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'v- . the Lad of the SfV fDr bouse vertisement. XeGaiette a valuable iaideuthemo8tdeiIr-: d?of today's WANTS - ruDiianeo zn tne Basest : lve a lajrge circulation v in Ashevllls and! its r elnity They are a- prof. '., iuble. method oi cheapo"- rr. - r: rAyvy Jlvyr" returns to thb ad- :i -T; - v rertlter. One cent a- -word. See page of to . day's Gazette. . r- -Jv ' Vol 45 No. 14a Ml .1 Price 5 Cental c STRONG ARGUMENT TRAIN FELL 60 FEET ? THOUGH tMRESTLE 1 --V". (Piss i--. - fc.: jB! " -""'5 ! OESTREICHEIi'S m 41 51 Patton Aye; --4-1 Js---)-,, We will put on saie aai - assortment -of Ice wool and ' Sht-v land tr It tt l : K If ft K ft ft ft ft shoulder shawls ; in all the leading shades. These " are the very-things , needed - for evening wear aad for Ih piiazza. They will be sold at'our1 usual quick selling prices viz.; . 25c 50c, 75c, 890. $1.00, $1.25,- $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 and $2.50. All millinery on hand will be offered at less than, hall -usual H price to close out $1.00 and $1.50 ; J eailor hats at 50c; $2.00 end $2.50 walking haJts at 75c. - ft - ', ' ft ; : ft ft. OESTREICBER MID CO.; ft. : .v-Tr-'-l ft, ft' : 51 Patton Avenue. 0 ' ,;Hf K " -:. : . " ' We have a blended Tea "that we are selling f o - . .- -. , 50c Per Splenidid value for the price. We believe this tefa Is -equal , to what you pay sixty cents : . for at other ptaces. ' , ' 6. A. GREER, 53 Patton Avenue. j -1 -, Grant's Boraitedl Talcum! er, 10c. per box, 3 for 25c.-;-Deli-; c&rely perfumed and "guaiPanteEd pure. 35c, & White' s No. 2 Tootht Povdec In 3 on-fourth pond boxes, 35cr V S 20c. 4 S Lyon' Todth Powder.' 20c. ner box. 4- 4 t CRAnriiiAn;.i-:oy;;n fM a L i. t -,-1 -.-. -I I AsherHU: , North Carolina - m lilt Ell. I ishmen in ,by lOnerEveBtuAtne- rames. The Three: Mili ; Run Was the Fiercest .Ever x 1 Witnessed. Prince of Wales anT Duke of York Witness the Con test of the Collegians. Americans Numerous Among the 'r Spectator8--Sii2Dimar7 of the London, July 22. The ; Engllsh.ath letes won the international university athletic games at Kensington today by one event. Rain fell in the morning but the weather cleared in the after noon and the heat of the sun was mod erated by, a cool breeze f romthe south east? The grounds -were well filled and the Americans were everywhere i- ev idence, carrying American, Tale" and Harvard flags and colors, r The Prince of Wales witnessed the contests and as he entered the royal box accompanied by Ambassador Ghoate, the Duke and Duchess erf York, A. J. Balfour and: a number of other prominent persons the band playedsGod ; save the Queen." The following is a sommaiy of the events: ; j . ; '. - Broad jump Won by Vassal, .Oriel, Oxford, 23 feet; Dally, Harvard, second, 22 feat 3' inches. . 100 vara dasn 'Won by cjuinian, Har vard; G. R. Thomas ..Jesus, Oxford, Throwing the '16-pouad hammer I Wonrby- Boal,- Harvard, "130 leeit -1 nch;Brown; Harvard, second 120 f e?t finches.'.. , - " "-Mile run Woabyt.:Huntei', Trinity Cambridge; DansenBallioir"axfotd; second. Time, 4.24. " - . 120 yard hurdles Won by Fox, Har vard; PagetTomlihson, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, second. Time,-15 3-5 sec onds. Half mile runWon by Graham, Jesus, Cambridge;. Struben, University of Oxford, second. Time 1,57 1-5. Quarter mile -.Pf Sidney, Cambridge; Boardman Yale, second. Time, 49 2-5 seconds. Three mile run Won. by Workman, Pembroke, Cambridge;" Palmer, Tale, second. Time 15.24 2-5... - High jump Won by Rice Harvard, 6 feet; Adair, Oxford, 5 feet 11 Inches. The showing made by Burke, f Har vard, in the quarter mile . was a great disappoinitment. He f was thought to Have a '."good chance to win but finish ed fourth. Quinlan'S time Itt the hun dred yards equals the English rec ord held by Thomas and several- oth ers. Davidson's itime in the quarter mile run is one second" faster that his best previous berformteince, .arid equals the best time javer made in an oxrora- Cambridge. contest. The Americans ac cepted defeat phitosopically. All agree that the three-mile run iwas thefiercest contest ever seen: Workman, the win ner, was the hero of the luour. THE SWIFTEST VESSEL : .-...-j.--". -...a-, ,-.. - - i a a ta atn III AmtKIUAIL IIAVY. The Dahlgren ZIoVes a xlile in One -Hinuteand 45 . Seconds " -no'i tuta" Jniv 22. The torpedo boat Dahlgren in a trialfbhf thet, Itennebec today developed the .highest speed, ever attained by a vessel in. xne ,r-jis 20 1-2 knots an hour oil the official (trial, she made 29.76 knots, nearly reaching theeovernment's requirement." - She made oit mile In one minute arid fort five seconds The trial was made on a course where the watr W; jess., inan thirty-nveteet;aeep. , &xvm get the best result-the water noum not .be' less, than' seventy feet deep. n-ri;drnn n u np nj3 . i-'v'. n mm .--a i if". c-ood things to eat, the bosit iandlinost tifelightful -? vfruit8 of "itlhe Tgee&on; "fresh ana f APpW Pelain sound such- a - Plume, " Teaches Orauges ;'isi-L2l sweetf juicy l3flaware O "rW NWara.Gmpw:caU at-Keei-U n "imt Paitoai avenue. , -'-'Cfrr-" ' , n-P-"S118- Cr?. PC3TCFFICH Engl TT . . " A" umversitvj l ; X .--an. . .. - a. - ,,: FOR VENEZUELA - .:aMMiHejaaaflM - If Accepted tiy Tribunal En gland's "Contention ii Defeated. , Paris; July 22. Mallet Pfevost contin- ued his argument today ?4ief ore ' the Venezuelan tribunal In favor of Ven ezuela. : He proved Spain's right of oc cupation of the Essequibo prior to the first lodgment of the 'Dutch In 1625.', If the tribunal acceptstoday's argument the Schoantourg nne, - which . England contends is the correct, boundary, is. de feated. His .argument - was delivered with great clearness and forte and held the closest attention. Lord 'Chief Jus tice BebseH highly complimented him,' FLOOD REFUGEES SUPPLIED WITH FOOD Negroes Hoi ing Camp Meef ings Blame a Preacher ; for Floods. Austin,- July 22. Captain Seiker, quartermaste,r of . the Texas Rangers, who has been a Richmond, Texas, for the past two weeks directing the dis tribution of food supplies, and clothing among the destitute flood sufferers at Fort Bend and Brazoria counties, re turned to Austin today. He reports that Ahe negro refugees - have enough' food supplies to last them an indefi nite period and no more should be sent them, as they positively will not work as long as kept by charity. , The South ern Pacific-Toad" wanted two hundred: men to work on that line and, offered the refugees at Richmond fourteen cents per hour,, but were able to get only about twenty men. Captain Seiker states' ' that the ne groes are -holding camp meetings at aU of ther refugee camps and that day and night is spent "by them in. , returning thanks to the Lord for their deliver ance from death by drowning. The ig norant negroes of that section Claim that the recent great -flood was caused by two negro preacher who prayed In cessantly for 'rain Just before the del uge came. "These two preachers have had td leave that part of the. country to y memsexves rrom .noaiiy narm, COIiFOnATIOH. FOnUlDPEHf 0;s : DO BUSINESS III TEXAS. Because Incorporated under Laws o Another State. Austin, July 22. The secretary - state today Tefused to grant a permit to the Texas Planter' compstrry- to do incorporated under the laws of West Virginia; The Secretary, refuses on the ground that the laws of Texas, as he construes them, do "not permit foreign corporations to operate In the state whose existence and formation in- an other state fe a clear contravention of principles. This 'new rule will" have a far reaching" effect and " "will shut." out many foreign corporations hat other--wise woulI bring capital Into the state. It is. expected that the Texas- Planters company wfll1 bring mandamus .pro ceedings against the eecretaryf of state to compel him to grant a .permit. - - AIM OF CUBAII LEAGUE ABSOLUTE IIIDEPtnOEUGE Colonel-Garcia . Talk! With President Wants to Hold: Elections. Washington, July 22: Colonel CSbbtTos? Garcia, son of the late t?eneral Garcia; represeniting the Cuban; republican league, explained to President McKiri- ley .today the. purpose of that organisa tion... The league, he sold, desired;, the j complete- independence of; Cuba at the earliest possible moment.-; At --present, however,i it aimed to secure ' authority rfo'r holding conventions "and - elections for municipal offioens, ; with: a'view -to demonstrate -their capacity for local i pcu-st.'-iwv-,, ---.-.- - i coming' fait .Colonel ?arcia says the present military government, is uneat- Isfactory to the people, because it la not in touch .with the: people -and- had not given close attention topubllc needs w.xucu -.ueir cfiyeglass "Repittiag:,.. -S.r-h"ere is nothings o annoying t glass weareraid to" -tiave ' e Kiwir" tm1 Ttn est it repaired quickly, or (after one gets it to flndx . ft ampro-peny: uone e ua&e, " bpec3a0)tyiof - 'hurry up" repair jobs. W Know uhsuuxuijt j wn v w -;to go "ait jevory break cr ldnlt to a; frame- or to' -dupHoata e :: broken lense Quickly - and - - properly. Tnerience and. - f the -know, how . venabie us , to -majuHuts v ei jr . .t good "ad -new xamanauon;rree. 7 s. t: r.:cicEE, r - X " -Jit Cc::ntis Optician,- Ave. , Chains, u Hooks.: Guards 9 Fifth ReHmenbCUed Out by , Mayor :to IB.-"-' -- S. T- '" ' '- ."-' Aid Police.1 Cavalryr ! Escort! rihe Cars Through" the Dangerous PartofCity; Toops firaioyipg Obstrue : tipxis From Tracks I Ffrpd TTnnn oting in-HanV Sections of the City , . and Threats U Slow Up Of-- fleer's Eesidence. .eieyefarid, July 22.The city is under martial law tonight. The strikers have "warned President Everell of the rail ioad company thM- they will blow up ms residence. - The strikers are- f r;n- r iiA .1 . . r . f pueu jueTOiMi uounos Decause tne com pany has secured sufficient new haiiis td4 operate the lines." They issued a statetnejtoday, justifying their violent ir mia .ftiinii. ...1 . mayor thia afternoon called out ihe Fifth regimen tt which saw camp se? vice during the Spanish war. A large military force is now on duty. - ;r i5ie;nayor emphatically instru ;ted the officers in command of the troops to protect life 'and property and to use their -rifles if necessary. - Forty ; rounds. of ammunition were issued -to each sol dier. f . . -A crowd held up a car on Case aven uf today, partly wrecking it. The po licenian on the car fired into the crowd aadshot one. of the rioters in the arm j?arfc were- held up at -varfcrus .points and dfri ore or iess wrecked. . Some cars were'escorted by icavalry. .through ;thp dangerous parts' of the-eky.v The jcav- alrymen. were-rotten egged and" fired" some shots, but there were no casuii!'- tiea. The tracks tonight are' screwn with? obstructions and. a number of leed wires have been cut A west bound car o,n Euclid avenu was fired upon tonfght, several bullets striking, (the car. No one was injured Troops "endeavoring to remove the ob structions and allow tne car to pass were attacked by the mob. The con ductor and motorman fired seven shots into the crowd. Three persons are re ported shot, " BRYAN SAYS A WORS III. BEHALF OF GOEBEL But Engagements Will Pre- reiit Him Taking Active I Fattin. Campaign . St. Ixuis, Jwly 22?rBryan- arrived llv evening, from the Chicago conference and gave ul Wleter-he had writtent to Mr. Eurey Woodson,, of Owensbiiro, Ky., national democratic committee man from42iat state, etattog that pend ing engagements made: it Impossible for him to speak in Kentucky or to talte any part InTthe gubernatorial cam Jpaign. He expresses regret over the bit- terness, engenaerea ny tne nomination of Senator Goebeli for governor. . He says he is entitled to and should, receive the sunDort; of all democrats; that he has eser been a consistent and persist ent advocate of the- Chicago platform He adds:: af h republican state tick4 et i elected,' ttha republicans of . Ken- itueky will be encouraged, and the fight of 1900 will beMmade harder. I canno ffQok with unieoncern upon the possibl defeatjof-Blackburn. ; He has beei loy al and devoted to the principles of de mocracy. RUGS ! ' Prices that will help you nil a few bf each kind on hand. . Yours at the following prices : DOMESTICSMYRUA, 30x60 inch, worth $3.00, for $1.29 each. r , ' -36172 inch, SQUIRES double faced v6x9 - - for 4T9S each.- : ;By sellink goodsfoV cash xorK aiLme xime xo pica.- up -uaittttiuEi kivco uoou weyyrVboHhVlnefit? of :6bainS p;i i"?J i Siimnor,' Y. Odc, CC3 Drcr.dvTr.ylr Serious - Accident on-- the Nashville and Chesa- , . peake. "4 . (Nashville, July 22. The Chesapeake and Nashville train which left tialaltia for Scottayille this evening was wroc- ed near Gallatin. (: Two pecson wer killed and; several Injured. The ' acci dent Was caused by the collapaihiscf portion of the trestle between Bit d- soe and- Westmoreland. The tran with the exception of the engine fell sixty feet to the ground. A special train with physieiana lift herefor;the"kne; f ; ; The cars caught fire after goinj through the trestle and, wefe destroyed CAPTAI1CY FOR J. A.: WAGNER Appointment by President " Yesterdaj -E. L Gil merAlso. Special to the Gazette . - Washington, July. 22. Senator J. C. Pritchard called on the president this morning and obtained ; two good ap pointments in the provisional army. John A. Wagner, of the late First North Ca-polina, received a captaincy. E. Li. Gilmer, of the Second regiment, was also given a captaincy. The sen ator was cordially -i received at the white .Jiou.se, the president holding a warm friendship for the North Caro linian, whom he considers one of the ablest men in public life. R. M. Mr. Wagner was last night given the 4nf ormatioo . concernirnig inds appointment and he authorized the staitemewt tlhat he wouK3 accept, should the tJelegram prove correct -He hias had no notification of the appoiinitment from the "war depart- jneoit, and anas made; no formal applica tion for fthe office. Taie; appoin tment nas douitytl-ese bean made as Mr. Wagnear;has a Tecord as shown by the record's of the war deraitment which for genera! effic- dncy Is not excelled by a-ny officer either in h First or Second iregimjemte. Several days ago ? Senator Prhc-ihard was notified by the wur idtepaTtmetat a't WasMirtojnathe'rieeoi(3s -or tne d- pawtment showed that Captain Wagner aad Capt Beavers of,ttlh First; regiment and OaptaEnt Gray of the Second regi ment, were entitled- td commissions. While the department stalled at flmst that Nonth Oamliina would only geit three iaDtoi3itmeTirts. Senator Prffchard has secured twfce thlat number. A- few days ago Captain Wagmer Idle- clined a commlssiion to a lfeutenaaucy. FEARS OF FEUO TROUBLE - - AT MANCHESTER. Howards and Whites Gathering Philpot's Trial Monday. Manchester.Ky., July 22: Fear of iin pending trouble possess the residents c this town. Armed men, friends or tne Howards and Whites, are arriving ftotrrTy: It looks as rthough they are orenarinff to attack: the' Fhilpots Moni day- when the- Tatter come infor trial for the killing Of Aaron "Morris and the Griffins- last Monday. The Phllpots and their, friends number sixty. They are heavily armed". They are confident of beinsr able to protect themselves- asainst anv force their enemies- can? muster;.-; "T HEAVY EARTHQUAKE AT LOS AIIGELES. Cansed TaU Buildings to Eoclf-Ko f Serious Damage Reported. Loa Angeles,. Carf' July 22. The heav iest earthquake in years occurred at noon today. It Tasted ten seconds. Tall buildings (rocked. Pieces ot stone work in the ornamental facade fn front of the city hall were dislodged and fen to the pavement. Several passera-by had narrow escapes. No serjou-a" damage was done, V. " All cMldrna Oxford a caet. Mearg..- G. A. RUGS ! to decide where to boy them. Only worth$4 50, for $1.98 each. feet, worth $9.00 and $10.00, j - , - ; jonly..Kelpinga buyer in New Doal ; Co.; ';v Drcc3 Gcodc, Notion", :llillirciy Dispute - Discussed in House of Commons i Yesterday. Only Alternative Pronounced ; ''-' ."''. - k - to be Arbitration or War, Arbitration of Dispute, Pre-" mier Laurier Say3, r Must Come. : Sir Charles Tapper Advocates Eefus-:- ing Licenses to Any but Brit- " . ish Miners. Ottawa, July 22. In the house of - commons today Sir Charles Tupper said. the United States, in refusing to submit; the Alaskanboundary to arbitration.- Justified the decision of England and I Canada in refusing to allow the ques-'- tion to go before the Joint high com-j mittee. He believed the United States had lost confidence in-4heir claims to the disputed territory. He suggested . that a bit! be introduced in parliament proving no license to a mine in Yukon be granted to any other than British ; subjects. - ' ff.i Premier Laurier said he eympathused with much that Sir Charles Tupper . said. He had little hope of a compro-; mise on the boundary and was sorry. to r say that the negotiations had not ad-,-vahced the position one fota since Jan-' uary. The alternatives; he gravely stat ed, were eltd it ration or war, but no- , body for a moment seriously entertain , that the latter was among the possi bilities. Arbitration, he emphatically ! decTared. must come, He advocated "am ' the wisest -courffe for Canada to be pa-'- tient and forbear. He promised sert- ously to consider Tripper's suggjestlon. - ITALY MAY DFHAIID REPARATION FOR LYNCHINCS- Count Yinchi Mates Representation to State Department. Washington, July 22. The lynehing of five Italians in Ixuisiana yesterdajr promises to assume an international as-. pert through the action of the Italian; government: Count Vinchf, rtalian charge 6? arfaires; called at the state department at an early hour this morn ing and made -representations' to the of ficials concerning- the atrocity In , Louisiana. In order to get full infor-: rnation as a basfs for action by thla government, Secretary Hay thereupon , efegraphed the governor of Louisiana requesting all the facts in the case. j- GOVERNOR MAKES INQUIRY New Orleans-: July 22. The governor I received a requesit from Secretary Hay 'today for the fiajets of Cher lymchtng of4 Ifivfe Italians last Telulah. The governor ( was vdsifltog" fce-eey but left at oace for the caprcoj an Bacon Kouge, where toe mad lam official d-read ont th authortttas of. itbe'parish wlhere the ayachtng occurred r for full - accounts. The dmdicationis af thlat all the victims are still Utaft&n sub- Jedts; although they have . been ia-HMs country for anumber of years. It developed: today that two Italians were iymeihedf first, and then the other three, land' tht rrtany persons, protected Lgainsk tft second lyncftiag. - Dr. Hedges," for whom the five were lyoohod, lis better today. The grand Jury of Madison parish, where the men were lynched, lint their report dectore the vic tims to bad Sot. Two of them are idwclar- ed to be murderers. ;. WATER COOLERS AT COST. From the cheapest ztnc !fin to the fin st poTcelaiin, all iat cowt., f -W:'-.wiU not keep them again. " - " J. H. LAW, 2t " 35 Pafcton Avenue. All summer hoes at ooet. G. A. Mears. Sash and Neck Buckles oo We are showing, a new line- oi Sterling Silver : Sash and Neck Buckles . r IN- French GrayRpse r and the newest . finish' ' in imitation oi. w .. OTd .Brann- Artliur-Ll. Hold. -- - ------ 1 1 .js. MM if' i . I V 1 (i r. V ! i - t"""V- I t I .1 If '
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