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VOL. VI. NO. 287
A8BEVILLE, N. O, SUNDAY UOBNlNG, JANUARY 12, 1902
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siuraiN GABLE'S
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Price I
Sale
ON
Raglans, J J oats
and Jackets for
Ladies and Children,
To close them
out quick we 'will
reduce tor this
week all colors win
ter wraps at just
half price.
Our goods are
marked in plain
figures and you
pay half.
Wireless Telegraph has had
Depressing Effect on
Cable Interests
Commercial Pacific company's cabte
The additional ten per cent., he states,
-was for the protection of American in
dustry. In the course of a statement by Will
iam Gollom, of New York, a director
of the Pacific Commercial Cable com
pany, he said 'that the company after
laying the cable across the Pacific,
stood ready at any time to sell it to
the United Stated government at an
appraised valuation.
So. Vice President of Pacific
ommerciai Company Testifies
PANAMA COMPANY'S
PROPOSITION IS
Washington, Jan. 11. Edouard Daaa
pre, representing the Panama Canal
company, Appeared (before the senate
committee on interoceanic canals today
in obedience to the sumtmons of that
committee to testify concerning the af
fairs of his 'company and its proffer to
sell its property and franchises to the u
United States. Jules Bouefve, of the
French embassy also was present at
TOBACCO TOR
IN ENGLAND
Powerful Combin tion Pre
paring to Fight Ameri
can Invaders.
CROKER
"BOSb
NO LONGER
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Nrnnd Pt
AMMANY
r?
Imperial Tobacco Company
Likely to be Floated This
Week.
mittee met today to organize for an
other year Croker announced that he
would not accept the chairmanship of
the finance committee and fwanted Lewis
Nixon made chairman. The poet has
heretofore carried rwith it the title of
'Boss" of Tammany hall.
The committee did as requested and
Croker will now be able to go to 'Engr-
INVESTIGATING- QUESTION-
OF CABLE TO PHILIPPINES SLh!tf e meeting was held
Lamipre said that his mission to
YESTERDAY'S HEARING BEFORE
COMMERCE COMPANY'S PROPOSITION.
Washing-ton, Jan. 11
Oestreiciier& Co i
IM.
the United States had ibeen to ascer
tain to whom the proposition for the
sale of the Panama prqpenty should toe
made. Having infonmed hiflftselif upon
this point, he had conferred with Ad
miral Walker, chairman of the isth
mian canal commission, as to the iform
The effect of OI trie offer. -He then had caibfed to his
wireless telegraphy on the future of Principals, the result .being that the of-
ier to sea lor w,iwu,wv xiau nxu;iuw
the submarine cable was developed to direotly iParis. He said that the
some extent' today by the house com- proposal included both the franchises
mittee on commerce in connection with nd thf property of the Panam com-
pany, but not the mtoney in ite treas
the proposed Pacific cable. ury.
""Vice President Ward of the Paciflo M. Dampre iwas questioned esDeciaily
. , , . . concerning the title of 'the present
Commercial company, continuing his comvany, He replfed that the
statement of yesterday Said he be- present owners had made 'their pur
lieved the company he represented se through the liquidator of the ol ij
company and that the transfer was
would be able to make excluelre traffic re&uliar In reSponse to other N cues
arrangements from points ibeyond the tions, he said that in case the trans
, . rutr. action should be oonsumimatea me
Philippines and connecting with China money uld fae distribu,ted among the
and Japan. He also stated that there members of the original company and
would hP nupstiorw as to the right of those of the present organiation by ar-
WILL HAVE CAPITAL
OF 15,500,000 POUNDS
H we have it, it Is the beat.
The Chopping Bowl aDd
Knife may ba dune away
with altogether if you will
use a -
Universal
Food Chopper
A wonderful little machine
for chopping raw and cooked
meats, vegetables, etc.
Price $L85
AsheviUe Hardware
Com'y
On the Square
the United States to land a cable on
foreign shores.
Chairman Hepburn asked a series of
questions as to the effect of -wireless
telegraphy on the submarine cable.
Mr. Ward replied that the new system
presented a serious question. He was
not certain that the Pacific cable pro
ject would have been undertaken if
the long distance experiments had oc
curred earlier.
As to the claims that wireless signals
Had been conveyed two thousand, mile
acfoss the tlantic, Mr. Ward said that,
if the claims were made good thfey;
"would deter people from laying any
more cables.
When asked as to the effect
far on the cable business, Mr. Ward
said that it had depressed cable inter
est. M VW
i
bitration. He said that the (proffer of
his company had been made in good
faith.
land and not bother about the state dence.
" un -
campaign of 19o2. n
Croker took care not to have the word
go out that he retired permanently, and
stated that his retirement was for one
year only. 4
John .if1, Carroll stepped out of the
finance committee with Croker and
there will be no one, unless it is Nixon,
officially known as deputy leader.
In his speech Croker said he expected
Nixon's appointment to restore conn-
SCUT JUfOUL LETTER
TO THE PRESIDENT
YOUNG MAN IN RICHMOND JAR-
RESTED UNDER A SERIOUS
CHARGE.
. Richmond, Va., Jan. 11. John W.
Starke, one of the most widely known
young men in Richmond, was arrested
by Postoffice Inspector Bulla late this
THH CONTEST TO BE SERIOUSLY
WAJE(b AGAINST THE DUKES
FOR CONTROL OF THE BRITISH
MARKET.
Londom. Jan. 11. Thirteen British
tobsaoco firms, who have combined to
fight Duke and his Americaa invaders,
are apparently preparing to oome to
close 'Tips. The contest must be seri
ous and perhaps disastrous for them1.
Recognizing that this is so their inten
elon now is to call in the public to
hear the brunt of the war, relying upon
past prosperity of business as an in- paper on which was written, under date
MISUNDERSTANDING OF
MEAT DEALERS' LAW
FARMERS MAY SELL THEIR OWN
MEAT WITHOUT LI
CENSE. The last legislature passed a law reg
ulating the sale of fresh meat. A curi
ous misunderstanding in regard to the
meaning of the statute has arisen in
this vicinity and several farmers have
flftprnnnn fnr -nfnMne- throne-h iho. mall
a vulgarly insulting letter to President recently dropped in the magistrates' of-
uces in me ciiy xu lmquire wn-etner iney
had the right to kill their own cattle
end sell what they did not need to
their neighbors.
The general idea prevailing among
some of these farmers was that they
Roosevelt about the time of the Booker
Washington incident. The charge is that
of sending obscene matter through the
mail.
The letter was directed to "The Pres
ident. Washington, D. C." The of
fensive document was a sheet of blank ld be compelled to pay a tax of
R, B. ROBERTS WILL
60 TO WASHINGTON
O. V. F. BLYTHE TO SUCCEED
HIM WEREGLENN'S WITH
DRAWAL RUMORED.
Special to the Gazette.
Washington, D. C, Jam. 11. rt Is
thus rumored here that R. B. Glenn will
soon withdraw from the senatorial race.
The principal reason for tne contem
nlfltinn rrf noh a sten is that Cvrus B.
Mr. Stewart wanted to know if the Watson has said he certainly will re
main in the race. Glenn says there will
not be two candidates from Forsyth
county.. It is thought thie would be a
gain for Craig.
Congressman Moody has an in
teresting pension case which he
. . . v. i n i . m
is looking into it is tnat oi
ducement to investers to respond. The
Imperial Tobacco company may be ex
pected to be floated about the end of
next week. Its capitol will ibe divided
into four classes, totalling 15,500,000
pounds. Sir William Henry Wills,
head of the great 'Bristol Tobacco firm,
will be chairman and iHarry Wills head
of its export department, chief mana- obscene reference.
10241901;" "To Teddy: White with
out and black within, a nigger in a
white man's skin. (Signed) J. W. S."
"Also enclosed was a, pioture of a ne
gro standing on his hands and kicking"
up his heels, cut from a familiar ad
vertisement. Appended to this was an
TAYLOR AND CLARK'S
GALL ON PRESIDENT
"cable companies had not chased Mr
Mareorti out of Canada," to which Mr.
Ward answered that he believed the
cable companies had insisted on cer
tain exclusive rights they held.
President Scrymser, of the South and
Central American cable system, made
an argument favorable to government Enoch Voyles of Cherokee county, who
control of the Pacific cable. The Span
1 ish minister of marine cabled Admiral
Cervera to leave Santiago, and if this
dispatch had not been intercepted, Mr.
Scrymser said, the battle of Satttiago
bay would not have been fought and
the conduct of the war might have been
changed.
Thomas E. Hughs, representing an
American company, which produces
cable, asked that American labor and
capital have the advantage of doing
the work. i
Chairman Hepburn asked Mr. Hughes
that a formal proposition, be submit
ted, first, for delivering' a cable of
American make at San Francisco;
second, for making and laying the ca
ble to Hawai, Guam and Manila. As in
dicating the general character of the
said the cost would be7890$ . . 7890$ . . 90$
forthcoming proposition, Mr. Hugbes
said the cost -would be within 10 per
cent, of that stated a the cost of the
Value Makes the Bargain
The price is only an inducement.
We offer the inducement, but never
without the value.
The. I X. I. Department Store,
Phone 107. 22 Patton Ave.
Our Prices
and Terms are reasona
ble and we will treat
you right
Get our price before buying.
Mrs. L. A. JOHNSON
43 PATTON AVE.
was captain of company G, Third Ten
nesse cavalry. Capt. Voyles and his
men started on a raid one day, when
he was thrown from his horse and had
a leg broken. The horse was killed,
as they were going down a steep grade
at the time of the accident. The diffi
culty is to prove that his present ail
ment is due to the fall. Eighty per
cent of the men who were in Capt.
Voyle's company have received pen
sions, a fact which caused a laugh
when it was brought to the attention
of the department officials, as the num
ber of pensionable cases is so unusually
high for a single company.
R . B . Roberts will in a short time
be transferred from the collector's of
fice at Asheville to the pension depart
ment in this city. When the matter
was brought to the attention of
Commissioner Evane yesterday by Maj.
Moody, that official .spoke in Kinaiy
terms of Mr. Roberts, with whom he
is personally acquainted. He said in a
102 PIECES $7.30. moment that he would pe giaa to bc-
Two (patterns of decorated Semi- J commodate. Mr. Roberts in the way re
Poncelain IMnnerware we are closing , quested. Mr. Roberts will be succeed-
out at ithia price. Patterns we win nuued in collector Harkins' office ty iion
PRESUMABLY TO DISCUSS FEA
TURES OF THE SCHLEY
Washington, Jan. 11. Two of the
president's callers today were Admiral
Taylor and Captain Clark. Both carne.
by invitation and while neither would
state the oTject of the conference, it
was intimated that the call of Clark
at least had a bearing on the Schley.
case. Clark's visit it attributed in naval
circles to a statement said to have been
made to Roosevelt by Schley that the
court of inquiry had utterly ignored
Clark's testimony that he had seen and
obeyed the order from Schley to "fol
low the flag," and other testimony rel
ative to the Brooklyn's part in the en
gagement. It is ibelieved that Roose
velt is investigating the matter prepara
tory to considering Schley's appeal.
Tl- -v lAf At Tiro ts 'trata tr CJ o Ylr a TrrV A !
confessed sending the two lines of dog
gerel but denied he had enclosed the
cut and obscene reference.
Sbarke gained notoriety as a Cuban
filibuster, being arrented by the United
States authorities while attempting to
join the Cuban army. He served with
a Virginia company auring tne war
with Spain. He will be tried Monday.
keepthere are in all only eight sets.
J. H. Law, 35 Patton avenue
O. V. F. Blythe, who represented Hen
derson county in! the last legislature.
A. big political fight is to progress in
Florida in which many Nprth-Carolinians
are interested. It is over the of
fice of collector of customs. The prin
cipals are Dr. Pope E. Warren and W.
B. Sheppard. Mr. Sheppard is well
Mav help you more ! ttinOT in TNTnrth Carolina having- grafl-
than you think possible. uatd at the state University in the
Come to us Deiore n isiclass Df Dr. Alderman- and Zeb Vance
A PAIR
OF GLASSES
tnn late It may soon
save you lots of trouble
Examination free
S. L. McKEE
The Optician.
Walser. Dr. Warren has ia strong sup
porter in the terson of J. Frank Buf
KAISER WILL HOT ATTEND
EDWARD'S CORONATION
Berlin, Jan. 11. Following close af
ter the snub administered to Great
"Rritain on the subject of the prince of
w1p. pari ier in the week (when the
semi-official North German Gazette de
dared that Eimperor Williaim had urged
the orince of Wales to visit Berlin on
the occasion of his majesty's ibirthday
celebration, pointing out that the prince
had been invited at the request of King
Edward), the North '-German Gazette
todav pointedly denies that Emperor
William will attend either the memo
irial service in horaor . of the late Queen
Victoria or the coronation of King Ed
ward
The paper -says the statements in the
English papers on the -subject are un
true. .
'Regarding the coronation, the North
German Gazette points out that it is
not in accordance with traditional in
ternational usages for soiveredgns to at
tend the coronation festivities of over
eign monarchs. '
EMPEROR WILLIAM'S BROTHER
COMING TO THIS COUNTRY
inriin -.Tan. 11. It Is learned frc-n
an official source that Prince Henry,
the kaiser's brother, wall sail early in
February for New York to take ovnr
on behalf of the emperor, the 'yacht
now building for him at Shooter's is-
We are showing beautiful se
lections of
Solid Gold and
High Grade Gold
Filled Cases?
in all sizes. Not a stale pattern
among them every one the spe
cial product of the manufacturer.
Our filled oases are beautiful and
fully guaranteed.
These cases are fitted with
either Elgin, Waltham or Dueher
Hampden movements.
Arthur M, Field
Company
Cor. Church St . and; Patton
Ave.
$10 for each animal they should kill in
the event that they should sell any
Dart of It.
The law distinctly states that a man
haa a right to slaughter his cattle and
(Continued on the fifth page.))
A LADY FROM
OHIO STRUCK
A very prominent lady from 'Colum
bus, Ohio, while out looking for a dry
gjoodd store to do a bit of shopping, was
walking down Patton avenue and upon
going into -Sumner's and looking
through the various departments so ele
gantly arrayed and displayed notions,
china, dry goods, cloaks, etc. she was
struck with the prices so reasomaJble
on suich stylish wares. Upon explaining1
to her that the buyer for the firm, lived
in 'New York and was occupied all the
tLme in securing the best the markets
and importers could supply at lower
prices than any competition in the city,
she readily understood why this store
is more up-to-date than any other in
town.
Quality
and
Sumner's
are
Synonyms.
fum, who is well known in the western land, which Mies Roosevelt is to chris-
nart of the state. Mr. Buffum was a ten
one time engaged in business with C.
J. Harris at Dillsboro.
64 Patton Ave.
Opp. Postoffice. The photographers, T.fndsey & Mcarland. tf
Houses
Furnished
hip residences for
VJVUiV
WOULD YOU KEEP YOURSELF
AWTI If 4WTT.V WELL?
W'yodx blood me and tarn rent and for sale on all the best streets
rous circulation by MASSAC" ana ir, Asheviiie, . " eucrifice . I
team baths. Ddwln Gruner. Hydr- laree farms for sale at a. rme-
TT Cm -, a.. T ft. Mllln I oon ehfnr TOU Or direct yOU TO WKJ
,puuc pnywcian. " .i nhotOCTOons
treet. rooms and 8. trow wbw d bu" J!" .fJ '.IT. o.n-
or same, in uxiri - . -.
call 206, residence 679.
Inspiration often means perspiration.
Under fair words beware of fraud.
Smail losses often prove sreat salne.
The loss that Is not known Is no loss.
, !
ine in dally. Come early ana vuc
pick. Apply to or address
J. H. CLIFFORD
Hpal Estate Agent,
Phone 719, Room 37 Library Bldg
Try Our
Almond
Macaroons.
Fresh Daily at
HESTONS
A fresh exchange oi especially cui
dial telegrams has recently taken place
between the kaiser and President
Roosevelt.
Attractive Home
For Sale.
Phone 1S3
26 S, Main
EX-PRESIDENT OF HONDURAS
ARRESTED IN NICARAGUA
Managua, Nic, Jan. 11. The govern
ment of Nicaragua has arrested Gen
Vasquez, the former president of Hon
duras, on board the Soutn American
Steamship company's steamer Tucapel.
The PMwral is charged with attempt
ing to excite a revolution in Central
America against President Zelaya, of
JJioarague, who drove Gen. Vas Ques
from the presidency of Honduras In
1894 for the same offenses
Hoax "I glre my barber 60 cents
ww weic not to talk to me.' Joax
"Hush money, eh?"
Fine Mandolins
and Violins
PRICES RIGHT.
Dunham, Stone & Go.
Well built modern resi
dence of 9 rooms all conveni
ences, including furnace and
electric lights- Substantial sta- Grant' S No
ble and carriage house. Lot
77x145 Choice residence sec
tion- $6000.
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and La Gripe
Wilkie & LaBarbe Grant's Pharmacy
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