Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-14

been collected in the Armenian quarter, and
the plundering went on at a wholesale rate,
according to the account of this witness,
who adds:
II heard of acts of the basest treachery.
The next day passed quietly. but on the
following day the massacre was resumed.
Thirty-six bodies were collected and nearly
all had bullet, sword and bayonet wounds.
l saw the bodies of several women who
died in defense of their homes. Some
bodies had been skinned, others had been
partly burned, through the use of petro-
leum. Many women are missing and 1t is
supposed that they were carried off by the
Turks
Writing again on the following day, this
eyewitness says:
THE wounded are now being collected at
the Catholic and Armenian schools, and as
sistance has been offered by the American
mission. The work of the massacre has
been most deadly. A soldier tells me that
the orders for the killing of the Armenians
were given by the porte. Persian travellers
who arrived today report that Passein and
Plain have also been destroyed
The final report received from this Eu-
ropean eyewitness. also dated the Sd of
November, says that 521 bodies were bur-
led in the Armenian cemetery on that day.
The American Missionaries.
BOSTON, November 14.-Today's dispatch
es from Constantinople state that the mis-
sionaries in Khartoot, eastern Turky, are in
great danger. The missionaries referred to
are those of the American board. Their
names and their homes in this country are
follows:
Rev. o. P. Allen, Mt. Morris, n. Y; Mrs.
Caroline r. Allen, Bangor, Me-; Rev. H. N.
Barnum. d. D., Leicester, N Y; Mrs. Mary
&. Barnum and Miss Emily NJ. Barnum,
ALburrdale, Mass; Miss Carrie f. Bush,
Rochester, N. Y; Miss Mary l.. Daniels,
Franklin, Mass. Rev. Egbert S. Ellis, Port
land, Me-; Rev. c. F. Gates, Chicago Mrs.
Mary e. Gates, Rev. Crosby Wheeler and
Mrs. Susan A. Wheeler, Warren, Me-; Miss
Emily c. Wheeler, Bangor. Me.
No Statement mt the Departments.
DisluietiEg rumors regarding the secur
ity Of the Christian teachers in Turkey be-
tween Trebizonde and ErZeroum are in
circulation, but the officials refuse to give
any information to allay the popular ap-
prehension. There is ground for the belief
that the State Department heard from Min
lister Terrell yesterday and that his ad-
vices, while showing that q perilous state
of affairs confronts the American misSisn-
aries and teachers in Turkey, do not state
that actual murders have been reported to
him.
The Navy Department has most ener-
getic officer as near to the scene of the
rumored trouble as warship can get in
the person of Captain O'Neill of the Mar
blehead. So far he has made no report of
a massacre. The nearest State Depart
ment representative is United States Con-
sui Jewett at Sivas, but he also has been
silent. For the reason that this section of
Turkey, including important American mis-
sions, has all along BEEN without any con-
sular officer representing the United States,
Congress at It's last session provided for
the establishment of two consulateS there
in, one at ErZeroum and another at Har-
poot. The State Department several months
ago sent to Turkey Messrs. Chiffon and
Hunter to open conSulates But the Tur-
kish government persisf emily declined to is
hoy in
Erzeroum when the last massacre occur
red tlare and were compelled to seek safe
ty in the British consular office. The de-
partment recalled them, and at last ac-
miral Selfridge arrived at Marseilles Tues
day and relieved Admiral Kirkland. He
hosted his flag on the San Francisco and
will proceed to Turkish waters.
Secretary OIney Reticent.
The ominous gathering of the war ships
of the European powe,s in the vicinity of
Dardanelles was not sufficiently portentous
to interfere with the Presidents work on
his message to Congress today, for he
spent the day at his country retreat en-
gagged in that important task. Nothing oc-
CURED today to require any change in the
the plans already made for the protection
of American interests in the troubled coun-
try. The Marblehead is at Mercine and the
San Francisco Is about to start for Alex
andretta, in the same neighborhood. She
has journey of about 1,5O0 miles before
her and 1t will take about five days to make
it.
1t is not likely that either vessel will go to
Ccnstantinople unless it should prove neces-
sary for the protection of the American
colony, which, so far as known, is not in the
slightest danger in the event of foreign in
reference. American residents in the
capital can easily count on the protection of
ali the foreign powers, strongly represented
there at present. who would undoubtedly
combine for the protection of foreigners in
the event of an uprising on the part of the
native elements, either Turks or Armenians
1t is believed that the United States ves-
sells can be of better service in the more
poorly protected districts in the vicinity of
Alexandretta, and they are therefore likely
to remain there, unless the progress of
events shows greater necessity for their
presence in another part of the sultan's dis
turbed domains.
Secretary Olney was at the State Depart
ment all day, but was reticent on the Ar
nen1an question and all other foreign Dues
ticns as well. To all inquiries in regard to
the latest developments in Turkey he sent
out word that no ll to