ESTREICIB'S
sale of
Housekeeping
(foods.
Commencing Monday, June 4, we will
put on sale 100 MILJ JESNDS of 'TA
BLE DAMASK. The pieces range in
I ngth 2, 2 1-2 and 3 yards. We will
:i th!
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$1.39 quality at 95c yard.
$1.00 quality at 69c yard.
$1.15 quality at 85c yard.
75c quality at 59c yard.
la Towels we offer two extra spe
cial values in Linen Huck our
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$1.40 quality ai $1.10 doz.
$1.95 quality at $1.65 doz.
CURTAINS.
We are showing the latest makes of
Bobinett Curtains, controlling' one of
th most celebrated makes for this
market. Prices range from 69c. the
pair to $10.00 the pair.
OESTREICHER&CO
51 Patton Avenue.
"Standard the World Over."
The Columbus Buggy Co.'s
No. 3 CHESTER.
Carmine gear, tan leather trimmed'.
Te most popular job ever handled in
Asheville.
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Asheyille Hardware Com
pany, Agents.
SOUTHEAST COR. COURT SQUARE.
PHONES 87.
Kelley Springfield Tire put on in our
Rubber Tire Deparfc-nent.
.MASSAGE..
AND PACKS.
Treatment for: Nervous, Rheumatic
and other diseases.
Special: Thur Brandt Massage for
Female Diseases; also Face Massage.
PROF. EDWIN GRUNER,
(Graduate Chemnitz College, Germany.
Formerly Ith Oakland Heights Sana
torium.) Home or Office Treatment. . Office
tours, 11 a. m. to 1 p. m., 2 to 4 . . m.
K S. MAIN ST. TELEPHONE 201.
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Paris Green tlug Shot and Bordeaux
Mixture at Grant's Pharmacy.
Sick, nervous and neuralgic' head
aches relieved by Baldwin's Headache
Cure; over a thousand--bottles sold.
Price 25c and money refunded if - not
satisfactory. Grant's Pharmacy.
.imm.j , ,miM -mi, .m .w-v . -
Grant's Digestive Cordial iu an ex
:ellent remedy for dyspepsia and in--digestion.
Many cases of long stand
ing have been radically eured -Price
50c and money 'back If hot satisfactory.
Grant's Pharmacy. . '--
Grant's Talcum Powder, 10 cettts flCt
Grant's. v ;r -, -... :
We are headjuarters for cots and cot
mattresses. Styles' to! suit .-everybody
Irs. L. A. Johnson, 43 Patton aveaue.' ; .
MRS", GLADSTONE DEAD;
London June 14.- Mrs. ; Gladstone;
idow of.iWilllam . Ev Gladstope,: the
English . statesman, died at 5:40,rl. 'm.'
today, -r-j.;: ,-;sfr. - 'V J
s TROOPS
JOIN BOXERS
And Propose to Oppose the
Entry of the International
. Army Into Pekin.
Fears for "the Adequacy of
Seymour's Troops,
Reported to Have Had One Battle
Near Pekin,
Foreigners Confined to the Legations
and Rioting Continues.
THE EMPRESS SAID TO HAVE RE
QUESTED THE MOBS TO DIS
BURSE BUT IS USING NO COM-
PULSION BUILDING OF THE
CHINA INLAND MISSION
LT DESTROYED.
PART-
London, June 15. The rumor from
"Shanghai that the Chinese regular
troops are preparing to oppose the en-
try of the international forces into Pe
kin has been confirmed by a corre
spondent with Admiral Seymour. This
indicates that the imperial troops have
joined the boxers openly. It is not sur
prising therefore that uneasiness is re
potted in Tien Tsin regarding the ade
quacy of Seymour's forcess. The
Shanghai correspondents do not believe
Seymour has advanced beyond Lang
Tang, pending the arrival of reinforce
ments. Meanwhile rumors continue of
the dangerous position of foreigners
in Pekin, none daring to leave the lega
tions, which are threatened by mob
violence.
The empress is reported to be thor
oughly tamed by the murder of the
chancellor of the Japanese legation and
has positively" appealed to the rioters
to disperse, though sne , is not taxing;
measunes to compek .them. -ABthw
r-.i i : n 1 cnn T Vn 4 l
troops with four guns have', arrived
outside of Pekin after an : arduous
march.' -
A despatch to the Times from
Shanghai says a telegram from Pekin
reports a serious engagement between
Seymour's force and Chinese under
General Tung Fu Siang near Pekin.
SITUATION AT PEKIN CRITICAL.
London, June 14. A special despatch
from Shanghai says the positions of
the legations at Pekin is most critical.
According to this despatch 30,000 Chi-i-ioco
trnnnq nrp rlra.wn nn outside the
w v w v. mr - Jk
gates of the city to oppose the relief
force and guns are trained on the
American, British and Japanese lega
tions. The American, Russian and
Japanese ministers have sent couriers
to Tien Tsin asking for 2,000 troops of
each nationality. The United States
gunboats Torktown and Castine left
yesterday for Tong Ku. There is no
foreign warship now here.
FOREIGN ARMY NEARJNG PEKIN.
Tien Tsin, June 14. The internation
al expedition is now at Lang Fang,
half way to Pekin. The troops found
the station destroyed and two hundred
yards of the track torn up. Upon ap
proaching the station they found the
boxers still carrying on the work of de
struction, but the latter bolted into
the village upon the approach of the
advance ,party. A shell from, a six
pounder was dropped into the village
and the boxers fled up the line. Above
the station a small party was discover
ed engaged in tearing up the track,
but long range shots xdrove them off.
, The patrol returned this morning
and reports that a mile and a quarter
of the track has been destroyed. The
expedition will remain at Lang Fang.
A courier who arrived this morning
from Pekin brought a letter from the
American legation that General Fung
Fuh Siarig intends to oppose the en
trance of the foreign troops into Pe
kin. Ten thousand troops are guard
ing the south gate. The courier reports
that it is said that upwards of 2,000
boxers are in the immediate neighbor
hood of Lang Fang.
BUILDINGS DEOLISHED.
Shanghai, June 14. 'A despatch from
Furnished
. ...
Homes...,
j l . For '"all sorts and
conditions of men."
can please yon
is possible.......
X ; . Also a few unfur-
t nished left.
WILKIE & LaBffnBE,
4 J- kid Estate Brokers, ;
I ; tPbone 81 23 Pattoa Ayt.i
CHINA
Chung Kiang -says that a riot has taken
place at Tun 'Na Fu. The, buildings of
the China Inland mission were partial
ly destroyed and those of the Roman
Catholic and Bible "Christian missions
were utterly demolished. All the mis
sionaries yare safe. --A, Russian troop
ship passed up the Yajxg Tse Wednes
day, June 13. It was, reported that her
troops were to be fajxded at Hankow,
but the Russian officials at Shanghai
explain Ah&t the transport has merely
gone to Hankow to "load for Odessa and
the troops on board are time expired
men on their way home.
f RAILROAD DAMAGED .
Tien Tsin, June 14. Owing to the
extensive damage done to the railroad
line it is now feared the international
troops cannot reach Pekin befpre Sun
day. The Japanese cruiserfpumaT has
arrived at Taku.
- STARTED FOR TIEN 3TSIN.
Hong Kong, June 14. Four compa
nies of the Hong Kong regiment, a
mountain battery, and a field battery
of Asiatic artilleryj with a battery of
-2,. 5-lnch guns started for Tieri Tsin to
night. The fusil eers are expected to
Sail on the Terrible June 18.
WILL BOXERS BURN TIEN TSIN.
Tien Tsin, June 14. Railroad com
munication between this jjJJccq, and
Admiral Seymour's international -forces
has been cut three miles beyohd Yang
Tsun. TWo bridges have been destroy
ed. It is rumored here that the box
ers are determined to burn Tien Tsin.
EEMPFF MAKES REPORT.
Washington, June 14. The foJlowing
Cablegram has been received from Ad
miral Kempff : Tong Ku, June tt. Sec
retary Navy, Washington: Twenty
five hundred men are on road to Pekin
for the relief of the legations; 100 are
Americans, English and Russian in
large majority; all nations here repre
sented. The viceroy at Tien Tsin gave
From Photograph by C. F. Ray.
repaired as force advanced. Russian?
now sending soldiers from Port Arthur
with artillery. KEMPFF.
permission to go there; railroad being
ENGLAND'S COURSE.
In the house of commons today the
parliamentary secretary of the foreign
office, William St. John BrdGerick,
made a statement in regard to the posi
tion of affairs in the Chinese empire.
Her majesty's minister at Pekin,' said
he, "has been in constant communica
tion with the Chinese government since
the attack by boxers on peaceable con
verts and the destruction of three vil
lages about ninety miles from Pekin on
May 12. On May 18, Sir Claude Mac
Donald reminded the tsung li yamen
Chinese foreign office) of his unceas
ing warnings during the last six
months of the danger of not taking ade
quate measures to suppress the 'box
ens and an imperial decree was subse
quently issued. On May 20 a meeting
of the diplomatic corps was held, at
which a resolution was unanimously
adopted calling upon the tsung li ya
men to take more stringent measures.
It was not then considered necessary to
bring the international guards to Pe
kin, but the British marine guard at
Tien Tsin, which had -been under orders
to leave, -was detained there."
As no specific measures were taken
by tsung li yamen the diplomatic corps
again, May 26, failing the receipt of a
satisfactory reply from the tsung li
yarrien, to summon guards. This
course was adopted May 28, and a Brit
ish detachment of 78 men, with a ma
chine gun, was forthwith sent to Pe
kin, and 14 men were sent to Tien Tsin
while four more British soldiers were
brought to Taku. News was then re
ceived of the murder of Mrst Robinson
and. the capture of Mr. Norman, who
was subsequently murdered. Sir
Claude McDonald continued until June
5 to urgently impress the tsung li ya
men with the necessity for taking in
stant and effective steps to punish the
murderers and restore order, informing
them at her majesty's government
held the Chinese government, responsi
ble for the, criminal apathy which had
brought about this 'disgraceful state of
affairs. These remonstrances having
no effect and the situation both at Pe
kin and in its neighborhood becoming
threatening her majesty's government,
"June 6, telegraphed instructions to Sir
(Continued cf fifth page.)
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OVER A STEEP
EMBANKMENT
Went a Part of a Southern
Vestibule Train Near
Biltmore.
A Terrible Wreck Bat No
Loss of Life.
One of the Two Engines Completely
Demolished.
Two Hundred Passengers Unharmed
in the Cars-
ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT A
CURVE WHEN TRAIN WAS RUN
NING AT HIGH SPEED ENGI
NEER WELCH'S WONDERFUL
ESCAPE FIREMAN AND BAG-
i
GAGEMAN BURIED IN THE
RUINS.
The vestibule train known as No. 36,
which left this city at 6:15 yesterday
morning, eastbound was partly wreck-
THE WRECK AT GASH'S GREEK
ed two miles beyond Biltmore. The
train was a heavy one, consisting of
seven coaches, all but one of which
Contained passengers, including among
whom were the 138 members of the
Tennessee Press asosciation. The train
was drawn by two engines, the regular
engine of the train, No. 822, being pre
ceded by a heavier locomotive, No. 232.
At Gash's creek culvert, where there
was formerly a high trestle, but which
has been filled with earth penetrated
by the. big granite culvert, the track
makes a curve on an embankment forty
feet high. The train reaches this point
going at high speed. The second en
gine and the three cars immediately
behind it left the track. One of the
cars passed completely over the loco
motive as the latter rolled down the
embankment, tearing it to pieces. The
engine having reached bottom lodged
right side up and formed an immovable
barrier against which the second car of
the train was driven, thus holding back
the remainder of the cars pressing for
ward from above.
The most remarkable feature 'of the
accident is that no person was killed,
and but one person, the fireman who
Went down with engine 822, is seriously
injured.
Engine 232 remained on the embank
ment, though partly off the track.
I7ift-r.ra.pk was torn un Tor a nonsiH-X
erable distance, and it is difficult to as
sign a cause for the accident. It is no
WISDOM
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fenown whether the. rails spread, or,
owing--to the velocity of the train and
the superior weight of the forward en
gine, whether engine 232 was not "car
Vied off its feet" at the curve. What
ever the cause engine 232 was swung
out over the embankment and when it
snapped loose from Its tender, after ov
erturning the tender of the latter, it al
so broke away from the. car that fol
lowed it' and rolled beneath this coach
as the two made the descent.
WHEN THE CRASH CAME.
W. L. Fraley, flagman on the train,
was in the next to the last of the seven
cars a day coach. He wag etanding
on a low step ladder near the rear of
the car when the shock came. He was
thrown more than half the length of
the car by the tremendous concussion.
Everybody in the, car was thrown for
ward. The roar outside of crashing
timbers and escaping steam, added to
the confusion and 'error in the cars.
Fraley ran out of the door. The pas
sengers were already clambering from
the windows and doArs. From forward,
down in the gulley, rpse great volumes
of steam, below which indist'netly
could be seen the tangled masses of
wreckage. The flagman met Conduc
tor L. A. Frazier, who was in charge of
the train.
The conductor shouted to the flag
man, "Get right out," pointing to
Biltmore, and Fraley lost no time in
doing so.
He ran back to the Biltmore station
and gave the news of the disaster,
which a minute later was flashing ov
er the wire to Asheville.
SCENE AT THE WRECK.
Meanwhile the cats were quickly
emptied of their passengers. The three
heavy vestibule coaches in the rear
two sleepers and a day coach had not
left the track, and the glasses in their
windows had not been broken. No one
in them had been injured, beyond very
slight bruises caused to one or two
when all were thrown forward by the
sudden stoppage of the train. The
next coach ahead of these the fourth
in the train was still held to the track
by the rear wheels and was uninjured.
Car number 3 was off the track and
was tilted at a' considerable angle to
one side, and had started a few feet
down the embankment. In this car as
in the coaches behind it were many-of
the Tennessee newspaper men and
their wives and sisters, on their way
from Asheville to Morehead Citv. Tn
the concussion all were thrown to one j
side of the car.
Car number 2 was a combination car,
with a baggage section at the forward
end and smoking apartment in the
rear.
THE CARS THAT TOOK THE
PLUNGE.
In the smoker were four passengers.
One of these sat on a rear sea- and
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These goods are packed v were
grown and are superior to any
packed in this country, as they
are ripe when cut from the
plant. When canned here they
are shipped green and artificially
ripened afterwards.
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The peaches' aje sliced very
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Successor jto yr. 3. Snider. ,
NORTK COtJRT SQUARaS.
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BOERS FIGHT
DESPERATELY
TheyClaimto Have Repulsed
the British Forces Un- .
der Roberts.
Inflicting Heavy Damage on
the Cavalry,
Roberts Reports a Successful En
gagement Wednesday.
Bnller Continues to Enforce His Ad
vantage. THE SITUATION INDiBCATES MUCH
SERIOUS ' FIGHTING YET BB-
x -wHiHM rtim TKA WoVAAL ERS
AND THE UNITED FORCES OF
THE ENGLISH COMMANDERS.
London, June 15. Therei are still no
details from the British side regarding
Roberts' engagement with Botha near
Haherly. The Boer account of the en
gagement says the burghers foughtwith
fixed determination, beating the Brit
ish. They succeeded in driving Rob
erts' right wing five miles.. They
bravely stormed the British cannon
across the plain and had a hand to
hand fight with the cavalry, whom they
repulsed with heavy loss. The burgh-
ers, according to this report, had only
two killed and ten wounded. Another
story from Machadorp admits that the
Boers retired before Buller prf Almend's
iNek, but says they , inflicted tremend
ous loss on the British, the fiirst regi
ment in the attack being annihilated
BATTLE WITH BOTHA.
London, June 14. Lord Roberts re
ports to the war, office, under date of
Pretoria, June 2, 9:55 p. m., as follows:
"Meihuen advanced to Honningspruit
yesterday and found all quiet. Kroon
stad is strongly held. Methuen re
turned today to Rhenoster river, where
the railway is being repaired. We were
engaged all yesterday with Botha's
tarmy. The enemy fought with consid
erable determination and held our cav
alry on both flanks, but Ian Hamilton,
assisted by the Guards brigade of Pole-
Carew's division, pushing forward, took
the hill in his front.t which caused the
enemy to fall back on their second posi
tion to the eastward.1 This the- are
still holding. It is slightly higher than
the one we have captmred.
"The great extent of country which
has to be covered under modern con
ditions of warfare renders progress '
very slow. Details of the casualties
i'ave not reached me, but understand
they are moderate in numbers. The
only further casualties reported to date
are two officers wounded."
WAKKERSTROOM CAPITULATES.
London, June 14. Gen. Buller reports
to the war office as follows: "Head
quarters at Laings Nek, June 14.
(Morning) Gen. Lvttleton yescerday
received the formal submission of the
town and district of Wakkerstroom
which the enemy is believed to have
completely evacuated."
BRITISH SOLDIERS SUFFER.
New York, June 14. The London
iiuin matiittuuuui p, itv nines tasi uj.
Pretoria, under date of June 10, in con
nection, with the capture and destruc
tion by the Boers of 3,000 suits of
clothing. The Britisn soldiers complain
much of cold. There is much suffering
among them and the hospitals are full
of the sick and exhausted. The sick
ness among the horses, too, is increas
ing thousands of animals hiving suc
cumbed at Kroonstad (on the road from
Bloemfontein 'to Pretoria).
& Tkr,. Av. n j3 3 i a 11 i m
THE ELECTIONS IN CUBA
Havana, June 14. The political cam
paign in Cuba practically closed to
night.. The elections occur Saturday.
Precautions have been taken to pre
vent disturbance. The issue through
out the island is really personal. There
are two parties in the field, republicans
and nationals. Both stand for inde
pendence. Booths have been dis
tributed, ballots printed and everything
is in readiness.
Fnr lfn R&nsinn
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is Asheville more pre-eminent,
than on account of it- fine cli
mate all the year round. It is
America's firr; reeort, because
perennial! ivIgoratIng. It Is
the same way with AshJ ville's
famous prod t
5, WHT-HEARTS
It is the first breal ?ast food
for all the year; it is always in
vigorating. WHEAT HEARTS ,
is nrenared for servinsr In ,twA
minutes because we've milled
we ueai, ivaea lae giuxes -eLd
converted xfye starch to dex
trine before it reaches'you. v
WHEAT HEARTS mikes a
tempting dish with whicb notti-"
ing else compare. If you but'
try it once youll understand wb ;
"It'Swheat-Hearts wa Want."
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The Wheat-Hearts, domp'?
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