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- -'' W j ,04?WSBMW N- O, TUESDAY; MOBNING, JANCAKY 30, 1900. PEICE 5 CENTS h 4 - -ft j .ft (llESTREICHEr5 3 i 1 &.C0MPAS1Y Desire to caUjattei tion to xneir new line of.... ; CREAM iW4 SPANGLED Lace Collars and Yokes. Lace and Chiffon 51 Patton Avenue. .MASSAGEu AND PACKS. Treatment for NERVOUS, RHEUMATIC nd OTHER DISEASES. ' ' ' - Special: THURH BRANDT MASSAGE FOR FEMALE DISEASES; ALSO PACE MASSAGE. PROF. EDWIN GRUNER, Giaduate Chemnitz College, - Gjermanir. Formerly with Oakland Heights. .. Sanitarium.) r 66 S. MAIN ST. " TELEPHONE 206. Home or Office Treatment. , , Office houc. 11 a, m. to 1. p. m., 2jto 4 p.m. JOIN US The Asheville Pressing Club aeks you inxt ONIT DOLLAR a month to keep your clothes cleaned and pressed. Work done for non members at reasonable rates. Repalirlng and tailoring a -specialty. All work first class. Ladles' pat ronage solicited. , All clewing cent cor and delivered. : J. C. WILBAR & CO., PrOp. Telephone 389. 4 North Court Sq; oyer Gazette Office OSTEOPATHY. The Willard Institute of Oesteopath T7". D. WMlard M. IB. T. Dr 0.rind Wlillard, D. O. , "iur" Offices over Dr. T. C. , Smith's Drug Store, Court' Square. v ft Office hours, 9 a. : - to 12 noon, and 2:30 p. m. to 5.30 p. m. Examination and consultation Cree. . MM! That our .(trade has more tfc HiKio iMh erade coffee slnce we came toAWrsi"? : l Mods or better Jrl 2 to tlhe people 'fVi, Let us teaiHyoU-Wnlc Whlcltis4 coo -89 PATTON. AVE. LUCE DRESSES MET DRESSES DESTREICHER&fiO COFFEE SPIONICOP .4 ANOTHER BpejgProbably ade Seizure Marked Range. ShellMciiin un3 and Bifle Fire Baked Trenches. Incomplete List ot Casualties Look Dubious, Lyttleton's Sri&ciEtde and Dundonald's Troops Unaccounted For. UNITED STATES MAT BE DRAWN INTO THE AFFAIR BUT COULD ONLY, ACT . UPON, JOINT RE QUEST OF GREAT .BRITAIN AND TRANSVAAL.. London, Jan. 30. The war office an nounced at midnight that it had re ceived no news from South Africa be yond the message from. Lord Roberts declaring the situation uncShamge'd!, and there was nidthing of importance from other sources. Everybody lia"' still, in the dark concerning the whereabouts of General Lyttleton's brigade an! Dundonald's mounted troops, and though there is no apparent reason fcr supposing that they did not recross tne Tugela safely, there is a certain amount of (anxiety for tidings fiojn them. Meanwhile the only intelligence is j conveyed in the casualty lists. They are as yet Incomplete but indicate the probability that Butter's attempt to find his way rotthd has cost dearer than the frontal tac upion - the Boers -at- Colenso1. .-- -, - - - -- ;.;..fphe list issued this -- evening sho j Major Strong, of the Second Cameron- lans, and 16 men killed, 59 wounded aiiftS one missing-; Third King's' Riflesri6 killed, 61-wounded and lmJssing. ;The. assault on SjOionkop caused the death of 27 officers, exduslve1 of 33 woundeia fend six missinig. " r f Additional accounts of the fighting on-Spionkop, thotEgh not confirming the story from the Boer source that the' positloni was taken by storm, wholly corroborates the enmy's version of the severity of the fire. One report from Frere s'tates that the Boers had range of the trench they had previously oc cupied' so accurately that while the British held it the guns "of the (burgh ers often droppen sixteen shells a min ute fiito it; while the summit was raked by machine guns anvl an appalling' rifle fire, was delivered' from the rifle pitein which the (Boers were completely (hid den, r The latest advice9 strengthen the probability that the whole Spionkop affair was a ruse of the Boers who made Warren's seizure of the position easy In order to enable them to de stroy his men at a marked range. WE MAT BE MADE A FACTOR. Washington, Jan; 29. It is now re garded here as extremely probable that this" governments will be put forward as an.jtapoant factor in the South Afri can, war. 1v. The greatest tdanger to Brit ish prestige -will come from - the selflst. lamibitions of the continental nation,' and a complete British reverse in South Africa will unkJioubtedly-, . cause these nations -to-show their hand. Officialsl here hold that intervention from con tinental sources will be purely selfish, and thatWhe Boers will toe obliged to make' concessions of territory. . The direct interest of the 5 "United States lies in the fact that any joint request from Britkin and -the Trasvaal will almost certainly be directed to this government.. If Britain decided ik use less to continue the war longer, or fear--ed that the continental powers were Have You Property ; 5 t For Sale-or Rent'? t - SvaC- We.bave demand tor iiev .rtjjAeral large arid small farms if i- prices arejsatlBfactory; also I Idmpnflrvedi i-andrlunlmproved praityproperty- that-, win De n;u'.BJldat3 bargain rprlces." i-rJ We aA"find teant at once tor aft-- least- ten - smaai 4 if urnished r fa nfumished touses w tjenhEstate Agents .' ...1 ' m . .- J r If- 23Patton Avenue TRAP I I' ll (IFrfc'l aRflRRF. eibout to take cu (handi ehe would torm firat ta the United States. " TMs aippeal would be useless""- unless the Boers taJso asked our aid, hut it is Dot improteible that this country woul ffind means to draw a similar invitation from the Transvaal. The government Is watching: the diplomatic ' situation closely, and it -would not cause surprise must eiwj. Eoiiuw xjt. ueyas' Milt to to see the aecjarationi that Berlin. ttitwar BRITISH S EAMSHIP ASHORE NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS Missed Her Port in the Darkness and Jam. 29. Tne British tramp steamer Maratton Moor went ashore, tat midnighit last nlight at New Inlet on the North Carolina coast, 40 "miles north of Cape HatterlaB. She was bound from Bermuda, tfar Hampton Rhiaax3fi in bal last, - and in the storm ssaCL darkmesa missed her port. ? The life avers at New Inlet could no launch their Iboat, as the surf wfeis hiigh. but a line was finally got acroso the- steamer, and a breeches buov was run out. Not a seaman of the- steamer would come, so the life savers, sent a life car out, in wlhidh five men "Were safely brougM ashore. No more seamen came ashore, the twenty others on board de ciding to stand by the ship. UMesa the storm does not break tonight, they will probably be saved Tugs will at tempt to haul the steamer toff tomorrow CIVIL SERVICE FOR CONSULS Washington, Jan. 29. The represen tatives of the National Business league met here today ' with the interstate commerce committees of the senate and house to discuss the bill to be present ed to congress for changes in the meth odis of appointing Uni'ted States consuls to foreign countries. The object of the bill is to do away with politics in the consular service, and apply civil service methods sending men to represent this nation in other parts of the world who are qualified for the positions. The bill will provide for a comicni'ssioin com posed of members of boih houses, and threef other citizens experienced in commercial matters to formulate and put Jnto operation the reorganization plan." SKIRMISH NEAR TAAL Manila, Tuesday. Jan. 30. A recon noissance in the; . vicinity of Taal yes terday developed fcrtio skirmishea with. tarje'Tte-'ieniipffi atwtof-meni of the thlrty-ithird;' vtun'teer infantry wereJ5nauaided; l " RICHMONO MAN SHOT Richmond, Jan. 29. Frank Bamet, manager "of a large mlanufacturiaig plant here was hot on tlhe street todays by W. S. Rhodes, and is now to a critical con dition. Rhodes was jealous of Barnet, who was attentive to Mrs. Rhodes, arid when, Some days ago Rhodes ssttr Bar net in a compromising position witb the womam, ftue ttodd .Baapiet that when they met again he would kill him. The shoot ing today resulted.. GUN EXPLODES. . Honig Kong, Jan. 29--A gain exploded today . on. the Gunboat Wheeling, killimg two men' and injuring1 three others. Tne men killed were gunners, and Lieutenant Commander Betaitley was among the in jured. A salute was bein fired in hon or of. the Kaiser's birthday when the accident occurred. - PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 29. The Bo hemians of America, a fraternal organ ization with headquarters in this city, held their annual banquet this evening. As the date falls on the president's birthday, a delegation . was sent to Washington with an invitation to him engraved on a silver plate, to attend the dinner. President MoKinley repliedl by letter that he much regretted his ina bility to accept the opportunity to be with them. . EULOGIES FOR LATE VICE-PRESIDENT. Trenton, N. J., Jan. 29. Attorney General Griggs bus been invited to de liver the principal address before ' the legislature at the memorial services to be heM tomorrow evening in respect to the late Vice President Garrett A. Ho bart. Quite a number of other prom inent men will participate in the elo gistic ceremonies. KANSAS POULTRY SHOW. Leavenworth, Kan., Jan. 29; The poultry and pet stock show opened here today with, a large attendance. There are a number of prize winners from the Kansas City show entered. SECOND BHEARSAL TONIGHT. ISJanager of Boston Festival Orchestra ' t Subacribsfl to Guarantee innd. The sedomd rehearsal of ithe festival chorus will be held this evening in the Old Library building ori Church street The lighting 1 of "the -buiMingr has been greatly improved since last week, a number of new burners have been put Sn and the voltage doubled. More copies of the music have arrived amd.tnere will now be enough f or everybody. . Cars will run on all the lines after the rehearsal.- . . ' ' ' r Mr; George W. Stewart, manager of Che Boston -FesUvaS Orchestral, -bias sub scribed fifty s dollairs - to the guarantee fund, notwithstanding, that the Thomas Owestra-'wap chosen for ' the a Festival. He expressed much '.interest Sn.Hhe as-, soeiation amd its welfare. ; " - ' -Prebidentt;cShh.rles"McNameev; who 8s 1q New-.yjdrk,-is negotiatiriig with, , solo , singers,' and an amnouncemen will soon bis made., aV- v - ' "f : - j . 'Pjresident: A.- A-' Jones. chiairmerK of the committee oid -.publicity and promotion;' received a' telegram yesterday afternoon -from F, , JT. Wessels, treaisurer" of the'1 Thomas "orchestra, -i- ating nthat ; the "ex- act-dates' for ihe'eoncerts will be Marcn 21 .and 22 amd so "these are the dates for r -AfehevlUe's music "festive;! of 1900." DESPERATfc BAIIQITS CIVE BATTLE TO DETECTIVES Two of Curry Jang Kflled After Chase . of 2000 Miles., . Casper, Wyo Jan. 29-After a des perate conflict, tinsr all dav. a ehas tJhat has covered more than 2,000 miles of the worst "mountain territory of the United States," came to an end in Hole-in-the-Wall ' on Saturday, anid two menDbers of the 'btandit gang that rob- oean the Union Pacific overland last May were shot to vleath. The ttipti killed were Bob and Sam Curry; anoth er Curry,; George, the leader of the Jrang escaping. The fight was provok ed by the Currys, when they' found that a posse of five Union Pacific detectives-had run . them down. The detectives came upon the bandits as they were fixing up an old log hut. and the fight became general at once. Three of the posse were wounded and two horses -killed, , They will divide $123)00 reward for the 'two dead bandits. RUMORED KILLING OF SIX AMERICANS III MEXICO Secretary Havi Asks AmhsjadAr Clayton to Investigate Matter; Washington, Jan. 29. A telegraphic report of the killing of six Americans near Guaymas, Mexico, by the alleged Order of General Torres, was received at the state department today from Con sul Kenflrick at Juarez. Kendrick men tions the rumor 'that the men were shot by the Mexican soldiers on the suspi cion that they were concerned in th Yaqui Indian troubles, and says that he is unable to confirm ?t. Secretly JHaj this afternoon sent Inst -actions to Am bassador Clayton nv'5di,ate he kill ing and;demand .that outrages ag;int American citizens in Mexico must cease. Should the facts e as reported a serious issue would ' be raised and Mexico would be compelled to make the fullest reparation, ncjuding the pun ishment of the ofticers concerned. TRAIN DETECTIVE BY ROBBERS VTasle Bosse After Them Three Ca HoQden, Mo., Jan;. 29. Join. Jackson), ta M. K. & T. detective was shot and killed by train robbers this morning. Jackson wfa's the leader of the posse sent tia rout out a gang of bandits whose .plot to hold up the traim, today became kntowiDi,jto the railroad officials. As the posse approached the house where t)he bandits were concealed- one rushed out and shot Jtacksom Three of the gang were captured, wlhfile another escaped af ter being wbunded. AMNESTY TO BE GRANTED FILIPINOS President Will Issue Snch a Procla mation Soon- Washington, Jan. 29.-It was learned today from official sources that the president ; intends to issue, within the next thirty idays, a prbclamiion ex tending amnesty to the Philippine in surgents and denouncing as outlaws and bandits all who do not avail them selves of its terms. The proclamation will contain the declaration that the insurrection is ended, followed by a grant of amnesty to all who lay down their arms within a specified time probably sixty days. Reports from Otis show that the only; rebellion! in the Islands now is south of Manila, and the campaign here Is to be completed before the proclamation is issued. INDIANA POPULISTS. Indianapolisr Ind., Jan. 29. The state committee of the populists, or people's party met at the Occidental hotel iif this city today. The state convention will meet here February 22, and this meeting of the committee is oreliminarv to the -convention. It, is. reported that there are some fusionists on the committee, and the intention i -Do displace them. It is gone out that any one who favors or talks fusion is a traitor to the cause of populism, and cannot sit at the table with the loyal ones. The committee will decida 'also to put full tickets in the field for state, congressional, dounty and town ship offices, and will make a strong fight stronger, it is asserted, than ev er before, against bothr the republican and! democratic par'ties. There are In OUR FIVE DONTS oooo We don't cell a pair of glasses just for the sake of making a sale. We don' t allow the . patient io decide which is best, i We have spent , time and money earning i tine "how." , We don't run' down another, op tician's work. If we cam improve upon it, so much to our credits We dont Vblow our o wi horn." If wev prove ourselves skillful, others win do it for us. We don't charge for examina tion. - , . v BAKHR & CO " SCIENTIFIC-- OPTICIANS., ; yi:.: i-j45 Patton Aye;r state It is asserted, 30,000. populists, i btei! f jpartjthem fused with the ' I to the republicans, and at the last elec tion tne people's party cast only 8,000 Vojef likndlana. The assertion is WW lan partystrtf e Is at ,an end, and la 1900 the party expects 'to poU nearly Its full i strength of 3,000 votes. BIG CIEOTS SOLD. June's Shows Disposed of at Publio Auction. The New Tork Morning' Telegraph announces that Walter L. Main's cir cus has been sold at public'auction" at Geneva, Ohio. This- circus has visited Asheville several seasons, and .people here said It was one of the best, that ever exhibited here. The circus was the third largest In America last season. As- the reason for selling Mr. Main said he ham be come independently rich, and being in ill-health dd not care to be burdened with the responsibility of the show .Being unwilling to allow it to go out unless he could accompany it he deciu ei that the auctioneer's hammer was the quickest means of profitable dispos al. Among the bidders were W. W. Cole, of New York, representing Bamum & Bailey; John Otto and A. Ringling, of Ringling- Bros., Baraboo, Wis.; Lewis Sells, Columbus, Ohio; B. E. Wallace, Peru, Ind., "and William Sells and E. I. Calvin, of Chicago. Lions, tigers, elephants and other animals went under the 'haimmer to the highest bidder, and in like manner roll ing equipment, from Roman chariots to fine private railway cars, was dis posed; of to be scattered to different parts of the country. Main started out as a country lad without capital and has mfetde a for tune in the show business in fifteen years. He began with . eight horses and a round top tent. In 1893 his en tire circu 'train was ditched near Ty rone, Pa., and1 cars and cages bxaken open. The animals roamed the Pennsyl vania hills for several days and ter rorized the inhabitants thereof v ' Main s&yg he Bees no financial crash awaiting cireuses next season. He ' will leave sbjortly for Paris and will make a tour of the world before returning . to Ge neva. CHAPEL IN FACTORY DISTRICT. School fiat Outgrown Present Quarters There-. Haywood street M. E. church will builda chapel 30x40 feet in.t,he factory district. The lot ' has already beep purchased; asnd work-will begin soon. About $150 has already been subscribed and the building", will cost , T00 . ; A building committee from . Haywood araJ Central cthurches, consisting of W. M. Jones, chairman; H. A. Dunham, secretary amd treasurer; J. M. Ingall, William Turner and J. A. Mi rams, aire at work on thepreparattons. Haywood street church has had a Sunday school In the " factory district for five years In rooms which the cot-, ton mills furnished, and it has grown until the rooms1 that have been used are no longer adequate, and the new building is necessary. There are now five teachers, H. A. Dunham, Miss Sorrels, Miss Elizabeth Tfddy, Miss Sallie Johnson and .Mrs. H. A. Dun ham. They have missed only one Sun day school in the five years, antdi that day the water, covered the -flat. They have worked earnestly and have done" great deal there, and now will call on the citizens for help in erecting the new building. Any further particulars may toe got ten from Bev. J. N. Huggins or H. A. Dunham, the superintendent. Any sug gestions or money will also toe gladly I received by them. BARGAIN PICTURE FR--MING. To close out about thi tyodd patterns nf miimdittfirs. will make frames crom them at about half price whaWtLy la- . . J. H. LAW, 35 Patton Avenue. The richest line of Table Glassware ever shown in Asheville. Cut and sold inlaid furnished in very delicate tints. Our own importation just at Land. J. H. LAW, 35 Pattoa Avenue. 'ON THE SQUARE.' Agency "R0CKBR00K FARM" CREAMERY BUTTER. 8 $ A SOUTH CAROLINA, S TETLET'S: 3 OOLONG, MIXED and- " INDIA CBTLON In three - grades. . POKOE. FORMOSA OOLONG. KO SA. ' ' KO ML ROYAL DRAGON. ENGLISH BREAKFAST, ft V grades. - ' , GUNPOWDER, three' grades. OOLONG; four grades. . J JAPAN: . - , BASKjETSIRED. ' " - -COLORED. . .. . YOUNG HYSON. ' "- 5 CLARENCE S(WYER rlSuccessor ,tof Wi" F.' Snidery -:: 6 nqrth", court " s quareT SlIWlWIWIIWiWll! TEAS : -A i. ' SAUOnn TREATY Opponents to1 Ratification Met Final Defeat in Senate Yesterday. . " Mason stacks the British GoYernmenk " Tillman Gets in an Attack on the Administration. House Refuses Bill for Reorganization of Weather Bnrean. fK SULZBR'S RESOLUTION CALLING ' FOR INVESTIGATION OF NA TIONAL CITY BANK AFFAIR PRECIPITATES DENUNCIATION OF GAGE, ONE SUGGESTING IM PEACHMENTSECRETARY HAS DEFENDERS. Washington, Jan. 29. The house to day adversely disposed of the bill to reorganize the weather bureau with the provision, by the forced assements of employes, for the fund out of which to pay annuities to aged and infirm em ployes. The bill was reported from the committee on agriculture with practi cal unanimity, but the house refused, by a vote of 57 to 53, to ' t further ait this time. The reference of Sulzf calling for aa invests transaction of the treasu... irienCwith the National City New York, to the committt' and means ffnrAeA flnnVi:- ityfcrRfchardson, of Tv criticise- Gage for his part in of the old custom house eite; "for zer, of Hew "fSorkj to denounce Gfr conduct as worthy of impeach ir,ft . . Discission OF and for Hopkins, of Illinois, and 1 of Connecticut,' to defend the sefcve-Sw-. Lois..and PTH ttary, ' SENATE WORK. MasOni, of. Illtrnois, pTecipiltated! A ' v discussion of the South African war in the senate today. He had read , newspaper statement attributed to the '' British consuf at New Orleans, in which the American people are characterized as mercenary and Mason himself as, a mountebank, and he niade a speech In which he denounced England. Hoar, of Massachusetts, regretted Mason's at tack on a friendly government, but afd something should be done in the matter In the regular way. Although this country was friendly to Great Britain, . he contended that feeling did not pre-? -vent us from criticising England's pres. ' exit course. After remarks by Lodge, of Massachusetts, and Piatt, of Con necticut, the matter was ref erred to the committee on foreign, relations. . Tillman, of South Carolina, made a. speech on trie Philippine question, and asked if the president was to continue ' "his ugly and nasty work and make the ' constitution of the United States a new ' league with death and a covenant with hell." The opponents of the ratification of the Samoan treaty in the senate met. final defeat this .afternoon. '.When the motion to reconsider the vote by which the treaty was ratified, made several days ago by Jones of Arkansas wae de-. feated in executive session, the vote being 38 to 21. The motion after being' voted down; was lai ob the table and cannot be made -again. . The closing hours of the session were taken up in the discussion of the pen sion bill. ELI B. GLENN DEAD. Died Sunday Afternoon at His Keice'f Eesidence. Eli R. Glenn, aged 39 years, died on Sunday afternoon at two o'clock, at the home of his -niece, Mrs. W. W. Brit, on Woodfin street.' Mr. . Glenn's death was , very sudden., as on Saturday, after eat- -ing a hearty supper, he went to bed, and, , was ur and airound Sunday morning,. Jbut he had art attack of. the heart later, and passed, away at two o'clock. He leaves five children: Kev. r. Glenn of Franklin; Marion S. Glena'of Avery's Creek; E. R. and R. B. Glenn, of Asheville, and Mrs. Lou Ledbetter, of Avery's Creek. His wife died about twenty years ago. He came to Asheville ' from Eastern North Carolina and mar ried on, Hominy about 60 yeans ago. 'Lat er he moved to Sandy Bottom,-where he has lived until last week, when he came to his niece's, Mrs. Britt's, in Asheville, where he died, ' The funeral "fis to be held at Larde s church ini Dower Hominy at two o'clock, conducted by Rev. Joseph Hawkme. The s funeral wttil start .from Nofland under-4 taking rooms on Patton avenue, at ,12 o'clock. tAj-"'' 1 " 1 "5 i ". Skates ut ;JBilomberg's. ' Utrm. m' lt-DarbvaaTs: "Camp! U not only good for. chapped handa but y for, burns: ahdilnflamea :urr,aces aasoi i My husband would shave been tdlr burned.the other -day had, I vqt Txaect Campionine ""quickly and jfreely?' Gaze.tte i wan t ads- one' cent a word., ' Good night ! -Use Camphorjine"; t liave soft, white hands In the morning". ; j25& ' All druggists. ' ' '-l'-X' ' ' -ri -, . r-- " Just received a fine lot of. Barney and . Berry Ska;tesv ASHEVILLIi WARE CO. "A
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