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A pure Cocoanut Product Used for shortening and Frying, guaranteed Free from Animal ' matter' ' G, Ad WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FANCY GROCER, . ;!-''Vtc .-".:-- " . 58 Patton Avenue. - C ,W00D'S SEEDS VI ' We.bavein stockandto arrive a new lot of cabbage," waterineloor cantaloupe,- Prce Sale OESTREIGHERS GREER - okra, :kale; spin ach salsify, V isq uash'and cucumber, seed sJ; i'V.iS also pole lima "and pole s corn, uem jjeau... ; ror-iaie - planting, champion 'cf -England and hire" mar- V 7 4 r ' . - r " x ty ii - GRAIIFS PIIARr.lACY, : ; ; - 24 o; tiaW street; . ::.; ii 'Asherille J North Carolin; c i : I c i c i c I c 1 : 1 : 1 : ic ic I c I : icjcioicic it . ib n r rU :Modti Vivandi-Proposed -: - . h vnff: i POH"Th : h w k-s u w ! - ; i s r - i . o- w i lui inn ir II li II II To Abandon5 Garrison v; , Post in East Part : of Luzon. Negotiations for Peace With " the Sultttn of Sulu ' Islands. " a insurgents Increasing Their - J'prebout San ' Fernando. : J .Harrow Escape of Cavalrymen From . Capture Beyond Oat post of the City. - Manila,: .June 2. The eteamsiiip Uranus has returned from Baler, on the east of tfce 4sland of Luzon, where she went - to bf'ih)?. here the Spanish garrison whicHt the JPilipinos had been unable ..to . subdue. The garrtso:! is commanded by Lieutenant Martinet. He refused to leave. He said he had supplies sufficient to last three months, and declared that he would stay where he was until he starved. Colonel AgTillar,. secretary to General Rios, the Spanish, representative in th Philippines, took with him an order for : Martinez's evacuation, but the best reply he could get was a promi jo from Martinez to quit when Rios came personally with such an -order: Aguilar thinks Martinez crazed by the hardships of hi loiag struggle- against the-Filipinos; x r . Colonel Potter arid Senator Beveridge are back from Jolo.Theyireport .the BHuation there sojiit; The Twenty-, third infantry TOCui!'te' fully. The sultan of the Sululslands was ill when the troops arrived, . and negotiations for the peaceful occupa tion of the territory were begun through hia secretary.. Tfie chief called; upon the Americans, who returned the visit. The chief said: "You are the only white men who were ever so far from the city, seven miles." The insurgents ,are increasing . their forces at San Fernando, and, are con stantly attacking the American out posts. This morning, while making a recbhnoisance. Major Bell, of the Fourth cavalry, surprised a .party of one hundred Filipinos, who were tak ing' breakfast. They a fled, but were re-enforced and attacked the reconnol tering party. Major Bell's party, con sisting of nine, were chased by the enemyf or a mile and narrowly escaped being captured. Bell estimates that there are 4,000 Filipinos within two miles -of San Fernando. . FAVORABLE REPORT -ON NEW ORLEANS Heath Officers Think it nwise to Onarantine Aerainst the'Citv. New Orleans, June-. Dr. . Sanders, health officer of Alabama,, Glenn An drews, member of "the Alabama board of health, H. H. Haralson and H. A. Gant, members of the, Mississippi board of health, and ,Mr. . AsMon, Inspeotp of the Louisiana board of health, after a thorough Investigation, of the health conditions of New Orleans report a.s follows: "We- have been unable-to find any other case, of suspicious illness in the eity and have not been abjte to trftce the; source of infeoti6n--lnl;the"yce';re-: ported. We deem : it unnecessary -and unwise of any state or city to quaran tine against - New Orleans.' ' v QUIET IN SAMOA. : - . . v .- King Mataafa- to App'ar Before the j- . Commission. '"s'- ' San Francisco, June1 2. Apia -advices up ta May 20 ay , that everything is quiet in" Samoa since "the arrival pf the. tripartite commission. : - Mataafa, the rebel king,- was requestedTby letter to appear, before the commission; on. .board the " Badger. . The commission guaran teed his safe return, and he. promised to come. K ''-rr.'" r-'N'- "u , - . r . - CAUTION. . " . A talk ocbi' Coat at -34 ' Patton: avenue will save yotr money." - Phone 40r - ' - : - "ASHEVTLLB ICB & COAL CO. . -. .(, .. r .... v - ""C TaSSESSORS'' NOTICE.; J-fc ' ' TTie undersignedKaesessors for r the city ot Asheville f, will, be in: the com mlssionere,v'ro6m of the' court? -house each day; f roin, 10 a. 'm. ho 4 p. -nv All persons wishing : td .list theirs tax;: are urged'to call!at as-early a day as ps- jcwnf; 8 'to 10 a:tm.";Bdvlrom4to S. pr m, -wm-De,.aeroteci to examination and valuation, of property, I and during these- hours the office - will 'be ' etosed. : - xJuneXlSSS. ,"-y yiy-Kl 'S?sr "'M. 'J BEAKDEN.v" -:;".' R. T.1 STOKELT, , tA Modtis jVivandi- Proposed by the United States. Washington,.-June-Ariiew proposl? tion, designed to - effect - the temporary arrangementof ; the Alaskan' boundary dispute, -has be"nu-,Ja4yanced .by h mkted by Ambassadors CJhoate--. at a" conference -with ' Xord, 'Salisbury "In London today . In .... effect - the United States suggests a modue vlvedi, which-, contemplates restriction-"vf British and American a'oldiers viacPr police to certain prescribed.,territojfy It is not intended thatthe netftral, zone "will be established, nor will the United State attempt to fix . a temporary'" boundary line. The proposal of the United States is for the purpose of precluding a:s sibiltty of bloodshed along the-ajsf puted. border where :the feeling-her' tween the. Brittish : and Amerlcsahsr Is high. -V . , ?- NEW COURT HARTIALSS f , f FOR DREYFUS Court of Cassation9 If early TJnanimoTi s for Revision. : Paris, June 2. It i stated that t'4e court of cassation is nearly unanimous for revision in the Dreyfus case? A de cision to order the new court -martial was reached today. 4 iy OVATION TO BRYAN . IN -KENTUCKY Made Two Speeches at Louisville' ; ' Yesterday. Louisville, June 2.-William J. Bry an was accorded an c-vatfion in Ken-? tucky today. At every station- on -his way- to this city crowds greeted him. Bryan addressed the meeting of the bi metallic league at theuditpriunvithis afternoon and Wt-"the dollar., banquet held in Fountain Ferry park . At both 'i$aeW -heV -was enthUJttny;ria plauded'-- SHOT BY HER HUSBAND. Mysterious Case of Probable Killing , in Georgia. Claytoor Gar June 2.-Abouit nootn Mrs. Shirley was hit by ' her. husband, "and is now lying at tfoe potnlt; of death: with a ball in her head. - Th shioocing was somewhat mysterious. -Repoorta aTe thgut upon, the -return; of Shirley from his farm Mra Shirley mad an attempt toassuuJt him. She, among offlxer' thi-ags, burlel a htavy buggy, .wrench at him. The quar rel cctnKlinued umtilh fired two shots at her. itho last . one. Itiaktag effect in the bend. V." ;' - '" After tlhe &tictGtin.e.- Shirley came to 'town after doctors', and tctok hTs double bairreai amid six shooter and fled tto the mountains. He wa's eaptfluiFed stnd plac'-r ed in jail. GOMEZ IS BETTER, Havana, June 2.-Gomez has been re moved to 'the residence of Senor Jimi hez, a wealthy San Dominican. His condition is improved. WANT TREATIES WITH US. Washington, June2. All of the British colonies xoi America are about to send agents tfc the Uaalted S8ates to .negwtliatte reciprocity .trealties, amd the first delega tion sia expected nexSt week. This is done, of course, r&ititt th consent of the; mother b'ountrywhich" claims' the iri-grht to con terol and conduct all relations - between hiEafcolonies SEuad. foreign. counlMes, aoid Ashton, InspeotojpMiiv Tower, charge -d'a-ffafirea - of Great BrJttafiiEB::In Washington ;wlll ; be preserni at the interviews to represent the person of . .her &WlfVili'''' : RECEPTION TO COLORED IMMUNES. New Orleans, June 2. At a reception, given to the Ninth ; immune 'regiment, . colored,-" from - New - Orleans, j w hich served at Santiago, Colonel Lewis, for-tnerly-a naval officer, was orator. He said : " - ''The . southland advances the theory that the war was the white man's war, the negro was not needed. The southern states;:" were- so ' busy preventing the ?neg, from - getting to the front-that they did not get there themsei-vea" J"- - " ' . , - f. OUR;. CELEBRATED , BIFOCAL' SPKTACLES i. Just the glasses for ease- and "com forjv and preservation- of your "ae TKlght, It comes uearer being the na--turai'eye ISself than. ' aoythiiag - else , InJthe way of glasses." -.You can see - both far. off and;' nekit toyr-"wSt2i the , same "pair ipf glafeses.J V., "V- . V'-Eye examination free.'""' .r'X-tZ. ..- A full line- of smoked 'glasses. -. ? Gulssss -ientiflc Optician, ". 45 Patton X ; 1 'EYES. ?Blair?a Purnitore Store. pot Governor ofOhfor.Plaf- form Approves Adminis' - tratioas Course and ' Denounces Trusts. :- Columbus, June 2. The republican state convention Adopted a platform today reaffirming, the St, Louisplat form and endorsing the administration of McKanley, particularly in the con- duct of the war with Spain, and declar ing that "to the same master guidance, controlled by, the grea'tj principles that have shaped the high destinyof the re publican party, from Lincointo"McKin- ley, the people can eafely. commit -the i solution of the -momentous problem of the future of Cuba, Porto Rtcp and the PhllippinTJtieiriwls& ' solution Will Vastly increase' our v; foreign " traded spread American civilization' - abroad and add to the honor,' power and glory of this great nation.'? ' The tMtfornt Ksxmanenojs: the piresldeat 'for the judicious moditrcaUon of the Civil sefvtee rules- recently -promulg'td. for tthe naltiikmal defense;. for . the , re-im- I torc-emetit of the navy, for the enlarge- meniL en our iortlncataoais for the em ployment of American working men in imines, forests, -'rinfll.'B, factaries and. ship yards." It oenaajads the immediate en adtmenlt of legisla'tlom. similar' to- Chat fa vcmably repfcirted to each branch of . the Fifty-fifth congress -at 1 - last sess-ioii so that Ameificaitt bui"Jtj, . American owii gd, aind American manmed afhtps may re gain the oifTyirug of Vmr " foreign com merce!. It Jcommeods Jihe action" of the genenal asejbly of Ohio "an passing the Bngiotlafrnbw.o!rt-.-dur' statute books prohibiting .orSlzaloii! of citruses,' and we denounceA:-sflch unlawful 1 obmhlna tions as toUmfeal to ithe interests 'of the peopQe. We pledge Our party to-- such f urth-er leaftslatioo as experience . may .determime necefesary to prevenlt the for- matiaa and operiiacm of uch icttqurtous and "dangerous combioaitkms.". Lynch - ing-as condemned- sx ' Judge George K. Nash-was Tomloatt ed for governor on ! tihe eoond baltot. The nomiiBation was "made uhaaiftmous. "George K. Nash, is the- leading attor ney of Columbus. He hta,bee3k mem ber of ithe supreme court nd dueling four kcampaigns chia&rmian oif nhe s sfeite com- f Senators Forafcer 4ai'Jtona Mdex Gxverttor Chrles. Jro&kerlx-vintg beea p p6lnrt,e4 for tthat purpose eaiorted Jude Nash fijnlto the Wall and fee;aceeited ttfie nomdiDia'tion1 1m a viigonous speech fef ' . an ajcjave?-campaign- -- tehc-Ctnigressmam James A. Caldwell was Tiomlnated for lieutenant governor ' - - A GOOD CONCERT. Asheville Placed Stamp of Approval on -First Be?iment Band. A large and musically inclined audi ence heard the concert given -by the First -regiment band at the Grand opera-house last evening. The program, as pUblishtd in the Gazette yesterday mprning, was given, while in addition there were numerous encores - and a number of delightful excursions into a popular or patriotic realm. Every num? ber was enjoyed, a fact which was at tested by the most liberal applause. The audience was only -satisfied when the "band played on." " -There seemed to be a general de.r mand that it should be done, so .that the concert will be repeated this even ing' with an entirely new program. Tickets will be sold on the lower floor for 50 cents, balcony 25. cents and -gallery 10 cents. . ' -v A- number of business men are inter ested In a move to- secure positions for several members of the band and have them .remain in Asheville. ' V - TELEPHONE TO BREVARD. As an item of news we will state that Brevard is" to have a telephone exchange'-in the near future. Messrs. Gash - ahd."Pless have completed ; ar- rangements by which Hendersonyille and, Asheville will be connected with Breyard 1y wire, and existing compa nieV cattlbe connnected with their cen tral .office by making arrangements with them.;.We shall have more to say of this enterprise in the near future. Brevard News, - - , ft 4) 4 it - FOR Summer I I ? rme. f Ximer Jtiice : I Grape Juice, " -Glaret SHrub, IWild GHeny W PhQsphate.i: : ' esjt-h m akea; delicious and rIresLing drink'? zLz:s j,'"j J -T-'J, - jriX WSmtiefi's'M - x ' .. .. !.' - - ' Oa the- Square o Specialties The Youne Chief Executivft of SouthrCarbliaa Dead. Columbia, June 2.-tGovernor Ellerbe died a his home in Marion county to night of consumption; Lieutenant4 Gov ernor McSweeney will probably take the oath of office tomorrow. The politi cal career of Ellerbe began in the cam- r paign of 1890. He was the youngest f f overnor uth Carolina has ever had, nnniiim HUriVIND WIII1UKAW5 ; FROM SPEAKER CONTEST Henderson v Will 'Eeceiye Support of ; Illinois Delegation. ' j Chicago, -June. -Congressman Hop kins withdrew from X the"" speakership contest todayi- Congressman Hender son will receive the -support of the Il linois delegation. In a statement he says he believes his retirement -win simplify . the situation, and conduce ' to unfty-i- - ' BASEBALL GAMES YESTERDAY. 'At Uew -Tork-' R. H. tS. New York .13 19 10 Louisville ...... ..lil2 5 Batteries: Doheny and Grady; Cun ningham and Kittridge. . - At; Brooklyn -Brooklyn .."V. .. .. Pv. H. E. . 11 10 5 . 10 10 3 Farrell ; OleAel&zid . Batteries: i-Kennedy. and Carsey and Zimmer. At Boston - R. H. E. Boston V v. 6 112 Cincinnati ....... ...... -4 8, 1 - Batteries: Nichol3 "and; Clarke p Hahn and Peitx. At Philadelphia R. H..E. 1 Philadelphia, . . . . 4 10 1 Pittsburg; . r. . Batteries: Piatt and; Tannehill and Sowerman. .... 3 9 2 McFarland; . R. H. E. .... 7 10 2 SWash1ngtp"S vv emugiou Loui.. Batteries Dineen and McGuire; Young and O'Connor, At Baltimore Baltimore ..... . ; v Chicago .... i.. Batteries : Kitson " Callahan and Nichols. R. H. E. ... 4 9 0 ... 20 Robinson; and WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. Cinteinmaiti at Bostoas. : Cleveland at Brooklyn. Louisvill . at New York. - - v Pittsbwfg a't Philadelphia. Chiaago at.. Baltimore. St Lou!i3 at Washington. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Clubs. W.. L. Pc. Brooklyn 30 11 .732 Boston .i .: .. ' V. . . 26 13 .667 t. -Louis 25 15 .625 Philadelphia .v .. .. .. 23 16 .590 Chicago .. .. 24 17 .585 BaMmioire .. .. .. 23 17 1575 Ctocfirthati . . . .-5,21- 17 . 553 Pittsourg .. .. .. .'. 16 22 t421 New York .. .. . .. .. .. 16 23 .410 Louisville .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 28 .300 .WasMagtoh".-:;' .". .. ... .. ..12 29 .293 Cleveland .. ,.r.. ...... 8 28 -.222 BRANCH ASSOCIATION FOR COOD ROADS Formed inThree Townships Enthus iastic Meeting at Flat Creek. A meeiting.ln the fc&eresit of good; roads which was attended by many emcourag-1 lntg .fe3)turesf wia held yesterday at'theJ LFiat Creek School" house. . Tthe attend iaasce was eood and It; was easily appar ent tthait all these presenftr were enthusi astically alive to- the subject This win be kecogmized as a perfecttiy mtural fact wheat St 4a- stated-;that ia hum ber of far mers" whoc -are' compelled ito use the Bturnsvaiae rood, estimated that thetir kssa amounted to abouit-$200 a day durtog the wiaatler mfcroths. wtoen the" roads could not eUBed-Tbef.'jpiieetto?- wfes' composed of rresenAaitlvei meni who had left all po- ftftkSHil and other coasiderataoina ax apme, save fthe 'csie whlda pavmp ted them to tLUemfl ; ftfoeL meetafiff. Literature ana badges "were xUaaflbuted. - -- " r A mumwr at specne were iraou. Tihomas W. Raoul, who, with'Joibtt-A-PSjAArflrtnor- were -DTesent as -representa tives tit the Good Kctads association, b: lag among- those, w!ho spoke. Capt.' Jas. Ri "Dubosei c?)Ul4 not De- present on c eoumH! of illness: ' J--H;. Sams ; . presided over the meetflng,-aaa C: P. , , Weaver (acted as secrefiary. ' r An orgianizatloik . for good jroads- wa? effected for Big- Ivy, Flat: 'Creek, fend Reema Creek fjwnshjpss. - - - ' The t oltowing-JofHoere were ejected : ?z r" "'-FLAT CREER. . J - Pres3den't!--J.'H. Sam; , - - ' Vifce-presldenlt TT W, : Blackstock. :r:.;.v - .Secretary W r D.. Robdnson. - , W u:; - -BIG IVY. s-Si - President J. . B . Morgan, t ."Vice-preislderit TrS-r Dillingham, - Secretary J. B. HopsorU V REEMS CREJEIC?; -3 "S- V C President (Ed; F.'VandI'r.t.' - '- -.Vlvepresldeait R . - B . BTank,'.r, ' 'Secretary iCv' P. .Weaver.- - , : JLw-E. , -t - i pounds Twenty-fivte wsnts -pet. .100 faotory, la, 200 pound lats.: 'Swamnanca Ice Company, Blltmore. N.:C. s-"" ? :.-.- ------ It cures all headadhes,' Baldwin's Head Confesses the Kid 'napping of the - Clarke Baby. " Implicates the Wilson Worn an and Her Husband in the Crime. Says the Wilsons Tempted t Her With the Hope V of Gain ' Expected 'to Get Money for Ransom ' ' of the ChildBarrows Had - - Plotted Before. New York, June 2. Carrie Tones; the nurse at the Clarkes', who la implicat ed in.kidnapping little Marion 'Clarke, was, found this afternoon at Summit, N. J. She at first denied her Identity but on being closely questioned broke down and confessed that .the Wilson woman an.d she abducted the child. She was taken before a justice and re manded. . She explained that Mr. - Wil-' son put her up 'tosteal jBe child, say ing there was jplenty of money in it. The witness said the Wilsons had been ; kind to her. She says she answered ' seveTlLl advertisements for a nurse and finally was hired by the : Clarkes. On -the Sunday of the .abduction' the Wil sons met her at Central park.' Thejr all rode "to South Ferry, ' where they changed the baby's clothingT They went to Brooklyn and then returned to New-York and tookthe train to floats burg. . . Haverstraw, N, Y., June 2. Mrsv James Cosgroff, a Brooklyn boarding house keeper, idmtlfied '; the Wilson woman in jail at New City 'today as the woman who brought the Clarke baby to her house on the Sunday of the kidnapping. Little Rock," June - 2. The arrest of George Beauregard Barrows, fortnerly; of this place, on the charge of kidnap ping the Clarke baby, caused much in terest here. His family. , is well and favorably known here. No one is sur prised as George is continually, in trou ble. Judge Barrows, his father," is one - of the most prominent as well "as one", of the wealthiest, citizens of Little Rock. '' It appears that .George has a mania for kidnapping. -He, has been the instl- ,i gator of several plots to steal sons and daughtersl.of wealthy people to obtain -random. He - kidnapped two children before, but escaped prosecution -because of -his high connections. A $10,000 DEAL- - Keystone State" Man-Makes Purchase in Victoria. : R. S. Smith, architect, ha purchased for a northern client 24 acres off land in Victoriaon Oakland avenue. 1 ' -' The" land was purchased from the J .,, B . Bostlc comrJany, the purchase price - s being $10,000. The traneactkr,- which J was completed "yesterday, will mean& " , much to Victoria. The gentleman for 1 whom the property was secured Is a ' wealthy Pennsylvanian. and will ere? t T'-"- -a - residence that will be almos t pala - X-' uai. Sy : .; " - v -; . -.l'V,A - The gentleman " concerned" does . not -."f ' , care to have hi name? glven . to the ; public at present. - 200 Pairs Worth 90c -at : :V - 60cts PER PAIR vWe have just closed :but a 4 Jarge- manafacturerst ;-fitock ; otextra heavy - Sterlin Ril- f verliuk Cuff Buttons which' o weTare-ofiferinp; Jot ;6Q cents y. per7pair,aslong as they4ast. This cla3R of butfon we have ; always soldlheretofpre for 90 cents and $1.00 per pain ' Mb. -H.' ?:Arthur;:Mr:Sield3; XWlezdiiis Jeweler, t - Cfeurch Ccirc:! izi ;P&ttcnAyer.xac-" Acioviib w,ia ; r s ': -; i "It i i. ..7 . . . t- -g ' ' 'I ache cure,-25c. - Grant's Pharmwcy. "-