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M - . ' -xx 5 -A 1 - jf VOL V: NO. 23 t'ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 7 1900. Mi ' I PRICE 5 CENTS. QESTRE1CHER & COMPANY. In order to make room for our new Spring Dress Goods we will put on sale a large number of pieces of dress goods which are in stock at the fol lowing prices: thirty pieces 40 inches in width, half wool goods, worth 35c , this sale 21c. the yard. Twenty pieces ranging in price from 60c, 65c. to 75c. Special 49c. the yard. 100 Skirt Remnants for less than half price. Millinery one-fourth original price, trimmed or untrimmed. OESTREICHER&CO 51 Patton Avenue PACKS. Treatment for KERVOUS, RHEUMATIC and OTHER DISEASES. Special: TEURH BRANDT MASSAGE FOR FEMALE DISEASES; ALSO FACE MASSAGE. PROF. EDWIN GRUNER, KGraduate Chemnitz College, Germany. Formerly with Oakland Heights. Sanitarium.) K 8. MAIN ST. TELEPHONE 206. Home or Office Treatment. Office hours, 11 a. m. to 1. p. m., 2 to i p. m. OSTEOPATHY. E. S. Willard D. O., Osteopathist. Offices over Dr. T. C. Smith's Drug Store, Court Square. Office hours, 9 a. m. to 12 nooni, and 2J30 -o 5 30 p. m. THE FEED STORE 39 South Main Street. Has ia stock i.nd daily arrivirog a. ery large stock of feed, ah of which "as been bought to the very best advan- 6L, ior the benefit of out customers. Respectfully C S. COOPER. LEATHER ADVANCE. rca has had" a-"geTiou3 effect on the "e demand for saddles and other roili- JJy in South Africa the price of all leath ers in this country has increased. tlN, Ane rirTn- - t j, raw snoe leatner nas iiaun Cent flflTT'K'P rvaH olrln ITUM- PPIlt. and little , : Si,,,, ia ll oe naa ai tuiy y". K1ued la-hr. , r,A- hflvimi x. - Tfl 1 J' nrtiATQ y C(jmmand high wages. We rorr.,,! x- . , -A A stoov 6ay Ta-t we nave nu thh,- -Jn iani. but will give you any- n 1r ,x . .x,. Uet'5D aTld ,f,or leS3 money ithaa you can, MRS. L. A, JOHNSON, 43 p xxxi AIIIKIUJni-Kli W VlllllUkllU EVACUATED Boers Had - Left Their Fort Unguarded When Bra bant Came. English Commander Waited Their Retnrn. A Sharp Engagement on the Hillside at Sunrise. Boer Forces Still Gathering: to Oppose Eoberts. WHITE'S GARRISON LEAVING ' LAD YSMITH DEAD MEN AND ANIMALS LEFT; IN T'HB DE DESERTED BOER TRENCHES STATERS FLEEING TO THE TRANSVAAL. London, March 7. The only import ant new facts concerning the situation in South Africa are the Boer evacua tion of Stormberg an'di the apparent compete withdrawal of the enemy from Natal, but the continued concentration of Free State burghers to oppose Rob erts' advance causes the expectation that a general action is immediately impending. Correspondents say the Boer position is weak, Wing liable to be turned on either flank. It is reported that Joubert is in supreme command, I and it is assumed that the bulk of the Boers, who were recently invading Laxlysmith, are now on the front of Lord Roberts, and the rear guard, which opposed Buller's final advance, is hastening to join Joubert, though they can -Ivardly yet have reached him. Nothing can be learned regarding the future disposition of Buller's army. The intention to have it encamp tem porarily to the north of Ladysmith seems to point to the eventual forward movement thence. Meanwhile General White is transporting his forces to Mooi river, where 'they will remain for the time to recruit from the effects of their long siege. Brabant's success, which apparently caused the evacuation of Stormberg, was neatly managed. His force con sisted of about 1,800 men, mainly Bra bant's horse and rifles. They left Dordrecht at midnight Saturday for Labuschagne's Nek, where shortly be fore daybreak they came upon the Boer from on a high ridge. They were greatly astonished to find it unoccou pied. The Boers having retired to their laager below to sleep. The British accordingly took posi tions and awaited developments. The Boers began to return to the fort at sunrise but they met with a severe fire, which bewildered them and they retir ed. A smart action followed, the Boers determinedly holding their posi tion below the British, from which they courageously endeavored to recover the fort in the face of a shell fire from six guns. They eventually retired, leav ing a rear guard, which gradually with drew fighting. The Boers removed their two guns, all their wagons, but they left a number of dead. Bu't it was believed Monday they were trekking toward Aliwal north with the intention of crossing the Orange river, but the accounts of their movements conflict, one report stating that the British failed to force the passage o-Labus- chagnes' Nek artdl the Boers occupied a position of strength on 'the hill oppos ite Brabant's horse. Gatacre's occu pation of Stormberg was a windfall. Scouts who had been reconnoitering re ported that the Boers had everywhere withdrawn. STORMBERG OCCUPIED, London, March 6 .The war office has received the following from Lord Rob erts: "Osfontein, March 6. General Gat- BAKER & CO., Scientific Refracting Opticians, No. 45 Patton Avenue. Examination Free. Special attention given to r rairing. For Rent. Am eteB!tI.T furnished ! ' dence of IB rooms; hardwood . , ffotore and furnishing; fumaaca . bewt, large grounds, B table, etc.. 5 100. J-i- 't Twenty-room fuTOflBfoed boarO- , lug house, complete in every pe.r- . . cuHax, on best residence street; large garden and gr-aindsj, eta- ; ' We etc, $75.00. , Charming HtttflQ cottage off eix , itooma; tastefully furnished; pi- - ano and library; coey and com- ; fortable, $40.00. '. Three ffurnlisfhed flats, $22 to $32. , A number of others, city and Buburban, furnished atad unfur- ' niehied. WILKIE & LaBARBE, i ; Real Estate Agents, ! hone 661. - 23 Patton Ave. ; 1 - w . ft n i m n i 11 1 1 in 1 m The lines of railway north and west will now be repaired . General Clem ents is at Joubert's Siding, a station beyond Colesberg. "The Duke of Marlborough wikh-the Oxfordi company of imperial yeomanry. has left Cape Town for Naauwpoort. "General Buller reports that Natal is now practically clear of the enemy and that he cannot hear of any formeu bodv of the enemy anywhere. The Boers left some ambulances full of their sic, from which the mules 5iad been taken for transport service." WHITE'S MEN. London, March 6. The Boers in northern Cape Colony are in full retreat to the Orange Free State. The posses sion of Stormberg puts General G'at acre in railroad communication with General Clements at Colesberg, for though the Boers partially wrecked the' railroad, it is understood that it can be quickly repaired and thus the entrance of additional British troops into the Free States will be greatly facilitated. From Osfontein, where Lord Roberts is opposed by a good sized body of Boers, there is still no news except the reports of minor skirmishes. The position gained by General Bra bant at Dordrecht is reported to be ex ceedingly strong. According to the Times correspondent, the Boers' num ber alone enable them to retreat from Dordrecht practically unhindered. He also reports the. violation of a white flag by the Boers and that they delib erately fired at close range on a stretch er party. White's garrison has begun to leave Ladysmith and is arriving at Mooi river camp, where the troops will re main several days, after which they will go further south. They are emaciated and exhausted-, and say the road to Colenso presents scenes 'that exceed in horror those de picted in Dante's "Inferno." Dead men and animals are lying mutilated and putrified! in the trenches formerly occuped by Boers and fill the air with a sickening stench. In cases where a hurried burial had been attempted the rains have washed the earth away and out of the earth stick the ghastly legs and arms of dead burghers. A diespatch from. Osfontein says that, according to a Boer prisoner, another important British success will cause President Steyrn to flee to Pretoria, leaving a provisional government at Bloemfontein, which will likely make peace overtures. Those Free Staters who are not wish ing for peace are trekking into the Transvaal and "there helping to make the stand which most British military critics now point out will constitute the most difficult and" "deciding feature of the war. JAPAN AND GERMANY. Chicago, March 6. The Paris corre spondent of the Chicago Record for wards the following despatch from St. Petersburg: The superior officers of the Russian headquarters staff have received information that Japan is making efforts to increase its standing army to 300,000 men. Up to the pres ent the ministry of war has success fully completed the formation of thir teen divisions, each of 13,000 men a total of 169,000 men, infantry and: ar tillerywith 415 guns. A further in crease is being hastened. The feeling between the governments of Great Britain and Russia regarding Morocco, already acute, is becoming more strained. Great Britain opposes Russia's Mediterranean progTam,which aims at acquiring an influence in Tan gier and furthering the designs of France to gain possession of Ceuta. The Russian government, in its anxK ous desire to invade Morocco and with the assistance of France to divi'de the Moorish territory, is quietly despatch ing more battleships to the North At lantic coast, a distinct challenge to Great Britain, at present secure in the possession of Gibraltar. THE LYNCHING AT THE WAYNESV1LLE JAIL Some Difficulty in Findinsr a Burial Place for the Ne?ro. Waynesville, Mar. 6 Our officials experienced some difficulty in procuring a burial groumd for George Ratcliff and account of whose tragic death appeared in Monday's Gazeue. Finally Mr. R. G. A. Dove gave permission for the re mains to be interred om ihis land, about a mi'le out of town. 'It is told thait when the mob broke in to the jail Monday, Solicitor Ferguson and others were intvited by the sheriff to beg for peace at the hands of the masked band. Accordingly Solicitor Ferguson advised the crowd to die perse im peace, whereupon some of the men whispered from their dough faces that the solicitor had betiter return home. The solicitor, whom no one ac cuses of being a coward, but who knows when the odds are against Mm, quietly retreated as he talked and talked as he retreated, until the aouind-f his foot steps had died away in the distance, where he could breathe more freely Bind talk to his (heart's content. The mob that put to death the negro Ratciff Monday morning "were exceed ingly quiet, coming to and going from towmi It is presumed that they all l'ved in and near the neighborhood where the awful crime was committed, and yet in their journey of ten, or fifteen miles each! way. no one ora the road seems to (have heard them passs. They were all sup posed to be sober, which may in a meas ure account for their good deportment while on such a hellish mission. Had they let the law tiaken its course, justice would no doubt , have been meted to the fiend, and the good name of our coun try been left untarnished. Fountain' syringes; perfect goods only, a new lot, $1.00 to $2.25 at Grant's. Wood's Songster Food for canary, birds 10c. et Grant's,. , ; , . t FOR GOEBEL MURDER Hit Own Contradictory Statement the Strongest Evidence Against Him. Frankfort, March 6. Harlan Whi ta ker was this afternoon held without bail by Judge Moore to await the ac tion of the grand jury on the charge of murder in connection with the assas sination of Goebel. The charge of ma licious shooting, originally entered agains Whi taker was changed by the county attorney to that of murder be fore the prisoner was arraigneki'. The court room was packed. Among the audience were a number of legislators and prominent citizens. Counsel for Whitafeer declined to introduce any witnesses or to place Whitaker on the stand. The principal witnesses were called tp the stand by the prosecution. and their evidence was very damaging to Whitaker. The three revolvers tak en from him when he was arrested: were produced. Some of the witnesses tes tified that Whitaker became confused when asked as to his wherabouts at the time of the shooting and that he told contradictory stories, saying at one time he was in the third story of the executive mansion and then in another part. The detective swore that Whit aker told him he was in the senate chamber at the time of the shooting; that he had said he had come to Frankfort on a ticket furnished him by Taylor's brother, and that he slept in the next room to Taylor in the execu tive mansion. The constable that toolc Whitaker to Louisville testified that the prisoner told him he had no money but that his wife had $3,000 in cash and The constable further testified that tht. prisoner offered him money and beggeo him not to let the mob take him. Whittaker, he said, promised to tell him all about 'the shooting, but all he would say was that he did not shoot Goebel. A policeman testified that after Whittaker was arrested he had said that there were fifty or sixty men as heavily armed as himself in the state house anidi asked why they were not captured. Charles 'Howard, a farm er, told how he had struck up an ac quaintance with Whittaker before the shooting, in the seriate chamber, and Whittaker had asked him to point out Goebel JHowara further swore1 that a few ttxlwotes after the shooting tie saw Berry and Jim Howard and a man named Philpot standing im th doorway of the executive building. Representative Charlton, of Louis ville, testified to having seen four men, one of whom was Whittaker, and an other, a policeman, run out of the ex ecutive building just before the shoot ing. F. M. Bowman, of Harding county, swore that Whittaker looked like a man he had seen raising the second story window half an hour before the shooting. Silas Jones, another man arrested in connection with the shoot ing, swore that he was sitting in the ante-room of the governor's office when he heard several shots which seemed to come from the direction of the secre tary of state's office. This closed the testimony for the sta'te. None of the witnesses were cross-examined. Jack Chinn this afternoon filed a suit against Mrs. Kate Banta for $25, 000 damages for slander for charging him (Chinn) with the murder of Goe bel. The bill appropriating $100,000 for the apprehension and" cWvic'tion of the assassin of Goebel was signed by Beckham this afternoon. MEETING OF MAYORS OF HAVANA PROVINCE No Revolution Impending in Cuha Root Expected Tomorrow- Havana, March 6. A meeting otf the Mayors of the province of Havana was called by Civil Governor Nunez today. The chief ipoint discussed was the auto nomy of th respective municipalities. Nunez made it plain that so long as the municipalities depended upon the island to make up their financial deficiencies, they could not hope for home rule. Many of the mayors left for home de termined to cut down their budgets, and to bring them, as far as possible within the amounts raised by the muni cipal taxation, in order to have a stronger claim of freedom from control by the general government. Both the Americans and the 'Cubans are disgusted With the persistency with which the reports of an. impending rev olution in Cuba are cabled here ifrom the United States. Talk of this kind here is confined to the bar rooms. The newspapers and people (here re iterate their confidence In General Wood's government. Even the agitators have ceased talking of taking to tUp woods. The false stories sent out from here by irresponsible correspondents or coo3jcocted in the United States, are in jurious to the Cubans and Americans ere. Secretary Root's failure to arrive to day caused disappointment. He is ex pected tomorrow. CONFERENCE REPORT ON FINANCIAL BILL ADOPTED Home Applauds When News of Sen ate's Action is Returned. Washington, March 6. The confer ence report on the financial bill was the topic in the senate today. Allen was the chief speaker against the measure, which he denounced as being in favor of the national banks and against the people. He asserted that it provided for unlimited issue of government toonds, and conferred too. much power on the secretary of the treasury in the matter of issuing bonds to maintain the gold reserve. Aldrich defended the measure and refuted Allen's assertions at the conclusion of the debate. The report was adopted by a vote of 42 to 25. Previous to the debate on the confer ence report the Quay case was discuss ed, Simon speaking against the seating of Quay, while Carter and Hoar spoke in favor of his seating. After the passage of- several bills making appropriations for public build ings and a bill inviting England to join in the international committee to inves tigate the diversion of the water bound ary of 'the United States and Canada, the senate adjourned. IN THE HOUSE. Washington, March 6. The house to day devoted almost the entire session to the consideration of the contested election case of Aldrich vs. Robbins, from the Fourth Alabama district. Several members discussed the case. In the midst of the debate the an nouncement of the adoption by the sen ate of the conference report on the financial bill was made, and received with applause. The house shortly af terward adjourned. CONTINUED ACTIVITY. Philippine Insurgents Will Continue Guerrilla Warfare on Larger Scale. Manila, March 6. Reports of continu ed akativJty among the insurgents who are endeavoring to keep alive the armed opposition to the United States and are planning 'to continue the insurrection with 'guerrilla warfare on a fraxger scale when the rainy season begins. A per siom holding a positi'on second only to that otf the governor general says he is convinced that the insurgent 'organiza-. tion has (been remarkably habilitated during "the last month, particularly in the northern provinces. Two newspa per correspondents who have traveled for a month in Benget and Ilcos u people make nio secret o tneir sympa thy with the insurrection. While many of we insurgent muni cipal officers were continued in office on taking the oath of ailegiamce, residents who are acquainted with them have lit tle faith in their adherence to their promises. All of the ci " officials of Tarlac, numbering eleven persons, (have been arrested and charged with plotting, and two insurgents have been captured at Malabon with incriminating papers and $4,000 collected from the natives. WATSON RELIEVED Washington, March 6. The navy de partment announced todiay that on ac count of the delicate condition of Ad miral Watson's health he has been or dered to return to the United States with the cruiser Baltimore. Admiral Remey has been ordered to succeed! him. COMMISSION IN PANAMA. Men Arrive to Look Over the Canal Route. Colon, March 6. Admiral Walker and members of the canal commission have arrived in Panama on the Pacific Mail steamship City of SytTney. The com mission will start work tomorrow. M. Royer, director of the Panama Canal company, has been fully in structed from Paris to give the com missioners every facility for examining and surveying the Panama canal. In structions to the same effect have also been issued to all subordinates on the line. Elm Lozenges for all irritations of the throat, 5c. at Grant's. Buy a baby carriage from Mrs. L. A. J Johnson. They are cheap while the old stock lasta. Tear by year the sales of Camphor line increase. Could this be true of a fake. 25c All druggists. Mrs. F. R. Darby says: "Camphorliine is not only good for chapped hands but for burns and inflamed surfaces also. My husband would have been bacLLy burned the other day had I not used CamphiOTiine quickly and freely." I$II$I1$ISI$TSI,8IWII1SIIS1 Lenten Dishes. Robin Brand Salmon Steak, Soused Mackerel i in Tomato Sauce, Findon Haddocks, Kippered Herring, Selected Codfish, Beardsley's Shredded Codfish, Star Lobster, Fresh Barataria Shrimp, No. 1 Fat Mackerel a tan palls with beads end taJJi 7 X -m a .... - cut UH. '' ' ' Agencj "R0CKBR00K FARM" CREAMERY BUTTER. CLARENCE SAWYER Successor to W. F. fintder, 6 NORTH COURT SQUARE.' EXPLOSION IN A MINE A Terrible Disaster in a West Virginia Col liery. More Than 100 Persons Were in the Mine. Twenty-Nine Bodies Have Been Taken From the Ruins Below. Hundreds of Families Gathered at the Mouth of theShaft. NOT BELIEVED THAT ANY OF THE IMPRISONED MINERS ARB ALIVE WORK OF THE RES CUERS PROGRESSES SLOWLY. Montgomery, W. Va., March 6. An explosion in Red Ash colliery on Fish creek today resulted in the worst mine disaster in the history of the state. Seventy-five men were at work in the mine when the disaser occurred. Fifty dead bodies have been taken out. The mine authorities are doing all they can to rescue the others but it is almost certain that none can be taken out alive. The explosion was so severe that mules and coal cars were blown out of the mouth of the mine. The shock was felt for miles and hundreds of families and the friends of the imprisoned men are gathered at the mouth of the mine. The mine was owned by Fred Effinger, of Staunton, Va., and most of the em ployes were negroes. Later. Later news from the mine dis aster says ithe explosion was supposeo. to have been caused by fire damp. One hundred and twenty-five miners were entombed, instead of seventy-five as first reported. Since the explosion the work of rescue has been pushed with all vigor, but up to a late hour tonight only the remains ot twenity-mine of the un fortunates had been taken out. The earlier reports stated that fifty bodies1 had been taken oat but this proved er roneous. It is not believed, however, that any of the entombed men will be rescued alive. The bodies recovered have ibeen removed to txxeir homes. AJL inquest will be heUd tomorrow. The rescuing parties have not yet penetrat ed the mine more than sixty yards, ana the work is slow as the interior of the mine is burning. v PROF. MOSES ACCEPTS. Washington, March 6. Professor Bernard Moses, of the University of California, had a conference with the president today. McKinley tendered him the vacant place in the new Philippine commission and Moses accepted. This completes the commission, whose per sonnel is as follows: Judge Taft, of Ohio, president; Dean C. Worcester, of Michigan; Luke E. Wright, of Tennes see; Henry C. Ide, of Vermont: Ber nard Moses, of California. PAUNCEFOTE REMAINS. Washington, March 6. The British ambassador received a cablegram from Salisbury today informing him that the government had decided to retain him indefinitely at Washington in view of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty pending and other matters. Paunce fote informed Secretary Hay of the de cision of his government and Mr. Hay congratulated him on the honor con ferred on him. It Is money well spent when you buy Grant's No. 24 for colds and la grippe 25c. at Grant'. DR. BALLARD'S Barbecue Toait il lustrated by Fred. A. Hull, ds now on sale at all the book stores in the city. Furniture sold on ments at Mrs. L. Pat tion avetrue. asy weekly pay A. Johnson's, 32 A choice collection! of Wood's and Manderville and King's flower seeds at Grant's. BROKERS' COMMSSOWj HOUSE, Murphy 2Co.f Incorporated, 01 Brow ray, New York. 11 Cnureb Street . eheYlll. Our Dfflea tMlag a cnedOAi t rirtte wire enables u to promptly exacut or ders oa thm New York and Chicago Exchanges. Continuous quotations at this office. Church Street. National - . . 9 It i F. v 1 4 J. i, 5' - Phone 165. -! v
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