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If You
Make Garden
You are sure to be inte
rested id our line of
Tools and Implements.
We have every kind. They
serve your purpose and cost
but little money. We have
big hoes and little hoes, hoes
for garden and hoes for farm,
spades, shovels, potato hooks
pitchforks, etc., etc.
Asheville
Hardware Co.
ON THE SQUARE.
A New Line of
Bed Lounges
Just Recieved. Prices
Lower than Ever.
Mrs. L. A. JOHNSON
43 PATTON AVE.
Attend The Big Convention
at No. 22 Patton avenue, every -working
day in the year and you will 'be wel
comed as a delegate. When you In
spect samples, It will be difficult for you
to make selections, you will feel like
wanting all. -
Th I. X.L. Department Store
Phone 107. 22 Patton Ave, ?'
rape Fruit, 8 1-3, 10, 12c. Pine-
-w., oranges w to wcuuzeu,
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r-- Rents regularly . at $10.00. per month. JBy nf .a feW, fiWi5
115 per molth. Price $800. Sr tefins If desired ar list fished
ani unfurnished houses. iBlata and rooms for renU J Store room for rent.
BILL
HOUSE
IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS A
pOPTEDi INCLUDING REGULA
TION AS TO SAILORS.
In the Senate Reading of tne
Bill Was Completed and Sim
mons yke Upon it.
WILL VOTE FOR ii, -fj y
BUT RELUCTANTLY
A LETTER FROM SECRETARY HAT
TO CHAIRMAN DALZELL. OF IN
VESTIGATING COMMITTEE, ON
XJHRISTMAS EPISODE.
Washington, April 7. The. house to
day passed the Chinese exclusion bill,
. after including several important
amendments. One requires that all
Chinese in our insular possessions shall
ibe 'registered. Another forbids any
vessel holding American register to
j have Chinese in her crew who are not
eligible for admission into the United
States unless the vessel shall lose a
portion of her crew in a foreign port
and be compelled to employ Chinese
in which case their ' services must be
dispensed with as soon as other sea
men are obtainable.
In the senate the reading of the bill
was completed, Simmons of North Car
olina, making a speech. He said, that
he should vote for the bill, but reluct-
'antTy, because he was not altogether
satisfied that, the ibest interests of the
country, considered as a. whole, re-
Iquired its passage. ;He should vote for
at reluctantly, more especially .because
the cotton manufacturers of his state
and of" the south generally were ap
pealing to congress and protesting
J against Its passage. , The cotton plant
, ers, he said, feared that retaliatory ac
tion would be taken on the part of
i China and that the Chinese market for
their cotton would be destroyed; and
for that reason they were against its
passage. He did not agree with them
, in the belief that its passage would
f VlQ itA HW BHh AFi iV TT ,m 44. rt m
-cq,i iia.u tu-iiic m uuugfesa-ivi txic pas
sage of the bill and he found himself
unable to resist it. It was tne appeal
fofTthe'people on the Pacific coast, the.
Pi3PlfriCjKa4-o leal.; with,,jthe CJhi- J
4 'The conference report- on the" war tax
CHINESE
PASSES
i5; repeal Ibill was presented to both
houses "and adopted. In the senate
" I much dissatisfaction was expressed toe
v cause" of the tax on bucket shops was
not retained, but after it had been
pointed out that :the ?house would not
give in, the report was agreed to, 36 to
20.
During the debate in the house onfPermit members of stock exchanges en
the Chinese bill Cannon made a speech
foreshadowing the defeat of the ship
subsidy bill. The house also passed the
senate bill authorizing extension of the
charters of national bariks which ex
pire in 1902 and 1903.
Washington, April 7. Senator Depew
appeared before the special house com
mittee investigating the charges In con
nection with the Danish West Indies
negotiations. He expressed v astonish
ment at having his name in Christmas
report. He did not know Christmas
and had never seen him, as far as he
was aware, although he met thousands
of people and could not say whom he
had seen. But as to this Danish island
question he had not had a discussion
with anyone on the subject.
VC. W. Knox, of Glenelg, Md., whose
name was mentioned in the Christmas
report, he said, he consented to assist,
and a contract was submitted to the
committee by the terms of which Knox
was to assist in any proper manner in
bringing about the transfer, Knox to
receive $15,000 in case of a sale and $350
per month. As to a $5 transaction
which had been referred to, Knox said
he gave Ghristmas his check for $5,
which was endorsed by Hansen, and he
produced the check. The witness said
he never bribed anyone and nothing of
thp icind iwas ever contemplated : he
never received any money from Christ
mas. ' in response to questions lrum
members of the committee, Mr. Knox
specifically denied that he had rntro-
rhirprt Christmas to W. J . Bryan or
that he had claimed to Christmas that
NEW L.TNEJ SCREENS.
Oak and filled with denim or silkaline
at very close prices, all new patterns.
J. H. Law, 36 Patton avenue.
An Eye
There are many
points about , the
eye that are impor
tairt r no . matter
how trivial they, "MtrTf
may seem;" Have -' ; JLVXwav.ww
thftm attended to
at once. We grind The Optician.
lenses w uiu ca"
, 1.1 case
nOmaU! OWC
54 Patton A.ve,
Opposite P. O
. ,
he -was an intimate friend of Senator
Hanna. i '
Senator Bacon (Ga.) told of 'two-:-casual,
conversations with Christmas i "As
to the-tatter's statement that, Mr. Bit
con took great interest in the. purch'ase
of the Danish Islands the senator fle
clared it was absolutely untrue as he
did not believe In the acquisition, of the
islands ; and considered it. unfortunate
that he, United States, was In-a post
tion where it.seemed necessary to take
them. .-;
Chairman Dalzell presented the fol
lowing letter from Secretary Hay:
"To the Hon. John Dalzell, .Chairman
Select Committee: " -1
"I have received your letter of the
31st of March and in reply be? leave to
say:
"In the early part of December, 1890,
Captain Christmas called upon me at
this department and informed me that
through private and personal sourer
in Copenhagen he had become aware
there was a disposition among
Ae of the leading members of the
,hish government to regard favjabiy
ah overture from the government of
the United States looking to the ac
quisition of the Danish West In:l es .
He said that he had ibeen a inaval of-
iiuep ana spoKe at some, length in le-
gard to the desirability of the island c
bt. John as a naval station for thj
United States. At my .suggestion he
conveyed what further technical in'or
mation he had on this subject to A.d
miral Bradford, of the navy depart
ment. Although he presented no ere
aentials whatever and expressly de
clared he had no official character.
thought his story was of sufficient in
terest to be worth investigation.
told him I would send a confidential
and trusted agent of this government
to Copenhagen to ascertain unofficially
the state of affairs, and. mentioned to
him the name of Henry White, first
secretary of embassy at London. Oapt
Christmas said he would like to be in
Copenhagen when Mr. White arr'.ved,
and bring him into communication
with the members of the government
whom he had mentioned. I gave him
a note of introduction to Mr. White and
they met in Copenhagen, when Capt
Christmas had arranged for an inter
view between Mr. White and a member
of the Danish government. Mr. Christ
mas was not present at this interview
and fate connection with the latter
ceased entirely at that time. He af
terwards returned to -Washington and
I saw him once or twice, but told him
that there was no need ' for the ser
vices of any private person in any ne
gotiation which might be taken up be
tween the two governments in regar-3
to the acquisition of the islands. I
enclose a copy of a letter which I gave
to the Danish minister at Washington
at the 'time of the signing of the recent
treaty and also a copy of a letter wnch
I have received from" the Danish minister,-
Mr. Brun, dated the 31st of March,
1902. Very sincerely, ,
"JOHN HAT
-Washington, April .7. The ; eonfw
enees on .tne, war. revenue jrepeajL Trill
today reachect an agreement, the" sen
ate receding from its amendment which
retained the tax on "bucket shops." It
was stated : that taken in consideration
with the repeal sections of the law
it was doubtful whether the senate pro
vision would stand and also that it was
quite likely that the provisions would
gaging an the business which the
amendment would prevent among so
called bucket shop dealers.
Washington, April 7. Soon after the
senate convened today a bill was
passed to provide for a clerk for the
circuit and district courts at Wilming
ton, N. C. Another bill providing for
the promotion of anatomical science
and for the prevention of the desecra
tion of graves in the District of Colum
bia was passed. y
Mr. Aldrich (R. I.) presented tr con
ference report on the bill to repe'the
war revenue taxes. Mr. Jones (Ark.)
urged that the senate amendment tax
ing bucket shops should have been in
sisted upon. Mr. Pettus (Ala.) said he
was opposed to all transactions which
were gambling in disguise. Down in
his country, he said, playing in bucket
shops was the.sort of gambling in
which church-goers could engage .with
out sacrificing their church connec
tions. He . was opposed to the removal
of the tax.
Mr. Berry (Ark.) maintained that to
remove the tax on bucKet shops ana
leave it on other transactions was ut
terly unjust. Bucket, shops, he de-
cleared, were character and he consid
ered the proposition to remove the tax
upon bucket shops as bad legislation.
Washington, April 7-. Immediately
after the reading of the journal the
house today proceeded with the con
sideration of the Chinese exclusion bill.
General debate having been closed the
bill was read for amendment under the
five-minute rule.
Mr. Kleberg, of Texas, slid that
much; as he would like to vote for the
bill he could not do so unless the pro-
( Continued on fourth page.)
AT COST. 0
Roller Tray Trunks, while they last,
we need room or our. shoe stock. The
Boston Shoe Store, leading shoe store.
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While it rains sow Wood' Lawn
Gress. 25c. Grant s Pharmacy. w-z
Biltmore Firewood.
Phone
700.
man s
Fresh Candies
wnii
At. HESTON'S.
Phone 1S3 ' . 26 S. Mai n
NONE BETTER.
PARK' BILL WILL
BECOME A LAW
ITS ENACTMENT BY PRESENT
CONGRESS CERTAIN AS ANY
FUTURE EVENT CAN BE.
Chief of Weather Bureau Will
Uome Personally to Asheville
to Look After Bureau Here.
PBESENTS FOR ALL OF
MAJ. MOODY'S CONSTITUENTS
AN
INTERESTING INTERVIEW
WITH OUR CONGRESSMAN,
WHO IS DOING YEOMAN SER
VICE IN CONGRESS FOR HIS
DISTRICT
Special to the Gazette.
Greensboro, N.- G-, April 7. Con
gressman James -M. Moody, who was
here Saturday to attend the meeting of
the republican state executive commit
tee, .discussed with the Gazette repre
sentative some matters in congress of
especial interest to western North Car
olina. The Appalachian park bill, car
rying an appropriation of ten million
dollars is !the greatest measure - before
congress in which Major Moody is
Interested. He said regarding this:
."The national ' park bill will surely be
come a law. Its enactment by the pres
ent congress is s certain as any future
event can possibly be. If it does not
go through at this present session if
will at -the short session. It will meani
great things for our section of the
country. The government could do
nothing greater to advance our inter
ests. "The agricultural ' bill, which has
passed the house, carries an appropria
Slon of $12,000 for the establishment of
a weather bureau at Asheville. This
money will be available at the end of
the fiscal year, after June 30, and Mr.
Moore, the chief of the national wea
ther bureau, tells me he Intends to go
personally to Asheville to look after the
establishment of the bureau there. A
building for an observatory will ' be
erected on .some high land, on the out
sklrts:i)f.iaieTn jrbbablyi., f;
major Mwy, speaxmg ox tne settle
ment &t the Cuban reciprocity question
in the house said: "Cuba deserved fair
and generous treatment, and the bill as
finally submitted is a move in that di
rection. Some of course would like to
have seen greater concessions, but the
question was a, practical one, and with
all the conflicting interests the (best pos
sible was done for the Cubans. You
wilf find wheni the bill comes to a vote
that it will be passed by republican
votes."
iBeing asked -if he has sent out any
more carloads of seeds to his constitu
ents the major laughed and said: "Yes,
I have sent nearly another car load, and
some literature. You may say if you
want to that it is my intention that the
government shall make a present, at my
recommendation, to every head of a
family in the congressional district that
elected me. I think I have sent to every
man in Haywood county, except one.
I am going to send him Senator Han-
na's speech on the ship subsidy bill.
I have sent out 22,000 farm bulletins,
and enough seeds I should think to
plant half the district. If anyone has
been neglected I wish you would tell
htm to let me know."
PATRICK SENTENCED
TO DIE MAY FIFTH
APPEAL WILL ACT AS STAY OF
PROCEEDINGS PENDING
DECISION.
New York, April 7. Albert T. Patrick,
who was convicted on IMarch 26 of the
murder of W. M. Rice, was sentenced
today iby Recorder Goff to be put to
death 1 n the electric chair at Sing Sing
prison on May 6. Rice died in this city
on September 23, 1900. An appeal to be
made to the court of appeals, 'by f Pat
rick's counsel will act as a stay of
Wearing
are the
"SELLING
On its wearing
points ALONE the
gton
outsells Every other writing
Points
rcemin
now on exhibition at our office.
TYPEWRI
TER
23 Patton
execution,- pending a decision by ' the
higher court. The recorder In pro
nouncing sentence, made no comment
on the jury's verdict;.
To the customary question as to
whether the defendant had anything "to-
nounced, Mr. House, Patrick's, chiet
counsel, said he desired to make a, mo
tion for a new trial because the verdict
was contrary to law; .because it was
clearly against the evidence; because
li was against the weight of evidence;
because the court erred in denying the
defendant's motion to advise the jury
to acquit; because the court admitted
Illegal and improper evidence against
the defendant's objection; because the
court excluded legal evidence offered by
the defendant; 'because t he court mis
directed the jury in matters of law ; be
cause the. , 9" rtr refused to direct the
prosecution to "elect upon what- count
of the indictment it woulci submit the
question of the guilt or innoc.ence of
the defendent and because it did not
appear from the record of the verd'et
of what crime the defendant had been
found guilty. The recorder denied the
motion for a new trial .
Mr. House took an exception ana
moved for an arrest of judgment. This
was denied and sentence was then pass
ed by Recorder Goff .
Four hours after his sentence Patrick
was in the death cell in Sing ' Sing
prison. He had tried to avoid going
into solitary confinement in one of the
condemned cells by service on Warden
Johnson and Sheriff O'Brien who ac
companied him to Sing Sing of a formal
protest, which he wrote in legal form
on the trip up to Sing Sing. The pro
test was ignored and he" was taken im-
J mediately to the cell adjoining that re
cently occupied by Molineau. His new
wife went on the same train to Sing
Sing and said farewell -at the prison
gate.
FITZSIMMONS AND JEFFRIES
CAN'T FIGHT AT CHARLESTON
Charleston, S. C, April 7. After an
extended conference with business men
of Charleston1 Gov. McSweeney an
nounced tonight that he would not allow
the Fitzsimmons and Jeffries fight to
be held here. He declared he would
call out the militia if necessary to stop
the bout,. .-'.
CARTER HAS MALARIAL FEVER
""iavefiWOrth, Kan.v April 7. Malar
ial fever has developed in the case ot
former Captain Oberlin M. Carter, who
has been ill for a week past at the mil
itary prison at (Fort LieaviSiworth.
Otherwise the patient is. greatly im
proved, the typhoid fever having al
most entirely disappeared.
The,re is always a hearty wel
come here for visitors. Our store
is one of the sights of Asheville,
and if it Is some piece of Jew
elry, Silver, or Cut Glass you
want, we have it. Jf it is some
special design you want we will
make it for you. Then you will
also want an
Asheville Souvenir
of which we have many beauti
ful ones.
Arthur M- Field
Company
Leading Jewelers
Gor. Patton Ave. and Church St.
best
POINTS"
machine, The latest models
Visitors
welcomed
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Typewpitcpl
EXCHANGE
Avenue
PRESIDENT
m HIS WAY
I .
TO'MAKE HIS LONG CONJEM PLA-J
TED VISIT TO THE CHARLES-, W
,.-v i
TON EXPOSITION. ?
Greeted by Crowds AlongtheT
?
way as His Train Passes'
Through Virginia.
MADE A BRIEF SPEECH
AT CHARLOTTESVILLE
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
STU-.V.'
DENTS TURN OUT IN THE RAIN V
TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT JL
CORDJAL, RECEPTION. - r:
Danville, Va, April 7. President,'
Roosevelt and party left Washington'-
at 3:30 this afternoon and will reach,
Charleston at 9:30 tomorrow morning,
Despite a steady downpour of aln ea-
thusiaetic crowds greeted the president :
at nearly every statdoni. Several brief
stops were madel At CharlottieBVllle,- -University
of Virginia students and res-
idents gave the president a hearty, re-
ception. Roosevelft spoke briefly say -v
4ng in part: "I see before me men who
were in the Spanish war. We aJpe. here)
on land fought over by those who wore
the grey and those who wore the blue4 :
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Sumner!
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No rel genuine success can
be achieed unless based upon
Honesty andi Integrity. A: rule
we follow absolutely. All
goods guaranteed as represent
ed or -
Money Refunded
without question.
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goods
Delivefed Free
any part of the city.
Ordered by telephone, ring
440. or in person,
Sumner's
First in Quality and Low Prices
Millinery, Fine Dress Goods,
Wash Goods,
Notions China ware. Rugs and
Mattings.
FOR RBNT.
. Unfurnished
One 5 room house, Woodfm St.. ..$15.00
One 6 room house near Patton av. 16.00
One 6 room house Blanton St.... 12.00
One 7 room house near Montford -
avenue.. .. .... 25.00
One 7 room house Soco St.. .. .. 25.00
Nine room brick house near center of
town for sale at mice .way below cost
See us for particulars.
H. F. Grant & Son, "SBff
48 Patton atcxim.
have a well selected stock
ot Wood's Seeds, Oniott Sets and
Lawn Grass. With few except
tions we sell at Wood'tf piicesJ
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