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11 THE CITIZEN Gives All the News. 10CTS. A WEEK. T A TH WIATHER ' FORECAST till S p . m. Sun day Fair; northwest winds. neviii itize0 Vol. XVI. No. 251 ASHEVILLE, N. C, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1901. Price 3 Cents. As if Ji Watches Watches Watches Arthur A. Field Co. Leading Jswslsrs and Msksrt of SpselAl Mountings Church Street and ' Pattern Avenue INAUGURATION IN GORGEOUS STYLE Plans for the Great Event Practically Complete. ILLUMINATION OF THE COURT OF HONOR IS TO BE A SPECIAL ' FEATURE . ABBEVILLE, N. 0. IP WE HAVItlT. ITIIS THE BEST Columbus Bugy Cos OPEN AND TOP BUGGIES CARRIAGES, SURREYS AND TRAPS. Asheville Hardware Co. FOUR TRAINMEN KILLED IN A SOUTHERN WRECK FREIGHTS COLLIDE NEAR LE NOIR, TENN., WHILE GOING AT HIGH SPEED. " Pin Money ..Pickles.. Half Pints 20c Pints......'. .....35c Mang oes Pepper Mangoes. .40c pints Melon Mangoes. 75cqts. One, Two and Five Gallon Kegs. a bottle These ve you had f Euchred Fias are fine goods, and to be appreciated must be tried. 65c boltlfi. Y. isGed. it you are not sat- money GREER )Vholc$ale and Retail Series and Feed. ' TTON AVBNXJTi. Phone 131 Washington, March 2. The prepara tions for the Inauguration of President McKlnley .next Monday are practically completed. Washington expect the biggest crowd she has seen In. many years. Pennsylvania avenue will be Il luminated during three nights, the fourth, fifth and sixth of March, as rarely before, and a special feature will be made of that part extending from Fifteenth street to Seventeenth street on the north front of the whit? house grounds. This section has been deslg-1 nated as the "court of honor" and many special features of llluuiulatlonsj will be introduced. . The circular drive In front of the ex ecutive mansion Is included In tills grand scheme of Illumination tfd a large force of workmen has been en gaged for two weeks or more in the erection of. pillars of classic shape at frequent intervals along this drive. From these pillars novel effects In elec tric illumination will be displayed and it is expected that the court or honor will surpass In beauty anything of the kind ever before attempted in tn country, and certainly in Washington, The Inauguration program Ib as fol lows: MONDAY, MARCH 4. 11 a. m. Gathering of hl&h ROvern men officials, diplomats and sii'-cIhIIv invited guests in the United States ten ate chamber. 11:50 a.m. Inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt of New York, as vice-president of the United States. Ceremonlcn In the senate, attended by the presi dent and a distinguished company. 12 noon President McKinley- taket. oath of office in the presence of the a sembled multitude, Delivers inaugural address. 7:30 p. m. Illumination of the court from the capital up Pennsylvania, avenue. 7:30 p. m. Illumnlatlon of the court of honor In front of the white house 7:45 d. m. Display of aerial ' fire works from Washington monument grounds. 8:00 p. m. Doors or pension omee open for reception of guests of the In augural ball. 9:00 p. m. Inaugural ball opened by President McKlnley. TUESDAY, MARCH 5. 10:30 a. m. Dedicatory concert, pen- j slon office, In honor of the United : States army. Marine band. 2:00' p. m. Dedicatory concert, pen sion office, in honor of the United States navy. Marine band. 8:00 p. m. Dedicatory concert, pen sion office, in honor of the states of the union. Marine band. WEDNESDAY MARCR 6 - 2:00 p. m. Dedicatory concert, pen Bion office, in honor of the congress of the United States. Marine band. 8:00 p. m. Dedicatory concert, .pen sion office in honor of the vice presi dent and speaker of the house of rep resentatives. Marine band and grand chorus of 500. The oath of office will be adminis tered to President McKlnley by Chief Justice Fuller, In front of the main en trance to the capitol, where a stand for this purpose has been constructed. Gen. Francis V. Greene will head the parade as grand marshal. Presi dent McKlnley will follow, escorted by Troop A of Ohio. The body of the parade Is divided Into two grand dlvls- tenSrHtaiTnrtvtcrndnrtie a notable pageant In many respects. The streets of the capital today ne- gan to show the effects of the rapidly Increasing number of people who fill the streets of the city for inauguration I day. Trains Into Washington began to arrive today in from two to nve sec- i tlons. It is too soon yet to make a definite prediction as to the total num ber of visitors, but the arrangement for public comfort are In excellent . shape, and there is no doubt as to the I capacity of Washington to adequately house as many as snail arrive. ABANDONED STEAMER. THE BEACH IS STREWN WITH FRUIT FOR MILES. London, March 2 The British steam er Indiana from Venice January 19 for London was sishted off Worthing yes terday In a sinking condition. A strong sea was running: and a lifeboat which was sent out failed to discover any signs of life on the steamer. Hopes are entertained that her iew are aboard some other vessel. The beach Is strewn with fruit for mileH. The German steamer Washington from Rotterdam for New York, which was making for Dover was driven ashore at Norfolk during a gale and had a narrow escape from going on the rocks. Uer bows had been stove In col lision. BASKET BALL. The basket ball game between the A. L. I. and Y. M. C. A. teams has been postponed another, week-to Wednes day. March 13. New seats have been placed around the armory, much uetter than before. The second teams or tne Blue Ridge Rifles and A. L. I. will play the third game of their series Friday evening. . , SMUGGLING CHINAMEN. Plattsburg N. Y., March J.-Bpeda,' Inspector Guld of Champlaln, N. Y.. made an Important capture when he arrested Jule Coutre of Rouses Point. N. Y- driving eight Chinamen across the boundary line of Canada Into the United States near Champlaln. Knoxvllle, March J. A. disastrous freight wreck, resulting from a col lision, occurred west of Lenoir City at an early hour this morning. Both trains were through freights and run ning at a high rate of speed. Four trainmen were killed, three fa tally wounded and several seriously In jured. Not a member of either crew escaped unhurt. The dead are: C. F. MADDON, engineer. J. M. STEPHENSON, fireman. THOMAS COLBERT, colored brake man. , A brakeman,' name not known. ' It Is stated that the trains first had orders to pass at Lenoir City and later received orders to pass at Loudon. The wreck is said to be due to the eastbound train falling to run under the second order and expecting to meet the westbound at Lenoir City. aii morning passenger trains were delayed until this afternoon. CONGRESS MAKES AN EARLY START The House Soon Gets Into a a State of Worry. SERQEANT-AT-ARMS BRINGS IN ABSENTEES IN ORDER TO ; GET A QUORUM. FIXING GAME DATES ' FOR SOUTHERN LEAGUE PRESIDENT kENT THINKS THE SEASON WILL, BE ONB OF EIGHTEEN WEEKS. , INDEPENDENT PHONES. MOVEMENT TO COMBINE ALL THIS COUNTRY. IN York, Pa., March J. A movement has been Inaugurated in this city, having in view the organization under one management of all the Independent tel ephone lines in Pennsylvania, Mary land, Virginia and West Virginia. .A committee of officials of the various lines has been appointed to work out the basis on which the different com panies will be admitted to the new or- j Pacific. fiaiuzaLiuu. The new company will be capitalised at $27,000,000 and Its promoters contem plate that it will ultimately embrace under one management all the lines In the United States. Washington, March 8. -The house re convened; at 9 o'clock this morning af ter the recess taken last night. It had been agreed that two hours be devoted to unanimous consent legislation. Owing to the unusually early hour of meeting the hall was almost empty when the speaker dropped the gavel, but the fact that members were to have an opportunity to pass bills by consent was a great inducement and within a few minutes they began arriving, each with a bill In his hand. After bills had been passed to amend the Chinese exclusion act; to authorise the striking of medals for Spanish war heroes; to authorise the deposit of moneys collected from customs In au thorised government depositories, and to authorise the appointment of Thom as Lewis, to the navy, objection was made to action on all the bills by unan imous consent. There Were many appeals not to block proceedings, but the objection stood. The speaker had refused rec ognition, j The speaker then recognised Mr. 8perry of Connecticut, to move the passage tinder a suspension of the rules of tjhe senate bill to prohibit the sale or firearms, opium and lntoxlcat ing uquors in certain islands or the Memphis, March J. This morning the schedule committee of the Southern Baseball association met to arrange playing dates and dates for Sunday games. The committee formulated schedules which will be completed at the afternoon session. The distribution of umpires and un signed players will be settled then, as well as the question of equipment and uniforms. This meeting Is the most Important the Southern league will nold this sea son and many things of vital Import ance will be discussed. President Kent Is of the opinion that the season will be one of 18 weeks. i NOMINATIONS, LIST SENT TO SENATE PRESIDENT. BY THE Washington, March 2. The president has sent the following nomination to the .senate:. W. Theodore Beall, register if the land office at Leadville, Col.; John T. Ingram, Daniel Arms and George L. Wales, all of Montana, to be mlneri'l land commissioners 1 Montana. To be assistant paymasters in the navy Frederick G. Pyne of New Jer sey, Frederick P. Colby of New York, Edward E. Goodhue of Massachusetts. and William R. Brown of Pennslvanla. j To be civil engineer in the navy ! Reuben E. Bakenhus of Illinois. k DECIDEDLY EASY, TIME TO SPARE ON VARIOUS BIG MEASURES. SURRENDER TALK AGAIN PLENTIFUL But Nothing Known Positive ly About .Botha. THE GENERAL WANTS TO KNOW HIS STATUS AFTER THE WAR ' IS OVER. Mr. Bafley demanded a second and then brought matters to a complete standstill by making the point of no quorum A call of the house was ordered, and the sergeant-at-arms was mstructed to bring In absentees. It was 10:20 before enough members were brought In to make a quorum. Mr. Sperry proceeded to explain that the bill was designed to prevent the sale by Americans of firearms and In toxicants to aborigines. Mr. Bailey declared that the men be hind the pending bill were not entire ly stneera Jn trying to protect the aa ages front the baneful influences of In toxicating liquors, and proceeded to discuss the situation in the Philip pines. The. bill was defeated, 117 to 79. It was 11:10 when the roll call was com pleted and the result announced. As the regular hour for meeting, 11 o'clock, had been reached, the house could not adjourn, so executive day, Friday, was continued. As the house will not ad journ again until the sine die ad- WaBhlngton, March 2. The house ex perts on appropriation bills regarded the situation as decidedly easy today and said there would be time to spare on the various big measures. Wlttt the Indian, army and agricultural bills sent to the president the only ones re maining to give uneasiness art the river and harbor, naval, postoffice and sundry civil. The river and harbor conferees are meeting informally and are well along In their work although the conferees had not been appointed early In the day. The naval conferees are still deadlocked. , The subjects are too small to endanger a bill of this Im portance. The postoffice conferees have finished the bill, but the points of difference are also too smairto endan ger the bill, the chief" open questions being as to Inquiries on government, telegraph and telephone system and on free delivery for small cities. The sundry civil conference Is deal lng with some Important dlfferenca Including the expositions at St. LouH, Charleston and Buffalo, and a memo rial bridge over the Potomac river, but no fears are entertained of protracted differences. HOT SPRINGS WEDDING. REV. HAROLD TURNER AND MRS. M. L SHAW. FOG AND SLICK TRACK. CAUSE OF WRECK ON LEAF RAILROAD. Marlon- - Intl., M arch 2. Foggy weather ami a slippery track caused a rear end freight collision on the Clover Leaf railroad at Michaels, three mllea west of this city yesterday morning. Engine No. 55 pulling the second sec tion of No. 40 was smashed Into a pile of scrap iron and the caboose and five refrigerator curs of the first section were completely demolished. Engineer Rufus Jauman of engine 55, was probably fatally scalded and George R. Harper, fireman of the same engine, sustained bruises and possibly internal Iniurles. The track was block ed for several hours. I Journment at noon Monday there will be no Saturday in the house proceed ings. Mr. Mercer of Nebraska moved the passage, under suspension of rules, of CLOVER! the omnibus public building bill. IN THE SENATE: It was a weary senate that conven ed this morning to begin tht profited ings of the last legislative day of the fifty-sixth congress: The senators were red-eyed and tired looking and showed the effect of the heavy strain of the past week. Many of the older ienatov exhibited less evidence of hard work and loss of sleep than some of tbVlr younger colleagues. The galleries were thronged with people who are here to attend the bum go ration ceremonies. Senator Chandler presented to .the senate a protest from Henry R. Knapp of Helena, Mont., against the seating of Wm A Clark nf Mnntunn Knnnn W TH I WO SA IUHHS.MJ"J lrai ijp ui ...vuiaim, w iiii.il party uiin.ru with the Democrats In the election of the Clark state ticket and In the elec tion of Clark by the Legislature. He says Clark's managers agreed to secure state legislation In the Interest of labor, but failed to do so. He alno claims thai Clark expended to exceed 1200,000 In the campaign. THE ROOSEVELT FAMILY START FOR WASHINGTON. New York, March 2. Vice President Roosevelt, his wife and six children left Oyster Bay this morning for Washington. The baggage of the fam ily was limited to one large and one small satchel. Colonel Roosevelt look ed the picture of health. In this city the Roosevelt family were Joined by Mr. and Mrsj Douglas Rob inson. At the capital they will b en tertained by Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. Cowles. Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Cowles are sisters of Colonel Roosevelt. Hot Springs, N. C, March 2. Spec ial. Rev. Harold Turner of Winston, N. C, will be quietly married this ev ening to Mrs. M. L. Shaw of this place. Mr. and Mrs. Turner wll leave on the 9 o'clock p. m. train for Asheville and points south, after which they will re turn to Winston, where Mr. Turner Is pastor of the Burkhead M. E. church, south. Hot Springs was his last charge, which place he held three yenrs. The people tif Hot SprltiKS, and the mem bers of the Methodist church especially, unite In wishing them God-speed. . ANOTHER COAL DEAL FOUR COLLIERIES AND THREE VVASHER1E3 INCLUDED. New York, March 2,With regard to General Botha the cables keep singu larly silent, says the London corres pondent of the Tribune. It Is rumored that In the negotiations , with Lord Kitchener he has been anxious to know what would be his status when the war was over, and this Is said to . have caused some delay In announcing the result of the pourparlers. Kruger's petition is even said to hav been under discussion. The war office, however, maintained silence and noth ing Is known positively, although sur render rumors are again plentiful. The advances In South African secu rities of all kinds have been steady, and uninterrupted, says the corres pondent, being caused by reports that General Botha has surrendered and that the military situation has greatly Improved. Close observers of the scenes in the mining exchange assert that there is no speculative movement, but merely a better feeling among Investors In England and on the continent, so that shares are In greater demand and prices are gradually going upward. Or ders have come In from France, Ger. many, Canada and elsewhere, and then Is evidence that the South African In vestors are convinced that the end of the war Is close and that a speedy re vival of the mining Industry mav bs expected. The day and the hour when the sur render occurred have been mentioned, with such precision that It Is suspected that negotiations for the submission of the Boer general have been In prog ress and that the time and place have been agreed upon. South Africans In London have con tended .for weeks that Botha was onlv holding out -on a point of honor, and would abandon the hopeless oonfllct whenever DeWet was captured. De Wet'a own plight could hardly ht worse. Only a small portion of the rem nant of his force has crossed the Or ange river and his own passage Steyn is contradicted. A Herald dispatch from London says: For several days the papers hav been full of discussion of whether the opportunity for such surrender was not thrown away after the fall of Pretoria, but the public care little or nothing about the controversy. Everybcidy Is sick of the war and especially of the rehushinR of ant-lent history. Even General DeWet's puzzling movements are" fiercely Interesting while the Btal wait hundredth time that he has been cornered excited little more than de rision. The announcement of Botha's surren der caused Just a ripple of excltejnent. Hut although the event caused a sem blance of a rush on the stock exchange to buy kaftlrs. It quickly subsided when it was seen that the public was hold ing aloof for official confirmation." , HANGING TO A TREE. BODY OF NEGRO WHO KILLED WHITE MINER. Camden, Mo., March 2. Dewey Smith, a negro miner, who yesterday shot and killed Chester Stanley, a white miner, at Mine No. 4, four miles south of Richmond, Mo., was captured late last night and taken back to the scene of his crime. Today his body was found hanging ftp a tree close to the railroad tracks. THE SURF AT HAVANA. Havana, March 2. The American yacht Surf, from New York via Sa vannah and Miami, Fla., has arrived here. The Surf, with her owner, C. K. G. Billings of Chicago, and a party of friends, sailed from New York Febru ary 22 for a cruise in Cuban waters. BRAZILIAN TRADE COMBINE. Liverpool, March 2. Shipping circles here are Interested in the reports of an extensive combination of the eteum ship lines Interested In the BraxlHsn trade, with a capital of 21,000,000. TH Booth Steamship company has nlrnadv acquired the Red Cross line. SPRING ELCnON. Voting Is a great privilege. Bo Is smoking Ko W - Ba and Benjamin Franklin clgara You can get them of Wells. 14 ration Ave. It INSANE SOLDIERS. NINE BROUGHT HOME ON THE ' 'iTltANSPORT MEADE. ' San Francisco, March 2. The' sol diers and civilians aboard the trans port Meade from Manila numbered 824. Twenty-four men have been de ported from the Philippines by the mil itary authorities. Most of the men. are discharged soldiers. Private Carl C Rucker of Troop L, Third cavalry, died at sea. There were nftie Insane, 98 sick and 11 dead. Brigadier General Freeman Is among the cabin passengers. Scranton, Pa., March 2. Another big anthracite coal deal has been consum mated by the purchase by the Dela ware & Hudson company of the Latlin, Langcllffe, Greenwood and Brooks coal companies. The papers were sign ed in New York. Four collieries and three waaherlcs jreJneluded In the dial and thencDTl ulceration Is $1,500,000. The total output of the collieries is 650,000 tons per year. Seventeen hundred men are employed. The purchased companies were owned by Rees G. Brooks, T. H. Dais and W, J. Lewis. NABBED BURGLARS. QNE INSTANTLY KILLED CLAYSVILLE CONSTABLE. BY UNLIMITED STORAGE. RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP MEN ABOLISH IT. Norfolk, Va., March 2. Railway and steamship men at a meeting here unanimously decided to abolish unlim ited free storage of freight of all char acter after March 31, 11)01, and all freight on hand thereafter will be sub jected to the storage regulations adopt ed. This action applies to the entire state of Virginia and puts In force the rules and practices similar to those in force in North Carolina, South Carolina, Al abama and Georgia Heretofore mer chandise has been stored for Indefinite periods free of charge In the local warehouses of the railway and steam ihlp lines of this port. ' DEATH AT A FIRE. Gas City, Ind., March 2. Fire this morning destroyed the pottery works owned and operated by D. C. Cox. On tnanawas killed and three others wer so badly Injured that they will proba bly die. : . Wheeling, W. Va., March 2. A Claysville, Pa., 20 miles east of here. Town Constable John Neely shot and killed one burglar and captured anoth er with the aid of a posse, after a des perate fight. The burglars robbed half a dor.cn houses. One attacked " the constable with an Iron bar and the other shot at him. Neely drew his revolver and shot and killed one Instantly. The other fled, but was captured later. Neely was badly hurt In the fight. INTERESTING QUESTION. Madison. Wis., March 2. It has Just been discovered that a slip of land of 250,000 acres along the boundary line between Wisconsin Rnd Michigan lies In neither state. The question has arisen as to whether or not official acts, such as marrluges and land transfers, In that strip are valid, and the matter will probably be laid before the Wis consin legislature. OVERDUE STEAMERS. M'DONALD AND KHORASAN DED TO THE LIST. AD- San Francisco, March 2. The Amcr- lcanea4whlpohrrMcDuiiatorriuTa British shlPi-Khorasan have been ad ded to the list of vessels overdue at this port. The former Is now 166 days out from Baltimore for San Francisco, and 20 per cent. Is being paid to reinsure her. The Khorasan is 210 days out from Tampa for Yokohama, and 15 per cent. Is being paid on her. The new company will be capitalised 90 per cent., while the ' Ardnamurchan, 88 days from Fraser river for Liv erpool, Is held at 75 per cent The Hen ry Hackfleld, 20O days out from Phila delphia for Nagasaki, Is at 15 per cent. The Andrada is uninsurable, having been given up as lost. POPE'S BIRTHDAY. NINETY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY TO BE CELEBRATED. ROASTED COFFEE UP. New York, March 2. The prloe ft roasted coffee has been advanced oiip. half a cent per pound to lOty net bv the Woolson Spice company whl h Is o.in trolled by the American Sugar Retln. lng company Interests. This brings the price up' to a level with th -buckles, the first time that this hss has been so In two year. RECOVERY DOUBTFUL, Will Wilkinson, who was wounded st Marshall recently and Is at the Bis-, ters of Charity hospital, has become very much worse. He Is very 111 today and his recovery Is very doubtful. A new lot of extension tables at Mrs. L. A Johnsnn's, 43 Patton avenue. New York, March 2. The pope will ce'brate his 91st birthday, says a Rome dispatch to the World. Dr. Ma sonnl said: "His holiness Is In marvellous health. He shows no sign of diminishing vleuc a miraculous thing In a man of his age." It Is said that the pope had a narrow esrape from a serious accident while celebrating muss on Wednesday, through the accidental fulling of heavy brass candlestick which had been Insecurely placed on the altar. POLITICAL PERSECUTION.. CAUSE OF THE SUICIDE OF HON. HOPE POLHILI Macon, March 2. Hon. Hope I'olhltl. solicitor-general, killed himself la-.t night In his office at the court house. He was discovered at 6 o'clock thl morning with a bullet through ' his brain and all the gss turned m. The cause assigned for the suicide Is unmerciful persecution by his political enemies, It Is said that numerous bitter at tacks have been made on Polhlll and they preyed on his mind until he was driven to desperation. Let the echoes bound to a Joyful . sound, of the values in candy being handed 'round by the B and 10 cent store. Half pond taffy 10 cent a 1t
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