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A- ASHEVttLE, N G, FRIDAY MOBNING, APBIL 28, 1899 ' f . :V: '.'.: -V.' - Price Cents. I - - - ? U ' - . OESTREICHER 3 "al 4 & CO.. V 51 PatttiTH Avenue. Leatfng Dry Goods and When corttemplalting engaging in the millinery business we were fully aware that to succeed we must otott only excell to style amd Quality, but must undersell estab lisfcel competition. Public opin ion bias 'cifceeded that we have ealableheVJ these facta. v We have -on hand a tfew Choice Paris PATTERN HATS which, Waving served their pur pose, will be old outo this week Regardless OF VALUE. Full lime of Walking baits and eai'lors just received. We will show this week same special bargains in Madras, Bat- iate, Ginghams and Piques. OESTREICHER &G0. 51 Patton Ave. Fresh Peeled Mushrooms in their 'own juice i pound cans, $ i ,oo. Eaual to Mush- rooms fresh from i:he cellar. Directions on each can, G.A.GREER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FANCY GROCER, 53 Patton Avenue- - House Cleanings f Just received our Spring -order S f finely ground 1. INSECT POWDER 2T also 1 BARREL' MOTH BALLS -ST V and all size of v ' a 2fc JTBAXliJfii 1USTJSK - FEATHER DUSTERS - from 25 cts. to4LW, 7 .' ' ' ' Now la-the time to use thee j article. V 1L 8 IlElfllTSH & REAGAN, Church St. and Patton : Ave. 4 - - ' . - 5 ' Phone 132 if. en a fcurry -for . Drugs.; iillinery Pllill mm U fa 1 IS Kntire Town Almost Wiped Out in Missouri. One Hundred Persons Re ported Killed, One Thous and Injured, Aud Four Hundred Houses Wrecked at Kirks ville. . Forty Dead Bodies Already Taken From the Euina There and at Newton the Dead Are Reported to Number 37 Fire and Eain Addis g to Confu sion of Rescuing. Kirksville, Mo., April 27 The sky emptied its fury earfy this evening when the east side of the town was wiped out. A broad, clean path nearly a quarter of a mile wide leads through the town. It is probable that at least a hundred are killed and a thousand injured. It will be long after daylight before an adequate conception of the destruction of life can be had. Pour hundred houses were wrecked and tne inmates J are either dead or injured. Forty dead bodies have thus far been taken from the ruins. Newton, a small place on the St. Paul railroad, felt the full force of the storm, being practically wiped out. The d?ad there number 37, while the list of the injured will reach 500. The storm seems to have been the one that did eo much damage earlier in the day. A heavy rairifollowed the tornado, adding to the confusion and hindering the work of rescue. All who escaped have turned out to rescue the injured and search out the bodies. The Amer ican School of Orthoepathy, situated here, and the professors and students Joined with the regular practitioners in aiding the injured. The work is be ing superintendend by Mayor Noonan, but there are not nearly enough sur geons for the work in hand. All conveyances are being used in conveying the dead and dying from, the death belt Half a dozen wrecked houses tools fire after the cyclone passed, but no effort could be made to stop the flames. Lurid lights now illuminate the town, aiding the rescuers in their errands of mercy. TORNADO IN IOWA. Three Persons Killed and Much Dam age to Property. Sioux City, Iowa, -April 27. A torna do struck the western line of Crawford county last night, killing three persons and injuring several seriously. Three houses werex demolished and great damage done to farm property. The list of the dead and injured in the tornado which swept over Craw- ford county last night is growing. , Four are known to be dead while ten J are not expected to survive their in juries. In one family a mother -was tkilled and e daugtitere fatally hurt. a four-year-old ooy was asieep oy tne side of his mother, who was killed. He disappeared and was believed to have been killed, but was found -today on a haystack where he was deposited unin jured. The property loss' ia enormous. MIA 111 MouflMiiRaiM HOT. S PRINGS, C. : Ttdrtflve mlles .w f AgJvUte on Southern JaUwy 1'. - A. modem 'rwaort in every particular. c f ,y, . . -Bdrtalna KoJe.Golf courts hk tht Sout .' C For :furtlr piartlcttrfof: ddreV. " ; - i .A . - . v : - 'V - ; -.f V.-'T'; D: GREEN ' Uaf. WHEELER OFFERED . DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS But Asks to be Seat to the Philip pines Request XJnd.r Con sideration. Washington, April 2Ti Brigadier General Wheeler has been offered the command of the department of Texaa butt he has asked to be sent to the Phil ippines and his request is under con sideration. It has been decided to re establish the department of Texa with headquarters at San Antonio, and officials would like Wheeler to take it, but the chances are he will.be seat to i Manila. POSTAL SERVICE EXPERIMENT Star Routes in South Carolina ttfbe Replaced by a Rural Free Delivery. - Washington, April 27. On May 1 the postal service of almost the entire state of South Carolina will be altered, nearly all the star routes being re placed by- a rural free delivery.. This move is in the nature of an experiment, which if successful, will be extended in other sparsely settled districts. Washington, April. 27. A signal evi dence of the purpose of the United states to maintain friendly relations witii vjci many uave ueen giveu in uue j favorable action of the president, at the instance of Secretary Hay, in ap proving the project for a new Trans atlantic cable running between Ger many and the United States. The pro ject was brought forward by ' promi- nent German-American interests, and has had the active support of the Ger man ambassador here, Dr. Von Hol leben. The new company Is to be known as the German-American Tele graph company, and among those .in terested in it are prominent firms In Germany, as well a a numbertof Americans. The details of organization have been in charge of Mr. Sporegyin New York. The negotiations here have brought out a favorable opinion from the attor ney general as to the right of grant ing cable landings in the "United States as well as the exchanges of an inter national aspect which have proceeded between Secretary Hay and Dr. von Holleben. The German terminus of the new cable, will, it is understood, be at Ems, a town and watering place in the prov ince of Hesse-Nassau, Prussia, near Coblenz. The American terminus is expected to be at New York. The route of the line will be by way of the Azores, a Portuguese possession, so that it is presumed that concessions al so have been obtained from Portugal. This will be the first cable ever laid between Germany and the United States, and with the Franco-American cable will be the only line not touch ing on British soil. John's Asbestos Liquid Paints are the beet palnta for structural purpose ever produced. Stee color card at Gfant'a Pharmacy. S&mtaga Chlpe. in at Krogteir'si. The gcJoid kind, just EYE EXAMINATIONS This it one of our methods for scienftJfidaJly testing the eyes for "defective ' visfibn. (Eye defeats thlalt-vWere one (thought tlo be in curable, can now toe -entirely re lieved by wearing properly fitted glasses. Examination, free. S. L. McKEE, Scientific Optician, 45 Patton Ave. V We are here to dtaiiy. Try us. Blair's FurnatuT-So8is. A flfinilllin -rr iait-r-v h Vrfini(IMb IU IVAU I I. Advised Not to Make Com ments on Tnternational Af fairs in Private Letters. Washington, April 27. Hi view of the Coghlan incident the na department has sent word to Kautz 'at Apia to be 1 careful not to make any comments on ! international affairs in his private i correspondenbe. This action was .called forth by tha Publication of a letter written bv ' " " cme lo representing tne soutn Kautz to a Cincinnati friend in which em States on the nominatiog commit- tne admiral said that he and not the German consul was "boss of the ranch." " ADVICES FROM KAUTZ. Washington, April 27. The navy de- ydi-.ment has received tne toiiowing. "Auckland, April 27, Apia, April 13. Receipt of itelegrams of March 21 and ( April 2 acknowledged. Coal cannot be j obtained at Apia; must be ordered '. from Auckland. Everything quiet, quired that whites and blacks be sep Am not aggressive with Mataafa reb- arated in public gatherings. After a els, but am protecting our consulate discussion it was decided to allow the and property and the Samoan govern- J delegates to sit as they wished. The ment established by -the decision of the chief justice of the supreme court. (Signed) Kautz." UNVEILING OF GRANT'S STATUE , imposing Ceremonies in Presence of ijaxge an a uisting aisnea company. Philadelphia, April 27. The statue of General Grants presented to the city of Philadelphia by . the Fairmount Park Art association, was unveiled with ap propriate ceremonies this afternoon by Miss Rose Sartoris, granddaughter ct Grant, in the presence of President McKinley, members of the cabinf-t, representatives of foreign govern ments and a large gathering of distin guished citizens and guests of honor. Prominent among those participating was Mrs. Grant, widow of the general, and other members of the t family. GePfial, Miles and Captain Coghlati, of the Raleigh,- were also prosn'J. . In the evening McKinley was the guest of honor at the diiar of the Union League club. In In-s speech the president said that Yo. ."s thoroughly satisfied with the wo-fc of ihe army and navy. In ad'iitloi he salfl: "The army and navy can poak and sometimes write for themselves, onl never fear they do w.-jrncr." Cophlan was at the table and many thought ti.e latter remarks applioJ to him After the banquet a public meeting caa hPiri r the Academy of Music. tj McKinley made a brief speech. Tomorrow the president will inspect the Raleigh and then go to Nw York. PRISONER KILLED gY A WOMAN New Orleans, April 7. W. E. Har rington was killed in the jail at Lees ville by Miss Mary Lacaze, whom he was charged with outraging. She went to the jail on- the pretext of arranging a marriage, and when she entered the cell she pued a pistol from her bos om and shot him. She was arrested and locked up in the same jail, which is now closely guarded to prevent a threatened rescue by her influential rel atives. FOR SALE, A judgement against Mies Maud Wells and Robert L. Neilson. for the sum of $19.25. Apply to D. ALajhly, AshevHl, N. C. More tJhaai- 2,000,000 trees have been pQanlted along the line of the Noiitlbarn f Pacific naiih-oald to North OaJtota, 50 wbi vtj as piroctxauwiij " - TIhe best truss made Is the American Silver Truss. Something entirely nw. See it alt Grtant'e Pharmacy. IPEMUT BRITTLE 1 Fresh, Nice and Delicious I 1 at f : oh the Square V rtiiitmu nAnMA. "wiiuAT oUnuUL uUIlVhlllluin DISTURBANCE I H ATLANTA Nearly Goes to Pieces on Question of White and Black Hoke Smith , president. ACianta' 27 -The international Sunaay scho1 convention nearly went Pi&CeS today n the uestion of Wte ftnd blak caused by ithe seating of col- the committee on nominations. Hoke Smith was chceen pres!o!eTit but tees py the negros the row-occurred. 1 A heated discussion arose over the , choice of committeemen from Georgia I and South Carolina, and the matter j was finally referred to the executive committee. The attention of the co-rtfen- ,tioir was called, through the chairman of seating of the delegates together y the poiice, who stated that it was not ony a violation of a city ordinance hnt nf thp ta.tp law as well whirh re attempt to place colored men on the committee on nominations was made by the Georgia and South Carolina ne gro delegates. E. R. Canter, colored, of Atlanta, was nominated by a negro as Georgia's member of the committee. This was objected to by John M. Green, of At lanta, second vice-president of the as sociation, who informed the conven tion that Georgia's choice was W. S. Witham. - .. A South Carolina negro then placed in nomination a colored man -from his state, which caused considerable con fusion and excitement. There were mo tions and counter motions In an at tempt to settle the matter and after a heated debate both whites and b.acks were selected to nominate a committee. This' matter had hardly been adjusted before the news that the police were attempting to separate the whites and blacks spread. This brought out a tSood of oratory on, thequestion from both white and colored delegates. The presiding officer, -Mr. Green, said the matter of seating delegates was made plain to northern delegates when the convention was spoken of for Atlanta and it was perfectly satisfactoryi to them. A conference was called be tween the police and Colonel Candler, in charge of the entertainment com mittee, and it was finally decided to let the delegates sit as they wished. , RtlSSOURI RISING. Omaha, Neb., Apr I 27. With !hf Missouri still rising at this point and Cut Off lake filling up and- threatening to cut through Locust street and ftrm a junction with the main body of wa ter, people in the lowlandf? and those who own property here do not konw what the future contains for them. From the upper river, country come alarming reports of the Missouri'! rav ages. In Union county, S. D., the river is cutting deep i,nt30 the banks toward McCook lake, an old- river bed.. It lacks only a short distance now of get ting through-, and should that happen a new course would be made across valuable farmland timber land into the Sioux river. Already one woman has lost 250 acres of timber land. It is sim ply falling into the river, carrying trees and everything else with it. The river may yet tear a course into Dakota county, Neb., and great alarm exists. CASE OF MRP. GEORGE GOES TO THE JURY. Canton, Ohio, April 27. The case of Mrs. George, charged with the uiurder of George D. Saxton, was given to the jury today, and at a late hour tonight no verdict had been rendered. It was reported during the evening that a ver dict in a lesser degree would be found. The jury settled down' for the night at midnight, and there will be no verdict till morning. The coaling s'tiation .to be .established at the Charles town nbival station to sup ply Uncle S&hVs wtaxships will bav bunkers capable Of holo3ng 15,000 tons of coaL . ' ' " ANNOUNCEMENT. We beg to Inform our customers and the public that In addit&m to bur .tfntto tic Merchant Tailoring Department where the greatest oare and study are exeroised ttto Insure a perfect fktnat th loreot possible prices. We -have, just opened a fimt-cloja Gents' vFurnishlnc Department .where you twfel: And flrst cJasB goods and thai latest tyle Your partronag WnscHy solicited; ." - H. GELMAN, Proprietor. V 1. C WILBAR, Manaqer. EtirasBoulldln Haywood kreet, cor - Sat Driven to San Fer nando, Northwest of Calumpi't. Operations Resumed Yeste - day With Much Vigor. Battle Between Wheaton's Brigade and Strong Force of Insurgents. Day'g Fighting Marked by Another American Deed of Daring Which Had Much to do With Defeat. Manila, Thursday Evening, April 27. Operations against the insurgents were resumed with vigor this morning. and with small loss to the Americans. The Filipinos were driven to San Fernando, nine or ten miles northwest of Calumpit, where they remain at present. The day's fighting was mark ed by another American deed of dar ing, which had much to dp with the rebel defeat. Fighting began as soon s there was light enough to fire effectively. The battle was between Wheat s brignde on the south bank of the Rio 'Jrar.de de la Pampanga and a strong force of insurgents in the north bank, The Filipinos used the old mu2zie load-" ing cannon, but failed to da any oxe .5on. The enemy wv? sf,ron?'v in trenched and our artillery fire failed to penerate the defences. Consequent ly the infantry bore the brunt of the fighting. It looked difficult to dislodge the enemy, as the river prevented an infantry charge. At ten o'clock this morning the insurgents still held three miles of the trenches along the river. Colonel Funston, of the Twen tieth Kansas, called for volunteers to cross the river. Two men were finally selected, and carrying a long rope, they swam the river, the bullets kicking up little jets of water all around. Neither was hit and they se cured the rope to a tree on the oppos ite bank. A raft was hastily constructed and On it Funston with two companies of his regiment crossed, using the rope aa a guiding ling. Several trips were nec essary. Once ashore the Kansans' at tacked the trenches with an enfilading fire. This demoralized the Insurgents and the main body retreated north ward, while the remainder escaped up the railroad track under a heavy Are. The leftr flank of the enemy reformed on a plain to the north, of the river in the second line of trenches, where a futile attempt was made to hold ground. Meanwhile the remainder of the Kansans and the First Montana slowly crossed the bridge that had been badly damaged, and advanced on the trenches. The Filipinos thereupon re treated toward Apalit, four miles north While this was being done, 2,000 in surgents advanced in skirmish forma tion from Macabee, leaving a strong (Continued on Fifth Page 200 Pairs Worth 90c AT BOcts PER PAIR - We haye just closed cut a largemanufacture8, fitort oLetra heavy 8erlino;RU yer Link Cuff Buttons which we are offering , for 60 cents per pair as lopg as they last. This-class of button we have always sold heretofore for 90 cents and $1.00 p r pair. Arthur M.3 Field Church -Street, and Patton Avenu : . " 1 ' c ":AslieTilltf .NXL . ' j 4 V . r '. : , t -1 -. h 'I