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VOL. IV: NO. 171. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATUBDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 1899. "T . PEICE 5 CENTS. '4 N- WE HVE HE- : Highest Quality -AND THE- LARGEST VARIETY -OF- Ever offered to the peo ple of Asheville. Just received, a shipment of the CELEBRATED ...HUBBARD'S RUSK... G. A. GREER, 53 Patton Avenue. m DRUGS. NO KNIFE Dr. C M. CASE, OSTE Graduate American School at Kirkville, Mo. Telephone 525. 18 Church Street, SWEDISH ' ..MASSAGE AND PACKS Treatment "for: .NERVOUS, RHEU MATIC AN OTHER DISEASES. Special: THURE BRANDT MAS SAGE for Female Diseases; also Face Massage. PROF. EDW GRUNER, '. (Graduate of Chemnitz College, Germany. Formerly with. Oak land Heights Sanitarium.) 55 SOUTH MAIN ST. PHONE 206. Home or office treatment. Tan or l Sun Burn 1 1 V m fc tt m Ml There Is nothing better for re moving tan or sunburn than a properly prepared Cold Cream. It tis very cooling to the skin and is quickly absorbed. Wa have just finished a beautiful batch of Cold Cream and offer it in porce lain pots at 15 and 25 cents. ft CRAIIT'S PHARMACY, ' I e4 Si Main Street $ Asheville North Carolina rWlllfclflK CROCK t BORDEREAU Efforts to Show That Dreyfus Wrote the Document. Wonderfully Clever Disqui sition by "Expert" ... Bertillon. Evidence Called for From Italian and German Governments. To Assist in Identification of the French Traitors Italy Said to be Willing. Rennes, Aug. 25. The greater part of today's session xf tthe Dreyfus court martial was taken, up by expert testi mony as to the handwriting of the bar dereau. Probably several days will be devoted to the eame subject. The fact (that trie court' of cassation definitely pronounced judgment on this point fa vorable to Dreyfus lis ignored. Those Who have not f Olllewed events ciosely are surprised that the defense did not protest against this virtual defiance of the authority of tthe highest tribunal of Prance- The reason lis that DrevfuB' defenders announced In the audience today 'that they would have the fullest investigation of the whole question of the alleged treason of Dreyfus without any restriction. This was a needlesslly bold course to adopt in a country, of whiich Dumas once said: "If I were ac cueed of stealing the towers of Notre Dame I would not undertake to defend myself. I should bolt." There i reason to believe that if Dreyfus had insisted on his rights un der he decision of the court of cassa tion the count martial would have op enly announced lifts defiance of the de cision just (the same, but it-would then have' .been settled 'beyond peradventure thai jr. Qyjt't would frnve been promptly' duaShed" by the supreme judicial tribunal, ifi Tie" difficult to say what may now happen in ithe by no means (impossible event that a decision be rendered against the prisoner. The work of supererogation now go ing on has no interest to the outside world beyond furnishing an opportun ity for it to marvel and perhaps smile at BertMon, the principal handwriting expert. He seems a most striking ex ample of a fanatical devotee of sci ence, in whom' genius has just overstep ped the line of sanitty, to those who seriously studied his demonstration, of the thesis that Dreyfus is the only pos sible writer of the bordereau. It must be confessed it is a wonderfuHly clever disquisition. The only fait is thalt it starts from false premises.. At all events the defense considers it neces gairy to seriously controvert his theory, and the conflict of' expert evdience will be one of the features of this amazing proceeding called a trial. An interesting report comes from Par is tonight that the Italian and Ger man governmenltis have been consulting on the question, whether they will send all the .documents enumerated in the bordereau and others received from the same source, with ia clear and indisput able statement' as to the identity of the French traitors. Italy, it is- said, is mina. rnn-iiine- it.r, do. so. but the kaiser takes the ground that Germany hav ing definitely announced 'that she had npvpr had anv dealings with Dreyfus does not feel called, upon further to in terfere in a purely French affair. rry,a .anlH-Trftvfus 'Dress here is be coming more bitter and Ifncendiary in its attacks on the Jews and' foreign correspondents there. Its language is scarcely disguised inciting to violence. THE COUp MARTIAL. Rennes, Aug. 25. At court martial today Rowland Strong, an English newspaper man, was called to tiie wit tvaco otand and derjosed to the fact that Esterhazy confessed to hiim that rnrrote the famous bordereau I i .i. -,n if the "Ra.nlc: of 1 -r. r-.a mi P-rnminier the dOC- tVI CALTCl I r ra-iiuc, 1 cf" ' . " yj ,r.a HrilVtx "VVvlT (trouble, don't ty.c, in et beltter of them- . . .. .;4- vi -a nH, lpt iSa fit VOU selves, pure wum nrnnom P-lflsses. Tour eye sigM Ja nati never be recovered. rx i ttVi Kn, important a mat a ,ma tn -ureter erlasises if Itney aire xrdghtly made, and to mainy .Pf?Pjf vrv becoming.' Examination free. S. L McKEE, OptiicSan, 45 ''. Baott Avraa Seeing Pp Believing! umeiit in the case that Esterhazy, and not Dreyfus, wrote the bordereau. If. Bertillon, he noted anthropometaSt, was called as the next .witneea. . He re quested permissiorj tobrmg. ia dia grams and papers. The request wte granted and M. Bertillon retired for a moment, . resuming' at the head of a equad composed of an Infantry sergeant and four privates, all staggering under the weight of immense leather satch els, bulging! with documents, charts, etc., which (tihey deposited on tthe etatge as a' roar of laughter echoed thxaugh.- ous the court Even ithe judges were unable to repress a smile as they gazed on Bertillon's stage property strewn over half the platform. The witness began by saying that on ly intelligent men could follow the ex planations. The court waa soon half emptied as the audience aflaer smiling audib-ly at the extraordinary words be came bored and went out. Bertillons deposition occupied the wltcfie of the session and will occupy a good part of tomorrow's session. The court room presented a curious scene, while BerMlon, whom the Drey- fusards', in most indulgent moments, described as a dangerous maniac, spent three hours in explaining- in unintelli gible term "hi infallible system' ' of proving Dreyf uis the author of the bor dereau. A majority of the public, how ever, were utterly unable to compre hend Bertillon's theories, and had left the) court room. Even "Madame Blanche" abandoned her post. In the meanwhile Bertillon, with gestures. and in the shrill pitched voice of a quack at a country fair, continued his monologue, producing every minute some fresh paper covered with won derful 'hieroglyphics, copies! of which were presented to the judges, Who, with expressions of owl-like wisdom, caire fully examined them. Heads clustered Vgether, eyes gazing on long wide strips of paper, while M. Bertillon leaned over the table trying to explain the mystefyingi diagramsi whiich were afterward passed to Labor! and De mange, wjio apparently did not derive much profit from their perusal. Dreyfus gazed at the scene with stu Refaction. The clearest utterance of Bertilkta during the course of the de monstration was that the handwriting of the bordereau "obeys a geometrical ryth of which I discovered the equa tion in the prisoner's bloating pad. The witness announced he would eive a Dractical demonstration. Then he theatrically cleared the desk attach ed to the witness; bar, drew his chair nearer, deposited a "high hat on the floor and sitting down began copying the bordereau. The audience watched him bent over the desk busily drawing letters, the judges gazing alt him untU the end of ten, minutes' people ana judges becamle restlessly impatient and JouausHi remarked thaat it was not nec essary tlo copy the whole bordereau and that a few lines would suffice- A few minutes latter Bertillon arose, strode to the judges', table and present ed copy ?Tb' judges', counsel, govern- clerk of the court ciustierea arouna eager to see the result. The audience Watched the etirange spectacle until Colonel Jouaust shrugged his shoulders and then the 'spectator knew Ber tillon failed to satisfy them.. Jouaust -1 A. Ill then adjourned count ana ueruuwi packed up his belongings and the sol diers carried them out. To the Tio"-aper men who crowded around Lajbori', asking Chim for his Im pression', the counsel Said there was certain resemblance to the bordereau, adding "But that is ail. Bertillon only did what dozens1 oouia oo. it omy proves he is a clever forger, 'mat is all." ' " GUERIN SHOOTS AT CROWD SURROUNDING HIS HOUSE Paris, Aug. 25 Guerin tonight twice fired at the crowd in the rue de Chabrol but the bullets hit nlobody. It is expect ed that his shooting will lead to an at tack upon Wis stronghold. ANXIETY IN PARIS, CMcago, Aug. 25. The1 Record cor respondent at Renaies cables: The newesit idevelopment In- the Schnieidler affair has produced a very disagreeable) impression, in Dreyfusard circles. The Austrian military attache first denied categorically the authenti city of the document attributed to hlrn aJB a repiort to his. government. Now, (however, he seems to question only 'the date. This explains why Maitre Labori "did wot follow up, as he had announced (hie would do, his vigorous attack apropos Of his letter on Gem:. Mercuer begun on "Wedcuesiday. TMs, however, as . otnJy an unimportant episode m the grarad baratie, and it Will be forgotten in a day or two. Meanwhile the fight is going bTavely on, though one must admi)t-tlh!a)tl ithe Dreyfus side as .not alt all optimistic as. tso the result I found ithem discouraged today, for reasons mot clear to me, for (Cojrtimiued on fifth page.) ...Oakland Heights Hotel... ASHEVILLE, N. C. Hfnjaf hAnntifnllv looted on mountains, the French Broad nished. JNew Management, riae xaDie. .low xvaxee. NO SICK PERSONS ARE RECEIVED GUARDING THE JAIL X till VII roifll I AT WAYNESvlLLE - I , ijovernor Orders Out Milita- ry Company to Prevent a Lynching. Wayaesville, N. C, Aug. 25. Burt Smith, who is confined in ithe jail at this place on a charge of rape, is threatened with lynching. In response to a itelegraphac request' from Solicitor Ferguson Governor Russell wired the sheriff permission to use the Waynes- ville military company in protecting the life of the prisoner. The governor s reply, which was de ivered to Captain Stringfield, says: "You are commanded to assemble your company under arms and report t(k the sheriff immediately and execute his rders tin protecting Burt Smi.h from tnob violence and you will preserve and laphold the civil law." As the Asheville bound passenger ftrain pulled out of the station this ev ening tit was boarded by about a dozen armed men, who got off at various smaia stations . It is presumed the men had .heard of the governor's message and are after reinforcements before at tacking the jail. There have been rumors all day that an effort was to be made to take Smith from the jail and lynch him, and there have been many strangers in town who have evidently come for that purpose. The sheriff regarded the sit uation as very threatening and laid the matter before the solicitor. AH evi dences point to an intended assault on the jail tonight. It is believed, howev er, that the miMtaTy company would be strong enough to guard the risoner. Burt Smith is but seventeen years old. Last Saturday 'he committed, a criminal (assault on the eight-year -oJd daughter of Ira Smith, Ms brother, in Iron Duff township, this county. He was apprehended and lodged in the jail Ut Waynesville Sunday night. PORTO RICO VICTIMS OF THE HURRICANE 2,312 Have Been Buried Thousands of Families Missing. San Juan, Aug. 25. The official re port of the board of health, issued to day, shows that there have been 2,812 I jburdals of victims of the hurricane. aether' with their houses. T3ie rpWJ - T - states tnat a auarier oi a nuuion uw sons are destitute. It is estimaited that it will require twenty-five mMion pounds of rice, beans and flour and a quarter million pounds of codfish to enable the fur nishing of a pound of rations daily un til the date of the harvest seventeen weeks hence. The dost of these supplies will be $125,000, CUBAN POLITICAL PRISONERS RELEASED BY SPAIN They Were Confined in Penal Settle ment at Burgos. WashSngton, Aug. 25. Minister Stor- er cabled the state department today that Spain had released four Cuban political prisoners confined in the penal settlement of Burgos. Spain has shown a disposition to com ply with the wishes of the Americans in regard to other Cuban political pns- oners, ana tne department is nopeiui ujl securing their release soon. RACE CONFLICT APPEARS IMMINENT AT DARIEN Troops Guard the Town and the Ne groes Have Gone to the Swamps. DarSen. Ga.. Aug. 25. The situation here is extremely threatening. The ne groes have practically abandoned Dar- ien and are refuged in the swamps on the outskirts. Where they defy arrest. A force of troops' has been sent to dis- lodere them and a conflict is inevitable i 'before morning The trouble all arises from the arrest of -a negro politician named Delegals a fpw A a. v aero for aslauit. Since then hill commanding: BUDerb views of and Swannanoa rivers- Newly Fur- the negroes, believing that he would be lynched, ceased work, and have been a e outrageously. A number of out for the t of the Joseph Townsend, one of the best unus bcouoq, was snot ud Wlle night in an effort to cr- rest tne son of DelegaJs. iToops have charge of the town to night All is quiet. BEDLQE'S SUSPENSION ON CHINESE CHARGES Consul Violated Treaty Provisions Be tween China and United States. Washington, Aug. 25. It is learned now that the suspension of Consul Bed loe was the result of charges by the Chinese government. On account of these charges and the inference that Bedloe was persona non gralta the state department had no other alternative than to relieve him. This could have been done without suspending him, but the charges were of such a character it was decided to suspend him, pending investigation. Officials are reticent. AH that can be learned in regard to the charges is that Bedloe is accused of violating treaty provisions between China and the United States. SENTIMENT FOR ANNEXATION GROWING IN CUBA Committee Appointed to Lay Plans Before McKLnley. Havana, Aug. 25. The sentiment of annexation to, or at. least a protectorate by the United States, which ihas been growing slowly as a result of the pres ence of the Americans here, is becoming more apparent. The possibility of withdrawal of all the American troops, followed by absolute independence, has led those favoring annexation or a pro tectorate to appoint a committee, con sisting of Civil Governor Garcia, of Santa Clara, and Senor Torres', who held the portfolio of secretary of jus tice in the late autonomist cabinet, to visit "Washington. They start tomor row and will endeavor to lay their plans before McKinley. SCHOONER WRECKED; CREW DROWNED. Baltimore, Aug. 25. Word was re ceived this evening that a schooner, believed to be the Robert McClintock commanded by Captain Lewis and bound from here for Georgetown S. C has been wrecked near Point Royal shoal light. All aboard were lost. She carried a crew of eight . ' BASEBALL GAMES YESTERDAY jCleVMa ' ifT:. ..':. :rn.!Tr3' , -- i -. " 1 ! ew iotk 2 Z Batteries: Knepper and Sugden; Seymour and Wilson. At Pittsburg- R. H. E Pittsburg . 7 10 . 6 12 Schriver Boston ...'. Batteries: Tannehi'll and Lewis and Bergen. At St. Louis R. H. E St. Louis 7 10 0 Philadelphia 2 4 Batteries: Cuppy and Criger: Dono- hue and Douglass. Second game R. H. E St. Louis 3 10 1 Philadelphia 1 3 1 Batteries: Sudhoff and Crliger; Piatt and McParland. WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. Boston at Pittsburg. New York at Cleveland. Washington at Cincinnati. Baltimore at Louisville. Brooklyn at Chicago. Philadelphia at St. Louis. STANDING OF THE CLTJBS. Clubs. W. L. PC .670 .615 .609 .607 .533 .54? .514 .495 .443 .443 .33e .171 Brooklyn 71 35 Boston 67 42 Baltimore 64 41 Philadelphia 68 44 St. Louis 62 49 Cincinnati 58 48 Chicago 55 52 Pittsburg 55 56 New York 47 59 Louisville 47 59 Washington ; 36 71 Cleveland 19 9 -a .ON THE SQUARE. -WE Buy Our SUGAR Direct from tihe refinery. Pillsbury's Best Flour Direct from the mill by rtlhe car load, OBELISK FLOUR BY THE CAR and all goods in large quantitiea FOR CASH. These are facts the consumer1 might consider to Ms advantage. SlsTIIDIEIRS On the Square. is Emm MIRY Otis Says He Can Use No More Mount ed Men. Infantry Must Bear Brunt of Aggressive Cam- paign. Reported Small Radius of Conquered Territory in Luzon. Filipinos Said to Hedge in Manila, Cebn and Iloilo CloselySat urnus' Crew Murdered. Washington, Aug. 25. Gen. Otis cabled the war department todav that a,t . conference of officers called by him at Manila it was decided that no more cavalry was necessary to , conduct the campaign in Luzon. He says the coun try is unsuitable to cavalry operations and the question of obtaining forage had become embarrassing. In view of this no more cavalry will be sent. The only mounted troops therefore that will participate in ithe coming aggressive campaign will be the Fourth regular cavalry, the Eleventh volunteer caval ry and eight troops of the Third caval ry. PESSIMISTIC REPORTS. London, Aug. 25. A Labuan corre spondent of the Reuter Telf?:rjun com pany telegraphs that reliable news re ceived direct from Manila says an In describable state of affairs prevail. Americans, according to advices, occu py a radius of fifteen miles about that city; around the town of Iloilo they oc cupy a radius of nine miles, anl around Cefou they occupy a small rad- iue. .The- country 1 the handft of the FUlipinoe. The correspondent alaj gayn tt is reported the Filipinos hare mur dered the crew of the steamer! Saturn-us.- rVV"":X:--."Xk , :C The steamer Saturnus, . of Companla MarlttmaT 'oattagr Vn;"Underv. h American flag, was beached under the insurgent trenches At San Pernf-ndo? and burned August 2. t TRANSVAAL VOTES MONOPOLY, Pretoria, Aug. 25. The volksraad to- . day by a vote of 18 to 9 decided against canceling the dynamite monopoly. ITEGE0 COLONIZATION. Ex-Senator Butler Thinks Government Should Establish Colony. Columbia, S. C, Aug. 23. Ex-Senator Butler, in a letter dealing with the race problem inspired by the recent whitecapping of negroes, says that so long as the poor whites have to com pete with the cheap labor of the ne groes such outrages will continue. He says tne negro is unworxny oi ueuer pay, and the only way "of solving the problem of the race troubles is the sep aration of the races. He advocates the establishment of a government colony for negroes. BIG AUTOMOBILE SYNDICATE. Montreal, Que., Aug. 25. A big deal involving several millions of 'dollars, ihas jutst been pulti itlhrough at Toronto. A syndicate has bought out the bicycle Ira tercets Of the Massey-Harris company, H. A. Lozier & Co. of Toronto Junction, Good Gold Bicycle company, Mcntford & WelHafrnd1 Vale company, St Catharines. Application for a charter for the mew comp'any, with $6,000,000 capital, will be made to ithe Ontario government, while the dominion government will also be asked for a special charter. The com pany will at once go into the business of manufacturing automobiles at Toroato amd MionitfoTd. Money Saved is Money Made If there Is anything you can use In the lot of Novelties we r Closing Out It will certainly save you money to buy them. m. m. A. - Arthur M. Field. Cornea Church; Street tad Patton Are. V 1 , ' i c , t t t V - J J- - 1.- i f
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