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" 2 . - ' - fit i 4 AV Ay Ay f. rv- ASHEVILLE, N. O, WEDNESDAY MOKNING, MAY 22 190J. VOL. VI. NO. 87 54.00 FRYEAR -v v r " ii i ft! t for pack y. the trtrle asiat to ucoeflsfol ees tyo- noui 0" tore. Court 23. aks ....................... ,, nurtia ininnuniiir ArrnUVu r hu io ur prniniio nrjfmni nr nmm wmmm cmt tmn ocniuud nmvnL ur Oestreioher J T & Co. J desire to call ettenUon to their extensive line ot St White and Colors Wash Waists 12 CD Y THE FLO 0 Railroad Traffic Paralyzed Bridges iDestroyed and Many ry. outs and Landslides. Numerous Wash- : many new designs have been add ed within the past few days. -The makes we carry, the EAGLE and MARQUIS BRAND are known the country over for the excellence of fit and standard of material. Prices 98c to $7.50 each. Great Damage at Biitmore The Track on the A. & S. and the Southern Main Line Washed Away--Losses at Marshall. ocoo ,We also direct attention to our complete line In both white and colored wash fabrics, our stock comprising the latest production of both domestic and' foreign loom. - - COG Results of the fall of rim which has been almost continuous since Sat urday, atod (which reached its climax in a tremendous downpour all yester day forenoon are that traffic on the Sou-: thern is paralyzed, numerous bridiges and trestles are destroyed, there are landskuie audi twashouts Trithouit number, tele graphic commaxnication has been in terrupted, the city rwas left in partial darkness last night, acud water was cut off for the night at the pumping' station. The 'greatest damage in a small com masH irT-hiAns is to foe found at Biitmore, where the Southern has lost two (bridges sflhediule. No. 14 ifrom -Salisbury wa caught yesterday afternoon ibetrween two ctiMoo tno,QiT. "Rnnni "K"nrh. ThA iCOUdUC- j tor wired that passengers would be tak ! en to Round Knob hoteU The wires ar dmwn st of Terrell. tSNa. 36. d5u to loava AeTioviille f rT (Rflili RlUTV at 6:15 a. in rraH 11 Vfxrv TVTVihfl.hlV IMDit TUn tO&& No' 25. .from Salisbury, (was annulled last night. There are 4yeral large this side of Spartainiburgr yesterday, slides in ithe Blue Ridge. No. 9 ifro SpaTtanburg was turneki back six mile mornine. The Soartanburg line is badls om n cnaA ah ,tvilia.ble hanlds are a wcrk, but a prodigious amount of la do" nrtil iKo 17Q tn iKo (renflrvrmell i f traffic tO mimm & mm Washington. -May 21. The secretary of Tar today acorord the finding' ox the court of inquiry which last eek investigatedthe recent outbreak among' West Point cadets. The result of the court's finding is five cadets dismissed, six suspended, andl a number of others subjected to minor punishments. Ca dets Sheridan and MacArthur were to- plicated but not to such an extent as to warrant dismissal or suspension. They will, however, be punished by curtailing liberty, losing1 privileges or brief arrests. Colonel Mills told the secretary one of the cadets had been caught bracing ,.rvlo m Will T T Tl.:,, TT ;i ToT one of the other cadets and was pun- ""iuou nuup mui nut xicavc i Civiu UUWI tlic J-Uipcxxai. iRhert. TTia rlgsamatpsi hAMmp i n fll I . nant and claimed their understanding of the agreement reached after the Booz investigation was that "bracing" was not prohibited. As a demonstra tion of their feelings they trained the sunset gun upon Colonel Mills' quar ters. This was regarded' as an act of insubordination and a court of inquiry resulted. Two Thousand Chinese Regulars and Fif teen Hundred French Soldiers Sfent Into Disturbed Area. Court Returns United States Fayors British Flan of Collecting Indemnities. received an imperial aud- and has a considerable amount of track , Salisbury and Satanlburg is resume m within the next twelve hours. TO TFFR tJUTfY- The rise of the FTefnich Broad compelled Rirsmension of the electric oampany's nlanit. nwir the idenot. This, rwith, the V"'I W w sshut dmvn of the Hominy olamt from th same cause left the city in darkness last night. Some of the arc lights and! a few incandescent -were operated from, the up town plant. The pumping (machines, having become clogged, notice iwas serv ed early in the evening that water wmilfi (be entirely cut off until 7 oJclock rm.miher or axriOKes in I Oes tr e icher ! ttVila mrvrnlTiifir. A the city have suffered. . The end or i Ag suspieioue characters were seen the AtKin eJ" 1 around the bank it is believed the bomb and fell in. Street car schedules were, flJtlLL erlv in the morning. was. set to explode during the night. IN THE WAKE OF THE STO 5i Patton Avenue, "IN TH& SPRING a Younfi Man's Fancies Lightly Turn to Thoughts of Love." But when making plans .for build ing a home, the specifications put in the contractor's hands reaidis, "Hardware used in the construc tion of the building shall 'be that manufactured by Tale & Towne." Sold only in Asheville by the Asheville Hardware Co. On the Square. FOOD "WTIiL HOT OONTAMINATa In the ODORIiESS BKlGEBLafTOR. Buy ons from (Mrs. L. A. Johnsott 4& Patton Avenu. hAirtTv torn nr. At Biitmore a mild mannered little creek, which comes purling Idlown from the Dusbee country, "eaters the Swanlna- j noa. Two railroad bridjges span it One of them is crossed by the main line and two side tracks, and the other sup-1 ports the A. & S. line. Two and a half miles above, the main tributary .of Foster's creek is crossed by the A. & S road, on an embankment 60 feet lontg and 25 feet high. The culvert yesterday morning became choked! rwith logs an brush, and the swollen stream soo became a lake a 'mile afcwli half long it is " said. Rleachin the track thewater leaped over, foam a weak place, made a little chantoel which soon grew to be a big one, cut through the high bank and came rush ing dawn toward the village. Reaching the little bridge on the A. & S. m tore it in sunder, iboddlv rwrenohinig the track; down stream; six feet from its bed). The new county bridge haki nothtotg to intereeoti the drift, and iwas but littl daioaged. The next bridge, belonging to ! Mr." Vanderlbilt, rwas badly shaken (up. A short distance (below the flood struck the wooden trestle supporting the main line of (Hie Southern andj two side tracks. Tb. . brldgfe- -4feiW!!ifi!? aild --rajds or more. At the .bridge1 th Columbia, S. 'C. (May 21. The heavy- j-traeks were carried about 20 feet downj rains in this state the past few days the stream. Eight or 10 houses ' have caused much damage. Tonight a Brook street were reached: by the (water . ,., vwr : T!no and about 11 o'clock the inhabitants be- washout on the .Seaboard Air Line gan moving furniture, tearing up car wrecked the vestibule south bound pets and wondering where Iboats migh train near the North Carolina line, b e 'bald. The flood reached to the The engineer was buried under the en grounid floor of the Plaza block of stores gine. It is known the wreck block and all the cellars in tihat section.' of the tTack ijUt further particulars are. town were filled The water ched; unobtainable. consioeraDie metxi an uitr ice moAjtui . The damage to T. J. Reed's mill, in which the water rwas two feet deep, may reach $1000. - On .this side of the Swlnmanoa, below the bridge, the iwater reached almost to the ruins of the burned buildings. 'Date yesterday afternoon a pile of idtebris iwtas still smoking in a few feet of the roar I'njg. strealmi, natfwithstandang all the rain that had fallen upon it. THE FRIHNIOH BROAiD. At noaa yesterday the French Broadl had (reached: to iwiflhin aibout a tfootof higih water onark, end rwas thought to ! be rising about 8 inches per hour. It i was expected that the water would reach its highest mark about 10 o'clock last mirfit. Several houses in the factory district were cut off from the outside world by the water. From Marshall the loss of nut ihoiises. sawed lumber ankS loes Is renxirted. It was feared that the pris oners in the jail at Marshall would have to be removed), the building being near the water. Three and! a half to four inches of Tain 'has fallen. TR2AFFIC FARAIiYZEO. No trains from the east and) south ntfvme. tfhroueh vesterday. The Murphy traiia came througih if our fee of water at "Dteyil's Dip." The fires in the en gine were put out. "Wires are down on the Murphy Hoe, and at ileast one bridge is damagedThere is little damage to th west, and trains are running nearly on BOLD ATTEMPT TO SMASH BANK BUILDING Cambridge, Mass., May 21. Wihat ap pears to have been a bold attetmpt to smash the building occupied by the Cambridge Port National bank for the purpose of robbery occurred this (morn ing when an explosion dismantled the banking rooms. Cashier Roof was injured but not seriously. The explosion probably was caused by a stick of dynamite or bomb placed under the stairway of another part of the bank which the cash box is placed. It was evidently hoped! the i money would be scattered into the hallway. Berlin, May 21. A Pekin despatch says there" is serious revival of Boxer ism. Near Poating Fu General Lu twice defeated the boxer force. While pursuing them toward the mountains, two German, companies interceded the boxers killed a hundred of them and scattered the remainder. There is a strong boxer force at Apping against which 2,000 Chinese regulars have been despatched. Fifteen hundred French are also to (be sent into the disturbed area. Shanghai, May 21. Reports from Pe kin state that Von Waldersee informed the Chinese his troops wont leave Pe- Hn until the court returns and ae himself has ience. t Washington, May 21. 'While the state department has not sent any de finite instructions to Rockhill regarding4 the plans suggested for payment by China of the J337.O00.000 indemnity, it is understood that nothing inconsistent with the British plan of settlement, in: effect, to issue three bonds by China to each power to the extent of its claims, has been contained In the despatches to Rockhill and probably won't be. There is good reason to believe the (British plan meets the approval here more front the fact that it is the least objection able of any proposed. Ri San Francisco, May 21. One of the most interesting events of the presi dent's tour took place today when he reviewed the parade of school children. Fully 30,000 were in line. Each cmia carried a flag and nearly every one a bouquet of floweds. The president never received a more enthusiastic demon stration. He made a short address to 1V ROGERS AT CAVITE. ,w(netn. iMav 21 'A caDiegam the 'children and which gathered, gaining rapidly. I Washington, May su a cdi&& v.Jw..; !Ma tat Oavite board rfa to Crops. " Rnoxville, Tenn., May 21. The steady rains for the past 70 hours over the central south ceased only tonight. In Western North Carolina, Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee, straw berry and corn crops are damaged be yond estimation if not entirely ruined. All trains of the Southern road east of here are annulled. Many bridges are swept away. Minw; iMs MMrrtval at Cavite ooara 4,v,a flartin, 'New York. He becomes -v e-,molTVn rvm m ander on tine AS1 OdllirJL stvum- - - r ft!vn cnpprHnis- Admiral Kempir, canv; iKiauvu, - c - -. who will be junior squadron comroanwi on ttihe station. The Newark has left Hong Kong for Colombo on her way home. CHARLES A. RICE. Rock! Bock!! Bock!!! TTT i .J J1 svnv Ml OUST" rtes in city and suburb- Are preparea frvr nMtlMi, VviilMlTkff BtOaiO. BtCP curbing, etc Also for grading side or yard walks ana ALfiville, N. O., Ptooa 5. BX 222. HEADACHE Baldwin's Headache Core quickly relieves sick, nervous and ceuTjdgic headaches. This Is Wne of the most popular remedies we Prepare, hardly a day passing without som denDand.- 25centa bottle. GRANT'S PHARMACY' Agency for Wood's Seeds. " fHinol KILL Job, W Va., May 21. Three young children of E. P. Potterfield were found yesterday near the settlement Of Ca naan, horribly mutilated. They evi dently had- been killed by a bear. Their skulls were crushed and bones broken and marks of animal's teeth plainly seen on what remained of their flesh. EX-COIIGRESSMAII BOUTELLE DIED YESTERDAY Boston, -May 21. Ex -Congressman Charles Boutelle, of Maine, died this afternoon at McLean hospital at Wa- Terly, where he has (been for a Ions' time. Cause of Ibis death was pneu monia. His daughter was with, him at the end.- Boutelle had been failing rapidly for several weeks. G CHILDREN ED BY A BEAR in The children were 'aged three, five eeven. They went into the woods the day before to gather flowers and got lost. A bear hunt was on at the time. LFTve hours after their bodies were found, the bear was killed by one of the hunters two miles from the spot where the children had been killed. POSTPONED n-D- rcasrai) iTvf the electric lights being . -a . Mm , 4 U TTHTVim MLV'I'Mfi.'S I Tr, 1 r mri IJEK3TTJRIE3 ON CHKaiSTllALN auiiajsium oontalning $8000 in currency consignea J 1. it,- riT A ,"VTfT AWTTO.A I -l m MVa IMjkMAmtfl 8,000 DISAPPEARS. will toe delivered at the GRAND OPERA TWYTTucm this evenlnie at 8:30 o'ciocK. AidmdssdcB) free. No collection!. tvtv'i frwpvt "Rebeoca's TriuTniDh." at nptn. hnae (Fridkv evening. Tickets now on sale at 'Pajragon, 50 and 75 cents. 87-8t Does the HSht hurt yourBycs D (bv reelsterea mail by the National Bank of Commerce to a bank In Great Bend, Kan., has disappeared wma de tectives are working on the theory that it was atoflen (bar a (Dostai Clerk. The mail couch- Indicates thsut it fcoa been tampered' with. Hull' Tflra rmA TTTMrRLi3iSR. fTJjriH?TNQ NEW. THAT AliTJ WTFTO IIKB K5E3 TEA BHOUL.U l raA'OTTn "PTRTfTBi XI. 50 PER DOZ3BJN BIPT IT WOUIiD lBE HARD TO TSJIiTJ TP -PRCSA CUT GLASS. AT iiAWS. MRS. BONINE HELD OH CHARGE OF MURDER WashingtotJ, M&y 21. Mrs. Lola Bon ine, who confessed yesterday vnax. w res was killed in a sttruggle with her was today held! to await the action of the grand jury. This action followed Whe verdict of the coroner's jury wimopi was to the effect that the shot which Kmeu Ayres "was fired during a fatal con flict" between Mrs. Bonine and. Ayres nrrs-Botrtne iwaa this afternoon removed from the house of detention to the ma trict jail. She was very nervous an day and several tames- seemed, -or we verge of collapse. Blomberg's most up to date cigar store tf Press Notice of One of the bummer School Artists. (Charles A. Rice, the prominent solo ist ainid popular concert singer of New York, is the possessor of a tenor voice e or. .nmrvnss flntfl wower: it is warm, i ,mi!. -fli-iiMia and Rvrnmatnetic. xlis uriiiraii-L, 111 , iiqiit Anumntw fdneins and) musl UCVltuiJ . . . . cal intelligence prove of great value the best masters and brings to his work tp,rrnierament. a com ibination which conduces particular y that most desirable quality reuwmiy. n s ..vri v ojiyviwv VCO.O B . m,. T?ii-o has clear, ttoiweriui wuui mror rnnh-irih he has UlC mOSt ift control. It loses none of its , t-cc xa i often me case rvw malP sinerers. in its Droatwuesa and rainge. The World. FITZ JOHN PORTER DEAD. .-ntpw York. May 21. General Fitz- John Porter died at his home at Mor- ristown, N. J., today from chronic u- abetes. He was 80 years oia. ALSO Umbrella Sale the Most Complete Assort- Of ment of Desirable Umbrellas, Sizes from a neat 24-inch cover to the immense 34-inch storm Umbrella that will cover yourself and all your enemies. UMBRELLAS FINE ENOUGH FOR YOUR USE AND CHEAP ENOUGH TO LEND. 120 iM'etoe and Ladies' 26-in. Um brella; steel Paragon frame, sil ver -trimmed Oongo handle, fine twilled sateen cover, that will turn rain but not turn color. PARADE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN REVIEWED BY PRESIDENT the enormous crowd Mrs. McKinley ia ii si maammmm. r Nov iz. .. fHR0BiNS0fl UrtBRtU Va i J" ' BOSTON, AJr ... ' 1 - Special 50c The 0 17 w it you L: Dressy. By wearing a genuine Panama or Por to Rico Hat. You will una mem a a-prmvTT.TTS OTOTHING- OO. oc. 18 S Main St. at Ice water free at Sternberg's. 24 cu fm nrfih a natr of our OOUORBD GLiAfiSES. We have them r ii Ktvlea and orices. Bye examina tions re. ; 'Si'biMcKeer Seienttflc Optic ian 64 Patton Ave Opp P O W P. WESTERN, Masseur. nrvr. ftr nMUL real estate WHce, Court CQuare. Phone 223. We bake Steam Bread We bake Hand-fAade Bread. There is none better. Also Whole Wheat, -Graham Re at HESTON S Phone 183 26 S. Main. Building kots Fop In mice residence section; which x -it 2 is mipToving jinore rapuuy uinu any other part of the city. Until six of these lots are sold we are prepared, to offer very low prices and: easy terms of payment after T that time payments iwili joe advanced. I Wilkie & baBarbe Rea Estate Agents, 23 Patton Ave Friends at Home vniuia vmrr ThotoerraDh as much as aiDfvthin? you could send them Thp-o- minrpitate it all the more if it has been skillfully maSd, fThe above signature on your (portrait is evidence that you haye the best. Studio, 29 Patton av LOT 2. 50 Men's and Ladies' Umbrellas, (best "grade Gloria Silk; assort ment ctf stylish handles; guaran teed to wear. Usuariprice $1.25. Special 98c LOT 3. 36 Men's and Ladies' Umbrellas, fine Italian Taffeta cover, 'beau tiful handles. The best $1.50 Umbrella made. Special $119 G. A. WEARS. Which Do You Wish? Do you wish a fine house in this city? We haye it. Do you want a nice farm? We have iu Do you want to buy an es tablished grocery business in 1 " 11 7 t ij. Asnevuier we nave u. Do vou want a vacant lot? We have it. . - In short, do you wish any thing in the real estate line? If so, we can iurnisn it. Apply early to CLIFFORD & DAV1ES; - j y j -.1 - 4 r 1 t : i "i ' I - if - ' V -6r . , 4" - , - - .- - - ' . i , 4.
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