Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-01

10 tho misery, ana thousands OF liras are
needed TO barely keep tho people from
starvation; and when cold weather sets
In the Lord have mercy on them! Every
person aided Is required to bring GER
tifcate Of need from a reliable source.
but the number Is 30 great that hundreds
have been sent away empty handed, some
OF them weak and sick from hunger. ana
rugged almost to indccency. l have 2s
persons on my working list, VINO repre-
sent about LOO souls. with pay roll or
about Sllo week. My method Is TO bGy
raw cotton and wool and have 1t washed.
tarde1, spun. and woven into cloth ~
tho people who are already skilled In
such work. The product could be SOFA
to the poor at discount. II any one had
any money with which 20 buy. but they
simply haven't once the weather begins
70 glow cold the demand for clothing
will BE- tremendous. and II we can only
afford H. every stitch could well be
given away.
such is the Industrial relief work
which finds itself we'll nigh bankrupt al
ready. The distress is unparalleled. l
hope and pray that help may come. *
II does not. may not be here to see the
onset OF winter"
Nj Graves. the English Consul at
Frzsroum writes the following 20 SIR
Philip Currie, the English Ambassador at
COnstantlnopie, under the date OF July II,
ls5:
Il am Informed there Is much sickness.
including smallpox. among the returned
refugees, and that the stlll unheaied
wounds Of many Of them are in very
bad state from the heat In this c0nnec-
ton | have the honor TO transmit copies
~ an extract from a private letter from
,I.4 T,tnA which
painful account of the privatlons endured
by the Taiori people. whose condition -
far worse than that OF the other Sas-
sOunlis. both because they are more ex-
rcsad 20 the attacks Of the Kurds. ard
because nothing whatever was done to
enable them To plough and SOW for this
years summer crops. This letter Is OF
special interest. IN so far as 1t gives a
definite estimate OF the number of desti-
tuts persons 10 be provided for, and Of
the daily cost Of supplying them with
rations Of bread. The letter from MOush
says in part.
'Taivorig was compor~' OF a Cumhcr
Of villages, OF which thirteen are now
absolutely in ruins. No inhabitants le-
main. no buildings, not so much as a
bit Of timber. The former inhabitants
are wanderers; last winter they took
refuge in Psants district. which comprises
more than thirty villages containing from
twenty to 80 houses each. while some
Of them were scattered about Darbekir.
At the beginning Of spring expressions
began at the hands OF the nomah kuTds
and others, and the villagers then de-
clded that IL was best 20 return 10 their
former homes. There are about sop or
these houseess wanderers now living IN
the woods and mountains. in caves and
hollow trees. hall naked. and some, in
deed. entirely without covering for their
nakedness. Bread. they have not tasted
for months and curdled milk they have
only dreamed Of. living, as they do. upon
greens and the leaves OF trees. LIVING
on such food they have become SICILY;
their skins have turned yellow. their
strength is gone their bodies are swollen,
and fever IS rife among them. | DO not
know what TO suggest. There are more
than 300 Of these Sassoun people desti-
tute and hungry"
Mr.. Spencer TraslS is the Treasurer or
the New York Relief Committee. and
contributions may be sent TO his Office at
q Pine street.