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- : a-. . iXjX$X$X$XSxe v - f v . OESTREICHER'S ft . ft ft ft ft ft 5 Patton Ave. ' . ft ft ft ft ft ft ft Will offer these special ;lotts at QUICK SELLING dHosing out prices. AH rough straw sailor. "and walk ing hats, worith ronr $L00 to $2.50 each, quick selling closing out price :50c. Each 4 ft ft ft ft ft ft ft 500 yards lawns audi orgamdies, were 12 1-2 and il5 oenits the yard quick Belling closing out price 5c. Yard, 750 covert arid crash skirtings, were 18, 20 and 25 cents, Quick selMng closing out; price I5c. ft : v. ., ; ncoTDuinupD Ann na viiu liuuvuuu ami Wi 51 Patton Avenue . m m . 1 .V- . v-.-1- . 4 r tt II We have a blended Tea that we are selling fo 50c Per Lb. Spleniead value for the price. We beUeve thte te'a is equal to what you pay sixty cents , for at other places. G. A.GREER, 53 Patton Avenue. : TURNIP I When ready to buy;tTirn3j) seed 2 2 let us quote you prlcw. Our stock jr. ia fresh, well assorted tend , prop? 2 erly priedd. Ashevflla .5 - .V'- ITortlx Carcllaa j - SEED i ' -'fi."J ft . 'v . I CRA!im.Pi!Ar;.i'.cyiH v .. S. ii Vs.1.-' '.'."'.1V."v i a - - 0) IP Pit The Yellow Eever Situation at Hamp- - xLncouraging. No New Cases and No Deaths Was the Report 'Yesterday, Government Making v Great Effort to Prevent Spread of Epidemic. Rumor that Disease .Has Been- Diag nosed as Not Yellow Fever Al leged Laxity in Quarantine. - Washington, 'Aug. 3. Surgeon Gener al Wyman tonighlt received from Sur geon Wasdln a list containing the names of the soHdiers who Jef t the Sol diers1 -home ait Hampton since the out break of yellow fever there. Amoner them was Solomon Mullen, on July 25, bound for Elizabeth CityrN. C. Surgeon General Wyman also, receiv ed a telegmm from Passed Assistant Surgeon Smith recommending that Dr. P. St. L. Moncure be appointed acting assistant surgeon at Craney- Island. He-will go there tonight with a number of quarantined personal from Berkely. Some from Norfolk were sent there to day., ,. -. 5 A-telegram from Surgeon Wasdin at tfieTho'me, received at 9 o'clock, said: au? uibuaiivu us lavui a-fjic auu trmjL' ui aging today. No new cases, and no deaths." ' . - Five physicians of the marine. tib'spit- ! al arrived here today and were trans ferred to the quaranrtine ship James- bwn on a government tug. They were afterward sent from the Jamestown to the Old Point soldiers' home.. Several of the doctors are yellow fever im- munes. -The government fa. evidently making a prodigious" effort to prevent the spread of yellow fever and is ap parently to be successful. LAST NIGHT'S REPORT. Newport News, Va., Aug. 3. "No new cases and' no deaths" ia the report ent here tonighlt again by Governor P. T. Woodfin, of the Soldiers' home. There is every evidence that, the yellow fever situation is improving daily, and some of the officials at the home tele phoned ito their friends here today that they expect to have their liberty inside of a week. ; UNGUARDED WATER FRONTS. Newport News, Va., Aug. 3. The board of health of Newport News to night quarantined absolutely against the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth on aocount of their laxity in providing an iron-bound quarantine for ther own protection. It is claimed there are fif teen miles of exposed-water front near the two cities by which people from the infected district "can reach the cities in sailboats. The quarantine will be en forced until Norfolk and Portsmouth aiall take suitable steps f o rtheir own protection. - It is currently rumored here 4hat the bacteriologist who arrived from Wash ington had diagnosed the diseased at the home as" not yerlow fever. No con-1 firmation could be obtained. Juopai physicians say they would not be sur prised If a mistake had been maae in the diagnosis. . ATTEMPT TO BREAK QUARAN- " TINE. Norfolk, ;Va., Aug. 3. Grimes' battery of volunteer artillery, an - organization of Portsmouth, was encamped at Ocean View when the outbreak of yellow fever at Hamotoh occurred The artillerists volunteered to patrol the shore of Ches apeake bay and enforce the quarantine regulations and. thus prevent any jump ers from the peninsula .from escaping to the mainland in which Norfolk is. This afternoon a. large canoe, in. Whch five persons were, approached the hiore between Ocean View and Cape Henry, and before it was, intercepted la nded and but ' two . women ashore. These escaped through. . the woods be fore the quaranitine guard could reach "the snot, but two negroes and a white man in the "canoe put to sea When the officers; appearecL- - Thet. canoe party would have - escap-' ed had they not oeen sigotea Dy ine ot- ficer- 'ifticommana; of Crimes' oattery, We ordered the guns to be -trained on the fugitive and ,flred one, round using blank cartridges, in canoeists scuu a viorouslv and signals were unheed- hv thBm.- and eventually the: battery from Hampton an w rtureniUiere ,MAh Atmirtir not many" feet from the canoe. The latter ,ran -down her gib and coming about was' overhauled. . x nomiA a the: Em: nesTToes , crouching. In it.--. i.Am nf -nie- was a white mart;:aparentlyytraveT1nff- man,with And ahot srun. He aid,he was wimoton and wai'rtehmed .there from: :fihtnr expedition; tmhisryJ war "4Ibelievea, ana tne ranucu occupant were towed ,tt Craney-If land; Hchnoni; Va., An- 3. Dr. rranK Magruder, of Washington, met. here to night under orders from Surgeon Gen eral Wyman'io' consult over the yellow fever, situaton and Ttoi dev1seT plans ? for fighting the disease. They held a con sulfation with.Ir. Oppenheimer, presi dent of the board of healthy here, and will proceed tomorrow to the Infected district. " One of the principal objects of their visit win be to examine the three sus pected cases of yellow fever reported t Berkely and whieh have been removed to Craney Island. ; QRIGIPTH: EPIDEMIC. Washington; Aug. 3. Marine lioepital officials ' at Hampton eating the former- ilnmaite of the Sol diers' hoihevio,;.it:lsibeHeved brought the yellow fever. His name- is Wiffllam Thomas. a)d he arrived; at the home on a transport from' Santiago where he was between; July 2 and 5. He was admitited to the homewas a veteran and! rihontly aftfr developed ehills and feve. Experts believe .there i little doubt doubt that tie wasaffec case of yeaiow.fever. although not diag f ZiLlll , w vic-ums ep nosed as sucht the time: leigSSSf,1? Lnevemplet: enough he left the home and his bkg S!! f the nuni-eas-e sent fto Ph. .The Jver made application for natural- : - man himself went to Columbus City, Wash., where he now Hi. FLORIDA QARANTTNES. "Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 3. The estate board of health Issued, a circular today (to all transportation companies and to the public that no persons from Hamp ton or Phoebus, or the Virginia points contiguous thereto, from Whence cases of yellow fever now or hereafter may be reported will be admitted into Flor ida unless, possessed of certificates of immunity. Passengers from the north and east are advised to procure identi fication certificates in order to establish their identity, point of departure and residence during the. past ten day. There ie no 'alarm felt in this starte, but the board of health deciided to take prompt steps for self -protection. RAILWAY QUARANTINE NOTICE. On account of yellow fever the sale of tickets to Old" Point Comfort; -Va., will be discontinued for the . present. Passengers destined to Norfolk, - Va.; and, vicinity should provide, themselves with health certtficates as atl trains a-!. nspecited. -" F. R. DARBY, AshevMe, N. C, Aug. 3. CPA., REDUCED COTTON RATES TO NORTHERN POINTS A Cut of Eire Cents to New York and Boston." t . Daira, Tex., Aug. .Traffic managers of tall the Texas trunk lines a nd also the general attorneys. of Ithe same, to- gelthr witih traffic and law department represerrtJattives of th Mcwga'n aflQjd Ma lory steamship companies lare htflddng a meeting 4n tthis city for ithe purpose of eridbg the rate cutting war and forming a sttate fireight traffio bureau. The meet ing will, probably continue through the week. At -tonight's session (the traffic mana gers announced ttuat the worst obstriic- tioms had been overcomee by agreernient on itbe cdton iratee from Galveston! to Boston and New York. The Tate agreed upaa are: Boston, 98 cents per hun dred poumds; New York, 93 cts. per hun dred pouoids. This is five- cents below the rate existing when tbe cut was made last year. RIOTING RENEWED III CLEVELAND Cleveland, Aug. 3. Violence by the strikers was renewed tonight. Rain fell heavily during the day, causing the cars to be patronized more.. This anger ed the strikersand tonight the cars were fired on at several points. No one was hit. A car on the Jennings avenue line was blown up by a bomb placed oh the track. Five passengers were on the car but they escaped injury. The car was wrecked. Fiflty non-union menquit work today, saying the company broke their agree ment. -V MAJOR J, ARTHUR JOHNSTON DEAP, Newport News, Va.", Aug. 3. -Major J. Arthur Johnston, one of Petersburg's most prominent citizens was found dead in bed thUe morning. Death re sulted from heart failure. During the war he was first quartermaster of Ma hone .brigade, and then quartermaster of Anderson' division, which post he held until the close of the war. He was a republican in politics, or fourteen consecutave years he was sheriff of Petersburg and at one time a member of "counciL - It cures ail headaches Baldwin's head ache Cura, 2Sc Grant's Pharmacy. Spy Glasses!. Eeadiiig Glasses I MagnifngGlasses! -:-iGl&esi All Kinddof Glassas at EyeGtass Chins,-'.i: S- ..AW- T ...... Cords, Etc ; 45 Pattca Aye. 9 LYNCHED MEH WERE ITALfflN SUBJECTS Signof JRomano's Report to "-" . :t the Embassy at !l -Washington. T Ke.Orteans, Aug- 3o-Tlie second Vifesburg eayerr "'i find that all the Italians lynched , at Taliulah were etlb Je? to King--Humbent (and never be-jcape- American citazems. That will :oe the gistt tny renortrwhieh taur'ntrMitv 4 ieett forwarded . to the Italian embassy im- vvasmngiton' h i J .inmno will remain a few days lor.g- er-aor cnaeavor to interview Governor TIAH Wm L J ' v ffwwMu. Awumauu D4vcft lie lliEUie- I1Cju 1il tempir t get the names of the lynchers; Their names aTe well known. " He will leave their case to the-- American thorStles. au-: COLORED LEAGUE OF i ' AflTI-! M P RI A LISTS In Wrangle Over Family of -; Murdered Postmaster Baker. Boston, Aug. 3. There is a serious disagreement among the colored peopl here tarf to whether or not Miss Lillian Clayton Jewetit shall bring the Baker farn-My north. , It is bound to have one result, that is that the1 proposed color ed branch of the anti-imperialisilic league here will amount to nothing. Thi is because William Lloyd Garri Bonyrwho was fostrumenitial in arousing the interest of the - colored people in anti-imperialism is opposed to both the Jewett and the artti-Jewett factions. JEtv. Mr. Dart, president of the Nor mal Industrial institute of Charleston,- bas been in the city for a week aidin to.raise the fun started by Garrison to provide for ithe education of the Baker family . . In connection with- this fund Garrison has written, a letter today saying he wants it " distinctly under stood that the movement under his con trol for the relief of the Baker family is n no way connected with that repre-4- sented by Miss Jewett. The money con tributed through him will- be placed In the hands of President Williams, of the Carolina Savings bank, at Charleston, and will riot be used to encourage any proposal to bring the Baker family north for speculative purposes. ARRESTS III HAVANA BY ORDER OF LUDLOW Ex-Officers in Spanish. Navy Charged, With Swindling. Havana, Aug. 3. By order of General Ludlow Mora .Saaverdra, to ex-officer of the Spanish navy, was arrested to day for swindling. The Cuban general, Rosas, was also arrested for blackmail ing, by order of Ludlow, but was re leased on pledging himself riot to par ticipate in any more blackmailing transactions. Ludlow will shortly issue an order prohibiting the carrying of arms of any kind and revoking permits granted by police for carrying arms. Two more cases of yellow fever are reported here, both Spaniards. . MAN'S MAD LEAP FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE Rescued With Difficulty by Deckhand Prom Ferryboat. .. New York, Aug. 3. Herman Hauser, treasurer of the Herald Square theater, juriiped from the Brooklyn bridge this afternoon. He was rescued and taken to the hospital badly injured. It is be lieved he was temporarily insane oyer domestic difficulties. Hauser turned over and over as he fell and struck the water on his back. A deck hand from the ferryboat Southampton, jumped Into the water and rescued Hauser. The latter tabbed him around the neck. To free himself he had to. repeatedly strike Hauser who finally lost consciousness. The deckhand then -swam -ith him to the ferryboat, which had stopped and both were hauled aboard. , ' SON OF: GENERAL EGBERT - TAKEN TO INSANE ASYLUM ; Washington, Aug. 3. James : Y. Eg-be-nt, son- of Brigadier General Egbert, who was killed leading a charge againwt the ' Ilipinos at Oaloocan, Lu zon, was brought from. Manila yester day and placed in "the government in eance asylum here suffering from mel ancholia. McKiritey;. appointed young Egbert a econd lieutenant but he never qualified; . Insanity , ;was: due to worry and desoondencv over his : father's death. ' , : i-.,. , " nORMOIl-PREAOHERS ; :H DRIVEI1 FROr.l CIIURGII AcsanltedibyAmedand Djunken -; V , 'ilob in Eentncky. I . Pineville, Ky.f Aug. S. Two Mormon r preachers passed through , 'here today on their way to the mountaina of Ten nessee. They said they had been nn Middle Pork Greek preaching Mormp , uocrae vmet with tne approvat of the mountaineers until last Sunday, when about a dozen armed men came to the church drunk and a tacked them-Ti'iwi. wkw fwere torn to nieces and htviihmivoa were clubbed. Their assailants then riddled the .church with bullets and gavexthe Mormons two "hours to leave." SHOT TQ DEATH BY A U0 3 Blalcely, G Aai& 5. An" uhknown negro attempted an. Assault on the !x-year-old daughter of' Mr: Bowman, who Jives about eight miles, from here, test night. The negro was "captured this af ternoon and, it is reported,-shot 't death The negro was chained to a tree, while the mob poured bullets in to Mm. jf: GOMEZ'S ONLY AMBITION. Havana, Aug. 3. General Gomez has a signed editorial in La Lucha of Ha vana stating explicitly that he is not willing and never has pretended to be willing to be president of Cuba or San to Domingo. He came to Cuba, he says, 'to help men to be free. That only w&b hW ambition. Now he wfil not live here and rthose who think he ie. in their way will not be disturbed. In the same article he demonstrates the in gratitude some of the Cubans hve shown toward him. INFANT'S BODIES IN A CELLAR." lSt. Joseph, Mich., Aug. 3. The find ing of the bodies of six babies in the cellar of the National hotel, in Main street, has caused a sensation in? this city. The main topic of the entire pop ujtion is: Who placed them there? Mrs. Sfcaefer Eisenburger has charge of the buflding. The ho.tel formerly (had an unsavory reputation. No. solution of the present mystery has been found. CAPTURED BY THE OREGON. London, Aug. 3. Manila advices state that the British steamboat Flor- da, from Hong Kong, was captured in the gulf of Linzayen on -June 25 by the Oregon and Princeton on suspicion of being a Filibuster. The ship's, papers were found corredt but were' taken to Manila for the purpose of holding an inquiry. . . NEW TENNESSEE RAILROAD. Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug'. ' 3. The LouisvfHe and Nashville railroad an nounces that it will build a line from Bwn Air to the Pikevilie branch road through, the Cumberland .county coal lands tc- compete 'wiitfr the Tennessee Central, now being constructed. SAMPSON'S SQUADRON. WasMngtoar Aug. 3. Capt. Henry C. Taylor, commanding the North Ajtlianntlc squadron in the temporary absence of Rear Admiral Sampsomi, has tele graphed tto the navy department fJh'at the squadron will leave Newport for Bar Harbor at 7 p. m. on August 4 (and arrive at Bar Harbor on August. 8. BICYCLE RECORD. Minneapolis, Aug. 3. The world's bi- eyole-record for 1,000 miles, held by T. A. Edge, London, England, made over an ordinary turnpike road, was broken by A. A. Hansen today; covering the distance in 92 hours, 44 minutes. The (time by Edge was 105 hours, 19 minutes. BASEBALL GAMES YESTERDAY At Cleveland R. H.E. Cleveland ,1 6 a Philadelphia 12 2 Baftteries: Collifiower and Sugden; Rratit and McFarland. Second game R.H.E. .050 . 4 8 2 Sugdon; Cleveland . . . . -.... Philadelphia Batteries: Hughey and Donohue and XkHigiiaas. At Baltimore R- H. E. Baltimore & P&ttsburg 8 4 Batteries: Hiowell and Rebmscn: Chesbro and Bowerman. At St. Louis R- H. E. St. Louis .... 0 4 1 Chicago - 1 2 Batteries: PoweQ and SchrecKen- gos't; Garvin and Donohue. WHERE THEY PLAT TODAY. Washington ait Boston). New York at Brooklyn. Chicago at dncinaa'ti. STANDING Clubs. Brooklyn . . Boston .. . .. . Philadelphia .. . Baltimore St. Louie .. .. . Chicago .. .. .. Cincinnati .. . . . Pittsburg .. .. . Louisville New York .... OF THE ,CLUBS. W. L. . 60 30 Pc. .G7. .618 .694 .579 .567 .544 .540 .517 .4S5 D5 55 CI 51 48' 47 46 40 35 34 16 34 36 37 39 40 42 44 48 5rL.402 58 .S70 78 .170 Washington .. '. Cleveland .. SUMMER ASSEMBLY Of International Christian' Workers Association At 2iontreat. Rev.John C. Cotlins, of Montreat, is in the city. ; He informed the Gazette thai the dumber of visitors ait Montreat is Veryencouraging, and more are ar riving daily. J Everyone who has been there is iSelighted with the place. - he third annual summer assembly and bible ' school' of Lhe Internatkmal Chrfctian Workers' association wf.l " be gin at Montreat August 15 and continue te& daysThey; have att excellent: pk gram,-JncludInr &ome- fine ingin.EIalf rates, fronx: all joints mrthersoutb; have beencuredr-tngrreffeotugust to BiacicMounitajn, wnien-:is:tn.nearest railroaoPpointi-Tbe semblywtajbe under- the personal - direction or :A Mr. Collins, who is president of tho Moun taiaRetre&t farrociation. - DeatK amd Destruc tion in all Parts of the State. - ' Houses and Barns Razed and Trees Up . rooted. Damarge to Crops Will Amount to Many Thous and Dollars. A Family Blown from a Wharf and Drowned-Three Persons Crushed Under a Barn. Baltimore, Aug. 3. Reports from all parts of Maryland show that yester day's storm brought death and destruc tion to almost every section of the state. The storm was the fiercest in the south ern portion. In -St. Mary's county the , Carey family, consisting of four per sons, while awaiting the arrival of a steamer at one of ithe wharfs on the riv er, were blown overboard. All but the father were drowned. At Point Pa tience a farmer named Mar burger and two negroes were killed , a barn being blown down on them. Houses and barns were razed and trees uprooted In all parts of the state. The village of Olarksville was virtually eradicated. The damage to crop3 amounts ito thousands of dafTars. It will take days before the full damage is learned, the wires being down. It is r feared that many people have .' been killed and injured in various places. ' - THE TERRIBLE DISASTER AT CARRABELLO, FLA. Relief Trains Blockaded Many Fish ermen Drowned. Tallahassee, Fla., Aug. 3. News from the coast stricken section is meagre. Relief trains cannot go within twenty miles of Carrabelle, which place is said to be totally destroyed. Fifteen fish ing schooners were cast, ashore. Ten are unheard from. Oyer twenty fisher men are believed to have been drowned. AT THE RECRUITING STATION Sergeant Hart of Tenth Infantry Will Assist Here. Seven recruits were accepted at the recruiting station yesterday and will go to Fort McPherson today. They were Bulo Moore, of Madison county; Bob KeSth, Nathan Green, of Ashevflle; Wlnfield Warden, of Inanda; John .F. Hill, of Inanda; Zeb Grant and Felix Moore, of Haywood county Notice was received yesterday from (the adjutant generals office at Wash ingtonthat Sergeant Fred Hart, of the Tenth infantry, bad left Matanzas, Cu ba, on July 29, for recruiting service in Asheville, assisting Captain Perry and Sergeant Levenson. COMPROMISE EFFECTED In Mitchell B.nd Suit- 75 Cents on Dollar. Hon. Locke Craig returned yesterday fromi Marion, (and gave the information that a compromise had. been effected In the superior court in the Mitchell couiv try bond case. The compromise calls for 75 cents on" the dollar of the principal and accrued interest. The plaintiff has taken judgment against the county -the judgment not to be paid at once, . but unless the interest be promptly . paid, a peremptory mandamus will be issued with the object of compt-llray the commissioners to pay. s7 and Buckles, oo We are showing a new line o! Sterling , Silver gash and Neck Buckles IK V ... French Gray f Rose t and the newest finish in.imitation of - Old Brass Ccr. Church CI. czl Pc:l:n Sash Neck: 1 fc, . t - ... ,ici:::::i:;:::::::::. r , - ?rw "lev-, rr. i vr, v. u.
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