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ASHBmiifi; N. CL, satdrday MORNING, MAY 20i. 1
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American
Lady Corsets,
PRICE'S CREAM
J3AKING POWDER : : :
Is an absolutely pure
Cream Tartar BakiDg
Powder and sells for
30c Per Pound
G. A. GREER,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FANCY GROCER,
53 Patton Arenne.
When, you see the name
SOLON PALMER
2. -Wl
on a box of fao powder you may
depend upon its being1 pure. We
liave that" maker's in white and
flesh, boxed to beautiful style,
with -a piece of chamoisi iin tacTi
box. Delicately perfumed with
three odors !& choose from.
vPrice 25 cents.
WOOD'S SEEDS
$
$
aT'e tested and true.
PALMER'S
GLYCERINE SOAP '
Is splendid value at 10 ceM. A
v box of three, 25 cents. truaraii-
jteecl pure and o contain, one
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"ST-
Filipino Commission
ers Dickering With
Otis.
American General Refuses
to Grant an A.rmiv
tice. Fnsurents J oot and Burn
the Town of an
Luis.
Natives Returning to Candaba, Which
Sas Bien Captured by Our TrooDS'
Hatred of Spaniards,
Manila, Saturday, - May 20. General
del Pilar and Gracio
Gonzaza , mem
cabinet; Lietiten
Bairebto, military
bera of the Filipino
ant Colonel Alberto
advocate, and Major
Zealcita, member
of A&uinaldo's staff, arrived thia morn
ing1 to co-operate with Florentino Tor
res, Pablo Ocampo and Theodor Yran-
co, residents of Manila, as a commis
sion to negotiate peace. They are now
holding1 a consul taftion.
Natives continue to return to - the
town of Candaba, which was taken by
Colonel Kobbe's expedition Thursday.
They say they desire peace. A Span
ish priest returned with many famil-
es, begging protection. He reported
that three 'hundred insurgents desert
ed Candaba Wednesday, retreating to
ward Mount Arayat, ten miles north.
He also said that the natives believe
the archbishop is helping the Ameri
cans, hence their increased hatred of
Spaniards. h !
Thursday night the insurgents looted
and burned San Luis. They also cut
off a .signal detachment, wMcfa:wfeB re
inforced by an army tu today. - " x
: Kobbe remains at Candaba awaiting
orders to advance up the river to meet
Lawton. who is marching: eouth from
San Tsidro. McArthur remains at an
Fernando.
ARMISTICE DECLINED BY OTIS.
London, May 19. A news agency de
spatch from Manila says that the Fill
pino commissioners submitted no hew
proposition, but requested an armistice
which Otia declined to entertain.
FILIPINO COMMISSIONERS CAPTURED.
Manila, Friday Afternoon, May 19.
The Filipino commissioners, Buencam-
ino and Herrea, who were on their way
to Malolos to join the other insurgent
commissioners, are reported capturea
and detained by General Luna, who is
ndt in sympathy with the peace nego
tiations. The commissioners were com
ing to Malo4os presumably in accord-
... . . .1.. vrt.,
ance witn resoiuuons receuuj' yocu
by the Filipino congress providing for
the surrender of the insurgents on tne
best terms obtainable.
Brigadier General Funston has reliev
ed General Whea'ton, who is to De as
signed to the command of an expediT
tion.
The Thirteenth Minnesota infantry
has been withdrawn from the front to
allow the men to rest.
THE UNITED STATES AS AN ARBITER.
Rome, May 19. Ex-Premier Crispi,
Mas an 'article m Ajnfougaa out fine uis-
arrrjament coniSerenoe, in which he
points tout as astaaMii'mg the fact (that
the Uniltied States, ithough it 'has ; great
B-tamidimg army, for the first time is 'in
vfttiftd to be retxretsented ait one oif the
congresses of European powers'. This
(he explains by tbe 'assertttan th'ati since
lth war with Sratin the Uniited States
Ihias 'become the arbiter of European af
fairs, especially coloiiiil.
Sig. Crispi decilaireB. thlat Ithe peace
conference cam' have nio practical results,
simoe 4t will avoid, itather than sblve or
Ulttem.pt 'to solve, the burntoig questions
of ttihe !hour. The only hojje of peacs,
Sig, Crispi believes w'ill be $ound in the
'constitution df a Europeaia fedeia'tOT or
ganized on l'iaets similar to those of the
North American union.
At . the Womans Exchange, North
Count squaire.jmay be found dainty cake
jelly and numiefous tf&ncy articles, lumch
cloth, sun bonmefts, etc. Prices rea
sonable. ' Tour choice of men's $4.00
Mears' for $2.98. G. A. Mears.
shoes at
Mountain Park
HOT S PRINGSr N. C.
Tliftr7 five ndle tb TTiwifW in TTtflwuj"
-Beat nln halm GoU cootm tn tie Sootk. ' .
DEWEY HAY LEAVE
MAtHLA TOMORROW
Expected to Arrive in Hcng Kong
May 25th.
Washington, May 19. Naval officials
expect Admiral Dewey to leave Manila
for Hong Kong Sunday or Monday.
No news haa been received as to the
date of the admiral's departure from
the English port, but he is expected to
arrive in Hong Kong May 25.
WASHINGTON'S JUBILEE.
Snectacular Features of the Great
Fireworks Display.
Washineiion, May 19. From the
ports submitted by the committees oA
the peace jubilee it appears evident
that the pyrotechnic displays will
constitute cne of r.ie grandest and mOft
inspiring features of the celebration
Scenery will b2 ised in connection
with the fireworks as in a thealer. TJie
work on these is niw well Advanced.
The scenery will be used in the repre
sentations of the batid of Manila, frt
Santiago and n ban Juan Hill, ie
tpectively. The lake ia now under con
struction. It is o by used for the iwo
naval battles, 'n which vessels dis
charging their cannon or sinking amid
a wonderful conflagration, will be de
picted. Two-inch planks, lined with
tin, and with a cement bottom, abPO
lutely water-tight, are 1eing used.
Back of this will be scenery, which,
as Mr. Pain states, will be sixty fe't
longer than any heretofore used in this
country.
About and in front of this, the sol
diers of the district regiment, and pro
fessional actors, to the number of 150,
whom Mr. Pain will bring here, wll
march about. They - will wear c.
tumes, some as Americans, others as
Cubans and Spaniards. A dress re-
hearsal for all of these, including thje
five hundred members of the National
guard, the cadets from the Business
high school, wlio will act as ushers, and
the reception committte will be -held
on Monday at 6:30 p. m.
Elegant tableaux depicting the great
events in American history have been
arranged. The first tableaux Will be
given immediately after the present
tion of the king; a dance will follow;
then another tableau, another dance,
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CHURCHES UNITE III X
; PHILIPPINE M SSIOKS
Report of the Committee-at Peshyter
ian Assembly.
Minneapolis, Minn., May 19. After
religious exercises this morning in tne
annual assembly of the Presto ten.an
church of the United States the chair
men of standing committees and part
of the committees "were announced.
The board of foreign missions staled:
"The transfer of the Philippine isl
af&s to the United States has opened
a new field for Christian missions.
The board had prepared for this event
by a conference with other misKionary
agencies, that there might be no waate
fnl competition in the new fields and
by offering to receive any contributions
which might be made for missions.
Nearly $10,000 was received for this
purpose and two missionaries were sent
to Manila. Other missionaries will
soon be sent."
FOR SALE,
A judgement against! Miaa Maud
Wells and Robert L. Nellaoo. for the
sum of $19.25. "Apply Co D. A. LAnly,
Ashevllle, N. C
Bargains in men's low shoes at Mears'.
GLASSES AND GLASSES-
You wear glasses?
Yes, but do yon
wear the right
kind? Just as well
take one medicine
for all diseases oi
the human system,
as cse one certaiD
glass for all eye
defeats.
Many people
wear glasses and fitill their eyes
trouble them, thty fail to get max
imum relief and comfort simply be
cause they have'nt the right glss-es
Come in and let us examiDe your
eyes and tell you whether your
glasses are right or not or if you
need to wear glasses. Examination
free.
PROPER j S. L. McKEE,
SVES
YOUR
EYES.
Scientific Optician,
45 Patton Ave.
BlaiVs Furniture Store
Hotel and Bath
ELECTRIC CARS
Iff COLLISION
Ten Pensons Are Injured,
Two of Them Fa
tally. Cleveland, May 19. Ten persons- were
injured, tyvo fatally, in a collisiea of
an electric car at the corner of Ontario
and Prospect streets this afternoon.The
collision took place at a switch, and
was caused by a timber jumping- the
track and bumping into a car coming
from the opposite direction. The car
I was crowded with passengers. Its roof
Was stove in and it was ttipfwt(
damaged.
THE H0Mc FOR DEWEY.
Plans for Collecting Money for the
National Gift
Washington, May 19. The committee
in charge of arousing interest in and
securing subscriptions for an estate
for Admiral ewey have arranged to
have 'the national banks all over the
country receive and forward contribu
tions. Manv reauesits have- come from
banks in different sections of the
country to receive funds, and the com
mittee has decided to take advantage
of this means of collecting money.
Cards will be printed and sent out to
all the more important banks which
can be displayed by them.
- Perry S. Heath, first assistant post
master general, and one of the com
mittee on the Dewey home, expects to
Issue an order shortly authorizing: all
postmasters to receive t and forward
funds to the committee.
The presidents of the boards of trade
ii all the more prominent cities will
also be asked to take the matter up
and organize a system for' eo'leciing
funds in their cities.
A notable feature of Admiral Dew
ey's arrival in Washington will be the
presentation to him by the president of
the superb jeweled sword made by au
thority of congress as a testimonial
from the government. The sword was
completed some time since, but owing
to -its delicacy and great value, it was
deemed best not to send it to the ad
miral. It is now in a safe deposit vault
awaiting his coming.
The presentation to the officers ant.
men of the -admiral's flagship of the'
Lhandsome medala.authirv44 crn-
rress will occur probably ut the came
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M'MILLAN THEIR CHOICE.
Detroit, Mich., May 19. At a con
ference heldN today by Senator McMil
lan and several of his politlcr-l
friends, Republican leale-s froa, va
rious parts of Michigan, it was decided
that Senator McMillan will be a candi
ated for a third term as United States
senator. According to the xprevskns
of some of those who wstj in the con
ference, the senator and his friends do
not apprehend that Secretary Alger's
candidacy for the senator-ship will de
velop into anything formidable.
TO REMOVE RESERVOIR.
New York, May 19. Mayer Van
Wyck lhas signed the resolution of the
muicipal assembly providing for the is
sue of $500,000 bonds to defray the ex
panses of removi'mg the old reservoir
from Bryiant park and building the
foundation's ifor the hew library.
Thte contract for thie work will be lett
immediately by the board, of estimate
and the work of tearing down 'the Teser
volr will begin as soon as practicable.
COMPLAINTS REGARDING RECRUITS.
Washington, May 19. An order has
been issued by the war department
warning recruiting officers to be more
careful in the selection of recruits for
the army. It is stated that complaints
of the inferior quality of recruits, in
dicate a lack o'f care on the part of
some officers. Physical defects have
been found which, in the judgment of
fthe department, should have been dis
covered when the men were examined.
Bab9es' spring heel shoesi, 75, now 60
cents, at G. A. Mears.
Men's Oxford 'ties, 6
Mer'.
to 8, at cost . at
I We Want... I
Ail the buBicess we can
gt. We appreciate
small or.i rs, wn l vill g
eive t h m tbe enniei
p orapt end careful at-
teuiion we do larger
ones.
Fresh
Strawberries
Today
-AT-
Snldefs
On the $qttareM
SECRETARY WILSON ,
GIVEN AN OVATION
Speaks Before Texas House of Bepre
senta iyes, Lauding the State.
Austin, Tex., May 19. Secretary or
AgrtttU'tuTe' Wilson was given an ova-
tion by members of the legislature to-i
day. He addressed the house by tevW
tation and his remark were frequently
applauded. Mr. Wilson started he ha
visited nearly all the agricultural d1s
tricts of the state and had found ev
idences of great prosperity. He urged"
that the farmers give more attention
to diversification of products and that
the legislature contribute liberally for
the support of agricultural institutfon-s.
He declared all -products raised in 'the
United States could be raised in Texas.
Mr. Wilson predicted that the Nica
ragua canal would be opened in a few
years, affording the state a drrect mar
ket in the far east.
no settlement:
of alaskan boundary
Dispute Has Made no Progress and
the Matter is at a Deadlock.
Washington, May 19. The prospect
of the reassembling of the Anglo-
Americaa Canadian commission is not
flattering. Its reassembling is contin
gent on England and the United States
arriving at some arrangement on the
Alaskan boundary question. Although
Hay, Choate, Salisbury and Paunce-
fate have, since the adournnient i.f the
commission, discussed the boundary
question no progress has been made
and ho. settlement is in sight.
CHINA BUYING WAR SUPPLIES.
Moscow, May 19. Reports from Pe-
kin indicate that the empress dowager
means to try to repel further European
aggression. It is declared that she has
ordered from the manufacturers in
several European countries war sup
plies to the value of $28,400,000, and
that the entire Chinese fleet is now sta
tioned off the Taku forts, command
ing the approach to Pekin and Tient
sin. Another assault upon German offi
cers and colonists in the province f
Shantung is reported.
BASEBALL GAMES YESTERDAY.
At Cincinnati. . R. H. E.
Cincinnati 5 13 :
Brooklyn '. -. . . . . .... .7 13
Batteries:; Phillips and Wood ;' Ken
nedy and FrrelL
At WAshine-ton R. H. E
Washington .. 4 12 5
Pittsburg 11 13 3
Batteries Baker and McGuire; Tan
nehill and Bowerman.
Second game R. H. E.
Washington 10 12 1
Pittsburg 2 7 4
Battertles: McFarland and Butler;
Payne and Bowerman.
At Louisvile R. H. E.
Louisville 4 6 4
Boston 13 18 0
Batteries: Dowling and Kittridge;
Kile,n and Bergen.
St. Louis-New York game was giv
en to the St. Louis club in the sev
enth on account of the New York's re
fusing to abide by a decision of the
umpire toy a score of "9 to 0.
At Chicago R. H. E.
Chicago 2 5 3
Baltimore 4 10 1
Batteriesv Callahan and Donohue;
Kitson and Robinson.
Cleveland Philadelphia game post
poned on account of coM weather.
GAMES TODAY.
Washington at Pittsburg.
Philadelphia at Cleveland.
Brooklyn aJt Cincinmalti.
Boston at Louisville.
BaatiimiTe at Chicago.
New York at St. Louis.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
Clubs. W. L.
St. Louis 20 7
20 8
Pc.
.741
.714
.667
.630
.625
.607
Chicago I8
Philadelphia 17
Cincinnati 15
9
10
9
11
13
17
16
17
22
20
Boston . .
Baltimore
Louisville
17
14
10
. 9
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.370
.360
.346
.214
.130
New Yorkk
Pittsfburg .. .. 9
Washington. 6
Cleveland 3
Bananas.
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Received a large ship
ment of faccy
PORT LEMON BANANAS;
Will be sold at a very
low price.
KEELING9 S
OpposltePostofE.ee.
MS FOR
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Cubans Must Turn
Over Weapons on
Receipt of Pay.
No Orders Yet Given to
Change Original In
structions. President Will Consult With
Alger Before Taking
Any Action.
Lawtoa's Men Send Thanks to McKin-
ley Nicholas, cf Rsmia, Also Ex
presses Gxatitute to President.
Het Spring. May 1$. Adjutant Gen
eral Corbin has been consulting with
President MoKinley today in regard to
the Cuban situation and other matters,
and will return to Washington with
the president.
The presidential party left today on
special train on the Cheapeake and
Ohio for Staunton, where it will arrive
during the night. President McKinley
will remain there until 8 o'clock when
the train will depart for the Shenan
doah valley over the Baltimore and
Ohio and Southern railroads, passing
through' Harrisonburg; Cedar Creek,
Winchester and Harper's Ferry, reach
ing Washington at 5:30 in ha after
noon.
The president today received the fol
lowing: "Manila, May 4.9.-sLawton and com
mand send grateful acknowledegnjent
for your congratulations. (Signed)
"OTIS."
This was in reply to the president's
cablegram thanking General Lwton
for taking San Isldro.
The president also received the fol
lowing today: -
Tsarskoe-Selo, President . f the
United States, Wahington, '$'. C: I
am deeply grateful for your -.good
wishes and congratulations'.. Signed)
"NICHOLAS,
u "Czar of 'Russia."
President McKinley will probably
take no action in regard to the con
flicting views of Secretary Alger
and General Brjooke relative to the Cu
ban army, until he has an opportunity
to consult with Secretary Alger. The
matter was fully talked over with Ad
jutant General Corbin today but it can
be stated authoritatively that no or
ders have been given in regard to
changing the original instructions from
having the arms turned over to the
United States.
HAVANA EXCITED
BY ALGER'S DISAPPROVAL
Gom$7 Astonished Peel ares jgfe
Advise Cubans to Keep Arms.
Havana, May 19. Publication in the
papers of the despatch from the Unit
ed States that Secretary Alger has dis
proved General Brooke's arrangement
for disbanding the Cuban army, and
insisted on arms being surrendered to
the United States authorities, haa cre
ated intense excitement here and end
ed the good feeling which prevailed
during the last few days. Brooke de
nied he had received any advices from
Washington changing the planajad de
clared the present arrangement was to
be carried out. From other sources it
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200 Pairs Worth 90c
AT
60cts-PER PAIR
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We have just eloped out a
large manufacturers' stock
of extra heavy Sterling Bil
Ter Link Cuff Btfttcns whicH
we are offeriog for 60 cents
per pair as long as they last.
This class of button we have
al way s . sold heretofore for
90 cents and $1.00 per pair.
Arthur M. Field
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