Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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tU eTMTElt WATCHMAN, Eetaalt ConMlldated Aw. St 188: Cbt $&attbman anfa ?ratfcron. Pabliuhcd \V?ln?Hli*7 and Saturday ?BT? OSTEEN P?tLISHIWQ COMPANY 8X7MT19R, 8. a 1 fl.lt par ana am?la advance. One Sqnars first Insertion.$1.09 Brer? subsequent Insertion.60 Contracts far three months, or longer win be made at reduced rates, communications which sub prtrata Interests will be charged far aa advertisements. Obltnarte* and tributes of raapccta Win be charged for. IRE MAN OP THE HOUR. Military Men of All Nations Amaaed At the Ability and Genius of Sehet lbs Leader of the Young Constantinople, May II.?Mahmad fPchefket Paaha. commander of the Turkish constitutional forcea, both land and sea, la the man most fre? quently In the thoughts of those ob? serving or dealing with the confused politics of the day In Turkey. The skill and celerity with which he brought the Third army corps and part of the Second army corps before j Coaetanfmopie and occupied the capl y tal has amaaed the foreign military ^ MS) here. Besides those attached to the embassies, leven oiflcers came from Germany and five British olfoers from Bgypt to observe the 'develop? ment of the campaign. Gen. Schefket has been somewhat a man of mystery, which Impression he has been taking trouble In recent efcjra to remove. He has sailed In sue m during the past week .noon ev esnbaesador and minister In Con and upon Turkish subject! %old high positions. Hs has talk ty upon political aifarta and of the army to the gov wlth the Idea of notion that he IkSh^fcJae mmA J a rupture la Adana, Gen. Schef were hi proceas of solution, coartmartlal there could be trust ?Ml to provide adequate punishment f for the offenses. In conclusion Gen. ? Schefket said: **Ws* desire very much* to have the good wrt. sympathy and moral sup part of |he Americans In the present meVement towards better govern KKAYT 8TORJ1 IN MICHIGAN. Illr and Vicinity Strewn With Wreckage aa Result of Tornado? Twenty-foer FamlUee Home sees. FowlervUle, Mkh.. May II.?This town and surrounding country for a radius of two miles is today strewn with wreckage, with probably 21 fam? ilies homeless. The damage wrought by Saturday . afternoon'a tornado which almost completely wrecked this section, will reach upwarde of 140, 000. Telephone and telegraph wires were torn dewn and not until late today waa communication with the outside world possible A conservative esti? mate places the number of buildings damaged or demolished at 250. This may be Increased when all district* are heard from. Dwellings were un roofed, barns and outbuildings demol? ished, orchards uprooted and boar.is and trees carried for several rods in the atr. The houses and store buildings clus? tered In town escaped serious damage slthouich they were not left untouch? ed. Many awnings, chimneys, v? ran dss and roofj were carried away, nar? rowly mlssiiiK' th?? heads of pedes trains. Up to late today but three persons were reported aa Injured. The aH 1 sertnujdy hurt Is Frank <i. Hound* vllle, an elevator owaeTi who wa struck by flying debrli when hH build Ing was demolished. \E<.ltO KIM.El? HY Ol I M l i: Chief l>a\\-m?n polls of Tort M nIkmiI?? Powerful Colonel Mun \\ I Kr*l?f* \ih m Fort Mill, May II.?Dawson Basts chief of police of Fort Mill, last nu ?hSt and killed Jack Jackson, a verj powerful negro, w h > w.i r.--i i arrest, chief Potts attempted to ar rest tlrs negro and the litter show, fight, taking the officer .* pi away Chief Potts then drew another pish and shot the negro dead. The wea| on th ) negro took was a magasln pistol and the chief thinks he ow his Ufe to the fa t that It was lock? and the negro did not know how spslock the safety catch.?The State ?bed April, 1850. lie Jost ei I. 8U] MONUMENT DESIGN ACCEPTED MEMORY OF WOMEN OF CON? FEDERACY TO BE PERPETU? ATED. CommltNiionera Approve the Design for the Monument Submitted by Sculptor Ruckstuhl?It Will Cost $lt,00O-~$iS,6O0 Secured. Columbia, May 14.?The monument commission met in the office of Gov? ernor Ansel today and accepted the design for the monument to the Wo? men of the Confederacy offered by Sculptor F. W. Ruckstuhl. The de? sign shown In wsx 1* very beautiful, and when the monument is placed on the capitol grounds it will be greatly admired. The commission will need $19.000 to complete the work before it, and of this amount the State has appropriat? ed $7,500. Capt. W. E. Gonzales re? ported to the commission today that there has been collected through the State $6.100. So there will be needed about $4,000 in addition to the funds now in hand, which it is thought can bo easily raised for such a worthy cause. * The work on the bronse monument wiM commence just as soon as Mr. Ruckstuhl finishes the Calhoun statue and deliver the same. He leaves for Genoa, where he will complete the work on the Calhoun statue and re? turn to this country, and will then commence the monument. Mr. Ruck stuhl's work is well known here, as he did the imposing statue of Wade Hampton, which is so much admired. The monument to the Women of the Confederacy will give expression to a beautiful thought. The wax model shows that there will be represented nlbronse a woman embodying the characteristics of Southern beauty. The figure?sitting?will show a wo? man in a quiet attitude, thoughtful and serene, dreesed in the plain modes of the time, a woman with a slight expression Of oars to show that she has suffered. Back of this figure *ILH* the, pejus of **e, 8o,uth holding m her outstretched arms a er own?all action here?for she is about to crown the woman of the South. On the right is a Cupid, the boy of the South, bearing a gift?flow? ers, a wreath. On the left a Cupid, bearing a scroll?the Act of the Leg? islature signed by the Governor? symbolical of what the monument represents. It Is herd to pen the beauty of the contrast?the woman of the 8outh, beautiful and serene?thej action oT those who would do her hon The monument will stand It feet from the base. The figures will be one and a quarter life size. When com? pleted tt will Indeed be a fitting trib? ute to the noble women of the South. Mr. Ruckstuhl said today that South Carolina will be unique ln^ersetuat Ing the memory of her women, as flu re Is no elaborate memorial of this kind in any other State of the Cnlon. LAYMEN TO MEET. Noteworthy Presbyterian Gathering To be Held In Clinton Today and Toinorrcw. ? Clinton. May 16.?On Montier this town will receive the most interesting gntherlng ?ver held here, when three hundred Presbyterian laymen will convene for the purpose of discussing and planning woik of foreign mis? sions. For the past week Mr. Ostrom, n secretary Of the laymen's movement, has been her?> perfecting Che arrange* merits. Mr. A. IS. ipenOST hau been general chairman for thf local WOrk. HON than three hundred HMD Im ? Written Mr Spencer and Mr. Ostrom to , xp?-<-t th?m. Tli" ?I.s of the eiti i n- of Clinton ha vi been thrown wide O] en to U|< Rt| and they will receive a idial welcome. The first meeting will be held In Carolina: Memorial Chapel, i part of the Thornweii Orphanage, at :t o'clock Monti if i There will be ? sei Monday night Mid the chief feature will be a leetuie on missions l>y Mr. Ylckery, or \. w York, Mr. Vlek.-ry has travelled over tin- mission raids and win Illustrate hi lecture with lantern picture n;?th? r. ?1 on his Jour? neys. Tuesday morning and after noon win he devoted to conference and among other attractive featUXel Ol the Tuesday night session \n 111 hi J? :? i tui. ?>> Mr. J. ?Campbell White, 1,1 KeH York. The session of TUSSda) night win elost the meeting. Th?- annual meeting of the South <\M"l.n,i Hankers' Association will b? hell i>t WrightsviUc, n. C? June 16 1?. Hon. ('has. H. Treat, treasurer o the United States will deliver an ad dress. id Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Aln NITER. S. 0.. WEDN] OSLER DISCUSSES PHTHISIS. Noted Physician Talks of Combating White Plague?-Cannon Defiee His Old Age Theory. Washington, May 14.?That tubercu? losis is no longer a problem of the doctors, that it probably will take two or three generations to reduce its ravages to the rate at which typhoid fever has been regulated, and that the public must be awakened tD a greater sense of its responsibility, In combat? ing the disease, was the substance of an address by Cr. William Osier, the noted physician of Baltimore and Ox? ford, England, before a public meet? ing today of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tu? berculosis. Other distinguished men who spoke were British Ambassador James Bryce and Speaker Cannon, of the National House of Representatives, both of whom urged the fostering of the idea of childrens play grounds as ft means of keeping them In the open air as much as possible. Dr. Oaler congratulated the Associa? tion on the work it had done, the three principal things accomplished having been, he said, the awakening of the public, the loosening up of the money bags of the legislature and of the philanthropic persons, and the enlistment of men and women who are throughly in earnest in the cam? paign. Three things remained to be done, he said, first was to keep the public awake, the aecond to obtain more money, and the third to arouse the in? terest of more men and women, be? cause the campaign was no longer one entirely for the doctors. "Whether tuberculosis will be Anally eradicated," he declared, "is even an open question. It is a foe that Is very deeply intrenched in the human race." Ambassador Bryce praised the men of science because he said they belong? ed to all the people. The, men of science,'ha declared, were more of a link and bond of union between peo? ples than even men of letters who use their pen not for the purpose of pro sn-oUnr; friendship, h$t eUheV of pro? moting suspicion and distrust between different nations." He gave numerous statistics regard? ing the campaign In Scotland and Ire? land against the white plague, show? ing that rh a result of It the death rate had been enormously reduced. Speaker Cannon made a character-1 tfrtlc talk and arooaed the audience toj laughter when, turning to Dr. Osier, he said: j "Dr. Osler, 1 have reached the age] of sixty-one, and I shake my fist la I your face." j Dr. Osier laughed heartily at (his den of his old age theory. Speaking seriously, the speaker hearkened hack to the days of his, childhood, when the science of medi? cine was in its infancy, wben bath tubs were almost unheard of, and when the enow would sift through the cracks of the clap-hoards of the conn-, try home and cover those lying *n bed, before the time for rising. "We had plenty of fresh air, then, on the Wabash and everywhere on the frontier "before the railroads eaine and we did not have to construct open; porch-e*," he said. Scboeil children who are pretfrsposed, to tuberculosis should be seiTegated from ?fc?her pupils and taught in sep-; arate rwims, and especially equipped ( for op*f* air Instruction, aCOSPdtog to Dr. A. R. Poland, superintendent of: education*. Newark, X. J., wh* dellv-; ered tine principal address at tonight's session, dealing \^Uh the suhjetsL. "Tu bereulos.??, and the Schools.** Dr. EL J. Janeway, of ffmm York, WaS slanted president of the Aesocia tion. FIRE IN SEABOARD YARD. Tlie General Warehouse at Ports? mouth Destroyed. POTtSmOUth, VS., May It.?Fire of unknown origin, accompanied by an sxploslon, destroyed the general ware h< use of the Seaboard Air Line rail? way at the railroad t? rminalu Ihm?? early today, entailing a loss of from 1100,009. to 1160,000 and resulting in the injury of fOUl men, one being se? riously hurt. UOYAL WEDDING IV ABYSSINIA. Prince Joassu, Aged IS, and Princess Romaine, Aged 7, Married, Addis Abeda, Abyssinia, May If.? Prince LldJ Jeassu, agsd 19 years, grandson of King Menells and holr apparent to the throne, was married t< day to Princess Romanic, agsd v. tin* granddaughter of the late Bnv peror John and niece of Bm press Tel ton. The marriage is of great Impor? tance politically, us It united the two dynasties and the families of powerful chiefs. 3 aa't at be thy Country's, Thy God's am ESDAY. MAY 19, 19C SHOUT CHOP PREDICTED. PRICE OF COTTON CONTINUES TO ADVANCE. Speculators Relive That the Yield Will Bt Light Tills Year and the Re? mand Heavy?Prices Have Gone Up Three Dollars a Bale. New York, May 14.?Predicated on the idea that the next crop is to be a short one, specu \tion has suddenly re? vived and lifted prices over $3 a bale in a few days. Texas was one of the largest factors In the advance. The season in that great State Is believed to be very backward and bull opera? tors contend that there is no possi? bility of its raising a crop of the re? quisite size, their belief being that this year will witness a recurrence of what has so often taken place in the past, namely, a small crop following a big one. At the same time they believe that the consumption this year is likely to reach record-breaking proportions. Indeed, in a nutshell, it is a case of supply and demand, or, in other words, a belief that there will be a deficient supply to meet an extraor? dinary demand. The weather In Tex |ias has been for the most part dry and east of the Mississippi the outuook Is said to be far from uniformly favor? able, although the prospects there seem considerably better than in the Svuthwest. The spot markets have been ad? vancing, even if not everywhere active and it is worthy of remark, too, that wool has been active. The steady im? provement in the iron and steel trade is also noted with interest as encour? aging the belief that general trade in this country is improving. One of the things, too, which has cvoftjtibuted not a little to the confidence of the bulls is the belief that the government report that is to appear on June 3. estimating the acreage and describing the early condition of the crop on data made up to May 2B, will be of a dis? tinctly bullish character. Liverpool, Manchester end the cv<uttn**nt neve been short of the market, it seems, not only in Europe, but in this coun? try. The recent somewhat favorable turn In the weather for a time encouraged the formation of a short interest. A wetk ago there wns a belief, among many bolls who had liquidated their holdings, that a reaction was due. Finally they became impatient, and took hold even at rapidly advancing prices. On the rise there has been a good deal of selling by spot houses and Chicago, Southern and Wall street in? terests. Some experienced observers; incline to the opinion that the advance has been too rapid and that the mar? ket wrhich was recently oversold Is In some dangrr of becoming overbought. It hs contended, too, that crop condK th/ns east of the Misstestppl are not oa the wnole, unpromising, and that It Is a Wf?t May, not a dry one, which in the estimation of not a PSW, is a:pt to work mischief to the Trrop. It is *elt that after so rapid aa advaace some reaction, even if only temporary, would be no more than natural. In the main, however, th? sentiment Is Tsullish. GIRL MISSING: FATHER JAILED. fireetnllle Man Snspemcd of Making Way With Bis Daughter.. Greenville, May 1T>?Prince Pav H>7] White, of this city, is h**'!d in the local jail pending a search lor his twelve year-old daughter, who fits been m Is? sum Bor several days, it is alleged that he has whipped severely ihe child on former <n "asious, and ^n m that Ihs has disappeared, local au therlQBS are afraid that sr.. has t* ? <>? ne bodily harm. Seardi Is i>?jint, made for the little girl and the fathei is held until the search is rewarded, ROOSEVELT BEGINS \\ Ii 1TI SO Spending Time at Jn Ja Ranch Pre? paring Ankles for Publication. Nairobi, British Bael Africa, May 13.? Teodors Roosevelt, who is at preeent the guest of Geo. McMillan, at the Ju .la ranch, whither he repaired from hli camp at Machakos, in the At hi River country, spent his first day at the ranch his rooom resting from the fatigue of his Journey. He has. however, begun work on a series of articles describing his adventures up to date. This was yesterday, and to? day Mr. Roosevelt continued writing, hut he found time also to visit parti of the McMillan estate and to ?Iis?>USS the prospects of sports with F. c Be* Ions, the well known Bngllsh hunter, and his host. Mr. Roosevelt will resume his ?hooting expeditions on Monday of next week. >9. , Xew Sei BRANDJ^RVRG IX PRISOM. Purveyor of Alleged Cleveland Letter Jailed?Still Anxious to Explain? Intends to Clear Himself of Grand Larceny Charges. New York, May 16.?Broughton Brandenburg, the magazine writer, whose troubles quickly followed the publication of a letter in the New York Times last fall, alleged to have been written by the late Grover Cleve? land, is a prisoner in Kew York to? night. Despite his varied experience and the hardships he says he has under? gone since his indictment for grand larceny for the sale of the alleged Cleveland letter, he Is as anxious to explain his actions as he was In San Francisco. He gave out a statement tonight, giving an explanation of why he left New York, and a declaration of his intention to fix unquestionably the legality of his marriage with his second wife, an incident which indi? rectly added further interest to his career through his admitted abduc? tion of his second wife's son, James Sheppard Cabanne, 3rd, of St. Louis. He says that "the immediate future is going to be interesting for all hands." He says he is without money and does not expect bail, and perhaps can afford to do without counsel. He says he intends: ? "First to get the charges Jn refer? ence to the Cleveland letter; second to secure out of the bad tangle of the country's divorce laws in which we are involved an unquestioned le? gality of the marriage status between the second Mrs. Brandenburg and myself. Third, the ultimate recovery of our boy." BAPTISTS GIVE FREELY. $115,000 Raised Saturday for the The? ological Seminary. Louisville, Ky., May 15.?Their en? thusiasm raised to a high pitch by a notable movement to the support of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, over on? thousand dele? gates to the Southern Baptist conven? tion late this afternoon took a lengthy Journey to Cave Hill Cemetery, qnly to have a heavy rain interfere with the unveiling of a monument to the late Rev. Dt. T. T. Eaton. Before they left the floor of the convention hall over $115,000 was voluntarily subscribed toward the endowment fund of the Seminary. Here a iarmer rose to pledge the fifty dollars from the sa'e of a cow c?r a horse; there a prosper? ous city dweller contributed ten qr twenty times that amount. Tt was shortly befDre the morning session ended when P resident Mullin s of the Theological Seminary, and Dr Wm. Hatcher, of Virginia, began tak? ing subscriptions toward the $600,000 fund of the Seminar}-, which is bein.4 raised In the celebration Of the jubfico year. Dr. Hatcher announced that W. J. Slayden, of Asheville, X. C, would give $5.000 if r.ineteen others would Rive a like amount and no less than thirteen others did so. Other $5,000 contributions included George B. West, of Newport News, "Va. The students at the Seminary who Titttnded the session in a boc'y topped off the scene with a little surprise of their own, when they announced that they had gotton together 110.000 for the endowment fund. The early part of the afternoon ses t on was given over to miscellaneous reports from workers In the home mission and laymen': mission fields. Tonight's session also was in 'he In tereet of home missions, and Cj site the had weather there was a nvri ml attendance. Tomorrow will be given over entirely to cxercJoes of devotion* ai nature, the pulpits of the Louisville churches being riled by visiting min? isters. The convention will reassem? ble Monday, when the remaining bus? iness will probably be concluded. The most important matter to come up on Monday will be the selection o| the place of next meeting, and there Ii ? well founded report that a majority the committee having the matter in hand have recorded tin mselves In Ca? vor < if Baltimore. Baltimore Chosen. Louisville. Ky.. May IS.?Baltimore Ufas this evening chosen by the South? ern Baptists as the place for holding their next annual convention. The convention will open May 1 I. Tllliftnn Wants Duty on Ton, Washington, May It,?Senator Till" man today Introduced an amendment o the tariff bill, m?kln? tea dutiable it 10 cents a pound. The purpose is o protect the ti'.-i industry of South Carolina, and to encourage its produc ;ion wherever practical. El SOUTHRON, Established Jane, ISM ies?Vol. XXIX. No 25 BRYAN PRAISES DEMOCRACY. CLAIMS THAT WITH 75.000 MORI VOTES HE WOULD HAVE WON. Say8 He Prefers Defeat to Election at Hands of Forces Supporting Taft? Governor Judson Harmon Also Speaks. Columbus, Ohio, May IB.?Under the auspieces of the Jefferson Club* to? night, at the Goodale Auditorium, at banquet, attended by 1,600 men andr women, was addressed* by William Jennings Bryan. His subject was "Watchman, What of the Night V? Governor Harmon, who was one of the -others peakers, said in part: "The people of Ohio are now indlf~ ferent to what is going on in congress. The two-billion-dollar congress, fol? lowed by the open prostitution of the power of taxation now in process by its successor, would mightily change the figures of the Ohio delegation IT an election were held now, and wer shall see to it that there is no for? getting next year. "Leading senators now deny that the intention ever was to reduce the tariff fhxes. Senator Aldrich said last week that most of those who have been heard by his committee urged& ircreases in duties, and this he re* garded as reflecting the general senti? ment of the country. "Think of this, after the promisees of the last campaign, all you who ftncrl Increased prices of everything you* use, absorbing the margin between* your earnings and the cost of livings 4 and often more, an.d were led to ex? pect relief by reductions of tarifT charges. "The people will no longer submit to being left at the mercy of the com? mercial cormorants who control the committee, and will doubtless oontrol congress." Mr. Bryan, in his speech, the final one of the occasion, declared that never in the history of the world had a political party exercised a greater* influence on national affairs ;h>n bad the Democratic parry during the twelve years since bis first nomma* tion. f "In defeat," he said, "the Demo? cratic party has been the dominant force in the nation.'' The preetdency* he said, was the greatest office to* which a man cauld aspire, but he pre? ferred defeat, "rather than election at the hands of forces which supported Taft." Referring to the last campaign, Mfr. Bryan declared that the Republican* national committee spent $1,600,000 as - against $600.000 by the Democrats,, while the local campaign funds of the* Democrats were also much -smailferr than those of their opponents. In, seme States, he said, the proportion of newspapers favoring the Republi? can candidate was six to one for the* Democrats. In addition, he said, all* the Federal office-holders and all the i trusts and bankers were against him. And yet." said Mr. Bryan, "a change ? of 75.000 votes would have given us. the electoral colege." \ FUSED HER HOUSE WITH ARROW Mrs. Motte Told Her Grandson. Rev. . Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. That! she Dkt _' ' - C a To the Editor of The Sunday News: I have read with great interest Mr. Sailer's ketsr as to Mrs. Motte and tke* setting on fire of her house. The \a rlous replies to his attack on the stroy have also been noted and I now wish tC add my testimony. The late Rev. Carles Cotesworth* Pinckney, a grandson of Mrs. Rebecca Motte, told me that his grandmother had often told him of the setting on ^re of her house with arrows shot from a bow furnished by hersek. and that he had often seen the e.nver, which she kept hung on the l ack of her chair to Maid her ball of worsteol and knitting. Respectfjulltr, etc., George s. Holmes* Charleston. M;?> k>. ABDUL'S HAREM TRANSFERRED". Eighty Women of Former Sultan's Train Moved From a'lklfta to Old ?*? ragiln Palace, Constantinople, May 16.?Eighty w( men from Abdul Hamid s harem,, richly dressed and veiled, a/ere driven In carriages today under the escort of tjpur eunuchs and a troop of cavalry, from the Tlldli prison to the ancient BeruaitO palace, em Ich has been un? occupied since about 1S'j4. Curioor 1 rstandera were driven away from the exit of the Yihliz palace by a guard of FOjIdlers. Following the carriages wjls a train of wagons with baggage. Tire Ylldls is being made ready for the ad? mission of the public. Most of the fo: mer sultan's slaves have beeci freed.