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ASHEVILLE, N. C, JULY 28, 1899.
NO. 31.
PRESIDENT KRUGER
GIVES UP HIS CHAIR
Transvaal' Republic Without
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H)pm Paul and the Blembcrs of th
Volksraad Couldut Agree oh Cer
tain Dynamite Concessions, Hence
the Former's Resignation.
CapeTown, Jaly 25. Advices have
been received, here confirming the re-
part that President Krnger of the South
African republic has resigned owing to
differences between himself and mem.
bers of the volksraad.
President Kruger had been absent
from, the government hnildinv iin
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ROBERT G. INGERSOLL DEAD.
Famous Agnostic aud Orator Expires
of Apoplexy Iu New York.
New York, July 21. Robert G. In
gersoll died at his home in Dobbs Ferry.
N. Y., this afteiinoon of apoplexy.
The noted agnostic was not known to
have been seriously ill and the an
nouncement of his sudden death created
a profound sensation in this city.
He had reached a ripe old age and his
writings, especially on religious sub
jects, made him famous thoughout the
land.
Mr. Ingersoll went to his summer
home in Dobbs' Ferry two days ago ap
parently in good health. Shortly after
his arrival there he complained of a
slight indisposition.
He spent this morning in his room
and shortly before he was stricken his
wife offered to have his luncheon sent
up to him so that he would! not have to
walk down stairs to the dihingroom be
low. - -
He laughingly replied that while he
did not feel quite as young as he used
to, he guessed he was not yet an invalid
and he would go with the others. As
he finished speaking and was about to
rise he fell back into his chair.
A physician was immediately sum
moned, but when he reaches the house
he. found that ilr. Ingersoll Lsad died al
most mstautly.
The physician did not give it he cause
of death, bat the family believe it was
due to apoplexy.
Mr. Ingersoll's wife and two daugh
ters were with him when he died.
A MOST REVOLTING CRIME.
PRESIDENT KRUGER.
Friday and . it was understood that
owing to the opposition' shown him by
the executive council and the volksraad
regarding the questions of the Johannes
burg iort and the dynamite monopoly,
he had arrived at the conclusion that he
no longer possessed the volksraad's con
fidence and threatened to resign.
Yesterday, however, a depuiation, in
cluding General Joubert, the vice presi
dent; Herren Schaik and Burger and
the chairman of the volksraad, waited
upon fresiaenn uruger and iniu -ed
him to attend a secret session of the
vo'ksraad, which lasted over three hours
Meanwhile an anxious crowd .had as
sembled outside the building, waipup
expectantly to learn the out;:omd" of
what was regarded as a -momentou de
bate. ; ' .
Late last evening it was annonnc3ci
that the volksraad had finally asurec
the president that it had tha nt!:i.s
confidence in him. It was known, how
ever, mat a majority ot tno meuiDer- o
the volksraad still diflered with im
president on- the dynamite inonopol
question and his action today in re
signing is the re-iult. ' '
Reports regarding the resignation o-
President Kruger are coufhowr.g. bai
according to the best information "hi
actually resigned oflico conditionally
The volksraad, whiie niaiiitciuii't: its
opposition to President Ktuger's viw-
on the dynamite concession, has given
its assurance that it still has the u.mosi
confidence in President Kruger and it is
believed that he has withdrawn his res
ignation.
As to the difference ot opinion on tne
question of the dynamite coures-ion,
General P. J. Joubert, vice president o;
the republic, and the majority o,' the:
volksraad favor cancellation of the mo
nopoly, while President Kruger sun
ports it. ine minority I tne voitsraaa
desires to buy out the company. , '
ROOT AT VAR DEPARTMENT.
The New Secretary ChIIs on General
; Alger In Washington.
Washington, July 25. Secretary Al
ger attended the meeting of the cabinet
todays, but had no special war depart
ment business to submit. Tonight he
will leave Washington to be absent un
til Aug. 1, the date when is resignation
takes effect. Mr. Meiklejohn will be
acting secretary until that time.
Mr. Root, the new secretarycalled at
the war Vlepartmeht today and . was
with Secretary Alger sbme time dis
cussing matters relating to-the depart
ment. Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn
called upon Mr. Root this morning at
the Arlington and again met him ir4the
office of the secretary.
It was expected that the bureau chiefs
of the war department would meet Mr.
Root tonight, but at his suggestion the
meeting was deferred until he actually
became secretary. Mr. Root's commis
sion has already been made out, bearing
date Aug 1. ) ' '-.
Blue Law Win at Si-iiu i.
Selma,' Ala., July 25. The city conn
ell, in special session last night, refused
to repeal' the "baby blue law," thus
turning dbwn a petition of citizens to
allow the sale of newspapers and cigars
on Sunday. Nothing can be bought
now excepting soda-water. The coun
cil refusing to repeal the Jaw means
b nndreds of dollars lost to hotels here
on Sundays by commercial travelers re
fusing to remain in the city over Sunday.
NicaraguH-Honduras Alliauce.
Managua, Nicaragua, July 25. Pres
ident Zelaya of Nicaragua has gone to
meet General Terencio Sierra, president
of the republic of Hondnras, in the gulf
of Conchuaga, on the coast of Salvador,
with the object of making an offensive
and defensive treaty between Nicaragua
WOMAN KILLED OVER HOGS.
Negress and Her Husband Club a Lady
to Death Near Idaho, Ala.
Talladega, Ala., July 2). Flora
Turner; a negro woman, is in jail at
this place, where she was brought from
Idaho, Clay county, on the charge of
murder. The crime was a horrible one.
Mrs. Jane Measles, a white woman, and
her 16-year-old daughter were driving
some hogs belonging to the negro woman
from their fields, using rocks for the
purpose.
The negro woman came to the rescue
of her hogs -and a heated colloquy be
tween the women ensued. The negro
woman finally knocked Mrs. Measles
down with a club. About this juncture
her husband came up and he, too, beat
Mrs. Measles with a club until she was
dead, and brutally kicked the girl until
she was senseless and terribly injured
internally.
The negress was captured soon after
the tragedy and hurried to Talladega
to prevent lynching. The man has not
been captured. "Necktie" parties are
now after hi in.
Woman Assaulted by Two Negroes In
the Presence of Her II n bind.
BaisbriDqe, Ga., July 12 A most
revolting crime was committed late
Thursday afternoon on the person of
Mrs. J. E, Ogle tree, a t Saffold, Early
county, on the Alabama Midland rail
way. Two negroes went to the store of
Mr. Ogletree. who is abo railway agent.
ostensibly to do some trading.
Alter ilr. Ogletree had wrapped up
the goods called for both sprang upon
him with pistols in- hand, saying they
were highway robbers and intended to
take what they wanted, and if he re
sisted they would kill him, as they had
done many others.
.Being without weapons, Mr. Ogletree
found himself entirely at their mercy.
Mr. Ogletree and wife reside a short
distance from the store in the station
building.
Helping themselves to all the goods
they wanted, the hegroes demanded his
cash on hand at the point of pistols, and
compelled Mr. Ogletree to go into his
residence and surrender the money.
They overpowered Mrs. Ogletree and
each assaulted her while the other held
a pistol on the husband.
The negroes then fled to the swamps
on the Chattahoochee river.
Governor Candjer has offered a re
ward of $500 for the capture of the two
assailants.
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EVERY ARTICLE GUARANTEED.
A REWARD FOR LYNCHERS.
Price on the Heads of 3Ien Who Killed
' "Si" 5mlth at Gainesville.
Atlanta, July 21. Governor Cand
ler ha3 ordered a reward of $300 to be
offered for the apprehension, with proof
to convict, of the first of the murderers
of John S. Smith, who was shot to
death by unknown parties in the jail at
Gainesville on the night of July 14.
An additional reward of $100 each
will be paid for the capture, with proofs
to convict, of the others implicated in I
the deed. The guilty parties are to be
turned over to the sheriff of Hall county
as soon as captured, when the reward
will be paidiT
The coroner '8 jury, after investi
gating the case for several days, ren
dered a verdict to the effect that the
murder of the prisoner at the jail had
been committed by parties unknown,
and in following that verdict the re
ward was offered by the executive of
the state. .
NEW COTTON BALE PLANT.
An Industry to Cost $2,000,000 Near
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., July 21. A. R.
If ininger, t president of the Huutsville
Cotton Mill company, has closed a deal
with Hon. Frank S. Moody, president
of the Tuscaloosa Land company, for
six lots on the Warrior river branch of
the Mobile and Ohio railroad.
!. Mr. Nininger and Mr. C. W. Hughes
are here completing the organization of
the Tuscaloosa Round Lap Bale com
pany, wliich will be one of the largest
cotton industries in the state.
The company will begin at once the
erection of the press, gin and other ma
chinery for turning out cylindrical cot
ton bales. This immense industry will
cost something like 12,000,000.
Alabmna Boy's Tragic Death.
New Orleans, July 21. John A.
Allen, a 15-year old boy, who came to
this city some three months ago to visit
his uncle,. J. T. Blannagan, was killed
last night by the fast train of the Louis
ville and Nashville railroad. When the
train reached Bay St. Louis the boy's
body was found between the baggage
car and the mail coaoh. The boy left
his uncle's home last Sunday, saying he
was going to return to his home at Col
lege Hill, Ala. Allen's father is a
farmer at College Hill. The boy was
stealing a ride when he was killed.
Report From General Otis.
Washington, July 21. The war de
partment has received the following
cablegram from General Otis: "Captain
B. A. Byrne, Sixth infantry, with 70
men, surprised united robber bands Ne
gros, numbering 450. Killed 115 and
wounded many; captured few rifles and
revolvers, many hand weapons, large
quantity stock; fighting at close quart
ers. Byrne's loss one killed and one
wounded, names not given. This ac
tion very beneficial for quiet of Negros. "
A Hailstorm Saved Bryant.
Birmingham, Ala., July 21. Jesse
Bryant, a negro who committed a crim
inal assault on Mrs. Hannah at Linville,
Clay county, is being hotly pursued by
posse of citizens. At one time they
had him surrounded in a swamp, but a
hailstorm came up and in the confusion
attendant upon it he escaped.
Jjegro Hanged at Savannah.
Savannah, July .21. Isaiah Scott, a
negro, was hanged here this morning
for the murder of his wife . on May 6.
His neck was broken. The crime was
a most atrocious one. Scott killed his
wife with an ax while she was asleep.
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Poet au Prince, July 25. The Ger
man steamer Rhenania, Captain Forst,
from Colon, which grounded in the
Roads here July 23, has been released
without damage after discharging a por
tion of her cargo and has" proceeded od
her voyage.
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State Railway Commissioners Finally
Adopt a New Tariff.
Columbia, S. C, July 22. After
many months of deliberation, during
which period the railroad traffic man
agers and cotton, men have been given
lengthy and complete-hearing, the state
railroad commission has adopted a new
standard tariff of rates on cotton for-the
state of South Carolina.
The new tariff is considerably lower
than that recently suggested by the
commission and is lower than either the
present Georgia: and North Carolina
rate; indeed it will likely be lower than
any in the country. I
The tariff will bgcpme effective . 30
days after the tvsfenty-fifth inst., thus
giving the notice required by the rail
road law of the state.
The commission in making up the
new tariff has given the most careful
consideration to the arguments pre
sented by all interests and has prepared
a tariff that is considered just and equit
able. One factor in the cotton rate
problem in this state now is the rapidly
increasing number of cotton mills and
the consequent increase in the number
of short hauls. j '
There has been a demand for some
time for a reduction of the rates on cot
ton in South Carolina and! many will
hail with satisfaction the announcement
of the reduction provided for by the
commission.
NEGRO MURDERER AT BAY.
HOKE SMITH ON THE WAR.
"I am. Opposed to Spreading Philan
turophy With a Gatling Gun."
Washington, July 24. Ex-Secretary
of the Interior Hoke Smith was inter
viewed on tho .subject' of the campaign
in the Philippines and said:
"Nine-tenths of the people in our sec
tion are opposed to continuing the war.
The sentiraent all over . the south, I be
lieve, is overwhelmingly against trying
to retain the islands. The Filipinos are
fighting for liberty in the same way that
we did 100 years ago and the American
people are already sick and tired of the
slaughter ging on' there.
"Iam not in favor of having our
troops leave the islands with an armed
force lined up against them, but that
would not be necessary. If we would
avow our intention of leaving the islands
to the natives and abandoning our at
tempt at sovereignty the. fighting would
stop at dues. Then after we had as
sisted in establishing a government, if
the natives so wished, our troops could
properly be withdrawn. If the next pres
idential campaign were ! to be waged
solely on the issue of continuing the
war, the opposition candidate would
carry the (Country. " i .
It was suggested that the insurrection
'might be put down in the meantime.
The word "insurrection" seemed to dis
please Mr. Smith, who replied:
-."There isn't any.insurrection. There
iB simply an invading army trying to
conquer a spirited people and it will be
impossible, as . I believe and hope, to put
them down. We will no sooner think
we have done it than there will be an
other outbreak. President McKinley
entirely misunderstood the sentiment of
bur people-on the question when he vis
ited the south. He made a speech in
Atlanta before a great throng, in which
he asked the citizens if they wanted to
see our soldiers turn their backs on the
"American flag in the east, and they an
swered no. What else could they say
when the question was put in that way?
"We can leave the Philippines with
out leaving the flag or running from an
enemy. I am opposed to SDreading
philanthropy' with a Gatling gun. "
THREE NEGROES LYNCHED.
Barricaded In a Cabin, Ills Pursuers
May Burn Him Out.
Decatur, Ala., July A telephone
from Blount Springs, Ala.,. says that a
white man and a negro became involved
in a difficulty last night The white
man, whose name is James Hamilton,
drew a knife on the negro, and the ne
gro emptied a doublebarrelled shotgun
loaded with buckshot into Hamilton s
abdomen.-
The negro made his escape to the
mountains back of the springs and is
barricaded in a cabin. Bloodhounds
were sent to Blount Springs from War
rior and tracked the negro to the cabin.
The cabin is surrounded by 25 armed
men and they declare they will either
capture the negro or burn him out.
Hamilton is dying.
Charged With a Grave OlTeuse.
Spartanburg, S. C, July 22. Bud
Wright and Lawson Howell,- young
white men of the Valley Falls section of
Spartanburg county, have been arrested
and committed to jail on the charge of
attempting criminal assault on two
white girls. John tiibbs, a brother-in-law
of the girls, swore out the warrant.
The i crime was attempted while Gibbs
and bis wife were absent at the bedside
of a sick relative, and the girls were
unprotected.
Argument In Bank Cases.
Raleigh, July 22. Yesterday, before
the district court. Judge Purnell, argu
ment began on the exceptions in the
cases against Breeze and Dickinson of
the wrecked Asheville bank. There are
800 typewritten pages of the exceptions,
and it will require three days to dispose
of them. Senator Pritchard appears
for Breeae and Dickinson, and District
Attorney Holton and Special Counsel
W. P. Bynum, Jr., for the government.
Excursionists Start a Row.
Waycross, Ga., July 22. A crowd
of negro excursionists got off a Bruns
wick and Western train at Lulaton and
raised a disturbance with the citizens.
Several shots were fired and Conductor
Welsh was hit in the leg. He was
taken to the Plant system hospital here.
No arrests were made and there is no
Clue to the perpetrators.
Professor 3IcKissick Resigns.
Montgomery, Ala., July 22. The ex
ecutive office has been notified of the
resignation of ' Professor McKissck of
the chair of mechanical engineering at
the Alabama Polytechnic institute at
Auburn. He was formerly a South
Carolinaian and will return to his na
tive state. ' I
A Town on Paris Slountaln.
Greenville, S. O., July 22. E. W.
Cook and E. Philbeck of New York and
L. F. Bellinger and R. H. Smith of At
lanta are prospecting with a view of lo
cating a summer town on the top of
Paris mountain and constructing a trol
ley line from the city limits to the town.
Mules and Driver Killed,
Pidcock, Ga., July 32. Charles
Thomas, a negro teamster, and the four
mules be was driving were killed by
lightning yesterday. Thomas' clothes
and shoes were torn from his body.
Root Secretary of War.
Washington, July 22. Elihu R"eot
of New York has accepted the war port
folio in President McKinley 's cabinet.
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Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
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1TKMS CONCERNING PEOPLE AND
THINGS EVERYWHERE.
Tuesday, July 18.
It has been determined to erect a new
$40,000 city hall building in Columbia,
S. C.
Tremendous storms in Chili have de
stroyed bridges and prostrated telegraph
wires.
Orders have been issued for the dis
banding of the Tampa division of the
Florida naval militia.
Miss Clara Barton returned to New
York from Havana and reported Red
Cross affairs in Cuba in excellent con
dition. At Pack's Gap, N. C, two men from
Tennessee, by tne name of Sump; and
Andrew Chadwick, attacked Frank
Davis, inflicting wounds with a knife
and pistol, from which. he died.
, The badly decomposed body , of an un
known man has been found in a ' pond
near Wrights ville, Ga., and an exami
nation is being made to ascertain if it
may be that of Jack Benedict, the miss
ing Athens cashier.
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Assailants of the Ogletrees Put
Death Near Saffold, Ga.
BAiNBRiDGEi Ga., July 24. Three ne
groes were lynched in Early county
yesterday by a mob. The first one put
to death was named Louis Sammin. He
was captured near Brinson, brought tc
Saffold and taken before Mr. and Mrs.
Ogletree, who identified him as one of
the paity who roblied the man and as
saulted the woman. . . . .
The negro was carried a short dis
tance from the honse of the Ogletrees
and strung to a limb. Before dying he
confessed to the deed and gave the
names of tfie negroes assisting in the
devilish work. - He said there were
eight negroes in the gang and -that they
came from Augusta, Ga. He also said
that two of the party were only a short
distance from where he stood.
; The mob divided, one portion swing
ing up Sammin and the- other portion
going after the other two negroes, who
were overtaken and shot. Posses are
chasing five more of the gang and when
they are overtaken they will purely be
lynched.
WHEAT GROWERS TO MEET.
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South Carolina Farmers Follow then
Lead of Georgians.
GpEENWOOD, S. 0., July 24. The re
cent wheat growers convention at Ma
icon was attended by several South Caro
linians who were much pleased with the
methods. A call has been 'issued for a
convention of South Carolina wheat
growers, farmers and others interested
in the subject to meet here Aug. 15.
Meetings to elect delegates will be held
at the courthouses.
j There was a larger area of wheat
planted in South Carolina last winter
than for many years and the result was
remarkably satisfactory. More than a
dozen roller mills have been built in the
state this spring and summer and all
are running now on full "time, some
working day and night The out
put sells readily, in some cases 50 cents
per barrel above the "market price.
Selma Editor Is Acquitted.
Selma, Ala., Jt;ly 24. The jury in
the case of Editor Perry Clark of The
Saturday Telegram, charged with the
murder of George R. Mason, returned a
verdict of not guilty at 5 o'clock Sunday
afternoon. On the evening of Nov. 23,
last year, Clark shot Mason in Aircadie's
saloon in this city, from which Mason
died. They had a dispute over politics.
Big Fire at Pheuix City.
Columbus, Ga., July .24 Fire wiped
out the principal business street of Phe
nix City, Ala., just across the Chatta
hoochee river .from Columbus, last
night. Over a dozen stores in the heart
of town were burned and it looked at
one time as if the entire place would be
swept out of existence. ' The total loss
will reach $75,000, with little insurance.
i Children Burned to Death.
, Anderson, S..C, July 24 Three ne
gro children were burned to death 4
miles from Anderson last night The
wife of Henry Thompson, a well digger,
left the children alone at home while
she went on a visit to a neighbor's
house near by. It is supposed that in
her absence the house was accidentally
set on fire by the children.
Ruling Against Constables.
Columbia, S. C, Jnly 24. The su
preme court has decided that liquor con
stables cannot carry concealed weapons.
Crawford, who killed Mrs. Stewart in
this city, was fined, for carrying con
cealed weapons by the town authori
ties. This was overruled by the circuit
court and is in turn reversed by the
supreme court
Hidden to Prevent Lynching.
Charlotte, N. C, July 24 The ne
gro Capel, who assaulted the Saunders
girl at Albemarle, N. C, was captured
at An son ville and imprisoned in Albe
marle jail. It is said that the negro has
been secretly taken from the jail and
hidden in some place of safety by the
authorities to prevent lynching.
. Wednesday, July 19. -
The president has appointed Joshua
E, Wilson postmaster at Florence, S. C.
President and Mrs. McKinley-are go-ing-t
Lake Champlain for two weeks.
; Fire at Milwaukee destroyed the
Grace hotel, a 4-story brick structure,
and injured 25 firemen.
J. R. Milby, postmaster at Milby, Ky.,
is under arrest charged with using the
mails for fraudulent purposes.
Robert P. Hester, aged 70 years, was
run over by a Southern railway switoh
engine at Huntsville, Ala. , and fatally
injured.
The Chicago brewers and their strik
ing workmen have come to a wage
agreement and all the breweries have
reopened.
The board of trustees of the Georgia
School of Technology has decided that
officers of the army and navy of the
United States will be permitted to take
the courses of study at the institution
free of charge.
Thurday, July 20.
A new road will be built from Mem
phis, Tenn. , to Pensaoola, Fla.
Army worms have appeared in Texas
and are entirely denuding whole fields
of foliage.
The directors of the Louisville Jockey
club have decided not to hold a fall
meeting at Churchill Downs.
The pardon board has commuted the
sentence of Harry Sweat, the Savannah
murderer, to life imprisonment.
The national bimetallic committee
met at Chicago and elected John W.
Tomlinson of Alabama to succeed the
late Senator Harris.
A prolonged spell of unprecedented
heat is reported from England. There
have been numerous cases of sunstroke,
many ending fatally.
Glasgow university conferred the hon-
I orary degree of doctor of laws upon Sir
Henry Irving, who, on th occasion,
was given an ovation by a large audi
-.
Friday, July 21.
Bryan has consented to go to Ken
tucky and stump the state in the inter
est of Blackburn's senatorial candidacy.
The Brewton, Ala., papers announce
the candidacy for state treasurer of Hon.
James McMillan, Sheriff of Escambia
county.;
An order has been issued at Manila
regulating practice before the courts
and substituting the American for the
Spanish system in important respects.
Information received from Lake Vil
lage, Chicot county. Ark., indicates that
the negroes have risen in armed force
against the white people of that vicinity.
The Western Electric Cable compa
ny's establishment at Woolwich, Eng
land, has burned. Loss, 250,000. An
American plant recently fitted up at the
works was totally destroyed. j "
The supreme court of Georgia has
rendered a decision sustaining the in
junction against the Atlanta and West
Point railway which prevented that
road from building a belt line around
Atlanta. ' - 'i
Saturday, July 22.
An explosion in the Xenia, Q., fuse
factory killed two women and a man.
Cincinnati messenger boys went on a
strike for higher wages and to be free
from fines for tardiness.
George Washington McLean Gads
den, tne negro who for over 60 years
rang the famous St Michael's church
bells at Charleston, is dead.
Governor Johnston appointed Hon.
John Pelham to be judge of the Seventh
Alabama indicia! circuit to fill the va
cancy created by the death of Judge
Brewer.
James W Berry and associates, who
recently made discovery of a valuable
deposit of graphite in North Georgia,
are arranging for the organization of a
company to build a plant in Chatta
nooga to manufacture pencils.
Tests at the Indian Head proving
ground of a 4-inoh gun "-representing the
latest advance in naval ordnance have
demonstrated that this government is in
possession . of the most formidable
weapon of the kind in the world.
Monday, July 24.
It is announced that the Dreyfus
courtmartial at Rennes will open on
Aug. 7.
Charles A. Neely, Sr., one of the
most widely known steamboat engin
eers along'the Ohio and Mississippi riv
ers, is dead at his home in Louisville.
The Alaskan boundary dispute, it is
announced on good authority in Wash
ington, will be settled by mutual con
cessions by the United States and Great
Britain. : . .
Admiral Dewey, now at Trieste, has
formally declined United States Min
ister Harris' invitation to visit several
interesting points in the interior of
Austria.
A Filipino priest named Gregorie
Agripay, with the insurgents, is trying
to lead a movement for the independ
ence of the church in the Philippines
from the Spanish priesthood. .
During a thunderstorm at Berlin 40
persons who were leaning against a wire
railing at the Charlottenburg cycle
track were struck by lightning. Three
were killed and 20 severely injured.
.A large and well assorted Stock, ,
i bought low for cash and marked at a
moderate profiit, in plain Jgurea and Ii
at one price to all. j
WE mention a few special values :
Light colored Worsteds, Printed Lawns, La
dies' Shirt Waists and Dress Skirts; Several
numbers in Straw Hats for Men, Women and
Children ; Several numbers in Women's Shoes,
high and low cut ; and Boys' 4 to 1G Suits, on
all of which the prices are far balow those of a
fe weeks since.
T3u.ttiicl: Patterns for
August. Just Re- !
ceived. 1
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J. W Noewood, President
E. R. Lucas, Cashier
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T.rlE LUE RIDGE NTIONL NK,
ASHEVILUE, N. C. '
Gurantees to all customers Promptness, Accuracy and Absolute Se-i
curity. We respectfully solicit your business, and will grant
every accomodation consistant with SOUND BAPsKING.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT.
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J. SLAYDEN,
R. LUCAS,
ERWIN SLUDER, Asst. Cashier,
DIRECTOR
JAS. A. BURROUGHS,
S.P.McDIVITT
G. A. Norwood,
J. W. NORWOOD.
HOUSTON MERRIMAN, Book-Keepe
onMarche.
are
Colored Lawns and
Dimities that were 8 1-3
cents 10 cents, 12 1-2
cents and 15 cents
for
to close, and they
closing fast, too.
Musquito Netting
5 cents a yard.
Good Summer Vests
for 5 cents, an4 the best
silk taped ever seen for
10 cents. j
Special Sale on w
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Large Stock
Ladies and Children's Hats
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of cost. ' I W
White Lawns from 5 c
to the finest. W
Val Laces as low as lc
per yard. The best
stock of Embroideries j
ever shown in the city. W
A special lot Hamberg
Edges at 5c and 10c yd.
Fans and Parasols. M
The best stock of Chil-
dren's Parasols in the
city. W
F i n e Piques, Linen W
Goods and Coverts. ir
PHONE 78. "