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IVE lines In open and Top Buggies, Car.
stages, Surrlee and Trap.
will be Atria to display Ha ebort
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WORK. .
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8 E3. Cor. Court Square.' Phone 87.
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installments aaf save mi(mey. ; v'"-.
: ; 43 Patton Ave. ;
ROCK! ROCK ! ! ROCK ' !;!
W are in control of four Stone Quar.
fes in city aaid Buiburflba." Are prepared
Cos furnishing' building - atone, step
stones, (hearth stones, curbing,- etc.
in fact any kinxi of buUding! stone. Al
so for grading side or yard walks and
excavatlne work. ' 1
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British and Russians Agree to Submit the Controversy to
Diplomatic Adjustment Announcements in
y : the Commons.
Pekjni MaaxSt'' 21.-Alfter a ctooulta-
t5on', at which; fCbu-at yon Wlafldersee was
present, General tBairrovr fiand Oohmei
Woack ihave arrangiadl for a' mutual
withdiriaiwial of tflae British aaid JRussiiaa
tTOops guarding the ddspojted itenrtStory at
Tiam Tsin at 5 o'clock ixmitoepcnr mOTO
tog. The rwork lom the nMlnoiaja sadlne
will be suspended! pending dipiBom!atic
adjustmenit.
Xondon, iMarcflu 21.-4:51 p. mi.-In
the 'bouse of lords today the foreign
secretary, Lord Lamsdownie, announced
that Russia and Great Britain hadi
agreed; to Withdnaw their ltroopa from
the disputed territory at Tien Tsin and
reserve - the question of title , and pro-
iprleary right for subsequent exami
nation. " t ,
Lord Lansdowne suippiemented the
announcement (by esoplaining thait the
dispute concerned' an extensive area
on the left bank of Pi Ho river Which
the Russians occupied in ithe' autumn
and claimed (by right of conquest. Sub
sequently fthe.Tgovernmfen.t was Injfoirm-
ed that China and Rus'sria, had reached
an agreemlent iplacing the area- under
Russian occupation. The 'area, (how
ever, cotoprisied1 plots !belianglng to the
northern Chinese railroad and was
therefore part of the . eecurity of the
British toondhoMers.
. The ildne was part of the railroad re
cently transferred (by the Russians to
Field -Marishial Von WaSdersee, who re
transferred it to the British. The, ne
cessities of the allies required the con
struction of a siding otn one of the plots
referred to and the presence of British
workers on the plot wasi treated as a
trespass. on Russian territory.
It was subsequently .found' that the
Russian tKrantdaiy marks had been re-
irvedby the-British . In those cir-
cumstances the governmienffc on March
16 telegraphed to its representatives in
China that it thought the rights of the
British or 'Russian troops to occupy .the
44sputd '&&e6 couldvbeest sttledjby
Field -Marshal Count y Von Waldersee.
as the coniimajeV-in-cnlef and General
Gaselee, the TBrltish 5amttnlander, , was
instructed to request the field Trianshai.
rto-eettie tne immieaiaite aineneTtces, re
serving for future . examination the
question of th vaHdtty of the alteged
private rights. Gen. Giselee was also
anstruoted to refrain from using force
except to repel aggression .
On March) 20, the alleged rennovsil of
Hie- Riussiam boundary (pilliar oocuTped
and the government instructed the
(Brittish,- nfnister at Pekin, Sir Ernest
Satow, that Great Bri'tain was realdy to
refer the -facts to Field Marshlall. Von
Waldersee on the understanding that if
either side was found Ito have aonnimit
ted an irreguTarity it should apologize
to the other. The government aldded
that the construction of the iding
should' continue under whattever condi
tions the field miarshal thought fit to
Imtpose. H (Lord IjabsdwrcvTie)" wa
gdad ito say lie had: heard this morning
from, the Britishi aimbassador at St.
iPetersburg, tWat the Russian (foreign
.minister, Count Laimsdorff, had pro
posed that they should agree to reserve
aid questions of title and proprietory
rights for 'the- examination ctf the two
governments and that in the mean
while order be forthwith sent 'far the
withdrawal of thie troops of both sides
from the disputed'plots. Oreat Britain
Wad entirely concurred and th-cught the
withdrawal; (should be carried out to
FieM: (Marshal Von Woldersiee's satis
&uotion. - ' -- -
FRENCH (MAT BE WANTED AT
!' . ' TIEN TSIN. '
i'Tien Tsin, March 21 .(Afternoon) .
The situation here retmains unchanged.
Both the'British and (Russians abstain
from- any overt "acts of hostility There
are about" 1,000 white British troops in
thfe vicinity. Ilhe Russians ore hot nu
merous. " - 1 -
It is rumored that French deach
ments atrYeng Tsungand 'Lang iFang
bave been" warned thot-.they, may be
wanted at Tien Tsin.
v'.J -J. '
TYO HECRO-S LYHCHED
ill MISSISSIPPI
m-, - 1 - - ..-
One Escaped From the .llolr Hut -Wag
v - later roundDead4-,
Terry, Mlss.,!:lMarc!h; 21.-Jodr Bell
and,JChurles v Homngswoyth , .neignoeg.
Accurately
Fitted
Glasses
your sight -and- re - W s
tleve your - bead-; T-r - ''
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s: LTMCfCEE; t
"-'y SCIENTIFIC OPTICIAN?, Sjr
Opftosiite Postofficie. 6r Patton ave
M DISPUTED LAND
were lynched by a. nob here lasj; night.
Both toad ibeen arrested charged with
attempting to rob the ireence of R.'
-C, Terry and also ottemipting to c as
sauOt a woman inmate. Bell, the first
arrested, implicated HoMingsworth
WMle the anwb was' Italkingi the' men
from the jail to the place of execution
Hollingsworth broke away but was so
riddiled with bullet that his dfead body
was found in the woods Ithis morning.
Bell was banged tfnomi a bridge1 near
the town and his body filled with bul
lets. MANY FILIPINO WOMEN
PRESENT A PETITION
They Ask For the Eelease of Political
Prisoners.
Manila March 21. A delegation of
Filipino women numbering five to six
hundred and headed by two represen-
'tlatives of Jthe woman's league called
at the patoce this morning and) peti
taOnlelfJ ifor the (release of ttole poldtical
priscwiers.. A numfber of them carried
American flags and all cheered for the
United States. The petition was denied
on the ground that it was only possi
ble to consider such request when peace
was established,
Cod. Schuyler broke up a pirates' ren
dezvous at Tornate, capturing eight offi
cers, 68 rebels and 170 irreconcilaibles.
MRS. HARRISON MAY CONTEST.
Indionatpolis, March 21 . It is sitiat - d
tihat the widow of XJemeral Harrison i3
considering the adivisabi'Mty of assertiag
her right to one. thiTidl of the estate and
rejecting thle Jjjrovdsions fiiiade for ber
In thle will.
Doesn' t Like His Advocacy of a Return to Old Principles
and Offers Him a Dollar For an Opinion of
Timely Interest.
Lincoln, Miarch 21. In a lengthy ar
ticle in tomorrow's Commoner Bryan
flays Oeveaand in "connection with the
latter" recent letter to the Baltimore
demiorratic" dub. He especially picks
out Cleveland's advocacy of the party's
return to its old principles and says it
has been repeated; so often that it
would -suggest he himself was the em
bodiment of the principles to which the
party should return. He finds fault ! iporieai e repumirca-xi uc
wfitb his advices being indefinite and administration is no.t endCrsed; de
a,,,,,a ,r ff rt rw .one dollar ! nounced the trusts but failed) to enforce
for a signed statement by Cleveland as
to why he considers his opinion" on pub
lic questions as "of jio dmpttxptance dur
ing the recent campaign but regards
such opinions as of imtporflanee now.
CHINESE COURT
DURING
Tragic Contrasts in Singan Fu.. Efforts to Have Li Hung
Chang and Ching Impeached. . v
From Laff an Bureau correspondent.
Pekin, March. 20 .-A.' Chinese officer
who arrived from Singan Fu Monday
says that the famine in the province of
Shensa ' Is terrible. Roots 'and. the: bark
of . trees bave a-B been devoured, and
cannibalism is common 7 One woman
was recently soldi for, a loaf of. bread.
Meonthnie:the caurt'is- tfteasting- and
boasting of its safety at Singan Fu on
i AT COs5?r EIGHT GOOD PJEliAJBLB
Ttn c jn, -ic k era. 11 TS' A RAEGAiW
A'. r! OUR STOVES ARE BfflNG
CTJOSED OUT. J. H. LAW, 35 PAT
TON AVBNUB.
Games,
" .CWjioile'ian Ckmm and fifty other
iasa can 5be7piaA -'f "-'"f e.
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' You get them! aifi
PRE8!0EHT'S&
p;!term trip
eilVesterdai That New
QrleanslShouId be the
ilFirst Stop.
Meeting With Pres
ident Diaz of Mexico sit
El Paso.
YELLOWSTONE PARK
- ON RETURN TRIP
waLgi, visar new bngland after
KHTURN FRiOiM -TUB WEST. AT
ENDdJG HARVAIRD, XMSMENCE)
OvtHNT . -
Washington,'. March 21.-The presi
dent' proposed western trip is attraat
ing much attenJUon dn the slates
through which he is to pass and in vita
tions from, various cities and: towns
Which hop to entertain ihins along ithe
route arp daily arriving at the white
tomxse .,. Today Represenrtative Meyer,
Of Louisiana, presented the president
the formal invitation otf the governor
of 'his state. ajid. the anayor and citizens
of New Orleans, to s"top atNew Or
lenas. The president received the in
vitation yery cordi'aily. New Orleans
probably will be the first stop after the
party teaves Washington and -the pres
idlent agreed to remain there a day
General Meyer says the program, for
the entertainment of the presidential
party is yet ito be arranged but it prob
ably will Include a ride on thei-iver, a
drive, through, the city and a banquet
In the evening.. .
"As. it is the present intention to leave
here, April 30, May 2 probably will be
spent 4n Nw Orleans. RjejpresentaJtive
He likens him to an old soldier who
was described as "Invisible in war and
invinclbie in peace."
Bryan siys if Cleveland will clearly
and candidly define the demlocratic
principles about which he Is So prone to
talk thte people can. decide for them
selves whether he is the same (Cleve
land who turned the treasury over to
the foreign financial syndicate and sup
'The law against hem, condemneid' im-
perSalisto yet-gave passive support to
an imiperiiailiistdc president or whether he
has repenlbed and is ready 'to accept the
(democratV creed.
FEASTS
TERRIBLE FAMINE
account of. thte natural defences of the
place. The emperor is very impati . nt
to return to Pekin arid declares if nec
essary be -..will istart alone.
Officers who ure with ithe court bave
submitted more, than - two - 'hundred
memorials to the emperor impeaching
Li Hung iChang; and Prince Ching for
their conduct in the peace negotiations.
The emperor tore up thtese anemloiriato.
I0RRENT:.
J"h
X (New SHrtJomt'jcottege on nearby
residtesuoer street-just compteted
t " L y
(never oocupled) v ; MJocEennl con-.
veniences. $16.50 per anonth. v .J
Two- nice residences on Mont-
Z ford) aveniie 'toe peat tfrom April li;
LReai EstateAgenfel vt
EMPEROR
TO
- . v tf xixaiui
churian Commandtr
Ha A
Pckin, Miarch 21.-he Chinese mfcdster at St. Petersburg recentSy re-
r ported some sligiht ratifications In fne 'Manchuriaor treaty hid been con- ,:
ceded by Russia, these being intended to avoid nwtn. ht, in ,v ' "
wvrrafliumna. Tie (mod mcatlons were formiarded to the court -,.at.iuan
Fu. 'An edict has been received to reply stating thAt the treaty
cannot receive the imperial sanction. "
Shang Bad, iMairoh 21. -News has reached here that the Tartar General '
Tstag Chi, comimondtng in Manchuria, has been arrested and tried for con
seating to the Russian treaty regard-ing Manchuria.
Burleson, of Texas, saw the .president
and invited him to visit Austin on his
way through Texas. The president
promised to do so if the itinerary could
be arranged so as to include the Texas
capital.
(Secretary Cortelyou has been work
ing on the intinerairy but praoticaliv
nothing of -a definite character has been
decaded upon. After leavtog New Or
leans the party will stop at Galveston
and Houston and the (present- expecta
tion that a meeting with . President
Diaz, of Mexico, will be arranged at
El Paso. The trip through. California
will include a visit to the Big Trees. At
San Francisco the party will stop a
week in, oonneation with the events at
tending the launching of the battleship
Ohio.
On the return trip over a northern
route the party will visit Yellowstone
Park and thence probably take a run
down to Denver. A sail jby steamer
down the Great. Lakes from Duluth to
Buffalo also probably will be included
in the trip.
After the president returns from) his
western trip be is going to New Eng
land." He already has 'accepted an in
vitation to be present at the Harvard
commencement exercises at Cambridge.
Mass., June 26. He also is expected to
visit Worcester, - Concord, Boston; and
perhaps other places. -t
SENSATIONAL RUMOR
CURRENT IN ANTWERP
That Gen. French Has Been Captured
and Put to Dea h.
iParis, March 21. A telegram from
Antwerp says that a rumor is,current
there that General French was cap
tured' by the Boers, but was reflesed on
promising not to fight against them
again. He was subsequently captured
and shot.
EXTENT OF LEPROSY
III THE PHILIPPINES
Twenty Thousand Cases An Island to
be Set Apart For Them.
-Washington, March 21. Marine Hos
pital Surgeon Perry, quarantine officer
for Ithe Philippines, has forwardted here
an official report on leprosy in the
Philippines. He says:
Leprosy is widely prevalent over the
entire archipelago, but the greatest
number of cases exist In Southern
Luzon land the Southern Islands. It is
quite prevalent in Oebu, the number of
lepers being, estimated at '2,000. The
total number of cases in the ls'ands is
estimated a)t 20,000. The cases in Ma
nila and surrounding country ore iso
lated in a biospitaa under the auspices
of the Maniia board of health. There
Is also a leper hospital at Cebu.- An
attempt at segregation and 'isolation
of the (lepers in the island has been
made by the army officials and several
months ago orders were issue d . direct
ing that a hospital -5n 'each district be
set aside for tak isolation of all lepers
who could be apprehended, and a board
of army offlceTs was detaUed recently to
investigate several islands for the pur-
4 : "Every woman lu btnutltal
J nt some time of tier life,"
!- ' Victor Hugo.
jvery woman Is - more' beautiful : J
J- some' lights and positions - than r
others. We find the most be--
'cominu lllit and position when
" we -make your portrait. -We try "
0 4 to fu d the most totnlrg expres-;,
sion (the, natural on-) but there--'la
-ibere we iare dependent upmr;
your be V WjbT - ave ; a , 'pencil - J
J- Vwbicb - . j rr - work f wonders ; in -j
rftmlgbtening irregular leatures'"
- and rounding thin bosom). Cur
pictures for -1901' hall be' betters ?
J an ever before. 1 " - Z
Z frn rlt : 1 Phoiognph r S
Mi "S'iX Patten ay& 2
J If " we. d not make your por-trait-be?itiful-It
.will because it
; was taken at the wrong "time of
5-life."--
REFUSES
CEDE illANCHURi
jKeceive n s sanction. . Alan -
Who Consented to it to
rro o4a1
pose of selecting one for a leper colonv,
the intention being to depart all cases
of leprosy to this place for segregation
and isolation.
MTTEMraON! KNOJGHTS OIF! PTTrHIAS
if t """ w -asaeviae Juodige No.
106, Knights of Pythius, are dlrectetl to
meet at flhe ina7ti. wn n.j;
mionaing to attend the funeral services
All PytMans, especially the members
of Pisgoh Lodges iare invited to attend.
By order of the Chancellor Command
er. T. "R W.A,TTTC3 .XT
Keeper of Records (and Seal.
LOOK HERE!
A farm of 180 acres near Own
bey, N . O., 15 acres bottom, 50
acres iweai set in timber and bal
ance cleared. Dwelling house
with 5 rooms, in good condition,
one stock 'barn, tiree rental cot
tages, three tobacco bams,- 500
fruit trees (apples, peaches and
pears) yielding well. This is the
greatest bargain ever offered in
Buncombe county. A large
amount of city property for sale.
See our larg-e Hat of Valuable
txroperties and' (prices.
Clifford & Davies
REAL ESTATE AGENTS .
Room 37 Library Building.
Pihoenix, Ariz., Miainch 21.-HRichard
Clajwscc(, ithe (famous New York Jockey,
who has been riding for 'William C.
Whitney, is dying here.
OuR ANNIVERSARY SALE.
Spring Opening.
Saturday, .. ..March 23rd.
Monday, March 25th.
ARE THE ACTUAL DAYS FOR
Millinery and Dry Goods
'During the -last quarter century we
have offered Spring Millinery and Dress
Goods for March and' April sales. For
thiis acaiversary sale we are determined
to crowid two months' business into as
many diays. Our only regret is the
embiarrassmeict we cause our competit
ors by such exltremely low prices that
we must offer to sell the irriimie'nse quan
tity., CORTICELLI, ' 50 yd spool silk
(thread, tall colors 3c
Oiark's O. N. T. spool cottoa... . 4c
AUl 3-4 percalea calicoes and laiwns,
large assortment fine patterns, ai
so solid colors end tints .... 4C
Sea Island Percales, not reminalnits 9o
J-aOUlUI'IC OlliVi, Hero ,
No waiting ifor business but always
making dlt, the first note of -Spring tell- '
Ing of mew fabrics, new prettlness, fresh
daintiness, as exemplified In the dozens
Of exquisite NOVSIPIES W1EI OFFCERi
FOR YQTJR INSPECTION.
tPoul'axd Silks, 24 indues wide, finest
quality of all silks. Elaborate and5
dainty designs In the most beau-.
.. 89c
Foulards and PtaiJs 21 in. w ide, 'harmo
nious coJoringHblues, reds,, lavaa-
oer, greens-, every one a GKr
prize.
. ..... www
Fancy Taffeta aH. silk "21 Inches wide;
A 90o quality dn stripes, new shades of -
red mvy bdue, cadet, also black OVC
felack Taffeta, all silk. 1 yord wide, fine
lustre, heaivy iweugat,, Never
nteihe6j jbeftra" im" be city.... 9 00,
BDackr' Taffeta,
valise 0ents V
all 18L Inches
dnfifnr, oreezy wasn uooas.;
;;:.An assortment of bargains, andl bar- - .
finitely inore-vatue word
cea teli , Fine ' Clngnams the fbest
brands represented; abundant newnessr 1
tksteftilness and orifiliiaiitr are appar-, -
ent... . . . . .. ....v- 10-CENas yaku.i,
. IFine Glfghoms (imported) ouitcSasses ..C
alt others, does this peerless creation1.-. '
25 and 50c Embroidery on sale.
Very 1 Owiiu &pecia
Souli.
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