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; ' ASHEME,-N. O,.TBE30 IlORNINti, 1902
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Sale
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Raglans, Coats
and Jackets for
Ladies and Chil
dren w
To close them
out quick we will
reduce tor " this
week all colors win
ter wraps at just
half price.
Our goods are
in plain
and you
EXCLUSION
Intimates That She Will -Take Retaliatory
, ' Measures if the Law is
Renewed.
OF TALK
ABOUT PENSIONS
Rixy of Virginia Favored Ad
mission of Confederates
to Soldiers' Home.
Washington, Jan. 13. China is making a determined fight against the
re-enactment of the Chinese exclusion . act. China has intimated that the
re-enactment of the law will toe regarded as an affront which would re
quire retaliation, and it is understood that the imperial authorities con
template declining to grant most favored nation treatment to the United
States in commercial treaties.
LETTER FROM ROSEBERY
GREETED WITH "TRAITOR"
marked
figures
pay half.
AT
A MEETING OF NATIONAL
LIBERAL FEDFRATION IN
LONDON.
London, Jan. 13. At a meeting today
of the National Liberal Federation the
leader of- the liberal party, Campbell
Pannurman. was the chief speaker. He
1 Oestrei Cher & Cq i
Geneial Peusiou Bill Shows
Reduction of Over Five
Million Dollars.
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was enthusiastically received. . m a,
speech he said the stoppage of farm
burning in South Africa and the im
proving of concentration camps had
justified his criticism, and he expressed
a belief that the war could be enaea
by conciliation instead of force.
He referred to Rosebery's Chester
field speech and expressed a hope that
Rosebery would support the lfiberals in
their efforts to secure peace.
Prior to Bannerman's speech a letter
from Rosebery was read excusing his
absence. This was greeted with tu
multous cries of "Burn it", and "Trai-
SOLDIER SUFFERS DEATH
PENALTY IN PHILIPPINES
PHINEAS FONTZ EXECUTED FOR
CRIMES AGAIST
NATIVES.
Washington, Jan. 13. General Chaf
fee has informed the war department of
the execution of Phineae Fontz, a for
mer American soldier at Cebu, for mur
der and rape.
The president refused to commute
Fontz's sentence.
Fontz was formerly from Zaneeville,
Ohio. He is the first American soldier
to suffer the death penalty in the Phil
ippines.
"PENSION SHARKS"
RECEIVE A SCORING
HOAR MOVES FOR A COMMITTEE
OF SENATORS TO1 EXAMINE IN
TO CONDUCT OF WAR IN THE
PHILIPPINES.
tor.'
H we have it, It Is the beet.
The Chopping Bowl and
Knife may be done away
with altogether if you will
use a
Universal
Food Chopper
A. wonderful little machine
for chopping raw and cooked
meats, vegetables, etc. .
Price $1.85
Asheville Hardware
. Com'y
On the Square
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THE EASTERN DISTRICT
ATTORNEYSHIP CONTEST
Special fo the Gazette.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 13 .'Senator
Pritchard i expected tomorrow morn
ing and will doubtless settle at once
the districe attorney and collectorship
contest. v Major H. F. Brown is now
candidate for the office of collector at
Wilmington to succeed Dancy. He is
(being backed by Dr. Abbott, H. C.
Dockery and others, who arrived here
today.
Ex-Governor Russell and Justices
Douglass and Cook of the supreme court
are here. Russell is a candidate for the
office of district attorney in the event
it should fail to go either Bernard or
Skinner. Bernard and a number of
friends are here tonight.
A BRITISH CRUISER HAS
A VERY NARROW ESCAPE
Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 13. The British
Cruiser AmphJon, bound here, struck
a coral reef and is much damaged. She
just reached port in time tt escape
foundering.
Postal Fraud Cases.
Havana, Jan. 13. The cross examin
ation of Reeves in the postal fraud
cases was concluded today. Reeves
testified that Neely gave him
$4 fiOO and asked him to fix the books.
i Ex-Director of posts Rathbone was the
next witness. He testified at lengrn
with regard to the organization and
workings of the Cuban postal system.
THE CHINESE EMPRESS
THANKS OUR GOVERNMENT
. Washington. Jan. 13. Mr. Wu Ting
Fang, the Chinese minister, today
handed Secretary Hay the following
edict, transmitted to him by Wei Wuh
Pu, at Pekin,.in a cablegram i dated
January 11, 1302:
"Bv order of her imperial majesty
the empress dowager, we issue the fol
lowiner edict:
"During the disturbances caused oy
.the boxers1 last year, the American
commanding officers issued strict or
"ders ' to ' their troops to use strenuous
pffnrts to nrotect the buildings within
the Forbidden City.
"This was an act of friendsmp wor
thy of imitation, for wriich we feel ex
tremely gratified and grateful. We
'therefore instruct Wu Ting Fang to
convey our expression of thanks,
through the secretary of state, to his
excellency the president of the United
States." :i
AlEMB WILL NOT
ASKFOR CLEMENCY
Will Not Seek to Interfere Between the
Emma Burglars and the Law An
noyed by the Curious.
Washington, Jan. 13. The house de
voted most of today's session to the
consideration of the general pension
bill. The debate took ta wide range and Raleigh 3f he would go there and plead
for the commutation of the death sen
Samuel H. Alexander, who was as
sistant post master at the Emma, post
office and who was severely wounded by
the burglars who are to be hanged in this
city on February 26, was. seen yester
day and asked to state his views in re
gard to the fate of his assailants.
He said that he had been appealed to
and urged to sign petitions in behalf of
the burglars, individually and collec-
tively. He has received letters from
almost every state in the union as welf
as from foreign countries urging him
to intervene between the men and their
late. ' '
One man In the city has offered to
pay Mr. Alexander's fare to and from
a notable speecn -was maae oy rvuty.
(Dem., Va.) in favor of admitting con
federate veterans so disaibled as to be
unable to earn a living, and in need, to
the soldiers' home. His position was
antagonized by a number of hit col
league V'wfaose. sentiments seemed to be
voiced by Richardson (Tenn.) who eald
he wasYglad to think that no confed
erate veteran ever had or ever would
ask admittance' to the national soldiers'
Thp hill was not disposed of
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when the house adjourned.
At the conclusion of the District of
Columbia business the house took up,
the pension appropriation bill. Mr
Barney (Wis.), in charge of the bill,
fexrAiined that if carried $133,846,480,
tence hanging Over the heads of the
four desperate men.
Dozens of people call upon Mr. Alex
ander on one pretext and another and
he is constantly called to the 'phone
to respond to questions, many of which
are prompted merely by curiosity, asked
about his position on. the affair. He
has been so worried and annoyed by the
ceaseless calls on his time, and patience
that he Is seriously considering the ad
visability of leaving the-city until af
ter the execution. One of the ques
tions which is frequently put to him
is whether or not he intends being pres
ent at the hanging.
Mr. Alexander said in reference to th
the lowercourt, that they must die.
has been confirmed.
"The lawe were made by the legisla-
ture and while they stand must be car
ried out. The only chance now open
Fto the men is executive clemency, but
I shall not move in the matter either
wai.
"I am sorry from the bottom of my
heart for those depraved criminals, but
they have brought their fate on
themselves and must suffer for their
crime.
"I have visited the men since their
incarceration and have spoken kindly to
them and assured them that I feel no
malice whatsoever. Whatever may be
said in favor of reprieving them, the
fact remains that they are desperate
men who committed a crime which they
were fully aware was punishable by
death and that they made every effort
to commit murder."
against $145,245,230" appropriated for the 1 matter, "I have been asked to sign
IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO
PRINCE HENRY'S VISIT
Washington, Jan. 13. All evidence
concerning Prince Henry of Prusia's
coming visit points to a feeling of grat
ification on the part of the president,
who attaches much importance to the
Kaiser's action.
There is a general feeling in adminis
tration circles that the relations be
tween the United States and Germany
will be strengthened by the prince's
visit.
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.
103 PIECES $7.30.
Two patterns of decorated Semi
Porcelain Dinnerware we are closing
v,?a rrvT-iY.P. Patterns we will not
! keep-there are in all only eight sets.
J. H. Law, di jratioii acuu
A PAIR
OF GLASSES
May help you more
than you think possible.
Come to us before it is
too late. It may soon
save you lots of trouble.
Examination free
MINERS BURNED TO DEA.H
IN INDIAN TERRITORY MINE
Hartshorne. I. T., Jan. 13. Fire
broke out in the Dow mine, one of the
nrinninnl tributaries of the Choclaw
I-' A A - tr
mine thifi afternoon.
Four dead miners have been taken
if i fporpfi ten others are
burned to death.
current year. The estimate of the pay
ment of pensions decreased from $144,-
noo.OOO to $138,500,000. He was asKea Dy
Mr. Richardson (Tenn.) why the
amount for pensions decreased five and
v, mfiimnc T7hilc thp number oi
cX, imsii. iiuuiwwu . .
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nanoinnprs -was said to oe larger, iyju
Liu'v.
Barney explained that this was ac-
counted for by the fact that tne ar
rearages weredecreasing and the num
ber of large pensions (those from $50 to
5 a month) was also decreasing, in
reply to another question he stated that
the commissioner of pensions De
ieved that the high tide of pension
novmonts hifl been reached and the
amount requested probably would re
main stationary for some years.
Mr. Bell, (Col.) denounced the prac
tices of the "pension sharks." He de-
dared that they were importuning sol-
,-Qy.3 th s-nanlsh wars and those
who had since served in the Philippines
n onnhr f nr npTisionfi. He said that
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in snme cases soldiers who were thor
oughly examined at the time of their
discharge and found to be perfectly
sound yielded to these importunities
(Continued on page roun.
WOULD YOTJ KEEP YOURSELF
AND FAMILY WELL?
Keep your blood pure and iiurur rig
orous circulation by MASSAQB and
team baths. Edrwin Gruner, Hydro
pathic physician. Office 37 S. Main
street, rooms 6 and 8. Phones, offic
call 206, residence 679.
r
54 Patton Ave.
S. L. McKEE
The Optician.
Opp. Postofflce
Value Makes the Bargain
The price is only an inducement.
We offer the inducement, but never
without the value.
The. I X.L. Department Store
Phone 107. 22 Patton Ave.
Four tons of dry seaweed will produce
a ton of charcoal,
cohol, and gooseberry
wine 11.8 per
Houses
Pupnished
hie residences for
rentTnd for sale on all the best streets
Ln Asheville, also a tew muie
frr- Rale at a sacrifice. I
can show you or uuc
best sections; also give yuu
r- M, m,rnUS inaulries are com-
ifZ daiir Come early and get the
pick. Apply to or
J. H. CLIFFORD
. Real Estate Agent,
Phone 719,'Room 37 LibraryBldg
papers .appealing to the governor to
commute the eentence of my assailants
to life imprisonment.
In regard to the fate of the men
my conscience is perfectly free and I
consider that I have no responsibility
whatever in the matter.
"During the time I was employed at
the Emma postoffice, I so conducted my
affairs as to leave no opportunity what
ever which could have been taken ad
vantage of by persons who had designs
on the valuables in my charge.
The robbers entered the store pre
pared and resolved, as their subsequent
actions proved, to kill me in case I re
sisted.
'My mind is made up in regard to
the matter, I will sign no petitions ei
ther in favor of or against the men.
"Thev committed a crime which is
punishable in this state by death.
"Thev have been tried by a fair jury
and sentenced by an honorable judge.
"They have appealed to the highest
court in the state and the judgment of
p fecial
To GIosc
Now-
One lot nice quality
fleeced under skirts,
85c cut to 65c
Silk trimmed, ribbed
vests and pants,
$1.50
per suit.
Regular price $2 oo.
Attractive Home
For Sale.
WOMAN BRINGS SUIT
AGAINST RUSSELL SAGE
New York, Jan. 13. Isabella De
Ajura hae brought suit tor o,vuv
against Ruseel Sage for an alleg
contract to stop another action
against him. The old action was tor
assault and damages placed at $100,000.
The nature of the assault is not stat
ed.. She alleges Sage agreed w
her $75,000 in property to stop tne ac
tion.
Thp wnman lives in Mount Vernon,
N. Y. ... I I i
Ice Skates at Blombeig's Cigar Store.
Biltmore Firewood. Phone TuO.
The Photographers, Lindsey & McFarland.
tf
Try Our
Almond
Macaroons.
Fresh Daily at
HESTONS
Well built modern -resi
dence of 9 rooms all conveni
ences, including furnace anc j
electric lights. SubstantiaUta
ble and carriage house. Lot
77x145. Choice residence sec
tion. 6000.
We are showing beautiful
lections of
ee-
Solid Gold and
High Grade Gold
Filled Cases
In all sizes. Not a stale pattern
among them every one tne spe
cial product of the manufacturer.
Our filled cases are beautnui anu
fully guaranteed.
Theise cases are fitted witn
pither Elgin, Waltham or Bueher-
Hampden movements.
Clean fresh goods very
superior goods.
Sumner's
Department
Store
Phone 183
26 3. Main
Wilkie & LaBarbe.
Arthur M. Field
Company
r.nr. Church St. and Patton
Ave.
Fine Mandolins
and Violins
PRICES RIGHT.
Dunham, Stone & Co.
Grant's No. 24
Cures Colds
and La Gripe
25c
Grant's Pharmacy
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