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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
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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.
The upshot of it all was that Mr.
Allen's motion was agreed to without
a division, but amended so as to in?
struct the committee on civil service
and retrenchment to inquire and re?
port whether the civil service law
should be continued, amended or re?
pealed.
Qaeen Anoa, of Holland, bas in?
sured ber life in trust for b*r daaghter
for a sum equivalent to ?6500,000 or
two and a half million of dollars.
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