Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-12-04
Further Details of the MercileSs
 Massacre by Turks.
THIRTY-rWo TOWNS DEMOLISHED


 witnesses. With every mark of horror and indignation tho Armenians told tho interpreter of the terrible scenes they had witnessed. Tho latter thoroughly cross questioned tho fugitives in order that there should Ee no Coubt as to tho nc- cuTa"y of their stories
 These Armenians are tho first that have escaped from the districts where the mar sacres have occurred. and ig is believed that oven worse remains tn be told. as tho horrors recOrdel nro understood to have lasted for n long time after this party of Armenians fed from the blood stained districts. Most Of the persons who told their stories escaped from MOosh. Bitlis and Sassuun. taking with them what lit tle they could carry and making their way with tho greatest difficulty to the Russo Turkish frontier anu going to Erivan and Etchmiadzin. Tho latter place l. tho ecclesiastical capital of Ar monia. although it Is situated lj miles west of ErivAn. in the Russian d0min ions. It is only n miles from Mount Ar1rat At Etchmiadzin the chief of tho Armenian church resides. He is termed the catholices or primatc Of the Arme- nIan church.
 several Armenian women escaped from tho villages with the party which has ar rived here. hut when near Erzeroum they
  fliCted upon them hOforo their escape.
 The second NIas>acre.
 For about lN n.onths. tho Armenian refugees say. inc province of Sassoun has been surround,d by Turkish troops, and nobody has been allowed to enter it or to leave. About four months ago the Turk ish authorities learned that tho inhabit- ants of Nartcmis, village outside the frontier of SasSOun. wCrc sending for the ncccssnriCs Ol life to the village of Dal- vOrig. Such communication between tho two villages being prohibited. the Turks massaCrcd nearly all the inhabitants of Nartcu.is This wa, the second massacre Ia occur Tho first took place about n year ago
 On" "t the refugees. man named khadiik. states that his uncle and aunt wer" among tho Killed the latter being violated previous to being put to death.
 IlO adds that an Armenian priest nHmod kcvunt was killed for refusing to celebrate Turkish rites in his church at NaTtcmiS. The villa contained 335 Ar mcnian houses before the Turks attacked 1t. but when the fu-itives loft only 3j houses remained standing.
 Further atrocities wero committed by the Turks at the village of kolichuzen. Before dawn this place was surrounded by soldiers. and while tho inhabitants wcr" still nslecp 1t was set on fire. At kclichuICn tho soldiers killed the Ar menian priest. Marcos, who. with 20 other inmates of a house was burned to death the soldiers preventing anybody from cscaNiu-, from the burnin dwcllin <
 DaiVpri it appears is tho lar-cst viii n-o in the prov iuCr uf SassOun. and its inhabitants whcn thoy learned of the hor- Tors porpotratod hy the Turks at Nartcm is. attacked thu Turks on the frontier Tho Turkish commander eventually sent l3 sol, icr; into Dalvorig in order to learn what had occurred Tho Armenians filled with di-nntion at the atrocities committed nv the Turks at Nartemis. at tackled this detachment of Turkish sol diers and put them all to death
 When the Turkish commander heard of the death of his soldiers he determined upon ave- in them in tho most bloody manner possible. A strong force of Turk iSh troops was sent to the village, with artillery, and tEo massacre Do Ian. The chief ul the village of Cheneg was captured by the soldiers and bound to his two Gau-hter All three were tbon sCalded to death with boiling water
 Inc number of villages devastated in this manner is said to ho over 32 The Armcninns fled in every possible direc- tiOn. but many of them were captured by the Turkish troops before they could get away and taken to prison.
 The London Times Aroused. LoNDoN. Dec. i--The Earl of Kimbe-. ley. secretary 0! state for foreign affairs, had a long interview at the foreign office with Mir. Francis =. stevenson. member of parliament for the lst division of Suf- folk and chairman of tho Anglo Arme- nian association
 The Times. which hitherto has been l skeptical regarding the SaSsoun Outrages, l today makes q great feature Of the atrocI- ! tics, devOtimg four columns to Armenian | matters. In general summary 1t says it has confirmation outside of patriotic X r. menian sources sufficient to prove that i the reports of rapino and murder are tol- erably well established.
 Tho paper prints an explanatory article on the Armenian question and letter l from Dr. Thoumaian. dated Nov. 2s. TO. l proaching The Times with indifference to the oppressed Armenians. The letter | reCOuntS the atrocities and declares that | the Turkish commission appointed to in l quire into the outragcs Is intended to throw dust into the eyes of Europe. Dr. | IhOumaian appeals to the powers for an independent inquiry.
 | I;arbarnus Pasha Decorated. VIENNA. Dec. 4.-The sultan has dec ! Orated /ekki Pasha with the <ichan | lmtinz order in br;lIiants for suppressing the Bitlis revolt Zekki Pasha is Turk. ish marshal. It Is charged that he. with n detachment or Nizams and a field bat tery. massaCred more than 2. 900 Arme. nians in the Sassoun district.
 Three Mincr~ Fatally Burned. WILKESBAERE. Pa. Dec. By an eI- | plosi"n of gas in the Dorrance mine Al. | fred Peterson. n miner, was so badly burn cd that he died. stephen Nalco and Ed ward Murphy. labOrcrs. were also fatally burned
 | \ TaconIa Bank Closes. | TAC0IA. Dec lowing to the gen | sral unsatisfactory business conditions, | the Tacoma National bank closed its doors, having decided to liquidate. Fatal Boiler Explosion. PROVIDENCE, Dec 1.-Two men wer, instantly killed and four other persons | were seriously. if not fatally. injured by the explosion of boiler in n sawmill n Greene. n little village just this side O the Connecticut line. The killed ar John A. Brown, aged 90. Lyman Scott 8. The injured arc John k. Gladding | William Curknow, Leon Remington, liar ry Remington.
 | studio BuiIding Burned. NEW EOgK. Dec. 4.-Ths Manhattan | building. southwest cornor of Fifteontl | street and Fifth avenue formerly tn l home of the Manhattan club and at pres | ent occupied by the studios of several O | New ork s most famous artists was par tially destroyed by fire.
 l Another Wesleyan student Dead. MIDDLETOwN. Conn, Dec. 4.- Tn death of Joseph Albertson DIlkes. Jr., a | his home Iemberton N J. from ty