The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 27, 1895, Image 1
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.
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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.
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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
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by one who has ?leard it. The time to act ts
when the chifd first become hoarse. If
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is treely given
all tendency to croup will soon disnppear.
Even after the croupy couch has developed it
will prevent the attack. There ra :i<> dnc?er
in givicg this remedy for it contaius nothing
injurious. For sale by Dr. A. J. Chine.
er.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report
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