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ORDER FROM RUSSIA
To Instantly Cease Fighting
in Greece.
London, May 13.-The'Athens cor?
respondent of the Daily Telegraph j
says :
"By the czar's express command, j
Count Muravieff, the Russian foreign
minister, has instructed M. De NeH
doff, the Russian ambassador at Con?
stantinople, to insist peremptorily
upon a cessation of hostilities "
It is also learned that Count Mura
vieff has decided to have an assem?
bly elected io Grete in order to ascer?
tain the true Cretan opinion. If the
Cretans reject autonomy, the entire
question will be reconsidered. This
item is fall of hope for Create and
Greece.
THE PEACE PAPERS.
Constantinople, May 12.-The
ambassadors of the powers held a j
prolonged Conference to-day, at the
. close of which they presented to the
Turkish government a collective
memorandum proposing an armistice
between Turkey and Greece on the
basis of the negotiations for peace
now in progress through the powers.
The memorandum, which was pre?
sented to Ahmed Tewfik Pasha, the
Turkish minister of foreign affairs,
by the dean, of the diplomatic corps,
Baron de Cfeiido, the Austro Hun?
gary ambassador, enumerates the con?
ditions which have been accepted by
Greece and begs the porte to issue
the necessary orders to arrest the
progress of the Tprkish troops
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TH? SCr.TAN RESENTS.
London, May 13 -The correspond?
ent of The Daily Telegraph at Con?
stantinople says the saltan resents
the mediation of the powers and de
sires to negotiate with Greece direct?
ly If this is refused the Turkish de?
mands will be more exacting.
The Berlin correspondent of The
Daily }siew8 says he learns on excel?
lent authority that the Turkish gov
ernmenfc demands a war indemnity of
?3,000,000, and the right to occcpy
Thessaly until it is paid
A dispatch to The Standard f?*om
Constantinople says : "Au imperial
irade has been issued, directing mili
tary governors to give preference to
natives1 wherever possible, in macing
official appointments. In Thessaly
the official reports are not favorable
A Turkish reconnoissance in force at
Domokos has been repulsed, and the
attack on Arta, which promised to be
saccessful, has also resulted in a
check It is believed that Edhem
Pasha is developicg an outflanking
movement with the right and left
wings with a view of rendering the
Greek position at Domokos untena?
ble.
The correspondent of The Times
at Athens says :
Acute anxiety is felt here because
of the absence of any news from
, General Smolensk's column.
Owing to the delay in arranging
the armistice, the government has ad?
dressed a strong protest to the
powers, declining lo bear the respon?
sibilities shouid further bloodshed oc?
cur and lead to serious complica?
tions.
As M. Raili explains to me, the
government is in a serious predica?
ment In order to secure mediation
it has compromised the belief in the
eyes of both Greeks and Cretans,
without obtaining a positive guaran?
tee that Turkey will cease hostilities.
Should war be resumed the position
of the government will be most un?
enviable.
Surfeited by Success.
Turkey is Inclined to Con
tinaethe War.
London, May 13 -The situation at
the scene of hostilities appear to be
that Turkey is determined to occupy
Domokos before consenting io a o armis?
tice, and that Greeoe is convinced of
the impossibility of holding oat against
tba seri?os attack which Edhem Pasha
, ts preparing to deliver. Ic bas been
decided to evacuate Domokos tod to
fal! back upon m the old frontier. This
plan wi)! probably be carried out to
morrow, if it bas not already been
accomplished, nnd thus the way wi!l b
opened for peace negotiations
The powers are in no mood to yielc
over to the demands of Turkey. Tb?
j war b.38 bad quire an unexpected effec
i tn revealing an amazing military vita!
j ity'in the Sultan's dominion:*, which i
'? in no way to the humor of Russia o?
the other powert?. Heoce the Sui'a;
wiii be reminded that it was bis origi
nal misgovernment which led to thi
war ; that only the in?oeoce o? Earopi
has prevented a general blaz? in thi
Balkans, and tbat it is, therefore,, ad
vh*aoie for hiaj to accept reasonable
terms. The activity of Turkish mil;
tary preparatious. which is io no wai
; abated by the diplomatic negotiations
may possibly be explained by . the fol
lowing statement of a. high Turkish
official :
"The Russians are putting a bigl
price upon the moral support they ex
tended to us buring the Armenian
trouble ; but the deo:aod$ now m&d<
upon u* are so exorbitant, tbat theil
acceptance would be tantamount to re?
signing our title as a free nation.7'
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The Agricultural Hall.
The decision of the Uoifed Jtates su?
preme court in the Agricultural ball
case was the most important topic ol
conversation in all cit clou yesterday.
Down at the State capitol tbe authori?
ties bad bot very little to say. Attor
ney Genera! Barber stated that unless
toe court had ordered the mandate to
be sent down immediately it would he
30 days before it would be senf down.
In ?hat tta?e^tbe State would have se
cured a copy of the decision and seen
exactly where it is at; this will also
give time, roo, to arrange for the re?
moval of the dispensary from the build?
ing if it becomes necessary to vacate
thc premises.
Tbe decision complicates matters
very much and bas the authorities wor?
ried a little If the dispensary bas to
seek other quarters it will be at no
small cost to the State. Io the mean?
time the Vandeccrock case is pending ;
if tbe decision io tbat case is against
the State ir cannot be denied tbat the
dispensary business wit! be practically
destroyed Thus it ts that the dispen
?arv svstem may be changed from a
source of profit'to a great expense.
Bebiod it all is the great danger to
tbe State of having the Bloe Ridge
scrip declared valid Mr. Wesley bas
otber payments to make on the proper?
ty wheo they fall due, and he will
doubtless tender this scrip, being now
in possession of thc premises.
. If the dispensary has. to vacate, the
authorities bave two places in view.
O.ie is the old Congaree cotton mill,
o?r the union depot, and the other is
the ^tandard warehouse, owned by Mr.
Oaidwell Robertson, on Gervais street.
This latter place wHl b<i most likely
selected. It is a very long one-story
brick building, used during me war for
printing Confederare money. It will
take a considerable amount of^tnocey
to establish tbe dispensary therein -
The State.
-CT itt mm
Newbsrry's Monument to a
Hero.
"Bill Arp," in a recent letter to the
Atlanta Constitution, relates the fol?
lowing facts in conn?ct?on with a
beautiful mounment which he 6aw in
the Newberry Rosemont Cemetery :
' Calvin Crozier was a Texas Con?
federate soldier, who, shortly after
the close of the war, was going home
and had some . ladies .in his charge.
When the train arrived at Newberry
some lawless negro soldiers, who were
in camp near by, went into the car
and grossly insulted the ladies
Crozier and some others defended the
ladies and in the melee one of the
negroes was slightly wounded. Be?
fore the train left Col. Trowbridge
sent some of the negroes to arrest
the man who did it They made a
mistake and seized Mr Jacob Bow?
er?, a railroad employe, and hurried
him away ta the Colonel's quarters
Without trial he was summarily or?
dered to be shot. It was near mid
night when Crozier was told cf Bow?
ers' arrest and condemnation ; he
promptly went forward and declared
that he himself was the man who
wounded the negro Bowers was
released, and at sunrise next morn?
ing Crozier was shot to death, not?
withstanding his demand for a trial
and the protest of Prince Rivers, an
officer in Trowbridge's command,
j The negro soldiers danced with
j fiendish delight upon and
around the shallow grave where
they had laid him. Long after
this his bones were moved and this
monument was erected by the good
people of Newberry to his memory
Does history record any nobler sacri?
fice ? Damon was the friend of Py?
thias, but this man Bowers was a
stranger to Crozier "
JOHNSON'S
CHILL AND
FEVER TONIC
Cures Fever
In One Day.
The State Loses.
Agricultural Bali Case De?
cided by tb i Supreme
Court.
The- Scate has lost the Agricultural
Hall case and the State Dispensary
will haye to move out sooner or later
and seek other quarters. The follow?
ing dispatch was received last night :
. Washington. May ll -The United:
State? Supreme Court has affirmed the j
decision of the Circuir, Court for the
Circuit of South Carolina in the "Ag?
ricultural Kali" cass, involving the j
title to the Agricultura! Hall in Co- j
lumbia. S. C. Edward B. Wesley of :
New York, bought, the property of the
Commissioners of the State SiokiDg
Fund, bat there were alleged irregu?
larities in the parchase, and he;broogbt
Bott against J. E Tindal, thc Secre?
tary of the State and J. R. Boyles,
who had been employed by the Secre?
tary of the State to guard the property
to secure possession. Tindal and
Boyles, in the lower courts, contended
that they were mere custodians of the
propelry and that the State could not be
sued, but the possession of the proper?
ty was given to Wesley This judg?
ment was affirmed by the .Supreme
Court in an opinion by Justice Karlan,
who held that the State was not neces
sarily a party to the suit.
Governor EWerbe was informed of
the decision last night as soon as it
was received. He said that he would
express no opinion udtil be had seen
the decision of the court.
Attorney General Barber was seen
io his office last night and was shown
a copy of the decision. He said that
he expected it and was not surprised
at the outcome He said that the de?
cision did cot validate the Blue Ridgo
bonds tendered io payment, but that
it simply meant that Mr. Wesley hav?
ing tendered money for the first pay?
ment and having fulfilled other por
MODS of tbe contract was entitled to
the property General Barber would
not, however, discuss the situation,
preferring to await the full report of
the decisioc. ^
In case the State should eventually
be forced out of the building, Mr Bar?
ber said that be did not know what
would be done or where the business
would be conducted. He said that in
the usual course of legal procedure it
would take some days for the decision
to be effective. The State has, how?
ever, no other remedy, and the proba?
bilities are that Mr. Wesley will soon
have possession of the building.
He can rent it to the State and the
likelihood is that some contract of the
kind will be entered upon. With the
fixtures and plant as now established
it would be an expense unwarranted
to establish another plant of equal fa?
cilities. The .situation is one, there?
fore, not only of great importance, but.
of vast ioteres? to the taxpayers of the j
State.
iiiiiy-o^-^nrw -
Negro Girl Fiends.
Montgomery, Ala., May 12.
Recently, on t^o occasions, the Kei?y
family, livlog in Madison County Aia- j
bama, have been poisoned. On the1
first occasion yoe death followed, and
the last time eleven persons suffered,
but there were no deaths. Yesterday
two negro girls, Mollie Smith and
Mandy White, were arrested and con?
fessed to the poisoning. Between mid?
night and dayligot last night a Dumber
of neighbors took the two giris th
charge and this morniog, their bodies
were found swinging to a limb. More
developments are expected
Caring for the Children's
Teeth.
Motbersaare begioniog to realize the
importance of taking care of the chil?
dren's first teeth, in order to insure a
good 6ound ''second set." It should
be remembered that when a child bas
twenty teeth-ten upper and ten lower
-ali that aro added belong to tbe per?
manent set, which should be carefully
preserved This precaution is very im?
portant, as decay io the first double
teeth is allowed to progress, with the
idea that these are transient, and will
be replaced. This is not so, and the
very first indications of decay should
receive immediate attention. The chi 1
dren should be early taught to wash
the teeth after each meal ; and If this
habit is established while they still
have their first teeth, there will be very
little danger of their neglecting the
permanent set. - Home Companion.
Ground has been broken at Aiken
Junction, a mile and a half below
Graniteville for the new cotton mill of
the Wartier Manufacturing Co., Col
R L Coleman of Union bas the con?
tract for building the mill and the way
he built the Granby mill in Columbia
is a guarantee of bis success here.
Tbe mill will have 30,000 spindles and
about 1,150 looms. The product of
the mill will be broad sheetings and
pillow case goods
Base Balle, Bats and supplies at H. G.
Osteen ? Co's. i
SPMPATEY FOR CUBA.
! A Sadden and Strong Out?
break in Washington.
-
Washington. May 13.-There was
a sudden and violent outbreak of
Cuban sentiment to day at the capi
tal and during the earty hours the I
drift of opinion was strongly toward
speedy and radica! action by both j
Congress and the Executive ; but |
later there was somewhat of a reac
lion, upon its becoming known that
the President, while keenly alive to
the situation and anxious to learn j
everything possible that could guide j
i his conduct of our Cuban and Span- !
ish relations, felt fhat further infor j
mation was necessary, and that for j
the immediate present the question j
was net one of recognition of the \
belligerency or independence of the i
Cuban insurgents, but of the relief
j of American citizens destitute and
J helpless in the towns of the Queen
I of the Antilles.
The Senate foreign relations com?
mittee, it should be stated, while
agreeing with the necessity for the
relief of the suffering Americans is
favorable to more radical measures,
and a nuffiber of its members are
earnestly desirous of instant action
by the Executive in aid of the in?
surgents, but have not succeeded in
converting the administration to their
views that present action is anpropri
ate and imperative. During the day
there was a report to their colleagues
by the sub committee of the foreign
relatious committee which yesterday
examined the State Department Cuban
reports. This statement, though not
given to the public, was so far dis
closed in character as to give rise to
a good deal of excited commeut
among Senators and members. The
report, based upon facts presented
by the United States consuls in Cuba,
it is said, brings out in strong relief
the destitution which exists, not only
among the Cubans, but among the
Americans and pac?ficos now on the
island, who were driven from their
farms and into the towns by Weyler's
order, and thereby prevented from
supporting themselves.
For several days past the subject
matter of this report has been under
discussion quietly among a few of
the i'riends of Cuba in Congress, and
they have lost no opportunity o/ im?
pressing upon the President their con?
victions that it is his duty, as the
Chief Executive, to delay no longer
in taking active steps to terminate
the present condition of affairs in
Cuba Those representations, how?
ever, have not been sufficient to in?
duce hasty action. The President is
moving steadily nnd with all speed
that safety and sound judgment war?
rant in the collection of facts touch?
ing the conditions that exist upon the
island tocay. To this end Air. Cal?
houn is now in Cuba, officially, on
another mission, but also charged
with the observation of the conditions
that prevail When he has reported
to the President and the latter has
gathered a sufficient store of inform
ation, based or? facts that cannot be
questioned, he will be ready either to
take himself or to suggest to Con?
gress euch action as these facts war?
rant. Meanwhile, he has under con?
sideration the best means of afford?
ing relief to Americans suffering as a
result of the conditions on the island.
To day the President saw, by ap?
pointment, Mr. Edwin T. Atkins of
Boston, who is largely interested in
Cuban sugar plantations. Mr. At
kins was in Washington on personal
business which brought him in con?
tact with Secretary Long, an old
friend. To further Mr Atkins' busi?
ness, the Secretary took him ever to
the White House and presented him
to the President The latter, learn
ing that Mr Atkins had just returned
from Cuba, began to chat with his
visitor as to the state of affairs as
they revealed themselves to a busi?
ness man, and Mr. Atkins gave him
a faithful picture of the normal con
ditions that prevailed in Habana and
other portions of the island when he
left. His story was so interesting
that the President summoned Judge
Day, Assistant Secretary of State,
across to the White House to hear it.
Mr Atkins had very little to say
about the military situation in Cuba,
and what he did utter in that connec?
tion did not indicate any leaning on
his part toward either the Spanish or
the insurgent side.
At the Spanish legation the news
of the developments at the capitol
to day was received with composure,
of course. The action of the com?
mittee could not be openly discussed
without violation of the strict eti?
quette which governs the diplomatic
body in its relations to Congress, but
it was suggested that the fact that
the entire attention of the Senate for
months to come would be engrossed
by the tariff bill might have deter?
mined the friends of the Cubans to
endeavor to secure some sort of ac?
tion by Congress before the tariff de
bate begins.
It is not denied at the legation that i
suffering exists in Cuba, but such !
suffering, it was said, is almost al- j
ways incident to v?ar. It is contend- !
ed that the Spanish government has !
done ail that it could with the means !
at hand to alleviate this distress It
was pointed out that Spain has grant?
ed permission to the Red Cress So
ciety. through Miss Barton, to ex?
tend its good offices to the destitute
in Cuba, and, moreover, will not
place any obstacles in the way of any
proper charity in the United States
which has the same object in view.
AH that is asked is that the food
supplies contributed for the relief of
the destitute are not to be used to
maintain the Cuban insurrectionary
forces in their resistance to the ?pan
ieh government
Tfre Senate committee on foreign
relations to-day considered-the report
of the sub-committee appointed yes?
terday to confer with the President
and Secretary Sherman. The report,
which was prepared by Senators
Davis and Foraker, confirms the
newspaper reports as to the situation
of affairs in the island, and even
goes further in depicting a deplora?
ble situation than do most of the
newspaper stories. Especial stress
is laid upon the condition of Ameri?
can citizens in the island. Of these
it is positively stated that there are
hundreds in a starving condition and
most wretchedly clothed. Deaths of
Americans from starvation are daily
reported. They are scattered in all
parts of the island, and are shown
no consideration whatever because of
their American citizenship. They
are not allowed to return to their
plantations., even to pick berries or
to secure the least, article of subsist?
ence. They are theoretically under
the care of the Spanish army, but
the army is without a commission
arial.
The report indicates that the Span?
ish army is not so strong now as it
was a year ago, largely on account
of the ravages of yellow fever, small
pox and dysentery, while it indi?
cates no diminution of the insurgent
forces.
The reports upon which thc sob
committee's brief was based were
from various consuls, including Con?
sul General Lee They make no
recommendations as to American
policy, but merely give the situation
as direct.
Take JOHNSON'S
CHILL & FEVER
TONIC. ,^^^^s^
LEE" COUNTY.
This is the Latest of the Pro?
posed New County
Schemes.
Yesterday morning Mr. G. F. Par
rott arrived io the city and filed with
toe governor the petitions asking that
an election be ordered on the question
of establishing the proposed new couo
ty of '.Lee," which will have Bishop
viile for its county seal,. The is the
latest new county scheme, and it is the
former proposed county of "Salem" in
a new dress.
The advocates of L:e county propose
to take 75 square miles more from
Sumter, 35 less from Dariingtoo and
50 lfss from Kershaw county than the
advocates of Salem wanted.
The map shows ttfat the proposed
Dew county ?viii have an area of 412
Square mils, of which 83 will come
from Darlington, 75 from Kershaw
and 254 from Sumter.
Tho map also shows a county which
will not be symmetrical as to its shape,
but will doubtless be satisfactory to the
people in all other respects if estab
lished.-The State, May 14.
-II m- ????? -
A Portland night watchman who
.'couldn't see any sense in traipsing
about the big empty mill every hour
to touch the electric buttons." fixed
up an automatic arrangement on sev
eral of them so that they would re?
peat tvery hour. The firm did not
take kindly to this invention and
gave the man a pedometer to carry
on his rounds. AU we.it well for two
nights, but on the morning following
the third the old man was found
asleep in the engine room, with the
pedometer so attached to the piston
rod that with every stroke it regis?
tered a step. It had been traveling
all night, and when taken off it regis?
tered 209 miles. There is a new
watchman on duty now.
Bncklen's Arnie? Salve.
Tho Beet Salve in tho, world for Cut?, Bruises
Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Soroe, Tetter
Chapped Uan<le Chilblains, Corns and all
S* n eruptions, and positively cures Piles or
no pa; required. It is guaranteed to give per
feet satisfaction, or money refunded. Price
25cents per bor. For sale by Dr. J. F. W. De
Lo rm?.
The Cotton Situation and
Outlook.
The strong statistical position of cotton
aod the rather discouraging prospects for
planting in portions or the Mississippi
valley have had an effect io stimulating
cotton price?, in the face of war io
Europe, actual and prospective. The
fact that the advance in Drices has been
so small (cotton is now 7 I!-16c, ?c.
above the price paid at the middlle of
March, but -|a below the price a year
ago) is only additional proof, often lost j
sight of in the cotton a9 in other mark?
ets, that other factors than an apparent?
ly strong statistical position are to be
reckoned with Advices frsm Liver?
pool, as per Ellison's latest circular,
are that early predictions of supply are
proving reasonably correct. These pre?
dictions favored a decrease ia the IQ
dian supply of 300,000 bales, and an
increase in that from Egypt, now fig?
ured at 60,000 bales. Ellison's esti?
mate of the American crop is io the
neighborhood of 8,650.000 bales, a lar?
ger estimate tbao is current here, and
1,500,000 bales more than was produced
last season. Oar exports to Europe
and home consumption in seven months
have accounted for 1,400,000 ot the
1,500.000 bales American excess,
leaving the deficiency io the Iodian
supply to be made up from stocks on
hand. Ecropean consumption is figur?
ed at about the same as last season,
while American spinners have already
taken 100,000 bales more, and Canada, -
Mexico and Japan will take 22,000
bales more. The outlook, therefore,
is for a reduction io stocks of cotton, \
the world's visible supply is now 100,
000 bales below that held a year ago,
and that European stocks will be reduc?
ed to a smaller total than io any year
sioce 1890 That stocks of American
will be reduced lo relatively a greater
extent is also foreshadowed.
New crop prospects are cot of the
rosiest, and the domestic crop will be
late. Of course European political
conditions are not settled, but Ellison's
advice to English mill-owners to protect
their gales of yam by purchases of raw
cottoo seems sound, Io conclusion he
says : "It is possible, of course, that
the prospects of the new crop, which
just now are not brilliant, may experi?
ence ao improvement marked enough
to at least partially neutralize.the influ?
ence of the strong statistical position
for the balance of the old seasoo, bfct
it will be time enough to take such im?
provement into consideration wheu it
puts in an appearance in 'be mean?
time one can only deal with lae facts
and reasonable probabilities as they at
present ezisi, and frot~i adverse politi?
cal developments, th^y certatoly joint
to a further upward movement in val?
ues."
Reports of Pension Boards.
Comptroller General Norton bas re?
ceived from two counties in the State
the reports of tbs county pension boards
a? to the number of pensioners whose
applications have beeo approv by
them. Mr. Norton says that they are
sending io the list of approval names
without stating the reasons why they
were approved, and in some cases with?
out sending aionx" the certificates of
the county auditors, which is required.
He saya the reports are worthless to
the State board unless these statements
aod certificates accompany the reports.
He hopes that all other county boards
will act accordingly.
The reports already received come
from the uew counties of Saluda and
Greeowood -The State.
The Grandest Beni edy.
Mr. M. B. Greeve. merchant. ?>f Chiihowie,
Va., certifies that he had consumption* was
given up to die, sought ali medical treatment
thar money could procure, tried all congh roa?
dies could hear of, but g<>t n<* relief ; spent
many nights siring up in a chair . was in?
duced to try Dr. King's New Discovery, and
was cured hy use ??f two bottles. Fer past
three years hus been attending t? business, and
says Dr King's Nev Discovery is the grandes
remedy ever made, as it has done so much foi
bim and also for others in his community Dr.
King's New Discovery is guaranteed for
Coughs, Colds and Consumption. It don't
fail. Trial bottles free at J. .F. \V. DeLorme's
Drujr Store. 2
POWDER:
Absolutely. Pure.
Celebrated for its great leavening strength
aod heaUhfulaesa. Assures the food against
alan) aod all forms of adulteration co4 mon
to the cheap brands. Royal Baking Powder
Co-, New York.