VOL IT: NO. 228
ASHBYHLE, .N. O, WEDNESDAYMOENIKG, OCTOBER 31. 1900.
PRICE 5 CENTS.
0ESTRE1CHER&GO
Special
Announcement.
Miss Ferguson of
New York, an ex
pert fitter and de
monstrator will be
in OUR CORSET DE
PARTMEMNT for
one week, commenc
ing Monday, October
29, to.November 3rd,
and will fit without
charge; and explain
the superior merits
of the Celebrated
AMERICAN LADY
Corsets.
We cordially in
vite all ladies to call
and yiew this un.
usually attractive;
display of these cor,
sets whether you in.
tend to purchase or
not.
OESf REIOHER &Rfl
5L Fatton Ave.
ATTRACTIVE,
CONVENIENT,
ECONOMICAL.
The Gole Heater.
TH EAST OOR. COURT
PHuiTEJ.87. - t
BATHS.
treatment for: Nervous, Hhomtlo
other diseases. . ? ;
Special: Thur Brand L gj&sage : for
3iale Diseases; Also IVice Massage.
ROF. ED WI N ORUNER,
MAIvN ST. TELEPHONE I06V
'Mduafo OiemnLtz Colge, Germany.
rmerly with Oakfeawi HelgM ''fJUHki
jjfeg'g
AG-
E
SEARCHip
III THE RlliS
Slow progress in Recovering
. Bodies atthe Scene of the
New York Disaster.
Ofllylrhree Discoytred Up to
Number ot Missing Reported by the
Police is Twenty-Eight.
Mystery of the Causa of the Terrific
Explosion..
OWNERS OP THE DRUG HOUSE
DENY THAT ANY NITRO-GLY-
- CEQRINE (WAS IN THE ESTAB
LISHMENT A THEORY OF
CHEMICAL CHANGES.
New York, Oct. 30. Up to midnight
only three fragments of bodies had
been found in the ruins of the buildings
destroyed by the explosion at Tarrant's
drur house. One body was seen pro
truding from a mass of debris in the
building opposite Tarrant's establish
ment . The latest police returns re
duce the number of missing to 28.
The search for bodies in the ruins of
the building occupied by Tarrant &
Co., which was kept up all night, was
without result until after 8 clock this
morning. JDeputy Fire Chief Alhern re
ported that the body of a woman had
oeen located under tne wreckage in the
rear of the Home Made restaurant and
added that he feared about twenty
bodies would be found at this point as
he had been informed that many wo
men were on the fire escapes of the res
taurant a few minutes before the Tar
rant .building collapsed and that they
ran into, the 'building just before the
big explosion. Some of those reported
missing returned to their homes during
the night.
Today about 1,000 men Save been at
work on theiwreckage nd th$ firemen
were playing streams of water into the
half burned buildings on Washington
street below Warren. Seven fire en
gines were still on. the ground. L
Superintendent of Buildings Dooner
aimed to get the debris cleared away
so that the 'bodies might be reached be-
fore night. He declared that a dozen
buildings would have to be torn down.
Sanitary Superintendent Roberts said
that between 150 and 200 tons of fruit
and vegetables were in the. ruins. He
said much of this had spoiled antr some
of the offensive odor ascribed to dead
bodies was really caused by decaying
vegetable matter.
Explaining his statement that a doz
en buildings would have to be torn
down Superintendent Ioner said:
"More important than finding the
dead is the protection of the living.
The force of the explosion has impair
ed many buildings in the vicinity. I
cannot think of letting men work In I
them , while there is a -possibility that
77 "'
I neuever tne
they, may come down
buildings along the south side of Cham
bers street from Greenwich to Wash
ington streets and on Washington
street from Chambers to Warren have
been made unfit for occupancy. They
will be thoroughly examined immedi
ately and until I am sure of them I
will not allow the proprietors to open
them for business.
"Forty 'buildings were damaged by
the exnlosion. I place the property lss
at $2,000,000."
Ir. Feeny, chief Inspector of the
health department, was at the explo-
slon today.
This havoc was never wrought by ;
benzine or naphtha," he said. "I be-J
lieve it was nitro-glycerine. It is used ;
very largely nowadays by physicians ;
as a heart stimulant and Tarrant & j
Co, wholesaled ruggists, would have j
had to sumly it. The stuff is used in
a vprv solution. Usually it
is '
from one-tenth of one per cent to one
oer cent. If Tarrant & Co. had 25
pounds of nitro-glycerine in their place
it .would have blown a building like
theirs into fragments.".
George F. Murray, inspector of com-
FOR RENT.
FURNISHED
8 room;ih0uae,,Hywxod St. 55
11 room house.MDontford Av. . . 50
7 room ihouise; Orady St. ..... 40.
8 iroom housev Bprxtoe St. .... 60
5 room house, Fanian'd At. . . . 37
14 room house, choice location 150
5 room fiat, choice location.. . 30
TJNFIJR1NISHED
10 roban house, Woodfla 6t. . . . . J38
9 room, house, Sunset Drive. . . 18
Sroomtouae, well located ... 15
6 room house, paved istneet . .. 22
Afcicfc ortihere.
pDiEIB & LaBARBB,
W3?ca Estate Brokers
:i
M
bustibles, gave out the folio wing: state
ment today:
"1 Is my opinion that, the explosion
was due to chemical action -which took
place during the compounding of
drugs. Just what the exact cause was
we cannot tell until we can get.tie
formulas used in compounding. tnd can
get the employes on the witness staud
before the fire marshal.
"The comtfKuiy had a permit to stre,
collodion, ether and phosphorous Jn
small quantities, a barrel of alcohol;
two gallons of benzine, one carboy of
sulphuric acid and one carboy, of nitric
acid. - "
v"If all thesg blow up together
I don't Wilnk ft buld be heavy enoujli'
t6HRake such a terrific -explosion. This
is why I am of the opinion that the ex4
plosion was due to chemical change."
President Main, of Tarrant & Co.,
said today:
"In our stock we had not more than
a. few pounds, of ether, we had no ben
zine and jtio colodion. When we needed
any of tiese articles to fill orders we
bought it from dealers.- We had very
little alcohol in stock notwithstanding
the fact that we use a considerable
quantity in making our -perfumes. We
had absolutely no nirto-glycerine and
gunpowder.
"AU our employes 'but two haVe been
accounted for." . .?
SENATOR PRITCHARD
SPEAKS AT
LEIGH
Addresses a Large and Appreciative
Audience at Metropolitan Hall.
Special to the Gazette.
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 30.SenatOf
Pritchard delivered a speech In Met-
; ropolitan ihall to a large and apprecia
tive audience tonight. The main floor
of the hall was filled with whites, while
the gallery was crowded with the col
ored people. Fully three-fourths of the
whites were democrats. The senator
although suffering with a severe cold
made a very effective Address, wihlch
captivated the audience,- judging frorri
: out the evening. The sincerity of his
speech and manner was a strong feat
ure in holding the attention, while the
argument in favor of the present re-
publican administration being contin
t ued four years longer was unanswer
able. Raleigh was delighted with the
senator.
CLEVELAND DENIES All
I
6-
'T
In Which He Was Quoted as Predict
ing a Landslide for - Bryan.
Princeton, Oct. 30. Cleveland brands
as an absolute fake the interview in
the Philadelphia Times in which, he
'was quoted as saying that Bryan
. would have a landslide. He says he
never uttered a word to any - human
being that affords. Che least pretext for
snch a mendacious statemeatte--Cleve-!
land is exceedingly worked up over the
; matter. He telegraphed a denial of the
' interview to the Times.
BI6 RAILROAD SWINDLE.
Chicago Oct. 30. A despatch to the
Record from; Vancouver, B. C, says
that detectives have discovered a swin-
die whereby railway conductors, ticket
agents, hotel runners, baggagemen and
other ihave swindled the Canadian Pa-
i cine out of between $500,000 and $1,000,-
! 000 by repeated re-use of regulation
,uia i
UUACIS, Uai CIV.
PLAGUE INFECTED PORTS.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 30. The Rus
sian plague commission announces
that Port Said, Beader Abbas and
Bushir are now infected with the d:s-
.Nice Folding Screens at SI. 50 each.
. A bargain. Call and see them. MRS
!L. A. JOHNSON.
-
B9aaiaBBIBUBaaBiaiBaiBBaaaaaiBaBBiiB
- S
DRUGSTORE
mm.
Headache.
Baldwin's Headache Cure is an
exceedingly popular remedy for
Sick, Nervous aad Neur&lgiac
Headaefhe. Hardly a day passes
without a demand. You are safe
an (buying as we will refund the
onforaey if it fails to give satisfac
tion. Price 25c.
Weak Iiiings.
Cod Liver Oil is the best iW
weak OiMUgs, and GrasMt's Egg
DEJmulsion (thte' best forn? Ito tike.
It is so paTatable tJhe -nost f as
itiidious stomach retsa4nar;it witi
ease. Eteonomical'to yarfull
pint SI. 00, or a quart $ti75. ! w -
!
Cougiis. :
jGramt's Coxaght Balsam Is excel
aent ifor Coughs -Colds, Hoarse
anees (am&'XBromcfclsil ,Irrtttationfl.:
iK qixletsi the ouglh, promote
leasy espectorartdon and does - not
xSerange the stomaicdi. Price 25c.
. pnananoy.
OF
NEGOTIATIONS
the II al Balers in China
Question f Indemnity 'to Ua
tire Christians;
rMngton, Oct. SO. Advices re -
celVaat-the state rfpnanfmont fvnm
Minlfter.Conger show that satisfactory
is being made by the foreign
manisters a. Pefcln in formulating
propositions which, they will submit to
the Chinese eace envoys as a basis
for the peace negotiations.
department's advices indicate
that Li Hung Chang and Prince Chlng
constitute the supreme authority in
China. They make suggestions to the
emperar in a perfunctory way, bait ajt
proceediig as they see fit without re
gard, to jthe opmW..tiShe throne
PjekStOet. 30 A meeting of the
diploalts -was held this morning to
consider jg' form of negottalons for a
settlement of the China difficulty. The
decision arrived at is kept secret in or
der to-,prevent any Information reach
ing the Chinese.
AN ARMISTICE PROPOSED.
Pekin, ct. 29.-The ministers have
discussed Jhe advisability of the allied
government declaring an armistice and
suspending 5 operations pending the
peace negotiations. Some oppose this,
saying that the country is not subdued,
while others contend that expeditions
like that to Paoting Fu are not con
sistent' with a desire for peace, and
they are calculated to defer the return
of the court to Pekin.
Aquestion involving serious discus
sion Js- the payment of an indemnity to
natt Christian, for which, it is
claimed, that China 5s responsible un
der treaties with the powers in which
she agreed that converts should not be
molested. If payment is insisted upon
the question will assume tremendous
proportions as a conservative estimate
is that 40,000 converts were killed and
i00,0d0 suffered personal injuries or
damage to prorepty.
All the ministers concur in demand
ing the punishment of General Tung
Fu Hsiang, commander of the imperial
troops. There are frequent rows be
tween jthe Germans and Chinese. The
imperil troops met a force of boxers
at Chw Chow and killed seventy.
FRENCH NOTE DISCUSSED-.
Pek, viaShanghai. Oct.S0. At
metof hfeiminister3 thegettara.1
termRBte French note wer- discusieil
bntwithout : action . The meeting ad-
Hourned to November 1, The differ
"ences between : the mixristerSf are not
serious, and they hope to complete the
work in six or seven meetings. The
ministers are desirous' of the return of
the government to the capital to assert
its authority and carry out the agree
ments made by its representatives. It
is promised that the court will return
as soon as peace negotiations are acU
ually commenced.
Chaffee has been making an investi
gation of complaints of looting by vis
itors to 'the forbidden city. Visitors
to the city are now pledged that they
will take nothing from the place.
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS
OF ORDERLY LIBERTY
Talk I aspired by the Disorder at El
mira Bryanism and Violence.
Bath, N. Y., Oct. 30. The first stop
of the day Of the Roosevelt train was
made at Corning, the home of the club
which Tiad a mdx-up last night during
the parade at Elmira. It was raining
quite -hard wihen the train got to the
station, but still there, was a dense
crowd awaiting it, and as the governor
remarked: "More umbrellas than 1
have ever seen in my life before.""
It was sometime -before the governor
could speak because of the cheering,
but finally he ?aid:
"It is perfectly evident that Corning
has not been, daunted by its reception
at Elmira last night". It indicates this,
that you have good stuff in. you here."
"So have you," shouted one of his
hearers. -
"And I think," continued tne fov-
Watson & Reagan
S. E. COURT SQUARE.
For Rent
10 Room House, furnished, per mo.. $200
9 Room House, furnished..... 175
11 R- m House, furnished . 75
9 Room House, furbished 100
9 Room House, furnished.. 60
6 R - -i House, furnished 35
10 Room House, furnlslbed.......... 85
9 Room House, furnished. 0
Beautifc OouiJtry Place, (furnished 100
'Beautiful 10 Room (new) House
(urnished ...... ...... 75
9 Room House, unfurnished, per mo.S14
6 Reom House, umfumlshed, per mo. .22
7 Room House, unfurnished, per tnOi .25
8 Room House, luifurnishied, per mo. .20
12 Room House, unfurnished, pev tno.30
18 Room House, unfunrihed,,per mo. .75
10 Room House, unfurnishexl, per mo. .34
8 Room House, unfurnished, per mo.. 35
We have a large .mmcuaitt of ' property
for sale. OaS an4 ';'a-"lirt:,';lML've-before
you Invest. Wo: fcave ons- ,pf
the jjot i stock," grain aatt Fruit farms
to be offered In the o .unty for sale-very
low.' '. -" 1 " "--:vi T' !
PROGRESS
ernor, that sooner' or t&ttivit oppon
ents will grow to limderaiaxnl tit&t mob
violence is not. th way to Ttry to keep
republtcanflT hack.' We have a rigtft to
appeal hot merely to repubiieans but
to:-yery citizen who believes in order
ly liberty uhder the lawv and -who is
against mob violence in all of Its forms
to stand with tis and not merely next
Tuesdajr overthrow Bryahism, but
stamp it under foot so that It ahall
never come up.
Tou may -have noticed in this am.
1 n&9 papers that anpttierdiob yester-
I day 'broke ud Senator Dptpwjh mkatins
I at Ocbleskill. Mr. .Bryan spoke there
in norning and was listened o with
aue respect, and then .when Senator
Depew came up there later in the day
they broke up his meeting by violence
and refused to listen to him.
"Tour fellow townsmen' who have
come back today, they have not merely
been maltreated scandalously ty a
mob which wished to break up the
meeting and procession last night.
"Now, fundamentally, this contest is
a contest against just that type of
thing. It is absolutely impossible that,
the kind of canvass which our oppon
ents have waged could be waged with
out exciting jnst the spirit that was
manifested last night. When Mr. Bry
an's supporters, his ohief supporters,
on the stump and in the press, appeal
to the basest -passion in mankind and
seek to persuade somestfC our people
that they are being cruelly wronged by
others and must avenge themselves.
when that is done, it is simply a pro
vocative to violence. We can afford to
differ on the questions of law and or
der, of the iright of peaceable meeting,
of peaceable gathering, of non -Interruption
of speech. Not only do our op
ponents, when they act as they did
yesterday, cast shame upon themselves
but they cast shame upon the country.
"It is an outrage," continued the gov
ernor, "that any party should conduct
a campaign so as to inflame a spirit
like that which was manifested last
evening.
"I want to make an appeal also on
the ground of our policies. You know
whether or not In Corning you have
prospered during the last four years.
Mr Bryan speaks about trusts and his
proposed remedy is to take the tariff
off any article in which the trust is in
any way concerned. How would you
like the tariff taken off of cut glass?"
'Wo, no, no," came from the crowd.
"I ask you to support our cause,"
continued the governor, "because un
der it you have prospered."
THREE LIVES LOST
I JK M1HE EXPtOSlOM
Cansed by AccnimilaUoii of Gas Dar
in? the Recent Strike.
Wilkesbarre, Oct. 30. By an- explo
sion of gas which accumulated during
the strike in No." one mine of the.
Kingston Coal company, at E&wards
ville, today three persons were killed
and four injured.. The latter were seri
ously burned and are not expected to
recover. Twenty-five other miners ari
entombed and rescuers are working in
an effort to reach them. The mine
was badly wrecked. There is great ex
citement about the shaft of the mnine,
where crowds of women and children
were gathered to learn if memhers of
their families were among the victims.
The explosion was caused by gas com
ing in contact with the naked lamps
of the miners.
Two bodies were taken out of the mine
late tonight.
LITTLE FOLKS' FOOD.
Let tilie children have- Wheat-Hearts
and milk for breakfast and supper.
Nothing is cheaper. Nothing is bet
ter for them. Tiiey love lit.
IS0B3B OUtR NEW DINE, OF FANCY
BRASS GOOiDS, INCLUDING TAr
RLE1S SCONCES, MIRRORS, ETC.,
ATP ff. H. LAWS, 35 PATTON AVE.
If you would know a man study his
iriflrmities rather than his virtues.
"R0CKBRQ0K FARM J
vCKEAI&ERY BUTTER."
A Strong Temptation
5t 'Willi prove for those iw!ho- ap
preciate choice canned goodw dns
glass and tia - that we have
spread Ini such a variey of
ifruits, vegertaibles. etc. We pride
ouflnselves on the grade-of these
goods and guaaantee trhem. We
toave sbTnethdng excellent In
IiOTtTS PEACHES
2'-Z lb. Cans. ....... . ;. 30c
1 VS. Cans .... j .......... 15o
CLAPNCE SAWYER
a NORTH COTJRJP 8QTL1B3.
re
i e
THE CENSUS
1900
Population of United States
Has Increased Per
Cent in 10 Years .
It is Now 76,295 220 Against
6:,069,676, in 1890.
Nor h Carolina Shows a Present To---
ta! of 1,891,992.
Official Annomxoement.of the Figoret
for all States.
ALASKAN FIGURES' DERIVED
FROM PARTIAL RETURNS INDI
CATE A POPULATION OF 44,000
HAWAII 154,000.
Washington, Oct. 30. The official
announcement of the total population
of the United States for 1900 is 76,295,
220, of which 74,627,907 are contained in
the forty-five states representing ap
proximately the papulation to be used
for apportionment purposes. There is
a total of 134,158 Indians not taxed.
The total population in 1890, -with
which the aggregate population of the
present census should he compared,
was 63,069,676. Taking the 1890 popu
lation as a basis there has 'been a gain
in population of 13,225,464 during the
past ten years representing an increase
of nearly 21 per cent.
The population of North Carolina is
1,891,992.
'Folfawing is the.official announcement
of ithe population! of the Umiitedi States
In 1900 by states. In the figures irV
the nrst column is represented' the cen
sus of 1900, and the second for 1890.
States.
AiaJbajna
Arkansas
Caliiforniia . . . . .
Colorado .. v.y
iCSacnewt'Icut 7; .
Delaware .... . .
Tlorida; .. ...
Georgia M. .. .. ..
I-c'aho ..
Illinois.. .. .. , .
Indiana
Iowa, . .
Kansiass.. . . .-. .
Kenltuckv .. .. .,
11900.
1,828,695
1,311,564
. . . . 1,485.053.
.. 539,700
. ... "908,335
.. ... 184,735.
r ... 528,540"
. .. . 2,216,329
.. ... .161,771
1,21,550
.. . 2,5i6,463
. . ' 3,251,829
1,469,496'
.. , 2,147,174
189ftr.
1,513,017
1,128,179
1.208,130
412,198
746,258
591,22
137,353
8485
3,82,351
2,192,404
-1,911,896,
1,427,096
2.14 V, 174
1,118,587
661,086
.1,042,390
2,238,943
2,093,880
1,301,826
1,289,600 ;
2 679,184
132,159
1,058,910
45 761
376.630
1,444,933
5,997,853
1.617,947
182,719
3.672 316
313,767
5,258,014
345,506
1,151,149
328,808
1,767.518
2,235,523
207,905.
332,422
1,655,980
349,390
762,794
1,686,880
60,705
Louisiana .. .. .. .. 181,627
Mtinw.
694,366
MaryLaaid . . .
Mlaissachueetts
Miidhiiga.ni . . . ,
Miiuntescita . .
1,189,946
2,805,346
2,4ia,782
1,751,395
1,511,372
MlisBissippi
Missouri 3,107,117.
Mon'tana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey ...
New York . . .
North Carolina..
North Dakota ..
243,289
1,068,901
42,334
411,588
1,883,669
7,268,009
1,891,992
319,040
Ohio 4,157,545
Oregon 413,532
Pennsylvania 6,301,365
Rhode Island 428,556
South Carolina .. .. 1, 340,312
South Dakota 401,559
Temtnessee 2,022,723
Texas 3,048,082
Utah 276,565
Vermont 343,641
Virginia 1,854,184
Washington 517,-672
West Vixtgtinia .. . 958,900
Wiaconsin 2,068,963
Wyoming ., .. 92,531
Tfctiail for 45 states.. 74,627,907 - 62,116,811
Alaska (esitimjalted) . 44,000 32,052
Arftzonla 122,212 59.620
Ddst. of Ooluimibia. . 278,718 230,392
Hawaii.. 154,001 89,990
Indiaia territory 391,960 180,182
New .Mexico 193,777 153,593
Oklahoma "" 398,245 ' ' 61,834
Persons in the wservtice of thle -
United States abroad ( est.)- 84,400
Imdianls, etc!, on Indfeuni reiserva-
(Continued on fifth page.
It's a Reflection
on your good Judgment! to go en
paying ren' when you mtgbt just
as well , he- making regular pay
ments on your oraa house. Come
In and oonflult us dbonH Ct We,
have several very choice bar
gains that fwd Interest you.
FOR
J.B.
CdmDanv
'I
i
' !
rr
4 'i
S f 1 1
i r
m
If
' '''"; I ill
. . x. . - i
.--'in
. 1. 1 "
? . f E ?
if
s
4 L
U
iJ
4 !:
i
6-"
f,--:
- .
QZ Patton Avenue.
- ne or office Treatment. i OOee
Phobe 81.
Heal Estate Brdltoyo. ; .1
"" U - m. to 1 p. m.t i.'to 4 . tai