The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 17, 1897, Image 2
v: The Fight is On.
Greece Preparing For the
Worst - Monks Offer to
Fight.
Athens, March 9.--The reply of the
Greek Government to the ultimatum of
the powers having been delivered to
the foreign representatives here, prepa
|l| rations for. hostilities between Greece
and Turkey, which are apparently in?
evitable, are being hurried forward with
all possible speed. Grown Prince Coo
p stan tine is about to start for the Turk?
ish frontier to assume command of the
Greek troops there, and several Greek
transports have landed great quantit?s
of war material and large numbers of
horses and males at Volo, Thessaly.
It is reported that Greek bands have
; destroyed a number of bridges on the
railway between Mooastir, the political
heardquarters of the Turkish army , and
Sal?nica.
Near Ephemeris, the ministerial or?
gan, says that orders have been sect to
? Admiral Sachtouri, the commander of
the Greek warships at Canea, to retain
his position and not notice aoy direc?
tions that may be given to him by the
; fereign admirals, even if force is threat
coed to compel obedience to their direc?
tions. It is also stated that Prioce
George, on board the eohoolship Kana?
ris, went to Plateia and instructed
Colonel Vassos, the commander of the
Greek army of occupation, to avoid a
conflict with the powers and to with
draw into the interior of the island.
The Greek squadron is blockading a
number of Turkish vessels in the Am
^raeian gulf.
V \ Three hundred monks at Mount
Athps have offered their services as sol?
diers io the event Of war. These were
expected to arrive at tbe^ Pareos to
V day. >
? ? _ m _
Gretao Situation.
British and Italian Troops
Amye-Moslems Rescued.
Canea, March 10.-The reply of
Greece to the demands of tbe powers
for the evacuation of this island by tbe
Greek troops and the withdrawal of the
Greek fleet from Cretan waters bas
? ; been acted upon promptly, to some ex?
tent, by at laest two of the powers.
When the sun rose this morning it was
seen that there were strange vessels at
anchor here, aod it soon after develop?
ed that they were British and Italian
transports loaded with troops. Evi?
dently part of the foreign force which,
as the admirals recommended, will oe-,
copy all the principal seaport towns of
the island. The Turks assert that
these troops will be used to drive ?the
Greek foroes out cf Grete, but this be?
lief h not shared by the foreign , popu
latioD generally. Owing to the receipt
of advices saying that a band of armed
" volunteers, from Greece, were on their
way to Crete with the intention of
reinforcing the* Cretan insurgents, the
foreign admirals agreed to dispatch a
cruiser to present their landing. The
Mussulmans who wer.e besieged at
Candamo have arrived here on board an
Italian warship.
London, March 10.-The Times
publishes a dispatch from Canea, which
state? that daring an interview with
ooe of the ofici?is of Can dam o he said
the insurgents threw 200 shells into
the town and fort The ammunition
and bread supplies were exhausted, bat
the flesh food was pleotifol. The gar?
rison lost 13 killed and 25 wounded.
The Briitfh Consul. Sir Alfred Bil
lioiti, came first alone and then bent
for a rescue party, wbicb arrived r??
Tuesday and stayed six hours below the
towo. The insurgents entered aod pillag?
ed the town before ali the Mohamme?
dans had gone.
At Selioo, daring the embarkation,
the insurgents who had followed assum?
ed a menacing attitude aod set fire to
the town. The marines were ordered
to fire a volley into the air, and an
Italian vessel fired a shell io order to
drive the insurgents back from the
shcre.
Captain Ranier of H. M. S. Rod
nev roporn rhat the insurgents acted
fairly ar Ciodamo, bat that ao armed
rabble followed th* refugees to the coast
aac Tried to rash into Selioo. The
rescue party was obliged to form a cor?
don aoro** the neck of the peninsula
during embarkation. They were fired
on and they replied. Some anxiety
was kit by Sir Alfred BUliotti. The
rest of the refuges who are at Tri
naiera will be assisted by the Tyne and
a Turkish steamer that has returned to
fetch them. The foreign admirals had
a conference with the insurgents at
Akrotiri to-day. It was learned that
ex-Commodore Reinack of the Greek
navy had never imparted to the confer?
ence (be proclamation of the admirals
fo-biidiag them to attack the towns,
although he had accepted a commis?
sion to do so.
Canea, March 10.-The Mussul
mans who were brought here to-day
from Candamo on board an Italian war?
ship, were delivered with the greatest
difficulty and danger. Candamo is
situated in a valley surrounded by forts
occupied by 10,000 insurgents. The
European force sent to the rese?e of
the Mussulmans there besieged was
commanded by British and French offi?
cers. The insurgents searched the
? Mussulmans aod took their arms from
them before they were allowed to de?
part, lu all 523 men. 1,047 women
aod children ano1 452 Turkish soldiers
were taken to the coast and embarked
? on board foreign vessels.
I Berlin, March 10-A dispatch to
the Cologne Gazette from Candia, Isl?
and of Crete, says that io a fight be?
tween a force of Baahi Bazouks and a
detachment of insurgents before the
gates of the town, sixty of the Turks
were killed or wounded Firing be?
tween the opposing forces cootinues
an ci that the town is threatened with in
I cendiarism.
London, March 10 -It is stated here
that seoret orders have been received
for the first army corps, including tbe
York and Lancaster regiment, the
Essex regiment and the Snflofk regi?
ment, to prepare for service in the
Mediterranean, if they are required.
I Belgrade, Servia, March 10.-The
! entire army reserve and both classes of
the militia have been called out in de?
tachments. Tbe reasons given is that
they are to undergo a week's manoen
vres in March and April.
??-i ? ? i-i
The Situation is Surpris?
ing.
Quiet in Athens, but Foreign
Volunteers Cheered-Ter?
rible Sufferings of
Cretan Refugees.
Athene, March ll.-The situation
here is improving The city is quieting
and apart from occasional outbursts
of enthusiasm on the part of the
populace, there is very little of au
exciting natnre to engage public at?
tention
Amilear Cipriani, the Italian So?
cialist agitator, arrived here to-day
accompanied by 16 volunteers, for
the purpose of entering the Greek
military service. The party was met
by a mob, which included a number
of students and were cheered almost
incessantly as they marched through
the streets.
The government denies the report
that the military authorities are form
ing a foreign legion. The authorities
wish it to be understood ihat they do
not desire auy disorderly element of
any filibusters or adventurers in the
military service, a sufficient number
of Greeks to fight the battles of
Greece being available.
Witnesses of the arrivals of Cretan
refugees at the Pareus, where 8 OOO
of them are quartered, describe tneir
6t*te as being extremely pitiable
They are utterly destitute and most
of them are emaciated fi om hunger
and illness Most of them -are wo
men and children, and many of them
were brought in open deckedvsloops.
exposed to the weather in an abso?
lutely nude state. Many of the wo
men were driven raving mad through
their sufferings and from Iright, and
several children were born at sea or
npon the landing stages where? tlip
miserable creatures disembarked
DISAPPOINTED IN WALES
Athens, March ll -King George
authorizes the Southern Associated
Press to state that he does not ex
peet nor has he at any time since the
present troubles aiose, expected,
either advice or aid from his relatives
upon or near the thrones of Europe,
but relies entirely upon the justice of
Greece's cause. The king admitted
that he had expected the most] from
the Prince of Wales, whese wife is
the king's sister, and who advised
him to influence the recall of Sir A
Biliiotti. the British consul at Canea.
But his majesty added, BilHotti was
a titled personage and was enabled
to spread official lies concerning the
troubles in the island of Crete, which
fouud ready believers. King George
further said that the marvelous mo ti
lization of the Greek fleet had pro
voked the jealousy of the powers.
The Greek government has de
posited the sum of money necessary
to pay the coupons on the debt
--f- -
At last the caverous depths of In?
nocuous Desuetude may claim their
own. The caves are wide and deep
and dark, but there is room in them
for the whole crowd of sad souls who
seek their shades to day Make way
for them, and let the weary host march
into the gloom !-Y. Mail and
Express
A young man who held a loaded
pistol to his head, and threatened to
blow his brains out unless the girl
who h.td refused him wou'd consent
to have him was coolly told by the
young lady that he would have to
blow some brains into his head first
Ile didn't blow
Preparing for Eternity.
Murphy evidently has given up all
hopes of pardon and is preparing for
eternity. He was visited by Father
Hagerty on Tuesday at the Peniten?
tiary aud it is said that he was bap?
tized and received into the church.
The day of his execution is the 26th
instant, unless the Governor should
in the meantime interfere -Columbia
Register.
News of the Sluggers.
Carson, Nev., March ll.-Bob
Fitzsimmons has balked on Referee
Siler's interpretation of the Queens
bury rules His specific objections
are not stated, but he emphatically
declares that he will not stand for any
such conception of the rules as that
outlined by the referee. Corbett, on
the contrary, is perfectly, satisfied
with Siler's decision.
"The referee should have the final
say in all contests," was the way Jim
put it this evening. "When two
men are sparring they invariably for?
get their promise not to hit in break?
aways and one or the other usually
gets the worst of it Sullivan nearly
reached my jaw with a right swing as
we parted from the first clinch in our
battle at New Orleans. It never
occurred to me at the time that he
had committed a foul, and I smashed
right back at him in thc next break?
away, regardless of my promise to
the referee
"When I fought Jackson we both
agreed to hit after a clinch and I
never heard an objection from any?
body. If Fitzsimmons is such a
marvel at delivering 6hort range
blows he should be thankful for a
ruling which might give him an ad
vantage According to my notion,
Siler's ultimatum should be accepted
by both of us and there is no neces?
sity for further talk on the srbject
However, if Fitzsimmons can show
any flaws in the ruling which he
thinks might hurt his chance of win
uicg, I will gladly meet him half way
on a reasonable eompromice."
The whole matter of rules was
laid before Dan Stuart this afternoon
and he invited Martin Julian, rep?
resenting Fitzsimmons, and W. A
Brady, Corbett's manager, to meet
George Siler and himself in his office
to-morrow and talk it over.
Wrecked By a Bull.
A bull on th? track caused a serious
wreck, io which no lives were lost, on
the South Carolina and Georgia rail?
road. 35 miles this side of Charleston,
yesterday morning about 1 o'clock
The train, a northbound freight due to
arrive here early in the day, was run?
ning at foll speed with Engineer Shiver
at the throttle, when it struck a sleep?
ing bull lying on the rail The engine
and tender passed over the animal safe?
ly without- koocking the carcass from
the rrack, but the freight cars failed to
do so The dead bull formed an ob
Strnctico that they couid not surmount
aod iii consequence 12 of the cars were
derailed and otherwise damaged. The
engineer s!opped the train as soon as
possible aod just as ?h^ engioe started
on a trestle
A count of the train crew found all
oe hand -o.d without a hurt The box
oars ?nd rue hull were horribly jum?
bled and mixed A wrecking crew
wa* nut vigorously to .?vork and by 10
a. m had cieared the track sufficiently
for traffic to be renewed The passenger
train from Charleetoo was delayed some
tini* on account of rbi" accident -Co?
lumbia State, March 12.
The New Constabulary.
Clerk Harris is busily engaged in
sending out commissions to the new
ly appointed constables, but as yet
their names have not been given the
public. lt is learned that Chief
Bahr, according to present arrange?
ments, wilj have eighteen men, and
Chief Fant twenty four, making
forty-two altogether. Formerly there
were sixty-fiv.'? A number of the
appointees are new men, but pre
ference generally was given to those
already on the force -Register.
-i^^- -mmm
Denied by Gen. Lee.
Ilavana, March 10.-La Lucha pub
lishee a dispatch from New York say?
ing that Mr. Sherman, the Secretary
of State, has cabled to General Fitz
hugh Lee, the United States Consul
General here, requesting him to con?
tinue at his post as a personal favor
to President McKinley. The corres?
pondent of the Associated Press has
authority for saying that General
Fitzhugh Lee has not received such
a message The correspondent
further understands that the General
did not request to come here, but
was sent here. Finally, the corres?
pondent understands that General
Lee has not made an application to
remain and that he will not do so.
mm? ' ??-?--^?
i Portland, Ore. March 10 -Ex
? United S'ates Senator Joseph N.
Dolph died at ll :30 a, m , to-day.
On Monday hi3 leg was amputated in
i the h'>pe cf saving his life, which was
j threatened by blood poisoning. The
shock w->s tco grear and at no time
since the op?ration has there been a
? possibility "t his recovery.
Tho Kev Mr Chaffers bas bren pro
! hibired from bringing suit in Eog?sh
: Courts without iirnt obtaining tho per
j mission of a Judge of the Court of .ip
; peais Ti:c reverend gentleman ha?
: brought suit fort? eight times within a
few \eurs against prisons by whom he
j had lorn aggrieved, including the
I Prince of Waifs, the late Archbishop
! of Canterbury, the ?ate nt.'il present
I lord chancellor.*, th?? late Speaker of
the House of Commons, four of the
High Court of Judicature and the au
I thorities of the British Museum.
? The Finest Hssurtment o? choice stationery
i at H. G. Osieen ami Co's, bock store.
FROM THE WIRES.
Montevideo, March H.- Information
has been received here from the interior
that the Government troops have been
defeated in battle with the insurgents.
Chattanooga,jgMarch ll -Proceed?
ings were begun to-day in ?he circuit
court of the county against, the South?
ern railway io suits for civil damage
aggregating ?225,000. Writs wee
issued for the defendant.-* who are su^d
on nine separate bills in amount of ?25,
OOO each The plaintiff* are the several
admioistratratore of rhe wife and eight
children of M. H. Woodward, a far?
mer residing at Jersey, Tenn.. who>e
entire family wa-- recently killed ar a
railway crossing near this city by a
Southern traiu. The Hon Hoke
Smith of Atlnnta, ex-secretary of the
interior, will appear as chief counsel
for the plaintiffs.
Halifax, N. S , March ll-Many
of the cotton mills in eastern Canalla
have decided to curtail production until
the market improves. Several of them
have been runoiog on short time and
to-day a notice was posted at the mills
of the Halifax Cotton compaoy an?
nouncing a reduction of running time
to three days a week.
New York, March ll.-Loans to
the amount of ?4.000.000 have been
obtained from Mew York banks within
a week to pay duties on goods held io
bond in anticipation of higher duties
under the new tariff. Ooe loan for.
?500.000 was secured to-day.
Birmingham, March 10.-Louisville
and Nashville fast mail-No 4 was held
up by marked men three miles this side
of Calera about 11:15 o'clock. The
train had just left the tank and was on
time Engineer Orr was ordered to
halt his train by two men on the plat?
form of the mail coach Two ugly
pistais added emphasis to the order
Be obeyed He stopped the train and
was ordered down frotn the cab and
made to cut lr.o.->e the air brake, which
he did puomptly. He was then made
to go with tte men tn the expT** car.
The only occupant was fl W G"?rdon.
who wa* made ro op*n the door. One
maj? rhen got inside and spcured a num?
ber of valuable packages. The two
men then accompanied the engineer and
after'he readjusted the airbrake, was or?
dered ti pull out
8 s? fe
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of the people in Hood's Sarsaparilla. l?o
medicine cures you vrhen sick; i: i: inal-iof
wonderful cures everywhere,then bevon-:
all question that raedicinepossesses n:c: i:
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because it cures, not once or tvrice or a
hundred time?, but tn thousands and
thousands of cases. We know it cures,
absolutely, permanently, when all others
fail to do any good whatever. We repeat
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AKD ?D0V3 HAMS
Ir turen out that the mau recently
arrested in Lexington. Te?., mpposed
to be Reese was not the right man at all,
and he bas been released. Govern?
or Eilerbe has notified the Sheriff of
York of the fact, so his contemplated
trip to Tennessee is cff.
LODGE MR?CT?R?r
Claremont Lodge, ?Va. 61, .4. F. M,
Meets Thursday righis of eac-i
Tjor.th, on or before the Full MOOD.
L. S. CARSON, W. M '
ii. C. .MOSES, Secretary.
Benah Chapter, No. 25, R. A. M.
Meets on First Tuesday of each
oouih.
L. S. CARSON, High Priest.
F. M. SPANN, Secret?.rv.
Gamecock Lodge, No. 17, K. of F.
' Meets every M?nday night at 8
o'clock, except fifth Monday night.
H. B. BLOOM, C. CJ
B. WALSH, K. of R. & 8
Sumter Lodge, No. 1077 ,\K. oj ?.*
Meets every First and Third Mon?
day nigbts^at 7 o'clock.
&W.JJ. DURANT. Die.
H. C. MOSES, Rep'r.
Ol"
fidelity Lodge, No. 251, K.?L.ofB. j
Meets every Second and Fourth
Jonday nights at 7 o'clock.
J. S. HUGHSON, Protector
B. J* RHAME, Secretary.
Sumter Council, AV 649, A L. of Bf. j
Meets every Second and Fourth j
Tuesday nights at 7 o'clock. j
W. F. RH4MB, Con?. '
J. N\ CORBETT, Sec.
limier Lodge, No. I, A. G. U W.
Meets every Fir*t and Third Thurn- j
day nights at 7 o'clock.
H. C. Messs, M . W
B. WALSH, Rec. j
Pocahontas Tribe, No. 16, / O. K. M.
Meets every Friday's Sleep at tb' j
*tb Run.
R 0 PURDY, Sachem.
B. C. WALLACE, C of R.
Sumter Council, No 1, Jr. O. ?. A. M.
Meets on Second and Fourth Tues?
day nights of each month at 8 o'clock
WM. YEADON, Councillor.
B. C. WALLACE, Sec'ty.
Holly- Wood Gamp, W. oj W.
Meets every Third Wednesday
aight at 8 o'clock. <
E. W. HURST, Con. Com.
R. S. HOOD, Clerk
Carolina Council, No 515, C. B L.
Meeta every Second and Fourth
.Veduesday in Monaghan Block.
NEIL O'DONNELL, Pres
A. H. EBERHAKX, Sec
Chucuola Ledge. No 261, 0. G. C.
Meets Second and Fourth Wednes?
day nights at 8 o'clock.
G. N . MARSHALL, Com
B. C. WALLACE, iSecty.
All of the above societies held
their meetings at the Masonic Tem?
ple, except when otherwise fpeci
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