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r?X SUMTES WATCHMAN. JC*tablifthed April. 1S50. CosolMated Aug. 2? 1881. 1 'Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's thy God s and Truth's." SUMTER. S. C., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1903. THE TECH SOUTHRON. Established Jane 1 *.? New Series-Vol. XXIII, No. 2 2 Publiais! Ewry Wednesday, . --2? JNT. Or. Osteen, SUMTER, 8. G TERMS : ? $1 50 per ano am-io advance ADT1BTI8III1T: cine Square first insertion....?..$1 CO Svery subsequent insertion ......' 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wiii Oe made at reduced rates. AH commuoicatioss which subserve private toWreets will be charged for as ad versements. Obituaries and tributes of respects Will be charged for. THE OISE BF CAPT. DREYFUS. ? Report to be Submitted st a fleeting of Dreyfus Commission Recommending a Revision of - the Case. . Paris, Dec 2L-It has been learned "bj the Associated Press that ?t a meet? ing of the Dreyfus commission nest Tuesday, M. Victor Mercier, reporter of the commission, ?nd trae of the directors of the ministry of jnstice, will submit a report recotmnending re? vision cf the case of Capt Dreyfus. It is not yet positiveiy known whether M. Mercier'8 report will recommend revision by the Court of Cassation or by the Court-martial, bet there is every reason to believe that the Court of Cassation will now reconsider the case in the light of the facts gathered by M. Mercier, at the same time passing upon thc other documents submitted. While it is impossible at this stage to predict what view will be taken by the commission, it is expected that it will adopt at least by a majority, M. Mercier's recommendation. If the revision o? the case should be favorable to Capt. Dreyfus, he will be restored to the army, no matter what protests may be made, but it is not expected that he will assume active service. H. Merciers' report, it is believed, not only establishes that Dreyfus is innocent of writing the Bordean, but dwells with emphasis on the modifi ? cation by M. Gribetia, ?keeper of war oSce records, of his testimony before the Court at Senses. M. Gribelin then swore that Dreyfus was guilty, while the modification ci bis testimony now indicates that the alleged treason was committed by Coi. Henry, who was at the time chief of tao intelligence de? partment of the ministry of war. WASES REDUCED. Combination of Steel Plants to Cut Wages Ten Per Cent or More. Pittsburg, Pa., Dee. 1.- Semi-official information was given out today that made a general reduction in wages is to be made ?t all non-union iron and steel plants in the country that will average 10 per cent. It is not propos? ed to make any official announcement -. ?af the cut until after Christmas. Re? presentatives of the 'United States cSteel Corporation are said /to have met with independent interests and an Agreement has been reached for a uni? form adjustment o? wages of all em? ployees. The rate of the highest paid tonnage men may be arr?ter than a 10 per cent reduction and it -will be less for the day hands. The wages of most ? of the employees at the blast iurnaces have already been cut. Short Time in Manchester. Manchester, Eng., Dec. ?1.-W. Tattersalls Annual Review of the cot? ton trade declares this year bas been the worst in the last decade. Eighty two spinning concerns in Lancashire ; lost $196,?0 during the year, and the trade mast adopt short time, beeanse American cotton is 45 per cent afe?le the price at the same time last De? cember. A mass meeting of Lanca? shire cotton millers will be held De? cember 29, to consider the situation. Many of the mills wi] be stopped for ten days during the holidy season. South Carolina College Blacklist? ed. 6aton Rouge, La., Dec. 21.-At the annual session of the Southern Inter? collegiate Association, held in this city, the charges of professionalism brought against Cumberland Univer? sity were dismissed. The recommenda? tion to blacklist Central Univeristy of Kentucky and South Carolina College was approved. A resolution was adopted providing that any student playing summer base ball with any team and receiving any part of his expenses, should be in? eligible in the Association. Fewer gallons; wears longer; Devoe. . Cured After Suffering 10 Years. B. F. Hare, Supt. Miami Cycle ?fe Mfg. Co., Middletown, O, suffered for ten years with dyspepsia. He spe^it hundreds of j dollar? for medicine and with doctors ! without receiving any permanent benefit. He says, "One night while feeling excep- : tionally bad I wa? about to throw down tbe evening paper when I saw an item m the paper rezarding the merits of Kodol Dys? pepsia Cure. I concluded to try it and while I had no faith in it I felt better after the second dope. After using two bottles I am stronger and better than I have been in years, and I recommend Ko? dol Dyspepsia Cure to my friands and acquaintance^ suffering from stomach trouble." Sold by J. S. Hughson <fc Cv* BANK PROBLEMS IN CAMDEN. Judge Watts' Decision Regarding Offsets in the Aassigned Farmers' and Merchants' Bank. Camden, Dec. 21.-Messrs. E. S. Vaux and A. D. Kennedy, assignees, petitioners, vs J. T. Hay and C. H. Yates, agents of creditors, respond? ents went before Jndge R. C. Watts, at chambers, in Columbia, last week to have him decide a disagreement as to the question of offsets in the assign? ed Farmers' and Mertch ans'Bank. The following is his decision: This is* a motion before me at my chambers, under Section 2,614 of the Code, Vol. I, to decide certain ques? tions, upon which the assignees and agents of creditors of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bask, of Camden, South Carolina, are not agreed, the said bank having made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors on the 18th day of November, 1903. The first question presented for my consideration is as follows: "Where a party has a note maturing after the date of the said deed of assignment, dne aad payable to said bank, and also a deposit to his eredit in the bank, the bank being in possession cf both note and deposit, can one claim be off? set against the otaer?" I am clearly of the opinion that such offset should be allowed. The second question presented is as follows: "Wherea party has a note due to the hank and maturing prior tc date of the said deed of assignment, and has to his credit a deposit, the bank being in possession of both note and deposit, eau one claim be offset against the other?" I am of tbs opinion that such offset sould be allowed, and do not think that it inanes any difference whether the note matured before or after the date of assignment. The nest question is as follows: "Where the note has matured in the bank before the date of the assign? ment and the deposit is made in the bank not to be drawn against, how? ever until a future date, which future date does not arrive until after the date of the deed of assignment, can one claim be offset against the other?" I am of the opinion that when the time expires during which the fund deposited cannot bo drawn against, under the agreement between the de? positor and the bank, that such fund then becomes the same as any other deposited fund setoff should be allow? ed. The question then being presented under the head of one or the other of the first or second questions above considered. The next question is as follows: "Where a note of the depositor redis counted before its maturity, and is in the hands of an endorser at the date of assignment, could a deposit in the bank by the maker of the note be, under any circumstances, applied to payment of the same?" I am clearly of the opinion that it could not CONTEMPT OF aPOBT, An Interesting Case in Georgia in Which Severa! Railroad Offi? cials Were Involved. Macon Ga-, 0S>ec. 21.- In the ease of ^the Inter-State Commerce Commis? sion against the Louisville and Nash? ville, Florida'Central and Peninsular, and the Savannah, Florida and West? ern railroads, involving, a rule for con? tempt against officials of th* Louisville and Nashville, the Seaboard and the Atlantic Coast Line, President Smith, Superintendent Denham and Superintendent Hale were present be? fore Judge Speer in the United States Court today. The railroads claimed that they were advised by counsel and believed that the decree did not re? quire them to continue to operate through rates from Pensacola and At? lanta stations to Savannah, and that they could fully comply with the Court's decree by withdrawing their through rates and arrangements, even though from some of the -stations the total rates charged by combining the locals of the separate coads might ex? ceed the through rates which had been found by the Court to be unlawful. Therefore the railroads withdrew their through rates, and they pointed out that as to much of the traffic involved the sums of the locals were less than the through rates which had been con? demned. It was further stated on be? half of the railroads that negotiations looking to establishing through rates in accordance with the decree had been in progress for some time before the contempt proceedings were insti? tuted and that such negotiations were still pending. The Judge then suggested that a re? cess would be taken to see if the rail? road officialsv present could complete . these negotiations, and after the recese j it was announced that agreement had i been reached and that through rates ? in accordance with the decree would be made effective by January I. St. Paul. Minn., Dec. 22.-Arch? bishop Ireland received today, under j date of December 22, a cablegram j from Mgre Guidi, apostolic delegate to I the Philippine Islands, announced that the last touch had just been put to the contract between the United States Government of the islands and the Church for the purchase of the friars' lands in the islands, and invites the Archbishop to rejoice with him on the happy conclusion of the negotiations. ? Frightened Horse, Running like mad down the street . damping the occupants, or a hundred oth- ! er accidents, are every day occurrences. It ! behooves everybody to have a reliable ' Salve handy and there's none as good a* Bucklen's Arnica 8alve. Barns, Cuts, j Sores, Eczema and Piles, disappear quick- i ly under its soothing effect. 25c, at J. F, 1 W. De Lorine's Drug Store. * STRIKERS INTERFERE WITH FUNERALS. The Revolting Condition of Affairs Continues in Chicago-Want Conditional Arbitration. Chicago, Dec. 22.-Members of the Livery Drivers onion met today to con? sider an arbitration plan to settle their strike and decided to accept condi? tional arbitration. The plan grew ont of a meeting of a committee pf em? ployers and representatives of the union last night. While arbitration was being considered today news was received of the first "union label funeral" since the strike began. The funeral was arranged by Undertaker G. M. Marks, the body of the decedent being removed in a "dead" wagon bearing a placard proclaiming the vehicle to be owned by an under? taker paying the union scale. It was also the first funeral in which a pro? cession of carriages was supplied to carry the'mourners. There were six carriages labelled like the improvised hearse. The funeral of John G. Kelley was held under cover of darkness last night on account of the possibility of violence. The services had been announced be? fore the recall of pickets. After simple home services an undertaker's wagon conveyed the remains to a rail? road depot from which the corpse was shipped to ?St. Paul, Minn. The body of Mrs. Catharine Master son, the mother of Rev. John Master son, was borne through the street on a hand truck while undertakers and liverymen and their drivers argued as to whether they ought to submit the contest to arbitration. The coffin was carried to the church on the truck, while six pallbearers walked bareheaded beside the fiower strew coffin, and following them came a procession of mourners. Fifty carriages had been asked for, but none w?s fur j nished and over 200 people were pre? vented from attending the burial. AWFUL FAMILY SCANDAL Four Persans Gforpd fil Killing a Wotan Relative. Rising Sun, Ind., Dec 22.-In its report of the investigation of the as? sassination of Miss Elizabeth Gilles? pie, on December 8, j the grand jury I today returned true bills of murder in the first degree against James Gilles? pie, a twin brother of the murdered woman; Mrs. Belle Seward, her wid? owed sister; Mrs. Carrie Barbour, niece of Dr. T. A. Reamy, an ?mi? nent physician of Cincinnati, and Myron Barbour, her husband. Mrs. Barbour is a sister-in-iaw of Dr. Wil? liam Gillespie, brother of the mur? dered woman. Bench warrants were immediately issued by Judge Downey, of the Circuit Court. The Gillespies were expecting the arrests, and Dr. Gillespie drove to the house of the ac? cused in a closed carriage and brought the indicted persons to the 'Court I House, surrendering all of them to the Court. A newspaper photographer at? tempted to take a snap shot of the party, and was struck by James 'Gil? lespie, who broke away from Sheriff Rump and knocked the camera from the hands of the photographer. The four indictments were read to the ac? cused. The indictments charged them with "feloniously, maliciously ?nd with premeditated intent" causing the death of Elizabeth Gillespie. A con? spiracy among members of the murder? ed woman's own family to kill her is charged. James Gillespie, her twin brother, is the one who is charged as the principal, although all are charged with murder in the first degree. Each entered a plea of not guilty. Capt. Coles, attorney for the defendants, presented petitions for writs of habeas corpus on the ground that there is not.} enough evidence to indict, and that their libeity was withheld on a J charge of a crime for which they were innocent. Judge Downey ordered the writs' returnable immediately and the petition was then heard .with argu? ments. 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The men, after reaching Coal Creek, were waited on by a body of 400 or 500 men, presumably union miners, and were persuaded not to work in the Coal Creek Company's mines. Fight Will be Bitter. Those who will persist in closing their ears against the continuai recommenda? tion of Dr. King's New Discovery for Co..- j gumption, will have a long and bitter right with their troubles, if not ended earlier by | {atal termination. Read what T. R. Beall, j of Beall, Miss, has to say : '"Last fall my j vilife had every symptom of consumption. ? Sjhe took Dr. King's New Discovery after j everything else had failed. Improvement ? cittne at once and foar bottle? entirely ! cored her.'' Guaranteed by J. F. W. De- j Larme, Druggist. Price 50c. and $1.00. i Tjml bottles free. j COLOMBIA DEBARRED FROM HAGUE TRIBUNAL A Refusal of Colombia's Request Would be Approved by Euro? pean Powers. Washington, Dec. 22.-''Refusal hy? the Udited States to consent to a pro position from Colombia for a refer? ence of the Panama question to The Hague tribunal is expected and will be fully approved by the European pow? ers." This statement was made to a re? presentative of the Associated Press tonight by a European ambassador of high rank and influence. It has already been made in substance, though in rather more diplomatic language, to Gen. Rafael Reyes, the Colombian commissioner who is expected in his forthcoming note to the state depart? ment to suggest The Hague tribunal as the proper place for the settlement of the isthmian problem. The ambassador quoted, in explain? ing the attitude of European powers, said:_ "Panama is a closed chapter in the history of nations and The Hague court is not the place for settled ques? tions, but for pending problems which are referred to it with the full ap? proval of all the parties interested. When Russia, Germany and Frauce recognize the independence of Panama they set their seal of approval on the prompt action of the Washingon gov? ernment in pledging itself to guarantee and maintain the independence of the republic it had previously recognized. Nations can hardly be expected to set? tle questions of sovereignty or national honor at The Hague. "There is, however, a question be? tween Colombia and Panama which with propriety might be referred to The Hague and to which reference the United States will scarcely offer op? position. It is the question of the assumption by Panama of a part of the Colombian debt." At the navy department the state? ment is made tonight that the in? structions to the naval commanders in isthmian waters to "prevent the landing of forces with hostile intent" have not been modified. These in structrns, it is believed, are sufficient? ly comprehensive to enable the com? manders to maintain open transit across the isthmus and to protect the new Tepublic from Colombian expedi? to wns. ' SCQOPEFBY THEKH. South Carolina Telephone Com? pany Sells Out. The Bell Telephone company has bought out the South Carolina Tele? phone company. The deal has been on for some time and was consummated yesterday, and last night council granted permission to the South Caro? lina to sell. This was necessary, be? cause it was provided by ordinance when the South Carolina company came in that permission must be ob? tained from the city before a consoli? dation could be had with any other company. The Soutth Carolina has been in operatioon five or six years, and prob? ably it had a larger number of phones in use in Columbia than the Bell. It was thought to be doing a good busi? ness, and it was, but :the American 'Construction company, which was largely interested in it, recently got into financial difficulties and the tele? phone company was involved. The local stockholders did not feel able to assume the obligations o* -the company and operate it too, so negotiations for :rts purchase by the h?\\ company were entered upon, resulting in the sale. Mr. Lucas, manager of the Bell .company, was not in the city today so it could not be learned what the Bell company's plans with reference to their new acquisition are. lt is sup? posed that all existing eoirtracts will be carried ont, however. The -South Carolina company also has a long distance line of consider? able importance especially in the easteirn part of the State, permeating the whole Pee Dee section and touch? ing all the important towns in it. It also has a lino as far southeast as EdgeSeld and owned a system at Aiken whiefa was recently sold to the Bell eompaoy.-Columbia Record. Dec. 2. Letter to E. A. Buliman. Dear Sir:: There are several ways of cheating in milk. An old-fashioned way is to water it. Nobody waters it now. A better way is to take out the cream-rich milk with the cream taken oat is a? good^as poor milk with its cream all ia. But we needn't go into particulars. You don't rob your milk and your customers. Paint is as easy as milk to cheat with. Good paint is as rare as good milk ; for human nature is much the same in milkmen and paint men. You are just and true with your milk; so are we with our paint. Devoe lead and-zinc is twice as good as mix? ed paints: There's twice as much but? ter in it. Mr. J. T. Ladda, Cheraw, S. C., writes : "When Mr. Evans painted his house with Devoe, he figured on how other paints covered and had enough left to paint three large rooms. He was so pleased that he has used Devoe on two other houses." Yours trulv. F. W. Devoe & Co., 36 New York. Bilious Colic Prevented. Take a double dose of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as soon as the first indication of the disease appears and a threatened attack may be warded off. Hundreds of people use the remedy in this way with perfect success. For sale by China's Drug Store. WAR CLOUDS IN THE ORIENT. Japan's Reply Rejects Important Russian Demands. The Situation Grows More Criti? cal Daily But it is Believed to b? Still Susceptible of Pacific Solution. Tokio, Dec. 22.-It is asserted in official circles here that the Japanese reply to Russia rejects the fnndametal points at issne, which are understood to include mutual guarantees for the preservation of the Chinese and Corean sovereignty while securing their in? dividual interests. The situation is graver than since the commencement of the negotiations, but is still suscep? tible to pacific solution, if Russia will quickly reconisder her reply. The fact that Foreign Minister Komura called on Baron de Rosen, the Russian minister, yesterday instead of Baron de Rosen calling on Komur is explained by the fact that the baron is suffering from an ear effection. But tlie explanation has obvious diplomatic significance and is interpreted that Japan is determined not to afford Russia possible ground for claiming Japanese impetuousity as an excuse. Kornura's communication is uot be? lieved to necessarily be tantamount to an ultimatum, as rumored. War pre? parations continue apace. The trans? ports and the warships can sail at five minutes' notice. The Japanese govern? ment proposes immediately to under? take the completion of the Seoul Fusan railroad, under the direct super? vision of Japan. Popular sentiment and the press are eagerly urging the government to set a limit to the "Rus? sian tactics of aggression and insolent negligence." ENGLAND AND FRANCE INTER? FERE. Paris, Dec. 22.-Confirmation was obtained from the official sources to? day of the reports that Foreign Secre? tary Landsdowne and Foreign Minister Delcasse have within the last few days made etrong represer ?ations at Tokio with the view to averting a crisis be? tween Russia and Japan. There is reason to believe that these representa? tions coming at the critical moment when Japan's reply was being handed to the Russian minister, Baron de Rosen, exercised a powerful restrain? ing influence. This is especially true of Lord Landsdowne, owing to Great Britian being the ally of Japan. The terms of the Japanese answer are not yet known here, but owing to the action taken by Great Britian and France the officials here are confident that her answer permits of a continu? ance of the diplomatic negotiations towards securing common grounds for an agreement. , MUST DENY SENSATIONAL STORIES. Paris. Dec. 22.-Press dispatches from Tokio affirm that the Japanese ministers abroad have been instructed to deny the sensational reports regard? ing the relations between Japan and Russia and to say that while Japan re? plied yesterday her response was not in the nature of an ultimatum, that it demands, simply, changes in some points, and, Anally, that Russia is ready to continue the exchange of diplomatic views. It is added that the Japanese now give evidence of a pacific tendency. This information accords with the view prevailing in diplomatic circles here. The Temps today published the fol? lowing on authority: 1' The fears of a Russo-Japanese con? flict at present are without foundation. It is even said that an agreement is about to he reached on the main points at issne, and it is only a question of form, or more correctly of pride, which is causing the two powers to hesitate. But it is desired and hoped that a compromise satisfactory to both par? ties will be arranged." THE FIR EASTERN QUESTION. In Pekin Men Who Know Say That War is Likely. Pekin, Dec. 23.-That there is only a faint prospect that war between Japan and Russia can be averted is said to be the opinion of the two members of the diplomatic corps at the Chinese capital whose opinions re garding the present critical condition of affairs in the far East are probably most valuable; namely, Japanese Minister Uchida and Sir Ernest Mason Satow. Their views, in fact, are no secret. Minister Satow was connected with the British diplomatic service in Japan for a quarter of a century. He is one of Jthe greatest living authorities ou Japanese history and literature, and is in constant communication with the foremost statesmen of Japan. He is quoted as saying that any one who imagines that Japan will not fight for what she conceives to be lier greatest interests does not know the Japanese people. Minister Uchiba is an adherent of the'4?*oung Japan Party, " and has always advocated war, if necessary, to secure the evacuation of Manchuria. The optimistic feelings in some quarters concerning war between Japan and Russia are not shared by the other diplomats at Pekin, whose knowledge of the present situation of affairs entitles their opinion to the highest consideration. It is positively known that the Japanese Government has drawn the line for a settlement, beyond which it will not make any material concessions and that she is determined to fight before yielding what she con? siders to be her vital interests. It is believed that unless Russia concedes important points another exchange of notes will precipitate matters. It is al|MMM|&that Japan wil] refuse any arrangement holding in abeyance the question of the evacua? tion cf Manchuria, which was one of the terms of the proposed arrangement recently announced from St. Peters? burg, and which it is now supposed was intended by the Russian Govern men as a ''feeler." This would be a violation of expressed pledges given to Japan and China. Minister Uchida is reported to have said he would be obliged to ie?;gn his post in the event of such an agree? ment. The most dangerous factors in the situation are the confidence of the Russian officials in the far East that a war would mean an easy victory for Russia, and the challenging tone of the Russian officials and newspapers. The intelligent Chinese officials await developments with the deepest anxiety. They foresee the many perils menacing China in the event of war, and the possibility that a partition of the empire may result from China's inability to maintain the neutrality of her harbors and subjects. The younger officiais and the news? papers discuss the possibility of alli? ance between China and Japan, but the only available Chinese troops are the 15,000 Japanese-trained men of Yuan-Shi-Kai, (who wa9 recently ap? pointed commander of the imperial army and navy, ) who might fight un? der foriegn leaders, but whose present officers are incompetent and of doubt? ful courage. Sir Robert Hart, director of the Chinese imperial maritime customs, said today that he feared China would be the chief sufferer should war occur, for she might be ground between the two mill stones. The dread of the Chinese Govern? ment has never been more completely displayed than in these times, when her ministers go from legation to legation imploring other Governments to help China, without any thought of China's helping herself. There is absolutely no strong man among the ruling ministers-no Prince Chung, Marquis Tseng, nor Li Hung Chang-all are venerable conservatives, like. Prince Ching. Wu Ting Fang, the well known ex-minister to the United States, tells his official friends that he despairs of China's future. "I see no hope," he says, "for China. The partition of the empire* sooner or later, is inevitable." THE SITUATION IN TOKIO. London, Dec. 23.-A dispatch to the Reuter Telegram Company from Tokio says: "Incessant activity prevails at mili? tary headquarters. The transport and other arrangements are completed. The Government is calmly awaiting the Russian reply, which, it is hoped, will be forthcoming without delay. "Press dispatches from Corea report continued disturbances at Mokpho and the outbreak of a Tong-Hak insur? rection in Chol-La-To Province. The Tong-Haks are a party of malcontett-,, whose activity was the immediate cuse of the war between China and Japac. These reports create uneasi? ness. COREANS INVADE CHINA. Shanghai, Dec. 23.-The Tartar general at Kirin reports that' an in? decisive battle has occurred between four battalions of Chinese from Hung Chun and 1,500 Coreans, who, invaded Chinese territory from Kyeng-Chunr in Northeast Corea. Be "Quick. Not a minute should be lost -when a child shows symptoms of croup. Chamber? lain's Cough Remedy given aa soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears, will prevent the at? tack. It never fail?, and ie pleasant and safe to take. 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