Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-02
WHEELING, W. VA, MONDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 2

the Times says with reference to the ru-
mors that the Sultan is insane, that he
CLEANS from the diplomats who have
most recently seen him, that the Sultan
brings to all government business a
mind highly gifted with reasoning pow
er; that he is entirely satisfied with his
own mode of ruling, and is convinced
that, although it is not ideally perfect,
1t is the best adapted to the condition
of his empire.
"View.ng matters from his own stand
point" this correspondent says, his
reasoning is lucid, consistent and CO.
gent"
The Daily News has a dispatch from
Constantinople which says:
"All the Armenians employed at the
palace are being dismissed on various
pretexts.
The American missionaries at Khar-
put, Bills and Marash are
PRACTICALLY PRISONERS.
They are protected by troops, but are
afraid to venture upon the street.
The surviving Christians. Of the vii
lages near Moush, Kharput and Arabe-
kir are being offered the choice be-
tween Islam.sm and the sword.
'The Porte has documents purporting
10 be written by Armenians at Khar-
poot, accusing the American miss.ona-
ries of imbuing youthful Armenlans
with revolutionary IDEAS"
A dispatch from COnstantin0ple to the
Chronicle says:
"Dyavid, the son of Hall Rifaat,
grand vizer, has been exiled on the Sui
tan discovering that he had demanded
bribe Of 5000 pounds sterling as the
price Of his fathers favorable report on
the loan negotiations with the tobacco
regime. The Sultan is furious and will
probably dismiss Hall R.faat."
THE REVOLT IN YEMEN.
London, December IA letter from
Alden, Arabia, dated November Goth,
gives details of the Arabian revolt
against the Sultan in Yemen, the coffee
growing district of Southwestern Ara
bia. The Importance of the outbreak
lies in its proximity to Mecca. The loss
to the Sultan of the Mus5ulman Holy
City would probably mean his deposi-
ton. Hence the strenuous official de-
malls which have been made of the eX-
istence of the rebellion.
So far the revolt has been confined to
the district around Khamar, two days
journey from Saana, the capitol of Ye-
men. The rebels number $4,000 Arabs,
armed with Martini and Snyder rifles,
and led by Sayyid, a pretender to the
Imaunship of the whole Yemen country.
who wields a great influence and sur
reptitiously
COLLECTS TRIBUTE OR TAXES
from all Arab tribes under Turkish
rule.
Six thousand Turkish troops recently
arrived in Saana from COnstantinople,
and were distributed among the garri-
sons in the Khamar district.
The rebels had already captured, after
severe fighting and great bloodshed,
two Turkish forts at Khamar and Bald
buda. In the latter, 300 Turks were
killed. The garrison fed to Masmer
| and begged the twenty-five Sheikhs
there to help to recapture Baldbuda.
The Sheikhs refused and were taken to
Saana and imprisoned.
The telegraph is constantly cut and
Sayyid. the pretender, burns the letters
and presents which the Sultan sends.
BEFORE THE MASSACRE.
Boston, December 1.-The following
letter has been received in Boston, de-
scriptive of the situation in Aintab
Immediately preceding the recent mas
sacres there:
we are in the midst of very seri-
GUS crisis says the writer. "The
threatened Moslem rising seems to have
begun; to what lengths it will go is as
yet uncertain. News, or rather rumors
Of the troubles in Constant!nOple and
ether places, together with rumors that
ire powers were pressing the Porte in
the matter of reforms, have naturally
excited both Christians and Moslems to
a degree more intese and dangerous, as
all reliable news has been withheld.
"The worst feature Of the case is the
impression everywhere current in Mos
lem villages that the time to rise and
eXterminate the Giaors has come. We
have news of hundreds of Moslems
docking toward Marash to share in the
plunder."
PORTE'S LITERARY BUREAU.
Washington, December 1.-The
Turkish Legation received from the
Sublime Porte the following telegram
under to-day's date:
"The Armenian rioters of Zilo at
Siyas having closed their shops and
fired on the Mussulmans, killing one of
them, an affray occurred during which
four Mussulmans. two soldiers and
five Armenians were killed. The ne
cessary measures were taken for the
restoration of order
The Armenian revolutionists at
tackled the district of Enderin, burned
the palace of the governor and plunder-
ed the neighboring Mussulman viii
lagos Troops were sent out for the
repression of these disorders"
A RAD MAN