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Formerly with Oakland Heights. Sanitarium.) 65 S. MAIN ST. TELEPHONE 206. Home or Office Treatment. Office hour, 11 a. rru to 1. p. m., 2 to K p. m. OSTEOPATHY. The Willard Institute of Oesteopath !. D. Willard M. E. T. D. O., and E. S. Willard, D. O. Offices over Dr. T. C. Smith's Drug Store, Court Square. Office hours, 9 a. . to 12 roon, and 2:30 p. m. to 5.30 p. m. Examination and consult tioa free. THE FEED STORE 39 South Main Street. Just received, one car each Bran and Shorts, one car No. 1 Timothy Hay, in addition, to a fine etock of other feed.. rices right. Quality guaranteed. ReepectfuUy, C. S. COOPER. CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES. Washington, Feb. 26. Secretary Root has spnt tn thp hnnse the claims for damspps nilAP-pH tn have been caus ed by United States troops during the Spanish-American war, principally while encamped or .traveling. The claims aggregate $136,000. Among them are: Alabama, $13,000; Florida, '31.000; Georgia, $11,000; South. Carolina, 524,000. The draft of a bill is submit ted giving the secretary1 of war au thorv to have claims examined up to January 1 -next and certify the results 4. t(J the secretary of the treasury. CRONJE MAY YET ESCAPE Lord Roberts Says He Never Claimed That This is Impossible. Desperate Effort to Help Boer Leader Out. Cronje Has Four Thousand Men Ex clusive of Recent Losses. A Despatch States That Roberts is Near Blcemfontien. BULLER CONTINUES TO MEET WITH STUBBORN RESISTANCE, ALTHOUGH HE SEEMS TO BE CREEPING SLOWLY FORWARD. London, Feb. 27. There has been no decisive change reported from any part of the theater of war. Cronje accord ing to the latest despatches none of which, however, are of more recent date than Sunday, is still holding his position and apparently has not lost the hope of holding it until relief ar rives. Time works in his favor. It is reported from Lorenzo Marques that 5,000 burghers have left Ladysmith for the Free State, and reinforcements are passing through Bloemfontein hourly, concentrating thirty miles from the Free State capital. It is not doubted here that a desper ate effort is impending to help Cronje out, the hopelessness of whose position has only been asserted by newspaper correspondents. Roberts has never claimed the Boer leaders' escape im possible The correspondents in the latest de spatches say prisoners, who continue to arrive in the British camp, assert Cron e's force numbers 4,000 men exclusive of the recent losses Buller continues to meet severe re sistance, as his heavy casualties tes tify, go far he seems to be creeping slowly forward. The situation Sunday morning is thus described by a corre spondent of the Morning Post: "Colenso is now our railway base. Our further advance is confronted by a formidable position, the advance now being pursued in the face of the most stubborn opposition and heavy loss, but the duration and spirit of all ranks is admirable, nor will the loss of life discourage fne soldiers." A despatch to the News from Lorenso Marques states that President Steyn has telegraphed to Kruger saying that Roberts is within a few hours' march of Bloemfontein and that fie- is urging every available man to be commandeer ed. A BALLONIST'S DISCOVERT London, Feb. 26. A cable despatch from Paardeberg, published in the sec ond edition of the Daily Chronicle, and dated Saturday, says: "The balloon has discovered the en emy well covered by a system of bur rowing in the river bank, which resem bles a rabbit warren and affords a shell proof position." This, perhaps more than any other circumstance, explains why what is looked upon here as Cronje's death struggle is prolonged. There will be much surprise if today or at least to morrow, which is the anniversary of Majuba hill, wTill pass without being marked by the surrender or annihila tion of the gallant band) so overwhelm- ngly hemmed in, though the closeness of investment appears open to criti cism. Small bodies of Boers apparently, are able to make their escape, causing a comparison here between the Boers' methods of investment, with their quickly-dug surrounding trenches, im passable barbed-wire, etc., and those of the British. Military critics, though little better An Opptuornity Ie now offered you to adver tise your Real Est.ce free in a handsome "Booklet" which we are preparing for distribution in the principal cities. Those if ho desire to take advantage of this offer must send description of property to us within; the next five d'aya. ooo WILKIE & LaBARBE, Real Estate Agents, 23 Patton Avenue. i i BAKERS CO., Scientific Refracting Opticians, No. 45 Patton Avenue. Examination Free. informed" as to the commander-in- chief's motives than the public, are in clining to7 the view that though the main cause of the prolongation of the Paardeberg tragedy undoubtedly con sists in Lord Roberts being unwilling to risk the great loss of life which, the assault would entaiL his delay is also prompted by the subsidiary motive of attracting to Paardeberg as many re inforcing and relieving Boers as will come, feeling strong enough to treat them as General Jbubert treated Gen eral Buller's attempts to relieve Lady smith. As Cronje is reported: to have plenty of food the plan of starving him out can scarcely avail, so Lord Roberts must either wait until ammunition, of which he is short, runs out or those of General Cronje's force who are counsel ing surrender prevail. So indefinite is information that eith er of these alternatives may occur at any moment. In the meantime Roberts' engineers are moving steadily toward the Boer laager, and, according to a special from Paardeberg dated Sunday, the cordon is gradually drawing closer. Buller's march to Ladysmith is be ing marked by sharp fighting. A Piet ermaritzburg despatch today says he is steadily engaged in fighting. In Cape Colony the British arms are steadily advancing. The Pretoria government has pro claimed February 25 and February 27 days of thanksgiving and prayer, pre sumably in memory of the battle of Majuba hill. SULTAN WONT ENTER SCHEMES AGAINST ENGLAND The Kaiser's Influence Chief Cause of His Attitude. Paris, Feb. 26. Tour correspondent has received1 from high diplomatic sources, not French, information which fully explains the gloomy forebodings of the English statesmen a fortnight ago and the consequent non-effect of the British successes in South Africa in reviving public confidence in England. It was learned from this authority that Constans, the French ambassador to Turkey, is here to report to the government the issue of a grave mis sion in which he is engaged. He has been endeavoring under instructions from Paris, to induce the sultan to re open the Egyptian question. Russian influence has supported Constans' ef forts very strongly, but nevertheless he was obliged to report a failure. The sultan ordered his agents in Egypt to avoid raising any difficulties in Great Britain's way, and also assur ed Salisbury be would not favor Rus sia's scheme to secure a railway con cession in Asia Minor. The sultan was influenced solely by the wishes of the kaiser, whose influence at Constanti nople is now greater than ever. Con stans will return to renew his efforts. He is working hard to secure the pre miership if the present ministry falls, as now seems likely. ANOTHER M0VE3H1 Nil GARNEGIE-FRICK CASE Injunction Asked for Against Carrying Out of Alleged Contract. Pittsburg, Feb. 26. Anotner move wa made In the Qairnegie-Frick row when the long threatened suit in equity by the miiniorit of the stock-holders of the Coke company was filed this afternoon. The plainStiffs name as the defendants the Coke company, the directors, arid the Carnegie Steel company, and ask for an injunction against the carrying out of an alleged contract to sell coke to the Carnegie company at $1.35 per ton, and 'that the court annul the con tract, and order a noncontinuance. The bill eets forth that the majority of the stock of the Coke company was owned by Carnegie interents, and that the contract was never made (but that the Carnegie interests acted as if cuou a contract existed for the Caregie com pany's benefit. BRUTAL MURDER. Benton, Feb. 26. John Thomas, an ag ed negro, was brutally murdered Satur day by three white men named Greer. Two of them have been arrested and are now in jail. The Greer's dragged the ne gro by a rope behind a wagon for a male and then gave him a ducking in a creek and finally shot him three times. Baldwin's Headache Cure 25c. Tour money back if it fails. At Grant's. Grant's No. 24 cures Cold and La Grippe, 25c. Your money back if it falils. At Grant's. Grant's Digestive Cordial Cures Dys pepsia, Indigestion and Constipation. 50c. Your money back if it fails. At Grant's. Downing's Chlorides cure Asthmo, Bronchitis, Catarrh and all diseases of the respiraory organs by simple in-haTa tion. No apparatus. Agency at Grant's. "Wood's Garden and Floral Seeds. Fresh seeds only. At Grant's. Leave orders for Kumyes alt Grant's. FRENCH FUR FELTS. Mrs. Lon Mitchell will offer a select line of French fur felts, Tuesday and Wednesray, at 25 centa. The beet cigar at Blom berg's. The largest and best selected stock French Briar Pipes at Blomiberg's. The largest stpck of Imported and Key "West Ctfgare at Blooiber ?. ihe leader, 17 Patton avenue. Established 887. Year by year the sales of Camphor line Increase. Could this be true of 8 fake. 25c All druggists. SPANISH STORY OF , CERVERA'S OEFEAT Officer on the Maria Theresa Writes of the Santiago Harbor Battle. Washington, Feb. 26. The bureau of naval intelligence has issued a fresh volume of its war notes series and probably the last of them which will bear on the battle of Santiago harbor. The present publication is a transla tion from the Spanish reports of Cap tain Victor M. Concas y Palaux, form erly commander of the cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa and chief of staff to Ad miral Cervera in the battle of July 3. Like a number of previous articles from the officers of the Spanish squad ron bearing on the same subject Cap tain Concas devotes considerable space to the lack of naval preparation in Spain prior to the war and also to con demning the political party in cuain which was responsible for the offering up of the crippled squadron as a sacri fice on the altar of an historical ideal, j All this has been covered more fully In Admiral Cervera's published de- , fense. The vital section of the narrative be- i gins' with the exodus of the devoted squadron from Santiago harbor. Cap tain Concas says in accordance with the prearranged instructions the Teresa was headed toward' the Brooklyn, hop ing to ram her. This was frustrated by the Brooklyn's frequently discussed "loop" to starboard which Concas says "brought the Texas and Iowa between her and the Teresa." A footnote in serted in the narrative at this point reads: "The turn was made to star board! though it would seem reasonable for it to have been made to port." There is nothing in the bureau's pub lication to indicate whether this foot note is by Captain Concas or not. Continuing his story Captain Concas tells of the successive sinking of the Teresa and the other vessels of the squadron. He dwells strongly on a point which he declares all other crit ics have overlooked, namely, that ow ing to the narrow and tortuous chan nel past the Morro the Spanish vessels had to come out so far apart that they were attacked by the combined force of the American squadron andi destroyed in detail, making it practically a series of .combats, each time a single ship against a squadron. He calls attention to the probability that the American estimate of three per cent of hits of shots aimed at Cervera's fleet is too low. He says the most horrible mor tality in every case was in the upper -weft;fcs, where the shots left no marks except those wiped out by fire. He says six per cent of hits probably would not be too high. In defense lof 'the Spanish gunnery the writer says that Cervera's ships fought either bow or stem on. nearly through out the battle. This reduced the num ber of guns they could bring to bear. But he points out that the Brooklyn, which was the only vessel keeping up a par allel broadside fight at close range for any length of time, was struck forty one times. As she was under fire only of 'the Vizeaya, the Teresa and for a short time of the beeit'guns of the Colon, Captain Concas says the Spaniards gave very good proof of their ability as marksmen. He credits the Iowa with landing the two 12 or 13 finch shells which (burst the Teresa's main steam pipe and put her out of actio wheni her commander thought she had a fair chance to escape. These shots, he says, have been claimed both by the Oregon a'nd the Indiana, but he adduces considerable evidence that they came from the Iowa. Another peculiar incident brought out in the narrative, and a striking example of Yankee luck, was that the Oregon in her pursuit of the Colon remained un consciously in the 'dead angle" between the onlv cruns of 'the Colon powerful enough to reach her. The Colon, it will be remembered, did not have her big 30-ton guns, and in the long stern chaee, the Oregon happened always to keep just in the spot where the upper deck guns could no't (be trained on her and the Colon could not fire without heaving to and losing valuable time. The author indignantly deniies that the Colon was wrecked by her crew after she had surrendered. He says that she was run ashore and her sea valves open ed before her flag was hauled down. Regarding ithis incident 'the writer says: "The Christobal Colon was less fortunate than any of the others ror, although going at a speed of fourteen knots, she ran ashorj on sand; and it Admiral Sampson, with a more seaman- like spirit, had ordered the divers to cl'ose the wives, he could most certain ly have saved the cruiser, but with fe verish impatience he towed her off with his own flagship, the New York. Hard ly had the ship been floated when sne began 'to list, at which moment, with great dexterity, he pushed the Colon back again with the ram of Ms own ship toward the sandy shoals, but it was too late, and, turning over, 'that noble and ill-fated cruiser went to the bottom of the sea forever. The few Americans ana Spaniards who were still on board has tily saved themselves. The total mortality of 'the fleet reached the awful figure of 22 per cent. In closing the account of the batue the author says: . "We coulu never com plete this chapter if we were bo relate the innumerably-acts of courage; but I canned do less than to mention one which I saw with my, own eyes. The Maria Teresa had already been abandoned, the flames mounting up to the height of the funnels, and projectiles exploding on all sides and when everybody thought that no living soul was left on the ship suu denly a man appeared there calling for help. Instantly Jose Casado cried 'I will not let that man die!' and threw him self into the water. He climbed up the blood stained siides of the hdp, siezed the man, carried him down on his shoul ders, and swimming with him to the 6hore, laid his burden on 'the beach. It was hardly possible to believe that shapeless form was a man with fourteen! wounds, who must have been left aboard as dead." Buy a baby carriage from Mrs. L. A. Johnson. They are cheap while the old stock lasts. TWO GOVERNMENTS IN KENTUCKY COMPLETE Remainimj Democratic Contestants Declared Elected by Commission. Frankfort, Feb. 26. The state oard of election commissioners this afternoon rendered a decision giving certificates to the democratic contestants for minor state offices. The oath of office was administered to the contestants and they filed bond with Beckham as gov ernor. Late this afternoon the democratic claimants made a formal demand in person of the republican holders for the surrender of their offices, but the re publicans said that they themselves were legally elected, and would not give up. Suits for possession of the offices have been prepared, and are said to have been filed tonight. The two govern ments are now complete, but neither will be recognized by the county ou cials until the controversy is settled. FL0TJR TEUST DISSOLVES. Failure to Float Securities on Open Market the Cause. Milwaukee, Feb. 26. The United States Milling company, generally known as the flour trust, went to pieces Saturday afternoon, but the facts did not become known until today, when Judge Jenkins appointed three receiv ers for the company. The receivers are Daniel Thomas, of New York; Charles E. Kimball, of 'Summit, N. J., and Al bert C. Loring, of Minneapolis. The collapse is due, it is said, to in ability to float its securities on the op en market. INJURE!) IN ESCAPE. New York, Feb. 26. The handsome residence of Robert Johnson, a retired dry goods merchant, on the Hudson at Mount St. Vincent, was burned today. Loss $100,000. Johnson, who was asleep in a big arm chair on the top floor at the time, made his escape by means of a surveyor's chain, which he tied to the bedstead. In jumping from the top of the storm door to the ground he wrenched his back. He crawled' over a half mile on his hands aiid kn.ee-Ln the snow to the house of his gardener and after telling of the fire fell unconscious. There were many valuable pieces of statuary, oriental rugs and paintings in the building, which were destroyed. Johnson, who is 45 years old, lived alone . THEATRE BURNS. London, Feb. 26. The Grand theater at Islington, where Sir Henry Irving and other stars have been in the habit of beginning their provincial tours, was gutted by fire this morning. Arson is suspected. The theater wardrobe anu properties were also lost. FIRE IN MONTREAL. Montreal, Feb. 26. The Theater Francais and nearly an entire blocK. on St. Catherine street, between St. Dom inique and Cadieux, burned this morn ing. Loss $100,000. STILL UNFAVORABLE. Sub-Committee on Ewart Case Hasn't Changed Opinion. Special to the Gazette. Washington, Feb. 26. The Ewart case was postponed again today unltil next Monday. The sub-committee is still un favorable. W. A. H. SENATOR PR1TCHARD TO SPEAK TOMORROW Senator Pritchard will speak a New ton tomorrow (Wednesday) on the is sues of the political campaign, 1 )$I$$I4$$!!4I$I$IWII$1II "ON THE SQUARE." Agency "R0CKBR00K FARM" CREAMERY BUTTER. a In order to introduce PILLSBURY'S FLAKED OATS -v we will sell it during week FEBRUARY 26TH ONLY a tb of W cts. per Package- f but not more than two packages to one person. Made from BEST WHITE OATS under the Pllte bury Process. No Oat Food as good. CLARENCE SAWYER Succenor to W. F. Snider, 6 NORTH COURT SQUARE. WILL PASS AS AMENDED Porto Rican Bill Changed in Several Points by the Conference. President Would Consider Its Defeat Disastrous, Will Furnish an Estimated Annual Revenue ot $1,600,000. Will be Reported Tomorrow After General Debate Today. HAWAIIAN BILL. IN THE SENATE. PROPERTY QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS ELIMINATED AND TERMS OF SUPREME COURT JUDGES LIMITED. Washington, Feb. 26. The debate in the house today on the Porto Rican bill was rather dilatory, the members being much more interested in the efforts be ing made at the white house to reacn an agreement upon the measure. The order governing the debate was chang ed so as to provide for a general de bate tomorrow, with a night session, the bill to be reported to the house Wednesday, and the minority having the right to offer a substitute if desir ed. Most of the speakers today op posed the bill, including Bartlett, of Georgia; Lanham, of Texas; Moon, of Tennessee; Williams, of Illinois; Jett, of Illinois, and Noonan, of Illinois, all democrats. Boutelle, republican, supported the measure, pointing out the danger of bringing the labor of the United States into competition with pauper labor and insisting that the democrats were the original imperialists, by havirg sold the province of Texas to Spain in 1819. Brown, of Ohio, Mondell, of Wyoming, and Reeder, o.Z Kansas, also favored tht bill. EVENING C r X FE RENC E . ' Washington, Feb. 26. A final effort was made this evr-nirg to overcome republican opposition to the Porto Ric an bill. A largely attended conference of the house republicans was held to night, at which several members of the ways and means committee said they had seen the president this afternoon, and he had assured them that he is sincerely anxious for the passage of the bill, and was perfectly satisfied of its constitutionality. Speaker Henderson said' he had talked two hours with the president, and that he would consider the bill's defeat most disastrous for the republican party. Chairman Payne proposed to amend the title of the bill to read, "Bill to provide temporary revenue for Porto Rico," and limit its operation to March 1, 1902. Several of the insurgents seemed satisfied with this, but McCall. of Massachusetts, and "-Littlefield, of Maine, insisted that nothing would do but free trade. Payne's amendment wad adopted without voting. H. C. Smith, of Michigan, offered an amend ment changing the rate to 15 per rent, and this was adopted by a vote of 15 to 11. The conference then aujourned. It is believed that these changes will secure the passage of the bill by the house. Chairman Cannon, ofter the conference outlined the -work of the conference adding: "There "was sub stantially a unanimous determination manifested that the republican major ity of the house should register its will by the votes of its members touching the amendment and the passage of the bill. The bill in its amended shape will, it is estimated, furnish a revenue of $1,600,000 yearly.' It is not expected that more than six republicans will vote against the bill (Continued on fifth page.) BROKERS COMMISSION HOUSE, Murphy &Co., Incorporated, 61 Broadway, New York. 11 Church Street, Asheville. Our office being c:imectei b private wire enable ua to promptly execut or dera oo the ! J 1, 3. New York and Chicago Exchanges. Continuous quotations at this office. 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