19. Af ter lour days dueouasion the house at : six o'clock tiadgat by a vote cf 153 -to 125 passed the rabia tute f or the Nelson senate baaikretcy bill prepared aaid reported , by the coram! ttee on Judiciary.' : i.f TzX'fi ". Efforts to etrlke out -the features .pro- Tiding for iavoluatary bainkruptcy ian'dcto exclude corporationo from the operations of the -bill, eod to agree to the senate ' bill which, provided only. lor; voluntary bank ruptcy were defeated Iby vdtes of J58:to 139 and 15JT; to 114 respectively. s - v.-: 1A . 'modem by C.Ii'hany cf. New York. t5 limit the cper&tloa cf the 'Li.i itojrers ; was first adopted Jby a yotefbakep by the tellers, but on; vote by . yeas and nays was defeated. ' - - 1 In the lat 3ongress the: house passed subsWitSally the . same : bill providing for both voluntary and involuintary bankrupt -cy by-a majority of 74 votes but at the time the question of including "both feat ures had : ibut 16 martty. The &H1 ,now goes into -conference. :, c - " ";.BAL P0UDRE TOMORROW NIGHT. ; TUa event of tfihe week in' sol:iety oisPcles will fee thte tBal .Poudlre Imiorrow evening alt the Baitteajy iPark hwibdl whlcfli is given as a (benefit to the AshevLUe libraay fllhie 'Btealuaim damda ejamtounced , for : to- mwrTOW-'-eventiBg ait KJenfl worth. "Inn, has been postjponied add the cadets - will attend he -Etal (Poudre insfietoi' - ' ' ' : fThe program constats of a. (ball from 9 to 11; aiad a german, Irom 11 to 1.- (Many tick Ubt haive, Jiready been sold.' .The affair pponulEJsa 01 be .- the Jangeat - of v tlh-e seasomrs . dances. Three Jwsnidired . tickets barve been issued. ,. v .-. Bv soeciial readiest (Mtea OI.'iJ.WestfaU bias carsentied too make ian exhliMlion : for Hie -b!etD!i3t of '.the Orange. Street: school ;at braryi of bier collection pt marine nora.- -v-TihiPi OThlHifltstkMit' as shown. fcoHmorrow and thereafter wail iciffltiaM over 800 varieties of sea. weedi, the finest diepmy of -ita Kind m tbs 'United! Staltes. 1 . - The iroccris .wfU be open IronTlI a. mv w 6 nx mi (Monday. Tuesday and Wedaesday. A'duniise'i'Oli, 3iu!l.ta, 25c; jpupils, ' 10c. - i , Ti:S TC3ACC0 CAHXET. . f , The "ICoOowing ere 'some of the best (sales at the IBanner 'lYIdzy: - - ., ; lA. d, (Bryc-ilt, 01 &la,oasoa--saix ,101s! ax 140.03: 440.00.' 540,00: S39.00; ?27.00; 1950, avercriEfe over f20.00 per hmcilred. f 1 ifiia&y 'Rcherts, Fiat CttieeS: 1A large , averrHLns Over 19.C0 per -hniindred."' The e-'tlre sslc3 xt itheay, avv.--3ea -aoov.. T19-00 per branded. There tJtj uo siles yesterCay It bciz-r CartMireiyc- - ' ' 1 . ' civil zr.v:cz ApparjfcENTs! j - Oc-Hector IIarkis -fc&s seiit to the: vil servlLe 'ccnaml-riSan at Washington the fol Jawimg tDaroes tor appointment , as board of exa'miiners of Laifaesmsal Teyeitfue at' Ashev-ille ami Stiaitestflle: - ; I1' Pres-idtetmt, 'J. G.' Grant; secretary, H 4 s.0piri'"!'fv PsvafianlL-' (P. C. 'Carlton; secreitary, 'Felix J. Axley; aEiember, J.- ni: - iPTfTTniLD 'FKALIINCf. - r rfv, rw rw.:ci3'"oi?ture moul lings, -r raa l--m about t prices tlict ciLaJC -rtT'cat always a vry busy 6 m-a t T.w's. C5 Fatton Av. - l-2 1 . t - I. .r?ctor. . . - j 3 at t: are 3 TT" " 3 3. REFUSED IToCpanich Aid: Desired in th3 Search of the Llaino : V .. . ( i f .' 1 - - j.--- - . " -. . .. 1 t. ,-...' Decision of . the President 1 and TVar and Navy . ; Departments.; - v , :VBrc5jrht un Frem'thi CrCUSr't yP rrom .M3 - Subrrged, Ruins of tha . Warship. -; Washington; : Feb. 19.The news event of the day Washington was the prompt decision of 'the admlnlstratioa to make an independent Investigation Into the disaster to the Maine.- President MoKinley, Sec retary iong md Aestotanit Secretary Day, after a twa hours' conference, decided to cable .to Lee to respectfully but firmly de clare to the Sipanish authorities that their aid to finding what daused the , explosion on the Maine 'was not needed ' and would not be , accepted. The United -States - te quite1 capable. of eatisfyinig' itself whit caused the disaster. V ' v .-a yT- If ' after the -United States investigation is finished Spain wishes to make an. inde pendent investigation this government will have no objection. .- , - -. -. ' 'At the conference . Mr. -Day ..read J a cablegraan -from Consul General Lee :. ait Havaasav transmitting the ' request of the Spanish eftithoritieesiin: ' Cuba that - the Crssiich- officials be permitted ?to Join with our own people- in -maktoganInvestiga-r 4-to Ll3 cttr-3 r-ster to tha Malnepv ' s-. :-wVl.";. iZf " The matter "was discussed at coa-dderable length ' aridT the conclusion .reached, r and Gen. Lee do notified that while this , gov ernment is wiFUing tto afford . the- Spanish authorities all' reasonable "facilities . for cobduottog an Investigation, . yet " It : is thought -best that the inquiry be made iby 7 our own commissioners.. tu ' The request of the Spanish authorities will therefore be,- xespectfully declined. ' K The Spanish authorities f now- take? the view that the Maine is . "extra-terrtfcory" the same as a' United. States legation sit- luated in foreign terrtory.i ' Wfth the Maine i holding "ta sWtus as extra-territorial all doutot as to the work n'the'Vreck is "re moved. The Spanishi minister here: feels assured, - however, that CaptT Sigsbee will extend equal faculties to the Spanish dlv era iso th Insp niay proceed by the two countries together.- . The ' iwartJers of -Havana -- hax-bor are,.of coUtrse, Epafliish territory, "and- same con- fuskmi !fciad' been rotased by the. idea; "that this' ytsr'iydacition over the' waiters-Attached fettso ito the wrack tn- Its presekst helpless odndiiJioa a)t 'the bottom, of 'the -bay. . -It 1P- peans, however, tihtaltj (there .Is no disposi tion ; .tp'extenia,'. this Jurlisdlfctioir to the ebip, amid that the-Spaiiiyh anathtoiritaes xreely as sent to the IMaSne'e being regarded as ex tra territorial and umcteir the tamrectfatJe di-- cedtioni df Cfept. -Sigisbee as the .representa- tlve of the United States. ' ' ti:e r.zQuzsT. . The rehest ofthe Spainftsh -goYernment for ipenmlieeion to examine tho wreck of the (Maine reaidhed the state department last night through the fcllowdng message from. OougpjI Gen'eral CLee: -" AssUtiamit JSecrelary 'IXiy,' WaiC-lngtoa: . ' ""Sissbee ' begins to-flncrraw' wit!h divers esst T, 'm from the UcS.te'd; States to recov er all tsJiies still left tx wreck y of f the Maine as well as prsoaal eff dJta of officers and xoen; and, whatever else X3am be" obr Gained tbiat wuy. .'After that is completed the SpanisU govemmjent would like 'to tiriite with ours in havK? the hottom of hie ship? and harbor In vicinity Joitstly ex amd!ned.' -- - - -(.Signed) - " ' DBB." THE ATJCVER.' . " . i rr&e foriowi.ng is the amswer sent: . . ; ""- ' Washington, .Febw 19. Lea, Consul General, ; Havana: :.--"l(he teovernment of the United .states h) already begun an 'investigationr as to the icaures cif the disaster to the JTaine thrccrh- Ccers of th'e .navy speaially" ap pelated tor that .purpose, which will pro ceed indefxl'tely. - . . - ""This governinienit will afford every fa cility it "can to the Epanish aaflihcrities in whUitevcr invest: jilcn they see t to make upon- itieir part..'-' - -.rj. - ,Sl3nea)''..v-.' '-" "DlW ; o .x .7 r -'.Az&lIczH . Secretary." Llla tts ' c::;.:;l:r ytl'? !:;!. ti cre tted'y a ftr-r i tl3 -lLr--3 in f aver cf 2Ir; l frr"r: 3 f:r the navy, tt's t:rr:r I3 rrtii: : .1:1 rpca tLa C: ry tin the l 'a.!ne ..was t! cim' up Iby external cIes. If the;--o.rcial ''fc3':v,iry Vic-ill '-- t : 1: !: 3 f " : t it! . " t 't!:, 3 5 ..::p'5 r: '" I. : c - hull It Is believed a sentiment will be cre ated in s congress against the expenditure of millions in the coneJtxuctica of warships that may blow -up at any time. , ; . Ti:S KCLCD VICTIMS. 4 Z;', Key . West, r Feb. 19."--The lighthouse steamer Mangrove arrived here this mom- ing trom lla-vana wita .. the following wounded from the Haine: HJward Mattson, B. IL Wilber; J. CJ White, Daniel Cronin. John Coffee, J. II. Bloomer,: Alfred llernis, J. A. Howe, Charles Pitcher and William McGuSra ; Out lot, 26 in "the hospital five have died. 'Eleven horribly wounded r- main in Hayuria. t " .1 : ccr.s ccsies liicovERSD. v. - Bache arrived " this morning bringing two divers. . One diver went '.down' after the j platform buirt over the portion of the Maine where the hole was torn in the bow.i He went Into Capt. Siedbee's cabin- in search "of - Wiuabies but while down: hu I armor was pierced and he was compelled to, come to the surface again. 5 ' , V 'eigsbee found these diver Inexperienced, they being unable to go farther dbwtn than thirty feet an4 Re ordered & more experi enced diver from; Key West and anelectrjc righting apparatus. ; Work waa then jsus pendedC Sigsbee has not yet Wned whether thf explosion was the result ' of accident or design and all reports . to the contrary are 'The search will -be; resumed tomorrow nrkAfk. t4-iTij tiem tmMNi amIm --x.y.; - . Many more oodles were recovered toaay but so mutilated and decomposed thiit rec- ognitlonwas jmipossibie and they will Jbel buried at once. - v , - 'v-- " '. -Tlfany of the' Wnded :who ' have not yet " -r .7 -1 1 - mxrvered 'their eenses .havein delirium been . thinking they, were fired on by guns from the.Spanffish fort and they think" they are manning gnus and fighting Spainf . ' rtw mmili M ill Millllli bVrtiAto m nfJMi.i - - V.Aia thA niflvv "lp(rftTtttnent. i crtlll 4beselsred with -applications: for ;the "return' of ,'the bodies of the. Maine victims to 'the United Sta'tes for Oyurial,: a the'nmtterhas figured in congress, at (may be "well to note .-h,f rw -R'w fr- .Wf irA the opinion that the txKLi&3 cannot be xe moved from Havana. . He has pointed out mat cneir.conaicion ,is eucn as not o per- mit 'removal; tha embalming Is only- im- (perfectly. 'done -in "Havana and that 'i'den- tification of the "bodies in'many casesiis j Sipatnv otf hearing of rthe report of the dis not even'possibIe.This onorninglie tele: trf saiS-ito (a nuimber of "perston- whom graphed that he 'bodies or tne two otneens, . , , , . - , Merritt and Jenkins 'could oot -be found. HBVr ORLEMIS STOKll W&?&irZ CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO PRO i ; ' , FERTY IN THE CITY. - - Factories Unroofed-r One" Church. ' and Forty Small Houses Blown ''I : "Downr. V New-Orleans, Feb. .19. A violent storm swept over New Orleans this morning do - Ing conkderable damage Jx -! property!. Aioewen anu uaairray itumioer - miiis na the Kentucky . cotton press were unroofed and othierwise damaged. One church' and awut iiorty iivus wwiutu - ujr ucSiwi were blown' down. " "iv j - - x , - LUETGERT SENTENCED. ! - ; " . - - Chjicago, ren. is. Aaorpiv- xAieigeri s motion for a new Jtrial bias been overruled . . v . - ... ana ne was xoaar aenuenoea unr j uukw crj xu m imsswuwuiu- Application to supreme court for super sedeae and new trial will be made at once. sr:; kill s::ijt DS'.va. ' - " " Bwannaisoa,- 'W ;., eD. ine arge saw antiai of te vr m." -WEkSnison nxurrxtnotryfir :WivH Lurn vkMMf oivvla v. Vt ffimwim - : """" . nutaoiber of nen out of work. ' - ," .Over:.Stockedj ;.; X We are not " " - 01 overstocked on s Crcr.m Corn..;! The trouble is, we cant get ! enough to carry us' through V the season, but V. hJlt Ve have- iir' r . ve are bum lur - , . 1 12 Cats a Can. .... Don't izll to, try it; ycu J S !:rowv.Iiat to-, buy nczt cca- a 4 7 ' i V'cb'J ftELEGED"'-- : EV.IDEN6 1 That the Havana Horror Was the Culmination " of a plot. ; : Discoyery of Suspicious In- ucidents tTiTat Preceded the Explosion. Assertion That Spaniards- in Havana Verc Expecting tha Dis- : r aster. ttlajvana, Feb. 19, via. - Key - West.The following in wonnection. with the blowing lMtoe ,dewlPed: j nhree Vbays before the explosion a 'boat containing three Spanish sailors was sees I rowing firomt the 'Majchma In the "directia of the Maine. - The Spanish .sentinel of tie 'Maohina .wharf challenged them. 'They stopped, &nie ashore, and1 af ter being, fls- OUr Were rek8ed' - ". - .- gare w satisflactory:.explaniation of : their suspicious actdons. b boaUwith two persons on board which I - . I wasi igotog from! tUawama to the Regala, 00 1 ; interrupted hy: a, wire which seemed to oome from a uvtZbOoiL of.the Maine, The - , - - nara, whose niames are kept secret fcr 11 report' te faou .t j . to e-, mVestigaite the iMair 1 ' j-- - . - - ' " 1.! . ' ' iA:-.-SpafflPjwonm. recenifly .nlyeU from -' - ; ' - - - , - j she eupposied were all' Spanlarda: r- I - ;. . . :-: "iSo iCne 'Jaaine has been.' plown up. .- No JMown up. . - - ' , ' ' . - -- - - - - - ' Another -uspi'ckxus taciderut is itifrat a few secorfda -after : 'the . accident several Spatn-' iards Arom ad'istantt part of the city all !v tsa'Jd: J '.."That is the .Maine whfoh has been bio vn up. fantos ' GfuomianI'repreentatfve: of ... the -1 Spamdsh consititaBtioniail undon, was at r his I house In Cerro entertaining some .friends. J Ae soon as he heard, the explosion he saiid: , -"I ues that is the .boat that has blown ..- - - - The disaster bas been the" cause jpf great - rejoicing among the Spanish amd many boi-! tUes of chaunpaigme have been opened in Havana- to r celebrate "the killing of - the 1 ftrnjerioans.'- ' - - ' ' - L4l .despa'U. froffi Diario 1 iMarama says: t,,jj;i 'isiacionaa, tne organ ot jGenerar Weyler, constantly refers to the jblowtog up of .the Maine .wHthraut express- 1 fajg aaiy regret that the disaster occurred. Pinnni rinni irm Rtrrs 1 ;-r,-r: vn,wB.imn Mk.i.i .The -rare .beauMe of nalbure. ma Pweo ted ' to Western North Cartli are becoming ' better known every day as I people who are better educated in the fo- mineral have frcn time to time shown their appreciate a - 1 - - - , these gems by using them 4n all kinds f adornment. - ' .Wer have deefded - to cloae ; out some cf these gems and offer them at prices tlat I should make them all sell in a. very - few - WE OFFER: Cne lot of 41 genus at 50 cents each. lot of 40 gems at 63 cents each. H One lot of 169 gems at 73cec:t each. I , " " One lot of 40 gems at J1.00 each. One lot of 32 geens at JZa es.:h. C:! !. One Jot cf; 5 gcru ct Jl.C) c :h. oca 1st tf s j tt ;:.cj c-:X On lt S c3 at 2.: 3 c .-. Cr: ;:t t! S r;:-T at J1.C3 e'z:!:. . - - - Oni far f 3.C3. ONPA.TT H.c. cirr
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