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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.
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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. M
I Tre-oholm, The c*se?has been appeal
! ed and Murphy released on $600 bond,
j Considerable drStoulty was had in
j obtaining a Jury v It required an hour
j to select iL The ju?ige propounded the
; following questions to each juror as he j
was presented :
1. Do you approve -$>r disapprove of
the dispensary law ?
2. Are yoic in fav*r of enforcing
the dispensary ?aw aod -punishing the
violators 3
3. Is your disapproval of -the law so j
strong or have you suck 'Conscientious I
objection to the law that you would or j
might find it difficult or impossible to j
agree to a verdict of guilty .apon proof
to coovict?
4 Have you formed a dete-r-m i nation
not to coovict on the evideoce of the
State constables or police officer*'?
5. Is your mind free of bias or pre?
judice between the State and defendant
so that you can give a fair and impar?
tial trial ?
Eight of the jurors expressed a si-ight
doubt as to whether thpy could hear
the case without prejudice, and by order
of the judge they were made to stand
aside.
The action of Judge BeDet is beiog
severely criticised
Simon Hartman, of Tuonelton. West Vu , J
has been subject to attacks of colic about once
a year, and would have to call a doctor and
then suffer for about twelve hours as much as
some do when they die. He was taken re?
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concluded to try Chamberlain's Colic, Chol?
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