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v - J VOL. 71. KO; 808 EE. K.'-iDw S'ATDKpiy MOENIKft, FEBEllAflY I, 1902 fivb csirni m oomr. FOUR. DOLLAsa T33AB 5i Patton Avenue rff WW , , i.i .1 I, i.....: ""11 T , " "I ----i' - r'': " V' m j i i..'isi Mat & ASBEVH . v . . .. . - . ' ; . r.,;;.. -. .,-.v- . : . - , - r nLiSlfl SURPRISE :k)ffiPOifi IPUII iDniMce y t i . I.: . I ' " . -3 . m I - - . , mm mmm - . . , i. 1 III I I I I 11 -Wm & WW m m. m m III IK ?tatei4 ICia- uaUUIKYmHilllj The new white goods are here and today is a fitting time for them to make their appearance." There are charming novelties in piques in a variety of new and very attractive designs, Persian and Victoria Lawns, Long Clotns, BnllStl 3.11U lFr6DCll 1 O B Mnsoots. 1,000 yards Cam bric worth 10c lor 8c Per Yard, Oestreicher 51 Patton Avenue, "- " If we have it, it is the BEST "We have just received A Carload Fresh Seed If you want the best and that which is guaranteed to be freah you will call on us. RED, 'JTX white, ff lover SAPLING Millet, Altalfa, Kentucky Blue GrasB, Orchard Grass, Red Top. Asheville Hardware Company ON THE SQUARE. , Book Cases and Ladies' Desks ? bargain a Mrs. LA. JOHNSON'S 43 PATTON AVE. Value Makes the Bargain ; The price is only an inducement. We offer the inducement, but, never without the value. v The: I. X. L. Department Store Phone 107. 4 22 Patton 'Ave 1V1 erchaiif Vmlovi HojPATTOHL.AVK PHONE S4 P () SfeiM U e, uo u-r,- rolning Vanderbllt- estate. ;Jourteeii TAATV 1MMa4 mf.mummt . MOFJtfift mp imrtnth- fiTwo bath TOomB'. crty water; lareiP Hsfrr trvrftTtrV Inst OUlt Ot This is in best wctiorid Wnr,year' enhance n31 vest-mnna Rh inAirw.in.ftM-.' AidoIt to or. address J. H. 'CUFFORI, room 37 Ubrary Building. Fhone : an Differs From- His AstoPjftillppihes. Approvingly of Gov-; errtment Instituted t?y United Hates TKeie. ": .jj- OPPOSES MAJORITY BILL TQ; EIORT DUTIES HOUSE OOMMI!TTEmv TO. INVEST-' OLEMARGARINE BILI4 -. 8PB- CIAL. ORDER FOR MONDAT Washington, Jan. 81. SenaCor Mor gan, to the evident surprise of his col leagues in the senate today, appeared in fhe role kxf a chama?ion of the present oTfernmenit of the Philippines. He em phatically declared that it was a good government and enormously to the ad vantage of the Filipinos, as compared with that -to iwhich they were subject ed under the Spanish regime. He 5aneres to kTy export duty and ex- nroowl n hnn th&t th iwxt democrat- flc national convention would declare i'that the democrats favored free trade between all part of the United" States, whether covered - by the flag1 or con stitutloni or both, and thus prevent dis crimination on those nice ltoe. r Morgan's remarks were in advocacy , 'ot his. amendment jta the Philippines tariff 4ill, providing for ithe imposition of same dutlee on. Imports into the Phil ippines from the United. States as im posed on similar articles into the Phii ipines. from foreign- countries-. ftu'in the early, part f the sessJon ther j was "a protracted -debate on a bill to fix" salaries of cer'tdn -United Statea riudges4 . jAii amendnntwaA offered in- Tereasing the salable of isenatorri and 1 - iSi,,4sfeSV4rf on either. . y i -j k When, the senate met today it adopt ed a resolution offered: a few day ago by Mr. Rawlins, of Utah, providing for a general inquiry by the .ccanjmittee on Indian affairs into the matter of leas- ling aiinej-al lands by Indian, into the iauthority of the interior departiment to approve such leases, and into the sub ject of the connection of government offieials with the making of such leases. At the conclusion of routine I business the resolutioni offered yester- 1 day by Rawlins directing the secretary I of war to inform- the senate whether i what is known as the "sedition laws" I have been promulgated by the Philip- I pines commission, and it so, tneate oi i sucn promufgawHi, waw paou wxwiu . ane senate men ueciueu, uu ihuuuh i of Mr. Hale, that when it adjourns to- I JucX-j A L Will Krd .J t v.iiA ci j The bill reported recently from the judiciary committee fixing the - salaries of certain United States judges was 1 taken uip for consideration at the' in- stance of Mr. Hoar, chairman of the committee. v Without action the bin went over, I and at 2 o'clock Mr. iMorgan, or Aia- bama, addressed the senate on the I PMlippine tariir Din. I In the House. A.r A.rv rvoin (xn I S&t 'k Sported ic T H"'J ' 1 duced yesterday, to direct the . ways and means committee to investigate mSdnTfrcou to t?elueTeffecttng the customs rev- enues -without action, by congress, and 3 t if .mn. -rvai.oit said that the Question. Involved one of the highest and most feacred privilegea of the house.- : -?, :. Mr . Underwood, also a meanfier ot the Committee on rules, Joined With Mr.- (Continued on fifth page. ) J. H. liAiWV CHINA ANI GXIABS, Cutlery and Sliver, 55-7 patton lavenue. - r - i: -. Made to GLASSES - in Other wprdf we make gjasses to fit you. ,Bye examina tions free. McKEE The Opticfcn, " Omp. IPostofftoe v .rtfes on Victoria drive. W y;j3mit& WCTes Vi, rt -'.V ,; One cf the Biddiea Dying JFrom His Woiinds arid the i ; Wqinan impUce Shot Through V Bnt She WiU Live. Butler, Pa., Jan. 31. The Biddle bro- (ther, who escaped from the Pittsburg jail,; and the wife of Warden Soffel were.' captured this afternoon near Prospect, after a (bloody conflict, by Detectives MoGovern, Roach and Swinehart. . Edward' Biddle k lying at the Buit ler county jail in a dying conditioni. Jack, his brother, is in an adjoining icell, riddled (with ibullets. .His condi tion is serious. ij 4 Mns.. Soffel shot herself durtog tb ght. She placed a revolver to her, left breast land seat a ball clear to the back, but her condition is not serious. She is now in the hospital. - The detectives escaped unscathed. There were about thirty shots exchang ed -between ithe detectives and the mur derers. - On urriving at the jail Ed Biddle, who DETACHMENT OffJAPANESE SOLDIERS FROZEN TO DEATH Yokahonra, Jan. 31. A detachment of 210 infantrymen left Awomori Jan uary 23 to practice marching over the snow. None of them! has eince oeen seen except a corporal, who was found last Monday by a relief party. The corporal says the detachment lost their way and were overcome by J BIG GROWS GREETS A' SCHLEY. At JIASpyitLE Nashville, ' Jan: SI. Admiral Scfiiey was Thriven a hearty reception here to2- nigM and when he emerged from the eiar.at'the terminal station he received cheers from a crowd which .covered every vantage point in the big struc ture. Admiral Schley was met by a joint reception committee composed of Knights Templar in uniform, the ladies' committee, which will look after the comfort of Mrs. Schley, and members 0f the Retail Merchants' association They escorted him to the Duncan ho tel. The formal exercises will begin at g:3Q tomorrow morning when a parade Qf companies of confederate vet erang unifiorm the atate mintia, and . , . .x, . s'is. nis. uuuib wi eu icapiwu wnere aaaresees or .welcome -wuu be delivered by Gov. McMillen and rep- resentatives of the Knights Templar, jcity and commercial organizations iRiiiir nnrniTnno unii III Hit. UrLnHIUnO Vf ILL hniilT Ufl lUODCJtCC UnAlll UU IHUntAOL Indianapolis, Jan. 31. At a joint con ference of the miners and operator to day the latter dec tared they would mine basis, as compliance with this t ould bankrupt them , wigja a L i, TZ T V.ir anliQAfl 5 rt & "Z Zl" tor this on ibaaisoC f "ts !r L S "Ti JZrZ -JaJT tT cvt w I marketable coal, besides the, other ex- I '" BRITISH VESSEL ASHORE ( AT LONG BEACH, L. I. Wiw Yirk, Feb. 1. The British steamer Cavour, with a. general c'argo j and several passengers aboard . from Rib Janeiro for New York, ran ashore iJiafet evening at Xiong (Beach, L. T., dur- I Im.m iAm nhnmn A A I llA r immO! boarded her but had not returned alt anjearly hour this ( Saturday) imornlng She lies easily. Blpmbcrg'a Leading Cigar Store, Patton Ave. Biltmore Firewood. Phone 700. I The:Photographer8,Iiindsey & MeFarland. tf a OUR BAKERS have been working day and night baking nice fresh cakes for today's (Saturday's) salesv HESTONS i .PbonelSS I 26 S. Main isr dying, asked lor a priest and one. was summoned. Before talking to the priest he emphatically declared to the detectives that he had not Mlled De tective Fitzgerald nor Thomas Kahney and that his brother was not implicated He said Mrs. Soffel aided them to es cape and declared that they would have made their escape today but did not want to desert her. He said he persuaded ithe woman to laid them. SJiddle subsequently collapsed. Tonight Mrs. Soffel confessed she aid fed' the Biddies to escape and furnisheki them with revolvers amd a saw. - Warden Soffel resigned today and his jpesignation was. accepted. iWhen told of ; the capture he expressed delight and said 'the pnly regret no was that he wouJdn'(t be in charge of them. He declared he would then take revenge. Butler, Jan. 30. It was said tonight by Detective Burk that Mrs. Soffel did not shoot herself (but that a bullet from the intense cold. They burned their ftaversacks and rifle stocks in an effort to keep warm, but by the evening of January 25 all 'but seventy-one had perished. The survivors separated into small parties and sought for refuge. It IB feared all have perished. Sub scriptions have been opened for the relief of the families of the victim. THREE MEN PAY HflE JEATH PEIIALTY p rtlatidT. Ore.; Jjin. 41 .-Joseph "Wade and B. H. Dalton were hanged in the county jail yard this afternoon for the murder of James B. Morrow, November d4. Both men retained their nerve and just before the rope was put around Wade's neck he said: You may think I'm happy, but I'm not." Dallas, Jan. 31. Thomas Morris was hanged at Oorsicana at 12:30 o'clock to day for the murder of W. G. Broome, July 7, 1900. The first drop was suc cessful, Morris' neck toeing broken. une evidence against -Morris .was purely circumstantial, but conclusive. Broome was a room-mate of Morris, and his body was found in a tank of water, weighted down with iron. The motive of the crime was robbery. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT NORFOLK YESTERDAY Norfolk, Jan. 31. The Atlantic hotel, the ICblumlbia office building, the Albe m'arle flats and a block of stores in the center of the city were destroyed by fire early thlis morning. The confla gration, one of the greatest in the his tory of Norfolk,' broke out shortly be fore 2 o'clock and when finally subdued over half a million dollars' worth of Between Char- if leott Street and? Sunset Drive Is one of the prettiest residence se tions of the city; clean, perfect natural drainage and good neighborhood. We have several modern eight and nine room residences (two entirely new) in this section at (prices we are sure you will consider reasonable for rent to de sirable tenants. If you think of chang ing your location let us show you these houses there are none nicer to be had at any price. - We have, for sale on Charlotte street a choice lot 70x200 feet for $800 with paving assessment paid in full. This lot is easiy -worth $1000 . Near-uChest-nut streetl - - WilBc & , BaBarb 1 23 Patton Ave. Exclusive Agents For Above , Property. Other Serionsly Iiiiired-T the Body, -, ; the first TOlley struck her. ffWsbixirg, Jan, 31. (The ruse of the Riddles, who escaped from jail here yesterday morning, was a clear one and was carried out with great suc cess. They sawed out the bars of their cellsi.John cutting out three in his. Edward being the, largest man, found it necessary to cut out four. The mudrerers evidently sawed the bars during (Wednesday night, using what appears to have been soap to deaden the noise and to reduce friction i The escape is as unparalleled as is their record for crime throughout -this vicin rty. The shrewdnests- of the two crim inals is such that the police had a hard problem to isolve In their recap ture. The two guards injured will . prob ably recover.- The bullet wound sus tained by Reynolds is not regarded as' dangerous. The physicians have been unable to ascertain a's yet the full ex tent of McGreary's wounds. His head 1 badly contused, tout there Is no sdgia tnat nis skull was fractured by his sixteen foot fall. property was destroyed. The loss is believed to be fully covered by insur ance. The flames started in the Columbia the largest of Norfolk's office build ings. Over 1000 gallons of whiskev stored in the building exploded with terrinc force, tearing out the front wall The firemen were driven back by the explosion and 'before they could get a stream or water on the names the en tire building was on fire. Hardly 15 minutes later the north wall fell In, completely annihilating tne name Tor the Virginia club, which adjoins the building on the north. TVom the outset .it was evident that the immense -Atlantic hotel was doom ed... J. Hull Davidson,;: the proprietor, personally made the rounds of the rooms, and aided by his assistants, ar ousea every guest in the building. To this is due the fact that so far as Is known no life was lost, although' 300 people were asleep in the hotel when the alarm, was-sounded. Tne -'flames' soon ' jsB-i-rwri "fK rfve story Albemarle apartment house opposite the Virginia club, which ..was quickly destroyed, and then to the en tire block facing the Atlantic and run nmg from Plume to Main streets. Wathin an hour this block was annihi STILL FAST IN ICE Chicago, Jan. 31. The steamer Iowa with nearly 200 people aboard was still fast in the ice today. The passengers, iwhose imprisonment began Wednesday night, were physically comfortable, but fcager for the west wind hich it is ex pected will break up the ice. RECEIVER FOR DOWIE Chicago, Jan. 31. Judge Tuley today ordered a receivership for the Zion Lace industries and on Monday will enter a decree appointing .Elmer Wash burn to the position of receiver, under a bond of $700,000. The court, in its decision, declared that Dowie's church, the v Christian Catholic church, was a curious mixture of religion and business. A Diamond That comes from our store has prestige, The owner, how .little he understands values, is assured of its real worth. For nearly 20 years this store has been looked up ro for judgment of prec ious stones, and that means much to the reci pient of . " j f . Diamond Jewelry. . Arthur Mi Field iany Leading, Jewelers ; Cor. Fatton ATe.'and.Church St. vomp Gov. Taft Meets Senate Com- : mittee and Begins His Testimbny. ' Tells of Formation of Pro vinces and Provisional Governments. MUCH DISCUSSED SULTAN HAS LITTLE AUTHORITY NATIVES CONSULTED AS TO FOR MATION OF GOVERNMENT AND GIVEN THE OFFICES WHER EVER POSSIBLE. Washington, Jan. 31. The senate oottnmittee on the Philippines entered this morning Into an Investigation of the general affairs of the Islands. Gov. Taft was presented by. Senator Lodge io eacn or xne other se natters personal- y. Alter telling at length of his so ourn on the islands he related how he and other members of the,, civil eor- ernanent had gone through the pro vinces gathering information with a view to the organization of municipal provisional government. Invitations had (Continued on fourth page.) in the city al ways find it to their interest to see the China ware, MattingSr Linens, - Por-. tieres, Dress Gb6(lsNor C t& 4ft tions, Mil mJif hnery etc, s umner s DEPART MENT STORE before buying Style ' uality. Kimball Pianos Are Soothing to the NerYee and Delightful to Hear. Dunham; Stone & Go. 43 Patton Ave. A choice collec tion of Flower Iso Sweet and Nastiir- tium Seeds in bulhs Grant's Pharmacy V IS IT OR Q Seedsa Feas r. " 'i - V ' 4- 2 t.,; ' -r1 r ' v - 1 s 5 i .IB 1 1 mi 5 s hi U 1 kJI If :1i (. Is I? I: "T c a v Alii 'r ybv . i . . . y i iV'i - t . '.J.'ivt:-, 4 :' r. 4 c i L. .it v. V4'1 - - r -: ' ' I. 1 : ' i.r ' v'' -4i ' "s - V". I- f 1I 1 , '-y J, P9 4 J - - I -V . -
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