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TUM SCMTKK WATCHMAN, Estabi ftRwIidated Au?. 2. 18* C br ?Jbt:bm;in ani) Soutbroit. Published \\ edne*<lay ?ml Saturday ?BV? 08TEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY ?UMTBR, & C. Tenne: ? I SO per annum?In advance. Ad \ ert bwmrn t ?: One Square first Insertion.$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts for three montns, or longer will be made at reduced ratet. AU communication* which sub? serve irivate Intereata will be charged for aa advertisements. Obltjarlea and tributes of respects will I* charged for. nitmsil SEIZE AM KHK'AN H(t\T. lUhliur Schooner t apt tired In Pacific Waters Flrexl on by Pursuing r Vancouver, B. C April 21.?The cruiser Koestrel of the Dominion government arrived In port today, having In charge the American hail but flailing scjfboner Charles Lev I Woodbury which she captured after firing fcur rounds from her machine gun an 1 threatening to sink the al? leged >oachlng vessel unless she surrendered. The action took place Sunday af? ternoon In northern waters, alleged to be contiguous to Canada. COOPKR-C ARMACK CASE. S|irectM?* on Krquettt for New Trial Ilegun. Nashville. Tenn., April 21.-? Ar<u ments for a new trial In the Cooper case began today before Judgu Wil? liam H. Hart. The defendant?, Col. D. B. Cooper and his son. Robin J. Cooper, who were found guilty of the murder of Former United 8tatea Senator H W. earmark and were given 10 years Imprisonment, were in excellent cplrlts and held an Im? promptu reception before the sheriff opened court. The defendants were represented by Judge Anderson. Gen. Washing? ton. A. O. Ewlng. Jr.. and den. Heeks, Attorney General Mel'urn. Capt. Fltshugh and Gen. Garrier ap? peared for the State. Judge Anderson added a new as? signment In error to the 4$ Included In the motion?that the court erred In refualng an Instruction on self-de? fense, requested by the defense. DEAD MAN HAD NO BRUN. Scratch, too. Was Only Sign c f Frac? tured Skull. A special from Cincinnati to the Philadelphia Record asya: Ptysiclana at the city hospital and the coroner's office are mystified over the case of Joeeph 9. Oa?enbeck, 54 years old, upon whoee body a post-mortem ex? amination was mads Monday. Ex? cept for a very slight abrasion of the ?kin on his forehead there was not a scratch on the entire body, yet it was found that the left side of Ossenbeck's skull was frsctured and there were several hemorrhages of ths brain. ' What pussies the physicians, how? ever, la that tie brain la gone, leav? ing a large cavity In the skull, yet there Is no oponlng In the skull. Ossenbeck when taken to the hos pltsl was salil to bo suffering from epilepsy. PENKION I .OA It I) COMPUTES WORK. Vouchers Hein? Sent Out to Various Counties. Columbia. April 21.?The State pen? sion board has completed Its work and ths vouchers are being sent out to the various clerks of courts for set? tlement of the counties. This year there are 9.104 pensions, an increase ever 1908 of 188. The total amount to be paid out thla year Is $247.702.50. out of an appropriation of $250.00. It will be recalled that at the last session o* the legislature there were a num t>??r of resolutions retgtfsu. t-> a.tltW-lnl limits, these being paid out of the limb fun l. I hlch Is turned back to thf pension f ind when not used up. In the list of pen?lon?r* th??re are 151 In Class A. each receiving $96; In Class B, there 171. each receiving $71. in No. 1 of Class C, there are ?80. each receiving $48; In No. 2, of Class C. there are 4.044. oach rerel. Ing $18.75; in Class C. No. 3. there are 710. sach receiving $48; In Class C, No. 4, there are 8.7S8, each receiving $18.75. There are 15$ pensioners In Humter County who receive a total of $4,073. 71. All that are lovers of virtue, be CtQlet and gc angling.?Isaak Walton. lahad April, 1850. 'Be Just ar, 1. 8U SULTAN RETAINS CROWN. \\.\1UUN<; FACTION'S Df TVHKFY AtiltFF ON COMPKOMISK. Abdul Hamid Will Continue as Con stltutiona! Sovereign Hut Will be Debarred From Interfering With Government and Must Agree to Un? conditional Submission. London. April 21.?A special dis? patch from Constantinople says a de? finite agreement between the govern? ment and the committee of union and progress has been concluded. Abdul Hamid is to remain as sultan of Tur? key, but the present cabinet will re? sign Immediately. Constantinople. April 21.?The con? flict between Mussulman piety and po? litical Wie.is of the West has brought the Turkish people to the verge of civil war. Zeal for the faith has been unloosed, and the adjustment of the sultan's relations to the committee of union and progress probably will only postpone the armed struggle between the deliverers of the ancient teachings of the prophet and those who are urg? ing the teachings from western Eu? rope. The cabinet debated the situation for four hours today, giving special at? tention to the negotiation on behalf of the sultan with the military members of the committee, among whom are Husnl Pasha, the commander of the Third army corps, his division com? manders and Izzet Pasha, chief of the general staff. The sultan'* primary demand Is to rtmaln the constitutional sovereign, with all the spiritual powers of the caliphate and with liberal allowances for his household, while he also asks for a variety of minor guarantees, which It would not be difficult to grant. The demand for the commit? tee of union and progress Is that the sultan offer no resistance whatever and submit unconditionally. The Saloniki committee, which Is the backbone of the whole progres? sive movement, is largely military, and !t? important civilian members are with the army. Some of the members of the cabinet. Including Hifaat Pa sha, the foreign minister, are active constitutionalist*. Tew ilk Pasha, the grand visler. who personally Is most agreeable to the sultan and to mili? tary men and who is looked upon as both benevolent and honest, has un? dertaken the direct negotiations look? ing to a compromise. The grand vi? zier and his cabinet are quite prepared to resign if the committee asks for their withdrawal from office. "The committee?a vague term to represent Influential men of modern spirit?Is without definite limits. Its adherents who have a right to a voice in Its affairs are divided among them? selves. The radical faction Insists that there shall be no compromise; that the sultan must be deposed and a ream sonable prince, for instance, Yuaeof Isaedln, should be named as his suc? cessor; that the whole administration should be cleansed; that no promise of Abdul Hamid's can be trusted, and that to reestablish the system of 10 days ago would be to settle nothing. The conservatives urge that the de? position of the sultan would only be possible after severe fighting; that it Is uncertain whether the troops under the control of the committee would uphold such an act with their bayo? nets; that the wavering soldiers of th-? First army crops, to the number of 25.000 or 50.000. now garrisoning the city, would be Inflamed and break Into open revolt, and that to demand too much means the failure of all. "The sultan has got them to quar? rt ling among themselves,'' said one of the ambassadors today, "and he will have his own way yet." Numerous agents of the Muham madan league have penetrated the In? vesting army's line, pdntlng out to the men that It was their duty to Ood and Allah to rid themselves of their of? ficers, who were no better than giaours, who scorned the sacred law of the Koran and who openly argued that the law deviled, by one arch devil Napoleon ought to be substituted for the sacred law In all the courts. The i"lt:it"rM pointed out that the otllcers had succeeded In imposing these wick? ed laws upon the civil courts, and now wanted to apply them to the persons ot Xllah's faithful. Thr.la>s ago two >[' tln-.-e hodja who were caught among the troops. u?if baa tan Altai i oowrtinartlal and turned out of the camps. The fol? lowing day 110 of tlx m wart arratted and imprisoned. Yexterdav tht OMBpi were overrun with proselyting zea lot*. Scon* of them were arrested, and today ten of them were shot by order of courtmarttal. The Muhammadan league, which Is disowned by the ulemas. can not be heated. This secret society, which !)mnn id Fear not?Let ?11 the ends Thou Als MTER. S. 0.. SATTJ] .HiSHUA ASHLEY TRIAL TODAY". ?Citizen" Will be Called to Answer Charge of Peonage?Many Wit? nesses Heady. Greenville, April 21.?Joshua W. Ashley, member of the legislature from Anderson county, will tomorrow be tried In the federal court here on the charge of peonage. There are many counts against him and wit? nesses In goodly number are in the city for and against the man who de? clared some time ago that he was not a colonel, but simply a citizen and a farmer. It Is alleged that Mr. Ash? ley has worked negroes, whom he had paid out from Jails and chain gangs and has held these men in practical slavery for months and even years. He Is one of the largest land owners In Anderson county, and this is the second time the peo? ple have returned him to the house of representatives. He arrived in Greenville Monday and is ready for trial. Offers have been received by him from more than a score of attorneys In different parts of the State to represent him In court. There will be some eight or nine brilliant attorneys In his de? fense. City attorney McCullough of Greenville, who is now In New York, wired yesterday asking for a con? tinuance of the case until he could 'come home. STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. More Than 160 Physicians and Sur? geon* Attending the Annual Con? vention of the South Carolina Medi? cal Association. j Summerville, April 22.?Yesterday morning found everything In readiness at the Pine Forest Inn at Summerville for the general session of the annual convention of the South Carolina Med? ical Association. This was really the first day of the meeting of the Asso? ciation proper, as the day before was cccupled with the transaction of busi? ness by the House of Delegates. The* principal part of the day yesterday was taken up In the reading of papers by prominent physicians, all of which were listened to with great interest by the 1G0 doctors, who crowded the spacious dining room of the Pine For? est Inn, where the greater part of yes? terday's session was held. The read? ing of papers was continued last night until 10 o'clock, but after 8 o'clock the convention was divided into two parts, surgical and medical, the form? er holding its meeeting In the rotunda house In the yard of the Pine Forest Inn. while the latter continued its ses? sion in the dining rooms with Presi? dent S. C. Baker presiding. It was necessary for the members of the sur? gical section to elect a presiding of? ficer after convening, on account of the fact that none of the vice presi? dents are present at the convention. Both bodies adjourned at 10 o'clock last night in order to attend the re? ception tendered them by local phy? sicians. The meeting yesterday morning was opened with an address by the Hon. LeGrand Walker. Mr. Walker's re? marks were very well taken Indeed, and his wit and pleasing address de? lighted the doctors and others who happened to be in attendance. After Mr. Walker's address the meeting was called to order by President S. C. Baker and the Divine blessing was in? voked by the Rev. F. W. Ambler. Dr. F. Julian Carroll, chairman of the committee on arrangements, in a spicy and etxremely entertaining man? ner made the address of welcome in the name of his committee, and was responded to briefly but happily by President Baker. Dr. Baker, as president of the Asso? ciation, then addressed the attending doctors. His talk was decidedly un? conventional and was especially pleas? ing on account of its originality. Cnpt. Capers Yery III. Washington, April 21.?Commis? sioner John G. Capers, who Is a pa ti? at at the Episcopal Eye and Ear Hospital In this city, suffering from an operation performed for mastold aj soess a day or two ago, had a rest? less night and so far has been allow? ed to tee only a few members of his family. It will be several days before h ? will be out of danger old aue comes uncalled.?German. hai sprung up since July to light the Kittles of faith and to repel heresies. is busy undermining; the loyalty of the troOBl which are alllliated with the committee. While the discipline of the soldiers outside the walls Is relaxed, the demeanor of tho soldiers within the city Is much more respectful. The men salute their officers cheerfully and have resumed their regular drills. ono as't at be thy Country's, Thy God's ai 3D AY. APRIL 34, 19 SULTAN HOLDS RECORiT HE HAS KEIGXED FOR PHENO? MENAL TIME. COMPARED TO PREDECESSORS. HIh Rule a Troubled One. Rut He Han Checkmated Europe and Seemed Supreme Over His Own People. The downfall of the Turkish Sul? tan has been predicted many times, and has, indeed, seemed imminent. But up to the present time the wily Turk has staved off the impending ruin; his diplomacy, aided by the jealousy of the European powers, has defeated external attacks on his empire, and, until the Young Turks wrested the Constitution from him, his power over his own people has seemed supreme. Born September 22, 1842, Abdul Hamid II succeeded to the throne as the thirty-fourth Sultan of the Moslem Empire August 31, 1876. The amazing thing is that Abdul Mamid should still be on the throne. Thirty-three years is a pnenomenally long reign for a Turkish Sultan Ottoman rule is in every sense of the word a "despotism tempered by as? sassination," and from the time of the taking of Constantinople, more than 500 years ago, each of Abdul Hamid's predecessors as Padishah, I save four, has succumbed to a violent I and premature death. When Abdul Hamid succeeded to I the throne the prestige and authority I of the dynasty of Osman were at I their lowest ebb. The Sultan Abdul I AsbIz's deposition and tragic death I had been followed a few months later I by the deposition of his successor. I Sultan Murad, Hamid's brother, I whose reforming zeal and enthusias I tic acceptance of the most extreme I forms of Western civilization, even I to the extent of woman's rights, had I so alarmed the religious leaders at I Stamboul that they came to the con I elusion that he was crazy, and there I fore unfitted for the half-eccleslas I tical, half-temperal dignity of Caliph, I and placed his younger brother, Ab I dul Hamid, upon the throne. Abdul was obliged to propitiate I not only the native fanatic element, I but likewise those foreign influences I which had been cruelly disappointed I by the removal of the broad-minded I and progressive Murad, and before I long he found himself engaged in a I war, first of all with Servia and I Roumania, and then with Russia, a I conflict which was only brought to a I close by the threat of England to I move up her immense Mediterranean I fleet to the Bosphorus, and to train I her guns upon the Russian army, un I less the latter halted at San Stefano I on its victorious march to Constanti I nople. The armistice of San Stefano?a I place which is within a couple of I hours' distance of Constantinople, in I full view of the latter?culminated in the Berlin treaty of 1878, which rob I bed the Ottoman Empire of Its Bul I garian and Eastern Roumelian prov I inces, endowing them with indepen I dence; intrusted to Austria the oc I cupatlon of two other Turkish prov I lnces, namely, Bosnia and Herzego I vlna, gave Cyprus to Great Britain, I and a slice of Turkish territory to I Greece, besides depriving the Sub I lime Porte of the suzerainty which it I had exercised over Roumania .and I Servia for more than 500 years. In 1882 the English seized Egypt, I another important dependency of the I Sultan, and then the French got hold I of Tunis, which until then had been I subject to Turkish suzerainty. Fin I ally the Island of Crete was removed I from the control of the Porte and I placed under the rule of a prince I of the reigning house of Greece. I When the Turks, after defeating the I Creeks in a war commenced by the I latter, were within a day's march of Athens, their further progress was stayed by Russia and the other great I powers of Europe, and the Sultan I was deprived of every particle of tin I fruits of his victory. Yet this loss of so many provinces and dependencies, and the humiliation to which he has been subjected SO repeatedly by the various powers, I left the Sultan more powerful than ever, and the prestige of his sov? ereignty Incomparably greater than thai of any of his predecessors for hundreds of years past. The prov? inces Which lie lost were mostly I Christian and European?therefore a source of weakness to a Moslem I power?and just in the same way I thai the amputation of some more I or less defective member of the hu I man body seems to develop the strength and vitality of the remain I der, so the ablation of the various Christian provinces and European de | pendencies of the Sultan increased Lib S C id Truth's/ 09. THE TRU New 8ei GREAT SMUGGLING SCHEME. Finn Charged With Bringing in Mil? lions of Dollars Worth of Goods Without Paying Duty. Xew York, April 21.?Smuggling operations conducted at this port by means of trunks left on the steamsh.p piers until they could be removed without detection are now alleged to have been carried on by a firm of im? porters of silk and dressmakers' sup? plies of this city. The firm, which has an office in Paris, is said to have act? ed as a clearing house in this coun? try for American dressmakers scat? tered throughout the country who re? ceived the goods so smuggled by the payment of 15 per cent, instead of 60 per cent, in customs duties. It is understood that proceedings will be instituted against these dressmakers. The goods were sent to the Paris office of the smuggling firm bearing the ini? tials of the ultimate purchasers in America. In this connection it is stated that seven special agents of the customs house in this city were or? dered to be dismissed a few days ago. The firm in question is understood to be one of a dozen firms which have been engaged in the illicit traffic for a year, through which the government has suffered a loss amounting to about $1,000,000 a year. LOOKING OUT FOR FARMERS. Senator Smith Wants Sulphate of Am? monia Retained on the Free List. Washington, April 21.?Senator Smith got In some good work for the farmers of South Carolina today when he began his fight for the retention of sulphate of ammonia on the free list in the new tariff bill. Although this commodity is placed under the head of those that are to be admitted free. Senator Smith feared that through some means a duty might be placed on it which would come out of the pockets of the farmers in the end. He protested on the floor of the sen? ate today and secured permission to place his remarks in the Congression? al Record at length. He will do this as soon as he can secure the neces? sary data. Should a duty be placed on this commodity it would come out from the agricultural people and the fer? tilizer manufacturers, and It will be in the interest of these that Senator Smith will make his fight. Miss Kate Tung Pih, of Canton, China, is a student at Barnard Col? lege. She is the daughter of a Chi? nese reformer, Kang Yu Wet. Miss Lillian Rolf is the next wo? man to be awarded the degree of bachelor of divinity by London Uni? versity. the strength and vitality of his gov? ernment in the Moslem portion of his dominions. Moreover, he inaugurated a species or' pan-Islamist movement, extending throughout Asia in one direction, and from Northern Africa down almost as far as the Transvaal in another. What he lost In the southeastern cor? ner of Europe, In Cyprus and in Crete, as well as in Egypt, he may be said to have regained in Central Af? rica, which is occupied by immensely powerful Moslem empires of Saracen and Arab origin, which accepted his suzerainty, while his influence in Mohammedan Asia was so great, de? spite all that Is said to the contrary, that the English did not hestltate to ascribe to him the instigation of those insurrections of the fanatic frontier tribes of India which gave Great Britain so much trouble and entailed the sacrifice of such a vast quantity of English blood and treas? ure a few years ago. Moreover, the Sultan found the sources of his strength, as far as the dealings with the Western nations are concerned, in the jealousy which the various great powers entertain for one another in connection with the possession of Constantinople. Ensland threatened war with Rus? sia when the latter had her troops at the very gates of Constantinople in lst7. and they were forced to re? tire without fulfilling what has been the dream of every Rues tan since the days of Peter the Great. Should Fiance or England endeavor to seize the Turkish capital by way of retaliation tor some great wrong done by the Sultan or his subjects, there is no doubt that Russia. Ger? many and Austria would fly to armi in order to prevent it. It is so throughly agreed by all European statesmen that the break up of the Ottoman Empire win result in a great European war over the division of the carcasses that it it has been the aim of all to preserve It from ex? tinction, and even from harm. Univ. 2?-Scp-0? E sovrilliox, Established Juno, ISM rles?Vol. XXIX. So IS THE SPARTANBURG FESTIVAL. MOST BRILLIANT MUSICAL EITNT OF THE YEAR, The Dresden Orchestra Scores a Dis? tinct Success tlic First Night?Mine. Jomelli the Sur of the Occasion. Sepcial to The Daily Item. Spartanburg, April 21.?The initial concert of the South Atlantic States Music Festival, was heard tonight. The Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra was most enthusiastically received, and fully Justified the most flattering accounts that have been given by crit? ics of the cities previously visited Sixty-five men, each one an artist, in? spired by a very gifted conductor, in the presence of a brilliant audience suggest the delights of this evening I to those happy people who were pres? ent. It would be difficult to find a fault I in the work of Herr Olsen, the con I ductor. He was primarily poetic and? profound, yet thoroughly reposeful I and his style marked by simplicity and grace. The assistant director, Mr. Victor Clark is a native of Indiana and har held his present position in Dres I den for the past two years. It is very I unusual for Americans to be accorded such honors abroad and it can safely be said that he richly deserves his I good fortune. He conducted the or? chestra in "The Carnival in Paris,"* one of the most difficult numbers or I the programme. It is not expected that after a heavy programme such as> I was rendered tonight that the orches I tra should respond to encores but to I night Mr. Olsen most graciously gave I the charming and familiar, Beautiful Blue Danube Waltz." In this num? ber the entire audience was captivat I ed, with such exquisite taste was it I given. 1 Mme. Jeanne Jomelli was the solo I 1st of the evening. None can claim I a warmer place in the hearts of the I festival lovers than Mme. Jomelli. Her I dramatic soprano is so sympathetic I and so human and so pure that her I audience sits spell-bound until the last I note dies from her lips. She was prob? ably best tonight in the Aria fron* I "Louise" by Charpentier. She re I sponded generously to encores, ap I pearing five times more than the pro? gramme called for. Tonight the audience was not as> I large as heretofore. The cause is not I hard to guess, and though it meana I progress and culture to other cites, It cannot but call forth a sigh of regret that this event, certainly the most I brilliant in the year for South Caro I lina, should be less great in any re? spect. The expenses of the associa I tion are heavier than ever before, and I the receipts will be quite a bit smaller. However these men who are giving' the festival their support have Iongr. taken such unusual civic pride in the undertaking that they are determine I not only not to permit these affair tb* suffer, but to add new vigor to theiru I each year. -*:?r I * r DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO IN OHIO. IVohubly Four Killed. Se-ore* of Per? sons Injured and Great Dtuikigt Done by Storm. Cleveland, O., April 21.?Probably four deaths, scores of persons injured and hundreds of thousands of dollars* worth of damage mai ked the path of a tornado which passed across the northern part of Ohio at noon to? day. The storm consumed only- fiv?? minutes in passing a given point, but during that brief period it was a? dark as night; the wind battered In windows; lightning set fire to l.uild ings. one-fifth an Inch of rain fell and the wind, which reached a velocity of 66 miles an hour, razed buildings and chimneys, tore off roofs, laid! l?>w many telegraph and tele? phone lines and demoralizes! traffic on steam and electric railways. On the 17th of August next not los^ than LI out of 21 counties will >v>tc prohiMtlon. AJBOng t'.u number sure to go dry by a VOtS Of two to one are Buutter and Wllllasasburg. Bvery man. who has friends in ? ither of the two et unties named should endeavor to> g"l them to vote prohibition. The peo? ple of 4his county are very much in? terested in the II tion of Sumfer nnd Wllliamsburg. and It behooves them to help stop the drain now upon Clar? endon. If the adjoining counties do* go dry most of the money from thla county now going to them will stay where it naturally belongs?at ho rue, ?Manning Times If the truth were known, the devil In Ids a mortgage on many a riet? man's property. i * ... .