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a -n iO O 2MJ VOL. XV. NO 162 ASHEVILLE. N. C. SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER II. 1889. PRICE 3 CENTS e w j 'UN inc. ouumhc. We are often aked why w i Webb's Cream Corn ' is the best. It is grown in Maine, the home of the sweet. i- rn. is gathered while YOUNG and TENDER, thus giving that . i amy- quality which makes it .... .l suable. It is plucked in the arly morning while the dew is ..n the t-ar and canned perfectly 'r-?h. Try one of the 2500 cans i'- have just received and you u ill a! ays use it. t Scccessor ta W F. Ssid.r .Bun Marche 15 Somh Main St. .I.i.-i i-eveived a very pretty line In i'lrns" wear. Iiifams' White Slips and Diesses, :V to J-'.-.O. i hi!. lien's White Underskirts, very pM'tiy styles. ' tiii.lren's Knit Woolen Skirts. Infants' Woolen and Cotton Vests. Infants' ami Children's Hosiery, a tun- Cashmere Hose. 2oc. j infants' ami Children's Hoods and A ft w new arrivals. Ue,i C.lf Cloth. 'iray and Caster Venetian Cloths. Heavy Hlaok Cheviot at 89c. White ami Colran Corded Silks. Taffeta Silk and Taffetenas. i'..int L Ksjirit Net. for Curtains. U'n't forget that we have the best I.alies' Vests and Pants. ..Bon Marc he.. 15 Scuih Main St The Question Before the House . Will u continue to a n. ere .-..J.iurner in some other fel ..'s property or will you estab lish y.rurself in a house owned ami controlled by yourself? We have many pieces of property "ithin and out of the city, which ar attractive enough in eery way to tempt you to de j ci.le to become the owner of at ! least one. Easy, terms if desired, l'li.ts always risht. j Weaver & Alexander, Real Estate Brokers" 26 Patton Ave.. P. O. Box 24 Office 22 Patton Ave. The Whaler & Wilson Sewing Ma chine Company will have a first class operator who will be pleased to show . 'h r i.nproved ball bearing, easy running, silent machine. Will have xhihition from 10 to 1J and 3 to C. operator will be pleased to show ma--hine at residence. A Souvenir of Asheville. A STEEL ENGRAVING ON GOOl CARD 34x28 INCHES. Henty of room for framing. Name " streets and prominent buildings PRICE 50 CENTS. ..THE CITIZEN COMPANY. The Ends of the Earth Have iound out what a superior Shoe Sorosis is. yesterday one laly bought 3 pairs, two of them to o to Australia. A few weeks o we sent a pair to Dresden. Germany. And recently have aent thetn to customers In New Jer- y. Georgia, Florida and Ten nessee. Agency for Western North Carolina, at Spangenberg's. ASHEVILLE. WORD ABOUT FLANNELS. November is now at hand and even in our mild South ern climate reminds us that we must look up our winter flannels. Flannel underwear is a trouble to a great many people because their washer woman returns them either hard or shrunken. To -avoid all uneasiness send them to the Asheville Steam Laundry. 13 West College street, where satisfaction is guaranteed. Ring telephone 95 for wagon. WAKE UP ! If you have trouble in waking up these mornings you need an alarm clock we have them in expensive always correct. t t 4 Sting Time Clocks Accurate time keepers a' neat little clock for desk or table. Al so a complete line of mantel arid porcelain clocks. 27 Patton Ave. Fancy Basom Shirts, Underwear, Men's nosierv. Gloves, Sweaters, Etc. Our line of the above mentioned is larger this, season than ever before. Best makes, newest styles. No in crease in prices on account of ad vance in prices on woolen and cotton goods. They were bought at tlie right time. ASHEVILLE. N.C; -THE OUTFITTERS," 11 Patton Ave. 'Phone 78. New line Silk Waists for Ladies," Runabouts, Concords and Spindle Wagons H. H. Babcock's High Grade, with all their special features. Medium and low priced work if desired at T.S . Mori ison's CARRIAGE WAREHOUSE. COTTON SEED WEAL! A.D. COOPER, 32 South Main ' Street . : . BOMBARDMENT OF J KIMBERLY BEtiUN The bsence of News Telling 1 on English Nerves. TJie Length of the War De pends Upon White. BRITISH TRANSPORTS ARRIVE- RUMORED FOUNDERING OF A TRANSPORT THE BASU- TOS FAITHFUL. ; London, Nov. 11. The last infantry battalions under orders for South Afri ca left England today and the last of tbe Hussars also sailed, leaving the household regiment the only cavalry to be dispatched. The first battery of Howitzer artillery has started. The entire absence of news of Impor tance is having efTect on the nerves of the country and references in a cen sored dispatch to the heavy losses heightens the anxiety. There are signs that the greater part Of the Boers are concentrating be tween Ladysmith and Colenso, but sto ries are so contradictory that it is im possible to assert this absolutely. Uponhe developments at Ladysmith in the immediate future depends the duration of the war. It is pointed out that if White can maintain his posi tion until November 28 the British au thorities will be fully satisfied that all danger in the Natal will be over. Should he fail to do so and be compelled to abandon his guns and stores and re tire with heavy losses southward where he will met the Boers In posi tion on the Tugeja river it will be im possible to predict what may happen. BOMBADING KIMBERLET. Pretoria, Nov. 11. Tuesday, Nov. 17. The bombardment and attack on Kim berley started this morning. Capetown, Nov. 11. Tuesday, Nov. 7. It is reported the Boer force at Smith field has crossed the frontier at Beth uiele. It is estimated to be 4000 strong. Maseru, Tuesday, Nov. 7. The Basu tos continue faithful to the British and refused to reap the Free State crops, w hich are rotting. TROOPSHIPS ARRIVE. It is officially announced that the troopships Yorkshire. Lismore. Castle and Aurania arrived at Capetown with 3676 troops. The two steamers first named immediately proceeded to Dur ban. It is supposed the Aurania's troops will be landed at Capetown. TRANSPORT FOUNDERED. Brest, France, Nov. 11. Rumors are in circulation here that a British trans port has foundered off the island of Ushant on the coast of Brittany CALLED ON TO SURRENDER. Barkeley West, Nov. 9. A dispatch received from Kimberly says General Cionje sent a message to Colonel Ke kewich, calling on him to surrender before 6 o'clock today, otherwise the town would be shelled, the women and children remaining at Kekewicb's risk. The Boers have surrounded Kimberley in great force, with heavy artillery. SPENCER BLACKBURN DROPS IMT0 POETRY THE KNIGHT OF THE RED ROSE BURSTS INTO SONG OVER THE KENTUCKY SIT UATION The Republican rally in the court house last evening was presided over by State Senator J. A. Franks of Swain, who called upon ex-Congressman Richmond Pearson to address the meeting. Mr. Pearson said that last Tuesday's returns meant that Wm. J. Bryan would lead what is left of the Democratic party in the next presiden tial campaign and that Wm. McKinley would lead the cohorts of the Republi cans He believed that the proposed constitutional amendment could be de feated not by public speaking but by quiet conversation with the intelligent men of both parties and with the aid of the courts and the conservative press. He characterised the amendment as in finitely more infamous than the Goebel law, which was recently the cause, he said, of the defeat of the Democratic party in Kentucky. "He said that Zeb Vance had in 1889 defeated a simlar law and had refused to allow Mr. Sim mons, the chief promoter of the pro posed amendment, to become collector of the extern district of North Car olina. "W'hat," said Mr. Pearson, "would be the feelings of Vance If he should learn that today Mr. Simmons is the leader of the Democratic party in North Carolina"? SPENCE BLACKBURN'S POEM. The next speaker was Spencer Black burn. Assistant District Attorney, the Knight of the Red Rose, who opened up with "Fellow citizens, we have come, we have seen, we have conquer ed." He said that the question con fronting the party rose above politics; that the constitutional amendment meant simply that every man who could not read the Constitution of North Carolina should not be allowed to vote. He said It was merely an at tempt on the part of the machine poli ticians to get control of the State and do with it as they saw fit. He then, referred to the condition of affairs un der the "Tillman ring" in South Caro lina, saying that no man held a ghost of a chance in that State today who doesn't stand in with the ring. During the progress of his speech he voiced a rhyme which ran somewhat as follows; . Kentucky. O, Kentucky, I like thy - modern way. Where Goebel isn't in it and stealing doesn't go. Where we licked the whole derned shootin" match . , And my cousin Blackburn Joe. James M. Moody, esq., next made his bop- on the amendment, and char acterised the fight against -the meas ure as a contest not of blood and thun der but of aelf preservation. At the close of bis remarks the meeting ad journed. L II. L. GRANT GETS IT. Is A pointed f. S, Clerk by Judge Pur- - f 4 nell to Succeed Fortune. X Raleigh. N. C. Nov. llSpeclaL)--Hlram 1 Grant o Goldsboro Is ap pointed by Judgo Purnett clerk of the United States District Court vice For tune, removed . " ... The revenue collections; for this dis trict for October exceed those ot JJto Western District. This ts the first time this ever occurred. BUSINESS OF A DISTILLER JUDGE E WART'S HOLDING ON THE QUESTION IN THE tTNi; TED STATES COURT. QUESNELL NOT GUILTT OF VIO LATING THE NATIONAL QUAR ANTINE REGULATIONS. The report In the Gatette that Judge Ewart held' against the contention ot District Attorney Holton. that there were no aiders and abettors in misde meanors, ut that all were principals, is incorrect. No such ruling was made by the Judge. He did hold that a bill of indictment charging that the defend ant "carried on the business of a dis tiller without giving the bond required by law," could not be sustained when the proof was conclusive to the Jury that the defendant was a mere laborer in the distillery and having no Interest therein. This decision is based on the theory that the spirit and intention of the taw was to punish the men who established and carried on the business, not the poor laborer who worked in the same. The bond is not required of the laborer, bufc of the principal. In this ruling Judge Ewart is sustained by the de cisions of three other district court Judges in the United States. It Is the first time that the question has been raised in this district, and it will prob ably be carried by the government's counsel to the Circuit Court of Ap peals. The holding of Judge Ewart, sub stantially, is that the Business of a dis tiller is not carried on by the laborer, but by the owner or proprietor of the establishment. A mere clerk or floor sweeper in a retail dry goods store m this city does not carry on that busi ness; he is a mere employe. Possibly other provisions of the Internal reve nue laws might cover the case of labors, ers, but not section 328. The statement that this ruling will make it difficult to convict illicit dis tillers is unwarranted by the facts. Very few illicit distillers now escape justice. In almost every instance Ju ries convict on the evidence of the gov ernment, and that in the face of the fact that in a large majority of in stances the defendant goes upon the witness stand and protests his inno cence of carrying on the business. The ruling of Judge Ewart as to dis tilling cases is that whenever the gov ernment proves that the defendant was found in an illicit distillery taking any part in the manufacture of whiskey, either in making mashes,' hauling wood, kindling the furnace (however slight the act may be) a prima facie case has been made out and the burden of proof is then shifted from the government to the defendant. He is then either com pelled to go upon the witness stand and make an explanation, or show by other evidence than his own that it was not his business, or a verdict of guilty follows. If he goes upon the witness stand and asserts that he was a mere laborer and not the owner of the busi ness, he is forthwith obliged to name he owner, and the government' is at once put in possession of the name and the residence of the guilty party. If he names some one whose residence is given in some other State or local ity the jury at once reaches the cori elusion that he is lying, discards his evidence and convicts him. In not one case out of 10 would the guilty man es cape under this ruling, if the case is properly conducted by the government counsel. THE QUESNELL CASE . In the case of United States vs. Quesnell from Macon county, charged with violating the national quarantine laws, Judgo Ewart on a special verdict decides that the defendant was not suilty, the act of the General Assem bly of North Carolina in 1899 repealing all former legislation upon which the Commissioner of Agriculture based his order establishing a quarantine boun dary in Macon and Cherokee December 20, 1898. IN THE CHURCHES. Dr. Myrd's Last Sermons as Pastor ot Central Church. Rev. Charles W. Byrd, D. D., will preach the last sermons of his pastor ate at Central M. E. Church, South, tonimorrow morning and evening. He will leave for his new charge at Owens boro. Ky., next Tuesday. First Baptist church Services at 11 a. m. and at 7:45 p. m. Preaching at the morning hour by Rev. John E. White, D. D., corresponding secretary of the Baptist State mission board. Preaching in the evening by Rev. John F. Vines, pastor of the West End Bap tist church. Rev. H. L. Atkins, pastor of Hay wood Street Methodist church, will preach a special sermon to the Carpen ters' and Joiners' union at the 11 a. m. service tomorrows The union members will attend in a body. At this service members will be received into the church. The pastor will preach at the evening hour. First Presbyterian church Rev. R. F. Campbell, D. D.. will fill his pulpit at the usual hours. Sunday school at 9:30 a. m. Christian Endeavor society meeting at 7:15 p. m. French Broad Baptist church Preaching at 11 a. m. by the pastor. Rev. C. H. Durham. Sunday school at 3 p. m. At 4 p. m. Rev. Jno. E. White of Raleigh, will preach. All cordially invited to attend these services. North Asheville, M. E. church. South. Rev. Allen H. Whisner, pastor Sunday school. 9:30 a. m.; morning service, 11 o'clock: everting service. 8 o'cock. Junior League, 4 p. m. ; Senior, League. 7 p. m. West End Baptist church Preaching at 11 a. m. by the pastor. Rev. J. F. Vines. At the evening service, 7:30. Rev. John E. White, D. D.. will preach. St. Paul's Lutheran mission Services in old Libraby building on Church street. Sunday school at 10 a. m., and preaching at 11 a. m. A cordial invi tation is extended to all. Rev. C. Brown, ox, pastor. Bethel M. E. church. South. Rev. R. M. Courtney, pastor Services at 11 a. m., and 8 p. m. Epworth League at 7:30 p. m. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. First Church of Christ. Scientist Pythian hall, Nos. So and 37 South Main street. Services at 11 a. m. The public are cordially Invited. Seats free. St. Matthias' church. 24th Sunday af ter Trinity Holy communion. 8 a. m.; .u.. kiout n nrl wrnnn. 11 a. m. ; I4l4ai.auc, .-""- even aong and sermon, 4 p. m. Kev. Henry S, McDutiey, priest in cnarse. V -PERMON TO CARPENTERS. WHliajn Francis, for the secretary of the Carpenters union, issues the fol lowing: ;t ; 1 ..." ' ' "All members of the Carpenters on ion are eranestly requested to meet in their ball Sunday morning at 1:30 for tbe purpose of marching in a body to Haywood Street Methodist .church, where the pastor. Rev. H- I Atkins, has volunteered a eecond :time to preach a special sermon for the. carpen ters. We also ask the gentlemen who last Wednesday evening sent up their application for membership ' to come and join us In this good cause. We hope to see each and every member present, as we ought to honor tbe good man who so faithfully volunteers to preach a special sermon to mechanics. . .. WILL B. G. EWART ' BE RE-NO SUN ATED He Promised Last Spring Not to Ask For It That Was When the Clouds Hung Heavily. HE DID NOT WISH TO WITHDRAW , UNDER FIRE THE QUES TION IS, WHO WILL GET THE PLUM. . Richmond, Va., Nov. 11. (Special.) It is learned here on authority which cannot be questioned for reliability, that Judge Ewart, now serving as Fed eral Judge in North Carolina by recess appointment from President McKinley, has agreed to withdraw and not seek a nomination when ,Congress meets again in December. Last spring when Judge Ewart's prospects were the darkest and there was danger that his nomination might be rejected by the Senate he made a last appeal to his more intimate back ers and implored them to stave off his defeat. If they would do this and se cure him a recess appointment, so that he would not seem to be withdrawing while under fire, he promised Senator Pritchard and others absolutely that he would not ask for another nomina tion from the President but would leave the field for the selection of some man, who could be confirmed. While the source of this information cannot be given, it is thoroughly-truthful and reliable. Some recent reports that Senator Butler is seeking a reconciliation with Senator Pritchard and that the latter may exact a pledge from Butler to end his opposition to Ewart are entirely without foundation,; as far aa Ewart's case is concerned. Senator Pritchard has been extremely loyal to Judge Ew art and refused several requests from the President to accept the judgeship. He is not seeking the judgeship now and will not accept it. but unless Judge Ewart breaks his promise of last win ter, his nomination will not be renewed when Congress meets. In some quar ters it is thought that Ewart will not heed this promise, but it is said that his supporters hope that he will. SOUTHERN RAILWAY IMPROVEMENTS TRACK STRAIGHTENING AND GRADE CUTTING BETWEEN ASHEVILLE AND MOR RISTOWN. Mr. and Mrs. Frank S. Gannoa and Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Emmons ar rived in the city in Mr Gannon's pri vate car from Washington, D. C. The party spent yesterday in the city and left this morning for Knoxville. Mr Gannon Is third vice-p"resident anu general manager of the Southern railway. He said to The Citizen last night: "I am here merely on a tour of inspection and will go over the line be tween here and Knoxville tomorrow. We contemplate cutting down some of the grades and straightening the track between Asheville and Morristown, as the freight shipments over this division are now so heavy something or every thing to facilitate its movement will have, to be done. Pinner's Point ware houses have been rebuilt since the fire and the facilities at the Point are bet ter than they were before. When asked relative to the rumor that the Cincinnati Southern was to be added to the Southern railway system he said: "Well, the president of the Cincinnati Southern Is also president of the Southern, railway, but they are under entirely different managements and will probably continue to be oper ated separately." The members of the party, with the exception of Mr. Gannon, visited Bllt more estate yesterday and other points of interest in and around the city. Mr. Gannon was employed with his mall most of the day and remained until evening in his private car. The party took supper at the Battery Park ho tel. WEEK OF PRAYER SERVICES. Meetings at the Y. M. C. A Rooms to Begin Monday Evening. The week of prayer services at the Y. M. C. A., beginning Monday evening, the 13th, promises to be of unusual in terest. Rev. H. C. Buchhola of Ches ter, S. C, will conduct these services, and a letter from Rev. D.N.McLauchlln of that town, received here in answer to inquiries, says of Mr. Buchhola, "He is a man of ability and great piety and seal. He is doctrinally sound. Among his most prominent character istics is that he magnifies the Holy Spirit in all his work. Understand me as endorsing him for your work en tirely." The pastors of the city will co-operate with the work of this meeting. A preliminary song service will be held each evening just -before the meeting, and arrangements are being made for a male quartette to lead the singing. Following are the topics as far as an nounced : Nov. 13 "The Old Ttestaroent Prodi gal, or the Way Back to God-i' Nov. 14 "In the Toils of Sin. and the Way Out." Nov. 15. "Sailing Undet False Col ors." j? Nov. 16. "The Two Balances, or Weighed and Found Wanting." Nov. 17 "A Peep Trough the Lattice Window, or a Toung Man that I Saw One Night-" Nov. 18 "The Way to Salvation and Life Made Plain." ; Nov. 19 Afternoon topic to be an nounced; evening mass meeting. The parlors of the T. M. C. A. build ing on Patton avenue will be used for these services, the reading table being temporarily placed on the. third floor. The evening meetings will be open to men only, and every morning at 11 o'colck Mr. Buchhola will conducts special service for the Christian men and women of the city. .' - LICENSED TO WED. . From -.Register Mackey's office li cense to wed have been issued as fol lows: -.. W. T. Hall and C. E. Jones. - N. F. Robihson and Sophte Holcombe of Haywood. - J. W. Lake and A. J- Johnson, col ored. .' ' ; B. A. Frady and Dovey Curtis. A COLORED MAN SAVES THE TRAIN HUGE ' BOULDER HAD FALLEN UPON THE. TRACK FROM THE MOUNTAINSIDE. Hot Springs. N. C.i Nov. f 9. The fence of the Mountain Park hotel golf links, which runs alongside the railroad, is being set out 18 Yeet nearer the track and quite a large racetrack is to be built. , . The Hot Springs barytes mill," which burned down several weeks ago, is to be rebuilt at once. The firm has order ed a 250 horse- power. Corliss engine and materials for the construction of tbe mill will be, on hand in a day or two. Supt. Terry, who has the build ing in charge, expects to have the mill up and running in short order.. The trains today have been consid erably delayed on account of a freight train wreck which occurred three miles below here. Two cars were demolish ed and si it lAft tha trar1r An old negro, George Henry, 'whoi lives a mile below Hot Springs at the Lime Kiln, showed unusual presence of mind the other evening. , Sitting In the doorway of his home he heard the sound of falling rocks and upon going out found a rock on the track weigh ing several tons. It had slipped . off the side of the mountain. The evening westbound passenger train was due, so Uncle George sent his son running up towards the depot to stop it while he himself ran about a mile in the oppo site direction to flag any train which might possibly be coming up from. Paint Rock. The slide occurred 'tat a very dangerous part or the road and it would have been difficult for an engl eer to see the obstacle In time to stop his train. ! .- Rev. B. H. Matthews, until recently pastor of the Baptist church here, left for his home near Asheville Tuesday. He will probably accept a call, to tbe Baptist church at Ansohvllle. Mr. H. T. Runsbough, who has been in Cleveland, O., for some time and who was reported here last week, as be ing dangerously ill, is very mucn Im proved. Rev. J. N. Huggins, ' a Methodist minister from Missouri," has been rest ing here for several weeks prior to at tending the coming session of the W. N. C. conference at Concord, at which he expects to take work. i COURT'S DECISION - IN MRS, JAMES' SUIT OPINION HANDED DOWN IN THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals at Richmond has handed down an opinion that is of interest here, as the plaintiff, Mrs. Clemye James, has for several years been a resident of Asheville. The decision was In' the case of Mrs. Clemye James, administratrix of W. A. James, vs. the CentAl Trust company of New York and the South ern railway, which originated , in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western district of North jcaro lina. In 1894 the Western North Carolina railway was sold under foreclosure proceedings to the Southern railway, and two years thereafter Mr. - James, who was an engineer thereon, was kill ed in a wreck near Round Knob. A suit for damages was tried in the. Su perior court of Rowan county and a verdict of 115,000 was returned. Then it was that the Southern railway ob tained from Judge Simonton of. the- Unlted States Circuit court of the Western district 6f North Carolina, an injunction restraining the administra trix and her attorneys from proceeding further in the prosecution of their ac tion. Mrs. James appealed to the Uni ted States Circuit Court of Appeals, to. have the injunction set aside. The opinion handed down by Judge Morris Wednesday says In the conclud ing paragraphs: "Without passing upon any ; Other questions argued by counsel and which we do not consider necessary. to the dscision of the case before 'lis, we hold that the injunction, so far as it enjoins the further prosecution iof the bill which was filed, should be contin ued, and the decree, as far as it grants that injunction, should be affirmed, but that the decree should be so modified as not to prohibit Mrs. James and Mrs. Howard from proceeding as they may be advised with any other suit not based upon the supposed rights of stockholders with respect to enforcing their Judgment claims. f j ; "The cause is remanded with : direc tions to modify the decree in- accord ance with this opinion." 'j DARING ROBBERS. ; They Get Considerable Booty, (But One of Them Is Dead. Titusville, Pa., Nov. " 11. Three masked robbers blew open the safe at the D. A. V. & P. railway ticket office last night, but secured only 120. The bandits then went to a disorderlyhouse on East Spring street and entering presented their revolvers and proceed ed to relieve the. inmates of valuables, reported as amounting to $1000 in Jew els and $500 in cask. Chief of .Poiice McGrath, in company with officers, at tempted their arrest. A pitched battle ensued, in which twenty shots were fired. Three struck McG rath. Officer Sheedy was shot inithe mouth. In the confusion the robbers escaped. Later the dead body of one was found. There is a rumor that another of the gang is lying badly woundeSi at East Titus ville. i CHANGES HIS BASE. Aguinaldo Has Moved His Headquar ters to the Mountains. Washington. Nov. ll.-Creat interest is ielt in the Department over Aguinal do's sudden change-of base northeast ward from Tarlac to'Bayombon. about 160 miles distant. The most interest ing feature of the new situation is that Aguinaldo has been jforced out of the Tagalo country into the region to the north, where Tagalo Is not spoken and where the mountains are filled with Negritos and other savage tribes" hos tile to the Tagalos. It Is the most mountainous and inaccessible part of the island. It is expected that as soon as Aguinaldo shows a disposition to move down the valley tward the Chi na sea the warships and gunboats will be sent around the northen end of the Island to meet him and cut off his es cape. : -'- g -- . " . COTTON FUTURES. . .. ;' New York, Nov. 1L Futures closed: November and December. 7.29; Janua ry. 7.33;. February. 7.35: March, 7.S9; April, 7.41; May. 7.43; June. 7.44; July, 7.46: August, 7.43; September, 7.03; Oc tober, 6.95. - ; Vt THE VICE PRESIDENT. Peterson. N. J., Nov. U. Vice Presi dent Hobart spent another comfortable night and this morning there was no material change in his condition. MUDDLE STILL ON IN KENTUCKY The Official Count Makes Many Changes. . . Goebel Still Claims His Elec tion by 5000. THE COURIER-JOURNAL, 'HOW EVER, MAKES NO CLAIM OF A PLURALITY FOR! THE DEMOCRATS.- Louisville, Nov. 1L The official count was resumed today In about half the counties of the State. In 65 out of the 119 the count was complete last night and the official returns made. These in the net results show a gain for Taylor. According to advices to the Commer cial (Republican) he has a plurality of 2681. Chairman Long says the plurality Will be over 3000. In Democratic circles, however, there is no disposition to concede the Repub lican claims Mr. Goebel' says his plu rality will be about i6000 and- advices from headquarters at Frankfort are to the effect that reports received there from the count now progesslng bear out the claim. ' The Courier-Journal, however, makes no claim of a plurality for Goebel. It says: 'The official count, as will be seen from returns pub lished, makes many changes In the fig ures heretofore reported and makes the result so close that the 'issue may be determined one way or the other by the settlement of the various questions oi irregularity raised in the count. The count 4n some of the larger counties of the State has not been completed and In no cases have the boards yet passed on the contests." GOEBEL S CLAIM. Frankfort, Nov. 1L Goebel by. from 200 to 1600 is the claim made at Goebel headquarters today. Several county boards adjourned yesterday till Monday ind it Is claimed they hope to make sufficient gains to offset what losses Goebel sustained in his own and other counties - yesterday. Chairman Allie Young (Democrat) wires he has dis covered gross frauds affecting the whole vote In several mountain coun ties, and precincts in other counties, nd on these It Is supposed the contest will be made before the State board, if the final returns from ; counties should show Goebel not elected. DENIES THE MOTION FOR MANDAMUS DECISION OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS IN (FIRST NA TION BANK CASES. Judge Charles A. Moore returned this morning from Richmond, whither he had gone to move before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Issuance of a mandamus compelling Judge Purnell to resettle the bills of exceptions in the i cases of Wm. E. Breese and Joseph E. Dickerson. The motion was argued Thursday, and it was thought that a decision in the matter would not be rendered be fore Monday. On Judge Moore's ar rival at home, however, he found a telegram awaiting him which announc ed that the courthad denied the mo tion. . - It is not known when the cases on appeal will be heard before the Circuit Court of Appeals,' but the date will be not earlier than the. latter part of tbe present term, and probably not lUntli the February term. ,- s For Colds, Grant's No. 24, at Grant's. I OUT. I w e) " We are closing out a lot uf very desirable1 Sterling Silver 4 Articles, ranging In price from : - t 2 35 cents to 8 dollars, that are ; ; : $ suitable for gifts and at the price are good Investments for boll- J J day presents. Your inspection Is w solicited. 4. t Arthur M. Field, & 2 Patton Ave., and Church St. Asheville, N. C TAN r I 1 COVERT - v ! - (QvercoatSe. Will be popular, this winter We will sell our $16.50 grade Sat urday only for..... i I Don't miss this chance. Anoth er special is a $1.50 drawers for 99c. Middle weight. . . iS Patton Ave. and medicines Is to be found only in an established and reputable drug store, intelligent people have long since learned this a reliable druggist' is as careful of the quality of his goods as he is of the profits he expects to make and we find it best to share the profits with our customers If the value we give you is better than you have been getting elsewhere, we are sure you will continue to trade with us every drop of medicine that goes in a prescription filled In this store Is . perfectly pure, which means a speedy recov ery for the sick poor drugs mean a relapse, so if you want the best let us fill your orders at DR. T. C SMITH'S DRUGSTORE, Opposite the Public Library rvWWW'VVWiVv'vWVvV OINE Has an injurious effect upon its mate. Few persons have eyes exactly alike. A slight difference, unless properly cared for, will soon develop into a marked one. In many cases the ba-1 eye,' by timely and proper care, may be brought to regain Its normal visual acuteness. Examination free. Baker & Co., Scientific Refracting Opticians, 45 Patton Avenue. YOU CAN JUDGE BEST Of the 'Value of Our ? Marked Down C By examining our stock , and prices. -We are pleased to show the goods, and quote you prices, and when you have seen them we will sell you. Our discounts are 25 per cent., 33 1-3 per cent.. 50 Ier cent. ASHEVILLE HARDWARE COMPANY. LOOK, OUT i FOR THE Post Horn! Apples THE, BEST WE HAVE HAD THIS YEAR UNDOUBTEDLY THE FINEST ON THE MAR- i KET. . " New Crop Nuts THE FIRST ON THE MAR KET THE PRICE CAN'T BE BEATEN. KEELING... Opposite Pestofflce. WPbene US. -