4 j5 If ' 4. ; t c . A.. 1. ic 1 15 T". VOL. IV: NO,f98, A.8HEVILLE, N. SUNDAY JIOBNINiS, JANUARY 21, 1900. PRICE 5 CENTS. v ' - - , ' . i'i; OESTREIGHtRlCO Offer the followag Mt of Redupfid jPrices 'for i . " . V.'-; HOSE. Mists' and Boja' Bibbed Hose, feaiTite j ift a good 125 cent article, QIr for ..: 03Ui HOSE' Mitjses, and Boys' ttrxilesa, double knee nnd nole, alls'z-r-, a regular 20e. quality, for lOUi HOSE. Misset' and Boys'; all sizes, seamless, double knees and sole, onyx dye, the best 25c. quality on the market, I Q p lor lOUi HOSE, Ladies' Hermsdorf Dye, have been 25c and 35c, but broken lots gathered IQrt during stocktaking, for luUi HOSE. Ladies' Hermsdorf Dye, our regular 20c, but are' well worth 25c Monday I C and Tuesday Ijr lUUi HOSE. L-dFaitBlicty all sizes, a regular ;i2 raTtrxie, at 9c. or o pairs for 25c OESTREIGHER&CO 51 Patton Avenue. .MASSAGE,. AND PACKS. Treatment for NERVOUS, RHEUMATIC amd OTHER DISEASES. Special: THURE BRANDT MASSAGE FOR FEMALE DISEASES; ALSO FACE MASSAGE. PROF. EDWIN GRUNER, Graduate Chemnitz College, Germany. Formerly with Oakland Heigiits. Sanitarium.) 55 S. MAIN ST. TELEPHONE 206. Home or Office Treatment!. Office hours. 11 a. m. to 1. p. m. 2 to p. m. JOIN US tut ONTO TOT.T.ATf a. TTWiTifti tn Treen your clothes cle'aned d pressed. Work u-one for pon members at treasonable rates. Repairioigr and tailoring a special ly. An work first, class. Ladies' pat ronage solicited. All clothing- sent lor 3-0(1 delivered. .... . .- I C. WILBAR&'CO., Prop. Telephone 389, 4 North CourtSq. over. Gazette .Office. 1 COFFEE. $ Q mat our trade has roore ma doubled on high grade coffee since-'' O "c came no tne AVft.uu mean bo goods or better priori to tine peoole. - J . : I'. , .f m X Let ua teach yon wmth lit i Rpeotfumy;'' Ql - l H. C. Jbhnsoh? 00 teaC34C0C3C3 NEW TOILET SETS.V ' V A large dt Just jn, ; new shapes i ana hi -"vvjarKJuia j lives luaf o yt these were bought at the old prices nd axe bargains mow. - J. II. LAW, , ' ' v 35 Pattoa Aye. BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR THE BRITISH They Encounter Very Little Opposition in Their Advancing. Ave Surfonndd by Xetwork of Hills r Boers Massing Troops and Supplies and Will Fight Stubbornly. CJery id Action AH Day Yesterday, Advancing Three Miles. DUNDONALD'S CAVALRY READY TO ADVANCE BY DEWDROP ROAD OR MAY CUT OFF BOER RETREAT THROUGH REENAN'S PASS WHITE MAY CUT HIS WAY THROUGH IF BULLSR CAIt'T GET TO LL-Y SMITH. London, Jan. 21. The situation in South Africa offers little scope for cormment. Buller, having answe.vd the American military attache's question after the battle of Colenso, "Wasn't there iny "way round?" by finding one, has drowsed the Tugela in fotce. This has caused the greatest satisfaction here, but the enthusiasm is tempered toy apprehension. . It is believed that the Boers have thrown almost the whole of their force in North Natal between Buller and Ladysmith. The country is a network of hills, and it is feared it will be difficult and "bloody business to reach White. Beer. reinforcements andl wagon loads of ;.surp.ljes ar constantly coming from theeast, and this makes a stern resist ance certain. The fact that the Boers have hitherto refused to allow their flreto ,be .drawn,-disquiets rather, than encourageait.the: Britishafter . tkeifMe- son at Coiinso. Buller, however, 'k-wlth the rest of the, mimanders, is acting1 ". with a com mendable mixture of prudence and dash. His flnal plan "of advance puz zles all critics (here. Dundonaad's cav alry adSvance guard is now In a position to try a-n advance 'by Dewdrop road, through a comiparatively open, country, direct to Ladysmith, or they may try tlo cut off the Boer retreat through Van Reenan's pass by pushing on to Lady smith. But the cavalry are, of course, merely the precursors of the main -body, and it is considered therefore that Dundon ald must 'be governed) by what is pos sible for Warren. The former has been able to get northwest of the Boers' intrenched position, which must toe thrust back or turned by the troops now across the Tugela. Military opinion is divided between the attempt of penetrating the long Boer line, or, while Clery's division holds them in front, for Warren to turn their right. .It is generally assumed that if Bul ler finds the position to strong for him, he will fight on as far as possible, while White will cut his way through from Ladysmith, bringing,. at whatever sac rifice, the remnant his force to But ler's camp. At 'home the situation is distinctly quieter. ' CLERY ADVANCES. Lohtdlon, Jan. 20. The war office has received' the following from Buller: ' 'Spearman's Camp, Jan. 20, 9:45 P. M. Clery with a party of Warren's force 'has 'been in action from six this morning until seven this evening. By judicious use of the artillery he fought his way up, capturing ridge after ridge for atoout three ttiiles. The troops are now "bivouacked on the ground that was gained, tout the main position is still in front of them. Our casualties have not been "heavy. About one nundrea wounded had been brought in up to 6:30 p. mi.( The number of killeldi has not been ascertained." MARLBOROUGH SAILS. . Southampton, Jan. 20. The Duke of Marlborough and Rudyard Kipling and his wife sailed today for .South Africa'. Kipling is not going to the front . H? is simply, taking the voyage fo.- the (benefit of his health. t V; CONSUL MACRUM TALKS. - Rome, v Jan; 20. Former United States Consul af Pretoria Macrum ar- for sale or rent at a reasoma- Lfvlble.price?.XTO;pJace it in, . ' a.' .1 our hasudsi and we will adver-v ' 'tlae-and push.ft; - I'J Bear ia rotod.thjat honeet valued will attract -lwyer,' I K while 1 fancy prices probably ia'JILKIE & LaBARBE, : Real Estate Agents. ; J v . -23 Patton Arentie. . P . rived today. He says there is much sickness -to Pretoria. . He denied " -that' he -left the .Transvaal because qf any disagreement with President Kruger or Secretary of State Reitz, and said that he was the bearer of letters from Kru ger to MoKinley and to President Lou toet, of France. He expressed the be lief that the British would, ailtlznaely toe successful, tout it - would take a long time to convince the Boers that they must submit. When he left Pretoria, Macrum said there was the greatest enthusiasm, and an ample ' supply of war material and foodstuffs. He declared! that the peo ple had prepared for a long war. CANADIAN TROOPS SAIL. Halifax, Jan. 20. The first portion of Canada's second contingent for the South African war set sail from this port this afternoon on the trans port Laurentian. The streets were packed with people to witness the jde parture of the troops, notwithstanding a heavy rain. They cheered franti cally, weeping mothers clung to their sons as they passed along the streets, and at the dockyard gates some of the women fainted. When the transport moved out from the wharf a flotilla of steamers sur rounded her, firing rockets and tolowing their whistles. The captain -of the transport said , he expected to make the voyage to Cape Town in twenty-five days. Another detachment will sail on February 10. NEW CENSOR. Advices from Capetown say Lord Rob erts has appointed Lord Tanaiey, M. P. for East Lancashire and former lieu itemant of the Grenadier guards, to be press censor. Prince Francis of Teck has gone to the front. Among the prisoners captured on Thursday was a . grandsOn-in-law of Kruger. WltHBULLER'S COLUMN Yesterday's Advance and lighting With the Boers. (From the Laffan Bureau Correspond ent with Buller. Copyrighted by the New York Sun.) Spearmaini''s Camp, Jan. 20, 7:10 P. M. A party of picked! shots from Me thuen's mounted infantry took a posi tion close to Tugela river before dawn and when it became light fired on the Boers, killing one and hitting three hordes. Your correspondent-was in-'a positiojtt where 'he- W-wattth Warren: advancing frttra Mount Alice. ., At the same time our front (Driller's) was ad vancing, using- a balloon to locate the Boers, with skirmishers in front. The naval guns and ihowitzers meanwhile kept sheling tbe Boer positions. At 4 o'clock this afternoon Warren was still shelling the high ridge run ning at right angle behind! Speekop with shrapnel. A grass fire was burn ing between the British and Boer po sitions. WHITE FLAG TREACHERY. During Dundonald's engagement at Acton Homes it is reported that the Boers used a white flag. Major Edison stood up and was immediately fired up on. Thereupon he sent a Boer pris oner into the ; burghers' camp to say that unless their armsi were laid down and their hands thrown up no notice would 'hereafter toe taken of a white flag. The jBoers fired on the prisoner while returning. The Boer prisoners declare that the Orange Free. Staters and the Transvaal burghers are good friends and have no idea of giving up the fight even when defeated. 9 The Boers . fired Mauser volleys and used Nordenfeldt guns tihis evening. General Warren fought twelve hours today. He gained two positions. BRYAN'S FIRST SPEECH IN MARYLAND He Goes for "Plutocrats" and ''Impe rialists' ' a. ad the Currency Bill, Baltimore, Jan. 20. Under the aus pices of the Maryland. Democratic as sociation Bryan mladle his first cam paign speech - in Maryland tonight. The hall in which he spoke was pack ed. When Bryan appeared (he receiv ed "an ovation. Among those present were Congressman Jones, of Virginia; DeArmond, of Missouri; Richardson of Tennessee; Sulzerf Tillman,,, Senator. Blackburn and Hogg, .of Texas. v In his speech Bryan said he could never forget the notole toiand of demo crats who im 1896 rescued' the party from plutocracy. v He declared that those who had left them' had been Jerked out toy some corporate interest. He said they were not wanted; back. He declared all the people " should be accorded equal rights, and special pri vileges should be accorded to none . The "income taxle saiL would-figure In the .next campaign. . He . said he would not discuss, the- money j question, further than to say ; that a-'handf ul of English- bankers should not ta&afrol the" people. He accused the financiers-of being afraid' the Boers "wotildV shake their securities". He" deciaredthe? cur rency bill before' congress Jiad no other 'object than -creating the money -trust,' He charged' the republicans with toeing afraid- to . destroy the trusts 'because they kneWieuch action would klll the goosej that laM the" gokSen egg." He denounced, imperialism; and, !said he fa vored Independence for the Filipinos. .After the . meeting a, .banquet -was held: at - the Eutaiw house :',;,:' u ; . " " " 'T-.OTTR ' OWN IMPORTATION. - ..One" of the choicest lots of Fine-German Steins? Plaques,. Tiles, etc.,. made. They aire high "priced goodsr but we of -fer them at less than they are usually sold for.1 , J. H. LAWS, . - ' Patton Avenue CAPT. PATIOti SPEAKS AT FAIRVIEW HIS, IMPRESSIVE ADDRESS BE FORE THE CENTRAL ANTI AMENDMENT CLUB. The Dangers and the Injnstibe of the Proposed Amendment. How the Proposed Disfranchisement Will Operate Pernicious Feature of the Poll Tax Provision Dangerous Powers Bestowed' on Registrars The New Election Law Reviewed. Captain T . W. Pattom. former mvm. of Asheville, addressed the Central An ti-Amendment club at Fairview yester day afternoon on the proposed suffrage amendment. The meeting' was largely attended, and there were both democrats and . reputollcans present. Many came -many miles over the bad roads to attend the meeting and to hear the distinguished speaker. Captain Patton received a warm welcome from a number of old comrades of the 60' s. His address excited the deepest pos sible interest, and' at its conclusion many gathered! about the speaker to thank 'him and to express hearty con currence with ' the sentiments Which he had expressed with such charity for those ho might disagree with him. Captaiii Patton started his address with some expressions of affection for the county which has toeen his home for nearly sixty years, recalled the memory of some of its citizens whom he named, whose upright character he esteemed, and expressed 'the firm be lief that the sterling gooid! qualities of these men, -have been faiheri'ted by their, descendants, and the descendants of these or other men of same charac ter, J hope and toelieve make up my present audience." He continued: "I wish we had met together to talk with each other, but time lacks for this, however much I would! enjey it, so of necessity I must talk, and toeg you to listen; while I as briefly as possible point "out dangers which I honestly thihK. threaten us, and if I convince you that such is the case, being 'fore warned, forearmed, the danger will be avged -If, after hearing me, - you say that mjy alarm is uncalled jf or, then lefnelt'her of us think amy the less of the other, but let us part, agreeing to disagree, and as good friends as ever, each assured1 of the other's sincerity. "Now imagine for a moment what would have been my reception if I had dared to suggest a dishonorable act to any one of the good1 men I have named. Right quickly would I have toeen kicked out of tois presence, and if I dared to suggest to you, their descend ants, any act which your conscience disapproves, you will treat me as I would deserve, spit in my face, drive me from your midst. SUrely I have no such proposal to make to you. You will surely reject it with the scorn it deserves whenever it is made in open terms. But the first danger of which; I will speak is that covertly, not openly, you are askefdl to do1 that wtoich is wrong, that which your fathers and yourselves would soorn to do . We have sworn ta uphold and obey the constitution of the United States, and now we are asked to do an act of which the openly attested purpose is to annul that constitution, -because the language of a certain instrument is so .cunningly chosen that it may be Im possible to show to the courts that its intention is that which its advocates seek to accomplish. "Now I ask you in all sincercity is that a fair, nonoratole thing to ask you to do. But perhaps you may not fully follow my meaning; let us read what we have all sworn: 'I solemnly swear that I will support the constitution of the Uniteidf States." Here is a part of that ' constitution, 'The right of citi zens to vote shall not be abridged by the United States or toy any state on account of race, color or previous con dition of servitude." That is what we swore. Now we are asked to say in our law as follows: (Captain Patton read sections 4 and 5 Of the amendment.) He continued:' "Very mudh has been said upon t-e question, whether or not the proposed amendment, if adopted, would be s" tained by the supreme court, or will it t r - IT SAVFS YOU r.lOIIEY AND TIME - t i. .when ywu come to us to get treatment tor your eyes. , We're exceedingly care-, ful in examining1 and prescrfbin.v Our glasses will reere that aching senea- tkn! tn your optical nerves. A t-w dol lars, spent with us . . will . permanently; cure pour trouble. Repair work a spe cialty. . ; t. ; ; O ' , j j.v BAKER &l CO. , V; ; ) -SaEPl6";0PTICTAlJS, y '- -, 45 Pattoi'AYenueV , 1" ESAimiATio:i rria' ' toe held to be-i conflict with ttm dr. teenth amendment of the United States constitutioni, which I read a few mo ments ago. It was my privilege to hear a very able argument on that point last Saturday, and the speaker took the ground,, that the court could only take dognizance of the actual lan guage employed, and as there was nothing in the words selecteu,' by the framers of the proposed- amendment to indicate that ( it intended a-nv :riian.Hm nation against the negro race the court would sustain it.. On the other hand Senator Pritchard, who is also a good lawyer, holds that the court will pass upon What is the evident intent or the instrument, and as that Intent is plaily and freely admitted4 to be to deny or abridge the negro vote, it will toe de clared unconstitutional. So while each of these eminent lawyers are doubtless sincere, they do not help you and me to arrive at a conclusion. Aninthpr point of difference is this: One sas 'the court can only pass uponane measure as a whole, either all must be rejected or all must stand;' the other, says, It is not impossible that the court will hold the fifth section, Uncon stitutional, but that the balance may stand, and if sb, the illiterate white voter suffers the sanie disfranchisement as the illiterate negro. Now, 1 do not see how you and I are going to. decide toetweem these good lawyers as to which is right. Suppose the first is right, then we by our act have discriminated against the negro, which we have all sworn again and again that we woul'd not do. Suppose the second is right, then we disfranchise a number of good white men, which nobody wants to do. Now I ask you, is it not wiser for us who are no lawyers not to risk a de cision on this . question, to endure the ills we have rather than to fly to those we know not of. Had we not 'better re fuse to do a wrong act of which the re-. suit may be the disfranchisement of members of our own race, which we woulldt all deplore? "Now, my advice is that we do not bother our heads about these law points. There are others which involve no question of law, and these we can more profitatoly consider. One of these is, "The educational qualification." We all recognize the great importance of education. We have dbne and will do all in our power to erfcourage it. It is a cause of great delight to see the advancement of our iboys;amd girls in educati6n. An educational "-- qualifica tion for voting may toe a valuable in centive to our boys to learn, and if wisely and justly applied, it may work great good, but is it sb applied in the,-P;rpp I think not. list us consiaer wnat, wouia pe.a-a urai fair application) ui it. Fifty years ago we had very few opportunities for edu cation; people were separated far from one another; railroads were) scarce; school houses were few. Now would! it be fair for us to say to a man of that day, You must learn to read and write, or you cannot vote? Manifestly not, such men' have voted intelligently and Conscientiously," and we should run no risk of their being disfranchised. "Atoout forty years ago iriamy a young man who longed for an education lost the chance to get one because he was obliged to go Into the war. When he came home it was to hard work and .... , . A : . .1 J 3 1U. a TDitter Struggle to Keep ioui in me house.. Is it fair for us more fortunate to say to him, 'You cannot vote be- n. r 1 J. cause you cannot reaar tsureiy noi.. Let us see to it that we run no risk of so great an injustice toeing done. Again, the soldier of 1865 came home ragged, dirty, poor, disheartened. Let us pic ture the return which some of us have experienced. The aged parents fall on his neck, the sisters covers his race with kisses, the sweetheart tolushingly hangs back to get a Chance to welcome hif in the good old way. Are tnese all that toid him welcome? No, yet an other, he who had been the faithful slave, wtoo had protected the helpless ones while their natural toelps were away, fighting to keep him in -slavery. Have we all forgotten tnese rnings.' Surely not. ' Perhaps the slave has liv ed on in the old home; he has toeen voting these thirty years past, not al ways voting as you 'and I thought toesit, tout exercising that privilege which wa? guaranteed him by! the constitution (CbntSnued on (flourth page.) "ON THE SQUARE.' $ & -n J.1 T1-..J KTA-mra vP TqTI Q JTOTT1 LI1B DIBYttlU UPWP nary 12th. On the first page of the Ashe- "S", 5 "ville Daily Gazette an advertise- ment naa oeen tuhuiub j-w o. ral weeks which very conspicu ously announces . "Agency Rock brook Farm Creamery Butter." We have sampled the butter made at Rocktorook Farm,' and must say that we would willing ly pay Asheville prices for it, so superior is tit to the buttter with which Brevard residents are sup ID plied. We sincerely hope some- S one.wlll take the agency for Rock- brook Farm Creamery Butter Brevard next summer. in S 4 None so Pure and 1 4 Cl&REIiCE SAWYER . - Successor to' W. IV Snider, NORTH COURT SQUARE. 4 ,ti:i$i:iM$iwiw::itici!d$im THE ROBERTS DECISION Majority and Minority Re ports Submitted to the House. Former Declares the Polyga mist's" Seat" Vacant X'BiK tor Punishing Lynchers In troduced by While. Provides that It Shall Be the Same as for Treason. EULOGIES PRONOUNCED IN THE HOUSE ON THE DATE REPRE SENTATIVE DANFORTH BRIEF SATURDAY SESSION. Washington, Jan. 20. The session of the house today was comparatively short. The main feature of the proceed ings was the presentation! otf the ma jority and mmoriity In the Roberts case. The majority report is signed by Chairman Taylor and six of his asso ciates, a voluminous document, and ia I accompanied by a summary of ithe law and the facts. It gives the details of tha hearings, and ample oportunities afford ed to Roberts to present his case, his re fusal to testify, and the unanimous find ing of the facts tfavoring his exclusion. The report Tecites the principal rea sons why Roberts should not be admit ted: By reason of his violation of th Edmonds law; by reason of, hie notorious and defiant violations of the law of the land, of the supreme court, and the pro clamation of the president, holding him self above the law and not amenable t6 it. No government could possibly exist in the sfiace of such practises. He is in open war against the laws and institu tions of the country whose congress he seeks to eniter. Such an idea Is intol erable. His election as -.representative is an explicit and offensive violation o the law by which Utah wa admitted as a state. ; . . "Mindful of the gravity of the que.sy tion., and realizing the Tesponiitoility irh' . posed upon us, we .recoommehd the ad option of the following resolution: " 'Resolved, That under the facts and circumstances Brigham H. Roberts, representative-elect from the state of Utah ought not to have or hold a seat in the house of representatives and that the seat to which he was elected is hereby declared vacant.' " - MINORITY REPORT. The minority report, urging that he be sworni in aaid then expelled, is signed by Littlefield, republican, of Maine, and DeArmond, democrat, of Missouri. It is quite long and gives an outline of the law governing the house in refusing to sealt a member who has been legally elected. The report concludes as follows: "A small partisan majority might render the desire to arbitrarily exclude by a majority vote in order to more se curely intrench itself in power irresisti ble. Hence its exercise is controlled by legal rules. In cases of expulsion, when the requisite Ibwo-thirds can be had, -e motive for the exercise of arbitrary power no longer exists, as a two-thirde partisan majority is sufficient for every purpose. Hence expulsion has been safe ly left ia the discretion of the house, and if ithe house shall hold' with us and .swear in Mr. Roberto as a member we i shall, as soon as recognition can be nad. offer a resolution to expel him as a pol ygamic unlawfully cohabitating with plural wives." AGAINST LYNCHING. White, of North Carolina presented a petitioru signed by 2,413 persons, asking for legislation to prevent lynching, to gether with a bill on the subjedt. The bill provides that whenever any citi zen shall be murdered by mob violence, all parties participating shall be guilty of treason against the government of the United States, and shall be tried fin United States courts, and upon con viction, principals, aiders, abettors, and accessories, before or after the act, shall be punished as now prescribed by law for the punishment of persons convicted of treason.. ' He requested that the petition and bill be referred to the judiciary committee, and also that the heading of hispeti tion be read, but Richardson, of Ten nessee demanded the regular order, and the' house proceeded to consider the res olutions of regret over the tate-nepre- senitative Danforth of Ohio. Eulogies were delivered by severa members, after which, as a iurtner maris, of respect, the house adjourned. SOLDIERS AMBUSHED IN PHIUPPIHES. Pack Train Lost and T wo Hen Killed. -:.. Several MUsiug. Washington, Jan. 20. The first unto ward happening in the highly successful campaign, now going" bn: to Luzon m an nounced in the following telegram:-, ' VManill. A pack, train,! twenty pon ies transporting rations between Sanjto Tomas and San Pabtof Laguna privtoce, escorted by fffty men urider Lieutenant - -Ralston.! .Thirtieth volunteer lnfamtry was .ambushed yesterday Two -men were1 kiHed, t five founded and nhie are missings The pack train, was Josx- Heutehant -and thirty-four men retarned ; to Santo . Tomaa withhe killed ana ; wounded!.' - The affair .Is . toeing invest!-1 iTvr Pwhr-flftn volunteer. Infantry, r found Insurgents' in Batangas mountains - v , , ' . prepared a.-amtonsnV to-meet him, He -, killed' eight, woUndee ; three, - captured V- ' .' ' seventeen, one Span2ard and six ri23 , , . - . , His casualties were two men flisHtty.. . wcuaded. Otis." , , r - - . 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