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VOL' IV: NO. 118 ASHKVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 24, 1900. PRICE 5 CENTS CONTINUED! OESTREICHERS ODDS AND ENDS SALE a decided success last week. "We will include many more lines this week, among them Silk Waists at $3.98 and $4.89; were $6.50 fo $9.50. V India Silk Waists, in white, greys and black at $3.25 and $4.00. o o v o We have also made decided reductions in Lawn Waists, especially for this sale. Ladies' Hermsdorf Black Hose, worth 25c, this week at i!4c. 50 dozen Dropstitch Goods, worth 50c the pair. Odds and Ends Sale price, one-half doz. at $1.50; smaller quantities at 35c the pair. OESTREIGHER&GO 51 Patton Avenue. THE GENUINE Their facilities for production is an ad vantage in a broad sense which admits the agent and finally the purchaser to a goodly share of the .general benefit slieville Hardware Com pany, Agents. PUTHEAST COR. COURT SQUARE. 'PHONE 87. SnHnp-fiAM Tiro rmt nm In Mir er Tire Departunent. MASSAGE.. AND PACKS. atment tar: Nat-whim. Rheumatic i tiT disease. Thur Brandt Ma for "a DlMasea; also Face Masa. NOP. EDWIN GRUNER, tTlJ ", 1th Oakland H,tghft Sana- Or Offi TVootmo-nt (YfflcA t U n m n 1 w Ihi, A trot ' ST. TELEPHONE 20f . x 18 Green p. ! ure at Grant's Pharmacy. fck " "" ' ' nervous and neuralgic head v Ueved by Baldwin's Headache over a thousand, bottles sold. aua money refunded. U hoc ry. Grant's Pharmacy. Ti i v. - "igwuve uoraiai an ex Won tdy f or dyspepsia and in- WLbem radically cured. Price r s "tC : " . ptB -vura t-owaer, 10 cents at miiaf ha a Vi ..V . -J M Wani -.aj. v u . 1111511 CHINA AT WAR WITH THE WORLD Whole China Become AllTesoT the Boxers. British and French Settle ments Destroyed. American Troops Engaged With Chi nese Outside of Tien Tsin. More Ships and Men Ordered Sent to Kempff. GREAT ANXIETY IN ENGLAND OVER THE CHINESE SITUATION BOER WAR NOW AN UNMITI GATED EVIL CHINESE ADMIR AL AT SHANGHAI ORDERED TO REMOVE HIS FLEET. London, June 23. The only fact as yet clearly established in regard to the situation in the far east is that China is at war with the entire worfd. The rea sons for which steps are not taken to declare as formal state of war is that it is still impossible to communicate with the Chinese government, and no power will give passports to the Chinese rep resentatives until the fate of its own minister at Pekin is ascertained. As far as knowledge of the situation a)t the Chinese capital is concerned nothing has been heard for nine days. The past week "has been the most anxious time Europe has known for many years. Nowhere has anxiety been so profound as in England. There is not only alarm over the" fate of many beings in official and private life who-are practically at the mercy of the fanatics, but there is the gravest apprehension in regard to the general peril which menaces British- interests throughout the world. It is the final settlement of the trouble that England fears, for she has nothing to gain and much to lose. There are already proceeding diplo matic changes of opinion on the ques tion of the dismemberment of China. It is in regard, to this matter that an agreement is almost impossible, and it is feared that England will find herself in the minority and powerless unless she resorts to force. It is particularly embarrassing that England is unable to send white troops. In fact the South African struggle was never in its darkest days recognized as such an unredeemed calamity as it is felt to be aJt the present moment by the English government. There is good reason to believe there is sound basis of truth for the reports that Roberts is willing to discuss terms of peace with Kruger instead of persisting In his de mand for unconditional surrender. The attitude of Germany is of para mount importance in the eastern war problem. Should the kaiser's symajh ies be even slightly pro-Russian Salis bury's anxiety may well take a de spondent turn. CHINESE' ARMY NOT BOXERS. Washington, June 23. The navy de partment this morning received an im portant despatch from Admiral Kempff, stating that an engagement is now in progress between the Uiited States marine vand other forces against the Chinese army outside of Tien Tsin. The following bulletin' has been issued by the department: "Acting Secretary Haekett has, this morning received a despatch from Admiral Kempff, dated Chefoo, June 23, to the effect that ma rines under Major Walker, together with 400 Russians, have had an en gagement with the Chinese army near Tien Tsin. They could not break the line. Another force, numbering 2,000 the admiral reports, is now ready to make another attempt." The import ance of this despatch Is Admiral.. Kempff 's disclosure that it is the Chi nese army, and not the boxers, who are lighting' the foreign troops. y DESTROY ENTIRE SETTLEMENTS . London, June 23. Special despatches from Shanghai dated a$ 7:20 p. m. yes terday, give additional details of the bombardment of Tien Tsin. It is re- A Bargain. . OCOC On Sulphur Springs road Ten acres ground and well constru -ted modern house. Will be sold be low value to close an ' estate. Price on application to interested party. . oooo WILKIE & LaBflRBE, ' Real Estate Brokers, JQ Pone 661. a pACtm Are. ported that Tien Tsin has been inces santly bombarded for the last three days. The entire British and French settlements have been destroyed. Heavy casualties are reported. The Chinese number at least 15,000 Inside the city, while the emissaries crowd the foreign quarters, setting fire to the buildings. The Chinese guns are be ing worked steadily from the walls of the native city. The consulates all be ing destroyed, the foreigners flock to the town hall. The assistance of rein forcements is implored. The Russians are now Intrenched in the depot. They are resisting the advance which the en emy is making in overwhelming num bers. No word has been received from Admiral Seymour and it Is feared that the relief column fared hadly. There is an exodus of foreigners from the Yang tse Klang forts to Shanghai and Japan. Many consider Shanghai unsafe owing to the absence of foreign troops. INSTANT HELP NEEDED. New York, June 23. The Journal and Advertiser today prints a copyrighted despatch from Rev. Frederick Brown, presiding elder of the Tien Tsin dis trict of the Methodist Episcopal church The despatch is dated Chefoo, June 23, and is as follows: "I have just got away from Tien Tsin on a German gunboat. The city has been bombarded for several days by the Chinese. All the foreign part of Tien Tsin has been destroyed. Lieutenant Wright, of our navy, and 150 Others of the white resi dents, marines and sailors, sent up to our assistance, were killed or wounded. The American consulate building ''has been destroyed. Ammunition is almost gone. The garrisons are suffering ter ribly and need instant help." MORE SHIPS AND TROOPS. Washington, June 23. A brigade of troops and six more warships have been ordered by the war and navy depart ment respectively to proceed from the Philippines to Taku. These large re inforcements are to go as soon as possi ble. It cannot be definitely 'ascertained when the necessary orders were issued but there is reason to believe they were sent to MacArthur at Manila and Rem ey at Cavite soon after the cabinet meeting yesterday, and had no relation to the news which came from Admiral Kempff today that the column of Rus sians and Americans had been repulsed aiTien Tsin. The designation of the two-aaaitionai regiments to compose the brigade one the Ninth infantry naving oeen previously ordered was left to MacArthur-. Three of the ships are the Monadnock, Marietta and the Princeton, afl of which are supposed to be at Cavite. These will give Kempff squadron of thirteen vessels. Six warships ordinarily compose a squadron and more than that number a fleet. So that, Kempff will have a fleet. The as signment of the Monadnock is espe cially significant on account of her adaptability for attacking' fortifications and armored ships more than for any other purpose. HAS DECLARED WAR. London, June 23. The announcement that Prince Tuan has assumed active command of the Chinese troops and the bombarding of Tien Tsin seems conclusive evidence that the dowager empress has declared war on the com bined European powers and that the whole military strength of China is to be, employed in behalf of the Boxers. It is considered significant that the Chinese r- erchants of Shanghai are realizing on; their effects in specie and retiring into the interior. Evidently they anticipate a spread of the trouble. Consequently it is urge that the forts at Woosung should be seized by the international forces in view of the pos sible eventualities. Possibly as a preliminary to some action of thisklnd the -consuls at Shanghai today adressed a note to the Chinese admiral asking him to remove his fleet from Shanghai. In compliance with this request two Chinese warships are to sail today and the rest tomorrow. Ib the meanwhile the gravity of the sit uation at Tien Tsin can hardly be ov erestimated. The critical state of affairs seems plain from the haste with which the small force of 2,000 men was despatched from Taku to the relief of the Tien Tsin garrison force: It is doubtless convey ing ammunition, the absence of which adds so sensibly to the straits of the garrison. A late message from Tien Tsin warns the relieving force to beware of Chi nese ambuscades outside of the town. It appears from a telegram sent by the German consul at Chefoo that Com mander Lans of the litis was really wounded at the Taku fight, together with fourteen other Germans, while sev en were killed, including Lieut. Hel- ! mann. Probably Commodore Lane' telegram to his relatives at Wesel meant that his condition was satisfac tory. Yokohama reports that another division of troops is proceeding to Chi na, A despatch Teceived here announc ing the burning of Wei Hai Wei is evi dently a mistake, as. there are no for eign; settlements there. Apparently it refers to Tien Tsin. - "PEKIN IN PERIL;", New York, June 23. In response to a cabled inquiry as to whether their missionaries in Pekin and Sham Tung were safe, the Presbyterian board of foreign missions today received the fol lowing reply from the Presbyterian mission treasurer, Elterichj at Chefoo; "Chefoo, June 22. Pekin in peril. Shan Tung ordered to port," As interpreted-by the secretary of the Presbyterian board of missions. Charles W. Hand, the dispatch means that all missionaries in the province of Shan Tung have been ordered by the United States consul to leave their mission on posts and proceed in haste to some, port BAKEit&C0: Scientific Refracting .Opticians, Nql SMton Avenue. Examination yree., 7 Special wttentfoxt glYta to repairla. where they can be under, the protection of a United States gunboat. DECLARES LEGATIONS SAFE. Washington June 23. The state de partment has rceivea a letter f-rom the CfbJpese minister . saying the viceroy of Kantcin cables him that the legations at Hekin are safe. - LI HUNG CHANG'S APPEAL. Washington, June 23. The state de partment has received a number of important communications concerning China. One is from Li Hung Chang asking permission to proceed to Pekin to help restore order. The United States and ;lt is believed other powers have given the desired permission. Other communications give promise of Chi nese officials to maintain; order in their provinces. NINTH INFANTRY DELAYED. Washington, June 23. The following dispatch has been received at the war depftrtmentt "Manila, June 23. Adjutant General, Washington: Departure of the Ninth infantry delayed until June 27, in con sequence of the storm which broke the railroad and telegraph and made ap proach impossible. "MacARTHUR." FROM FRENCH CONSUL GENERAL Paris, June 23. (Noon.) The French consul general in China telegraphs un der date of Friday, June 22, as follows: "The Chinese have bombarded the Tien Tsin Concessions and have destroyed the American consulate. A despatch re ceived here from the French consul, M Francois, sent from Yunnan Fu under date of Sunday, June 17, expresses fear of an insurrection against the manda rins in Yunnan Sea, owing to apprehen sions of a war. He explains that this is the reason why he is detained." An other telegram dated Wednesday, June 20, announces that the mandarins had established tranquility in Mong Tse, and that the situation in Yunnan Sen was unchanged. It was that two Eu ropeanis from the latter place had suc ceeded in reaching Mong Tse without having encountered great obstacles and that four Chinese convicted of par ticipating in the burning of a church and five European houses June 16 frad been executed. RUSSIA'S GAME. London, June 23. Foreigners and commercial men at all of the treaty ports are of the opinion that the Chi nese government has been wrecked be yond repair and that the only solution of the existing anarchy will be the es tablishment of a new government con trolled by the civilized nations. At tempers to restore the empress on the basis if her fore-ordained promise of good behavior would make the position of foreigners worse than . ever. A popular plan Is the restoration of the emperor, if found alive. With liberal advisers he could be held subject to strict supervision by some council rep resenting the foreign powers. The per sonal punishment of the highest offl cSals concerned in the anti-foreign movement is considered essential. In terest is focusf 3d on Russia and Amer ica. It is the universal belief that Rus sia instigated the rioting, expecting to march an army to Pekin and proclaim herself protector of China under the guise of restoring order, but achieved a fiasco on account of the prompt ac tion of the other powers. America is considered to be in the best position to take the lead in making proposals for a permanent . settlement. There is a practical Anglo-American alliance in China. The local organizations of both nationalities are urging their respective governments to hurry more troops The presence of enough soldiers to en force the demands upon China besides being a check to the ambitions of rival powers is deemed vital. There is an in sufficient number of English troops available to. protect the interests at stake in the treaty ports. The Eng lish and Americans confidently expect that several regiments will be sent from the Philippines. CUBAN TOBACCO PRICES DOWN. Havana, June 23. Complaints are be ing made by country newspapers of the fall in the prices of tobacco.. The sec retary of agriculture attributes this to the fact that the buyers have formed two large trusts, one English and the other American, and are holding back until a low rate is reached. See advertisement of a big reduction sale m Clothing- at iThe Outfitter,,, 11 Patton ave. WISDOM KJ3.Z&--. " ..n .. , ,,. CARR & WARD DISTRIBUTORS U Booth Vl Btx; 3 9 FORTIETH VOLUNTEERS AMBUSHED BY FILIPINOS On the Taayan RiverReinforce ments Resisted Washington, June 23. The war de partment has received the following from MacArthur: "A detachment of four officers and 100 men of the Fortieth volunteers. Captain Miller, which left Tagayan June 13, on a reconnoisance up Ta gayan river, was ambushed by insur gents in a strong position. Forty men were sent to reinforce them, but could not take the position and withdrew. Killed: Robert H. Coles, John H. Haywood, "(Frederick Hollow, John T. Pelham, Frank Salisbury, Corporal Jo seph G. Moody, Michael J. McQuirk. Wounded: Captain Walter B. Elliott, Captain Thomas Miller, Jeff Efflg, James W. Jeffries, Roxien Wheaton, George Hollary, Murley Phillips, John W. Smith, Edwin E. Williams, George W. Wells, Lex M. Kampters. Miss ing: Sergeant William Northcross. Detailed report not received. MacAr thur." WHITE MAN PROBABLY LYNCHED For the Murder of an Aeed Woman in Louisiana. New Orleans, La., June 23. Mrs. Jo sephene Coates, mother of Mrs. Sallie Ottf , of this city, was outraged and brutally murdered yesterday in her res idence in an isolated neighborhood on the Tickfaw river, near Springfield in Livingston parish. She was 68 j'ears of age and reputqd to have considerable money about her? place. The murderer was a white man named Frank Gil more, who lived about two miles from her house down the river. It is pre sumed that his original intent was rob bery. G. R. Kempe captured the man at the point of a gun. About twenty-five or thirty men; gathered later in th evening while Gilmore was still being held at the Coates house under examination and took him out in the nearby timber. .tie nas not since been heard from .but it is ceitain he has been hanged or has met even a worse fate. BRYAN DISAPPROVES OF THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM Milwaukee, June 23. Bryan passed through this citv todav. In, an IntPr- view he said that the Philadelphia plat form shows their platform of '96 a. de liberate fraud so far as th nrnmisp of international bimetallism is concern ed. He declared that the party's atti tude on trusts is insincere. It was not willing to state its attitude on ihA Philippines. He denied tb report that he would not make speeches in the coming campaign. ROBERTS SANTENCED. Salt Lake City. Utah. Jun 23. Fir- Congressman Roberts was sentenced to pay a fine of $150 or go to jail thac num ber of days for unlawful cohabitation. CLOSE OF Y. W. C A CONFERENCE Monday at Noon This Year's Sessions Will End. Dr. Eardman. of Philadelnhfa snnko at the Y. W. C. A. conference last eve ning on the last of his series of talks on the Holy Spirit. He spoke of it as something every Christian should havo and not something gained by a sudden experience, as a great many people seem to believe. At 11 o'clock this morhinc T?pv t? G. Pearson, of Asheville. will speak. Robert E. Spear, of New York, will speak at 4 in the evenine-. Thpr win .be a service for the leaders and mem bers of the conference alone. The conference closes at noon tnmnr- row and Dr. Spear will speak during the morning. Special Sale of Sailor Hats at cost and below cost Monday and Tuesdav. MRS T.rwr MITCHELL. DIOraIDIID!D!0aiII!I ANTISEPTIC BROOMS. a 0 B a a a S3 Being constructed on modern scientific principles has already taken the place of the old style, germ-breeding broom. It is a perfect deodorizer and contains a perfect disinfectant apparatus beside the broom, thoroughly dis ' infecting the broom itself and ev ery carpet, rug and floor that is swept with it. Made of best straw. The broom alone is well 8 worth the price. Try one 50 cents Hot 1 size ................ 75 cents 8 4 a CLARENCE SAWYER . 3-:- . -M -' , Successor to W.J. Snider, , f NORTlfc 9OTJKT CQTTAR3. Hi I' 1 A D (hcmKa!!y I nil ' I SATISFACTORY TO ENGLAND All the News From South Africa Continues to be Favorable. Botha Possesses Full Power to Conclude Peace. Pietersburg's Offer of Submission Regarded as Significant. The Terms on Which Krnger Would Consent to Yield. STEYN'S FORCES DRAWING MOST OF THE ATTENTION OF LORD ROBERTS SETVERANCE BE TWEEN TRANSVAAL AND OR ANGE RIVER COLONY COMPLET- " ED. London, June 23. All the news from South Africa continues satisfac tory from a British point of view. Trains ought soon to be running be tween Durban. and Johannesburg. Ac cording to a Pretoria despatch Gener al Botha possesses full powers to con clude peace and it is reiterated that he is willing to surrender but it seems President Kruger remains obdurate. The fact that a deputation from Piet ersburg, in northern .Transvaal, has ap proached Lord Roberts with an invita tion to send a force to receive the sub mission of the town is regarded as im portant, for Pietersburg is far removed from the scene of warfare. London, June 23. General Steyn's forces in the Orange River colony ar for the time,, dcawingosfc of the at- neglect on Commandant' Louis Botha and PresidenSS Kruger. The severance between the 'TYansvaal and the Orange River colony was completed yesterday as Lord Roberts said it would be by the arrival of General Buller's advance KRUGER' S CONDITIONS. Lorenzo Marques, June 23. President Kruger's principal condition for imme diate peace is that he be allowed to stay in the country. There are 500 Britsh sick and wounded now at Pre toria. A TIDE WAVE ROUTE. Said to Have Been Found for Nicara guan Canal. New York, June 23. In a letter to a personal friend at Belle Fonte. Pa., Dr. G. F. Wickes, formerly physician at Bellevue hospital, New York. and. at present surgeon of the Nicaraguan ca nal commission, conveys an iaea of the results which may be expected of the work of he commission. Dr. Wilkes gives the interesting and startling In formation 'that the commission discov- erede a tide water level route for a canal across the isthmus. The latter also shows some of the hardships and dangers which the commission en- jr countered. COLOMBIAN REBEL VICTORIES. Caracas, June 23. The" Colombian revolutionists have occupied Bucara manga, on the eVnezuelan frontier. Cucuta, a" town the in the department of Sanitander, also on the Venezuelan frontier, continues in possession of the revolutionists. Special Sale of Millinery Monday and Tuesday. MRS. LON MITCHELL. We are headjuarters for cots and cot mattresses. Styles to suit everybody. Mrs. L. A. Johnson, 43 Patton avenue. A Decided Advantage. Asheville people have In be ing able to buy freshly pre pared an unexcelled break fast food. In summer there is some uncertainty., what you'll find In a "poorly, packed package of cereals kept long on the grocer's shelf There is no uncertainty about WHEAT-HEARTS, It is put up in sealed packages and your grocer always has a fresh supply. WHEBAT HEARTS is the ideal sum mer food because strengthen ing' and not heating; and, In addition, It may be thor oughly cooked ready to serve. . In - two . minutes. UJLU It'Swheat-Eearts we Want."- The W&eat-Hearts Comp'y ASHEVILLE. ' -if '- J J
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