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4 c 5 V 4 7 1 ( Si h -r. .s.r.r 5 . y A I ,T v -. nroTiirinnrn UCOlllIlluncil t & go:; r ' 51 Patton Avenue. WIILLINERY " AND DRY:-: GOODS; m 2 Oir Specials for WEDNESDAY vn will iacfluae tne resi i uur -w- - . . .. 1 w - if- m Aft PiV . .... m r rlces or -wnica were iron . t to-$20.00 . , ' " Cloteiaife out jxricea wili, iJage "from 15,00 lo $10.48, in vmoatr laV V allaiices leea than thie coot of the .material.- ' f - Oar Specials in Silk Underskirts Ijfrt Nd. 1. Aai elegknt chuigalbla Bilk, corded and ruffled in colors, wortlh, $7.50; Sale Price, $4.9. A better quality in. changeable and plain Silk, lth timse ruffles, ool-' ore, lavender, purple, and two chadeS of green, sold usually at $11.50; 6al Prtoe, r ft $9. 00 cut price sale In our trim .mid ; millinery geimeut' fitill eon Uo ' ... ., , IIER 34 CO 51 Patton Ave. M ' i , .... m. T PRICE'S CREAM BAKING POWDER Is an absolately pure Cream Tartar -Baking Powder and sells for 30c Per Pound G. A. GREER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FANCY GROCER, - 53 Patton ATenne. " IS. i' ?: Paint Corn and Wari nightly dt- "with, Peerless Corn , J? Solvents I 2 TREIC fcS 'Vyon willhaveno trouble In'.gettingr, Prk 25"denti. y- BinapMe, rsaia and'effectlve, Baldwin's - ; Headache Cure ' - 25 toentsL , , :Tar Camphor f rZ-iAy' to -heauftiful 3ains;xJ5 -cerits..rAla: v '-tSi'i Naptwa -'juunpnofr-i - sot ids. wumsLvS i,.;4-. a. very, agreeable Hiar. r 04 S. Main Street; rj- f i'SAshert;;: North Carplln :?tyiiuiniiMiiWit'c: ' i 1 1 ...... Otis and FilijpiiipslDo Not Seriously " Disa tgree. Why. CommissloUers Gould - - ! - .. .- . . Not Consider an Ar mistice. Lawton, McArtlmr and Fun- stbn Kept Very . ; Busy. On His Expedition Just Ended Law- ton's Troops Killed 400 Filipinos. Was&ington, May 24. In a cable gram to Secretary of State Hay today. "President Schurman, of the Philippines ; commission, makea .eommente which - - . satisfy the adminifitratlon that the al leged differences of opinion between General - Otis and (the Commission does not amount to anything. It contains nothing to justify the statement hi the press despatches that the civilian members disagree with Otis as to the re quest of the Filipinos for an "armistice. Onthe contrary SchurpffeS infWCT.. He rushed1 x toward the negro, 1 reference id the consideration of that request by the commission that it was a military matter and could not be granted" by the. commission. SchuT man'a advices do not differ majteriaMy with the press despautches in regard to The conference between' the Filipinos and the commissioners. ENTSjOF tkmOH AND M'ARTHUP. Manila,, 'May 24. General ' LawUn, with most of histroops has arrived at taiolos. Efcls r.e1cpeditioi; '--teiiihe'- -no iraies ia , ftySe:;!! fights, '"- captured 4 wenty height -towns, destroyed 300,OOOl bushels of iice and lost only six men killed and thirty-one wounded. On the other -hand General Lawton estimates 'that his troops killed 400 insurgents and wounded, double thai many. . . General's MacArthur and Funston with the Kansas and Montana regi ments and the Utah battery dispersed 800 insurgents entrenched on a railroad beyond San Fernando. American scouts were fixed Upon from trenches unexpectedly and withdrew. The fir ing was heard at San Fernando and General MacArthur assembled the troops and marched on the city after the scouts. The Montana flanked the trenches on the left' and the Kansas flank, General Funston leading the charge at a double quifck. The insur- gentsJos6 was large, many prisoners captured and it is reported that twenty Americans were wounded. MORE MUTrEP.IHGS FROM NICARAGUA Threatened Trouble -From Mosquito Territory Indians. New Orleans, May 24. Advices re ceived today from BluefieTds, Nicara gua, state tnat xnere is coniusraie excitement there and a possibility of trouble growing, out of the -efforts of General Torres.governdr of Nicaragua, to obtain from the Indian chiefs of the Mosquito territory consent to consoli date it with Nicaragua. A majority of the chiefs refuse to content to. the prop- J osition. They holdxut for a. res tor a- tion of their independence and threaten a revolution against ..Nicaragua unless it is restored. The - Nicaraguan authorities claim that the Indian movement Is being en gineered by the Americans and British merchants pi Bluefields. The American consul finds the value of the property ofv Americans in-BJuefields to exceed . . .. S A. S 1 1, .iUAM 1 - tne-comoinea propei-iy. ui- aai umci na tionalities iind natives .Included. . to BUlLD AN A,R SH,P- Batlimore, May ,24.-rThe Aiherican Airship- and Construction acompany. has been Incorporated witipa. capital of $10J,00O,by Louis -H? Krqmm - and four others. Kromm says jhe has solved' the aerial navisration nroblem. and proposes: to construct Immediately an SO'foot af r- j ship in whichThe expects to travel: from Baltimore to New York next f alL, t - 1 ounlain Irs : .... . Park 03OT :SPRTNGS:imO. TfcSrty Iflre rniiea west et AOeyOa on Use Doudesa J2aUwy, PUSHIUG G0Rr.IQ ; - FOn-PRESlDEUT Preks t AgejopinitB t naif of His Candidacy s- "; New ;;.TOTk,ay-rii3ej(to of ex Senator - Grorinan have established? press agency, and have gofle to work to push hiscandidacyi for the presidency. The-press agent declares that . the parf ty -north of Kentucky, and east of Illin ois are solid for. Gorman, and, whle most of the southern -and- western dem ocrats "are now for ..Bryan, there are spoK where Gorman -sentiment is veloping slpwly but; surely.. MURDEROUS WRATH r OF A GEORGIA NEGRO Escapes After Killing One Man; - Wounding Others. s Oliver", Ga., May 24.Frank Evans, of Cameron, was shot and. rinstantly killed this afternoon by Sam Perry, a. notorious negro. J. B, Proctor was also- prjabably fatally shot by the sanfe party. . .. " "' : .; -t The tragedy was the result of the m". pudence of Perry's wife, V(ho was purs ing, and vflely abusing the children tof Mr. Proctor during the absence of their father. Frank Evans, 'Who heard the woman, stepped up to offer, resent ment. As he did so Perry (the woman's husband, rushed out of the house with a revolver and began -shooting at Evans. Evans fell at the first shot and died without a groan. At this juncture Proctor appeared on the scene and 'was shot down in his tracks. Proctor's son was also shot at but not hit. Thomas Lee, another prominent citizeiwas driving by in a and yr&s alko shot but not ' seriously wm-ded. The revolver was oy nts j-. iwKt -"'i oerore errv coma. re time empty . .r. load, Brown Evans, a bther of one,4f the murdered men, appeared at the head of a posse. The negro ran and 'es caped, to the woods. -Mobs have beeit organized at every station to search for the criminal. -He has thus far evaded captures. OOROHER'S JURY VERDICT r - OlI EXETERAR Conductor,. Engineers and Tra'nj , Despatcher Censured. Reading; May 24. The'cofoner's jury on. the recent railroad collision at Ex eter rendered ,a. verdict to day censur ing Trainmaster Bowers, --of Phllader phia, for equipping the special train wirth a crew unfamiliar with the line; Engineer Orrell and .Conductor MageeJ of the special for .reckless running; En gineer Wildermuth of the first train for passing signals at Exeter and then backing 236 feet, and Train Despatch er Rourke for negligence in not notify ing the special train of thedejay to the first train. CONSULTED CONFEDERATE ARCHIVES. "Washington, May 24. In deciding the claim of Sarah A. Oakes against the United States for a vessel taken by the confederate government during the war of -the rebellion the supreme court yesterday held that the archives of the confederate government coiieli tute competent testimony, These ar chives showed that the vessel in ques tion was purchased by the confeder ates. "These archives," said Justice Gray, Vare not the highest authority but they are records made by men of high standing and deserve crelenca. The decision was accordingly against the claim. CLASSES AND GLASSES. You wear'g'lasses? Yes, but do you wear - the right kind? Just. as well take one medicine for all diseases pf thehutusn sjstem, as ose"one" certain jflaps for all eye defeats. Many people wear jfiassea and. -still"-: their eyes trouble them, thJ fail to get max imuttfrelief and comfort siniplybe cause they have'nt the right gJascea. Oome In and let -.us examine your eyeaml -telt ott -whether your glasses a" right" 6r not or if you need ttf wear glasses Examination free. PROPER GLASSES YOUR EYES. S. L. McKEE, . Scieniifiq Optician 45 Pattoi&AYe. , Blair's Furniture Store; Hotelanfl Batli "3 m 5 BROOKE'S ORDER PUBLISHED For the Turning Over of Arms by the' Cuban Soldiers ' Havana, May,. 24. General Brooke's order for the distribution of- the three million dollars was published today. It provides for the turning over, of the -arms of the insurgents to ' the , civil governors or maytfrsiS either at the- place of residence of tiesaTdier -W at tne place of payment to the United States officer.in charge. yr'- The civil- governors-. and mvors are I-iii, 1 . rW rt "r Bt t -r";r v lrsP?I "?ePOSite5 he 6Uban"l arsenals at -Santiago a Havana. j WHERE THE ARM5 WILL GO Havana, May 24,-cUnder Genera! Brooke's order, the arms in the hands of the insurgents are to be delivered to the civil governors and'alcades' of each province, who wi31 retain eustody un til some date yet to be- designated, when the arms will': be gathered into two crnitral armoriesin Havana and r Santiago. The custodians of these ar mories will be mustered Out Cuban soldiers, and though the authority over the armories is undefined, it 'is -unde?"-stood that it will reside in the Cubans and probably in General Gomez him- self. The concentration:? : arms andy equip ments in the two-ekies will meet the intention of the administration, which contemplates removing, from mobs' in the lesser towns, in the event of future dissatisfaction, all power Co become dangerous. . - Colonels Randall, Rafferty and Bis bee already have their stations and are under instructions immediately to be gin negotiations with the-civil gOYfl'na. or of the three western provincesnoi " A arrange times me -.1 :.. T or tne troops with the utmps the uti speed. - ,. The copying of the muster rolls con-f tinues and will be finished tomorrow The work hias been greatly . retarded by a futile endeavor to Identify 1,500 sol diers holding government positions and eliminate their, names" from: the Jists. As a last resort feacjh soldiers wfeovpre penta 'biwo thepay tablevbft required to prove nat neuMiot m ine mVAnimeAtremDidr. -Aa the lists su to thejiaymaster 42:000 'iame The insurgent element in the army, headed oy the assembly cowd, con- bandment of the trodps at the Amer ican pay tables. 'z Many conservative army men believe that a considerable measure of success will attend the agitation. The Cuban privates are "so accustomed to implicit obedience to the'ftrders of their chiefs that themajority may 'accept the dic tum of the, veterans' association and finallySeatter to their homes without attempting to' secure their share in jGeneral Brook's $3,000,000. ANOTHER MOVEMENT " TO FICHT THE TRUSTS An Organization Formtd in New Ort leans and Other Cities Asked to Co operatp. New Orleans, May 24. At a meeting today of representatives of the Now Orleans board of trade, sugar ex change, lumbermen's exchange,, mari time association, produce exchange, and wholesale grocers' assoc'alion a permanent organization was formed for the purpose of fighting trusts, and it was decided tojnvite the merchants and manufacturers of Alabama, Miss issippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tex as to an anti-trust convention to form ulate some plan for. fighting trusts and suggesting legislation against them, invitations were extended to the cot ton exchange and other commercial bodies to' join in the movement. JFOR SALE, A Judgement agatest , Mlas Maud V7eBs aod Robert L. NeHn. for tha 4smn oC M.25. Apply U. a. xniyv ZWe Want... I Ail t be buMiDess we car g gPt; wp a irive 1 h in. tbe pme 1 ?onipttWt.carefujU- tetttion "we do larger ones. Fresh Strawberries yjoday . 1 ft ft ft ft ft 4 If AT ;Y-.-- 4 2t' '1, X k. Ott-thCL Square, rtlrrW!rWrt i T SUDDli DEATH vQF,CQL.-COLE 5, : -iSj J: A Prominent v Tennesseean Dropped Dead in New Yorkdotel. New York, May 24,-Colpnel Coleof Nashviller died suddenly of heart dis ease, this qYenlngf in;, the' Ftfth avenue hotel. He arrived the hotel from his home-this af ternooYT with his wife and daughter." He, had complained for two days ofpaiDs about the heart. At 8 oelockrihis evening, after, a.dinner, h wenf to the telegraph 6ffice tn the readingTOo'm: -' While ' wHting a ' de spatch he said - to the operator that he felt faint and feared he would fall. I iiaiet m Liie evening ne tauKea to tils Wend. -and - bualness associate, Colonel Baxter, president of the Tennessee ; Iron and Railroad ITe complained to Colonel Baxter of pains I'in the chest. . ;About 9:15 Colonel Cole - started fot his jbom.. As he reached the doorway to fhe elevators he fell to the floor in the main corridor, his head striking on the tiling. He. . was- carried uncon scious to the cashier's Office, where de- f spite the doctor's efforts to' revive him, he died. I Colonel Cole was sixty-five years odd. He was a -native of - Tennessee and was sheading man in the coal, iron, and railway industries of -the south. SILVER PRESENTS TO THE CRUISER NEW ORLEANS Table Service and a Huge BellPre 7 gented by the City. New Orleans, May 24. A" silver ser vtee and silver hell, the latter eight f ef la, circumference, was presented-, to the cruiser New Orleans today Dy a mmltf.. A Mtw. headed bv the r tvu" vv 1 . - t or, Mayor JJwwer ana sjenaior? t- m jlz WtiA fillvei1 vjanery an u aiur-uei y. iuc ujn. - vice was presented by Mayor Flower in a hort speech and the -pell by Miss Jane McEnery, datifhterjof the sena tor. Other speeches xvere made by Sena-tor Caffery and Congressman Meyer...- - - l Atilittihurg J'LisiJ-. t , .... 8. J.6 ri Baltimore A"r-JMrs . mz -Twelve. ; innings BatterteWf Ceever; and Bowerman; 'McGinrtity a?id :Rrb- At Louisvile Louisville Brooklyn ...... .. Batteries: McGee and Yeager and Grlm. . v fe At Cnioage x Ohicago . Philadelphia Batteries: Katoll -and Frazer and McFarland, R. H, E. . . . 5 S 2 ... . . 5 11 1 Kittiride; R. H. EL .. 7 10 8 ..14-16 3 bohohue; f- At Cleveland- R. H. E. . 6 12 2 . 8 14 3 Zl aimer; Cleveland WashingtV. . . Batteries:' Carsey Dineen and McGuire. and At Cincinnati Cincinnati . . . New. York. . R. H. E. .... 7 8 - 2 d 8 1 Hawley and Ten innings. Batteries: Peitz; Seymour and Grady. At St. Louis-4 K. M. Jt- .ouis- St. Louis ' . ' 0 Boston.. .... .... 8 13 0 Batteries: "Young'and Criger; Lewis-and Bergen- WHEBBiB THEY PLAY TODAY. Philadelphia, at Pittsburg. ' Bal timer at Cleveland. Boifoou at Cincinnati. New York at Loui3vWle. Waehiington alt Chicago. Brooklyn at St. Douis. STANDING OF THUS. CLUBS. Clubs. Brooklyn . . . St. Louis .. W. .. 23 L. Pc. .697 -.688 .625 .621 .613 .613 .531 .367 .355 .355 .281 .214 10 10 12 11 12 12 15 19 20 20 23 22 . : 22 .. 20 .. 18 19 .. 19 .. 17 .. 11 .. ii r. 9 . 6 Chicago . . . . Ciaciniba.ti .. Bostoa ..... PMladelphia Raltimore .. New York . . PittsbUTtg Louisville . . Washington Cleveland .. " Babies' strap-slippers, all pricea-at J. D. Blanton & Cos shoe store. Quarts Straw be rri ea ft Received last night: For'sale cheap ft ft Now;, Is the tlme toi preserver::- f Phone 118..- ft 5,you J Ppfp'osite PostO5cW' J ?-rft v- - - - - 1 am. . m " zz- v Celebrated at the Roy al Castle at : Windsor. r Victoria Serenaded by: Am ateur College 'So cieties.' . McKinley - Sends " a M essage of Congratula tion. Picture of the Queen in Tampa, Fla., Unveiled by Gov. Roosevelt v in Albany. . " London, May 24. Torrents pl rain ushered in Queen Victoria's birthday to day. At Windsor the town -Was deco rated with flags and church bells were rung at 11 o'clock. The weather clear- Qlpr a jiiion amateur enwar soci vag giv en in the grand quadrangle of Windsor castle. . t 't , The serenade was listened:' to y the queen and members of the. royal family including the children of th Duke, and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and .Gotha, the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, Prince and Princess Christian ' and Princess Henry, of Battenburg. Sir Walter Parrott, master of the queen's music and private organist to the queen, wearing his official robes, con ducted the serenade from the steps of the queen's private entrance to the pal ace. - ' The, Eton college volunteer cadets marched into the castle grounds head ed by a band of music and tcok up their position in the rear of the choir. Behind the cadets were drawn up Ur rest of the Eton boys and the military knights of Windsor. The mayor and corporation of Windsor in fall robes oJ office "and the borough magistrates were also present. The scene was ex tremely picturesque. Although the official birthday cele bratiorisf in London were postponed un til June 3, all public buildings and many, private residence were decorat ed. A great congregation' assem bled at St. Paul's cathedral this morning where thanksgiving -services wert heli. The archbishop of Ganiterbury.the Most Rev. Frederick Temple, D. D.. qTii'iat ed and preached a sermon after which theTe Deum was sung. KEiSAGE FROM JM'KINLEY. Washington, May 241 The president today sent the following' message t'o,--Queen Victoria; .y iX. - . . v, r?,,' ?: r iVi nir-Jn.r.mn .... I f e ah "Her Majesty, the Queen, Windsor - ". Castle, England: . Madam It Ogives me:. - J ?"!.' great jyieaknre to "convey on this hap- (ConIsraed on ' Flftn Pago.) 200 Pairs Worth 90c at : 60cts PER We have rs justjcloeed ijtrtr a .large manofactureraTfitoi -of eitraeavy Sterlinjaj Bil verXiok CnEyButtbnB wHiclf we; are Offering for G0 oent8r per pair4 as long as theyJast. This cjass oTbutton w e have ajways sold neretofore!. for; 90 cen ts and 1 . 00 p-r pair. ' - , ' - ' lezdln ft Jt vfelsr tr : r mp - r - PAIR ... .!. jr v. : V, i .5 rt. 3 1 AT
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