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9Y7 . vol. YirNrt.; : ASHEinLLEs "NC Ci. ;"FBiiAF. MOfilnNGrC -4, 1902 fJFTVB CENTS pea CPT. OLEOMARGARINE making- war 6n theFUipinos, :- " -1 -r ' . m "J.-.--, - ,v .. , m , :- jj.' Oestreicher & Co CHMSTilS DISCREDITED BY ABNER. M'KINLEY, REPRESENT - - . -S. . -. 'i.,;, ... , iumma v Goldman sat inside the hall well tin front . , - j -i BILL PASSED Henry George. Jr.. acted as cfiairmin J si patToniaye: ' C t t ui.r,ruie meeting, on, behalf of the meeting he repudiated the circular; dis tributed . - Several ? speakers eulogized TX liUsM..i4; n I 7 1 y 1 &y v r n - . $1.75 " I I "M' ill $2 50- I I ii w vmim mmm 6 1 $3 00 , r . ; - l it f " u 1 r; tlantic City Visited by the Most Destructive Fire in It's History ?9;i Property. Xoss Upwards of a Million, But Not a Single fip Thirty Looters Arrested. tiuuiuv,, yiij, f. y w j una trver'VisH.ea' xmB'Cliy l now- raging trorcunate snirt or tne -wind at tne criu- ? aTong the beach- front, for a 'distance of Aol TV nLTV an Viler tvtAiwtnm) A 4rt.i-4 4-tt I .- . - , . '. . cal moment, this morning', Atantic fJity, withits .great colony of hotels prob'a'bly would be : little more han a heap of ash ee. As it was the flames' left & wake of ; wreck, and ruin for a ; distance of Ttiearly half a mile along the 'hoard walk, right in the heart of the ibeach front of the i hotel district. . Eleven hotels are totally destroyed, three" toadly. scorched and1 thirty busi ness . establishments ' tf various kinds wiped out' - The' direct property loss is estimated ait upwards of a million, while jthe indirect loss as a tresult of .the de struction of so many prosperous hotels , in :the' height of the spring season bring the figures upwards many hundreds of thousands. " ' . It was the woret fire to Atlantic City's history. The hotels totally destroyed -are: .' " ' "-; i '!-. ;-'UfM THE LTJRAT,V THE BI3RKELEY; v ' THE NEW HOLLAND, ' THE , NORWOOD, S - THE STICKNEY, -THERATiEnORDv; v - ' - THE RIO GRANDE MERVINE, THE RIO GRANDE, w t THE MERVINE, j THE BKM MAWR, ; I "i THE TARLiETON. ' ' In addition to these the Windsor, thel TraymoreHtnd the Kenllworth ere dam aged, the Windsor worst of alii , Many of the business estalbUshments were of he cheap bargain style common; ly associated" with seaside, resorts. The Academy of music, however, which was totally destroyed, " and Young's pier, which, was damaged to the extent . of , $80,000, were Imposing enough struc tures of their sort j 'Most of the hotels destroyed will prooaDiy De .xeotui't ixiuiieviittLCijr . a. f or tunaTe feature of the fire was that It broke out in the day time,, and an other was the shift of wind that saved their hose- off the -board walk and it the town. The daylight doubtiess save'd : waB destroyed. The 'firemen from Phil- WENT THROUGH; SENATE, WITH ,SMALL MAJORITY. BUT LARGER THAN PREDICTED. Vest, the East Speaker on the .Question Called Bill "Parlia mentary Assassination." THE SENATE TAKES UP CHINESE EXCLUSION BILE TEDBBQGLfLr TO tOREATE A RETIRED (LIST 1KR THE REVENUE CUT TER sexrvice Passed bt the (HOUSE. - '' .smiigton, April S-HThe oleomas garine -bill passed the senate this after-4- 39 to .31. Whllo thfl Vntf wns fUiahy lives. As was "the case in the Waterbury fires, asot a Paterson and eincrio ufA twm:,?ost.- Several-; persons were mirtTvtts;i &J:'3X j? :-"w7- over three: blocks . Eight hotels have been either entirely or partially ' de stroyed. A strong southwest wind 7 is blowing and the .firemen seem to toe un to cope with the flames.. Assist ance -was asked from Philadelphia and Camden and the" former city sent ! three- engines, the train making' the run 5n forty-five minutes. ' , y Thejre is in. unflrmed?; report that six men -have lost, their lives in the flames. The fire, originated in ..!gy,s bathxhouse. located on the Boaife?walk, New ork and Kentucky aics, and now extends from Illinois "avenue to Tennessee avenue, three- blocks: The six men who are - supposed - to have been burned to death are two po-j iicemeni, believed to haye been buriecl, itt sshowed that the senate was r vxw m,. v--. apt; as eyenly divided on the measure firemen and two musicians, members of as, was predicted. The (bill was de- me Italian loana, twno are Baiu inaiea most of the day. Just before to ciiave been an the Berkeley.,, Ptacu-jure vote was taken Vest". made a pas oally all the property on fire, is at-jsionate speech against , the bill. He tached 'to1 the Board walk, a frame: Characterized it as 'parlimentary vas structure forty feet wide skirting the sassination." He declared in -substance edge of the ocean, and consists, mainly that f, every senator who voted for. the I bill was guilty of violating hia oath houses. Fortunately the brisk wind SL t?e institution, because the k i.-vi.,.'!. rrtnw thA flarnp ?tn B;not a revenue measure. For .--b -.v. mmseir, he asserted, he would not vote ar from the section of the city in for th m if ever Lixc ;iu.c.ww cmiQ m tne union had requested him ub" I auu tne legislature or Mis Three. Philadelphia fire companies ar- I souri demanded he should -do so hp rived here shortly before .1 o'clock, and cause by doing so he would violate his immediately began an attack on the oath to support the constitution. Be flames. ' ' ; " fore e bill was put. to final-passage Shortly after 1:30 o'clocK assistance cumcuucm was aaopiea placing began Ito ' arrive by special train from Jaxf n cena a pound "on "reno nmden. flftv-si mile distant, land It T,aed . ,butter: . -After., fcrief considera- V. r.a -n uon 01 tfte Chinese exclusion bill the 1B CA7v',,'tr It" 7C ""-lsenate adjourned. oe aaaeu -o tne iorce uow nguum; nre. .aiw wmu irum weisi m wasnington, April The senate creased somewhat, placing firemen at a committee on Military affairs today au disadvantage, as they were compelled to thorized, favorable reports on the nom retreat to the beach. la some Instances mation of Colonel Geo. T.. aMriL to the fire companies were unable to get j be chief of engineers and Colonel Geo. B. Davis to toe Judge advocate general, and . an unfavorable reoort on the "ARKAHSAS" JOHES' MEII HOT AVAHTEDrfH: PRIMARY -r GOV. JONES ISSUES AN ADDRESS TO ..HIS 'FRIENDS WARNING -THEM AGAINST JONES. Little Rock, April 3. Governor avis today issued an address "to my friends in Arkansas," upon the subject of the county conventions lo be held Satur day. Davis says in his address: Don't let Jones'' men come to . the convention if possible because his friends, in my judgment, would thwart any proposi tion I might entertain; I) want a plat form written toy the next state conven tion so ringing and clear that no man can mistake it and that will commit, the democratic party of my native state to the destruction of trusts and com bines that; are inimical to the welfare of my people. .vDo. not let any wolf in sheep's clothing fool you." THE NE6R0 EARLY SHOT WHILE Oil WAY TO PRISON HAD BEEN1 CONVICTED AND SEN- TENCED TO FIFTEEN YEARS BADLY WOUNDED. Elizabeth City, N. C, April 3. The negro, Early, .accused of attempting to criminally assault Pearl Perry at Ry land, was tried today, convicted and sentenced to fifteen years. While Early was in custody of the sheriff en route to the Raleigh peni tentiary on a train this afternoon he was fired on and wounded four times by an unknown man. One of the shots struck the negro in the head and three others in the chest. When the train reached Norfolk the prisoner was reported toadly wounded and bleeding profusely. TATIVE GARDNER AND Cdb"- ; , BROWN. 1 McKinley Says Hq Met . Christ : mas Once, Most Casually, ii 3 . Rotel Lobby. 4 GARDNER AND BROWN AZLSO DIS- V ' QDAIMIESp AiDL IQNOWILE2DGE OF 0 CHRISTMAS, EXCEPT OIF CHRISTMAS Washington, Anril 3. fTha JnWi- tion of charges In connection with the 1 V . Danish West Indies -negotiatidns- wasf resumed today by the house commit jt.' 1 tee having it in charge. Among - those present when the hearing began were . r Abners McKinley, Col. W. C. 'Brown. ' 4 ,; Carl Fischer Hansen and Represent-" ative Gardner, of New Jersey. - Mr. McKinley was the first Witness.';.' ' He gave his residence as New York."-" - his (business that of a lawyer and.-In - v response to Chairman Dalzell's inauPr." he said he was a brother . of the lata V - - iwuuumu o iourin Daoe. : If We haye it, it is the BEST. lOoulf ry Netting The cheapest and best material for fencing. You can .get it in Any width and to whatever quan tity you like. . . We have a full line -of Garden Tools, and at oir prices you can jot afford to use the old ones longer. Asheville 1 HapldwapcCoi ON THE SQUARE. adelphia and Camden pumpea waiter nomination of Captain Wm. Crozier direct from - the ocean to the flames to be ef of the bureau of ordnance, wherever thlsiiwaspractlcawe.;: v i alUwith the rank Of brigadier general.' . -juray io rne reason wny en exception was made llO07gtiesta.itt Crozler's case is found in the fact so fa Jskncw Wereftnjt by the jthat he is charged witlibeing interested dreds of them lost valualbles. t jiMany: flames there were many scenes of ex- m certain ordnance patents. nutiA aMm - etri nniui IT. TtrnTtV limiCIl..HaniMt rn miasta nun& hautv I " '. ' .'. -. y - "L -a.J . 1 A 4. .Lr. .iAtl4V . . . , ' .. .. - . 1 s 1 1 everytning iney nau except me 'ut"t . exit. irasniona'Djy aressea women nen i th Hrusp ed carry trunks and- valises while a Washi ton April 3 he houge to. few people, who had not yet left their day resued the consideration of the beds, ran out on the board walk In genate W11 to ,pramote the efficiency of night clothes. the revenue cutter service. Mr. Pad Young's pier and the, Marine ball &ett (Tenn.), the first speaker, opposed room of the pier is entirely gone and the measure. the interior portion of the structure is Mr. Johnson (S. C.) also opposed the being torn down to save the adjacent bill."' Mr.-Littlefield (Maine) made an properties. At 1 o'clock the flrecleaped earnest speech in favor of the measure, across Tennessee avenue and unless After some remarks by Mr. Shafroth the Philadelphia volunteer engine can (lp.) against the bill Mr. (Mann (111.) i tw Miwin ni,PP closed for the opposition. He denied ..f . r v that the first gun in the Spanish -Ameri- A New Line of v Bed Lounges Just Recfeved. Prices Lower than Ever. ,y Mrs. L. A. jdHNSON." 43 PATTONT AVE, they wore. - in many cases the-property will be re covered. There are hundreds of trunks now at police headquarters awaiting owners. Sbmejof them were recovered from theives who , were making off with them. . - Looting began simultaneously with the semi-panic resulting from the fire. A large percentage of the thieves were negroes. In the confusion the police were comparatively powerless; although they have, thirty thieves ocked up tonight. Theriooting did not stop at carrying off property at the fire area; people were' held up and robbed in the streets. Portmanteaus were snatched from the hands 'of women. " Pickpockets were everywhere. Had the fire not been controlled In a comparatively -short time, there Inevi tably would haye been a riot of villainy second only in terror to the fire. Ex citement among the hotel guests was terrific at times, assuming the propor tions of a panic,, but daylight, timely warning and the good work of the po lice and firemen somewhat reassured them. It was settled conviction for a while that the entire city was doomed, v " Guests in the hotels for two miles up the board walk packed their trunks and hundreds of them bundled themselves and belongings into carriages and wag ons and went off to the railway sta tions, where they left for Philadelphia and New York; -: Outgoing traina all the afternoon were laden to their ut most capacity. . Atlantic City, N. J., April 3, 2:30 p.m. The most disastrous conflagration that Norfolk, April 3. The man who shot Early is believed to be Miss Perry's ratner. He has not yet been identified and it is understood he escaped. On arriving here the prisoner was escorted to the .Norfolk jail where his wounds were dressed. The attending physician said although "the ' bullets made ugly , wounds Early would re cover. It Is the present intention to take Early to Raleigh tomorrow. ANARCHIST CIRCULARS AT ALTGELD MEETING Attend The Big Convention at No. 22 Patton avenue, every 'workin-g day in the year and you will toe wel comed as a delegate. - Whenyou- in spect samples, 4t will "be difficult vf or you to make selections, you- wlU 'eel like Wanting all. ' - ' '".v, The I. X.L. Department Store Phone 107. . . 22 Patton Ave. ; HIRAM 'LINDSEY'.V r Fresh Strawberries andfresb Asparr agus. Phone 173 ' -?-J ' iif NEW LINE SCREENS. Oak and filled with denliin ,or silkaline at very close prices, all new patterns. J. H. Law, 36 Patton avenue. - , An Eye Pdint . T&L T 4 T lean war was fired by the revenue cut jvi. moner iy ter service. He said the first gun was Williams, optician store; Caswell s fired by tne Spailiards at Manila be- candy factory; L. R. Adams, baths, cause through negligence aboard tthe two - fronts; Chong, King & Co., aue- revenue cutter McCulloch the iburining tion store. of imported wares; Parisian out oJLthat ship's smokestack gave no- Diamond parlors; Victor : Fresingers jticea IS' approach of the American antique and foreign wares store; John fleet .Sags!, Young's new apartment house. I -tne mn. wmcn wni create a reurea If the fire is not stopped at this. point, "sx ior tne revenue cutter service axiu which Is Improbable, the Dunlap hotel, X' the Blue Cavern cafe, Bleakhouse and the merry-go-rounds will follow. Several negroes were arrested for ioot- ing property. The Hotel Windsor, which appeared to be doomed, is only, partially ae- stroyed. The east wing 4s still on fire but the flames- will spread no further. The Hotel Richmond, on Kentucky I DENOUNCED ROOSEVELT AS avenue, which was an tne patn oi ... 111(,-.rlcn flames, was saved, (to the surprise of TYRANT AND JUSTIFIED all, the nre oemg stoppea at xne CZOLGOSZ'S CRIME. Uoliana tiouse. rne ji.eniiworLa j-"" has been saved, although the Evara I ,ew York, April 3. -Anarchists at TTouse.. alongside, was oartially de- temnted this, evening to identify them- Btroyed'. selves with the assembly at the Altgeld Th flro will nrov a eremt hardship memorial meeting neia oy xue eutii on many hotelmen, who had just rented Federal union nd the workinmen s oinA for thP. n-rir RP-ason. committee of one hundred in Cooper SS , ?2Sf?nJ In , h wifeJy union. In the streets they industriously They have lost all! they had, with very . .0.fi, T,aTr,T,T,1(ita entitled. Roose- (Continued on fourth- page.) rtl nTld :fltiarchv."--The-oo- lice arrested two lor distributing cir- nf i Mt.vr ordinance. A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. "JJZZZ :Aan TinnWlt as Reliable party with $300 to ?1000 can t d gay Czolgosz ."was justi- make $3000 to $10,000 - In nine months. fied d "making war" .on McKinley for Absolutely sate imo specuiaupn. ueat references. - Write quick, for Interview. Safe Investment,1 care Gazette" office. -' There are many Doints- about the eye that are impor Daub DO ' uiabier how trivial they may seem, OBave, thpm attended to" at once. , We grind .The Optician; ndividnal ftase. s v , - 54 Patton Ave, - . . j , V Opposite P.' O. f McKee ; :rL - ftoti sale. ,r -4 4 lots nn Montford avenue.-.W feet. by, 175 feet,-easy terms; . 7 room house -on' Cum!berland avenue,; $1250 -iC. - - Residence 9 rooms, just off paved-street. and-car, line,: 10 4 minutes from Public square, modern -conveniences, $2500 easy terms.-; vv ' v fRo0&,- -r-r .tvaot'inf 02 bv 262. $6000. easy terms ' ' ' i,a m4. m.JLtZ.A' tifi-irni shed houses. icottages androoms- for :nih Values Are Fixed By Quality In Jewelry AND Precious Stones more than in other lines. Years of study and famil iar contact with Dia monds, Rubies, Sapphires and Emeralds enable us to offer the very finest in the market at proper prices! Arthur M. Field. Company Leading Jewelers Cor. Patton Ave. and Church St. REFUSED TO CONCERN ; V HIMSELF IN THE MATTER ;MST CASUAOy OEIIAIRAJCTBR, Sumncs You've Tied the Rest:H- Now Use the Best; - . : ? OUR , ,A.-;-V' Mfllmery Departamt Beautiful Bonnets, Hats, Nov y elties and Flowers, brightening ; - ' and . beautifying all around.v'y-Vj; lhe attraction of the goods;: being doubled by their attrac-' . tive prices. ' : We ask your inspection on- 5 ' The large daily sales on the handsome and low priced Wash Goods prove that the majority know4 where to find the best for the least money. That place - is distinctively Sumner's Matting, Rugs and China Down Stairs, Prices Re duced. Ladies Shoe 'Shining Parlor. Free Shines. Wood's Sweet Peas and Nasturtium seed in (bulk. Grant's Pharmacy. " No. 47-3t. Biltmore 'Firewood. Phone - 700. RRADFORD St WAGNER, I Office 10 paragon Buildins. R2AX ESTATE -ApBNra Phone No. 823 w. Y 85,- 'I1 Ptire Sweets .lSetTou buy con ' finery you should ; : fest that it be of " good quality. ' Only. r the. best sold ' : At HESTOINPS. . Jt hone lk -. i Investment Property, We baye .ottvour listiliree residence f properties bringing regalar .15 per; ct; to 20 per ct. ;oh : price we (Jan name.; We cheerfully .give interested :per sons Ml particulars WHiKE &; LaBARBE ; Real Estate and Renting Agents :-V ' -Y 23; Patton Avenues -Y Y;: ;r - YThdneJ ;hrantrS . rr . For. Rent. One of the most, desirable" residence! : on Montf ord avenue, U rooms, largr ; stables and garden, all modern conven iences. Price J40.-00. One 7 room house on Grady street. In good repair, small ' Btahle on lot. , Price 425.00 per oiontb: One 6 room house close to center; of town. nce sie.uu jrer montn. . Hi F. Grant & Son, a Patton arena. We have a well- selected stock of Wood's Seeds, Onion Sets and Lawn Grass. With few excep tiona we sell at Wood's piices. 7 C v r -
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