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ASHEVILLE, N. O, THUIISDAY 'jIOENING, DECEMBEB la 1902.
VOL. VII NO. 267
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J H. LAW
35 Patton Avenue.
Leather Goods
AT COST
We are selling our entire line
of leather goods at cost. Pock
et Books, Card Cases, Purses,
Cigar Casee. Now is the time
to make your Christmas selec
tions. Pfafflln's Drug Store,
Patton Ate. and Church St.
Tak the iteaivbf pocket,
knive Just (because we sell
some beauties at $2.00 and $2.50
i3 no reason rrhj we havn't
Best Quarter
Knife in
Town, v '
On the other hand you'll
that our quarter knife-
find
knife
for knife is the bst you ever
saw for that money, and for
Christmas gilts for the boys
they are Just the thing.
AshsviUe Hardware Go.
On the Square
Phone 87 AshevfMe
See
Our
Big
Ad
On
th
Page
Whitlock's
v
41 Patton Avenue.
Just Received ;
a car load of Flower Pota, and owing
aeiay ln shipment from factory win:
861 1 at BTMtlv foAitnaA nriiM ln
wrested call at once as they are bound
g so. The I X L Department Store, 22
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OF BABY'S MOTHER
Mrs. Henderson, Arrested Here
Said to Be Implicated in
tne Abandonment
Case.
SOBBIM5 3 il TELL
STORY OF CRIME
The Mother Alleged -to Be Miss
Katie Briggs, Under Arrest
at Tryon.
Two women, supposed by the police
to know something of the abandon
ment of the child found near Deake's
greenhouse, were apprehended yester
day afternoon, or at least the evidence
in the hands of the officers indlcat
this. The officer who. has been con
ducting the search had a description
of the women and has had them
shadowed, but yesterday the fates
wcie especially mna. two women
came here from Hendersonville and
registered at the Swannanoa hotel.
giving their names as Mrs. Ida B.
Henderson and Miss Briggs, but not
stating their place of residence. They
were shiadowed from. Hendersonville
by an officer and were watched here
yesterday afternoon. It Is alleged that
late in the afternoon they entered a
Continued on page eight.
You" should
surely visit
the ART
DEPARTMENT
at LAW'S.
All the newest
Pictures, anci the
prices are 4 ' J.'
always right.
These Grand
Old Mountains
are Natures gift to us. If you
cannot go out and climb the
mountain Bides, you can bring
them close to you with, a pair
of our v
Field Glasses
Thee glasses are fitted with
achromatic lenses, the bars,
drawn tubes and trimmings fin
ished in black, and body cov
ered with leather. Prices range
from
J$5 to S20
McKeC optician
54 Patton Avenue
Warm
Weather
iS a long WayS Off. YOU
, i , i
have several months
of winter before you.
If you would be com
fortable buy a
Wilson Heater
T1!-. n,t o-o arTvrmiral
put in a
Hot Air Furnace
f j. :ii U., z;4-'U
inai W1U uuiii cituci
okf4- nr rnVf Call
OWX L. UU1 V wvw.
and get prices.
W. A. Boyce
11 South Court Square.
For Sale Or Exchange.
A beautiful modem country home
ncAr Rlneham ochool. , HOUM 100111
10 acres of land In high: tate of ctdtl
tAii -win sell or exchange for city
property. We are" j offering aplendid
uwIha in two business propertfe on
co m uvnnt nd Main street. These
are all choice valuer , ; .t-
Natt Atkinson .fit Sons Co.,
CON
FESSION
MA
Allies Will Bombard San Carlos;
Balfour Informs House of Com
mons that a State of War
Exists.
NO HEADWAY IN
ARBITRATION
Germany Declares it is Inade
quate as it Included no
Guarantee to Pay.
Caracas, Dec. 17. It is announced
that the allies -will bombard San Car
los. A revolutionary .force of 1,600 men,
under General Ramos, occupied Rio
Chico Wednesday.
President Castro and General Her
nandez, revolutionary leader, have
agreed to sink their past differences.
CASTRO IN HIDING.
Willemstad, Dec. 17. It is reported
here that President Castro is hiding
from the populace, of Caracas and that
he is being urged to resign. It ds also
reported that British marines have
landed at Ciudad, Bolivia.
'A STATE OF WAR." SAYS bat,.
FOUR. 1
London, Dec. 17. In the course of
long statement in the house of com.-
mons today Premier Balfour said there
was no such thing as
'pacific
blockade," that a state of war actually
existed with Venezuela and an intima
tion of tne blockade would shortly b
given to the powers.
Nothing definite had occurred with
reference to arbitration proposals since
his previous statement oni the situa
tion.
He could make no announcement as
to whether the offer of arbitration
from Venezuela would .be accepted by
Great Britain. The statement was
made in reply" to the'desire 'of 'the lib's
eral leader, Sir Henry Oampbelt
Bannerman, for information on the
Venezuelan situation. After reiter
ating Lord Lansdowne's brief state
ment dn the House of Lords yes
terday, the premier continued:
"The blockade will be carried out 'by
Great Britain and Germany along dif
ferent portions of the coast and
though the two fleets will have
the same objects they will not act as
one force. We never had any intention
of landing troops in Venezuela or of
occupying territory even temporarily.
We do not think it desirable on either
military or other grounds.
'All conditions governing such a
blockade have been carefully consider
ed and will be published in due time
for the information of the neutrals.
The government is most anxious that
these operations, the necessity for
which we deeply regret, should be as
little inconvenient to neutrals as they
can possibly be made. No difference
will be made between the vessels of
various neutral powers. I think it is
quite likely that the United States will
think therejcannot be such a thing as
a "pacific .blockade," and I, personally,
take the same views. A blockade in
volves a state of war."
The premier also said the operations
-were reluctantly undertaken, niu w
recover debts, but after a long and
patient delay, to recover compensation
fnr assaults on British subjects and
the seizure of British vessels.
He believed that the Germans also
had claims besides the financial ones
(Mr. Healy, Irish nationalist, aske
if the United States assented to a
hiorktfid which would exclude the
United States vessels.
Mr. Balfour replied: "Neutrals are
D consulted when you are in a state
of war with a third party.
"Is war declared?" asked Mr. Healy.
The premier replied: "Does the hon
orable member suppose that wirnoui
a state of war you can take vessels
and have a blockade?"
He plying to further questions, Mr.
Balfour said he had nothing to add re-
rifllline- an mv store purchasing hoi -
iday presents for your husband, broth -
er or friend
Courteous treatment- xo
all
Bloomberg Leading Cigar and Sport-
ine Goods Store. Patton ave.
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tWs peanut Brittle at Lee's. tl
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Biltmore Firewood. Phone 700.
FIREWORKS!
at Heston's the best
kind. Fire Crackers
. that we warrant every
one to explode. Ro
man Candles Sky
-Rockets .. , .-. ..... .
HBSTON'S
Phone 183."
,26. S. Main..
President
garding a reason beyond -what was
contained in his previous statement on
the subject. Papers were being pre
pared and would be presented to the
house as soon as possible. He assum
ed they would include the communi
cations which had passed on the sub
ject of the blockade between the
United States and Great Britain.
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ARBITRATION INADEQUATE.
Berlin, Dec. 17. Germany considers
that President Castro's proposal to ar
bitrate is inadequate, unaccompanied
as it is with guarantee to pay if the
arbitrators decide agaist him, and a
reply in that sense has been or will be
sent through Minister Bowen. Great
Britain will make a similar answer.
These statements are not made offi
cially, but are derived from an excel
lent source.
PULLMM'S SENTENCE
IS FIVE VFJFS
Lawrence Pnlliam was yesterday
sentenced to five years in the federal
prison at Atlanta, tout the jury recom
mended that six months in the county
jail would suffice, and Judge Boyd
uuvun-wi in mew uyiiiaon. in view oi I
these facts it is the general opinion
that the president will commute the
sentence to a short term of impris
onment in the Buncombe jail. A mo
tion for the arrest of judgment and a
new trial was overruled.
TESTIMONY BEFORE
STRIKE COMMISSION
Scranton, Dec. 17. The miners to
day put on the witness stand before
the coal strike commission the fath
ers of two of the little girls who had
testified on Monday that they worked
all night in silk mills.
The operators yesterday submitted
wage " statements showing that one of
these men and his laborer received $1,-
681 and the other and his laborer were
paid JL400 last year. John Domko,
father of one of the girls, said that
four and sometimes six men figured in
the division of the 1,4Q0. The other
miner claimed that four men divided
the $1681. Everett Warren, one of the
operators' attorneys, on cross-exami
nation, tried to snow that this was
not the case. Both men promised to
take the girls out of the silk mills.
After the witnesses left the stand,
Chairman Gray asked for an explana
tion of the Pennsylvania Coal com
pany scales, which is controlled by the
Erie road, regarding the wages of men
The wage scales mentioned by the
company were handed to the commis
sion some days ago and did not indi
cate that more than two persons
figured in the distribution.
W. A. May, general manager of the
Pennsylvania coal company, was
called to the witness stand and ex
plained that ipecause of the system m
vogue in the company's mine it would
be difficult to show in every case how
many men shared in one pay.
DIVORCED HUSBAND MAY
MARRY FORMER WIFE
Freehold, N. J., Dec. 17. J. Mc-
Conville of Wisconsin, the divorced
husband of Laura Biggar, and father
of her young son, was a witness at
the Bennett will conspiracy trial to
day. He testified in his wife's behalf,
saying Bennett had told him he had
made the actress his wife. McCon
ville and hfs former wife were together
at dinner tonight, seemed much de
voted in each others society, and a
complete reconciliation and another
wedding is predicted. Other witnesses
also testified1 that Bennett said the ac
tress was his wife. The Bennett for
tune has dwindled from millions to
$750,000 with $450,000 debts.
A TERRIBLF EARTHQUAKE
Ashkabad, Russian Turkestan, Tues
day, Dec. 16. The town of Andijan,
Ferghana government was totally des
troyed by an earthquate today. The
number of fatalities is not yet ascer
tained. The people are threatened with
starvation.
Shocks were felt in New Marghelan
and the surrounding villages, and a
railway at Andijan; was destroyed for
a considerable distance, jrooa ana
1 Andijan was a town of Russia Cen-
1 traJ Asia, 73 miles from Khokand. It
i nad a population, or aoout w,uw souis.
Qhoice Lots
On Charlotte Street
For Sale.
Opposite the Manor and Albemarle
Park property. The owner has here
tofore refused to sell these desirable
lots, but we can now name a very
reasonable price, either as a whole or
divided into four lots. Total frontage
252 feet; depth 194 feet.
Wilhie & baBarbe
" SOLD AGENTS.
No, 23 Patton- avenue. Phone Mi."
Castro in Hiding
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The well known hotel man. E. B.
Moore of Washington, is the new pro
prietor of Kenilworth Inn.
Mr. Moore arrived yesterday on the
train from the east. He immediately
went to the Battery Park, where he
will make his headquarters during his
present stay here.
Mr. Moore is an energetic and enter
prising man, about 40 years of age.
His experience in the hotel business is
very thorough, he having managed
several of the largest hostelries in the
United States. He at present is pro
prietor of the Savoy in Washington
and the Gladstone hotel at Narragan
sett Pier.
The Gladstone is one of the largest
and finest hotels in the land, catering
to a patronage that represents the
wealth of the United States.
Mr. Moore says that he will not open
the Kenilworth until about the first
of February. Furthermore, that he is
not familiar enough with the conditions
here to make any statements in re
gard to improvements, management,
etc. Thft Inn will ,hp vnpn all thp vpar
'round
A. J. Lyman, the real estate agent
n whose charge the hotel has been for
several weeks, will hand over all his
correspondence pertaining to the Ken
lworth hotel to Mr. Moore.
The new proproietor will select from
this abundance of information his
force for running the hotel. Asheville
hag every reason to feef gratified at
the choice of Hon. J. M. Gazzam,
owne rof the Inn.
YOUNG WOMEN THUGS
SANDBAG AND ROB
Baltimore, Dec. 18. Two women
highwaymen attacked Barney Abra-
hamson when he was going home early
this morning and robbed him of all the
noney he had, $30. One of the women
hit the victim a violent blow on the
head with a sandbag, knocking him
down. When in a dazed condition the
man's pockets were turned inside out
and his property . taken. The women
then fled. Subsequently Cora Full
and Mary B. Queen were arrested and
identified as Abruhamson's assailants
The prisoners are young and good
looking.
NEW TRIAL GRANTED
TO JAMBS HOWARD
.Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 17. The court
of appeals has granted James Howard
a new trial. Howard is under sentence
of life imprisonment for the' murder of
Goebel and already has been tried
twice.
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A Christmas
Gift of Worth
One that will prove useful
and a frequent reminder of the
giver is
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Good
Umbrella
, Our assortment is large and
the variety; shapes and styles
will prove a very interesting
feature to the prospective giv
er. Your inspection is solicited
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ARTHUR M FIELD
Company,
Leading Jewelers,
Cor. Church St. and Patton Ave
For Sale or Rent
Large boarding house unfur
nished, " The. Brexton," No. 11
Starnes avenue, 350.00 per
month; recently painted; good
condition. ...
For Sale; .Beautiful Suburban
house, with 60 acres of land
water and sewerage.
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Aston, RawloS: Go
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NEW
MANA6
KENLIM
APPROPRIATION
BILLS PASSED
INTHE SENATE
General Deficiency and Pen
sion Measures Ready for
the President.
SENATE ADJOURNS
UNTIL SATURDAY
Wilmington Port of-Bntry Bill
Passed An Anti-Trust Ap
propriation Washington, Dec. 17. Immediately
after the senate convened today, Hr
Hale (Me.) called up the urgent de
ficiency bill ana it was passed without
dlcussion. It carried an oppropriatlon
of $1,140,000 Including $500,000 to sup
press the foot and mouth disease.
Mr. Hale tated that it was evident
that no business will be transacted un
til after the holiday adjournment, and
on his motion it was agreed that the
senate adjourn from today until Sat
urday. Mr. Morgan (Ala.) gave notice that
on Saturday he would address the sen
ate regarding the construction of an
isthmian canal.
Mr. Galllnger (N. H.) reported th
pension appropriation bill, which waa
passed without division. It carries
$139,897,000 and is the first of the regu
lar appropriation, bills to be passed by
the senate at this session,
A number of minor bills were passed,
including one to make Wilmington, N.
C, a port through which merchandise
may be imported for transportation
without appraisement, and the senate
then resumed consideration of the mili
tia, bill.
Mr. Bacon (Ga.) continued hl re
marks begun yesterday in opposition to
the sectioa of the bill regarding a re
serve force o trained men.
The president today sent -the follow
ing nominations to the senate:
Kavy Brigadier general, Command
(Continued on page four.)
If you want a genuine
BARGAIN
Call at our office and let us show
you a 7 room cottage, not far from the
wnter of town or on street car Una
which we can sell you for 1,100.09.
H P. Grant & Son,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
48 Patton avenue.
The Tailor
Phone 347;
Come and inspect my line of
Importedand Domestic Suitings
before buying elsewhere. Gen
tlemen's Riding "Breeches and
Livery a Specialty.
Young Ladies
Can Give
Their gentlemen friends for a
Christmas present one of our
HANDSOME
Meerschaum
Pipes
with genuine amber mouth
pieces. We have lots of them.
MlCHL,SON'S
ON THE SQUARE.
Celluloid Soap
Boxes
in assorted colors, 50c each, also largs
well made metal soap boxes at CS
each.
Grant's No. 24 '.cures. Colds ana. La
Grippe, qulcUy control ' chill, fever:
and nam. 25c. ' ' - , -
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