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f f VOL. IV: NO. 240; 1" . Slate Library." W,1 ASHEVILLE, N. C., THURSDAY MOENING, NOVEMBER 16, 1899 PRICE 5 CENTS. V J. ft 1 Oestr 51 Patton Avenue. Ladies' Silk Waists.' Wia call particular atteatloai to our line( . ladies' silk -waists. We have them 0l1i colors in dlereat eityes of ejtfing, tucking and loUifceMng, flare cull. ese waists arel wkMthi trom $5.00 to ,19 r;o hut will be priced for Monday Tuteday at firom $3.75 to $9.75. Umbrellas lor the Holidays. We have just put la our line of IiloU day umbrellas. They atrti miade of , floe beat aonspUttimgl silk, wltCbi tie latest .jjtyles bandies, u'itabffe for . Cbiristmaa presents. Prices mngsi flrtart $1.95 to $12.50 each. Of course we have cheaper umbrellas for every day use -wlhich range ja price from 50c up. , Underwear and Hosiery. Our underweiax lanki hosiery were never lA-r. ci 1-ivw 1 WT van Vy-fcTxr pw v everything tihlaSt is suitable for the sea r CiWW LlCLO a uwnt vu son to cotton, wool or sine our prices are always the lowest. . Dress Goods Department. our drees troodla department is still i complete. We call your special atten tion to our line ofl DliacK goods, which consists of eveiything that has been, used this season. At Thirty-One-Cents. "We will offer for Monday and -Tuesday 500 yards of all-wool dress goods which were 4Sc, 59c and 65c, but ithe assortment is broken, hence this extra low, quick sdliiog, closing price. Oestreicher's, Dry Goods and Millinery. V YOU CAN ' JUDGE BEST of the value of our marked tikwn HAHDWAHE By eaiminingi lour stock and prices. We are .pleased Ito show thJe goods, Blind quote you prices, and when you have seen them we will sell you. Our idiscoumlts axe 25PerOnt. 33K Per Cant. 50 Per Cent. Asheville Hardware Company. MASSAGE,. AND PACKS. Treatmemlt for: NERVOUS, RHEUMATIC 'and OTHER DISEASES. Special: ' ' J-HURE BRANDT MASSAGE FOR FEMALE DISEASES; ALSO FACE MASSAGE. . PROF. EDWIN GRUHER, Graduate Cheminltz College, Germany. ormerly with Oakland Heights. J5 S. MAIN ST. TELEPHONE 206. Home or Office Treatment, wee Hours 8 to 10 a. to., 2 tla 4 p. m. THE STARS WILL FALL TONIGHT , j '"'uoc ivocyci alii jtuaiuo v xitc uviuu Oil lIVlO. 1 ..-nlA, v 'Jtt mples of fivf :n;nrl-ATi mm ,TCs-r "Ptaach- Doughnut Cutters; .. anfl Self-Eat- in l:ne'at aa'd fowl) Roas'ting aaiKl Bak Pans, ithe "Savory," Seamless ROast- iiar supenibr ito any, other roaster tiT ' needs nio water, grease tKr atten- W hprrrw fiH.j ..i, i Jmea -Winn- purnt g.reaK, u.xt i I have sam-l Zlot. many -other. wVinlil "leniences, will be nileateed o call. aaSd hlow sd price the same to you. E. L. BROWN;? agent,;": OST AL CARD ADDRESS 57 HILI- smla STRTiTP . PUSHING ON TO BA American Forces Nearine: Aguinaldo's Supposed Retreat. Cavalry Already on Bam bang and Arito All Roads to North Country In Oar Possession. Railroad vWill Sood be Operated by the Americans INSURGENTS MAKING A STRONG EFFORT TO DIVERT THE AT TENTION OF THE AMERICAN? i KQM THETRAIL, : OF THEIR FUGITIVE COMMANDER. H IT . in XT ' - p- ran . xvxa.iii'iity-inov. io. -i-ne neavy. ram continues and typhoon signals are still displayed. Tiiere is little news from ,Lawton but it' is known that one troop of cavalry has reached Bambamg and another Arito. These towns are in the immediate neighboorhdod of Bayombong, whither- it is supposed Aguinaldo in tended to flee after quitting Tarlac. Lieutenant Colonel Howze, with six companies of the Thirty-fourth infai try, occupied Victoria, northeast of Tarl'ac, yesterday without opposition. MacArthur's scouts, , reconnoitering northeast of Tarlac, got close enough to the retreating insurgents to hear the ; train whistle bearing them off as they moved out. It is believed the railroad is far good condition and will soon be iti operation by the Americans. , PUSHING RAPIDLY NORTH. Washington, Nov. 15. War depart ment officials still believe that Aguin aldo has fled to. Bayombong, leaving the greater part of his army t)o follow him. From Otis report it appears that American troops hold all the principal roads leading to the north country, and while Young is pushing rapidly on to Baytoaxiibong, other ' forces under Wheaton and MacArthur will operate against the insurgents, keeping them from breaking through and joining Ag uinaldo in the north. REBELS' DESPERATE STRAITS. Manila, Nov. 15. The Chicago Rec ord's correspondent cables: The occupation of Tarlac and the valley to the north, along the Manila and Dagupan railroad, is considered of great importance by American offi cials. They expect to be in full con trol Of the valley from Manila to Dagupan within the next few days. The Filipino army is routed and in hid ing. Little or no resistance is expect ed from, the insurgents in those parts of the valley not yet occupied by the Americans. Wften the insurgents are completely driven out of this fertile territory subsistence will become a serious problem with them. It is thought here that an. organized force cannot be put in the field again by Ag uinaldo. When Colonel Bell, with his regiment, the Thirty-sixth infantry, entered Tar lac, the Filipino capital, last Monday, Aguinaldo was not there, and his army had also decamped. Reports from the insurgent lines and documents found, in the deserted capital indicate that Ag uinaldo left Tarlac on November 10 If this information be correct he has failed to. escape to Bayonbong, whither the most portabae belongings of the peripatetic government of the Filipino republic were taken some days ago, General Young's cavalry holds the line of retreat to Bayonbong, and Aguin a,ldo will find, it very difficult to -get away from the Americans if he has got as late a start as is reported. CAPTURED GUARD OF HONOR. A guard -of honor, consisting of 173 fooibmen who came down from' the mountains to receive Aguinaado aud escort him torhis new capital, and1 his secretary, have been . captured by the Americans. This seems to prove that Aguinaldo did not reachthe mountains, anidi that therefore, he is hemmed in by the cavalry line, which is on the alert and eager for his capture. General Yourag and! General Lawton hold the entjfre dountry which must be traversed to reach the mountain pass es. The escape of the insurgents in that direction therefore, seems almost impossible. General Wheaton controls the north end' of the valley and the important coast road which is the main highway to the "northern , provinces. . TRYING TO DIVERT, ATT ENTTON.; Thoro r ATP Indications that the 1 In- - r- AW ." -v . divert the at- V.A- A mrinttrtft TPOTn-tne .ir3.il teiiLiuu ja - -7- s ; ' command er . tare tnrowirig up forts in various place; . ii . 11 w An otioir'. Tin5l - aiSO -L Ja . fho niith. lines .of been made on Americans in Cavlte province,near Imus .aid Calamba," andl ' the- - troops there' 5re - actlVely engaged against bands Of guerillas; .which harass them dairy;,., It .is -believed. bowever, r uial J the1 entire probleni hinges on the opej- 'Hnd - tri tbe north end of the valley YOfilBONG ations ' iri . the . north end and on the capture, of A.guinaldia and the disintegrattiani of his army. RACING AFTER AGUINALDO. Colonel Bell's regiment, the Thirty- sixth infantry, equipped! with pack mules carrying) supplies and ammu nition, left Tarlac this morning and Is traveling swiftly northward hopimg to overtake Aguinaldo. Itis the opinion bere in Manila that the organized in surrection is "over and that the insur gents now cannot hold any capital long enougn to estaniish a routine govern ment. With the swift cOlnmns of General Young and Colonel Bell close ly following the fugitive officials of AguinaTdo's .republic the war seems to have degenerated into a foot race. BAYONBONG THE LAST, CAPITAL. By a decree dated' October 5 Bayon bong is deoliared tie capital of the Fil ipino republic on account of the un healthful conditions at Tarlac where 20 per cent, of the insurgent troops were said to be sick with fever. However, telegrams found) at Tarlac by Colonel Bell show that Aguinaldo ' was there only three days ajgo. In response to a telegram from General Otis, General MacArthur today telegraphed to Ma nila his belief that he could deliver a despatch to Aguinaldo within the next, two or three days. This may in dicate that negotiations are already in progress tending to end the rebellion.' On November 11 Major Marsh of Gen eral Whiaton's brigade engaged a force of 400 insurgents at Magadom, routing tberhr. after ;al sharp engagement ana killing fourteen. .The rest of the insur gents retreated toward Dagupan. TROOPS ARRIVING IN SOUTH AFRICA 18,000 Britishers Have Landed Since NoV 9 Close Censorship. London, Thursday, No 16. A de spatch to the Mail from Durban, dated November 11, says: "Lord Methuen and his staff took the train going north in the direction of Lady Smith to night." London .newspapers 'are again with out news from South Africa except the. announcement of the arrival of transports at Cape Town. s Eighteen thousand troops have been landed at the Cape since Ndvember 9. , CLOSE-CENSORSHIP. The Standard on inquiring at the war office regarding despatched from the seat of war was informed that a num ber of despatches had been received, but as they dealt witfli military detail they were not likely to be published. General Buller, , says the. Standard, is not at the Cape, but up the country to the north. He has completed plans for the relief , of Lady Smith and troops Wow arriving will jbe utilized accord ing to his plan of campaign. SENATOR HAYWARD DYING. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 15. United State's Senator Hayward is dying at his home in Nebraska City from lesion vOf the brain. The physicians have - given him up. It is believed ex-Senatfl Al len will be appointed by Governor Pointer if Hayward dies. LONG DENIES RESIGNATION. Colorado Springs, Nov. 15. Secretary of the Navy Long denied' today . the story that his resignation was in Pres ident MeKinley's hands. His resigna tion, he added, was always at the pleasure of the president. Long will leave tomorrow for Washington. WREGK ON THE N. & W. Richmond, Va., Nov. 15. A freight train on the Norfolk and Western road jumped the track at Crooked Run this afternoon. Ten cars were thrown down a steep embankment. Two brakemen and a tramp were killed and another employe fatally hurt. RESIDENCE BURNED. Captain Troy's Honse at Balfour De stroyed Yesterday Morning:. . Fire destroyed the residence of Cap tain W. B. Troy, at Balfour, yesterday morning. The fire caught about 7,: 30 o'clock it is supposed from a spark falling amomgpine needles on the roof, land burned quickly. Many things were saved from the lower story, but the en tire contents of the upstairs was lost. A two-rOom 'house next to the residence was also burned. , Captain Troy was at the ; quarry when he was . informed that his house had been burned, and does nt know how it caught. He had $1,400 insur ance on the building and. furniture. He will begin at once the erection, of a four-room house for temporary use. if OUT of SIGHT" 'A broken eye g'lass lens, figuratively shaking, ptra . maqiy a person out of sight. "Out of sight, out of mind," as the ;old adage' goes. One jtnightas well be out tf inind as out of sight, with out .good eyes or "good , glasses. We remedy all glass. breakSj, or should you prefer a new pair we will fit your eys accurately with the; finest lens feut right prices. Examination free. r . BAKER &j CQ. t 'S?oTififi 'RfnfTTlO, Ontifirtria: - : .' -Warn Storc' . ratcoa Ave. isiair s J? urn. Biore. MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED The e Story of Rev W. H. Dexter Who is Now inAsheville. Says He Fled from Home When Mentally Unbal- anced Is the Principal of a Military School in New Yorl. Reports That Started From His Dis appearance. TELEGRAM THAT REACHED HIS WIFE FROM ASHEVILLE TELL ING OF HIS PRESENCE HERE. APPARENTLY IN SUND MIND NOW. . ' JNyacK,, Ky., Nov. 15. The mystery of the strange disappearance last week of Rev W. H. Dexter, nrincioal af thr military scthtool here, has been partly cleared up. : Last evening Mrs. Dextor received a telegram signed with the name of a resident of Asheville, N C. stating that he had found Dexter an invalid, that his mind was clearing up and he would be home directly. Mrs. Dexter kept the telegram secret until she received further particulars This evening she received a letter signed as was the telegram with the name of a man, whp is said to be an old family friend, oomfirming the telegram but not stating how Dexter reached Asheville or what led him to go there. It is believed, however, that the story printed some days ago of a well dressed man resembling Dexter who atttempted to catch a ride on a freight train' to Virginia referred to the misc img man. Dexter's friends stilLbelieve he wlB sand-hagged and robbed in New YWrk and that this caused his mind to become clouded. They think he wan dered off without knowing where he was going and by stealing rides reach ed Asheville where he 'had friends liv ing. The Gazette is able to state that Mr. Dexter is still in Asheville. He came here about ten days ago. For the last four or five days he has appeared on the streets quite frequently, and is ap parently in fair health audi sound mind. He is a fine appp?"in!r"Tnan, about 45 years old. There is consider able mystery surrounding his disap pearance from home and appearance in Asheville, as the above despat from the Laffan news bureau indicates. If Mr. Dexter has disclosed to any one his method of journeying to this city the Gazette is unaware of the fact. H& tells a strange btory in assigning a reason for his flight from Nyack. Mr. Dexter says that his mother died of un sound mind and that he himself was undergoing a period of similar mental aberration when ?ie left home. He states that he had borrowed and bor rowed: (money until he way so deeply in debt that it preyed seriously on his mini, and he decided to leave home to disappear forever from the knowl edge of his wife and children. It was his idea that, thinking he was dead, they oouild then collect the insurance on his life. He drifted finally to AsheyLU.e where he had! acquaintances. When they learned what he had done they urged him to return to his home. Mr. Dexter, who now asserts that he is in sound mind, has expressed a distaste to do ing this on' 'account of the position in which-his plight has pliaced him. He asserts that hds financial troubles were without 'any criminal feature that nc-. rmprelv beriame in debt beyond his power to extricate himself. rm 4.l dvn.' "VT r5 T)PTT'r was not. sent by the man whose nam was signed to it, and it is supposed that Mr. Dexter used this means of communicating indirectly with his wife. This and some other indications wouOid lend color to 'the belief tbatyths man is mentally unbalanced in spite of the fact that his appearance and man ner suggests a perfectly sound mind. tMr. Dexter has ranked very high as an educator. He has the university degrees of A. M. and Pih. d. . 1 r ; ( ; ' - i, j; DISPENSARY TROUBLE LEADS TO SHOOTIHC Chairman Haselden and Postmaster : --"Among the Wounded. Columbia, S. C Nov. 15. As the re sult of a shooting affray at Sellers, a small town In Marion county, last eye 1 ing five. men. are wounded. . All . are prominent people. Th wounded in cluding the postmiasterl Seders . of Sel-' lers and J. D. -HaseldenT the chairman of the State; Braird bDispensary Con The trouble, grew out of recent reve lations regarding ; dispensarypianage nvent " - . VJ YesterdayJ Haselden - charged Sellers with giving out inforiniatltfh about his private stock Of free liquors which it was charged he kept always on band for the use of his friends. With sev eral friends HaseTden stopped at the postoffiee and soon a lively shooting was in progress. The fire was kept ud until the ammunition' was exhausted on both sides. The condition of Postmas ter Sellers aikd his father is critical. TREASURY RELIEF FOR MONEY STRINGENCY Will Buy :$25,000,000 Bonds to In- crease Currency. Washington, Nov. 15. The secretary of the treasury announced today the in tention of the government to purchase $25,000,000 wtorth of bonds to relieve th-3 tightness Of the money market partic ularly in New York. In a circular is sued this 'afternOon the departnfent an nounced its readiness to purchase a part or all of $25,000,000 of 'government bonds of 4 per cent, funded loan of 1907 or 5 per cent, loan of 1904. The 1907 loans will be paid for at 112.75 and 1904's at 111, when presented at any subtreasury. The proposal holds good until- November 30 Or until $25,000,000 worth have been bought. The treasury now has more money than for a long time, fend an unusual surplus of receipts over expenditures made it feasible to extend relief. To day the surplus reached $6,797,586. It is expected that a deficit will result frm the proposed purchase, but it will be merely temporary. Secretary Gage said "it was a matter of 'gratification that for the first time in a decade the government oouM buy bonds without feeling the drain1 on the treasury, and he called attention to the fact that the very need of relief of the currency was due to prosperity requiring a larger volume. M' KIN LEY TO SPEAK AT NIT. VERNON. Washington, Nov. 15. President MoKinley has agreed to deliver a short address at the tomb of George Wash ington on the 14th of December, the 100th anniversary of Washington's death. WAGES ADVANCED. Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 15. The wages or an employes or me roiung mills here have -been advanced, pud- dlers getting 10 per cent, and finishers per cent. The puddlers now receive $5.50 per ton.' ' PARKER PATTON. Mr. Parker and Miss Patton Married Yesterday at Trinity Church. In Trinity church yesterday, at 11; 30 o'clock, by Rev. McNeely DuBose, were married Mr. Haywood Parker to Josie BueT, daughter of T. W. Patton, all of this city. In accordance with the wishes of the interested parties no publicity had been given to the engagement and ap- proachi'Dig wedding, so that those in at tendtaonce, while comfortably filling the o.hnrch were only the most intimate i'X 1V llVivJ VJ- xwa-fc w 0 f . Punctually at the. appointed hour the bride entered the church on rne arm of her father, and preceded y the ush ers .who were Messrs H . D. Child Lymami A. Deal, Charles E. Waddeil and F. McL. Patton. On reaenmg tne cihancel steps they were met by the rector in his vestments, and the groom attended by his best man, Mr. D. C Waddell. The betrothal then tooK . . 1 nlace and the 'once was giveu anaji bv hetr father. The benediction being1 pronounced the bride and groom and their immedi lkerl down the aisle to sweet music discoursed by Mr. J onn ) CL LC 'Ct'L LV-n v- - A. Bell, the organist of Trinity parish. From' noon until 2 o'clock a wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents, wlhich was enjoy ed and brightened by many of their most intimate friends and relative &, after which the couple took the 2:20 train for their 'bridal trip. Grant's No. 24 Cures Colds Grippe. 25c. at Grant's. and La "ONJHE SQUARE'' f BUCKWHEAT ' Seekers Self-rising, Ontario, Gaston's. JL.Gr. Yoe i & Oo.'s Pure APLE SYRUP. 8 I to 1 Clarence Sawyer, 1 4 ' Succeasor to . W. F: SNIDER. No,i6 North Cbiuit Sqtjam. STEAMSHIP ;IM FLAMES Hamburg American ' Liner Patria on Fire in Eng lish Channel. Difficult Rescue of Crew and Passengers. Many Escaped Wrapped Only in Blankets. Captain Remained on Ship in Hope m of Saving Her. THE LINER WAS ENVELOPED IN SMOKE AND FLYING DISTRESS SIGNALS WHEN SIGHTED BY THE RUSSIAN STEAMER FIRR OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN. London, Nov. 15. The Hamburg- American liner Patria, which sailed fom New York November 4. with 44 cabin and 78' steerage passengers. caught fire in the channel tonight from some unkonwn cause and the passen gers and crew had a narrow escape. She was twelve miles north of the Hin der 'lightship when the Russian steam. er Cres sighed her. THE WORK OF RESCUE. At this time the Patria was envelop ed in smoke and flying distress signals. The Ceres lowered boats and transfer Ted the passengers and part of the crew. There was great difficulty in rescuing the passengers tas urgent haste was necessary. Many passen gers were gapped only in blankets. The Ceres reached Dover by midnight. United States Consul Prescott was not ified and arranged for the landing of the passengers and got them safely housed in hotels and the Sailors' home. DISCOVERY OF THE FIRE. The passengers say . the voyage without incident until the steamer struck the channel at 6 o'clock Wett? nesday morning when the cargo was found to be on fire. The crew was unable to subdue the flame, although aided by the passengers, as the flames had communicated with a large quan tity of linseed oil in the cargo. The passengei-s begun to embark In life boats when the Ceres 'appeared- and took them off. HOPES TO SAVE THE SHIP. Captain Frolich and most of tne crew stuck to the ship, the captain believ ing he had a chance to save her, al though the hull was red hot. He ap parently hoped to run her ashore at some point. When the Ceres sailed away another ship was standing by th burning liner. WILMINGTON SCHOONER BOTTOM SIDE UP (Diary of the Dead Captain Relates Tragedy ,of the Sea. Philadelphia, Nov. 15. Private ad vices from St. Pierre, Miquelon, say the schooner Edna and Emma which sailed from Wilmington, N. C, for this city, was towed into port bottom side up. When sighted the bodies of Cap tain Richardson and his wife 'were found. The diary ofr the dead captain told of a storm that wrecked the ves sel, washed away the crew of five and left him and his wife prisoners In the cabin. DIED AT THE STATE NORMAL. Special to the Gazette.' Greensboro, N. C, Nov. 15. Today Miss Linda TOms, a Rutherfordton student at the state normal college, died of heart failure. , f 1 fJili8IIlSII$!lSISIII$II ...WE5 ARB... CLOSING OUT ' ; 1 a lot of very desirable STERLING SILVER ARTICLES ranging in $ price from 35 cents to $8, that are suitable for gifts and at the prices are good tnveetment for holiday presents. Your (Inspection is solicited. 2T I ARTHUR W. FIELD,. 1 Church street and Patton Aveatte. - 4 f Asheville; :N. c i f 1 1 - 4 S1 11 -4 I 1 4 J f A V M ." t - f f V ' . v -"- ' ' i ' ... ' ' . , " ' " r , J J- '
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