The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-17
TIE SLAUGHTER CONTINUES.
Reliable Reports Say That 1000 Persons
We're Killed in One District.
MISSIONARY BUILDINGS BURNED.
the Goyernment-How an Employ
er's Liability Bill Can BE Nul-
lined-Healy's Expulsion.

Intu-Healy : EApHislou,
! LONDON. Nov. i5.-The representative
| OF the United Press at Constantinople re-
ports. under date of November 18th. that
az o'clock on the evening of November
18th NJ. A. Jewett, United states consul
at Sivas. sent telegram TO United States
I NIiniser Terrell, informing him that In
/ disturbances which had taken place az
/ Sivas eight hundred Armenians and ten
/ Turks had been killed. and that. accord
/ ing 10 the On1cial rcpOrtr, iafSe hoas
I Of Kurds were then approaching tne town.
IeweIt gave no details of the disorders,
/ but the discrepancy In figures shows that
| the Turkish allegations that the ArInS-
/ mans were the agsressors are onsolulslS
/ untrue, and lhat the Armenians We're ue-
/ iiberateiy massacred.
Minister Terrell has also received dis
l patch from HafpOOt M the fd5hahh vs
/ Diarbekir. and sixty miles northwest OF
the city OF that name. The dispatch is
/ dated November l3tn and says that the
| lives Of the occupants OF FOUR or the
/ buildings burned at thslt place were saved,
! and the occupants Of eight other burned
\ houses perisned IN the hameS. The re-
/ naming houses were stripped OF every
! article of value.
! DESOLATION AND DESTRUCTION.
The country in that vicinity, the dis
patch says, Is desOlate, ana thousands
! OF persons are homeless and destitute-h
/ fact, starving. The burned buildings M
! eludod missionary buildings. OF Whlcu over
/ twelve were situated within the enclosure,
/ and We're occupied By twelve Armenian
\ ard five hundred theological students \
/ ladies' seminary is also Within the ehei9-
sure.
/ A dispatch from Aiardin, in the Pasha-
! nk OF Diarnekir dated November l5th,
says the inhabitants OF the villages burn,
/ cd ina that vicinity are In the dlest need
| of food and clothing, and many are u4lha
/ from starvation ana exposure.
| IL Is stated I'm dispatches from per-
fectiy reliable authorities that in the
| Syrian district of Gurunden four thousand
] men wOmeu and children have been KILL
/ ed and many others are suffering from
wounds and lack Of medicines, food and
clothing.
No root or branch Of the policy OF the
/ powers towards Turkey has yet been
| decided upon. Official opinion here con-
/ ours with all reliable adyices from tne
] European capitals that an agreement pe-
/ tween the powers as TO now they snah
! actively intervene in the event or the
I Sultan evading his promises 10 effect
/ reforms i'm the administration ~ Arme-
MIA, or his proving defiant 10 the demands
! of tho powers sfiil remains 10 pe on
I tained. Even revolution in Constantine
/ pie with "A general Mo7iem rising. would
I find the concert incomplete ln the mean
/ time the main function Of ihe ueets as
semDhns OF NE coast OF Le,dnl WIN De
,,'orfs co,tin,o fo trv 40 arrange The
/ it,,f,. - .i-f, .,,,,r'cn .sctinr if siieh
lin,ts , or iner Solnl.oN ll,, to,, Sir phiiin
s,,,-~iN t,, Itifieb Ambaesador no Turkey.
| t s 49,, ga Fneleud on leave 0f
| t..,,.. ,,s.s.9 hour4 af fho Foreign OF
49, to-dav nrior fo starting on his return
| 10 COnstanun1ple on Monday.
OFFICIALS SILENT.
II is impossible to CLEAN from official
/ sources definite Information az % tho pro-
] ,....ls initiated Iu Austria fortnight
1 sgn These uriuciples are still under dis
/ cnssiou IN In understood that tie most
/ likely solution OF tbe question will bc the
| administration of Armenia by an lnlerla-
| fioraI commission with the oecup4ti ln Ct
the country by Russian forces under
! European mandate. The friut )fcemeit
| OF the Austrian troops in 30 mia uoini
10 n projected advance ON Mae,donia in
absogt. aRe ssen, ,eDiaia,J D i fhat Should naval
/ force bee required before constantluople.
| the British squadron viii not he aioNei
! To appear There alone.
! Tho Right Hon. a. j. IlliJNf, fllet
l.Lorf of fhe Treasury and Government
! i..d.r fn fhe House of Commons made
| five s1eechcs iu Glasgow ,n Ihursday-
| hut d. coutrivfi in an of them tO avoid
| r,,,tfine, fl. SLIGHTEST reference as fo the
| Cov.rnneufe uroerammc at the cOming
| 4.asion Ar.,rlliua. fO aIl nrerfIfuf. tine
| Cabinet must have already decided uuou
| ,,.n,t Kills ,.nf Ia introduced and given
! instructions r0r the orlfting of tne meas
| uror.
| Sir Michael Hlcks-Bedch Chancellor or
| the Exca4guor e0eakiu. az Bristol. vague
| Ia promised ffe earliest possible consider
| affsn nf measures for fte relief of tire
| sqrirtilflir,l do-rorsfon
! Some revelation of tha Governments
| ,olio, is found in "a statement made hy
tir Eohor, Pei in /, sroech delivered hv
| him at Tammow0rth. which constituency
| he rc9reaonfeI ln Parliament for ihirtv
| Years He declared that he had learned
| from exclusive and authorized rouf.es
| that fh. Government intended t0 cousoii-
| date and f4l,o over alI mortgages ON land
| D.. 1eniino, money 10 isndi0ris at 3 ner
| ranf thns enabliua them to save , Ter,
! cont as most l4ndlerfie have been Obliged
| g., ,..i.o f,..u., d. r ,,.,. conn rho scheme
| ,l.o,,l,,.. 49, sir pntsrf hee no sttU,orf
| -, s1,,l77i - ,to sfiniet.rs
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| bill. giving workmen compensation for
| every accident tnat ptIril tnCn ii tne
| course or lnelf idDQfs, WIN llt lpl4
| favorite nuliiying CLAUSE enabling york
! men 10 contract themselves out OF every
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