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PUBLISHED THKEE GIFT IS PICKED Silver Service Will be Given to The Battleship NAMED AFTER STATE The State Commission, Headed by Governor Ansel, Selects the De signs for the Gift Which the State Will Make to the Ship That Will Bear Her Name. The commission to select the silver service for the new battleship Soutli Carolina has made its selection of ?he general designs that are to be used, and naturally expects beautiful work. The commission has made ex cellent selections as the outline of the specifications indicate. Governor Ansel is a member of the commission, and is giving consider able time and thought to the work. Messrs. John B. Cleveland, of Spar tanburg, and George D. Bryan, of Charleston, are the appointive mem bers of the commission, and Messrs. E. Marion Rucker, and Col. W. L. Mauldin are the ex-officio members. When Col. Cleveland came to the first meeting of the commission at which the general scheme of the de signs were discussed he had a pretty well worked out series of illustra tions and decorations. The whole matter was fully and freely discussed b"y the members of the commission, and with the artists, who were pres ent. The large and centre pieces are to he decorated with three historic events. One piece Is to have the scene of Jasper replacing the flag at Fort Moultrie. Another is to have an engraving of the dinner Marion is said to have given the British officers, and which has been used in a picture by White, and the third is to be a picture of Mrs. Motte destroying her own home, near Fort Motte, Calhoun connty. An examination of the specifica tions indicate that the designs are to include the palmetto, pine, cypress, Magnolia, rice, tobacco, strawberry, melon and peaches. In fact, the idea is to incorporate the trees and plants Indigneous to this State. The flags of the State, the coat-of-arms and other insignia of the State are to be used wherever the general design will admit. The commission has given the pub lic the complete details of its de sign. Mr. A. S. Salley, Jr., of the State historical com/nrlssion, in a letter to The Sunday News, suggests that the events intended to be re corded in the silver service lack historic corroboration, and went into interesting details. He says that some of the events did not happen, as far as history records. The com mission will explain further its po sition and reason for selecting the events that are to be used as the central pictures. In the meanwhile the exact specifications, which the artists have been asked to use, are here given: Specifications covering silver serv ice to be presented by the State of South Carolina to the United States battleship South Carolina: Competitors to submit designs on or by the 16th day of June, 1909; all tenders to be within the appro priation of ??,000: the metal to be of uniform fineness, standard grade, sterling silver. The propositions to give the ca pacity of all hollow ware and the weight in ounces of each piece sepa rately. Workmanship to be of the best and to follow in all details the de signs submitted. Propositions to embrace the fol lowing pieces: One punch bowl, seven gallons. One plateau for punch bowl. Twenty-four cups, one-half pint. One ladle for punch bowl. One centre niece. One water pitcher, three quarts. One tray for water pitcher. On-'1 tea set. consisting of five pieces and a kettle and tray for same. Two fruit dishes. Two roast dishes, one with well and tray; one without, both same size. One fish dish. One salad bowl. Two bonbon dishes. Two tompotiers. Two vegetable dishes with cov ers. Two entre dishes. One Humidor ciear box, made of native wood, cedar, to hold thre? hundred cigars, silver mountings and ornaments. The general design to be plain and simple as far as is consistent with the ornamentation specified. The duVns tn eoncict nf n com bination nautical in their suggestion. B?d the tres. fruits and flowers in digenous to this State, for instance, palmetto, pine, cypress, magnolia, jessamine and trumpet vine: corn, cotton, rice and tobacco, strawberry, melons and peaches. These can be used on the borders and around tha bases. On the sides of tlto lar^e pieces and in the botoms of the tray? and waiters, arms and seal of i'^ State, flags of the State and navy, and of the United States, in combi nation or otherwise:. State House, palmetto trees, with the national em blem, eagle, et cetera. The following historical designs -j?? TIMES A WEEK. CANNOT BE SOLO SWIFT & COMPANY MAY SHIP CONDEMNED MEAT. Car Containing Damaged Food Will Be Sealed by City Inspector and Opened at Factor}' Tank. / A dispatch from Greenville says City Meat Inspector Smith and City Attorney McCullough were in con ference Monday afternoon with rep resentatives of the Swift Packing Company regarding the disposition of the 70,000 pounds of meat con demned Saturday, owing to its hav ing been soaked in sewage. At a meeting of the board of health held ' at 5 o'clock Dr. Smith reported that the packing company would be al lowed to ship the meat, which is valued at over $4,000, to one of its soap plants, with the understanding that the car be sealed here by the inspector and opened at the soap works and consigned to the tank by a government inspector. The condemning of the meat and its disposition have caused consider able agitation in Greenville. When the packing company's representative arrived he gave out the statement that he was constrained to follow any suggestion Inspector Smith might make in the matter, but not-1 withstanding the authorities will take every precaution to see that the inspector's orders are carried out to the letter. Acting in the mat ter Dr. Smith not only had the local authorities behind him but he was backed up by Dr. Williams of the State board. A number of towns in the State wired asking for informa tion concerning the disposition of the condemned meat. Spartanburg and Columbia being among the cities to make inquiry. In an interview G. W. Chandler, manager of the Southern business of Swift & Co., said that his concern j had no idea of endeavoring to se.'l the meat which was condemned Sat urday by Inspector Smith. He de clared his willingness to make any disposition of the meat that Is de sired by the city authorities. ARRESTS FCU CUSTOM FRAUDS. The Government Gets Behind Al leged Smugglers. Four arrests were made Tuesday in New York by United States Mar shal Henkel on charges arising out of the seizure of smuggled trunks at the port of New York about a year ago. The persons taken into custody were George C. White, a dealer in dressmlakelrs' (supplies, Fprty-flfth street and Fifth avenue; Lome B. Walker, a former employe of the customs department; W. H. Kliga mon, former salesman for George F. Crowley. West Thirty-fourth street, and Elizabeth Kilgamon, his wife. They were arraigned before Justice Gough in the United States circuit court. are to be used on large pieces: Jasper at Fort Moultrie. Marion's dinner to the British of ficers. Mrs. Motto's destruction of her own house. Etchings of Gen. Sumter, Gen. Marion, Gen. Moultrie, Col. William Washington, Gen. Morgan, Gen. Pick ens. Commander Ingram, the United States battleship "South Carolina," and the following emblem: "Pre sented by the State of South Carolina to the Unfted States battleship I 'South Carolina.* " "M'llions for defence, but not one cent for tribute." The designs to be different on each piece and to be so used as to avoid crowding, simplicity preferable to or nateness, less attention paid to show than elegancy, the general motive simple, elegant and dignified. The successful bidder to deliver the service, properly packed, not lat er than the 15th day of January, 1910. The successful bidder to give bond in the sum of $2,000 to make delivery at the point to be hereaf'er to be designed, on or before the date named, and have the service insured at his or their expense until pre sentation is made. Formal contract to be entered into between the suc cessful bidder and the commission, the commission reserving the right to reject any or all bids and designs. After the execution of the work the design shall become the property of the State of South Carolina, and turned over to the State historical commission. Payment for said serv ice to be made as follows: Cash, on delivery of the service and ac ceptance of same by the commission. Done at Columbia. S. C, April 27. 1 909. M. F. ANSEL. Chairman of Commission. I The commission has no axe to ! grind. It wants to render the best possible service to the State, and the I discussion, if there is to be any had. better come before the work it done rather than after the designs have I 1) en accepted, and the engraving I finished. The commission wants to ? hnvo good reasons assign* d for any j change, nnd will no doubt accept any 1 suggestions in the best of spirit, where snch suggestions are not mere ly captious and is accompanied by "something better.' There will, how ever, be no change unles there be good reasons, it Is safe to say. AUGUST KOHN. OBASTGEBOBG. EGYPTIAN COTTON SENATOR FLETCHER URGES THAT IT BE TAXED. Egyptian Cotton, Grown in the Nile Valley, Competes Seriously With j Southern Long Staple Cotton. The Washington correspondent of I The News and Courier says in a i speech on the ?oor of the Senate a j udy of two ago, Senator Fletcher, of Florida, declared that South Caro lina long stapie coUon was the best raised and commanded a better price on the market than that grown any where else in this country. In adding to, this he threw considerable light on long staple growing aloj?g the sea islands of the South Atlantic coast generally. Speaking of this industry the Flor ida Senator said: The production of cotton on an important scale' began about 1789, when we produced 3,000 bales and the price was 28 cents per pound. In 1799 we produced 4C.000 bales and the price was 44 cents. In 1800 the production was 73,000 bales and the price was 28 cents. In 1820 the production was over 300,000 and the price 17 cents. From 1S40 to 1850 it reached the low price of 5 cents per pound, and again about ten years ago. The introduction of the factory, the utilization of the seed and by products, the use of cot ton in place of wool and silk and hemp in increasing quantities have made the crop today worth more than double what it was ten years ago, and the increase in the value of the crop in one year, caused by the presence of factories at the fields, doubtless would more than pay for all the spindles in the South. Even now the grower, labor and supplies having gone up, is making no tre mendous profit. The value of the exports from this crop amounts annualy to $482,000, 000. It is said that if Europe had stacked up all the gold and all the silver mined from the earth for the past six years and shipped it to the South she would still owe us $200, 000,000 for our raw cotton alone. The protection given to cotton yarns and cotton cloth may to some extent help the price of cotton. I question if the former is benefitted thereby materially. There is but lit tie of the short-staple cotton import ed. There is produced in this coun try, however, the sea island or long staple cotton, which competes with that grown in the West Indes and in the Valley of the Nile. On the free list in the pending bill are "cotton and cotton waste or flocks." The annual crop of long staple cotton fluctuates, but the aver age production may be fairly esti mated as follows: Florida, 31,000 bales; Georgia, 52.000 bales, and South Carolina. 12,000 bales?of about 400 pounds each. The Growing Area. The producing area being about Charleston and extends down the coast to the Georgia line, and then it leaves the coast and extends south through Georgia into Middle Finn' da. About one-third of the South Carolina crops gives a staple 2 to 2 1-2 inches long, and it is sold gen erally for export at from 40 to SO cents per pound, it is the finest staple produced. The "East Florida" sta ple is 1 3-4 to 2 inches long; the "Florida" 1 5-8 to 1 3-4 inches. The "Georgia" staple is 1 5-S inches long, but not so fine as the "Florida." Fineness is a factor with the spinner, and only th? superlative fine fibre b'-ings the fancy price. Outside the islands of South Carolina the price is about 20 cents per pound. Egyptian Cotton. The West Indes is the original home of the plant and produces about 4.000 bales annually. It was in 17S0 that the plant was transplanted on the American Continent from the West Indes. There is produced in the Valley of the Nile a cotton which is capable of competing with our sea island cotton. This rich region pro duce? about 1.500,000 bales of 400 pounds each annually. It is a long staple, fine fibre cotton, and about 150.000 bales of it are imported by American mills every year at a price ranging about 15 c nts per pound. It spins well and wastes about S per cent less in going through the va rious processes of preparation for the spindle than does the s a island cot ton. The Egyptian cotton wastes about 25 per cent, while the sea island wastes about 33 per rent. The Egyptian staple is about 1 5-S inches long: but is preferred to the Ameri can for some purpose because of less waste and grater strength and its color. T: seems that while the Egyptian cotton is a near relation of the sea island, it cannot be grown in our cwmilry. A utitj or 5 trio's a pounJ on the lint cotton wnn'd yield a r ve nu- of $3.000.000 ?i r.o.ooo bales be ing fi0.000.000 pounds. This cotton is used in the manu facture of mercerized silks and filler unods of the highest and most ex pensive class, on which this bill pro poses a duty of 51 per cent, while the total wage cost is about 20 per cent. The actual cost of producing the cotton is about. $21 per acre. The ..vearge yield is about 10 to 150 pounds of lint to the acre. The price now is less than 20 cents per pound. South Could Supply the World. S. C, THURSDAY. I?A FOUR MEN HANG Young Turks Execute Thirteen More People PLANED BY SULTAN Evidence Discovered That Abdul Hamid Knew Beforehand of the Adana Massacres?List orf Houses With Notes of the Kind of Loot to Be Found. Thirteen civilians and soldiers sentenced by the Military Court to death for murder were hanged in different parts of Constantinople at 4 o'clock Monday morning. Major Youssef, his son and three other men, who killed the Syrian deputy, Emir Mohammed Arslan, in front of the Parliament building, were executed on the spot where they committed the crime. Five others were hanged at the entrance of the ministry of war and three men at the Stamboul end of the Galata bridge. Upon the breast of each criminal had been placed a large placard in Turkish, setting forth the sentence of the Court. Around the foot of the gibbets on the bridge the early morning buyers of fruits, flowers and vegetables pro ceeded as usual, while the bodies were in full sight of the great crowds that made their way over the bridge between Stamboul and Galata. Major Youssef 'was commandant of the 1st battalion of the 7th reg iment. Among the non-commission ed officers executed was Hamid Bin Yechar, a sergeant in th? fourth bat tallion of the Saloniki chasseurs. The men executed on Galata bridge were guilty of the murder of Lieut. Elis. Major Youssef was the man who, after the murder of Deputy Arsian. made his way to the house of Par liament, and in a speech denounced the members for acting against th? laws of the Koran. Yechar was the man who plannpd the details of the revolt of April 13, and was commandcr-in-ehief and nracticallv dictator Of Constantino ple for the two days following. Th? other eleven men worked und?r Yechar. Mourad, editor of the newspaper Nizam, was tried by court-martail to day. A nremher of the court-martial read the Sultan's firmin. confirming the sentences of each place of execu tion, and priests prayed with the condemned men for two hours before their execution. The bodies were left hanging until 2 o'clock and were seen by at least one hundred thousand of the popu lation of the city. Documentary pvidence has been discovered amen? th? records of the telegraph office h,jrc of the kmiwi ruico of the Constantinople authori ses that massacres had been planned for the Adana district, and that thev wpp? to coincide with the political events here. Other paper? have been found in dicating also that the consnirators at the palace acted in the Sultan's nam^ in preparing the military muti ny of April 13. Lists of houses, with notes of the kind of loot to be found therein, were discovered on some of the prisoners now in custody. The arrangements included a general massiere of foreigners in Constanti nople, including thp diplomatic rep resentatives on April 24. Seventeen counties in Florida are iow producing the long-staple cotton. Tt can be srown in more than half the counties of the State. Suitable soil, climate, and conditions exist in Georcia. South Carolina and Flori da, and. to a certain extent and de gree, the Mississippi Delta, to supply the world, and as a revenue-pro ducing item is would prove one of the best among all the scheduler.. It is an important industry. If I em ployed the language of the authors of this measure, I would say the farm rs enlaced in it very justly contend that they ought not to be forced to abandon it by competition with Ftrvptian cheap labor in the fertile Nile recion. We pay from SI to $1.25 per day for labor, which in Fcypt ranges about one-tenth that. The land there is very rich and does not require fertilizing like ours. When we say the country needs the revenue which a tariff on that for eign product would yield, and such a tariff is required to help eouali/.e ? he cost of production abroad with thai at home, th ro would seem to be sufficient stated to show the pro priety and justice of the claim we t?flnO from both standpoints. Tn the year ending June 30. 1909, cotton was imnorted into this coun ts- free to the amount of 70.094. 00"? pounds, the value of which was S14.1 64.4Afi. a* 20 cents per pound. Waste or flocVs Imported fro amounted to 10.72S.2fi8 pounds, val ued at $440.201.14 at 42 cents per ponnd. Duty should hp imposed on al! cotton imported so there could be raised no question regarding proper disignatlon at. say. 5 to S cents per pound. At 10 cents per pound the importation last year of cot.ron. not counting waste or flocks, would have yielded a revenue of $7,099,496.80. Y 6, 1909. WANTS FREE TRADE OX LUMBER AXD OX COTTON TIES AXD BAGGING. Senator Tillman Says the Sup of Protection is Not Worth What It I Costs Democracy., ? special dispatch to the Colum bia Record says Senator Tillman fav ors free trade in lumber and will vote for it. He believes that in the j end Democratic defections from the i declarations of the party platform will give the victory to those Repub licans desiring a duty, but he ex preses himself as far from the opin ion that such a forecast justifies Democrats in falliing into line with the party in power. A vote for pro tected lumber, in his opinion, is a vote against forest preservation and also a vote against the claims of Democracy to control the house of representatives two years hence and the whole country after President Taft's term. "What's the use of hurrahing 'round the country for the safeguard ing of our forests," he said, '-when you are crying at the same time for a duty on lumber that will keep foreign timber firom earning in sparing our own trees for the next generation? You have seen the de struction of our forests in the past few i^ears. >jf:>w, importation lumber from Canada would save some of our trees from being cut, while this duty they are demanding, keeps the foreign lumber out and makes us cut down our own for ests." With forests as far away from the Southern pine fields as Canada, Sen ator Tillman does not believe the free importation lof lumber could affect the profits of South Carolina mills, while it might materially lower the price of lumber to the consumer. As to who owns the South Carolina standing timber he is not certain, though he is inclined to agree with Senator Nelson that a part of it at least is in the hands of Michigan corporations and holders in the far Northwest. It is through the influ ence of these Northwestern men that the price of lumber in South Carolina would be raised under a protective duty, though in the local field a tariff of itself have no such effect. "Two-thirds of the white people of South Carolina," said Mr. Tillman, "live above Columbia. Nearly all the yellow pine and every bit of the loblolly is below Columbia. Now, why should I vote to impose a higher cost upon those people up there when they want to build houses and hams?" Senator Tillman was sittinr in the room of the committee on the five civilized frJbes, of which he is chair man, when T found him to ask about the tariff. He was barricaded behind a pile of books, nil of sombre bind ing, the most dashing of which wa? entitled "The Romance of Steel," a volume t-lling of the manufacture of iron in the melodramatic fashion of a treatise on chemistry. "T am trying to find out something about cotton tics." said the senator, "and there seems to be a lot of it." Tn regard to cotton bagging, there is apparently reasonable hope that Senator Ahlrieh will let that tro on the free list, if the Southern Demo crats work together for that end, but on ties, while Senator Aldrlch has asked Mr. Tillman for informa tion, he expressed himself as doubt ing his ability to grant the request. The senator from Rhode Tsland. said Senator Tillman, was under the im nression that ties are made chiefly in Chattanooga, Birmingham and other centres near the Southern mines and he felt that ample protec tion ought to be accorded these new manufacturing districts on an article like fi.-s for which they would have a largp local demand. Tt was to meet that, objection that Senator Tillman devoted himself to litrht literature of the "Romance of pirp]" <;nrf. The information he found enenurasrin-j'. Ties, he di<= rnvomr', are manufactured almost exclusively in Pittsburg and thp great ivnn and steel contr"s of the North, there heinc only one cmal' plant at Atlanta. The fact that ties are made by plan's turning out enormous quantities of other steel (roo'is, nil heavily protected, leads Senator Till man to hope that Mr. Mdrieh will consent, to a removal of the duty. COY. MeSWEEXEV ILL. Suddenly Stricken by AtUivH of Indi digestion. \ io"2r distance phone message from Hampton to The State s-tvs ?-h;ie refnriinc from bis office to 'iis home Tuesday about 3 o'clock, ex Gnv, M. it. MeRweeney was suddenly stricken and fell unconscious. His ?ivo young son? were with him at pie tjp>e and summoned help. He ws taken to his home, w'n re he wn? found to be In a very serious condition. Tuesday ho had not re covered consciousness. Acute Indi gestion is '.riven as fh? cause of his attack. The former governor lias been in bad beulth for the past sev .i! months, 't is said that there i< very little hope that he will sur vive the attack. Convicted of Killing Wife. Chester Jordan was found guilty in the first, degree on a charge of murdering his wife at Cambridge, Mass. \ TW THEY ARE MYTHS EVENTS THAT DID NOT HAPPEN MAY BE Represented on the Silver Sen-ice That the State is to Give the Bat tleship South Carolina. In a letter to The Sunday News of Charleston, Mr. A. S. Salley, Jr., secretary ol the South Carolina His torical Commission, criticises the de cision of the Commission appointed to select a silver service for the bat tleship South Carolina. He says: "Only a few days ago a commis sion, composed of some of tha ablest and most honored men of this State, met in Columbia and selected the design to go on the silver service that the State of South Carolina is go ing to present to the battleship South Carolina of the United States navy. It was decided to engrave on the service a number of historic scenes and portraits of distinguished char acters. Not one of the scenes se lected can be depicted save from imagination; one of them cannot be authentic at ail, and another can be fully disproven by the very b.^st of evidence. "The story of Marion inviting the British officer to dine on sweet pota-1 toes cannot ht?i authenticated. It. first appeared in W'eems' 'Life of Francis Marion' in 1809. Gen. Hor ry, one of Marion's officers, at once pronounced the book fiction, and Weems admitted in a letter to Hor ry that he had written his book 'in the form of a military romance.' From cover to cover the book can be shown by the best evidence to he absolutely false. The ancestors of Marion were manufactured by the ?enterprising romancer, and every oth er story in the book bears the true Weems trade mark. Judge W. D. James, another of Marion's former officers, also gave the stamp of falsity to Weems' book in his account of Marion's brigade. Gen. McCrady's history shows the incident could not have occurred; that Marion and the British officers did not exchange mili tary civilities; that when Marion first sent a flag of truce to a British officer he imprisoned him and Marion retaliated and put an end to all such intercourse. There are a half dozen volumes of memories by Brit ish officers who served in South Car olina and an equal number by Amer ican officers, and not one has a word about such an episode: nobody tells the story of the noble British of ficer who resigned rather than fight people who lived on roots before they would forego independence. The laws of war would make the act punishable by death, and there is in evidence no record of such a case among all the thousands of docu ments that have been handled by his torians In all these years. The only a"thorifv is W^ems, and he has been discredited as to everything else, and the facts are against him in this case. "The same of Mrs. Motte at the burning of her hous? will be a re versing of established fact. Every sinele reputable historian who has ?v*?r written of " the episode of Mrs. Motte and the arrows, assprfs that the house was not burntefl. Col. Lee and Judge James werp eye-wit nesses who so state. Mr. C. C. fineku'Sy, Mrs. Mottp's grandson, the Rev. Dr. C. C. Plncknev, her great grandson, and Mrs. Harriett Horry RaveneT, hpr great great-granddaugh ter, have all written accounts in which they say that th<> house was no* burned. A newspaper In the Charleston library contains a men Mon of the accident"! burning of the house a few years after the close of thn Revolution. "Several times in the past T have "ftpd the nr^epe-Pitmter correspond ence to show that the altered ride of FhnHv Oelrrer could not have taken nlaee: that thos?? two officers never h?ivinc oceupiPd at the same time the relative positions assicrned to Miem hv the story. It would have ho"n phvslcallv impossible for the ride to have taken place: that tfKre ;^ no por.tern"erfi'v record in evi .l^.ior. tr, plion- Mmf flmllv OofjrT ever *onl: a rMe at all. After years of er>nrch T have not bpen able to find 'he ccr-ifeh of a cnntempnrarv nnn fo snow that such a person ever ex isted, apd. therefore, T would he glad 'o have Mr. Davis or any one rise furnish the slightest nroof th**t she r?|d before T crcn believe that 'she ?leers in a e-erlnrtpn1 soot nn near ...v,rrr, the Cnngnron eroo1- minT'os nr. rinr viters with the muddy tide nf tb^ ro"""iroo ' <"ri.n v;rtfor pns been pirtfenlarly ?riM^"! r>f the oeonle of Mecklen burg county for their adherenee to an [-Triytb.; ho Vinq rr>i tilth I ??.?(,.? fr.r.rv, Tr>nr>,. nf rno flMpcf pn?1 I l.ocf 1-non-n historical Writers and 'critics In America for his work on I .?.?. ~>,Wo,1 r, ,,r?f* f*-?n ? V n 1*11] T, r, t ' i?v i-.irr.ooif o"n.i 'o rr?.tff?f?;m r"r li , ?.i,v pot protesting against pprnetv-tien of discredited I ,nv!b.s as "??'?I of the history of South j Carolina." <?..(? price on Oil. j ^ rr?!.,,.i:,.., of f!'-o cents a barrel ! ?...(. nnnnnn^'l r> fow rlavc n^o hv I t\\r Stanrinr?" op Company In the nr'eo of nil srrades of crude oil. ex cept Raglann", which 1? unchanged. This Is the first, change In the pric? of most of the other grades since May. 1907, since which time Penn sylvania crude oil has been quoted constantly at $1.78. rO CENTS PER COPY LOOT AND BURN Is Still The Order of The Day at Adana By Troops THOUSANDS KILLED No Respect is Paid to Foreign Prop erties?Both French Schools Have Been Destroyed?Troops Use Oil "When Ordered to Throw Water on Burning Buildings. . News from. Adana in Asiatic Tur key say the place is still lawless. More people were killed in the city Tuesday. There are 30,000 dead in Adana province as a result of the massacre, and 35,000 homeless and penniless refugees are wandering in the villayet. The deaths in Adana city alone are estimated at 6,500. Adana is terrorized by 4,000 sol diers, who are looting, shooting and burning. No respect is paid to for eign properties. Both the French schools have been destroyed, and it is feared that the American school, commercial and missionary interests in Adana are totally ruined. The new vali has not as yet in spired confidence. There is reason to believe that the authorties still intend to permit the extermination of all Christians. The troops here are making a pretence of throwing water on the flames; instead of wa ter they use kerosene and are thus purposely adding to the conflagration. Apprehension is felt regarding the American missionary stations at Hau'jin and Tarsus. All letters and telegrams sent out through Turkish channels are censored. Sickening Atrocities. News from Tarsus says authentic details of the atrocities committed by the fanatical Mohammedans in the villiages and farms in this district are now coming in io Tarsus with sickening abundance. The worst particulars of these naratives cannot h? mentioned, but they set forth without douht that at least 10,000 persons lost their lives in this pro vince, and some estimates place the total casualty list at 25.000. Vil liages like Osmanieh. Razsche, Hpm a?*eih; Kara, Kristiau; Keoy and Ke zolook, were actually wiped out. Each of these places had populations of from 500 to 600 people. Tn one town of 4,000 people, there are less than 100 left, nearly all women and children. Entire families were burn ed to death in thfir homes. Hun dreds of girls and women were mal treated and carried off to the harems. The correspondent was informed that in one place a party of 100 Armen ians surrendered to the soldiers. The prisoners were taken to an open field and fthe women w)rre 'ordered 'to stand apart from the men. Every one of the men were shot. Young Turks around Tarsus aro trading young Armenian girls among each other for horses and modern re peating rifles. WOMEN LEAVING HAREM. Abdui Hamid Palace Held Many Fair Prisoners. A disnatch from Constantinople says it is said that the Sultan con templates making a tour of the Asiatic provinces of the Empire. Since the deposition of Abdul Hamid there has been a daily exodus of the women of the imperial harem from the Yildiz Kiosk. Monday forty-five carriages, each containing two or three women, and later fifteen more, wer'1 seen proceed ing to Stnmhonl. Tt is evident that the total number of fair prisoners in the palace must have been prodi gious. Tn the Chamber of Deputies a tPlegram was read announcing a re volt of Druses, a fanatical religious sect of Syrians, in Hauran. a district 1 of Syria, east of the upper Jordan. Troops have been ordered to pro ceed there at once. FORGIVES SON'S SLAYER. I Will Do All Possible to Secure Re lease of Dr. Royn.fi.nn. A dispatch from Detroit, Mich., pays Hagnod Gastanian of Lynn, j Mass . left for his New England homo i Monday pvening with the body of Ibis son. Harotoon Opstanian, who I was fatally shot. Friday in the De ' troit police court by bis uncle. Dr. I Garabed T. Rnynjian. Speaking of the crimn the dead ' youth's father said: I "Dr. Boyajian Is nearer to me 'than a brother. T blame him not, 1 even though he has slain my son. ' T Trill rle ?11 T em tn relent him from ' prison. Tt is the will of God. and :T bow before it. I believe my boy was innocent, but do not blame tho doctor for what he did. bec.anse he I heliove?! him guilty. When our peo j pie marry, they marry for good, not I for a short time like the American p ople seem to do. Any offense against, the home is punishable b> death." -" Charged With Stealing Whiskey. Carl Summers and Jim Subur, two young negroes, have been arrested upon the charge of stealing whiskey out of a box car at the Lexington depot on Friday.