The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-16

for The reduction of wages OF men employed on
the lines OF streetcafs, for the increased traffic
Will more than balance the loss sustained by
reducing the fare from 10 to cents. but there
Is no telling what the Southern Pacific may do.
As yet there is no talk Of reducing the wages
of the men.
TURKISH MAssACREs-S. W., City. The
following Is given as a list OF massacres
charged against the Turks prior to the horrible
butcnery that has recently startled the world:
1S21-Great massacre of Christians in Con-
stantin0ple. The Greek patriarch was out to
death.
1821-Horrible butchery Of Christians by the
Turks In Albania and Croatia. 1t Is stated that
over 20. 900 people were butchered In the most
horrible manner. Neither age nor sex was
spared aud living children were picked up and
thrown into burning buildings. In one place
100 bodies were thrown into a pile aud COW
cred with earth.
1822-A most dreadful massacre took place
In Chios The whole Christian population
some 120, 000-was put to death with horrible
crueltes by the Turks. The butchery cOntin-
ued until not Christian was left.
1S50-Aoour 10 900 Christians OF Aleppo are
said TO have been murdered by their Turkish
nelghbors. Women In great numbers were
assaulted and then killed and Turkish horse
men, il is said, rode through the streets with
the bodies of infants on their lances
1858-All the Chris laDs at Jedda. In Arabia,
were butchered by the Mohammedan fanatics
during religious festival.
1859-An aggregate of 5000 Christians were
butchered in many parts of Turkey.
1S60-In the Mount Lebanon district over
1000 Christians were slain by the feroclous
Dluses and 5000 were murdered by Turks In
Damascus
1S62-Tne Christian populations of fourteen
villages in herzegovina were put to death.
1S66-NedTly 10000 Christians were merci.
iessly slain in Gambia.
1S76-Slaughter of defenseless Bulgarians by
Turkish irreguars who were seut out To sup
press small instruction. Sixty-fve villages
and tn towns were burned by the Bashi- Ba-
ZOuks and other troops OF the Ottoman empire.
About $1,000 people-more than half of the
number being women and children We're killed
Mr.. Barring, the British Commissioner who was
sent into Bulgaria TO investigate the matter
reported as follows: "a ferocious MussuIman
party OF soldiers In revenge for a feeble and
abortIve insurrection was cut loose on the In
hapitants OF large province. The population
was barbarousy massacred, and during the
storm OF saw &c fury crimes of all descriptions
and outrages unmentionabe we're perpetrated
on the Inhabitants"
1S77-Tne Christian residents OF Bosnia
were set upon by Turkish cavalry and great
NUMBER were slaughtered.
1899-The Armenians in seven villages were
butchered by Turks and Kurdish cavalry.
EDWIN DRooD-G. B. D., City. "The Mys-
terry of Edwin brood" is an unfinished novel by
Charles Dickens. 1t was to have been issued
in twelve monthly parts, but only six had been
written by Dickens when he died The first
part was published in April, 1870. Some time
after The death OF Dickens a writer named t
2. James published what he claimed would
have been written by Dickens had he lived to
complete the work. He asserted that during a
trance the completing chapters of the novel
were dictated to him by the spirit of Dick ems
Another finish d" edition of the novel was bv
Wilkie Collins, who took up the story where
Dickens had lett off and wrote six additional
chapters. Collins, who had written mo Thor
oughfare" in conjunction with Dickens no
doubt had some idea of Dickens plot of ''The
Mystery of Edwin Brood"
WAR AND WEATHER-F. L. B., City. This
correspondent asks: docs tile explosion OF
powder In China during the present war with
Japan affect the electric conditions In San
francisco and had 1t anything to do with the
thunder and lightning on Thursday and Friday
nights?" ut might have, but doubt itn said
a scientific gentleman to whom the question
was submitted There has been thunder and
lightning in San f ancisco when there was no
war In China and no explosion of gunpowder In
any part OF the world"
THE YEAR--A. g., Chiavari Italy The year
closes at midnight on the 31st of December and
the new year commences Immediately after
that The civil day commences at midnight
and comprises twenty-four hours from one