North Carolina Newspapers

Asheville Daily itizeno PRICE 3 CENTS VOLUME XIII. NO. 233. ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8. 1898. Huckin's oups Hue always n.aintained their excellence and high rceptation. We hive just received a Vrch f l al-o a fine selection Armour's Celebrated Soups . at- SINIDER'S, G COURT SQUARE. ARCH FRONT. Bon Marche, h 15 South Main St. NKW Sl'UING DUESij GOODS. Ni:V 1IUCK DRESS GOODS. .Vi:V SPUING GINGHAMS. NEW RIBBONS. NEW SPUING PERCALES. iT; SPUING WHITE GOODS. ;.i:V AND CHEAPEST INDIA i .". LINEN. .Vi.W Y.U,. LACES FROM 1 CENT CP TO FINEST. .NEW l TINGS FROM 5 CENTS UP. NEW PLEACHED AND UN 1 : 1. EACH ED DOMESTICS. NEW RIBBONS. NEW LACES. ! is .f ii-v poods just received in .ill .1. .artm.-nts. T!n" new ties fur ladies art-, very I i it y . Bon Marche, 15 SOUTH MAIN ST. : Armour's : Soups. : We tall especial attention to z nr line of Armour's Sours. T 1 J TIi. -si- are splendid poods and J X !iae"an assortment to select : : Kn kei l.o ker Coi n at $l.r.p h is iu t-.iial on the market. i C nivnti trndlftv t W II Ull V . WJ 1 16 N. Court Place. T Phonr AT. j Valentines.,. I -ir-e assort men t of dainty Silk ami Cilhiloid Novelties at jopular ' es. Lace Valentines From Ic. Ud. Thousands of Komic Valentines H"iv i-n exhibition at kAY'S BOOK STORE. , s Norlh Court Knure .Children's Shoes. .ite tlie muse f considerable home Di' iii;ht. as the youngsters have a way f netting through uppers or soles with uprising celerity. The toes too us ually f;ive out first. We guard against that! Have them made to order 5 to . 1.2r; S'-i to 11. $1.50. In the end you'll fmd them the cheapest shoes you ever bought. .SPANQENBERQ. v, MH Dainty- Wear is carefully and properly handled here. The finest and the coarsest piece of soods that come to- this laundry of urs, receives the same amount of care. We are particular about everything. That's why we have been so success ful. If you are particular about your clothes, send them to us. Prices are reasonable. Asheville Steam Laundry, 43 West College St. 7hri fJi. jkUV sovwuv "Better to be born lucky than rich," is an old saying. Wearing your birthday stone will bring luck, and luck riches. The beautiful purple Amethyst, the gem of February In some delicately wrought setting makes a charming piece of jewelry. We are now showing this stone in a variey of articles suitable for ladies' or gentlemen's wear. Kings, earings, brooches, stick pins, scarf pins, and watch charms are' some of the ways it can be worn. ..B. H. COSBY.. 1 The Reliable Jeweler, 27 I atton Ave. Our Monarch Canned Corn Is truly the Ixst packed. You make no mistake in buying it for your ta ble when you want the very finest. G. A. GREER 10 NORTH COURT SQUARE. GOOD VALUE. The "Silver King" Buggy. Open or-with Top. A GOOD MEDIUM GRADE BUGGY AT A MODERATE PRICE. We have sold this make of work for six years and can fully recommend It. T. S. MORRISON'S Carriage Warehouse to T The above figures represent the num bers we carry In gold pens a complete line. We can furnish fancy or plain holders. A splendid assortment of fountain pens. The best makes made. Morgan's Book Store iftcffi&ft S WEST COURT SQUARE. HEM MUST HAVE II Meeting of One Department of Educational Association. VALUE OF OUR TRUCKING CRAVEN COUNTY LEADS THAT. IN Eastern Fishermen Pull Over Mil lion Dollars Out of the Sea-Th School Chart Faud. RALEIGH, N. C, Feb. 8. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction says an earnest effort will be made to induce the "department of superin tendence" of the national educational association to meet at Asheville next year. This year it meets at Chatta nooga. The superintendent says. he intends to make the counties publish the ex penditure of school funds just as they do other county expenses; that it is the people's money and they have a right to know for what it stands. He says such a publication will show that Hali fax county has spent $2000 for almost worthless school charts. The Supreme court devoted yesterdaj to the examination of applicants foi attorneys' license. Of these there were 59. Six were colored; this being the largest number of that race ever in one class. They were prepared at Shaw university here. Of the white members of the class 24 were from the University law school and 11 from thai at Wake Forest. The following were licensed: W. A. Fortune, Jesse R. Starnes, Floyd C. Cox,' Asheville; S. P. Rorenel, jr., of Macon; J. H. Cathey, Swain; A. B. Bryan, Madison; George Martin, Ruth erford; Holmes Conrad, Jr., and John W. Norwood and B. H. Kirkpatrick, Haywood; C. E. Gardner, Yancey. Thirteen ouCof the 59 failed to pass. The Bell Telephone company has filed with the railway commission a $5000 bond to protect the telephone renters in case the lower rate ordered by the commission holds. The State grants . a charter to the Worth company of Wilmington, com posed of members of the family of that name, with $100,000 paid-in capital and power to increase It to $500,000. The company will do a general mer chandise business and also lease, buy and sell lands and property of all kinds. The anniversary of the two literary societies at Wake Forest college will be celebrated in the usual handsome style this week. It appears, according to the newspa pers, that it was Governor Russell's aide. Col. Marshall Mott, who said the Governor would resist the U." S. Su preme court with force if it attempted to oust his two railway commissions. ' William H. Willard, well known in this State as a banker, cotton mill owner and tobacco manufacturer, died Sunday at Ilex hospital here. He was about 75 years "of age and was a man of untiring energy. He leaves an ample fortune. His funeral was held at 1 o'clock yesterday from the residence of his son-in-law, Capt. S. A. Ashe. Mr. Willard was a Unitarian in faith. Judge Purnell last Friday wrote his opinion in the Cape Fear & Yadkin Vallev railway case and mailed it to the V. S. Circuit Court of Appeals. It orders a dual sale of the road that is a sale as a whole or In parts. It Is not a reversal of Judge Simonton's de cision, but a modification, and is in compliance with the terms of the mort gage. It is said the Baltimore Donanoia ers will appeal from it to the U. S. Su preme court. i. Tun intprestiner chanters in the forth coming annual report of the bureau of labor statistics are tfiose on me truck ing and fishing interests. The figures are of value. As to truck growing, it is nearlv as early here as to crops as sit rharlptnn and a fortnight or more earlier than Norfolk. On May 3 of last year, over one railway, 500,000 quarts of strawberries were shipped. One grower got $20,000 for his berries. One trucking farm at Newbern got $75,000 for the produce one season. It is esti mated that last year s trucK ana uerry crop was worth $8,000,000. Craven 1: ih first county as to trucking. The value of the huckleberry crop in Samp son and Duplin is worth as mucn as $250,000 in one favorable season. As to the fishing industry it may oe remarked that few states have so large a population dependent upon it for a living. There are 12,600 persons em ployed in the fisheHes, and 3800 vessels and boats are used.- There are 124.00C gill nets. The catch of fish last year was 142.326,000, value, $1,583,600; clams, 78.000 bushels, value, $32,000; "oysters, 350.000 bushels, value, $160,000; terrapin and turtles. 38.000, value, $19,000. For shrimps, crabs and caviare (sturgeon roe) $S00O was obtained. Y M C A. Standing Committees for the Ensu ing Year. At the meeting of the Boad of direc tors of the Y. M. C. A. held yesterday. President VlV.. Blair announced the following standing committees for the ensuing year: Executive B. M. Lee, H. C. Allen, J. H. Weaver. Auditing J. L. Rich, Geo. L. Hack ney, B. M. Lee. Vacancies J. A. Nichols, W. F. Sni der, R. U. Garrett. Finance W. F. Snider. J. A. Nichols, C. W. Brown, H. Redwood, W. M. Jones. Educational J. D .Eggleston, Geo. L. Hackney. J. C. Martin. Boys' com. J. D .Eggleston. Physical E. C. Bamhardt, C. S. Pugh. E. S. Dukes, Wm. P. Powell, Frank Turner, Chas. Nichols. Invitations W. A. Latimer, chair man: Wm. Farr, Wm. Orr. . Receptin H. M. Frost, H. F. Ad dickea, Jr., Harold Johnston. J. H Leath. Bible Study W. S. Cook, J. D. Eg gleston. J. F. Cardiff. Religious L. Joe Broughton, C B. Holder, Geo. Collins. W. S. Cook. J. A. Bell. J. N. Rogers, T. C. Smith. Jr.. R. U. Garrett, Geo. L. Hackney, H. M. Frost. Railway Discrimination. NEW YORK, Feb. 8. The advisory committee of the Merchants" Associa tion has decided to undertake the col lection of a fund sufficient to enable Its board .of directors to conduct a vigor ous campaign against the railroads which discriminate against this city. SENATORS' RESPONSIBILITY THEY- ACT AS INDEPENDENT AGENTS. There Have Been Sam Exoeptions, Butthe Weight of President Is That Way-Clay's Stand.' WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. SpeciaL Recent events In Congress have served to- bring to the front anew one of the unsolved problems of public life. It Is this: Is a Senator or Representative in duty bound to vote according to the wishes of his constituents or is he free to vote according to his own convic tions? This is ian old. old question in the public life of our republic and it can not be said ever to have been settled. The precedents are found on both sides of the question, and no rule has been set up by weight of authority. The Teller resolution, which was carried in the Senate by a majority of 15 and de feated In the House by a majority of 50 was a most unpleasant question for a good many Senators and Representa tives ta face Both silver men and gold men found themselves confronted with the dilemma whether they should vote according to their personal wishes and beliefs or In accordance with the de sires of their people at home. Some solved the problem in oneway and some in another, and hot a few or those who solved it by exercising their power to vote as they pleased are now hearing from their constituents. Some of the best men we have ever had in public life have assumed that their function in Washington was of a purely representative character. They have defended themselves with the argu ment that the foundation principle of the American goverment is maJority rule, and that next to this comes pop ular representation. It was the great idea of the founders of the republic to form a system in which the people could speak through their chosen rep resentatives, and a majority of the people could always be sure of controll Ing the destinies of the country. .In line with this argument was the thought that it manifestly became the plain duty of the Senator or the Representa tive, if there was no doubt as to the wishes of those who had sent him to Washington, to voice their wishes. If there was doubt, if his people appeared to be about equally divided, of course he was free to. act as his conscience or his convictions dictated. EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE. But there have been many noticea ble exceptions to this rule. In fact, the weight of authority, especially in later years, appears to be in favor of per mitting the Senator or representative to act as an independent agent. If he misrepresents his people, he must take the consequences. They have recourse in defeating him when he comes up again for re-election. Those who con tend for this view of the case complain that any other solution of the problem would rob our statesmen of individual ity and lead to their degeneration. In stead of statesmen here in Washington we should make mere clerks. . Alexander Stephens, who was one of the most brilliant men we have had the public . life of this capital, was once instructed by the people of his district to vote in a certain way. He defied them. "I was selected as your representative," he said to them wiien he went home after the adjournment of Congress, "because you thought me the best man for the place. You had confidence in my wisdom and ability. You knew that I had had experience, and could be depended upon to know what was the best for you and the country at large. I am free to confess that this is true. What I have done was for your good, and I was right in doing it." This and much more to the same effect he said to them, and the result of his frankness and self confi dence and powers of persuasion was that the people forgave him for having disobeyed them and sent him back to Congress. The great Henry Clay was once in structed by the legislature of his be loved Kentucky how to vote on a cer tain question. Mr. Clay had then been a long time in public life, and he keen ly resented this command from his con stituents. When the resolutions of the Kentucky legislature were placed be fore him. he drew himself up and said to the spokesman who had delivered them: "Sir. I deny the right of the members of the legislature of my state to in struct me as to the performance of my duties here in Washington. I shall go home, sir, and give them some instruc tion as to the proper performance of their own duties." AN ANCIENT PRECEDENT. Some of the greatest men of history have explicitly denied the right of state legislatures to instruct them. Webster took took this ground, and so did Cal houn. Cass of Michigan and Bell of Tennessee and Magnum of North Caro lina were others. The legislature 01 Virginia tried to instruct William B. Giles, a senator and near friend of Jef ferson and Madison, as to how he should vote. He refused to obey. A notable example of the same sort was when the legislatuure of Mississippi only a few years afo instructed the late Senator Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar to vote for a free coinage bill. He refused. ' There have been one or two examples of resignation rather than obey the will of the state. Bucn was me case 01 Senator White of Tennessee (who re signed rather than obey instructions from the state legislature. ' A curious instance of the power of Instructions at times was the action of Senator Jar nigan of Tennessee. Though a Whig, he complied with instructions to vote for the Walker tariff of 1846, and his vote carried the bin through the Sen ate. WALTER WELLMAN. "OJIBWAY JOE" DEAD. While a Southern Soildier He Killed 113 Union Sold leers. SUPERIOR, Wis., Feb. 6. Joseph Ski, a-Chippewa chief, known as "Ojlb way Joe," . is dead. He was ' 60 years old. ' It has been said that "Ojibway Joe" killed more northern men during the Civil war than almost any other soldier in the Southern army. He fought against the Union as a sharpshooter fbr three years without the slightest Idea of what his side had for a grievance, and is said to have killed 113 Union sol diers. Baltimore Sun. - Not Coming Our Way. ATLANTA, Feb. 8. The United Lum bermen's association of Ohio. Pennsyl vania and Indiana arrived in Atlanta today on a special train. A brilliant reception was given them by the South ern office of the Baltimore & Ohio rail road and other railroads in this city, at the Piedmont Driving club. The party leave tomorrow morning for Chattanooga. ',.. EHUD IS NOV AT PEACE The Queen's Speech Read to the Lords and Gentlemen. THE DISTRESS IN INDIA THE QUESTION OF AUTONOMY FOR CRETE. Nothing Vary Exciting in Queen Victoria's Remarks, Perhaps Be cause She Did Not Writ Them. LONDON, Feb. 8. The fourth session of the fourteenth parliament of Queen Victoria and 26th of the United King dom was opened at 2 o'clock this after noon wtih the customary ceremonies. The Queen's speech was as follows: "My lords and gentlemen: My rela tions with the other powers continue friendly. The negotiations between the Sultan of Turkey and the King of Greece have been brought to a conclus ion by the signing of a treaty of peace, under which the territorial relations between tne two powers is practically unchanged. The question of autonmoy of the government of the island of Crete has occupied the attention of the pow ers. The difficulty of arriving at an unanimous agreement on some points has unduly protracted the delibera tions, but I hope these obstacles will before long be surmounted. "Intelligence, which is apparently trustworthy, is received of the inten tion of the Khalifa to advance against the Egyptian army In the Soudan, and I have therefore given directions that a contingent of British troops should be dispatched to Berber to the assistance of his highness, the Khedive. "I have concluded a treaty of. friend ship and commerce with his majesty, Emperor of Abyssina. "The report of the oemmission I ap pointed in December, 1896, to inquire rnto the- condition of certain of my West Indian colonies has conclusively established' the existence of severe de pression in those colonies, caused by the heavy fall in the price of sugar which is mainly attributable to a reduction in the cost of porduction and the great in crease in its extent of recent years. But the fall has been artificially stimulated by a system of bounties' to producers and manufacturers of beet sugar main tained in many European states. "On the northwestern borders of nv Indian empire, an organized 'outbreak of fanaticism, which spread in -the sum mer along the frontier, induced many of the tribes to break their engagement with injr- government, to attack the military posts in their vicinity, and even to invade the settled districts of my territory. I was compelled to .send expeditions against the offending tribes for punishment of the outrages and to insure peace in the future. "A portion of the Afridit tribes have not yet accepted the terms offered them, but elsewhere the operations have been brdught to a yery successful close. The courage and endurance ex hibited by my troops, British and na tive, have overcome almost insuperable difficulties in the country in whieh they were operating, but I have to deplore the loss of many valuable lives, both amongst my own troops and those whose services were voluntarily and loyally placed at my disposal by native princes of my Indian empire." Her majesty then rejoices at the fact that there is , reason to anticipate a prosperous year, both for agriculture and commerce, throughout India. "Gentlemen of the House of Com mons: The estimates which will be laid before you have been framed with the utmost desire for economy; but in view of the enormous armaments now miantained by, other nations the duty of providing for the defense of the em pire envolves an expenditure beyond former precedent." EWART NOT YET CONFIRMED Butler Has Consideration of His Nomination Postponed. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Special. Senator Marion Butler went before the Senate judiciary committee yesterday and requested a postponement of the final consideration of H. G. Ewarfs nomination until he could have an op portunity for formulating the charges he will make against Ewart He did not make known the character of the charges, beyond stating tBat Ewart was not of the judicial temperament and lacking legal ability. The commit tee postponed consideration for one week. FELIX. ESTERHAZY WONT TESTIFY. Zola's Attortiey Asks That He Bo Brought Into Court By Fore. PARIS, Feb. . When the trial 'of Emil Zola, manager of the Aurore, growing out of the former's denuncia tion of the Esterhasy courtmartial in a letter to the newspaper' mentioned, was resumed in the assizes court of Seine, today, scenes similar to those of yesterday morning were witnessed. M. Henri Rochefort was cheered when he arrived, but M. Zola was not noticed when he entered court.- The presiding judge," M. Deiegorgue, read a letter from Major Count Ester hazy, in which the latter refused to testify. Thereupon M. Laborie,. coun- sel for for M. Zola, insisted that Ester hazy should be brought to court by force. He Sold Insioe the Limit. S. L. Yoder was arrested yesterday on a warrant sworn out on the affidavit of L. L. Whitehead. a meat dealer of Central market, the charge against Yo der being that he had peddled poultry within the three-quarter mile limit. TJe case was tried this morning in Police Justice Carter's court and the defend ant 'acquitted, the evidence being that Yoder had made the sales outside the limit. Lost S700 Worth of Diamonds. ST. LOUIS. Feb. 8, The police report that Mrs. James O. West of New York, visiting here at the home of Frank L. Norton, has suffered a loss of $7000 worth of diamonds and jewelry taken by sneak: thieves while the family and their guests were at dinner last night. KIDNAPPED VON DER AHE BASEBALL PRESIDENT UNDER ARREST. Wanted By a Man Who Went on His Bond The Little Magnate May Stay in Jail for 60. Days. PITTSBURG, Pa.. Feb. 8. Detective Nicholas Bendel who kidnapped Chris1 von der Ahe, the baseball . magnate in St. Louis last evening, is expected to reach Pittsburg with his prisoner late this'evening. ' ' The arrest was made at the instiga tion of, W. A. Nimick, former president of the Pittsurg baseball club, who went on Ahe's bond when the latter was ar rested in this city on a charge preferred by Pitcher Mark Baldwin. The litiga tion . between Baldwin and Ahe com menced in 1891 and grew oujfof a dis pute between the National League and the American association. Baldwin was connected with the Pittsourg club and Ahe was president of the St. Louis association club. The former went t( St, Louis to secure Pitcher King and was arrested on a charge of conspiracy preferred by Ahe. When the case was tried Baldwin was discharged. He - then brought suit against Ahe for malicious prosecution and asked $10,000 damages. Ahe was arrested in Pittsburg and Nimick be came his surety. The case was tried twice and verdicts were given both- times for $2500. Ahe appealed to the Supreme court, but the lower court was sustained. As nothing was secured on the execution issued against Ahe, and as the 'sheriff made return that the defendant could not be found in the county, his bondsman, Nimick, decided to have him brought to this city to forestall proceedings for re covery on bond. If he is surrendered by his bondsman in Pittsburg and fails to pay the amount of verdict against him with in terest and costs he- can be placed in jail. He would have to stay there 60 days before he could apply to the court for his release under the insolvent law. It would then rest with the court whether or not he would be released. ZEB VANCE CLUB. A Large Meetino Last Evening-57 New Mjmbers. Zeb Vance Democratic club room was crowded by Democrats at the regular weekly meeting last evening to hear Chas. A. Webb, esq., and W. H. Young address, the club. . In the absence of Secretary Postell Hilliard L. Morris was secretary pro tern. Fifty-seven new members were elected. Mr. Webb made, a short and interest ing address. He referred to Republican misrule in North Carolina, and recited numerous incidents of the corruption and debauchery wrought by prominent Republicans all over -the State. Mr. Young' spoke of municipal affairs and the coming spring election. He called on all Democrats and white men of whatever politcs to stand shoulder. to shoulder and work for the Democratic party. - ' Other members of the club were called on for talks but excused them selves. - SCANDINAVIAN EDITORS. They Will Arrive in Asheville To morrow Afternoon. A letter from M. V. Richards, land and industrial agent -of the Southern railway to G .S. Powell chairman of the immigration committee of the Asheville Board of Trade, says that "the Scandinavian editors, in charge of J. F. Olsen, Scandinavian agent of this company, are dne to arrive in Asheville Wednesday p. m. There will be about 15 In the party." This will afford Asheville an oppor tunity of showing to this specially de sirable class of immigrants the advan tages offered by this mountain section. These Scandinavians axe intelligent agriculturists, and they will want all the information obtainable concerning farming lands in the vicinity. of Ashe ville. It is expected that arrangements will be made at the Board of Trade meeting this evening to show these peo ple as much of Asheville and vicinity as possible during their short stay. THERE'S A LAUGhTn IT. Besides it Helps the Free Kinder gartens. The members of the Asheville Spin ster Club will again- throw open their councils to the public, and wear their maidenly hearts upon their flowing sleeves this evening in the hall of the Asheville College for Young Women, at 8:30 o'clock. The entertaining proceed ings of the last meeting, will be repeat ed with Variations, and new and amus ing features added. All the eligible men young and old of Asheville who have so far escaped the vigilance com mittee of the club, are expected to at tend this meeting in disguise, that they may blush unseen, .or at least unrecog nized, when the market reports are read. Help the Poor Children. For two or three weeks a number of thildren have been kept away-from the Riverside .kindergarten school on ac nTit rr not hn vine- shoes to wear. The teachers of this school are anxious that the children should attend, ana tney will thank anyone having children's shoes that would be of service' to poor children of that district to send them either to the church building on Rob erts street. Miss Gudger's on Haywood street, or airs, biockioh s on .riiui street. The children are aeservrng and needy. Lawyer J esse R. Starnes. It is Jesse R. Starnes, esquire, now, with emphasis on the esquire. . Mr. Starnes yesterday succeeded In stand 1tt th examination for attorneys be fore the Supreme court, and Is expecteo to return to Asheville mis arternoon with his lironsi ta nractice law. Mr. Starnes will not be called upon to wait a CTeat while before making his maiden effort before the bar. of justice. He will aid In conducting tne aeiense in the cases against Walker Mill, tne In dian "doctor." Union Printers' Home. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Feb. 8. Superintendent Charles E. Clark of the Union Printers' Home, this city, has mailed his resignation to President Wm. B. Prescott of the International Typographical union, to take effect June L The reason assigned, for Clark's retirement Is the iTl health of his wife. The "Empire," leading hotel in "New York, is advertised on page 4. " Money to loan on improved . city property. Bourne, & Parker. SEIH ARRAIGN i The United States Should Stop These Atrocities. v' SENATE ASKED TO ACT WHAT SPAIN HAS DONE TO AMERICANS. Republican .Senators Suggest to the President Proper Action in the Premises. WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. Senator Ma son, Republican of Illinois, has present ed the following resolution:' "Resolved, that the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, re- quested to notify Spain and the insur gents of Cuba that the war (so-called) must at once cease and be discontin ued alnd ' that the United States of America hereby declare and will main- ! tain peace on the island of Cuba.'.' The resolution of Mason was preceded by the following preamble: " " "Whereas, war between Spain anu the insurgents of Cuba has continued until all Christendom is shocked by its barbarities; pretended autonomy hat been .offered by Spain and refused bj the Cubans in arms; the Spaniards, ai a war measure, have burned homes and driven women and children (since Known as concentrados) into the forti fied towns, where some have been starved, others murdered and the wo men and children debauched anu treated beyond the powers of languagt to describe the daughters of insur gent soldiers have been soldinto houses of Infamy and the boys of tender yeart nave been sold; under the form of civi lized war American citizens have been driven into the, towns and. refused op portunity to work, and left to starve, ls part of the Spanish war .measure. until we were compelled to take part oy appropriating from the funds or the people of t,he United States large suuit or money to feed and clothe our citizen tnd to return them to our country; and "Whereas, the Spanish war measure of concentration has continued so far that -the concentrados are starving. naked and filthy, insomuch that disease and death is among them and spread ing into our own country; hundreds of thousands perished in this way' and by this means -the unholy work of exterm ination goes on .the . slaughter ing of the innocent and non combatants goes. on; the Hag of truce have been abandoned and extermination or independence of the insurgents must be the final outcome; under the present charity seeking of the administration, charitably disposed citizens of the United - States cannot" contribute money, medicine, food or clothing to the insurgents in the field or hospital, and should any attempt be made to do so, the contributions woult be captured and prevented ty order of the government of the United States; therefore, be it resolved." Senator Allen, Nebraska, today offer ed as an amendment to the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill tle Morgan resolution for recognition of the belligerency of Cuba. . Senator Cannon today offered a reso lution for -recognition of Cuban inde pendence. Mr. Cannon's resolution states' that the President of the United States be urged to notify Spain that if Spain shall fail to recognize the independence of the republic of Cuba on or before the 4th day of March, lS'JS, the government of the United States will, on that date recognize the belligerency of the Cuban patriots and will within 90 days there after assert the independence of the re- public of Cuba. POSTMASTER SHOT. The Murderer Left $500 Behind, But Robbed the Store. ATLANTA; Feb. S. J. S. Polk," aged 65 years and postmaster of Goodwin station, 15 miles north of here on the Southern railroad, was murdered at his home Saturday night by unknown per sons and his store, which is also in connection with the postoffice, robbed. His body was not discovered until early yesterday morning. There is no clue to the perpetrators. He had $500 on his person which was left undisturbed. The Fira Killed Him. DAYTON, O., Feb. 8. Alfred Brad ley,-vice-president. of the Bradley Cord age, and Twine company, whose fac tory was destroyed yesterday by fire, died this morning- from heart disease, brought on by excitement resulting from the conflagration. FROM THE TELEGRAPH. The Spanish government has decided to send two additional cruisers to the United States. In an article in a French reviewl Mme. Blanc refers to Sidner Lanier, the poetr as an "Angel of Light." Mr. Gladstone, accompanied by .Mrs. Gladstone, attended church in Cannes. France, Sunday and received commun ion. Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the arctic ex plorer, - who has arrived in London, says he was almost killed with kind ness In the United States. Gen. Woodford, United States min ister to Spain, is said to have presented another note to the Spanish" govern ment, to which Premier Sagasta re pelled vigorously. The government will ask a postpone ment of the sale of the Kansas Pa cific rairoad, set for February 16, and will redeem the claims of the first mort gage bondholders, amounting to $8,000, 000. Dispatches received in Havana from Madrid represent the Sagasta cabinet as disgusted with the Cuban autono mist ministry, because of its neglect oC military operations against the insur gents. ' . . Speaker Reed is reported to have changed his mind on the subject of Ha waiian annexation and to have prom ised to put a bill through the House in less than a week if the treaty is aban doned in the Senate. . , Speaker Reed Is confident of Repub lican success in the next Congressional elections, and thinks the action of the Republican majority in the House in defeating the Teller, resolution will be a winning issue for his party. Top Weak .7 fh: Sudden Changes. Such as are of fre quent occurrence dur ing the cold Avinter weather, are almost sure to bring on colds and coughs, unless prevented by care fully protecting vul- body. These colds when neglected lead to coughs and fre quently to pneumo nia and consumption : :for all these mid most ailments de pendent upon an im- poverished condition of-the system a fre quent use of Pure Cod Liver Oil is ex cellent Dr. PJ C. Smith keeps it plain and unmixed as w ell as in emulsions and medications at the Drug Store on Court Square. WE WILL BOND YOU. The United States Fidelity and Guaran ty Company of Baltimore, Bid. 1 t Capital paid in cash Stockholders' liability .... $500,000.00 600,000.00 Total resources $1,000,000.00 As agent of the above company I can make the bond of city, state and coun ty officials, railroad, express and other employes, postmasters, gaugers and in-' ternal revenue officials, in fact all sorts and sizes of bonds, for a small annual premium. I have power of attorney which enables me to execute all court bonds instantly. These bonds will save the disagree able necessity of asking friends to make you a personal bond. FRANK CARTER, Attorney and Agent, AKHEVILLK. N. C. The Club S3 SOUTH MAIN ST., The leading saloon in Asheville. I car ry a complete line of the leading brands of Liquors, Wines, Ales and Cigars, imported and domestic. Agent for ths Augusta Brewing Co. Beer and liquor sold by wholesale and retail. Free de livery. 'Phone 21?. P. O. Box 337. Pat Mclntyre Proprietor. Biltmore Dairy The herd, consisting of high bred Jer seys, Is under .the' dally inspection of a qualified veterinarian, formerly Inspec tor for the (New Orleans board of health. All the cows have been Tuberculin Tested and are In perfect health.' No expense or labor spared to secure cleanliness In all operations connected with the milk. To do all the above coats money and lots of it; but we have the satisfaction of knowing that we are supplying cus tomers with pure milk Perhaps you can buy milk a little cheaper, but Just think It over. 4 N- Court Square.