VOL. VI. NO. 110
ASHEVILLE, N. O, TUESDAY SIOBNING, JUNE 18, 1901.
E 5CENTB
rftiAS
EXTRAORDINARY
Cut
"
Sale
of Seasonable
Dry Goods.
We will put on sale
At 39c the yd
40 pieces of Imported
Furies in Mull Batistes
; and Zephyrs, former prices
I So and 6oc.
J At 21c the yd :
25oo yards of best fancy Z
J colored Swiss Dress Goods I
i former prices 3o ana 35c.
At 20c the yd ;
nieces Mercerized I
1U
J Foulards. These are the !
J mer prices 3o and 35c.
At 15c the yd
I So pieces fancy Dimities,
J Batistes and Lawns, For-
1 mer price 25c.
At 8 l-3ctheyd.
Assorted colored Wash
2 Fabrics. Former prices
I l and 15c.
100 pairs Lace and Bob
j inett Curtains, from 1 to 3
pairs of a style, and pat-
terns we cannot dupli-
cate-prices from $2.25 to
$9.5o. To sell 'them out
quick we will reduce 1-S
off regular price
OESTREICHER & CO.
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'If -n-e have it, it is the IBEST.'
Brown
Lawn
In front your house -would be
an unusual Bight. No one iwould
want such a lawn, as It wpuid
Indicate a spirit of carelessness
on the part of the owner.
Two things are necessary to
have a green, velvety lawn hose
and a good lawn mower.
We have the hose good quality
-tor 8 cents (per foot, and lawn
Bowers from $3.50 to $9.00.
Asheville
Hardware Com'y
Examine
The Grocer's Refrigerator at
C. Sawyer's.
Sold by
fca. L. A. JohnscQ, 41 Pfctitkxa
aveaue. ,
Rock!! Bock!!!
c L- - .
tie. i V COI1Lroi or our atone qxubj. -
iTirnishing building ntmfi, Btep
u.. dearth atomies, eurblnjr. etc.
ror trading gide or yard walks end
Cubage See
by a117 of late cabbage sped ,
ounce ot pound. .1 .,
Price
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PocI '
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FILIPINO
CRIMINALS
Military Commission's Pun
ishment of Crimes Com
mitted by Natives.
Members of Oath Bound Or
ganizations of Assassins
Sentenc'"
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GOOD ADVICE GIVEN
BY GENERAL MACARTHUR
FILIPINOS WHO DBSEEJVE PEACE
MUST UNITE -AGAINST AUL
FORMS OF ORXJAIZED CRIME.
Washington, June 17. The Philipip'ine
xnail 'brings to the .war deportment tlhe
records in eleven cases wherein fjilipi-
I nos were tried lor crimes by military
commissions. Ait especially notable
case arose out of the operations of a
famous oath-bound (band of Mlipinos
called the society of " the "Sandata
hans." The principal officers of this
society nexrt to a triumvirate of chiefs,,
are a chief executioner and assistants
and a requisite number of grave dig
gers who participate in thee self-appointed
work of the band. The leaders
select their victim, capture and carry
Mm away in the night to their rendez
vous on a sandy beach covered with
very tall grass where the diggers al
ready 'have prepared the grave. Here
j in the presence of the assembled band,
helpless men and women from time to
j time have been stabbed to death and
j tossed into the graves. The members
of the band then disperse and trust to
the rise and "fall of the nearby -waters
to hide the evidence of tiheir ghastly
work. Ten members of (the band, in
cluding two of the chiefs, were tried
tefore a military commission! and eight
i of them "were sentenced to be hanged.
In approving the sentence, Gen. Mac
I Arthur says:
J "To the reviewing authority it is evi
! dent that there an "be no hepe of peace
for fch "Filipino people .nor security fb.r
the lives and prosperity, until they
f shall learn to. unite against all bands
of murderers and assassins, under
"vhatever name tihey shall assume and
come to the assistance of the officers of
the law in their determination to bring
them all to justice."
In another case an" armed fband of
about 25 Filipinos carried away nine of
the linhafbitants of the: Barrio of Oan
santuilacian and hy repeated blows
from the butts of their rifles drove to
the iprfesidencia of iCabaruah. Here al
hand's drank"" "fk'eely of vino, and the
prisoners were made drunk. Then ac
cording to the testimony of two of the
prisoners who escaped the other seven
were led off in the direction of a, grove
of trees where two days later th?ir
beheaded "bodies were discovered. The
members of the fband who were cap
tured received death sentences in some
cases and imipisonment at hard labor for
varying terms in others.
A native named Miranda was tried
on ftna charges. A band) under his
leadership amtoushedi, robbed and killed
two tna'tive brothers. Later the accused
led bis band! against the country house
of a native, set it on fire, looted its con
tents and carried off into the fields three
daughters of the owners, robbing them
of their jewelry. Three days later his
band attacked the towm residence of
the same mative and .thoroughly sacked
it Miranda was sentenced to be
handed.
Three natives were tried, charged
'with the murder of Private .Henry T
Sehafer, Company L, Seventeenth in.
fa'ntry. They weie sentenced (to be
banged but this was commuted! 'by Gen
McArthur In the case of two of them
io imprisonment for lifei and in the case
of the other one to imprisonment for
twenty years.
Severing de. G-ula, vice-prdiMent of
Bacoor, while returning in a oarromata
(a native vehicle) liomt San iNicholas,
Cavite (province, was set -upon by
native band. They struck the coachman
senseless and carried out the vice-'pres
ident and! his two young sons who were
with Mm at the time. Some distance off
they shot him dead before the 'eyes of
his children and) flung bis 'body in a
pile of rocks. A member of the band
who was captured! was sentenced to be
banged.
Tlhree natives were tried! jointly on a
charge of toeing (par t of on armed band
of robbers which forced! &a entrance Into
the home of a native, robibed it of mon
ey, jewelry and other valuables, forced
the inmates ta come out of the house
bound and maltreated1 th)e men and bru
tailry assaulted the women. Two- f
them were sentenced to impr isonmenrt at
(hard! labor for a. period of ten years.
These Hot Days you
must have a
Hath
If you want the largest
assortment to choose from
and Palmer's m
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Phon
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26 S. Main
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IIORTH CAROLINA
BANKERS' ASSOCIATION
Program . for Meeting to be
TTaI? This WofiV
The North Carolina iBanker' associ
ation wai Biold its fifth annual conven
tion atTfce iBattery Park Hotel Uune 20
21. The following program has been ar
ranged :
Business sessions, Thursday, June 20th
10. Off1 a. m,., and S.00 p. mu. Friday,
Jaine 21st, 10:00 a m.
Prayer: Rev. J. H. Weaver.
Address of Welcome: L. P. McLoud,
Asheville.
(Response: W. A. Blair,- Vice Presa
dent People's National 'Bank, Winston.
Reports of Officers of the association.
Adldresses:
iLiR. H. Edmonds, Editor Manufactur
ers' 'Record', (Baltimore.
""artman Baker, Cashier .Merchants
"tional Bank, (Philadelphia.
-.rctS. T. Old, Cashier First National
Elizabeth City.
'HonTr B. Glenn, Winston.
L. P. Hilly er, iCashfer lAmierican Na.
tional Bank, IMacon, Oa., and Sec
. ffetary Georgia" Baailcer,s Associa
ticwa.
Hon A. E. Rankin, State Bank Ex
aminer, Asheville.
Short talks of not over three minutes
each by delegates on exdsting conditions
in their respective localities.
The entertainment, will be as follows:
rWednesdlay, June 1&, 9 a." im., rectep
tion, Parlors iBattery Park hot?.
Thursday, June 20, 6 p. m., trolly ride
in and? aroound. Asiheville .
irriaay, June 21, o p. m., carriages
to Biltmore estate, etc.
FAVORABLE CHANGE
IN PORTO RICO
Former Opponents of the Government
Reconciled.
San Juan, June 17. Members of the
federal party, who formerly were bitter
opponents of the administration, have
changed around. The party 'held a con
vention Sunday and elected Francisco
Acuna leader and secretly resolved1 to
support the government. Today a com
mittee called on Governor Allen and
offered to co-operate with the governor
in any way that would rebound to the
benefit of the country. Allen expressed
pleasure at the party's stand. He in
timated that the ilsland. would soon en
joy free trade and a great era of pros
perity.
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URGING PALMA FOR .
CUBAN PRESIDENCY
New Yorkf June 17. -Horatio S. Ru
bens, counsel to the Cuban junta here
during the revolution, has been in this
city for soane time conferring with
General Palma. Rubens said there is
no doubt Palma is almost the unani
mous choice for the presidency of Cuba.
He had discussed the matter with Pal
ma and the latter was not seeking the
office. Rubens added, however, that
the demand, that he be a candidate is
so great he could hardly resist. His
only possible opponents, iRubeng said,
was Gen. Miasso Rubens returns to
Havana in a few days to report on his
conference with Palma.
FOR MITCHELL RELIEF
The Bartenders will Play t
Game of Ball at Riverside
This Afternoon.
Today (being election day, and conse
quently a (holiday lor the Dortenaers a
game of baseball will be played by them
at Riverside park.
The proceeds will go to the Mitchell
county relief fund, and admisgSon "will
be 25 cents.
ASHEVILLE VS. NEWPORT.
Three Games- to be Played Here;
Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday.
There will (be games of ball between
'Asheville and 3STewport, Tenn., on
.Wedinesday. Thursday and Friday of
this week. The Asheville lineup will
Vie amich the eame as that which bp-
is said to foe quite a good! one, com
"posed of jjdayers from Knoxyille, Mor
ristpwn and other places.
Thie rain checks given out at the Ashe
ville-'Knoxville game "will be accepted
at Wednesday's game only.
Eyeache
and
Headache
Eye strain causes both,
lieve only temporarily,
fit bed glasses remove the
effect a permanent care.
Drues re-
Properly
cause and
Examina
tions free
S. Lx McJCec;,
Scientific Optician,
Opposite Postoffice. 54PattonAy;
W P.
WESTERN?
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i Wataon & Re&gazi, real estate ofilce.
Court etjuaxe. Ebon 22S. ,
MONTAGUE
SEEMS SURE
Anti-Machine Candidate
in
Virginia Continues
to Gain.
Defeat of the Ring Enters in
Norfolk a Severe Blow to
hem,
CONTEST FOR THE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNORSHIP
3XK3$iE33TON AND UE30ATO PITTED
AGAINST BAJOH OTHER, "WITH
PARKS AND JEFFRIES FOR THE
ATTORNEY GENERALSHIP.
'Richmond, June 17. It now looks as
if the Virginia machine has been ad
ministered the worst drubbing it has
ever received, andi the anti-machiue
candidate for the guibernational nomi
nation, Hon. Andrew Ulackson, Monta
gue, will (be nominated! on the first bal
lot at the Norfolk "conrven tion.
From appearances the only fight will
be between the Hons. Mr. Bggleston
and Mr. UeOato for the lieutenant-gov
ernorship, and the Hons. Messrs. Parks
and Jeffries for the attorney-general-
ship.
The defeat Of the tmahin In. Mnr
roiK, wmere Montague captured two
thirds of the delegates, was the severest
blow of all. Norfolk "has "been the strong
hold of the imachiner and could always
heretofore be counted on -with absolute
certainty to send machine delegates to
any convention.
The instructed delegates now stand as
follows i
For .Montague ..554 5-lP
For Swanson 227 2-10
For Marshall 73 6-10
For 'Echols 65 710
Uninstructed 14
Contested ca
Total"
1018
Total delegates In convention 1649
SAIICUIIISBY FIGHTING
IN ABYSSIHIA
British Repulse Attack by the Re
bellions Mullah.
London, June 17. The foreign office
has. received the following report as to
the' progress! of thee British expedition
which ie oo -ope rating wath Menilo of
Abyssinia against the rebellious mad
Mullah. joi. Swayne with the main
body advanced June 2 against the Mul
lah s cam.p at Yahel and nothing has
been heard from iiim since. He left
Captain MacNeill with a guard of 300
men at zariba Somali. The Mullah's
force attacked Zariba 'three times but
was repulsed. The last time they lost
nearly 500,141 of whom were left dead
on me neia. ime sritr&h loss was
slight.
JACKSONVILLE AGAIN
ALARMED BY FIRE
Jacksonville, Fla., June 17. At an
early hour this morning the Mbdelo
building at the corner of Olay and
west isay Btreets was discovered on
fire. The .building is occupied by the
(Jacksonville Knitting mill. The fire
department was in Bast Jacksonville
fighting a small fire there and the re
sponse was slow. In the meantime, lo
comotives in the yards were arousing
the town with, a series of whistles and
in a few minutes West Bay street was
full of excited and ipanic-stricken peo
ple. When the department arrived
flames were (bursting from, imiany win
dows. Merchants and residents- in the
neighborhood began moving tiheir
stocks and fuirniture. The fiame9 we
confined, however, and in an hour the
fire wote under control. The traildi-g
is owned by C. R. Foster. It is es
timated that the damage to the bui'd
Ing will amount to about $10,000; to th'?
factory, $10,000'; to the Three Brothers'
Cigar company, $6,000 and other occu
pants which Includes Hanne Brothers,
wholesale liquor dealers, about $10,000.
bovely
Three-Acre
Building Site
On Riverside Oar j line ; . fine
view of French Broad Eiver
and mountains; excellent
neighborhood. Offered at a
very reasonable price fer a
Heal. Estate Agents.
2SFa.tton Avenue.- Phone 661
SAD ACCIDENT
AT M0I1TF0RD PARK
Marvin Crowell, Aged 12,
Drowned While Bathing '
, with a Companion.
A sad! accident occurred' ait Montford
park on tMontford avenue yesterday af
ternoon about threfe; o'clock. Marvin
Crowell, aged 12 yearsTson of Joseph
Crowell, who la -a brck (mason, while
I in, fifwumming with a companion in the
pond, was irowned.
It se- x j that the tboys of the neigh
borhood are in the habit of requenting
vhp pond to swim, and young Orowel
anc! a companion were in swimmdiag
when Crowell got beyond! bis depth and
began to sink. He grabbed his com
panion, who shook him off, however, and
clamtbered out of the pond. Several
men working nearby were called, but
too late to render assistance.
The foody was recovered about twenty
mttnutes after it sanlSrnd Dr. Millender
was caiiea ana. aia everything to re
suscitate the unfortunate boy, but with
out avail.
TWO VIRGINIA TOWNS
WRECKED BY TORNADO
Disaster at. Gate City and Big Stone
Gap Train Falls Through Trestle
Richmond, Va., June 17. A report
from Bristol, Va., says that the towns
of Gate City and Big Stone Gap, Smith
county, have been wrecked by tornado.
All wires are down and detajls are un
obtainable. A train heavily loaded with rails fell
xnroug'n a iiresue unirty teet High on
the new electric line -near here tonight
Three men were killed.
Two lives were lost in the cloudburst
which nearly, wrecked the town of Har
risonburg, Va., Saturday. Albert Hu
bert and Miss Etta Rivercomb were
walking home from a lawn party and
in the darkness fell into a swollen
stream and were drowned.
EARL RUSSELL CHARGED
WITH BIGAMY
London, June 17. Earl Russell was
arrested today on a charge or having
contracted a bigamous marriage in the
United States. About a year ago it
was announced that Earl Ttussell had
tfbtained a dicorce in Nevada and had.
there married Mrs. Mollle Somerville,
daughter of the late Oeorge Cooke, of
Cumberland, Scotland (Mrs. Somer
ville Jiad also obtained -a divorce in Ne
vada from ber husband, George' J.
Somerville. Later the earl and his
new countess went to England and the
flrtet countess threatened to have the
earl arrested for bigamy. Earl Russell
was remanded in 2,000 pound bail.
In the evemt of a conviction the case
will be taken to the house of lords aa
Earl Russell is entitled to a trial by
his peers.
SCHOOL BONDS ARE
SOLD AT
PAR
The city has so1 the "bonds provided
by the May election for 'the erection of
the iPark Avenue school building. W. J
Hayfes, of (Cleveland!, O., was the pur
chaser. Four per cent, was the rate
of interest agreed upon, and the print
Ing of the bonds wftM be paid for by
Mr. Hayes The amount of the bondf
is $10,000.
Several offers were made the city by
other parties, some wanting to buy from
$15,000 to $25,000 of the issue. Another
offer was 2 roer cent, for $25,000 at
4 per cent. This (bidder, it is evident.
got mixed uo.
As soon as the. bonds are completed
and signed the cash -will 'be turned over
to the city. The work of erection of the
chool building will then (proceed as soon
as pdans and specifications are accepted
and the contract let.
Blomberg's moat up to date cigar store
SOLID BRASS CANDLE STICKS IN
OLD AND BEJCGHT FINISH AND AT
TRACTIVE SHAPES, AT J. H
LAWS, 35 PATTON AVENUE.
Vote for the court house proposition.
Bpocfcj photon
rap her.
So Delightful,"
If you have a sgeswffe
BvCBU-fertftoes taSuatity1M
tea
BTrrhfcfaiJESe gBatBrnJVur3
Have the
!est. . - .EiaiLb
The cost is only a trine more
than you would! pay far inferior
STUDIO, 29 Patfon Avenue
SOON TO LEAVE
WASHINGTON
President Preparing to Spend
the Heated Term
Elsewhere.
Will Go to Canton as Soon
as Mre. McKinley is Able
to Make the Trip.
GENERAL STERNBERG
DEPARTS FOR MANILA
mrs. Mckinley continues to
improve no consultation
of physicians yesterday, -
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Washington, June 17.-4Mrs. McKin
ley' s condition continues to improve, and
there was no consultation of physicians
at ithe white house today. Surgeon Gen
eral Sternberg, one of the consulting
'physicians, left for the Philippines to
day and Dr. Rixey did mot consider it
necessary to call in Dr. Johnston, the
other consulting physician . If the pres
ent Improvement goes on' it is expected
that 'Mrs. .McKinley will be able to trav
el soon after July 1. The president will
then accompany her to Canton, where
the McKinley home has been made rea
dy to receive her.
How long the President and Mrs. Mc
Kinley will remain is Canton
will depend upon the benefit
Mrs. McKinley reveives from her stay
at her old home. iShe has not been there
for some time. If the wieather is op
pressively warm and her iphysicians rec
commend a change, the president prob
ably will take 'her to some quiet place
in the mountains or at the seashore. In
any event when the president departs
for, Cari'ton with Mrs," McKinley (early in
July if will be to remala away" from
Washington for the remainder of the
heated term. tfc.fifi&HSlE!
Hoi ice Our
Prices
Fancy- Fringed Linen
25c, $2.60 doz.
Plain All Linen
I5c.p $1.75 doz,
We have the best blea ched
cotton towel on the
market for
10c, $1.00 doz.
"Devon Thick"
10c, $1.00 doz.
A full length bleached
towel, worth 10c,
5c, 50c doz.
Big values in crash towels
(unbleached) at
5c, 100121-20 and 15c.
Come and see them at
For Rent, riirnistied
owols!
G. A. ilflsars.
House on Pine street, 6 rooms.
House corner North Mfl in and Lex
togton avenue, water rent paid by own
er. ... .jit.Hfl&iB Us .eoltKBFSt
(mWjil
oifTenis?-Ta5i teiieirt
TtA&nftw- E a ;I .-acL bain vuor.
(gientsl' Good! garddiii stSot, Mnea "
fruit trees. Lot 140oErafceet. ic
by neat fence. Water rent naid
owner. lAjpply at once to
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27 ILlbrMTjr building
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