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Asheville Daily Citizen ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1894. CENTS. VOLUME X.-NO 12. library i 1 A riKsr of tiii: MtMtio. In Tlie NEW MILD Spring When Your Appetite is Fickle Try our HAMS und UKBAKFAST HACON. tt'c tave i euiiicic assortment, iilvlutling ioo rlU COUNTY HAMS just receive,. Also DRIUH UliBl'. A. D. COOPER, ColKT sgfARK, ASHKVILLK. S. C FULL CREAM IM YOf AKK A PIPE SMOKER WK WANT VOf TO TKV (iOLPKN W'KPTUK, OXI'Olil) HASH YAU0 MI.YiTIUC TIIItr.K KINGS, I A MONUMENT ASSOCIATION $3.95 OR.G4NIZATIOM El I I.CTKU VEHTKRDAV AETERNOON. 10 0) (0 ft BARGAIN. Jiijiaiicsv .screen fectliih. four fuUU, Mack cloth, tm1roiUrtU in gold, only Jj.y.s, our rt-Riilur pi ice, ulUr this week will le j.iio. We Injunht twcnly-fivf. Cat! early lie lore they are none, Thad W. Thrash & Bro., CRYSTAL l'AI.ACK. 10 0) n MeetluK al a Number of Aishcvllle Ueullenieu lo Take The l lrHl Htcps-ExccnUve Committee to Be Appointed The RooIuIIouh As announce J by a call in Tuesday's Cmzi-N, a meeting was hi Id in the court house yesterdny afternoon nt 5 o'clock for the purpose of organizing a Vance Monument association, Capt. M. It. Carter was chosen chairman, iind 1.1'. Kerr secretary. Maj. W. II. Malonc off.rcd the billow ing resolutions which wen- unanimously adopted : 'Resolved, That in the dcuth o! Zebu- Ion B. Vance the American republic has lost a noble and bold champion ol human rights, a most patriotic nd gallant de fender of the people, whose sturdy honesty and unimpeachable integrity stamp him as a model lor all men hold ing high positions of trust and honor, and of whom it may be truthlully said He was firm as n rock, bnlliant as a star, nrtlessns a child, pure ns a woman;' That the people of Iluneoinbc county feel proud of the fact that here, mncng our beautiful mountains, this noble man first saw the morning sun, and though his death is such an irreparable loss, it is some consolation to know that Ins re mains now rest within his native county, for winch he entertained such love nnd vcncrutioti; II.. tU P.nlina Don Unrrinn " 1 llllt While WC CllCrlSIl UIIS IOCUI prillc NO Ml larOlina KOe HeilingJ we recognize the fact that his name and rcnuiaiiou ucionii, as a coiiimuii new tnuc. to the people of the State ol North Carolina, whom he had served faithfully mid nobly in peace, and whose rights and honor he maintained gloriously in war; That tr.c Stntcol .North Catolma and the whole country should feel justly proud of the history and ollicial life ol the late Senator anec, whose long and varied record is absolutely untarnished tiid snotlcss: in whom no deception or equivocation were ever tound; an ollicial $3.95 ON A CAPIAS. . I., Reynolds In Jail a Short While, But Out Attain. Ex-County Tax Collector D. L. Rey nolds did not leave town yesterday as Tun Cum: stated and believed. He was arrested yesterday afternoon on n capias issued from the office of Criminal Court Clerk Young, upon request of certain of the sureties on Mr. Reynolds' bond us tax collector. It will be re membered that nt the late term of the Criminal court the grand jury returned two bills against Mr. Reynolds on a charge of embf zzlement. After court WHO OFFERED BRIBES" ONE MAN NAMED. BUT III) EN TERS DENIAL. Tlie Charges To Be invcittlicaled By a Committee Of Beualora Has Auv Senator Dealt In Sugar . Stock t yVashincton, May 17. Kyle's clerk, Hunton, goes so far as to say that the man who had attempted to conduct negotiations for tariff votes was for merly connected with the carjwt bag closed Mr. Reynolds' bond was fixj-d at government ol South Carolina and that lt)0l) and this lie gave, t lie sureties on hc lmd suSCnuently gone to North his tax collectorship bond claimed .... , ; . . . c , that the bond was irregular, and wanted Uakotn- wllerc hc r"ldcd. for a "Ull,bcr i heavier bond for his uppenrancc. 1 hey oi years. Recently, nc snn, nc uaci uecn demanded that he be required to give n about thccapitolin the role of a lobbyist. Prominent Democratic Senators say $5000 bond. Slierill Hrooksbire was advised that the court would protect him in the taking of the already fixed bond of $1000. Itut the sureties insisted and finally, upon their giving the Sheriff an indemnity bond ot $10,000 to protect hun, that official tnlormcd Mr. Reynolds he would be required to give a $5000 that the would-be briber's name is l!utt.,ex-mcmotr of Congress from South Carolina during the period of reconstruct ions. Today Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota submitted a statement irom Fat Selected Mackerel, Cream Codfish, HANS SO I'CI, si:nsation, (.KM CUPPINGS, IIU1C TAG, OM) It 1 1 CHEESE IIOXLCST JOHN, LAND OK SKY, LONE JACK, UKAITY IlUKillT, .ll'N.Vl.t'SKA, VANITY I'AlIt. Wm. KROGER. 11 1 H rV O IV' M, A 8. MAIN STRUCT. TO FISHERMEN! Do you know where you can ct your fishini; outfits? Just received a new Mipply truiil nies. iilit IuiiiIhki nxls, all kinds fmm loc. iM to io. Hooks, silk lines, braided lilies, fish baskets, Mines, minnow nels. coik (lciats. Have you seen ii... ,wini... iitl rod? A full line dot; collars for dogs, ilou chains, don Tood. Conic- und examine my line. L. BLOMBERG THK MODKL CIOAR ANII sroRTISf. OlJODS. IIUt'SK. i; 1'attau Ave. High Grade Hammocks Standard gomls at the lowest prices. Paliner't uraml valance. The In si that money wilt Iniy. fs.f". Solitl Mexican Si-wil rope, with one inch tlnulile tassel triune, Large assortment ofl.iixury liainniocks with iiitlnws, any stylt-, nnv price, (iooil stroitR jute hamiiiiK'k only yo. other hammock at 7se.. i.no, Si.w, i i..so,ft,?v 5. as aiul $vso e.ielt. All kind of ham-1 muck fixings such ;s haok, sK.-ailers and ropes. I CORTLAND BROS., RBAL B8TATB DROKBR3. INVESTMENT AOBNT8. NOTARY PUBLIC CROQUET SETS Iinniensf a.sMrtmtut, auvthiuu vm want front thCii'lMll SL-i at fi. tn the pmiesMnnal lull set. the tint-si made fur M-S", All style- at I ren4iiinhle price. FISHING TACKLES. I offer n carefultv selected vnrietv of the iimsl I practical kIhuIv, iiicludiiiK nil the articles iheavrafe lisheruuin need, the puces are an ngni, RAY'S, N. Court S'liiare. Telephone t). NK XT TO CIT1ZKN OFHCK Magnolia Canned Salmon, Selected Canned Oysters, Lobsters, Shrimp, Clam Juice. POWELL a SNIDER SEASONABLE Shirt Waists. An excellent line of well made Koods ill stylish efleels. I.ADIKS'WKAITKKS: Six or elt;ht strong eards. LACKS; Point Vetlise, roilltdv (leue, Valell- cientieA, Oriental, Ilouidon, Torehon, foillt dc C.aze, Challlilly, Medlei, etc. KMIIROIDKRIKS In great variety, on Swiss. Nainsook nnd Cambric. WASH DRKSS liOODS: A larue stuck of Rood styles, the kinils not so easy to find. I'ARASOI.S, HANS, OXFORD TIUS, I.ISI.K T1IRKAU JIOSK, KTC. H. REDWOOD & CO , CLOTHING,' UK V HOODS, SHOKS AND HATS. bond. This Mr. Reynolds refused to do Butt2, in which the latter denied that he and lie was taken to jail, wnerc ne re- attempted bribery on Senators Hunton tuaiiicd 5,1 minutes. I-ricnds in the and Kvlc. meantime made up his bond nnd nt the The Senate has adopted a resolution end ol that time he was released. providing for the investigation of the Mr. Reynolds will now bring suit charges of bribery in connection with against Shcrill Urookshire and the sure- the tariff bill and the charges that the ties whs made the indemnity bond, for sugar trust has interfered with legisla- $at),0oo damages. His attorneys are tion. The latter part of the resolution I. II. Merriuion, Chns. A. Moore and includes an inciuiry ns to whether or not Locke Crnig. the sugar trust has made any contribu- Mr. Reynolds told To u Citizkn toduy tion to secure or defeat legislation on that he heard he was to be arrested at the tariff bill. The last amendment was the depot as hc was about to take the offered by Allen, and authorized the train with his Minify for a trip to Ten- committee to investigate whether any ncsscc yesterday. He asked that this Senator had been dealing or speculating humiliation be not brought on him, and in sugar stocks during the pendency of the capias was therefore served before he this bill in the Senate or in committee, started to the depot. He says he was The resolution was adopted without going to Tennessee because he had noth taking a vote, there being no objection. ing to do nere. and mere nc couiu make i K committee will consist ol live Sena a living, and, IkskIcs, Ins physician Had tors advised that a change of air and water would be beneficial to Mrs. Reynolds who has been sick for several week. Mr. Reynolds and family left today for Icnncssee, tiiionuu 1-ori i.ibts. lor Tl-:i.i:iRAlH CHAMtiE. Loans Securely placed at 8 pr ccat. Offices US Si 36 Pttoo Atc., bp sUln I CHOICE TEAS. WK 1TKCHASK ALL OfR TEAS Direct (rum the iniHjiter. He thou the firnl true nuril to Ih-O ii-nd. His prat.se is lost who waits til) all cninincnd. I Heiniisfi & Reaoan Don't he at llie tail end of the procession, two llhirdsuflhe men of Asheville have found out I I Unit VYB ARB THB BULLING A0KNT9 IN AS11HV1LI.K FOR who never bctraved a trust, whose de votion to principle was so intense and pure that no fascinations ol political power, no blandishments of ollicial re cognition could swerve him from the duty which he believe ! lie owed to ins people, thus exemphlving in Ins lilc, that noblest work ol (iod, an iojest man." dipt. I. 1'. Slwver ollered the lollow- ing, which were adopted : Kcsolval, Hint an association ol citizens be lormed tor the purpose ol car rying out the wishes oi tlie people in re gard to the erection of a monument to the memory ol the late Jvnalor .jihiioii It. Vance; Thut the name ol s nd association shall be The Vance Monument association.'" Capt. Xatt Atkinson suggested that as Asheville was Senator Vance's home, and Iluneoinbc county the pluce o( his birth, it would be eminently proper that a memorial shaft be erected in the court house Miuarc in Asheville by the people of the city nnd county. Geo. S. I'owcll then offered tue follow ing resolution, which was adopted. Kcsiilvva, I hat the chairman ol tins meeting, M. L. Carter, together with nine other citizens to ue uppointeii ny him, shall compose an executive com mittee of the said association, which said committee shnll have power to till vacancies, and to add to their uuniDcr by election, as they may sec proper, and to elect a secretary and a treasurer, the powers and duties of which said com mittee shnll lie to carry out the objects of the said association." Tnc chairman announced lii.it be would nnnic the executive committee called for bv Mr. Powell's resolution in a lew days. , Thclollowing was ollered by I l . Kerr. nnd. on motion, was rclcrno to the executive committee with the recotii mendation that it be favorably eousid ered : Whereas, It is desirable that any monument erected to the memory ol Jscn- ator Vance should represent the com bined contributions of ns many citi.ns of North Carolina and other States as possible, ns a token of the universal es teem in which he was held by the masses ol the people; Now, therclorc, in order to limine every citizen to contribute a small sum to that end, and thus become a iiiemoei of this association, it is "Resolved, That the executive com mittee of this association me lurcby directed to have prepared a memo rial card containing a photograph of the late Senator on the 'rout of the cover, n certificate ol mem bcrship on the back of the cover, and on the inside, the poem by V. It. Gwvn to the memory of Vance, which was pub' lished in Tiik Asiiiivn.LR Daily Ciiizi:n on May 5. 189 1. the said card to be sold iv the said committee to the people oi North Carolina and other states for the purpose of raising a fund for the erection a monument: "The said certificate lo have the printed or lithographed signatures of the com mittee or its designated memucrs or om- ccts, with a blank lor the name ot tnc purchaser, and to be worded so us to declare the purchaser of the card n mem ber ol this association. On motion the meeting then adjourned HTUI.i: CI.OI-HINU. Mr. lorllNM, The W. v. Nauaicer. nuccecilcd u Hr. Urakeford. j'.is. II. I'ortiss, for some time man ager of the Western I'nion Telegraph office here, has resigned his position and, I crowded. Thev Slake a Nomination (ioveruor. Atlanta, Ga., May 17. Populists State convention assembled at 10 o'clock in the hall of the House of Repre sentatives at the cnpitol. livery county in the State was rcpnscntcd and with a large number of spectators the hall was The body was called to order accompanied by his family, has returned to Winston, his old home, where hc ex pects to embark in the grocery business. During his stay here Mr. I'ortiss had been an i Ticicnt manager, and he nnd Mrs. I'ortiss made many friends in Ashe ville who r'gret to have them leave. Mr. I'ortiss' successor is J. H. Drake lord, w ho is now in charge of his new (1 tit ii s. Mr. Drnkcford is known nnd well liked in Asheville, having once held a position in the main Western Union office here, and again at the Iiuttcry Park oflice. Lately he has been in the office at Richmond, Yti. Hc is 2 years old. A roo,ooo FIKK, A Uomoii, Hondea wareliouHe Darned. liiisrciN, May 17. The granite struc ture bounded by Atlantic avenue on the cast, India street on the south, and State strcil on the north was badly damatcd and the contents ruined by tire nnd water curly this morning. It was used as nil I'nitcd States bonded warehouse. Custom house officers state that there was over $0,000,000 worth of goods in the building, and that the loss will ex ceed !?doo,0d0 without taking into account tlie loss on the building. This is valued at $l.'lio,oo0 ami is damaged to the extent of $."i0,00o. The structure was owned by Mrs. Pnrau Stevens ot New York. TIIK ATLANTA EXPOSITION. by M. D. Irwin, chairman of the State executive committee. Kx-Congrcssmaii Thomas Iv. Watson, ol "where-nm-I-ntr fame was made permanent chairman and Oscar Parker, Atlanta, permanent secretary. The attendance was the largest in the history of the partv in this State and great enthusiasm prevailed I hc convcnntion this morning nomi nated I. K. Ilines o! Atlanta for Gover nor. Iliucs was at one time judge of Superior court in Georgia. He has nflili ntcd with the Democrrtic party up to few weeks ago, when hc published a let tcr announcing his conversion to the doctrine of the Peoples' party. The platform adopted reiterates the principles of the partv. Resolutions were passed thanking the Atlanta Con stitution and denouncing the Al'anta Journal, and the convention adjourned Double Distilled Extract Witch Hazel IN BULK. V were fortunate in ;ir- niiffiiiff with the ilistillers lorn In mo ( i mint it r ol' Hm best h'xtruel of Witch lluxvl e Iiuyo yet seen on the limr- et. A eoinjKirison of ours with some others will con vince any one. it is n went household lemedy. n true ieml to hnsehnll players. In valuable for horses. In spniins, bruises, bites of insects, bums, wounds. calls, painful swellings, lame back, sore Ihroat, neu ralgia, rheuinntisin. etc. How put up: Pints. L'.lc; half gallon ami gallon bot tles, and live gallon demi johns for livery stables. Raysortk Smith, 31 PATTON AVE. Open evenings till 7 7 o'clock no slow : Tree Tlie li row Hi of Au Apple Hwlft By ConiparlHon. Wasiiinc.ton, May 17. Exactly thrc weeks ago yesterday the Senate began the consideration of the tariff bill by paragraphs for amendment. When the Senate adjourned vesterdny 'J items of the bill, all comprised withii the chemical schedule ( A I had been con sidercd und disposed of, leaving 17 items on that schedule still to be acted on HNODGKASH GOT IT. A I.OIIK al i! j n ai fl t I i ! i n !a It i 3 1 III Q- A.. G-reer.l k HARRINGTON'S MEN'S SHOES Arc the best made. True merit will tell. II you Mouk to the remaining third, hurry up nnd I net into line, tt Is lo your Interest well ns I mine, It slnnds to reaaon that the largest man- iufaclurtrsof inen'i shoes In the world must have niucrior lacllllics. Prices $1.00 to $rt.oo. I Sold exclusively In Asheville by MITOHELiI-i Haberdasher, NO, 4 PATTON AVKMUX. CONFECTIONS Pure and Delicious BON BON8 AND CHOCOLATB CHOCOLATB PARL1NBS, MIXBD CH0C0LATBS CKUAM WINTBRORBUN, CBBAM PBPPBRM1NT8, OLD FASHIONED MOLASSES CANDY, ETC. RBCBIVBD JPBOM JPACTORY TW1CU . WIBK The t.overniueiit llulldlnit ClileflKO May (irace It. Washington, May 17. The House sub-commit tec on appropriations, having harge of the bill appropriating $500,- 000 lor n L'owrnnicnt buildini' nnd cx- bit nt the Cotton States'lutcriintional xpositiou at Atlanta considered the subject todav. Messrs. Howell and aulding ol Atlanta, informed the com- ittcc as to the amount ot ground vailable for exposition facilities. The omiuitlcc discussed the Icasibility ot transferring the government building used at the World's Puir to Atlanta, but no conclusion was reached and the com mittee adjourned. Ureal PrcHbvlerlau convention. Sah.moca, N. Y May 17.-The lOCth cncral Assembly of the Presbyterian htueh of the I'nitcd States o;icncd its session today in the Pirst Presbyterian hutch with n sermon by the retiring moderator, Professor Willis Green Craig McCormrtck Theological pemmary, Chicago. Six huudrcd commissioners from it-'O Presbvtcries all over the world ire present. Hhol And Killed Mia Wife. Richmond, Yii May 17. J. Pl"'- ton, aged In, shot and killed his wile, aged !l., this morning, and then shot and cut himself. His condition is criti cal. 11c shot his wife four times. He suspected her ol infidelity. MtruKicle-Hliot Drunkard. Bv And Ma Vet Wear a Bull of Different Hlrlpr. Pied Lawrence, a barber, but during the last school term unitttr at the Iluiley street building, was arrested yes terduy by Deputy Shcrill . II, Hampton charged with the theft ol clothing from thelia timorc Clothing, Mtoc nnn I'ry Goods company. Lawrence gained an entrance to the stoic by means ol u lad dcr. climbing through n second story window opening on the alley on the cast side of the building. One suit, that Law rence had left at W. H. Martin's barb: hoo. nnd n hut were recovered nnd in drntiticd bv Mr, Swat.bcrg, of the com nnny. It is oelicvcd Hint me iiucviug hns been coiuu on lor n month or two, Lawrence had a hearing liefore lustice N. A. Reynolds, and was mpiired to give a bond ol $1!(10 for his appearance nt court, in dclnult ol which he was sent, up, A mlver I'lauk lu I. Kansas City, Mo., May 17. The Democratic State convention lias nilonted the majority report of the com mittee on resolutions by a vole of 4211 to 101). This report embraces llland s 10 to 1 ratio silver plank. Uluud is over whelmed by congratulations. ASHEVILLE TO T1IU VitONT Chattanooc;a, Ti;nn., May 1 .". I C. Snodgrass was renominated for Con grcss at 5 a. m. today on the 4.'!7th bal lot. Returning from the convention on the train, Dr. A. L. Uritbtli, delegate tro laspcr, Tcnn., was shot and killed I ohn L. Sticklcv, a delegate Irom Win county. Sticklcy was drunk. A leace Maker Wauled. Lonpon, May 17. The Times' Lisbon correspondent says the principal Euro pean powers have been consulted by the Portuguese government with reference to the rupture with Brazil, nnd the medita tion ot brcat Britain will be solicited. Will (io Hack To The I.ooniM. Pattrrson, N. J., May 17. The Cen tral comniiltec of the weavers this morning declared a strike oil' after a despcrutc struggle of 1 1 weeks. COXDESSED TELEGRAMS. WU 11AVIJ JI ST COMl'LUTliU A l'L'LL LINIilH-' HANDMADE SHOES Anil will in the tulure tun in sloik u fi'" sHortnient of shoes of l lnli to Be a mate. Wasiiinc.ton, May 17. The Scuatcl Supreme court judge nnd committee on territories hns ordered n favorable report (with the amendments) of the bill which has already passed the House, providing for the admission ol I'tah into the Union as a Slate. In 1SK0 there were 40 cotton seed mills in the South with an aggregate capital of about $3,500,01)1). lucre arc now 300 mills, having a combined capital ol about $30,000,000. By Tuesday's fire in lloston 137 build inns were totally destroyed and 1!'. partly burned. Pour hundred and sixty seven families were burned out. Loss about half n million. The Missouri Democratic State con vention nominated Prnnk M. Illack for W. T. Cm rington for superintendent of Public lu struction. OUR OWN MAKE I The Treasury Department is advised that $'.',500,000 has been engaged in the sub-treusurv for export to lmroiie. This reduces the gold reserve below $S7,00O, At Raleigh, N. C, yesterday, Orange lCarlhuuake lu Mcolland. Uiiinih kcii, May 17. Slight shocks ol arthiptokc have been experienced in the jw wn, among thc'lO prisoners who Aniinuduic und Uskdule hills near Dum fries this morning. The vibrations trav eled northward. Will Try Neicroeft. V.montows, Pa., May 17. Ollicial of the Kniucv Coke Co., announced to day that every foreigner in their employ wiil be discharged and their places tilled with negroes. YESTERDAY'S BASEHALL GAMES. National League llrooklvn 3, Wash ington 2; Philadelphia 10, New York 1; Chicago 0, Pittsburg 2; Cleveland 0, St. Louis 5; -laltimorc 8, lloston fl; Louis ville 1), Cincinnati 7. Sou then League Atlanta 11, Savan nah 0; Macon 0, Charleston 7; Memphis 0, Nashville 8. broke jnil. He wns to have been hanged June 14th for murder. Nearly all the race officials and the judges nt Gravcscnd were arrested on the charge ot aiding and abetting lottery. Pirc in New York at Avenue A and 08th street vesterdny did over $200,000 worth ol damage, Pawtucket, R. I,, had an $800,001 fire yesterday which started in Newell coal yard. Western nnd southwestern height rates continue to go down W. II. lidwards, II. S. Comul General at Ucrbn died yesterday The President'! wife is in Buffalo visit' ing her mother! TIILV STASH WITHOUT A RIVAL lt01MlltrX, 9 Court Square, AlhCTllle, N. STANDARD Quart Cans Tomatoes 10c. Sugar Corn per Can 10. ' Bartlett Pears per Can 20. Grated Pineapple per Can 15c, String Beans per Can 10c. T. J. REVELL, SO North Kali St Telepkm Ilk ."i ;i 5 . .'i ,'i J i itoisiii'trtfcsiiiiisiiriiliiir? V ..."
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