Newspapers / The Asheville Times (Asheville, … / Dec. 14, 1899, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Asheville Times (Asheville, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
s - . . , .:t-::,.,. , ....... , . . ' --' " ;: -; , v.-'-'. '-.'v;.:.. , -: -v:; ; :'-"-v.c:':';;:.-v-?'v:.-'' ' : VOL. F?TllfiK A8PJVILLE, :N. C, TJIDESp4:' HOBOTNG, DECEMBER 14, 1899. PBICE 5 CENTS. St .If 0E8TREICHER &C0 51 Patton Avenue. CLEARIIIGSALE . OF UDIES' : TAILQR-lVlMsuiTS. We offer Monday, Tuesday, Wednes day all of our Tailor-Made Suits - at prices which shoaild close -them, the first day of tho offering1. . ( ' TAILOR-MAOE SUITS. -; Ladies' grey hoinespun suits, fly front and double treasted Jackets, large and small buttons, fttrmeriy to $12, SPECIAL$7.25 Ladies' tailor made ' sufts , in brown, black, diagonal cloth .skirts". ad j ack ets trimimed with .ibraid, formerly 112.50, "'.'- SPECIAL $8125 Ladies' tailor made- suits of gTey homespun with tunic silk, formerly 418, SPECIAL $11,50 Iiadies' tailo-r made, suits" ini brown, black, blue and grey mixtures former ly $18 to $21 a suit SPECIAL $13.25 HOUSEKEEPING LINENS V We are snowing a large line tf table damask napkins and towels. These goods were purchased before the re cent heavy advance and we quote them At former low prices. TABLE CLOTH. We have a few henvstitched table cloths with napkins to match, the prop er thing for a useful X-mas present, priced at our usual quick selling prices. Millinery at Half , Regular Prie You can buy everything in our Mii linery department at just half regular prices and we are-"showing the ' very latest and best things in, this -line. OESTREIGHER&GO 51 Patton Avenue. .MASSAGE,, AND PACKS. Treatmedt for: UERVOUS, RHEUMATIC amd OTHER DISEASES. Special: ITHURE BRANDT MASSAGE FOR FEMALE DISEASES; ALSO ' FACE MASSAGE. PROF. EDWIN GRUNER, (Graduate Chemtnitz College, Germany. Formerly with Oakland! Heights. Sanitarium.) 5 S. MAIN ST. TELEPHONE) 206. Home or Office Treatment. Office hours, 11 a. m. to X p.' m., 2 to P. m. " A MORMON MISSIONARY ON THE ROBERTS CASE Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 13. The an nual Alabama conference of. Mormons is in session here. ' Elder Rich, head of the southern mission, said today re ferring to the Roberts lease, that the church was not backing Roberts an that the bitterest enemies he "had ia the campaign were Mormons. Rich insists there have been no plural rriag-es in Utah ince the anti-polyg-amy law was declared cjotostitutional. A BATTLE WITH jAQUIS. Oritz, Mex., Dec. 13. A force of 1,100 Mexicans under General ' Torres . op Monday attacked a body of 600' Yaqui Indians near CHiiumeanrpaco, dislodging em from a jungle, 5n which they took refuge, after, two hours' incessant firing Nine dead: Indians were sub- siuentlv found in; the brush. The dumber wounded is reported' to be heavv. The Mexicans' had only three bounded. " ,'...).' ' ' l-v- " THE TEXAS SAILS FOR HAVANA. WashincoTv.'- TiAri: '13 .The'-'": Texas Eailed fmm, Vnvf TMThTiiroie for Havana today, -where' she will take, on jboasd oodies of the Maine 1:.vicwii ,lu: brinir them to. t?Vvt Monroe for trans- fer to Arlington cemetery -where ' they M be reinterred;r .' v-vv' :Cr Ask floir Bainbridge -.6c3B- (: ir ror 15J0O. JbTree.-- - - 7.' i';-"' -Rtisttc TOAMTi's picrruBJES All anew and t good end Khe, prices, are 164-2t Jje is not otiaygood jfoT Chappesd; hafflds Verted the 'other dar? tadK r ;Eot ped -wupiaor-in uicly and freeiyt. GEM. UETHUEM'S SEVERE CHECK M ore Fighti ng of a Desperate Character Near Mod d?r fliver. uen Cables That Boer Terrible. Some of Cronje's Army Corps Quite - Wiped Out ' The British Casualties Estimated a Four Hundred and Fifty. BOERS .HELD THEIR POSITION DESPITE! A 'TERRIFIC SHELL FIRE GEN. METHTJEN HAS (FALLEN BAC& AND CABLES HE IS IN A SECURE POSITION THE , ; ljAVII.y OF HIS REVERSE KEENLY FELT IN ENGLAND. RUMOR OF FALL OF LADYSMITH ; London, Dec. 13. The war office this evening received the following from General Methuen: "Madder Raveri Dec. 12, 7:30 P. M. as toe jsoers occupied' their trenches strongly this, morning I retired in per- feet order here, where I am, in secur- ity. I gathered some prisoners and from Boers speaking to ambulance men learned that their losses are terrible, some corps being wiped out, Thev have been most kind to my wounded.-' j Up to madnnght the war office had not received any details concerning Me thuem's losses.. It is estimated that the British killed, wounded and missing number 450. The fighting was of a des perate character. A terrific sheE lire failed to dislodge the enemy and the British were unable to outflank them. MARQUIS OF WINCHESTER DEAD London, Dec. 13. The .-correspondent of the Telegraph at Modder River says 1 tnar tne Marquis of wawohester, of the CSoldstreani , guards,, yrho succeeded Lieutenant ;t5ol6.nei Stopfordt after the latter was killed in the first Modder river battle, was killed in the last en gagement. Londomi, Dec. 13. The war office re ceived today the, following -despatch from General Methuen, dated Tuesday, December 12: . . "Our artillery was shelled by a very strong position held by the enemy from until dusk Sunday. It rained last might. The HigMand brigade attacked at daybreak Monday the south end of Kopje. The attack was properly timed but failed . The guards were ordered to protect the Highlanders' right and rear. Cavalry and mounted infantry, with a howitzer of artillery battery attacked the enemy on the left" and the guards on the. right supported by field artil lery arid a howitzer of artillery.. They shelled the position from daybreak and at 1:15 I sent the Gordons to support the Highland brigade. The troops held thettr own in front of the enemy's en trenchments untfl dusk, the position extending, including Kopje, for a dis tance of six miles towards the Modder J river. Today I am holding my posi tion and entrenching myself. I had to face at least 12,000 men. Our loss was great." APPREHENSION JUSTIFIED . General Methaietni followed up the ar tillery attack' with a general attack on the Boer positions Monday and the report showed' that the anxiety with regard to the result occasioned by the ominousilehce of the war office is amply justified. The engagement was evidently of considerable magnitude and the -list of killed and wounded will fee proportionate, without the comren- ation which" victory would 'e J brought, if the affair does not turn out to be a more serious defeat than Me- thuen admits. -The Highlanders must have stormed the Boer position more than once, while tne ract tnat xn? guards were ordered to support tne Highlanders' rear looks as thougni tne Boers imay have outflanked the attack- J ers. DID CRONJE ATTACK? One- report says- Cron je attacked the British. - The, only cornpensatron. -re British have been able to discover in the disheartening story Is Metiuen r, 7" 1 1 HAVE ' Yliul RROPERlf FOR l-ft ISALEiOR REHT? CiyouIne ; AWe ha.ve tjie- mosti qentral office JycKSalffpod ' Careful attention business einitrusted to- us.- statement that he maintains his posi tion lose to the ' Boers, J'arpstslngv a hope j tnat he wnip retrieve -b4s fpositioTU.- .jlt is apparent the bombardment Susday and Saturday did-not -shake the Boers grip on that position and x peems' certain they merely : withdrew; -thelr guns and rjflemem under cover, .while j jvietnuen indulged in - the "usual artil lery prelimftnary "Monday, and vheix . the British guns wer-obliged to cease f nnng owing to the danger of hitting the advancing' troops, the Boers" speed ily reocoupied tlie trenches 'and! over from a British, point of -- view;1 : canJ hardly be overestimated. MethuehTj long lines of communication to DeaaV must be vulneraJble. f Should - they -srbjs cut Methuen willfind; himself in a verjr tight place, df omfly from a. lack -of. sup--plies. . GATACRE SAFE. ' ' ' -''"' The latest advices f rami Gatacre Show that no anxiety is felt for. the safety ;gf his remaining troops, who ' have been withdrawn to. (good positions along the The war office has receSived the Vol lowing from General Forestier'-Walker? "Cape Towmi, Tuesday-iMethuen wiresf thiat General Wernihope was 'killed In action yesterday. Orange River, Dec. 13. Tihree hun-. dred and twenty wounded meji;have arrived here from M odder river. A DAY OF HUMILIATION. " ' The Momtog Post which throughout the struggle has been- the- meuthpiep of the ablest military criticism whlcll- has blinked at the magnitude - of -th British task, prefaces .a critical revlei of General Methnen'a flsrht -with thft fr 4-owing , significant wojds : , .v-' . - , 'The news which. : i reached -us night will make every Enjglishmwn clos nas nps witn a certain gnmness, expee- tancy and determination.- But it ma do more. We learned with a meiasuri of ironical contempt that the Boer had appointed a day of national (humi'l iatiq-n. There are worse things than, such an announcement by a natio-n thajt would purge itself of pride, and th worst things, the worst" wy -has. beef ours. Face to face with- a nation at arm ours. Face to face with a nation In arms, a nation brutal in many "of ilk dealings, but braver strong'amd- unite, we nave disoussea1 as conqueror the 'X term of settlement.'' ''. HIGHLANDERS CAPTURED Lorenzo Marquez. Dec. 12. A de- spatcih fromi Pretoria, dated December 11, says : During an engagement north-f. ward! of Modder River the Oramge Free State, artillery . engaged ah armoreJ train rnjoving toward Belmoht; The df spatph add,s ,forty-one Gordon ' jigLA landers captured landers pturedT by , Burghers ,ha. IKaSsed5 Jaoib - HAS4TADYSMITH FALLEN?,' London, Dec. 13. The Daily Mail's Berlia oorrespohdnt says Dr. Sen we n- kniger, who was. Prince Bismark's phys ician, declared at a parliamentary re ception Tuesday that he believed Prince Herbert Bismark had received a code message announcing the fall nf Ladysmith. The same report has been perslstemitly circulated oni change. London, Dec. 13. General Methuen'i severe check seemsto have suddenly completed the .slow . operation of open ing the eyes of the British press and public to the'gravlty of the situation in South. Africa. Im quarters where calm er views prevail grave lectures are read j on the necessity of bracing with a firm er resolve. - ' METCALF WAS REPULSED . Lorenzo Marquez, Dec.' 12 (Delayed). Despatches from Pretoria describing the sortie made from Ladysmith Sun day nlight by 500 men," commanded by Colonel Metcaflf, which the British de scribed as a victory, say the attack was repulsed and mine British were killed, seventy wounded and, seventeen cap tured. Three leading; townsmen of P:r toria were killed and several wounded, oauslimg great sorrow in the town. De spatches add that the cannon damaged by the British was a Krupp howitzer. FINE TABLE CUTLERY . RrW TTaniaie. Silver Mourited Carvere. frm $3.75 set (3 pieces) up. Table and Dessert Knaves all new. Seemr new line before you buy. J. i . Law .o Jrat i - BRYAN DECLINES SENATOflSHIP. Austin, Dec. 13. Bryan stated ttn an interview .today that he would not have accented the appointment of senator j f,. -NTpfh-raska if it was tendered htTn. T is reported on reliable author j ity tlmt Governor Poyntervlred Bryan j proin)tly repiaedr.declining the high honor. V ' " before they cam. see it. They do not realize : that there W , a xrthlig wrong with their vcyes until ther ete serious: affecteditt sUght defect come to us. ; It inlghj f-. come serious if : neglected, yrii& U-fce pfpper glasses would correct tw.: 45 Patton Ave. IHairs; Fnrnitnre Sto.re, LillflEY SPEAKS FOR GOLD STANDARD 1 Sayi Financial BUI is Biht for the andHight Sessions of the House. i - -.. - -. : Washington, Dec. 13. There Were eight and a half hours' talk on the' financial bill to the house todav nA rtonight. The pitncioafi feature f the session " were the introduction c. Itepresentative Cushrrta.n of w9an. 1. ington as a humorous speaker, and an exaijoratei review of the pending bill by Representative Hill,' of Connecti-cut-. During the day the bill was op posed' in speeches by Bell, Brundige, Wheeler, of Kentucky; Benton, Fox, Pierce, Sulzer, Otri, Cowherd and Gains and advocated by Fowler, Lacey, Burton, Hamilton, Cushman and Hiil, of Connecticut. , A resolntion was agreed to fixing the period of the holiday- recess from? De cember 2tf to Jarauary 3. On objection iy Payne, of New York, consideration was refused to the proposition to ad journ over torhOTirow' in honor of the death of Washington. . THE NIGHT SESSION. (At the night session . the.attetadance wa nbt more than forty, but. the gal leries were filled. The discussion of the: financial bill was resumed by Rob inson of Indiana, who opposed the bill, as did aflso Kleberg, 'of Texas. 'Linmey, of Worth Carolina, . the only republican whp voted' for the Teller resolution in titer fast congress, 'followed in support of the bill. He said he spoke with soie diffidence, in view of his course atsthat time, but he had brought him- seto view the pending bill as the best hftlET for th crmntnr nrv-ar ' Brief speeches against the bill' were made by Messrs. Rixey, Zenor, Kitch engand Henry. Zenor said the step the tejwiiblician party were taking Lot this tneasure would to be their descent from poorer. Tire other speakers united in attacking the national bankfeatures of th .bill, their opposition being to the system and to the delegation! to the banks of the power to Issue notes. The house adjourned at 10:30 until tomorrow". I : f IIITERESTING GOSSIP I i AT THE CAPITAL Linney and His CpDstituents Demo cratic Paper on the" Amendment. ... c ;.aze.ttec bureau, Washington Dec. 12. North Carolinians are just now giv ing Mr. Linney, the genial and scin- tiUlating congressman from, the Fifth district, the "merry ha-ha." Mr. Lin ney voted with a large majority of his colleagues against the proposed seating Of Roberts, the alleged polygamist. In taking this step, the congressmami from the Fifth fancied that he was doing the highly proper thing, voting "no," in a clear, lingering voice that demoted a deep contentment and lots' of inner satisfaction as he pondered ora the ap proving plaudits of constituents that would follow a noble stand1 in the inter est of a lofty mtorality. But it seems that Mr. Linmey had reckoned without the ever interestttng county of Wilkes. Mr. Linney has received a letter saying that, a number of the voters of that county had held an indignation meeting and criticised him for casting a nega tive vote in the Roberts matter. 'And' such is the life of a congress- roan. Ashevidle doesn't appear to care veiy much whether a poTygamist has a seat in congress "or not. Petitions were genemlily circulated and articles .writ ten to call attention to them, but com paratively few people signed' them. , . There are indications of a lively de bate over the resolution, introduced by rt ' X T- . 1 1 J . 1 . 1 J -n csenaror jrnxenara reittniis vo Liie con stitutional amendment . - Senator Stew art has expressed his intention to sup port. the resolution). This distinguished statesman is in position to. speak with a peculiar authority, he being the only senator now a member of that body when the fifteenth amendment was adopted. The Times, thevdemocratic afternoon paper of this city, recently saidj . The members of the North Carolina delegation in congress are receiving u great deafr-of mail,- 'and answering a great many questions about the meet ing of the democratic state commit tee, which will be held at Raleigh on December 11. "The principal matter to come up for consideration before that committee will be the constitutional amendment, which, It is alleged,';is designed to dis franchises ;.roam.y thousands " of colored voters: .. ' fThe aineridment was. framed by the North Carolina, 'legislature at , its last session, but' has not been submitted . to the people. : It was the belief of the democrats at the' time the amendment was- framed that at would receive , the support of the populists, but Ira this It is-sald,:he democrats have been dis appointed.' the populists' Art a large measure havfing . joined with the re publicans in opposition . to the amend mentS: Oneythe ilejading . democratic daaiies In, .he k state- 'antagonized the measure, Wd lt is. said that several local democratic' Jeaders in tha western unties. have" assumed a hostile, atti tude. Tbe reioublicans say thaf .thous-; ands of white..; dembcrats,-' especially amofcg the illiterates., of ; the - westeirn- counties, will yote "against, the " amend ateswnicot.. prommia cpiriuiiia.i.wiK the .purpose .of contromB5g, the prteev o? articles, that come ; unaer tion of Smter-state commerce. Mr. i dressthe senate" on" the reso'.ution at an early dae. The resolution follows: "That tamy, contract, agreement or combination between tw or more cor porations which has for its purpose the.' control or the price of anything which Js the subject of, or enters into, inter state commerce or! the cost of the trans portatiton thereor so "as to increase the saqae at-any place or locality in th tJnited States or to discriminate in fa vor of of against any class of dealers, traders or consumers of such articles within the UcQited' States, is, contrary to the public policy of the United States and every such .contract, agreement or combination is. illegal and is prohib't ed. ' . "Any person being a member of any corporation, or acting as its agent, c ceT or employe,, who enters into any such contract, agreement or combina tion, or knowingly assists in the exe- (Continued on (fourth page. ENDORSED PRITCHARD FOR VICE PRESIDENT Action of the Republican League Judge Ewart's "NoMn.atibn. " Speclafl to the Gazette. , WasMngtom, Dec. 13. By invitation the members of the National League of Republican clubs today visited Presi dent McKinley. After the visit the southern members of the league' held a meeting and endorsed Senator Prltch taird for the vice presidency. The president told Senator Prit chard this afternoon tha he wull send Jucge Ewart's name to the senate. W A. H. TRAINS CRASHJOCETHER OH NEW JERSEY CENTRAL Four Persons Known to Have Been Killed- New York, Dec. 13. An Allen town passenger train on the Lehigh and Sus quehanna division, of the New Jersey Central, while running at a high speed crashed1 into a coial trtaimi at Triechler's station, at 9 o'clock tonight. . Owing to lack of facilities to communicate with Triechler's details are meagre up to midnight. It is known that four per sons were kidled and f two injured. There may be 'bodies in! the? wreck. The baggage car and smoker caught fire. The accident occurred on a gharp curve.. ' ... -, ' TO PURCHASE BEAUVOIR , New Orleans, Dec. 13. The delega tion representing the United Confeder ate veterans which yesterday visited Beauvoir, Jefferson' Davis' home, has returned here. It is -understood the emmittee will recommend the purchase of the estate and the establishment there of. an industrial farm, for those veterans who canmJot support them selves. ORDERED RELEASE OT THE ABBY. Washington, Dec. 13. Secretary Long has cabled Admiral Watson at Manila to release the steamship Abby, seized! some time ago In Philippine water's on suspicion of carrying arms fiSm Oantoji to the Philippines for xise of the insurgents. The owners of thp vessel have fOnnmlflv absolved the Unatedi States of any legal responsibil ity or claim for damages.. THE SAMOAN TREATY. Washinisrton. Dec. 13. The senate nXmtmjtioa rvn fvroio-n relations has rle- cided to take up the Samoan treat- at its next meeting. ' A mice piece of Furniture is nice for X-mas Present. Have you been to Mra L. A. 'Johnsons? 43 Patton ave. Grant's No. 24 cures Colds and La Grippe. Quickly controls chills, fever and pain. 25c. at -Grant's. Sitiaridlard! and (Excelsior Diaries for 1900 at Bainbriidge'si, 47 Patlton Ave. I "ON THE SQUARE" ALL 4 THAT . IS to 7 Agency 1 ; 4Rockbrook FarmT CREAMERY BUTTER. 7v I GOOD- I '.. ': ' .' ,' ' ' .... ., ' , . :V.Siiecesiwto 1 5rf7rVAiiimsim - HOW PILAR MET DEATH Details of the Battle in Which the Filipino General . " Was Killed.. Fought at the Summit of a Mountain Pa83. Aguinaldo Followed to the Border of an Impenetrable Forest Only Hope Now of Capturing Him is Aid Irom the Natives. HE AND HIS PARTY TRAVRT ."R T NORTH EACH WITH TWO HORSES AND MARCHING NIGHT AND DAY AMERICAN LIEQTESN iANT AND TWO MEN KILLED. 'Manila, Dec. 13. The details of a fight by the battalion under Major Marsh, in the mountains near Lingai, v while Marsh was in pursuit of Aguln- " aldo, have just reached here. Th fight took place December 1, and was brought on by an attack toy the insur gents under General Pilar on, a recon- noitering party. The place where the . battle . was fought is 4,000 feet above the sea level at the top of a mountain pass. In the first charge by the Americans Lieuten- " ant McClelHarod' and two men were killed and six wounded . ' Marsh then called a halt and a detachment of sharpshooters were sent to a hill com manding the enemy's works. The de tachment succeeded Him holding the en emy's attention until Captain Tomp kins, with his company .succeeded in1 getting above and behind the enemy. Then the Americans charged on three sides and scattered the bewildered rebels despite Gen. "Pllar's entreaties to hold the works. Only twenty-five of the hundred rebels known to be holding1 the place survived "the. attack. i The last body of insurgents passed by the victorious Americans -was that of General Pilar, who was shot in thft head. The Americans killed were in terred in graves where they fell. The wounded ' were taken to ' Angagrin, where they were treated by the na tives. By forced; marches Major Marsh reached Cervantes twenty-one hours behind' Aguinaldo. It has been definite ly ascertained that Aguimaldo passed through Bontoc December 4 going to TuTubin and thence in the direction of Bayombong. Each man in his party had two horses and were marchlngr, night and day. The only hope now of capturing .him is the co-operation of Igorrotes. The mountains are impen etrable, eund It is possible for the' Insur gents to hide with, no fear of detection within ten feet of the trails. Washington, Dec. 13. 3eneral Otis sent despatches to the war department today as' follows : Manila, Dec. 13. Fifty men of t the army transported by the' navy, took Laog on the 10th , instant. General Young with staff followed the next i day. He reports Howse, with a Penn sylvania 'battalion, ana a portion or tne Thirty-third infantry, passed north to Piddling east of Laog. Marsh's battal ion of the Thirty-fourth was at Cayan, province of Lepanto, cm the 7th. The Third cavalry is ailong the coast and In the mountains pursuing the enemy. "Young states the extreme . northern force passed over the mountains driv ing the Insurgents under General Tino, who is badly woundedfTcilliing fifty and wounding maTny. Made large captures of rifles and property with all insur gent transportation and released all Spanish prisoners to the number of about 2,000. Our casualties two wound ed. - , " i (Continued on fifth page.) , People Say WE HAVE THE LINE OP FINEST Carvers EVER VTLLE. SEEN IN ASHE- The steel is of the very finest quality obtainable. The prices range from two to thirty dtollars per set. ' 1 150 brass traveling. clocks bought at a sacrifice, varae J2..50, will offered at $1.50 each. be One lot of 34 large genuine amethyst. ' . Mounted! in dolid gold brooches . at ,ome-half their value. Mur M. Field Co, v'..?'- ,lS4tEADIIICaiEWEtEnSSi- .5 - - If "IN "... fx. ' f .1 SW .''
The Asheville Times (Asheville, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 14, 1899, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75