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m an on? o ?tl) con SUMTli? WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. "Be J?st and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone. 1366 Consolidated Aug. 2,1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1897. New Series-Toi. XVI. Xo. -34 Publiai Erary Wednesday, -BT BB". <3r. Osteen, SUMTER, S. C. TBRMS : $1 50 per annum-io ad va o ce. ADVERTISEMENT: Doe Square first insertion..............00 S very subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three months, or looger will be made at reduced rates. -, Ali communications which subserve private Interests will be charged foras advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be charged for. The Cretan Situation. Reaffirms His Position as to Crate and the Powers. Athens, March 24-The Emphe meris, which is regarded as reflect? ing the views of Krfcg George, in an article apon the Cretan difficulty em? phatically reaffirms the position of the king. The article concludes as follows : "The king will never join himself with the powers in pressing the Cretans to accept autonomy and the suzerainty of the sultan nor will be ever consent to such a solution of the difficulty. The Cretans reject auto nomy which their king rejects also, and will accept only one eolation, namely at upon which the will of the nation and ?he will of the Cretans ?hallagree. Every pressure exerted by the powers in Crete will have its counter stroke on the frontier and beyond." NO FOOD FOB MALAXA. Can3a, March 24 - An Austrian ironclad tc-day prevented a Greek steamer and a sailing vessel from running the blockade Another at? tempt was made by the' Turks to-day to convey a supply of provisions to the fort at Malaxa, bot the essay re salted in failure, the Turks being driven off by the Christians who .sur? round- Malaxa and pursued to the environs of Suda, where the fire from the Turkish warships compelled the Cretans to retreat Another ef? fort-to supply the fort with provi? sions will, be made to- night. A strong force of Cretans, it is said, are preparing for an attack upon Kissamo, and the admirals commanding the foreign warships have issued a warning similar to that contained in Admiral Canevero's pioclamatjon - Tb? . towspeople of Canea have been greatly encouraged by the proclamation issued yesterday by^ admiral Canevero, the Italian officer who commands the combined fleets of the powers, enjoining the Cretans and Greek troops not to t attack cer? tain forts. ENFORCING THE 3L0CXAD3. 1 Canea, March 24.-The foreign ad? mirals have forbidden entrance of two British merchant vessels which started for Crete before the blockade was proclaimed for the purpose of taking on cargoes of oil. The cap tains of the two ships have protested against the action of the admirals. The proclamation aunonncing the blockade of the ports of Crete de? clared that any Greek vessel coming within the limits of the blockade will be fired on TURKISH SQUADRON M0VE3. Constantinople, March 24-The Turkish squadron, consisting of three armored frigates of 6,000 tons snd 10 guns each, one ironclad corvette of ?,000 tons and 5 guns, one river gunboat, one cruiser, three torpedo boats and two torpedo destroyers, which have been lying at Gallipoli for the past few days awaiting or der8, have been ordered to proceed to Smyrna and Sal?nica. The sultan issued an irade this morning sum? moning into active service 44 battal? ions of the reserves of the second army corps and t?e whole of the con? tingent of 1897. RUSHING THE T?RKS. The Cretans Gain Ground in . Every Skirmish. Canea March 25.-The fighting in the vicinity of Malaxa continued throughout the day. It was especial? ly desperate at 3 o'clock this after? noon in the village of Tsicalaroa, where the insurgents set fire to a number of Turkish houses. The in? surgents are occupying Malaxa The European warships shelled them this afternoon, the firing lasting 10 min Utes. The insurgents, however, held their grounds close to the ruins of the block house and did not seem to greatly mind the bombardment. When the Turkish troops evacuated the block house they 6et fire to it in order that it might net furnish* a shelter to their enemies It wa9. however, badly wrecked by the*fire o?the*rebel8 It is evident that the Turkish troops here are.no match for the insurgents. A body of. troops made an attempt today to gain the heights above NerokOurou. where the Keratidi blockhouse is situated With this position and the one at Malaxa in their possession, tho in? surgents would be able to completely blockade Canea from the land side. The troops had gone only a little dis? tance when they were attacked by insurgents, who drove them back Later,.another attempt was made Jo reach the heights, but this, too, proved unsuccessful A body of in? surgents made an atiack upon li\e Turkish cordon at Ealepa The Turks had a number of mounted guns, and the fire from them prevent? ed the insurgents from coming to close quarters lt was this alone which saved the Moslems from de? feat. V Montevardia and Helapa are both within range of the guns of the in sargents who continue to shell both places. This evening part of Malaxa was blown op with dynamite and the rest of tbeiown is buroing. The Turk? ish warships in Suda bay are bom? barding the insurgents, bnt their fire appears to be wholly ineffective. Malaxa is one of the towns mention? ed by the foteign admirals in their proclamation, issued on Tuesday, .that must not be attacked by Greek ' troops or insurgents. The admirals declared that the fortifications, which were needed to maintain security and quiet must not be fired upon ; other? wise they would use force against the attackers It was the disobedi? ence of the insurgents to this proc? lamation that led the foreign war? ships to bombard them. These ves sels fired 90 shells, three of which fell within the forts After the place had been evacuated by its Turkish garrison which num berered 64 men, the troops scattered in a direction that led to coast in order to escape from their pursuers. One of them reached Nerok Ouru and IS managed tc make their way to Suda. The others haye not been beard from, and it is supposed that they were killed. Crime. A Family of Five Murdered. Nashville, March 24.-Particulars of what appears to have been . a hor? rible and brutal murder were received ; here from Paradise Ridge early this I morning. Jacob Ade, one of the oldest and best known farmers of the ridge settlement, bis daughter and son, and a little daughter of Henry Moirer were probably murdered and their bodies cremated in Ade's hou3e which was burned to the ground The theory of murder is strengthened by the fact that all of the bodies were found in the same room, but scat? tered around over the space occupied by this room. It was thought that the old man was killed for his money, as he was known to be well-to do and always kept a supply of money on band, but whether this be true cannot be positively stated now, as the old man's money, or at least the ashes of what was once a big roU of money, has been1 discovered in the ruins of the house The dead are : Jacob A^e, Mrs. Jacob Ade, Lizzie Ade aged 20 years; Henry Ade, aged 13; Rosa Moirer, aged 20. The Three Friends' Three Tows. Jacksonville,- Maroh 24 -The fa? mous steamer Tore? Frieods arrived io port this evening with the equally fa moos Mexican Tug Asturias and two barges ic tow.. She crossed the bar early this morning, but ber trip up the river was slow oo account of her heavy tows. It was rumored on the streets Tues? day that the Three Frieods bad lamed her barges and the tug over to the cap? tain of tug O. D. Williams from Miami and that she would proceed to Fernan? dina and ship arms and ammunition for Cuban soil. The theory of the tattlers if) exploded, but the next tb?Dg io their .ninds will have to be something bear? ing on the new tug that has been brought cp the rivers by the Three Frieods It bas been suggested that the Asturias is about the right 6ize for filibustering. Hockheimer's Views. Meyerhoeffer-Vat you dink of dem big druets, Hockheimer. ? Hockbeimer-I doo' like dcm much, alretty OD ce Ven I sells for gash, I gets my bay soomdimes ; but ven I druBts somebody, ach ? den I get3 me myself stuck ! Hero, Poet and Priest How Father Ryan Came to Write "The Conquered Banner" Perhaps DO poem ever touched aod thrilled the heart of the people of the sooth as did the "The Conquered Bio uer" hy Father Ryan It came from the hearts of the poet*at the time wheo th? .southland stood io grief aod un? told sorrow. Though bis face wore a serious and almost sad aspect be loved to gather children about him as be sel? dom spoke to older people, fie al? ways held that little children were angels that walked with God aod it was a privilege for a priest to raise his bancs and give spotless childhood a blessing, writes Aquila, in Colorado Catho! id. It was several years ago' that Aquila met with a young lady from the south who related to him the following beau? tiful and tone!" tog incident in the poet's life. The little story is as follows : "Qoe Christmas (I was theo a little girl.") says the youog lady, "I came to Father Ryan with a book-mark-a pret? ty little scroll of 'The Conquered Ban? ner.'and begged bim to accept it. :I 090 never forget bow his lips quivered as be placed his haod upoo my head aod said, (a little kindly remem? brance touched him so ) V 'Call your little sisters aod I will tell 'bern a story about this picture.* "Do you know, my little children," belaid as we gathered about bis knee, "that people say that 4Tbe Cooquered Banner' is a great poem ? I oever thought so." be said, in that dreamy, far-off way so peculiarly his own. "But a poor woman who did not have much education, but whose heart was filled with love for the south, thought so, aod if it had not been for ber, this poem would have been swept out of the bouse and barced up, aod I would never have bad this pretty book-mark or this true story to tell you." * "Oh, yon are goiog to tell ns bow you came to write "The Cooquered Banner," I cried, all interest aod ex? citement "Yes," he answered, "and I am going to tell you how a woman was the medium of its publication." Then a shadow passed over bis face, a dreamy shadow that was always there wheo he spoke of the ''Lost Cause," aad he coo t?o ned : ','1 was io Knoxville wheo the news came that Geoerai Lse bad surrender? ed at Appomattox court house. It waa oigbt aod I was sitting io my room io a house where many of the regiment of whioh I was chaplain were quartered, wheo ao old comrade came io aod said to me : 'All is lost; Gcoeral Lee has surrendered.' "I looked at him. I koew by bis whitened face that the news was too true I simply said : 'Leave me,' aod be weat out of the room. I bowed my head upon the table aod wept long aod bitterly Then a thousand thoughts came rushing through my brain. I could not control them. That banner was cooquered, tts folds must be furled but its story bai to be told. We were very poor, my dear little cbildreo, in the days of tbe war. I looked arouod for a piece of paper to give expression to the thoughts that cried out within me. All that I could find was a piece of brown wrapping paper that lay on the table abour. an old pair of shoes that a friend sent me. I seized this piece of paper aod wrote "The Coo? quered Baooer.*' Theo I weot to bed leaviog tbe Hoes there upoo the table The next morning the regiment waa or? dered away and I thought no more of the lines writteo io suoh sorrow aod deso? lation of the spirit on that fateful oight. What was my astonishment a few weeks later to see them appear above my name io a Louisville paper. The poor woman who kept the bouse io Knox? ville had gooe as she afterwards told me into the room to throw the piece of paper in the fire when she saw some? thing written upon it. She said she sat down aod cried aod copying them sent them to a oewspaper io .Louisville. And that was how "The Conquered Baooer" got iDto priot. That is the story of this pretty little scroll you have paioted for me 99 "When I get tobe a woman,*' said the young lady, "I am goiog to write that story." "Are you?" he aoswered. "Ah it, is dangerous to be a writer, especially for awomao, but if you are determined, let me give you a oame," aod be wrote oe a piece of paper "Zooa.*' "lt is ao Indiao name," he said in explaoation, "aod it means a soow bird. You will always remember, like a snow bird, to keep your white wi?gs unsullied A woman should always bc pure, and every mother should teach her boys to look upon a woman as they would upm an altar.'' Thus far the incident related to me by my southern frieod. Many and many a time in the hurry and bustle of thc noisy world the words of the gentle poet-priest came back to me, and in writing this little sketch of bow it was through a woman's thought? fulness that the great southern epic was given to the world ? cannot refraio from repeating tbis little talk, which wa9 the outgrowth of this story aod which might prove a help aod a bene? diction to many a woman's life No aspiring column marks the spot where the priest, patriot and poet ts sleeping, but his words still live io the hearts of the people, aod the regard, the respect, tbe high esteem he bad for women bespeaks the purity of bis soul. Rest, there, saddest, tenderest, most spiritual poet, heart that bas sought our hearts aod breathed into ic a music that the lapse of years cannot still ; sleep and rest on. The visions that came to the mind of the priest as he "walked down the Valley of Silence down the dim, voiceless valley alone" are liviog on, for they are prayers. Catholic Jouroal of the New South. Tbe Freshet in Georgia. Savannah, March 25 -A special from Albany, Ga., to the Morning News says : With one exception, the bridge over the Flint river at this point, there is not a public bridge left in this county. The iron bridge across Kincheefoonee creek recently built jointly by Doughty and Lee counties and costing $8,000 was swept away last night without a vestige being left. The bridge of the Albany and Northern railroad across the same stream went about the same time, and this with the ab? sence of a bridge over the Flint re? cently knocked down by a lumber raft, places that road in a bad fix. Traffic has ?b?en resumed on the Brunswick and Western and the Sa? vannah Florida western roads. Trains on the Columbia road will hardly be running before Monday, as there are several bad washouts on that line, and the trestle across Notchaway creek is entrely submerged. New? ton, the county site of Baker, is a regular Venice, tho people there being compelled to go about in boats. The freshet has done thousands of dollars of damage, and it will be some time before its effects will be overcome. mm t t mm Texas Bank Failure. Paris, Tex , March 23.-At 10 o'clock this morniog the Farmers and Merchants' bank, pne of the oldest aod thought to be the strongest financial institution io North Texas, with a paid np capital of ?200,000 and a surplus of $60,000, made an assignment to Judge D. H. Scott. This action was precipitated by the failure of the cotton firm of Martin, Wise &iFitzhugh yes? terday. It was.known that the firm owed the bank money, and depositors became alarmed and a run began. All checks presented yesterday were promptly cashed. The bank officials foresaw that if the run was kept up it would be forced to the wall. An appeal to the other local banks foy assistance was made. When the doorP opened this morning the ruo was re? newed [and continued until the bank was forced to dose. This set people wild and a rush was made for the City National, which was also a large cred? itor of Martin, Wise & Fitzbugh. A great crowd gathered io front of the building and it became necessary for the polioe to clear the sidewalks. At ll o'clcak Col. George F. Hicks, vice president of the First Natiooal bank, walked in and laid $100,000 on the City National's counter and told the people to come forward aod g3t their money. This was followed by the aonouocemeot tbat the baok would re? main opeo uotil 6 o'clock to pay de? positors. This allayed the fears of some, but many contioued to withdraw their mooey. Apprehensions are felt for banks in neighboring towns, which are involved io the failure of Martin, Wise & Fitzbugh. Here is what the Greenvill grand jury has to say about the dispensary cases in that country : "In this con? nection we beg to call the attention of the court to the fact that, in some of the cases brought before us for viola? tion of the dispensary law, the trend and character of the proposed evi? dence was of the most indefinite and unreliable character. Much of it might have been better used to the advantage of the accused, rather than in behalf of the state. The sending up of cases by magistrates with a string of witnesses involves heavy expense to the county, and we would earnestly urge that in future rigid and extra precautions should be exercised as to the weight and character of the proposed evidence before the cases are sent up to court In other words, the magistrate should be satisfied of the reasonable sufficiency of the testi? mony which was to go before the grand jury. In one of the cases brought before us, in which liquor was seized from L B. Rains, it ap? peared that the officers also seized and converted to the state's use a bar? rel of coffee in which the liquor was secreted. The state may have the technical right to do this ; but if this is true it appears to be a harsh and unreasonable enforcement of the law, and we recommend that the coffee so seized, or its value, be restored to ; the owner " The Frierson Case. What Secret Service Detective Ryan Says of the Matter. The following statement of the Frierson case, heretofore mentioned in The State, was obtained from a passenger ariving in the city yester? day afternoon from Laurens, who has been watching the case with much interest : "Secret Service Detective G. W. Ryan arrived in Laurens to-day with requisition papers from Governor Bushnell of Ohio, which had been honored by Governor Ellerbe, for E 0. Frierson of that city, wanted in Cincinnati for embezzlement. Frier son's attorneys have instituted pro? ceedings of habeas corpus, and will argue the case before Judge Watts in chambers at Spartanburg Saturday evening at 8 o'clock "Frierson's friends are hard at work trying to compromise the case, and the wires have been kept hot for the last 24 hours with messages to the officials in Ohio. Detective Ryan says he ?3 powerless to make any agreement at ail ; that the young man will have to be taken back to Cincinnati before anything can be done in the matter. Mr Frierson is highly connected in Laurens, and has many friends and acquaintances in the city and county. He claims that he had authority from his insur? ance company to tafce notes from parties who were not able to put up the cash when the policies were is? sued, and that when these notes came due, payment was refused by some of the makers, and that the insurance people are i.ow trying to get the money out of him Detective Ryan's story is that the insurance companies do not bold any notes, and that the only way they found out about the alleged stealage was that one of the policyholders died and they were forced to pay the amount of insur? ance, which was $3.700 00 The policy was in proper shape and the receipt signed by, Frierson. "They examined the books, but could find no returns from bim on this policy They immediately began an investigation, which resulted in their finding that policies to the amount of about $50,000 00 had been issued by Frierson. for which they had no re? turns. ,A warrant was sworn out, and on a' telegtam from the prose? cuting attorney of Hamilton county, Ohio, to the sheriff of Laurens county, young Frierson was arrested last Saturday. He was bailed out at once, but was rearrested yesterday on the requisition papers granted by Governor Ellerbe "It is^aid there that some years ago anotner case, in which Frierson's name figured was compromised. ! "Frierson is very cool and quiet, and does not have anything much to say about the matter, except that he is innocent of any criminal intent "Detective Ryan says the facts and proofs are against him, and that while he would be glad to see the young men out of the scrape, he is a^aid that no sort of compromise ca? be effected.'* ^.The octlook is not cheerful for Frierson."* Earthquake m Kew York. Malone. N. Y., March 23-At about 6.05 this evening there was a heavy earthquake shock herc, startiog with u sudden boom like ao explosion, and reverberating with a grindiog moiioo for some seconds It seemed to travel from southeast to northwest. People were alarmed for a moment but oo damage was done. Montreal, March. 23 -A heavy shock of earthquake shook the center of this city this evening and caused great consternatioo. Large buildinge shook like reeds and (here was a general rush of the inmates for the doors. So far DO damage has been reported. Die patches from various poi?ts in thisprov ioce aod from eastern Ontario report similar shocks, but without any damage of cooecqueDce The farmers Agricultural Hall case, involving the validity of the Blue Ridge scrip, is to bs heard by the Uni? ted States supreme court to-day. This case originated io 1892 wheo the State sold the Agricultural Hall property at auction. The property was bid off by Edward B. Wesley, who tendered Blue Ridge scrip io payment The State re fused the 6crip on the ground that the su? preme court had already decided the stuff to be worthless, aod the matter has been, in the courts ever since. San Francisco, March 23 -James J. Corbett this afternoon secured his much wanred interview with Fitz?im mons. The men met in the lobby ot the hotel and greeted each other with thi> utmost cordiality. Corbett entreat? ed Fitz?immoos to give him another chance to rcttieve his reputation. Fi?znimmoos reiterated his determina? tion never to fight ?gain, but floaty remised if he ever entered the ring orbctt should have the first cl Monumental Humbug. j The Civil Service Law Under Heavy Fire io Senate. Washington, March 23.-The sen? ate indulged to day in an almost one? sided denunciation of the civil service law and its administration The mat? ter came up in the shape of a resolu? tion offered by Mr. Alien directing the committee on civil service to in? quire into the dismissal of some half dozen employes (microseopists) of the bureau of animal industry in South Omaha, Neb. His assertion was that the dismissals were for po? litical reasons. Mr. GalHnger (Rep ) of New Hampshire did not favor the proposed investigation because it would bring out so many hundred other like grievances, and Mr Hoar objected to it on the same grounds, saying that such a herculean task should not be thrown on any commit? tee at this special session. The civil service law, as adminis? tered, was characterized by Mr Gal linger-as a "monumental humbug" He favored blotting out the law abd returning to a condition of things that would "give to every man acd woman an equal right to hold office with every other man and woman " This declaration of principle was ap? plauded by the galleries, and the gal-, leries, were appropriately lectured by the Vice President on that breach of propriety. Various instances of absurdities in civil service examinations were furn? ished by senators, Mr. Gallinger men tioning the requirement of would be compositors in the government printing office that they should hop 12 times on one foot ; Mr Wilson saying that civil service examinations had been ordered in his State for & cook in the penitentiary and a saw? yer on an Indian reservation, and even Mr. Hawley, who had been a member of the house committee which reported the law originally, admitting that the law had fallen into a state of 'conspicuous incompet? ency," and giving as an illustration the fact that when an army engineer in charge of a public work on Long Island sound bas elected a competent inspector in the prison of a steam? boat captain who knew every rock and sandbar in the neighborhood, the commission sent to him "a school master from Rhode Island.'' The only senator who defended the law and its administration was Mr. Lodge. 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