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TAXATION
Washington Feb. 25. -The President
wHjay sent in the nomination 61 Wil
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I f -T J MAKE ROOM, j 4
I - Mr. Oestreicher is now in Wew.Tork
f-'ttjiujg the b.sE aud largest stock he
Ctt&B itxvT offered to the A sheviiie pob
.Ho and sends instructions to mafee
; jrbom f er his purchases. In order, to
f -tJutrrif nnt. i (ipkp. we must make tellintr
.rftdur.tinna all over the liousc.
Dress Goods fall under the first
-jtHow:
Booie tplendid values in fancy and
mixed weaves, very-low to close out.
C Plain and fancy effects in black, at
. Hocfe Bottbui figures. . '. -
Lighe shades
outings.
in flannelettes and
Standard . Prints in new Spring
Style3, 3c. Indigo . B ue Prints" ac
S4c, worth 5c the world over.
' Big Drive mWbiteCounterpanefl,
White Goods, Domestics, Table
-Good& cheaper than ever heard of
See dur offerings for" Monday and
."Taegday. I
OESTREjCHER MQ.
SI Pulton Avenue.;
Hubbard's
brated .Rusks, un
rivalled for excel
lence of quality.
The best food for
infants or invalids.
-Made in Glasgow
Scotland, ann sold in
Asheville o
S3 Patton Ave.
; 48 West College.
GROVII PERFUMERY
: HATSUK1TA,
. V10LETDEPARME,
CRAB APPLE,
J W ill retails these odors at
50 cents per bottle
Monday, ,
STicsday '
and Wednesday
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This.is ia' the original 1
ounce bottles, i regular price
?c cents; T Will iiot sell more
than one .bottle to any
.person. -
yone
HE1UITSH &;REAGA!I,
v;- Druggists,
Church Sk and Patton "Ave.
Phone 132 when jn a hurry , for Drugs.''
nly
by
Deorulede s r Attempt
rto Lead an Attack!'
1 on the Ely see.
His Appeal to General Roget
- to Advance on the - -v
- Palace, : r 4
Other Prominent Generals
Asked to Join in
the Conp.
Fame's Death Demoralized ke Con
spiraey that Had no4: Yet
; Been Fully De
veloped. IafEa Oable Despatch to the Gazette-
Paris, :Peb. 25. There is good reaeom
on th whole, to coagTatulate France
upon the manner in which . she has
home toerself . durimg the test of her re
publican dnafriiutioms-. There is :io ln
er much doubt thartr Faure's death de
moralized the plot not yet fully devel
oped for the overthrow of the republic.
One of its members was insula enough
to aittempt .to: carry it into execution
and " the government now possesses am
ple documentary proofs that appeals
had been made to prominent generate
to join' 1n Gie coup d' etat, '. ' ,' ' "
jWrouiede'a attempt to' make it p-
jie' 6 acfted without backer from the
outside of -France would make him a
aunaitlcjb'ut though he.ii a load-mouth-1
ea inounte'DanK ne is py -noi cjeaBS-. an
utter fool. Yet, after- listening to eulo
gliee" of th&'Sead" President, ho suddenly
placed-himself at theside of. Cenesil
Tlogetr who was leading severxl
.Tfrer,'a.Ed! snouted: "On to the Ely
see." ' ' . .
'"Wlhen Tloget turned 'to go into the
"barraclcs Deroutede rushed forward,
saying: "This it? ""not" the way to the Ely
see, general; keep on straight."
Hoget's denial "that he lieard Deroul
ede saying anything about marching to
to the Elysee la incomprehiensiblet u
There are proofs also of attempts to
Induce Roget "wltlh other generals to join
the plot. I don'ft pretend (to know the
nature ;of his response, tout it is incred
ible hat two deputies at the head of
the revoluttoimry organization alhould
rush suddenly to a Strange gjeneral on
the street wtth wtoom they Irad no
previous understanding amdVexpect liini
to start a revolution. - on. the spot.
Neither the government, parUaumenit nor
any pubilican'aji accepts for a moment
?his mad-maa theory regarding Derol
ede's and Herbert's conduct- 's
cxwiducit.
THE DUKE OF ORLEANS,
All fche 1 new' evidence tends to proye
there was a ptot. A loaig Maxtfcle 3s
pu-Mfebed iJonight connectiiig the Duke
of Orleans and certain gewerafSs with it.
It is also reported 2JurliMen will be re
placed as military governor of Paris
by General Biguet, a' frtend of IUDet.
The method ot proceedinjagainst De
roulede -and Herbert has not yet been
decided. Xfc ts probable the Dtrtof Or
elons will take Tefuge in Switaewaatd;
JTor trdat bites, bums, inlolent sore
eczema, sion ccrsease.:- ana -especi'iy
Piles. DeWttt's witca Hazel ssaave
stands first asm best, Icok out for dis
wwst oeoDle who try: to imttate and
countwrfit It. It's their endorsement of a
pttxl" aTticle. -Worthless goods are jtdt
imitated. Get De WfEfs- Witch Hazel
Salve.-7-Paragon Pharmacy. -L
Money saved ts money made, and you
vn save money by eromg to jvirs. j. a.
Johnson's, 27 North Main street, for your
furniture. - . "." ' .; . '"'. ... 5 3
km drns1ts rwfnntf tin monev tf It fall
to cure. - 25 eentH. Tb gemuliw has Ij.
BcQacJh taWet
" A SpeolarPrirate Institution for the'
- ; Treatment of Tung and Throat. Diseases.' ' v Ck-:-
H V ' t KABI vonHUC&j if. D SIedieal Director, -i , .
SAT.BS, $22 5Q per wee and upward accorditix to tb room selected,
Includes everything - ep ting medicines,-, which, are -supplied at cost. . A
. certain' number. 0 "rroms are .ra erved at a lower rate tor patients whose
.financial circuma'ances require it and 'to socb tbe-medicine are also in
cluded.' ' Patients can, eater and 1 ave aay time. -A.dvanced cases cot
svamittecL -, : - w
Th3 Subject Takes ar New
Tack in the-House.
A Vote in Committee of the
Whole twstaining
the Tax:
Beiolntion tha i the Railway Commis
sion Shall Estimate the Value of
Railway Property ' Based
vT on Earnixigs and
r - .vo" is.-. Franchuies.
Special 16 the dazette.
Raleigh Feb. 25.--The. graduated tax
on the gnosB incomes of railroads per
mile waa conftinued as the big flg'Ist in
the house today. It took a new cack
and therenwaa a new factor u the con
test which: iftdioal folks ca23 "a "coate&t
bdfcween 'Uhe corporaibions and ihe peo
ple." This of : course is Hdiculou
nly railroads (are concerned and from
the remarks made on' if one would im-
agdne that it is only the Southern, rail
road. It 4s merely a difference ot opin
ion) as txr the method, the principal of
levyang a tax. Messnr. Connor, Craig.
Justice, AMen," TVTmatoi and Rour.dtree
oppose the ' francflilse tax the "gross
earnings tax as ' wrong in priiyjlple
not the amount of the - tax eo 'much.
Judge Connor's amendment proposes
that the new. railroad commissioa shall
estimate 'the value of piopeity
based on. tCrte gross earnings whatever
the tax may be. Messrs. WiilLard, Rob
inson, Hartsell, Thompson, of Onslow,
and BonshaH favor the proaed form of
tax.
Mr. Overman said the railways were
not paying enough tax, but he also op
posed -the income tax as not proper, He
offered
che foUowiing - reeoluaiott?
d geaeraHy
that ne -TOisrwy. -jjiroperty or
the state 4s iwit bearing its equal pro-
portfoaa of taxation and
"Wbereas aM property of the staite
shmrld bear its full sfoare of the burd-
ems, . -
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"Resolved, That tlhe railroad com- j
powers be and they are 'hereby directed
to revise the assessment of . the entire
railway property of the ? state, taking
liato considerartdon the entire earnings
and gros income as well as the fran
chfee of said railwiays." "
Mr-WS'llard called the previous ques
tion 011 the, revnue' bill and amend
ments. SUch. sections and amendments as
have been (approved were adopted. The
dispensary tax, as amended by "Winston-
and Craig, was aftgio (adopted. The
Overman reeoQufckn was also Intended
aa an amendment to the revenue bill.
It will be noticed tba&Jit 18 practicaJJy
the same as Judge Connor's amend -
meat except tttnat lilt includes for taxa
tion franchlsea also, whose value Is to
be estimated. Mr. Juldan aid that
siaice Mr. "Overman's resolution seemed
to be popular Ills motion to strikeout
the graduated tax on gross earnings
Should be adopted. After several points
of order , the Julian motion was put.
TfrMwra wprf" vajioas exnlfanaiUotne of
votes. Mr.. Craig said jtbe party had
f ormaaay , declared -, for equal taxaiaon
(Continued on fifth pace.)
FOR
THE : PEOPLE
ASHEVILLE.
;of
I hare made up my mind ta go to
Porto Rico. I will close ult "my - fltire
tock at '25 .'pemeiSMtreaatfcBaf- cost.
CSaUnRtgeato -tuilatlnSB goods, .hats
etod underwear, merchant taU cloth
? also store pxu iEftildre st S
- X W. QLASSR,
: S4 Soutn Main stree, AsheyCle
betievea
OPPORTUNITY
ESTABIJSHBD 1888. - .:' -i
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Continuation of - the
Wordy: Warfare in '
the
e.
Intimation that Some Army
Bill Speeches were
Treasonous.
Simpson Says the Blood of
Boys in Blue is on
SJcKinley's Head,
on Dec' ares that if Simpsons
- SDeech had Been Made in Manila
He Would Have Been Conrt
Martiallcd and Shot.
WashingtoiH Feb. 25. The proceed
ings of the house today ranged from
the calm of eulogies upon .deceased
members to the furies of Parisian
strife and intimattlons of treason in the
beeches th ait were delivered uponthe
army bin yeserday. The storm began
when OocJiran, of Missouri, rose to com
bat Grosvenors proposition of yester
day that no alliance had ever been
made with Agtrfnaldo.
Lacy, of Iowa, proitested against fir
ing in the rew of Otis and against a
i4bel on Washington by comparing Ag
uinaJdo with (hlm
The climax was reached when Can
non asserted that 1f Simpson had made
jThis speecxfyeste!rday in ..ManilaL.heJ
wouia j aav neen: court : maftaaied; and
enotvt" . . , .... '
- 81m3is!Teitorted ift- made little diff err
ence whetherhe was shot iti Mamfla or
"elhot here by an old muzzle leading,
smooth bore, amtiquiifted brass-piece."
The blood of the boys In blue who fell
at Manila, he contmued, would be upon
McKinleys head.
ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST
ARMY ENLARGEMENT.
Wasbington, Peb. 25. The compro- ;
nuse army :. reorganization mu came up
in tine senate today butt after considera
ble discussion went over without action.
An attempt was made to fix the time
for a vote on, Monday, but it faliecL
Gorman and Carter made long speeches
oa the ineaBure, Gorman argued
against a large army, pointing out that
MeKinley's scheme of making the
UnitedStJattteB a great military and naval
power would bankrupt the country
He wanted to have an amendment in
serted restricting itftie continuation of
the bill's provisions to July, 1901, but
Hawley .refused.
Carter "argued that militarism came
to us as a necessity; that Ht was tne
duty of the United States to establish
order in Cuba Porto Rico and the
Philippines. .
CURES ..COLDS, AND LA GRIPPE.
Grant's No. 24 cures colds and V
grippe. Steps the aching. Money vmn
If it falls. Price 25 cents, cranes pnar
macy.
Tf vnn hu-on'a Mih. throat Irritation,
weak lnnda. -nrfn in the cht, difficult
breathing, croup or hoarseness, let us su
reliable and safe. Pragm Pharmacy.
hit do you pay for
them?
We sell you the finest
quality of
Salttfiime Wf fs
at -IL'SjC a pound
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CrMers
cuit J ude for the Sixth Judicial dis
trict: ' ' - - ?
u. Judge Day was"lx)rn at "Ravenna
Xr April 17; 1849. and comes from
race of lawyers his : father, the late
Chief Justice Luther Day, having been
one of the rudst prominent practitioners
in northern Ohio, and both his paternal
ana maternal grandfathers having been
supreme court justices. i -
Judge Day studied in the collegiate
and law departments of the University
JUDGE WILLIAM B. DAY.
of Michigan from 1866 to 1872, and
while a student was librarian of the
law library. He was admitted to the
bar in 1872 and became the partner of
William A. Lynch of Canton. In 186(5
he was elected judge of the court of
common pleas, being the candidate of
both parties, but resigned' the office aft
er serving a short time. Three; years
later he was appointed by President
Harrison as judge of "the United States
district court for the northern district
of Ohio, but poor health obliged him to
resign before qualifying. Since then he
has gi ven his attention to his large gen
aral praotiee.
On the reBfignation of John Sherman
last ygar JUdiray.wbo wai taunt am
ys'ieri of state, succeeded
"tne'"iBecfg(a;
KAnivr caoauet.--ie arterward resign
ed this poist tto accept the presidency of
the peace Isommlsslon, which ended its
tabors wath thecompTetkm of the treaty
witfh, Spain at Parts. !
KIPLWO'S CONDfTION SERIOUS
AXaange for the Worse in the Blneu
of the Author.
New TorJc, Feb. 25. Rudyard - Kip
ling's coTudttiOn was reported as very
grave tonight. He was mueto weaker
and the inflammation was greater than
on any previous day. A bulletin at 8:45
this evening said:
"Mr. Kipling has been in a serious
condition! this afternoon and evening
one which occasions anxfety, but is not
wtthout Ihope." -
MUSTERED OUT.
Second ffansas Discharged from Ser
vice Ending-Camp Shipp. I
Anniston, Ala., Feb. 25. The Second
Arkansas was mustered out today, and
nearly all of its members left for home,
Both the Southern and Doutevtlle and
Nashville roads ran special trains out
at 6 o'clock. -The
Fourthi "Wisconsin will be mus
itered out here on Monday and Tuesday-,
ihd the Third Alabama in about a
month. 'The Second infantry wilt then
go o Cuba and Camp Shipp wall be iro
more.'
Knox's1 spring styles of SMfC
Fedora bate received at Wbitloofefs.
and
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Navy takes Possession
of the Important
Island of Cebu.
DeweyVPolitical Reasons"
Message Still Un
explained,
Meeting of Foreign Consuls
in Manila to Protect
Their Interests.
This and the Eeturn 0 the German
Plagship Kaiserine Augu.ta.the
Subject of Much Specula
tive Comment
Washingon, Feb. 25. Admiral. Dwey
cabled the navy department, today that
Uhe gunboat Petrel had gone. to take
possession of the island of Cebu xr.d
later ia the day Otis cabled, a,? folkva:
"The oondition of affairs is quiet; pro
gressing .favorably. Anxiety need7 nn;
be felt ia regard ifo the situation. WVl
send a small body of troopa to Cebu,
where navy took quietposseseion."
Cebu is one of the most important isl
ands of the Vdsayas. It- is supposed
Otis will send some companies of the
Firefc Tenneseee.
No message tolas been sent to Dewey
aslaLng.'what he meant- by- yesterday's
dispatch saying the Oregon should be
sent at once "for political' reasons," hut
on probably will be. Some: officials- are
r- reason for titer erorpM nMrtha
Hiercrng m Manna of the foreign-, con
suls to take measures to protect, their
if nterestts and in the return to Manila of
the German flagship Kaiserih Augusta.
One officer said that Dewey, in fear the
Oregon wouM not be lorwarded, had
sent the message so as- to have at Teast
one baitJtlesMp at hand ia case there
might be need of her.-
A FARHVmHILY
POISONED TO" DEATH
Three Persons Dead aid Foirr Others
Likely to Div f .
Amesbury, Mass;, Feb 25". A family
of seven persons living on a farm near
Whiton, Nr Hr, faave been poisoned, and
the father, mother- and one child are al
ready dead" The other-four children are
at the point of deartai and the physicians
have little hope-oTitheir recovery. The
farmer's-name- was- Horace Bates. Be
fore hds- death belaid that a few days
ago lie received- a bottle of wine from a
friend and" that .yesterday at noon all
drank some of iti Shorty afterward all
were taken ill: Charles May has been
arrested and wilt be held for the in
questr COMET AND BROOKE.
Havana, Feb. 25.7rGomez had a con
ference with (xeneraJ Brooke ,oday,
wMch seemed to be very cordial.. To
nigh Brooke attended a banquet given
by the Cubans Gomez. ,
T aiaiies milcrtng a ipecMty
at Whit-
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at 80 cents on the dollar. It
wiU pay you to k look these
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