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SULTAN'S CAME OF DECEPTION. The Sultan Thought to Have ls sued His Irade With a View of Persuading the Emperors That he Wants Peace. Great Britain Will be '-Hands Off," but Insists on Reforms in Macedonia. Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 25-Simult? aneously wi til the issue of the irade appointing the mixed Macedonian commission the report comes from Constantinople that the Porte has or? dered tba mobilization of two addi? tional divisions of Asiatic troops. The irade has created little apprehen? sion here. The belief prevails that the Sultan is acting solely in view of the approaching incepting between the Russian and Austrian Emperors and with the hope of convincing them that he is anxious to maintain peace. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMIS? SION. Constantinople, Sept. 25.-The com? position of the mixed commission to carry, ont the programme of the reforms in Bulagria as officially announced to? day. TTilmi Pasha is president of the commission and the other members are : Khulissmi Bey, president of the municipal council of Sal?nica Ri kola Roheff, Bulgarian, and Noumi Nik ursuh, Greek, both members of the Court of Justice at Monastir Nikof, Servian, member of the Court of Justice ai; ?skub, and Kutso Yani, Roumanian. The commission will sit temporarily at Monastir. An irade has been issued ordering the civil and . military authorities to obey the com? mission's regulations. WANT WAR SHIPS WITHDRAWN. Constantinople, T?ursday, Sept. 24. -The Porte has expressed a wish for the withdrawal of the American war . ships now off Beirut, "so that the set ?l?ment of the questions pending be tween the United States and Turkey can be proceeded with." It is thought here that the United States will not consent to withdraw her ships. Min ister Leishman has arranged for a conference with Foreign Minister Tewfik Pasha today. Official circles take a calmer view of the Balkar. situation and advices from Bulgaria point to a relaxation of the tension. POLICY OF GREAT BRITAIN. London, Sept. 25.-It was stated at the foreign office today that Sir Nicho las O'Connor, the.Bri tish ambassador at Constantinople, had been instruct? ed to inform the Porte that neither Turkey nor Bulgaria must expect sup port from the -British Government in resisting openly or secretly the execu? tion of the reforms' proposed for Macedonia as already promulgated, that the reforms, in the opinion of the British Government, were the minimum of what was required ; that the steps taken to give effect to them, even making allowance for the difficul? ties of the situation, were lamentably inadequate, and that far more prompt and more effective measures for this purpose were required than had hitherto been taken by th? Turkish authorities. The Bulgarian Govern? ment . received a similar intimation. ?BREMER BALFOUR HORRIFED. London, Sept 25.-Premier Balfour, in a lengthy letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr. Davidson, dis? cusses .the Macedonian situation. Mr. Balfour expresses horror at the Macedonian atrocities and says that the instrument whereby the situation may be dealt with is the concert of Europe! He says he cannot but "be? lieve that the best hope of dealing with ii lies in the continued co-ope ra rion cf Russia and Austria* strength? ened with, the support and aided by the : advice' of the-other signatories of the treaty of Berlin." This principia, he addsV: directs British policy. London, Sept. 2S.-Whilst there is little fresh news this morning. from the Balkans, it appears from the dis? patches received here that both Tur key and Bulgaria . are actively prepar ing for the possibility of war. The corespondent of The Daily Mail at Monastir, comments on the skillful disposition of the Turkish troops for delivering a quick blow against Jff*|fc#Jh* Servia * or Bulgaria. There are 100,000 soldiers in> the vilayet at Kossovo, 70,000 men with 300 guns in Adriaaople vilayet, 50,000 in.Monastir vilayet and 170.000 in Sal?nica, the. last mehi toned force forming a huge"] reserve. A dispatch from Sofia to The Times says that a document, purloined from Hilmi Pasha's archives and which has fallen into the hands of one of the consuls, gives confirmation of the wholesale extermination carried out in Macedonia. It adds that* 93 villages ha?e been destroyed in tue vilaeyt of Monastir alone and that the total num? ber destroyed reaches 111. Reports from other reliable quarters represent that a much larger number of villages have been destroyed. MOBILIZATION ORDERED. Sal?nica, Europena, Turkey, Sept. 27.-The immediate mobilization of the Adana, Anogra, Kastamuni and Kaisires divisions of the army, total? ing 6 battalions, have been ordered. Half of these battalions are expected to arrive within a week and the rest will go to Adrianopie. GREAT BRITAIN'S ANSWER. Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 27.-The communication made by the British diplomatic agent to the Bulgarian gov? ernment stated neither Turkey nor Bulgaria could count on Great Britain's support in the event of their openly or secretly opposing the realization of the Austro-Russian project of reform in Macedonia, and added that Great Britain was passing Turkey for a more effective application of the reforms. Th3 communication further stated that Great Britain was consulting the other powers as to the possibility of introducing moresnitable remedial measures. Darlington, Sept. 23.-The county commissioners let the contract for Darlington's new and up-to-date court house on last Thursday. The con? tractors are DeLeon & Lopez of At? lanta, Ga., who made the best offer, taking all things into consideration. Tile court house is to cost $45,000. ?? - > ???. - Ulm Mrs. Jefferson Davis who has been critically ill in Bnf?alo, N. Y., was decidedly better last night. ANOTHER FATAL THAIN WRECK. Southern Railway's Mai! Flyer Ut? terly Demolished. Nine Men Were Killed and Every Person on the Train injured. Charlotte, N. C.,' Sept. 27 -While running at a high rate of speed No. 97, the Southern railway's southbound fast mail train, jumped from a trestle 75 feet high, haif a mi<e north of Dan? ville. Va., this afternoon Rt 2.50 o'clock and was almost demolished. Of the crew of 16 men on the train, nine were killed and seven injured. All of the injured men are seriously hurt and have been carried to the hospital in Danville. The recovery of Mail Clerk Spiers is not expected, and other clerks are thought to have re? ceived mortal injuries. The trestle where the accident oc? curred is 500 feet long and is located on a sharp curve. Engineer Brcady was a new man on that division of the Southern and it is said that he came to the curve at very high rate of speed. ? The engine had gone only about 50 feet on the trestle when it sprang from the track carrying with it four mail cars and an express car. The trestle, a wooden structure, also gave way for a space of 50 'feet. At the foot of the trestle is a shal? low branch with a rocky bottom. Striking this the engine and the cars were reduced to a mass of twisted iron and steel and pieces of splintered wood. As the cars went down they touched the sides of thc Riverside cotton mills, which is very close to the trestle. All of the dead men were killed in? stantly it is thought, and all were greatly mutilated. The skin and hair on the engineer and fireman were torn off by the impact of the steam from the engine. I All unofficial opinions that have been ascertained agree in giving only one cause for che wreck-the high speed of the train on the sharp curve. No. 97 was running about an hour behind time. It is thought that the engineer being unfamiliar with $he road, did not take into consideration the danger of coming on the curve with such grear; velocity. FEVER IN TEXiUKD MEXICO. Five Cases Have Appeared at Tampico, Mexico. Tampico, Mex., Sept. 27.-Fi ve new cases of yellow fever have appeared here though they are of a mild form. Houses numbering 116 were destroyed today in the effort to kill the plague. A close watch is kepfron the patients. Monterey, Mex., Sept. 27.-Dr. Al? vin G Alderman, a well known American, founder . of the Christian institute, died at his home near the school from what is said to be yellow fever. The authorities are taking ev? ery precaution to-prevent the spread of the disease and no new cases have been reported. Schools have been suspended. That the disease ^?ill spread is doubt? ed by the medical men of the city who know the precautions being taken. Th6 quarantine has been tightened as much as possible. Tonight it is. reported that Monterey has six cases of fever. Laredo, Tex, Sept. 2.-Two deaths and 12 new cases of yellow fever were reported at the close of the day. This city now presents a dead ap? pearance, all those who could: get away having; departed for points north in the State of Texas and points south. It is estimated by the authorities that nearly 4,000 people have ?ed since, the beginning of the* yellow fever scare and the later development of the dis? ease. The city is now quarantined against in all directions of the State and no person can get beyond the limits of Webb county, other Texas counties having established a shotgun quaran? tine and are turning back all those who are endeavoring to get away in coaches, buggies and carts. The situation in Nuevo Laredo is unchanged ; no deaths or new cases having occurred thus far as can be learned Texas Crop Badly Hurt. Galveston, Tex., Sept. 27.-The Post tomorrow publishes a report showing that great damage has been done to cotton over the State by the boll weevil, the boll worm, the sharpshoot? er and dry weather. The estimate of the probable crop, based on the reports from country correspondents, is placed at 2,500,000, provided that there is a late, froet. The popular estimate six weeks ago was 6,000,000 bales. The reports of insect damage come from 89 counties. About a dozen counties report a good crop prospect, but these are mostly from producers, it is stat? ed that there is absolutely no chance for a "top' 'or second crop. New York, Sept. 25.- The big event today at the Empire City track was the ^ effort of the champion gelding, Major Delmar, to beat his own record of 2.OOI4 and to beat the world's rec? ord of two minutes, held by Lou Dil? lon. He trotted a most wonderful mile, and in a game but tiring finish shot under wire in the record time. Tien Tsin, North China, Sept. 27 - Both the plague and cholera are rag? ing at Pei Tang, 50 miles eas of Tien Tsin, where 2,000 deaths have occur? red during the past two months. The towns of Newher, Taku and Tien Tsin are not affected. New York, Sept. 27.-Lewis Nixon announced tonight that he is a candi? date for tiie Democratic nomination for mayor. Columbia, Sept. 25.-Governor Hey? ward today pardoned Sam South wall and Titus Wright, convicted for burg? lary, and sentenced to life imprison? ment under the old law which fixed the minmum punishment for this crime at life imprisonment. South- | wail was convicted at the February j term of Court, 1882, in Barn weil ] Countj\ and Titus Wright was con- j victed in Colleton County in 1S83 for ! the same crime. Both of the men have j been in the Penitentiary for over twenty years and, after considering the applications for clemency, Gover- j nor Heyward decided today to grant pardons. THE THU TRIAL Outline of the Proceedings of the First Day of Triai. Jury Quickly Secured-Taking cf Testimony for the State Begun in the Afternoon. Lexington, Sept. 28.-James H. Tillman, some time lieutenant gov? ernor of South Carolina and charged with the murder of N. G. Gonazles, editor of The State, on the 15th of January last, a few days before the expiration of his term of office, was to? day placed on trial for his life. At ll a. m., Solicitor Thurmond an? nounced thz State ready. "We may safely say that we shall be ready, though some of our witness? es are not here yet," said Congress? man Croft of Aiken, Tillman's leading counsel and Edgefield partner. The assemblage in the court room, could scarcely, realize for a moment that the trial would actually begin, so frequent have been the predictions of further delay. Two sessions courts have intervened in Richland since the homicide, the defense obtaining con? tinuances at both and a change of venue at the last. Again the spectators were agreeably disappointed when a jury was secured by 1.15 p. m., from the original panel. It would have been secured in half an hour save for the contest over Murray Parnell. Judge Gary held, however, that to be a legal juror one must be a qualifi? ed elector and directed the inquiry to that point. He was al^ut to allow Parnell to go to his home >. miles distant and search for the ceip?lcate when Mr. Thurmond consented to ac? cept his ruling with the evidence at hand. His honor ruled that taking Par? nell's positive statement in connec? tion, with the apparent irregularity of the books he would admit him to be sworn, whereupon the solicitor excused Parnell and so yielded one of his fiv3 challenges. Parnell was the second man drawn, and after his case was dis? posed of the remaining ll jurymen were rapidly secured. Nearly if not all the jurymen were placed on their voir dires, and, with? out exception, they swore that they had expressed no opinions and were conscious of no bias for or against the prisoner, an attitude remarked by some as singular in its unanimity, considering the wide publicity the case has received. After Parnell had answered the usual questions the soli? citor inquired if he had a registra? tion certificate. He replied affirma? tively. The solicitor swore Clerk of Court and introduced the county reg? istration books and on them Parnell's name did not appear. A lengthy argument ensued. The defense presented testimoy that the original registration books had been lost or not returned when used in an election concerning the annexation of a part of this county to Richland county. Messrs. Croft and Johnstone argued that tbe name might have been omit? ted from the books and the State hav? ing propounded the qu?stion on the voir dire had waved the right to ap? peal to the books as the highest. evi? dence. The jury as finally made up consists of George H. Koon, foreman, former county supervisor .and farmer ; Jacob E. Savior, merchant and farmer; Irvin Risinger, farmer; George F. Leitzey, farmer; Martin L. Lybrand, cotton mill operative, Lexington Mills; Milton Sharpe, farmer; Jonas Corley, cotton rail! operative, duck mill; Marshall Shealey, farmer; J. B. Jumper, farmer; Willie L. Hicks, cotton mill operative and police officer; James E. Price, farmer; Homer Woods, boss operative in Red Bank Cotton Mi IL The State objected to these jurors : John B. Reed, John J. Youngiver, Noah H. Tayolr, Murray Parnell, J. E. Lovick-5. James H. Tillman, as defendant, objected to these: W. M. Kleckley, Eugene C. Williams, Luther J. Hook, J. L. Jumper, Thomas O. Wilson, George M. Lewis, Thomas J. Roof, John B. Stack, George W. Derrick-9. Judge Gary ' had two constables sworn in to remain with the jury to see that it had no.communication with the outside. After the jury had re? tired and selected Mr.- Koon as its foreman, and returned into the Court room Mr. Nelson arose and addressed the Court as follows : "May it please your Honor, since you intend to keep the jury together, j we have thought it proper to make a request that they especially be in? structed not to read the articles in the . State paper and editorials. We do ? not request that all literature be kept . from them, but especially the articles mentioned." Judge Gary: "1 think that proper, and I so instruct you, gentlemen. Mr. i Sheriff, you. will allow them all the ; latitude you can consistently with their comfort, but I do not want the jury to have any connection with the : outside world nor to read the edito- 1 rials, as requested. They should be , kept from them. You are charged with the keeping of these matters ' from them. The Court has thought it proper to keep you together. The j sheriff svill make provision for you and try to make it as comfortable as possible for you. Mr. Sheriff, you J will make provision for them." The hearing of testimony by'the i State was commenced after the recess. , It was mainly confined to Policeman ' Boland's story of the arrest of Till? man, to the identification of Tillman's : pistols by Sheriff Coleman and Clerk : of Court Walker, together with the bullet from the German magazine pis? tol which pierced Mr. Gonzales through and through, and to the iden? tification of clothing worn by him, j with its bullet holes, on the day that , he was mortally struck, the latter be? ing sworn to by Messrs Hoyt. Wood and Wallace of The State. Free Labor in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 26.-The Senate today passed the House bill prohibiting boycotting, blacklists, bans or picketing in this State, and providing punishment therefor. The < bill is considered very strict and was 1 opposed by organized labor of the r State. . ? Elk playing cards. For sale by ii. ? 1 G. Osteen & Co. 1J Local Weather Report. For 24 hours ending 7 p. m., Sept. 29. 1903: Temperature: Maximum, 76; Mini mum, 47; Mean, 61.1. Precipitation, 0.00 inches. Character of day-Clear. Direction of wind-North. Sun rises, 5.53; sun sets, 5.47. Forecast for 36 hours ending S p. m. Thursday, issued from Washington. D. C. For Sumter and vicinity-Partly cloudy tonight, and warmer in the in? terior. Thursday showers WEATHER CONDITIONS. The barometer pressure continues high east of the Mississippi ; the wes? tern storm is central in the upper Missouri valley, but reaches south? ward to Texas. Cloudy and rainy weather prevails west of the Mississip? pi from Texas to the Dakotas. It is slightly warmer in the Missouri Val ley, and cooler east of the Mississippi, with heavy frosts in northern Michi? gan and light frosts in western North Carolina, Maryland, Northern New York and in Massachusetts. The highest temperature was 90 Tampa, the lowest 38 at Ashevile. F. Prescott-Bullock, Local Observer, U. S. Weather Bureau. COTTON MARKET. Receipts were not heavy today, in fact the receipts have been light this week. The price still goes lower, and today middling sold at 9.25a9.30. Hot Supper. A hot supper will be given at the Acadmey at Oswego for the benefit of Bethel Church parsonage, on Thurs? day night, October 7th. Oysters and all the substantials and delicacies of the season wil be served. The public is invited. Hot Supper. There will be a Hot Supper at the resdience of Mr. J. L Brogdon, at Brogdons, this county on the evening of Friday, October 16th, for the bene? fit of Graham's Baptist Church. The public is coridally invited to at? tend._' Pisgah News and Comment. Pisgah, Sept. 29.-There is no pres? sure to get cotton picked this year. The pickers keep up with it, without any trouble. The farmers, poor fel? lows, who have to take other people's prices for all, they have to sell are so slated to get 10 cents for cotton, that they have sold as fast as they gathered it. This has been a remarkble year tn seasons, and the crop cost at least twice to make it, what it did last year. 3o at 10 cents it will not be any money for the producers. I am glad to hear that Hon. E. D. 3mith has entered the field for farm srs' rights, and hope he will continue in the ogod work: Let others do iike tvise. Ben Tillman aroused the mass? es in 1890 to a sense of their political rights, against the court house rings and methods, and if the banks and 3tores would come to the aid of the farmer his crops would not be sold at a loss each year to him. Notes are payable in the Fail, from October 1st bo November. This causes the cotton bo be rushed on the market in a short bime, to meet these obligations, and a glutted market which always brings lower prices than would prevail is the result. Let notes be made payable luring the Fall and Winter months, then the crop can be gradually thrown Dn the market and good prices realized as it was before the war. Old folks say there was about as much cotton sold in the Winter and Spring before the war as there was in the Fall. Now it is nearly all sold in the Fall and the speculator and others get the profits. Any sane man knows that this is not a^healthy financial satte of affairs by any means, and the sooner it is cor? rected the better for the country. Mr. Horace Harby is building a neat dwelling house on the old Sl^phen Burket place, which he now owns. It is in the shape of a T and it adds much to the appearance of the locali? ty. Mr. D. J. Hatfield is the con? tractor. He has recently built one for Mr. Cal Robinson. There is no news of any importance at this time. I hear of a few mar? riages 'to take place soon, but that Dnly concerns the contracting parties. We are so quiet and peaceable here in the disputed territory, that scarcely a sound is heard, except the whistles of the engines. When a death occurs it is hardly even known to more than a few. It is too much trouble to send notices around. Pea vines and hay are being cut. The hay crop is fairly good, but peas are poor. The hot week in August settled their hasli for a fine crop, as it did other crops. A SPECIAL COTTON TRAIN. Inman & Co.. Forward Solid Train Di? rect to New York. The first special train loaded with .otton sent out from this city left last Friday night for New York, riie train was composed of twenty ive cars loaded with 600 bales )f cotton and was forwarded Dy Inman & Co., to C. D. freeman & Co., of New York. The train was routed via Bennettsville where it picked np thirteen additional I cars of cotton and from that point it ! went straight through to New York j over the A. C. L. and Pennsylvania ' lines. It is not often that cotton is shipped by the solid train loadand the charter- I ing of a special train is a still more j infrequent occurrence. As stated this is ; the first instance in which a special train loaded with cotton has ever been sent out from Sumter. GREETED*THE CARDINAL. MAGNOLIA NEWS NOTES. Bishop Monaghan of Wilmington. Former? ly Rector of St. Patrick's Church. Charleston, Was in the Party. The first x^relate to welcome upon his j return to the United States the first American cardinal who ever parici- ? pated in a conclave for the election cf! a Pope, was Bishop Monaghan of Wil- j mington, Del., who headed a delega-i tion of priests which met Cardinal j Gibbons at the steamship pier in New York, upon the arrival of his eminence on the steamer Kaiser Wil? helm der Grose on Tuesday. Bishop Monaghan was for a number j of years rector of St. Patrick's church I in this^ city, and was elevated to the bishopric of Wilmington several years ago from that charge. He was much beloved in Charleston, and had hun? dreds of friends and admirers within and without his communion. The New York Herald of Wednesday published a picture of the group which met the cardinal, showing Bishop Monaghan standing nest to his emin? ence.-Charleston Post. Magnolia, Sept. 25.-This writer has never before seen such a rush in gathering cotton from the fields and getting it to the gin and thence to the market. The gins are flying all day and part of the nights, and yet can nor near keep up. Dozens of wagons are all day around the gin house, waiting for their turn to unload, so great is the rush. The farmers, this year, are trying to profit by past ex? periences, with a very few stubborn exceptions. I have never seen cotton picked out and put on the market as fast. Yesterday 116 bales changed hands at this place, and sold at an average of 10 cents a pound. Today it is selling here at 9-% cents. Two thirds of the cottell is out. This, no doubt, accounts for the downward ten? dency of th? market: though there's half a dozen plausible reasons as? signed. The harvesting of the hay and pea vines crop is now being pushed, for which the weather is^avorable. Some seem to be waiting for bad weather to start. The hay crop is poor, as a general thing, but the peavine crop is plentiful, according to this writer's observation. The sick ones are a little improved. Our communiy is to be congratulated on having two such skillful physicians, as Drs. Darby and Tarrant. They are both up-to-date physicians. By the way, this writer was a little remiss in not reporting the marriage of Mr. Charlie Sessions to Miss Lula Welch of Lynchburg, on last Sunday, and although our congratulations may seem a little stale, at this date, never? theless, they sincerely have them. 3 Two Days' Business In One, ls what we propose doing next FRIDAY-being closed on Thursday-and this, too, will mark the beginning of our Grand Friday Special Sales. A Day we Have Christened, and Made Famous, as a Day of Bargains. The ball starts its onward course. Watch it weekly. Read carefully this list of Money-Savers : 200 dozen Manning Hose-any size you want, at Sc. 100 dozen extra heavy Ribbed Hose, the kind to stand school children. We doubt your matching elsewhere at 15c : for Friday at 10c. 100 dozen pure linen hemstitched Hand? kerchiefs ; we have never seen such values at 5c. 10 bales 36-inch Sea Island : it seems good to get such as this now at 5c. For the School Chidlren-50 pieces best Percales, 36-inch Sea Island and Windsors -sold everywhere at 12%c, for you here at 10c. 30 pieces mercerized Percales, worth 10c, new dark shades at 8c. White Cambric-20 pieces Lonsdale Cambric, 36-inch wide, a Friday bargain at 10c. 25 dozen ladies' Kid Gloves-tans, modes, greys and blacks-2 clasp, the kind sold in some stores at ?1, for Friday's sale 59c. 100 dozen Huck Towels, both fringe and hemmed, worth 12^c, at 9c. 50 Carpet Rugs, fringed, worth 50c, for this sale at 25c. 500 pairs Shoes for school Children-The "Foot Rest" make-no crowding of the feet, at $1, $1.25 and $1.50 Simply unmatchable anywhere. Schwartz Bros. What Style Suit do You Want ? Do you like a regular sack suit for business ? or thedouble-breast ed ? or the Mili? tary ? All of them are suitable, and if you get one from Sumter Clothing Co. you will find it good and satisfac? tory to you. uAOC ar SlUCXTTVU. BSCTMESS LCQ. FINE CLOTHING Our Military cut suits have that exclusiveness about them that no other clotmng has. The makers of this suit are the originators of the military cut, and it can be had in Sumter, only from us. You will find that not only the name, but everything about this garment entitles it to your consideration.. Come in and examine our clothing, and you will find that we have one of the best stocks of Clothing, Furnish? ings, Shoes and Hats that has ever been, brought to Sumter. We have a full line of boys1 and children's Clothing, also Overcoats for men and boys. Have just received another shipment of the famous Walk Over Shoes in all leathers. UMTER CLOTHING CO. Phone 170.