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ASHEVELLE, N. C, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBEE 11, 1902.
FIVE CENTS PBB COPT.
FOUR DOLLABS A TBAXL
V.
Sumner's Sales
SATTJBDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Yard wide Sea Island Domes
tic 4c; 6 pairs Men's Good Socks
25c; 4 pair Women's fine Stock
ings 2pc; one fine black spun
glas $1 Underskirt for 89c; one
fine black near silk $1.50 Under
skirt for $1.00; one pair ruffled
Curtains 2 yards long, 69c;
fine 5 in. Table Linen, regular
39c goods, in red or white, 25e;
Children's tan and felt Hats,
special, 65c; Women's warm,
heavy Underskirts, flleece lined,
25c; 10c Oaniton Flannel at 7c
yard ; 2 fine Linen Collars for 5c ;
WTiting, Paper, per quire, 3c f
fine box Paper and Envelopes,
10c; 1 dozen fine 25c Shell Hair
pins Sc; fine 25c Hair Brush 10c;
fine tolack silk stitched $1.25
Shirt Waist for $1.00.
SUMNER'S
The Place for Working Men
and Women to Trade Satur
day, Monday and Tuesday.
Sportsmen 's
Supplies
We have a splendid line
of Hunters'
Game Coats
Shell Vests
beggings
Caps
Hats
as well as, the Guns and
shells for the hunter's use.
Drop in any time and see
them any day.
Asheville Hardware Go.
On the square.
Phone 87.
Afiheville, N. C.
Toilet Soaps
We have just received a big
stock of 4711. White Rose
Glycerine Soap which we are
selling at 20 cents per cake or
50 cents per box.
Plaffiin's Drug Store
Cor. Patton avenue and Church
street.
Glotning
House
41 Patton AvSnue.
Tailoring Department
Oar stock of piece goods is now
ready for inspection. The as
sortment is larger and finer ihan
ver before.
We make clothes to order, to fit
absolutely faultless.
Our long experience in the tail
oring business enables us to please
the most fastidious dressers at
Prices as Low as the lowest
for first class
quality.
work and high
IN A NUTSHELL
We buy our goods as low as any one
and sell on a closer margin. Brooms,
good Quality, 10c: Oil, kerosene, per
gallon, 12c; Vinegar, best, per gallon,
20c; Sugar, standard granulated, 18 lbs.
for $1.00; Sugar, brown, 20 lbs. for $1.00;
Coffee, good per pound, 10c; Coffee, Ar-
buckles per pound 11c.
THE IXL DEPARTMENT STORE,
22 Patton avenue. , Phone 107.
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LOOKING FORWARD TO
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New York, Oct.
between senators and othei
ators today failed to reach a ibasis
settling the strike. Apparently the on
ly conclusion reached was that the
operators would not negotiate pn any
terms which Senators Piatt, Quay and
Penrose and Governor vOdell were able
to propose. Neither side was willing to
talk after the enference, but there is
high authority for saying that some
representations which were made the
operations were not conciliatory. They
were asked, for example, to consider
the possibility of the New York and
Pennsylvania legislatures being con
vened in extra session to take action
relating to the coal supply. Whatever
other pressure was ibrought to bear on
them the operators seem to have re
sisted. After the conference the operators
stated that it was impracticable .to
reach a conclusion of the strike "oh
,the basis suggested this morning." TKe
statesmen clung to the hope that when
the coal presidents meet next Tuesday
they will have something favorable to
say in reply to what has been sug
gested to them, but that hope did not
seem to find lodgment anywhere else
Tttiis evening thve participants in today's
conference said the proposition made
by the statesmen to Baer and Thomas
was that if by Tuesday next the out
put from the minqs warranted a re
duction of the price of coal, distribut
ing agents of the operators should be
immediately instructed to offer an
thracite throughout the United States
at $5.25 per ton. In the meantime tne
operators were to do everything pos
sible to increase the output of the
mines. ine statesmen are lwmus in
ward with eagerness to Tuesday, in the
hope that-by that time the output of
the mines will be increased to such an
extent as to enable the operators to is
sue the Instructions mentioned.
Baer and Thomas, it was asserted,
told the statesmen that "politicians
should not interfere in the matter.
This led o more or less irritable talk,
and Odell, replying, said he did not ap
pear as a politician, but as governor or
New York, representing seven millions
of people. Baer and! Thomas nnaiiy
told the statesmen flatly they woufl
not settle the strike, for the reason they
were fighting for a principle which was
supported by the laws of the . United
States.
Quay and Penrose returned to Phila
delphia this afternoon. One of thei
friends said they carried with them
legal documents which might be sub
mitted to a Supreme court judge
of"
Dn.rivonio ooirino- fnr n flecrpe de- i
X cuiio J l V alii") c.i.es w " i
claring the mines public utilities. I
TV,ia .afwnnnn Mitchell had a talk i
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FLOWER POTS.
A frost will eoon be here. Now is
the time to buy flower pots. A new
lot just received at J. H. Law's, 35
Patton avenue.
It's. "Easy
to See
An. opera lass
makes it ea sy to
see the stage and
all its turictud-
ings and affords
he possesao r
more pleasure
than could be ob
We have them in all
tained without one.
styles.
We test your EYES too, and grind lenses
to exactly suit Jthem no guess work Satis
faction guaranteed.
McKee,
The
Optician
Opposite P. O.
54 Patton avenue.
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If you have never
used one ask your
neighbor that has,
he will tell you the
"Wilson Heater'
is
the Best Stove on
Eiapf ft t
We have a car load
to select from.
W. A. Boyce
, 11 South Court Square.'
Money. Don't Talk
Like that bargain near passenger de
pot, one 11 room house and one 3 t oom
house for $950. If this is not cheap
enough. Apply for a free deed for it
.for rent, cnoice 6 room cottage on
Chestnut street. Nice 7 room 'house on
Haywood street, near in.
Natt Atkinson & Sons Co.,
. Real Estate Dealers. '
Experience
Teaches
AY'SGOHENGE
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ening Mitchell said he was going back
to Wilkesbarre on the 2:45 a. m. train.
he refused to talk.
Washkigton, Oct. 10. After a con
ference with Labor- Commissioner
Wright this morning, the president held
another conference this afternoon
There were several significant circum
stances in connection with this second
conference. The principal one was that
J. P. Morgan had a conversation with
Root over the telephone. Root su'bse
auent'lv consulted the president. This
incident is sufficient to create the im
pression that the crisis of the strike
has arrived. Root, Knox and Wright
attended .the afternoon conference with
the president. While they were confer-
ing with him further interest was ad
ded to the consultation by the fact that
Adjutant General Stewart of Pennsyl
vania and General Gobin were admit
ted and had a talk with the president.
Nothing could be learned as to what
transpired or what Morgan talked with
Root about. There is a strong feeling
in Washington that Morgan willr prove
a stronger factor than the president in
settling the strike, and that his talk
with Root on tha 'phone holds out some
promise of an early settlement of the
strike.
New York, Oct. 10. Continuing their
efforts to bring about a solution of the
anthracite coal strike. Senators Quay
and Penrose of Pennsylvania and Sen
ator Piatt and Governor Odell of New
York, again met this morning for fur
ther conference. None of the coal oper
ators, nor any one representing their
interests, appeared.
This is regarded as indicative that the
meeting "between the politicians will be
devoted to an effort to discover .some
means of forcing the strike to an end.
It is known that during the tvo long
conferences held yesterday, which were
participated in by Messrs. Piatt, Quay,
Penrose and Odell on one sile, and a
number of leading coal road presidents
on the other, that the last namel party
firmly decided to recognize the asser
tion that politics could in any way en
ter into a (possible strike settlement.
The operators assured the 'political rep
resentatives present that they regard
ed the dispute as, embodying questions
solely and entirely between themselves
and their, employee in the business man
agement of their properties.
These statements were elicited 'by an
assertion from the other side that a
continuance of the strike for two weeks
would imperil the success of the repub
lican party in the two great states of
Pennsylvania and New York. The op
eratons. however, were not moved bv
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tnis presentation, ana tney reiterated
" pontics coma not enter into dusi-
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intimated very briefly that a prolonga
tion of the struggle would ipave the
way to legislation hurtful to the coal
corporations' interests. In fact, accord
ing to one of the coal operators pres
ent, the latter statement was made in
terms so broad that they regarded it
as a threat.
The reply was the restatement of an
unalterable determination to stand
their ground as at first outlined to the
conference, trusting to the integrity of
the judicial system to protect them
from adverse legislation. Senator Piatt
is quoted as saying before the confer
ence began that he expected to meet
the operators again today.
Another phase was injected into the
situation later by making public the
David Wilcox letter to the president,
demanding that the Federal government
proceed against the miners organiza
tion as a conspiracy to prevent inter
state commerce.
The conference broke up soon after 1
o'clock. Senator Piatt stated that ev
erything had been put off until Tues
day.
Washington. Oct. 19. President Roos
evelt had a conference flth Commis
sioner of Labor Wright today. At his
consultation with the president today
Mr. Wrierht had little to tell of his in
terview with Mr. Mitchell beyond what
he had already reported by telegTaph
The president sipoke of the great seri
ousness of the situation, but gave no
intimation of any further steps look
ing to a settlement which he had in
mind. He again, inquired about the
arbitration act of 1898, which he had
once before discussed with Mr. Wright.
After Mr. Wright had explained the
'law the president appeared -convinced
that there was no chance for interfer
ence through that instrumentality.
There is an intimation that the presi
dent will appoint a commission in line
with the suggestion to Mr. Mitchell, if
settlement fails, (with view fo thorough
investigation of the whole subject of
the strike and for the purpose of se
curing data upon which to base re
commendations to congress, but this
cannot be verified and it is said was
not broached at the conference with
Mr. Wright.
Smokers will find Blomberg's cigar
store the most up-to-date in the state,
Vanila Wafers
Almond Macaroons and all
kinds of Assorted Cakes,
fresh for Saturday trade, at
HESTON'S
Phone 183. 26 So. Main.
HICKORY HEARS
JOINT DEBATE
MESSRS PRITCHARD AND CRAIG
MET AT DEPOT BY A LARGE
DELEGATION.
The Crowd to Hear the Speaking
I ltr-tlrTirrrl V. n V it I
"twuuwcu iuo vpera, nouse,
Which Hasi Capacity of 800.
EUtLY HALF OF THE
VOTERS FOR PRITCHARD
riMES, DURING SENATOR
i iviiujtIAKJJ'S REJOINDER, THE
EXCITEMENT WAS INTENSE
rwuLlSTS AS WELL PLEASED
AS REPUBLICANS.
Special to the Gazette.
wcl. xncKory took a
deep interest today an the joint discus-
fciun oetween Senator Pritchard and
Hon. Locke Craig, a couple of hun
dred men and perhaps half thp num
ber of ladies met the speakers at rhe
depot and practically everyone wore
badges, some of ribbons designating the
wearer as a member of the democratic
reception committee, while others bore
ine name of Senator Pritchard. The
Hickory band played on the lawn i
front of the Hickory Inn, and the dem
ocrats tormed a procession at that
point and marched to the opera house.
Half a dozen ladies rode in the proces
sion, one of the number being jauntily
attired and mounted on a donkey. The
procession which formed an escort for
Mr. Craig instinctively reminded one
of a kindergarten association outing,
for most of the DarticiDants were hovs.
All the children of the public schools
were given a holiday and the boys
Joined in the procession, while the
girls lined up on the sidewalk. The
opera house, which was designed to
hold about 800, was not of sufficient
size to accommodate all those who de
sired to attend. When the republicans
sa'r a small army of boys fall in be
hind the band and democratic recep-rie
tiort committee, they experienced a sen
sation of fear that the senator would
nna an unsympatnetic house, but all I
such misgivings were quickly laid
aside. The high, shrill treble of the!
children aided in swelling the applause
ror tne democratic speaKer, but tuny
half of the voters present were Pritch-
diu men. iiiib iaci ine voters maae
, .1
rejoinder, when at times the excite-
m.nt woo if
Senator PHtrharH flpMarPfl th af.t ftf
the democrats in raising the negro is
sue gave the lie to every promise they
made when pleading for votes for the
amendment. Mr. Craig objected to the
use of this term, to which the sena
tor retorted that his competitor had
shown himself a baby several times in
debate. Senator Pritchard said Mr.
Craig had frequently by inuendo and
otherwise misrepresented him, but he
had always bided his time with the
idea of making his position clear after
the democratic speaker took his seat,
and that it was a case of "Lay on Mc
Duff, and damned be he who-first cries
enough." For several moments there
f.;as much confusion, the democrats
shouting for Craig and the republicans
for Pritchard. Senator Pritchard said
he had defended Mr. Craig when the
latter's life was in peril, and he cer
tainly had no desire to say aught that
would)ffend. He would, he said amid
laughter, modify his language and say
the attitude of the democrats now re
futed their position when the amend
ment was adopted. The republicans
fairly howled wih delight while Sen
ator' Pritchard was making his re
joinder. The populists were equally
pleased, for they are all going to vote
to return Pritchard this year.
M'KETHAN WITHDRAWS '
IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT
Special to the Gazette.
Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 10. A report re
ceived here tonight says that E. R
McKethan. independent democratic
candidate for congress in-the Sixth dis-
trlst, has withdrawn, leaving the field
to Slocumb and Patterson, regular re
publican and democratic candidates.
'McKethan says he will support the
democratic ticket in Cumberland and
wall vote for Patterson for congress.
WANTED
A $2,000 Residence
We have a customer tor resid
ence property in nice section of
city at about the figure named
above. If you can assist us io
supplying ' this want let us hear
from you.
Wilkie & LaBarbe
Real Estate and Renting Agents.
?hone 681.
23' Patton are.
PRITCHARD AND CRAIG
SPEAK HERE TODAY
CONCLUDING THEIR CANVASS
OF STATE LARGE CROWD
EXPECTED.
ine joint canvass between Senator
Pritchard and Locke Craig, who aspires
to succeed the senator, win be con-
nuucu vvilu me speatcing in Asneville
.
today. The Grand opera house has
been secured for the speaking, which
will begin at noon. Mr. Craig gets the
opening speech.
Much interest is felt here in the dis
cussion, and it is safe to say that the
opera house will be crowded to over
flowing. Ashevile people of all clases
will turn out in number, and large
delegations are expected to come in'
rrom surrounding towns. One of the
largest delegations, it is expected, will
oe trom Madison county. It is safe to
say that neither speaker will lack en
thusiastic Dartisans.
CONFEDERATE DAUGHTERS
OF VIRGINIA FAIL TO AGREE
Lexington, Va., Oct. 10. After a
three days' session by the convention
of both the grand division of Virginia,
United Daughters of the Confederacy,
in sessipn here, and the Virginia di
vision of the Daughters of the Confed
eracy, in session at Norfolk, in which
the question of uniting these two gTand
bodies was the all absorbing topic,
each rejected the overtures from the
other, and they remain as they have
'existed for some years past. The hitch
upon which they failed to unite was
the name under which they would be
known hereafter, each desiring their
special name incorporated in the new
title.
General Stonewall Jackson's home
property here is to be purchased for
hospital use, to be known as the Jack
son Memorial hospital.
A MEXICO TOWN
DESTROYED BY FLOOD
Mexico City, Mex., Oct. 10. Advices
have been received here of the almost
complete destruction of the mining
town of tMarfie by flood. Twenty oeo-
were drowned.
TnRuntu
Mrs. Gabbie Mrs. Kraft has been
married tpn vpmi-s. I'm sure. I wonder
how old she was when she married
vIrg Bizzv-I tried to find that out
tv0 nther rinr
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airs, vjawuit; ii uai uiu sue oaj i
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she was mainod. and she said, "At the
parsona. -Philadelphia Press.
There ia not precious or semi
precious gem that possesses
more beautiful color than the
OPAL
W 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.
Arthur M- Field
Company
Leading Jewelers
Cor. Church St. and Patton Ave.
Asheville, N. C,
6
Pop Rent
Large boarding house on Spruce
street, recently repaired and
renovated, good shade, for $60.00
month.
Pop Sale 0
Beautiful suburban house with K
60 acres, water and sewerage.
Asfon, Rawls&Co 3
ouutu mam vjuooi.
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KILLED MOTHER
ANDJISTEBS
DESPERATE DEED OF A CRAZY
YOUTH IN PITTS
BURG, PA.
He is an Inventor, and Strain
on Occount of Pending Pat
ent Cauied Insanity.
MOTHER AND ONE
SISTER KILLED OUTRIGHT
THE
FOUR YOtNGRR ststrO
WERE SO BADLY INJURED BY
THE YOUNG MADMAN'S AXE
THAT THEY WILL DIE.
Pittsburg. Pa., Oct. 10. A boy named
Charlie Cajwley, aged 17 years, of
Homestead, Pa., killed his mother and
one sister this morning at 3 oclock with
an axe. He also hacked fmir nthsr win
ters so badly that they will die. Ha
attacked hi9 elder brother, but the" axe
glanced off his head and his brother
awoke. He 1 um Ded out nf thp hsri on
- - fcvi
he saw the would-be assassin and
knocked him dofvn with a chair. He
then took him to the police station.
Cnwley was laboring under a mental
aberration, the result of a strain of '
mind in perfecting an appliance for an
air brake which is pending in Wash
ington, D. C.
The Cawleys live in a six-room house
on Sixth avenue in Homestead, and
last night all the members retired early.
Mrs. Cawley and Belle, the eldest
daughter, occupied one bed, while the
four little children were in cribs in the
same room. Charles, the murderer, and
his brothers, James, aged 20, and Har
ry, aged 14, occupied the front room on
the second floor, adjoining the mother's
room.
Early this morning Charles quietly
arose, and dressing himself, crept down
to the cellar and secured an axe. Com
ing up stairs he went into his mother's
room, where the victims were all sleep
ing. After turning up the light he at
tacked each of the victims dnjrlv. Hia
brother James was awakened by groans
in his mother's room and as Charles
entered he seized a heavy rocking chair
and after a fierce struggle overpowered
him and turned him over to the police.
vnen pnysicians reached the house
Mrs. Cawley and Belle were dead. The
others are living, but the doctors an
nounced that they could not live
ouY may drive a horse to water, but
yfu cannot make him drink, and you
may drive a man to drink, but you can
not make him take water.
Biltmore Firewood. Phone 700. tf.
25c per Pound
Best grade of Horehound
Lime and Assorted Fruit
Tablets, 25c per poirnd.
6rant's Pharmacy
Agency Wood's Feed.
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