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1 2 t " , - 0 SO ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MOENING, OCTOBEE 4, 1899. PEICE 5 CENTS. X 2 VOL. IV: NO. 203. S fi vti - II .11 .1111 ks v,. - rs 4 srsf of we lose on tht day prl- a a d n e Q ' D y a - a iter. e show- 1,5 Of SO- .N and a com-RNISH- TER, he fol Dumb y Bags, games, to you. r m ' 1 I pjasrw?.. . 1 f s m DEWEY LIONIZED IN WASHINGTON Cheered bv Multitudes in the Streets of the Cap ital Citv. PREPARATIONS FOR THE WAR f 1 1 1 1 1 1 -Clover Hill" Butter bv the moat approved ts made scientific and cleanly metbods, in. the larg est and most modern creamers, ia the world, in the best milt-proT ducing section of the world, in the only State of the Union where a State law requires the parsing of the most rigid inspection, and the issuance of a State certificate of health at regular intervals for every individual cow whose milk is used for human food. In 1 Poind Pi IMS 30c. A Magaificent Parade ia the Admiral's Honor. TROOPS FOR THE TRANSVAAL HURRYING TO THE FRONTIER. Trains Loaded With Big Gannon and Maxim Guns. Jeweled 6word Presented to Him at the Capitol, Se'ect Dinner Party at White House Ends the Day. THE WEATHER CONTINUED PRO PITIOUS FOR THE CLOSING CELEBRATION OF THE RETURN OF THE HERO OF MANILA BAY TO HIS NATIVE COUNTRY. Good Order Prevails Throughout the Republic Something About the Min eral Interests of South Africa. YOU'LL FIND IT AT . 53 "S" f I V Ik Ik Ave NO DRUGS. NO KNIFE CASE and W. E. SWAN. OPATHS OST Graduates American School at Kirkville, Mo. Telephone 52-5, 18 Church Street, mm Mi IPaiclk Washington, Oct. 3. Admiray Dewey was today presented with the $10,000 sword voted him by Congress. The presentation was preceded by a grand parade of government officials and mil itrv The start was made from Mrs. McLean's residence at 10 o'clock, Ad miray Dewey and Chairman Moses of the local committee riding in Mrs. Mc Lean's carriage. When the Admiral appeared re splendent in epaulettes and gold lnce. the great throng cheered wildly. There was ako a great demonstration when Capt. Lambertcn and Lieuts. Brumby and Caldwell came out and took the second carriage. Accompanied by an Alport of police and committeemen headed bv the marine band, Admiral DPwev was driven to the White House through cheering . rowds. The progress was slow and the Admiial repeatedly Knm-Dri onfl smiled ac knowledgments of K- 1-4. -J.iM- ' tViA frrppfin ens. On reaching the tico ,f the White TTr.11Hfi thp Admiral aUightea aca shown into the white room, where he , , Tr-c:idpnt McKinley and W ito lliu -f J 1 f the cabinet. nniv a few minutes elapsed before tv.P Admiral reappeared with the Pres 4-r, oni t.hP tn-ti- took seats in thr wviitp House carriage. Members of the cshinet occupied the next three car ripp-es. former Secretary Alger sitting with Secretary Long, and then fa' lowed various public officials. INSPIRING SPECTACLE The carriages swept brisky down the mr-vdA drivew&v into Pni"' "ii w'nere ihprp was a blare of avenue, vAiv.. buele command?, a clash of bands ai ii, ot nvnQcirm ptarted. It was a tllC SU CU ji ....i.. mno-nifrent and inspiring fight as t.n panade ewung into ahe handsome thor- mhfar? nipq-red from euro to cu.u, h..t linori with masses and wafs of erithusiastic. shouting. gesticif.ati-g i,,,,5f-cr hantwl sn'.idlv f.om the rmr-he ,n n d risinsr tier on tier cn every conceivable kind of struoture, to crowded roofs and windows, whih nVim-o Vwlr,w and all abrut fluttered CL KJJ V , ' . i tin. orri Ttpwpv pmblems. At nags, UUUH115 --..- thP hpad of the line rode Maj.-Gen. ifiv., in full uniform 1 I 1 ' ' 111 li ' ' fTi.i..-T.i.-r.cr. n-Qa rank1 'atter ranK oi r urnnv wo " m;nuon7 oirlps officers 'of high rank The brilliant coated marine band added .ninr 9r,d insmrinf? music to the gay scene, and following ithem came every of soldier, sailor and marinp mnilTl P( aHQ aiUUL, iin-a.iiv.ijr London, Oct. 3. A Standard! corre spondent who traveled on the mail rrain Ti7,ni-Vl id r.fi T&-r torlilV n.t NpWnaS 1. 1 tA. Ill 111 1, 11 11 1 ii i v -i w - tie from Johannesburg describes in a ' .gffl cable-despatch to that paper the ac tivity of the Boers. He says that the train was constantly side-tracked to allow military trains to pass on ahead ! of it to the frontier. Some of these : trains carried big guns and quick-fir ing Maxims. Th burghers who were ; on the iLrainsi going to the front, cr what will be the fronit in the event of j war, wore no unif orms, but were a ! sturdv lot of men. The correspondent j was, however, unfavorably impressed by many of the officers, who, he says, were inferior in physique. The men made v secret of their intention to in vade Natal. They fccasted that they could march into that colony on Wed nesday ard drive all of the Eng:ish in to the sea. The correr--mden't's information in duces him to estimate that 20,000 Boe s with field guns will command all the heights within fifteen miles of Charles ton. A larco force was seen movm hwanl the Buffalo river near Glencoe. General Svmons is at Glencoe superin tending the erection of defenses in the expectation of an attack by the Boers. Mr. Burleigrh, the Telegraph's war correspondent, having visited several high authorities in Pretoria, wires from that citv as follows: "Although on the eve of war both re publics havine armed and mobilized the whole of their male population, crrWi odpr nrevails everywhere. I have o ' - - - 1 - . npver seen people m such a crisis- so wp!1 behaved and resolute, without the Tpast isir of boaistfulness. Y'oung ana oirl arp fullv determined to fight to the bitter end. There are, nf coiirse; pain ful and unavoidable scenes of parting. whntpver mav be said to cne contrary, there are large numbers of Uitianaers, English and other nationalities who avo pnrollpd themselves to take up arms in defense of their adopted coun try. , MOVEMENT ARRESTED. The 'Standard's eorrespsndent a. Newcastle, Natal, cables tonight that a forward movement of Boers ito tne ia oi fr-pntipr has been arrested and the it WMk 4LM .4 WM&X 1 HARD FIGHTING IN PHILIPPINES GENERAL GRANT ADVANCES TO BACOOR PURSUING THE ENEMY. THE FIRST RAGE WAS A FLUKE Garrisons Left Behind to Gnard Capt nred Territory. American Officer and 64 Private Wounded rfh Engagement on the Island of Negros in Which Twenty Insurgents Are Killed. A Fickle Wind Trevented the Yachts Finishing in Time. The Spectators Given a Fine Day of Sport. majority their ori of them have 2-inal base near retreated to Sandsprint. produced each year. This wonderful development attracted 'thousands of realizing quick TJtiUUIC in tuu r fortunes. Development, uucvu,, ed that the mines could cmy oe suc cessfully worked by the use of costly machinery. They were net oi such character as to make hand or plaeer mining profitable. The goid promt ucn in th- Rand since 18S4 has been oyer SO0OOO 000, and careful survey- of the field .show beyond question that the "in -tght" probably amounts to -.,M,-000.000, while the large number ot ;v,, n-v.iPb have been located in ad- Illill-e i j. - i - iacent territory, particularly m parts of Rhodesia, give promise of additional surpiies. so Liio-L ii- -wii. that South Africa will for many year continue to be, as it now is, tne largest gohd-proding section of the wrld. Recent discoveries leau lu that these mines are u "gold of Ophir," from wnicn uiumu.i obtained his supplies. BASEBALL GAMES YESTERDAY. At Boston p'- - BosirJon . 8 o New York -rw, Batttries: Lewis ena. siluvhu, heissvd Wilson- At Chicago R- HR Efi Chicago .. ,A o n Louisville nlna. Batteries: Callahan ana v'-. Cunningham and Zlmmer. -rx TT At Baltimore , a o Baltimore A" Philadelphia .. " Batteries: Howell ana smiun, and McFairland. uame caueu w count of darkness in fifth inning. Manila, Tuesday, Oct. 3. The three days' attack of the Insurgents- on American troops in parts of the island, during which two Americans wei e kell ed and eleven wounded, had a sequel today when General Grant advanced from Imue to Bacoor. The thirteen! n of the 4th cavalry from Paranque were infantry from Pasay and two troops forwarded to Zapote and B-iccr. i Strong garrisons were left bemna r.e- cause of the tiirnber ot rebels ,.n .ne surrounding countr5'. General Lawton, with a body cf ma. rines and infantry advanced trom uie nnvcito Hirpptiin on Imus ana o :jn.r.t i ; - ii - 'i ' - - order the island between Bacoor and Imus and river banks were cleared oi rebels. The insurgents fell back on Mala'oor. and Cavieteviejo. One American offi cer and CI privat .s were wcunded. Grant i.s piill pursuing the enemy. Tic moc. of twentv-eisrht insurgents were found in one trench. A despatch from Negros reports that Captain Poor with a company cf in fantry attacked the rebels at Uebun, i.nin'cr 9A nrir1 ennturins 5000 Mauser cartridges and 1000 Remington car tridge, and twelve rines: One Ameri can officer was killed and one otticer and three privates wounded. Some Satisfactory Features of the Contest. Question as to Which is Better Boat Wide Open. SHAMRCK HAD ALE THE LUCK WITH THE FICKLE BREEZES AND PASSED HER RIVAL BUT DID NOT KEEP THE LEAD CONTINUOUSLY. CONFISCATION OF CHUdCH PROPERTY IN PAHAHIA The motive known. for their ac:ion is ro; TRANSVAAL'S REPLY READY Treatment for: NERVOUS, RHETJ MAT1H A ND OTHER DISEASES. Special: THURE BRANDT MAS- ' , pavajw marines in their - . 1 l j s & r. l l II l v , l t tA-xiVA ' SAGE for Female Diseases, aio Klouses and helmets, jackies from I , . : Vo the Raleigh and otner waremiys, A.r oftar hsttfxrv of liht artillery ana mammoth eight-inch seige guns of the ch drawn by eight DBVCIU" c,i win-i j , . . mv, nrimann tra.opins or tne norses. j. iic - ar'tiUlery changed to the yellow of cav airy as line after line wen uy. "PLAUDITS OF THE PEOPLE. Dewey and McKinley were in the President's private carriage, seated on the rear seat, the rre iaen, - . i a nrT.i,l-tr rfllRPQ Ills 'iia-'i. wi-jr -..--4 n-r i.0.viTisr the Admiral to ocuasiunaiu , "- ,,1 5 acknowledge the plaudits of the multi- From end to end the avenue rang c.heeirs. Arriving at tne 1 111 uJ".'-iio TCTITTOERSTILL SAYS WAR WOULD BE UNNECESSARY. Pretoria, 'Oct. 8. In the course of an ori-cc- tr thp volksraad vesteraay on av.iui i'o i''- - thp pvp of its adjournment Kruger de clared that war would be unjust ana Hp denied that the uit UllULV. Jt'lA.' J ' ' landers wanted the election trancnise. Chairman Meyers said Great Britain s real object in the dispute was to get possession of Naboth's vineyard. It i5 stated that the xransvaar s reyiy ic T.pci,riv- and will be forwardea wnen j-i, -d'm-cVi nrm-wisflls are received. It lire jj i iLimi tJ-'rj. B is reasserted that the xransvaai wi i treat further landing of British troops as a causus beli. At St. Louis- RREs St. Louis . ,e Pittsburg.. Batteries: Powell ana Leever and Bowerman. At Washington- R;H; Washington 2 VL 2 Brooklyn " Rattpries: Evans anu -, Hughes and Farrell. , R. H.E. Second o c n Washington , Brooklyn -.r Batteries: Weyhmg ana r . l- M.NR FFFQRTS .Tames and Mctiuire. ainc . oiii-i- ----- accountitof darkness in seventh inning Proceeding That Has Caused Clergy to Protest Violently. Chicasro. Oct. 3. William E. Curtis cables the Record as follows: The con gress of the republic of Ecuador, act ing on the recommendation of Presi- dent Alfaro, has passed a law confis cating to the state all the church prop erty, and placing the mines, the im mense cocoa and sugar plantations and the valuable city holdings which this property includes under .the manage ment of a board of trustees, to be ap pd bv the president. a nr-nnPPda of the sequested prop erty will be applied to the support of the state schools. u nmnno c; vm nathlZ 2 TS inaigua-Liuii a"'""o - -with the church is intense, and tn , ; .tnciHno- x-iolpniflv aeaniai ciergy is iij,i.c-ii& the enactment. In many quarters rev jnHnn i. t'hrp'n tpned. U1UL1U11 m,u. wnnien Ttomimcan ana Otrier xiie riaii"""i mmnqfitic orders of the Roman Cathoh , n- ...i,; .v, Koine vprv Tich. are murcii. unn.11, u"t, thP nrincioal sufferers, are hurriedly nwntr Pnnvpvance of the titles To iLt,. n,nrtv for fictitious considera- L11C11 t)iufi-"J to lfvoal laymen. The govern ment, it is declared, will refuse to rec ognize the validity of these transfers. New York, Oct. 3. A fickle wind made a fluke of the first oi the races for America's cup between the Colum bia and th;' Sha:i;r -k. and it K fL them three r. :': s P .:ni l'"r,i whi n tlv time thi-y had i::k1 r ir.e rules to finish the course had elapsed. Af suirri: g- almost a ml''Uie behir.d heir rival iho ('ulumhia had ov i taken, passed and rounded the sta'.-u- b it twa minutes ahead. On the road lnune the Shamrock by fine handling ard good luck had overtaken the Columbia, had gained the lend and los it again and gained and lost it again. When the five and a half hou.-s with in which, unoer the rules, tne ooats must cover the course, had elapst d the two were so near 'together that an ap ple could be tossed from one to the other. A moment before this the Co lumbia had poked her nose ahead of the Shamrock. They w-re a'most on even terms when the whittles were blown announcing the end of the time. The Shamrock was, perhaps, a taird - of a length in the lead. ' SATISFACTORY FEATURES, F-jTcent for failure to cover the course in the prescribed time, it was what ex perts called a satisfactory race in every way, but it lett wiae open sun tne question which is the better b.vit. On the whole it may be said the C lumbia showed to better advantage, for on the run out over the fifteen-mile course, after a third of the distance nad been covered, she gained steadily and on the beat back the Shamrock had all the Luck with fickle breezes, and yet, in the end, it was only on even terms witli her riva' Despite the result being a fluke, the . . j ,-. . , . i f li ra r-p turniinea a nne uay & spun. j.ji the thousands who witnessed it as ever a yacht race made. There was at no timp nnvthinsr like interference with the racers by the tugs and big excursion beats that followed 'them, u hn the time aproached for a srart an eleven knot breeze prevailed with a gentle swell, which caused the Shamrock to make considerable more disturbance than her rival. WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. New York ait Boston. Philadelphia at Baltimore Brooklyn at Washington. Pittsburg at St. Louis. cm a xT-r,Txrn DF THE CLUBS. W. L. ",:L ... 95 44 hjrooKiyu T-.-.i- .. 3U iStHSUUll .. .. Philadelphia IN BEHALF OF CART THE TRANSVAAL'S MINES Massage, PROF. EDW. GRUNER, (Graduate of Chemnitz College, Germany. Formerly with, Oak land TTeirfutJi Sanitarium.) 65 KOTTTTT MAIN ST. PHONE 206. Home or office treatment. 1 1 ii 111 ! Grant's No. 241 To Cure a Cold Quick Take ! Grant's No. 24 1 Price 25c. VAST FORTUNES IN D1AM01N1J THE GREAT GOLD FIELDS. Chicago Record Special. Washington, Oct. 1. The mining in- terests of Africa, especially tne euDjeci of a chapter in a monograph just pre pared by the treasury oureau oi -n "Onmmercial Africa in ri ii ii-ii v 11 1899." This shows that iron, coal ana other mineral deposits of Soutlh and Southeast Africa give promise of grsat value, but the gold and diamond mines ! are the most profitable thus far. The T-i-ir Hkmonrt mines, 'loeateu in 33 55 Pc. .683 .629 .618 fNew York, Oct. 3. A representative i0f the law hrm or jenues. Smith has served a writ ot naoea lji pus on Captain B. K. Roberts com imandant at Governor's Island de- ,n- rt Ohelin M. Carter manuiiiB Liio.1- "t- be produced in court before Judge La- comb of the Unitea siaies v.i- at 11 a. m. tomorrow. 89 55 "1 I Sh!5l!?Slla 83 57 :593 LIA1 -oaiiaiiiic iu MS a -,i t ; Oil "1 i v St. Xjuuio Cincinnati Louisville Pittsburg Chicago New York waauinew. 20 128 Cleveland vsi, mir entire tock Ox ford Ties at $1.75, for this week. G. A Mears. 77 72 72 71 57 50 64 72 72 72 84 93 .546 .500 .500 .496 .404 .350 .135 witn aeaieiuus i-"1-": i . , . , oapitol the dustinguisneu guci cnusu lciuwij, ushered into the grand stand for the 0range Free State, and about 600 mile-, us , ;n?o f,n r'H.nto.wn. now supply 98 per cent. rrpiSPTLR.llOIl UClcinui"!." 7 pnsa i t m.,riP a uniaue ad- nf thP riila.monds of commerce, although . 1, cwnrfl bv read- v,Q min v vp been m o.era:ion hut llCDi3 - , AT A w.i'al I . .-, i A Tif l o DCtimQTWI it ,,i r ra-TT m TO I IIP HUIllll"! I o hAUT T'ninTV V P kL I o . i'O - """ lTlfiT tne Ifcl;IirUUI Li- i i-i.i. . - , ex. kj-j i . . lllg , . ii, a-r-ir,Vi .,, . .o-n nnn nnn -,t--vt--Vi r,f roiierh dia- t r .uiuic v -1 i-i---w . .,i - I Grant's Pharmac-j, 24 S Main Street. ; T a .it A x vo hnpf ""Ply oi 'tne au rnlTm ir","lt. t incident in history haS covered 1 in a few wo.rds and nau ufcn . i, vi?t. was tra, Viifl: reward. nere to i.. - . . . i ifoMf rin? (iiiiuut;u AS Dreiriau j " . -r-! passea tne " - - the Ad. lev. The lat-ter xwc .- r,nr TV-n VlSlOiy aucLuc TTlim . lCVVCJ The President said: THE NATION'S PKAito. . . nov from your entrance A?"W.w York with your into rne uw' oV,iT, m(m. .ninmt- ppW and va.ua.im- omr, &afllamt .u g-reet fd ;r;h; Vbiic rfyr in which you are n r - - The voice of the natton: Uftff ..ln Wise and sratitunie for the disin eTandfrnemorable services you 8 A Fresh Shipment of monds, worth double that sum after cutting, have been proaucea irom tus TTimhprlv mines eince their opening in iccqrq fini -nlpntiful is ithe supply and. so comparatively inexpensive the work of production that diamona aiggirg in; other parts of the woria nas airawi ceased since the Soutn Airican mines ( entered the field. , j Equally wonderfua' are the great j Witwatersrand gold fields in the South j Aftry, T-omrblic. better Known as m Johannesburg mines. The Dutch word t TTT IT !J.A r-v "Witwatsrand" mans .vvniLt; ter range," teind the etrip of territory a few hundred miles long ana a- iew dth, to which it is applied uum " " , WB9 but a few years ag'o considered a nearly wortMess rtd.ge,:useim wiy iwj the pasturage. In 1883, (however, goia . the Kld production was iaWout $50,000. p It increased wirth startling rapidity un- - f til In 1897 'and 1898 elij(t 55,00Qi0)-wa -V"7- So Many Wear Glasses? 'he ivanp.e of dvilization imposes iDcreased labors upom our Tjin, rpp.kless methods X CUU1CID V.-.7- nPAnle in'- fitting v,!t. 'o-c-p,a raiis much ot tne 4- wmiVvI o Eye defects that were once, rable are now entirely relieved by the timely use of glasses. .Examination irw. S. L McKEEf ; SCIENTIFlO OPTICIAN 46 Pattori Ave. Battle Creek ' Health Foods $ THE RACING COURSE. Th p ronrse laid out was fiftpen rnil-'S before the wind and fifteen miles beat- ncr back. When the starting gun was fired the Shamrock dashed across the n fArtv.thrpp spconds ahead of the Columbia but,the latter had the weath er berth and was running up on her iiu a PP.r "Fifteen minutes after the start the Columbia had overhauled and passed her. Tt v-oa nnt fivp minutes arter T.n Columbia had taken the lead when the wind began to show ithat fickleness that finally wound up the day with "No race." It died away trom eleven kiiuls to seven and less. It was puffy and unreliable. One minute it was blowing great gUns and next there was not anything at aill to speak of. A LIVELY SAILING RACE. The Columbia steadily but sure'y drew away for awhile but the Sham rock struck some rifts of wind by which This week at 4 (Continued on fifth page.) Money Saved is Money Made If there is anything you can .use i the lot of Novelties we are Closing Out It will certainly save you money to SNIDER s ON THE SQUARE buy them. Arthur M. Field, 1. t v ri ' ri f 1 i r r ' i'V. . r 1 ar-i i -s tl . i 'i i i ---I i '1 l V" - t". ,1. ' 3-
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