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1 I V J Til r 'V AX VOL, V: NO. 143 A.8HEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY HOBNING, JULY 24, 1900. PRICE 5 CENTS I I s pSTREICHER & COMPANY SPECIAL All wool plaid back Walk ing Skirts, such as are selling everywhere for $7.00 our SPECIAL price this week. . . . $4.58 Colors Brown, Tans, Blues, and Greys. We have just received and ?put on sale the latest shapes Walking Hats.... Prices- 98c $3.00 each. o o o Cut prices on all summer tuffs. HESTREIGHER&CO 51 Patton Avenne. The Hoosier is absolutely a force feed machine. Not only in name but in .the work it performo, and will sow small quantities with the same accuracy that it sows. iThe force feed on a smaller scale regrula-ted in the same iway is used for the grass seeder. mKWE CO,, Agis ASHEVILLE, n. c SOUTHEAST COR. COURT SQUARE. PHONE 87. MASSAGE.. Arm packs. Treatment for: Nervous, Rheumatic nd other diseases. Srecial: Thur Brandt Massage for Feniile Diseases; also Face Massage. PROF. EDWIN GRUNER, 55 S. MAIN ST. TELEPHONE 206. (Graduate Chemnitz College, Germany. Formerly with Oakl nd Heights Sana torium.) Home or Office Treatment. Office tours, 11 a. m. to 1 p. m 2 to 4 p n., SMOKE TRAYLOR'S MAGISTRATE 5 -CENT CIGAR. 1000 nair-o ht', nrti via "OOeS. tan Q r.I klok n on i.ol rr, mi- at Mears Shoe Store. 20rt not, t - 3. . . . lucf " tues' -ran. uxioras, Z to b, lm onealf price. G. A. Mears. THE STATE ' CAMPAIGN Library. Evidence of Growing strength of Anti-Amendment Sentiment. Congressman Pearson Speaks Again in McDowell, To Meet E. J. Justice in Joint Debate in Rdlherford, Adams Splendidly Greeted in Cherokee ' County. CHEERING NEWS PROM THE FAR EASTERN COUNTY OF PASQUO TANKHON. CLAUDIUS rOCK ERY ADDRESSES LARGE CROWD IN NORTH IREDELL. Sipecial to the Gazettte. Mariibn, N. C, July 23. Hon. Richmond Pearson today addressed the people of McDoiwell county at Dy sartville. The whole republican strength of that part of the dounlty heard the speaking and a number of democrats attended, preSuimably under the impression they would hear a joint discussion beHrween Mr. Pearson' and E. J. Justice, member of 'the legisla ture for this county. Mr. Pearson has agreed to divfide time with Mr. Justice in all appointments fn Rutherford ciounty, and offered Mr. Justice a divi sion of time in this county today But Mr. Justice has made the s'aime kind of a pledge in -McDowell that Mr. Craig has made in Buncombe and he has doubtless read in the Gazette of the unenviable and deplorable plight in which Craig finds himselif, aggra vated as it is by alterhatte denfetesions and denials, and has imbibed (more tact and prudence than Craig and is evi dently conscious of the fact that the better part of val'Or is discretion. A joint debate tomorrfo'w will be held between Pearson and Justice at Ellen -boro and Caroleen, 'close to the South Carolina line, in the red shirt part of Rutherford county. There is no doubt the fur 'Will fly. ADAMS AT MURPHY. Nearly Six Hundred Present Great Enthusiasm for Adamsr Murphy, N. C, July 21. Thfs was a gala day for the republicans of Chero kee county, the occasion being the visit of the next governor of North Caro lina, Judge Adams. Nearly 600 men, mostly farmers, crowded into the court house at 1 p. m. There was a decided contrast between the crowd that at tended the speaking of Aycock some time since and the one that listened to Judge Adams. "When Aycock and his red shirt gang were here the county had been drummed for miles around and the speaking advertised for 10 o'clock in the morning. When the time arrived there were so few- present it was postponed tiil 1 o'clock, and run ners were sent out to beat the woods for reinforcements. At 11 o'clock -there wais uneasiness in the ranks and the few who were already in town com menced to leave. After a hasty con sultation the leaders corraled the small crowd and shot them into the court house, where from 1:30 to 2:30 they listened with stolid indifference 'to the threats and boastings of the red shirters. The mere announcement that Judge Adams was to speak here on the 21st was sufficient to cause the farmers to leave their plows, the toil ers their various labors, the J. L. "Wil son Brick company to shut down for the afternoon. Promptly at 1 o'clock the largest, most intelligent and most orderly body of men that has been seen in Murphy for a long time assem bled at the court house. Judge J. T. Patterson, in a masterly introductory speech welcomed Judge Adams to g AT A SACRIFICE I A charming" country seat on T French Broad xi' er, within half mile of railroad. 115 acres, 70 i acres timber, 45 acres under cul- T tivat'on, llf be ring fruit trees, J two vineyards, berries, plums, a 3 splendid Springs, well built cot- 4 tage of 5 rooms and 3 outhouses, f beautiful, well kept grounds. This property is easily worth $4,- X 5Q0, but we can offer it for 60 4 days for $2,150. . t coco Z WILKiE & LaBARBE, Real Estate Brokers I Tboae 661. 22 P&tte Ay. Cherokee and pointed to him a signifi cant fact the personnel of his audi ence, the toilers and the men behind the plows. The speech of Judge Ad ams would not bear recapitulation. I could not do it justice. In our loftiest thoughts- of the ideal statesman and orator Judge Adams is all and more than we have pictured him. His head would delight a phrenologist, denoting deep intellect, the cul tured scholar, the finished statesman, polished orator and a man of fixity of purpose and bulldog tenacity. One grows enthusiastic after being ac quainted with this truly gifted man the leader of the republican party of the Old North State. Judge Adams carried his audience with him and frequent bursts of ap plause showed their hearty approval of his convincing arguments. He car ries with him the names and addresses of between 300 and 500 negro judges of election appointed by the democratic machine and dares any democratic pa per to publish the same. This he said was a sample of "white supremacy." The speaker tore away the mask from Aycock and exposed him and the amendment to such an extent that Cherokee will cast the largest vote ev er polled in her history for the repub lican nominees. ACHINES. GOOD REGISTRATION. Both Sides Make Supreme Effort to IGet Ev'ry Voter Out. Elizabeth City, N. C, July 20. To morrow being the last day of registra tion our people are hustling today in order to get every voter's name on the book that is entitled to be there. Both sides, those favoring and those op posed to the constitutional amendment, 'have made a specialty of the register ing business for the last few days. The result is a pretty full registration in Pasquotank county. There is less activity, however, in the rank and file of the democrats here than there was in the election of 1898. They met in congressional convention here yesterday and nominated Hon. J. H. Small, the present incumbent, can didate for congress in the First con gressional district. A marked apathy prevailed throughout the whole pro ceeding and over the entire crowd. It is true Mr. Small had no rival for the nomination, and this wrould account, in part, for the lack of interest manifest ed. But a pant of this lukewarmness may be attributed to a leaven of dis content amongst the masses of the democratic party, which has been worked up on the amendment question almost to a state of fermentation and revolt. The convention assembled yesterday also nominated Charles T. Abernathy, of Carteret county, as candidate for presidential elector of the First dis trict. It seems that Mr. Abernathy, like Mr. Small, had no opponent, and the bestowal of the honor upon him was also a tame performance. x The allied forces of republicans, pop ulists and anti-amendment democrats are not making any great demonstra tions down here in the east, are nev ertheless fighting the amendment with all their mignt. We are glad to hear such encouraging reports from1 our brethren of the west. Their patriotic and aggressive campaign against the Simmons disfranchising scheme hasi infused new energy and courage into the minds of our friends all over the state. . Votaries of liberty, free speech and fair elections are enthused and aroused as they never were before. The all absorbing issue of the day in North Carolina is this disfranchis ing "amendment. There are other questions to be settled, but they must wait and abide their time. This one problem of free suffrage to the citiezns of our-good old state stands out in bold relief upon the political canvas; all others recede to the' background. The 'burning question is: Shall white men, for no other crime than illiter acy, be disfranchised in North Caro lina? This is the question to be settled on the 2d day of August. Try as they may to deceive the people the demo crats have forced this plain, unvar nished issue upoiwis, and we must meet it. Sifted down to the last an alysis this is what the amendment means, '.the disfranchisement of illit- (Continud on second page.) NEGRO LYNCHED. Huntsville. Ala., July 23. Ling Clark, the negro who outraged 13-year-old Su san Priest a: Dallas yesterday, was lynched this afternoon. Clark was placed in jail this morning and a mob surrounded the jail. The sheriff's force repulsed one attack, fatally wounding one of the mob. Dynamite was brought into play and th 5 jail partly wrecked. Judge Speake promised to hold a spe cial term of court at 3 o'clock this af ternoon' to try him and troop were or dered out to escort the prisoner to the courthouse. The troops did not arrive on time, so the sheriff started out with Clark. He was met by a mob and af ter a short resistance the negro was captured. He was taken to East Huntsville, near the scene of his crime, and hung. The tofl-v was then burned. ELEVEN NEGROES DROWNED. Birmingham, Ala., July 23. lEleven negroes who were workingon the gov ernment lock in Warrior river near Akron, Ala., were drowned this after noon while crossing in a skiff. The cegroee were working under Christy Love and Hayworth, on lock No. 5, and after, work were returning to the op posite si4e of the river. The eleven ne groes were all crowned on the skiff, which made the load somewhat heavy. George Moore, axe of the negroes, be came frightened when the others began rocking the skiff and a panic followed. The skiff up6et and all the negroes were thrown into the river and all were drowned. CHINESE STILL DISCREDITED Doubled Despite Official As surances of Safety of Foreigners. Evidently Dual Government Exists in Pekin. Londen Chinese Minister Informed That Ministers are Alive. One General Wants Tliem Sent to Tien Tsin Under Guard. PRESIDENT MCKINLEY HANDS LETTER TO 'MINISTER WU RE GARDING ALLEGED REQUEST OF ElMPEROR THAT UNITED STATES ACT AS MEDIATOR. London, July 23. Renewed official Chinese assurances of the safety of foreigners in Pekin are still not re garded here as warranting their ac ceptance. A meiws agency this even ing circulated a statement that it had received a telegram from Sir Holliday Oartney, chancellor of the Chinese le gation in London, saying that the Pe kin legations are safe and are about to proceed to Tien Tsin. Inquiries of Sir Holliday brought the reply that it was quite true that the legations were safe. There is little direct news from China. Some Shanghai correspondents continue to warn the public to distrust all Chinese assurances and the alleged irrKperial edicts. It is asserted in Shanghai that there is evidently a dual government in Pekin, each having free access to the world through vice roys. The Times' St. Petersburg corre spondent says he learns from a gtood source that General Kouropatkin, minister of war, will probably be com mander in chief of the Russian forces in China and .the far east, in which event he will presumably command the international forces. The Chinese minister here has re ceived the following from Director of Telegraphs Sheng, dated .Shanghai, July 23: "Information fromi Pekin dated July 18 has been received to the effect that the tsung li yamen has de puted Wen Jin, an under secretary of the department, to see the foreign min isters. He found every one well. None are missing except the German minis ter. General Yung Lu, commander of the northern army, is about to memo rialize the throne to send them all un der an escort to Tien Tsin in the hope that military operations will then be stopped." MCKINLEY'S ANSWER. Washington, July 23. (Minister Wu characterizes as a humbug, the widely circulated report that he offered to as sume the task of delivering to Minis ter Conger a letter at Taku. He said he might be able to do it if he 'were in China. He expfeeted the mystery of the fate of the legations to be made plain in a very feiw days. The secre tary of stab?, this afternoon handed to Wu a letter .signed by President Mc Kinley and addressed to the emperor of China in. response' to the alleged re quest of the emperor that the United States consent to act as mediator. Very little known of the extent of the request for mediation, but informa tion of a g-eneral character of the an swer has been Obtained. President (McKinley agrees to use his efforts with other powers to induce them to ar range a settlement satisfactory to all concerned, but China must first fur nish guarantees that she has been con tinually striving to protect the foreign ers; that she has nbt engaged in hos tilities against the allied forces: t.t foreigners will be protected, and that she will use every endeavor to re-s-, tablish order. When this is done the president will he ready to do his ut most to preserve Chinese Integrity, prevent a division of the empire among other nations and maintain an open dbOr. ENGLISH INCREDULITY. London, July 23. In the house of commons today the parliamentary CALL AND SEE That we are al ways prepared to supply you with the test Wines and Whiskies... both imported and domestic at the Boston Saloon CARE, & WARD, Props. 23 South Main. 'Phone 268. secretary of ehe foreign office, Mr. Broderick, communicated certain tain statements to the Chinese au thorities with regard to the safety of the legations at Pekin, and said the Chinese minister declared them to be unharmed. Mr. Broiwerick read the text of sev eral edicts of July 18, commenting on Minister Conger's despatch to the de partment of state of the United States. Mr. Broderick said that though the despatch was of the same date as the edicts assurances of the safety of the latter was net borne out by Mr. Con ger. Consul Warren had telegraphed to the governor of Shantung to know how a message from Pekin reached him in two days and why there was no message from their foreign minis ter, Sir Claude MacDonald. The gov ernor had replied that the United States minister's message was sent by the tsung li yamen (Chinese foreign office) by a messenger traveling 600 leagues (roughly 20J) miles) a day. "I assure you," the governor of Shantung had added, "there is no telegraphic communication. I cannot explain why MacDonald has not telegraphed, but I have begun to be anxious a'bout thi8 ministers for they and the others are all living and unharmed. Of this I have already had several reliable messages." Mr. Broderick continued: "Seeing that over a month has elapsed since any communication reached the governor from the British legation and the tsung li yamen is communicating by messenger with va rious Chinese authorities, her majes ity's government feel they cannot give credence to any statement or decree attributd to the emiperor or the Chi nese government unless they are forti fied by letters signed and dated by Sir Claude MacDonald or other British officials or by some cablegram in our cipher." According tb the translation received by Mr. Broderick the imperial edict opened as follows: 'In the Confusian philosophy, in the spring and autumn it is written envoys should not be killed. How then, can it be supposed the thrones policy is to connive at allowing people and troops to vent their wrath on foreign minis ters?" The edict then gives the as'surance already 'made known to the public. NO RELIEF EXPEDITION. Washington, July 23. The state de partment has received a number of de spatches from foreign governmenits rela tive to the Conger despatch, and also from our officials in China, including Consul General Goodnaw. Without ex ception they discredit the authenticity of the message and advance theories to show its lack of genuineness. The entire burden of the answers indicate no disposition to move the relief expe- (Continued on fifth page.) LOST SI00 REWARD. Lost, while out driving between my residence and city pumping sta'tion, via South Main and Swannanoa drive, a pasteboard mailing box with name of Mrs. Charles Shedd, Whiting, Kansas, written on' the cover, and containing one lady's gold watch wi'ih diamonds, one ruby set in form of a leaf on one side and plain on. other side, movement No. 5720455. Engraved on inside "Har riet, from Father and Mother, Dec. 6, 1892.' One plain gold wedding ring, en graved 'H. W. H. to H. A. S., Christ mas, 1894. One soltaire diamond engagement ring. One opal ringse: with two diamonds. One ruby ring set with one diamond. One small gold watch chain with pearls set on at intervals. One order of Eastern Star pin. One brooch, wild rose shape, with white enamel on petals and gold edges and diamond center; 1894 engraved on back. Also chain and guard pin for same. One gold 'thimble. Note The package may have been broken and content's sea tered. H. W. HOWE. 15S Chestnut street. Ladies' Oxford Ties at cost at G. A,. Mears Shoe Store. $$$.S$$J?$$!fc 4 $ "R0CKBR00K FARM" CREAMERY BUTTER. Cantaloupes of the famous Nutmeg variety, from Rowan county, . are re ceived every morning. Our patrons tell us that these are the best they can get. IT $ t $ X- CLARENCE SAWYER GROCER. 6 NORTH COURT SQUARE. BOERS AGAIN CUT LINES Gen. Dewet Severs Lord Rob erts' Communications at Honingspruit. One Hundred Highlanders Captured rllso. Both Railway and Telegraph Destroy ed by the Federals, Large Force Moving on British Army at Honingspruit. .. Aillh HARD, SHARP FIGHTING AT PAL MIETFONTEIN EST WHICH BRIT ISH ARMY DRIVES BOERS BACK GENERAL KNOX WANTS SUP PLIES, AND THINKS ENEMY HAS 2,000 MEN. London, July 23. The Boer general, Dewet, has cut Lord Roberts' line of communications and captured one hun dred Highlanders and a supply train. OFFICIAL REPORT. London, July 23. General Dewet haa again succeeded in cutting Lord Rob erts' communications both by railway and telegraph and captured 100 of the Highlanders. Thie- story of the federal commander's bold raid comes from the form of a telegram from General Forester-Walker, dated at Cape Town, Sunday, July 22, forwarding a despatch from General Knox a-s follows: "Knoonstad, July 22. Following from Broadiwood sent by despatch rid er to Hbningspruit, wired thence to Kroonstadt: "Have followled command since July 16. Hard, sharp fighting at Pal mierfontein July 21. Prevented from pursuing longer by darkness. Eight hundred Boers found. Our casualties five killed and steventy-six wounded. Reach Vaal Krantz 'today. Enemy doubled its way back through Roode Kraal in darkness. Shall anarch to morrow to Roodeval station Send supplies for 3,000 men and horses, also any news of enemy's movements. I believe the commando consists of 2,000 men and four guns and is accompan ied by President Steyn and both the Dewets.' " General Knox continued: "The wire and main line communication north, of Honingsipruit have -been cut and al- so the telegraph to Pretoria via Pot chefs troom. According to my informa tion Dewet has crossed the railway and is going north." "General Kelley-Kenney telegraphs from Bloemfontein under date of Sun day, July 22: "The railway has been cut rtorth of Honingsipruit and a supply train and a hundred Highlanders captured by the enemy. A rap or t was received this morning that a large force of the en emy is moving on Honingspruit. All communication with Pretoria is cut off. The second and third cavalry brigades are following thi? enemy." Blackfberry cordial, a good old-fashioned remedy for summer complaints. 23c. Grant's Pharmacy. Grant's Talcum is absolutely pure, with a delicate perfume. 10c box, 3 for 25c. Grant's Pharmacy. Extract of Vanila, superior quality and strength. 25c. Grant's Pharmacy. 1 1 1 j El Principe de Gales and other Key West and Tampa cigars at Grant's Pharmacy. Fresh turnip seeds at Grant's. A good book-case for $4 at Mrs. A. Johnson's. Don't Get Hot standing over a hot tove in a hot kitchen. You don't need t have hot kitchen if you use WHEAT HEARTS. To be thoroughly di gestible, cereals must be well pre pared in a hot place some time or other. It't hot enough In our fac tory hut that's so you can be cool. We prepare WHEAT-HEARTS up to the two last minutes and those two minutes is all you need to cook it. Tou save fuel, have a cool kitchen, end enjoy the most inviting and seasonable food for hot weather. "It'Swheat-Hearts we Want." The W&eat-Hearts Comp!y,C ASHETTLLE. 5-1 :4 t j . - ,4- V Sr. 1 ' V
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