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A J1 -'r-r; -r rf vr -7 'I 4 ASBEYILLE CTHDBBDAY OBfpiBIlr: 1899 Center fe. irjtf 4r JvTWAS RUSSELL J- Cm." oil isnlssED VJB, X- Sit .11 I i 1 I I I i i i I I -t-l I 1 II II 11 I II -i 1 II I nraTnrinuPn I Nil I II II it II II I II I I ii ii II irvi it ii II i i i rnKM 5 Governor's Visit to Wash- On the Gw4.ther Murder waaiaid Influence Mataafans Tells bfv the Plot Iiicited by German A ttaclc American -a I THREftTEN "Cv THE Latest Outrage, Another a Rose's Dominating Hostility, Occurred on Apri rst-Seven Officers jf No Commission Go to Apia- port currence Anrtt Auckland, N.iZ., April 12. are on "theifway, however, andtheif A Dody or Mataaians maae -an atacK on April 1 upon encmanpmeot. of American and Brlti'5'h sailors. The.

sailors, of whom there ioo Under command of Lieu tenan Freeman, of the, British cruiser Taurauga were stealthily surroua lid and forced to fight their way through he tine of natives, leaving, seven cf their 'company dead. Tthe. encampment was on a Ger man plantation, the. manager of which is charged with havlirg betrayed the sailors and urged on tiie Mataafans In their a'ttack, has been Forty of the Mataafans wee Villed during the fight The natives ruuU'Ated. the bodies of the -American an ds English officers and cut off their ho ds, which were M.

1 afterward brought Apia bj French mission priests. J' STRAINED lr4 7 4, Washfngtonv April l--rdays derel- Ci-TIIHTtnH i Murder Postmas ter Baker. Identifies Six of the Eleven Defendant a46h- 3 tpiraforsl' .1. After, the Hob llet in a Chnbhind Swore Hideous Crime as Belated Standby tet7ife the Kegro Poitmatterl 9' Apra liIn the city lynching trial today'james Newham, one of ho turned state's evidence, gave the jury an accountjof bow plan was put-on foot to kill the negro postmaster. Baker, The affair had eenplamned for some days and nothing was left undone to make When thfe affair was over the men who took parHn the lynching were gathered at the Baptist Lehurch5 and swore secrecy.

Newham idencifld six of te prisoners as being with him that night and said they planned the murder. Erwin, Rogers tnd Malley. he said, were not in the party aaS far as he knew. -A0, B. Springs, hitof Lake City, tesanett that Cakes and several of the had liried voget him in the plot but he The story oftae as told by Lavlmiia of tfee murdered postmaster, on the witAes stand is as folfows: 'Om tflie night of February 21," sadd the witness, "we were aroused by the roaatag -of fire.

My husbairid hurried up amd threw two buckets of waiter on the ftaane. He called Rosa to run and help him' put out -the fire. This water helped to deaden the fire, but caught at the ton of. (the house wlhen Hit was deadened below. "The guirs opened.

My ihuabamid called rto Lincoln to" give the alarm. The boy said, 'I'm I cant aaar amy Then Baker weaiHto the door and gave the alarmsik The flames advanced. Baker walked and! down and. prayed. Ijyas la the building with taia baby my arms.

He saw; that I could, mat move, end he grabbed me, saying, 'Cbme am; we might' es well die Tunmdng as At, the door the baby -wad. shot" out of my arms I said, eevJjaby's Baker stepped back and. saw his dead child'. Then he opened the idoortand wasi shot. I followed.

Baker -fell byer and died, leaning agatost my lap. looked to see if the -4 baby was and there was a wounxX ooi dts tUghrtJ side. The wound looked like a'. lobdy bruise. It wVju larger as 4(f ttf wag made by a Slug.

There was a large hole In the side ana DJtood was flowing. The baby was Julia Baker, agedi one year and 11 mlodths. Baker was 42 years old. The blood wlate gushing from Baker's back 'he fell. I held my head down to hdao If he was breaithing.

He said noth-frhg. I held up my left hJacd. 'and I was jhot above the wrist;" (The woman showed the Jury the scarred mark on both sides of the arm?) "I got Uhe continueXi- the woman, "and we ran as fasit. as We ran lalcroes the road to front of the bui'Mimgr We ylairds from tthe building and hid In a field! until the fire was out and the shoot Cont'wned on Pacre 5. 5tPatton i Tflor Made SuUs Here a Stock to iwiecOrota, It dab tflo bo found jefcewhe, ta rJthe years SUt wad' -wxrk- "rgilara5ia.eei(i.

Oolors in 1 Hans, Black, Browns 'J' ad Green. Prices ifcne from 25.00.' Sprlngtfackpts rnvf materfato "and. In slime WrkmanJike order, -j -to J8.5. I 5 stwtt ready inaue Skirts in "tovra at $1.00 Petticoats -m- irai: stock PliiSni asad Faacy pttliotfa5r? made Preach Sa'teen, Mercerized Silk, Taifetto SUk andLkaeni. JEtotoeB from.

$L0O to 110.00. Shirt Waists Full line of Shfirt Waiats in "Wash fabrtcB 39c, to Silk Watets SILK WAISTS in all colors Stattto, Habutal and Fancy Plaids, $3.00 to I rf- 51 Patton Ave. Xc 4c 4c "NAME ON EVER PIECE. LQWNEYS Bonbons FOR SALE BY G. GREER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FANCY GROCER, 53 Patton ATenne- 'FBESH LOTTjuST RECEIVED 3t 'A House Cleaning, 1 5 Just received our Spring order STt pinnejy.grouna 3 iJ nroTnciniiLD ocnnewha uncertain whether.

a. Jointtack of the MataAfans on the Anglo-International -commission wik go to American -forcfc Samoa. The, moral at''. i ibgton iDofl EwartCausa i poiutment Spedal.to the azef. J.

1 (Washington, April JPrtt, cnard'ealle'dsn the attorley general.to-J day invbehalf of Judge H. Gi'Ewart The attorney ge leral said be had 0' disposition to oppose Judge Swart, but dubtedne aegallty making the.p- he was no sure the Judge could draw a salary. Ewart wltl U-morrow submit a briefs A. H. April' t8--jrotB' oorres-poadeiifei3nqafter witJa, ail the jfiadto anidl? causes which havelcmuBpfred Melayl Sthe merit of Judigie Ewarfl to- the Fedenal Western dl tSct, The-pKrt wasl a4hict one for a Goyerndc Daxuiel-Li Russell Wtas a re-.

cat yisato to WaishjajfitbnItv wa csStt thiait Goyernw Russell ctonte. here to induce the navy officials tlff: -end the cnuiser; Rateyarhl tfo Southport The wHy goveiinlop doublless though fffee had execurea a buck cox wnen ine -aiiowea tbfc go utshaUeHge iThis onufeer bueinesa was not the reiarrchst-nut In the fire, ttiowever, by any, nrelains. Th-fernor weot "Do tine department argued ec-tiion 1769 "rf-th'iievaaed situe3 the president could1 -make tad in th Judige EwkkC case ifflte Wlcer "behng la labejiance, wlth no salary or attached', unitf th nomination was made nd confiwned by the senate. The govjerobrv-rnjay, not have Isboowm it then, but lie knows) nw, meatlibiwidJ'tfS of what is Jlonb as thd toelebraibedl -'TenureTi Of office passed diwtoig tho aidBninisrtation of Andfrew Johnmi when hie bad! hSs famous figh-wStlTithe senaterbver some ksfficial 7 appc4ibmntts Russell" nwt only tnsipted thatthe constStution gave the presldentKjpnwer to make such Judicial apjiiBtrnetttis at Si jpeeess, but pomttiended rthjajs it oOuldi ronly be done nnder the: tenure of office deottly ho hJad impwaised' thertepairtmein' eia.y- -wWnpBde: and i wtels believed be thfe ires4ectton errd 2t liadbWEr W5l88fcejStoetjon! w'foajelieying M'ibirfmeinjt toriuJceAs 'inls-dedi Jjy Jthe ia view Js contained in ithe fact tbat the. Washington Post yetrtrday puibltehod the statute itKj, thousfh lit were effective aekl it is-aiciaaonajble to presume the depart-' (nient was the source of the Post's in formattHoml.

But Hia Extosllency Wad not yet completed hlflr web -weaving bustoess. The contesriaoa was miade that Judge Ewart haia nev drawin.jany salairyandc could not do stt uniMl hlsf ejtc. This srould toave htaJdi some weighty In fact, an, dmpireseioia was- made- and lasted uritSl Judge JDwaTit-iread 0 the attorney, generfafl a decislottro(f itiie comp-tatoiier of the ttrefasnia-y tia.itftie effetqt that be: Ewiarty -was; ewfewjiefd to the, salary Of the office from, the dlafte of -his qual-dftcatSon and Showed the salary bald beoa paid Hp to the exparajtion, of his office on March 4.. But' Bis iJfc aacttr a dad commenairy orr reunited gtnetaitness, this specltacle of the chief rrfjjgStaiare bf gretet- common-: hundireds of nuiks itb keep a "feltovr aniatri from t(Jirawl(ng; a salary 'and baJstng his argument on dead siia-tue, tMat never Vnadi been tolerated A great effort was made to" keep the facita (relative to'Hhiis last absurd mova on tihe part of the enemies of Judge Ewairt a etert, aamd Gazette was the ftrat paper "66 give the fiuke 'publicity. W.

A. MUSTER OUT DATES- Atlanta, April 3.3. The dates of tlhe muster out of the olktwLng regiments 4s given out from the war department: Savitrmah Two Hundred and Second Tor April 15; Sec- ond Louisianai April IS; First North Carolina, April 12 Qae Hundred and Sixtieth Indiana, 25r SVwrth Vir-gina, April 27; One Hundred and SixtyT first Indiana, Augusta Second South April Third Georgia, April 22; Se.oiid Illinois April 26T -The best truss made. Is the American Silver Trussi. Something entirely nef See it at Grant's Pharmiaicy.

TO CrURB AOOEDIN OHO DAT. Take Lsunsttre Bromo1 Qulnlas TaWeta, AB drctgst rsfun money tf tt fatts seats. xn fSMuss aas The Boston 1 We are receiying new, goods -daily direct rbra Bosftxxa mknuCacturers- Une of 'Ladies Oxfords' itt blackfl and colors Is' ionmene antt prices right. iWe extd ex Rmiaoui whether yoa Tunchae or Trunks; liEWEDYi Next door ito Btu Ridge Rational Bank' Store PTice our Imnaecse Hne'of onerTrajr" ftefpfGjran wenown, April li-Justice has grranteitotioato dismiss the a dictmemt 'fHderittes)and B. Moiineaux Vaowaetdn New: York, awaiting trial, lie inotloa wai made on the eroupdsltltfaAa legal evidence Vas ijiven hfefafehe grand jury and that the evidence wa not sufficient antWize aa indict-ment.

The court sa 3tained the first contention, adding lltilnos fbaey lendant was entitled lo have the ease investigated upon; is evidence "and not other the cases must-come before an other grand juryT If indicted he would, stand trial and If not Inoctewould be entitled to dischaice from custody, DRIVIIIG THE flLlPINOS Whea to id, HoiPursuit of ttejlee iig InsurgcTown8 Bpraid- Manila, April General Wheaton, witn the TeTnth the occuuu ureg-i on Santa Marlal The -Friipinos burned and abandoned the town and retreated toward the mountains, burning" villages behind them. Washington, April Jk The folio wingr Was received from -General Otis today: Manila, April 12Adjutant General, TesterdxJnl hej lake! region Lawton" pnrsuedS ttitf Jnsurgent eastward them. He captnred all rttie larger ves sels used on; the lake ttde aod a -Span-. Ish gunboat. He, is nowt 'endessnorlrtk; tirto pass river, wnere tons-n Weifems I casualuesc; were few aa.llght.ias' the enemy made no tandC bave Veen.

ncttfled by Spain that she has evacuat ed, Mindora and Sion. MAJOR RAnSOHE KILLS HIMSELF The Famous Georgia Du ii Takes his Own Life in Despair. Macon, April 1-. Major Julian itansome died here some last night from the effects of morphine tak en with suicidal intent. For some time Ransome had been ill, and It is thought that' his act -was -caused by despair.

He-was oneof the most noted duelists of the south, and owned some of tie fliu ninntsttlAnn In this state. He i4 reported to have" lost about $75,000 In ine wreck of the Phoenix amdw Eagle mills sand some h's fvienda tbtnk this turned "his mind. John's Asbestos Liquid Paints are the He nalnta fiw "nhmfttllTlal OUrDOSeS ever nnwJiifwl. Stef nrlr oard ai Grant'sJ Pharmacy, Db you need a sideboard?" We, have a large tod well seleoted will take- pleyteure in showing Mra L. 'A 27 North Main sttreet.

i To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic lOo or 250. It 0. 043. fail to cure, druggists refund money-For sale by The Carolina Pharmacy College street and Court Sauare.

i 1l mm 1vtMo 21 lOXlvld .9. Salt IvT ii I lff I CI ICfCfti 1 lt 1 and British Sors- PEACE OF THE WORLD Outcome of German Consul and. Saikts Killed; nbvr" J-ikely 4o 1 Kautz's He- -v the Oc- personnel win add ccnsiderably Kaptzs command. KAUTZ'S REPORT. Wasnington, April foljawingi from Kautz has been received: Aukaand, T.

7L, April 12. Aim while tShe. combined foices of the Brit-' ish and United States under Ueuteir Ant TJVppman rrf iho 'Rr'tic'h -naxrtr i rtro 'Teconnoiterlng wiat Apia they. trenft ambushed. I deeply regret to annouoc the death of Lieutenant Philip B.

Lonsv dale, Ensign John P. Mbnahan, Oox4 'swain James Butler, Ordinary SeamaA Normam Edsal ajid Jive men wounded beloneoc to tfee YPMladelnhta. The British loss in. killed wa two an Lieutenant Freeman. HOW VIEWED AT I expressed in official circdef'at rthe at-; drown from the ocean ence Is that there Is necessity for sending to Samoa.

wfthotTtdelay a Jointcom-mission to cause cessation of hostilities, to establish icsi ousibiW.es and to calm the natives. OermanyB plan is said to be tihat the commission should make Tabula Rasa nt Srmoa and' assume the government It is stated that the success of the plan tests with Eng land, whose -present attitude causes much criticism. MATAAFANS LOOTING- Berlin, April 12. An official -despatch from Apia briefly records the disaster and says ithat both MaHetoans and Mataafans -are looting foreign property. WORSHIPS TO APIA.

Sydney, N. S. April En-glisn "cruiser5 Wate-loo, mounting eight guns, and the gunboat Goldfinch, six guns, have 'been ordered to Apia. Trie old I nc ntn If you must depend on artificial aid to. restore falling vision, why have the BEST? That's none coo gooa.

Tnerejs'no gias van no mettood of -fitting 4ha can Cglve'yw-more ease or comfort or satiafarfion than OURS; bo ex-V mm Iti Irtin nwnw -f JhrwvwTirh no lenses-' more perfectly ground or accurately centered no frame" lower. for services rendered- dress "r.f GrrLLrj BERLflf I scientific Onucian. Apia. Great Britain has declined to accept- cer'tato features incon-nection with the proposed commissioners' functions. After a day devoted to consider ation of the news1 of 'the killing of American and Brttisn officers andTsea-jnen by the the administration has decided ttat the general situation has not been affected, but it Is admitted that the ir.cident has aggravated the existing friction between-Germany, on one hand, and Great.

Britain and the United States on the other, and the latter may play an important pant In determining whether the treaty relations shall continu-2. Tor the present the chances of a hostile outcome are small; in the meddlesome disposition of German Consul Rose lies the element of danger to the continuance of fnendly" relations. Another such affair aa that of April 1, traceable deirctly to tbo influence of Rose, may be followed by a clash that mav affect the peace of the world. This government still favors sending commissioners to Apia without delay and Is supported by but England's posbtion makes this impossible. The German embassy has Issued an official statement saying that "England raises new circuities of such a complicated (hat they -are not to be dealt with telegraphically.

-It was announced that the German repre- sentative on vhe commission, "Von Sternberg, first secretary of. the em- bassy, would sail for Berlin instead. of San Francisco. The, statement tfBerlln news that would de- mand satisfaction or the -arbftraTy --r it -ma ral nusrters and seems to.Ae ,1 m. v.

mm 1 1 1 fjitiLnjiLiu lie livic. ucouuu vii or samoa is penaing nox. oe-. tween tnree pow Jis, dui ueiween uer-many and dent-and secretaries of. state and navy today, It: was determined that no good L' mo -furtierw p'yrtlculars, -ad dem Twort.

In -every-, INSECT POWDER." also -i "S-1 .1 BARREL MOTH: BALLS 1- and- all sizes of INSECT POtfDER Do You Want Some Silyerware For LesiDTlian itE is Worth We have a lot of SUver-plate4-Ware; and HoliW" are offering at 86 cent8 t)n the dollar; -It will pay you to look theie things over as they are V7orth Vcent more a FEATHER DUSTERS 1 -ST M4 In a htfrrV Dr from 25 eta. to. i.w-. 4 -r- -Y a- i XT Tr '-r-- come from" the despatch of more -Paltao Ava 17 UV I ffmight precipitate 8plash. Two i i' i rm ggrr'- are now asking for Lccdins Jtwcfer, ChrxrckSt.

and Patloa -t nHdWy five-onlles wst AsyUIeoii the fioutient lialiwyr vf 17 Utl tiie CDUUlirC.