Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-04-10
FOREIGN.
Flashes by Submarine Gable from
the Old World.

LONDON, April 9.-The Daily Dis
patch says: A letter received from
st. Petersburg announces that the
revolutionists have issued a mani
festo demanding universal suffrage
and the freedom of speech, of the
press, of conscience, and of election,
and declaring that if this programme
is adopted the executive committee
will dissolve, and no violence will be
used against any form of govern
ment thus sanctioned. The procla-
nation is dated, "Offices of the will
of the people, March "a, 1881"
A bulletin issued at IL o'clock
this morning says: Lord Beacons-
field has been rather restless and
less inclined to take nourishment.
The Times correspondent at Cbios,
under date of the 7th inst, tele-
graphs as follows: I have just ar
rived here from Constantinople, and
find a picture of desolation such as
is rarely witnessed. The town looks
as if it had been terribly bombarded.
Hundreds of houses are transformed
into shapeless mass of ruins, un,
der which lie buried an unknown
number of victims The majority of
the remaining houses are cracked
and roofess, and may fall at any
moment. Nearly every building in
town has suffered more or
less. The inhabitants won
der about anxious to search
for missing relatives or lost proper
ty, but are afraid to risk their lives
in the perilous work of clearing away
the rubbish. Many who are willing
to expose themselves to danger are
prevented by friends or the police.
The fear of grief and despair are de-
pected on every face. All have
some sad or tragic tale to tell. The
first shock was felt on Sunday after
noon at about 130 o'clock. Imme.
diately houses began to fall, wild
shrieks were heard on every
side. Then followed an awful
silence of some minutes. The
terrified survivors gradually
ventured into the narrow lane, and
reached the open spaces. Shortly
afterWard another terrible shock
completed the devastation. Then it
remained quiet until sunset, when it
again began to shake the island
throughout as severely as before.
All night shocks succeeded each
other at short intervals, and each
one was preceded by dull sounds
like subteranean explosions. Since
that frequent shocks have been felt
A few minutes ago, while writing
the present dispatch, [ distinctly
heard an explosion-like sound, and
felt the earth tremble, but as [ am
under canvass [ have nothing to
tear. The old Geneo fortress, con
tanning about 400 houses, inhabited
by Mussulmans and Jews, suffered
more than the rest of the town
The ground there sunk about half a
meter, and nearly all the houses
were Immediately destroyed and
several hundred persons must have
perished.. About 80 Mussulman
women were assembled in one
of the houses, not one of whom
escaped. The southern part of the
island is said to have suffered more
than this town. II. NJ. Gun, with
the vessel Bittren, arrived here this
morning. The captain at once came
ashorse' and after consulting with
the governor of the island, ORGANIZED
relief parties for attending to the
wounded and extricating the dead
from the ruins. He then went over
to Caesme and made careful inquir-
les regarding the state of the town
and inhabitants. To morrow he in
tends visiting tie southern part Of
the island, where less has been done
for the sufferers. I visited Cheme
this afternoon. Only about ten
inhabitants were killed, but many
houses are in ruins, and very many