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le D VOLUME XIII. NO. 234: ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9. 1898. PRICE 3 CENTS k ' '! '' '"' ,:, as I'te OUR MOCHA AND JAVA COFFEE. - ' l' -i" - v jK.n lio t - :.. - 'o attention ottcr- " tinjr tlistcs aid r i. hii "I cf risum-.N. 3 rounds for $1 SMIDER'S, 6 COURT SQUARE. ARCH FRONT. Bon Marche, 15 South Main St. . . ! !:i.o ii:;:ss goods. i.i:.K iiu;ss goods. .. .-u-uing ginghams. si:v i;ii!i;oxs. .' . .-fi;i.: wiiiTK (iuons. V. A N I ' 1 1 I'KST INDIA LINKN. U. I. KS ; Kl;i M 1 CKNT I l" To' FINKST. .1 i IN:S FBtM 5 ci:xts UP. :u :.K.'IIKI AND L'.N i IIKD DOMKSTirS. m:v i:ii:i:ns. m:v "lacks. c-w K-k.,-"!s just rccei vt'l in 1 -i , i m ills. r ii w ti. s for ladies are very Bon Marche, !5 SOUTH MAIN ST. Armour's Soups n' cs. -i i ll attention to ? Armour's Soups, ih' splendid goods, anl ;iu :ts:;ortment t select . 1 k.'ilM k-.r Corn at $t.r0 4 on fie in n kt-t. : Cowan & Stradley i r; ra r..m Pi :- Phni. A7- Jaientines. I ir,c .iMrtnu'iit tt dainty Silk .1: .1 t r.uU.id NoViltit-s at papular Lace Valentines From Ic. Uo. '! hou.in.t- yl K.jmic Valentine k w 0:1 ch;liti ii at k'AV'S BOOK STORE North t'ourt -"inure Claiming ....The Earth.... - ' inn be the sum and sob- i" r;idays nf many ad- -t ri.-ement-. Nothing new in Irving to delude the public. Mir Kit shoes and slippers foi nit n are .coins at 25 and 50 i ftit- under former prices. J. SPANGENBERG, A ti. Court Squirt. Dainty Wear is carefully and properly handled here. The linst and the coarsest piece of kimiiI:; that come to this laundry of Mir, reri'ives me same amount or care. We are particular about everything. Thai's why we have been so success ful. If you are particular about your clothes. Fend them to us. Prices are reasonable. i Asheville Steam Laundry, 43 West College St. i I M U ill i r . "Hetter to le burn lucky than rii h," 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 lailies' 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.. The Reliable Jeweler, 27 Pat ton Aye. PRIVATE ESTATE -HAND PICKED Mandhling..... 45c Java Coffee, Tl Klnest Brought - to the I'nlted States. At l" Cent Found. Nov. we have a nvmop olv on this i;raile of Coffee, as no one else ia the city handles it. 'Tis too fine for the ordi narv ;Vade oursak for the best. s we kt ep it for tlvni. Q. A. GREER 10 N. Court Square. Russell S? Co Stationary, Portable and Traction Kngtnes. Saw mills and Separators. Wrli for ('aialoguo. T. S. MORRISON, AGENT. 1 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 S WEST COURT SQUARE. THOUSAND This is to Be Paid if Coun ty's Credit is Destroyed. v1 CONTRACT MADE PUBLIC "MY SON MARK" IS SMOOTHLY IN IT. Drawing on tha Amount Has Al ready Begun and Thar is No Tail ing Where It Will End. The "private contract" entered Into between the County Commissioners of Buncombe and Mark W. Brown (son of Commissioner T. C. Brown) and Moore & Moore, attorneys of Asheville, and A. C. Avery of Morganton on the 4th day of January'last, was late yesterday af ternoon made public by being spread uion the minute book of the Board of County Commissioners. The Board again "in all respects rati fied and approved" this contract at yes terday's meeting, notwithstanding the document had been approved at a for mer meeting. The contract follows: "This memorandum of an agreement. made and entered into on this the 4th day i)t January, lss8, between . the Board of Commissioners for the county of Buncombe (T. C. Brown, chairman, and S. J. Ashworth and T. II. Weaver, commissioners,) parties of the first part, and A. C. Avery of Mor ganton. North Carolina, and Mark W. Brown and Moore & Moore, a firm com posed of Chas. A. Moore and Fred Mi ore of Ashe-ille, North Carolina. parties of the second part. "Witaiesseth: That whereas, the said parties of the second part, in pursuance of authority given them by said T. C. Brown, chairman, and S. J. Ashworth and T. H. Weaver, commissioners, act ing fur and on behalf of the Board of mmiussioiiers for the county of Bun niibe, did on the 2Sth day of December, IV., commence an action in the Super ior court of Buncombe county entitled. 'Tlie Board of Commissioners for the county of Buncombe, (T. C. Brown, chairman, and S. J. Ashworth and T. ii. Weaver: commissioners,) and T. C. Brown vs. William It. IJayne, treasurer of Buncombe county," to test the valid ity of the one hundred thousand dol lars in coupon bonds issued by the county of Buncombe in 1810, to pay its subscription of $100,000 to the capital stock of the Spartanburg & Asheville Kailroad company, and the bonds is sued in lieu of them at maturity under the act of 183; and whereas, the Board of Commissioners for the county of Buncombe now desire to enter into a contract with said parties of the second pa.rt relative to their compensation for Uieir services in said action. "Now, therefore, said parties of the first part, the Board of County Com missioners for the county of Buncombe, (T. C. Brown, chairman, and S. J. Ash worth and T. H. Weaver, commission ers) in consideration of legal services already performed by the parties of the second part hereto in and about- the prosecution of said action, commenced on the 2Sth day of December, 1897, as iforeaid, hereby agree and bind them selves and said county of Buncombe to pay all the necessary expenses of prosecuting said action to a final ad judication, including the necessary ex penses for traveling and board bills of said parties of the second part in at tending the hearings of said case at chambers before any judge or in the Supreme court of North Carolina or anv otner court, ana 11 j.ne nnai juug- ment in said action commenced by said parties of the second part on said 28th day of December, 1857, as foresaid, shall declare the said bond's of Bun combe county issued in 1895, under said act of 1893, now outstanding, invalid or id. the Board of Commissioners for the county of Buncombe will pay to tne parties of the second part the sum of nine thousand ($9000) dollars as com tensatiin for their services in said ac lii n. It is understood and agreed between the parties hereto that the amount paid by the parties of the first part ror tne .xienses of prosecuting said action to .1 final adjudication, including the nec essary expenses for traveling and hoard bills of said parties of the second part, in attending the hearings of said . 1 case at cnamDers Deiore any juugc 01 in the Supreme court of North Carolina, anv other court, shall be deduct ed from said sum of $9000. and that the amount to be paid to said parties or the second part by the parties of the first part, if said bonds shall, by the final judgment in said action, be declared void, shall be the difference between said sum of $9000 and the amount paid by the parties of tne first part for the expenses of. prosecuting said action to a final adjudication as aforesaid. "Said parties of the second part, in consideration of the agreements on the part of the parties of the first part hereinbefore mentioned, agre-toprose-cute said action to a final adjudication and to devote so much of their time, at tention and skill to the prosecution of the same as may be necessary. "In witness whereof the Board of Commissioners of the county of Bun-, combe has caused its name to be sub scribed hereto by T. C. Brown, its chairman, and has also caused these presents to be attested by its clerk and the seal of said county of Buncombe to be hereto affixed by its said clerk, and has also caused these presents to be signed by said T. C. Brown, its chairman, and S. J. Ashworth and T. H. Weaver.eom missioners, members of said board, on this, the 4th day of January, A. D-, 18S. (Kxecuted in duplicate.) "Attest: "W. J. BEACH BOARD, "Register of Deeds and ex -officio clerk. "The Board of Commissioners for the county of Buncombe. "By T. C. BROWN, Chairman. "T. C. BROWN. Chairman, "S. J. ASHWORTH. Cdmmissioner. "T. H. WEAVER, Commissioner." The county treasury was tapped this morning. and a payment made on the $9000 expenditure of the people's money to secure the destruction of the county's credit. The payment was made by Treasurer Payne, on a war rant Issued by the Board of County Commissioners yesterday to Mark W. Brown. The sum was $10.05, and was on account of "bond suit." : REFUSED TO TESTIFY. Reasons of State Prevent Zola F-om Drawing Out Some Testimony. RIS, Feb. 9. In spite of special police precautions there was a repeti tion of the semi-riotous scenes witness ed yesterday when the trial of Emtte Zola and Perreux, who are being prose cuted by the government for denounc ing the Esterhazy courtmartial, was continued today. Gen. Boisedeffre refused emphatically to testify, under the plea" of profes sional and state secrecy. M. Delegorgue, the presiding judges consented that Madame Dreyfus should be allowed to testify, on the condition that her evidence be restricted to the Esterhazy case." Over 200 barristers in their robes gathered at the public entrance and in dulged in horse play. When the presid ing judge ordered them -not to obstruct the passage, the barristers made a demonstration against the: judge. Thereupon troops were sent to quell the disturbance. The intervention of 'the military was ill received and led to a violent affray. The barristers rushed upon their guards and struck them. One of the young lawyers was arerest ed, but, after quiet was restored, was released. There was much stir in the court yes terday when it was announced that M. Casimer-Perier, former president of the French republic was called. The presid ing judge said: "You swear to speak without animus and fear, and to speak the truth and nothing but the truth ." M. Cassimer-Perier at this point in terrupted the judge, saying: "Pardon me, I cannot swear to tell the truth, because I cannot do so. It is my duty not to tell it." This statement caused a commotion among the audience. Casimer-Perier finally took the oath. CYCLERS MEET. The Question of Sunday Bicycling in Issue. ST. L.O VIS, Feb. 9. A majority of the delegates to the national assembly of the League of American Wheelmen, which met in the city today, came in on this morning's trains and the strag glers "will reach here tonight and to morrow morning. The question that will receive the most earnest discussion is that of local option for state divis ions. An amendment providing that state divisions be granted the right to determine for themselves whether or not Sunday bicycling should be per mitted was introduced last yar at the assembly at Albany and defeated by but six votes. At that time the division option was not considered to be of moment to the league but the defeat of the amend ment, occasioning the formation of out law leagues in California and Louis iana, where control of the sport passed almost entirely .into the hands of newly formed organizations, has had the ef fect of causing the present delegates to hear both sides of the question and to determine to decide the case on its merits. NATIONAL QUARANTINE. ' it is Being Opposed at the Conven tion at Mobile. MOBILE, Feb. 9. Delegations from all the South Atlantic and Gulf states- were in attendance upon the quaran tine convention today. The conven tion, by an overwhelming majority, de cided to take up first the subject of juarantine in all its bearings and cut off much of the purely theoretical dis cussion, for which the original pro gram provided. An interesting debate on a national quarantine was had. The convention is badly split up on the subject. State and local quarantine officers are here in .arge numbers to oppose the recommen dation for a national quarantine, but many of the eminent doctorsand lawyers n the convention are hea.rtily in favor of it. The majority of the Georgia del egation is in favor of nationaJ quaran tine. Louisiana and Mississippi are, too. Other delegations, except Ala bama, are divided. FORT WORTH FIRE. Number of Important Buildings Burned to the Ground. KANSAS CITY, Feb. 9. A special to the Star from Fort Worth, Tex., says: "'At 3 o'clock this morning the largest property Joss by fire that ever occurred here took place. The eight story Hur ley office building, the Dreyfus com pany's dry goods house, the Farmers and Mechanics' bank, general offices of the Ft. Worth & Denver railroad. Ft. Worth Cycle company and one or two small merchandising companies were burned to the ground. THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Contemplated Changes at the Pas senger Depot. Local officials of the Southern Rail way company have under contempla tion a plan for moving the passenger depot and for building of railing about the area where passengers usually board the train. The depot, should the plans materialize, will be removed east about 20 feet and a guard will permit only those who have tickets to ap proach the trains. Central Ep worth League. The attendance was unusually large at the meeting last evening of Central Epworth League. Encouraging re ports were read by the presidents of the various departments. The literay committee has been especially active and plans are being made to have con siderable work done during the remain der of the winter. The committee will arrange to purchase a number of books which will be used for the course of study which will later be .agreed upon. The lieague has appropriated $40 for the support of the Brevard Epworth school. A. U. S. Depository. The newly organized Blue Ridge Na tional bank has been designated a United States depository. AH "money of the government , collected In the western part of the State will be de posited in this bank. The Smallpox. The Knoxvlle Journal today says: -Eminently satisfactory is the -statement that no new cases of smallpox have developed in Knoxvllle in the past two days. While many persons have been exposed to the disease, the physi cians, by maintainig a strict quaran tine, are hopeful of stamping out the disease in its infancy. REED 13 KOI A-CRR1'' Even if the Republicans L6se the Next House. REPUBLICAN ADMISSIONS POSSIBILITY OF A MIXTURE. STRANGE The Populists' Chance Members of the House Fixing Their Terms Lawyers Trying to Break Into Con gress. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Special. Are the Republicans or the Democrats to control the next House of Represen tatives? This is one of the burning questions of the hour at the national capital. Contrary to the general belief, Speaker Reed does not care much one way or the other. He is safe enough, in any event. In the first place, he can not lose his seat. In the second place, Mr. Reed is assured a high place, even if the Democrats do carry the House. For then he will be leader of the minor ity on the floor arid- that is work which he really enjoys. So far as he is per sonally concerned, I am sure he enjoys those Congresses In which the Demo crats have the speaker much more than he does those in which his side lis in control. If one could believe the Democratic leaders here in Washington, they are sure of obtaining a nice majority in the next House. They are sincere in their pretensions, and actually believe they are on the eve of a great victory. While the Republicans do not concede that the Democrats are going to win, they admit that the result may be close. At the best they hope for only a small majority in the next House. A Chance for the Populists. A great many keen observers of the political situation believe the next House of Representatives is likely, to be a strange mixture. They think that no party will have a clear majority in it, but that the balance of power is likely to be held by the Populists and the. gold Democrats, aided by the silver Re publicans. In other words neither the regular Democrats nor the regular Republicans will be able to elect a speaker and organize the House with out the assistance of one of these minor elements, and a situation like this, if it presents itself, is sure- to. bring on some most interesting complications. Although the Republicans leaders' ex pect to lose members, they still hope to pull through with a majority that will enable them to organize the House. If they have not a majority of their own, they will seek a combination with the eastern or gold Democrats and attempt to disrupt the opposition. Some people think the attitude to be taken by both the great parties on the silver question will be largely determined by the re sults of the Congressional elections this year. For these reasons the congressional elections of this year are looked for ward to with more than ordinary inter est. Already the battle lines are being formed. The members of the House are fixing their fences. They are straining every nerve to' secure a return to their seats, and the number of letters they are writing, packages they are sending out, seeds and public documents dis tributing, is something amazing. This anxiety is quite as great on one side of the House as it is on the other. Both Democrats and Republicans agree that they want an early adjournment of this session, so. impatient are they to get back to their districts and beat off the. rivals. In this connection I have heard an amusing explanation of the eagerness of the Democratic members to co-operate with Speaker Reed's plan for an early adjournment. It is said that times have been so hard in the South that the lawyers down there are starving, and about two-thirds or tnem are trying to break into Congress. All the indications are for a very c lose and exciting contest next Novem ber. Too Muchjohnson. There is one boarding house in the city of Washington which has a case of too much Johnson. It is a modest but comfortable house on Twelfth street, where both the Jhonsons of the House of Representatives, one from North Da kota and the other from Indiana, have their habitat. The number of mistakes which occur between too much Johnson in one house is, something amazing, and occasionally the mixtures are of a most laughable sort. There are in the House two Bakers, two Boutelles, three Clarks and two each of Cochran, Cooper, Curtis, Fow ler, Gillett, Howard, Johnson, Jones, Lewis, Norton. Pierce, Stevens, Stew art, Stone, Taylor, Walker, Wheeler, White, Williams and Young. There are four Smiths, but there are also four Henrys. It is a remarkable fact that every let ter in the alphabet is represented in the House, excepting only I ana X. me end of the column is represented by Mr. Zenor. When a House roll is called, the spectators in the gallaries never fail to laugh at some of the odd names. Mudd and Booze are sure to bring forth a titter, while Sauerhering. Loudenslager and Cowherd produce smiles. But It happens that every one of the gentle men bearing these odd names is a fine fellow and has a good record of public service behind him. Seekers after consulships go to the State Department with their mouths nicely fixed for enjoying some plum like a snug place in ' sunny Franca worth $0500 or $3000 a year, with nothing much to do and plenty of time to do it in. But this what they find to be available: Port Rowan, Ont.. $370 a year; - St. Pierre island. $850 a year; St. George's, Bermuda, $280 a year; Durango. Mexi co $350 a year; La Pax. Mexico, $400 a year; Saltillo, Mexico, $400 a year, and Tenen'fe, Canary islands, $400 a year. If a man were to accept one. of these dis 9ni nosts. eoend four years there and and be as economical as possible in his expenditures he could return - without spending more than $500 or $800 in ad dition to his pay. But even then he would have to incur the risk of dying of yellow fever or some other contagion and never coming back at all. "WALTER WE LLMAK. Troops for Alaska. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. At a cabinet meeting yesterday it was decided to send two companies of troops to Dyea and Skaguay, Alaska, immediately, for the purpose of preserving order and protecting life and property. CHALLENGE TO A DUEL. Fought lit Will be a Left-Handed Contest. LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. 9. A politi cal sensation has been caused by the publication of a letter from - Col. Thomas E. Moore of Bourbon county, a leading Silver Democrat, denouncing Desha Breckinridge, son of Col. W. C. P. Berckinridge. and suggesting a duel to settle the difficulty. Col. Moore is an ex-Confederate and paralyzed in his right arm. , He sug gests they both use left arms. The feel ing between the men was engendered in the Breckenridge-Owen congressional contest four years ago. Col .Moore was recently suggested as a peniten tiary commissioner and the Herald, Breckenridge's paper, ridiculed him. This led to a challenge. Breckenridge is in Frankfort and will probably answer Col. Moore tomorrow. ACCUSED OF AN ASSAULT. Arthur McDowell and Leander Hart ness in Jail at Murphy. MURPHY. N. C, Feb. 9. Arthur Mc Dowell and Leander Hartness were brought here and lodged in jail last night, having been bound over to court upon the charge of rape. The. charge is that on Saturday evening these men met a Mr. Bush and his wife, and one held the husband while the other assaulted the woman, the accused being armed. After perpetrating the crime these men took from Bush his boots and trousers and departed. "Bush and his wife are both over 6t years of age. Public sentiment is very pronounced against the accused. ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS. May 17 is the Date Fixed for the State Convention. CHICAGO, Feb. 9. The Democratic State central committee has ' selected May 17 as the date for the State con vention, Peoria or Springfield will be chosen as the place. . The committee also decided to make two legal fights as a result of recent Republican legis lation. The first battle will be -over the reapportionment'. bill recently passed, changing the senatorial districts xf the State. The second will be over the anti-fusion law passed by the regular session and intended to prevent future coalition of. the Populists and Demo crats. ' INSTANTLY KILLED. Kentucky Man Murders His Would be Father-in-Law. . LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 9. John Schofield shot and instantly killed Pe- l ter Pfeffer last night. Schofield was in love with Pfeffer's daughter and the girl's father .opposed the suit and or dered HJm to leave the house. Schofield drew a revolver and placing it against Pfeffer's left breast fired, killing him instantly. Schofield escaped and the police are unable to- fmd any trace of him. Off for Havana. WASHINGTON, " Feb. 9. Orders have been sent to Capt. Sampson, in command of the North Atlantic squad ron off Key W'est,. to send the torpedo boat Cushing to Havana with stores for the use of the Maihe. She will leave in a day or two and will return as soon as the stores are delivered. A Cheek for $7,515,255.15. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. The Secre tary of the Treasury today issued a warrant in favor of the treasurer of the United States for $7,515,255.15 to be used for payment of the first mortgages on the eastern and middle divisions of the Kansas Pacific railroad. Negro Collector of Customs. WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. The Presi dent has sent the following nominations to the Senate: John H. Deaveuax, col lector of customs, district of Savannah, Ga. ; John Ci Dancey, collector of cus toms, district of Wilmington, N. C Calm After a Storm. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9. A special cablegram to the Evening Post from San Jose, Guatemala, this morning, announces the assassination of Presi dent Baderios. Calm now prevails. . Cotton . NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Cotton futures opened quiet; sales, 3500 bales. March, 5.90; April. 5.92; May, 5.96; June, 6.00; July, 6.03: August, 6.06; September, 6.06; October, 6 06; November, 6.07. " Von do Ahe Released. PITTSBURG, Feb. 9. Under habeas corpus proceedings Von Der Ahe of baseball fame tiday secured bail and was released. Paul Re-elected.' PRETORIA, Transvaal Republic, Feb. 9. Paul Kruger has been re-elected president of the South African Re public. FROM THE TELEGRAPH. The State Department is advised that Germany is discriminating against American hams and that excessive freight charges are imposed on Ameri can lumber. Dr. Emma Sutro-Merritt. daughter of ex-Mayor Adolph Sutro of San Fran cisco, has been appointed his guardian. he having been adjudge mentally in competent. ' The State Department authorizes th statement that no new instructions have been sent to Minister Woodford at Madrid in regard to the termination of the war in Cuba. Lady Henry Somerset has written a letter to Lord George Hamilton, secre tary of. State for India, withdrawing her endorsement of any form or prin ciple of state regulation of vice. The cost of removing the snow which accumulated on Greater New. York streets during the recent storm was more than $100,000. The city's total ap propriation for the present year are ex pected to be about $75,000,000. Premier Meline, speaking in the rencn cnamoer or Deputies, said a disruption in China would have the most terrible consequences, and there fore France was working for a peace ful development of the country. In a- letter to Postmaster Gordon of Chicago, First Assistant Postmaster General Perry S. Heath says the de partment prefers to make no general rule in regard to the participation of postofHce employes in politics. TWO PHONES are required to take our orders. When 130 is busy call 144. Carolina Coal Co. The "Empire," leading hotel In New York, is advertised on page 4. Di ll STREETS Letter Reciting the Horrors of Cuban Life. AMERICAN J INDIFFERENCE: ALMOST AS BADIAS .CRUELTY. SPANISH Thousands For Lack of People Dying Daily of Food Conditions Are Worse Now Than a Month Ago. MERIDIAN, Miss., Feb. 9. Maj. George- L. McDonald, jr., of this city, commander of. the first regiment, Mis sissippi naval guards, is in receipt ot a letter from Walter Barker, U. S. con sul at Sagua ia Grande, Cuba, in whicli he says: "I counted, on returning from break fast at 11 o'clock this morning, three dead bodies on the streets. I was told another was lying in the plaza (square). A queer place to die of starvation, Is it not? God, help these poor, innocent creatures.- -'hen the veil is removed and the matter given the light of heav en, it will show a scene that no chris tian people can face. I fear my reasoi has departed. .-- "The alcalde stated to me .yesttrdaj (Sunday) that 6000 reconcentrados ii this -city .Sagua has" 14,000 population on his register were starving.' Many, he said, they had no account of, as they preferred to die rather than beg; that the city had no funds, ,the Cubans none; that the Spanish will not con tribute (as you know, there are mon eyed men in Cuba) and they would as see the people falling in th streets like grass before a mower." The reliei fund voted by Congress is exhausted, and now the American citizens are In the same pitiable plight as the recon centrados. "A widow (her son is my clerk, whom you' met), an (American her husband was a Virginian, and rich at the incep tion of this war. and who died of a bro ken heart is ig a pitiable plight.. 1 have been feeJig her and a family 01 line. Five of her daughters were edu cated in the United States. She told me they were starving; that soon she wuulu be laid beside her husband, and hei ast request to me would be. to 'place a wooden slab between our graves and inscribe ' on it, "Victims of Spanish cruelty aid American indifference.' " "Then, After, rellecting a moment, she said: T will not, though I could, use a harsher word.' "The people are dying, thousands dai ly. Can you believe it? With those not dead the conditions are 100- per cent, more distressing than when you were here a month ago." DE LOME'S BAD BREAK. Criticises President McKinley ind - Will Probably Have to Go. WASHNIGTON, Feb. 9. The pub lication of a letter bearing the signa ture of the Spanish minister, Dupuy De Lpme, addressed to Senor Canalejas, and making severe; strictures on Presi dent McKinley, has created a profound impression in official circles. The au thenticity of the letter cannot be es tablished from an official source, nor is any denial of it given from any quarter. A strong impression prevails that the letter is genuine. Little doubt exists in official quarters that, if the genuineness of the letter is fully established, it will result in the retirement of Minster pupuy De Lome, and his replacement by another minis ter. Whether the-United States jovernv ment would ask for his recall is 1n doubt, but the Spanish minister himself doubtless would take this ogcasiop to relieve his government rtm any possi ble' embarrassment and would seek re lief from his post at Washington. The Senate committee on foreign re lations today decided to make an ad verse report upon the proposition ad vanced yesterday by Senator Allen to amend the consular and diplomatic ap propriation bill so as to recognize- the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents. The action of the committee was the result of a motion by Senator Morgan. who says that the appropriation bills are not the proper vehicles for legisla tion bearing upon foreign questions. in the House today Sulzerf Democrat. N. Y.,) attempted to secure recognition for the introduction in open House of a resolution, which, after reciting the contents of the de Lome letter, and after alleging that the minister's letter was an insult to this country, declared to be the sense of the House that the Spanish . minister be 'given passports and sent home in disgrace." He was cut off by the demand for the regular order. In anticipation of speeches to be de livered on the relations of the, 'United States and Spain, concerning the Cu ban war, the galleries of the Senate were crowded at an early hour today. The notice given yesterday by Senator Cannon and Senator Mason that they would address the Senate upon the res olutions they had introduced served as a magnet to draw Senators from their commute rooms early in the day's ses sion. Butler (North Carolna) presented an amendment to the constitution enabling Congress to layand collect an income tax. IN NORTH CAROLINA. There is a case of varioloid Charlotte; The High Point Table' factory was completely destroyed by fire Wednes day. Insurance, $10,000; loss between $25,000 and $27,000. Thirty-five hands are thrown out of employment. Hendersonville Hustler: If present plans are put into execution Hender sonville will soon have a new hotel of immense proportions. We hope the matter wii continue to be agitated. Hendersonville Hustler: News nf the death, last Sunday, of Aunt Polly Hamilton was brought to this city ,by B. W. Albea. on Monday. Aunt Polly was about 91 years old and widely- known. She was a noble christian wo man. Salisbury Sun: A mad dog passed through the country near Craven, this county, about two weeks ago. "Mr. Jos A. Poole saw the dog bite one of his sheep, but before he could kjll the dog he had escaped, but he was killed sev eral miles away. Now the sheep thai wtts bitten has hydrophobia in its worst form . I Top Weal ' . Sudden Changes. Such as arc of fre quent occurrence dur ing the cold winter wxather, are almost sure to bring on colds and coughs, unless prevented by care fully i)rotecting vul nerable parts of the body. These colds when neglected lead to coughs and fre quently to pneumo nia and consumption Tor all' these and 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. T. C. Smith keeps it plain and unmixed as avcII 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. Capital paid in cash $r00,000.00 Stockholders' liability 500.000.00 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, AKHKV1LLK. N. C. ' The Club 53 SOUTH MAIN ST., The leading saloon In Asheville. I car ry a complete llneof the leading brands of Liquors, Wines, Ales and Cigars, imported and domestic. Agent for tha Augusta Brewing Co. Beer and liquor sold by wholesale and retail. Free de livery. 'Phone 218. P. O. Box 337. Pat Mclntyre Proprietor. Biltmore Dairy The herd, consisting of high bred Jer seys, is under the daily Inspection of a qualified veterinarian, formerly Inspec tor for the New Orleans board of health. AH the cows have been Tuberculin -Tested and are In perfect health No expense or labor spared to Becure cleanliness In all operations connected -with the milk. . To do all the above costs 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 cheaper, but Just think St over. little
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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Feb. 9, 1898, edition 1
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