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THK SUMTES WATCHMAN, Established April? IS50. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." TEE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, 1266 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1895. New Series-Vol. XV. No IS. Published Every Wednesday, JNT. G-. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TERMS : Two Dollars per anoum-in advance. ADVERTISEMENT: One Square first insertion.$1 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rates. All communications which subserve private interests will becharged foras advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. An International Hunt, ALL OF THE POWERS READY FOR THE GAME. WASHINGTON. NOV. 20-As a result of a consideration of the Turkish situa? tion at yesterday's cabinet meeting, the cruiser Minneapolis was to-day given orders to take on coal and other stores without delay and to sail for the Euro? pean naval station. Her destination is Smyrna, Asia Minor, and her duty will be to assist the flagship San Fraocisco ? and toe cruiser Marblehead in protect? ing the interests of American missiona? ries and other citizens of the United States. . It was stated authoritatively to-day that there were no new developments in the Armen'an situation involving this government, but from the general asoeet of the present state of affairs, it was deemed best to dispatch another United States war vessel. The action of the administration with regard to the Minneapolis was brought about through numerous ap? peals from the missionary organizations and prominent men in this country to increase the United States naval force OQ the coast of Asia Minor. Scores of letters -have been received by the State Department representing that tho lives and property of American missionaries were in jeopardy. The last few days have witnessed ao increase in these communications and. the order issued to-day was the result. The commander of the Minneapolis is Captain G. H. Wad leigh. The ves? sel is now at Norfolk, where she will take 600 tons of coal on board and then proceed to Hampton Roads to secure the 900 additional tons necessary to fill her bunkers. With this amount of fuel, the Minneapolis would be able to proceed direct to Smyrna without stop? ping,; but she will break the long voy at age Gibraltar to replenish the ?tores. ?he Minneapolis ts the fastest ship io the United States navy. On her ofi? cial trial trip she maintained an average speed of more than 23 knots an hour for the required time. It is not the intention of the navy department, how? ever, to test ber capabilities in this line and thc vessel will proceed at a rate of between 15 and 16 knots an hour. \ which is her most economical speed from the standpoint of coal consump? tion. Ninety-seven tons a day will be all that is necessary to secure the rate given, while the use of a lesser or a greater amount would be disproportion? ate in economy or fleetness to the result that can be obtained by using the amount named It is expected at the navy depart? ment that the Minneapolis will be ready to sail from Hampton Roads for Gibral? tar by Nov. 25. The distance is about 3.200 knots, while from Gibraltar to Smyrna 1,700 more must be traversed. At the rate of 15 knots an hour, the Minneapolis cannot be expected to reach Smyrna in less than 16 days, al? lowing two days for coaling at Gibral? tar. It is more Hkely, however, that the time consumed in the long voyage will be nearer three weeks. In addi? tion to her officers, the Minneapolis will carry 400 blue jackets and 45 marines. It is understood that Smyrna was selected for her destination because it is the best place for the missionaries to gather io the event of danger to their livee. _ TUKKl^xi TALES. Washington, Nov. 20.-The Turkish j legation this evening received the fol? lowing telegram from the sublime porte under to-day's date : *'A band of agitators formed by the Armenian aprson of Touzbatch (this parson bad been condemned to hard ?abor for life, but passed recently) at? tacked and plundered the Mussulman village of Adjipour. The same parson was the cause of the disorders at Bei jrlikdji, and other villages. ?'The Armenian agitator, Haama Zaspa, wounded another Armenian call? ed Keoork, io one of the streets of Bitlis, for the reason that the latter tried to convince his brother-in-law not to attact the Mosqnes and not to com? mit other depredations. The rioters of Gumuch-Djik, having murdered Arif Effendi, member of the council of administration, and haviog wounded one soldier, an affray occurred. The uthorities took the necessary measures or tbe preservation of order. "The authorities of Maurdin seized a subversive letter written by a Pro fpstant professor of the city, Damed Kbocbeabrohan. Io that letter the professor was trying to convince both Kurds and Christians that the so-called Armenian ptincipality was going to be established. .'Notwithstanding the service and as? surances of the local authorities given to the principal Armenians and eccle? siastics of Marash, the riotera oontinue to keeep closed their shops. They also killed one Mussulman, fired from their houses on the troop? and sendarmes and on peaceful inhabitants ; they also set fire to different parts of the city. The authorities, however, succeeded in mas? tering the fire and restoring order." PETITIONING TUE PATRIARCH. Constantinople, Nov 20.-Advices from Aleppo are that all Americans at Aintab. Marash, Orfah and Mardin are safe. The missionaries at Kharput are leaving and returning temporarily to Constantinople The American provincial refugees here have petitioned the patriarch to avert-a famine in their country and ask him to appeal to Europe. It is stated that the ministers re? fused to receive the patriarch unless he publishes an encyclical letter calling on all Americans to maintain order and condemning their intrigues aud de? mands on the Turkish government. The patriarch's position is becoming ex? tremely difficult. He has again ap? pealed to the embassies, informiug them of various massacres and begging their good offices to put au cud to the situation. The officials insist that, the Armenian journals here shall publish articles approving the government pol? icy and condemning the Armenians. Several Armenian prisoners who have been released from prison for lack of evidence upon which to convict them, declare they were beaten sadly in pris? on to compel them to reveal the plans of the Armenian committee. None yielded. M. Nelidoff, the Russian ambassador here, has replied to the recent appeal of the Armenian Catholics at Tifiis He re? fers to the conflicts in the provinces, which, be says, were unfortunate tn roost cases, caused by Armenians who had been instigated by their revolution? ary committees The result was a ter rible^revenge on the part of the Turks in the form of a horrible massacre on the Christians. The sultan has sanc? tioned the scheme of reforms prepared by the powers and is proceeding to effect them. To this end it is neces? sary for the leaders of the people to persuade the latter to desist from revo? lutionary attempts, abandon idle hope of foreign intervention, stop ali distur? bances and co-operate io the restoration of peace. AUSTRIA'S FLEET SAILS. Vienna, Nov. 20.-A dispatch from Panola says that the Australian war vessels recently ordered to prepare for service io connection with the Turkish troubles, have sailed for the Aegean sea The fleet consists of the warships Tegetthoff Elizabeth and Blitz. The. Togetthoff, is a battleship of the second class. She carries six 11-inch, six 3 1-2-inch and two 2 3-4-inch guns and eleven machine guns, in addition she has two torpedo ejectors She is of 5,000 indicated horse power and has a speed of 14 knots. The Kaiserin Elizabeth isa steel ram cruiser. She carries two 9 1-4-inoh guns, two 6-inch Krupp guns, two 2 3-4-inch and ll machine guns and bas six torpedo ejectors. She is of 9,000 indicated horse plower and is rated at a speed of 19.5 knots. The Blitz is a double screw steel tor? pedo catcher and carries nine machine gnus She is of 2.600 indicated horse power, with a 6peed of 23 1 knots. ON THE GROUND. Rome, Nov. 20 -The Italian squad? ron has arrived at Smyrna. MEETING OF AMBASSADORS. Constantinople, Nov. 20.-Five am? bassadors and Mr. Herbert, secretary of the British legation, met at the French ambassy on Nov. 18th and dis? cussed the supplementary measures for the restoring of order io Anatolia to be submitted to the porte. It is under? stood that common aotion to protect foreigners is pending. UNCLE 8AM*S DESIGN? London, Nov. 20.-Prime Minister Salisbury to-day received at the for? eign office United States Ambassador ?ayard and the ambassadors of all the great powers The Chronicle to-mor? row will refer to this as a meeting of the ambassadors, and will remark that it is more important than usual. Mr. Bayard has not been at thc foreign of? fice for many months, and The Chron? icle says it is believed that his presence there to-day points to a desire on the part of the United States to join the European concert. TWO MORE FRENCHMEN. Paris, Nov. 20.-The French torpedo j boat La Fleche has been ordered to pro- j ceed to Smyrna to join Admiral Maiga- ! rot's division. The cruiser Linois has been ordered to proceed to the coast of Syria. It's a Trust Agreement. In Violation of the Inter? state Commerce Laws. WASHINGTON, NOV. 20.-Speaking of the agreement signed in New York yesterday by the officers of the Joint Traffic Association, Senator Chandler to day said : "I have not examined the contract in detail. Apparently, the railroad managers have been trying during six months to modify the agreement so as to avoid appearing to violate the law. Yet it now sta,nds as a trust agreement in restraint of trade and commerce, the making of rates for every road being committed to the board representing all the roads, so that no road can lower any of Us rates to the public without violating the agreement The provisions for fining each road which may break the agreement and using the fine for the benefit of other roads, is an illegal division of earnings. The President, the Attorney General and Chairman Morrison can easily defeat the agreement by procuring the in? dictment of all the signers under both the anti-trust and anti pooling statutes. The recitals in the agree? ment that the managers do not in? tend to violate the inter-state com? merce law is the meanest subterfuge ever attempted to be imposed upon an intelligent community. The law now explicitly forbids pooling agree? ments and trusts like this. The whole object of the railroad presi? dents is to make a trust and a pool? ing agreement, and it is berefaced effrontery to insert this pretense of a desire to observe the law. J<1 cannot add anything to my em? phatic utterances concerning this crime to what I have said in my let? ters to the President and his subordi? nates. If this gigantic trust can de? liberately and defiantly trample upon national iaw, no trust can be sup? pressed in America." Scandal t Schenectady. SCHENECTADY, N. Y , Nov 20 -C. A Mumphreys and C. C. Miller, students of Union college, who are charged with having ccmmitted many burglaries in this city and vicinity recently, appeared in the police court this morning, and through their counsel, II G. Glenn, waived examination. They were held for the action of the grand jury at the January term of the court. Bail has not yet been obtained for the accused. The room containing the great variety of plunder stolen by Hum? phreys and Miller from stores and residences was turonged with peo ! pie all the forenoon, hundreds com? ing from motives of curiosity, but I scores of others from hopes of find? ing goods or articles that had been stolen from them. Most of the property has been identified and the ownership proved. In some case6, canned goods, pictures, utensils and nicknacks that had not been missed have been discovered by the owners in the multifarious collection. Some things, however, are not yet claimed. THEY DID NOT KICK. The Legislature Don't Seem to Mind the Change. Sevreal members of tb.3 Legislature, not members of the Constitutional Con? vention, have been io the city since the ordinance postponing the meetiag of the Legislature was passed. Those who expressed an opinion on the mat? ter did not seem to mind the change, though they said they had 'expected to meet here at the usual time. Some of them thought that no Legislature would be held this year at all, which they considered a very unwise move. The geoeral opinion seems to be that the session will last nearly as loDg as the Convention as there are a number of important matters up for considera? tion which will have to be ar;ted on since the formation of a new Constitu? tion. One member said he regretted the fact that the General Assembly could not attend the Atlanta Exposition in a body on Sou:h Carolina Day. Ic looks now as if the Convention will try and adjourn by Tuesday night, the regular day for the conveoiog of the Legisla? ture. In that case they could do one month's good work before Christmas and theo be able to finish up by the first of February. The Legislature, however, is not kicking about the postponement of the session for they know they will have their bands full when they do meet. The proclamation of Goveroor Evans was sent out yesterday to each mem? ber of the General Assembly, telling j shem, that they will be requited to meet in this city OP Tuesday, January j 33th, 1896, at 12 o'cloek.--Columbia \ Register. ^^^^ Cuba Must be Free. The Cause Advocated in Phil adelphia, Philadelphia, Nov. 21 -The cause of Cuba was eloquently and boldly ad? vocated at the Academy of Music tonight at a meeting held under the auspices of the Philadelphia Brigade, Pennsylvania reserves. The principal address of the evening was made by Governor Claude Matthews of Indiana, who delivered the speech upon "Free Cuba" that he bad prepared to deliver at the Atlanta expo? sition. The audience was not large but it made up in enthusiasm what it lacked in numbers and Governor Matthews and the other speakers were heartily ap? plauded and the sentiments they gave utterance to io behalf of Cuban liberty were those of their auditors. Governor Matthews was followed by Gonzalo de Quesada of New York, the secretary of the Cuban junta. Mr. de Quesada made an impassioned and dra? matic speech, appealing to the sympa? thies of the audieuce for the struggling Cubans, and asking that they be recog? nized as belligerents by this govern? ment. Resolutions of sympathy and promising aid to the Cubans were adopted. Tbe resolutions also oalled upon the senators and representatives of Pennsylvania and upon the two houses of congress when they meet to pass a concurrent resolution directing the President to recognize the Repub? lic of Cuba as a belligerent catiou A committee cf the Philadelphia brigade will present the resolutions to Mr Cleveland. Capt W. W. Kerr, assistant district attorney of Philadelphia, made the most radical speech of the evening *in favor of the Cubans Capt. Kerr has attained wide notoriety of late as the owner of the steamships L3on and Laurada which have been accused of landing filibustering expeditions upon the shores of Cuba. Capt. Kerr boldly proclaimed his right under the laws of this country to land men and muni? tions of war upon the coast of Cuba, and that the burden of preventing him doing this rested upon the maintenance of a blockade by Spain. He ridiculed and derided the opinion of Attorney General Harmon that the laws of this country prevented him from doing this, and asserted that uoder orders from Washington every custom inspector in the ports of the United States has be? come a Spanish spy. Continuing, he said : "And they might as well know that until Cuba is free, ships will con? stantly sail'from this country and land upon the coast of Cuba men and arms and furthermore, if they keep their eyes and ears open they will hear of another expedition being landed in about 10 days. They ta^k about risks. We're willing to take the risk." Captain Kerr spoke at great length in this strain and told of the oppressive taxation imposed by the Spanish gov? ernment upon the natives of Cuba and asserted that if this government recog? nizes the belligerency of the island and should need men to go there and fight Spain, he for one, would be willing to go. He laughed at the blockade that Spain is matniainiog and said that there were miles and miles of the Cuban coast upon which filibustering expeditions cosld land daily without a Spanish cruiser being seen Col. Wm. Frazier, commander of the Philadelphia brigade, announced to the meeting that be had received word from Congressman Amos Cummings that the latter had today drawn up a concurrent resolution which he will ; present to congress recognizing Cuba's belligerents. Internal Revenue Receipts. Washington, Nov. "?1.-The report of Joseph 5. Miller, of West Virginia, commissioner of internal revenue, made public to-day, states tbat the receipts for the fiscal year had fallen ?27,753, OOO below his estimates. This he at? tributes to a decision of the Supreme Court declaring the income tax uncon? stitutional after only$ 77,000 had been collected. His estimate for the year was ?171,000,000. The actual re receipts were $143,246,000. In re? gard to next year the commissioner says : "After a careful comparison of receipts from all sources of internal revenue for the months of July, Au? gust and September, 1895, with collect? ions for the same months in the pre? vious fiscal years and giving due weight to improved business conditions mani? fested through the country in the pecu? liar ?ines touched by internal taxation, I estimate that the receipts from all sources of internal revenue for the current fiscal year will aggregate ?165, 000,000. New York, Nov. 20.-One hundred and thirty Brooklynites left this after? noon by the Pennsylvania Railroad for the Atlanta Exposition to do honor to Brooklyn day. The party will arrive al their destination early Friday morn? ing and will start back on Tuesday next at 1 A. M., reaching their homes about 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, j Francis Schlatter. What is the Secret of His Wonderful Success as a Healer ? New York Tribune. It is not easy to form an intelligent idea of the apparent power over disease possessed by Francis Schlat? ter, the healer. Perhaps we should say undoubted, rather than apparent, power ; for it seems to be established by numerous reputable witnesses that he haw effected a large number of remarkable cures. But what is the secret of his power, whether djue to the unique personal magnetism of the man or some abnormal gift, it is impossible to say. The whole sub? ject is involved in obscurity, which has been, if anything, increased by the witesprtud vogue that has come to him. The facts as to the man himself, so far as they appear to be established, are substantially as follows : He is an Alsasian peasant, fairly well edu? cated and intelligent, who came to this country a few years ago and set- ? tied in Jamesport, Long Island, as a shoemaker. His record in Jamesport was good He was addicted to no bad habits, made excellent shoes, paid his way and saved money He was in love with a young woman, who, however, refused to marry him. In the society of the village he was sized up as a good fellow, with queer views, who could "talk like a book." He had "visions" also, and ! had much to say about the great i questions cf life and destiny. But at this time he made no pretensions to the possession of any unusual power. Last year he went to New Mexico, and was next heard of as a wonder? ful "New Messiah " with an extra? ordinary power of curing diseases Heat once became locally famous, but we believe he was finally im? prisoned in that territory for falsely claiming divine powers However that may be, he went to Denver a few months ago and since then his career has been closely followed by the public. It is easy to say that he is a Charlatan, who is deceiving the public, or that he is a half enthusiast, who is deceiving himself ; but either of these theories involves difficulties that are most insuperable. For, as we have observed, there is satisfac- j tory evidence that he has effected remarkable cures Had these cutes been wought under the auspices of the Roman church, which claims ?titi to exercise the power of miracle con? ferred on the Apostles by Jesus, we should be able to classify them with such phenomena as Lourdes and other shrines. Or had Schlatter gained a following of ignorant and superstitious people, the whole mat? ter might be dismissed as unworthy of notice But the healer appears to be working independently of any religious denomination, and, if the accounts of him are trustworthy, he claims some mysterious missions from "the Father," presumably God, by virtue of which, he says, he is able to do what he does. Moreover, he has been exercising his vocation in a city whose citizens are perhaps less given to credulity and super? stitious illusions than any other com munity in the world. Not only that, but the people who testify to the reality of his cures, giving names and dates capable of verification, are hard-healed men of affairs, whose veracity cannot be impeached, and many of whom at first looked upon Schlatter as an ordinary humbug. These men are loud in asserting that the healer posses remarkable powers, however they may be explained. The fact, indeed, need not be questioned he Tunique scenes that have been witnessed in Denver during the last few weeks, when so many thousands have stood patiently in line waiting to be healed, can only be explained by admitting that Schlatter exercises some influence not possessed by ordi? nary people. What is it, and whence does he derive it ? He takes no money for his cures, and therefore the theory of .elf-seeking seems to be excluded. Is he, in-.j deed, what he apparent^ considers I himself to be ? Or is he merely laboring under dekisions, due to some form of insanity. On the other hand, excluding the theory that his power is divine, shall we say that he only does what all men might do if their natures were purified from the dross of materialism ? Or is the whole thing a passjng phase of Highest cf all in Leavening Pow ?B?OLUT credulity built upon the inherent weakness and fickleness of the hr man mind, and therefore destined 60on to be forgotten along with so many similar phenomena ? To these questions at present there can be no satisfactory answer. The two estab? lished facts are the man and his sud? den fame. Panic Stricken Girls. Narrow Escape of Hundreds of Them Prom Fire. CIIICAGO, Nov. 21.-A fire which caused a property loss of ?500,000 and imperiled the lives of half Ja thousand persons, mostly young women, origi? nated at 3 o'clock this afternoon on the thiid floor of Charles Emmerich & Co , feather and down goods factory, 175 181 south Canal street. The conflag? ration was attended by scenes of intense excitement and a score of firemen nar? rowly escaped being killed by fire and falling walls. When the flames were raging most furiously, in spite of thc best efforts of 25 engines and a small army of firemen, firebrands were carried by the wind to adjoining manufacturing buildings and it looked as if many more would have to go. The seven-story brick building from 175 Canal street, south totbe corner of Jackson street, the nine-story brick .building adjoiniog on the north, and the greater part of the four-story brick building in the same direction, were entirely deslroyed. These buildings occupied nearly the whole of the block on the west side of Canal street be? tween Adams and Jackson street. The seven and nine-story buildings were owned by Warren Springer, and the owner of the four-story building, which is one-thirds saived. Wm J. Wilson. The buildings were amply iosured. The following firms wer? burned out : Shober & Carqueville, lithographers, who occupied most of the Excelsior building at th* corner of Jackson street; George E Loyd & Co., elec? trotype and sterotype machinery manu? facturers ; .Geo. E. Lloyd & Co., Cleve? land bicycles ; Chas. Emmerich & Co., feathers and down goods ; Scbnadig Bros. and Co., ladies shoes ; Abner shirt waist factory ; Gibson Gas Fix? ture company ; Chambers brick ma? chinery manufacturer?, Russell Piano company; Banner shirt waist factory, Epworth piano and organ factory ; Heusner Bakery company ; Samuel Lyon, mill supplies ; George. F. Blake, steam pump works ; Knowles steam pump works ; Derby Cycle coajpaoy ; Strouss, Eisendrath & Dron, manu? facturers of mattresses and quilts. The fire started from an explosion of I chemicals used in cleaning feathers and the rapidity wirb which the flames spread in the Emmerich factory, where 200 girls and women are employed,, created a panic io that building. The frightened employees oo the upper floors rushed for the elevators, which were small and few, and the stairways were soon jammed with horror-stricken and fainting females. Cool-headed men and police officers summoned by the fire alarms io quick succession came to the rescue and prevented a fire horror. Officers stood guard at the elevators and stairways io prevent more than a safe numbr cf women using those means of exit. The excitement was as great amoeg. the 200 female employes of thc Banner Waist company, whose factory adjoined the Emmerich factory. Only a thio wall divided the "Springer buildiog, which were practically ooe, and in an alarmingly short time the flames had extended up and down and through the walls to the buildings on each side. The police and firemen had a bard task to get all the young women in safety to the street, many having to be carried nut unconscious or else driven out, be? cause they wanted to save their small personal property wbiie there was not time for all to get their cloaks and hats. So far as the police learned, all who were employed io the building escaped without serious injury, although many were bruised and scratched. ---^^BBM*- ??' irnmm** How To Prevent Croup Some reading that will prove interesting to young mothers. How to guard against the disease. Croup is a terror to young mothers and to post them concerning tt>e canse, first symp? toms and treatment is the object of this item. The origin of croup is a common cold. Children who are subject to it take cold very easily and croup is ?Iniost sure to follow. The first symptom is hoarseness; this is soon followed by a peculiar rough cough, which is easily recognized Hud will never te forgoiten by one who has ?leard it. 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