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W - v t . - . . -i 4 - 3-?.' , A ; Mo kl , v- V' vl$r v ;-vi ? -Vv - ... v . VOL V: NO. 188 A.SHEVILLE, N. C, FBIDAY HOBNING, SEPTEMBEK 14, 1900. PEICE 5 CENTS m. m V mm m .A - m w .mm Vv Og '.-v'. 'Ay i) v 0 ESTREICHER & CO m We desire to call attention to our new line of French Flannel Waists. We are showing these in all the lead ing colors and new est styles. Prices $3.50 to $7.50. Also a line of, Mercerized Black Waists. These are absolutely fast color and the lustre warranted to last. Prices $1.50 to $2.50. 0ESTRE1CHER &C0 51 Patton Ave. If we have it, it is the best. Our stock of Evaporator Pans .... always complete. wtm mam mm ASHEVILLE, N. C. SOUTHEAST COR. COURT BQUXKBL PHONE 87. MASSAGE . . ) STEAM BATHS. Treatment for: Nervous, Rheumatic and other diseases. Special: Thur Brandt Massage for Female Diseases; Also Face Massage. PROF. EDWIN GRUNER, 55 S. MAIN ST. TELEPHONE 206. (Graduate Chemnitz College, Germany. Formerly with Oakland Heights Sana torium.) Home or office Treatment. Office Hours, 11 a. m. to 1 p. m., 2. to 4 p. m Grant's No. Grippe. 25c. 24 cures Cold and La Grant's Pharmacy. . tf Grant's Pharmacy does an excellenit inscription business-, as their file num h&r. 149,198, shows. This splendid rec- j is attributed' to the use of pure nigs only, great .care la dispensing'. Kivmpt service and moderate charges. V- s a good place' for your:' general s wants, too. Their 'phone1 number 4100 UK RECOVERED Latest Estimates Place Num ber of Known Dead at 7000. Heart Breaking Discovery in Ruins of Orphan Asylum, Dead Children Tied to Sisters Bunches of Eight. in Twelve Thousand Acres of City Hab itation Devastated STORM VICTIMS STREWN THICK LY ALONG THE COAST FOR TWENTY MILES MORE' IN STANCES OF THE SHOOTING OF VANDALS CAUGHT ROBBING THE DEAD. Galveston, Sept. 13. The estimates today place the number of known dead at 7,000, the missing 1,000 and bodies re covered 4,100. The best informed residents of Gal veston estimate that twelve to thirteen hundred acres were swept of habita tion by the tidal wave and the storm. It can be said that not one Galves ton home escaped without damage, i Charitable Institutions suffered great ly. The Catholic orphan asylum dis appeared, leaving but slight traces in the form of ruins. It was supposed that the inmates, some ninety-nine sisters and little children, had been swept out into the gulf when the wa ters receded. Within the past few days the bodies of several of the victims at the asylum have been found. The spectacle presented was such as to make the most stout-hearted break down. It appears when the heroic sis ters found the waters rising all around the asylum they tied the children In bunches and then each sister fastened to herself one of these bunches, deter mined to save them or die with them. Two of these bunches were found un der the wreckage. In eadh case eight children had been fastened together and then tied to a sister. MANY BODIES CREMATED. Galveston, Sept. 13. Cremation is being vigorously pushed. Four hun dred bodies, mostly those of women and children, were cremated today. They were unrecognizable and presented a harrowing spectacle, the odor of the burning flesh being added to other hor rors. From ten to twenty bodies are gathered by different squads, thrown on to a pile of wreckage and kerosene and petroleum were poured on and the fire started. RELIEF FUNDS. Austin, Tex., Sept. 13. Governor Sayres received $500,000 in all today from various sources for the relief of the sufferers. The governor authorizes the statement' tonight that he has not thought of calling the legislature to gether in extra session for the purpose of making appropriations for relief. He says he has confidence that the peo ple will meet: the emergency. WATERWORKS REPAIRED. Galveston, iSept. 13. The crisis of the water situation has passed. By to morrow it is expected that the repairs will be so far completed that water can be turned into the mains and the pumps set to work, which will give suf ficient pressure to carry the water into buildings. This will enable the flush ing of closets, thus removing a serious menace to health. The stench from clogged sewers and closets was becom ing stifling. Quite a number of outside doctors are arriving, relieving the over worked local physicians in paring for the -sick and Injured. THE DEAD ALONG THE COAST. Houston, Texas,. Sept. 13. Mr. John J. Moody, a member of the committee sent from Houston Ito take charge of the relief station at Texas City, reports as Hollows: 'To the Mayor: "Sir On arriving at La-marque this morning "I was Informed thait the larg- ON MONTFORD. House of 11 rooms and large lot. One fblock from Haywood street. $3,500. ON CUMBERLAND. $2,800. House of 9 rooms, almost new, well built; all modem conveniences. ' WILKIE & LaBSRBE, ' Estate Brokers Phone 661. , 28 Piatton avenue. est number of 'bodies were "along the coast of Texas City. Fifty-six were buried yesterday and today within less than two miles extending opposite ithis place and toward Virginia, City. It is yet six miles further .to "Virginia City, and the 'bodies are thicker where we ere mow than where they have been Duried. A citizen inspecting in the op posite direction reports dead bodies thick for twenty miles. "The residents of this place have lost all not a habitable building left and they nave been too busy disposing of .'the dead to look after personal affairs. ! Those who have anyit'hira.gf left are giv !ing it to the other, and yet there is i real suffering. I have given away near ! ly ail the bread I brought lor our own use to hungry children, i "A number of helpless women and i beggared children were landed 'here from Galveston this afternoon and no place to go and not a bite ito eat. To morrow others are expected from the same place. '"Every ten feet along the wreck-lined coast tel'ls of acts of vandalism!; not a ttrunk, valise, or tool-chest but what has been rifled. We buried a woman this afternoon whose finger bore the mark of a recently removed ring. Oth- KRUGER S FLIGHT. Causes General Botha to Sue foi a Di eon'iuuance of Hostilities New York, Sept. 13. A despatch to the Tribune from London says: The flight of President Kruger to Lorenzo Marques may enable General , Botha to open negotiations with Gen- eral Buller and brimg the war to an lend. President Kruger, however may I return to Komatipoort, or if he stays ' at Lorenzo Marques, Botha mav con i tinue the struggle, dividing his forces ; into small bands. AH conclusions based upon Renter's announcement of Kruger's arrival in neutral territory are premature, since the door through which he is reported to have retired from the Transvaal remains openK If General French occupied Barberton and the British columns are advancing toward Koomaltlpoort the door may be closed within a week and Botha re leased from all obligation' to keep his burghers in the field. The closing soeraes of the protracted campaign tend to illustrate the truith that without a neutral base the Boers are helpless. If the British govern ment had allowed President Kruger t6 purchase Delgoa when he was anxious to do so he would not have had a place of refuge in the present emergency, nor would his presence there be a sou roe- of arrjr unteejnttlnty respecting the possibility of his return' to the Transvaal. The news however is still too inde cisive :to justify premature italk about a last ditch. Buller is pressing on af ter Botha over the mountains, but has captured abandoned stores rather than commandoes in arms, and French is still a loiDg way f rom Koomaitipoort. The official record of the operations conducted by Generals Methuen. Bar ton and Hid yard and the generals in the Free State proves that xne territo ries occupied are swarming with guer rillas and diseon'tented Boers, whofc unwillimg to abandon the struggle. This is one of the worst features of the sit uation. Resentments caused by th campaign are embittered and opposi tion ito British rule will have to be stamped out by strenuous and vigorous police work during a long period. The political effect of the reports of President Kruger's retreat from the Transvaal have been instantaneous. Rumors of ithe dissolution of parlia ment at an earlier date than previous reports have indicated are already in the air. FALL OF FRENCH BROAD Government Officials Engaged in Mak ing Soundings River Low. Officers of ithe government are mak ing' teoundiings in the French Broad riv er with a view to ascertaining the ex act cfall of the river to (the mile. The men were at work below Pear son's bridge yesterday and .will continue the test as far down ithe river as Hot Springs. It 'has been ascertained that the av erage fall of the French Broad is fifteen- feet to the mile between this city and Hot Springs. Of course there are ptauces Where the fall is concentrated, and. it is believed (that a 'Short distance above Hot Springs the fall is twice as great as the number of feet mentioned. The officers said such a test had been made by them anin'ually for several years, and that the river was lower now itihan it had been for some time. It was for this reason that the test is being made, -as the minimum fall can now be ascertained. The government has tMs, work dora-e primarily for the information of ile seeking waiter power, and in this way a great service is done western North Carolina. The Australian- coasting steamer Kameruka, while going from Eden to Sydney, travelling at full speed, struck on a reef .at Moruya Head . There being, tno rockets on the ship, the captain tied a life line to "some pigs, which formed part of the cargo, and had the ani mals put overboard. The pigs swam to the shore, taking the line with them, and by establishing communication ev ery soul on board was rescued. A fresh supply of Pabst Malt, Long Island Malt and Malt Mixture t Grant's Pharmacy. White Rose Glycerine soap that many think equal to the imponted, 10c. cake, 25j. 'box. Grant's Pharmacy. Finest CSLgars at Grant's Pharmacy. ; Remember me for cots and cot mat tresses. Mrs. L. A. Johnson, 43 Pat ton avenuei 'phone 166. 600 pairs men's light weight Shoes at cost. fl. A. Meira Tan Beet grades coal, coke, turd eoml. Lowest prices. Phome 40. AshsvtUe Ice & Owl Cm. 17ILL REBUILD RUINED CITY Galveston Shall Rise Again Says Its Leading News paper. The Waves That Lash Jts 8hores are Consecrated. iiifi n ii j it u. i . u,. WiU Bravely Undertake he Va$t Wor .. 01 Restoration. 'Encouraged by the Symptthy Entire Nation. m. SOME RAILROAD MEN THTNK AN OTHER SITE SHOULD BE CHOS EN FOR THE CITY, BIT NOT SO ITS RESIDENTS. Galveston Texas, Sept. 13. -J TheHtol lowing editorial appears in today's News: "At the first meeting of Galveston's citizens Sunday afternoon' after , the great hurricame for the purpose of bringing order out of chaos, the only sentiment expressed was that Galveston had received an awful blow. The loss of property and life is appalling so great 'that it required several days ito form anything like a correct estimate. With sad and aching hearts, but wtth resolute faces, the sentimenfc of the meeting was that out of the awful cha os of wrecked homes and wrecked' busi ness, Galveston should rise again. "Tlie sentiment was not that of bury the dead and give up Ithe ship, but ra ther bury the dead, succor ithe needy, appeal for aid from a charitable world and then start resolutely to work to mend the broken chains. In many cases the work of upbuilding must begin over. In other oases ithe destruction's only partial. No, the sentfment of Gal veston will be Galveston must survive rfn(T-fulflll hSr glorious -destiny. "Galveston shall rise again! "Galveston having beera isolated since the storm of last Saturday night, the stricken citizens of the town have not been informed as to the thrill of horror which went over the world when the news of the catastrophe was spread. The Associated Press brings the cheery news that in every town city in the United Stanes, commercial, relig ious and charitable bodies have or ganized into relief committees. At present thousands of dollars amd hun dreds of cars of supplies are en route and will reach the sufferers of Galves ton just as soon as it is possible to boat them across the bay. If he deso lation here has been awful, the sym pathy and humanity of a great nation has been ample, and very soon ithe lo cal committee will be enabled to as sist the destitute thousands. "What the News desires mosft to -say to the surviving victims of last Satur day's catastrophe is that in the know ledge of a world-wide sympathy which is encompassing us, we must not give way tto despair. If we have lost all else we still have life and the future and it is toward the future that we must devote the energies of our lives. We can never forget :that we have suf fered; we cannot forget the thousands of our friends and loved ones .who found in the angry billows' that destroyed them a final res:ing place. But tears and grief must not make us forget our present duties. The blight and ruin which have desolated Galveston are not heyomd reoair: we must not for a moment think Galveston is to be aban doneld because of one disaster, how ever horrible that disaster has been We have our homes here .even, if those homes are in ruins, and if we loved Galveston before, how much stronger must that affection' be, and how much mure sacred it must be when we think of our loved ones, whose dust conse crates not lonly' the land, but the very waves which lash its shores "It is a time for courage of ithe high est order. It is a time when men and women show the stuff .that is in them, and we can make no better acknow ledgment of the material sympathy which the world is extending to us than to answer 'back that after we shall have hurled our dead', relieved the suf ferings of the sick and destltuite, w will bravely undertake the vast work of rjestdratian and recuperation Which 4'ies before us in a manner which will convince the world - that :;we, have the spirit ito overcome misfort&: aod re i build our homes. In this way we shall , prove ourselves worthy of the bound' CALL AND ISEE That we are al ways prepared to supply you with the best Wines and WMsMes... both imported and domestic at the Boston Saloon CARE & ARD, Props. 2S South Jtfaia 'Pkon 1S3. 1 less tenderness which is being showered upon us in the hour of desolation .and sorrow . (Signed) "A. H. BBLO & CO." LIKELY THAT GALVESTON WILL PROMPTLY REBUILD Belief That Residents Wont be Will ing to Adopt Another Site New York Sep. 13. Railroad men in the city have been discussing with great interest the possibility that Gal veston may be rebuilt on a' different site less liable to the onslaught of tV; Gulf of Mexico thami the flat sand island which has twice been denuded by wind and wave. It is rumored that 'the Sou thern Pacific company heads a move- ment to ouila "the city on a snot forty mJles to southwest of itJ present j location location at the mout.i of the Brazos river. But representitives of 'the railway sysems which conneoied j Galveston with the outside world be- th ifo're! t2ie oceurrence of the present dis 01 Tn aster say that her residents will rebuild j on, the same island in spite of the ter rible experiences. They believe Gal veston, injured financially though her citieens have been, will be rebuilt by them without the aid of outside capi tal. BUILDING BRIDGE TO GALVES TON. Arkansas City, Kan., Sept. 13. All the available bridge and building mate rial on the Oklahoma division of the Santa Fe and its branches has been gathered together and pile drivers and tools of that department have been sent to Texas to rush the work of get ting a railroad into Galveston. Houston, Sept. 13. The Western Union Telegraph company has strung two wires across Galveston bay and will have them in working order to night. FIRE AT CHAPEL HILL Special to the Gazette- Chapel Hill, N. u., Sept. 13. Fire in ithe business part of Chanel Hill Burned one dwelling and two stores this afternoon. Some other property was damaged, ar.d at one time it looked as if the entire business section of the town was doomed. The fire started in a small dwelling, owned by Col. Peckham of New York, and occupied by W. H. Thompson and family. Very close to his house was the large new farm house building of J. D, Webb, which was also burned, though the contents were mostly saved. The building occupied bv S. L Herndon, undertaker, was also de stroyed. LEAGUE GAMES YESTERDAY At New York R H E New York 5 10 4 Chicago 6 6 2 Batteries: Matthews and Bowerman; Cunningham and Kling. At Brooklyn R H E Brooklyn 7 12 0 Cincinnati , 2 10 9 Batteries: Weyhing and McGuire; Newton and Kahoe.' Second game R H E Brookyln 13 12 2 Cincinnati 9 12 8 Batteries: Kitson and Farrell; Scott and Peitz. Called in seventh on account of darkness. At Philadelphia JtHE Philadelphia 11 16 0 Pittsburg . . 6 15 1 Batteries: Frazer and Douglass; Chesbro and O'Connor. At Boston . R H B Boston 4 9 3 St. Louis 6 11 3 Batteries: Pettinger and Sullivan; Jones and Buelow. AMERICAN LEAGUE. At Chicago Buffalo, 5; Chicago, 1. At Minneapolis Minneapolis, 3 ; Cleveland, 5. At Kansas City Kansas City, 13; Detroit, 4. "R0CKBR00K FARM" CREAMERY BUTTER. CUT PRICES. GRAPE JUICE. Quarts cut from.. . Pints cut from.. .. 1-2 Pints cut from'. . ,.55c to 0c ..35c to 25c ..20c to 15c LIME JUICE. Quarts cut from 35c to 30c ROOT BEER. Quarts cult from 20c to 15c True FRUIT SHRUB in Rasp berry, Strawberry and Orange. Pints from 30c to 25c. CLARENCE SAWYER GROCER. 6 NORTH COURT SQUARE. RUSSIA'S DECISION Will Leave a Force of Fifteen Thousand Men at Pekin. Other Powers Announce Their Quota, Except England, WhosePolicy is Ye Undecided. Further Tales of the Butchery of Missionaries, THE HODGES KILLED AT PAO TING- FU HORRIBLE TREAT MENT OF WOMEN AND CHIL DREN BY BOXERS. London, Sept. 14. The Pekdn corre spondent of the Times in a despatch. dated September 4, says that Russia has decided to withdraw her legation from Pekin, leaving a purely military command. He adds it was expiated an announcement of this decision would be made officially to other pow ers. The other powers will presumably also with draw their legations, Pekin remaining under military control of the powers during the winter. At the last meeting of the commanders it was an nounced that Russia would maintain 15,000 troops in China during the win ter. The German commander said Germany would keep the same number. Germany would keep the same number. The Japanese commander announced that Japan would maintain ian army of 22,000. The British general could make no announcement .regarding his gov ernment's policy, which, doubtless, is still being considered. Washington, Sept. 13. Minister Con ger cables the state department under date of September ,6 as follows: "Hodges killed Pao Ting Fu." The Hodges are Presbyterian mis sionaries . Minister Conger's message is an answer to cabled inquiry from the state department as to the fate of Courtland Van Rennssalaer Hodge and wife, Elsie Campbell Hodge. The cou ple were natives of Philadelphia. THE SLAUGHTER OF MISSIONAR IES. Chicago, Sept. 13. A staff oorre sopndent of the Record, who is at Tien Tsin, sends much new information re garding the massacre of missionaries. He says, under date of Tien Tsin Sep tember 3: , Authentic news is now forthcoming from native Christian refugees relative to the massacre of missionaries at Fou Chou Fu in the province of Shahsi on August 15. It was the regular Chinese troops who killed the Ameri cans, among whom were: Mr. and Mrs. Atwater and their two children. Mr. and Mrs. Price and four chil dren. Mr. and Mrs. Legren. Mrs. English. Mrs. English was beheaded after great .torture. The reports of massacres in Tai-yuin Fu, Shansi province, are likewise veri fied. Thirty -three members of the English mission In that place were im prisoned in the yamen under the sup posed protection of the governor. The latter admitted boxers to the yamen, with the result that all the missionar ies were killed and their heads were placed on the gates of the town. An American, Miss Combs, was burn ed alive at Taku, as were also the French priests seized there. The American mission was destroyed, and i , , , , , (Oooitkiued on fourth, page.) A Real Estate Sign is usually a fingerboard to wealth. It polnta out the road closer than anything else can. There's money to he made In real estate, lota of fit. We have some offers to make which It wiU be worth your wMl to consider, In the way of some nice residence lots on French Broad avenue, also gome nice lots on Montf ord and Cumberland avenu. - J. B. Bostic Company 23 Patton Avenue. y i - ft -"if... ; i '1 W;jf""" ' f V-' " 4 M - n i a 1 ' " v 't - i 1 4i 5,-v . fv 1 "1
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