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ASHEVILLE, N. .0 tltONMUlOKNIN&, APEtL 23, 19fiL
VOL. Y. N0.62
CITIZENS'
STRIKE
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2 A Special
: tion Sale of our
: Celebrated Eag
j brand of
Ciridnnati the Raters Pass the ? Daijger Line; aiifl
Crest of the Flood is Yet to Gome Indiana
. afid Ohio Towns lnundated.
Rill City Ticket Putf Out by
last night's Non-Partisan (Over 8,000 Men Effected Train Men will Eefnse to Han-
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Convention.
die -Freight of Tnbe Company.
MoKeespiort, Pa., April 22. All em-
i Muslin
s "UNDER-
WEAR
Our stock of these goods consist- -fcne
of
GOiWCN,
SKIilTS.
ORiAJWEIRS,
CHEanSSE-, and. .
OHUMISB, and.
CORSET COVERS,
being tmixdh larger than -we are
to have at this season, we have
V.decddied to offer ;oirr- et theuni
. f own rediUiCJtion of one-fifth (1-5)
rff otBr regtular prices.,
Our gwda are aM. marked 1
plain flg-ures off wMoh you de
duct xrte-fi-iii
Sale Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday.
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over -thirty faoTirs iri transilt and- the
" '.pet trains have tieea
' ig frora cold, and
inutigvr. uuc iraly today 'was Only
1,000 bead, Ivihere 2,t00 head! wias ex
peoted.. j v ! j W . Atiil
At 11 today it has oeaseidi rklninig; here,
but it is still -cloudy (and (threatening.
The Adlegheney marks registered) . 20
(feet 9 in'dhes and) the iMbnonflaJhela. 22
feet. Both rivers faere (falline at the
rate of about 2 Inches an hour. The Al
leglheny rose aibout 2 feeit ,t Oil City
sfiaoe last night, but os this water wrill
xuoit reaoh Pittsburg' Tiatil some ftiin to-
miorraw, - river men have little a.T pre
hension of another flood!.
It is ImiplossSble !to faiirly ajptproxtmate
tfbe loss resulting from the hiigh wateirs.
Esttauartes "vary tfiroxrt $100,000 to $3,000,-
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000, but the first figure rwlll rprooa.uiy
come nearer tie correct amount,-
r ejus JuiuuiiM.uu( 1 I
1 (mountains, under samall ptnes ana lau- . ... . xl , . .
I J7-. . - ' j. it rati XT a fViHrmna l n Qmio fVT 1 aw nrAewA tn strike torrtormyw. Di-
Bad Weather.
ttelburg, April. 22,-Ofwfing b de-
lio viw) ifMl-na . lfcf fiaHiMKa -"Hva etwV
ers 7 today are experlernK a cattle rel, to die fffrom coldi. eeventy-nve cax-
1 Oestreicher !
. 1 Co. .
51 Patton Avenue.
Cincinnati, At)ril 22. The danger line
was readnea nere xoaay an tuc vjjjh
Hvr flood -which smarted at the head-.
waters last week aindi did so much
damage at Pittsburg- and intermediate
points. The backwater along the lack
ing river on the 'Kentucky side has
inundated parts of Oovington, wew
nort and other enlburbs. The Mill
creek valley is f u!ll of water and doing
dlajmaee in tthe west end of Cincinnati
The crest of .tthe Pittsburg rise is not
due here till tomorrow, tout the extent
of it has been closely anticipated; and
Tvnftrn.nntjinns imiade accordingly
Mayor BTMshmann and city officials
tfwto- moAe a tour of inspection in
inatirol waerons around the flooded dis-
TMint-a.nd: afterward took a boat. Re-
WpH' wail ,be provided .for all in need! of
it The Chicago Dall ciUD arrives iu-
riM v ihnt the -water lacks only ten inches
of flooding the hall park andi there will
mot likely be any games, tt&a teek
a retut (portion t-iPayioo, Ky.
submerged. '
At Dawrenceburg, lnd., the fifty foot
danger line was reached at noon and
a general inundation, tf olio wed .
tie had diediwhen: the mten- left, and
they ear the others have douatHesa
perished hy this time, as the men say
there waa no chance (for !theam. Aa the
snow was four to six feet dteep It was
ImipossJble touibring the cattle away
tand dt was only hy superhuman effort
that ithe mem were able to walk. and
lead their horses, as the animals could
not standi up under a man on account
of the now, Ice audi severe cold.
flRVr imiflnv vears farmers and stock
growers of this sectioni have take. ad
vantage of the verdure that grows on
the Smoky mountains by sending cat
tle .to these fertile .pastures. By April
15 the 'grass is green and the leaves
have 'begum to ibud and on this date
tthe pilgrimage to the mountains gener
ally begins. Thertei are two great
ranges. One is near Battd mountain,
and the other near Sipencer's Oaten.
The Davenports and Sam Love had
sixty head of cattle, while the Sevier
county parties had! sevtenty-flve, and
by the time the mountains were reach
ed 200 were in their drove. The trap to
Ithe' ranges was made successfully.
Overi 250 head of cattle wtere already in
the mountains in charge of herders.
Last Wednesday the snows began to
fall. The clouds grew dark and as. sud
den fall of temperture came. The
herders predicted only a short cold
spell, (but were surprised Thursday to
find the snow falling so that it was
blinding. The cattle were coralled In
the timber in order that they could be
crowded together and kept warm. By
Friday the snow, was four to six. feet
deep. Many cattle had! dSed from cold
and the men decided that the snow
might last for several weeks, andi as
(Oontiaued om fifth page.
Wl LU AM A. B0YCE
HFAOS THE TICKET
CITIZENS' TICKET.
5V)r mayor m: A. BoyCe.
jAMerman', Second: wardW. M. Hill.
Alderman, Fourth ward -G. . W.
Donnon.
"Aldermlan at iarge-F. M. Miller.
Tax collector Charles G. Lee.
Treasurer iW. B. Heston . :
iWaterworks superintendent Wil
liam Francis .
Chief of police-nJohn S. Fullam.
PoUce justice Mark W. Brown.
The large, earnest crowd! of citizens
which filled the court room last even
ing afforded the first incontestible
proof that the people of Ashevilie are
deeply .concerned as to the "men who
shall occupy the offices to be filled by
the -coming eledtion The final proof
as t the degree of this concern wri be
furnished on May 6, two weeks from
now. 1 '
The meeting Was called to order by
Dillon M. Luther. On amotion- of J.
L. Wagner Mr. Luther was made tem
porary chairman . In -taking the chair
IMr. Luther said that the meeting had
(been called for the purpose- of nomi
nating a citizens' tfbeket, and that every
citizen, regardless of party affiliations,
(Oomtlnued on ifourtn page;
are ordered to strike tomorrow. Di
reotiy less than two hundred men are
concerned, hut over eight 'thousand
more will be thrown out as a result of
the trouble.
The trouble began several weeks ago
when a committee headed toy P" . F.
Butler waited on the officials and de
manded a dinner hour, the men having
been given no time for dinner. The
company agreed, to give 40 minutes, but
later discharged Butter for alleged In- .
fraction of rules. Thirty-five men re
fused to work unless Butlrr was rein
stated. They were discharged.
The committee waited on the officials
this morning and requested their rein-.
statement.
A meeting of the Brotherhood of
raiilToad; trainmen was called today
and a strike ordered. The employes of
the Pennslyvania, Baltimore & Ohio,
Pittsburg and Lake 'Erie railroads are
in sympathy With, the strikers and will
iief use to handle freight of the Tube
company.
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300,000,000 III GOLD
TO BE PAID BY CHINA
Li Hung Chang Taken to Task for
laboring Viceroys.
i 'Pekin. Atoril 22. Li Hung Chang has
been severely ceneureSi' in an edict be
cause, after the French and Chinese
had agreed upon (boundaries the Ger
mans, who had no concern in the mat
ter, are to march west and threaten
the Chinese. '
The edict orders Li Hung Chang to
prevent the expedition and says if he
fails the responsibility for the conse
quence will fall on him. Li Hung
Chang also is taken to task for Ignor
ing Viceroy Liu Kun Yi and, Chang
Ohih Tung, who were appointed joint
negotiatlves with ham and Prince
Ching Tung. He is directed to consult
them hereafter on all important matters.
DEFEATED PRIZE FIGHTER
REMOVED TO HOSPITAL
London, April 22. Jack Roberts, of
London, knocked out Billy Smith1, of
New York, in ttfoe eighth round at the
National sporting dub tonight. Smith
was dazed by a Mow-and removed to
a hospital, where he has since remain
ed in an unconscious condition.
GARTER REFUSED BAIL.
Washington, April 22. The United
States Supreme court today denied the
application of former Captain Oberiin
M. Carter to he admitted to bail.
At Paxkersburg, W. Va., Ann, Julian
a a I .3 - r i -iWoto ma iiTvrior t P-T
ELB4a iviix.rnt-1. ouccrbo
and the first floors of (business houses
are filled with water. In the Riverside
and South: Side suburbs the water is
in the second stories and aunareoe ox
people ere nameless. Mayor Vander-
(vort has appointed relief committees
and appealed to the public for funds.
A 4 DW-cn-nvntVl C mlPTTihiajltS in the
At A VI kOUXVU.M ,
lower districts are submerged and hun
dreds of residences have 'been aoan
floned in that vicinity.!
Public schools are dftsmlssad so as to
tiset the Ibuffldings-'ror sneitenng hub
homeless. The (schools were aismissea
at I ronton for the sarnie purpose.
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RUSSIANS ANSiUHINtm
FIGHTING IN
MANCHURIA
Protect
The Ei
A Host of the Troops of China Entrenched in Fortified
Positions ani well Armed.
DDDQDD
orne
i ,-cr dhould be
ijvwry "usw
volver. We keep In stock
rv.it ftmdth & Wesson,
aand Tver Johnson revolvers
itban which no oewer e""
ctre made....
We have thera, nd they are the
A8HLVILLE HARDYABE
COMPAllY.
Don't Board Any Longer
Let Mrs. Ii. At Johnaoo tor
nish roomai for you, paytferp
Installments aan4 favie ujIobbt
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KnoxviUe, Tenn., April 22. .The cold
weather continues here today, though
indications arte that warm v weather
wiU prevail. This is the coldest poxnt
south of St. Paui, MdnnM acoordlng to
the wather bureau, the temperature
toeing 36 this inornlng.
Kingsport reports many orwnarus in
jured, owing to heavy snowi orva
the Ibribs. Upper east Tenriessete points
report snow still falHng-.
Wew iRtver, In Virginia, flust y
Bristol, Is 23 feet out of banks andi do-
tec ariocib daanage. a
Brown's cut, on the jnotioiid
railroad, near NeW rivter, has de
layed traffic, trains (being: annulled.
An ofBdal report from Qie University
of Tennessee xpertmenitr station here
is to the effect that Wei damage -co x.
n nAr ntfik not "be .very
heavy on aocount of the eradual thaw-
ing wt.
... i nn dho have (been in
the heart of the Smoky mountains with
..ti-i. amih itihe city, after ex-
iperlenxdn what
LorJdon, April 23. A despatch to
thte (Daily CMaiffl frorm St. Petersburg
reports a new hostile movement in
Manchuria:- It says that the Chines
troops are entrenched at three points
around CMoukden armed wduh Mausers
and thirty Krupp gums. Eastward 12,
000 Chinese hold strongly fortified ,tks1
tions near Turchau sen. These troops
are commanded iby Cteneral Lutanse, a
.boxer. To the northwest uiere -c ,
FOUR MORE HEADS
DEMANDED OF CHINA
000 troops under itne ex-gwvcmw
Moukden, near Kulo. Nine thousand
are near the Igshan mountains. Gen
eral Alexisff accorddngly organized a
strong expedition, under Genera! Zer-
Iplnski, with sixteen gums. Kulo was
the first position attacked, eariy iu
Aipril. The position was taken and the
ex-governor captured. They subse
quently advanced against General Tur
chausen (but the result has not been re
ported.
ShamehaJ. April 22. 'A Pekin des-
i patch states the indemnity to ibe paid
iby China has been fixed at $300,000,000
i in gold.
KENTUCKEY DESPERADOES
FIRE OH A POSSE
The Reynolds Gautj still Rssisting
Arrest.
-London, Ky., April 22. The areports
come to London from Letcher county
this morning that over one hundred
shots were fired Sunday between the
sheriff's posse and the Reynold's gang.
So far as could Ibe learned none of the
posse mten were hilt. Deputy united
States Marshal Hollifleld is with the
sheriff with twenty-picked men.
Judge Blair and the good citizens of
the county are doing afll in their power
to bring about a surrender. It is stated
that the accidental discharge oi a gun
brought about th!e shooting which ceas
ed after two volleys had been nrea.
Book Sale
in
DRAM DRINKING TAXED
DY ARKANSAS SENATE
INSURRECTION DYING
Only Sixty Insurgents Remain on the
West Coast of Leyte.
tvto i Amril 22. There is little left
of the insurrection of the west coast of
Leyte. Only sixty insurgents remain.
wmitv Allen of the Forty-third
wOnniteM- infantiiy has been appointed
governor of Leyte and lieutenant, colo
nel of the ame regamenit, treaeuii .
. : S, . ThosWlio would Drink must Pint MflllllT VFSUVIUS AGAIN
Alo tie uegraoauon aua p S5.00 for licewe. ;. " ,T, .nriuc CDllDTinB
80 Other OfficUU, .... . ... .. , M BUMc tnuri
Of The M. A
Late Novels
BY
Popular A J
Writers,
-r-i 'Ani 5 desbatch from
xu o, ' . -
.pieklri says the: conxnittee ox mnu-
tere, including: themiinTster oi aae
United States, to whomi the quesmom w
punlshanents was assigned, have .re-
norted demanding four (more heads and
the exile and degradation ci
other officials. The demand, was sent
j to the Chinese plenipoteneiaries.
(Ldttjle Rock, lAlpril 22.-The 'senate
roased a tbill tlooJay, by a vote of fourteen
to one, tmakinsg at lunmaiwirui jjw uw
beverage oinless he shalll, have. obtained
license as a dram uranKer. xmo nx
irfiee is fixed at five -dollars per aoinu
I and the . penalty wtt&croea mor vaw.w"
of the law is fifteen aoiiaira ant? vi
nriswnment for thirty days.
a .n iTWvunt Vesuvius is
again in a state of active eruption and
many .people, scientists, student
tourists including 'Americans are leav
ing Paris toy every (train for . wapies.
The first signs of disturbanda were ob
r !. week- when for three day
columns of smoke issuing rapidly from
tr n-e.t volume towered high
Usual Prices
25 and 50cts.
OHM MINERS STRIKE
Columbus, Ohio, April 22. Twemtyr
n j-a imm wrkers of the lower.
u ,.Ktrlc -No. 6 Of Ohio and against ftt
w . .. ..t (Ml
"West yjrganla, wem on
perienan-g th Aooaitalcih- morning. The strike was ou w
, J7v. oihtb as nts --i v,a irrtino. Then came occa-
rvlainiceoj on atuv -w. vi am? . .
niA tpmfrrtnel Hflmost very 4VM1o1 -os, of the cinders, someumte
i, Air(WaTi ito irtontribute to tne rwiintrv for eeverai
Crtbue.. JJ8"ZZ miles around. iNew lava ts beginning
the houisa aonu irsw 1 . rrrhe fire at tihe crater is very
1 Tiiffht illuminating the sur-
(Kf5ii-ifiinv. Only two
Blomtoerge Selecto Ogare a good tremors of earthquake Sve heen
smok. - felt bo far.
G. A. Wears
33 S, Main.
, . 1- mVK tfrotai' cold to the
We are to conitrxfl ofoor stone mey wei nxWr.lbound. They aeix
ries in cdtv and suburbs. Are preparea K . , . - -
tor furnishing building : : stone,
Also for grading side tor yard wai n
eroaveting. BuaMi-JJiSi vr- V
Ashevilie, N. C, Plne 25, Br 3zz .
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WOOD'S SEEDS.
A full line Of WBjJjGa411'
Seeds, Lawn Gracs - Crsr 5? "
and Nasturtium Seeds pa tralk
GRANTS PHARlUCt
rris TS THE LAST WEEK OP THE
SFRmG OliESAKEN SALE.; W -J ft flnnrtllllitlf
TO EVERT ONE'S AUV " i " WlIC UUJJUI IUIIHJ
Blrtfere' Cleamafid Sporting Good
-ymtiooioi
u well
y6ur iight
ja.ta .. im
proved with
rirfee;-: fit-.''
flag glaf e;;
nAtiott.Free
iCAere Photography ;
Leaves Oft we Begin
InteriorBdward B. Moore of Mlchl-
gan to be assunant cwnuaewwwi v
patent. :
HEADACHE.:.
Kick, Nervous viA ileuiao r
Headache Quickly s reSieved - tT
Baldwin's Headache Oure,f f:
GRANT'S PHARMACY. :
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FreshMARSH
HALLOW Drops
knutfrMainjSt'
To Purchase a Suburban
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BW hoose of ix rooms, hard-
Wood finisn ana dmww
Awtf t TarM larn and dot-
. ThwB Acres firroond. one
acwjeieffbicn jard.
Price untirMay iss fw.
alone coat $2,400. Good neigh--unnA
nner fats business
' IHI1 AAva - w - - v
ltetelinty which, require X
: ki rMidiner near in: - T
I nauK hot. ntot
ir j , iiww. 9 to those (With
Iwilkie MaBarbe,
23 "llve ptione 6f.
produce enfargedi B"5'.?
crayon ndr pastel. I
to have t enlarged -wheeu , f
have u ooaue-urv.- .rrii
Our ' pbrtoaita may f. J52
ed,uose WJWg.
bouse agent offers mW,
Is difference tn quality h(
not computable inrdouff "
cents
2$ Patton Ave-
nxrtk itk aar to those witn
fwbom we have had Ojiuslness re
iationa, Ithatmr efforts injtbeir
toehalf, fw the -xast two montns
sha41 Secootinuedi without reiax-
We s0 bUU offering hangaina
not are BEUI and oof toagilna
ry; tfcey are unprecedented ana
.idfT competition.
Our rule is to push sales of aj
aw,perties to our handa-we dont
rtdt for purdbhsers-Hwe tount
the up. If, therefore, yioabave
amvthine for sale or rent, call land
us, at noon 37 library IBldg.
: CLIFFORD & DAVIES.
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