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1 . . . - -v I 1 : ' 4-' 4, VOL. IV: NO. 200. ASHEVILLE, N. (!., SATUKDAY MOENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1899 PittCE 5 CENTS. IS. I ' . I . i - f I ' I -1 i. jTi I- '"J K I I I I l3 1 .4 - ......... i .' :Aj I'-.-.: - - - ' - - " v - v - - ft ft . ft m "Clover Hill" :B.UCtec-ls' faade by the m'6sc appixvM scientific and cleanly metihods, in. the larg est and most modern1 cneamenisr in the world, in the beat milk-proT ducing section of the world, in the only Sfcg-te of the Union where a State law requires the passing of themost rigiid inspidbtiiotn., and the issuance of a State certificate 1 ft- ft-ft- ft- ft- of health at-lreguilar intervals for 3 , 9. every dndivid,u$l cow whose milk is used for human food. " In I Pound P tints 30c. jxjx$xi$ YOU'LL FIND IT At S 53 Patton Ave ft m DRUGS. W KNIFE Dr. C. M. CASE, Graduate American School at Kirkvillt. Mo. Office closed every Thursday afternoon Telephone 525, , 18 Church Street, Treatment for: NERVOUS, RHEU MAT1G AND OTHER DISEASES. Decfei.l: TTTTTRT55 BRANDT MAS SAGE for Female Diseases; also Pace PROF. EDW. GRUNERt (Graduate of Chemnitz College, Germany. Formerly with Oak land Heigbtta Sanitarium.) 55 SOUTH MAIN ST. PHONE 206. Home or office treatment. Lawn Grass. Now Is the time to sow. LAWN i GRASS. We can supply Wood's Evergreen "9 St in quart packages. . 25 This quanitity will sow 300 feet. We will execute orders for large? quantities oh favorable terms-,; 5 - -'wI;- i GREER S Ashevllle : ; MltEL N. Living AineriGan Has 'Ever Seen tle Equal of Yester day's Demon f. stration. Thousand Vessels Took Part in New York's Naval Parade. A Million People Lined the Shores and Cheered Admiral Dewey. The Great Display of Fireworks at , Night .UuminatiDg the City and All Its Surround insr ".Waters. New 2Toxk, Sept. 29. This city star.ed n with a full 'head of steam today to officially celebrate the victory of Ma nila and to sfhow Admiral k Dewey and his men how much the Americaine thought of them. The result was such an exhibition of enthusiasm as no liv- ng American ever saw. There were a thousand craft in the parade in his honor and more than a million cheer- ng, yelling, shrieking spectators lined the shores of the river and the bay. The Nortoh river was the stage of an amphitheater ten miles long,"- up the center of which itie Olympia sailed. The . air was rent with 6team whistles, cheers shouts, booming cannon iand exploding bombs. i '.-,'' -UNDER FARRAGUT'S FXiAG". r '- : i Just before the Olympia d-.arted at the ihead of the parade, Dewey ordered his own flag hauled down and the eld flag which Farragut had flown runup in its place, As the Olympia eteamed up at the head of the parade ai torpedo boait steamed at each side. T4ie Indiana, Massachusetts , Texas, Brooklyn, iiancaster, Scorpion and Chicago fol lowed in the order Teamed. After the Warships came the " revenue cutters, Steamboats and other craft. . Dewey was much affected by the heartiness of the welcome he received. As the boat steamed up the bay 'and the Hudson. Dewey repeated. y waived his hat in acknowledgement of the cheers of IJhe people. ' DEWEY SCANS THE CROWD. After the Olympia proceeded some distandfe up the Hudson Dewey left the bridge -nd' climbed to the platform where the sigmal boy stands when he wier-wags signals.- Here labove every thing- he scanned both sides of tine nv er with his glasses. He subsequently Tesuimed the bridge and paced up and down ,Tt -wac 2:30 o'clock when Grant's tomb was reached. The boats turned The Olympia's guns belched out a sa lute in honor of the memory of Grant The other warships saluted similarly, ae th.e OUympia passed down the line to a point at 115th street, where sne f n chored. From this position Dewey re viewed the parad. . Trsiiir K-me thousand craft of all . de scriptions participated in the parade. THE LINE OF PARADE. The oara.de as it started from quaran tine was led by the police boat Patrol v.a firb.v.omtfs New Yorker and Van Wvrk frfllowing-. Side by side, the Sandy Hook, having. on board Mayor Van Wyck ana repre- sentatives of the city of 'New XdTK, and the Olympia, flagship of Admiral. Dewev. headed the naval iifvision Tihen came the cruiser Chicago; flag ship of Admiral Hfewison. After- fhaJL New York, armored fla.srshlt of Rear Admiral Sampson; Indiana,- first H class battle ship;- Massachusetts, first ass battle ship; Texas, second lass .battleship Dvin arrmnrfA cruisef: Lancaster c-unnerv.ship; Marietta, gunboalf bcr. - pfon, auxiliary cruiser; hAota nPnrfpr. DUDOnt. Cushinff. the revenue cutters Mhing Mmnmitn. Gresham. Wiadom and rtnnr..-in thft ' transports Sedgwick McPherson and McCletlan and the hos- An-cii eViin Missouri Monmouth. lvlng the flajr of the state of New Yoi. and hav r. hnfird representatives of. tht nuval militia, andhe official bats of the city, the General Slpcum and Glen Island, having on i -'W.me hf citizen; the,M.)unt.lipPf benge.a M3attewa3i, carrying rmsisted 'ofyachts, innder th port column was led by Howard Gould's Niagara, and the starboard by Sir Thomas Lipton's Erin. They were iwiowea ty ninety-three steamVyacht3. The second division of merchant mar ine was in command of Captain Perry. uix uie nagsnip tea Ash. . Among the 108. ships tihat followed him in twelve sections, was-the Buena Ventura, the first prize captured in the Spanish war. in tne third section was the John Len ox, having on board the Arion and iederkranz societies, the members of which sang hymns of welcome while passing the Olympia. The thirdi division consisted of barges, tugs, propellers and unattached vessels, under command of Captain Fred B. Dalzell. One hundred and four vessels followed him. The first division formed in column of twos, the seeond n column of twos and the third in col umn of threes. I KITES FLYING. From a number of the ships in the parade immense kites were flown hteb in itihe air arid from these were sus pended long lines of flags. From the Portsmouth, anchored off Grant's tomb, the sky was filled with kites '.if ail d- steripfions, flags 'and streamers! and from an altitude of 1,000 feet above the water American flags in the forms of parachutes were discharged and float ed through the air. ' ' THE TWO BIG FLOATS. The m-o?t novel feature of the naval parade was the two . large floats pre pared undter ithe direction of General Howard Carroll and executed by L. W. Seavey, the artist. One of these, rep resenting Victory, suffered damage yesterday by collision. - The .head ad wings of the statue on the float, weak ened by the collision, were blown off by the wind today and dropped into the river. The parading division passed these floats three times. The figure of Nep tune on the Victory float was thirty feet high, while the length of the full float was 192 feet and the width thirty seven feet. Neptune appears at 'the bow driving three sea hoTses. Behind him is his throne and in the rear of this comes a group with Minerva in the center. She is surrounded by six Vic tories, all' holding trumpets. The head of Minerva is seventy feet above the water line, and each of the Victories was twenty-three feet 4iigh. . The Peace float was equal in magni tude to the other, and had for its main group victory extending the laurel wreaths. THEIGHT DISPLAY. WNDERFUL EXHIBITIONS OF FIREWORKS IN CITY . AN.D BAY. ' New . York, Sept. 29. The day of Deays-celebratioa on- the water ended ftring popping f blaze, ot- fire works .tonight. Fireworks lit up the whole city! Not only did great boats loaded with fireworks sweep down the waterways and circle about the lcwor bay, but in the park3 throughout the middle of the city the sky was painted red,' white and blue and all othr shades and colors known to pyrotech nic art. The sky was filled with mite- oric balloons and canopies produced by the discharge of rockets. One of the great displays was a fire picture of the Olympia. All the warships and craft in the riv er were, illuminated with prismatic colored fires burning fully five minutes. In the water itself darted fiery fishes, 'torpedoes and geysers belched up in ame. Along the shore an illuminated device, "Welcome Home, Victorious Admiral," ran along the shore line fox nearly 1,000 feet., After the fete at Grant's tomb a pro cession of the flotilla on the Hudson steamed down stream to Governor's island, where the final exhibition was given. There the pyrotechnic ball, was opened with an aerial salute of 101 guns the illumination of Governor's island, Bedloe's island and Ellis island with colored fire, accompanied by the ascent of large balloons carrying powerful magnesium lights and pyrotechnics. PASSENGER GAR STRUCK BY FREIGHT TRAIN Nine Persons Injure on an Indiana Railroad. Indianapolis, Sept. 29. A fas$ express on the-Indianapoljs,, Decatur ahd-West-ern railroad was-wrecked near Mon tezuma this, - morning. Nine persons wfsre injured! The express had run on ito a siding but the last car was still on the maip' track when a freight train crashed lmto it. f " THREE CASES AT NEW ORLEANS AND FIFTY-FOUR AT KEY WEST. Newc Orleans, Sept. 29, -Three new Leases of yellow feVer are "fflciallv an nounced today and , one oeath, in tn Pliaquemine parish. . Jacksonvme , Sept. 29. Key West reports fifty-four new cases today and one death, ,v .... DISTRICT MEETING. The district meeting of the Woman's Missionary society of Asheyille district convened yesterday morning in the lec ture rdm of Central Methodist church, Mrs. J. E.; Ray, district secretary, per- siding. . A consecration service was held, the eighth chapter of tRomans was , read (by Mrs. Hill3ard; 'oHcJwed by an ad dress taad prayer? by Mm Turner. t '-Mrs. Branner, of JJashville, save an interesting "address oik the womajis missionary week at Chautauqua.. The address : was repeated last evening to giytf.others.t; opportnty toheair it't "tpall opening, at-Oi A,, Meara & Sons An South Malik- street ext Tuesday. HEWS FROf.1 THE URDANETA'S CREW FOUR OF THE LOST GUNBOAT'S MEN ARE PRISONERS OF MASCARDO. The Eemainder Supposed to Have , Been Killed. Eight Thousand Insurgents Participate i in the Fight at Porac-Dolores and'i111111" f these affairs is causing con- Calumpit Evacuated CMen. by Mascardo's Manila, Sept. 29. Spanish commis sioners, two sergeants and their ser vants were allowed to pass through the American lines north of Angeles this morning for the purpose of conferring with Aguinaldo regarding the release of Spanish prisoners held by the insur gents. A Spanish captain who escaped from the insurgents and entered the Ameri can lines at the north today says the insurgent general Mascardo with 1,500 men has evacuated Dolores and Ca umpilt and fallen back to the moun tains. He says four prisoners from the gunboat "Urdaneta are with Mascardo's men. The remainder of the Urdaneta's STS" inV:j2lh. J? commander of the Urd'anetta. He say9 In the 8,000 insurgents participated fight at Porac yesterday. OTIS VISITING ANGELAS Manila, Saturday Morning, Sept. 30. General Otis and General Schwan are visiting Angeles. It is thought their visit is connected with a conference with the rebel leaders. It may be that Otis desires to personally confer with General "Wheaton regarding military movements which have Just been re sumed. WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE DROWNED TEN OR MORE LIVES LOST AT THE WRECK OP THE STEAM ER SCOTSMAN. Some of the Rescued Passengers Brought' to Ramonski. Steamer Struck in Dense There was Immediately a Fog and Panic oiv Board Baggage Plundered by tht. Crew of the Ship. Rlmouski, Quebec, Sep-.. 23. The Do iivnion Line steamship Scotsman was wrecked eight days. ag near Change island and ten of her pasnongere were drowned while disembarking from the wrecked vessel. , A number of the passeng .vs are miss ing. - The steamship Montfor; with 249 of the Scotsman's paasenger.3 reached here (this morning. She brought all the sur vivors except fifty-six, who were leu on the island, and nine passengers and 45 of the crew, who were taken off by the Monterey and carried to Liverpool. The passengers left on the island will be brought to Rimouski by the steam ship Germanic PASSENGERS IN A PANIC. Passengers say. the, Scotsman. struck early on the morning of September 21 in a dense fog. The passengers rushed on the deck panic-stricken, and thf of ficers fearing that the vessel would slip back into deea water and founder, the kboats were lowered, One boat founder ed after bing filled with women and children and through this accident the loss of the ten persons occurred. It is said a plug in the boat was out, allow ing it to fill. Some passengers were landed from boats and others were .lowered to the rocks by means of ropes. The crew became uncontrollable and plundered the baggage of pas sengers. . TRIAN WRECK NEAR PARIS. , Paris, Sept. 29. A train was derailed this evening by a washout near Paris. Four people were killed, and many in jured. Why So Many Wear Glasses? The advance Of ' civilization Imposes increased labors upom our eyes. ' " ; .Peddlers and reckless methods employed by people In fitting their own eyes cause much, of the trouble. Eye defects that were once . thoueht to be incurable are 'oo' k J. 1 1 1 J T U.X. 4-J- M0A f of glasses. : Examination free. SC1BOTIFIO OPTICIAN, '-"; .45 Patton Ave. ;'r";" SPANISH CONSUL GENERAL THREATENED WITH DEATH Excitement in Havana Caused by an Anonymous Letter. Lynch ing "Mobs. . Havana, SepL 29. There is much ex citement among Spaniards over the re ceipt of an anonymous letter by thQ Spanish consul general threatening him with death. The Cubans at Pinar iel Rio attempted to lynch an ex-Spanish guerilla but the police saved him. The mob had a rope around his neck when tnf Police arrived. The increasing NEW ORLEANS COTTON . MARKET IN PANIC Caused by an Apparent Great Advance in Liverpool Sales Off. New Orleans, Sept. 29. Intense ex citement prevails on. 'the co:ton exchange here and the directors of the exchange met and suspended business. The cause was 'tlhe apparent rise in Liverpool prices The jump began there at 2:03 p. m. the market sticoa J.2-64 lower than the opening. Then the jumps started1 until wthen the action of the exchange finally suspended business, the Liverpool ad- vuce reacnwi ine isew uneans nal Mverpool adce wnt to vein points. On the basis of $S a, point itihat rep re - sents a total of $270- on every contract of 100 bales. The exchange decid-edi mot to reopen for business until tomorrow. It also de clared -all contracts of today in futures null and void. . A MISUNDERSTANDING? . New -York, Sept. 29. The Commercial News Bureau of the "Western Union Telegraph company sent out the fol lowing explanation in connection with the suspension of the New Orleans cot ton exchange: "In the special Liver pool fluctuations today, the movement shjpuld probably have been made against ' closing prices of yesterday, each movement to be made separately as they came and not to be added col lectively. The 'trouble was probably caused by a misunderstanding as to the mariner of using the movement. (Signed) Gardner Irving, Commercial News Bureau." , BASEBALL GAMES YESTERDAY. At Baltimore R. H. E Baltimore 3 6 1 . . . Brooklyn ......... 2 9 2 Batteries: , McGinnity and : "Smith; Hughes and McGuire. At Philadelphia R. H. E Philadelphia 2 8 2 New York 7 9 1 Called in the eighth on account of darkness. Batteries: Bernhard and Douglass; Gettig and Warner. At Boston R. H. E Bositon 4 2 Washington 2 7 2 Batteries:, Nichols and Sullivan; Crane and Kittredge. Second R. H.E. Boston 6 7 3 Washington 2 6 6 Called in, the eighth on account of darkness. Batteries: Lewis and Sul livan; McFarland and Powers. WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. Washington at Boston. New York at Philadelphia: Brrvoklyn at Baltimore. Cincinnati at Pittsburg. Louisville at Chicago. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Clubs. W. L. Brooklyn 93 42 Philadelphia, . . . . S3 54 Boston 8C 53 Baltimore SI Tif St. Louis .... 80 62 Cincinnati 76 64 Chicago ' 71 68 Pittsburg 70 72 Louisville 69 72 New York o7 SO Washington . . 49 91 Cleveland ' .... 20 126 Pc .689 .620 .619 .391 .563 .543 .511 .493 .489 .416 .?0 .137 Afresh Shipment of Battle Health - Foods This week at AIDER'S OH THE SQUARE Creek 1 A. ? ,:t. A GRAVE SIGN OF COMING IM So the Failure of Transvaal to Make Reply is Regarded. Fipt Official Sign that Nego tiation StageHas Ende The Boers Displaying Ex treme Military Activity. ' Movement of Troops to the Border by Both Conntties. ARMED BURGHERS AND ARTIL LERYMEN RIDING IN THE STREETS OF PRETORIA THE INDICATIONS ARE THAT WAR MAY BEGIN AT ANY MOMENT. London, Sept. 29. The fact that the cabinet has not received a renlv frrvm the Transvaal to the British demands is regarded as a grave sign of coming war. The meeting of the cabinet last Friday was adjourned. for a week to enable the ministers to consider the expected reply. The abse e of any response is the first official sign that the crisis is rapidly drifting beyond (the stage of negotiations. , MOVING TROOPS. Pretoria, Sept. 29. Two batteries of field artillery and) 500 burghers have started for Volksrust and 500 more will follow today. The military authorities are displaying the greatest activity.' Armed burghers and artillerymen are riding in the streets of the capital. PREPARING FOR THE WAR. MILITARY ACTIVITY IN TRANS- " VAAL, NATAL AND CAPE COLONY. ionoon Sept. .29. Despatches from the'eaeseontinue, the story , -of naiytary activ.MV i the Transvaal, Natal "ami Cape Colony. The Boers are concen trating near Natal where the first out break is expected. The commandar.t geno-ral has issued a notice calLng commanders to asac-mUle at a spi:,cifled spot or: the Natal holder. Command ers from Krugerdorf, whose ' burghers checked 'the Jameson raiders, will era bark on 'a train for the frontier tonight. There u- great activity at the wa; of fice in Pretoria. The artillery reserves have been called out as arrangements to defend the frontier are now com plete and the work of equipment is pro ceeding rapidly. A tlegra received today eays two batteries1 of colored ar tillery and 500 burghers started for Vouksrust and another 500 men go to day. . " A quantity of ammunition for Max im guns is reported to have arrived; at HarritT-ni and the burghers at Brem ersdorpeceived rifles and ammunition. A number of young Boers who have, been studying at Capetown have start led for home. The vojksraad in secret passed a high treason bill, providing for the confisca-. tion of property of burghers who refuse service. " 4 WAR AT HAND. ' A despatch to the Times from Pre.; toria says "It is generally expected ' that a state of war will be proclaimed v-' any moment. Kruger granted me an , interview today and declared he had done all that was possible for the sake of peace He had accepted Mr. Cham berlain's own offer of a common in quiry, but Chamberlain deliberately broke the thread of negotiations, troops - :l were massed! on all sides and war v i forced upon him. It was impossible to accede to the despatch of the 12th. As ' it Was the seven years proposal would, V' (Continued on Fifth Page.) Money, Saved is Money Made If there is anything you can use to the lot of Novelties we are Closing Out It will certainly save you money to buy them. Arthur Til. Field: if r .1 -A V North-Carolina 7 - -
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