The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-12-26

Copyright. by the Associated Press
Coustantinop,e, Dee. l5.-Therc was
g disturbance in STEAMBOAT yesterday.
and il caused the spread Of rumors 81
alarming that Galata and Pera were
soon in Il state Of panic, and serious
outbreaks were threatened. This, in
view Of the passage through the Oar
danelleS of the British Gunboat Dryad
and the Italian gunbOat Archimede.
the extra guardShips for the British
and Italian embassies. formed the
| basis for the report that the riOting
predicted by the IildiZ Kiosk cOurtierS
had actually commenced, but. happily,
the trouble was not of a serious ia
tuve, although the ArmepianS. as usu-
| nj, are accused Of having attempted to
bring about Ian uprising of the pOpu-
lace.
The panic, however, was a most eX-
traOrdinary occurrence, and is striking
evidence of the nervousness and appre-
| hensiOn which prevail here as one of
/ the results of the lOng-drawu-Out negO-
tiationS between the powers and the
| sultan regarding the suppression of the
I outbreaks in ASiatic Turkey, and the
admittance of the extra guard ships
into the BOsphorus. The least note of
! alarm now sutficeS to produce
Widespread Terror,
and if proof was needed that the pow
ers were right in their insistance upon
having additional protection for the
! foreign population of COnstantinOple
and it's vicinity, it was furnished by
these occurrences.
Simmered down TO bare facts, the
| cause of the panic was, III the face Of
1t. d fierce quarrel between two Ar
menians in the StambOul quarter, dur
ing which they came to blows. Finally
one Of the Armenians drew a revolver
and fired at his opponent. The shot
was the signal for ax uprOar, 4 STAN
pcde Of the spectators. and. eventually,
a panic, which spread far and wide,
from one quarter TO another. until
matters began to look very serious, in.
deed. The ArmenianS and the other
Christians, terrified by the shouting
and yelling, the rushing here AID there
of excited crowds. naturally Imagined
that a fresh massacre had commenced.
From STEAMBOAT the va Of terror
swept to Galata and to Pera. carried
onward by the panic-stricken f~ugitives
from the tirst-named quarter. who
were evidently under the impression
that they were fleeing for their lives.
The inhabitants of Galata quickly
caught the fever Of alarm, and, in turn.
shut their stores and houses. and
: joined in the scene of confusion, an
example which was promptly followed
by the people Of the Pera quarter.
Seeing people flying through the
streets in terror caused others to do
the same, until the air was filed with
excited cries and the noise of a rush
ing multitude. Those who could not
join in the stampede barricaded them
| selves within their houses and pre-
pared to see
Their Most Horrible Fears Realized.
Eventually the police regaiIed their
! presence of mind, and DESTROYS of put
ting an end to the panic. they circulat-
ed the report that the stampede from
the STEAMBOAT quarter was occasioned
by the escape of q lion from a me-
nagarie, and that the animal. having
been killed. there was no occasion for
any further alarm. This report, as
good as any other under the circum-
stances. spread quickly, and the dis
turbance began to subside. Finally
the gendarmes circulated among the
people aid explained to them the real
state Of affairs. which Don caused the
majority to return to their usual occu-
pations, somewhat disguised at hay-
ing been so needlessly frightened.
Relief for Arnenians
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE American
| Red Cross society has decided to &C.
| cept the duty OF distributing relief
| funds for the Armenian sufferers.