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ASHBVILLNri f IRDAYr UORNOW UARCH 3 ,1899
Price 5 Cents.
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To close out a few pairs Tapestry
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fincl CheniH Curtains at about cost.
Several lots Lace Curtains, two and
three pairs in each lot, will be sold at
-prices surprisingly low.
A few Marseilles Bed Spreads, very
low in prioe.for a high quality of goods.
Several dozen Stret Hats, Wool and
Pelt gome plain, some with little
trimmings at K c8 t0 l06 oa ne
lot.
We are compelled to make room for
a large and up to date Spring Stock,
which will he arriving daily from now
on.
OESTREICHER & CO.
51 PaUon Avenue.
Facts
Are with us when
we state that we
carry the finest
line of
JFancy Groceries
; intheeity. Today
we otter you
Beechttut
XBreakfaU Bacon
, la glass jars, at 3oc a jar.
Boneless
Smoked Herring
v In glass front box's, at 20c a
x box . '
STull line ot MASON'S Oa krs
just in.
G. A.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FANCY
53 Patton Avenue-
CROVII PERFUMERY
MATSUKITA,
VIOLET DE PARME,
... CRAB APPLE
'Wili retail these odors at
50 cents per bottle
. Monday,
Tuesday
and Wednesday
' This is ia the original 1-
- ounce bottles, regular ; price
75 cents, Will not sell more
'i than one r bottle to any one
person,
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Church St, and Patton Ave.-
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GROCER,
Phaa 132 when In a hurry! for Drugs.
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Of trie Cuban Assem
bly 911 Question of
Paying-Army. :
Refusal to Accept $3,000,000
as Proposed in Total
Payment.
Assembly Estimated $15,
000,000 Would be
Necessary,
Decided to Baise a Loan of $12,000,
000 Commision Appointed to
Propose Termt.
Havana March 2. The Cuban ascem.
bly had a stormy: session, at Marianoa
today discussing1 the payment of the
Cuban army. The debate began Mth
attacks tai Gomez, whereupon the pres
ident -declared the eessdlon; wtould be
secret and army officers and reporters
were ejected. The officers were enraged
and declared they had flo confidence in
the representatives.
The secret session was a long wran
gle. SamgnUly and Ptortuondo charged
Gomez wiitib having 'been bribed by ithe
Amertcaiie. It was fkitaMy decided unan
imously ndt to accept the $3,000,000
offered by McKinley as a total pay
ihemit 4or ithe- army... It was estimated
thalt $15,000,000 Would be necessary and
it was decided to raise a loan of $12,
000,000, which wtth the $3,000,000 offer
ed by. the Americans would -'be - suffi
cient. A commaskni Was appointed to
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HEAD -END C0LUS?0H.
An. Ex'ra and a Yard Engine of the
S3U.th.era Craih Together nar '
Blltmore. 1.
An extra, freight train,- ran into yard
engine 764 near the .coal chute between
Asheville and Bi'Htnore yesterday
morning about 9:30 o'clock.
It 3s supposed the accidentt was occa
sioned througlb the misunderstanding of
orders. The yard engine was manned
by Engineer Lyerly and Conductor S.
C. Folsom was unloading material near
the curve close to the Swamnanoa river;
extra 23, in charge of Engineer George
Newton and Condudtor B P. Clark,
had orders sent to Bilfcmore to look out
for it at certain point. If the yard
engine was not there, 23 was to proceed
with caution, as tlhey might meet 764
going (toward Biltmore.
When the extra reached the meeting
point, the yard engine was not In
eight, ajvd the engineer went ahead.
The yard engine suddenly .swung
around the coal chute. The engines
were too close to avoid the collision.
The conductors and crews jumped from
the train, tut 'both engineers pluckily
stuck to their posts. No one was seri
ously Injured. The engine of tlhe extra
was somewhat - -damaged and two
freight cars were badly smashed. The
wreckage was cleared from the track
at once and no delay, was occasioned.
B0NAFIDE CLOSING OUT SALE.
Our great closing out sale) Is neaniag
its end. Xittrangs or snrewa buyers
avail themselves if the great ibpportuni
'ty of buying first class goods at a mere
aong. . . r- .. ;
Anyone . kuteoieste! in 'the purchase"
of first class clothing ar gents furnish
ing sttAjuld carefulW inspect my wtoJdow.
aod examine my goodsti I am gotagto
Porto Rico and all my "tocfe must be
closea out at 25 per cen!t .below cost. . I
W. Gliaser, 34 South Main etreet.x ' .
TO CURB A COU IN ONE DAT
Take Iaxb&tc -Brofna-ulnliM TaMets.
All druggists refun ftfer mooey If It teUa
to enre. ,25 entK.Tli jWDisa hm 1.
ESTABLISHED 18SS.
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. . A Special Private Institution, for the r . t .
Treatment of Xmng and, Throat Diseases.
z -'llLW'JQBnt M- D Medical Director. - -y -
HATES, 022.5Q per week "ana upward, according to room selected.
Includes everytbtog -excepting medicines, which, are supplied st eest A
certain number; of "rooms are ra erred at a lower: rats for patients whose
financial circumstances requtre it and-to soch Sa- inedicnm iLa mim- tp.
duded- Patieniti can ster and I ave al -amr rlme Adrsrrw. -nr.
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Public Improvements to be
Sa8pended--Reign of
Lawleosness Feared
Santiago, March 2. All pubBe im
provememtB in this province win practi
cally cease tomorrow as a result of the
revenues of the province being sent to
Havana General Wood will be allow
ed only $10,000 during -March for the
prosectiitlon of work Tequirinig $70,009
Brooke's order means tflie diaoharge of
severa thousand men who have no
other tmeaaMs of support N' and will in
crease the discontent Additional regi
ments wiU be needed to subdue the
roving; bands of brigands who threaten
the safety of the province.
CLAIMS AGAINST SPAIN
Made by Americans for Dam
ages in Former Span
ish Colonies.
Washington, March 2. In anticipa
tion of tihe exchange of ratifications of
the peace treaty the sOlficStor of the
state department is, preparing a list of
claims by Amterioans for damages in
the former Spanish colonies. These
claims now aggregate $29,000,000, btut
the United States w5H pay only when It
can 'be shown Itihat the -Spanish troops
could have prevented the damage in
flicted. REGULARS REPLACE
VOLUNTEERS
Regiment of Infantry and
Small Artillerymen to
go to Manila;
Washington, March 2. Hive infantry
reglmenits and part of am artillery regi
ment were ordered, tfoday to proceed to
Manila, They are ne Sttxtia, Nintn,
Thirteenth, ixteentb and TwentyS-first
infahtry and he remaining batteries
of the Sixth artillery. These are mot
intendedto reinforce Otis, out to permit
tine withdrawal of the volunteers.
whosemuster out will be necessary
when the peace treaty is promulgated.
All will go to San Francisco.
A part of the Sixth antillery is now
at Port Caswell, N. C, and Fort Mon
roe. T!he Ssixtn iniantry as at uorc sain
Houstfon, Tex., and a part of tine Six
teenth at Hunttsville, Ala.
CUHBOATS FOR DEWEY-
Washington, March 2. About a week
ao iewey asKea ior more ngnt
draught gunboats for police work
where shipments of arms and other
munitions are being received by the In
surgents. The auxiliary gunboats
Vixen and Mayflower will be sent.
THE MINISTERIAL-
CRISIS Iff SPAIN
Conflict of Opinion as to Whether Sa-
traita will be Recalled.
Madrid, Marcii 2. The politSoal sit
uation remains unchanged. After a Con
ference with the queen regent-this' af
ternoon, Robledo declared 'only the Sa
gasta ministry 3a possible, because it
carries the sympathies of the elements
led by Weyler, Cavalejas and Robledo,
and also of the republicans; while Syl
vela is supported ouftsiue his own fol
lowers only by PolivSeja's piairtasans. "
THE MERCEDES FLOATED.
Santiago, , Marchi 2. The criuser
Reina Mercedes, which was" sunk at tti-e
entrance to Santiago larbor l)y- the
Spaniards soon after the sinking of the
Merrimac by Lfleutenant Hobsoa, was
floated. 'today. ' -
-'' - WOOD'S SEEDS.
- WooicPa seeds asne pecuSSarly' adopited
to" "Qie oil 'anld climate of the South.
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Senate Passes Election
Law by a
Vote.
Minority Makes bathetic
and Thunderous
Protests.
Public School Bill Amended
and Passed by the
House.
The County Tax of Eighteen Centi
Struck Out Appropriations for
the Penitentiary.
Raleigh, March 2. The. house session
was quiet today and the gallery was
deserted by the fair sex for the more
interesting Py in the senate chamber.
Mr. Hampton, the republican leader
was in the chair.
The (following bills were passed: To
pay the clattm'of Company G, Third
regimenit; -to amend the "charter of the
Polk county railway company to ex
tend he time f or o-gandafng 4he South
eastern North Carolina Ralway com
pany; to repeal the act of 1891 wMch
prevented the Wilmingiton and Weldon
Railroad company or any other corpor
ation to build a railroad to connect tJhe
Wilmington and Weldon railroad with
any point on the Virginia line be
tween the Blackwater river and
ClarksvSlle; to authorize the new pen
itentiary board to issue $205,000 bonds,
of which 1110,000 is? to pay the .,penitetW
dhase of th,e,CaJedonlia and Northamp
ton farms.. Another bill appropriating
$50,000 to run the penitentiary for the
present year will be passed also; to "pro
tect cattle from splenetic fever, effect
ive after April 1; to establish a dispen
sary at Nash county. The senate btll
allowing the joint penitentiary commit
tee to sBt not over 15 days after the ad
joummenit was defeated, because the
members tlhoughit the new board could
investigate as fully. During a brief
suspension of business Mr. H. C. Wall,
of Richmond, presented on behalf of
the employes of, the house, a cane to
Doorkeeper W. R. Stallcup. Mr. Ray,
of Macon, replied for Mr. Stallcup. The
public school bifll agreed on by Mr.
Craig and Senator SmiiCh chairmen of
the educational comm5ttees, was read.
An amendment striking out the coun
ty tax of 18 cents on the hundred of
property for schools was passed. Eigh
teen cents is provided Ito the general
revenue act. Mr. Moore said this
amendment would leave only 7 1-3
ceniav-for the counties' share. The bill
carries 54 cents on the poll. The dis
tricts can levy Tip to $25 special tax and
then the "state wiTL duplficaUe It. The
county may also levy special school
taxes. The Mil passed. The bill to en
courage the use. of wide tired vehicles
to improve the roads, by allowing the
owners a rebate on road taxes, wen
back; to ,he committee in about two
minutes. The members seemed afraid
of the bill. It Included Mecklenburg,
Haywood and other ooumities. A dispen-
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What do you pay for
them? . j
We sell you the finest
quality of
at ILSe a pound :
TRY; THEM,
irackers
HOUSE REFUSED
TO UNSEAT WHEELER
Vote in Favor of the Con
gressmen who Were in
. the Late War. .
-Washington. March 2. The house dis
posed of a number of matters In seven
hours session today, the most notable
being the refusal, by a vote of 164 to
77, to consider, the resolution declaring
vacant the seats of Wheeler, Robbins,
Colson and Campbell, who served in
the Tec emit war fin Cuba. Bailey was
disgusted with the result, his possible
rivals in the next house, Richardson.
Dearmond and Bankhead, ' voting
again him.
ARMOR PLATE TRUST."
Attacked with Fiery Oratory by Sena
tor Tinman. -
Waahfingiton,' March; 2. The senate
passed the fortifications 'bill this even
ing. The debate started this afternoon
on the armor plate question was contin
ued, Tillman, of South Carolina, mak
ing a fiery arttack on the "armor plate
trust.
DEWEY'S RiHK OF ADMIDAL.
Washington, March 2. The bill re
viving the grade of admiral was signed
Lby the president (tonight. The nomina
tion of Dewey will be sent to the senate
tomorrow and it is expected will be
confirmed immediately.
BIG FIRE hj CHARLOTTE
Cotton Compress and 4,000
Bales of Cotton Bursed.
Charlotte, N. C.r March . 2. Four
thousand bales of cotton at the South
ern railway freight depot and a coibfcoh
compress were destroyed by fire this
morning. -3?he '"boss 'te over $300,000.
THE STOCK MARKET
New York, March 2. The market
was down today, closing from one to
"three points below yesterday's close."
American, Tobacco was an exception,
advancing two points. Closing prices
were: American Tobacco, 189 3-4; Atchi
son preferred 0 7-8; Union Pacific
78 3-4; American Sugar 137 3-,
CASUALTIES IN PHILIPPINES.
Washington, March 2. The following
was received by tthe "war department to
daty: "Manila, March 2. OaeuaKlrs near Cal
oooaa: First South Dakota. Private Bel
lman, wounded; Sengeanit Ross, wounded.
Twentieth Kansas Captaiim David Elli
ott, killed. First Monitana Privates
Pletaer, Tanner and! Cheasly, wounded,
near San Pedro McCati. First Califirnia
Privates Smith iankJ Parks. First . Wash
talgtoa Corporal Richardson, Private
Osorne, Chaplain Lewis, J. Lelamd.
First Tennessee, died att Iloilo February
26 of smallpox. Slginled Otis.
OPPORTUNITY.
FOR THE PEOPLE OF ASHEVILLE.
-I have made up my mind, td go to
Porto Rico. I will close out my entire
sttock at 25 pen cent. - less ithian coat.
Clotihing, gents' furnfishing goods, hlats
and underwear, merchant tailor' cloth
and cloth forMadiies' tailor made suits,
also store pictures. EnrtJixe dtock.must go
I. W. G LASER,
34 South Main street, Asheville.
We must have room for new goods
coming in, to from March 1st to March
10, tww will sell anything in our entire
stock at a discount of ten per eemt
sorlctly cash. L. A. Johnson, 27 North
Main. Phone, 1W.
Manicure
Files, Scissors,!
Polishers, Pow
: der, etc. ;
GALL AND SEE 1
. THEM.
Bring its your Pre
, scriptions,
Paragon P harmacj 6.,;
" BAXISE SHE1TV7ELL, Prei
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.Phona.2C0.
DEADLOCK:
ON Mil
With Congress Near
the Hour of Ad
journment. Conferees on River and Har
bor Bill Unable to
Agree.
No Compromise Offered by
the Members From
the House.
Senate Agrees to Conference Seports
on Naval Personnel and Cen
sus Bills.
Washington., March 2. When the
conferrees on the river and harbor bill
met this evening it was the opinion
that they would fail altogether to reach
an agreement. Later tonight Senator
Frye said he believed the house would
agree to some provision' that would
take care of 'the Nicaragua canal, but
Chidirman Burton of the house commit
tee, was not so sanguine.
The house conferees offer no com
promise regarding the . canal and the
night session adjourned with a complete
deadlock on" the canal question.
TO REIMBURSE STATES
FOR EQUIPPING TROOPS:
Conference Report Agreed to in Sen
ate Criminal Code for Alaska.
al&1ngton, March X At-1ts"ufterr
noon session today the senate agreed
to the conference reports on the naval
personnel bill, the bill to reimburse the
states for equipping volunteers and the
census bill. A bill was passed provid
ing a criminal code for Alaska, tihe
amendment for a prohibitory liquor law
being rejected. The house bill was
passed providing for the government
exhibit alt the Buffalo exposition, and
some time was spent dri consideration
of the fortifications bill.
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR EXPOSITIONS
A Million Dollars for Government Ex
hibits at Buffalo and Toledo.
Washington, March 2. Bills were
passed by the house today appropriat
ing $500,000 each for exhibits at the
Buffalo and Toledo expositions and to
construct a new building for the depart
ment of justice to cost ndt more than a
miPlion dollars.
The naval appropriation bill was sent
to conference.
THE POPE'S CONDITION.
Rome, March 2. Late this evening
the physicians were disappointed to
note a slight changeln the pope's tem
perature, possibly due to his holiness'
impatience of restraint. . Later, howev
er, his temperature fell again and his
condition was improved.
Do You Want Some
Silverware
For Less ThanOit is Worth ?
We have selected out a lot
of Silver-plated Ware, inclu
ding Trays, Flat and HoIIott
Ware, which we are offering
at 80 cents on the dollar! It
will pay you to look these
things over as they are
worth 20' per cent, more
than we arejnow asking for
them.-
Arthur Al. Field.
-. ! ' Leading Jeweler,
Charch St. and Patton Are.
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