VOL. VII NO. 161
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Printing..
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For
Personal
Profit
(Just a very little profl t)
Second
To Please
Our
Patrons
(Just a whole lot of "please")
The next time you want
a job of printing, come
in and look at us.
The Whiteside
PrintingJCompany,
12 N. Court Square
Murphy & Co.,
BROKERS.
Phone 649;
PrivateJiWire. Continuous
Quotations.
61 Broadway. New York
V
ll!Churcli St., Asheville
Refer to Blue Ridsre National Banh
If we have it. it Is the BEST.
Sargent' s Gem
Food Cutter
Is indeed a gem. Economical
housewives cannot afford to be
without one. It makes sausage,
chops up cold meat, stale bread,
or vegetables. It is heavily tin
ned to prevent rusting, and the
Trice is only
$1.50.
Asheville Hardware Go.
ON THE SQUARE.
Phone 87. Asheville.
Y
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If you mean business we'll send a
man to your home and photograph your
children, if not satisfactory. It costs
you nothing.
BROCK & KOONCE
PHOTOGRAPHESRSi
Studio 59 S. Main St. Asheville, N. Ck
IN A NUTSHELL
w e buy our goods as low as any one
dfi sell on a closer margin. Brooms,
Sr,od quality, 10c: Oil, kerosene, per
gallon, 12c: Vinegar, ibest, iper gallon
Sugar, standard granulated, 18 lbs.
A.?r n.00; Sugar, brotfh, 20 lbs. forjl.00;
vunee, good per pound, 10c; Coffee, Ar
Ruckles', per pound 11c.
o THE I X L DEPARTMENT STORE, ;
-- Patton avenue.. Phone 107.
Real Estate Bargains
pOR SALE A splendid modern resi-
den
-nce on Starnes aviemie. choice In ev-
ry Particular. The (price will interest
0u- A choice unimproved lot on Hay-
" uuq street. Low 'for quick sale. Three
tracts ChaiP tm.hAi land ThMft : -art 11
make
you money.
FOR RENT A choice list of houses.
Natt Atkinson d Sorts Co.,
2AT HIS WHER
HER TEN YEARS OLD BOY SAVED
UFE OF MRS. E. A. SPIRES,
IN WILMINGTON-
C. W. Bunday, while Intoxica
ted, was Unmercifully Beat
ing His Landlady.
MRS. SPIRES CONDITION
REGARDED AS SERIOUS
BUNDAY, WHO WAS NOT BADLY
HURT, WAS PLACED IN JAIL, AND
THE BOY WAS COMMENDED BY
THE COURT FOR HIS ACTION.
Wilmington, N. C, Aug. 15. G. W
Bunday, while unmercifully beatinj
I 'beating Mrs. E. A Spires, his boarding
house keeper in this city early this
morning, was shot by her ten years old
son. The wound is not serious, the ball
having struck his head and jassed
around the skull instead of fracturing
it. .
Bunday was drinking and assaulted
the woman with a hatchet badly
wounding her about the head, face and
shoulders.
It was while he had her on the floor,
beating her, that the lad ran in the
roani and shot him. Mrs. Spires .was sent
to the hospital. Her injuries are "very
serious. The (brave boy who saved his
mother's life by firing the pistol when
he did was commended for his. gallantry
by the court, and dismissed.
FOR HIS RECOVER!
Cowes, Aug. 15. King Edward's reply
to an address from the city of Porte-
mouth yesterday was handed to the
mayor of Portsmouth today. On be
half of himself and Queen Alexandra,
his majesty thanks the city for its
kindness on. his coronation, the recovery
of" his health and the . conclusion , yp
peace, and adds:
"We are unfeinedly thankful for the
mercies which it has pleased Almighty
God to vouchsafe to us and to our peo
ple, and we trust-now, that we are hap
pily at peace with all the world, that
the recent rejoicings wherein the whole
empire shared, may send us forward
each in his own field to work with re
newed earnestness for the maintenance
and improvement of our nation ahd the
accomplishment of the ends tnat oe
come a great people. For myself I shall
ever be stimulated in my exertions lor
the welfare of the empire iby the recol
lection of a tribute of loyalty and af
fection which has touched me deeply.'
The king and the prince of Wales
landed at East Cowes today and vlsat-
Prt Osborne house.
During the morning the king marked
the spot occupied by the coffin contain-
If ever you needed a FILTER it is
right now! Muddy water is tne uni
Troreai rrv! A lot of best tested FIL-
T.f7i-nc5 niuad vBstftrfiav at Law's, 35
J. XUXVO ail"vu J 1
Patton avenue.
Overworked
Byes k
your eyes if you
have any difficulty In SEEING
CLEARLY or any pain in your
head or eyes, come to us. We
will tell you what they need.
McKee, Optician
54 Patton avenue, opposite Postofflce
Repairing- done on short notice
K v in rlxtx mnn
YOU 96 III IDS Iflar- ,
.. " -
ket lor
in
Galvanize! Cornice, Gutter
and Conductor, or Window
Glass and Putty, call on
W. Boyce
U South Court Sauare.
KING
THANKFUL
and
Slate
nng
ASHglLLE, N. C, SifflRDAY MOfiNIrAOGU8T
ing4 Queen Victoria's body on the deck
of the royal yacht Victoria and Albert.
A-brass cross was set into the! deck
bearing these words: -:r?V
'Here rested the beloved remains 'o
Queen Victoria. Born May 24, 1819;
died January 22, 1901."
RACE WAR FEARED
I VIRGINIA CO.
Alexandria, Va., Aug. 15. Last week
John Horner, colored, was taken b.aek
to Westmoreland county under military
guard and tried and sentenced to di
net month, if or rape.
Last week a young white jmaiEXiained
Joseph Thorrall in Kingr$eorge, "an ad
joining county, was charged with crim
inally assaulting twJittle negro girls
Thorral was arrSL tin an adioinin
county and tried quickly, then bailed?
He jumped his bail land the King
George authorities are apparently mak
ing great efforts to capture him, al
though there is much muttering among
the negroes thereabouts. It will re
quire military Drotection if he is cap
tured, or a rnce war will ensue.
NO SPECIAL SESSION, L
SAYS SENATOR HAIKIA
HE A15SO SAYS ANNEXATION I IS
LOGICAL OUTCOME OF CU
BAN SITUATION.
Detroit, Aug. 15. Senator HannasaW
today: "I am very sure no special sea-
sion will be held." As to the reciprocity
treaty with Cuba, the senator said:
While there is a strong feeling ttiat
the United States, in accordance ttk
their promises, should afford Cuba accn
relief, to my mind annexation is tk
logical outcome of events. .
It is expected here that General-' R.
A. Alger will announce Monday that h
will seek to succeed the late Senator
McMillan. ii
TIENTSIN'S GOVERNMENT1
IN CHINESE HANDS
Pekin, Aug. 15. The government of
Tien Tsin, which has been administered
by foreigners for a long, time, iwas to
day handed over to Viceroy Yuan Shih
Kai , in accordance with the agree
ment between the powers and ' Chwisu,
Yuan Shih Kai onade a triumphal Jour
ney from Pekih to Tien Tsin. was
given a reception at the station .
HOTTEST DAY THIS YEAR
Van Buren, Ark., Aug. 15. A tele
phone message just received from Dyer,
ten miles east of here, states that five
men were overcome by heat today and
three have died. The other two cannot
recover. They were working on rail
road construction work and their names
could not be learned tonight. This has
been the hottest day known here this
year .
DEPUTIES CHARGED WITH
RIOTING HELD IN BAIL
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 15. The twenty-five
deputies and employes of the
Warnke washery at Duryea, who were
arrested yesterday afternoon charged
with rioting and committed to jail in
default of $3000 bail each, -were given
a habeas corpus hearingin court today
and released upon furnishing a bond
of $10,000 for the entire party. Hon. J.
T. Lanahan, counsel for the prisoners,
furnished the bond. Immediately after
their release the deputies took a train
for Duryea, where it is said they will
go on duty again.
FRANCE'S EXPELLED NUNS
WOULD COME OVFR HERE
Rome, Aug. 15. Members of the re
ligious orders expelled from France,
especially sisters, are applying to the
vatfean authorities for permission to
settle in the United States. Several of
them have come to Rome personally for
the purpose of urging their requests.
A reply has been sent to them, pointing
out that there are no vacancies in the
United States, and, ibesides, calling at
tention to the difficulty arising from
the fact that the expelled sisters do not
speak the English language. Canada
has been suggested as a better field, as
istrs are comnarativelv scare there
and because French is spoken in a large
area of the Dominion. The applicants,
however, did not take kindly to the
suggestion and persist in their requests
to go to the United States.
PING-PONG Sets 50c to $10 at Blom
berg's, Patton avenue.
Blomberg's Selectos 5c cigar has been
smoked by nearly two million smokers.
Buy Y our Boy
A Wire Wagon.
We have 100 of
them small and -large
good ones
At HESTON'S
Prone 183. 26 S. Main St
4LR0)lDS
BE SUED
SUIT IS BROUGHT ON BEHALF
OF THE INTERSTATE COM
MERCE MISSION.
Allegation Is Discrimation
Against Wilmington in the
Matter of Freight Rates.
SOUTHERN, S. A. L. AND
A. C. L. PRINCIPALS
BILL IN EQUITY IS TO BE FILED
TODAY IN FEDERAL COURT
AGAINST THESE THREE ROADS'
AND THEIR CONNECTIONS.
Special to the Gazette.
Raleigh, Aug. 15. District Attorney
Harry Skinner left here this morning
tor Washington to bring suit in the
Federal court against forty railroads.
He will file a bill in equity tomorrow,
in behalf of the interstate commerce
commission against the Southern Rail
way, the Seaboard Air Line and the At
lantic Coast Line. The proceeding is
instituted to enforce compliance with
the order of the commission to remedy
the comiplaint of discrimination against
Wilmington in favor of Richmond and
Norfolk in the matter of freight rates
from western oints. Every railroad'
in the south and west making connec
tion with the three systems named is
defendant to the suit.
It is reported today that a seven-story
hotel will be built on a corner opposite
the site of the Masonic temple. Per
sons interested in the hotel enternrise
would neither confirm nor deny the
story. Advices from Greensboro today
indicate surrender on the Masonic tem
ple question, and it ie now regarded as
certain that Raleigh's proposition will
be accepted. This will insure a large
and handsome building and will make
the state capital permanent headquar
ters of North Carolina masonry.
A $250,000 FIRE
" iuamiltoii, o.
Hamilton; O AuV. tfc i' 'mosY de
structive fire began about midnight and
was not under control until 4 a. m.
The large dry goods store of T. V.
Howell & Son, where the fire origi
nated, was made a total wreck.. The
Second National bank building, adjoin
ing the Powell block on the west, was
damaged considerably by fire and
water, but the bank itself escaped with
slight damage. While the fire was dn
progress, fire broke out in Walnut
street in a small grocery store. Cin
cinnati was called upon for help. Two
engines were sent, but by the time they
arrived the fire was under control and
they were not taken from the train.
The Walnut street fire was easily ex
tinguished. Hick's stationery store in
the basement of the Howell block was
destroyed. The large carpet store of
Creighton & Hooven, adjoining Howell,
was seriously damaged. The losses are
estimated at a quarter of a million,
mainly in the Howell and Second Na
tional bank blocks.
The loss to T. V. Howell & Son is
estimated at $200,000; Second National
bank, $4,000; Holbrook Bros., dry goods,
$12,000; Heck, stationers, $2,000. Several
offices of dentists, physicians and ar
chitects were located in the Howell
block and were destroyed. No state
ment of the amount of insurance car
ried has been made.
PERMANENT SCHOLARSHIPS
GIVEN BY MISS HELEN GOULD
Miss Helen Gould, who has for some
time been giving two scholarships in
the Home Industrial school in Victoria,
has placed the scholarships there per
manently. These wrere formerly valued
at $2000 each but now she has onade a
permanent endowment of $4000. Miss
Gould has always taken great interest
in this institution and for this reason
she made a visit to Asheville several
months' aero. At that time she had
been thinking of making the endow
ment but it was very recently decided
that she would make the sift.
The Home Industrial school which
has been established (for a number of
years has attracted a great deal of at
tention both in the north and the south
for the excellent training and the busi
nesslike and successful way in which it
has always been conducted.
SUCCESSFUL TRIAL TRIP
Philadelphia, Aug: 15. The new tor-
oedo boat destroyer Chaunci returned
to the yard of the Neaifie & Levy Ship-
'j-
Quinine
onic
For preserving and beautifying
the hair. It removes dandruff
and prevents the hair from fall
ing out. It renders the hair
brilliant and strengthens it, and
has a delicious and refreshing
perfume. Price 50c per bottle, at
Pfafflin's Drug Store,
Cor. Patton Ave. and Church St.
mm
iytodayj af tr a suc-
cessful trial
P. "The figures "29.51"
painted' on the smokestack represented
the maximum speed in knots attained
by the destroyer on her trial. President
Sed dinger of the shipbuilding company
says the Channel made an average
speed of 28.64 knots in her four trial
runs, during the endurance trial of one
hour she averaged 26.80 knots, or nearly
one knot above the speed requirements.
The speedy little vessel will be turned
over to the government shortly.
A TIDAL WAVE
DESTROYS TOWNS
Fifty Bodies Have Been washed
Ashore, and Fatalities May far
Exeeed This Number Several
Towns are Destroyed.
Austin, Texas, Aug.. 15. A Culiascan,
Mexico, despatch says:
"The lower portion of the city of At
lata, on the Pacific coast just west of
Culiascan has been completely de
stroyed by a tidal .wave. Not lees than
fifty are drowned, but the loss of life
may be several times that number.
Several smaller towns along the coast
are washed away. The loss of life is
large. The federal and state govern
ments are relieving the distress.
NATIONAL MUSIC TEACHERS'
ASSOCIATION WILL COME
The Music Teachers' National asso
ciation, which has just closed Its ses
sion at Put-In-Bay, decided that Ahe
ville above all others was the place for
them to hold the next convention. This
will be held here some time in the
month of July next year.
This .will be the first time that a con
vention of this association was ever
held in a southern town.
Recently an invitation was extended
to the association by the SQuthern
Music Teachers' association, which held
its last meeting here, and by the board
of trade and the aldermen.
DIS DEBAR S VICTIM
DIES AT MIDDLETOWN, N. Y.
Middletown, N. T., Aug. 15. Luther
R. Marsh died this afternoon at the
residence of his former spiritualistic
medium, the late Mrs. Clarissa J. Huy
ler. Marsh was wealthy. He gained
notoriety by being the victim of Dis
Debar
ome
People
Who love gems
will bt? interest
ed in a very
large purchase
of
FINE OPALS
which we have
just made at
extremely low
prices, on which
we can certainly
save the contem
plated purchas
er good money.
Arthur M, Field
Company
Cor. Church St. and Patton Ave.
Asheville, N. C,
Pop Rent
Large boarding house on Spruce
street, recently repaired and
renovated, good shade, for $60.00
month.
Pjop Sale,
Beautiful suburban house with
60 acres, water and sewerage.
Aston, Rawls & Co
18 South Maini Street. p
MISS CRUISE
Manicuring andHairdressing
Parlor : Room 17 Paragon
Building, Rhone 425.
tn
0
FIVE CENTS PER COPT.
FOUR DOLLARS A YEAR,
THOMPSON MAY :
HAVE BEEN DRU
OR
DRUGGED, ON NIGHT
MURDER OF MINNIE
MITCHELL.
OF
jHe no Longer Denies That He
Might Have Been with Claffy
and Bartholin.
DOES NOT KNOW WHAT
MAY HAVE HAPPENED
MILTON L. EDWARDS. A ,FYTIMWT?
ROOMER OF MRS. BARTHOLIN'S.
IS A WITNESS OF WHOM THE PO
LICE EXPECT MUCH WHAT HE
SAYS.
Chicago, Aug. 15. Ctecar Thompson,
late last night admitted to a newspaper
man, that he no longer denied the
story of Mrs. Tallerday, who makes the
charge that he and "Daddy" Claffy and
a man supposed to be William Bartho
lin, were quarreling under her window
at 4 o'clock in the morning after Minnie
Mitchell disappeared, and that with
them was Thompson's laundry wagon,
in which it is supposed the murdered
girl's body was carried to the prairie
at Seventy-fourth and State streets.
"I turned in my laundry wagon at
the stables the night Minnie Mitchell
was killed about 8:30 o'clock," he said.
"I stopped and had several drinks at
Clancy's saloon and then I went to the
house in Calumet avenue. It musthavie
been about 10 o'clock when I reached
there. I met Bartholin in the house.
I do not know what happened there. I
went to my room and after that I can
not say anything as to what transpired
Ln the house. I may have been drunk
or I may have been drugged; I do not
know. Whatever I did I do not know,,
Continued on fourth page.) '
Egyptian King and London cigarettes
10, 15, 20 and 25 cents a pack at Mich
elson's, on the Square.
JBS3
fOR RBNT....
Furnished house of 14 rooms, good
location near street cars, very desirable
for taking boarders.
New house of 7 rooms on Montford
avenue for rent. $30.
New house on Charlotte street, fur
nished, $50.
For full particulars enquire of
H. P. Grant 6c Son
48 Patton Ave.
Turnip Seed
Fresh supply of Wood's Turnip and
Ruta Baga Seeds for table, stock and
salad.
Headaches
Sick, nervous and neuralgic headache
quickly relieved with Baldwin's Bead
ache Cure, 25c bottle.
Grant's Pharmacy
Agency for Wood's Seeds.
$6.00
For
Six Dollars
We will sell an all
wool, Tailor-Made,
perfect fitting
WALKING SKIRTI
These skirts are made
in Black, Blue ana
Oxfords and are a
bargain af $8.00, but
we are determined to
give the Best Value
ever offered in Walk
O
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CO
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ing Skirts, so have
marked them
SIX DOLLARS
An inspection! is all
we ask. We rest our
case on merit alone
$6.00 V
Do Merchant Tailoring.
Phone 78.
11 Patton Ave.
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