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GftflHD SPECIAL
BFFER'OF;
OESTBEICHER'.S
lIGbbds andtlaHies
U'e respectmlty aanpuce fbt
ereft added to ourtooaTe
restaitatiTe lice of Amerieanlfc-
kIj ItmJ Model Form Corsets.
IBRe corset s are great" fa vor
tw,ir8aiU the re-
bei n g -alHie gtbs riadr.
and best resuJt8-f filSwM-seft
diaker's art. It wili Ie totwt
. -. . . .. - .
Jnterest to Know 01 toe merits pi
these celebrated corsets ;-aiid'fr
that purpose wili make the f 61-
winjl?kraad Bpeeial offer:
9Tie . coapons . distributed jwiu
Teeived by us as Twenty-fit
3&r4aaitti purchase of in'
American Jiady-r Model Form
Corset! online -f oTlowlnar ;days :
March 7th; 8thtbei, mh? ?;
and JHtfTt Th v?ry
prict' of these cornets wil ' pHce
their) within reach of eTer
wearer.
Take Adiautasre of 0r Offer.
TCverv fofieL t guaranteed to
OHSTREICHER'S
Si Paitort Avenue:
Are with us when
y we state that we
carry the
line of
Fancy Groceries
4hi the city . .
we oiier yo .
Beechnut
Breakfast Bacon
Iq. glass jars, ;at 3oc a jar.
Boneless - -Smoked
Herring
In glass front, box s, at-20c a
" box." - x : . '
" -.Fall line ot JllASOiB Gr kefs
mar in. :-
':G,A. GREER,
AYHOLESALE AND RETAIL FANCY GROCER
53 Pattan Avenue- "
CnOWII HtKbUf.lbKY J
; VIOLEfDEPARHE,
:I ..CRAB APPLE, . . -
c "Wilt retail these odors at
50 cents per bottle " w - 1. - -
, Tuesday
' wtf Wednesday. I
This , is in th? original 1-.
ounce " bottles. ; regular ? price
75 cents, Will nOjsell more
than one .bottle to any "one
person.
3 .
IIEIIIITSH g nET.G.11;
5 Church'St vand PattonAve.
Phone 132 wneii in ihurry! for Dross.,
Facts
Today
U
iAmericans Advance
on San Tprah ' and -I
Manguana.
" Resistaace FroxoT
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the Natives.
Three Hegiments and
gunboat Engaged in
1 "Huiaber of Companies also Joiif:
in Eilit AmericAiia are.
Manila, Jfarctr 7.An advaace was
mode yeeter day ixson&ng by Hale's" bri-aad-MeaSaxiaaxm.
The
sAmerteaa met wltli reeastantee from the
iargeet body of mativesihtey have yt en
countered. . Colorado, Nebraska and Wy
oming1 Teglmemta, wlthlgtit grun of the
Utah regimcait and , two companies of
the Oregym regiment engaged, widle thie
Twentieth infanitary was held in reserve.
A gunboat also tokk part iin the figiliting.
Wheaton'e brigade, constetiaig of Cal
afonnila, WahingtOQ fund Idab volun
teers, and tthe Sixth -arti'lJery, rfned in
.e; fighting. Eigbt Americans were
iwounded.
.Xanfia; March ' 6.-
-There was consid-
skirmlshing last night
. in which theJ Ctolorado and
Xebrazkak' Janffcry-',w4tfli ithe gune of the
.Utah.,; U4eryvJ2toli
.- k f'k rwr3 -arnrpQ f te . rs VkOLJPUlTV.
j abI(&;of enfilading .'General -Wheatoa's:
Advice from NegraMteland eay c&m-
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merce Abere Sis imprSovJng. Busdiiess at
Hollo is at a standstill. THer-- hsis been
cottSlderable skennisaiug "V'yonS. lalilo,
but thus far without casualty.
CONGRftTUWTIONS
OF NFGRQS CONGRESS
Sent to Gen. OtisReport of
Casualties From Manila
Washington, MarchT 6. The following'
was received from Otis tonight :
"Following from Ikxilo, 4th instant:
"Gwernmemt of cangrees of inhabi
tants xf NtegTOs to" General Millejr, Iloto:
"We Affectionately salnte you and
congratulate for nappy arrival of Col
onel Smith and troops under his orders,
and beg youjtb &&ut. this salute and eon-
grartulatkihs 'to General Otis at Manila,
representative of the government of the
UnitedStates in1 thfe Philippines. .
W;:3f -: "(Signed) LASCON."
It h: supposed Lasoon is one of the
Negros commissioners.
The war department - ittoday received'
the followingt-r -
VMaMla' March 6,-r-AdJutaoJt Generali
Washangton. AddWional casualties;
Marofat 4- near San Pedro Macati, . Iiu
tottKaned: wThlrd ajrtille K, Private
Toicai-iWoundedJ., tf5it California Pri-
yates Barieni severe,; Wheeler, thigh.
moderate; Twenity-thlrd Iiaf aoltry,- Mrst
Sergeant Mctfadden, !hesrt,- ".'slight;
FSrst -Cklifortla, Sergeamt - MCNally,
sprained anMe to action; Mrst Nebras
ka, Private Weldon, ruptured In Action
"At Jar-PanayKUled;. Elghtteonth in
fantry, Privates JEJverfngton'eiid P
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a If trrttable, ou of sortsv depressed In
spirits,' have a dun headaohe, nke a few
doass. Dr. M. JL Simmons'; Ltrar MsGi-
dne Cor quick relief. -'.kr
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CHPiniiiPiTficp
lyj lu) ILB liu U; lclni
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ranOearSan 3EMSiro!
ESTABLISHED 1S8.
- A flpeciat Private
'Treatment ofJLnng
lijt ATES, $22.50; per week and vpwardW coord to tte
: Includes everything, excepting medictzie cost. A
certain number of roome are r erved tlower rata for patients whose
-v financial circumstances: require, it msbS to ira tiis inedcmes-is6
' . (rtuded Patle can enteca
tutxaSA -L-j--i-'l!., ' ; - T -.. - r.w " - - r
r- . t .V,, 53" V7t"53TiirVlCriotel and Sanitarium Co-:
OH OOUPTTEE
1 S H
Inyestisitef CfMOQit
liirrWbttrg, Ia MMrifcJS.-TM -W
field nigntferthe dVemoxsfar ;th tife
sv compllsbing t3l tnT jwanied: ; with the
aid of. InsugeH4 bMfiani-The . most
Important of tfeacjilght'ii proceeding fW
theadding tf fosac&t-Quay ineoildr the
otlitaa7 -sra 4optedT dlreenr
laves tigators ,tqr repfcri QtSaicthka
presBed JltaJt tiie:c8ilflC thesScaaloek
mdght meO)tfort"thte close cdf tlw. week.
The name lortrJjkXT, - of , WeatmWe
latoCme fnp there
WHF W "afeinoWSfe2 to bim Wedges
fa' j
flght:
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Qomtz Questioned. e to -stSg
jMiimDerr-Assembly Still
X:'
in Session.
Havana, Mareibb 6. The Cuban tassem
My held aauotbeax efecre session today,
at which the paymemt of the armyTwai
the only question discussed. The- com
m46tft appointed to refise a, loanf , of
$l6oiOiQO&,a nt be
secured unless guaranteed by tflMrUnii
'bed States. 14 waa proposed tn th
army be paid the $3,000,000 offered- by
the United States and that the balance
be paid In promissory notes,. 4figne4 by:
the assembly, to 2 redeemed' by. vthe
island's future goermment. After. i&c
disciissionr 't. pposaS was -laid soygrg:
Major Kennoii visited Gomes todays txr
p,rthe-detaiegard
Xlbazv sa.mez jehted;.the
somber of men to be paid is 25000, bul
bat tbere are 25,000. moe, costet4ng of
j&fBer,-who wvsn't talc money, and inen
who enlisted jafiter the rfwar between
Spain aodr the United St&bes broke' ouL
Gomez failed to give . satisfactory d
tailg regarding Ithe men Whom hie claims
payment is due. Brook declares that
thie- $3,000,000 -wail only be paid to real
Cuban aoMfer
TUIIHT IN THE CORTES
Caused by De ree Suspend
ing the Sitting of
the Chamber.
Madrid, March 6. Premier Silvela to
dia- read to the chambers to! cortes a
degree suspending their sittings,. A
fortnightt heno another -decree will be
issued "dissolving parliament. When the
decneer was read in the cnamber of depu
tits, republicans raistd 'an uproar aod the
sitting efttded to'tumuTt,
- EHCLAtID GRATEFUL
Cahlegram rom- Uueen V ictoria to
: President hm.
Wshtog-tJ08t -.-t MarcM 6. Ar cablegram
fiom' Queen Victoria fto MfcKinley was
reoeiyed this (afternoon. It reads:
: -"l-ithank you sincerely ejidlJai Ameri
can, nation for the honor paid to the mem
ory of.!LoI Herschell, aii for ae friend
ly sympathy shown -to my country in its
bereavement" - .
B0NAFIDE CLOSING OUT SALE.
Xhnr great -oBine-eot-saW Is .toeairittg
its endi - Throngs of v . ahrewvi buyers
Avail tbJemseives if the great pportuni
ty of buying first claesgoodsat a mere
Anyone v iotopested vinthe' purchase
of finst class clothing or igents xuroisn
tnsr BhbnldaurnUiBftoe:mv wodow
and' exaniln mv e?oods. 1 am oiflg to
closed out at 25 ier- cedlt below cost.
W. GJaser, t4 SwUh Mata. street.
- " - "ROOD'S 8S3EDS.
Wood's seeds are peeuiliarly--dpti
to the soil aiM ciimete of. the sou in.
Sold at Gnmt' pharmacy. ,
Institntton f or the ' v
and Throat Diseases. :
1 he PreidentVSeldcfs
Them for Major-F
Generals,
The
Qm e
was Made
on" the Li
OMs&d of Sen.
:t6rHy
Likdv t(y be ihosfn
Biigadim Under the
New Law.
Appoiatmtnt of : Wilbni,Whilcf,
It, Ludlow and Chafee BtgardT"'
fdaa-a Csrtainty. iT " ':
Washingtoo, March 6. As a xeet of
atnference tat tthe white house this: afr
t&hioon between M'Kinleyfahd Alger it
"was deterinin;that tlae army act only;
anthorizd two additaona major gen
erals, in view of the decision not, to
wflse a volunteer (force of 35,000 until: the
regular army bad been increased v td
65,000. - '"
The presides has seleetod Geerala Ois
and Shafter for thie vacant major-gen-
ralstaps. Other names considered were
ihose of Generals Wilson, Lee, Wheeler,
LSKWiton, Chafee and Wood, and conWid-
rflaie difficulty waa experienced, to mak-
tofll setectionsi ;: '
The difficulty was ftnaTJy adjusted by
jtog seniors-0n the Hst, " Otis being
senior brigadier . the "Tegnlar army.
Tsiit56n to reward Shafter for-ftie- work
at Santiago."' "' '
It is regarded as certain that Wiisbn;
Wheele(r, Ludlow, Chaffee, and' .Wood
will bte made brigadier generals -under
the new law, and'tllireie of them -wiffl" be
advanced to Major generals if the pres
ident determines to enlist the 35,000 vol
unteers authorized.
THE CANNED BtEF INQUIRY.
Adjourned Yesterday to Jleet at hl-
cago on Thursday. ' j
Washiinglton, ' March 6. The army!
court of inquiry adjourned today to
meet In Chicao Thursday. Oniy jene
witness was examined today, Lieuten
ant Munson, of the Ninth Infantry, who
condemned the canned beef in strong
terms.
Itt ds expected the court will be ab
sent from Washington ndt more than
two weeks. Minute inspections will be
made of the moat establishments in
Chicago, Kansas City and Omaba, par-
(ticular attention beiilng paid o the re
frigerated aaid canned beef depart-
menfts. lp3oyeieswai be selected at
random to testify.
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A NEW? D5AJTURE IN ADVBB-
. . TIS1NG.
The' "Blue Ribbon" Baking Powder
Conapany-of Rlchmlookl, W., is using a
horseless jeaasdago rid advertise tnsir
goods Th.-Arst one ever used for aaver
ttsfag purposes to this section.
TO CURB A COUD IN ONB DAT
Take Laxativs Brom Qutaias TaWets.
AB druggists rerun tfae money If tt falls
to ears. H casts. The seanias ha L.
Sl Q. sa saobr tablet.
Qse,
s;
Burbankfs t I
Fietci and Qarden -
-; AU of the Jbest vaf
' r
Shidefs
at ckioinnfiTi
OhiorRIver Fbiir Feet Above
' the Water Line. : -t
XcinnsfcB, March -. Tbehio river
was - nearly our feet above water line
tonight ana is rising . three Incfttea aa
hour, with the output of the"AMghny
sunto reach here'. Cellars along- fie
river front have been submerged, bat
the damage far has not been sertoui.
Railroad. traffic Is still open, here;' but
has been suspenden on the Big Sanly
division of the Chesapeake and Ohi
.Charlestons W. Va .March 6. This
.city .is nearty balf submerged.: but th
Tiver is steadily Cafflng . at fr rate of
two inches an hour. R It esthnsjted Aaf 1
5,000 people have beeri dn'ren from
theirbomes and will not be uWe to re.
turn for several days. The suffering
from Tcold has bee slight AHltraiM on
Big Sandy divteion of hr 'Chesapeake
& Oihlo aaie suspended on. account ef
tendsffdea. :. -; ,
FIGHT
ROTUNDA.
Special to" the Gazeite
Raleigh, March 6. R. H. Jones, the
new member of the board of agricul
ture from the Raleigh district, attacked
Gaston Powell. renresentalLive from
Wake, with, a stick in the cajpUol rotun
da Ms afternoon. Powell knocked
Jones and a hduee employee down.
MCKINLEY'S VISIT TO HANHA.
Washington, March . Presidemt Mc
Kiniey expectts to leave Washington! in
about ten days Sor a vacation, of two or
three weeks. His present intention it
to spend. aie time at F-emnftr IJaama's
wmter home al ThomaiBvaiie tJa. j .
.KIPLING'S DAUGHTER DEAD,
; -New. York4, Mreh jjogeplricer Klp--iing,.
eidest cMld;f Mr. .and M9?ilud-
yard Kkg,aT i0 ihte jaornfeftg
ef-pneurrton jai alt the home of Miss De
forewt.on -Bast Trty-IIf1;h street,
CHARGED WITH GETTING
WATER.
Gunsmith Mojaerlea", who conduct
the shop at 15 North Main street, and
is remarkably expert wJith machinery,
was a defendant iin Ithe poilicecourt yes
terday morning. He was charged by
Superintendant.McCollum, of the water
lyorks with having adiopted an ingen
jbds contr&vance by which he had sue
cessfuHy avoided the paymeiit of water
I taxes. Last Saturday Superiatendant
McCollum and an assistant were in
specting the piping in the buiilding at
15 iSoulth Main street. In a closet in -the
basement a piece of lead pipe was dis
covered, suspended from the tank. One
end was immersed in tthe waiter and a.
suction a tine other end would start
the flow of - water r .XJt is, stated in the
complain ha)t the gunsmith bad placed
3)t there and obttaaned a daily supply of
water free.
Qn motion ofMr. MosseUeafs counel,
a continuance was granted until this
morning.
OPPORTUHITY.
FOR THE PEOPLE OP ASHE VILLE.
. r have made wp my mind td go to
Porto Rico. I will close out my entire
stock (at 25 pen cent, toss than oast .
Clothing, gents' furnishing goods," irtts
and underwear, merchant tailor's cloth
ant clotb for ladies' tailor made suits,
also store pictures. IDtffiire stock must go
I. W. GLASER, i
84 South Mala street, Ashevills. ,
fhirc May 7
g ; be other prepara-
- tions more - widely f
J - known than ; .
& Glycerine, . ' .
but mere popularity f
- does - " not
CURE I
Coughs.rrCERRY5
and GLYCESIITEI
ir Paragon : Futnnacj -Co.;-ji
, JBAXTEE 5HEirV7ELL Pres.
-Oppl PostOffic. ry7.
' . Phone 280."
PI
ll UliliZniuil LU
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Hie
v.onstituti nai
Amendment Re
stricting Suffrage.
i Foretaste of the . Cam
paign Thar Will be
W4ged by Repub
licans, e
Principal Assault on
Git)uml of Cousti
tufioiiaiity. the
Xh Senator Aifaiu Aiser t There ii
n; Negro Damiuation and Accutei
r ' -
'the' democrats of. Insincerity
Marshall, March Z. The- passage of.
the couatitutional .amendment in North
Carolina has" called outt a statement
from Sensitor Pritchard ithat goes very
far into the discussion off dtaite poJMcs
and gives the first aurt&oritartive (as it
might Justly be regarded) indication of
the Hne of attack the republicans will -make
on the amendment. Senaitor
Pritchard first addes6s himself to the !
task of statement 'Of the "democratic
press, iliat ' the present State govern
ment of North OaroTina t haS' not beeax
properly adminiistiered, fthat is ameers
were not men of character and standing
arid that there was negro domination 'r -
He speaks, of Governor Russell a a? j
eminent lawyer and a gentleman of
high cbaiiaciter, aasd claimDi-under" his
LaanJn'la
xcep:acMy: He, says Rnes Jbas
appoimted oniy eight negroes out of V6
appoinirmets, while of tne 1 fill. 9 Vh la-
habitants f tlie sjate &60,0Q0; are col-;,
bred. Mr. PrWchard asserts that-there
are 60,000 white republicans. In North
Carolina. He says that onily. in twelve
of ninety-seven counties, (using census
of-'1890), are.-the negroes in a majority, '
and that none of "these have been domin
aJted by the negroes. He quotes Mr.
Simmons, the Raleigh News and Ob
server, etc., durta.g' the Jast campaign
as evidence that the-dem)ocra)ts are in
ccirasiittent to eekin to disfnanchise il
Iterate citizens. Mr Pritchiaild then says:
He uri3iert'ook tfo sbkrw- by the foregoing
dtemenf.t.-th the-demoem'ts. ddfdi ocAin f
ttefnd to'disfilanchiie the negroes, and con
tentied! that, lit w&s absuirtl (for any one to !
assert, jthait the dimoertacy of Nonth Oaro 1
Ivdia. would ever , favor the . abrMgement ?
r the TigMof suffrage in the slightest ,
degree. I am informed that (three -founths
of the democratic "members of thie pre '
Kt lflgialafture spilgedi the Voters in
ithellr respective cWinties tHait they would
oppose aniy and an moaeures thait might
be proposed for tth1 purpose" tjf , dislfran
cWng-'ainy cllaea toff our citizens
Y Natwbdfcandimg the?- fair promises
which (the deml lMiats madie to order to se
cure control of he legisiatture, they
have at last tbrown off thfefr nuask and
sftarid exposed to the public gaze in
theftr true colors. The IegisMure has
sulbmltttid am amenidmenlt.to our oonstitu
tion which f sustained, will deprive the
cofied vKJlters of th'ifc state of the right of
suffarage-'which is guaranteed them bv
he isdh amenidhnnit ito the construo1oQ
of the TJ-nftted States. Article 6, section 1,
of the coneltiiturtiom of North' OaroMna
which St proposed to abrogate, reads as
follows: v -
. " " ARTICUB VI.
Seq. Ii" Qualifications bf an elector. "
Every; malo person, born, In the United
Sltefttfe, and every male person. ,whb ha
been naturalized; twenty-one year old ,
or upward, -who shall have resided' to
ConKnued on third page.
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 HoUqw!
Ware, which we are offering
at 80 cents on the dollar. It
will pay you to look these
things over ; as - they are
worth s 20-i per cent, more
than wo arejnow'askihg f or
them. -,
Arthur Al. Field.
Undlajj Jeweler,
- Church St. aid Patton Ave
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