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ASHEVILLE, N. ft, TUESDAY JttORNING, NOVEMBER 7, 1899.
PEICE 5' -CENTS.
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Oestreioher's;
51 Patton Avenue.
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Pattern, Hats.
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Our Millinery Department this week
offers the balance of our PATTERN
HATS at Just HALF PRICE. We are
showing all the leading styles in Trim
med; Walking Hats, "Bird's Wings,"
FeaChens, Ostrich. Tips and Ornaments
at very close prices. ,
This 'department? is in charge of Miss
Nellie LaBarbe.
Tailor-Made Suits.
W are offering a limited number of
Tailor-Mad Suits in Homespuns, and
Serges, the regular police of which are
$12.50 and $14.00, at, while they last, the
special price of -
$8 48f "
Jackets and Capes.
We have just received another ship
ment of our famous $10.00 Jackets.
These are made of English. Kersey,
"Double Breasted; dolors Tan, Black,
Blue, Brown and Castor. This is the
best made and most stylish Jacket in
this market for the money.
Of course we have other Jackets from
$3 to $25, so we can suit you whether you
want a cheaper or 'better one.
$ &
Golf Capes.
Some of our first purchases of Golf
Capes came in within the last few days
rather late. Therefore we have priced
them ait fully 25 'per cent, less than the
usual value.
Plush Capes at i-3 OH...
We have 200 Plush Capes, ranging, in
price from $2.00 tO"$15.00. This quantity
is more than we sihould have! at this
time of the season. The prices are too
numerous to mention! each separate,
Ihence we take a short cut and give you
one third off of any you mlay select.
51 Patton Avenue.
25 Per Cent.
331 Per Cent.
50 Per Cent.
THESE DISCOUNTS ON
OUR STOCK OF
ALL
3UILDEES'
HARDWARE
IN BRONZE AND IMITATION
BRONZE GOODS.
Asheville Hardware
Company.
..MASSAGE.
AND PACKS.
Treatment for:
NERVOUS, RHEUMATIC and "OTHER
DISEASES.
Special:
THURE BRANDT MASSAGE FOR
FEMALE DISEASES; ALSO
FACE MASSAGE.
PROF. EDWIN GRUNER.
Graduate Chemnitz College, Germany.'
Formerly with Oakland Heights.
Sanitarium,)
a5 S. MAIN ST. TELEPHONE 206.
Home or Office Treatment.
Office Hours 8 tio Id a. m., 2 to 4 p. m.
Something New.
STEAM EGG POACHERS,. ' '
STEAM CEREAL COOKERS," - -HYGENIC
and SANITARY BREAD
nd PASTRY BOARDS.,
SELF-BASTING. - ROASTING an
BAKING PANS.
PERFECTION PTF '-TfAKB AND
READ PANS. .
chopping knives and cake
spoons. -
I now have sammles of the 'albeve
goods, win be pleased- to call andf'elMW
na price the -same. t '
E. L. BROWN, AgtV
POSTAL CARD ADDRESS, 57 HILL-
SIDE STREET. ' ' " -?
10 T- , . -
auton avenue, a large and w com!
stock of household furnishings a
H
Colesburg, Stormberg Junc
tion and Colenso Have
Been Abandoned,
Rosmead andNaunport June
tion May be Next.
Present Available Forces In
adequate to Hold Them.
Accumulated Stores at Stormberg
Junction Removed.
NOT 'KNOWN
WHERE THE
TROOPS -HAVE! GONE WOMEN
AND CEHLDREN HAVE BEEN
URGED TO LEAVE ESTCOURT,
SOUTH' OF COLENSO BOER
LOSSES ON FREE' STATE BOR
DER. .
LcmdVn, Tuesday Morning, Nov. 7.
There is no news from the scene of the
military operations in South Africa lat
er than Friday's date. The dominating-
situation then was the withdrawal
of the British garrison southward in
the fact1 of the threatened advance of
the enemy. Oolensso, Oolesburg and
Stwrmberg Juncion have been evacu
ated in turn, and it was stated- that
the abandonment of Rosmead . and
Naunpoor Junction was imminent.
To attempt to hold these places with
the present available forces was evi
dently regarded as courting annihila
tion. It has been understood that
Storfhtoerg had been. selected as a de
pot for .accumulating stores for the
third division. Such stores as had
been gathered Jiave been removed sixty
mile to the southward.
STORMBERG EVAClTATED.
East London, Nov. 8. A despatch
from Cape Colony, dated November 3.
says that the British troops are evac
uating Stormlberg Junction, Cape Colo
ny, 'today. The Natal brigade and two
ba'ttalions of the Berkshire regiment
wertt out by. train1 and the rest of the
force is marching southward. The des
tination of 'the forces is not known.
There are no signs of the enemy at
Stormberg, which is an important rail
way junction, but is difficult to de
fend. Four thousand Boera have been
reported to, have marched southward
from Bethulie on the Free Stalte border.
URGED TO LEAVE STCOURT.
East London, Nov. 6. A despatch
from Estcourt, south of Colenso, says
the women and children Irave been urg
ed to leave. The garrison at Colenso
saved all the stores and tents when
'that pliace was evacuated. The Boers
hi the neighborhood compose the new
command of 5,000 mem.
NEWS FROM LADY SMITH. ,
London, Nov. 6. An immense weight
was lifted from the public mind by a
brief official despatch' published this
onorning by which 'the continental sL'o
ries of dissater at Lady Smith are prov
ed to foe false, although the despattch
itself relieved the anxiety of the more
Umid,ih another directi'oin, as it showed
General White, insltead of sitting tight
and acting wholly on 'the defensive per
sists 4m making sorties and risking
another Nicholson's Nek disaster. The
movement of the Boers into Cape Col
ony is 'beginning to awaken British fear
that they have greatly underestimated
the forces, and thalt even General Bul
ler's task is not so easy as anticipated.
It is becoming apparent the British cal
culations, tased On the loyalty of the
popullation. are wholly iat sea or there
has been a serious leaking in the Dutchf
sympathizers, from Natal and Cape
Colony. Otherwise there is no acfoumlt
Jng for the large forces tof tourgiieTs.
The war office . is urged to have more
troops in readiness for possible de
mands." , . ' .... .
TO REPLACE DEAD OFFICERS.
The evacuation of Colenso and the re
ported' withdrawal froml' SltJormlbridge
ore stiiV unexplained; -Prince, Christian
Victoria," grandsoia.of Queen Victoria,
and captaixn In t the Kingis , royal rifles,
and totthef officers " have left Lady
Smith, to replace the dead and -wound
ed. The 'JSoef prisoners' were ; taken
on. -board the QBrriiish cfalser PenJopev
They numlber nine officers and 180 men.
BOER LOSSES. -
F.otrvirt: Naitlar. Nov 4.--.(Delayea in
transmlssiota) A, .trustworthy ,Jfssenger
fronn.LaJiiy Smith teays unursaay a 6iic-
THE
BRITIS
EVACUATING
m Tfc'ty. m. Farm ore. the oramge -
very (heavy teaid ihe Boer loss WaBgreat;
Ttae Btoera were driven, back Ito. their
camp ajnd thirty of them (taken prison
ers. -The. messenger confirms the story
of Friday's! flghttafg near Hepwwttt
Farm, when tone Boers were lagain com
pelled! tla retire with loss. .A .large Free
Sitlate commaaxd'a with artillery has taken
a posilijiott conimiand'ing the ifarmB, facing
BefeteaVa Stfaition. ..
THOMAS J. HUNTER, OF
ATLANTA, All EMBEZZLER
Shortage Amounts to $22,000, Eang
ing Over Seyn Years.
Atlanta, Nov.' 6. Thomas J. Hunter,
ex-auditor of the; Amanita and West
Point and the Western, of Alabama,
who is supposed .to (have gone mtorifch,
was charged today with the embezzle
ment of these companies' funds. The
amount Of the shortage is believed to
oe aoout ?22,ooo. For seven years, it
is charged, that Hunter covered up the
shortage verey cleverly.
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
OPPOSE AMENDMENT
Disfranchising Scheme Not in Favor
With Them-A Fairview List.
The -disfranchising constiltutional
amendment 'has few friends in western
North Carolina, and party lines, es
pecially in the country districts, are
hot sufficiently strong to keep demo
cratic voters from openly denouncing
it. Many old " confederate soldiers re
gardless of their own ability to meet
i'ts educational requirements, should the
law become generally effective through
the nullification of the unconstitutional
"grandfalther clause," are mlost em
phatically opposed to it. The educated
veteran is not willing to see the rights
of his old comrade jeopardized, when
through that comrade's, service to the
stalte in the years of the war both he
and hiis children perhaps missed the
opportunity lof acquiring an education.
We have heard expressions from many
of these ex-confederates regarding their
very decided attitude on this question
and the Gazette will foe able to show
its readers justi Where they stand
when the time comes to do eo.
Atl Fairview recently an anti
jmendmenit club was formed in which
some democrats were enrolled. We
have since then been furnished with" a
list of the demtocraltic voters who- in
that precinct have expressed their In
tention to vdte against the amendment.
The list is as follows: A. W. Searcy,
W. H. ' Barley, Fate Searcy, Log?m
Searcy, James Searcy and his twj
younger brothers. Frank Foster, James
Edwards, W. A. Presnell, William
Hendrix, Robert William, J. E. Coo
per, H. W. Caufole, Thomas Edwards,
sr., and Thomas Edwards, jr. All f
these are confederate veterans or sons
or confederate veterans.
STOLE OVERCOATS AND SHOES.
Tom Lenoir Escaped Yesterday From
. an Officer.
Butsunass was raSher brisk ia police
circles yesiterctay. For some time offi
cers have been on Itlhe lookout for a ne
gro, Tom Lenoir. The inegro is dhargedl
with having gitolen, among other things.
am overcoat from! Captain Palttiom and
some shoes from J. H. Lougth'nan. Pa
itrolman Bradley caught the tnregro to I the
Maiden Lane section, but while ithe ofh
car was otherwise engaged, the negro
broke looue and escaped. Tine officer re
covered Ithe stolen; property, 'however,
and is , doiaog exitna duity In 'am effort to
redapture Lenoir.
Patroimaa uhappeli arrested a man
yasterlday alt the dlepOt aimd sftarited up
towni svith him. Before! reaching the
city iflhe officer saw 'another man who
needed attention, and left drunk rrXaa
No. 1 in teare of a street dar conductor,
w?ao brought Mm on up (town. As soon
as the car reached the square Raltraltoam
Jarvis was dallied Bind locked the man up.
A pJatloil lalnid' pair of knucks were taken
from the prisoner.
Lastl aigflati Mr Haynes, Ithe "night
watdhmian, hald trouble .with three men
Who came Ihere to atltenld federal count.
Wilth police aid the trio Was locked up.
One of the men, a half breed from Cher
okee county, carried ai handsome revolv
er. FATAL BROTHERS' QUARREL
Cumberland, Md., Nov. 6. Robert Sha
ver shot and intsltantly killed ihiiis .brother,
Henry, ndair Tunineliton, yeslterldlay. The
mem are; well -to do, farmers amd, tbfe
quarrel occurred over a rigtot of wiaiy.
Henry was driving to jchurchv oyer Che
(dispulteldi way when Robert ishJolt.him
REED'S SUCCESSOR.
Poitllaind, Me., Nov. 6. The special
election ia tthe First conigres&i&niaJ' distriiot
today, occaisioinad- by Speaker Reed's res
filgnation, resulteQ in' Ithe! elecjtkm of
Amfoa L. Allen, repufolioan, over Luther
F- McKilvey by 4.700, majority. Allen
was Reed' 8 private secretary. "
RUBBER CEMENT EXPLOSION.
St. Louis, Nov. 6. Four men were fa
tally burned Ithib afternoon by am expio
fitl'om, of rubber cement, in Robeaits JOan
Bon & Rand's shoe factory. :
MAGNETIC HEALING, J
. The Vito Miagnetld Sanrftaflum com
painy opened- on 'the . fih- -Insft. Free
treatment for Hhe next five days aiccprd
Ing to the Wltmer mon-medidal science.
GaflSTiItiation! free. Office, : room 5, 41
South Main street, vAsnevfille, N. C Pnof .
R. p. Hall, healer in cfhJef , " 5t
i For iddagfeBitSon, Gnamfa DigesJtSve, Cot-
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Hathwtay, Soule & HarUhgton'a'; JS.OO
DAY
IfJ MANY STATES
Trouble in Kentucky Seems
Almost Impossible to
be Avoided.
First Regiment Called Out,
With Ammunition.
Kepublican Election Officers
Thrown Out.
Both Sides Were Claiming the Vic
tory Last Night.
THE, TMOST REMARKABLE CAM
PAIGN IN OHIO CLOSES TAMELY,
AND EACH CANDIDATE CONFI
DENT OF. WINNING IN
NE-
BRASKA
A VICTORY EITHER
WAY MAY BE LOOKED FOR.
Louisville, Tuesday Morning, Nov. 7.
The members of the First regiment
were ordered last night to. report for
duty this morning. A guard detail is
at ithe armory in charge of. the Gatling
gun, thirty thousand rounds of Gatling
ammunition, four hundred rifles and
ten thousand rounds Of cartridges.
Two democratic members of the elec
tion commission last night threw out
eighty-seven republican election offi
cer. This action has caused intense
excitement, and it looks as if nothing
can prevent trouble.
SITUATION CRITICAL.
Louisville, Nov. 6. A more critical
situation can hardly be imagined in
Louisville than that which presents it-
seffnlght. Iki&attvL. to shut out
the teiepeetors of the Brown ticket from
the polls, will, it is feared, result in
rioting. The police h'ave been warned
not to interfere with the inspectors, and
the First regiment of the state guard
has been notified to be ready to be
called out at an hour's notice,
gross irregularities and disturbances.
CLAIMS BY LEADERS.
From all indications itlooks as if the
Goebel plani is 'to have the vote of the
entire city thrown out on account of
In the rest of 'the state, except Lex
ington, Covington and Newport, no
trouble is expected. Estimates on the
resul'b are unreliable, because it -is
not known what effect the possible dis
turbances will h'ave. Republicans
make a claim of forty-five thousand
plurality, while the democrats claim
Louisville by five thousand and the
rest of the state by thirty thousand. It
is not believed that the Brown demo
crats will pioll over ten thousand votes,
as many of his supporters will vote
for Taylor. On the whole, republican
victory is not unlikely.
ALL CONFIDENT IN "OHIO.
Columbus, O., Nov. 6. The finish of
what has been the. most remarkaVe
campaign in Ohio olitics has been
very tame. Reports from all over the
state were received at both headquar
ters tonight and both chairman are
claiming the s"tate on the basis of these
reports". Judge Nash expects hia plu
rality to be twenty-five thou.sffc.il,
while Chairman Dick thinks the re
publican ticket should win by fifty
thousand .
At the democratic camp officials are
even more sanguine, though they re
fuse tgive out figures. Spor,-?ng men
give republicans the prefj.inc?, y.e
vailing odds being two to one on Judge
Nash.
Jones, of Toledo, feels that ictoiy
TON OS ?
Rufua ChioaJte, . .the greatest' lawyer
orator, tsavtng arrive at oM-fdghted age,
Jlke many others, did not wish to lise
glasses. A certfn Judge, before whoa1
appeared quite of tany olbservtag (how Mr.
Ghoate. toeld; hiB MSS at arm's lengt
and then read with difficulty, said: "Mr.
ClvoateTrou to gelt one or
-two things; edfher a paflr of Jtxingst or a
pair of gaasse&' Owiiich will YOU ajlave?
Examjnatioia Free.
BAKER & CO.
' Scientific Kefracting Opticians, s
ELECTION
rlfj OR I
for the non-partisan cause is already
won, whoever may be elected gavorn
or. Neither chairman concedes Jones
over seventy-five thousand votes.
NEBRASKA IN DOUBT.
Lincoln, Neb, Nov. 6. RepubUoans
plaice the majority they expect tomor
row alt from five to ten thousand, while
the f usffon estimates are about the same.
The campaign has been' hot throughout.
Bdtfbi parties have sent their ifirtiur KLrtola le
ers through the state and vietorv ithr
way would t be surprasir4g.
i BOTH CLAIM MARYLAND.
Baltimore, Nov. 6: Botih, pasties are
olaamimg the -sitate itxmight by aibout ten
thoulsamd majority Inliiependenlt observ
ers tihink the fight will be close eiither
way.
DEMOCRATS IN MISSISSIPPI.
JkekBon, Miss., Nov. 6. The eledtJion in
Missssppi itomoraiow Will be very quiet.
LonlgenO, democrat, will defeat Prewitt,
populist, for governor, by forty Itihousamd
majority.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY
IN BIRMINGHAM
Reception and Demonstration to "The
Real Hero of Santiago."
Birmingham, Nov. 6. Admiral Schley
accompanied1 by Mrs. Schley, arrived
here t'odlay from Atlanta. A big recep
tion laind demontsltnation was given them.
Frank S. White delivered itJhe speech of
welcfame, cailiing (him the "real hero of
Santiago, " land Mayor Drannea also ex
tended a hearlty welcome. Tonight an
other reception occurred laJt the Birming
ta anfdlitorium.
Tomtoinrow a mililtary and civic parade
will be given and Ithe admiral will be
escorted to 'the Alafbaima istate fair whicih
opemd tomorrow. Tomorrow evening
there will he a banquet at the Florence
hotel.
FROM OTIS.
Washington, Nov. 6. The wer de
partment today received the following:
"'Manila, Nov. 6. Wheaton's expedi
tion, 2,500 strong, with the transports
Sheridan and Aztec and two coasting
steamers, convoyed by three war ves
sels, left for L'ingayen gulf this morn
ing. MacArthur's troops advanced to
MagaHang yesterday, clearing the coun
try between Angeles and Arayat, and
encountered 1,000 of the enemy.
"O'Brien, with a battalion of the
Seventeenth infantry, two troops of the
Fourth cavalry and Slaven's scouts,
moving on the road from BaTulut east
of Angeles drove the enemy in Ithe di
rection of Magalang, who. left 49 dead.
O'Brien captured 28 prisoners and 114
rifles. - ' '
"Colonel Smith, with two 'battalions
of the Seventeenth Hamilton's battery
to the First artillery and engineers and
signal detachment moved on the direct
road from Angeles to Magalang, cap
turing the latter place, inflicting a loss
on the enemy in killed and wounded
about 100, capturing 50 prisoners and
a large amount of insurgent transporta
tion. "Our casualties' reported are one
wounded. A severe heavy rain the
last three days rendered a decisive
movement of Lawton's troops im
possible. He now has abundant sup
plies for San Isidro and further north
and will operate to the north and west
ward Where the country (submerged
permits. (Signed) Otis."
NOT WHIPPED YET.
New York, Nov. 6. Sharkey's deter
mination to fight Jeffries again Ihasn't
dmlrnished anldi today his manager poteted
$5,000 to bind the match. Jeffries imti
m'ttted that he would ignore the chal
lenge as ne hiad Corbet and Fitzsimmcms
to meet firs't.
Go to No. 20, North Count Square forjgUerrina -warfare is likely to continue
the light running Standlard Sewing Ma
chine. We keep needles, oil and sup
plies of all kinida of sewing machines.
Repairing and renting a specialty. T
W. Sheltton, salesman,- M. L. Reed
agent.
-"ON THE SQUARE."
0ficla,l 23epoxt
Of Prof. John. M. McCandless, Chemist
of the Atlanta Board of Health Pub
lished' in the Atlanta Constitution.
Dr. J. F. Alexander,
President Board of Health'
Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir In view of the recent agita
tion on the subject -of adulteration of
flour, I have ideemed it of importance to
investigfa'tie the subject I
myself took In the open market ja dozen
samples of flour.
I have deemed it best not to report the
mames of all the Wands found to be aJdul
treated. . . I give below, however
a very complete analysis of two well
known brands of flour, one pure and the
other adulterated.
These brantdB are PILLSBURY'S
BEST and (the name is omit
ted). Under the microscope, with the
magnification of 350 dfiametprs
(the omitted! name) shows numerous
gtrtamiules of corn starch; "PILLS
BURY'S BEST shows one.'
JOHN M. McCANDLESS,
Chemist Atlanta Board of Health.
WE CAN ' GTVU YOU NO BETTER
" GUARANTY OF THE
. , PURITY OF
pniSBuarsBEST
THAN THIS , UNSOLICITED, UNEX
PECTED ENDOSEMENT. "
Olarence
Sawyer,
Succettrto " .
W, F. SNIDER,
6 COURT SQUARE. V ' V
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WHEATON SAILS
WITH EXPEDITION
Will Try to Cut Insurgents
Off From the Moun
tains, Aguinaldo May Attempt to
Shift Headquarters.
Our Troops Apparently Head
ing for Tarlac.
End of Organized Opposition Seemt
Near at Hand.
GUERRILLA WARFARE MAY CON
TINUE SOME TIME LARGE
AMERICAN ARMY WILL CREATE
A GOOD IMPRESSION AS TO OUR
ABILITY TO STOP THE REBEL
LION IN SHORT ORDER.
Mami la, Nov. 6. General MacArthur
made np move today and General Law
ton is practically waterbound, as a re
sult of the recent heavy rains, which
bring the needed supplies up the river
have, however, allowed the boats to
to General Lawton's base of supplies.
WHEATON'S EXPEDITION.
General Wheaton sailed this mornim;
with a special expeditioni for the Gulf
of Lingayen, yconsisting of the Thir--teenth
infantry, the Thirty-third infan
try, two guns of the Sixth artillery and
two Gatlings. The transports Sheri
dan, Francisco de Reyes and Aztec car
ry the troops, with 'the gunbeoat Hele
na as escort.
CUT INSURGENTS OFF. .
General Wheaton will land his forces
in the Gulf of Lingayen and attempt to
cut in behind Aguinaldo' s main army
amd prevent-their-escape 4 the .moua-'
' 'tains.
Aguinaldo may attempt to shift his
headquarters to the rich tobacco coun
try, at the northern end of the island.
Possibly he may slide around General
Lawton's front to the southern pro
vinces, but, as MacArthur' s and Larw
tora's troops arepread across the coun
try from Angeles to Cafoannatuan, it
will be difficult for the insurgents to
escape.
The purpose of the expedition is to
move down the Dagupan-Manila rail
road towards Tarlac or to prevent
Aguinaldo's forces making another base
farther mOrth. Dagupan and Apairi
are the strongholds of the insurgents in
the north, and it is supposed the points
where most of the filibustering parties
land.
ENDING OF OPPOSITION.
It is niow believed that these move
ments of Generals Wheaton, MacAr
thur and Lawton' will result in the
quickening of the ending of all or
ganized opposition to the United States
'at least by early nex spring, although
for a Hong time. No one anticipates
that the insurgents will make many
hard battles'. The problem is to move
the troops about the country, to main
tain transportation and hold the terri
tory gained.
. The moral effect of the arrival of a
laTge American army is calculated up
on to sap Aguinaldo's strength by de
sertions and through the loss of hope
among the supporters of' the revolu
tionary movement.
J. IF. Hayes & 'CO. have moved their
si tack of generaS merchandise from 42
Nortah Main (to 27 North! Main, where
itJhey are prepared to welcome old and
new customers with la materially in
sreased line of dress goods and shoes.
.WE ARE.
CLOSING OUT
a lot of very aeeuraoie di bjw
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SILVER ARTICLES ranging In
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f price from 35 cents to J8, that are
uitable for gifts and at the price
ere good investmenta tor holiday
preaentfl. ' 3
2. Your iMpection la ollclted.
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ARTHUR M. FIELD,
Oomer Church street and Patton
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