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VOL.. .V.v. NO. 59
ABBEVILLE, N. 0, WEJ)NE8DAY IIOENBJe,-APML 17 ' 190L
(If bought at Oestaeicbei's it Is
right.)
Oestreinhor I
& Co., I
'OOOO
2 We direct attention to
2 several novelties in
! WOOL DRESS
I GOODS
which will be put on sale
MONDAY APRIL 15th.
With these new additions
we can justly claim the
largest and best display of
j SUMMER STUFFS
I in Asheville. We have
Z priced these goods espe-
3 cilly low to make them
5 quick sellers. Prices from
5 4 cts. to 75 cts. the yard.
NECKWEAR.
We also call especial at
tention to recent additions
to our line jof Ladies'
Neckwear, consisting of
all the latest novelties.
9
Oestreicher I
& Co.
51 Patton Avenue
Handsome
IJ j
J I
Appears to irauch better- advan
tage with a haidsome lawn, la
front. The appearance "of the
lawn can be materially added to
by tiding enclosed with a hand
some wire fence, such as we Of
fer fin the famous
ELL WOOD FENCE,
ASHLVILLE HARDWARE
COMPANY.
n
Don't Board Any Longer
Let Mrs. L. A. Johnson fur
ni-sh rooms for you, pay ber en
installments and save mjotoey.
43 Patton Ave.
ROCKTroCK ! ! ROCK ' ! !
We are in control of "Soar tone atur-
w in city and s .bnibs Axe prepared
urnisaing buttdia jrtone, step
yaes, liearth titooes, Ourbin& tc.
ajso for grading Bide or yard walks nd
hevlue. N, C, Phoae 25, Box 222.
WOOD'S SEEDS.
full hue of TVWodfs Garden
eas, Lawn Graes, Sweet Peas
and NasturUum Seeds la bulk: "
GRADirs PHARMACY.
HEADACHE: 7--
bick. Nervous . amdNeitraltfdoi
Headache quickly -Te31eved- byi
we Headache Cure,"" 256.
GRANT'STPHARMA CY.
Dwelling
CAPT. CARTER'S
STE
LINGS
n
Sol icitor General Opposes Ap
plication for Hil Re
lease from Prisanv "
.'
Says the Diyision of
f flA
((Dnni IX7n r..ll AU.M j
ed to by Carter Personally.
PROOF OF HIS SOUND
MENTAL CONDI TltfN
INVESnGATlONS OF THE GOV
ERNMESNT RETVTEALS A UOSS OF
$2,169,159 BY CARTER'S 'CRIMINAL
OPERATION'S.
(Washington, Ajpril. 16. Solicitor Gen-
.eral Richards today filed! with United
j States Supreme Wurt a fbrief- in oppo-
j sittott to the artpltcation, for bail filed
.(about 10 days ago in (behalf "of former
. uaipxain 'Carter, now confined in the
; United States ipenli-lentiary at Fort
Iavenrwortth upon conviction for fraud,
in connection "with the - harbor im
iprovements at Savannah. After re
viewing the history of (the case, the
Eolicator genierail say in part:
"The vaJidlity of iCarter's conviction
amd this sentence by court martial, iwhicti
alone could try ham for crimes corntrndt
ted as an officer of the United States
army, In violation of articles of war.
hag been, sustained by three civil courts
jand five judgeis, not counting this court,
before "which the matter is now pend
ing for the third' time.
'Carter now aippMes for a suspension
of sentence of tMs lawful tribunal, and
asks to be released! if rami impni saniment.
pe&ifiig thle hearing1 of this second ap
tpeal, upon the ollowln-g grounds:
Firsit, because he is suffering from neu
rasthenia and is on ttte verge of nerv
ous colfl)apso by reason of mental an
gtuish, owing to (Ms tmpriisontmient; sec
ond, beoausa (he is innocent of .the
charges of -which he was convicted by
couirtmartial, and tthe only way be can
establish his Innocence, eo h says, is
by pressing- to trfal the chargres em
braced dn the "Georgia indktment,,
which, he ass?r1ts, cannot be tried be
cause of his absence from Georgia."
As to the firsit groundX the solicitor
genera! submits argument tending to
show Carter's sound mental condition',
and files with the court affidavits of
five physicians who examined Carter
and affirm that Carter is not now suf
fering with nemrasthenliar that he is
not on the verge of nervous collapse;
that Ms nervous condition is not great
er than one would! expect to find! in a
healthy person1 of Cartr'll Standing
confinleta in priscft, The affiants fur
ther isay egHd Charter s now phys-
cxisj 'v-""'
TfeiS affidavit was .upplleimented , by
arnia.vn.K8 ffnrrrru tihe wia.TvlAn atc tows- I
Icians of the pTlson1,
As to the second ground for release
on bail, tthe solicitor general says to
part: Since 'Carter (has dragged into
fthe case the fact that he is under In
dictment along with Greene and the
Gaynors, and (has sworn, that the crdm
Unal case cannot be (tried because of
(his absence irom' Georgia, and asserts
that be -want to be reased so he
may demand a trial by jury iro Georgia
(and prepared for it, it Is proper for me
to call the attention of the, court to the,
fact If the crftminal case cannot be tri d
without tCarer, neither oan ft be "tried,
without iis conspiraibrg,. Ofetne and
t&e Gaynors. Yet, ever (since the ln
dletmient was fbunl in Ieceni'ber, '99,
ithe govtermment has been strenuously
ehdeayoring to secure the removal -of
Greene and the Gaynors from - -New
York 46 Georgia for trial'
iMr. Ricbaidis says that the inves
tigations of the "government reveal the
loss of an aggregate $2,169159 through
Carters apeiratJions, of twhiohjie (Carter)-
received1 lone-third with traveling
:expexises-adMeav - iln view of these
facts IMar. iRichiardSs asks:
; "Is i any wonder thatCSarter wants
to igetvont on ball. Is It any wonder
that he desires to be put dn a .posltkxrtt
where , he 5ain personally handle . .the
'Seeing- Is
BelfeviDg,
'Your looks
ab well
your siffht
can be 1d
proved with
perfect fit
tlag glasses.
Yougetbotb
when we , fit
inatlon Free
Sclentiflo'
-ti Patton Aye- Opposite O.s
Wi-P-: Western
lasseur
Watson Heagan, real estate office.
Court SdUare. ; Phone 225c"' r C r
sinews of war -wtdch he obtained! by
cnaud Ivom the' fverrament tWat edii
! ca'teu .xn andr igarve hkn Ms . standing
laiai repuitartdon ? iWhaf foail . could-1 the
court fix thattrouXd ft, stipdet iA
nous oase, n . ce nas sent jus seoumies
cnit of The o6untry and made uj ms
TOinwS tbjat the est thin Jie coukfc do
wound toe to eHow thenar ,
Descrlhlng tne methods 'Carter's
wpemttanes Mr; IliWhaa-ds Says?
The dijisicta ioC the 'swtae' iwas et
tended to .bs:. Carter (personally. Wihen
thettoe Joaate to make at ptayraent nn-'
"der. the eantraiGt Oaxter, iwSbo vroa :k-
suted! at Savtamnafli.. and.'haxi enlarge of
itne work on 'Dettair of tthfe government,
juvould gSive to h& iiperesentajtivea of
- Greene and) Oaynors DocaJly in
charg-e tait Saivtaincia-h a gjoverutment dheck
A J. , -l . !.'J
f terials -wftiic tatetuaJly went into
he dimprovemient, and' then he wouldh
daiaw a government check ifor the ex
cess of the. contract "IpVice, representing
whait amiblers rwouM cali the velvet'
the fruit of the tframduUent oomlspiracy
and putting this In his pocket would go
to New York. -"
"There he would! meet Greense and
the Gaynors. "TBien the divSsion would
take p4ace Oarter wraiu (be specially
aijoweu out of the tamout $75 for trav
eling expenses, and the balance would
be dividjf ci into thirds, one-third to Car
ter, one-third to Greene and one third
to the Gaynors. In this way Carter
drew out of the conspiracy $722,528.02,
andbf this acmouait the records of stock
borkers in New York shows that he
invested in stocks and 'bonds, $690,301.-
85. iFor his traveling, expenses Carter
received! $1,575. xie made 21 trips to
New York on Ms amission and! ait the
time was In excellent condition finan
cdallyjto 'be aippointed military attache
at the court of tit. James.
FIERCE STORM AND ZERO
WEATHER IN WYOMING
Live Stack Losses Enormous Collision
Caused by Blind tsr Snow.
Cheyenne, W50., April 16. One of
tfhe worst storms of recent years has
been in .progress There for the pastt 18
hours.
Three locomotives were demolished in
a frei'ght wreck at TJortie, 20 miles west
of here, caused by two trains unable,
to see eacfti other on account of the
blinding storm. Traffic, was delayed
five hours. "
The Mve stock tosses' from this and
former storms aria enormous . Reports,
whiohi have ! been lacking up- to this
timie, show that thousands of cattle
and sheep have been lost.
The thermometer is now near zero.
GOMPULSOHY EDUGATIOH
BILL VETOED III MISSOURI
Jefferson City, Mo., April 16: Gov.
Doctoery has vetoed the compulsory ed
ucational bill. He declared that the
act interfered with the personal rights
of parents and savored of paternalism
on the part of the state.
TWO ta fPPe
Batavia, N. Y., April 16. dxmis Mil
ler's saloon! and bowling alleys on
State street burned' this miorning, and
George Lawrence, the bartender, aged
24 years, and Fred Hack, a laborer,
aged 51 years, who slept In the build
ing, perished.
toqis umm weds
RUSSIAN GRAND DUCHESS
(Brussels, April 16. &&ilt P1? says
I iPrnnce iuis Napoleon
-pan4 ucfaess Helen,
has married the
daughter of the
Russian GTand Diuke Vladdmir. S
Prince Louis Napoleon was bom in
1864. He Is the second son of itihe laite
Prince Jerome Napoleon and the
younger brother of Prince Victor. The
Grand Duchess Helen, is the youngest
chjild of iBussian Duke VJiadi'miir and
was born; in 1SS2.
THE LAUNCHING OF THE
BATTLESHIP MAINE
iPhiladteftphkt, 'April 16. It has prac-.
tically -been deciue'd by the' Orampfl
Shlpbuflding- company to (have
launching of the United late battle-
I g(olp Maine on Memorial day.
$uirvfrvics of the original Maine and
widows and orphans o sailors killed
in Havana, harbor will be Invited to at
tend the daunbWnigj. .
GEN. C0RBIN TO MARRY.
Washington April l.Mrs. Patton
has announced the engagement of ber
daughter, Miss Edith Patton, to AJdju
tamt General iCbrbin of the TJinited!
States army. The news of the ehaige-
ment Is received witli deep Interest in
socdety "here. M5ss Patton is very at
siciety here. IM&ss Paftton is a very at
tfactivie brunetie and has long been an
actenowledged 'leader. 8a Washington's
social circles.
LiAWS SPUING CLEARING SAUB,
BEGINS MONDAY. A BIG SALES AT
ABOUT HALF PRICE. SEE LARGE
AD. ' SfXXR PARfFDOUXJARS ON PAGE
4 : J H UA.W, 85 iPAffJiON AVENUE.
s
Licorice Tablets. -.
Made;trf pure Spanish
Licorice,
;:For Coughsand Colds;;
MESTON'S
Huyler
I -
SEN. FUNSTOm
JE17 cormn
Military districts of
Northern Luzon Placed Un
der His Charge.
- -p- .
AgpinaMo's Capture has In
fluence on Insurgen t Bands
nf the 8outh.
CIVI L GOVERNMENT
'S WELL RECEIVED
TAFT COMMISSION RBCETVED EN-
IN- CERU
cm.
mnha, AprU is.-The first M -J.
bnd .military idistricts of Nlorthern Lu
zon have been consolidated ana -r
under ctamTna r,, n ,
w urutarai jj'unston.
Similar action bas been, taken in regard
to the fourth and fifth district of
Southern Luzon and General Sumner
has been placed in charge. This action
has allowed the relief of Generals Grant
ana HaH respectively and ds one of the
results of the pacific conditions in these
districts, it is expected 'that further
consolidations will be made at an. earlv
date.
The Sisssion band of outlaws made a
nffgrht attack on Norza Gamy, Bulitin
province, and succeeded -in burning a
part of the town.
Th- situation in Cebu is rtrfnw
unchanged. The capture of Aguinaldo
has had considerable influence-on the
insurgent bands in the mouMajins
south. While these bands are numer
ous and very active none of tin i
(important. The people retain rn
tiveaitilt:ude "egarding r civil govern
mae'ti.' Slmi'ar condition. mwraii;
l eyte and Bohol. In Qebu icity the peo
ple manifested much Yenlt!buiasmt over
the Philippines oomission.
RIPLEY CONCLUDES
HIS TESTIMONY
Tells of His Movements at the Time
of Goebel's Death.
Frankfort, Ky., April 16. The Rip
ley trial continued today with the de
fendant stftLon the stand under cross
examination. He has .made an excel
lent witness from his own standpoint
hds answers being clear and unhesitat
ing. The Bradley-Yost evidence as to
what he declared Gov. Taylor tcld
him the day before Goebal was assas-
sinated it is apparent is the point on
which the prosecutioni is hanging its
case. - -
The testimony of three witnesses on
'this point has resolved it into a matter
of veracity between Governor Bradley
and Judge YcasL on one side, and -the
defendant on the otiher.
The defendant dn response 'to ques
tions, toldjhis movements after the ar
rival of his company here the morning
of January 31. His Tcompany was Sta
tioned near the executive .mansion and
penitentiary and had nothing to do
with preventing the mteeting of the
, "ure. He was not in the squad
ief1', ... ---Nlature out of the
which chaSea :&ie iee
court house and c4ty all, Rof wltft-cae
company whih fbrmed and drilled ib
front of the -Capitol hotel, where Gee
be! was ayahg wounded. He denied erii
tering the Capitol (hotel that night with
a pistol in hds band and going to vari
ous rooms In the hotel. He was not in
the hotel except on thle 16th and 29th,
instant. TherosecutJoni asked if he
had not said in substance to J. B.
Mathews 3n Aprils last year, the fol
lowing: -
"Mathews, I am going away soon,
and I want to tell , you confidentially
that I know Caleb (Powers Is innocent
)'
I FOB REUT;
One of flte hantesiest
resl-
qences an iAshevlle,, : (completely
iurnisjsu, ail moa.rn ctanven- a
,entees; oauur?iiaiUicl--'--t8Jve4 T
-strset, large igrbumdH. Owner
would sell furnftur? at. sacrtfice T
anu rem property, unfurnished1.
JEiurniture Bs all new. 7Owing to Z
important business relsewhere f
'owners most make Immediate
disposition of above property.
lAVilkie & LaBarte,
Real 'Estate Agentsf. -i
- 23 Patton Ave.
ov Phone 661.
1
. .- ... .. T 1 S3
and can tell (enough to clar him if it
becoanes necessary for me to tell it.
Now is the proper time, but I am going
co New York and later possibly to Cal
ifornia. I will keep youjadvised of my
whereabouts as I know you are a
friend of Powers, and whenever it be
comes necessary to tell it, in order to
save Powers, I will do it, but if you
ever tell what I have said! to you before
then, I will deny fthat I had this talk
-with you,." . . l': ;
The defense objected on; the ground
that it was testimony in chief and the
uryretiredr during argument. Mathews,
who was referred' to, was Powers' as
sistant aecretary of state.
The court overruled the objection, and
the witness In his. reply said he might
ihave said this to Mathews, but if he
did he had in mind the things he had
heard implicating (Henry Youtsey, ' and
also the occurrance seeing Youtsey
come out of Taylor's office on January
29. He was not positive, ) however,
whether he said this to iMathews or
not.
The witness could, not. remember
whether he also told Mrs. Mathews In
substance what he i alleged to 'have
told her husband, but admiitted that he
had asked Mathaws to go away with
ihim, and suggested that their wives go
to his home in Henry county. He could
not remember whether he referred to
Taylor as a coward, but did remember
that he commented: on the fact that
he left his family alone at the mansion
too often.
1 Cross-examination was completed at
11:20 and redirect examination develop
ed nothing new in the defendant's tes
timony.
BEGGING THE CZAR
FOR CONSTITUTION
Address to the Throne Receiving
Thousands d Signatures.
Vienna, April 16. The newspapers
here are receiving report according to
which the situation in Russia is becom
ing worse. Wholesale arrests continue
througihout the empire. Fifteen hun
dred persons were arrested in Odessa
Sunday. Revolutionary . proclamations
continue to be distributed In St. Peters
burg and other cities. It Is proposed
to address the czar begging him to
grant a constitution. The address has
already received fifty thousand signa
ture. The full 'text of Count Tolstoi's ad
ress :M the czar on 'March 2$ has been
received. It contains a lengthy pro
gram! of reforms and the document is
couched' in plain terms.
PATRICK HELD FOR
MURDER OF RICE
"New York, April 16. Justice Jerome
'today held Albert T. Patrick for the
grand jury on a charge of murdering
the late Texas imilMonaire, William
Marsh Rice.
Patrick will also bare to answer the
charge of forging. Rice's name to the
will and checks.
BRISTOL REPORTED BURNING.
Kncxjviille, Tenn., April 16. The bus
iness part of Bristol, on the Virginia.
state line, la reported burning. The
Knoxvills department has been asked
for aid. No 'particulars are obtainable.
VALIDITY OF DIVORCES.
. .Washington, April 16.- The Supreme
court of the. United States has decided
a number of cases involving the valid
ity in one state of "a. divorce decree
.granted to other states,
fcourt 'held practically that in
oases in which the decree -was granted
STstate where the husband and- wife
Jive made their legal residence it is
Tn any part off teaOtej
but in other cases in which there is no
?egal residence in the state in whitfh
fiegai greated they lare invalid,
Teit Cigars, BAOTOioers
SmOe Jfl
C-g -s
ga select
fn d. o
B-lombei.
--MONQ SALE
GRAND SPRING w- -tA;Y.- APRIL
DATS
15h, AND CON.TINTJE
TATiijr.xna nwTAiN IN ANT PRE--
Tt J. H. LAW. 35 PATTTON
AVENiU. .
. a m a mm
I "Every woman t beautiful
at some time of iter lite."
Victor Hioco.
Every woman is morefS
m some lights positionsan
bthers. We fi tbe most becom
ing ligfct and positiaa wben we
mSke your portraiitt We try
to find the most becoming ex
0.iv fhe- natural one), " out
there is where we are dependent
rjapoa, your help. We haveaj pen-;
t cU Itbat work ronl,,?
straightening arregumr.
: Toundlng thin 'osv S-Jg
J - pores ifor 1901, shall be better J
s tthaniever i)eiore. - !
: Brock, Vl'
'iS. we do'not make your portrait
beautiful -It will be. because it
.was taken at the wrong time of
: :aarrr::s:ca
GERMANY IS .
IN CONTROL
Supported by the Dribund She
is Insisting on a Heavy
Penalty for China,
Several of the Powers Press
Exorbitant Demands tor
j Indemnity.
" si.. :
RESISTED BY ENGLAND,
AMERICA AND JAPAN
POSITION OF RUSiSIA IN THESE
NEGOTI ATI ON1S AMD ARRAIGN
MENT OF 'ENiTEiRESTS IS UNCERTAIN-:
Washington, April 16. Advices , re
ceived at the state department leave no
doubt that Germany controls the dip
lomatic situation in Pekin. Represen
tatives of the iDreibund at Pekin are
voting together oni every proposition
and it is now apparent they have the
hearty co-operation of the ministers of
three smaller nations engaged in the
negotiations (Siain, Holland, and Bel
gium. This combination lhas been
formed for the purpose of enforcing the
payment of exhorbrant claims.
Against this claim combination are ar
rayed only the United States, England
and Japan. The position of Russia
is uncertain and Prance appears to
lfian toward a German c:alition. Rus
sia heads the list in the matter of
claims, with eighty-seven millions.
America's claim aggregates 25,000,000,
England's about 22,000,000, Japan's be
tween the American and the British
aggregates. The exact figures of the
Austrian, Italian, tSpanifh and Dutch
claims are not obtainable, but are re
garded as unreasonable.
Desirable Cityand
Suburban Investments
"We offer, for ten days the fol
lowing gtilt tdged property: about
14 of an acre on Pa'tton Avenue,
in lots or as a whole.
A Cosy Cottage of four rooms
with acre of land, On Lookout
Mountain Street Railway .
A Bargain.
a wo fine lots on Central Ave
nue; three on Charlotte street,
and nine on Clayton street.
Apply early to
Clifford navies,
RElAJLi ESTATE BROKERS,
Rooom 37 Library Building.
Latent Talents
-
Bring Them. Out Big
Saving Awaits You in
Their development !
Vhich may he easily accomplish
ed., by simply investigating the
bargains mentioned nere. Plain
printed, words will not convey
half the value ana elegance rep
resented. See them. The goods will do
the rest.
The following is only a hint of
the good things we have.
w
i
And it is new
Great 29c
Sale of "
Hosiery.
Spring Hos
i ly at that-
BeautiW
Novelties
flmest lisle thread lace openwork
and hemstitch designs..
Elsewhere you will have to pay
50 cents for the same thing.
Monday... . 29c
Each season
Great 60c
Sale of
we
sell out
every corset
we have in
stobk to enable
Corsets.
. -
- always show the latest and
us" -ts, we bave about eigh-.
best eors... " " corsets from', last
ty high grab- Wiompsoak's
season.- Warner b ""wl Ri; &
GloverSitttng,XW. B., -.50
G.V Qur rlce was U.OO to
Your choice MondayJ50c
, P r o s p erity -Alarm
clock
Great -69 c
Sale of
Alarm
Clocks
a fine little 30
hour nickel
p ated
Clock, inches high. It can
"be depended on as-a correct time
keeper, is better than many high
priced dock.
A good thing for Utile money
Assured. -
Monday.. .... . ... 69c
G. A learsr
33 South - Main Street..
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