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IHK 81 MTLU WATCHMAN. Eetabllf ft n^illdated Aug. 2.1881 <f he d?lttcinnan a?b ^outbron PvblHIiid \\ ediicmlay ami Saturday ?BY? OSTEER PUBLISHING COMPANY SUMTIR, 8. C. Terra?: 11.10 per annum?In advance. Ad veetlscsuents: One ftqubre Amt Insertion.$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion.50 Cont/si ts for thres months, or loafer will be made at reduced rates. All e< mmanlcatlons which sub? serve prl? ate Interests will be charged for as ad vertisement*. ObltuaHes and tributes of respects will be eaarged for. WU A NtiFRFU PITTS BIT IUi. Charge? Against Chinese Minister iesit to Washington. Plttsburg. April 14.?Complaint has been male to the State Department against minister Wu Ting-fang, di? plomatic representative of China tr*, the United states, by Plttsburg offi? cials, betsuse of his scttvlty in con? nection vlth ths arrest here recently of two Chinese dignitaries against whom the charge of being suspicious persons * as later withdrawn and who were fretd. Richer! Kelly, tie Chinese expert of the Plttsburg police force, declared he has ft und letter* written by Min? ister Wu to several Chinamen In this city who wsre prepared to appear against tie two Chinamen. In these letters Minister Wu s said to have threatened his lellow-countrymen with deportation If they assisted American Justice In any way. The alleged revelations regarding Minister Wu are the direct result of a demand made by Secretary of State Knos fot a full explanation regard? ing the arrest of the two Chinamen. Former Director of Public Safety Lang, who was retired to private life April S when Mayor Magee took of? fice, cent detectives through the Chl neee quarters to prove that the ar v. caoAe ware iueUAod. Thai wag laat Friday, and they Immediately found eight Chinamen who declared they had been recipients of letters from Minister Wu. These facts wsre reported to Msyor Magee aid he had several of the Chtnamet. brought to his office. The ? Mongolians, with the exception of one man. refjsed to mske any affidavits as to receiving the letters, declaring they were afraid of the diplomatic strength of Minister Wu. as they were aware that many of their countrymen had been deported from the Western cosst. after incurring the displeasure of the Minister from China. One Chlnamai. on being assured that he would be protected In every way. did make affidavit, and that has been for? warded ro Washington with a mass of evidence pertaining to the arrest. Mayor Magee refused tontgh t to discuss the matter beyond saying that the charce against Minister Wu is a serious one end which In this coun? try would mean the Immediate arrest of sny person who endeavored to In? timidate a witness. When the two Chinamen came to Plttsburg they represented that they were the official representstlves of the Chinese itovernment. and were In this* country o Interest Amertcsn capital In Chinese mine* and Chinese rail? ways. They were first arrested is suspicioni persons, and later the charge s as changed and they were accused of selling bonds without first obtaining a State license. licarn to Cae tlx* Telephone. "Only about one person In every ten knot/s how properly to use the telepnonc." said a district manager of one o' the local companies. "Yes. ?ir. I'll stand by my guns on that as? sertion; ?nd 1 think 1 can prove my point. > Ine out of every ten persons talk entirely too loud over the tele phone They actually shout and make so much noise that they drown out all temblance of clearness. Then they car, t hear, and the first thing you know there Is a complaint about r connection and faulty sei Th.- aarr ?? \n i . to t ilk ivvr tie t. I phone Is |Q i.ilk as you do In gftik nsry cor \ creation, or even a t nl. lower "eople can't seem to realise that the telephone will mrry a whis? per even. No. they m ist talk loud enough to be heard t\ <> \ I-nth and Chestnut streets to Oermnntown. if those be the connection points. Just try yourwelf. Try the low, well-modu? lated voice, and see If y >u do not get Infinitely better ?erflgt fHfl of your telephone In the future."?Phila? delphia Record. A men can.iot see h?s own faults ( when he Is looking at the faults of t*1r*rs I ?)atc died April, 1*50. I. 'Be Just an su ?EMOTION IH_TURKEY. TROOPS MUTINY AND OVER Til now lip.ehal cabinet. Popular Government Hangs In the Ha la in v?sultan Pardon* the Mu? tineers and They Will Not be Pun? ished for Killing; Leaders of Pro greeelve Party?New Cabinet Form? ed. Constantino pie, - April 13.?The troops of tht garrison made a violent demonstration today before the par? liament building against the commit? tee of union and progress and the government. They demanded the dis? missal of the grand visler, Hllml Pa? sha, the minister of war and the pres? ident of the chamber. The outbreak was caused by an order Issued to the troops to the effect that they must obey their officers under all circum? stances, even If called upon to shoot down their corellglonb ta. Only a few of the troops refrained from taking part In the demonstra? tion. The latter, which were chiefly artillerymen and cavalry, are massed at the war mln'stry. They have or? ders to fire on any one approaching the building, and during the course of the day a number of persons were killed or wounded. Deputies were es? corted to the chamber In order that they might vote on the question of forming a new cabinet and appoint? ing a new president, but owing to the Easter holidays It was Impossible to form t quorum. Deputy Emor Arslan waa killed on his way to the house in mistake for Hussen Jahld. Reports of the killed place the number as high as 17 and the wounded at 30 or more. There is a report current also that tho minis? ter of Justice, Reflk Pasha, has been murdered, that the minister of ma? rine has been wounded, and the min? ister of war taken prisoner by the mu? tineers. This, however, has not been confirmed. The cabinet met at the porte early In the morning and after a long con fjfeasa Che ministers sent In their.) resignations to the palace. A new ministry is being formed. The laUst rumor is that Tewfik Pasha, who was rrcrntly appointed ambassador to (.rest Britain, will be the new grand vlxler, with Edhim Pasha minister of war. Edhirn Pasha was the Turkish commander in the Greek war and as he proceeded from the Ylldlz to Starn boul he was greeted with cheers from the troops/ The sultan's principal secretary read to the chamber an irade an? nouncing that his majerty had accept? ed the cabinet's resignation and that a new ministry was In process of form? ation. Measures have been taken, the Irade continued, to preserve order throughout the country. It announced that the mutinous troops had been pardoned and that they could return to their barracks and the people to their occupations. The irade was re? ceived with enthusiastic cheers for the sultan. Tewllk Pasha Grand Vizier. Berlin. April 13.?A special dis? patch to The Lokal Anzieger from Constantinople, dated April 14, 12.35 a. m.. says that Tewflk Pasha ha* been appointed grand vizier, Rifaat Pasha foreign minister, and Ahmed Pasha minister of war. The troops are expressing their Joy by firing blank volleys incessantly. Revolution Complete. London. April 13.?The Times says: "Late dispatches from our corres? pondent at Constantinople show that a revolution of the most formidable kind has broken out. Not only has the ministry been overthrown, one minister being killed and another wounded, but the life of the prime mln ster Is In danger and the leaders of the committee of union and prog? ress are In hiding. "For the present the revolution ap? pears to be complete. It is the work of the reactionary element and for the moment revolution Is triumphant. Th :e is a possibility, however, that the eOggmtttCC Of union an 1 progrCOJ ha-< not been llnally defeated," \ little pu^h will generally outlast a strong pull. An sngagemeni ring is g niri's Idee of I band Of hope. ?oejM in. M uuk.< money and some women make allmoney. No on?- deservis credit for doing what he wants to, If he does It When he has to. People will pay for knowledge as well as for anything else If they be? lieve It to be something they already know. id Fear not?Ix?t all the ends Thou Aim MTER. S. C SATRT REPUBLICANISM DEMGEDj HARMON AND MARSHALL EX POSE PRETENDED TARIFF REVISION. Democratic Governors, Speaking In Now York Assail Majority's Course With Regard to Protection. New York, April ,13.?Denunciation of the principle of protection and of the tariff legislation now pending in congress as a pretense and a sham formed the keynote of the addresses at the annual dinner of the National Democratic club tonight, In celebra? tion of the 160th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jefferson. A portrait of Jefferson hung over I with American flags dominated the guests' table at which Govs. Harmon of Ohio and Marshall of Idlana, Sen? ator Chamberlain, State Senator I Grady, John Fox, the club's president; Richard Croker, Alton B. Parker, Chas. F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, and Former State Supreme I Court Justices Morgan J. O'Brien and D. Cady Herrick sat. Elsewhere at six longitudinal tables sat 400 of the elect of the Democratic party. I Introduced by John Fox, president of the National Democratic elb, as one of the most potent inflences for good In the "Buckeye State," Gov. Har- I mon aroused the enthusiasm of his hearers by declaring that every cltl-| sen of the nation was entitled to 100 cents of government for every dollar I paid by him In taxation. Growing enrichment of special priv liege at Washington, especially as em bodied In tariff legislation, was the keynote of the address of Gov. Judson Harmon of Ohio. Asserting that the reductions In the pending tariff would be but a mockery of the demand fori relief Gov. Harmon, declared that the relief never would be secured except! under a legislature and executive fol lowing Jeffersonlan rules and treating taxation as means of public revenue I and not of private gain. The steady tendency since the Civil war has been to exult the federal gov- I enrment at the expense of the State, I said the speaker, one result being the neglect of economics and the embark at ion of the government into extrava- I gant enterprises. He instanced the action of the last congress in appro-1 printing $2,000,000,000 and the raising of salaries of officials in the face of! a growing shortage of revenues, and I continued: "Now instead of seeking methods! of retrenchment to meet a present I confessed deficit of more than $100,-1 000,000, the president and congress! are devising additional taxes to exact! from the diminished means of the I people nnd proposing to issue bonds besides. State officials who would I propose such a course would not dare I to go home to their constituents and would be forever disgraced if they I should take it. "After 12 years of false pretenses, at last confessed, have bred and fat? tened countless monopolies and trusts, It is proposed not to shake off their I grip, but just to loosen It a trifle here I and there so the people may not be utterly devoured." Of the way the party lines have ben I obliterated In the fight in congress over the tariff, Judge Harmon said: "It Is hardly fair for Republicans, at least, to charge with Inconsistency I Democratic congressmen who take a hand In this selfish scramble. In the last campaign the Republican candi? date for president openly offered a share of tariff spoil for Democratic votes. When special favors are the order of the day it is natural for a representative to think he ought to secure a share for?4nterests at home. To do otherwise requires high courage and we are proud of the many who show It In face of the demoralization which legislation for private Instead of public interest always produces." Judge Harmon attacked the policy of spending hundreds of millions of dollars for a canal at Panama on the part of what, he said, wns a coun? try practically without ships, taxed against the possibility of building any. and With the only proposed means of encouraging shipping the payment of direct subsidies to a fovored few out Of money raised by taxes on all the people. The speaker added: "And why tax the people to build a costly canal and secure ships for foreign commerce, while a tariff sys? tem is maintained WhOfo purpose and effect are to discourage or kin foreign commercCi except such as consists In selling our products abroad at less prices than are Imposed on our own people? What State government ever committed such folly.'1 Much In the same strain Gov. Mar? shall assailed the good faith of the , lawmakers at Washington In their. s't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an< fDAY. APRIL 17. 19( TURKEY AGAIN QUIET. FORMATION OF NEW CABINET TENDS TO RELIEVE CRISIS. But the Situation is Still Delicate.? Handling of Military Problem Will be Difficult, but Confidence Seems Gradually to be Returning. Constantinople, April 14.?After the stirring events of yesterday and the I early part of today in the Turkish capital the successful formation of I the cabinet and the issue of an im- I perlal proclamation ordaining the ob- I servance of the Shari laws and the preservation of the constitution, serv- I ed to bring about a comparatively I peaceful situation here tonight. The I members of the new cabinet, of which I Tewfik Pasha is the grand vizier, have I been Installed in office. They are as I follows: Grand vizier, Tewfik Pasha; minis? ter of war, Edhem Pasha; minister of I marine, Vice Admiral Adjimin Pasha; I minister of the interior, Adil Bey; I minister of justice, Hazan Fehmi I Pasha; minister of finance, Nury Bey. The other posts are filled by the I previous incumbents. The formation of the cabinet, al-1 though It is not composed according I to general expectations, has greatly relieved the tension of the last 36 I hours. The majority of the people 1 passed a sleepless night, owing to the I continuous discharge of muskets. To night the city is quiet; the troops I hrve returned to their barracks and I the crowds in the Stamboui quarter I have retired to their homes. Confidence Is gradually returning although the military situation will I require all the energies of the new government for its successful hand ling and the promulgation of wise I measures so that the army may be I placed on a more satisfactory basis. I One of the first acts of the govern-1 ment will be to supply new officers I to replace those who have been re-1 Jected by the men, and this will be 1 no easy task.* <?t-ds roteworthy that while the* rev- I olutlon of last July was the work of I officers, the present movement was I carried forward by the sodiders, aid ed by the religious party, the lead-1 ers In the movement being the very I troops, the Salonika chasseurs, which heretofore had been the mainstay of the committee of union and progress. I The rising has resulted in the com-1 plete obliteration of this committee! and many deputies representing the group have resigned. During the whole thrilling momen? tous episode, the salient f< atures of the revolution were the loyalty of the troops and the people to the sultan, whose name was frequently acclaimed and the absence of attacks on the lives and property of citizens. An Imperial hatt appointing Tewfik Pasha grand vizier and confirming Zla Eddin Effendi as sheik-ul-islam will soon insure the strict enforce? ment of the Sharl laws "for the se? curity and progress of the govern? ment and country and the welfare of all my people." BOY'S HEAD SPLIT OPEN. Florence Lad Dies Horrible Death as Result of Accident. Florence, April 12.?Oscar Pitts the little 6-year-old son of Mr. Pitts, of Palmetto, whose head was split open by the saw at a saw mill, near Pal? metto, while playing in the saw pit on Friday, and who was brought to the infirmary here for treatment, died Saturday evning. The little fellow was unconscious all the while, as the saw cut through the skull Into the brain. It was a most horrible wound and It was mar? vellous that he was not killed instant? ly. Mary*? Animal Show. Mary had a little lamb? 'Twas Persian?on her coat; She also had a mink or two About her dainty throat; A blrd-of-paradlae, a tern, And ermine made the hat That perched at jaunty angle On her coiffure, largely "rat." Her tiny boots were sabel topped, Her gloves were muskrat, too. Her muff bad le ad and tails of half The "critters" In the Zoo And when she walked abroa.l, I v.?en R] c fear? d no wintry wind; Ai keeping warm, 'twas plain, t" see She had all Natura "skinned." ?April Llpplnc ti's. He who takes thing! on faith gets many a jolt. to him, transparent effort to CtOltd the Issue of protection. I Truth's.' THE TRUJ )9. New Sei GEN. M, C. B?TLEft DEAD. DIED AT AN INFIRMARY IN CO? LTJMBIA LAST MCillT. Noted Soldier and Statesman of Edgefleld Succumbs to a Long Ill? ness?Was a Major General hi the Confederate Army and Was Ap? pointed to the Same Grade in the Army of the United States by Pres? ident McKinley?He Recently Re came a Catholic. Columbia. April 14.?Gen. Matthew Calbraith Butler, lawyer, soldier, statesman ad partiot, died in the Knowlton Infirmary, in this city, at 11:40 o'clock tonight, alter an illnes3 which extended through many weeks. His wife and son were present when the soul of this splendid old warrior passed over the river to "rest under the shade of the trees." Gen. Butler was in the 74th year of his age. On his last birthday, the 8th of March, he embraced the Cath? olic faith, being confirmed by Bishop Northrop. He was taken to the infirmary to be treated for sciatica. The funeral arrangements have not been made. Gen. Butler's Career. Matthew Calbraith Butler was born In Greenville, of illustrious parentage His ancestors on the Butler side are a race of heroes. They were among the pioneers of South Carolina, and settled in the northern part bf Edge field county. His great grandfather, Capt. James Butler, was killed fight? ing for his country in the war of the American Revolution. He was a de? scendant of the Duke of Ormand, the great royalist leader In England. Gen. Butler grandfather, William Butler, was very prominent in the leg? islative department of the State, and also served thirteen years In congress. His father, Dr. William Butler, was surgeon In the United States navy, and was a brother of Governor Pierce M. Butler, of South Carolina, who fell at the battle of Churubusco, while leading the famous "Palmetto regi? ment," and Dr. Butler's other broth? er was the distinguished Senator An? drew Pickens Butler. While stationed at Newport, R. I., Dr. William Butler married Miss Jone Tweedy Perry, the sister of Com? modore Oliver Perry, of Lake Erie fame, and Of Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, who w.is the first to open our commercial relations with Japan. All readers of American his? tory are familiar with these disting? uished naval heroes. After his marriage Dr. Butler re? signed from the navy and returned to his native home in Edgefleld. The mother of Gen. Butler was a woman of many sterling qualities and was much beloved and admired for her grandeur of character and her great beauty, sincere even to brusqueness and truthful always. After the civil war a friend presented to her Gen Sickles of the United States army, saying, "General, Mrs. Butler is a sister of Commodore Perry." Very emphatically. Mrs. Butler exclaimed: 'I had rather be known as the mother of Calbraith Butler!" Here spoke the mother, the heart?the "Cornelia" of the nineteenth century. The mother of the "Gracchi'' could not have been prouder of her "jewels'' than was this splendid woman of her noble sons, of whom there were five who "wore the grey." Gen. Butler was a lawyer by pro fession. and soon after his admission to the bar married Miss Maria Cal houn Pickens. one of the handsome daughters of South Carolina's grand old "war governor," Francis W. Pick? ens. When the war broke out Gen. But? ler organized a cavalry force and en? tered the field as a captain. Grade by grade ho was promoted, until he attained the rank of major general, at the desperate bottle Of Brandy Sta? tion, and the most dashing, gallant and debonnaire figure seen that day \\a this youthful, knightly "Paladin" of the Army of Northern Virginia. Who possessed all the brilliancy and valor of ' Hold Henry Of Navarre", in that terrible fight at Brandy Station Geri. Butler commanded a regiment under Oen. J. B. B. Stuart and lost a leg, while Qen. Davis, who command' ed the Federals, was killed whlh crossing the Rappahannock river. It was here, at Keanms's Station, that he was promoted major general, one of Gen. Butler's gallant couriers who was then only a youth of IT and by the way, was a relative of the general's, has said. "Had Oen. But? ler no other war record, his victors at the battle of Trevilian Station will forever Immortalise him.'' After the din and smoke Of Ute bat? tle had died away, and white-robed "Peace!' crowned our once desolat? I SOUTHRON, Established June, 186* les?VoL XXIX. 9# 16 HEARING ALLEGED LEPER CASE. Supreme court Will Tmke l)p case or Miss Kirk on April 20. Aiken, April 14.?The greatest oir interest is centered in the outcome or' the appeal to the Supicmc Court ol' the case of Miss M. V. Kirk, versiui the Aiken board of health, which ac? tion is to prevent the board of health taking Miss Kirk, who is alleged to be suffering from leprosy, to the city hospital for contagious diseases on the outskirts of the city. It will be recalled that when the board was making preparations for removing Miss Kirk, it was enjoined by Judge Aldrich. When a hear? ing was held at Barnwell the injunc? tion was continued until "a further order of the Court." The board of health then appealed the case to the Supreme Court, and the case will be heard on the 20th of April. The board contends that It was act? ing in the discharge of its sworn dutjr when it was preparing to remove Mise Kirk, inasmuch as it is contended that she has leprosy, and in support of this the board has the affidavits of numbers of physicians, including the State health officer. The counsel for the afflicted lady reply to this by presenting affidavits to the effect that she was once a leper, but is now cured. Some affidavits are to the af? fect that if she has leprocy, it is an? aesthetic leprosy, and eniy very* slightly contagious, and that it Is not necessary to Isolate her. Possiblv the most interesting point in this action to the general public is. the contention that a board of health should not be enjoined from perform? ing its acts for the good of the pub He health, it being argued that If a board can be enjoined, anyone, where affected wjHi an infectious disease, could keep the board from removing him or her to the hospital for con? tagious diseases, and thus endanger the health of the community. The Secret off Poverty. Dr. Woods Hutchinson of New York unlocked the secret of general poverty in an address at the American Museum of Natural History in New York early this month, when he said: "What Is killing the people of this city may be stated as overwork, un? derfeeding and overcrowding: and two of these may be included under the one word 'underpaid.' The mes? sage of the church and of medicine today to the community is not 'Give to the poor,' but 'Don't take so much away from them.'?The Public. It is a wise man who is as careful of his credit as he is of his cash. lane of the "Sunny South." Cen. But? ler returned to his home in- Edgefield\ and resumed the practice of law. Gifted with brilliant intellect and wit,. he .vas regarded as one of the most effective speakers in South Carolina., a State which has always been noted for her able logicians and orators. In the autumn of 1876. Gen. But? ler was elected United States senator, and his career as statesman was an grand as his record as soldier and patriot. Handsome as Apollo, and gift <" with a charming personality, his mag? netism and loyalty held his friends with, "hooks of steel." AIter Gen. Butler retired from the sem te he formed a law partnership in Washington, D. C, with two dis? tinguished attorneys under the firm, name of "Shelly, Butler & Martin, ' and on the 28th of May, 1908, Presi? dent McKinley appointed him major general of the United States army and his confirmation as such wan unanimous by the senate. Thus we see this knightly major general of the Confederate cavalry, who so gal? lantly led his ragged and hungry sol? di, r beys on to so many victorious battles, J4 years afterward a major general In the United States army, and commanding an army crops. He was appointed also on the Cub; r. peace commission and tor seme time attended faithfully to bis arduous duties at Habaaa. In the spring of W8 Gen. Butler was one of the distinguished party that visited the Arroyo Rico district In the southwestern section of tho state of Chihuahua, in the far-farm-d Parrel mineral belt, 65 miles north? west of the city of Parial. This party comprised, among other a, Gen. But? ler, of south uarollna, the Hon. jno. K. Cowen, of Baltimore, Admiral W. S. Schley and Gen. Armstrong, of Mississippi. It was in January, 1904, that Gen. Butler was elected president of the Hidalgo Placer Mining and Milling Company, of Mexico. After the death of his first wife, Gen. Butler marled Mrs. Nannie Whitman, nee Hostlck, of the old* Pierre Robert family, of Charleston.