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DEEDS OF T&RKISK DEV? ILTRY AT HARPOOT. Constantinople, March 15.-Later news from Harpoot shows that iu that village at least some gort of orders have gone out to discouoteoaoce the forced conversions. When the authorities from Harpoot telegraphed to Coostao t in opie for instructions the reply came: "Do not uso force to convert." The local Governor interpreted the orders liberally and even announced that everyone was to returai. IQ one quar? ter of Harpoot all the Christians bad 'been converted and circumcised, so that ?they feared to open tfeeir church. But ?the Ulenia or religious leaders of the Moslems came io a body and begged >them to renew their services in the .church. This ebaoge, however, is .only in the cities and Large towns, io the villages and hamlets such orders will have no effect. The Mollahs and ?petty Mukhtars oao easily see to it that no one returns. Only-iff some one of them is puciebed will these Mollahs un? derstand that it is dangerous to intim? idate. It seems hopeless almost to talk of punishment for religions oppressors, wheo 'Countless murderers go uohuog. Ia Itsohmen a certain well known sheik ten days after the outbreak mur? dered forty persons io cold blood at the door of the church and surely some re? cognition should be made of such a crime. In regard to other murders the excuse of the Government bas been that it will be impossible to bring borne any single aetto any one person. This sheik, however, ten days after quiet was restored, invited all the leading Chris? tians to a conf?rence. Some feared,and hid ; about sixty, however, assembled io the church,when the door was locked v i, upon them, then under the fea? of tbis shiek the Moslems brought out these men one at a time. Forty refused to accept the Isham and were ?illed. Here is certainly one clear case that ought to bc taken up. Io January Turkish officials in the country-districts of Harpoot and Diar bekir occupied themselves with visiting the villages recently "converted," in? structing the people on no account to admit, in case they were asked, thai j they had been forced to accept Islam, j The people were informed that death would be the penalty for complaints of the compulsion used to convert them. There are 15,000 of these forced coo* verts in the province of Harpoot alone, and 40,000 in the whole region devas? tated by the massacred. <^ny dispatch of consuls by the powers would easily verify the facts reported, and would also reveal the pitieoos pleadings of these people for deliverance from servi? tude from a hatred religion. Informa? tion from various poiots in the provinces of Siya, ]3arno.o1;. Diarbekir, Bitlis acd Yan show that the process of forcing Christians ip become Moslem 6 IS Still io active progress. IQ twenty-eight villages io the dis triot of Harp -ot at last accounts (Janu? ary 3U) there had been no Christian worship held since the first week io {?ovember. Tb ie ?bo!irjr?n of ?hrjstjao I w???blp among a Christian people is at least connived at by the imperial au thorities, for they do uotbing to protect the worshippers from the attacks of the Mohammedan.?, who declare that it shall no more be allowed. The aboli? tion of worship is simply a part of the scheme to abolish Christianity. The name of the Rev. Hagop Abouhagatan, pastor of the Protest? ant Church at Oorfa, in the province of Aleppo, must be added to the long list cf Protestant clergymen who have died as martyrs during the recent massacres. He was an able and devoted man, a graduate of a German university (Leipsig) He was murdered on the 29th of Decem? ber, wheo the second horrible mas Sacr?, this time of over 4,000 Chris? tians, took place at Oofa. ^Tbe purpose to abolish Christianity fe pressed forward With the whole fbree of the Government b? the ?tt d?rect means of depriving the Chris? tian communities of their men of in? fluence, who have survived the mas? sacres. Iii every town or city where the massacres occurred arrests of such men are now in progress. No charges are preferred against the men arrested. They are arrested simply at the will of the Governor. The communities are thus deprived of their natural advisors and remain a prey to any enterprise which the petty officials of the Government on the Imams of the Moslem Hierarchy choose to inaugurate against them. At Aintab one of the Protestant pas? tors, and at Marash, two of the pastors are thus kept in prison with? out reason and against ali right and law. Another indirect method of de? stroying the Christian communities io these devastated prov:nces is the degradation of womanhood among the Christian communities A sys? tematic debauchery of Christian wo meu is carried on nearly in all the devastated districts. It is as if the Turks wish to make sure that the women, always conservative in mat? ters of religion, shall lose their self respect, and the grounds of their re? ligious hope,. They, therefore seize the Christian women, day after day, and week after week, and outrage them with impunity. For instance, at Tamzara, in the province of Sivas, all the men were killed in the mas? sacres early in November. From a well to do Armenian population ol fifteen hundred, all that now remain in this village are about tbree hun dred'Starving and half naked womer and children Trustworthy informa lion ?from this place, dated tibe 2-4tli .of January, says that the most hor? rible ^feature of the situation of these Armenian and orphan gi^ls, is that I passing Turkish soldiers atad Turkish i travellers attack ami outrage them in . their homes without hesitation and j I without restraint. During ail thc 1 I three months since the massacre this ! j license has been observed towards j i these defenceless and wretched wo ! men. ! From Megere, the seat of f-govern j ment of Province of Harpoot, infor I matioR, dated the 27th of January, ' declares that the same license exists j in that province also. Within ear? j shot of the Governor General's ! palace Mohammedan! young men 1 have broken into Christian houses by night and have worked their infernal pleasure on the women of the house, and the oitScials have refused to take notice of the abomination Chese women are .punished in this way, are made the -sport of every Turkish fiend who chooses to lay hands -upon them because they are Christiane and refuse to beoome Mohammedans. Alas, it seems that the Christian Governments are powerless in the presence of t&e beggared nation of nine'millions of Turks, or they are unwilling to take any peremptory measures to prevent Christianity from being er&sbed out of certain parts of the Turkish Empire. Sure? ly, they might take so simple a meas? ure as to appoint ?consuls to reside in the principal cities of the provinces The mere residence of a consul wili stop a host of infamies, which tire Turks ordinarily dare to commit only when they think they can deny them with impunity. SPANIARDS KELL EACH OTHER. j Habana, March 15.-An untoward military accident occurred last night, growing out of the misunderstanding to the reply of a challenge, A small band of iosdrgents had set ?re to thc . caue and buildings o a sugar estate ? near Mariano, province of Habana. The smoke attracted the attention of I two columns of Spanish troops who j were advancing in search of the rebels The column which first arrived oo the estate entrenched themselves as a pre? caution against any sudden attack frota the insurgents, who were supposed to be near. The second column, coosistiog of the Sanquintio battalion, arrived oo the scene after dark As they ap? proached the entrenchments of the first column they were baiied by the usual "alerta" from the picket, who, misun? derstanding the answer, fired and fell back to the trenches. The second column continued to ad? vance, sopposeiog that they had come upon the rebels. They had not gooe far before the first column poured a vol? ley into their ranks. The second col nmn returned the fite and then in re? sponse to an order fixed their bayonets and rushed forward to take the en? trenchment by s?prm. As they weat over thc eclrcDcbaicnts', ?be first col? umn poured aoother volley into them, and then when the troops came into j 1 close, quarters, it was discovered from the uniforms and flags, that a fatal blunder had been made. It is reported that thc losses ot: both sides in killed and wounded was ov<>r 30; but there is a strong suspicion that they were much larger. Hot Shot Prom Sam Jones. Atlanta, March 15.-Sam Jones, who has been preaching here for two weeks past to audiences of 6,000 and 8,000 persons, was expressly severe j j in his address this afternoon. He I had an audience of 8,000 at the | i Moody tabernacle and he became very personal in his remarks, calling certain chu.^h members, whom every : i one recognize, "damnable scoun- J drels." t ?n the midst of his talk he de-11 elated that it was so hot in the build- ] t ing that he would either have to stop ' * talking or take off hie coat. The j t audience yelled to him to take off his] i coat and go ahead. He accordingly threw it off and finished his sermon | < in his shirt sleeves. Proprietors of I I saloons and disrepntafre h ouses s&y that he has hurt their business 50 per cent. Jones says he will remain two weeks more. The War in Abyssinia. Rome, March 14.-Dispatches from j Mas80wah say that King Menelik has reviewed his troops in the presence of Major Salsa, the Italian officer who went to the Abyssinian camp to obtain permission to bury the bodies of the I italians killed io the battle of Adowa, i The dispatches say that 100,000 well ! armed Abyssinian troops marched past J in good order King? Menelik also ? showed Major Salsa his stores of ammu? nition and provisions. The Tribuna says that t . proposals of the Abyssinian king, Menelik, for j peace with Italy include a demand that j King Humbert send him an autograph letter requesting peace and agreeing to the immediate evacuation of Adigrat by the Italians. Menelik, the paper says, further insists on the withdrawal of Italy7s forces to the frontiers fixed io the treaty concluded by Ccciali, and an agreement on the part of Italy to re? frain from erecting new fortresses and to decline all offers of au alliance from any outside colony. Menelik, The Tribuna says, promises if these condi? tions are complied with, to undertake to oppose 3oy advance by the Dervishes on Kasaila. ? Off For Cuba. ? _ j T?e Bermuda Sails Loaded With Arias and Amma Qition for the Pa? triots. Xtw T-aRK., March JL3.-The steaoaer Bermuda, ladeo with arms and ammu? nition lett ber anchorage, about 2 mi?es south of Liberty island at 8 15 o'cloek this morning and .passed out at Sandy Hook at 10 o'clock. -She cleared yes? terday for Vera Uru? and GO attempt was made to detain her to-dar, as she left the harbor. The munitions of w-ar are undoubted? ly for the Cuban insurgents. A tug boat folio we i the Bermuda and it is understood was in the -employ of the Spanish eounscai. j If, as was rumored, -a steamer is to j keep and transfer men io the Bermuda, I it will undoubtedly be ?me way down the coast. Captain O'Brien, an old Hell Gate pilot, who was in commaed of the Ber? muda, has taken out filibustering expe? ditions in years gone by. Early this morning 18 of the men of the crew were taken aboard the Bermuda. About 7.30, the tug boat R..J. Barrett left the Battery lauding for the Ber? muda, and she had on board the chief engineer, Thomas Neilson.: the second engineer, Hawden, and Chief Steward ! Taylor. They had previously been held as witnesses when the Bermuda was captured ou ber first attecapt to go. Another interesting part of the af? fair is the fact that Tboryas Estrada Palma, the bead of the Cuban junta, had suddenly, on Saturday night, given up bis room at the Astor house, where he had been for some (time. I Suspicious individuals believe that not ! only a filibustering expedition is under way, but also that it is thc idea of the Cubans to get heir leaders and chi?f men together on the island so that it may be shown to the United States Congress that they have a well estab? lished government and are worthy to ? have belligerent rights accorded them, j Among the prominent Cuban leaders ] who have been in this city are General j Calizto Garcia, Thomas Estrada Palma \ and Secretary Perez, who lately arrived ? from Cuba. At the home of General | Garcia, it was ?aid to-day that he left ] there about 8 am. and said that he wouid be home fur dioner. Secretary Perez, who is said to be close to Maceo, couldTjot be found to-day. lt is gen? erally supposed among those who pro? fess to know something of the Cuban p?aos that the arrival at Cuba of the Bermuda and thc steamer Scblesswig (if the latter is bound that way) will be the signal for a big display by the insurgents and a possible assault upon Habana. It is argued that such au at? tack even if unsuccessful, would aid the insurgents materially in gaining belligerent rights. - ?rn -??.^? Last Year's Cotton Crop. Washington, March 14 -The re? port on the cotton crop of 1895, which will be issued by the depart? ment of agriculture on Monday, will, it is stated, be the most thorough and sxhaustive statistical research ever | undertaken by the department, so fai? ls that crop is concerned All the railroad and water transportation 1 companies in the South without ex? ception have made returns of mothly shipments from the States of produc? tion ; every cotton- and woollen mil!, j with one or two inconsiderable ex- ; jeptions, have reported to the de? partment its monthly purchases ; and he services of over 10,000 township ind precinct agents, five or more in I ?very cotton growing country, have jeen engaged io ascertain the fcrnount cr cotton remaining on hand 1 February I, 1896, on plantations, itored in warehouses, at public gins, it steam compresses and at railway ?epots and yards. This method of ?stimating the cotton crop was un lertaken for the first time last sea 3on, but the improvements this year applied have been so general and so decided, it is believed, as to make the forthcoming estimate substantial? ly correct. mtmm ? i mmm A Peaceful Settlement. ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES WILL SETTLE THE VENEZUELA DISPUTE. London, March 16-In the house! of commons to-day, Sir Albert Kaye- i Rollit, independent Conservative member for the south division of Islington, asked what truth there was in the reports that the United States government had expressed willing? ness that the Venezuelan dispute be referred to a joint commission for consideration and settlement. Right Hon. Henry George E Cur- ? zon, parliamentary secretary to the I foreign office, replied that the gov eminent had received official propos? als from the United States govern? ment upon the subject of the Vene? zuelan difficulty and that these pro- i posais were now in course of nego tiation and therefore, he could not communicate them to the house. Mr. Curzon, however, stated that the pro? posals made by the United States were not accurately described by the language in question. Hood's Fills cure liver ills, constipatioo, j-mr.dice, sick headache, biliousness. BESfET ?JT INQUISITOR. i Novel Qu?tions Used to Test the Competency of Jurors. Special to the State. C?ft&U&STOK, March 14.-The first conviction tn tie city under the dis - ; pensary law w-as bad to-day, Law? rence Murphy., a prominent restau j ranter, heinz placed on trial After tfoe jury had bee? out several hours a verdict was rendered. The verdict was a -surprise to the j community. j M urphy was recesen ted by Geo. 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