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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persons * as later withdrawn and who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.
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'Be Just an
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?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.