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. -. d i - .. 1 - 1 I ML ri ' 1 I: r r ? m I,. JL ."-'J: ........ ' - - '1 OE .V r k ' -. v. & : CO., - 3 4 , CORRECT Jfuttdrcds - -rMn Jiav accorded tMa oiTnTinucrv V SltMERYl T" , I V ;w-5H"BMter Sunday'i will reoojrd ' - - tS ' ,nw-vlv liead wear Ashevillec I a. .' - thent la in full Jrtaatt'tttttt fu.v. " h "r''&y that's new Mud novetU' ' 1 -.:f. '..--jr-ejm -m m M . mm m m mr m - - .. A f-f. T- Vfe-A f RArtrAPirtlllajiiine." Silk and S V - ?Fincy -Weav-ea, $1.00 to-2.00. : -4 . ji largest aad most . -varwa r -jioe of Liadtes fancy mecjt nwv g In , Wash Goods end Silk. 4 . ' These Huies will nkUt le eeen .).-fl JyVP aJid price flar same quality is-., at our nlace '1 OESTREICHER 0. fiKT Some California -.- . - Figs that, will do nicely for cook- . ing? Will close them out at 10 cents per pound. , GtA.GkEER, 3f HOLES ALE "AN 0 RETAIL FANCY GROCER, 53Patton Arenue- fc : ' ' : Hnvler's Candies - ' -V: jT V V . Ti, mmJL TllAftAivAd todav 7 Saturday) vTafTy; Assorted.- -r-XIolasses Candy,- . S llarshmffllows, :Caramels.;, Chocolate Peppermint, Bonbons and Chocolates, " 1V vixedXIhocolates, " f w k , CandiedEFruits, v- . Agency, ; - Uru CT'i Church: Stir j i : -A Jordan Almonda, . . " J ! - ' - Burnt Chocolate Almonds, . . V : "-' V Salted Almonds. r S , Vv-- f Phor.e132Ve;inahUrryforDrugf. H nine hbi Golf ; course "f- :-V. -0". For: further -Vplarticurars,; i;UlclilUUlolI4Iill-. - -- " Vr -v; :rJ r7 , - . e: v,...-.-":,.- v " ' " - s C " " - - - V t ... -. - 1 Another KTerrible r'vS , ( York; - it Happewdin the health- liest Section of the it Caused-From' aii Explosion l ;iof a Gas Leak- age. - - - t Uomber of Alarms Turned in and the '' Firemen Fignt the Flames'for - " Several Hours. New Ywk, Apfl TAnothersfrlgrhtful fire caused by an.- explosion' ; f ronx : a leakage of gasr. occurred in tM'cUy ,tlb.is morning -whlQh, , In- its fatal conse-5 quences and terrible results, very much resem-bled the WndW hotel fire. . The fire occurred v ln the wealthiest residence portion of the ? city and twof ftoe dweirkrigs were ' almost totallcde stroyed. Thirteen lives -were lost and four persons were injuredT - - - ' - , The- dead arer - ' - Wallace C. Andrews, president of the New York, Steam Heating company Mrs. Andrews, "Mrs. Gamaliel St. rjohn, sister-in-law of .Mrs. Adams;. Orsoni St John, Wallace SC John, aged 3; Fred ertck St. John, acred ''thirteen months; Kate Downing, Eva ;Pattersonr Marie Boss, Nellie Boland, Mary . Fianlgan aad Annie leary, servanta The" In jured are:, Mary " Loughlto, Jennie SjvirnW AUce WhKe and Nellie Qulnn' fid V aULQ. . . - J" - - The fire was discovered Jn the home of, Wallace C " Andrews about 2-sm. by a.poUcemaa'-o'Jasg . Sixty-sixth street " r "f-; L The policeman heard - an explosion nmd saw a great flash on Sixty-neventh street. - When he reached - Andrew" house the flames were bursting -out of the windows of Jie upper r story. He tried to break Into thehouse to arouss the inmates, but thV flames drove him back, and be at ' once turned On an alarm. When the first engine arrived it was. seeni that, more help would be needed, and a second and then a third 'alarm was" (turned in.-.. ." . 't Some of the firemen -fought .with wa- .. ' - - v - ...... ,- , rr ter and chemical?;- and; others-got in to the rear of the Andrews budlding by way-iof th. Rothschild's house, which Is next" to it ."But before they could, get im Mrs. St,' Johtn and her three-year-old sonr Wallace, had-. succumbed. v-They were both -discovered v on ; the- fioorin their room; m the third; floor." The boy was 'dead , when": found? and -Mrs. . St. John, died Inl a f ew'mlnutes. Hertwo other son, Orson and .-Frederick, . and it wo servants, Kate Downing and Marie Both, were also on: the third floor, and were found dead. Mr jand Mrs. 'Andrews - were! - found J two hours later clasped dn -each: other's arms la their room on the third floor. The other ' servants - were ' on the fourth floor. Alice. White, the cook, Jumped to the roof of - the y extension, which rose to the third floor where e was fourid- uimxmscikyus. Jennie -Burns jumped " from "thev same-r window -and crushed Jher- skull. She will7 probably die.-; " . ' "The-flames shot, one hundred feet bigh and- a high- south wind was blow? ingT- carrying the flam dangerously neai.thelsulrroundlng buildimgs. . The beautiful Wome-'of J" Alfred". G: Adams.-K m51MoniaSre..eiortlng'- man,:-.tm fthe month sale of - Sixty-Ninth -Tstreet oauehtf duriner.the heiKht or i the ' fire. The iamftly wast taroused by1 "the' com mtotiomr in Sixty- Sevtenlth dttreet "fcad a servant rateed a wto.dow to - get a bet-; ter vflew. as- she dlid! - that, the; wind blew In burning' brands 4anck at -once betfaai to blaze fiercely, - tf ' ; r- Inhe Adams house. Nellie Quina aind MaiggSe Vogl, servants,- taied) 'to' get down She taiir Way but-failed.1-7 r " They "-appe&ired' flauilly!,a,t the " fron, tliwirt bruise rtanncr iHhtt woroetti: :? The, pojicemaly leaned far ouit of Iflie wHndow; Hie c&tlzsos. holding; hdm. -and. . KS ted. the wiomesi toBte'a-t a tme out of . . itba'-buro-ing house land ixved them. - -V "5.1a tlie Adams house, SMary - iJaugblin, aged fiO years,-was found einothred death by the smoke at bofotom'Uof the- sitalre -leadSng-jthe-rtilof She : fceJd herpe poodle cfeuspe ittghtly incher araia. , -, ' 1 ' - lit llhie 'Andrews' house thle ajpdies - Of the jfcwa St. - John children , wexvt "fouind aand: pJaceS besftdev "theip " mtoither and bTothera.' -'7 - r ' -Altvorre' Mme during Ihe Aff3ww fire ever. -firemen; Ihad nWrow eswape trora a falling TtC -- ' ?i V. H. BbthsdhId, buse to v Andrews -htouse;-- Xn 6fxity-SeynltJ street Urad mflthr-avcaueJu iatrounil tlx connier aire the' eEdetiBc!ea o mef Niew- , York's -wea2thieett-mca Next to 'ther'Adiami':luU8i0 fdthe! houseit)f O. Armour -Ntt to tha.t ltr.VeTty'Be moratX home 43p$ifc4!e rf&a 4a" Georg J, Gould's liiouso;' -r -i-; Mr. 'gltJRoha: was in-Wilmfeafctonf , the-'1e..'-MiS'-Aidrwvat'VAlbiaST yeaterday , and only iretarnaeiet ihoroe.asst odght.w MrardanL tat vhTiolflh.teirvan-law of St. John, said the penfclir& -femtly - btK and were AeJia.ve wtart' taSniM EuGLfllJDCflLKSyf; - v THE: GERHflnS 3u -it' Bj CnsBnt4)fiiie King tie Britdslr ' v-tJrowii now Exercises Sov--. ereignty over the ; ' ' l -iana naa cnecianatea Germany-in the South Pacific-and sew cured sovereignty over the v Tonga group of islands with the JargesCgtori. bor in the south Pacific with the rex-" ception of Papeete, in TahitL Four months &go the German consul - made a peremptory, demand on tha naiQye governffeast at Tonga for $100,000 : for debts" due-German traders. "He sot nfo satisfaction; and left - with a threat to brings 'German; warship and seize the best harbor to the group. King .George at once cioimnunlcaitedwith the: British pat Sydney and a- warship was Instantly dispatched- toiTira, The,krng 'at once Ltramsferred tlve? sovereignty of the 'Isl and, to the Brijtteh. crown w5rteh.'wil hi exerefsea protectorate. - . .--..h -exercise a protectorate. - .. 2 v.criwtTflKhinfi flft war WMnitn' si.;w IIISAHE ACT OF All ; V. ITALIA1I BARBER. Bast Haddam,- Oonn., April 7, -An Italian harber named Antonio Gerino suddenly -went -insane this afternoon and ran through the town shooting in co windows with a .. shotgun-. One charge nearly blew the .head . off of John Galston, a farmer. A large crowd of armed men pursued -and fired i peatedly tat- the madman. One shot finally; struck and killed him. -GEN.. HASTINGS DECLINES Washington, April 7. General Bu- sell Hastings has declined the presi dent's appointment to director or tne bureau of , Ajmerlcan -republics. Fred -erick Emery 5 reinstated as tempqrar- ary director. - -" SeTges in Blue and Black square and Tonnd; cut for 750 to $23. Se thom.r The Man's Outfitter -iV-trJ- - ll fatton Ave. ONWITJ wrr-.w tin . THE OLD i nc nun If you must depend oa ajrtificSal aid to restore lainng vteioau wny - no have fthe - BEST?" That's none too good. Tbere la do. glass jrsmfl no -mtlhnA iilT fittina!thiath nam. satasffacitlota than OURS r ifc ex , aminafian -rnwro ' -Ahnrttusrh no lenses more perfectly ground or V accurately : '? centered-- . frame T-mare carefully ad justed -jno prices lower fcBerylces.nemdered ; ' - - Examinatlou Free. ; . . - ; , ' S. Xj. McKEE, - . 45 Pattoo Ave. ""-Blair's Furniture Store. , JIM W II II is - the South.1 z J'- address ."x- . ' ' '.i ,;T T.-GBEi;iiaasW- ---v viv ,-" - , " . " - " - " t- Government :wiil jSCeave Nothing Undone to Cbn-i: vicf .the Muf derersj 4 i of Bakerr;- S- CAApril 7,-ThV f ederl' M grand jury ay-tadiethrffeen Prominent citizens of, ake dbunty wo ere alleged by two' anenT;whoturaed "tate's evldencetto; : have beeikr Instru mental ini thejichingf of the. 'negro PostmastervBerlast year., - tl The trial rbegtai XL onday'Thc govi ernment 'will , leavenothlnff jindone: to obtain a oonVlction.',. - . The judg-e In Jhis(lshare fax-the juryl denmnced.4 the :erime to "scatldnr lan o u8C tmyvmg WOUIU - XWJl tils'- grace tq crVillzatfon ir tbec perpetrator i went free FlUPIflOSiljrcpRE s THEIfliFniEtlDSHIP Reception, at : he Amerjcan ; f tarnation is Hfehlf Sat-; i&ftatory.;:. ,.,-r Manila, April' 7.Three iiurfared sevenity natives haVe returned to Mare auina from various hiding- places-and declared their friendsh5p for the Amer icans. 'ThePhilippiine .commission are holding dafiymeetings and receiving: .all who call. Schurman'says the reception of the proclamation by the natives is highly sattsfactory.vainid that many Fil ipinos, Spaniards and foreigners realize the fairness and straightforwardness of fts statements. " ' " ' ' 1 Beconnoitering1 parties from Malolos are feeling the enemy, but there 4s no ffghtdnff. - . LIVES LOST AT SEA; i- III AtFURIOUS GALE uTlLondonApril JT.-A furiousile pre vails akmer.the British-coasL" Thi New ibielleved" ttUheKhas-benTgreat sawj a large thrmasted steamer sink Off I the rsicIHy. : Islands. It couidift identify it by - wreckage. The British steamer 'Ingoldsby; kwt its -captain, mate and three- seamen washeu over board. . - lOT . AFFECTED. - . - . ' - Ijomdon, April 7 The wild gale pre vailing iff the SSagrlish channel has not affected the. troismlssion of messages by the Marconi wireless telegraph sys temt.- - - .1-- ... i. - at. The wind roared deaf eningly" around the south foreland lighthouse, the En glish experimental station and- rato storms were constant. Similar condi tions prevailed at Bologne, near which place the French station is-located, but messages 'passed as readily and dis tlnctly. as ' though the weather was calm. --1 . rj--. New line Ladies'OunlaPa and other Makes in Fashionable Hats- ' Th& Men's Outfitter, 11 Patton Ave. wborj'S SEEDS. Wood's Beedaare peculiisrly adopted to the Joil 'and1 climate of the South. Sold a Grant's pharmacy . "-rt: . - WcJrjBB JL COLD IN OrBYpAT--J Taikfl Tfv TtrotBo Quanias TsJbfsds. AS drog$tktrefund tate money tf tttadls to cure, zs amm tqb geamiraw n,i A Q. on each, tablet. cr 'ft,- 'r, - : . Iry ar I Florida 5 SaitV Ftir 2. - r - . -- . - f-Breakfast. - .-.IjB Ipss-'oJLlife.. TheTrawlerWildfiower put ,Jn Pwe.repticri VJnly "'r - OllU J . dtLUli U - JJ - ; '..U. vp- V-:-, - .C SriiiciiieiiWewWci"-' Blue .National 'uai - --,v--: - .r----- rv'-;,--" - X. " Z " " " ' 1 " - T " ' " " ' ' "jft-I'cts the Exchange tdbeComplet-"1 K- d-. About Apr 1 20.- V Madrid, ';April - 7Prem!er - Silvela aj he expects; to Tec'eie theexctonsre of the ratin cation of -, the H peace treaJty abot - April 20. Diplomatic ; relations then'' will be.5 re-established withVth6 IJnrted. States. TSpainiwill Immediately claims from the , American gpyemment the release the Spanish prisoners held by the Filipinos as provided for In the treatv.t V - BRYA1 HAS WRITTEN; 110 800 -' t A Publislitr Fooled a ; Jress Associa- v ti:n.0ut of S 'me Free Advertising. H Dimcotn,.Keb.;- AprflV7.-rntiam J. .Bandeaies-n Associafed Press story inaxne nas . wnuen. a, nooK on expan? sionv, HeVsays aGhicago publisher gQt hold ioflot r ofisispeeches-thosev of Hoari. Teller and others - and .: Is about tovpillshthem in book form, but the book is not authorized by- bJntf Bryoa says : 4he Associated Press was foolel -into giving' the book some free adver tisingy ": ' "v- GOWEZ'S RE-ELECT10II -GQIISipERED.BY GUBAtl CEII'LS. .Havana, April A meeting of Cu baiT generals was held" today t& consid e "vlether Gomez should be re-elected commander-in-chief of the CubVen ar my. - Those holding actual ..commands . fa vored, Gomez, but those 1 who are gener 3s only by title denounced 3omz as a traitor, declaring hehad been bought by McKlnley, They said It would be a dishonor to accept alms from Americans.- . "It would be better to go to war again, - they declared. TsTheimeetlpiSr broke up in. disorder. iVery ugly feel- ing prevajiea. - r-t r i.Thev army 'otScers 1 are. in - favor of, -jBumanarily suppressing- these gentry; who are so free: m, thefir Insults to Mc; JKtnley. - -"V r,i:KIHLEV VILLr ATTEHD 7; - AHIIUArEIICAWPMEIIT. Washing'tonlApril -,7.; General-Wheeler and a delegation today Invited Pres ident McKlnley .to attend.; the annual enicampment .of the United . Daughters of the Confederacy, at Falls Church, Va.r vJune 7 and. 8. President McKln ley said he would accept 4f Wheeler would. act as-his escort. Wheeler said he would. . -... . - . - Thevpreeideait told Wheeler today that 'he-did not1 intend' " to give him a command- to Ithe. Phtliprlnes. JAPS AHACK THE CHINESE. -S v ... - -. ... '. Honolulur-March 31, via" San Franeis cov April ; 7.-n-March"26r at ICahuku plantation 250 Japanese: laborers, la re venge, for beating a Japanese, secretly marohedupbn the quarters of about 100 Chinese laborers and fell . upom : them while they were 4-estlvg in their, quar tern --r - The Japanese were armed with swords' and hoes parrying sharp spikes and long' knives. The - Chinese : were taken -wholly by surprise and sought safety In flight butfour were hacked to 'death ahd ;slxteen '..badly wounded. Two Japs "were slighttly hurt..' . -'The place looked , like; a slaughter Ivouee when' the Japs left tt. The po- lice made many arrests. . A race war is now likely. " " ' otT'-ortfea m. TtiiiA 5 md TRfrack souare aneh4omhd cut ifbr $7.50 o $23, See itlhem. The Mens Outfitter, 11 Jfcarcton avenue We7 Are; Receiving s V New "goods .direct front 'factories v every btBrline of Mens,:Laaies, Misses". and ' r' "s- Childrenisr," Shoes is complete.- . . See 'our line of,. Ladies' OxfordaV-r - - V "4 - ' No' old stock, , lEVerytthinff new. Jrt A-- cordtat '-invitation to all whether you intend buying' 110W or not; 4 5 - c j. kW.liv WWW -- v Panic46n Stock cf Q, . y Caution bjrthe BankS Caao- vanc0. KnormouaiSales When Prices : of New Stocks p Bank Presidents Eegard- the . Cccur r renceikof the Pay a Clearing of , the linacialatmoipliere New York,- April 7,The' boom to stocks repreWtfnffbigtnwii organ- - ed so numerously, .within the; last six months burst toay-nd' there was a -small jJandc on the stock; exchange and in Wall street. Bnks, fearing for their own safety in continued inflation of these stocks, adopted a policy of close scrutiny -on trust stocks for loans, and the consequence was money jump ed om six to. fifteen per cent. Thre Vere "enormovra sales when the-market slumped" and the prices of trust shocks fell from fourto fifteen points. Bail way shares; were, also affected. The bank presidents declare that the financial atmosphere is now clearer and thalt lit was-a good .thing for business that ,the ... boom collapsed now, rather thaiLifetter when the . craze - for trust stocks might hve seized the whole of Wall street. r j ,fAt .2 ro'ciockr Brooklyn .Transit had " lost 16 points American Sugar." f 4, Met- r'dolifan. and Peopjeasj3 Pricea" recovered-somewhat Ijv"-the 'jKal hour ...-.J-. ". i MNP jmw . Amerieajni Tobacco, 221; Preferred. 140 ; :? Continentai JTobacco, 54; preferred, 87; : Southern, 12 3-8; preferred, 50 12; Nor folk, and Western 18 1-4 ; preferred , 64 3-4 r NeWYork Central, 138 1-2 ; . Ijouisvllle aind Nashville, 64 1-2. INSCRIPTION CHANCED. to JTew Tork, S.pril 7. "The nrth and - south are 'united amd there are no more rebelsr said Admiral John W. Philip, commandant of the navy yard in Brooklyn today. Admiral Philip com manded the battleship,. Texas which helped to K destroy Cerevera'. squad ron. : He then pointed to a relic , of the re hellion jvhlch Jias occupied a place on the grassplot adjoln&ng the command ant's office. This "was a' part of the ram Mississippi. For year on one side of it there appeared In white let 'ters the words: "Taken from the rebel ram Mississippi.' 'Tou' see," sail Admiral Philip, "'that word rebef has beeiT wiped out . I 'did that several days ago, because there are nOmore rebels and the word seenf-V "The Inscription; now read: "From ram MIsslsslppL - ' Do YoiLWant Some .; - Silverware For Less, Than it is. Worth? ., . . ..- -. .-. -.. -.: "1 - " j 1 We'bave-8elected!ofit;a lot of Silver-plated' Ware'inclu ding TraysFIat and Hollow Ware,T7hich 7e are offering at ,8o cent3 on the dollar. It will pay ; you to . look 1 these 1 things over tasihey are 7 Nev.Tor, April 7.--Closing prices 'on ; - . the' market today were" as follows; x ' t Mworth;20-f per cent, more than: 7e? are" nowfasMng for i.ac-'if 5tCi2-X ' --.'-- y.c--.., urchj dfcaiid patton Ajevi ; yv- fr - - - . -iisnoyiiioRs - ' r,'.--T- 7--- " - ' ' , - " i 'J !l i .1 v-,Ty h' . i .A " "'I. x u v-..,- 1 "'I; f ' r-: ,r.
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