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t S -A - v.-.-v --v- -T?-f r A,.v, r',,1;. vi - - . - -w I v I K' -v.; jj - VOL. VII. NO. 13 ASHKV1LLE, N. 0., SUN'OAY HORNING, FEBROAEY 23, 1H02 FIVE CENTS PER COPY. FOUR DOLLARS A TEAR. ll H UCSIIdlblltJK 5i Patton Avenue.- a 5 , .?fate Library. 19 - s s Mat k 8 fa S -2 a J 2 3 22 sa a a -2 "0 Oestreicher & Co 51 Patton Avenue. If we have it, It is the BEST. Grass and Clover Seed We have built up a tig (trade In grass und clover seed (fey sell ing nothing (but the (best. The best is always the cheapest. This is especially true with re spect to grass and clover seed. Asheville Hardware Co ON THE SQUARE. 3 Oiip N Rprt Konm uiii wun French Plate Mirror in Dre$ser and Wash Stand, swell top drawers. Only S25 Mrs. L. A. JOHNSON'S a PATTON AVE. T Viltic Makes the Bargain, The' price is only an inducement. We offer the inducement, but never without the value, Th Department Store Phone 107. 22 Patton Ave. : iiTIPJ&TRIB, Drug business, "'-py.ihed rcity. Nearpow-v trade, no creait. . iutton-24. SENATOR SPEAKS FOR ON THE PHILIPPIC i Southern Interests Defended in icy as Regards the Islands The Gateway to the Orient - Washington, Feb. 22. At the special session of the senate tonight Senator Pritchard (Rep., N. C.f) addressed the senate on the Philippines tariff Znll. speaking as follows: "-Prerident:-! desire to discuss ' some of ithe things which have referred to in the discussion which has been conducted in thisVphamibet the past few weeks with respect to ; th Philippine tariff bill. We hear a good deal of late about the outrages which the opposition say are (being committed by the American troops in the Philippine Islands, but strange to say those who undertake to give us information as?t9 the conduct of our Soldiers are silent aa to many outrages that are being com muted by those who claim to be insur gents, and who are in opposition to the authority of the United States in the territory in question. Not a word of sympathy 'or encouragement for the , boys in blue who are risking their lives j in order to maintain the integrity and honor of this government in the Phil- ' ippdne Islands hlas been uttered by our democratic friends, but on the other j hand much has been said and done by the leaders pt that ptarty which has been calculated to dishearten and dis- I courage the American soldiers, and to encourage those who have been engaged in a guerrilla warfare against the au thority of the government of the United States. The people at the last election condemned the course pursued by the democratic party with respect to ex pansion, and rendered a verdict which sustains those who are endeavoring to deal in an intelligent and patriotic man ner with the results that have neces sarily followed in consequence of the war with Spain. We are informed by distinguished senators on the demo- j cratic side of the chamber that the . American soldiers are engaged in "dir- j ty work" in the Philippine Islands. The i army in the Philippine Islands is en- dpavorine- to assert the supremacy of the united states over a. territory,., he title to which was obtained in a peace-, ty that aids, abets or encourages those who are engaged in resisting the au thority of the United States, places itself 4n direct opposition to the authority of the government under which iwe live. Status of the Insurgents. It is contended by the opposition that those who are engaged in resisting the authority of the United States in the Philippine Jslands occupy the same position as those who were engaged in resisting the oppression of the British government during the war of the rev olution. There is nothing in connection with the Philippine question to warrant such a contention. The American peo ple rebelled 'against the government of England upon the ground that they were taxed without representation; they rebelled" because a foreign govern ment sought to control their action by requiring them to pay tribute without giving them any voice in the control of their own affairs. They were of the. Anglo-Saxon race. The majority of them were the peers of any people upon the face of the earth, and no one ever suggested that they were iiot capable of properly administering the govern mental affairs of the territory of which they had so recently taken possession. From an intellectual standpoint they were the equals, and in many instiances. the superiors, of those who sougnt w oppress them,' and it was but natural that they should have rebelled against the authority of the government which sought to reduce them tio a condition that was more intolerable than that of the slave. It is different with the in habitants of the Philippine Islands. As a race of people they are not pre- THE HOTTENTOT ELUEFXAME LAMP STOVE FOR $2.90. Entirely new. The most pleasing lit tle stove ever miade and the hottest. T H Law, 35 Patton avenue. Blltmore Wood. Phone 700, is better. Annandale Wood. Phone 378. GLASSES Ground to Order We have just com pleted our lens grinding plant, which enables n 1)6 fit the most complicated lense Without delay. Satisfaction. Guaranteed. McKEBt The Optician 64 Peutton Av. rr -oda: fountain Best location in business- fnalntamea-, -17 000, One hunarea w-- .1. H. CWPPORD, Beal Btftte Agt., Boom 87 Library.Bldg. RITCIiMRD THE SOUTH Advocacy of the Republican Pol pared to assume control of their affair under a reDtiibliMT, fnrm f .rnWt and until j .- . . and order within those islands. 4t is 1 absurd to talk abbut ftlfclng cue t enia or government in tne nanus sc those people. As ia result of th' war with Spain, the United 8tates ibyeaty acquired title to the Philippine Mandfl by paying therefor the som of $40,000, 000, but before we succeeded in secjori; the Tatiflcatlon of the treaty tairiibthB were wasted im a debate In thi efaam ber, which was precipitated by the dem ocratic leaders, and which in my $pin (Oontinued on seventh page.) TILLMAN AND LAURIN A Round Encounter With Fists In the Senate that Caused it Immediately to go Into Ex ecutive Session. Washington, Feb. 22. Senators Till man and McLauTita engaged in 'a fist fight in the senate chamber this after Ddon. When routine business had been con cluded Mr. Tillman resumed1 his speech in opposition to the Pending Philippines "(Continued on the eighth page. GOVERNOR AYGOGK LIFE TO Qh ... p r r A ahajrilU bhenlt H. t. Lee, AsAeVlU FIGHT " 1 "jVr'MF-I enbfosffmtewi'blt'i&e commutation to imprison- pemteDtiary i6r Hie terfere ith the deith sentence of take e very necessarj precaution fnrm. Acknowledge reeemt bv wire ot these vaners. Jntorm Foster and Johnson so that they may yours. About 5 o'clock yesterday morning the sleep, of the four men sentenced to die on the gallows next Wednesday waa interrupted by the voice of the jailer. When they were aiwakened he said: R. S. GATES. "Gates, you and Mills get mp and dress." The jailer waited a few minutes and then he heard the two men talking He heard Gates eay, from the cell where he and the other white man were con- Petits Pois Peas are the finest in the world. Try a can for 20c, v Hiram Lindsey, Phone 200 45U boutn mam ot. Blltmore Wood. Phone 700, is better. ,Annandae j Wpod. Phone 876. Bittinoi ytreweod. Ptone 700. Q ocoa Purity, DeliciousneBs of fla vor unexcelled. You get it at HESTONS Phone 18S 26 3. Main 1 . , TV- . . A FIRE HORROR IN NEW YORK SIXTEEN DEAD AND SO WOUNDED FROM THE BURNING OF PARK AVE. HOTEL. Belief Now that Hotel Was Set on Fire by Robbers, Expect ing to Plunder. HOTEL WAS SECOND LARGEST IN THIS COUNTRY. New York, Fe. 22. According to the police returns at a late hour tonight sixteen people lost their lives in (the Park Avenue hotel fire. Fifty were in jured. Many of Ithe victims are petaple who a few hours before were sitting 6a the windows of the hotel watching ,' fire in the Seventy-finst regiment arm- ly believed that the fire in the hotel was wholly independent of the one in the armory. Thre is more tthan a plausable reason for believing thart. the hotel was set on fire .by rptobers, who hoped to snatch plunder amid the death torture. The city ofiTclials are now busily em (gaged in an effort to discover the man who was at the bottom of the horror. The burned hotel was seven stories high. Up as far as the sixth floor the stairways are all iron. Between the sixth and- seventh floors the stairways are wooden. When the fire reached Xhe wood stairs through the elevator shaft they burned with tremendous fienceness and in a short time they were wholly impassible. At the head of these stairs a firemani found charred j bodies lying in heaps on the floor. J When the guests of the hotel realized that their lives were in danger they rushed instinctively toward the stair- ) (dontinued on 5th page.) GRANTS GATES AND MILLS of Gates and MWts. 1 $hall not in- foster and Johnson., You will toxprevent any violent e in any prepare tor their taU , Very truly GHARLES. B. A YCOCK., Governor. fined, to Mills in the cell ijelow. that the jailer was fooling with them, or something of the sort. Jailer Jamison then repeated his or der, adding simply: Your sentences are commuted to life innpirisonment." With what feelings the men heard this cannot be fold in words. Gates tried to 9pteak, tout choked and failed utterly. Tears ran down his cheeks and he sank down like one stricken. Never since his arrest has . he shown such emotion; he who had" remained comparatively HARRY MIULS. stolid when he heard twelve men, one after another, declare him guilty, and when he heard the voice or tne mage luttfwf hia death sentence. During the fetw minutesiithat . intervened before the party the prisoners and tne omcers (Continued on sixtn page.; ' Desirafe Hotel Property For Sale T ocoated in the most beautiful sections of Western North Orolte lnd has been successully conducted for seeral seasdnsrHot mi-coJd water; porcelain: baths;, lovely rounas delightful views; nine acres land; one-fourth mile from rail- Toa3 kiolPric $6,000 worth more. Also another hotel property tor sale in tnnvin xown west of Asheville. Busmess constantly increasing.: See us for particulars- . : r Real Eitafe Agents 23 Faftpn Avenue Phone 661 BREESE'S OVERTURES TO A DEPUTY Former President of Defunct First National Bank has Suggest-;' ive Talk With an Official Who he Vainly Hoped - Could "Do him Some sensational reports of an inci dent in connection with the (prelimina- nes of the coming trial of William B. ' T3-evo. . . . - -i-.icc.oc iwurer presio.eraL.oi tne wrecked . p irst .National hank of fhls city, reach ed the Gazette some days ago and in vestigation disclosed some interest! n circmstances , The trial of the case of the accused bank officials will begin at a special term of the Federal court in this city March 5. The list of 50 talesman from which a jury is to be selected was pub- nsnea in the Gazette early in the pres ent month. The deputy Was (to meet Breese at Lwftis' office, and thither he went. Mr. Lwftis met him there and telephoned for Major Breese, who soon showed up at the law office. The room was cold and Major Breese invited Mr. Merrell to his house, where they "could (talk com fortably and quietly." At the house Mr. Merrell declares Mr. Breese told him that he and Mr. Loftis had had some talk and that he (Breese); wanted some one at Asheville "who could do something" for him. He said he under stood Merrell had been an officer of the jury in his previous trials and might be in that position again. He asked Merrell what he thought he could do for him. Mr. Merrell replied, "In what way?" Major Breese answered that he had some evidence that he would not 'be fallowed to put into court, but he would like the juryito have it. He pro duced a list of the fifty talesmen that had been selected for the coming tri al, and asked the deputy what kind of men they ere. He asked Merrell in regard to his acquaintance with the mem on the list. "He enquired," Mr. Mer rell states, "without alluding definitely to what purpose it was to be used, how much money would he required if I could do anything to help him. Major Breese previous (to and after this con versation talked about his case, and his connection with the hank, in am effort to prove his good character and inno cence of the charge under which ' he was to be tried. ;" "The major had a number of letters from prominent citizens containing ex- Persons Who Select Gifts of Sil vet From our large display of hand wrought Silver have the assurance that they are of the newest and most exclu sive designs, and Of Finest , Workmanship of modern silversmiths. You'll not be displeased with our;price8. Arthur M. Field Company , Leading lewelers Oor. Patton Ave. andJChurch St. MARSHAL REGARDING JURY Some Good." presslons favorable to him. . This the deputy was giveo to understand was Bmng the evidence that could not - toe V , H ? j 1 Ir0110"h, hflfAfW -V 4...... ik 1- ll.i'.j:(. il .mc juijr mruugn me regular channels of the oourt nmMx!. v Mr. Merrell when seen by a reporter t ; if was reluctant to Ainr.n of his trip to Brevard, stating that he .V had reported all the taformation he bd. oa the subject to the persons be con- " sidered the proper ones to deceive it. Tifl' but when contfironJted with statements B 3'J. regard to tt confirmed all tte above" 'h He added that Major Bree did not -f B f go beyond suggesting that as a deputy marshal in charge f the 1urv Mr. xtt " rell was in a nogition tin An. " c-uw, s tu and asking him how much money he wouia neea. ills conversation with Mr. Breese ended In Mr. "Merrell sta ing that he "did not see that there was a thing he cound do to heln him (Breese) honestly and honorably," and a A 1 request to the Major that he pay hinv " , o c Vita V-i o A T...vt,a .i . ?l his trip from.,outh Qarolina to' Bre vard. Major Breese crave him M0 iw!th (Oontinued on 4th page.) A Few Rough Weather Prices ! N. C. Wool Blankets 2.75 and 3,98 6.00 11.4 all ool 4.5P Steganl Steamer, -and Golf RJigs 5.98- - Satteen Comforters 1.50 and 1.75 Lace Curtains at half price China Toilet Sets 11 pieces 2.98 Dinner Sets, loo pieces 8.50 Mattings l2i, 16, 18 and 25c Smyrna Rugs 75c to l2.5o Ladies' $2 Hats closing, 69c Gingtiams and Wash Dress Goods 5c to 50, per. yard i - Latest novelties in ladieV neckwear. - Big values in women's and;' -men's hosiery, new.'belts and ; purses, As soon as the; weather - iV clears wtch out for big salc.i'S' and unheard-of values at Sumner's Fop Sale Fine lot with frontage of 82 feet on ,.k Church street. Just the place to build a hoarding house or i cottages. It sold; ( in next three days will give "big reduc-T-H' tion. in price. Also one &-room house 'pi on College street, now renting for $15,00 per nionth. Can be bought for $1,300.00 i" cash If taken at once. Get particulars from ri. F. GRANT & SOU, 48 Patton avenue. . , Asheville, N. llfiien a Cough hangs on and tends to (become chronic trV G KANT'S EGO -EMULSION". It Is both food and medicine and supplies the system with warmth and strength and enables it to throw off the cough 1 5 PRICE n.00 PER. PINT BOTTT E Grant's Pharmacy V i i A. 1 i -4 1 ' JR. 1 I n 4 li it . ' u : i tit r 4 . J V'i f. Phone 719. t i- , 1 B. ' ... s . it - -f j s " f u
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