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28 SOOTH MAIN ST.
Special Bargains.
Trunks
have not r chived the pro
per space in anr advertising
too many othfcr things were pres
sing, but We have the trunks all
right, in all sizes and qualities
from the lower grades to the
finest in vestiation will develop
the fact, but we sell them for less
than what is usually considered
cheap.
Dress Suit cases
solid sole leather with
brass lock and trimmings at $o
.and $8 wirth $7,50 and $ 10. '
Umberellas Re-covered
While you Wait.
and not wait but a "?ery
short time either; the best and
neatest method ever patented.
Covers from 75c to $2.50 put on
free f charge. (
Underskirts.
Black Sateens from $L to $1.75.
" Italian Cloth from $2 to
Fancy Silkatines from $1.25 to
$2.25.
Workmanship and goods the
best. K
Style ot Knffles the Latejfe
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Special.
1-3 White India Linon 5 c.
Or piece of 25 yds, for $1.
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! We are
the only
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t Asheville
T Handling the famous Red- T
T land's "Golden Poppy Navel x
Oranges." 1
The finest, handsdraest, i
heaviest juciest and most de- 1
T licious oranges shipped this
year. I
Don't make the mistake of X
comparing these with "fancy" 1
Navels. There is only One T
Golden Poppy brand, and T
we have it. X
6. A. 6REER.
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Mens 28-Inch Self
Gtosing Umbrellas
at $1.50.
We carry a large stock of
UMBRELLAS
Ladies1 and Gent's Umbrel
las at . popular prices. Um
brellas recovered while you
wait.
J. D. BLANTON & GO.
39 Patton Ave.
VOLU
Quick Respo
Hurry and Bustle in the
Armories Th: oighout
the Country.
WhoIeRegiments Under Arms
Waiting for a Chance to
Volunteer.
Maryland the First State to Mobilize
Her Fighting Men
New York, April 26. The president's
call for troops, according to dispatches
received tonight, has met a hearty re
sponse throughout the country, and in
many states whole regiments are under J
arms waiting for a chance to volunteer.
I The governors had everything;' ready
for action, the only thing needed be-
ing the official call.
Maryland claims the honor of being;
the first state to send volunteers into
camp, her soldiers being" in camp be
fore sunset this evening and can be
ready to start for the battlefield to
morrow. The entire national guard of Ohio
are under arms tonight in accordance
with orders issued this afternoon.
The Illinois governor was prompt In
issuing orders for mobilization, and the
Pennsylvania militia will all be in
state camp before Thursday.
Preparations are making at Sea Girt,
N. J., for an influx of volunteers.
CONGRESS DECLARES
THAT
President Signed the
ning The War Began on
April 21 .
Washington, April 25. Prompt response was made by the house to the
recommendation that congress declare a state of war between the United
States and Spain, by unanimously passing a resolution declaring that wa
exists between the said countries, andhas existed since and including April
21, and directing the president to use all his powers to carry the act intoef-
feet.
The senate in executive session passed the resolution without amend
ment, and, at 6:18 o'clock, the president signed it.
The house pent the rest of the day in discussion of the Young-Wise. con
tested election case from, the second Virginia district, a vote oti which will
be taken at 4 o'clock tomorrow.
The army reorganization bill was passed by the senate with some amend
ments, necessitating conference. Conferees were named by both houses.
The senate also passed the naval appropriation bin, after some debate on
the amendment for the government armor plate plant, which was voted
down.
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the mmm
A SpedsJ Prfrate
Treatment of Lung
KABL von RUCK, M. D., Medical Director. ;
BATES, 2 50 PBR DHCKK and upward, according to Che room selected, in
cludes everything excepting medicines, which are supplied at soft. Acer
tain number of rooms are reserve at a lower rt for patients whose llMfl
cteil cirouimstances require it, and to such the medicines are also toclnded.
Pataenite can enter and leave alt any time. Advanced oases net admitted.
Winy ah Hotel and Sanitarium Go.
ASHEVILLE, N. 1, TUESDAY
NTEER
Connecticut is ready as are a bast of
others.
In but few states- has the apparent
slighting of the guardsmen by the fed
eral government's ignoring' their pres
ent formations and officers been any
chectt$b the outburst of loyalty. In
Georgia Governor Atkinson wishes lit
keep half of each regiment at home
and recruit the other half with volun
teers, but the soldiers object.
The Banpire state will respond nobly,
not only with military but volunteers
of untrained men. All over this city
recruiting stations have been estab
lished 'Where "provisional companies are
forming.
People Injured in a Mad
Rush to Escape From
the City-Food Pri
ces Advancing.
Key West, April 25. Members of the
family of British Vice Consul Arturo
Rostugui of Havana, who are leaving
Cuba on a British stemship, report thai
the appearance of the United States
blockading fleet threw the city into a
panic. -
rush ,of men women
and
families to the interior resulted in a
scramble for the Mariana train In
which several were injured.
Outgoing trains from Havana are
crowded. Extra trains were run out.
Transportation is insufficient. Food
prices are going up: The city is full
of soldiers and volunteers.
SHERMAN RESIGNS.
Washington, April 25. Secretary
Sherman's resignatitn was tendered at
a special cabinet meeting today to take
effect at the close of business thisraf -ternoon.
The reason of his retirement
is impaired health. His resignation is
in the form of a simple note. v
It was reported that Secretary of
War Alger and Secretary of Navy Long
would tender their resignations today,
but the rumor did not materalize.
PANIC IN HAVANA
WAR EXISTS
Declaration Last Eve
miimm
tastiWOw for the
and Throat
MORNING, APRIL 26, 1898.
vervw
ter Cuba.
Four Thousand infantry and
One Thousand Cavalry.
First Call Sent to the Gover
nors lor lolanteers.
North Carolina Will Cohtrib
ute Two fiegiments of t
Infantry and a Heavy
1 'J.
Sampson Will Secure a Landing
Place for the Troops Then the
Txas Will Deliver Her
Supplies to the Star
ving Cubans.
Washington. April 25. Orders have
been issued by the war department
for the organization of the first mill'
tary expedition to Cuba.
It will be a comparatively small af
fair for the purpose of protecting the
landing place and base of supplies on
the Cuban coast. Under the orders
sent out the division win be composed
of four thousand infantry from Tampa
and a thousand cavalry and light artil
lery from Chickamauga park.
The Red Cross steamship Texas, on
her way o Key West, will be the first
vessel to land- at the protected base. A
point on the north coast of Cuba has
been selected and Sampson has been
ordered to secure a landing.
The eall on the governors of the
states for the required number of vol
unteers was sent this afternoon from
the war department. Georgia is asked
to furnish two regiments of infantry
and two light batteries; North Caro
lina two of infantry and one of heavy
artillery; Virginia three regiments of
infantry; Tennessee three of infantry.
The militia regiments are not ordered
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there are all khms. We
keep only the good kind.
Your choice from an
excellent assortment for
i
and your money back if i
not satisfactory.
WAY'S
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East Court Square and
College Street.
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I out as organizations at all even for re
cruiting as volunteers.
rne recruiting officers will be sent
to receive enlistments as individuals,
members of the national guard being
first considered, and after the troops
are recruited they will be ordered to
the state rendezvous and formed into'
regiments, the governors naming the
regiments, the governors naming the
regimental officers.
NORTH CAROLINA'S QUOTA
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Governor Russell to Issue the Call
for Volunteers Today.
Special to the Gazette.
Raleigh, April 25. Officers at head
quarters say tonight that they now be
lieve tbe North Carolina troops will be
mobilized at Wilmington, as it is the
governor's view that while being in
structed they can aid in repelling an
attack on the coast.
Governor Russell is tonight prepar
ing the call for volunteers. It will be
issued tomorrow. s
At 6 o'clock this evening the govern
or received the presidents call for
North Carolina's quota.
Later Governor Russell's order to
be issued tomorrow will designate
Wrightsville, near Wilmington, as the
point of mobilization for volunteer 3.
bMajjor:. M.. Hayes, United States!
arny is designated as the regimental
recruiting officer, and when the regi
ments are complete he will muster
them into the United States service.
TENNESSEEANS PROMPT.
Chattanooga, April 28. Tennessee
promptly responded to the call for vol
unteers. All over the state there was
hurry and bustle in the armories anc
this afternoon the streets of Chatta
nooga were filled with guardsmen.
The troops will be mobilized at Nash
ville, Memphis and Chattanooga, and
all will then be sent to Chickamauga
park to be turned over to the govern
ment.
totne r
OST TERRIBLE
OF ALL WARSHIPS
The Dynamite Throwing Vesuvius Sails to
Take Part in the War Wha:t
She Will Do.
Newport, R. L, April 25. The pneumatic gunboat Vesuvius sailed this af
ternoon, presumably for Key West, under imperative orders.
While here the Vesuvius was supplied with one hundred shells, loaded
with dynamite, and her tests have demonstrated she is a terrible engine of
destruction. A single shell dropped on a battleship means the total an
nihilation of the vessel. One of the gunboat's chief duties will be to open a
way for the passage of our warships into a harbor mined with torpedoes, wh
ich her shells thrown from a safe distance will cause to explode.
A FACT !
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t Teas sre steadly advancing
t We have a large and fine
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not advance for some time.
1 Our importer says we handle
as fine grade of TEAS as is
brought to this country.
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Advertiser
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Value of
The Gazette'
Circulation
In Asheville.
Price 5 Cents.
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ChaDge in Strategic Plan
Arranged for Sampson's
Squadron.
Some of His Strongest Ves
sels to Come North to
Guard Atlantic Cities
From Spanish At
tacks. Auxiliary Warships to Take Their
Place in the Blockading Fleet
at Cuba. i
Washington, April- . "gfe
the strategical ian arranged for
Sampson's squadron, now blockading
Cuban ports, has been decided upon.
Its execution is to depend upon the
movement of the Spanish squadron
now concentrated at Cape Verde isl-
The new arrangement, which wiUl go
into effect as soon as the Spanish fleet
leaves a reasonable period, provides
within a reasonable pjeriod, provides
for the withdrawal from the blockad
ing squadron of six armor clads 'under
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
! NORTH CAROLINA OEMS.
The rare beauties of nature, so well rep
resented in Western North Carolina, art
becoming better known every day as peo
ple who are better educated in the forma
tion and utility of minerals have from
time to time Shown their appreciation of
these gems by using them in all kinds of
adornment.
We have decided to doss out some of
these gems and offer them at prices that
should make them ail sell to a very few
days. ' - ' i
WE OFFER: t
one lot of 41 gems at SO cents each. f
One lot of 40 gems at 00 cents
One lot of 100 gems at 75 teemU
One lot of 40 gems at $1.00
One lot of 32 gems at 1.25
One lot of 0 gems at $1.50
One lot of 3 gems at $2.00 each.
One lot of 5 gems at $2.50 each. Sold.
One lot of 3 gems at $4.00 each.
One-gem for $6.00.
ARTHUR M. FIELD,
LEADING JEWELER,
Church street awl patton Avenue. Ashe
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