Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-09-21
THE PLAGUE SPOT OF EUROPE
The Turkish Government Admits That
Six Hundred Armenians Were
Recently Slaughtered.
DOUBTLESS The NUMBER is MUCH LARGER
Cabinet Council Called at CONSTANT.
nople to Consider Defenses of the
Dardanelles-Flying Squadron
y of the Powers.

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the massacre at Egin, Vilayet and Khar
put show thatSon the 18th and 10th O
the present month, the Kurds attacked
the Armenian quarter, killed a larg,
fnumber of the Inhabitants and burned
their houses. Many Armenians escaped
to the mountains.
| According to the accounts of the Turk
ish government, 600 Armenians werl
killed at Egin, and these advices alst
state that the outrage was provoked by
the Armenians firing into the Turkish
quarters.
The Armenians of Egin escaped mas
sacre in 1895 by purchasing security with
money and produce. 1t is feared here
that these massacres are the beginning o.
fresh series of massacres in Armenia.
A special cabinet meeting has been
held to consider plans for the defense Of
the Dardanelles, as proposed by the Rus
sian general, Tschakitasheff, who in
spected these Notifications some months
ago, which was regarded as indicating ar
understanding between Turkey and Rus
sia for defensive purposes.
Artim Fasha, the Turkish under secre.
tary for foreign affairs, has been in.
structed to accomplish a reconciliation
of the government with the Armenians
the means suggested being that the Ar
menians should send an address to the
sultan, praying for protection, asserting
that the Armenians have always been
loyal and condemning the agitators.
ADvIcEs AT WASHINGTON.
Washington.-Min Terrell, at Con-
stantinope, has cabled the state depart
ment that he had advices from Kharput
that there has been serious mAssacres at
Koch and Seazs in that province. It is
believed at the state department that
there has been an error in transmitting
the names of the localities concerned.
CLOSING IN ON THE SULTAN.
London.-The st. James Gazette this
afternoon publishes dispatch from
Milan, Italy, stating that the Secol says
the departure OF the italian flying squad
ron for the Levant is the initial step
toward forcing Turkey to grant the re-
forms demanded in the case of Armenia
and is taken by Italy, supported by the
United States and Great Britain. The
Secol adds that, in the event of the sui
tan's refusal to grant the reforms, he will
be deposed. A dispatch from Rome to
the St. James Gazette says that the Roma
states that the italian ships will cooper
ate with those of Great Britain and the,
United States.
DIED OF HEART FAILURE.
London.-The following dispatch from
Badnauheim,. Grand Duchy of Hesse, has
been received from the London Office of
tht Associated Press: "Cable all the world
that Valentine Gadesden died suddenly of
heart disease.
TSigned1 YARDE BULLER."
Valentine Gadesdan is the name OF a
real estate dealer in San Francisco and
in suit for divorce re-
Gently brought by Walter Yarde Butler,
brother of Baron Churston, against his
wife, daughter of the late Kikham, of
San Francisco. The case against Gades-
den was dismissed and he was allowed
costs. The verdict rendered was that
Mrs. Yarde Butler was not guilty of cruel.
BY or lnfidelity and that decree of Judi
,ial separation be granted to her with
costs.
SITUATION ON THE NILE.
Cairo.-Sir Herbert Kitchener has sent
Wadbishara, the defeated emir of Don
yola, message calling upon him to sur
render and Offering pardon for himself
and followers. All the troops of the
anglo Egyptian expedition have now
crossed to the west bank of the Nile, ex