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1 ST f - V.' a. ... - '-: V - , " 4 ' ' ' ' .' r -J VOL. VL 15. A8HEVILLE, Hi WEDNESDAY JttOENING, FEBBUAEY 27, 1901. PfilCE 5 CENT3 ; ; . i I H rat m V mi nnnii mmnuM rm RBk i 1 51 Patton Ave. -ooo Our stock com prises everything that has been crea ted of late, such as Talleta D'ess SMrts, Rainy Day Skirts, Flannel and Silk Waists Belts and Neckwear. Agents for American Lady Corsets. Eagle Brand Mus lin Underwear. Extra Value 81x90 'Sheets 45c 45x36 Pillow Gases ioc. If we have it it is the hest. We have just reoedved owload of G0LUL1BUS BUGGY GO'S VEHICLES Whl3lu include NHW AND ATTRACT IVE lines in open ami Top Buggies, Car riages, Surrlea and Tlraps. r$e will he b0)a to diarplay In m short time, and invito jour call If you are in, need of anything f HJGH CXiAJSS WORK. AS H EV1 LLE 1 H A R DWAR E CO 8 3. Cor. Court Square. Phone 87. Don't Board Any Longer Uet Mrs. li. A. Johnson fur-i nfeh rooms for you, pay her on installments ,anct save money , 43 Patton Ave. ROCK ! ROCK ! r ROCK ! ! ! We are in control of four Stone Quar. lea in city and suhurba" Are preparedi for ffurnishing' Jwiildinig atone, atep stones, hearth etanes, cvufflos, ebo. In fact any Mnid of bulMInig tone. Al so for grading' side or yard TraZkM and excavating iwork. v ; . BUKCESS & MOORE, ASHSVXLLiE X. C. Pnone No. 25. 'P.?0. Box 222 W;I;; WESTERN, 'MASSEUR. r WATSON & - JtsnXQJJNBAli ES TATB OPFXO, COURT ; 6QUARB. Phone 22; Of Atheville lAXs and Biltmore, '- LxJKs 5 & 10 Cent Store, SO Patton Ave ; J D1 BY UUH LAW MEnd The Question of the Rights of theUnited States in Cuba the All Absorbing Topic. v Morgan Closes His Speech In Opposition to the Army Bill Amendment. lively Time in the House Over the Discussion of Sampson's Promotion. BiU Passed to Divide Oklahoma Into to Counties and Granting Full Civic Poweri. .Washington, Feb. 26. There was a full attendance on the floor and a large crowd in the galleries .when the senate reassembled tonight to further diiscuss the Sfpooner amendment to the army a.pp(ropriatioin .bill. Senator 'Miargan, who oocupled the at tention of the senate during most of the day, concluded his remiarks late this evening. The greater part of his speech itodjay was devoted to denuncia tions of the amendment to the army aippnofpriation ibiM defining relations with Cuba. He questioned !the right of the United States to assume suzeranity over any foreign country. He asserted that Cu'ba would never accept the (proposition and that the United States had no right to offer it. He dwelt on the popular feeling in Cu ba against the United States and warned Americans mot to deceive them selves dn supposing they were going (to meet a set of men in Cuba who were not determined to have independenca. - He favored free trade with Cuba and the granting of unconditional indepen dence to ifcbat country. In concliusion he said: "My advice would foe to aban-, don the amendments and pass the asp propriation IbdU." 'Several .senators-spoke on the Spoon er amendmehtt tonight. Democrats denounced it in unmeas ured term and refused 'to consent to fixing a time fojr the final vote on the (bill. A sensational incident occurred in connection witib today's iprbceedings. "While Morgan was speakimg Allen ob tained the floor and declared in em phatic and excited term that if Samp son was the author of the letter oppos ing teunner Morgan's promotion he was a "conceited ass, and an arrant cow ard." He added: "We are not raising ing in this country a race of snobs," and1 declared that Morgan came from as good a race as 'Sampson. Allen's remarks were greeted with laughter and apjpBause. Ohah)dler wished to re iply hut Morgan refused to yield the floor. HOUSES HRDCEEniNOS. Washington, Feh. 26. At "the opening otf the session of the house today the senate Ibdll authorize the attorney general upon the request of -the secre tary of the interior to apepar In suits relative to school lands was pasesd. Speaker Henderson today referred the St. Uouls exposiltionbil 1 with the sen ate ainiendments aipprapriating $250,000 for the Charleston exposition and pro viding for" the closing of the exposition on Sunday, to the special committee, has foeen on. the eipeaker's table or severalj days in the hope that it could be gotten Into conference by unanimous consent. The request made by M. Tawney at the close of the ses sion last night to concur and send the jbill to conference having toeem met with an objection ffroani Mr. Shepherd (Tex as), the speaker decided to send the ..bill to committee. The ways and mean committee of the house voted' to'report adersely the resolution of Mr. Sulzer of New York, calling on the secttetary of the treasiury for correspondence in connection! with the recent Imposition of a, duty onRus eian1 sugar. The vote was on partyMnes thedemooratic members sujpporting, the resolution. : Mr. Rliciardsonvthe minority leader, moved' to report the BalJcock hllil,,re tpeaiing duties anatny articles of the ebeel and Iron schedule of the Dlngley GLASSES AND GLASSES. We' fit you twith' tne . Right Kind of Glasses. BXAMINATTON REB. S;L. McKEE, ' . Classes to ' j 64 Patton Avenne. - fit any eye, I Opposite Postoffi ce act, "but before a vote was iajfceni ta mo tion to adjourn (prevailed. - The hoUse adjourned late this evening after one of tine stormiest scenes en acted in a long time, it opewrred! nax the ictose of the discussion, oa the sec ond conference report on 'fefle naval ap propriation iall. s? 'Berry and iSulzer, dm de'bate on the report, paid "their oomipllrrtenits to Sajmpon, in wnnectlom wlt&'Ms letter (Continued! on the eighth page) MPSON'S PROMOTION Chances Materially Lessened by Publication of His Letter. ' K-M Attempt to Secure Legislation, in His Behalf WiU be Vigorously Oppos-, . ed. . Washington, Feb. 25. General regret IS expressed in naval circles over the putMiicatton of Sampson's views as ex pressed in his letter in regard to the promotion otf gunner Morgan. It 'is believed that Sompson injured his cause, by the sentiments he expressed . ' Sampson's enehws have not lost the Ojpportunity aflordeu,rthemi byfe enddgig- snoDS,,' ana saying aampson, son or a poor working man, seeks to draw the line of Social distinction ibetween American citizens and place himself and commissioned officers of the navy in the aristocratic class. Sampson's friends admit that the chances of passing the measure creat ing the grade otf tvice admiral for the benefit of Sampson "and (Schley, are ma- terlially lesseneh Some go so fair as to say that an attempt to secure legis lation in his behalf will 'be useless. TWO MORE OFFICIALS EXCUTED IN PEKIN Great Crowd Witnessed BeheadiDg of Kih Sin and Hsu Chang Ya. Pekin, Feb. 26. Kih !Slin; and Hsu Chang Ton, twO Chinese officials who were turned over hy the Japanese to the 'board of punishment, were beheaded today on the same spot where tsung li yamen executed many during the siege for favoring the foreigners. A great crowd witnssed the executions. Before the executioner odd 'his "work, Lieut. (Col. Sbiba, millitary attache of the Japanese legation, visited the con demned omen and! treated them to Champagne. Klh Sin said' to him "I don't know what I have done to make mie deservine: of death, but if ibeheading me will make the foreign troops leave Pekin and my emperor to return', I am satisfied to die. 1 will ctoe a patriot." SAMPSON AND SCHLEY FAIL OF CONFIRMATION i Washington, Feb. 26. The senate in executive session tonight confirmei' the nominations of officers of the Navy and marine corns who were advanced for distinguished! service in the iwar with Spain except Sampson and Schley. VANDERLIP RESIGNS. Washington. Feb. 26. The resignation of Hon. Frank A. Vanderlap, assistant secrtary of the treasury, was announced at the department today to take eftest upon the qualification of his successor, mot later tnn auarcn Wood's Qnioni Sets, Garden and Flow er cSeeds at Grant's Pharmacy. 1f NEW Star Archarena Com bination Board. Fifty-Eight Different Games on One Board Carroms, C rokinole and Fifty-Si Other Games, At Main Street. : SA GAMES Jill m fl:fltl. TAKING REINS OF GOVERNMENT Cnban Convention Will Fro- Mnlgate Election Law and f Hold I lections. Can Only ba Stopped by Peremptoiy Orders From United States Which Will Cause Trouble, New York, Feb. 26. According to Havana despatch to the World, the Cubans regard their constitution as in effect since the day lit was signed The convention before the end of the week fwill promulgate the election law! and within 90 days 'thereafter elections will be held audi iCuba will .require United States to turn over all government property to the officers who have been elected. The United States cannot prevent the progress of the program except on pre emptory orders to stop, which orders will be accepted as a notice that the pledge of the United States has been repudiated. In this event serious trouble can scarcely he avoided. SIMILAR TO BRITISH SUZERANITY London, Feb. 26. The St. James Ga- zette says today it sees in the senate's proposals, relative to 'Cuba, great sim llarity with British suzeranity over the Transvaal under 'the convention of 1884 and wonders how long the United States would submit to any further ill treatment of American citizens similar to Mr. Kruger's mal-treatment of Brit ish subjects and ridicules the idea of America submitting a dispute be tween the United States and Cuba to the arbitration) of a foreign power. GOMEZ GIVES ASSURANCE'. Havana, Feb. 26. Gen. Gomez vis ited Gov. Gen. Wood this morning and assured him that the stories of unrest and dissatisfaction at the continuance of he United! State intervention, were false and that he had been misrepre sented in statements to the effect that he favored an Immediate withdrawal of the United States troops. PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT Organized by the Philippine Commission For the of Bualacan. Sentiments of Peace and Satisfaction With American Sovereignty ' Prevalent. Guguinto, Bulacan Province, Feb. 26. The United States Philippine com mission arrived here from. 'Manila and organized a 'provincial government. An inr-iiirsfiftnt commander is still at large with a band ot 300 men. Never theless sentiments of peace and satis faction with American sovereignty seem to fbe as prevalent as in the' provinces where previously organized. The party arived here in army wag ons and native carts and were driven to the military headquarters. A many natives as could he crowded into the ihall wer .Twieseant. The residents of the town welcomed the commissioners, declaring that the people of the prov ince, which had he-en watered with the blood of Americans and- Filipinos, earnestly hoped for the establishment of a peaceful government guartantee ing 'the (personal liberty. Judare Tin 1ft said he freioiced at the o - r fact that 'the people of the province of Bulacan no longer misunderstood th? object of the American " government which solely was to secure for the people the ibliessln'gs of civil liberty and to develop their self-governing capac ity . During the afternoon there was a big meeting in the chapel! and the bill applying the provincial act to Blacan probably will be discussed. t WHHE '& LaBARBE, REAL ESTATE AGENTS. 23 Palton Avenu Phone 661. For Sale: We are offering for quick sale ee erail - pieces j of improved and unimipror 3 residence property on (Bailey and Grove st- - fats. Owner la very anxious to sell, and! iwlll probably aocept your offer if a reasonaJbie one. , For I(ent: Some of the anost desirable res- idenoes Iri - Asheville; cainipletelr furnished ; or .Immediate occu pancy A f ew unfurnished houses Ion - v.-.-.. . . , . TODAY'S GAZETTE. ETE3ST PAGE: - Stormy Scenes in Congress. Provisional gofver ji men t -in the Phil ippines, t 'Cuba's Preparation for Self Gov ernment. Conservative Cubans Desire Aimer- icans to remain on island. Negro Lynched in Indiana. Sampson's promotion. SECOND PAGE: Markets by Telegraph. u.iems or state News. THIRD PAGE: iMliscelLany . FOURTH P BB: Editorial. General News. City Personals. FIFTH PAGE: Work of Legislature. Local and Telegraphic News. SIXTH AND SEVENTH PAGES: iMiswllany. EIGHTH PAGE: City News. Negro Murderer Lynched and Burned by Indiana Mob. Thousands Witness Ghastty Spectacle of the Burning: of a Human Body. Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 26. 'George Ward, the negro who confessed to the murder of Miss Ida Finkelstein, was taken from 'the Vigo county jail by a mob at 12:36 today. The mob which had (been once repulsed by deputy sheriffs with shot gune .broke into the jail while the sheriff was at the court house. A rope was placed around the , negro's neck and he was dragged to the wagon bridge across the Waibash river hree blocks awa' and hanged to the draw- i (bridge. .jsv-&s.-.. . &th-"ji. "-iJ. A crowid varliou:sly estimated at from 2,000 to 3,000 gathered at the jail Im mediately after it fbecaime known, that the murderer was under arrest. They succeeded in 'battering down the front door. They 'were driven back, how ever, by 'the jailer, Lawrence O'DonneJl, who fired overtheir heads with a shot gun . Three deputy sheriffs were struck by scattering shot, but none" ktf the crowd was hurt. The excitement in creased as the news jf the foul deed became known. Arrangements were made to take the prisoner before the court for his sentence at 3 o'clock, but he was lynched feng before that. - The mob used a large piece of timber for a blattering ram and ibroke in the jail door and with clubs, guns and re volvers drove back the few deputies on. duty. On the way to the bridge the vistim was beaten with sticks and shot at by members of the moib and he was unconscious when hanged and in all probability dead. When the body was dropped from tfc e bridge one strand of the rope broke and the leaders of the mob thinking their victim might drop into the river hauled the body up again and It was dragged to the west side of the river and burned. The body was in a horizontal posi tion at the stake, the feet (protruding at one end and the head at the other. The fire had barely been started when a main arrived with a can of turpentine which was fed to the eager flames. Af ter that comibusiblie (odil seemed to flow Biponitajneously toward the fire and the names leaped high while the body of the wretched murderer was slowly (burned. There was no attempt at disguise on the part of the members of the mob. Within ten minutes of the time when the mob reached the (bridge with the vacitim ptople assembled in ever in creasing numbers. When the body was taken down the bridge west of the draw was harrdcaded and the crowd was stopped there, but the east bank of the river and the ibridge on the city side of the draw was crowded with thousands of men, women and children, gazing at the awful spectacle of a hu man body being! consumed in vengeful flames. In all that crowd mot one word 1 of sympathy for the poor wretch was to ibe heard, though many deprecated the final act of .burning. CONFESSED TO KILLING. Terre Haute, TndT., Feb. 62. Miss Ida j Finkelstein', the school teacher, who was robbed ana shot toy a negro late Monday afternoon died at the hospital late last night. The police this morn ling arrested the murderer who proved to he George Ward, aged 27 a car wcrkB', laborer. He at first denied the charge (but later made a full confession He said she taunted him about his color -and then slapped hint in the face and to a fit of anger he shot her and then cut her throat. He has been in the. Insane asylum and! is believed to 'demented now. The knife with which he, cut the girl's throat was t&ound' In his fpoefcet. 2 NATIONAL BNK CHARTERS. Washington, Feti 28: The senate committee on finance today authorized extending if or twenty years the charters bf national Wanks. . v ' -- v -Grant's. SNiJi ' 2 cores Cold andLav Grippe. 25o Grant's Tnarxcacy. : - - TERRIBLE VENGEANCE DO NOT WISH WITHDRAWAL Conservative Cubans Desira That Americans Remain V Longer in Island. Everything Disorganized and Municipal Government ill Perfect Chaos. GOMEZ ONLY ONE WHO COULD CAUSE TROUBLE . HE HAS NO INTEiNTION OF DOING SO IF AMERICANS WITHDRAW; CUBANS WILL BE FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES IN TWO MONTHS. " i Havana, Feb. 26. La Roalldad, or gan Of the coniservative party, says con servatives do not wish the United States 'to withdraw from Cuba yet. It is declared that everything's dis organized and municipal administra tio-n is in (perfect chaos. The munici pal judges and councilmen, it says, were elected 'because they were most unscrupulous and daring. Several prominent revolutionary pa pers also express a desire for the Americans' to remain' longer. General Gomez said if the Americans withdrew the Cubans would be fight ing among 1 themselves within two months. He declared he was the only leader who could cause the Americans trouble but he had no intention of do ing so. ;J?e didn't wish to be president.: The -cmTn-ry was in no condition to be teUaedw ' It sjunaerstiood'-- ffiiiS? oonii&utlonaL" convention today approved the aroposl tion tha Cubans should not enter into relations i with any foreign country that might inWrefere with her indepen dence, and also that Cuban's shouldn't, allow any portion of their territory to be used as a base of operations either against the United 'States or any other country. It is claimed the delegates don't be lieve that congress will support Mc Kiniey in his demand for certain re lations. BODIES MAY BE RECOVERED FROM WRECK ''- Depth of Water Oyer the Sunken Rio 1 Will Premit Work of Divers . 'San Francisco, Feb. 26. The Exam iner says the position of the wrecked Rio de Janerio has been located by sounding in thirteen fathoms of water, a depth at which divers can work. It is said to he exactly one quarter mile ' southwest of Fort Point buoy It is not impossible that the imprisoned bodies may be recovered if the wreck has been carefully located. About 130 (bags of mail are in the sunken ship. TO CURTAIL PRODUCTION FROM COTTON MILLS Sixty-Five Mills Give No ice of Ap proval ot the Flan. Charlotte, N. C. Feb. 26 .Secretary George B. Hiss, of the Southern Cot ton JSpinner's association, has inform ed the president of that association that 65 cotton mills in the south have sent ' In their approval of the curtailment of yarns, as greed upon in the meeting held in this city on February 16, and that these mills represent 380,000 spindles. GERMANY'S POPULAtlON IS 56,345,014 SOULS Highest Increase of Any Quadrenla) Period in Thirty Years. Berlin,' Feb. 26. The .census takerf' Decemiber 1, 1900, shows the population of the, empire to be 56,345,014, of which ;. number 27,731,067 were males. Thirty- three of the largest ttttwns have popuia- 5 tions of over 100,000 eater, or am aggne--gate of 9,108,814. . Since 1895 the increase in the population of the empire lhaa been about 4,000,000 or 7.9 ; per cent. . the highest rate of increase for , any quadrennial period during the Bust tMr- 1 ty yeaxs. . : . u ' DUTY ON RUSSIAN SUGAR. ' n?Vashingtonv Feb. 26. The ways ani 7 means committee of the house tola ; voted to ieport adversely the resolu- f tion of Mr. Sulzer of New York, calling t . on the secretary of the treasniay for cor. . respondence with firms, corporation , etc, In connection with the recent, im position of duty on Russian Sugar. The -vote was on party iioes the democratic -members supBorting the resolution. Mr. . Eichardson, the minority -leader, moved 1 to 'support the Bahoock bill .repeaung- y duties' on .many- articles of steel and 1 Iron schedule of the Dlngley act, &ut te fore a vote. was taken a motion, to ad- ; joura preraJisd : : jjjjJi . , A 'I i r I t t - 4."; . i ; 1 1 1 f i j l s i "j