North Carolina Newspapers

A t, - " ' " ' - - , , 'V - - ; - : . - . ' - , ' vr 3 VOL. IV: NO. 209. ASHEV1LLE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 1899. PRICE 5 CENTS. -1, J ' - 'y xxooooooooc F4r iVO. 2 X- AVeidit "from 12 to 14 Ounces. Price 10c Each. YOU'LL FIND THEM AT GREER'S 53 Patton Ave XJOOOOO K- NO KNIFE NO DRUGS. C. m ASE and W. E. SWAN. OSTEOPATHS Graduates American School at Kirksville. Mo.. Telephone 525. 18 Church Street, 1- TTT7M T rr. i. I tr,- NK KVUU O. """" Social: THURE ttAflUA.,. . tTm r t i - SAGE for Female ' TIiaja " M I W I ' (M;V Massage. PROF. EDW.'GRUNER, land Heiglnta Sanltanuin-; cmTTTTT "MAIN ST. : PELOWK zuo. Home or office treatment. " .IIIW'I -ltlll-i- ' ' -rx i ' m. m ' f A L? IM.j-b tI 8 ir rT n 1111 i o. villi i i i r r lirilll m. M m mm - -r To , Cure a Cold Quick -Take Grant'SiiND. '',' ' '"' '"4 r ', Price ;25c.' 21 if'. Gram's phaririacy, .- ' 24 S. Mala Street. v ' r.' v - AshevUle t NortH Carolina IRSH MACKEREL 241 Columns Moving Into Natal to Cui 0:f British ' Garrsons- -x 1 All Available Cape Colony TAAo Can- T?t-ttto T-r? lTOOpS Oeat l?Orwara. - - ' Free State Burghers Have-Oc cupled Phillipstowu. . Boer Troops Poaringto Natal and Seizing the Roads. NATAL IMPERIAL, RESERVES . CALLED OUT MORE TROOPS EROM INDIA ARRIVE AND ARE SENT IMMEDIATELY TO THE FRONT. London, Oct. 13. A despatch frcrji Lady Smith, Natal, to the Telegraph says that a column of Boers, number ing three thousand, is now at the Tugel river. Judging from the Telegraph's despatch, the Boers are evidently aim ing to cut off the British northern gar risons. They will probably be joined southv.-ard of Lady Smith by the col umn which it is believed is advancing from Buffalo river. CAPE TROOPS TO THE FRONT . Ca uptown. Oct. 12. All available troops of the Cape garrison... were for- ! warded 'to Deaar railway junction yvs- j terday. Deaar is 400 miies from Cape- j town, in 'the direction of Lady Smith and-Lamg's Nek, where the Boers ar-i entering British territory. ADVANCE ON "THE FRONTIER. London, Oct. 12. This morning's despatches furnish details of the situa tion on the frontier thait contribute to a clearer understanding- of the military status. It seems the Boers intend to q.-h- in t-CT-m rnlnimns. those from the Tnansva-al working from the north, and those: from the Orange Free State working from the west, with the oh fhp "Rritish forces at JCLL J 1 ii. v.int, Lady Smith and Dundee occupied, while parties of Boers slip past to de stroy the bridges along the .railway forming the Hine of communication be tween the British at Bourbon, Natal, he advanced base at Pietermariczburg and the front. THE FREE STATE TROOPS. It is regarded as possible 'chat the Boers will attempt to occupy x s. Court. The Free State Burghers, acr cording to private messages, have crossed the Orange river into Cane - W. 1 T-1 ill! -r-wm Coloney ana occupied r-iiriiiyiu'vvii. r.v.int is to cut the railway at Deaar Junction, which is considered an im.rwirtant strategic point The Boers occupied Laing s ieK ine rvnompnt 'the ultimatum expirea. J.ney are now pouring into the Natal and In- ,crnrrv TTpiEr'hts are occupied. taO" - M mvs of the invasion xn tne norinem border is also generally accepted as re Anonrrlinsr to a despatch from Lipe- ! J v...-.,-- tnwn. it is asserted the Boers arranged .with Captain. Linc.hwe, a prominent I j border, to cjwei . -"- "v" k" take up arms against G.reat Britain RAILWAY TRAIN SEIZED Tiho Ornns-p Free State am nun ties aowri thp Nait'al tram leaving lady Sml'th yesterday morning for Harri- 6mith; -They. also stoppea a nam uu ioo T-Tfirrismith in the afternoon. I 1V.U, 1- All the roling stock -was ordered aown the country, out of reach of seizure. It is understood telegraphic cammu- . . . 1 i ,A nication with the Transvaai cteu i 5 o'clock yeeterday afternoon (Trans- vaal time) S ' - . .. . ' 7Z It is suspected 'the enure ruei t.L.,..Hnn thP frontier of the Natal ccnuoiuu - will be merely an elaborate feint to draw off the attention from M'afekmg, wiich many experts regard as the real objective point of the isoers. uo-.Msful-dashi 'there would give the Boers great prestige with the disaf fected Afrikanders in iave mu,.. Colonel Baden Powell's movement at Maf eking tnis mm nine - dicate tWat he is not prepared for sliarp fl-hng, but probably expects- il tthat point. 1 ' NATAL RESERVES CALLiUJJ uui. -r..,wr, rt 1?. The imperial re- serves in Natal have been called out. Everybody has lett unaneswwu, cuC last train bringing away m . i,vv., -vtaw oasffie. wthfle the exodus jxr Casttle also continues. Tne rivpl' this morning ft-omt India, and .landed . ' immediately, 5 ni once proceeaea vo iuc uuui.. : Afternoo , papers express great : eat- : - - . - a .am flfnTTTl J isfaction thatfc the Amenta Lment ha undertaken, to protect Btnt hla& undertaken , to protect Btrit- -sr ssJ-teS5f mine tact fend devotion . in discharging w i stun? , tvt : - . - -,. f the reepbnstbiiity wiui " . thusiasm' of vW kin beyond the sea," when the. British undertook-a v similar j LEADER OF AUTONOMISTS FAVORS ANNEXATION DeCastro "Will Isme a Pamphlet Police Seize Rifles. Havana, Oct. 12. The former leader of the aiitonomists, De Castro, intends shortly to issue a pamphlet in which ily solu'tion of the Cuban problem. He j declares if the island is not annexed it will never be other than HKe tne fooutn American republics. He ridicules the idea of a protectorate. De Cafstro is extremely influential j and an accession to the ranks of the : annexationists that will grrea&y jE'crengthen them. The police have seized nearly. 5.003 Remington rifles and several hundred Mausers and carbines, belonging to an association of veterans, not turnedin at the time the. Cubans were surrendering their arms. 1 CAROLINA DEFEATS OAK RIDGE IH FOOTBALL The Score Was 12 to O-Guilford ws. Carolina Tomorrow Chapel Hill, Oct. 12. Carolina de feated Oak Ridge here today in a neat pme of fontball, score 16 to 0. The visitors played hard, clean baill, and made Carolira brace up several times during the game. Carolina lost a final touchdown by fumbling within a yard of -Vne goal. The weather was tro ho: for comfortable playing. Guilford plays nere Saturday and Hornera Monday. L. c r. STILL HO VACHT RACE. New York, Oct. 12. The day nwed gloomy with fog and without wind for the Colum'bia-Shamrock race. A three or four knot breeze '-i blowing ait 9 o'clock, but It was not sufficient 'to dis sipate the mists. Soon after 10 o'clock the wind lowered 'and the fog showed little signs of clearing. A conference was he'd by the committee and on a .sur vey of the situation it - as thought best to mil tho race, which was done a.c 12:05, and the yachts returned to their nvoorings. Another triad will oe mate tomorrow. FISKE'S HISTORY CONDEMNED. Pualaski, Va., Oct. 12-. The grand . 5 -V?T. nnmri (-; conieueraie eieiaii: uj. n- g-inia 'todav unanimously adopted reso- Unions df-nouncmg Fiske s nistory ox the United States as a book unht to be used in southern schoo'.s. The chair man of 'the history committee m is rpnnrt savs: "He is an advocate seek ing to secure pardon for the w-rong do- ines of his own section oy persuauiur the world cf the guilt of ours." EARTHQUAKE. Amsterdam, Oct. 12. A despatch from Batavia, Java, eays the town ot Amhei, on the island of Ceram, has been destroyed by an earthquake. Fonr thousand persons were killed and hve hundred injured. i i FOUR MEN KILLED BY EXPLOSION. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 12.-The toil er of a swamill owned by vviins ia- -i 1 T . J - t- lor at Brownsberg expioaeu iuu..v, killing four men and seriously .-injur ing four others. THE FEVER IN KEY WEST. Key West, Oct. 12. Seven new cases of yellow fever and 'two deaths was the record today. FAVORABLE AT JACKSON. Jackson, Miss., Oct. 12. There were I no new cases of yellow fever and no deaths today. DEATH OF MRS. MILLER. . The End Came Last ITigM at Htr Home in Victoria. Much regre't will be occasioned by th announcement of the death cf Mrs H W. Miller. Mrs. Miller died about 9'clock last night at her. home in Victoria, after a long illness. The husband, daughter. Miss Gertrude and son. Merton, survive. The funeral arrangements wui un made today. Aftr shaving clo?e. use Camphorline Heals and softens rough skin. Delight ful and fragrant. 25c. Why So Many Year Glasses? imposes increased labors upon our eyes. , , Peddlers and reckless methods cmniAm hv nponle dn' fitting W 11J,I71VJ J .C t their own eyes cause much, of the trouble. .tt".vp tfipf ppts that "were once .vio"i a Kp inmirahle .airs DOW . MUtT -- w v " - eatirely relieved by tne umeiy use of glasses, nixaminauou iree. S. L. McKEE, SOIBNtlFIO OPTICIAN, . V 45 Patton-Ave. "; r y ' w. . . FATIGUING MARCH SCHWAN'S COLUMN ADVANCE OF THE TROOPS FROM a N FRANCISCO DE MALOBON. A Lonsr Tramp Through Submerged Rice Fields.. Insurgents1 Evacuated Dasmarinas General. Young Enters Arayat After i . a Half Hour's Engagement With the if'. Enmy. ' Manila, Thursday Night, Oct. 12. General Schwan's, column is resting at Dasmarinas, after a fatiguing, bat un- i molested march 'through submerged rice fluids from; San Francisco de Mal obon. Two hundred and fifty insurg ents evacuated Desmarinas before the Americans arrived. The column ?e retiringiaiika, having accomplish ed the k it wras sent to perform. Geaej&l Totlig entered Arayat 'this morning after half an hour's fighting. Major Bacheler's battalion of the Twenty-fourth (negro) infantry charg ed three hundred insurgents, who re treated in the direction, of Magalaog a .o iec 00.n0 oiip-ht- ly wounded.. Four of the enemy were killed ' The remainder of Young's forces, consisting of a battalion of the Twen- ty-third regiment, and the gunboat Florida .arrived after the town had been captured. . . MOVING THE NEW ARMY OT THE PHILIPPINES Need of Transports in Order to Hurry the Reinforcements. WasMng'ton. Oct. 12. Secretary Root i nnti satisfied with the number of tran snorts on hand for the transpor tation of troops to Manila. Unforseen difrVjl'ties have arisen to delay the rt.-.'v'ih.-ni of W-e-.tEoc-ps as rapidly as was expected some weeks ago and ith rrnrnsition to add four or five mor vessels to the transport fleet was one of the first subjects considered by the sec retary of war on his return from Washington today. In his speech , in rh'rnp-n he- announced the purpose of tv, xx-n:r rlprartment to have 49 000 trnnns 1n the Philippines by Novemb: 15 and the entire 65,000 there by the end Of -nppprnhM". To carry out this program it win propably be necessary to increase the tranr,.rrta.tion facilities, and .the quar- tMTYiasipr eeneral was today directed to prepare a schedule showing the transports on hand and their probable h,qo nf riprva.rture V t-J - f This statement was submitted to the secretary or war. ssnuwis 410 now at San Francisco for transporta- ?prretarv of war. It shows Z.yis men tion, consisting 01 tne -'o land rnnriy-iusL mianuj vc Th, Phins available for these ,.- ,V,inV, trriin 0 men are tne iviantiiiuiiz., winv-u ready to sail October 15; Olympia, Oc- o. ir;.io rrt.nVPr 20. and tO Dei J , v y L . . T T" t -r4.v, or; -rt-iKh n n as"Erre- ,- niK- nf 120 nfflce"s s i y ico fi-ct and :i men. im i or vi'j movement by uctooer lo. dcwc '- date, however, the movement of the -i JJx.-.ii mts will, f-nm- LV CIV c o.v.vi mence. It will begin with the departure TWA VP H (lu 11 1J Il'cLl icsiiin.ni" nf tv.P Ppnnsv vama on ucwuei witfh 5ft nffirprs and 900 men, ai;d !th Newport and City of Pueblo' on th ooo HotP thp former with 500 men .v,,q iiUtPT- wiit.h 800. On October J r , PnPPtPd to sail with . A c - ,r s. r-hia vpcsl l.iuu men anu s hoc nnt vpt reacnea &an riduu.-v.u, but will probably arrive before the end 1 mu, A.m i'c! of the present weeK. xn uatu, scheduled to leave November x, mli n r- C nnr fill TT1 t- ri' IJrT il.Y V- . iit-rr - OlllUeiTS -" ' ... . o,.. AT,.hor 1?; w v h Zb omcers and 700 men; and tne inaiana. inuvcih- v. OA -rtHtv. 4rt officers ana &ju men. On the same date the toiiowin uxa wvKowitt coil- Ohio. 12 officenj and UCl i-V, YY1I.1J. m . 700 men; Citv of Pueblo, 36 officers and 690 men; Duke of Fife, 40 officers and 900 men; November TZ, t. xaui, u .1- rr;ri mpn The Fatnen a new 4. QiitVinri7:prI but HOt yet chartered by Major Long, is scheduled to. arrive in San Francisco November 16 but how soon she wild be ready to sail is not known. She has a capacity of 25 omcers and 780 men. This pro- vides transportaition for 383 officers and 9,320 men. . According to the intention or xne M,tTy,0nt tn Rend nine or 'tne tn RPnd nine or tne wvC regiments from San Francisco, .1 " 111 be necessary to, secure trans : or 2.618 more men. There -will be available for this move- -T-. Vrx-r- 1 QTlfl I ment the Warren, on j. i. . 01 nprpmber 10. , rP Vip transoortation service has suggested at ' quickg transpntation can -be secured by- the e fAnr TYiorp transports and cndr e ius. I oPd : The tne ioiiownio t" v.ctaPt raoacfty 800 men, now in Honolulu, w-ill be in " November 20; Admiral cruoe, will be in San Francisco December Flintshire and! Moyun, 'mh" fnmp, will be in port November WitiM . 1 10 and latter November 20. - On the Atlantic three be used, the Thonms, ready November 1. capacity i,w. """ rt M - v. j.v. i jvo-ci r rsi fv trxii. i-rc 1, capacity x.uv, - - OA 20, 1,690, and Meade, November 20, ca pacity 1.2Q0 mem. ' f ! -mt tj. -R Tairby;s iy; rCamphor lin to StlySS'for chapped badd. lut SrrnTanoflamed surfaces (also iburaed the c '-r dy haaJ. iw ,ains!A!A!A!N!4'I!'''1 THE RACE QUESTION AT iPDEQinCMT AT INDUSTRIAL CONVENTION i Discussed by Booker T. WashiDerton and Others. Huntsville, Ala., - Oct. 12. Today's sesssion of the Southern Industrial convention discussed the race question. Professor Bosker T. Washington sa d in part: "In all the discussion and (legislation bearing on the negro it should be borne ,in mind that we are dealing with a people forced to come here without their consent. This gives the negro a claim upon our sympathy and generosity. Your duty to tr?e ne-g-ro will not be fulfill, d until you have made him the highest type of an American citizen." Ex-Governor MacCorkle1 said: "We do not want the negro to leave the south Ihe south is doing more tor the gro than any other .section. We tend to do still more." ne in- NICARAGUA CANAL CONCESSION EXPIRES Maritine Company to Ask for Zxten- sion of Time. Washington, Oct. 12! The "conces- sione of the Nicaraguan government to 'the Maritime -Canal company of thi United States to construct a cam'l from thp A t'n ntic o the Pacific expired, to- day, and 'the concession granted granted by Nicaragua to a company known as the Eyrc"CraSin syndicate became cp- eritive- . . . ,, , . A gentleman officiary intere3lt;l 1 'the canal question said tonigat tnat t fair to assume that the Maritime Cn company would request the bnu- ed States to make representation to Nicaragua looking to an extension of its concessions on the ground tna-t fre quent revolutions had delayed the work . A clause in the concession f . ithe Maritime company-provides for an ex tension of time i-i construction if ih company me.ts with extraordinary cil- ficul'tiee. COPPER FOUND In the Mountain Noith of Swannanoa Station. Tr.f.-.-rr-ifliinn r ines from Swanraoa sta'cion to the effect that there are fine prospects for copper mmi::g in trie mountains norch of that p.iaice. Jcihn M. Brooksiiire is. directing , n m'ber of v.-orkmen who are ain-aay taKing out copper ore on a small scale, and expert analysis has revealed the fact that the ore is worth $300 a ton. Up to this time, however, no -regu lar vein has been struck, but s.nouia tbo rvrrvsoertiner result successfully the mine will be worked on a large scale. The copper ore has been touna on one of the knobs from w'hich smoke may be seen 'to rise for a short time each fall. SN0KING PEAKS. - Mountains Near SwaDnanoa bmolte Every Fall for Short Time 1 . , - For several years past there has been nn nnntldl dmiSSiflTl Of STIl&ke fTOm & o,n a.iiiiuiA.A number of the peaks in ..he mountiuns nort.h nf Swannanoa station, and about 1 flftppn miles from this city, borne say Uhp-rhenomena has been nevticed since octViniiakP at Charleston. IT lasts - 1 1. Po.vir n-opk pfirjn rail, ana tne uui . . smoke can only be seen for two or thre Vimira durins- tne miuuie ul me .iiw.- " t w Pinnrtp. who owns a larp num V.PT- nf the smoking peaks, was here yeslterdav, and gave the information ithat a still larger numoor oi me knobs are smoking this year, and turn. wor.,Vi Knoh is e-ivin.g tortn o. umes of smoke. Each day smoke may I t-ooVi tn n'sp from fifteen peaks. .. firCt nn red to be j.Ilfc; .uv smoking Wednesday 1 n.r,hnrlire- have ,e ' wnin, 25c 1 c i r 'i 1 1 1 i- l.iiu. in I x ' ' All crcrnata a y Fine Old S 4 ava g -TT Coffee. ls "We have old GOVERNMENT JAVA-that has been: in dry storage for four years. "We believe this to j . b th finst Coffee in the Sate, ZL most f v 1C fastidlous trade. L I Clarence Sawyer, I i-- - V Successor to I W. F. SNIDER. '4,$ THE TWIN CITIES 1 Enthusiastic Popular A pprovaK of Policy of War in the Philippines. Cordial Reception to Return ing Soldiers f - V McKinloy's Addresses Ap plauded TitTrjultuously,- People Snubbed Men Who Had Hot Waited to be Mustered Oat. STATE OF PUBLIC FEELING XV THE STATE ON QUESTION" W AVAR. EMPHASIZED BY SENTI MENT AMONG THE MINNESOTA VETERANS. 1 I Minneapolis, Oct. 12. The cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul paid popu'ar homage 'today to President McKinley and the -Thirteenth Minnesota regi ment returning from the Philippines. Never has more general and enthus iastic approval ben given to the ad ministration's policy in prosecuting the war and maintaining the flag in the Phillipplnes. . Every time McKinley made an address, from early morning until he left Minneapolis tonight, it was noticeable thai: nothing in hi-s ut terances was cheered s.t wildly as his references to the war against trie in surgents and-his declaration that the in'iegrky of the United States must be protected in the contest of right against rebellion. The state of public feeling in Minne sota on this question was emphasized by the sentiment among the members of the Minnesota veterans themselves. BACKSLIDERS SNUBBED. and file of Uie gallant Thir teenth refused upon its - arrival to march in the parade with members cf the organization who, through influ ence, returned to their hmes before the regiment was mustered out. Trere were twenty or 'thirty cf these. They formed a platoon in ithe parade with another marching organization. They were not cordially greeted as they pass ed, in marked contrast wixn tne asai- ening applause wnicn tne mam regi . ment received. , McKinley struck 'the popular chord of sympathy and affection as he waved his handkerchief to the browned veter ans as they passed in review. McKinley's speech a't ' the exposition building received thunders "of applause. In St. Paul public demonstrations in honor of the president were as equally enthusiastic. AT ST. PAUL. . St. Paul, Oct. 12. Thousands 'turned out to a-rtend the re'eeption to Presi dent McKinley at the auditorium to night. About 'ten thousand gained ad mission. The remainder returned home disappointed. McKonley spoke, lauding the patriotism of Americans, which he (r-l,-arc-d took the plce of a standing army. He praised tne de votion of 'the American soldier, , and pointed to the action of (the Tennessee regiment which had' embarked for home, but disembarked again when American interests were threatened in Cebu. , ' In . The president's trnin left at 11:40 for Duluth. FATHER AND DAUGHTERS KILLED. Bordentown, N. J., Oct. 12. A car riage Containing Harry George, nf Riv erside, and his three daughters was run into bya train on the Am boy di vision of the Pennsylvania road at a crossing near East Riverside to lay All the occupants were killed. - J'T'-V; 3 Money Saved I r$ .IS. Money Made" - If thefe is anything you can use $ in the lot of NOVELTIES w e are - CLOSING OUT I It will certainly save you money to buy them. ARTHUR M. FIELD, Oorner C3hurch street und Pattaa " . j v-" Avenue. v, "t j 1 . , 5 i 1 -X 1 i . 1 I 'A . . f f. ' . -' l ' ' ;l 1 s 1 fit , ;