Oestreicher's,
51 Patton Avenue.
Ladies' Silk Waists.
call particular attenrti'an, to. our Une
cf ladies' slUa waists.. We have ithetm
jn afll colors alrudl in different styes of
ccang, tucktag and fcttfkiiingrflaffe cuff,
rrese waists are worthl from $5.00 to
$12.50, but will be pnicedJ for Monday
and Tuesday at from J3.75 Wo. Zo.. 1
Umbrellas lor the Holidays.
We have just (put la our line of hioli-
umbrellas. They ara made or tine
Ijegt BKHispliMAmi silk, with! the latest
atvies (handles, suitable for CanriBtmias
MJlg!S6Ill. 1 11AU W"lbM VKVV
.,mhrMiaa for every day use which (range
to nrice ifrom 50c up. ' I
Underwear and Hosiery.
Our underwear atnidj hosiery were never
complete as now., We can chow
aytkas tfbJalt is suitjable for. the se
,1- -. i i "Wr oil l f mm nriftf
always the lowest . v .
Dress Goods 'Department.
Our drees goods department is Still
II II III UU1 f 1 1 IT - VU fcfwfv to VIVW1 iimuvm
At Thirty-One Cents.
"We will offer for Monday and Tuesday
iui -wmivAe nr. in i i TiTni cnnwwva Tinmflin
Git: tOC, iOU tULLU. UUI, UIM. UW CUOiaUVIbXJ-LCUK.
in- rrt - "1 1 A. .i- . i.
broken, hence this extra low, quick
paining, closing price.
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lcner s,
Dry Goods
and Millinery.
tandard tne World Over.
ie Columbus Buggy Co.'s
Open and Top Buggies,
Carriages,
Surries and Traps,
forxsale by
iheville Hardware Comp'y
One entire floor given to our line
of Vehicles.
ASSAGE
AND PACKS.
Treatmemifc frm?
ittVUUS. RHEUMATIC amd OTHER
DISEASES.
Special: .. . "
ljKt; brantvp -M-AfflSArrm wm
MALE DISEASES; ALSO v
FACE MASSAGE,
'HOP. EDWIN GRUNER,
ormerly with Oaklanxl Heights.
Sanitarium.)
main st. telephone 206.
Home or Office Treatment.
I 4 i iu a m., 2 to 1 p. m.
PERFECTION TINS
Bottom .Out.
ill
have ful1 line of samrfle of , Perfec-
ama cake cuttertii ' win-be
o call . iLlmSLLl VJll
jrvmi- lUJlwe CliUUi WRTW
rv i
Ljesti
57 hiLlside street. '
TROOPS POURING
INfO AFRICA
Arrival of Vanguard of British
Army Corps Increases
Confidence.
Buller's Campaign; Will Be
For White's Relief."
This Means a Sanguinary
War in Hilly Natal.
Details of the Sharp Engagement Hear
Belmont.
BOER SHARPSHOOTERS STTKL.
PICKING OFF THE ENGLISH OF
FICERS A COLONEL. AMONG
THE KILLED BOMBARDME NT
OF KIMBERLT HAS BEGUN.
London, Nov. 11. With the arrival of
the vanguard of thetrmy corps in
South Africa there Js a distinct im
provement in public sentiment in this
country. It lis recognized that the act
ual situation at the front is! rather
worse than a week ago, hut the ab
sence, so far as known, of any fresh
di'3a!ater lias aroused; confidence to'the
public mirud that further calamities
will be averted.
Military observers dk not hesitate to
admit this confidence is not yet justified.-
It is acknowledged that the orig
inal plan of campaign 1ms been
changed and that the relief of Lady
Smith will be the first, task undertaken
by Buller. This is bad military actics.
In. fact it lis playing- the 'Boer's giam
biit the governineht is convinced tha
public sentiment will not submit to a
policy of leaving General White's force
to its fate -during' the several week?
necessary to advance an army of inva
sion into the. Orange Free State from
the south.
A SANGUINARY WAR.
The decisive campaign will, there
fore, not .be fought in the (broad veldt
above the Orange river, but in the dif
ficuJt hills bf Natal, where the Boers
cam choosa battle grounldli favorable to
theiir rnet'JboJcLs. It means that the war
wiU be the most bangui'iaajry in
which England has ever engaged, and
th price of ultimate British victory
will be so he iv tl at Enigland will "a -mni
the struggle as the worst ..is-
(akf- of this gi.f t Hon.
The pubic has in crie respect been re-
assu.d, namo'v", a. to foreign interfer
ence Salisbury's words on this point
at the lord' mayor's dinner were so em
phatic that they brought intensa relief.
The British public is becoming mor
and more exasperated over the delays,
contradiiotions and general unreliability
in itlhe news of the war. '.
DESPATCH FROM BULLER.
The London war office issued a de
spatch frorni General Buller, dated Cape
Tofwini tJdday which igives further details
of the fight four miles east of Ba'.mont.
Builer says thla't Col. Gougfh, with -twio
squadrons of the T3nth hussarp, a bat
tery of field guns and a company of
mounted infanta?, ifouinldi eyeral hun
dred. Boers with one gun nine miles
west of Belmont. ,The. artillery engaged
the enemy wihile the mounted infantry
was sent to turn the enemy's flank and
discover their laager. '
BRITISH COLONEL KILLED.
The British losses were a colonel
killed and three lieutenants" and two
privates wounded. The . engagement.
lasted three houms. Gough 'then re
turned to camp unmolested. One of the
lieutenants wounded has since lied
TROOPS DEPART. . . :, '
London. Nov. 11. The last . infantry'
battalions under orders for South Aft ica
left England today and the last of the
hussars also sailed, leaving the house
hold regiment the only cavalry to be
despatched. The first battery of How
itzer artillery has started,"
VfThere are signs that the greater part
of the Boers are concentrating between
Tjiflv Smflth and Oolenso, 1ut stories
are so oohtradictory itihat it i impos i-
tole to (assert: this absolutely.
v BOBARDING KIMBERLY. .
ffeoe Tom Nov. 11. The y bombard
ment ajid attack on Kimbery started
this morninsr.. i
It is reported the Boer force at Smith-
field has cuosisedl the frontier at aexa
uiele. It Is estimated to be 4,600 strong
. ARRIVAL OF TROOPSHIPS. . .
Lomdon. Nov. 11: It is officially an
nounced that the trbopssMps . Yorkshire
Lismore; Oastle and Aiirania amve a ai
Cape Town with 3,676 troops. Te two
steamers first named immediately pro-
peeded to Durban It is vsuppo3ed. the
Auranda's' troops . will - be ( landed; .
Cape, .Town.-'.'", , h.
HAS A SHIP FOUNDERED?
'Brest France' Nov.lV RijiorAa
at
4
n rirculaUon here, that" a British tran?f
nnrVijiv firtim fJ ptrp . off the island, cf
Ushaot w; the, coast of nttinv,.
-, . ,
: WaiiwflV. Soule & 'Harington'8' $3.00
Shoe at $2.25. G. A. Means. - ' -; ;
GOEBELISJil OVERTHROWN
111 KENTUCKY
Taylor's Plurality 2,546 Statement
by Bryan on the Elections.
Louisville, Novr 11. Official returns
from ninety-two counties give Goebel
a plurality of 7,833. There are twenty-
seven counties outstanding, of which
nineteen' are republican and eight dem
ocratic..
liexington, Ky., Nov. 11. At 10
o'clock tonight one (hundred and three
counties had been heard from officially
and the remaminig sixteen unofficially.
These give Taylor, republican, a major
ity of 2,546.
STATEMENT BY BRYAN.
Lincoln , Neb., Nov. 11. Previous to
leaving tonight for Ohio Bryan, in a
statement reviewed the results of the
elections in the various states and said
taken as a whole the returns gave en
couragement to those who hope to ov
erthrow the republicans in 1900. He de
clares it 'Was evident that these who
believed n the Chicago platform of '98
still believed in it and that hostility to
It was not as pronounced as in '96. It
was apparent lie said -that there is a
growing hostility against monopolies,
increase of larmy, imperialism and mil
itarism and predicted its growth would
be far greater in 1900 if the adman! sta
tion continued to pursue Its 'present pol
icy. He !added, "A burned child dreads
fire and those who have experienced
the evils of large armies and imperial
ism will not aid in transplanting them
here."
MBS. JEFFERSON DAVIS
WILL SELL BEAUVOIR
To Be Used As ar Home For Confeder-
v..
ate Veterans and a School.
Richmond, Nov. llr Beau voir, the
Mississippi home of Jefferson Davis, is
to be converted into a'home for confed
erate soldiers land a school for their descendants-.
Mrs. Davis has agreed to
sell the place for such an object for
$25,000 , though she refused $S0,000 for
the property some time ago. The prop
osition was made by two prominent
Richmond "business men and was rati
fied by the United Daughters of the
Confederacy,
It is proposed to form an organiza
tion to be known as the Confederate
Veterans' Home association and rher
General Lee or Wheeler'5 will be ro.id
Idehv Vice presidents are to be ap
pbinted in each of the southern states'.
An effort will be made to raise mo.ey
to iay Mrs. 'Davis and endow the home
handsomely.
CIVIL GOVERNOR FOR CUBA.
Havana, Nov. 11. The newspapers --
day vamiously comment on the ca.i.e
despatches regarding the appointment
of a civil governor for Cuba. Most of
the newspapers agree that the reports
of the appointment should he either of
ficially confirmed or denied on account
of the feeling of mnrest created by them.
CUBA'S THANKSGIVING.
Havana, Nov. 11. General Brooke
has issued a Thanksgiving proclama
tion. He says no people iin the world
have more reason' to be thankful for or
greater opportunities to look forward
to -than the Cubans.
A TRANSVAALIAN'S SUDDEN DEATH.
'Brussels, Nov. 11. A brother of Dr.
Ledeys, the Transvaal agent, was strick
en with apoplexy today while visiting
a friend and died in half an hour.
JIMINEZ PROCLAIMED PRESIDENT.
(Santo Domingd , Nov. 11. pongrrcss
has proclairrtd General Jirninez presi
dent and General; Vasquez vice presi
dent of the republic.
A BOLL SALE.
To Be' Held by Stf Mary's Girild and
Helping Hands.
The St. Mary's Guild, assisted by the
Helping Hands,, will have a doll sale
the first' week in December at the Par
agon pharmacy. The exact date will
be announced later. .
Every one whor purposes buying dolls
for children for Christmas will be alAe
to find just exactly what they need at
tihis: sale' :
. VDoils of all shapes, sorts, sizes and
prices will be on hand from the dusky
Filipino to the young American beauty
and prospective buyers' wiltl do well to
examine KMs stock before purchasing
elsewhere. .
: CHILDREN'S EYES SHOULD BE
carefully ? watched uaftll the age of iten.
If the ?yes can be kept ta normal condl-
itloh tuxtal then i taey win iremaTui so
throughout life,-unless jsickness or abuse
M in -firm twm." MatiT IhftTfKli tiunr de-
defects may..al:30 be overcome Iri, child-.
I rea. it- ttaken ia time. k Kxarnjaati' l free.
Baker" 6c uo., KCJiemtunc einacxans, wp-
. Udims,- 45 Patlton avenue.
PARADES ATTACKED
AT PORTO CABELL0
Assaiilt on the Velieznelan Town by
land and SeaWarships Bom
! bard the Ports.
Caracas , Veneuzela, Nov. 11. The
government troops today began an at
tack, biQfth. by land and sea on Porto
Cabello, twhlch is held by General Par
ades and , party bf revolutionists.
Troop fynare landed in the heaatt of
the city In .the rear of the barracks by
Paradesjfoirces while warships bom
barded the forts.
Commtunicatioa with
is severed. '
Porto Carbello
A MURDER CASE
TO BE HEARD.
SPECIAL VENIRE CALLED IN THE
SHOPS CASE, TO BE TRIED
THIS WEEK.
Order Eegarding- Witnesses Working
Successfully in Federal Court.
The PulHam Cose to Be Called Early
this Week Cocke Case May Also Be
Tried in a Few Days.
Federal court took a recess- yesterday
until Monday. The case of PuMiam,
ex-casnier or the National bank of
AshevMeV will doubtless be called early
in the week and disposed of, and pos
sibly the case of W. J. Cocke, ex-cashier
of the National bank of AshevUle.
Among otiher Important: cases are those
of Shope,' United States deputy mar
shal, charged. with the killing of a man
In .QPl'tyAase vhavteg been
court, and also the case of Rogers Bros.,
a brace of Henderson coun'ty counter
feiters. In the case of , L. Quesnell,
from Macon county, charged with the
violation of the , nlational quarantine
laws, upon a speoial verdict, Judge
Ewart held that the defendant was not
guilty, the act of the general assembly
of North Carolina, 1899, in the opinion
of itlhe iudge, having repealed the leg
islaaon upon which the general order
of the commissioner of agriculture
based his action. This case may be tak
en to the circuit court 6f appeals. A
special venire has been caffled for the
Shbpe case. 1
The ruling of Judge Ewart at the
November1 term 1898, Asheville court,
requiring defendants and witnesses
from, certain counties in the district to
attend the sessions of the court on cer
tain stated days continues to work ad
mirably. it Is not " only a great con
venience and saving of expense to de
fendants land witnesses but a conveni
ence to loCali attorneys who are enabled
to aittend the court, have their cases
promptly called and disposed of and re
turn to their homes- It also prevents
the crowding of the court house to al
most the point of suffocation; 'and it is
no longer a difficult task for 'the mar
shal to preserve quiet and order in the
court room.
Still another advantage is that the
jail Is aot overcrowded, convicted de
fendants being sent to their respective
coun'ty jails as soon as the cases from
certain counties are disposed of.
It is estimated that the saving' of
costs to the government lil the "way of
witness fees, etc., amounts Into the
'thousands of dollars. By Thursday
evening every case, both on the old and
new-bill docket from the counties of
Cherokee, Graham, Clay and Macon,
ihad been disposed of and prisoners on
their way to - local jaiffls. Thursday,
Friday and Saturday the casps, from
the counties1 of- Haywood, Jackson,
Transylvania and" S wain were callp''
and rapidly disposed of. londay and
Tuesday cases from Buncombe, Madi
son' and Yancey will be called.
Distric Attorney '. Holton and Mar
shal Millikiain are spending- Sunday in
WaynesVille. J. M. Bailey went to
Marshall to speed Sunday at his home
A Cherokee county witness In the-federal
court has gotten into dire trouble
He Is a half Indian and Indulged too
freely in "fire water." The polioegot
him and (relieved him of a piste and
tiither implements of up-to-date war
fare. The mam was the object of much
attention; for a time as he was wanted
by both the city and f ederai ,aiatirit-les.-
Finally he was turned over to-the
latter, after the district attorney .had
agreed that he should, be turned over
to the1 city again to work out Ms fine.
'" " ' X;---
A igreaiil slhbwer of meteors .is pre
31ctied .for Htm night of November IS or
November 14. ,lf seoni icnijttiher nighfc of
. November 13, ft will mbt r begto utitU
abjotiit" midmfiight.! Thais phornnkMi "oc
curred last- tb such an -extent in 1$66,
beginning Just befbt dSy and hot afeach
tog lbs climax until afflter dky. It ife not
xpefced"4o occur again - until 1932. '
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v FRENCH CHINA BARGAINS.
r AH the laBt epriaug Import samples bf a
French bJotwe.- - . "
Tea cupa amid suacens, 35cu ;
The goods , arte wortH HJweet w tour
ftimtes the mbaey. See lsOTe window". - y '
T TT T. A AST . :i I
A DRIVE OVER
THE BILTMORE ESTATE
To be Arranged For National South
ern Park Convention Delegates.
The board of trade committee tan ar
rangements for the national southern
park convention to be held in this city
November 22 met at the Berkeley yes
terday afternoon. v
The convention, will probablv be hpld
In the Knights of Pythias hall on South
Main street. '
The comimittee wish to 'give the dele
gates to the convention a dittve over
the Biltmore estate Wednesday morn
ing, the 22d, and ask all friends of the
park movement owning private ve
hicles to give the use of these vehicles
for the purpose of giving the delegates
this ride. From present Indications it
seems that there will be a large at
tendance at the convention, and thp
committee fears that it may have trou
ble sin providing conveyances for all) the
delegates. Those who would like to
contribute in this way are requested lo
notify George S. Powell, the chairman
of the comimi'ttee on arrangements, by-
next Wednesday evening, giving the
number of seats they can offer. The
committee will be triad to have the
owners of the vehicles accompany the
delegates on the drive and will appel
ate any courtesy extended them while
in the city.
The comrnlittee will meet again next
Thursday and all details for the con
vention will be completed then.
SAID TO HAVE USED
PENALTY ENVELOPES.
R. J. Pickelseimer, of Brevard, Under
' Indictment.
For sometime off! cials of the govern
ment have been annoyed by the persist
ent use on the part of numerous per
sons of official1 stationery. Such per
sons have been warned but in a great
many instances . these warnings go un
heeded. It Is said that many distillers
have an idea they can use the official
penalty envelopes in sending in reports
and money to secure revenue slfcaimps.
In its efforts to put an end! to such
practices the government has indicted
R. J. Pickelseimer, of Brevard. The
case is an interesting one, as it is the
first to be brought in (this district un
der the statute in question. The case
has been continued in the federal court.
ENGAGEMENT CLOSED.
The Opera Bohemian Girl" Sung by
the Olympia Company.
The Olympia Opera Company closed
its Asheviilfle engagement last evening
with "The Bohemian Girl," in which
the company sustained the excellent
reputation it has made hese. The au
dience was responsive to the efforts of
the players and applause was liberal at
the best parts. The .fine voice of Ed.
Weston is possibly heard) with best ef
fect In the part of Thaddeus and his
rendering of "Then you'll remember
me was miuon appreciated. Miss
Eleanor Jenkins added to the gtood im
pression she has made here, particu
larly with the song, "I dreamed I
dwelt in marble halls."
A desp&'tch to ithie London! News from
Cape Town says a well known Trans
vaial manufacturer has arrived! Hhere
from the Rand. He says things were
total uncomfortable ltalt Johannesburg.
Food, whichl f rightfully scarce
througlhbuit the South African repub
lic, is .being held art famine prices1. 1
OIL HEATERS.
Thiere are more Ibaid! oil stoves made
I'tftSataK good tates. We offer fthie same
kinkJa we did last year, because we could
firid nla berttieliT. Three kinds, $3.50, $4.75,
$5.25. 'Wis Know lalll are good. J. .
Law, 35 Patton avenue. 2t
500 pairs Genltlemen's Over
worth 75c. and $1, this week
colors. G. A. Mears.
Gaiters.
25c All
. For tndigiestion, Gramt's Digestive Cor
dDal. "ON THE SQUARE"
Heekers
Self-rising,
Ontario,
Gaston's.
Yoe
& (Ja's
Pure
(
Me syriJp.
vvw
3UCIU7HEAT
fCIrenclSaiyerrli arthur ri fielb,; i
(Succeasor to
Vi- 3l
Ji FJ SNIDER.
No., 6y NoriJx Ctaurt' Squaireu
TO CAPTURE
AGUiNALDO
That is Still the Object o
Present Movements in
Luzon.
Filipinos Hurrying Over the
Hills to Bayombong.
iMacAarthur Advancing On
Towns Njar. Tarlac.
Information Gained IrOm a Rebel Tel
egraph Operator.
INSURGENT FORCES ORDERED TO
RETREAT TO THE TOWN IN
WHICH AGUINALDO IS BELIEV
ED TQ HAVE TAKEN UP H!S
HEADQUARTERS DESPATCHES
FROM OTTS.
Manila, Nov.
11. General
Young'
men captured a rebel telegraph opera
tor yesterday with despatches from
Tarlac directing- the captain of the in
surgent forces to retreat to Bayombonjr
and also ordering the construction of a
telegraph line from Bayombong to Ar
itao over the mountains. This indl-
caJtes that when Aguinaldo issued these
orders he hadf not been informed of
General Wlheaton's movement or else he
-
had been completely fooled as to its ob
jective poiait.
- Mac Arthur is advancing today on
Bamiban and may possibly attack Ga-
pas. Both towns are near Tarlac The
advance of the Americans in Panay is
practically unopposed, ' '
Philippines it must be remembered' the '
conditions are such that, it is always
possible- for the Filipinos to prevent the '
capture of their government or
any
th
large body of troops. Whenever
Americans approach they seaJtter.
TO PREVENT AGUINALDO'S ES
CAPE. ,
Washington, Nov. 11. Reports re
ceived at the war department from
General Otis and Admiral; Watson indi
cate that they are preparing to send a
military and naval expedition to Aparri.
Certain insurgent official despatches
captured led Otis to believe that the
Filipinos in the vicinity of Cabanatu
ran and San Jose are being hurried oy
er the mountains to Bayombong, where
Aguinaldo Is believed to, be. From
there they evidently intend to make
their way to Aparri. It is the purpose
of the military authorities to prevent, if
possible, Aguinaldo's escape to Aparri
and catch him between two columns,
one moving northward under either
Generals Youner or Wheaton and oo-
Knbving southward from Aparri. It Is
the intention, of Otis and the war de-
partment officials to do everything to
prevent Aguinaldla's escape from the tel
ands and with the plan now outlined it
is believed he wild either be captured
or compelled to abandon his army and
take to the mountains.
TARLAC MAY FALL TODAY. U
Manila, Snuday Morning, Nov. 12. '
Colonel Smith c&ptured Ooncepcion
yesterday swinging from the southwest'
in the rear of Bamban. Colofiel Bell
went to the foot hills to -the west,
which command Bamban valley. Gen-,
era! MacArthur. and: Wheeler, with
four battalions infantry moved along,
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(Continued on fifthDage.)
...WE ARE.
CLOSING OUT
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a lot of very deicrabXe STERLING i
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SILVER ARTICLES ranging In g
price, from 35 centa to J8, .that are
Suitable toe gjifta and at be prices
rre good tnvBtmeait for; holiday s ?
presentB.
7? . . Your ttnapection ia solicited. ,
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