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A- 1 J 4 3 r f ' - r VOL. Yll; JHO. 19 S .-W A.8HEVILLE, N. SDN DAyilOfiNISG, itfAaCH 2, 1902 FIVE CENTS PES COPT. POUR DOLLARS A TEAR. II- 'Vf'-S4- . -A .wnnfc)i injuniii".iiy 1 1- --.-T- ' r L 'ln Lii.'.itriuV.Ti.j l I Ill m J?-... -I'O.ri-.'e, " I 13 CK ; ;: I 1 XV O 1 ' II I 2 a p IS w CL, I H 8 D i IT. B I r I 1 3 I live have it, it is the BEST. The Safety of f he Home Depends largely on the locks on the doors. You can feel secure if the doors of your home are equipped with Yale St Towne's Locks They're iburglar proof as near ly as can be attained. Aoheville Hardware Co ON THE SQUARE. Bed Room Suit i with French Plate Mirror in SDreser and Wsh , Stand, swell top drawers. Only 335 : t Mrs. L. A- JOHNSON'S ( 43 PATTTON AVE." Value Makes the Bargaint The - price i is only aft inducement. We offer -the inducement, but neyer without the value. J , "V The I . X. I. Department Store Phone 107. ' 22 Patton Ave. H. PBTRIE FOR 2 residence properties on BlltmOT'e road .very cheap. . - - . 1 9-room house, three acres of ground, toeautibul lawn, and shade trees. i City water. . . - i ? " , s . 1 6-room house,' lot 60iby 12K - ' ' . , These properties are splendid investments. -.Apply tto or. address f J. H. CLIFFORD, 5 Pjione 719. FRENCH BROAD'S ; : WORST FLOOD DESTRUCTIVE WORK OF OyERFLOWIN COUNTRY BE LOW MARSHALL. Barnard, Stackjiouse and HotSENGERS FROM THE Springs in the Track of the torrent. . -; ' THE OLD BARNARD HOUSE! COMPLETELY SWEPT AWAY. i a, 'a.SCENKOFKUIN AND "WtRECK- AGE-STREWN. . FIELDS TERRI IBLE CONDITION OF THE RAtT- -c) i sxvAisiti3.u w j BINGHAM CADETS ON, THEIR mvjua. WAT FROM KNOXVILLE TO t . THIS CITY 1 The Gazette yesterday received ad ditional news of the tearful destruc tion (worought by the storm of Thursday night north and .west of AsheviMe. For the (first time since the suspension of telegraph and railwajr, cpmjunJhpaioh Ibetween this city and the towns o the westward word was received or me condition of affairs at Hot Springs fcnd west of there and lbetween-,that town and Marshall. 7 The following despatch was received iby Chietf Dieipatcher J. A. Minis at 2:?0 m; yesterday from the operator at Alexander: "Passengers off train No. 16 report track as follows: Between Hot Springs and Marshall the track is "up for 200 yards. West of Hot Springs and for , one 'mile east the track is entirely Washed out. From this point to axacit ; house the track is entirely washed out. Slides are numerous. Between 'rutnoim and Sandv Bottom the east end of one '(Bridge is gone and telegraph wires and ipbles are down. Between .raant wocj. "poles' left.; The passengers of No. 16 atate that.werYisor Lacy told them ,that,4t ?wotS .ke twb weeks to Clear Bthe track between- Hot . Springs ana Asheville . " The traiok at Marshall is bdly washed and the foundations un der the depot and plat if arm are gone." f This font faintly pictures the desiruc ! tAori that will cost the Southern rail- !way hundreds of thousands of dollars (before the r(ailroad is astpred to its this trackage the company had within the last eighteen months spent large sums of money in granlts baljasting and and replacing the old light trails with heavy rails, making this stretch of mountain railroad as perfect as money could make It and it was the pride of :the engineers and the joy of the travel ing public. At Marshall the railroad and also the depot are in a state of almost total ruin. The track for a long distance was washed from the rock wall on which the road runs through the town, and is now in the bottom of 'the1 'river. At Barnard the depot was underminr ed and fell on the track. The track is completely washed away for half a mile. , '" The old 'Barnard house, in old stage coach days a famous : hostelry . of the mountains, being the only hotel (be tween Hot springs and Alexander,, was floated from- it foundations and wreck ed. The large stables were swept away and all-the '.outbuildings. The house was occupied "by D. P. Miles. He and his family escaped to the hill behind the house. ' - (At Stjackhouse the North Carolina L&nd and Lumiber company lost im- Janense quantities of cut lumber. The depot at Stackhouse went down with the flood. The railroad track at Hot Springs is all washed away everjr vesti'ge of the railway igrone. The Ibath -house and cot tages of the Mountain Fark Hotel were. sufomerfired. but were not carried, away :The Wg hotel was .surrounded with wa A GOOD STORE LIGHT CSHBAP. . Many are using rmy new ; lamp for lighting their stores now, and they are well lighted.. ' J . M. law, ' 35'Patton Avenue. Biltmore Wood. Phone 700; is better. . Annandale Wood. Phone 378. . GLASSES Ground to tOrder. We bavejustcom fleted our lens grinding - plant, which enables' us to .flt the most complicated lense Without delay. Satisfaction -.Guaranteed. 0 ' McKEE, The Optician . Opp. , Poetofloe. M lPalton Av. Real Ktate Agt.', Room 37 Library Bldg. - ter md--,there nmas great talami there and in the rvtUlage, twit the - damage done, to (the buildings; was not great The grounds about the hotel 'are strewj with ruMish deposited "by. the, flood. The, (river's franks (between Alexander and. Hot Springs are strewn with wreckage lumber, fragments of Ibuild- s, dead animals, uprooted treed with -v5ere and. there rolarea at ftirnHnm nnd IffiilaiS left W)TflnvrPr Ihv Vi .ratseil. p - ' , C3 w -v AWWWM iisg' tide. s VIuch live stock: horses, tmules, swine .5-3JKji V-111VO.CUO 'wcic swept away ay mc ifSAd. -- FROM THE WEST ARRIVE HERE After a Mule Ride, a Wagon Trip and a Long Tramp. "" WheQ train No. 16 on the Southern from Knoxville was two miles from Hot Springs last Thursday evening' during the height Of the storm, a wrecked track ahead foretold imany hardships and experiences. As they stood two days ago they stand now a freight and a (passenger train unable to move in either direction. Anhour afceif"-No. 16 had arrived -at the tersnini&W.' thfe track it was impossible to bade tftft ow- ing to the - track passed ovex Httl being maanFtt washouts. The passengen? i& tbepourf; Tain walked to ?,ihe? station ; where toore sorrow and trilbulation awaited ! them. Among the number and luckily there were no ladJes--were "several Blnghamtboys-arid;traveling men bound (for AshevlWe. About ten, left Hot Springs station next anorning- and Uiked to Stackhpuse where they sue- ceeded in hiring same mules as a means of conveyance. -Some rode double and the swamipy roads were anything but conducive to a pleasant journey. They plodded and rode, and . rode and plod ded, only to find af ter weary hours of torture, that they had gone eig-ht miles out of their way. The man who was furnishing the mules seemed to 'be get ting rahtre weary of his job and did all in his power to get riid of his burdens Coming up to a farm house near Mar shall a contract was made with a man named Price for transportation In a wagon to Marshall. Paying the first man a dollar each, for his services, they watched him depart with anything but an affectionate farewell, and the boys climfbed into the wagon with ach ing Ikribs and troubled conscience Leaving Marshall, at 8 o'clock yesterday morning they walked all day in mud and water until they arrived here. They followed the -railroad the whole distance. Though sill arrived in Aphe ville at 6 o'clock in the evening two of the boys were almost exhausted from exertion . , , They ; jsay. thafc the JSails of J th,e southern Hear . Faint- Rock mrsf in some places bent so that they stand (perpendicular ' to a -height of several fet, with the orossties still intact. M MULES SWAM TO SHORt The river fell several feet yesterday and left in its path quite a Varied num ber of articles. Boys and men were all through the. bottoms looking for things that were brought down by the flood. A good lesson, in self, lpreservation might well be taken from, the example, of four mules during the high water Friday. Their stable had been flooded and breaking through the door they waded around their quarters finding the whole premises surrounded. With one accord they all herded together on a little mound and in brute language discussed the situation. It was rather a grave one. Nothing but water, water everywhere. iPnally one of the largest of the lot ventured slowly forth in the direction of the jfreight depot, which was a quarter of a mile away. With much caution hto mate followed and trailed along when presently' they were forced to swim owing to the depth of the water.- Side toy side they tugged with might and main in the sweeping current, 4 urged and called by some hoys on the bank. The two little fellows bent . their long, trim ears and stood motionless when, presently, Just as if they were being driven, they started side toy side to the direction of the two ahead. Luck must have favored them for they, were enabled, to walk most of the way on the track that is used for switching cars to "the Wijkineon lum ber yard. They soon arrived safely on the bank and were taken in charge with their friends who. preceeded them. ' Marriage 'license Was issued yesterday to Harlin King and Lucy Sams; Isaac Davidson and (Barbara Ramseur, col ored.' ' 1 - i '- ' Two ?bs Nice Ripe Tomatoes for 25 cents. L. A. Pierce's Olive Oil in 15, 25, 50 and 90c bottles. Hiram Lindsey, The Grocer, Fhbne 00, 450 a Main Si i ' t. : - - ... .. ... j fiiltnaore'Wood. Phone 700, Is better. 'Annandalei Wood. Phone 878. Biltmore.' Firewood, 4 Phone J. M. HESTOI! & SOflS r 26 South'Main. Fttaey ' Cakes j "Bread an d Buns Specialty.4 , , Everytliih in Tpy9, Can-, dies, Nuts, Oranges. Huyler?s Candifls received fresh every wek. -" - OIVIWR IN ITALY AND POSSIBLY A SUCCESSFUL REVOLUTION NARROWLY :i AVERTED. wvernment Assumed Control of i All Railways to Avert National Strike. STUPIDITY CATTSKn t ' xxiii IU JrAlL OUTBSEAKS IN VARIOUS WACEa . INDICATE THAT ECONOMIC CON- DITION OF EUROPE IS ALARM-' ING AMERICAN AND ASIATIC C0MPETITI1ON PARTLY RE ; , u. ti , "T SPONSIBLE. London, March 1. The world at large has.i been kept in ignorance of the fact thajt civil war and (possibly a success- fur revolution ' in - Italy have been nar rowly averted. The only hews sent albroad has been of the mobolization Of Lnearly 200,000 troops and the govern ment's assumption of control. of iall -railroads in order to avert a national strike of railroad employees . . Itally is ln the presence of a socialistic plot of enor mous: proportions . A chaamber of labor has-lbeen created In every town at all likely as a good memtoer of the leagues of resistance in which over a ' million were enrolled, under the control of a central committee ' in Rome . The committee was to have given the word for action Friday when a general strike on all Italian railways was to be begun. The plans were upset by the stupidity of x Senor Morgani, socialist deputy for Turin, who six days to ef ore the 'appointed time ordered a general strike in that city. The government foresaw-, iroutble'' and. immediately am obe lized 110,000 men of the railway system and'ialled out 90,000 reserve troops. Then, the government dissolved by de cree all , chambers . of labor and leagues of resislftntce;: reducing the . plotters to what Is. hoped to toe permanent inac--' tiOT.. The revolutionists. however. was In-the hands of the 'mob "f rom" Sat urday until , Monday. Morgani led a mob of 20,000 through the streets doing great damage. The troops finally sup pressed the rioters. Two hundred were badly hurt and at least a thousaand arrested. The serious situation in Italy and outbreaks in other parts of Europe indicate that the economic condition of Europe is alarming. American and Asiatic" competition is partly responsi ble. BILL PASSED BY THE SENATE CONFERENCE REPORT ON PHIL IPPINES TARIFF BILL AGREED TO. Washington, March 1. The senate .to day passed the omnibus claims to-ill. The irrigation toill was taken up, Tillman making a speech ii support of the measure for the reclamation! . of arid lands. He said it was vastly more Im portant than the improvement of rivers, many of which were not mavigable. One of his statements was denied by Berry (Ark), whereupon Tillman warn ed Berry that he would get himself "iin to the same trouble I was recently" If he were not more parliamentary . Af ter further discussion the bill was pass ed. It provides for a reclamation fund" put of the sale of public lands. The conference report on the Philip pine tariff bill was presented and' agreed to. After an executive session the senate adjourned. FIVE BURIED ALIVE BY COLLAPSING BUILDING Cleveland, M!arch 1. Four girls and a man were, buried In the ruins of the Cleveland company's factory, which col lapsed today. Fifteen girls and three men were carried down in the ruins, but only a few were .killed. The great weight of a .great quantity of - flour tl stored on an upper floor is belieVed to have .been the cause of the contuse. . CHOICE HOUSES FOR RENT. Six room house, ne w, near Mont ford avenue i electric lights, porce lain bath, completely furrished, $40. . , ; - Eight tTodm bouse' on" Peawoti Drive, ehort distance from car line; electric lights, porcelain bath and other modern conveniences, com- pletely furnished, $50. ; , ... , . ( Eigbt room house on Cumberland avenue, one block from car line; electric lights, porcelain bath and, other conveniences, completely furnished; 450. ive rom'artment, near Montford avenue; elec trie lights, porcelain bath, completely furnished, $37.50. UNFURKISHBD HOUSES-tMODERN CONVENIENCES. Six room Souse Chestnut street $18. Eight room house near ttar lotte streot,f21. Eight room house Cumberland fjenue, $30. Nine room house between Montford and Cumberland, $40. Six room bouse South French Broad avenue, $12. Seven room house Haywood street, $22.50. Nine room house Haywood stref; $27.50, Nme roomHouse, new, Pine and Baird, $27.50, ;Eightvroom house Penland street, $20. See us for further particulars. . ; k 23 Pattoh Ave. , . Real . Estate Agls., ln Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Georgia Streams are at an Un precedented Height and are Causing Great Losses Allegha ny Ice Gorge Breaks. Pittsburg, Morch 1. Western Penn ! sylvania is in the grip of ihe worst 1 flood since the record breaker of 1884. - At 9 o'clock this morning marks show- ea thirty feet of water and rising at a or nve to six inches am hour. Street car traffic between tower Pittsburg ond Allegheny has been entirely abandoned. Scores of mills are forced to close down" and hundreds of , families have been compelled to move from their homes. Special details of police surrounded the flooded districts to guard the property and Hves. The -water rose so raDidlv i'a m American steel and wire Plant, on the south side, the workmen had to leave their, street clothes In the lockers and get out of the mill in their working clothes. Several railroods are practically closed. The water is up in the trainshedsand covers the trackjj all along the. Monongahela ond Ohio rivers and the city park and penitentiary are covered. . .; Philadelphia, Pklarch I .What is said to have been the greatest flood ever ex (perienced along the .-.Schuylkill river reached its height at 6 o'clock this morning-, when the river, which had ex panded tp twice its width,-began slowly to recede. Thus far only one life has (been lost in this city, Michael Igol, aged forty-fouij was oirowned this morning- in the kitch en of his home at the falls of the Schuylkill. 'Several hundred sheep and hogs were caught in the flood in their pens- in the 'Abattoir yards and drowned. The yards were located on the west bank of the river above Market, street. When the flood .begun to rise above 'the danger mark last night the cattlef-were remov- eu iq a piace or saiety, wt loerore: the attendants could reach the small stock all were drowned. All of the cattle. too, were lost. . y'' , tbatoly the greatest sufferer - is the Baltimore and Ohio .railroad company, whose' track runs along - the eastern shore' 1 tbr a distance of three , miles. This road has abandoned service over the imain line. The passenger waiting room and main "Take It To Fields tf This is the remark that will be made to you by most 'anyone when your watch gets cranky and won't go. Our watch makers are skilled experts and - our charges made for repairs are reasonable. Arthur M. Field. Company Leading Jewelers. Cor. Patton Ave. and Church St. phone 66i- 1 : J OFTHE STATES depot at Twenty-fourth and Chestnut streets, Is three feet under water and In the train shed the water is as high as me windows of the passenger coaches. l ne ctty water works located at Fair- mount park, are under water' compelU ing the stoppage of pumps. r In the vicinity of Arch, Race, Vine and Callowhlll streets, north of Mar ket and Sanson, iPine and Lotntoard streets, south.; of Market, the water reached above the first floor ""of many dweHings. This is neaj- th.nfor ' the city: - Horses and mules were removed from the statoles atlong the river and kerot standing in the streets all hisrht to await the passing of the flood. An incident of the terrible nlsrht WVM the burning of a large frame building on vine street, close to the river. .The structure was filled with lime, cwhirh began to slack when the water reached the building and finally set the place on fire. Railroad service from this city to points up the Schuylkill valley on the Pennsylvania railroad and the Phila delphia and Reading railroad, which were abandoned last night, ' are still suspended. The tracks are under sev eral feet of water in irnainy places. In Manayunk the high water reached to the second story windows of the mills (Continued on fifth page.) Tow ha Muslin Swiss Plumetis Panama Suiting Gonandre Dimitie Superiem ' Engsh Madf as Milanese Cords Mousseline Organdie A few of the New Wash Goods received last week, making one of the 'largest, most varied and complete line V Dress Goods in the South. Special bales on Muslin Underwear, White Madras, Domestics and Table Linens ' MONDAY umners Tea Sets, Rugs, Mattings Out Prices At SUMNER'S i' Largest Store in Town If You are Tired, of Paying Ijlent Come and let us explain how we can -sell you a good house oa the, installment plan, We have several desirable places we can sell you this Way. H. F. GRANT & SON 48 Patton .venue , . Asheville, N. C. hansa on. and tends to become chronic try GRANT'S EGG IMTJLSION. It is both food and' medicine and supplies the system 'with iwarmth and strength and enables it to throw off the cough. . PRICE $1.00 PER PINT BOTTOB , ' Grant'sPharmacy S When a ' , -: - Dough v'i 5;.. ' -..f t . : H i . r 1 t i: ' in s iv r. hi f ,' : I r its It s -ft' 7, 4 r - 2 , A. T - -fa, " - '"'
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