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V. ' - ( V 7- jt i - 1 " ; A. - , 'J , AX Ay-NX V VOL V: NO. 89 ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDt MOENING, MAY 20, 1900. PEICE 5 CENT ' .i A. - .. - ' ' - V .: . . .: .- i - ' 'r- , - . .s . ' - ij : MM 1M i ESTREIGHER & COMPANY To close out quick we will sell all Ladies Tailor 'A Suits, Spring Jackets and Silk Waists at Cost. This offers an opportunity to supply your wants at a nominal outlay. Wash Goods. We are showing the larg est line of White and Fancy Wash Goods ever gathered under one roof in tnis city. Our prices, as usual, the quick selling kind. OESTREICHER&CO M Patton Ayenue. Examing onr 3-4 inch 8PIDEE COTTON at 8e.per foot before yon buy your Hose. Meyille Hardware Co. Southeast corner Court Square, Phone 87. MASSAGE,. AND PACKS. Treatment for: Nervous, Rheumatic and other diseases. Special: Thur Brandt Massage for Female Diseases; also Face Massage. PROF. EDWIN GRUNER, Graduate Chemnjtz College, Germany. Formerly ith Oakland H eights Sana torium.) Home or Office Treatment. Office hours, 11 a. m. to 1 p. m.t 2 to 4 : . m. 65 S. MAIN ST. TELEPHONE 20. WISDOM CARR & W.ARR ZPiSTRlBUTUKSj 43 Soutb aiala street. MUde ' fW'TO em!i'i'"e, T"'ll MR SIMONS A Reply That Tears Away the Mask of Democratic Hypocrisy. Why Simmons Asked for Joint Debate, a After His Abusive Words When Invi- tation Was Sent to Him, Lawless Threats of the Democratic State Machine. A JOINT CANVASS WILL, BE COW- CEDED ONLY UPON CONDITION THAT PLEDGES ARE KEPT, DIS FRANCHISING SCHEME WITH DRAWN, AND A FAIR AND JUST ELECTION LAW ENACTED. Special to the Gazette. - Greensboro, N. C, May 19. Chair- i man Holton today sent to Chairman Simmons the following renlv to the latter's Invitation for a joint debate: Hon. F. M. Simmons, Chairman Dem ocratic State Committee, Raleigh, N. C: Dear Sir: Replying to yours of the 7th instant, in "which you express a de- sire for a Joint discussion between the i candidates of the republican and dem ocratic parties, you will pardon me for manifesting some surprise at this re quest coming as It did after your can didates had canvassed the state from the mountains to the seashore. I agTee with you that the republi can party has taken strong ground in opposition to the proposed suffrage amendments and also against the par tisan election law adopted by the last legislature and endorsed 'by your recent"! state convention.. - - Tesekneasures were by your con vention made the leading state issues both of which were in total violation of the pledges of your party in the campaign of 1898. Your utterances have indicated that you did not desire a discussion of these questions so vital to our republican form of government. When Mr. H. W. Ayer, state auditor, referring .to these issues last January, stated that they- would be fully discussed, before the people, your interview, published in the Charlotte Observefonyjanuary 26, indicated that you would not toler ate a discussion when you said: "If Mr. Ayer expects white men to discuss with him and his associates these cardinal republican and fusion propositions, I tell him and them plain ly they will not do it." - You further said : "If vehement and robust denuncia tions of these fusion propositions and their proposers and vigorous action to defeat them, grates on the tender sensibilities of Mr. Ayer and his asso ciates, they will have to grin and bear it the best they can." Your speech, reported in the News and Observer, made in the Wake coun ty democratic convention on April 7, was of same tenor which clearly indi cated that it was the purpose-of your committee not to reason with the peo ple, but to awe, intimidate and inflame the public mind to such a condition that the people would oast their bal lots without reflection. No doubt your extended itinerary demonstrated that the conservative and law-abiding cit izens are not ready to surrender their liberties 'by supporting a proposition based at best upon a doubtful con struction of our national constitution, and proposed by those, who, in the campaign of 1898, placed an entirely different construction upon the four teenth and fifteenth amendment there of, with positive pledges given by yourself and every democratic speaker, that no effort would be made to curtail the suffrage of either white or black. I call your attention to your inter view of a column and a half, publish ed in every democratic "dally In the state on September 25, 1898r in which you stated:. , "For the past twenty years or more just before every election the.republi- Do Not B uy a Home v Before seeing us. We have several interesting bargains to offer, are daily adding to our list Vand may have Just what you X- suit. WILKIE. LaBARBE,; t Real Estate Brokers I Phome Zl. ' 2 Patton Av. - : :i - ' ' - can speakers, at their midnight meet ings, have been in the habit of, telling the nero if the democrats came into power their right to vote would be tak en from them. After the democrats oame into power in this state they al ways had some reason to give these credulous beings why the democrats had not disfranchised them as they had before predicted. First, they told them if the democrats got the state government they would disfranchise them. The democrats got the state government and did not disfranchise them., Then they told them- if the democrats elected a president they would disfranchise them. The demo crats elected a president and did not disfranchise them. Then they told them if the democrats got congress they would disfranchise them. The democrats got control of congress and did i not disfranchise them. All along the honest white men laughed at these lies and marveled that the negro did not have sense enough to see thAt he was being duped. Finally the negro himself began to see through the trick. He had seen the democrats in full power in this stat? for twenty odd years and had learned through ex perience that that party did not pro pose to disfranchise liim and he too laughed at these lies-and finally re fused to be frightened at their rot any longer, so the old republican scarecrow had to be pulled down and put away." .This of course was conclusive that no Interference would be made with: his right of suffrage. -L Further on in 'the same interview you said: "They know the democratic party was the- party thscf removed the property and educational disqualiflcati ns to suf 1'fra.co in "Mrryth fnrnlintn Th.v kr.nw that the democratic nartv his"alwave stood for. manhood suffrage and they know the democratic party will .never under any circumstances under the sun consent to the passage of any law which will take from them, however pqotf and ignorant they may be, the right t vote, or which will in' any way diminish Jht great privilege." . - Again we read in the supplement to your handbook on page 18, publihed4 about that itime, the following '.'The democratc party will never sub mit any proposition to the people to take from a man: the right to vote. No democrat has ever proposed such a thing. The charge is only intended ?o mislead, to deceive and mate political capital. It is entirely false. There is not a democratic convention that would not spit upon, such a proposition: There i not a democratic candidate lor office who would not pledge, himself most solemnly aerainst it." ' 1 Confronted with-these solemn pledge- of these suffrage amendments; -together with tfie Yioratton r the pledges or your platform of hiit year wTherein your state convention declared: "We favor fair and just election laws," but instead thereof enacted the most partisan elec tion laws that ever disgraced the stat ute books Kjt a civilized nation, by means of which your followers openly declare t'hey intend to secure the adop tion of your suffrage amendmente re gardless of the will of the people or how they cast their vote. In my opinion you do not desire a free and fair discussion, but seek , to assemble the people for an opportunity to inflame and excite your followers by vehement denunciations and false alarms, which when resented may result in 'riot and bloodshed such as we witnessed in the campaign of 1&98 and further in view of the statement of your candidate (for governor in a pub lic speech at Snow Hill, referring to the determination of the democratic ma chine to rule said: "That there are three ways in which they may rule "by force,' by fraud or by law. We have ruled by force, we oan rule by fraud." With such unthroned reason and lawless threats, I deem it best for the peace and good order of the state to de cline your proposition . Now withdraw your threats, pull off your red shirts, lay aside your shot guns, recant and atone as far as possi ble for the violation of your solemn pledges by repealing your dis'franchis in scheme when your legislature mee:a in June, and save the '-"od name of the state by enacting "fair and just elec tion laws" which will insure to every qualified elector the right to cast one ballot and have that ballot counted as cast. Do -his and we will meet you on every stump in the state and discuss dispassionately the vital issues pertain ing to the welfare of this great com monwealth. Then whatever the result the will of the people shall be supreme, law and order will prevail and our state saved from disgrace which has always followed a debauched ballot. Let it be understood that the people of this state will never willingly consent for any man; to occupy the high office of governor placed there by force or fraud. Respectfully, A. E. HOLTON, Chairman Republican State 'Executive Committee. Greenebort), N. C, May 19.' FOR JLAPIES UP-TO-DATE. I carrjf, a fine line - of imported and domestic walking and golf skirts. We sell youHhe cloth in patterns .by the yard or take your measure , and make to your ' order. At I. W. Gla- ser s, is south Mam street. Grant's Liver Pills, 50 for 25c. Grant's Talcum Powder, 10c. Grant's. Peerless Corn Salve, 10c. Grant's.- Woodfs seeds at Grant's. Wood's Lawn Grass at Grant's. Peerless Corn Solvent 25c. at Grant's. Try Grant's Tonic. 75c. Grant's. Best Vanilla Extract at Grant's. ' ' Best Lemon Extract at Grant's. - 'r . .... 1 -.f 1 1 ! BAKERPCO:t Scientific JSeMtOpfi J Nov 45 Pattoa Avenge 1 JUDGE ADAMS SPEAKS IN PERSON COUNTY I A LARGE AND ENTHUSIASTIC ASSEMBLAGE GREET HIM. Democrats Who Will Vote Against the Amendment. Attorney General Walser and Atfsrus- tils H.,; Price also Speak Opposition t& the Vote Stealing Election Law. Special to the Gazette. Rcfctboro, N. C, May 19. There was a v enthusiastic meeting here today. Judge- Spencer B. Adams republican candidate for governor; Hon. A. H. Prtpe, republican elector at large, and Attorney General Walser spoke. Quite a large number of democrats were jpresent and declared they would never, under any circumstances, vote for the amendment. Person county is op posed to the disfranchising measure and -will roll up a tremendous majority against it. The democrats see the handwriting on the wall. The people are determined to bury this Simmons vote stealing scheme too deep to be resurrected. There were 500 people who heard the speaking today and manifested their interest by their close attention. Ad ams, Price and Walser all made stir rfng speeches and were applauded to the echo. YESTERDAY IN CONGRESS. Cetmonie8 in Connection With the . . Aecaptance of Statnei Washington, May 19. The greaer part of today's session: of the senate was devoted to ceremonies connected with the acceptance of the statues of Thomas Benton and Fran is P. Blair presented by 'Missouri and a statue of General Grant presented by the G. A. R. Sev eral eulogistic speeches were male on the life and character of all three. A request by Senator Allen to accord to the Boer delegates the privileges of the floor was objected to. -i: The house- was occupied with the rer emonies attending the . acceptance of the statue 1 General Gran. THE CUBAN POSTAL HUODLE. i Havana, May 19. Assistant Postmas ter General Bristow, Deputy Auditor Lowshe of the postoffice department of the United States and three inspectors arrived today to look into the postal muddle. Bristow took immediate charge of affairs and will continue to investi gation with all possible speed. The Foraker resolution with regard to grant ing trancnises to the island is again ag itating the Cubans, many declare it is a drawback to tfhe development of the Island. YES'ERDAY'S LEAGUE GAMES. At Chicago R H E Chicago .... 6 7 3 Boston 4 11 3 Batteries: Taylor and Donohue; Di- neen and Clements. The St. Louis-New York, Cincin nati-Brooklyn and Pittsburg-Philadel phia games were postponed on account of rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Buffalo Chicago, 7; Buffalo, 5. At Cleveland Kansas City, 5": Cleve land, 2. At Detrpit Bertoit, 6; Minneapolis, 0. At Indianapolis Rain. May is a month of conferences. Six Methodist bodies are holding their conferences this month. The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church of the northern United totlates, now in session in Chicago, although this choirch, unlike some of the other Wesleyan bodies, shows a numerical loss in membership during the past year, nevertheless represents the most numerous protestarA body in the coun try, having, according to Dr. Carroll's latest statistics a membership of 2, 98, 810 larger by a 'million than the next most numerous denomination the regular-Baptist church, south Besides the question of declining membership the most important mat ters before the conference are the po sitions of laymen in the legislative councils of the' church, the election of several new bishops, the adoption of a new constitution, the place of the "higher criticism" in biblical study, the Question, of amusements such; as dancing and card piaylng, now con demned by the book of discipline, and the five years' time limit of pastorates. SPECIAL SAMPLE LINE OP WHITE CLAY, COPIES QF PINE STATUARY. THE PRICES ARE LOW BUT WiE MTJof RETURN MOST OP THE GOODS IN TWO DAYS. J. H. LAW. 35 PATTON AVENUE. 2t. Best Almond Extract at Grant's. Laldwin Headache Cure 25c Grant's Dandruff Cure, ,75c. Grant's. 'rants. Grant's Hair'Tonic, 50c Grant's. Grant's Poison Oak Cure, 25c. Grant's. Grant's Lavender Shanjpoo, 25c pepsla, indigestion and constipation, j Jj Over 500 bottles' sold. " 50coa$1&rant?n '5 ST. .LOUIS STILL SUFFERING. From the Street Caj- Strike Many In jured Employees, St. Louis, May The street railwa strike situation today is without' mate rial change eo far as the number of cars in operation is concerned. The St. Louis .transit company today has in operarlo on fourteen of the twenty-two line composing its system about 150 cars. Before the 6trike the Transit company had 800" cars in operation. ' It is declared by street car officials that lack of. pro tection of the street car lines is or.e cause for this condition and another cause assigned is that the company has not enough men with which to operate more. So far nearly seventy Transit com pany employes, have been under- the sugeon's care since the strike began. Most of the injuries were from cuts and bruteee, but some of 'the injuries were of a serious nature. In many of the sheds and power houses of the St. Louis Transit company hospitals have been established and employes, injured dur ing strike encounters, have been receiv ed at almost all of them. The action of the Trades and Labor unions last) night in adopting a resolu tion recommending that labor unionists quit work on a call from the executive committee of that body, has put a dif ferent aspect oni affairs and complicated matters. It remains to be seen, -however, how many of -the different unions will order a sympathetic strike. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE At St. Mary's College, Belmont, N- C. Loss $200,000. Special to the Gazette. ' Charlotte, N. C, May 19. Fire this morning partially destroyed the plant of St. Mary's college, Belmont. N. C, one off t!he lagest and- finest college plants in the south. At 4 o'clock this morning the blaze was first discovered and by 7:30 o'clock half the plaint was reduced to ashes. The building consisted of a new and an old portion. The fire originated in the new portion of the edifice and com pletely destroyed this, together with a part of the old building. The entire plant was valued i,t $400,0 ana. the loss by today's fire is estimated to be about $200,000. Charlotte was 'telephoned to come on with Tier ' .fire apparatus, but. as the water, supply ait Belmont is very inade quate. Chief Glenn thought i't would be useless to take the engines over. A chemical . engine was also requested from, here, but could not be obtained. St. Mary's colleg-e.'is one off the finesfi large&t 'and best, equipped Catholic schools in the entire; south and is under the supervision oif Bishop Haid, Father Bernard being in charge at Belmont. The school buildings contained about 175. people at the time of the fire, but no lives were lost. Charlotte was telegraphed for iifty trunks and. valises this morning an-, as far as can be learned here, ithe college will be closed Tor the season immedi ately. SMITH APPOINTS MACINNIS To be Senator in Pi ace of Clark From Montana. Helena, Mont, May 19. Gov. Smith reached Helena today and affixed his signature to the commission! of Major Martin Maginnis, who will leave tonight for Washington and present ?t to the senate. Concerning the appon'ment Gov. Smith said: "If the senate adopts the committee resolution and decides that Clark was never legally elected and had nothing to resign, then my appoint ment of Major Maginnis may not be unrecognized." PLAGUE IN SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco, Cal., May 19. The 5 board of health has odopted a resolucicn declaring that, bubonic plague exists m San Francisco. The health authorities say that while there are no living casse here, there have been six deaths during the past three months, and they have decided to take precautions against the development and spread of the disease. i SEE COPIES OF FINE STATUARY IN OUR WINDOW SAMPLES. ONLY ONE OF A KIND AT LOW PRICES J. H. LAW. 2t- a a Agency 4. "R0CKBR00K FARM" CREAMERY BUTTER. I More Truth Than Poetry ! a a II "He is a fool who. thinks by by force or sk'.ll To turn woman's ;he cur . en 1 o: will," decides with pow- Q When she ers keen To use our tine. brands of Gela- Per Package. JO 20c f 15c n ? .Cox's f Knox's ni Chalmer's -15c 20c 8 "Nelson's- ? o : d g Kingery's 10c Per Pound - Sheet ..-45c CLAREIICESftVJYER ;X8w&s6or4o WV 1!, Snider. NORTEr COUBT .-1. . : '. .. ... SHOUTING MILLIONS Celebrate the Relief of the Long Imprisoned Mafe king Garrison. Reports From Pretoria of Peace Negotiations. Transvaal Authorities Said to Put an End to the War. Krager, However, Is Reported Among the Irreconcilables. DUNDONALD MOVES FORWARD TO LAING'S NEK! BULLER RE PORTS THAT HE OVERTOOK THE REAR OF THE FLEEING ENEMY. London, May 19. The celebration of Mafeking's relief is the only matter tc which nine-tenths of the British nation will pay any attention. The mooted question of intended submis sion of the Boer republics, which is of vastly greater political importance scarcely attracts the notice of the shouting millions who still fill the streets of this and other British cities. Significant reports of proposed peace negotiations are coming from Pre toria. In regard to this latter the sit- : uation is somewhat difficult to under stand, but certain things are clear. It is undeniable that a section of the Boers, especially of the Free State, ae now urging the authorities to make peace on the best terms ' obtainable; Information on this point and in regard to the probable action of the Trans vaal comes from Laffan correspondents which makes it entirely clear that the ipeace sentiment is so "strong that the Transvaal authorities are.' rayMo op en negotiations. It is also a fact that they are anxious .to have the - United States act as intermediary as France did in the Spanisih-American wa'rJ They have been "informed that the United States regards the situation' much as did France when she acted as . a go between for two sovereign powers, while England refuses to recognize the South African republics and insists they shall make, direct communication on the question of peace or any other subject. Furthermore the Transvaal authorit ies are convinced that the only condi tions for a cessation of hostilities which England will accept are complete submissipn. Their terms, the Pretoria correspondent of the Laffan bureau as serts, the belligerent section of the Boers will never accept. It is gener ally believed Kruger and Secretary of State Reitz are among the irreconcila bles. This matter is of the greatest im portance, for it is conceded that if ev en a few thousand of the Boers with draw to northern hills it may be a imatter of months, perhaps years, to subdue them. It is now felt that Pretoria will fall into the hands of the British within a few weeks. Some ugly hints are arriving that as a last desperate measure both Johan nesburg and Pretoria will be destroy ed, but this will avail nothing in the end. The principal sufferers will be those who are willing to submit to the inevitable. There are many such al ready in the Transvaal and they are probably strong enough to prevent an act of wanton and useless anarchy. DUNDONALD REACHES LAING'S NEK. London, May 19. The following was received from Buller tonight: "New- (Continued to fift'ii page.) For No Reason is Asheville more pre-eminent than on account of its fine- cli mate all the year round. It is America's flrsc reeort, because perennially invigorating. It H is the same way with Ashievllle's famous product WHEATrHEARTS. It is the first breakfast food for all the year; it is always invigorating- WHEAT HEARTS is prepared for serving in two, minutes because weve- milled the wheat, roasted the, gluten, . and converted tbVsarcii'to dex- -trine before it Caches, you.- : , WHEAT" HEAKTS ; makes a tempting dish. with, which noth ing else compares If. you Jaut try'ftoiice Ouaiunderetand why "IVSwli'eat-Hiarts'we Want." If v: 1 r . -1 t "At !1 ' 1 h'9 1 '4 i 1 1 4!l .1 i " 4 H r- , f v 1 1 - , j - - ' " i Iff i
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