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TBK B< MTKK WATCHMAN, Enabll Consolidated Aog. 2,188 - . ._ ?bt f?httan ;mt> Soutbron. Published Wednesday ?ml Saturday ?BV? 03TEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY ?VlITBll, & C. Terms: ? I SO per annum?In advance. Ad rartlaementa: Ons Square nret Insertion.$1.00 Every subsequent Insertion.SO Contracts for three montas, or longer will be mads at rsduosd rates. All communications which sub? serve irtrats Intsrests will bs charged for ae advertisements. Obit jarte* and tributes of respects will D< charged for. BRITISH SEIZE AMERICAN H(t\T. l Uhliur Schooner Captured In Pacific Waters Fired on by Pursuing Ship. Vancouver, B. C April 21.?The cruiser Kosstrel of the Dominion government arrived In port today, having In charge the American hail but flsatn** ecjfboner 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. ARMACK CASE. Speeche* on Request for New Trial Begun. Nashville. Tenn., April 21 ? Argu? ment* for a new trial in the Cooper case began today before Judge Wil? liam H. Hart. The defendant, Col. D. B. Cooper and his son. Robin J. Cooper, who were found guilty of tht murder of Former United State? Senator H W. Carmack and were given SO years imprisonment, were la excellent cplrlts and held an Im? promptu reception before the sheriff opened court. The defendants were repreeented by Judge Anderson, Gen. Washing? ton. A. O. Ewlng. Jr.. and (Jen Meeks, Attorney General McCarn. Capt. ritshugh and Oen. Carrier ap? peared for the State. Judge Andereon added a new as? signment In error to the 46 Included In the motion?that the court erred In refusing an Instruction on self-de? fense, requested by the defense. DEAD MAN HAD NO BRUN. Scratch, too. Was Only Sign cf Frac? tured Skull. A special from Cincinnati to the Philadelphia Record says: Physicians at ths city hospital and the coroner's office are mystified over the case of Joseph 8. Ossenbeck, $4 years old, upon whose 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 hsmorrhagee of the brain. ' What pussies the physicians, how? ever, is that tie brain la gone, leav? ing a large cavity In the skull, yet there ta no oponlng In the skull. Ossenbeck when taken to the hos? pital was salil to bo suffering from epilepsy. PENSION I OA It I) COMPLETES WORK. Vuacher* Bein? Sent Out to Various Counties. Columbia. April 21.?The State pen gees board has completed its work and the vouchers are being sent out to the various clerks of courts for set? tlement of the counties. This year there are ?.f 04 pensions, an Increase SfSf 1908 of 188. The total amount to be paid out this year Is $247.702.50. out of an appropriation of $.'50.00. It will t*< recalled that at the lust session o' the legislature there were a num? ber of resolutions relative to artificial limb*, these being paid out of the limb fun 1. v hlch la turned back to thf pension f in?l when not used ui?. In the list of pensioners there are 111 In Class A. each receiving $1*6; In ?Maas B. there 171. each receiving ?71; In No. 1 of Cla?-? ?\ there are ? 90. each receiving $48; In No. 2, of Class C. there are 4.044, oach receiv? ing $1*.7I; in Class C. No. 3, there are 710. each receiving $48; In Class C, No. 4. there are 3.738, each receiving ? 19.7ft. There are 16$ pensioners In Sumter County who receive a total of $4,073, 7ft. All that are lovers of virtue, be c.ulct and gc angling.?Isaak Walton. Istied April, 1850. 'Be Just a. l. 811 SULTAN RETAINS CROWN. \\ AHHING FACTIONS IX TURKEY AGREE ON COMPROMISE. AIkIiiI Hamid Will Continue rh Con Htltutlonal 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 a<reement 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 ideas 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 prcphet 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 ccmmittee. among whom are Husni 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 n main 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 !ts important civilian members are with the army. Some of the members of the cabinet. Including Hifaat Pa aha, the foreign minister, are active constitutionalists. Tewflk Pasha, the grand visier, 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 rca* sonable prince, for Instance, Tussof Ixiedln, 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 sy.dem 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 L? 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? reling among themselves.*' said one of the ambassadors today, "and he will hnve 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 tfOTBSd the sacred law of the Koran and who openly argued that the law devised by one arch devil Napoleon ounht to be substituted for the sacred law In all the courts. The agitators pointed out that the OACSII had succeeded In impolitic these wick? ed laws upon the civil courts, and now wanted to apply them to the person* of Allah's faithful. Thr- d iyi ago two >r these hodjl who were caught among the troops w* re beaten after a couitmartial and turned out of the enmps. The fol* hTWtel dS] 110 of th?m were arrested and Imprisoned. Yesterdav the (amps ? overrun with proselyting zea? lots. Scores of them were arrested, and today ten of them were shot by order of courtmartlal. The Muhnmmadan league, which is disowned by the ulemas, can not be located. This secret society, which id Pear not?Let all the ends Thon Aln MTER. S. 0.. SATUI **OgHVA ASHLEY TRIAL TODAY. ?Citizen" Will he 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? geons Attending the Annual Con? vention of the South Carolina Medi? cal Association. Summervllle, April 22.?Yesterday morning found everything in readiness a: the Pine Forest Inn at Summervllle 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 1*0 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 aftejr 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. Capt. Capers Very 111. Washlnuton, April 21.-?Commis? sioner John O. Capers, who Is a pa? th nt at the Episcopal Eye and Ear Hospital In this city, suffering from an operation performed for mastoid abscess a day or two ago, had a rest? less night and so far has been allow? ed to see only a few members of his family. It will be several days before h ? will be out of danger. Old afff comes uncalled.?(lermnn. hai sprung up since July to light the battlei of faith and to repel heresies, is busy undermining the loyalty of the troopa which are affiliated 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. u?0 ! is't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an* JDAY. APRIL 24, 19< SULTAN HOLDS RECORD. HE HAS REIGNED FOR PHENO? MENAL TIME, COMPARED TO PREDECESSORS. His Rule a Troubled One, Rut He Has Cheek mated 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 oft 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 Abdui Hamid'? predecessors as Padishah, save four, has succumbed to a violent and premature death. When Abdui Hamid succeeded to the throne the prestige and authority of the dynasty of Osman were at their lowest ebb. The Sultan Abdul Asslz's deposition and tragic death had been followed a few months later by the deposition of his successor. Sultan Murad, Hamid's brother, whose reforming zeal and enthusias? tic acceptance of the most extreme forms of Western civilization, even to the extent of woman's rights, had so alarmed the religious leaders at Stamboul that they came to the con? clusion that he was crazy, and there? fore unfitted for the half-ecclesias? tical, half-temperal dignity of Caliph, and placed his younger brother, Ab? dul Hamid, upon the throne. Abdul was obliged to propitiate not only the native fanatic element, but likewise those foreign influences which had been cruelly disappointed by the removal of the broad-minded and progressive Murad, and before long he found himself engaged in a war, first of all with Servia and Roumania, and then with Russia, a conflict which was only brought to a close by the threat of England to move up her immense Mediterranean fleet to the Bosphorus, and to train her guns upon the Russian army, un? less the latter halted at San Stefano on Its victorious march to Constanti? nople. The armistice of San Stefano?a place which is within a couple of hours* distance of Constantinople, in full view of the latter?culminated in the Berlin treaty of 1878, which rob? bed the Ottoman Empire of its Bul? garian and Eastern Roumelian prov? inces, endowing them with indepen? dence; intrusted to Austria the oc? cupation of two other Turkish prov? inces, namely, Bosnia and Herzego? vina, gave Cyprus to Great Britain, and a slice of Turkish territory to Greece, besides depriving the Sub? lime Porte of the suzerainty which it had exercised over Roumania .and Servia for more than 500 years. In 1882 the English seized Egypt, another important dependency of the Sultan, and then the French got hold of Tunis, which until then had been subject to Turkish suzerainty. Fin? ally the Island of Crete was removed from the control of the Porte and placed under the rule of a prince of the reigning house of Greece. When the Turks, after defeating the Creeks in a war commenced by the latter, were within a day's march of Athens, their further progress was stayed by Russia and the other great powers of Europe, and the Sultan was deprived of every particle of tin 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, left the Sultan more powerful than ever, and the prestige of his sov? ereignty Incomparably greater than that of any of his predecessors for hundreds of years past, The prov? inces Which he lost were mostly Christian and European?therefore a source of weakness to a Moslem power?and Just in the same w iy that the amputation of some more or less defective member of the hu? man body seems to develop the strength nnd vitality of the remain? der, so the ablation of the various Christian provinces and European de? pendencies of the Sultan increased onth Lib S C d truth's." THE TRL 09. New Sei GREAT SMUGGLING SCHEME. firm Charged With Bringing in Mil? lion? of Dollars Worth of Goods Without Paying Duty. New 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 Bmtth 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 hestitate 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. England threatened war with Rus? sia when the latter had her troops at the very gates <-f Constantinople in ls77. and they were forced to re? tire without fulfilling what hai been the dream of every Russian since tin ?lays of Peter the Great Should France or England endeavor to seize the Turkish capital by way of retaliation tor tome great wrong, done by the Sultan or his subjects, there Is no dOUbl that Russia. Ger many and Austria would fly to arms In order to prevent It. It is so throughly agreed by ail European statesmen that the break up of the Ottoman Empire Will 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. 26-Scp-0? ? _j E SOUTHRON, Established June, IBM ries?Vol. XXIX. Mo 18 THE SPARTAWBURG FESTIVAL MOST RRILLI ANT MUSICAL E\T:Nr OF THE YEAR. The Dresden Orchestra Scores a Dis? tinct Success the 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 to those happy people who were pres? ent. It would be difficult to find a fault In the work of Herr Olsen, the con? ductor. He was primarily poetic and] profound, yet thoroughly reposeful and his style marked by simplicity and grace. The assistant director, Mr. Victor Clark is a native of Indiana and has held his present position in Dres? den for the past two years. It is very unusual for Americans to be accorded such honors abroad and it can safely be said that he richly deserves hia good fortune. He conducted the or? chestra in "The Carnival in Paris,"* one of the most difficult numbers or the programme. It is not expected that after a heavy programme such as was rendered tonight that the orches? tra should respond to encores but to? night Mr. Olsen most graciously gave the charming and familiar, BeautifuT Blue Danube Waltz." In this num? ber the entire audience was captivat? ed, with such exquisite taste was it given. Mme. Jeanne Jomelli was the solo? ist of the evening. None can claim? a warmer place in the hearts of the festival lovers than Mme. Jomelli. Her dramatic soprano is so sympathetic and so human and so pure that her audience sits spell-bound until the last note dies from her lips. She was prob? ably best tonight in the Aria fron? "Louise" by Charpentier. She re? sponded generously to encores, ap? pearing five times more than the pro? gramme called for. Tonight the audience was not as large as heretofore. The cause is not hard to guess, and though it means progress and culture to other cites, it cannot but call forth a sigh of regret that this event, certainly the most brilliant in the year for South Caro? lina, should be less great in any re? spect. The expenses of the associa? tion are heavier than ever before, and the receipts will be quite a bit smaller. However these men who are giving the festival their support have long", taken such unusual civic pride in the* undertaking that they are determined not only not to permit these affair tb* suffer, but to add new vigor to theiru each year. _ DESTRUCTIVE TORN ADO IN OHIO. IVohably Four Killed. Score* of Per? sons Injured and Croat Ifcuiiagi* Rone 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 onTj- It's minutes in passing a given point, but during that brief period it was as dark as night; the wind battered In windows; lightning set fire to budd? ings, one-flfth an inch of rain fell and the wind, which reached a velocity of 66 miles an hour, razed building-F and chimneys, tore off roofs, laid! low many telegraph anc: tele? phone lines and demoralized t: a (lie on steam and electric railways. On the 17th of August next not los^ than 1 T> out of II counties will >otc prohibition. AJBOng Uu number sure to go dry I > ? vote of two to OWO are SuUlter and WilllaMSsburg. Every man who has friends in either of the two Cf unties named should endo-uvor to g"t them to vote prohibition. The peo? ple of ?bis county are very much in? terested in the ICtfcMl cd Sumfer nnd vYIlltasasburgi ami it behooves them to help stop the drain now upon Clar? endon. If the adjoining counties do* go dry most Of the money from this county now going to them will stay where it naturally belongs?at ho rue. ?Manning Times If the truth were known, the devil hclds a mortgage on many a riet? man's property.