TALE TOLD BY A TURK

Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, October 19, 1896.

TALE TOLD BY A TURK.

Horrors of the Recent Massacre of Armenians.

STREETS RAN RED WITH BLOOD.

Fugitives Hunted Down Like Wolves. Jews Aided In Pointing Out the

Armenians—Dead and Wounded Alike Thrown Into the Harbor.

   NEW YORK, Oct. 10.—Madji Rahsian is a Christian Turk who was one of the passengers on board La Gascogne. He comes to this country on a business trip. Through an interpreter he told about the massacres of Armenians. He was in Constantinople during the three days' massacre in August last.

   During the three days 30,000 Armenians, he said, were slaughtered throughout the empire. Wagons filled with bodies were constantly passing through the streets of Constantinople. And none of the bodies were buried, but cartload after cartload were dumped into the sea. The sight was a sickening one, and what added to its horrors was the fact that in these wagons were piled the dead and dying, and the feeble cries of the wounded for release could be heard coming from the carts, but the appeals were utterly unheeded, whether killed or wounded all were thrown into the sea.

   Mr. Rahsian said he saw Turkish soldiers walking about the streets with revolvers in their hands, while other Turks would be carrying clubs. The Jews of the city would point out the Armenians and then the soldiers would shoot or clubs would be used.

   The Jews would also, according to Mr. Rahsian, point out a certain house declaring that it was inhabited by Armenians, whereupon the soldiers would break into the dwelling and kill everyone, men, women and children. The Armenians in many instances had sought refuge on roofs of houses, but the Turks would pursue them and compel them to jump off into the street and thus be killed or maimed.

   Until now the Europeans have not been molested, but they are leaving Constantinople, fearing that they may be attacked. It is the general feeling in Constantinople that the European powers should interfere as soon as possible, because the Armenians are not yet conquered and are contemplating revolt to avenge their massacred brethren.

Arrival of Armenian Refugees.

   NEW YORK, Oct. 19.—A number of Armenians who have fled from Turkey are expected to arrive today and will be met by a contingent of the Salvation Army, who will accompany them to Ellis island and lay their case before Commissioner Senner in order to obtain permission for the Armenians to land. The Salvation Army will hold a meeting at Memorial building in the interest of the Armenians. Commander Booth-Tucker and Consul Booth will address the meeting. Several Armenians will also speak.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

The First Banner of the Campaign.

   The legal victory of the National Democratic party over the Popocrats, in the court of appeals, was appropriately celebrated in the village of Cortland last Saturday afternoon, the 17th inst., by the suspension over Main-st. of a fine banner containing pictures in oil, on canvas, of the party emblem, a full rigged ship with canvas spread and under way, the likenesses of the candidates of the party for president and vice-president and the names of the candidates on the state ticket.

   Now that it has been adjudicated by the court of appeals, not only that the National Democratic party exists, but that it has all the rights incident to its existence, including the right to have the names of the candidates nominated by it printed in a column on the official ballot underneath the party emblem, the next important question to be decided is, whether it is not the sole and only Democratic party in existence. The determination of this question is awaited with interest.

   The National Democratic party has taken the affirmative of this issue. It is usually stated somewhat as follows:

   "If a majority of a party apostatizes in a body, do those who remain true to the faith, or the renegades, thereafter constitute the party?

   Are the delegates chosen to a party convention authorized to subvert the established creed and principles of the party they were chosen to represent, or is their authority limited to the adoption of a platform in accordance with the established principle, of the party for which they act, and to the nomination of candidates true to those principles?"

   The discussion of these questions, which has heretofore been academic, has now become a matter of the actual determination of concrete, practical issues by the American people. They are not the less important because they are for the present obscured by more absorbing controversies.

   The result of the Chicago [Democratic] convention shows that all political parties are liable to be subverted by treachery, weakness or folly. How far may such results be upheld?

   The National Democratic party is an organized protest against the ratification and approval of, or submission to, the results of any convention procured by such means. It remains to be seen whether or not the American people will uphold the action of a so-called Democratic convention, where not only treachery, weakness and folly, but dishonesty, lawlessness and anarchy united in framing the platform and nominating the candidates.

   Had the Democratic party [silver Democrats] tamely submitted to such a complete perversion of its organization as was attempted at Chicago, without a revolt being caused from its ranks, it would have been an omen of dire evil for the future of this country.

   The advent of the National Democratic party [gold Democrats] is therefore a welcome sign of the existence of a sensitive political conscience and a ground of hope for better political ethics, and as such we hail it with satisfaction. "Don't give up the ship.''

   While we believe that every sound money man should vote for McKinley and Hobart, we have no quarrel with the supporters of Palmer and Buckner.

REAL ESTATE SOLD.

Property of the Hitchcock Mfg. Co. Bid in for Samuel Keator.

   The real estate belonging to the Hitchcock Mfg. Co. was on Saturday sold by the receivers, Messrs. C. B. Hitchcock of Cortland and James Devine of Syracuse. The property was all bid in by Hon. O. J. Kellogg for Samuel Keator, who held liens on nearly all of It. The large brick building in Elm-st., the wooden building and two dwelling houses west of the railroad tracks all sold for $150, subject to liens of $42,500; the foundry in Port Watson-st. brought $150, subject to a lien of $22,000; the Quinlan house in Pomeroy-st. sold for $100, with a lien of $874, and all the interest the company had in 330 acres of land in the town of Preble was bid in for $100, the entire property selling for $500, subject to liens of about $66,000.

THE HORSE WAS SAFE.

He Wandered Away and Was Put in the Hitching Barn.

   Horace Perkins, the gardener who lives a half mile east of South Cortland, had quite a scare Saturday night over the loss of his horse which he feared had been stolen. Eugene Simpson, an employee of his, drove the horse up to the house of John Dillon on Tompkins-st., threw the blanket over the animal and went inside on an errand leaving the horse without hitching as was customary. Simpson was in the house about twenty minutes and when he came out the horse was gone. He supposed the animal had got tired of waiting and had gone home, though he is left unhitched dozens of times every day, while Mr. Perkins is peddling. Accordingly Simpson started for home too, but the horse was not there. Mr. Perkins then came down town to notify the police.

   Later in the evening H. C. Hemmemway of 130 Clinton-ave. reported to the police that he had met the horse near South Cortland and the animal was going along loose toward that place. He turned it around and drove it to Baker's hitching stable in Cortland and left it there. Mr. Perkins found it there today.

BREVITIES.

   —Private dancing club at the dancing academy to-morrow night.

   —Miss Howe entertained her music class at her home, 50 Union-st., Friday afternoon.

   —A regular meeting of the Woman's Relief Corps will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.

   —The case of The People against Abram Dennis, charged with petit larceny, is on trial before Police Justice Mellon this afternoon.

   —The Congregational Bible class will meet this evening in the prayer room of the church. All Interested in the study of the Bible are invited to be present and join the class.

   —Mrs. Alfred Abbott died Saturday morning at her home in Homer, aged 79 years. The funeral will occur at the family home in Homer on Tuesday at 11 o'clock A. M. Burial in Homer cemetery.

   —Mr. and Mrs. George P. Yager entertained a number of friends at tea on Friday night in honor of Mrs. L. H. Pearce and Miss Mary Bride who were just about leaving for their new home in Geneva.

   —Burgess' store is well filled this afternoon by a large crowd of people assembled to hear the phonograph which is giving fine vocal and instrumental selections. The phonograph will be on exhibition there for a few days.

   —Deputy Sheriff J. K. Edwards was in Fulton Saturday and arrested Lewis

Barnes and returned him to Cortland on the charge of skipping a board bill. The case was held open until to-day and has not yet been disposed of

   —The first snowfall of the season occurred yesterday and for several hours the hills were decidedly white. The flakes were of unusual size and the effect as they were falling was very pretty. In St. Lawrence county an inch of snow fell.

   —The Prohibitionists this afternoon flung to the breezes a large banner over Main-st. from the Collins block to a telephone pole opposite. The banner contains portraits and names of the Prohibition national candidates, Joshua Levering and Hale Johnston.

   —Mrs. Carrie I. Hike, wife of Cyrus Hike, died at 10:30 o'clock last night at her home, 61 Clinton-ave., of cancer, having been ill since June. She was 51 years of age. Besides a husband, she leaves one son, Mr. Claude V. Hike. The funeral will be held from the house, Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock. Burial at Dryden.