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ASHEVILLE, N. O, SUNDAY MOBNING, SEPTEMBER 14 1902
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1 he Florodora Fob and
Skirt Lifter
The only clever and ornamental
device for holding- up the dress
and leaving- both 'arms free.
Looks like a watch fob and holds
the watch also. No more- arm
aches; no more gathering1 up
dirt, dust, and microbes from
the street, adds to comfort,
saves gloves and csaves dollars by
saving1 the skirt.
Easily adjusted and cannot in
jure the fabric. Prices in four
grades, 60c, 75c, 9&c, $1.25.
SUMNER'S
Order one now. Asheville, N. C.
If You're
Building
A Home
It will of course toe to your
advantage to see that in its con
struction only the best hardware
is used. You should insist on
the contractor usins
Yale & Towna's
Builders Hardware
the best founders' hardware pro
duced. Let us make out an esti
mate for you.
Asheville Hardware Go.
On the Square.
Asheville, N.
Phone 87.
C.
White Pleated
Semi Negligee
SHIRTS
$L25 Value for 89c,
A few more Elastic Seam
Drawers, 49ct worth 75c.
H- St Courtney's
Toggery Shop &
Phone 261. 18 Patton .Ive.
SUITS MADE
TO ORDERS
Money Don't Talk
T.ifcA that bargain near passenger de
pot, ome 11 room house and one 3 room
house tor $9oo AI w" 13 uul nwv
noueh. Apply for a ree deed for it-
For rent, choice 6 room cottage on
mwnnt street. Nice 7 room house on
Haywood street, near in.
Nat Atkinson Sc. Sons Co-,
Heal Estate Dealers.
IN A jaTJJTSHEIili
We buy our gonds as low as any one
nn hpII on a career margin. Brooms,
good quality, 10c; Oil, kerosene, per
gallon, 12c; Vinegar, i
20c; Sugar, etandara XTfk 11
nr. i -aa. ecfl.r. tvrown. 20 lbs. for 51-00,
TKmd. 10c; Coffee, Ar-
by-?l SSSiJ&mR 8TOBB.
. Phone 107.
SOUTHERN HOTEL,
MRS. 8. STEVENSON, Jrrop.
Rt il 00 roer day house in the city.
H?t and crhathJ. Ml lines of cars
pass the door. Special, rates by the
Sally Located. BV.
Asheville. N. C.
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PANAMA CANAL
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DISCLOSURES WHICH RENDER
THE CONCLUSION OF THE
PURCHASE DOUBTFUL.
Last Concession of Columbian
Government to Company not
Approved by Congress.
IMPORTANT FACTS WERE
CONCEALED BY COMPANY
MINISTER HERRERS EXPLAINS
THAT THE COLOMBIAN REBELS
ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHARG
ES SAYS CONGRESS' APPROVAL
WAS UNNECESSARY.
Paris, Sept. 13. Certain defects jn
the Panama Canal company's title to
the Colombian concessions have been
revealed which render the conclusion of
the sale of the company's rights and
property to the United iStaes doubtful.
It is claimed the last extension of Co
lombia's concessions did not receive the
approval of the Colombian congress.
The Panama company withheld thi
fact. It also- concealed the fact from
the Americans that the Colombian
rebels notified the Panama company
that if they succeeded in obtaining con
trol of the country they would repudi
ate the extension of concessions granted
by the de facto government of Colombia
in 1898.
Washington, Sept. 13. Minister Her-
rers of Colombia, when told tonight of
the report from Paris in regard to the
title of the Panama company, declared
the Colombian rebels were responsible
for the charges that defects exist in
the Panama company's Colombian con
cessions. He admitted tne extension or
the original concession was not ap
proved by the Colombian congress, but
explained triat the country was practi
cally under martial law at the time it
was granted. He said it was not nec
essary for congress to approve of the
extension, as the constitution gave tne
president the right to act.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
Special to the Gazette.
Louisburg, N. C, Sept. 13. The
campaign, in behalf of the citizens'
ticket in Franklin county was opened
at Whitaker's mill today. There -was a
vprv tarere crowd in attendance, ana
the greatest enthusiasm was manifest
ed. The county candidates announced
themselves and Hon. John F.Mitchell,
rnndirtatA for thp legislature, made a
ringing speech. Afterwards Mr. Yar
brough, jr., was called upon ana re-
If ever you needed a FILTER It is
right now! Muddy water is the uni
versal cry! A lot of best tested FIL
TERS arrived yesterday at Law's, S5
Patton avenue.
A
Pair
Glasses
May help you more than you think pos
sible. We examine and fit each eye
separately so that you can see with per
fect comfort, satisracuon guarantees.
McKee, Optician
54 Patton avenue. upposue tr. u.
Repairing a specialty.
YOU
Can My one witn reservoir
lor $27.00 or witUout the
reservoir lor 26.00. Hutu.
ing on tne market that
will compare wiih them.
We are talking aDout
"Boyce's Perfect
Steel Range"
and mean what we say.
W. A. Boyce
11 Bouth Court Square.
CAMPAIGN
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sponded in a speech of about two
hours. He seemed to carry the entire
crowd with him " and was enthusias
tically applauded from beginning to,
end. The republicans and independents
jubilant and claim that they wHt
the county in November: It can
denied that they ai&jleveloemg-
strength, and the democrats are
greatly, alarmed over the situation.
FOREST FIRES ARE
RAGING IN WEST
Portland, Ore., Sept. 13. The result
of forest Area raging in this vicinity
may be summed up substantially as
follows :
Tillamook City has been saved from
impending doom by a timely change in
the wind.
The forest in Douglas and Jackson
counties are on fire.
Sixty people in the town of Spring
water, Clackamus county, were com
pelled to flee for their lives and were
rendered homeless and a. fine timber
belt destroyed.
The damage in eastern Multonomah
county amounts to $45,000, and every
family has been fighting the fire since
Monday.
Several families havabeen burned out
on the section line road.
To protect the town of Gresham, men
stand guard night and day.
The destruction of the village of Viola
seems certain. The non-arrival of grain
and coasting ships is due to dense
smoke at the mouth of the Columbia
river. The steamer Columbia is report
ed to be stranded in the river near As
toria.
A woman wras burned to death near
Vancouver and a woman and a child
are missing.
Mills, lumber and timber to the value
of $1,000,000 were destroyed in Chehais
county, Washington.
The damage near Lentz, Oregon,
amounts to over $25,000.
The weather bureau has given no
promise of rain within the next twen
ty-four hours.
Enumclaw, a little town just south of
Seattle, will be entirely destroyed by
the fires.
Elma, Wash., Sept. 13. Forest fires
are raging over a large area of country
east of Elma. Several large mills suf
fered damages, some have . been de
stroyed.
The Star mill and village has been
wiped out. The men fought bravely,
but had to yield and fly for their lives
Wagon loads of refugees are arriving
from the burning districts and people
are beginning to move Out of Elma.
The seven big mills here have an ag
gregate value of over half a million
dollars in their plants alone. Their
total value is near the million mark.
Everett Wash., Sept. 13. Forest fires
are raging along the Great Northern
road between Skyhomish and Welling
ton. Telegraphic communication be
tween here and Seattle has been cut
off. Freight and passenger traffic from
the east is at a standstill.
Oregon City, Ore., Sept. 11. Late re
ports from Springwater state that sixty
people are homeless as a result of the
forest fires. All of the country known
as the Rocky Point section is burning.
Many horses, cattle and hogs were
burned.
Taqoma, Wash., Sept. 13. Forest fires
are now burning in every county of
Western Washington from British Co
lumbia to the Columbia river. The
latest reports from Mason county are
that every portion of trrat county is in
flames with the exception of Shelton.
The logging camps of Thomas Bor
deau near Olympia, are surrounded by
flames. Forty men have left on horse
back to rescue the women and chil
dren. The Grays Harbor branch of thp
Northern Pacific is on fire even to the
ties in several places.
The burning of a bridge at Wellington
on the Great Northern has stopped traf
fic on that road.
SCHLEY SAYS HE IS ,
Hi
RETIRED AND DONE"
New York, Sept. 13. Rear Admiral
Schley and Mrs. Schley have reached
Boston, after a summer outing in the
Adirondacks, says a special dispatch to
the Herald. The rear admiral said:
I never felt better in my life. Since
my retirement from the service I have
taken the keenest delight in the privi
leges of a civilian and in the beauties
of this country of ours, for I have
passed more of my years afloat than
ashore. You understand, I am retired
and done. To me the navy is a thing or
the past. Since my retirement, I am
out of iit and done with it, after a life
of service."
Rear Admiral Schley and Mrs. Schley
will leave Boston today to visit in Con
necticut. It is their purpose to go west
within a few weeks and then visit
Texas, where they may remain two
months.
Don't forget the excursion to Charles
ton September 16. Round trip $4.00.
Tickets can be bought at the Palais
Royal, "17 South Main street.
Received new shipment of Spaldings
and Wright & Ditson's tennis racquets,
at Blomberg's sporting goods depart
ment, Patton avenue.
Whitman's ,
Alarshmallows
20c lb at
HESTON'S
Try them.
WILCOX COULD
ESOA
ALLEGED SLAYER OF MISS CROP-
SEY REMAINS VOLUNTA
RY PRISONER.
A Negro Boy Leaving the Jail
Left Means of Exit for Any
One Wishing" to Escape.
WILCOX SHOWS HOW
HE COULD GET OUT
WENT THROUGH THE PERFORM
ANCE OF GAINING HIS LIBERTY,
IN PRESENCE OF A SHERIFF
AND OTHERS.
Elizabeth City, Sept. 13. Last night
a negro youth escaped from the county
jail and left his means of exit at the
disposal of Jim Wilcox, the alleged
murderer of Ella Cropsey. This morn
ing when the sheriff and others visited
the jail, Willcox told them he could
have escarped in the same manner, and
to prove his assertions he went through
the process of making his escape in the
presence of a few who were present.
When waterworks were installed in
the jail a bar was removed to make
room for a pipe. The negro removed
this pipe, thus leaving an exit for every
prisoner in the jail. Wilcox said: "If
I had wanted to get out, the way was
clear."
AGAINST THE CZAR
London, Sept. 13. The Paris corre
spondent Observer says he learns from
a personage just arrived from St. Pe
tersburg that there is a big party in
trigue against the czar and czarina
headed by the empress dowager herself.
The correspondent's informant declared
the disappearance of the czar from the
throne at no distant date would not
surprise him, and that the forced ab
duction of Emperor Nicholas was quite
within the bounds of possibility.
JAIL PARTLY WRECKED
BY FURIOUS MOB
Efforts to Lynch a Brute Frustrated
by Sheriff's Deputies
Butler, Pa., Sept. 13. Jerry Bennett,
aged 26, was caught in the act of rav
ishing a seven-year-old girl under a car
near the railroad station ton'ght. The
child was frightfully injured. A mob
gathered and wanted to lynch the
brute, but the police hustled him to a
passing trolly car and succeeded in
placing him safely in jail. The mob
subsequently assaulted the iail. Rev.
Mr. Barlow attempted to persuade the
mob to disperse, but they refused. It
gained the corridor of th.? jail, and sev
eral deputies who opposed them were
struck and injured. Finally five shots
were fired by the defenders of the jail
and the mob hastily retreated. It is
not known whether any of the mcb was
hit. At midnight the mob was quiet
and at bay. They were afraid to re
enter the jail. The jail was partly
wrecked.
CROKER SAYS HE
HAS QUIT POLITICS
London, Sept. 13. Richard Croker in
an interview today said he wished "the
people to believe him when he says he
is out of politics for good.. He contin
ued: "I am contented to be out of the
game. I'm enjoying the races and hav
ing, lots of fun." v
He declared that Chief of Police Dev
ery lied when he said he (Croker) was
interferring in his district and sending
SOAP
We have always made a spe
cial effort to show a fine line of
eoaps, but the present stock is
surprisingly fine. Everything
good in soaps is here. There
isn't a chance that we cannot
please you.
Pfafflin's Drug Store,
Cor. Patton Ave. and Church St.
Money to Loan
On Real or Personal
Property, Apply to
J, S. Popster,
216 Sodthside Avenue,
Asheville, N. C.
PED
A BIG INTRIGUE
repeaters to beat him. He declared he
had TlOthilitr tn rln
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ne triumvirate now at head of Taan-
rmany. He said Tammany was all rierht
and things would eventuallv straiehten
Lihemselves'.
Referring to the stories published in
the papers about him, Croker said they
afforded him lots of amusement. He
mentioned several and declared them
nonsense. He refused to talk on na
tional politics saying it would be in
consistent for him to discuss politics
after declaring that he was out of
politics.
BRITISH TEAM WON
THE PALWIA TROPHY
Ottawa, Sept. 13. On the rif.e range
today the British team won the Palma
trophy, beating the United States team
by 12 points and the Canadians by 26
points. Close shooting marked the
match, especially in the last two
stages. At the 800 yard range it
seemed to be certain that the Ameri
cans would be 22 points ahead of the
British, but at the 95 yards the British
overtook the Americans and secured a
lead of 12 points. At th- 1,000 yard
range the British and Americans made
equal scores. The British learn had
the advantage of being familiar with
the range, having been practicing on it
for the past four weeks.
The medal for the highest individual
score was won by Lieutenant Holcomb
of the American team. The governor
general of Canada was present at the
luncheon given by officers of the Do
minion Rifle association, when toasts
to the king and to Roosevelt were en
thusiastically received.
VISIT OF FIREMEN
TO CHICKAMAUGA PARK
Chattanooga, Sept. 13. The delegates
to the convention of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen, accompanied by
the members of the ladies' society, and
escorted by the local executive commit
tee, spent today at Chickamauga park
and no business sessions of either or
ganization were held. The delegates
and visitors, about 700 in number, vis
ited all points of interest in the fa
mous battlefield and at noon took lunch
at the camp of the Seventh cavalry reg
ulars. MANY LIVES LOST IN
. ACCIDENT N INDIA
London, Sept. 13 A news agency
dispatch from Madras, British India,
says while a Madras & Bombay mail
train was crossing a bridge near Man
gapatnan Friday the flooded river
caused the bridge to collapse and the
train fell into the water. Many lives
were lost. Fifty (bodies have been re
covered, and many others were in-
jured. J'iUS I
There ia not precious or semi
precious gem that possesses
more beautiful colors than the
OP A T
X X Ai J
We have thousands of them to
show you which we have Just
bought at one-half their value
and will be glad to give you the
benefit of the reduction.
GArthur ML Field
Company
Leading Jewelers
Cor. Church St. and Patton Ave.
Asheville, N. C,
Pop Rent
Targe boarding house on Spruce
street, recently repaired and
renovated, good shade, for $60.00
month.
Pop Sale,
Beautiful suburban house with
1 60 acres, water and sewerage.
Aston, Rawls & Co
18 South Main Street.
TERMS SIMPLE
SAYS MORGAN
"THE STRIKERS ARE TO RETURN
TO WORK." SUMS THEM
. UP.
General Belief of Operators Is
Strike Will End, if Protection
Is Guaranteed.
NO INFORMATION AS
TO RESULT OF CONFERENDE
STATEMENT GIVEN OUT TO NEWS
PAPERS IS THAT DIFFERENCES
WERE DISCUSSED WITH THE
BEST OF FEELING.
New York, Sept. 13. It was the gen
eral belief among the operators, today
that if proper protection were guaran
teed the coal strike would end. Thfe
president of the coal company was in
Morgan's office today, when the latttr's
attention was called to an article in an
afternoon paper headed "Mitchell
Learns Morgan's Terms." Morgan Said;
'Well, my terms are very simple.- The
strikers are to return to work."
Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 13. The con
ference between Governor Stone and
President John Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers' of America, on matters
pertaining to the strike, ended at 4:30
o'clock this morning, after a discussion
of two hours and a half. The others
at the conference were:
State Senator William Flynn, o
Pittsburg; M. E. McMullin, ,of Pitts
burg; Colonel W. F. Richardson, of
Harrisburg; District President Thomas
D. Nichols, of Scranton; District Presi
dent Thomas Duffy, of McAdoo; John
Faher, of Shamokin.
At the conclusion of the meeting
Governor Stone gave to the waiting
newspaper correspondents a statement
reading as follows:'
"Messrs. Mitchell, Nichols, Fahy,
Duffy, Senator Flynn, Colonel Richard
son and Governor Stone have been, in
conference. All the differences have
been discussed with .the best of feeling.'
Every effort to get the participants irt
conference to divulge what took place
proved unavailing.
While no official information can be
had on the matter, it is believed here
that Governor Stone and his colleague
submitted a proposition to President
Mitchell which will tend to settle the
strike in the hard coal fields.
You have got to have Dog Collars and
I have a fine line for your inspection.
Locks, Brushes, Leads, etc., at living
prices. The Nutshell, opposite Hestom's.
The Nutshell, G. E. Worthen, Prop., 25
South Main etreet. 2t
Spinach Seed
We can supply fresh Spi
nach Seed for fall planting,
Also Radish Seed in winter
varieties.
I Grant's Pharmacy
Agency for Wood's Seeds.
We aie now showing
"Tht Celebrated Stein
Bock Go's"
Tailor-Made
Clothing
for fall and winter.
This label is a guaran
tee for Styje, Durability
and Finish.
The Ne Plus Ultra
of Ready-to-wear Cloth
ing. Our Ladies
Department
is replete with all the new
things of the season. A
call is earnestly solicited.
We. Do Merchant
Tailoring
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Phone 78. 11 Patton Av.
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