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Special for
At 5c the yd
2500 yards Cambricjanc!
Nainsook Embroideries; J
worth 8 arid 10.
At 8c th yd
3000 yards cf Cambric,
Nainsook and Swiss
Embroidenes worth
12i to 25c the yard.
These Embroideries were
Ieftfiom our recent great
10 and 25c sale.
To match these prices we
will put on sale Monday
100 pieces Long Cloth in
12 y a pieces worm ruiiy
.25 the piece 9Sd
5 3000- yards soft finished f
I8SW8IGI
Monday
Cambric, the regular 10c sWgton;jan
Z , ;., . -ftlof.Mhe isthmian
quality at . c j
Oestreicner & Go 1
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rt we have it, it is the best.
The
Old Hickory
Wagon
We believe to ibe the ibest wiagon
manufactured. These wagons
are well made in -every part of
the best material procurable, by
skilled workmen. Have you got
one? We can sell you one at a
very reasonable price. We have
Oliver Plows, Boy Dixie and Disc
Plows, Hoosier Grain Drills, and
all MiAHL 'FlATtiM IMPLE
MEWTS. Come in and see us when you
come to town.
Asheville Hardware
Com'y
On the Square
A new line of medium
priced .
Bed Room Stfits
Just received. .
They are better for the money
than you have seen.
See them at
Mrs. L. A. JOHNSON'S
43 PATTON AVE.
WOULD Y0TJ KEEP YOURSELF
AND FAMILY WELL?
Keep your blood pure and insure rig
orous circulation by . MASSAGH and
team baths. Edwin Gruner, Hydre
Pathic physician. Office 87 S. Main
street, rooms 6 and 8. Phones, office
call 206, residence 671.
Value Makes the-BafgainT
The nripn in nnta-- ntt'iridtifteraeilt.
We oflfer the inducement, but never
nituouttne value. . J ,
he I . X.U Department Store
Phone 107. 22 Patton Ave. , '
There are fontv vnmtieA in Texaa the
indents of which hove to seek legal
aavice in othe counties, aa they have
a single attorney of their own. U
nnSOLIDATlOW OF
a I tMMSnlr LIIMtS
AtlaiitiilaiBes Form feigantic Corporation, Similar to the
Up(fx&d- Sftates Sed 'QbinpiAiLj to 'Control Freight
and Passenger Traffic
New York,, Jan . 18 . The White Star
steamer Celtic, with the officers of thai
and the
Iceland and
. . t . - v.v
American
lines
aboard, should reach here 1 Thursday,,
and soon thereafter announcement will
be officially made of the alliance of the
steamship lines which do the bulk of
the trade with Europe. The alliance,
it fs learned, will include the following
lines:' American, Red Star, White Star,
Canard, Holland American Anchor, At
lantic Transport, Allen and Leyland.
.'One Conversant with the pending deal
stated that the plans, have 'been three
years maturing, under, the guidance of
J. P. Morgan ' and Clement A. Gris-
com. Tliie man added that when offi
cial announcement ! of 'the deal is made
it" is quite; probable mention will be
made onlv. of. the asTWmpnt hptwri
the compaaiies for the transfer or
freight business of the uniting lines to j
the management of one company, but
tha thi9 will be only a stage in the
proceedings, and that the aim of the
scheme the combination of all At
lantic freight and passenger business
under one management, and the general
director, bo to speak, of the acquir
ing Company is to 'be Clement A. Gris-
It is possible that the acquiring com
pany will "be very : likely , 'the United
States Steel corporation, that is, the
uniting companies may keep their cor
porate entity, but the acquiring com
pany will make rates for freight and
passenger traffic.
RECOMEIIDS PURCHASE '
OF PANAMA CANAL
18. JThe meinbers
canal commission snet
fAiS?0 -a. m today. They remained in
sessloh ntil: a '-decision was arrived at,
M diniral Walker, chairman - of the
committee znade a vertoal,-: though.io
folrmal,. report to 'Secretary Kay today
as to conclusions so far reached by the
commission' respecting the last offer of
the Panama Canal company.
i The commission has completed its re
port ana it win 'De suiDimttea to tne
president this afternoon.
The supplemental report of the Pan
ama proposition was delivered to the
president .iby Admiral Walker at 2:45
o'clock this &ternoon.
Washington, Jan. 18. The supple
mental report of. the Isthmian carnal
commission giving the recommendations
of the commission on the offer of the
Panama company jto sell out for $40,
000,000 was presented to the president
late this afternoon. The conclusions
will not be made public until the-report
is sent to congress Monday, but there
is a weii aennea oener mat tne com
mission recommends the acceptance of
the Panama offer under certain con
ditions. The report is said to be unani
mous .
FAILED TO APPROVE
KANSAS CITY PLATFORM
Washington, Jan. 18. The democratic
caucus committee finally agyee'd this af
ternoon upon a resolution to De present
ed to the caucus when, it meets. The
resolution is acceptable to all the mem
bers of the committee except Henry
(Tex.) who fought hard to bind the par
ty to the Kansas City platform until
the national convention adopts a new
platform. Conciliation was deemed the
better policy and the resolution was
103 PIECES $7.30.
Two patterns of decorated Semi-
Porcelain IMnnerware we are closing
out at this price. Patterns we will not
keep there are in ail only eight sets.
J. H. Law, 35 Patton avenue.
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
S. L. McKEE
The Optician
54 Patton Ave.
Opp. Postoffloe.
TWO (2)
Nine room ouse in oak grove,
natural 4mna8e 6 blocks from
thesqnarVloOOO. Greatest bar
gain: everoffered in Aehevule.
Apply to or, address ,
a. h.
. Real Estate Agent,
Phone 719,:Boom 37 Library Bldg
ACRES
modified to state that the committee tos-
lieved it was not within the province of
the democratic members of the house
to frame platforms or declare princi
pies for the party.
There is some question as to whether
Chairman Hay will call the meeting of
the caucus, which adjourned to Jariuary
12, and which did not meet then be
cause Hay called it off. If he does
not sign the .call for It one will probably
be presented to him. The date sug
gested for the meeting is next Friday
night
NEW INSURRECTION
IN VENEZUELA
New York, Jan. 18. According to the
latest advices from Venezuela the. rev
olutionary forces under Gen. Codeno
have twice defeated thA eoverrunent
troops in the state of Oaralbobo, cables
the correspondent of the QHerald. .-. . '
A new insurrection has (been started
near Carupano under the leadership of
Geh. Vasduez. . General 'Batalla nd
Loreto have taken up arms against
Pj-estfdent Costra. in the state of Zamo
ra. The Venezuelan revolutionary
steamship Llbertadof, fiormerly the
Ban Righ, has made two successful
landings of arms and ammunition and
is moving around the coast of Venezu
ela without heing molested. It is said
that shetsteamed close to Puerto Cab
ello in (full view of the government
gunboat ..which remained inactive.
It is reported that the revolutionary
troops under Gen. Ducharne have been
defeated 'by the government orce. .
UNMASKED ROBBERS
LOOT GAMBLING ROOM
Omeha, Neb., Jan. 181 Two unmask
ed robbers held up a dozen men 'in, a
gambling room over a saloon at Fourth;
and Douglas streets early today and
secured the cash box and $200 In money
rrom'-ttte1 owners or the place. They
were castured ten (minutes later, how-
SENATOR PRITCHARD'S
. GROWING INFLUENCE
His Friends Elated at Evidences of His Power With Ad
ministrationIndications That Keith Will be
Endorsed For Collectorship:
Special to the Gazette: senator with a pull." The story con-
Washington, Jan. 17. Once more it cerns the hot fight that was waged dur
looks like Keith. Indications were not- ing the week over the office of collector
ed today which go to show that he will of customs at Appalachicola, Fla. It
yet have the endorsement of Senator
I irTitcnara--lor tne collectorship at Wil-
mington. Ex-Governor Russell has not
yet indicated whether he wanted the
place or not. In the meantime, endorse
ments of Keith have been pouring in by
wire and mail and once more the tide
has turned in his favor.
Congressman Moody has secured an
order granting Samuel Kingsmore a
transfer from the Philippines to his old
Position in the Asheville postoffice.
The friends of Senator Pritchard
are are very much elated over
the evidences of his gnawing power
and influence with the administration.
It seems that no senator or representa
tive finds a wamer welcome at the
White House. An incident that occur
red yesterday serves to ilustrate this
fact. He called to introduce some
friends, and as is usually the case, 3
large number of persons were waiting
to have a word with the chief executive.
It is related (by an eye witness of the
incident that President Roosevelt, af
ter casting his eye for a moment over
those present, walked directly by a half
dozen senators and a score or more of
representatives, took senator Pritchard
by the arm, stepped with him to one
side arid talked for severfa-1 minutes. A
correspondent of a New York paper has
written ' an article in which he refers
to "J. C. Pritchard, the North Carolina
'Blomfberg's Leading Cigar Store, Pat
ton avenue.
Blltmore Firewood. Phone 700.
The Photographers, Llndaey & Mc Farland. tf
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Try Our
Pure Tennessee
Maple Sugar
(New) at
HESTON'S
Phone 1S3
28 3. Main
vert by the police and locked up. They
aVe the name of Frank Williams and
pfsank Jones. - :
v 3Tbe . rwbery occurred in the heart of
Ithe city. They drew revolvers )ahd or
ideed the nen in the room to hold ua
their ltand8. ' -
5jrterinirinjr the money and the
cashbox' of .' . the concern, they rushed
downstairs 'into Douglas street, where
the policemen " gave chase, firing sev
eral shots alter them.
The riot call was turned Into the (po
lice station and a wasoh load of offi
cers responded. - One of the rofabers ran
dut an elley Into the arms of, a police- .
men and the other was round in a
hallway . '
At the station both' men admitted
their identity and said thed had lost
their money in the place and thought
their game was as f air as that of the
gambling house. All of the stolen mon
ey was found on them. The proprietors
sy they are the men who a week ago
held up a. Kansas City poolroom and
escaped with $1,500. They are said to
answer to the description given by the
Kansas City police.
LOCOMOTIVE BLOWS UP.
Victor, la., Jan. 18. As the Denver
limited passenger train No. 5, of the
Rock Island road, was passing through
this town early today, the (boiler of
the engine exploded, resulting in the
death of the engineer and fireman, and
slightly injuring two porters and. a
brakemari. The killed are:
W. Williams, of Brooklyn, la., en
gineer. E. Hoar, of Valley Junction, la., fire-
iTne accident took place within . 250
feet of the depot. The force of the
explosion threw every one of the seven
coaches from the track. No passengers
were injured. Pieces of the wrecked
engine were strewn around for a dis
tance, of 200 ifeet and the (boiler was
found 150 feet away from the scene of
the accident.
MAHER AND SHARKEY
f HOT GUILTY OF FIGHTING
? Philadelphia, Jam. 18. Peter Maher
and Tom Sharkey, Wjho were arrested
yesterday at the instance, it is alleged,
ot the Xaw and Order society, and
I were held in $5000 bail to keep peace.
.appeared at the magistrate's office to
day and were discharged. James Mc-
5Farland, a promotor ' of last night s
bout, who was also under bond, was
released. The" magistrate announced
that the men had not committed any
act which might be construed as a vio
tfllton of the statute prohibiting prize-
.tfehting theWwas ho complaint egainst
them.
is said that Senator Hanna and other
men or national prommwice
took a
hand in this contest, but the endorse
ment of Dr. Warren by Senator Pritch
ard prevailed. As before stated in
this correspondence, W. B. Sheppard,
Dr. Warren's opponent, was educated
in North Carolina, and many persons
from the state were interested in the
(Continued on seventh page).
Do You Want a
Nice Home?
We are offering a modern
10 room residence, on nearby
residence street; lot 96x186,
excellent neighborhood, for
5,000. This is a very at
tractive home; everything in
first-class condition.
We believe it will be to
your interest to see this prop
erty before investing.
Wilkte & LaBarbe,
H.I
Estate Agents,
23 Pattbn Ave.
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SQLDIE-7SENTEN0ED
K tiaylng jATEHIHO
-,A made ,
Portland, Ore., Jan. lS.Vpilftil to
gsSIDENTS LIFE
-e Uregwllan from. POre-. says.jnentr .
Iiau xmueowisju, s, soldier In the j
United States army, -was4odayt,a
ed at Fort. Canby and sentenced to tea
years' imprisonment in the military
prison on Alcatraz Island, California.
Rakowski had threatened to assassinate
President Roosevelt. A few days ber
fore Christmas, Rakowski became in
toxicated at Chinook, and while in a sa-
STEAM BOILER BURST
AIID FACTORY COLLAPSED
TERRIBLE DISASTER IN A SPAN
ISH TOWN SIXTY
DEAD.
Barcelona, Jan. 18. The boiler of a
spinning factory at Puente de Vilmurn
exploded today.
The (building collapsed and many per
sons were buried in the ruins.
Sixty were killed and a hundred in
jured. ASSAULT AND ROBBERY
IN HENDERS0NV1LLE
Special to the Gazette.
Hendersonville, Jan. 18. (Walker A.
Smith, one of ur leading: arocers. on
hia way from his store to his home last
night i&etiween 8 and 9 o'clock was
knocked down and rolbbed of his Distol
and eight dollars In money. Mr. Smith
says he was walking down the street
iDack of Hicks Justus drug store when
as oulck as a flash some one who was
standing near the walk in the shadow
of the buildings struck him across the
head with some hard and heavy sub
stance (but did not quite knock him to
the ground, and the last thing he re
members he was trying to shoot, and
hearing a woman talking iwhose voice
he recognized as that of a certain col
pred woman. About the time he lost
consciousness he fell to the ground and
tne pistol was wrenched from' his
hands. The woman whose voice he re
cognized has been arrested and is in
jail, and the officers are putting forth
every ettort to capture the man or men
who struck the blow and did the rob
bing. tMr. bmith received an ugly
wound on the head which (bled con-
amciciuiy . AsiQc .rom tnis tnere was
no other evidence of violence. and
tneretore, it seems that aibout all the
robbers wanted was (Mr. Smith's mon
ey. A reward for the arrest of and
evidence to convict the parties will
doubtless Ibe offered.
Rev. Peter Rich of the Holiness faith
is still carrying on his meeting in the
court house Miere. Services are held
every day and at night. Quite a large
nuralber of peoDle attend the services,
some for curiosity, and some for the
good they can get out of the meeting.
Those who are conducting the meeting
seem to be very imich in earnest.
T. C. Israel returned home from
Asheville today. Mr. Israel has been
in Buncombe lor the past few days
looking after" blockaders and violaters
of Uncle Sam's revenue laws.
'Cat. M. C. Toms and wife expect
to ko to Florida next week where they
will spend the remaining part of the
winter.
The
Latest Best
and Newest
Creations in Silver
are here displayed in tempting
Array and generous variety, and
nchide the popular features of
the leading silversmiths. If it's
an article for yourself or a gift
for friend or relative, you can do
no (better than by inspecting our
stock.
Arthur M. Field
Company
Leading Jewelers,
Cor. Church St . and Patton
Ave.
TO TAKB THE
loon there made th fniinwinr .
"President McKinley got what he de
served. My time of enlistment in the
army will soon expire and when h does
I will see that President Roosevelt gets
the same dose that Czolgosz gave Mc
Klnley." Rakowski's sentence Is dishonorable
discharge, forfeiture of all pay and al
lowances and confinement in the mili
tary prison at Alcatraz island for a
period of ten years.
Lost Off Hatteras.
Fernandina, Fla., Jan. 18. The
schooner Alice Archer, laden with rail
road iron, has been lost in a v,o.aw
storm fifty miles south of Cape Hat
teras. The crew wew sa.vrd hut tha
vessel was leaking badly and the men
were forced to abandon her. Her mas
ter, Arthur Gibbs, arrived here this
morning.
Carnegie to Louisville.
Louisville, Jan. 18. Mayor Graineer
received a letter (from Ajid rmv Par.
negie's private secretary this morning
in iwhich Mr. Carnegie offers to give
Louisville $250,000 for a public library,
providing the city will contribute $25,000
annually for its support, and offer, a
suitaible site. The letter was in an
swer to a communication addressed to
Mr. Carnegie bv Mavor 'lira neon
wherein the latter stated that he had
taken stess to secure authority to tax
the city for the suaport of a libfarv.
(Mr. iCarnejgie made the city a similar
offer some time ago, but it was not ac
cepted." , . . ffi tff
Rapidly
The
- New
Wash
Silks
arrived last week are
such nobby and styl
ish effects they are
selling rapidly.
Keep two things
before you always
Qualify
and
Sumnep's
m
Nainsooks, Nun's
Veiling, New Purses,
Shopping Bags and
and Belts.
The Best is the Cheapest
in the Long Run.
Kimball Pianos
Give Lasting Satisfaction.
Dunham, Stone & Go.
Rheumatism, e
Due to an excess of uric acid
or blood poison in the sys
tem is successfully treated
with Grant's Rheumatic
Cure. It neutralizes the acid
and by its alterative action
purifies the bloocp $1.00 per
bottle. J
Grant's Pharmacy !
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