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sneviiie inzerio Vol. XVI. No. 207 ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 10, 1901. Price 5 Cents. Watches Watches Watches Arthur M. Field Co. Leading Jeweler and Maker of Special Mountings. Church Street and Patton Avenue ASHEVILLE, . N. C Good Advice for 1901 When you have run all over town and find It very hard to get something special or out of the ordinary in DRY GOODS, NO TIONS SMALLWARES, WOOLS or SILKS; before despairing try the BON MARCHE, -where you will be more apt to find Just what t is wanted. But better still, In or der to save time and worry, go FIRST to BON MARCHE 16 SOUTH MAIN ST. Sumner, Sons & Co. (Successors to SUMNER, DEAL & CO.) Will Close Out Fur Gapes - -";nd Goats At theae Big Reductions i $12.50 and $15 Coats, $5.00 6.50 Coats 3.00 Hot $25.00 Coats .. 10.00 I lot 25.00 Coats . . 1498 On Lot FURS leduced j f'om i tt.OO and SS.00 to $2.98. j 18.00 and 112.00 Furs to 13.98. P" ne lot I1.S0 Dress Goods at tic. yard. On lot $1.23 and $1.0 Bilks at ! Mc. yard. Sumner, Sons & Co. MEMORIAL FROM 2000 FILIPINOS Presented to the Senate bv Mr. Teller. FIGHT UNTIL DEATH Is the Determination of the Insurgents, THEY BEG THE GOVERNMENT TO CEASE ITS PERSECUTION OP MEN WHO STRUGGLE TO BE FREE. Washington, Jan. 10. The desk of Representative Clarke of New Hamp shire, who died last night at his home, was shrouded In black and covered with flowers when the house" met to day. By unanimous consent the bill to re vise and codify the postal laws was made the special order after the dis posal of the river and harbor bill. The house then went Into committee of the whole and resumed considera tion of the river and harbor bill. Mr. Shackleford of Missouri, protest ed against the action of the committee In abolishing the Missouri river com mission. Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio appreciated the great glamour of the prospect of watering the arid reglono of the coun try, but he denied the power of con gress to enter on a vast scheme of Ir rigation and fie questioned Its pro priety. On the desk of Mr. Galhnger of New Hampshire at the opening of today's session of the senate lay a bunch of beautiful roses sent by friends as a tes timonial for his efforts to secure the abolition of the canteen In the army. Mr. Vest and Mr. Rawlins announced that they had been detained unavoid ably from the senate yesterday. They would have voted to sustain the action of the senate committee, that is against the abolition of the army canteen. Mr. Teller presented a memorial from 2000 ' Filipinos and peaceful inhabi tants" of Manila. The memorial was hi the form of an appeal to congress and as Mr. Teller stated was "signed per sonally by the leading people of Ma nila, lawyers, bankers and professional men, representing the best elements o that community." It paid a high tribute to the work of AKuinaldo and his coadjutors in their endeavor to obtain independence for t he people of the Philippines. Refer ence was made to some of the principal events of the present revolution against American authority, the petition urging that American troops had failed to make a serious impression upon the revolutionary party. It pointed out that Agulnaldo declar ed he might lose hope of victory, but he would not lose hope of dying for the liberty and independence of his people It points out that the revolutionist support practically all the people of the Philippines, and declares that though lw -revolutionists be de.Jtn.yeJ. liinu will rise up to support the light for Independence. All the islands of the archipelago, says the memoual, arc supporting the revolution, and they will not yield un til the last drop of Filipino blood is shed. The Filipino nation, the manor ial continues, bearing in mind the his tory of America and its humanitarian doctrines, asks the government of the United Slates to cease its persecu i ion of men struggling to be free "strug gling against greater odds and greater wrongs than those which Inspired the father of the republic." This they, ask in the name of Washington. Jef ferson, Lincoln. In the name of Justice and In the name of God eternal. S., F. & W. OFFICERS, R, G. ERWIN PRESIDENT OF THE i ,.,r.e,J,,... SYSTEM. Savannah, Jan. 10. At the annual 'meeting of the Savannah, Florida & j Western the following officers were ! elected: President, R. G. Erwln; vlce-presl- 1 (." m F. Plant; secretary, R. B. : t... treasurer, J. Moultrie Lee; dl-pp-t..rn! Plant. Erwln. Lynde Harrison, M. K. Jessup, Flagler, B. F. Newcomb, J. H. Estill. The gross earnings for the year were $4,449,759. A dividend of 4&-per-cat was declared. BANK RECEIVER. IT IS SAID DEPOSITORS WILL GET THEIR MONEY. Knoxvllle, Jan. 10. A special1 from Loudon, Tenn., says A. 8. Henderson has been appointed receiver of the Clt liens' bank which closed Saturday. The cashier says all depositors will receive the full amount due them and the stockholders will get ometlnr. The (.rots are $29,000 and the BabUl tits $14,000. ANDREE WROTE, IN SHADOW OF DEATH Presentiment On Eve of His Terrible Journey. DOCUMENTS FOUND WHEN THE DARING EXPLORER'S' WILL WAS OPENED. . New York, Jan. 10. A World dip patch from Vienna says:- "Prof. Andree's will, which he gave Instruction should be opened at the end of 1900 In case he had not returned from his balloon expedition to the North Pole, has been read. It was accompa nied by a series of letters from promi nent scientists encouraging him In his dangerous enterprise and one from M. DeFouvlelle warning him against It. On this letter Andree had written In pencil: "It Is possible he may be right, but now it is too late. I have made all preparations and cannot draw back." The will Itself is very short, and the Introduction seems to show that An dree divined the fate that awaited him. The text begins: "I write today probably my last tes tament and therefore it Is legally valid. I write on the eve of a Journey full j dangerous, such as history has yet never been able to show. My prysentl- ment tells nie tills terrible Journey will ' signify my death." i The remainder of the will divides An- dice's property between his brother and sister. CALL FOR IMPORTANT MEETING ON FRIDAY question; of great moment TO HE considered. I I J. A. Nichols, president of the Hoai'3 of Trade, find George S. Powell, presi dent of the Appalachian Park associa tion, issued the following call this af ternoon: "There w ill be a meeting of great Im portance 'to the people of Ashevllle and western North Carolina held In the court house Friday nt'tenioon at 4 o'clock. It will be a combined meeting of the members ' the Ashevllle Board of Trade, the Appalachian National I "ark association, an I citizens generally who are interested in this section. "Among the matters to be considered are Mr. Park's offer of a site for a new court house, and .tie Appalachian national park situation, which is mur ing a point calculated to make the peo ple of western North Carolina amazed at the magnitude to which It has grown, and the widespread Interest seen to be shown in this section. "Come out and hear something inter esting." TEDDY ON PUGILISM, what .mii;ht have in-: ion N H W VoUK STATE. IN Chicago, Jan. 10. Vice President elect koosevi-lt. io an lntericv on prlzetitrhting. said: "I'.oMug inic.lit have been going on in :'. v V'-.k nuht now if the men who had charge i the clubs hail handled i: .ilh care. They made u mistake by no! stooping- I In- contests when they became brutal, oi when It was manifest io all that oil" of the contestants had no possible chance of winning." lie (ltd the Jeffi-ies-Shiirkcy bout, which, he saM. "should have been stopped at lie- end of the 23d round, as It became brutal after that and Shar key had tio cha in e." Boos, v It i li.il artn ized the MeCoy ' ! . it t: .-lit as a "sell out." and added "there arc oii'y a few honest lighters." KEEPS UP HER RECORD KENTUCKY FIGHT. ONE DEAD AND TWO WOUNDED. Hazard. Ky., Jan. 10 Reports ha'f reached here of a tragedy which occur- , red at Lent her wood Creek, 20 miles from town. ' j Reuben Cornell, Jack - Cornell, Jim i Singleton and Hiram Holhrook met j Melvern Harts. Soon after the meeting they got to quarreling. Reuben Cornell to'ik refuge in Hart's house. 4 Singleton and Holhrook attempted t go In, whereupon Hart killed Jack Cornell with an axe and Harts' son shot both Holbrook and Singleton, wounding them badly. SOUTHERN EXPRESS OFFICERS. Savannah, Jan. 10. The Southern Ex press company at Its annual- meeting here elected the following officers: President, M. J. O'Brien; vice-president, M. F. Plant; secretary and treas urer, George II. Tllley; general mana ger, T. W. Leary. BLACKBURN DENIES. Louisville, Jan. 10. Concerning the widely circulated and printed report of his engagement to a New York - lady, Senator-elect Blackburn telegraphs the Louisville Times an emphatio denial saying the "report Is absolutely false," A GOOD RF iSON. $000 boxes of Wheat-Heart sold last month. It's the Best Food for young and old that's the ruwri. The Wbat Heart C. Tut Tars Bat THE GOVERNOR TO LEGISLATORS Russell's Metsae Sent to the Lawmakers at Noon. A SHORT DOCUMENT Deals Largely With the State's Litigation. SIMMONS 1 UNANIMOUSLY NOMI- NVVTED FOR UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP BY DEMO CRATIC CAUCUS. Raleigh, N. C, Jan. i0. Speclal. The governor's message was sent In at noon. "It Is not a king document, and deals largely with railway and other litigation in which the stale has en gaged. Many bills were Introduced in the legislature today. One in the house. by Mr. Rountree Is to create a code com mission of three members at a salary of.t-000 and a clerk at $1000. One by Mr. Craig increasing tlie Su perior court districts to 1G, the gover nor to appoint four new judges and so licitors. Another bill by Nichols of Pitt was to amend the constitution so negro taxes shall go to negro schools and w hile tax es to white schools. Mr. Wright Introduced a labor bill, prohibiting the employment of children under 11 and making lu hours a day s labor for persons up to 15 years. It compels children between 11 and 15 to attend school three months annually and fixes 'the hours of labor for opera tives over 10 at 11 hours unless by spe cial contract. In the senate Mr. (ludgcr presented a petition in the mailer of the Appala-j chiau national park. He will introduce a bill later. The Greensboro dispensary act was , repealed. A bill was introduced to amend the , law against trust by including lumber companies. Beverly S. Royster has been re-elected giatid master of Masons. The grand lodge adjourned ul noon. The ollicets were Installed. F. M. Simmons was unanimously nominated for senator by thu Demo ci. i uc caucus amid cheering. The news Is confirmed that it Is the put l-ose of Republicans in the legisla ture to vole for Pearson for senator. Populists tried to induce them to vote for Butler, but failed. The Populists loiil them that if the Itepubllcans voted for Duller the Populists would go la tlie Republican caucus and vote their nominees for tlie legislature. for INSURANCE SWINDLERS. A QUARTETTE. INCLUDING EDITOR, IN TROUBLE. AN -V'W York, Jan. Pi. The Evening Journal says warrants 1iae been Is su d for the arrest of lour persons ac ctiscd of swindling the Colonial Insur ant e company of Jersey City by seeur lir; Insurance on the lives of persons al ut'to die and by other methods. The four for whom the warrants were I -ueil include a newspaper editor, the bm.-llclary under one poliry; a medical ex , miner, an undertaker and a "prize li:;liler who acted us agent for the com pany. Thomas J. Kelly of New Yolk, said to lie an agent of the Colonial Insurance company, has been arrested and locked up in the Jersey City Jail. M'MILLAN'S MESSAGE. TENNESSEE NEVER IN MORE PROSPEROUS CONDITION. Nashville, Jan. 10. The biennial mes sage of Governor MeMIIlln shows, that the state was never In a more prosper ous condition. The governor recom mends more stringent regulations for. the assessment of Personal property and a re-enactment of the cigarette la w. i On the question of a state exhibit at the Pan-American and South Carolina expositions the governor makes no recommendation but submits proposi tions for such action as the legislature may think the Interests of the state re quire. MAJOR BURBANK DEAD. New Orleans, Jan. 10. Major Nat Burbank of the Picayune, widely known as the dramatic critic and au thor of the humorous column In that paper, died suddenly In a street car to day. He came her with the United State army during the civil War and bad been associated with the Picayune many years. A fine lot of Rockers at Mrs. L. A. Johnson's cheap. Don't, you need on? LIFEBOAT TO THE STEAMER RUSSIE i Some Hope Now fir Crew and Passengers. "HASTEN, OR WE DIE OF HUN GER" SIGNAL THOSE ON BOARD THE VESSEL. Marseilles, Jan. 10. A message from Faraman Ms morning says that In spite of the heavy sea still running, the lifeboat succeeded In "reaching the French . steamer Russle, from Oran, which stranded Monday on the coast near the village of Faraman during a violent storm, at 8 a, m. and attached a line to her by which food can be fur nished to the passengers and crew, who have all been cooped up In the forecas tle since Monday evening, when the vessel stranded, and were famishing. There are sanguine hopes that the res cue of the endangered persons Is possi ble, now that communication with the Russle has been established. Faraman, Jan. 10. Dawn found the situation of the stranded steamer Rus sle unchanged. The wind blew with terrillc violence all night; but the ralti has ceased. On the bridge and fore castle of the steamer some of the crew and passengers can be plainly seen. The first signal this morning said: "Hasten, or we die of hunger." A few minutes later the following message was signaled: "We are constructing a raft which we will try to launch with sail." FIVE MILLIONS FOR APPALACHIAN PARK PRESIDENT TO SEND TO CONGRESS MESSAGE ! Washington, D. C, Jan. 10.-Special. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson litis drawn up his statement favoring the Appalachian park and It Is with j President McKlnley, who will write a Jii'Ief message to congress favoring It. Senator l'ntchaid says he shall try to get an appropriation of $'i.0oo,t)00. MOUNT ON LYNCHINGS. A MURE STRINGENT LA W IS RIC ('nllM ENDED. Indianapolis, Jan. 10. The general assembly of the stale convened today. The feature of the lirst session was tluj farewell message of Gowrnor Mount. Concerning the recent lynrhings In In diana, Governor Mount says: "Tile people of Indiana feel keenly the sting of r preach and the Justice o criticisms heaped upon the stale by reason of the brutal lynrhings that have dishonored her good name. Thu mob is an assembly of lawless men act ing in dellance of law. Can such men administer Justice'.' The lax enforce ment of law brings Us fruitage of con tempt for the law. "The remedy must be found through co-opi ration of all good citizens in de manding 'i rigid enforcement of law and not through mob v loloiiec." A inoie stringent law is leionimeiVfl cd. EPW0RTH LEAGUES. ELECTION OK OFFK ICRS Foil CENTRAL AND BETHEL. There was a large attendance of memlKi'S upon the business meeting of Ctntial Epwoilh league last evening. After the transaction of some minor business the semi-aniiuiil election of ojliccis tooK place. The following were chosen : President. W. N. Parker; first vice president, Mrs. G. 1 iuckm-y ; second Vice president, Mrs. J. H. Weaver; third view president, Miss Bessie Joims; secretary, Miss Mav 'Cardiff, treasur er, Miss Bessie Smith. The F.pworth league of Bethel church had its scini-aniniHl election last even ing, nearly all the old nlllcer.?, being re elected. The following were chosen: President. Walter Steele; lirst vice president, Miss Edna Williams; second vice president, Miss Daisy Maekey; i third vice president, Mrs. C. C. Thomp- ! son; secretary, Miss Sallle McDowell; j treasurer, Connie Williams. I IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION. Washington, Jan, 10. The' stnte de partment has received an Important communication from the German gov ernment relating to the Chinese ques tion. The nature of the communica tion has not been disclosed. , CERVERA NEAR DEATH. Madrid, Jan. 10. A dispatch from Puerto Real, near Cadis, where Ad miral Cervera Is lying 111, says his con dition has grown worse and hi recov ery 1 almost hopeless. Coal, Coke and Wood. Best quality at lowest prices. 'Phun 40. .Aalievlllr Ice aad Coal company. l-Zl-tf Try The Antlers' hot chocolate and whipped cream, 10 cent. BOER STRIKE IN SEVERAL SPOTS Simultaneous Attacks Made. On the British. LOSSES ARE HEAVY Boers Beaten Off After Pro longed Fighting. THE BURGHERS TOOK ADVAN TACK OF HEAVY FOG AND CREPT CLOSE TO THE BRITISH POSITION. London, Jan. 10. General Kitchener sends news of a serious simultaneous attack on the night of January 7 by Republicans on the British position at points 00 miles apart along the lines of the Pretoria und Marqucse rail way. Losses on both sides were heavy. Ac cording to the reports the Boers were beaten off after prolonged lighting. The following Is Kitchener's dispatch: "Pretoria, Jan. !). On the night of January 7 the Boers made simul taneous and determined attacks upou all our posts ut Belfast, Wonderfonteln, Noohltgodurhf and Wlldfonteln. "An Intense fog prevailed, and taking advantage of the cover it afforded, the Boers were enabled to creep up close to our position. A heavy tire continu ed until 3:40 a. m., when the Boers were driven off. "One otlleer was killed and three wounded, while 20 men were killed and 'M w ounded. The losses of I he Boers was heavy, "1 dead being counted. "A convoy taking supplies to Gor don's brigade, north of Krugersdorp, was attacked by Beyers' commando yesterday (Tuesday). The Boers were driven off. leaving 11 dead-on the Held. Our casualties wore four slightly w oiinded." Capetown, Jan. 10 -The cyclist corps, whiih left here Saturday, occupied PieUanor'H Cloof Sunday, after a race with the Boers for H.m possession. The enemy attempted to Inlcreepl the cy clists, but the latter succeeded In oc cupying the position, although tliree of I hem were killed and 'J:i wounded. The cyclers retain the puss. The eoiimiiindci tug of horses has commenced in districts where the own ers have refused to sell them to mili tary olllcelS. l'Kl.SIDI NT MICH BETTER. Washington, Jan. 10, -Secretary Cort elyou today said the president had passed a good night and wns dis tinctly better. No complications of any kind have developed, and every thing Is progressing satisfactorily, INDIANA PEOPLE Will find a Booster selling cigars, to ll k co. etc.. at 11 Patton nveiiue. ln dlmapolN News and Prns received daily. Call on me and I v.lll try to make it pleasant for you. tlmr &sat The Twentieth Century Finds us In the best possible shape for conducting the whole Kale and retail drug business our wheels are rubber tired, and we roll out Into the new century with Mattering prospects and high hopes for success and prosperity. There Is no mystery about It, our facilities have grown with our growth and our prices are based on the smallest possible margin of profit consist ent with a permanent high standard of quality If we could only show up our advantages as we see them, we would not be uJdu to till our orders as It Is we are doing splendidly and number our customers rrom the best people for miles around we should like others to share our profits on drugs this coming year whether they are consumers or deulers. 01. T. C. SMITH, On Court Square. West End Drug Store, 273 Patton Avenue. Biltmore Drug Store, Blltmore Vllfage.
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