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A8HEVILLE, N. Oj SUNDAY UOBNINQi SEPTEMBER 16, 1900.
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SOUTHEAST COR. COURT SQUARE.
PHONE 87.
MASSAGE..
STEAM
Treatment for: Nervous, Rheumatic
and other diseases.
Special: Thur Rrandtt LDassage for
Female Diseases; Also Face. Massage.
PROF, EDWIN ORUNER,
53 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
Grant's Pharmacy.
La
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We have a ooth brush that for the
Quality and price is a constant sur
prise, it was made for service, and
guts it, too. 10c, 3 for 25c. Over a
thousand have been sold at Gramit's
Pharmacy. Phone 10.
talcum Powder srives Baby lots of
comfort, it cools and smoothes the
5e'icate skin, allavs all fcnnoylng itch
ing Induced by prickly heat, irritatingr
aenarges or chafing by the clothes.
ra n t's TaJlcum Powder is pure and
-mical tto use; In tin box, 10c 3
- .- Grant'a Pharmacy, phone , 10
RESTOR&K
Grejit Activity in Removing
Storm Wreckage From
the Streets.
Bonfires of the Debris Burn
ing Continuously,
Leaders Born of the Emergency Full
of Courage and Confidence.
City Will be Perfectly Rebuilt With
in Two Years.
GREAT IMPROVEMENT VISIBLE
f
EVERYWHEREr-THE COUNTRY
IA.LONG THE COAST STILL
STREWN WITH THE UNBURIED
DEAD.
Galveston, Sept. 15. Six dys have
wrpU'grht surprieing' . changes, in the
conditions at Galveston . What has
been accomplished, is amazing. It 4s
almost incredible, as some of the ef
fects of the visitation is without prec
edent. On Sunday people did little but
go about dazed and bewildered, , gath
ering the dead bodies which were in
the way. Monday born leaders, who
are usually not discovered in a cam-
nrunity until some great emergency
arises, began to -forge to the front.
They came from all classes. The food
ies which lay in the street, were re
moved to a tentporaf naorgue until 600
lay in rows on the floor. Then a prob
enf in mortality such as no .other
ijAjtneric.n community ever faced, was
'presented. Pestilence seemed about to
take possession of what the storm had
left. Immediate disposition of these
bodies was necessary tb save the liv
ing. A gruesome task vas hmedltobservette Wi
ately taken up by the volunteers , and
others who were pressed Into service,
Whiakey by the bucketful was carried
to these rm and they weire drenched
wllth it. Only in this way was it pos
sible for the stoutest hearts to work
in such surroundings.
. After Sunday and Monday the time
had come to think of the living, and
Galveston did thinking to good pur
pose! Leading citizens on Tuesday
perfected their organization. They di
vided the -work and went at their va
rious duties 'with a piritt:. Martial
Law "was proclaimed and whenj Tuesday
night came there was a sligiw limimer
of hope for Galveston's luture. Wednes
day, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
have seen such improvements in con
ditions as may gladden the hearts of
the whole country. It must hot be in
ferred from this that as the days pass
ed Galveston found the losses of life
and property exaggerated -Nearly a
week has passed, and it may be said
that semi-official statements place the
number of dead at 5,000, while one
official expresses a fear tha:t the num
ber will reach 6,000. This is but of a
popuJation of 38,000.
Before two days after the storm' had
passed the whole community was at
work cheerfully. Today a tour through
the ci'ty, up one street and down an
other, showed the greatest activity.
Thousands of men were dragging ruins
intto great neaps and! applyaing. tine
torch.- On almost every cross, street one
sees hundreds- of wagoJs 'being loaded
wi'th fragments of building ,;ma!terials.
As quick as refuse dan be taken dt, is
hauled to vacant pace and added to
bonfires which bum continuously.
Full confidence and even optimism are
the expressions of men who have fiead
in the crisis. Coloinel Lowe, of the
Galveston News, predicted1 tonight that
in two years the town would be rebuilt,
upon a scale which would not have
been attained so quickly without the
devastation. If anyone had predicted
Sunday or Monday that by Saturday
Galveston would have been doing bus
iness at tthe old stand he would have
been laughed to scorn.
DEVASTED COUNTRY DISTRICTS.
Dallas, Sept. 15. The coast country
is beginning to be heard from. A bul
letin from. Hitchcock says:
"Country districts are strewn with
corpses. The prairies around Hitch
cock are dotted with the bodies of the
ON MONTFORD.
House of 11 rooms and
large lot. One block from
Haywood street. $3,500.
ON CUMBERLAND. .
$2,800. House of 9 rooms,
almost new, well built; all
modern conveniences.
WILKiE & LaBCRBE,
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Rea! Estatt B oAers.
PLone 661. 23 Patton avenue.
dead. Scores are unburled as the
bodies are too badly decomposed to
handle and the water too deep to adr
nit of burial. Any inquiries about
e dead should be addressed tc T; J,
illiams. A pestilence Is feared front
fee decomposed animal matter lying
everywhere. "The stench is something
awful. Disinfectants are badly need;
ed."
Private despatches announce the.
(finding of the bodies of Ed. Jalonlck
and one of his children. The bodies of
his wife and one child are still miss
Ing. Mr. Jalonick was one of the;
leading insurance officials in Texas,
and was known in the higher insure
ance circles throughout the United
States.
There is urgent cal for fresh trtoops
at Galveston. Those there are worn
out with guard duty, burying the dead.
and cleaning up the wreckage, or areJ-
sick from the unsanitary 'conditions.
Governor. Say era last night ordered the
Oraddock Light Infantry of Terrell to
Galveston. The company reached Gal
veston this morning and departed
south-
GIAIVESTON'S FUTURE.
Dallas, Sept. 15. In a special to the
(News from -New Tork, Henry Mallory,
of the Mallory Line, has this to say as
to the future of Galveston:
"Naturally Texas will seek an outlet
through a Texas harbor, and there in
no other harbor in that state equal to
the tone In Galveston, and even If the
city were wiped out, men with money
would ' begin to 'build there. Locally
Galveston has suffered great loss,, but
It does, not deprive that city of ita
value as a seaport."
QUESTION OP LTPB INSURANCE .
. Houston, Sept. 15. Agents, of sev
eral life insurance companies' are pass.--lng
through .Galveston . They say
there is certain to be much confusion,
twit they dio not know what action will
be taken by the companies concerning
the payment of claims without prqpf of
death, which, In many cases, iwill be
impossible.
Dallas, Sept. 15. The News staff cor
respondent wires from Houston as fol
lows: -
Your correopondent came up wtth a
boatload of dilapidaited people, unost
of them women and children, a?wJ all
were poorly clad. Many of them had
lost . relatives aiud homes, and it could
be heard arouad that their wardrobes
had been diminished to the scant gar1
merrts otj. .their backs. They . laughed
and "chatted1 wfth each other as they,
told of their Josses., and it was easy
eyes, it will be a meg time berore
many of ' the' urviv6r of the Galves-'
Ion catastrophe can appreciate the na
ture of their calamity which has befal
lera them. One woman 'laughingly told
another that she had saved her baby,
but that her two bos and her husband
had been drowned. Poor soul, she was
insane.
Inquiries as tto the loss of life and
property continue to pour in. The list
will never be known. There have been
already handled on the Galveston is
land' and along the bay shores of the
mainland opposite the island about
4,000 corpses. The long stretch of de
bris along the beach and the wesrtec
portion of the island have not yet been
heard from. I should say after inves
tigation that a conservative estimate of
the loss of life in 'Galvesiton would be
6500. As to the property loss, it is hard
to make an estimate. Colonel Lowe's
estimate of $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 li
cons ervot i ve .
MANY ANTHRACITE
MINES SHUT DOWN
Eighty Five Thousand jBffen Will be
Idle in the Wyoming1 Reerion
Alone.
. Wilkesbarre, Sept. 15. A promiment
operator said tthat 85,000 men would he
involved in the miners strike in the
Wyoming region alone. He said the
product of ' that region was 21,000,000
tons a year. He declared the strike in
the Schuylkill Tegdon would not be gen
eral . He asserted that' whemi the strike
took 'effect, mostly all the mines in
Lackawana, Sullivan, Susquehanna
and Luzerne counties would ctose down
until' the men were ready to return.
Scranlton, Sept. 15. Every colliery in
Lackawana county, with a few excep
tions, was shut down today. About
forty mines in ail, with a total ermploy-
ment of about 20,000 -menjand bbysv sus
pended.
ELECTION DAY IN CUBA.
Havaiaa, Sept. 15. The elections 'to
day tto choose delegates to the consti
tutional convention are proceeding qui
etly. The result of the balloting will
not be known tonight.
Mrs. Lon Mitchell will con
tinue her Millinery opening
Monday on account of the
weather yesterday.
Three for a quarter is better than
three for seventy-five cents, especially
when there is no difference in the qual
ity and quantity. This applies to
Grant's Talcum Powder. Nicely per
fumed and in tin box. 10c, 3 for 25c.
Grant's Pharmacy. 'Phone 10.
The housekeeper who begitns with the
Columbian Insecticide will soon make
an end ito the roaches. Thoroughly trust
worthy. 50 and 75 cents. Granltfs
Pharmacy, Phone 10.
ITS POPULAR.
1500 boxes of Wheat-Hearts were con-
isumed to Asheville during August.
Remember-me for cots and cot mat
tresses. Mrs. L: A. Johnson, 43 Pat
ton avenue, 'phone 166.
Bes grades coal, coke, rd coal.
Lowest prices.:: 'Phone 40. Asheville
Ice & Coal C. '
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PHILIPPINE
QUESTION
Thoroughly Discussed in an
1 Address by Comptroller
Charles G. Dawes.
Byatfa Plan Impracticable
and Dangerous.
Stf Government Impossible by Semi-
Civilized Savage
How the Democratic Protectorate
Scheme Would Work.
PARTY THAT STANDS FOR NA
TIONAL DUTY, (NATIONAL PRO
GRESS AND NATIONAL PROS-
PJBRITY THE CONSENT OF THE
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GOVERNED ABROAD AND AT
fSOME.
ioilet, HI., Sept. 15. -Charles G.
Dawes, comptroller of the cur-
rency, addressed a great gathering here
this evening on the issues of the na
tional campaign.
Mr. Dawes said that there are Itwo
great issues in. this campaign one re
lating to the domestic prosperity of
our nation and one involving the rela
tions which our nation mow maintains
itoward our new island possessions and
to the rest of the world. "So far as the
argument on the silver question is con
cerned, I believe that its fallacies were
exposed during the last catmpaign." he
aafldv "find if "they werenot ' completely
demonstrated then, the prosperity and
higher ranee of prices in the nation
ince the firm establishment of the
goM standard has compleited the argu
ment. We heard much from democrat
ic orators in 1896 about -the comspiracy
of the gold men into Which they enter
$4 lw4th the, obecJofhaBg the rich
iman vxtimx gex too imuou ox me rorm
ert -jsriheat, In couarse tf human
democratic friends were . right about
the conspiracy irhe cohipirrtors were
ww - - -
wrong In itheir calculations; for ' figuring
wheat at 55 cents', which dt was much
of the time Jn 1896, as against 75 cents
this summer, tthe man with $1,000 mort
gage can, get rid of it for about 1,300.
bushels of wheat now, when most of
the time before the conspiritors got to
work it would have cost him labouit
1,800 bushels."
"Our people see that whenn the silver
people 'threatened the interchangaability
of all our money with the best standard
it hey destroyed confidence and drove
money out of circulation and large lines
of credit out of existence. And so this
admitniistraion' .enacted a. iaw making
gold the standard, and assuring 'the
public by this law of Its safety Then
lit was that confidence revived and
money, came again into circulation, and
general prices rose even though .the
price of silver continued to fail.
"Butt now a iportion of tr democratic
press, in spit" of the plain and spe
cific declaration of v the democratic
platform, fledging the' parity if suc
cessful to? the passage of a free silver
law, is attempting to make the people
believe that (the party did not mean
what it said, and that democratia suc
cess will not endanger the stability and
hone'"lWC "or ' medluSn of exchange.
In' order "thaiC ithere may be no false
HmpreiBsi'ons about the position of the
democratic party upon this issue, let
mecaii attention to ithe fact that the
discussion which arose , among the
democrats at Kamteas Qlty as "to
whether, the free silver jptank should
go ' Into, their plaJtform wats mainly de
voted to the. ipopularity of the plank,
not as to -ithe validity of' the" principle
it involved.. . .
"The niaoiiith money in the savings
bank and,?5thei&an with momey loaned
is timid. He. tl going to rightfully as
sume tCha't if the democratic party is
successful.., with free silven- in its plat
form that there is a reasonable chance
of the enactment of a free silver' law,
and he is - in! (a position to take, no
chances . '
"Let the mam) who is not wholly sat
isfied with the existing condition ask
himself Me following 'questions:.
"1st. If a democratc adiminisitratio i
comes into power, have I any reason to
believe that it can improve industrial
conditions by means of the legislation
recommended by them's.
2d. If a radical improvement of ex
isting industrial conditions cannot be
expected from a democratc administra
tion, what Tisk is there in disturbimig
CALL AND SEE
That we are al
ways prepared
to supply you
with the best
Wines and WWskies...
both imported
and domestic at
the
Boston Saloon
CARE & WAED, Props.
,11 Soutk Maia . Plwn,Sti.
existing democratic conditions adverse
ly by helping to. place a democratic ad
nrin itrattkm in power because I am
not satisfied with the preeeot foreign
policy of the nation?
"I thimk refleotton upon the questtions
will cccwinoe such- a man that wittjx the
issues presented as they are by the
Kansas dry platform, the voters of this
counitry cannot stop the nation's pro
gress in the world without stoppiiwr
its prosperity at home."
THE? PHILIPPINES.
Turning to the Philippitoe " question
Mr.Dawe said the population of the
Philippines is estimated att about 10,-
000,000 people. These peoples are di
vided- into hostile tribes, "the chief
among them being the Tagalos who are
led by a currupt scoundrel named' Ag-
uinaldo, who first plotted the murder
and massacre of the soldiers of the
United States, and foreigners resident
In Manila, and; after being discovered
made a night attack upon our troops.
Of the sixty tribes into which the Phil
ippine population is divded many are
continually at war with eachother. The
population' is largely Malay, anl has
among Ita members not a few naked
savages and even cannibals. It is In
dolent and its leaders are unscruputou
atnd corrupt."
It was the unanimous opinion of the
first Philippine csommiMion, composed
of the following members; president, J.
G. Schurman, of Cornell university;
Professor Dean Worcester, Charles
Den'by, late 'minister to China, Admiral
Dewey, and General Otis, that the in
habitants of the Philippine Islands are
at present unfit for self -government .
"The standing amd. character of these
genitlemen, said Mr. Dawes, ' cannot be
impugned, and their conclusions, made
after a most painstaking and careful
(Continued on fifth page.)
COMPLICATIONS OF
THE CHINESE PROBLEMS
Is There an Agreement Between the
Czar and the Kaiser?
London, Sept. 15. Another week has
served only to .increase only the cam-
plications of Chinese problems. The
key to the situation seems to lie in the
answer .to the two questtions. what are
the real intentions of Russia, and, is
there virtual agreement between the
Czar and the Kaiser. No answer is
available to either of these questions,
and any guess is as gpoxf as janotiher.
The British public disbelieve 'Russia's
bonandes in lbs proposal for the evacu
ation, of Pekin. They say Russia knows
perfectly well that Great Britain and
perhaps Germany woutdn t Listen rto-
i.uu "u ir-up;
with the " virtual knowledge- thatrt
wouiU be rejected Russia might easily
have put herself ita. the attitude "of
friendliness to China, and at the same
time forced England into a position of
an opposite nature. This imanoeuver.
however, failed of its object, for Rus
sia's proposal has lerved merely to in
tensify China's suspicions.
FEAR DISTURBANCES WOULD
; FOLLOW.
Shaoghai Sept, 15v The news of the
contemplated withdrawal of the allies
from Petal n has caused a grepjt sensa
tion and is regarded here as a great
mistake which is likely to eventuate
In disturbances in other parts of China,
where , the .people are certain Vto attri
bute the evacuation to a defeat of the
European forces. 'Even, here the Chinese
as a whole do not believe that the al
lies ever reached Pekin. . They tthink
the story a fabrication concocted for
the 'purpose of imposing upon the offi
cials. Competent observers believe hat a
lesson must be brought home to China
now in order to prevent serious oui.
breake in1 the future. " :
GBRMAN MINISTER SAW LI.
London, Sept. 15. A special despafch
from Shanghai, dated September 14,
says that prior to the departure of Li
Hung Chang for the north, the new
German minister, Dr. Mumm Von
Schwarzenstein , exchanged visits with
the Chinese statesman.
. The despatch adds that it is reported
at Shanghai tthat the suggestion that
a Russian cruiser escort . . Li ' Hung
Chang to Taku was dropped' owing to
the decided! objection) of Vice-Admiral
Seymour.
The statement is reiterated that Hsu
Tung, tthe emperor's tutor, recently
hanged himself.
R0CKBR00K FARM"
CREAMERY BUTTER.
CUT
PRICES.
GRAPE JUICE.
Quants cut from 55c to 40c
t Pints cut fronr. 35c to 25c
1-2 Pints cut from 20c to 15c
TjTTVTFi juice.
Quarts cut from 35c to 30c
t ROOT BEER.
Quarts1 cult from 20c to loc
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True FRUIT SHRUB in Rasp
berry, Strawberry and Orange.
Pints from 30c to 25c.
CLARENCE SAWYER
GROCER.
6 NORTH COURT SQUARE.
BRYAN SPEAKS
ON TRUSTS
MS9SMBVSSVBSHBB
An Attempt to Arraign the
Republican Party on This
Subject
8ays Workmen Want llore
Than Full Dinner Pail.
Attacks National Banks and Corpor
ate Interests.
Also Says Something About "MUitarS
ism" and Kingcraft.
THINKS THE 120,000,000 PAID TO
SPAIN MAT BE GOT BACK FROM
THE FILIPINOS THE DOCTRINE
OF EQUALITY BEFORE THE
LAW. k
St. Louis, Sept. 15. Bryan arrived
here today and spoke tonight at the
CoMseum, under the auspices of the
Commercial Travelers' association. He
delivered an address to 5,000 people at
Eastfi St. Louis this afternoon., and
Just before his address at the Colise
um hespoke to about 3,000 in Concordia
park. The Coliseum was packed and
Bryan was accorded an ovation on his
entrance to the hall. Fully fifteen
thousand were present. Bryan's
speech was mainly devoted to the de
nouncement of trusts.
Mr. Bryan called the attention "of
every father and mother to present
political and industrial conditions," and
asked if they were satisfied with the
probabilities and possibilities which
now open before their sons. He asked;
"Is he safe when foreign and domes
tic financiers are allowed to determine
the monetary system under which he
lives?
"Is he safe when the national banks
control the voluioe JoJ money with
willed he does business?
"Is he safe when the bond holding
class determines the size of the na
tional debt upon which he must pay
interest?
"Is he safe when by means of taxes'
laid almost entirely upon consumption
he is compelled to contribute according
to his wants rather than according to
his possessions?,
"Is he safe when corporate interests
influence as they do today the selection
of those who are to represent him in
the senate of the United States?
"It he la a wage earner, and you do
not know how soon he may be, even
if he is not now, is fee safe when he'
is liable to be deprived of trial by ju
ry, through the system known as gov
ernment by injunction? .
"Is he safe, if a laboring man, when
he is denied the protection of arbitra
tion and compelled to submit to such
hours and terms as a corporate em
ployermay propose?"
He called special 'attentibji "to "the
growth of trusts, and asked; "Is your
son safe ' under the ; reign bt private
monopoly?" He mentioned by name a
score of large corporations and their
capital and what they . controlled bf
the products they manufactured .
"The republican platform," he said,
"on this question and the president's
letter of acceptance, taken in connec
tion with the party's record, prove
concusively that no relief can be hoped
for from that party. Instead of point
ing out the evils tof trusts, the repub
lican leaders spend their time in ex
ulting over present conditions."
"Republicans assert that the vo.'kIng
man has a 'Full "Dinner Pail.' I ask
in the first nlace whether a full din
ner pail Is all liat a laboring man
needs? It is an insult to the wage
earner to say that his thoughts are
entirely centered upon his physical
(Continued on sixth page.)
REAL
ESTATE
Everything Has a Right
to a little piece of tthis earth,
but they must fight for it. They must
watch their chance to get it, and get
it. We have some particularly fine
offers to make Just now; some proper
ties that can be had very much under
their real value and that are bound to
be higher In a. hort time.
"We also have a nice 100-acre farm on
Swannanoa river for sale at a bargain'.
J. B. Bostic Company
23 Patton Avenue.
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