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mm. o Mcn f T4C 1:S oUsfaed throagh' a WAi)t ad. : Free, 'OUteed , tbronsb Iiment Bareaa. ynyw 6txtM want d.iFte Employment fivreta. Vorillr.No 39, ASHEYtLLE, Jf. G, FMDAY MOEMNQ 1IAECH 25. 1898. 1v, Price:5 Cents. ; r OESTREICHEMCO 28 soumMAB ST. SArt Waists. : , It is not often' that yoji have the opportunity to . make your selec tion from such a large ' and com plete assortment of Shirt Waists is you find at our store. , Every garment is this season's produc tion; made and finished ; by the best makers, from the; newest and nobbiest materials. French Ging hams, Zephyrs, and Madras cloth are most prevailing:' t-r t - Prices 50oto$2.v - Muslin Underwear To be handled by us must be of good material, latest -patterris, and well made at a clean, ; first- class factory! Our large? line of these goods fill the requiremehtsWcdup led with the very lowest : prices, is it not to your interest to V purchase them of us? ; : " , . The whole store is. teemin g .with the latest novelties, in , Belts; Bib bona, Glo ves Ladies! I NeckwB'Rr Collars ahd iuS8f vFstney and Black Cotton Lisle and , Silk Hosiery, Fkncy and Black Silks and Satins, Spring Jackets, Tailor-made Suits, Tailor-made Skirts. : " . f 7 ." ' Exclusive" styles in Novelty Dress Goods and Trimmings. . - Pleated Liberty Silks in solid colors and figured.' , ' ; .. f - .Wje, also offer you (nottoo eafl in this beautiful climate) the latest; most select" and -elaborate line of parasols: It is treat to see them.' 4 Slnc6 brevity is the "soul of iwit" and tediousness the t limbs and outward t flourishes, I will be' J brief. Gur Banana Brand Hams j the Gold Medal at ; tion m 1889. 6. A. GREER, t iusi an lueu..... A fresh lot ?.of our famous loose roast Coffee we sell 20c. per lb. ; Have tried it ? vou PnnilccIStcrCjf ne 49 'A Yf 10 llcrriaon Ave. v- v.- .. r : - mm. EXCITEMENT at men pitch , .' ;- ' ; : - v . .. ;- '. - ? ;. Most Radical Steps inJVuti- cipation of War." - Orders foIediate'' Ship . ment to Seaboard ; ; Of Troops and War Material From r all Ports East of Denver- : - Steam Tahts Purcliased fbrtlKcket Duty to Guard Warsliius. . V The Maine Report Reached Washing ? ;v; ton Last Night- lUYill be Delivered to Senator Long . N Voday.: Statement that the Reportby Inference Points to , Spain's Responsibility 1 for the ' Maine Being v Placed Over the Submerged Mine The Presf' dent's AttiWdeAnxious-That a Way, Will be ' Found to Avertjhe Horrors of War- ''- r' ' - t ' ' ' - . - , - Was'hiiB'glcra', IMiarcIi 24. The Maine re port reacihedi Washtogtoa .toalght, and will - - , ' ' v. - Tamate 4a ihe ipoeBession - of ? liiieutenant 'OamffTta.ndir ;!Mairix, "tiie (man wiho ibrouight it, ixntil 'tomorrow (morning, 'jvih.n It -will be dlivredr to Secretary iLong. ; ' SITUATION THREATENING. - -' " --i. -i " . :" Waahiagitdn, Maaxl" 24. Regarded 'romi any View point the stboation itonihit to erhical tbo"the utmost -degree. , It is" more fhreajCenlrrg tiianrat any rtime since the Maane.nwas iwown -up iThe coming ,df the board of inquiry's report, the announce inenit of .newaval commanders, the. order- tag of troops leastard, orders to increase the navy, all kept excitement ; at the highest pitch. The growing-jfeeling Hiuring the day fofehd veait tn Thurston's dramatic speech' in .the sena-te. At tomorrow's cab inet ; meeting . the president ;, will submit the Maine report, 'which was given ito Sec retary Long tonight. ' . I There is authority lor isaying ,tbat th$ president and official fcnW now as fully as; they will rfcnow tomorrow the findings of . .the" count . and rthe remarkable activi ty in the army and navy is undoubtedly due to that knowledge. . . " 1 - - - - 'i At a oonfferenoe of -administration. offi cials mid influential seoJatora the momeiit ous information --was v-disclosed showing J that the arrangements' made to -send the report to committee might "anlscaxxy "when tho ' findings - of the ixsourt -would be . known. - It is now known Ihe report "will find the iMaine was -,-wreciked - 'by an out side explosion and that, "while the'. court does not directly implicate Spain, -th lan guage of - the findings, howeveTr is- uchf in the part 'wth iregara to s tne : iresumony showing hoV the Maine happened to be an- chored at the particular spot, whore the ex- plosion occurred, as to make plain the in ference that the ehip, was placed there , by design. ,- . y - z The ' pisi dent', attitude oh "Cuba will depend. on the . report s of . correspondece with the Sagasta ministry, with the idea, of touring (practical, -it mot actual- inde pendency for the, Cuban people.. It is un derstood -no reply ' has yet been reoeired from Spain: tthat can-- be accepted aa defin ite, "but McKInley is still : hopeful that Spain will bow to the , inevitable and ac cept the chance of .escaping - a ddsastrous 'war by relinquishing control of . Cuba,' re taining ; only , nominal sovereignty It is said Judge Day is mot o hopeful as the president ' of the acquiescence by '.Spain in this proposed policy,- and that he 4s in clined to - believe -,that dir.eot7intervenition is the only - course Hhat can ffeotually free Cuba tand meet .the endorsement of tho , E3TABIiI3irTTD 1CC3. mm '. ; .' A Special Private Jnstittfctlbai for thef , -Trsatnsnt of Lues and Throat Diseases. . ' KAI.Il von IHJCK, IX. Medical Director. , . RATT3, CS3.5 PEIl T7nr:il and upward, according to the room selected. In-., dudes everything excepting medicines, which are supplied at cost. - A' cer ' tain number cf rocis are reserved at a lower rate for patients whose finan-' ' ci'al circumstances require tt, and to such theN medicines- are also .included. patients can enter and leave at any time.; Advanced cases. not admitted. r ' T71nyah Uotel.and Canltarinri Co. people. The president, however, is otc a thinks it.iweir to mafce a iast effort to avert the horrors of war. - . - 'v - t i radical'beasures. "i : v - asMngtxm, March 2ilThe most radi cal step eo fiar.in. anticipation -of ?war was taken by the army administraition this af- ternoon. Orders were issued to command ers of all pouts east of Denver calling for immediate shipment to the AiUan'tic sea-, board of all siege, field and rapid Are guns. This js theAfirst step in the general plan to move all troops except those-on the Pa cific Orders lor completing the plan, have been prepared -ievery detail, papers for their executtion needing only the signatures Contracts have 'been matLe wi th all the rail- - - - - - roads so that troops can. got to their new stations within forty-eight hours after the orders have 4een received. - Bythe president's v 'personal direction, Captain t Rodgers, of the auxiliary (board, was ordered, to purchase at once a dozen staunch steam" yachts and togs for picket duty , withj-the . squadron. ' Itodgers tele- giraphed the names of eight yachits and four .tugs-the purchase of rwhich wili Jbe compDecea ;aomonw. vi'he ooats -wiu oe used to ward off the Spanish, torpedo cf aft from the big warships. - FftOKI, BLANCO. Madrid, Uarch 24. semi-official note just-issued says that at the cabinet meet ing yesterday Premier- Sagasta received a telegram from 'Blanco eaying that Ve cap tain- of the (Maine had requested permis sion to blow, ttp the wreck with dynamfte and that permission to do so had been re fused him. - '" ', ',jAi ' - The cabinet empowered the minister of foreign affairs; Crullon, to watch the si'tu ation with a view of seeing that Justice is done in ..defending the rights of Spain. -The oninister : of iftnaDce; declared thajf. the resources were sufficient for ail twar expenses until thej ?hamber meets ; (Th5B note was silent in regard to ' the - Spanish' commissioners (report on the kss of ' the Maine. , ' ' - The Spanish cabinet has decided to cre ate treasury 1 bonds - to the- amount of two r '" ' hundred million pesetas upon the guaran- -ree 'th:.Bank'of Spain;- ;-V TALK. IN THE HOUSE. ,rashingtor (March 24.-vNothing .could keep the (Maine and.Juba out of the ie- ihatd upon ithe- naval .appropriation bill J which began, tn. ithe house, today. . Dayton, republican, of West Virginia, demanded that "this great, enlightened and. Christian' nation should put a stop to the Jxagedyof murder and starvation ln'Cuba,'ano: that the' administration Intervene iwith warv.if necessary,, and secure the. freedom of the island. - Arnold, of Pennsylvania, said the question of Sndemniityv-for the destruction of the Maine could no be submitted to ar Wtfationi, Tate, of Georgia, and Skinner and Kitchen, of North Carolina, also 6poke, and it was agreed to limit the debate to seven hours, ending at 10 o'clock .tomor row, . ' , , . ' . SICARD OUT OF ACTIVE SERVICE. - (Washington, iMarch 24. The navy de partment today relieved iRear Admiral Si card from, jcommaaud of the. squadron at Key West, and appointed Captain Sampson in his iplace.' 'Captain Hohleyv" D. Elvans was ordered to command of 'the battleship Iowa. . , ' ' " j ' It is expected, that Commodore Schley wSH be assigned to the command of the squadron - at '. Hampiton Roads.' (Another ihigh ranking officer 'will be assigned to the squadrons operating !, jointly.'' ISicard has been found - incapable for active service and a" leave of 'absence' has been granted. TRYING TIME FOR M'KINLEY. 1 " Washingbon, 'itancTi 24-The president, who 'was in conference", with ,ecretarlBS Day and 'Long until 2 o'clock this morningr, arose at' 8 o'clock, and was soon after, vis ited by Senator iHannal " -1 -t The greatest (possible Inflnence is ; .being brought tojbear on the president by finan cial and other interests, and these are the most 'trying' moments of his 'rife. - V t: ' ARBITRATE BY SWORD. - ' 'Hiavana, - March. 24. A dispatch r from Madrid, says that El Correo v (newspaper), which7 receives direct inspiration f rom the government, declares Chat on all -'pending questions between the XTnited -. States and Snoin. Spain wont - agree -' 4 .arbitrate save by the sword. - v' GLillifl DARTON Si-. 1 LEAVES GUBA Because of Obstacles Placed in her, Way; 4- - Spanish. Authorities PreVent V : Belief Work. . Provisions sent to .-Suffering Cubans Stolen by Spaniards Miss Barton Will Lay the Matter Be - . . T fore the President. Senator Thufslon's Speech on the Situation in 4 Cuba as l Saw itDefenseless People . Doomed taSIpw Starvation. t ;-.--''"'" . Key West, iFla., 'March 24.-lam Barton has left IHavana because of obstacles , put in tie yr$r & irtOfcei worlr by the Spanish authorities. at , was shown that Spanish officers had ' stolen large quantities of "pro visions and mtnch; food had been spoiled by its: ?Wilfult, detention. Miss Barton is fcoing Washington to', explain "to the president theilmpossibijity jnf relieving the seconceiStrados if such 'things continue. ahiington, March 24,-:enatipT Thur stoqi jELddressed the senate today on the isond3itiott"of airs in Cuba. He said that n cverstatemeat jof the horrors of the Cutoan sitoaflon- was: impossible. "Undetf Ithe inhiiuman policy of Weyler,' he saM,' 'not less than 400,000 suffering, peaceful, defenceless : people were driven from their, homes in the agriouitural prov- Hncs tothe eities and imprisoned mpon bar ren ,was(e outside, of the residence por tions of thsase "Cities and within lines of In- trenchments established; a little wayr'e- ond.- afost of jthese people' were old men,- wbmenl' andichildren. Slow starvation is thelT'tnevitable fate. . ' " ' . ' A eonservative estimate indicates that 210,t)00 -of these "people -nave already per ished from starvation. The government of Spain has never contributed one dollar to shelter feed or provide medical attention for those citizens. There - has " been no amelioration1 of f the ".'situation except through the charity ' of the people of the United States. There le no' relief' and no hope, except through continued, charity of the Anerican people, until peace has been fully restored in, the.' island. "'Spain cannot put , an "end to the exist ing conditions She cannot conquer the insurgets. The . situation, then, is not war. as -we understand it, but chaos, devastation and depopulation of infinite durattion. whose end. no .man can see. "1 do not believe that "the entire Span ish army in Cuba could .stand an engage ment Jin open field against 20,000 'Ameri can soldiers." ,The pictures in American newspapers of the starving reconeentrados are ' true. They ' can ; be .duplicated by thousands. : I never saw, and please God, I ;may never tsee sjgain so deplorable a sight - as the. reconeentrados in . the sub- urbs of 'MatanaaSf' ' WATSOIl DECLniES. ' 'Atlanta, Ca., 'March ,24. The populist ncanination for governor was" declined for mally by Watson today -in his paper,; He says he has' turned from politics, as (his vice .poxdential (candidacy, in 1896 only f - r t ended in his own humiliation. LYONS NOMINATED." ft - f v Washington, (March , 24. The, president today nominated Judson - W. 1 Lyons, of Georgia, register of the4 treasury.1 . H 'r coripouno - "' With Iodides is the' best Spring, Vlledicine ; known. ITow is the best time If 6 take itVlTlie AshevfflierDrug Co's store, East: Court Square and College Street ;is the best place to get - it. . 50c. per bottle. ,r A DA VID WA T,, Manager. ACTIYITY 'OF niSDRGEHTS "Havana, March 24. The activity of ihe insurgents around. - Havana is :, again, very great, Every night. Spanish forts on the outskirts of the capital are fired upon. Colonel lArango has - returned to Havana, again taking command of the Xorcesvi . " , The sudded increase of Ouhan. bands In Havana province is causing-great concern to Blanco. : y" : . v Among- the Spaniards here it is believed that the insurgents, hopeful of war be tween the United States and Spain, are preparing to attack Havana by land, f Jt is reported that over 2,000 -Cubans in arms . ..t. have . arrived in Havana province from Santa Clara. ' SENATOR HARRIS EULOGIZED. Washington, iMarch Resolutions ex pressiveef sorrow for the death of the late Senator Harris, of Tennessee. were offered by Senator Bate, of Tennessee, in the sen,- ate this afternoon and adopted. Eulogies were pronounced by Senators Bate, Qlorril, Morgan, .Hoar, Waltham,, Hawley, Cock- rell, Stewart, Chilton and Turley, and then as a further mark of respect the' senate adjourned . till (Monday next, ' ' BANK FAILURE. St. Paul, Masln24.--Th Bank of Mer- c. : . .-: ' . . . - - . ... - ... , . riam Park failed to open today on account of 'the time check fraud. The bank's cap ital was 450,000, and it is reported the bank invested fn the' Sduthall government time checks to the amount of s- $30,000. GLADSTONE DYING OF O Atf CR AT THEBAOK OF THE V NASAL PASSAGE. VJ T An Operation ImpossibleThe Melan choly Truth Admitted by -.. . " his Family. ' - 'v lcndon, (Marc4 24. Mr. Gladstone is dy- Ing 'cancerous growtils involving the tls- sues at the back of the nasal passagesv-The nxeaanchoiy truith. is now admJitited' privately by Ma son . and1 other - memlbens . of Ms family. An operation has . been -declared Jmpoaslble. The only1 relief is that afford ed 'by opiaites and other palliatives. Pain WTXXiilf S. OLADSTOKB. has continnedi for. six months and although . , . ..... . . . . it 3s somewthat less acute than a few weeks ago, the ' strength and; vitality of the pa tient'e -woniderfiui teonstftution is ' sadly drained. v The end, when it comes, wHS be from failure of the heant's action rather than frora direct ravages of malady, - i It is hardly probable that it will be" Song ' jde ALL KINDS Garden Field Flower : : By experience ; we , know' it pays, to buy , only the best seeds. You will not make a mistake in trying purs.- - ' . 'SI 6CourtSq. t Arch Front. - - ' J j" SNIBER THE TORPEDO BOAT FLOTILLA -- , , . " " . ' " Departure of the Fleet From Canary Islands. : First Act of VAgression on Spain's Part. J ; Discussion of Cuban Question Breaks out in the House- . Sigsbee Refused Permission to 0e- stroy the Maine Wreck, Sampson Succeeds Sicard in.; Command of the . Squadron at Key West-rArrival of Troops ahi . War Material at That Plage, - -'t Washington, "March. 24.h sending t"i torpedo flotilla to waters near the United ' States coast Spain has . gone oeyond the ' cautious policy which has characterized the Sagasta ministry. There is every rea- son' to -believe 'that the government took v steps- oday to ' learn the meaning ' of the , flotilla business. Spanish Minister Ber nabe had a conference with (Assistant Sec- ' retary Day this afternoon1 at which the-; subject was. disoussed, with , what result ; : is unknown. "Spain has,- by allowing the : flotilla to start, committed the first act of v aggression. The news of the flotilla's sail ing i today startled Washington, but Mc- 4 v Klnjey is inclined to be conservative and" is1 not inclined to regard, the act as casus . - belli. Therefore he would not sanction a counter movement of hostile meaning toy ' the .United States, but the defiance thus " 4 ? expressed by Spain .led him. to , order ad-.;; ; ?' ditionaF warirepaTatlons. 1- ": . ... .rrThe news was .xsommunlcated to the 1 president this morning that the Bpamsa. -.p" flotilla had left the--Canary' Islands .lor ' Porto "Rico. COTTOH MILL TROUBLES A, GREAT SHUT-DOWN DISCUSS ED AT PROVIDENCE. No Improvement in prices or Demand tor the Product oX the New England Mills , - Providence, (March- 24. JNotwlthsfcandlng the-curtailment' of the product of the oot ton mills, owing to strikes in several cen tres, -there has been no improvement, v agents say, in the "prices or demand for cotton manufactures. In-, 4he. Providence offices another curtailment -is considered -inevitable. It is known that the. subject" of a' general shutdown is being discussed, ; and, unlesB there' is improvement within -".. the next few months, operatives will 'have another summer vacation. NORTH CAROLINA GEMS, The rare , beawfles of sjtjHre, se well represented . tn Western. Nr1!h' Careltea, ; -'..V . . '.J. - : . . .f Kt - ' 'i .j, :f ." . : r are becoming better knsnm every Cay as " ' . .".-c people wfao are better educated is tine f ' i ' - -mation and utility r of sninersTs hare great time to time shoW their appresUtton of these gems by using them ta All kinds ef adornment , ' We have decided tc close out seme of these gems and offer them at prices Cb&t should make them all sell In a, very i few ''-V- wb offer: One lot of 41 gem at 50 cents each. . One lot of 40 gems at CO cents each.! One lot of 169 gem at 75 cents each. .'- i- ' ' ; ' - One lot of 40. gems at 11.00 each. ' .... One lot of 32 gem si each. Soil, One lot of 5 gems at S1.59 - One Jfot of I gems at S2.M eack.' ,; One Wot 5 gems at S20 HA5eli One. lot of S gems at $4.00 each. Ose gem for $3.C0. ; AETHUR 1L FIELD, ' " LHADHQ JEWELEU, Church street an3 Tatica aTme, Azhe t:::?, 2:. a . ' .4 ".I 4 ' 4 .f ..
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