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eioner expositions FROM THE WREGK
tton Ave.
300
stock com
leverything been crea-
ate, such as
Suits,
Dress Skirts,
Day Skirts,
ana Silk Waists
and Heckwear.
ccco
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Lts tor
T J
erican L-aay
orsets.
le Brand Mus-
Underwear.
6339
tra Value
90 Sheets 45c
V36 Pillow Cases
Serrate; Allows $5,000,000 to
l0,000
to Charleston's
All Hope of the Wildrnans' Escape AbandonedFew
Women and Children Saved .
Amended So That Both Fairs
tost be Closed on Sundays.
FORTIFICATION BILL
IS ALSO PASSED
MORGAN'S FUTILE; EFFORT TO
a TrvP'TT'R OONSTDiHIlATlON OF
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THE NICARAGUA CANAL. BILL.
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L-e have it It is the best.
Washington, Ftfi. 23 .-4n the senat
this morning iMr. Morgan in a speech
demanding that ithe Nicaraguan canal
' bill should be made the iregular order of
I the senate saidl every parliamentary
' strategy was being used to defeat the
bill. He thought it time for, plain talk,
' while some of our people in authority
' were ibeing-kicked) land cuffed about by
King 'Edward VII.; also that it was
ti,m tfor some attention to 'be 'given
to this purely American enterprise,
j Mr. Spooner took occasion to show
'iwhy in Ms opinion the Nicaraguan ca
I nal bill should not pass at this time.
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i He referred to tme .jtiay-riwiciwi-i
treaty which had been adopted 'to clear
! the pathway for the canal. That treaty
was being considered b Great Britain
' and we could not pass the canal 'bill
' without giving great offense to Great
! Britain. ".Just offense," he exclaimed.
1 Mr. Spooner said he did not think we
'could Ibuild the canal unless the Clay
1 tnn.Riiiitiw treaty was superseded. If
we should - pass the canal bill' Great
Britain .would no doubt reject the trea
ty
President Pro Tem Frye ruled that
the Nicaraguan canal (bill and not the
oleomargarine hill was the regular or
der of unfinished .business.
"The trill .was immediately uispi-accu
!by the fortifications hill which 'Was tak
en up without a 'roll call '
previous to this action Mr. (Morgan
.Isked that 'the Nicaraguan canal toill
Ibe temiporaniy raaiu: asiuc, w w -
AJldrachi objected'.
The senate passea a uui i-eiimis
railroad rights of and -over, lands re
served for reservaitiohs
San Franciisco, Fe!b. 24. No more
ibodies were recovered from the wreck
of the steamer Rio de Janeiro nor nas
any incoming vessel reponted piioking
up any survivors. This practically
ends the hope itihat onisul-general Wild-
man escaped in a h-oat anidl is adrift.
It has Ibeen determined that only (three
of the Rio's life .boats were launched
and of these ttwo reached the shore and
the (third in which Ithe Wild-mans were,
was cut in two as 'the steamer eank.
Eleven hodiites have heen recovered, of
which six are White, four are unknown
Chinese and ten Japanese. The num
ber lost is 131, as follows: White pas
sengers 35, Asiatic passengers 37, Eu
ropean officers and crew 18, Asiatic
rw 41. Only three (womsen out of 18
were saved, and (this fhows how lit
tle attempt was made to give the wo
men and children preference m the
.boats. The boats reaching shore twere
filled mainly with officers and crew
The steamer was valued at $150,000 and
(the .Cargo estimated at from $750,000 to
$1,200,000.
mnrvrTTr (SEARCH FOR THE
DEAD.
Rain7 and fog hang like a pall over
the ocean and during the right a rain
storm of unusual proportion visited' f.iis
vicinity, making the work of the
searchers for the Rio's dead very diffi
cult. Bodies are frequently seen float
ing in and out of the harbor bult the
roughness of Ithe water greatly hin
ders the work of recovery. If any of
the Rio's passengers ior crew had man
aged' to keep afloat , on the water until
sunset and had not met succor up o
that time, they must aM have perished
(before (this, as the -strongest could not
tvi through a night such asiast night
It is possible thalt some of tihe surviv
ors 'may have (been washed upon the
Bbore at dbscure points. One or two
bodies were recovered this morning but
other ibodies must certainly have been
carried out to sea.
During the past fifty years the Pa-
ciific .lMaia steamship company has lost
ia -io flpt. The -list mcluies the
(Southerner, Saivaoory,. wkwu vxaie,
Golden Cirty, America, Gautema.ia, Sac-
ramemto, Georgia, City of Tokio, San
Francisco, Honduras' ' Japan, San
Palblo. Granada, Nicaragua, caty oi
(New York, Colimla, Columbia,, and the
City of Rio de Janeiro. .
The foundering of the kio aejaneiro
does not result in. (the greatest loss of
life as 200 of the 300 passengers on the
Golden Gate were lost eff the coast of
Mexico in 1862. Four hundred Chinese
were loot in Ithe wreck of the steamer
Japan' off the 'Chinese coast in the early
Wis:. . !
n,ir souls were saved ut of
the crew and 121 passengers of the
Colima, which went down in 1889
Freight Clerk G". L. Englehart, of the
'Rio de Janeiro, who (Was saved, says:
"The report that Capt. Ward locked
himself in his cabin must be untrue.
The last I saw of Capt. Ward he was
standing on the bridge land was tying
the rope of the whistle to the rail. This
was done to keep the whistle blowing
all the time. I am sure that the ship
.sank so quickly (that Capt. Ward did
not have time (to reach the cabin."
PHRST PAGJE:
The Wreck cl San Francisco.
(Extra Session of Senate.
South Snow Bound. r ,
Yesterday in Congss.""i
England War Taxation.
SECONT PAGE: "
Markets toy Telegraph:, -z-
Today's Church Notices." ,
' Items of State News.
In the Horse World.
Fashions.
THIRD PArE:
Arthur W. Dunn's Washington Let
ter, a. . .
FOURTH PAIGE:
Editorial.
Topics of this town.
FIFTH PAGE:
Work of Legislature.
Lotoal and Telegraphic News.
Ctyty Personals.
SIXTH AND SEVENTH iPAG?ES:
(Miscellany.
EIGHTH PAGE:
City News.
ENGLAND'S
BIG BURDEN
i
Pay Day is Near and There is
Lamentation Throughout
the Land.
BLANKET OF SHOW
COVERS THE SOUTH
Public Opinion Much Stirred
Over the Cost of the War
in South Africa.
DEPARTURE FROM
PRINCI PLE0F FREE TRADE
ENTOMBED MINERS FOUND
ALIVE AT TUSCALOOSA
Railroad Traffic Impeded in Georgia
and Telegraph Wrecked
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 2.3 The southern
states, from Texas to the Atlantic
coast, were given their first taste or
wimter last night and thiis morning,
-faiii'Tvcr ini man? places from
U T O
harleston, S. C, to central and north
ern Texas and almost 'to the gulf. The
sitc-rm, which was over the west gull
coast last night, moved rapidly to the
east during the night, and is central to
day over northern Florida, where snow
is expected during the next 12 hours.
The line of freezing temperature as
reported hy the locaL weather bureau
today, extends to the southern
portion of Georgia, and to the coast of
Alabama and Louisiana. In some por
tions of the souith the snow storm was
brought on. the wingis of high north
west winds which wrecked! all tela
eraph and telephone communication.
The heaviest snow fall recorded is at
LaGrange, Ga., where '.the precipitation
was ten inches. At Birmingham- there
is about six inches. Montgomery re-
iDOrts a similar depth and very cold
weather; southern Mississippi reports
the ifirst snow in some places in two
years. There is none at iNew Orleans
The precipitation reported at Dallas
is three inches: ana an nonnwesiciu
PROBABLE THAT THIS INNOVA
TION, TN VIEW OF THE NECES
SITIES OF THE SITUATION WON'T
tOAUSB 'POLITCAL C ATlALCYSiM .
ft
Ten Out of
TKi'-0n FsrnpH Drowning and Suffocation Texas from three to sdx Inches; the
i mi tvwn t " - , of course, of great heneflt to
Three Died Before the Rescue.
Montgomery, Ala. Fetb. 23. Governor.
Sanford this morning received' newf that
the resouing party at the Asylum manes
rns.fjYoRa 'hadt. reached the en-
A resolution asking the secretary of tomibeHi miners. Ten were found! live-
the interior for information as tto the Tttl,ree htjd died. It was a marvei xndt
.fuMllment of the treaty tipulattiona any had lived thremgih thfr experience,
ruumwrnent ux w ira.n . ,ri115r(3T, and, untiring 'labor on
with the .Sancee anu woux WuD 11Q(r ,TOMflfl to
Loiiis
have juast recedved m carload of
LUHBUS BUGGY
GO'S VEHICLES
thidu include NEW AND ATTBACT-
B lines in open andi Top Buggies, Car-
, Surriea and TWpB.
wiU be Wie to display In m ehrt
need of nytfctog HIGH UUAsa
iSHEVILLEiHARPWARE CO
B. Cor. Court Square. Phone 87.
ipassed'.
Mr. Depew dallied up the St
exposition hill.
IMr. Teller and 'Mr. Pettigrew said
(they would not abject providing they
could offer amendments to the bill.
IMr vest statea icuajt
the part of the rescuers enabled any to
survive. Prof. George Wilkins of the
t University anid Chief Mine inspector
Hooper directed the rescue wik..
air iwas constantly pumped- into the
mine and) to this the tenowe their iyes.
The miners were engulfed . four, days
snow is, of course,
the growing wheat, but it is feared' will
cause severe loss to live stock.
In Atlanta enow began falling last
niEht and by 10 o'clock this morning
the ground was covered to a deprth of
fiv iTwHft. iAM train were from
: :iimo.W jviit- inO I ,rriiniitAa TWO (hlOiUTS late. CaUS-
rHsnisfri shaft if2iat4Was fiU The
water. The water inatantiy rusmea m- t street car companlesvaiiea ouc xneir
to the mine proper and cut off every jaft 2 o'clock this morning and put
avenue of escape, since mtju L:"'- i , into service for the purpose
day the rescuers have worked pumping
out water and pumping in fresh air and
digging a new entrance to the almost
drowned miners.
of keepang their tracks open. This
iserved in a measure ' to avert a com
plete suspensidn of service this morn
ing. . - :
London, Feb. 23. The days of "pay.
pay, pay'-' are near and groaning and
lamentations have begun throughout
the land. A year ogo the country rorcea
the heavy budget with equanimity, but
this year's announcement of a serious
increase in the burden oi taxation i
not received with the same philosophi
cal resignation. The fact that the gov
ernment is still sending out more troops
in the most expensive war England has
ever waged is having a more powertui
effect on public opinion than the events
in South Africa themselves., line gen-
eral popular attitude thus far has been
that while there tixve Deen plenty w.
blunders both at the war office and in
the field, these were inseparable from
any British campaign.
lEnsrlishmeia, are most patient, out tne
point is reached where they can bear
no more. They are chiefly occupied now
in speculating what form the new bur
dens will take. In audition to tne al
ready onerous income tax, which it has
been persistently rumored; wouia onng
rebellion among the government's own
supporters, since it falls Heavier on uie
conservatives than tne noerais, u
seems generally understood tnat tne
Kn!rA will orovide a significent de
parture from the principles of free trade
and it is equally probaoie tnax unis inno
vation won't cause the political cata
clysm which it would have createu
three years ago.
iChamlberlain favors a tax on augau,
and It i expeoted the tariff will take
this form. Though it will be announced
as a war measure, the disavowals will
amount to nothing. The growth of the
tariff sentiment, especially in the con
servative party, has been amazing, ana
the abnormal taxation, which iniust be
Imposed for a long time will take the
form of a .tariff for revenue.
of protection will be repudiated hut
the tariff will nevertheless be imposed
where it (will most .benefit the manufacturers.
coming inauguration ceremonies were
taking into account this imperial regi-
pelled to .leave the city shortly on-ac-
p ,T,i .hcairt-h, frvuit must remain va. vfvrtvthinEr will he conducted
COU.I1L. m u.1.10 I - , - ' . w
n-ntil the (bill was disposed of. The I witjh due pomp," ramrked IMr
friends of the measure iwould; accept I grew.
even objectionable amen-omenis n
FRUSTON TO MEET
GEN. ALEJANDERO
Petti-
LOOK !
At the Wardrobes at
MBS. Ii. A. JOHNSON,
Furniture, Stoves, Etc.
43 PattonAve.
j. tn, sro& it thr'ough
EXHIBIT AT CHARLESTON .
Mr Teller then offered an amend
ment to the ibiil which previou'sly pass
ed the senate, providing for a govern
ment exhibit at the Charleston, o. v-.,
Both amendments, iwere adopted ana jtlgpew
v, .ssed wiilthouit division.
'f . . ,rn AAA
Xt made an appropriation ox
for the government exhibit. On mo
tion of Mr. Teller, an amendment pro
viding for the closing of the Charles
ton exposition on 'Sunday was adopted
and the Tilman amendment was then
agreed to without division. Then iwith-
out a dissenlting voice itne wu
Senators repew, Proctor ond eVst were
ai'amedl as conferees Ota the exposition
bill.
FOIlTIFICATIUli uiixu
Miflar from outh Dakota (Pet- -Rectinff Sarrender of a Filipino
ltiTew) and the senator from; North Force in NueVO EC'ja.
Carolina (Butler) and any self Should Mamla F,eb. 23. General Funston
not feel concerned about such mat- iealves Maniia tomorrow for a rendez-
Iters" interjedted IMr. Chandler, "for voug in lthe mountains in Neuve Bcija
none of us will be here." province, .Where he expects to meet the
none or us vvw orvoai iL, Alelandero. Tecson Da.
Mr. Ohaiioterarerereuww u-. 6 : ,,M .saow were reoort-
fet- cunar ana p"kij """ n
Tifttirement of himself and Me'ssrs.
and Butler raised anotner
laugh.
The fortification (bill after some dis
cussion' was passed..
SPECIAL SESSION OF
SENATE GALLED
j r - rrrV, 700
edljdesirous oi sniu-eawuus w
riflemen. Recent negotiations to this
end have been very encouraging and
have been hastened Iby numerous de
sertions from the insurgents. If Funs
ton is successful he wili declare local
amnesty and establish a neutral zona
where the scattered forces of the rebels
can assemble.
KING EDWARD DEPARTS
FOR GERMANY
London, Feb. 23. A great crowd' as
sembled at Charing Cross station to
night to witmess the departure of King
Edward for Port Victoria on the way
to Germany to visit his sister , the Em
press Frederick. The train left at 10
o'clock. 'At Port Victoria tne Kins win
board the yacht Victoria and Albert
which will leave early in the morning
for Finishing:, escorted! by the cruiser
Australia and Severe. It is exepeoted
the king's visit will last ten days.
FATHER AND DAUGHTERS
BURNED TO DEATH
i 11. .t a Von HIT! land Mr. Butier
spoke of the large aippropriaitions con
tained in this and other measures. In
particuilar he criticised ..tne apprux
ation of $225,000 for the pw J1
Cushings island, Maine ior ronuua--
ROCK! ROCK ! ! ROCK ! ! ! -?:
Shg the presentation jl rue
mess 'by proposing an ameaum.
the army appropriation bill, read-mg:
'And that the title ox xne pre6urn..
ehaW 'Were after oen rr
rwahingiton, Feb. 23. The president
today issued a proclamation calling a
special session of the senate for execu
tive purposes immediately on 'the dis-
Thie fortifidaltions appropriation; bill Lotion of the present congress,
CONGER TO RETURN
March 4.
"We are in control of four Stone Quar
iea in city and suburbs. Are prepared
for furnishing building stone tep
stones, hearth stones, curbing, etc.
In fact any kind of building stone. Al- "l" olW1 uibiic of (the United States,
so for grading side or yard waUcs and. mr of the island of the
excavating work. : :! J "' lPriO
BURGESS & MOORE,
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
Phone No. 25. P. O. Box 222.
ANOTHER STEEL COMPANY,
Trenton, N. J., Feb. 23 -jrhe Uni
versal Steel Company, capital of
000, -was incorporated here today toman
SoTure iron and steel. The Incorpora
tors are (William tM'. Montgomery Her
bert O. age, and: Joseph Reynolds, of
Jersey City.
twffli end sale of fine laces and '.nser-
tos at the 5 and 10 Cent Store. .Laces
Valued at from 15c toi.wc y
ibe offered at special mill end sale price
of Be and 10c per yard.
Indianapolis, Feh. 23.-JEarly this
morning the farm, house of George
To m oo nfWr Versailles, was destroyed
TO THE UNITED STATES Wrl .Jl t:3
awakened by the smoke and gave the
alarm but the flames cut off jthe es
cape of the rest of the family. Mrs.
James and another daughter spent the
night away from home. 1
Mr. Bultler jocularly asked' ,if the(
W. P. WESTERN,
MASSEUR.
WATSON Sr. TtillAGtfJN'. RHAIi ES
TATE OFFIOBr CKuRT SQTJABa.
Phone 223.
CANDIES. -
Pure chocolate aUd coooanuit bon bons
F40c. kind, half ooundf ten cents.
GLASSES
AND
GLASSES.
Washington, Feb. 22. The secretary
of state today granted 60 days leave of
absence to Minister Conger ana w
president designated WO 'WL kocjuu".
vYiO n.w special commissioner to Chi
na to conduct the negotiations. The
leave was granted at Conger's request,
he wi-shiing to return to the United
States. Conger has been maentionea s
ia candidate for the repubOican nomi
tnation for governor of Iowa and it is
suspected he is anxious to 100 v
the field. . ; .
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.tWe fit you with the
Right Kind of Glasses.
EXAMINATION 'FREE.
S.L. McKEE,
Glasses to I 54 Patton Avenue,
fit any eye. Opposits Postofnce
Maple Sugar
Absolutely Pure.
Make Your Own Ma-
Ple Syrup.
Get it at
26 South Min St. Phone 183
I WILKIE & LaBARBE,
REAL ESTATE AiGESNTS.
patton Avenue, Phone 661.
For Sale:
TODAY IS EXECUTION
DAY AT PEKII1
Pekinu Feib. 23. An edict was receiv-
htxte today providing for all pun-
I h-memts demanded by the ministers in
,a rvHrfnal note, with tne exceptiwu l
Chae hu Choa and Yung xsien wnu
1,, Yxfn ordered to commit suicide.
The edict orders the executions to take
I place tomorrow;.
GERMANS ATTACKED
BY CHINESE TROOPS
Tien Tsin, Feb. 23. iSeveral hundred
Chinese Smeprial troops attacked 50 Ger
mans west of Paoting Fu Thursday.
The Germans had one killed and seven
wounded. It is estimated that 200 im
perial troips were killed and wounded..
SQUATTERS SETTLING
INI HE PHILIPPINES
Manila, Feb. 23 .Commissioner Wor
cester is preparing a biW for sufbmis
sion to the commission, permitting the
leasing of land until a government
shall have been' established which shall
iha.ve authority to aMenate the lands
for mining claim. Many squatters
have settled in the province of Benguet
and Leoanto and are mining gold and
other metals which abound . The leases
authorized by the proposed bill no
permit Ithe carrying out of mining
nmrfltlons or the cutting of timbers
but wiM give the lessees other advan
tages 'in the direction of ownership.
Thousands of men are worKing upon
the government road between Dagupan
.and Baguiio, the capital or itsenguet
province, which; is being constructed
at a fractional part of the cost esti
mated by the army engineers. ,
The records of temperature at
Baguao for December1 and January
enow the iweatiher to mav urcui re
markably cool and salubrious. The
headth resort for soldiers and civilian
is soon to be established there.
The thirty-third infantry will sail m
the transport Longan March 1, stopping
at Vigan to take companies C. . ana
M, which have toeen detained at Ilioios
by small pox, providing the quarantine
is raised.
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We are offering for quick sale
several pieces of improved and
unimpro- idi residence property on
(Bailey and Grove st- Heta. Owner
is very anxious to sell and will
probably accept your offer if a
reasonatWe one.
For Rent:
Some' of the most desirable res
idences in Asheville, .completely
furnished for immediate occu
pancy. A few urafurndshed houses
also. ' '
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
OF ZAMBALES BURNED
Mta.-n.MaL Feb. 23. 6:15 p. m. The ov-
, fKiiiMjiTicra mt Tba capital of
erxLiucxf' rtuiv.-o ' -
r7Tnivfl.ies rtrovince have been burned
j the jail alone escaping the flames. The
,txnPT,tv-fourth anfantry supplies -we
destroyed hy "fire. A steamer has been
sent from Mauila to Iba wltn stores.
iA detachment of the fourteenth, in
fantry has captured Gen. Viegra, near
Cavite Vejo. '
Genl CaiLles has issued a proajam-
tEon ofiing ten Mexican, dollars apiece
I for the 5ueads of Americans.
Grant's "No. 24 cures Cold and La-
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Grippe. 25c. Graasra xruariuwi . .
MATHUEN CLEANS
A TRACT OF COUHTRY
London, Feb. 23. The war depart
ment has received the following from
Lord Kitchener at cnerksdorp:
IMethuen's force reached here, hav
ing cleared the country through Wob-
maranstad1. At Haartbeesontein law
Boers under Generals ievutiers anu
Lienenberg opposed him. They neia
a strong poteition obstinately, but
were turned out after severe fighting,
in which the yeomanry, the Victoria
Bushmen and the Dancashires dis
tinguished themselves. Our casualties
were three officers and 13 men killed
and five officers and 25 men wounded.
The Boers lost 18 dead on the ground
and suffered severely-."
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