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s ill nnrn nr.... Obtained v through a gazette wa.it ad." Pree jnplojment , Bureauv ., Xmployment K Bureau. - A . p s 1 1 I I . ' f V.I ' " f --m-, , 1 y - - - -- - l f . r ;; ,j Vol m: No. 32, OBSTREICHER&CO ' 'ff.' Easter Shopping yyr: Is now the order of the day; Our preparations :for an in creased trade are now com? plete. We have pro grand choice of the newest things io be found in the leading mxirkets;-ra6jrrect description of t my noVr elties we offer is simply ihi possible. Come and 'see them. Fancy Silks ?. v R-x d u a i v e tor waists i ihh fledate black rand white effects to the largest fancy plaid8 ; : v I DRESS Entire new; stock of n c ac and r fancies. GVUUb LAn wooi goods from 20c per yard to -the 'finest im ported Silk Cretans at $2.50. ORGAN IF y9u are an ad- . ;f v inirer of textile art DIES vy0ttill find them a purely artistictreat; ; they are also the most correct : thing ;of the Rtyles'to , be in yogne for summer gowns. ;,. -' 4t" WHITE Plain and o gured rnnnc, NainsooksDimities. toUUUS ; tpianes; India Linen Linen Lawns; " White Organdies, several ; qualities, of English Longclotb, etc BELTS Fx-omlOc to.theex: quisitely Jewel-studaed-jat2TSii dainty line thattof nobby Btyles, natcv fit,,! choice and ; elegance leaves nothing to be: desired Oestreicber prices (always right) Caramel Cereal. I A mixture of - Cereals so prepared as to consti- tute a wholesome sub- only preparation manu- actured; !by ! the Battie I Creeli anitmtimyand. J Healthl Fobid ICdmpahy. Z All othera are imita-? X . - UUUOt 6. Av GREER. Ltte Midget pickles 40c Per Qt Sweet Mixed Pickles '7 2hc PerQt Chow Chow Pickles -25c PerQt 4 ? ' - Apple Butter i:, r; 3 for 25c A.1 4 Drr- flr-'l PtT.4- " iuiw ic-a Phone 49 , " - 19 Herrimoa Ave A. younsr lady (formerly wiii Hirlcr, aca experienced la dipping tocm bons, 13 taken poJUonwdth) h Oamdy ICitcSien. Boea and unfii38 -are msude fredh k daily. ,ah atoawQ)ery:end larangd. creams .made B . ASIIEY1LLE, p., THUKSDAY - rm m m iihiimiiimii iimiimi nnn - PRESIDENT' PP.00E!Mir,1E Latest .Statement- Cohcernr ; ing HisTIntentions5- 7 New ;Eevenna Bill May be '4 Sent; to, Congress. TA V. Board of .Inquiry's ' Report Expected v r.Jo beSent in,;Mondav: X 41, losing Work of the Board at Key -Ct West and ;HaVana; j;' : Great Secrecy Regarding the Movements of the Fleet A ; Statement by Senator Mason Breakmg up th Wreck of the Maine. , -' tWIajrfhfevgfton, March' ;-:16 -President Mc- Kioley Unas dedlded upoia a iprograiacae 3ue of. Inquiry Is received,. If It -win state Huat the, explosion cam from odCtsfide as 4t un- doiUibtedly will, 'M'cKlaley 'wilf at once de- mamd. aa diideaiiniity Iroim' Spalau ; H' "will then pronypitly foryard . the teoitot ! ;ttt board to ocxn-greea twditih a Btatamnt of t!he pAspositiaa made to the Spandsib; igaYern- anent fox vrepasratioa. He twill also u!bmlt aconsular report showing the wmdltiwia of Cnlba aid demoast3-atliig the failure of an- toinomy 'Nj action' iby oomgrpas jwouM be adriaaIe or pox)jper, as Hlhe "omly -course Setft Wotiild lie wait until' Spain's irefply wals areiceiived- x A' reasoinalM'e tSme will be giyen tor l,am 'aaiswer to Uie demanld, f and tihe president 4s ihopeful that 4n t!he meantime tjongress will 1 i&re f adjoaimed, vThere is noitMag to keep. either the (houee, or -sen ate to ,Bessdooi1a ;- Joint Tesoltmtlon an nesSng . Hawaii can 1be passed ioon. PROBABLY: MONDAY.: TWashingtonriMajrcii' 16.It -teruaBderstood, liere offctedai: 'ciTcle that.-t2ie Iregfcgrt ,of" the Mafne court orTtmitii..Tu- aw, oe- e levered ta WasJiinjgtoin before Monday next. This information i? probably hasted cm au- 4h.entl5 i?dyioes, "the ource ot wfti'icti can- not be aaeertalned-i; .The Jwardlt'Sa re ported, has completed ;4Ufe '!Wdrk',?Vf tihV the' exception of imaMiig a review of the tes timony. Influentaal Benaiors - and repre sentatives tSave been informed of the fact tihat" the report is locked for -MdniftayV" and they, are assured it wdn esstaWteto'tlie fct oL an. outside explasion, aliouigh ' adinft-' ting the fact that tbeimoslMty o Jbe fixed dliTectly uponSpaln the president will claim chat Spain ja .legaMy responsible through :4 conm"Sutaryvnegen!ce-. for- ttoe destriKtiott ,of the bttesdpj -r' M ; ' THE BOARD OF ENQUIRY, V i Key .West, March ,16.--T!he Maine ; boand of Inquiry returmeki from Havana t this morning -It' ia autihbrltatively sftated that the board rwlll continue to eesslions , f rom day to day here in order ifio (gbvoarefuliy over the large amount of evidence before it The board wiTll Wot, dit is miid,egtn't6"forv' inulate its Tepont or eome day- yet, (Some of the eurvivtog offlcew j&x& Maine are to be 11eflibeftallb6Hl' foV'inttlher examination, and-it Jrf not 'impossible-' that the board will return, to Havana onoe more ..-is - - - to fua-tlier verify certato. de tails, u - j i kSreater eecrecy is now mnitaideL, in re gard to ,.the unovements of the SkeftUbm. ai any: "time rfsnoe tt trouble- bgdiuIt to imposelbil to get anyone Sn autihoty jto tell anything about even o email a matter as the trip-" of a torpedo boat .to . Dryx Torfcu-gakt-It te-eurmQeed that alt tihiPs' ctneams still "further (paepairtait'ioaV for ? am.''. emerr gency. ' . '-' . !;- MASON'S STATEMENTr - . ' Waslbiington March 16. Senator . iMaison. !has - givea out the followlag signed js'taite- ment: - , .f . t - WMucb,s but not all, depends upon t!he rei port" of tihe board of '.Inquiry". " 'It may: free Cuba (without war.; The Maine disasiter is a separate matter. .; If it i an accident , iwe ought toot to ask an indemnity ; If it was blown up - from the outside we cannot in ihonor demand a ' cash! dndemnaty. The KS ESTABLISHTJD 1CC3. fi mm - w - t s J a Spec2-1 Private ' " ' v r y Treatasat of Lung v: " - - yon lAUUlV. 1 r vwm -iricKTC and 'UD ' eludes 'everything excepting ineines, tain aucmiber of rooms are reserrea a a iower am w, im--v cial clrcuimstances require it; and ta such : the medicines-are also eluded. PatSemte can enter and leave at aay time. Advanced cases not admitted. . , I, . ','-" , ' - ' V7inyah Hotel and CanitAriuraUo. Spanish flag wauM be (humiliated y ydeldr Ing, territxxry, mot to us, Ihut .to CuJwui-v Leaving the (Maine, out fwe have suf&telent reaisona for denwidiiig tihe freedom of Ou 1. .There need be cto war if tihe Maine to cident Sa eMmdnated. Xila wtll te free of itself i C. W grakt belligerent 'righlts. W they icaiiL trade witih us, borrow jmoney,' make eeainen eatflon instead of iittrate nd pendence of Ouiba wtll alye the que-, IS THE PRESIDENT WEAKENING , News York,' Mardi I6, A k Washfagton rpecial tbtihe (Eveming.WorMLeays: 'Pres ident: M!cKnley- is eeemlngly 'weakening before the money powers The . impreaadon la growing tbat we are going to 'ha-e:peace if w Jhve to crawl "on our knees before Spain to iget 4t The ,peace-at'y-pice, erowdjhas apparently xptured iilm. There is now .un2iappily ample reason to look for a f ulfijlmen t of the deep-rooted voStsgh Ins aa to the form in which the president will "intervene': in Cuba, -y i , Theutteraince of Gteneral Groavenor, in wthiclh says there will be oo'war- 'witlh Spain,' and t!hat . ihe ' befle vesf " that 1 Spain will, make compensation it she 5s iliabJe tor the Maine dfeaster, i now accepted as tn spSredJto$t!he xresfaent. ' - ' "- BREAKING UP THE MAINE. 1 i Havana;." Mfardh 16. The sudden ure of Che Maine court of Inquiry, has, givr en iise .to all sorts of commenit nere. It was geerapay believed . tihat tine iowa would . ,come to take the? imembers of the' court back. . " - . K a-Sjj.- ' . v vTne-meni at -work on tbe wreck- are now try ins to. (break the hull of the eihop; in - orT der.to be able to remove rtlhe cannon and the engines. - , - : ; f V A NEW REVENUE BILL. " JBrooJdyn Marctfi 16. A WasCiington die patcih to the Eagle today' says that if the more money , 4s, voted: tor vwar 'prepaxat tione a mew revenue tfM - will be put througto, eoavgress." It" da "eaM to be the plan of the leaders to increase itihe duties on tea and coffee and the internal revenue tax on beer and -impose a stamp tax. YESTERDAY Ilf CONGRESS. : TflE'.QUESTIOlT OJ EARLY AD- T'' ... v ; Administrations Attitude on the Cuban il Question Criticised-Speeclies . on Hawaii : Wisbtagl ' 16. Ctenaral " Garos- vinor's declaration4 thatl tbe preeni" has no plan lookdmg to an early adjournment of'oongresa -was a most inttereKtftng, if -not an itmportanit, ooaitrlibuaqai, to the' miiscel laneous dlsxmsslon tihat pceujMed five hours of the time of uae .house today under tihe frjeedom permlLtted in committee of 4b.e wboie on the, general appropriation . Jfl'lL Several democrats crltJieised the adantnis- trattonls attltode, toward andacUnirpon tle'Cu(baa'ques4ilon ?' ' " '" ! V f. Speeches in f avoir, of tihe annexation, of Hawaii were -made by -Adams, v Pennsyl vania,: and Berry, democrat, ofs Kentooky; and one against it Iby ' iWIIEamw,. of JM4ssi sippS. Relating 4x matters in he 'postal appropriation 111, ztomihially. betoore the committee, some time was S coneuaned ini tihe discuiaon xsf theise of. tihe paieumatlc tube system :-A. vote on ;'.tflv passage Nof the toLMs is expected before Jthe hoas ad- " Waslhington,:- MarcK 16.-Speaker , Seed said, today that - congress .wottld; - adjourn by the middle of Aprill , ATjrangemento are makdng ' td that'' end." . The appropriation, bills are well under way ;ntaw and several have attready . passed, The' edict ; has gone sforth Uhalt there wfi-H be no eurirency and river and Jwubor MHs tnor Islatlon ;at fihis ' -term, There Is nothing oongreso can do after passing the money bills' &r iCMbia is sBidetra'cked.'' V , ' y r -J ' ' ' ' " " u-l,-' ' - V; v YESTERDAY IN THE OURTS. J iThe case of -.Rogers .vs-. : Jaorett 3a " still In progress, in tbe suiperior court and will probably occupy all d fto-day if not longer. The -taking df testfarSmy 4as not yet (been completed. 1 , "j : 1-,' ' J - The iHaywood mandamus lease of Tate vs. the J HsommiJssiionera was-itaken up in the af ternoon and atreued at some Jengtih by Geo. H." SmaQrers. . W. -T. "Orawford, for the rixxmanissionerswill begin liis argument at 1:30 to-day, : -A Institution for ttue' - -, and tniroat Diseases. w iaeaici wi-gwr. V - ? I ward, acoordlag to the room selected, in- - which are supplied at xSOst. A cer ilOENING, MAECH 17, 1898.? K)h rr " ' " ' v " V.--.--."-v-...--,.-- 1 . r ? A . I lit LllLITftBY aOlfEUEHTS - r Alger; GiyenPunds to;Pur- chase Army Supplies. Seaboard Air: Line Moving ijrtiUerymen. : ;; :; Alarm in CuM Over a Humored Plan : of Invasion. f Plo Juiced Take Steps Jo Pre- vent it: -v.- LargeQuMtHy of $feelI$5entto NorfWk--Wio-dreder) Arms Factory niwking Day and WasMngton;'1 MarcM 16. The president today decided to grant Secretary Alger's, request that $2,500,000 - of the $50,000,000 approbation Jbe ueed for he purchase of small arms,- anxmunitkm and general ord nance jsuppffles.;. Secretary Alger also ask e4 '$5,000,000 for immediate expenditure on seacoast : defenses and tfiha may Te gran ted, tomorrow, especially IS. tihe naval department i unable .-, to paxrohase war-, spis wWcli President McKInJey i regards as, the first aeedV - The army; depaptanent1 ihas' j ordered a large--quanttity of inoriarprojeotllles Navy .officials are disappointed 'withNthe slow -eiiikrtiment of eeamen and marines JjStriotirequiremen'ts sQiutttaing ojiit . most of 'jthe appllcantSi - - SHIPPING TORPEDOES.. Nerport,"lli J., March. 16. JPhe ordnance breuU: 8tfpped r twenty . WMteihead ; torpe does ff rom43ie - Bliss works, Brooklyn, to tihe -torpedo station there today, -and a slm- Xlar cplasignment will" be made daily." A .basket ot arrfer pigeons from, the train ing sJatSon loft v -aave" been shipped ' to &0oeietlS'La?tft for tihe cruisers tMinneapo list and Goiumbla ' , - - ; F.ARS INVASION OF P0RT0 RICO., J. 4 , v .... , . , Havama,' - MarcJB i;16. i Dfispatones from Madrid and New York received (here, today have caused a great eensation; It . Is re ported tihat the Spanish government, bas learned from secret agents. An New, York that Cuban residents in' tihe UnftedT Sta't-s and some Ouiban- officers, wlho ihave receint ly arrived from Garcia's oampv are plan ning an Jmportant expedition to invade Porto Rico.' Senior' Goiin, Span&sihf minis ter of foreign affatrsv sent to Minuter 'Polo y BernalbeJn .Waehingiton today a long dis- patoh instriSGtiflig (him, according , to the Madrid correspondent t b Ltfd : Dacha, to make all efforts to prevent tttie departrure of eudh an epedQtioo, The oorrespondent in iHavanaiof -the Madrid 'HeraMo sent a -ftispatdh yesterday ; saying that great un easiness prevails on account of the war ttfcsprepttnaUi. :Ufd$eft 3ttates., 1 , THE ST. L0U1S SAILS. V New York 'Mar,- 16.r-rThe American liner St. txxuis sailed for Southanptow today on. her-'restflair schedule The board fore tihe inspeetlbn of auxfliary cruisers has dectd ed that they would not require .the steam er f or armaaneht at preseniL -' V tO RUN NIGHT AND;"DAY..f fv'; fi ew Jtiaven, uoaren io.--'iiae yramcu'w sttsr Repetfd.Arona fJoinpanj: ,ill'.inm,a; part of thetr factory n ; Mght a day ched vde'to fill government orders. ; ; , " vi MOVING ARTILLERY. " :; Norfolk, March 2l6.-:-Sixty-flve tons of ehellsw3!l heliivughit' fiere by a WaisMng ton steamer tomorrow.? They arev coni- At This r -1 , ' " s of the year you " rieed ; something to buUd.youliij), to insure ia healthy appetite, and to bring refreshing sleep ;Then why n'oftry 7 'r Pabst Alalt Extract, the "Best Tonic f tit is at tower i ? 4' of strength to the convalescent and a Malt Extract without' arTequaL; ASHEVILLEiDRUG CO East Court Square and ; College Ctreet; -- ..vv-"-- y DAVID WAY, Manager: Season ;.v-Jvr;-r,:; signed to-the f Port; Norfolk .'m-agt-n The, Sealard Air'jJine Hie 'contract for" transporting , three ;coni panies' of artillerymen ; from "Fort Monroe to points nearer the scene of action, one to Port v Morgan,- near i Mobile; 'one to Porl Caswell on Cape Fear " river, ana one "to Port Tybee, aiear vannalh. .The troops will probably, leave .Port' (Monroe tomor row. '' : '";, ' ' v ; . , . o PICHIGAN TROOPS. : Grand Rapids, Mich.; " March) ;i6.-:-rhe first symptom of war, so ifar as Michigan is concerned, daime ttoday when the state military Aboard received a request from the war department Uiat eadb company r of Michigan iaoops (be divided Into tsquads of eight men, - each in charge v -of - corporals, and that a ooArplete Jtet of - these divisions be' reported JatC once to the secretary of war, thus insuring -i the-oalKng of troops out. In the . shortest possible order FRENCH FLEET PREPARING. (Paris, March. 16. The Aurore affirms that the French-fleet being prepared for mobaizatkxn, adding" that a , feverMi anx iety prevails at the arsenals and ' sMp yards. The mobAHzaticm Ss connected with, preparations to support Russia pj a naval demonstration in Khe far east. . ; v MOVING WAR MATERIAL. . Payefcteville, IMarcihi'16.-4A special train of thirty-six cars,, carrying "waW material. passed over Uhe A'. : 3. yesterday going south, f ' - - WATSON NOMINATED CANDIDATE OF THE POPULISTS FOR GOVERNOR. Middle of the Roaders Control the Georgia ConventionThe Ticket Atlanta, March 1 Amid a wlhSflwindof enthusiasm, "and in spite of naiimerous pro- teats which be (has made, Thomas B. . "Wat son wa (nominated for governor uof,0eor- gia by the populist state convention -to- day t'Monday Mr.1; Watson ,xoade a final leara'tgon'that he vwuM not attead the CbWention"aSaoS3T,aecM Uon, but 2:uegates paJano attehtffon to the afsettioin and the only discordi intfiei THOMAS XV WATSOV. deliberations was n the selection of 'run- Bin mates for Watm. v f The ticket Stards: For governor .Thom as B.-' Watson;' for comptroller, " 'Benjamin Mimken; for secretary or state,' L. M. Jackson: for treasurer, , J. -H... Taylor; for oamfmigsaoner of aCTindtl ' W". Iw Peek; for, attorney general; CJary". Thornton; for the supreme . court, W. R; Hill, prohubl- tfohiist ; Xieakin," repUiWican, and- CLewis, democra't; ,' It. is thooigm Watson ' will accept. The ddle-of -the-roaders :' controlled - the con vention- and platform : Health Is Wealth!!! I BlrtowiedgevHs I power!!! i V .Therefore: rBuy your $ X Hygienic Health-Foods tic " Arch Front;: i .Use the. Celebrated -Kneip:-r-lmedies f .i?s. THomst x 28 Patten Ave. t Take the famous Kneipp Cure over Redwood's,; 7 and 9 Patton Avenue .Ail. I,. , - Price 6 Centx U. S. PHISOH AT ASIIEUILLE - r 1 . ' 4 1 , Matter Favorably - Reported I.-- l m the Senate. ; -: A 100,000 ; Appropriation Provided for Asian , Amendment. to the -Sundry Civil Bui. ; , Prospect that Asheville Will Yinthe 1 . 1 ; Coveted Prize. : : . ........ .x i .. . . .. r z Attorney General Joined with Pritchard ar.d Person in Urging the Advantages of this -City as the Site. 1 jWashtogton,. March 16.-rnendmenis to the sundry civil Ml were favorably re portad today from ithe senate committee on 1 i piiblifo buiild-ings, approprlait!l'ng- 2,000 for the public huildingsat Greenaboro, :N.' C., ' v and $100,000 .for a federal penitentiary near Asheville,- N. 3 The Batter amend- ' ' men!t was offered and urged by Senator Pri'tdhiaTVi, who, was seconded in hie. pro-- V posal too flocate the prison at AEhevflJe by; V a ifavorahle opindoni from .the attorney gen- eial, .' .-; , . i. ... The movemeat to locate a United States ' prjiisooii. In .'the south has been under con- -sideratJion) for eeveral years, and efforts have previously beenrmaide tto brimg the matter ibef ore congress Atlanta has been -a rstpong competitor for . Ithe site of -the pMsonv? but ; the claims, of Asheville have ' "been, strongly mrged by jSenaltor Pritchard . 1 and !Represen'tative Pearson " : y The overcrowdimg ofthe pr-ms at At- .VV.-' bany and Oolumbus is a strong factor In urging the necessity of establishing a pris on Jto -the eoutth, and the :ifki. step-toward'''" this end was. the recent action in utilizing' v 4 a ' , temporary jqjuarters for.Unlteft States oris- - oners ' ',V?. THE EWART INQUIRY. Special, to theQazeite. ' - : ' - t i-V'ij. - A- WasMngitoar,; March 18.-rThe , Bwart In- vestigation 'is. not yet finished, (but it is expected that a report wiil be made with in the neittevr days. NSSasny, of the re- ponts .given 60 the press ! emanate from those who are opposing a confirmation. The friends of Judge 'Ewart, hotwever, are vi ; ..... not alarmed' and coafidemtly expect a fa- vorable report. , A STEAMSHIP SUNK : Went Down'with all her "C3reW After a 4 CoHJsion. - ty- .... ; London, March 16. The British . bark,,, .' Britieh (Princess, was towed Into Lowestoft" ? to-day with her bow stove, she. having' "r ' ''' been in icollis'ion' early this morning with,;, : ' an! uoiknown steamer in 'the .North sea. The steamer was so hadily damaged! that she. ! foundered, carrying down' all hands aboard.-v--'V.4" -,' ' NORTH CAROLINA GEMS. . - , ,v---:, ' : ' , ' ' . ' r The rare iwauties of nsfcure, so . well ? i " ' .".'. '..-..,-:,- represented . to Western North Cartlina, , are 1eooxD4ng better known every -day as people who are better educated in the for- , : mation and utility of minerals have from time to time shown heir appreciation of these gems by using them in all kinds ef adornment. y ' x - . We have . decided tc close out : some, of - '. b " , , these gems and offer them at prices that should make' them all sell in1 a very . f A 3 : ' One tot of 41 gems at 60 cents each.. ;. One lot of 40 gems at 60 cents each. f ', . . , One lot of 169 gems at 75 cents each,' f ' One lot of 40 gems at JL00 each. One lot of 32 gems at $135 each-Soli ;j One lot of 5 gems at $1.50 each. ' it- -t One Jet of 3 gems at $2.C$ each. One.lot of 5 gems at $2JO;etxh."-4olV - One lot of 3 setts et $4.00 each. ' : V . One gem for $6.00. . ; ' l ' AKTHUB " M. FIELD, ' ; "'-V;..' : IX3ADINO JHVTSIJSli' 'f' Chiu eCreet en4 Pattoa avenue, As( - 1 ,4-" . 1 , .5.' W --it-.".'--. .- 1 - x ;: " ----- Tae 110. V ville, N. a . . . . l- 1'".:'.
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