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- - : .. ,r r , . I T . . - V- . .. - i - 7 r p ICS Hyv r j I jtfi "Jill i I ii 1 1 lw vr l "7- i ii i f 6 " VOL. VI. NO. 92 ASflEVILLE, HL C TUESDAY MOKNING, MAY 28 1901. AKERSVILLE IN INSULAR mm decision j mm at GASES Oestreioher I & Co. direct attention to their complete line of American Lady Corsets. We have the exclusive control of these Corsets for Western N. O. and we guarantee every pair. We lhave the latest in straight fronts and girdle in Ooutille, Batiste, and ventilated. oooo We have 250 it. & G., and W. B. $1.00 and $1.50 Corsets to Close Ouf 50c Each oocx Oestreioher 1 4 Co. 5 1 Pattern Avenue. Details of the Storm in Mitchell County Disclose WorstTtni residence of (Mr. Avery jBerry. . leaia no nave wasned away. Disaster of the Kind that ifiver visitea western , North Carolina. Awful POWer Of the Torrentletc. The loss cannot be estimated unUl that bwept uown bane Creek Valley. people are homeless, wit cared for toy 'the town. aiiany are being C. B. G. Sad news keeps coming from all di rections, of destruction to life and prop erty. A greater calamity, never befell UlS people, and it Is feared much suf fering will follow, so great Is the de struction to crops. News reached ue that fifteen miles of tue Ohio JUver "Valley railway toed ! twept off. This road extends faito ter icounty a diatancei.of, flfteen 1ijtiBned on tie ftElhi page.) General Attitude and Policy of the GoYernment Upheld ill Most Important Case Porto Rico a Territory and Not a Foreign Land. Four Lives Were Lost in and Near Bakeisville and More Than Ninety Houses Destroyed inhe County. Details of the terrible story of flood disaster in (Mitchell, mentioned in Sun day's Gazette, were received yesterday, having been delayed several days in trcUMfit. The two communications pub lished below graphically describe the ruin which overtook (Bakersville on the 21s;. It is said that more than 90 houses were destroyed in Mitchell county, sev eral lives are known to have been lost, and the damage to lands and crops is incalculable. One man says ihe stood .upon the banks of Cane, creek, which was swol len to a river of mighty volume, and counted 40 houses going down. Bakersville. N. C, May 23.-Monday R , ilfer fniiiin hi Muni night, the 20th instant, an eastern gale j .''.. . - 1 . T of unusual velocity begfcto . ibiow, I nincn UITU PUIIII Mnn., ith it wi,Te9tf drenchingl wunuuu ii 1 1 u uiininu rain. Tuesday morning it W-st4U blowing tAw tl,at ftf kwM S- and raining wtffioreat'iur anu i T'-- every inaicauuuvuu 1 "freshet." "If we have it, it is the best.' A Delicious Is ice cream, and by far the most inexpensive, when made at horn. A few motions mixing the ingre dients, a few turns of the crank of a WHITE MOUNTAIN", or GEM Freezer, and your creatm 13 made. All sizes from one quart up, and attractive prices. Asheville Hardware Go FOODWHiL 2STOT COlTAZMINATa In the ODOBIxE&a BESFRIGESBLMTOR- Buy one from Airs. I. A. Johnsoka, 43 Ffctttaa Avenn. Bock! Hock!! Bock!!! Bakersville, N. C, May 22. The most destructive and disastrous rain that ever visited Bakersfvilte and Mitch ell county in general began to fall about 1 o'clock yesterday morning. An eastern wind blew terribly, and the rain poured down as it never poured before. By early dawn the creeks began to overflow their 'banks, and the rain com tinued to . fall in torrents. The people whose residences were near the creek began to leave their homes and climb for the toill tops. Evening came and the rain continued to fall in sheets. The people who lived on the north, side of Cane creek at first sought shel ter In the Baptist church, but this en tire edifice began to tremble. By jres- pme of mind all wiho were in tha church were safely rescued, and hur ried themselves away to higher grounds. Thex-had been out of the 'building but a few second when therfe f was a, deafening crashfatwi the great structure was swept away -by the mad dening waters. Some of ttre finest residences In town were swept down Cane creek as thougk on the flood of a anierbty Amazon weeping through, our valleys. lAmiong some of the dwellings swept away are those of S. J. Turner, Esq., William Greene, James Greene, Mrs Nora Anderson, Berry Stuart, Mrs. E. E. Stafford, Rev. Mr. Carpenter's res idence owned toy J. S. Wilson, "brick residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Howell, and numbers of other buildings which were located near the creek. These (people did not save anything In the way. of household and kitchen fur niture, and barely did eave their own lives without a change of wearing ap parel. The sun shines brightly today, but poor Bakensville is wrecked, ruined, and devastated. Such a scene is hardly imaginable. There were only two lives lost in the Immediate town. These were two ne groes, Quitz Moore, and his son. These negroes ere a pitiable igxut as they were swept away clinging to the roof of a house. Their screams and cries were heard above the roaring waters. People climbed upon houses ;to save their lives. Mr. and (Mrs. J. H. Gouge climbed on top of their dwelling, and while there the house was swept from under them; and as they - went down they caught on top of the dining room. They held on top of this room, and to everybody's most agreeable surprise, this portion of the house did not float off and the Mr. and 'Mrs. Gouge wer rescued. The estimated loss on Oane creeS alone is said to be at least one hundred thousand dollars. Gome thirty or forty residences were swept away, and from ten to fifteen stores. News comes from the cttuntry that the destruction Is as great as it Is in Bakersville. It Is reported that Toe river has destroyed dwellings, stores. Dowering clouds of frightful darkness rolled up from the east with unusual rapidity, the wind and rain increasing at a terrible rate. By 10 o'clock the people living near the creek on "Water street," were becoming greatly alarm!- ed. Observing the rapid rising or me creek, the people began to repair to places of safety. Some had scarcely left their houses when the whole valley above town was filled with a raging torrent. The scene almost beggars description. A mighty rush and roar of the wa ters, mingled with the crasn of dwell ing houses, stores, barns and mills from the up-country, told tne excited people that destruction was close at Ihand. The -wind and rain increasing at a fu rious rate, the elements growing dark er and darker, the crash came! houses, barns, churches, fences, trees, and ev erything, even massive rock walls, tum bled before the maddened waves. The roar of the wind and water, the crash of tumbling houses, mingled with the screams of frightened women and children. As luck would have it this great ca lamity came In day time. Had it been at night hundreds might have perished. Only two both colored a father and (his son, were drowned. According to best estimate at this time, the property loss Inside the town limits', te about 45i0QD. , - . . At this writing it is not .known bow greatly the country (has suffered, nor the number of lives lost. -From the few places heard from the news Is sad indeed. Two young men at Magnetio City went off on a house top, as did the two colored men in this town, and .were found at Huntdale, fifteen miles away, in drifts. The large iron 'bridge across Toe river at Spruce Pine, together with the beau- Washington, May 28. The United States supreme court tdday nanded down opinions covering all of the Issues on the new insular possessions wMcfa have been in controversy. Although several of the decisions upheld the con testants on certain issues raised, yet In the most important decision, that of Downes against Bidwell, Justice Brown announced the sweeping decision of the court upholding the general attitude and policy of the government up to the present time. The effect of this decis ion is to affirm the constitutionality of the Poraker act and to give congress power to deal with a newly acquired territory in such manner as the legis lative branch may consider suitable for the new territory. The decision also has the effect of declaring that the new insular possessions do not by virtue of the treaty of cession acquire all the privileges and rights of the constitu tion. Justice McKenna delivered the dis senting opinion. He was joined in that opinion by Justice Shiras, and White. The majority opinion was concurred In by Chief Justice Fuller, Justices Har lan, Brown, iBrewer, Gray and Peck- ham. In the decision, Justice Brown said that whether the sugar imported from or into Porto Rico was dutiable de pends upon whether Porto Ttico is a for eign country. He held that the right to acquire territory involves the right Pekin, May 27. Arrangements are be-to govern and control it by congress, ing made for a gradual transfer of the but he said that a country could not he lected to Kill the Kaiser. Berlin, May 27. A Budapest despatch says that a corpse loaded with chains has been dragged out of the Danube near tfcat city. The police believe the body to be that of Romagnoll, the an archist who is saKi to have sent from America klH "Emperor William. A box found in his pocket contained poison. The poJIce of Europe and America have been notified of the discovery, There is speculation as to whether ihe was secretly executed for falling to carry out his mission. TO RETURU PEKIN CITY TO THE CHINESE the necessities of the case and from the) inability of the states to act upon the ' subject. Under this power congress may deal .with territory acquired by treaty, may administer Its government as It does that of the "District of Colum bia; it may organize a local territorial government; It may admit it as a state upon equality (With other states; it imay sell its public ownlngs to individuals, cfitizens, or may donate them a home stead to actual settlers. In short, when once acquired by treaty it (belongs to the Ufriited States and is subject to the disposition of congress. "Territory thus acquired can remain a foreign country under the tariff laws only upon one of two theories: "Either that the word foreign, applies to such countries as were ifbfeigia at the time the sitatute was enacted., not withstanding any subsequent chain ge in their condition or that they remain for eign under the tariff lows until congress has formally emfbraJced them witain the customs union of the states. The first theory Is obviously untenable. While a statute is presumed to speak from the astatute is presumed to speak from the time of Dts enactment it embraces all such persons or things as subsequently fall within Its scope and. ceases to ap ply to such as hereafter ifall .without Its scope. "The theory that a country remlains foreign with respect to Ithe tariff laws until congress has acted by embracing it within the customs union, presup poses that a country may be domestic for one purpose amd foreign flor an other. ... To hold that this (Continued on fifth page.) administration of PeMn to the Chinese. Japan will transfer her section first, and the French and Italians will fol low. v Shanghai, May'27. There is no defin lte news as to the exsadt time when the tory of the United States. both foreign and domestic The opinion was opposed to the con tention of the government. He con cluded that at the time the duties were collected Porto Rico was a territory, and not a foreign country, but a trrl- court will return to Pekin. PROGRESS OF THE WAR IN S0UUH AFRICA .Ivondori, May -Kitchener reports to the wax office that since his last telegram the Brftish have killed 63 Bo ers, wounded 38, captured 267 and 83 have surrendered. He also reports a quantity of arms and ammunition cap tured. BRYAN ON THE DECISION, Lincoln, May 27. Bryan said tonight he would not discuss the supreme court decision on Porto Rica until he read the full case. He said It seemed to up hold both sides of the controversy. THIRTY-FIVE MINERS MEET AWFUL DEATH We ur hi mnitrril nf tmr atOSM aUBJ rtet In city and suburb- An prepared COT furnJrihlM HnihUnw oaraL StCP fttanes, hearth stames, curbing, etc. 10 for grading side or yard walks amA ttvating. BURGESS & MOORE, ville, N. O., Phone 25, Box 22. Ice water free at fBloanberg'o. Poison Oak Remedy One to two applications v o4 GRANT'S POISON OAK KHME Y will effect a complete cure. 25 GENTS.. GRANT'S PHARMACY, ncy Wood's Seeds. fMade f o Order Tnat's the kind you get from us. No two persons need the same lenses or frames. Come to us and we will suit your partic ular case. EXAEMlINATTOIl 0REE3i "C'J Si b. McKefe, !siftBNTIP Chattamioogia, May 27. -An explosion this afternoon in one of the mines of the Dayton coal company, located) at Day ton, Tenn,, killed probably 35 min ers. The explosion was in the new Rftch land mine and was caused by dust, gas or" fire damp. Up to 11 o'clock tonlgfolt 22 oharred, mangled bodies had' been taken out. Soon after the explosion eight miners were t&Ken iram near ime znoucn ox the mine horribly burned, most of them fatally. The explosion occurred Efaortly after tbe men began to leave the mine for the day. It is supposed that he explosion was caused by a lighted torch carried by one df the miners. It ds evident that the miners were leaving the mine in a body, as the ihodfies have all been found near each other. It - is believed all of the thirty-five men in ithe 'mine perished. The explosion loosened .inundreds of j laws, Justice Brown concluded as follows "If an act of congress he necessary to convert a foreign country j into do mestic territory, the4 question at once suggests itself, what i the character of the legislation demanded for this purs' pose? Vwlll an" act appropriating money for its purchase be sufficient? Appar ent not. Will an act appropriating the duties collected upon imports to and from such country for the benefit of the government be sufficient? Appar ently not. Will acts making approprl- ationa for its postal service for the es tablishment of light houses, for the maintenance of quarantine stations, for erecting public buildings ha.ve that ef feet? Will an act establishing a com plete local government, but with the reservation of a right to collect -duties upon commerce be adequate for that mrrrjose? None of these, or all to gether, will be sufficient, if the conten tion of the government be sound; since acts embracing all these provisions have been passed In connection with Porto Rico, and it is insisted that it is still a foreiem country within the meaning of the tariff laws. We are unable to acquiesce in this umption that a territory may be at the same time both foreign and domes tic. We are therefore of ihe opinion that at the-time these dufces were lev ied Porto Rico was not a foreign coun try within the meaning of the tariff but a territory of .the United Now f he Time This thePlace Summer Sale Ltadies' Wrappers OPENS MONDAY ON ALL WEEK Generalities, even though glit tering, carry little conviction "com. pared with specific flacts. ; We Are Overstocked tons of debris from the" roof of the mine, I States; that the duties were illegally which blocked the passage ways, and I vated and that the laintiffs are en- it will be" several days tbefjbre it can be niie 6 recover them bak. cleared away. As soon as the noise of the explosion was heard women fcnad cMldrn flocked to the amine and -piteously cried begged for "news of Ibusbands and sons COL. BRYAN HOPES no he-hearing fUK BEN TILLMAN WILL Will (Lincoln, May 27. Bryata in an inter- tview on the resignations of Tillman and iMcLaurln, declares it an honorable course to see wtxich rsiilt would bene fit the state. The sfflate now had vir tually no voice torn public questions, as the vote of one senator nullified the vote of the other. He boped to see Tillman wiin a sweeranx victory 'because he represented the man, while MoDaurin represented the "dollar." "The vote," he says, " will show wketfcer the plutocrat ic idea ds making (headway in the South." "Judgment of the circuit court for the southern district of New York is there- I fore reversed and the case remanaea to that court for further roroceeainigs in consonance with this opinion." In the course of Ms reasoning on the manner of the acquisition of Porto niNMlNNFn I ,A Jr Sihas authority to control such territory Washington, May 27. mve canon- fr- tt- dates dismissed irom west rani Qi n, f tti constitution, but from on ssecrwoary sttooi iooa.y tuiu tuxuxviixc him they were dismissed without oppor taimiitv to see the testimony against them or to make a defense. I Root informed them the decision was final. "DRINK ClxEAR, CLEAN WATER. 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The , above signature on your - portrait Is evidence that you haye the best. . " . Studio t29 Pation av. 200 of our famous $1.00 Wrap pers, made from high-grade per cales and lawns, handsomely trimmed, wide flounce, aist linedi. perfect fitting. Exactly Like Picture Extremely special .... ... ... ... 75 Cents. G. A. HEARS. Ii A valuable farm of 70 acres, new 7 room house with mod ern appliances, 500 fruit trees, out buildings, etc., and ice cold spring of pure freestone water: A new house with 8 large Well finished rooms on Sun- ; set mountain, modern im provementsj thfee-fpurlhs of an acre. A bargain. 20 city loterall inJEe.most desirable localities. D Oi her first-class properties. Ajfply to 'v"'.?r CLIFFORD & DAVIES, 37 Library Brd'g, Asheville, N: C. 5 2" -b. Y- ? L. S ? -5 - - 5E-
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