FRE
FI
One Set of 6 Fine
Gold Traced China
Cups and Saucers.
With every $5.90
purchaseMonday arid
Tuesday we will give
a set of $1.25 Fine
Gold Traced China
Cups and Saucers
SU1NER
FOR THAT BAXiD 3POT
The time to check baldness is
when it first begins to make its
unwelcome appearance. The
thing! to check it with is Pfaff
lin'e Quinine Hair Tonic, is a
natural scalp food. It not only
stops the hair from coming out,
it makes new hair grow
Try it its only 50 cents per
bottle.
Pfafflln's Drug Store
Patton avenue and Church
street.
Have You Got A
Goal Vase ?
If not you should get one. It
'will save the annoyance of so
much coal dust, besides being
a handsome ornament for the
room.
$J.5o tO $I2.0Q
Fire Shovels 25c.
Tongs 25c.
Pokers 10c.
Asheville Hardware
Company
On the Square Phone 87
Asheville '
See
Big
Ad
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3rd-
Page
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Whitlbcis
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41 Patton Avenue.
'S
MORE RUMORS
OF SETTLEMENT
Outside oifCourt'Mnteresting
Testimony Was Present
ed Yesterday.
JAMES GALLAGHER TELLS
ABOUT COMPANY STORES
He Has Had No Money in Seven
teen Years, Excepting at
One Time.
GOODS SOLD IN COMPANY'S
STORE, HE SAYS, ARB 12 TO 30
PER CENT. HIGHER THAN IN
OTHER STORES.
Scranton, Dec. 6. The strike com
mission held only half a day's session
today: Rumors of settlement "out of
couirt" and of the intention on the
part of the big companies to buy out
the independent operators were rife
again today. The departure of Par
ker, attorney of one of the coal com
panies, for Washington last evening,
was utilized in connection with these
rumors but it was learned thlat Par
ker went to Washington on private
business.
Some interesting testimony was ad
duced at today's session of the com
mission. James Gallagher, a Hazel
ton miner f employed by Mlarkle & Co.
(Continued on page four)
Law's
Christmas Opening
Tuesday Dec 9th,
4 to 10 P. M.
Store closed on Tues
day till 4 P. M.
Scientific Eye Examination.
Choose Your Optician as
You Would a Friend.
We have every facility known for cor
rectly examining .your eyes and fitting
glasses to them. We use the very, lat
est improved instruments, together with
15 years of good, hard, practical expe
rience. We give you the best service
possible to be secured.
McKee,
Opposite Postofnce. .-
The
Optrcian
54 Patton am.
is a long ways off , You
have several months
of winter before you.
, If you would be com
fortable buy a
Wilson Header
They are economica
' fuel "users. We.wil
, putjn dLt
Hoi Ain Furnace
that , will . burn : either
snft coal or "coke. Cal
and'get prices. ,
11 South Court Square.
r: Just Rccei ved ;
A car load otFlower Pots and owing
to delay In shipment fromt factory will
nail at srreatlv reduced Jorlces. If in
terested call at once as they ere bound
rn.' The I X L Department Store, 22
Wapiti
We
afhe
Boy
Fatton avenue.
Phone 107.
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PASSES FROM EARTH
His Death of Which the Physicians Gave, Warning Yester
day Occurred at Midnight Uraemic Poisoning the
; Immediate Cause Sketch of His Career.
Washington, Dec. 7. Ex-Speaker
Reed died at 12:10 o'clock this (Sun
day)' morning.
Mr. Reed had 'been ill at the Arling
ton, for the past four days. Though he
was conscious until within two hours
of his death, his mind was not clear,
and he passed away "without recogniz
ing his -wife and daughter, who -were
at his Ibedside. They were nrepared
for the sad event by a statement of
his physicians early in evening that
there was little hope.
A change for .the worse came this
morning, and, in spite of heroic treat
ment of saline' injections and adminis
tering oxygen gas, the patient failed
to improve. Urajemic coma, resulting
from uraemic poisoning, was the im
mediate cause of death, but Mr
Reed's ilness was traceable to chronic
Bright's disease, which was brought to
the surface by an attack of appendi
citis last Tuesday.
Thomas Bracket t Reed, LL. t.
was born in Portland, Me., 1839, Oct
18, He graduated from, Bowdoin col
lege" 1860, taught school and studied
law, served for a short time in the
civil war as asst. (paymaster in the
IT. S. navy, and was admitted to the
bar and commenced - practice in Port
land 1865. He soon entered political j
WILL MEET TOMORROW
The county commissioners hold a
special session tomorrow in order to
consider the question of the disposition
of the old court house, although, if oth
er business should arise, it will also be
attended to.
The commissioners met last Thurs
day for this purpose, tout in the; ab
sence of Chairman: Reed nothing was
done. The commissioners wish to
have the old building torn down in or
der to comply with their contract with
Mr. Pack and convert the site of the
building into a puhlic park. Accord
ingly, the (building was advertised for
sale and a number of bids have been
received. However, the commissioners
say they ' do not intend to give the
building away, and if no acceptable
bid is received they intend to use the
material in the building of the new
County home. '
AMILY CREMATED
IN BURNING HOME
Pleasant Hall, Miss., Dec. 6. Ed
ward Kirk, together with his wire ana
two children, were cremated, in their
beds Tuesda7 night by the "burning of
their home. It is believed the hre was
the work of a negro.
EVANGELIST PEAKS ON
THEOLOGICAL PROFESS
Rev. J. R. Henry, dean of the Theo-
lzical seminary at jeDanon, Dy au-
thoritv of the board of trustees 01
Cumberland university, announces that
R. G. Xearson, .D. D., of Asheville,
has been elected to the professorship
of the English Bible and evangelistic
mpthcwl in the Theological semnaiy,
and has accepted. Dr. Peareoa win
Qntfr rt.nn this twork the coming
spring. .
ROLL MY FAIREST WHEEL
For Cigars, Smoking and Chewing To
bacco: also for Cigarettes . iiiomoers,
Leading Cigar, Store, ration avenue.
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Tennys Peanut Brittle at' Lee's. tf
Smoke Blomberg's Selecto Cigars, 5c
-
Cigars, Tobacco and Sporting Goods
Btomberg leads them all.
Biltmore Firewood. Phone 700. tf
I
Christmas
All sorts ' and kinds.
Candy . Nuts, Oranges at
. ' v. .. ,
A' - ,
Heston
Phone 183.
For Sale or Exchange.
1 A' beautiful modern country ."home
near; Bingham school.-: House 9 tooms,
10 acres of land in high state of cultir
vation.r: Will sell Dr exchange for city
property. . We are offering splendid
value in two business ; properties on
Patton avenue and Main street; These
are all choice yalucau' ;
Natt Atkinson iSona Cov
j vr - iiesi Cst&ta DrfltraLj
Toy
life, became noted as a Speaker and
debater, and was elected to the low
er &6use of .the Maine legislature 1868.
Thehfollowirig .year he was- re-elected.
ana 1870 became a member of the
State senate, but iwas soon elected at
torney general of the state the
youngest man ver chosen to that of
fleer-which position he held three
years. He was city solicitor of Port
land three years, and was first elect
ed to the national house of represen
tatives In He soon became promi
nent in the proceedings of the house
by his force and promptness, and for
many years was one of the lead
ing republican members. He waft
elected speaker 1889, Dec. 2, by vari
ous rulings came in conflict with a
powerful obstructive minority, and se
cured 1890, Feb. 14, the adoption of
new rules enabling the majority to
proceed with legislative business. He
has contributed to the North Ameri
can Review and other periodicals. He
was again elected speaker in 1895
and was one of the leading candidates
for the republican presidential nomi
nation, receiving 84 1-2 votes in the
St. Louis convention 1896.
Mr. Reed was speaker of the house
six years. He resigned the speaker
ship in 1899 and resumed the practice
of law. He leaves a widow and
daughter
SOFT GOAL IS DOW II
50 CENTS PER TON
Owing to an improvement in the car
supply of the Southern and a slight
reduction at the .mines, the leading
local coal dealers announce that, be
ginning tomorrow, there will be a de
crease of 50 cents per ton in the price
of coal. A leading retailer stated yesterday-
that he. had' a letter from a
mining company which supplies him
stating- that the local coal situation
will probably be relieved soon, as the
Southern 'is increasing its facilities for
coal transportation. "Immediately up
on the receipt or this we lowerea our
price," said he. "The public holds the
local dealers responsible for the high
prices," he continued," "but we are not
responsible. We lowered our prices
as soon as we were able. If the pub
lic doesn't embrace this opportunity,
and waits in the hope that the price
will again 'lower, it will be badly mis
taken. In case of a blizzard some
thing will drop and it won't be the
price of coal."
The dealers claim that one oi their
reasons for this move is to give the
public every opportunity to provide for
an emergency of this kind, for they
seem by no means certain that the
price will fall below the $6 mark, if in
deed it remains there. "As " for an
thracite," said a dealer, "it is as yet
but a dream."
J. E. RANKIN SELLS
STORE TO 6. WILLIAMSON
One of the most valuable store prop
erties on South Main street changed
hands yesterday through the agency
of Wilkie & LeBarbe. The building
now occupied by Pat Mclntyre's sa
loon was purchased from! J . E . Ran
kin by Galloway Williamson for tne
cash consideration of $5,400. This is
a two-story structure with a large
store room on the first floor.
THE ELKS WIIxL GIVE
CHRISTMAS TO 1000
ASHEVILIiE CHILDREN
Prpnarntlrms are on foot toy the
Elks' lodge to make the coming
Christmas a happy one for poor fam-
ilites and children. A - meeting has
been, held ,bv members of the lodge
And Christmas arrangements are be
ing put in order.
Next Wednesday evening a commit
tee meeting will be held at- which time
sub-committees" will be - appointed for
the various arrangements to be made
The Elks of this city have made
Christmas' an unusual event of much
prominence along charity lines. Last
year 800 ioor children were made hap
py by the- gift of something in the way
On Charlotte Street
For
Opposite the Manor and Albeinarle
Parkrproperty The. owner has here
tofore refused to sell these desirable
lots,r Jui we can now name "-a "; very
reasonable price, either as4a whole or
divided Into four; lots; Total frontage
252 feet; depth 194 feet.
Yilhie & baBarbe
No.-23 Patton avehue. . Phone 1,
Choi
Uofs
Of WMrint" attfiofl m
dies i .- uiu cua
The Erks will
- "uimm; HITS
Sa making distribution :all the
donations, of the churrh
and .the public in general, it i8 honed
max this will be the-blra- mwT
and best Christmas ever experienced
itJ C ble lnsti.tutian of the
city .
The following committees ho.
appointed with the- faUm.-
gentlemen as chairmen; Club rooms,
Dr. Galloway; General arrangements
( Jordan; Finance, H.
W.
luiiuner; reception, J. M
bell; purchasing, s. Dunn;
H. Lindsev. v
Camp
solicitor, The chairmen of these committees
will select their own associates and
report to the committee on general
arrangements at a meeting to be held
next Wednesday. v
UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF WORK
FOR HOUSE'S FIRST WEEK!
Washington, Dec. 6. The house
Wound up the first week's session today
with the accomplishment of an unusual
1 TV Si -mm 4- . M 1 .
a"iUUUl Ji legislative business. The
v "-a apyi upi iation oiii was
ao3CU unaer tne can of commit-
ices a. large number of unobjected
measures were agreed to.
.wasmngton, Diec. 6. ImroedHately
after the reading of the Journal, the
house today entered upon considera
tion of the" pension appropriation bill.
The bill aroused no discussion. Mr
Barney (Wis.) in charge of the meas
ure, explained that the appropriations
it carried aggregated $139,847,000 iwere
practically identical with those for
the current year and that it contained
no new legislation. The bill then was
passed without a word of comment,
eiauny ien minutes having ;been con
sumea in its consideration.
SIX WERE KILLED
AND TWENTY INJURED
Truro, N. S.; Dec. 6. The Canadian
Pacific fast express from Halifax for
St. 'John was derailed near Belmont
today. Six were killed and twenty in
jured. HOLIDAY NOTES
The students of the Asheville school
have engaged two sleepers for the
Christmas holidays, one of which Will
run to Cleveland, O., and the other to
Cincinnati. All the students of t he
school will visit their homes during the
holidays.
The 'Southern railway has made ar
rangements tp relieve the usual con
gf sted travel of the holidays by "order
ing more coaches and making arrange
ments for more sleepers to be Used on
the regular trains.
If the travel is . still too heavy for
the trains to handle after more oars
are attached to all the trains, addi
tional trains will be made up for the
benefit of excursionists taking ad
vantage of the cheap rates. District
Passenger Agent J. H. Wood gave out
this information yesterday.
Superior Court
The case of J. K. Brown against the
Swan L. Burnette company is still be
fore the ISuperior court, and it is prob
able that it will consume several days
of this week. The action is brought
on the contract for the purchase of
lumber in 1889 and involves between
$500 and $700. The claim of the de
fense is that the lumber was burned.
Locke Craig and W. R. Whitson ap
pear ior -the piaintm and J-.utner &
Wells for the defense.
At 1 o'clock the court adjourned un
til tomorrow morning, holding no af
ternoon session.
E?veryone may well be proud
to own
First
Class Jewelry
" The style and quality of one's
jewelry oft proclaims the
standing of its owner.
For
Christmas Gifts
Probably no other line is giv
en more than Jewelry, and
from our immense stock of the
.liandiivork of the most reputa
ble and skillful goldsmiths and
silversmits you will not fail to
find a suitable gift for either
old or young.
Arthur M. Field
I
1 V
any;
Leading Jewelers
Cor. Church. St. and Patton Ave.
' V. Aiheville; k-C-
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vJomc
FREE
FIGHT Ifl
FRENCH CHAMBER
Syvcton Tries to'Strife Mi
Vallc, and Is Kicked by
the Latter
THE ROW WAS OVER
THE HUMBERT CASE
-AlLIXlkT Ul LURmDHT WAS ThMD
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Times Suspended All End
ed in Peace,
THE INTERPELLATION ON HUM- -
DER DECLARING MINlSfTER
VALLE DID HIS DUTY.
Paris, Dec. 6. There was a violent
scene in the chamber of deputies today
during the discussion of the celebrated
Humbert swindling case. The Hum
berts, man and wife, swindled many
people by pretendi to be in posses
sion of documents entitling them to the
Crawford millions. Thev
rest and fled . Tre scene today -was the
result of an interpellation as to fwheth-
er the minister of justice had performed
his duty.
Minister of Justice Valle ascended the'
tribune and declared that Humbert
was a former Boulongist. A free fight ;
followed. Several members tried to
expel Valle from the tribune. Deputy
Syveton tried to strike Valle and the
IntiAN 11 -3 T I -Tl t
lanci iut&cu nun . me premier as
cendad the tribune and tried to read
an order suspending the sitting, but his
Vflipp WAS drrrampfi In tho nnrnar
The president of the chamber don
ned his hat and suspended the sitting.
When the sitting was resumed the
fighting was renewed. Deputy Syveton
was expelled by the troops. The ses
sion was. suspended three times in alj..
The interpellation as to the Humbert
affair was closed by the adoption of
an order declaring the minister of jus
tice had performed his duty.
M. H. HARRIS DEAD
Milton H. Harris died laet night af
ter an illness of several weeks. Mr.
Harris was the proprietor of the
Knickerbocker and was well known in
Asheville. He leaves a wife and one
child. The funeral arrangements
have not yet been made.
If you want a genuine
BARGAIN
Call at our office and let us show
you a 7 room cottage, not far from the
center of town or on street car line
which we can sell you for $1,100.00.
H, P. Grant 6c Son
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
48 Fatten avenue.
The Tailor
Phone 347:
Come and inspect my line of
Importedand Domestic Suitings
before buying elsewhere." Gen
tlemen's RidingBreeches and
Livery a Specialty.
For Sale or Rent
Large hoarding house tmfur- ?
nlshed. The Brexion.' Nu. 11 V
S tames avenue, w.vo per-H
month, recent J painted, good - S
condition. d
For sale: Beautiful suburban r
house, with 60 acres of land
TVo taw mnA IMMMM. '
1
Aston, Ra wis & Co
a I8i South. Main street.
Seeds and Bulbs
Wood's Lawn Grass.".;-. -.25a
Wood's Lawn Emichener.. "..V. ,.25o
Wood's Lettuce Seed in bulk, r
HyacMnth Bulbs. .. .. ... ..6 and 10a
Narcissus Buros.. .. .. .. ,.2 for So
Crocus. Bulbs, pec dozen.. .. ... '-....lOo
caiia iiy,BUiDs4.r .. .. . J.0o
'Baster Lily Bulbs ;V'.. V 10a
PotatoOnion Sets, tanart.... .. .. ..15o
i y i ail ta ir iiai maw y
Qranfi No. 21 ccrea cold 25' r1
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