..... -"" - " """" ' - . - - , "" ' 1 J " '''"'"' -e": - C ' L ' MZSInY, Hi -I "RICE 5 cents: i w. uu. - - 1 r 1 - j j i i ? 1 . I ; I : z: r , l COAL, MARKET. v'll I I7 covFCTFr,.y HJEVII LE ICR AND COALCO. COLLINS & CO.. PROPRIETORS. HARRISON PKR TON, DELIVERED: amond Lump, for grate, $ Nut, tor Stove,..... hestnut, i- r Love,....... " 4.75 4.75 9.25 9.50 9.25 DENISOX, YELEll AND OPTICIAN, 18 Pxtton Avenue. support it does not appear that Sherman has any chance at all. us menu? that! Sherman will get New York and that i the situation in a nut shell. 8TH Senator Hiscock just said to an Asso ciated Press reporter: "New Yoricwm vote' for Harrison as long as he has a fair chance of success. Should Harrison heeome imorobable New York will con- Morton for Vice President, sider Sherman." .11 "Will the delegation vote ior mm s NOMINATED ON THE I1 J ' BALLOT.: THE CHICAGO CONVENTION FINISHES ITS WORK. Xlotli Nominations Made Unant- Plank ,nous.-A Temperance Added to the riatform. asked. I i To which the Senator madetmsrepW "The New York delegation has not ha any conference upon I that issue yet. Wp expect to stand by Harrison for several ballots." j , I At j 10:50 the band is playing and the California delegation is unfurling port, and with h$ authority withdrew his name. It at once became rumored that the Allison strength would go to to Sherman, as the were claiming: in iuc BENJAMIN UA Harrison and not Sherman people i . -mornmc". , Assurances, which RRISON. THE REPUBLICAN FOR PRESIDENT. NOMINEE were received soon after the withdrawal of Allisoji, that his vote would go to Harrison, took the last hope fromjthefrienis of Senatot Sherman, n'nrl Spflfltnr OuavJ findinsrthat the game x , - A Snort Sketcn of hi 8 Early Life and Public Career. . . , i . soon as it became Known would not " now, that hi and had. declined. He accepted the nom ination, but was defeated. He was a prominent speaker m the campaign of 18S0; was elected to fill the place in the U. S. Senate about to oc va cated by McDonald. He took his seat in that body on the 4th of March, 1881. In 1887 an effort was made by the Re publicans of Indiana to control the Leg islature in order that he might be chosen that New nomina- cin:s, CI IKS, CUES, rciiKS. v. Y, Y, Y, CLOCKS. CLOCKS, CLOCKS. CLOCKS, BRONZES, BRONZES, BRONZES, BRONZES, T PLATED SILVERWARE, NI PLATED SILVERWARE, tI PLATED SILVERWARE, AND PLATED SILVERWARE, D AND SILVER HEADED CANES, . GOLD PENS, &C. -OPTICAL GOODS! r,:. asses ( i L ASLv-" CLASSES. CLASSES, By Telegraph to the Sox. Chicago. Tune 25.-Stephen B. Elkins was seen by an Associated Press repre sentative immediately after the adjourn ment of the Blaine caucus,! at 1:30 j this morning. He said: "I v;:;t whatlsay to the Associated Press to go to the country as the unqualfied sentiment of the leading friends of Blainei There has been much misunderstanding in this matter ootn by the public and those who represent the public in this convention. Blaine is not a candidate betore this convention unless by and with the consent of at least four of the leading candidates now be fore it. He will not be placed in nomina- i ' i.c ; onfl his tion under any : circumatu-in-vc, friends trust that his' friends in the con vention will refrain from voting for him until every other man has had an oppor- as 1 said, we .! ition: blue banner bearing the lnscnp "Blaine and Protection," in large gold letters. This indicates that they jntend , flocVi ;t on the convention at the proper time. Just when and under what circumstances they may choose to spring it on the convention remains to bb seen. There are other indications than this significant banner incident whichjshow that some of the Blaine people propose to make their final j effort to-day, but there! is reason to believe that this effort have given! At will fail. Some of Blaine's friends' up all hopes of his nomination. three minutes nast 11 o'clock the convention was called to order by man Estee, who was again in good The convention meets with almost lute certainty that Blaine is entire. pf the race and that all candidates must combine to prevent the impending nomi The oroceediiiGrs tunity lor nominal : , , Rev. Arthur want, at least fourot the presidential rr ' . - A candidates to relinquish their hold upon ,-hatever claims they may have upon the chair- voice i abso V 011 1 W :opes. JOPES, .'.OPES. COPES. - -SPECTACLES, SPECTACLES, SPECTACLES, SPECTACLES, OPERA GLASSES, OPERA GLASSES, OPERA GLASSES, -OPERA GLASSES, iVC, &C.,:&C. .3 COOliS. KEL.1AHL.13 PRICES REPAIRING AND ENGRAVING. ; REPAIRING AND ENGRAVING, i 'IMPAIRING AND ENGRAVING. Tl'AIRING AND ENGRAVING. Asiieville, N. C. EVILLE ICE AND COAL CO. s COLLINS & CO., PRorRiERORS. PURE ICE PURE ICE PURE ICE i FROM DISTILLED WATER. FROM DISTILLED WATER. FROM DISTILLED WATER. convention and make Blaine their candi date as nearly unanimously as possible. His Maine friends, jBoutelle, and Mr. Manley, will insist on this and they are supported by every. clear-headed, honest friend of Blaine. I Of course there are a few hot heads here as there are most any where, and they are attempting to force things, but such a move will be deprecated bv those who understand; Blaine's rela- tion'to this convention, in. view of his let ters I I j . Chief reason for caucus last night was to obviate anything contemplated which might look as if his name was being forced upon the convention. At this meeting the Maine j delegated I have mentioned fought for some length of time-to combat any rasi cr foolish ac tion 'on the part of ; hasty friends, and then! I was called in, together with sev eral other gentlemen i who are not dele- gates, and therefore had no ngnt to d place in the caucus. I can now say to vou that there will be no stampeding. Other candidates must have their day m the convention and then, if there is no nomination, and a representation oi tu east four candidates conclude that Blaine the only solution to the dilemma, they'can nominate him, and I have no douut but that he will accept. But we must have it practically unani- mbusorwe want nsien io il. rate I we are intent ; on holding down hoc, whose blind fidelitv to would make it appear that he wished to antagonizing are all his friends and he wouldn't think for a mo ment of destroying the interests of a sin- :0R HARD AND SOFT COAL. Udders Promptly! Filled Telephone No c : and Yard at The Old DsroT. i i Cl irLAIXTS IN REGARD TO EI t I TIIER COAL OR ICE WILL BE j ' i REPORTED AT THE OF- PICE. . i Uptown Office. 2 Barnard buiidin Telephone No G9 Patton Av. Orders Oiwex Prompt Attention MANUFACTURED ICE. t information of the public and to erroneous ideas on the subject of arti ; we give the following facts in regard lanufacture of ice: Our manner of ma iis to distil the water by condensing v... mnVincit flhsolntelv pure. Then id ove charcoal to completely deoder ad arrest any remaining traces of im tter. niter -which cans filled with it are In brine chilled below the freezing point ere it remains until it is frozen as clear Mil and almost as solid as glass. This Jone fit for human use. It lasts one onger than natural ice and has all the nal virtnres of the hiih priced table IS Edwards, of Chicago. Evidently tnere is some occasion for delay, for as scjon as the prayer was concluded chairman Estee runs- the little electric bell which starts I the band. Houston, of Virginia, arose and said he desired to offer a resolution regulating hnllntins? in the convention, whicli would prohibit the casting f)f any vote for any candidate who had not been regularly placed in nomination be fore the convention . The chair ruled that this could not be done as nothing was in orderiexcept balloting. Boutelle, of Maine, arose to a question of privilege. j ! I . Haymond, of California, made a poin of order that nothing was in order ex- cent to ballot: if there were any speeches o ne I made he wanted to make one for Blaine. Applause. Mr J Boutelle said : "I would like, were the occasion appropriate and did ! feel proper, in view of the courtesy to which I am indebted for an appearance here at all, to preface the announcement j I am about to make by some explanatory re marks, but I shall not attempt to do so. No one in this convention; no one in this magnificent auditorium has any doubt as to where the affliction, devotion and allegiance of the republicans of Maine have been and! always will be. Ap- plausi. No delegate here will doubt the regret: with which I discharge the duty imposed upon me; but Mr. President and iJm of the convention. I am under gVll W1V1V "w- I to succeed Inmselt. senator namsuu Of hsii hiert of this sketch. Benjamin nc,in. rtint the State and Lccis- vyas up, told his friends to fall in line, and IIarrison hQ was yesterday nominated I lature CQuld carricd. The Republicans in the Chibago Convention as the republi-j won jn the State, but the Democrats can can candidate lor President, Harpers d - iefrisiature by a small majority, Weekly says: "He con es of a historic electing David Turpic as Senator. Gen. line, he has been a cham lion of hi party Harrison resumed the practice of his pro for years, and he has c ualities of head fession at Indianapolis. and heart that entitle him to beregarded personallv Governor Harrison is some what under the average height; but his as York tion was in sight, desert Harqson, there was no longer any doubt of the result, and the reading of the roll became a mere ormality. Harrison was nominated, after Tennessee's vote had beenj cast, giv ing him 431 votes. Every single vote stood by Sherman in Pennsylvania, and after that State's, vote the movement became a landslide, lot resulted as follows : j EIGHTH BALLOT. Harrison ., Alger. Harrison The bal- .544 .100 .118 . 5 . 4 . 59 Sherman...... Blaine ... McKinly.J... Gresham...... The result wa$ received with a burst of applause, and the audience arose to its fee; and I shoutek until it had tired out. One of the officers of the convention climbedon the chairman's desk and waved a banner bearing the portrait of Harri- on. Ladies' in the galleries waved their handkerchiefs ind parasols; hats were thrown up, and k scene of enthusiasm fol lowed. Cries of -he's all right," was heard in the dm. Finally, with three cheers for Harrison, the: convention be on r.;r enoWh to hear the official announcement. Gov. Foraker then and moved that the domination of Gen Ren TTnrrison be made unanimous. Hoar, as a "favorite son. Major-General Harrison, an English strajgiltt strong figure, soldierly bcaring,( ancestor bore arms with Oliver Crow- and easv dignity of manner make him ai well and rose with him to prominence in noticeable person among men. II is hair is the Revolution. It fell to his lot to sign Yery fair, and his face is clothed with a the death-warrant of bharles I. , and bonj beard in which there arc no Streaks' after the Restoration he for this act, being hanged October 13, 1660. Benjamin Harrison, the first des paid the penalty lf cendent of Cromwell's General who ap- oos AWpnVflti historv. was a mem- J CA. 1. O iii,4iv j .j . . J ber of the Virginia House of Burgesses, later a delegate to the Colonial Cohgress. a signer of the Declaration 1enre. three times elected Virginia, and a member of the of Indepen Governor of tion that ratified the Constitution son was General William Henry 'son J whose honorable career as a soldier and a statesman culminatedj i in hjs elec tion to the Presidency in 1840, to he fol lowed bj' his death in the White one month after his inauguration Scott Harrison, the son of President Harrison, was the father of the feubject of this sketch ; Benjamin Harrison was bom at North Bend, Ohio, in his grandfather's house, August 2fJ; 1833. ; Physically and men of Michigan jFarwellj of Illinois, Depew, tany vigorous, he early manifested a de- Mrs. Parsons AVrcHtcd. By Telegraph to the Run. Chicago, Tunc 22. Mrs. Parsons, the wife of A. R. Parsons, one of the executed anarchists, occasioned a stir this morn Jrr in the tieif hborhood of tie Grand iii - o Pacific Hotel. She was in a wagon (lis . ... t . A ' 1 11 Conven- tributing circulars that auvcriiM-u i ar sons' book of "Anarchism : Its Philoso phy and Scientific Basis." She is the tmblisher of the book. The police promptly arrested Mrs. Porsons and t- her fiw.iv. The wacron was House placarded with anarchist mottoes John took the platform . His Harri- YorkJ and several others seconded 1 ot rvew the motion, great applause. The convention o'clock p. m. Which Was carried amidst took recess until 6 AFTERXOOX SESSION. That interest in convention had almost entirely died away with the Presidential nomination to-dav. was manifested; this sire to begin an active and independent career. At sixteen he entered Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio, and two vears later was graduated, j He was a 1-: eholnr with an aotitude for ilJFA Jiii- jvmvav j A. Wasping easily the knottiest problems, 'o-nrl wtfh 5i mind that adaoted itself jUiiu - ; v - & readily to discipline. He had an early in Ui;dioril for the leeal nrofession. On .XAUM W. - O A. Chas. II. Pitcher, teller of the Provi dence, R. I., Union bank, has absconded with an amount of the bank's funds. He left the bank as usual Saturday aftcr: noon and has not been heard of since. Later reports say that he took, about half a million dollars in bonds and all the money he eould lay his hands on. Pf a nitts Roasted fresh even' day, warm or cold.) also raw. at Wilkics. ( Fresh lot of Oranges and Lcmo.in just received at Wilkies, 26 Sou ih Main St. Delicious urange uiaer ai uikhs. ADVERTISEMENTS. evening by the array of empty seats in Lavrng college he began in Cincinnati. the galleries, which previously have; pre- !itll the Hon. B. Storer as his preceptor, sentd an attractive picture of handsome 'the study bf law, and in 1854 he entered fcanapolis. He tare ity'-one, square- shouldered, iJ: r rather j serious, reserved in m&uaii, Hil2 no inheritance A toilets and kaleidescppic colors. Members of the Various delegations werd early inj their places, evidently anx ious to complete their business and re turn Blaine constraint whic to lgtiore, and obtain the nomination by other candidates. They gle one of them. : We do not want the nomination lor Blaine unless we get it as I; have indica ted, and no one will labor harder to pre- "i .. . vent than anv thoughtless or hasty action I will, or his friends in the Maine . . i r , delegation. This is why tney oi ms own State have peremptorily refused, to cast a single vote for him unless the condi tions exist which I have pointed out. As for myself, though I am a personal friend of Blame. I am lor ueneramarnson, auut I know! that New York is almost solidly for him and will so remain. ! j The sub-committee of the Blaine caucus remained m se&siou :iuci had adjourned. The sub-committee, it is understood, is in reality a Blame "steering" committee, to whom the Blaine men on the floor of the convention will look to for directions. Half a dozen men compose this committee, and among Creed Hay Just before 1 a. in., a messenger left the room hur rWllv and soon returned with S. T. Fes- senderi and J. S. Clarkson. Both of these gentlemen had apparently retired for the night and had only come to the meeting on urgent summons. Convention Hall. Chicago, June 25, -in a at The Sherman tide which set -A. J " flows on this morning it vm reach its flood on the second or hilo't to-dav. The situation rritirnl for all other candidates, manipulators of the Blaine movement are disconcerted and have lost j their confi dence. New York can stem the Sherman tide ! if the! delegation from that! State h l do not ieei uu uuci uji I without attempting to internretations of iuauuv.nvua - jt mvown to the language of one greater than myself by far, I discharge my hum ble duty as a representative of the Maine delegation by presenting to you, without nrefaee or comment, the following dis r patches which I and my Edinburgh, J ATnnlv: "I earnestly requesx an friends to respect my Paris letter." j (Signed) Blalne. TfT.rrrjnxr Tune 2S. "I think I have o riorhf to ask mv friends to respect my .:vc' refrnm from votine for me. Please! make this dispatch public. (Signed) Bladje After the applause and confusion, which followed Boutelle's announcement, had died away, the 'convention proceeded to he fith ballot, wnicn rebuiLcu lows SIXTH BALLOT. 137 73 91 231 244 1 them mand are Powell, Clayton, and Charles Smith. Alger.... Allison - t ifresuum Harrison I. Sherman. Foraker.. I Blaine i Fred Grant... i McKinley. Call 40 II 12 I of roll was then proceeded with for another ballot, with the following re sult: seventh Alger Allison.. .44 and 5r is and ballot. 15 1 91 .........278 .....120 76 16 .231 1! desires to prevent his nomination, ine question is now can New York effect his nomination if her delegation desires to a Co? Tn hrief. without New York3 Blaine.. Foraker Gresham Harrison Lincoln McKinley Sherman Havmond The Convention proceeded to the 8th ballot. Henderson, of Iowa created some excitement by rising in his seat and withdrawing the name of Senator Alh Henderson spoke briefly and to the j !v. t.in1ref1 -the desires to point, nc sam , r - friends of Senator Allison ior tneir up- LARGE AND CHOCIB VARIETY OF : GRAPE VINES! r OF VERY KIND, FOR RALE. Apply to joiin delvaux, o their 4-esoectite homes. The con-1 Lri hik education and a cood name, vention reassembled at ten minutes past without acquaintance, but with" a wife six And proceeded to regular I . . . i i- Li r ju23-tf Asheville, N. C. order,1 the . .. ! f 1L I" u m-pcirlpric presentation :oi names ,1-.-tial nomination. I - I ! Griggs, of-N. J., presented the name of William Walter Phelps. Levi P. Morton, of N. Y., and Brad ev. of Kentucky wer then put inf nqmi- natio'n, and the roll call proceeded, with. It resulted as follows . ! I Mdrton -591, Phelps....... 119, Bradley I J 13, Bruce.:. ... -J - 11' W.F.Thomas J, ; J- Denny, of Ky., mdved to make Mor- ton's nomination unanimous, wnicn was seconded by Sewell. Carried. cJ,w. Tote11e of Maine, ottered a resolution pledging the sympathy of reoublican party to the efforts to pro I -I H . ... t ncn and die. to provide for. A legislative investiga tion, in which he secured employment jthroughtha Democratic Governor, Joseph X. Wright, 'brought him into notice. The ability that he displayed won for him the highest praise of lawyers and laymen. From that time his abilities were, fully Occupied. D R. clingman starnes, physician and surgeon. jn20 Hazel, N. C. N OTICEITO THE PUDLIC. ALL KINDS OP arguments with of the mote temperance and morality, w adopted almost I unanimously, was the convention then adjourned sine the convincing logic, and became one leaders of his profession as an advocate. It was inevitable that he should drift into politics. With many young men of generous impulses ne joineu mc icpuuii- leers' Association can party, and with superior oratorical rihih't-ir he'soon became known as lone of "-"W " ,1 ; j - AT LOWEST KATES. - R. G. McFERRAN & Co., Railroad Ticket Erokcrs, 54 South Main Street. Two doors North of the Post Office. t esPfMemljers of the Associated Ticket Iro- produce jJiarket. By Telegrraph to the Sux. j i Tune 25. Cash quotations CrxcrxNATi,! June 2o; were: Jriour, m i Ko 1 red. 86. Corn. 58, Oats steady; ivo. z mixcu, L-ard dull. 8.10. Bulk meats and bacon, nrred. WlliskeV 114. slow unchanged. demand. Wheat dull ; No. 2 mixed 2 mixed, Ho 25. Cash neglecjted. No. 2 oats, ore qiiota- No. 2 red 31. ribs, Chicago June tions were: Lb lour, sonncr wheat, 78V9: 80VS. No. 2 corn, 473s. No. Mess rjork 13;65 ; lard 8.52 short t 4r shoulders 600.25: hort clears, 7.05. Whiskey 1.20. i i Louisville,! Ky., June 25.-pGram Wheat,!No. 2 red, 92 : No. ntif o 94. 57. visions Corn, No' Oats, No quiet 2, iriixed, 36y2'37. Bacon, clear ribs, clear 8.90 ; shoulders t. o , clear ribs 7.75; shoulders, cured hams, ii.25(il2-50- leaf, 9.50 bulk the best land most fearless republican speakers. I In 1860 lie was a candidate for Report er of the Supreme Court, and in the Lin coln campaign of that year he was j elect ed. He cared little for the offace, except for the opportunity that it gave him to continue in the study of his profession at an increase of income. The outbreak of the rebellion soon drag ged him from the life of a citizen to that of a soldier. Governor Morton inf 1862, meiit unde 000 three T. W. CORTLAND, REAL ESTATE BROKER. T- firm. berry asked him to assist in recruiting a regi- 'i . . - r . ooo r the iresiaeni s can iur ow,- irear trooos. He received the ' i 1 1 first commission for the Seventieth Regi ment, and as Second Lieutenant inspired such entht siasm wherever he went that he coon r,l ised Comoanv A. was made Captain, helped to fill up the other com- panies of the regiment, and in less than J motih tin A eomnleted it. and was at U x ORDERS TO BUY AND SELL PROPERTY, WILL BE GIVEN CLOSEST Ani-.Miiw INVESTMENTS MA)B ON REAL ESVAVB SECURITY. building. He soon acquired the reputa neii-m-rnae cViH in the nrerjara- .--T r- r - RAIL ROAD TICKETS HI tion of cases, became n expert examiner ..!! Of witnesses, discussed legirquestions in B0UGUTt SOLD AND EXCHANGED, written briefs or oral 55firOffice in the Barnard avenne entrance. Patton raalT 'RESII COUNTRY PRODUCE. We keep constantly on hand fresh rot trv Produce oi an Kincis. iumi, Chickens, &c. vc kh ui wv,m. y .v. . w and see us. ' . . . . . S. Main Street Pro- 8.40; meats, 2 mixed 55; No. 2 hite, head as Colonel, ready toll go to the front. Governor Morton signified a will- accept his resignation if he 1 6.IV2; sugar Lard, choice A Disastrous Kire. 1 legraph to the Sun. 25. Fire was this1 dis morning in RDEN PARK HOTEL By Te 1. New York, I June covered at 9:30 o'clock the mansard roof brick building extend : vUto 3tn Sts.. First avenue It wasipccupied as i cigar factory by bad nominated him again for . . - . !i ! -r.: 'cJ-c 1 -A I Wn whieh he hart been OUSti Lichtinstein Bros., Brown Earl and Forster & Heist an, the building belong ing to George fehrets. The building and contents were 1 destroyed. Loss to Gen. Ehrets. S100,600; on stock of Lichtin- tj,o 1 OOOJand on the Stock! of Forster & Helstan, $20,000. Theorigm of the fire is unknown. ingness tq chose to remain at home and ! retain his civil office But Colonel Harrison pre ferred the military service. i While he was away from Indiana, the Supreme Court declared vacant the office of Supreme Court Reporter, to which Harrison had been elected. Another re porter was elected. In the fall of 1864, after Atlanta had fallen, he took his first leave of absence. The State Convention the place from which he had been ousted and he was elected for another term I He de clined a re-election in 1868, j and until 1876 devoted himself diligently to the practice of his profession. In 11876 he was made the candidate for Governor, after he had declined to run, and after another candidate had been nominated , 'DCOTTAGES. - Nine and a-half miles south of Asheville, on the Asheville & Spartanburg R. R. Address TJIOg A MORRis, rBor., jnl7tf Akdex, N. C. N EW MARKET. . j1 We have just opened a New Market, in the Rawls Block, Northeast corner of Court uare, wnere win oc lounu hi an hui variety of FRESH MEATS OF ALL KINDS. Our prices will be within the reach of all. We intend to keep tle best, and GUARANTEE SATISFACTION to our customers. We cordially invite the people of Asheville to give us a trial. We have one of the best cattle experts out buy ing up the very best stock that can be found for our market. jn!7tf ZACIIARY, JONES & BRO. I of commcrc I ri V T Ti I '4

Page Text

This is the computer-generated OCR text representation of this newspaper page. It may be empty, if no text could be automatically recognized. This data is also available in Plain Text and XML formats.

Return to page view