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| Sketch by an eyewitness of the massacre at Sason. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday,
December 12, 1894.
ARMENIAN
TROUBLES.
OFFICIAL
CORRESPONDENCE SENT TO THE SENATE.
Two
Reports From Our Minister at Constantinople Included—The President Recites His Action In the Matter—Letter From the Turkish Minister to the State Department—General Denial of the Outrages.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—President Cleveland has
sent to the senate the correspondence with the Turkish government regarding the
Armenian affair. He said among other things:
"I have received two telegraphic
reports from our minister at Constantinople. One of these reports, dated Nov.
28, is in answer to an inquiry by the state department touching reports in the
press alleging the killing of Armenians, and is as follows:
"'Reports in American papers of Turkish atrocities at Sassoun are sensational and exaggerated. The killing was in a
conflict between armed Armenians and Turkish soldiers. The grand vizer says it
was necessary to suppress insurrection and that about 50 Turks were killed.
Between 300 and 400 Armenian guns were picked up after the fight, and reports
that about that number of Armenians were killed. I give credit to this
statement.'
"The other dispatch referred to is
dated Dec. 2, 1894, and is as follows: 'Information from British ambassador
indicates far more loss of life in Armenia, attended with worse atrocities than
stated in my telegram of the 28th.'
"I have received absolutely no
information concerning the cruelties committed upon citizens who have declared
their intention to become naturalized in this country or upon any persons who
have the right to claim, or have claimed for any reason, the protection of the
United States government."
The president then informs the senate of his
action in appointing Consul Jewett to make an investigation, as already
published.
Secretary of State Gresham transmitted to
the president correspondence covering practically the same points as embodied
in the letter to the president of the senate.
The correspondence transmitted included
several telegrams from Minister Terell.
The president also transmits a letter from
the Turkish minister at Washington to the secretary of state, and a copy of a telegram
concerning "The seditious doings of the revolutionary Armenians in Turkey."
The minister in transmitting the telegram
says: "The intrigues of Armenians residing in the United States, their
bold-faced slanders, as well as their public endeavors to disparage the
imperial government (and I confess with grief they have found in this country,
where religion is proclaimed to be a matter of conscience, a notable
encouragement at the hands of credulous persons, as well as those who, through
religious intolerance, believe that those Armenians ought to be upheld, not by reason
of an imaginary persecution of their race, but solely because they are
Christians and regardless of their guilt as subjects), all these facts, I say,
must, I am sure, have given your excellency evidence of the kind of people who
in reality compose the Armenian colony in the United States, people who nearly
all acquire American citizenship for the purpose of returning to Turkey—as
acknowledged by Mr. Terrell himself—and thus propagate their revolutionary
theories, the existence of which is no longer established by mere assertions,
but by documents published in the whole press of the United States and by
facts.
"For all these reasons the imperial
government is placed in the attitude of legitimate self-defence and, like all
constituted governments, should never allow that rebellion be organized and
propagated in any part of its territory. I am pleased, therefore, to hope that
in view of the gravity of the circumstances and of the justice and the thorough
equity of the plea which I had the honor to set forth in my note of Nov. 9,
1894, the government of the United States, with its well-known sense of
impartiality, will now take it under immediate and earnest consideration."
The telegram sent by the minister says that
toward the end of last July, at the instigations of an Armenian named
Hampartzoum, the men of the 10 villages near Moush organized themselves into
bands and, armed with guns, pistols, axes and other implements, attacked the
tribe of Kelikal and killed several of the tribe and then made an onslaught on
the tribes of Bokiran and Badikan. These bands burned the nephew of Emmer Agha,
one of the chiefs of the Bekiran tribe, Hadji, alive, and not only outraged the
Moslem women of the Kulli-Cuzat village, but also put them to an atrocious
death. Men were also tortured in a most atrocious way. Not content with these
criminal and awful acts the same bands also burned several villages inhabited
by Mussulmans.
"The assertion often published by the European
press that the regular troops shot harmless women and children is absolutely false.
No person without arms was killed. Twenty insurgents who had surrendered to the
authorities received considerate treatment and were released after their
depositions before the courts of Moush were taken. The place where Hampartzoum
and his confederates were found was made known by these 30 insurgents. These
facts prove that only 20 among the insurgents surrendered to the authorities,
and that with the exception of the brigands who had revolted no other person
was maltreated."
Boston
Elects a Republican Mayor.
BOSTON, Dec. 12.—Election day in Boston
resulted in a triumph for the Republicans. Edwin U. Curtis, the Republican
candidate for mayor, defeated General Francis Peabody, his Democratic opponent,
by about 1,600 plurality. The board of aldermen and the council will be
Democratic and the school board Republican. Independents won in Berverly, Cambridge,
Newburyport, Medford, Salem and Everett, while the Republicans won in Lynn,
Lowell, Chelsea and Worcester.
Will Test
Electric Propulsion.
ROCHESTER, Dec. 12.—In an interview Frank W.
Hawley said that early in the spring the Cataract Electric company of Niagara
Falls will have a trolley system constructed from Niagara Falls to Tonawanda
and that inventors of the different methods of propulsion by electricity will
be invited to be present with their appliances to participate in the tests to
be made. He was of the opinion however that nothing had yet been produced that
would equal the overhead trolley system, although the company has heard from at
least 400 different inventors who want to give their plans a trial.
PAGE
TWO—EDITORIALS.
Possibilities
of the Bicycle.
A paper in The Century calls attention to some recent feats of bicycle riders.
This autumn for the first time in the history of Alabama the elections returns
were known on the day of election. It was owing to the Birmingham Bicycle club.
Thirty members of this organization went to outlying districts, where there was
neither railroad nor telegraph. They got the returns from these sections and
brought them into Birmingham before the city vote there had been counted. In
order to do this, they had to travel an aggregate of over 1,000 miles. It was
not over the smooth macadamized and asphalt paths that delight the cyclist
either, but over rough and stony mountain roads.
It is 400 miles from London to Edinburgh,
yet skilled wheelmen traveled lately the entire round trip of 800 miles in 2
days, 2 hours and 27 minutes. In the best days of coaching no stage was ever
able to cover more than the single distance of 400 miles between the cities in
less than 42 hours and 23 minutes. Thus the bicycle rider made nearly twice as
good time as the fastest stagecoach ever did.
A quarter of a million bicycles have been
sold by dealers this year, it is calculated. Good for the boys and girls and
grown men and women! If this keeps on, we shall have good roads, health and no
end of fun for young and old in America.
THE
REVIVAL MEETINGS.
Interest
is Growing and the Attention is Increasing.
There is an absence of anything like religious
excitement in the revival meetings now in progress in the First M. E. church.
Mr. Rees' sermons, Bible readings and exhortations are all earnest and urgent,
yet calm and dispassionate. He is eminently a persuasive preacher and a careful
manager. The large audiences that attend his meetings are evidence of the
strong hold that his preaching in taking upon the people.
The largest number that have yet attended
the afternoon services were present yesterday. The subject of the Bible reading
was "The Holy Spirit." Mr. Rees set this subject forth in a most
impressive way and a deep feeling of solemnity and prayerfulness fell upon the
entire company.
At the evening service Mr. Rees preached
upon "Heaven." The sermon was full of pathos and very evidently touched
many hearts. A number of persons evinced a desire to become Christians. The
lower room of the church was well filled during the inquiry meeting that was
held by Mr. Rees while the pastor continued the meeting in the audience room.
Mrs. Rees, who is known to be a fine solo
singer, has thus far been unable to sing owing to a severe cold. She is, however,
doing excellent service in connection with the music as manager and organist
and is expected to take part in the solo singing in a few days. In the meantime
Miss Stout has sung with great acceptance.
The subject of Mr. Rees' sermon tonight will
be "Is There a Hell?"
Quite a
Find.
Mr. F. M. Tenney of the firm of Forrest & Tenney last night picked
up a pocketbook on the crosswalk between the stores of G. J. Mager & Co.
and F. Daehler, which contained over a hundred dollars in money. There were
some papers in it which furnished a possible clue to the owner, and Mr. Tenney
sent word to the gentleman to call and prove property. He arrived about noon
and proved his ownership. It was Mr. Warren Nye [Nye Road] of South Cortland.
TOWN
REPORTS.
Mt.
Roderick.
MT. RODERICK, Dec. 10.—Mr. T. Wight and wife
entertained a large company of family friends Thanksgiving.
Many of the neighbors attended Thanksgiving service at Congregational
church. A very instructive sermon was
preached by the pastor, Rev. Edson Rogers.
The last load of cheese from the Wight
creamery was shipped on Monday.
John Moore has moved into the house with his
son Ed.
Mr. John Hays of South Otselic is spending
the week visiting old neighbors. He now is more than 80 years old. Next week he
will go to New York where he will spend the winter with his son, Mr. Henry
Hays, who is corresponding secretary for D. Appleton & Co of New York city.
Mr. I. W. Phelps and daughter Mabel went to
Syracuse on Thursday to consult an oculist for the daughter.
Your correspondent and Secretary P. M. Fish
of Cincinnatus grange were representatives to Pomona grange at Cortland last
Tuesday. A large number took the 5th degree. A lunch was served in the hall,
which was enjoyed by many.
This place has been thoroughly canvassed
this week in the interest of fruit, pork and beef dealers.
Mrs.
J. L. Graves and daughters of Cortland visited her mother and brothers on Friday.
McDonald Bros. are using coolers for butter
making since the Wight creamery closed.
Dryden.
DRYDEN, Dec. 10 —Mrs. George Sweetland is
ill.
Mr. John Southworth of Ithaca is in town.
Ed Colby of Freeville was in town Friday.
Rev. F. L. Hiller was in Binghamton the last
of the week.
Miss Grace Edgcomb of Cortland was the guest
of her cousin, Miss Lela Tyler, over Sunday.
Misses Ella and Mary Stiles left to-day for
Whitney's Point. Their house in Dryden will be occupied by Mr. Albert Kurtz and
family.
A team of horses belonging to Mr. George
Shevalier ran away from the depot this afternoon. After running about half a
mile they were caught. No damage was done.
East
Virgil.
EAST VIRGIL, Dec. 10.—Nearly fifty of the
friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Gee gathered at their home Tuesday evening and
enjoyed a social time, enlivening the hours with games. A bountiful supper was
served and a pleasant time reported.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Brown went to Cincinnatus
Sunday to visit her parents.
DePuy Shevalier, who departed this life Wednesday
morning, Dec. 5, was born in October, 1844, at the old homestead where he died.
He was the seventh son born to John and Ann Shevalier. Only James Shevalier
survives him of the brothers and Mrs. Elizabeth Seager, of Virgil, his sister.
Although his chosen occupation was that of farming he was possessed of a good
education, he taught school and was frequently elected to town offices which he
filled with credit to himself and to his constituents. He was justice of the
peace at the time of his death, having held that office for about twelve years.
In 1876 he was married to Miss Cora Shaft then of Washington, D. C. "DePuy,"
as he was familiarly called, was of genial, happy disposition, always a welcome
guest, a pleasant companion and valued friend. He died suddenly of heart trouble
after suffering three weeks with typhoid fever. His funeral, on Saturday, was
largely attended by relatives and friends "sorrowing most of all that they
should see his face no more." The floral tributes were numerous and
beautiful. Rev. P. J. Reeves, pastor, had the funeral services in charge and
spoke appropriate and comforting words from Sam. xx: 18, "Thou shalt be
missed because thy seat will be empty." The burial was in Marathon
cemetery. We shall all miss DePuy, but to the mourning wife and daughter who have
lost in him a kind husband and indulgent, loving father the loss will be irreparable
and all hearts will sympathize with them in their bereavement. Mr. and Mrs.
Homer Cummings, Mrs. Chester Cummings and Mr. Seth Hobert of Preble, Mr. and
Mrs. John Seager, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Chaplain, John O'Connell and mother,
and J. D. F. Woolston of Cortland, Mr. N. Smith of McGrawville and Frank Shaft
of Watertown were in attendance at the funeral.
HOMER
DEPARTMENT.
Gleanings
of News From Our Twin Village.
At the Episcopal fair to be held in the
vacant stores on Wall-st. on Thursday and Friday evenings of this week there will
be a special display of embroidered table linen and an assortment of dressed dolls.
Among the other attractions there will be a Punch and Judy show, a fortune
teller, a table of home made candy, music, oyster supper and ice cream and
cake.
Many of the merchants are making handsome
Holiday displays and their windows present a very attractive appearance. D. E.
Shepard has a dinner table dressed with fine crockery. C. R. Merrill &
Co.'s window is filled with a handsome line of neckwear. Atwater & Foster
are just unpacking their large line of Christmas goods and will soon make an
elaborate display.
The annual election officers took place at
the meeting of the Willoughby Babcock post, G. A. R., which was held in Brockway
hall last evening. The following members were elected to office:
Commander—F.
M. Carpenter.
Senior
Vice-Com.—Wm. Wakefield.
Junior
Vice-Com.—John Flagg.
Sergt.—L.
P. Norton.
Quartermaster—H.
L. Bates.
Chaplain—Oscar
Babcock.
Officer of
the day—Samuel Saunders.
Officer of
the guard—David Wilbur.
Mr. Saunders was also appointed to represent
the post at the Department encampment.
Miss Manwaring will meet the class in
dancing this evening at Brockway hall at 8 o'clock.
The Homer lodge O. U. A. M. will hold the
regular weekly meeting in the rooms of the order in the Bennett block this
evening at 8 o'clock.
Miss Lena Griswold of Harford has returned
home after spending a week with her sister, Mrs. W. F. Maultby on South
Main-st. Mr. and Mrs. Maultby have returned with her and will spend the
Holidays with friends in Harford and Newark Valley.
BREVITIES.
—The Port Watson-Greenbush Whist club will
meet at the residence of Hon. R. T. Peck this evening,
—A "Husking Bee" sociable will be held
this evening at the Homer-ave. church. A choice literary and musical program is
promised.
—All members of the Y. M. C. A. who are
desirous of joining a class in social music will hand in their names to the general
secretary.
—William Ross was arrested last night by
Officer Parker. He was brought before Justice Bull this morning charged with
public intoxication and was fined $3 which he paid.
—The evangelist, Rev. M. S. Rees, is expected
to address the mission meeting Saturday evening in the W. C. T. U. rooms on
West Court-st. It is hoped that a large audience will be present.
— A large number of appointments of postmasters
was yesterday confirmed by the senate. Among them were several in this
vicinity. W. G. Weed is to be postmaster at DeRuyter; W. L. Van Duyen at
Moravia and H. L. Stork of Auburn.
—The Hitchcock Mfg. Co. yesterday placed an
order for the material for ten thousand motors for as many wheels which they
will begin building at once. Their
contract with the Motor Cycle Co. calls for the building of fifty thousand wheels
within three years. Advance orders for the wheels are coming in every day.
COAL GAS
ESCAPED.
And
Nearly Caused the Death of Mr. and Mrs. Prince.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Prince lately moved from
Odessa, Schuyler county to Cortland
and now occupy part of the house owned by Nathan B. Peck at 37 East Court-st.
Monday night was so warm that they wanted to run the fire in their parlor coal
stove as low as possible. Accordingly they closed all the draughts in the
stove, and partly closed the damper in the chimney. They did not notice that the
lids of several little places at the lower part of the stove where they poke
out the ashes had failed to fall to their customary places. They went to bed in
their sleepingroom off the sittingroom and left the connecting door open. A
window in the sittingroom was also partly open, and it is doubtless owing to this
fact that they are now alive.
About 5 o'clock yesterday morning Mrs.
Prince was awakened by a dull pain in her head and a feeling of oppression, almost
to stupefaction. She tried to get up and it was with difficulty that she could
stand. She staggered through the sittingroom to the outside door, threw it open
and sank down on the floor. The cold air had a restoring effect and in a few
minutes she was able to call her husband, and he too complained of the same
feeling. He was not as badly off as Mrs. Prince. He discovered that the cause
was coal gas escaping from the stove.
Mrs. Prince, instead of recovering, grew rapidly
worse. Dr. A. J. White was called and gave proper treatment. The lady was not
able to rise from bed all day after she lay down again shortly after discovering
the gas in the morning. To-day she
is feeling much better.
Mr. Prince felt quite under the weather yesterday
and the children were more or less affected, but all are doing well to-day.
Too great care cannot be taken to fully shut
off the gas from chandeliers at night and to see that coal stoves are properly
left.
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