The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-11

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1o.-It was
announced in official circles this after
noon that the representations, OF the
powers upon the, matter OF the extra
guardshIps has finally had It's effect
Upon the sultan. At $40 this evening
an trade was issued granting the per-
missions for the extra guardships TO
pass the straits OF the Dardanelles,
thus ending another chapter In the long
history OF the eastern question,
The ingenuity displayed by the Turk
fish government in eyading direct an
swer TO the demand, or, when forced
to answer, the effective pleadings put
forth for delay, had almost brought the
mind Of Europe to the conviction that
the demand would never be compiled
with. Meantime days and weeks pass
cd by without any action and the con-
dition OF things in Constantinople that
brought out the demand has almost
passed. The final triumph Of the pow-
crs in forcing n compliance with their
demands seems barren one and the
long sought permission TO double the
regular guardshIps for the embassies,
now that It Is obtained. was hardly
worth taking advantage OF.
Its said that at the interview which
the Russian ambassador, NJ. de Nell
don, had with the sultan yesterday. o
message from the cZar was delivered.
insisting upon the prompt granting OF
the frmans for the passage OF the extra
guardships through the straits OF the
Dardanelles. But such statements
have frequently been made before.
STARTLING RUMoR.
Rumors which apparently have
foundation in fact, are current here, Of
n Wholesale conspiracy which may have
for It's object the deposing OF the sultan.
1t Is known that number OF promi-
nent Armenlans here and several MILL
tary officers Of high rank in the Turk
ish army and navy have been closely
watched for months past, but In spite
OF this surveillance, they have succeeds
ed In escaping from the country. That
the conspiracy was Of n most important
nature may be judged from the fact
that among the fugitives is the sultan's
nid-de-camp, Hassan Djemi Pasha, who
1t Ia believed, was to have led the dis
affected Of the imperial guards into the
palace and seize the sultan.
The commission sent TO estimate the
loss sustained by the American miss
ionaries in theriots Mt Marash has fixed
the amount ut S2,4O0. The commission
Investigating the damage to American
missIonsproperly at Kharput, has not
yet reported.
THE BITLIs MASSACRE.
The following account has Just been
received OF the massacre at Bitlls on
October 2S:
The Turks, armed. assembled in the
mosques and several others, dressed as
Armenlans, fired pistols In the court
yard OF the mosque OF Outoudjami, near
the market place, in order to AFFORD
pretext for the massacre. The Turks
then raised the cries Of "gtaours are
attacking the mosque"
Then they combined in an attack up
on the market, the Armenian traders
were mnssacrcd, their shops were loot
cd and the mob pillaged the Armenians
quarters, killing women and children.
The rioters were aided by the Kurdish
tribes OF Modgan and Khouti.
A report received here from Van
states forty villages in that vicinity
have been devastated and plundered
and that the entire population, con-
sIstingot 1900 persons, have been dis
persed to the hills.
Everywhere, It is added, there is mas
sacre, pillage, famine and fire at work
in extermInatlng the Armenians.
The village of Adreas, II Is further
stated, was attacked on October 2S, a
number of the inhabitants were slain
and number OF old men, women and
children, who sought refuge In the
church, are said to have been burned
aliYe,