The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-01-30

though in the region Of the
confragrations many persisted in the
flames rather than come forth to be
shot or hacked in pieces. Two Armen-
ian churches we're burned, but the
three Protestant churches remain. One
of them was Quilted and much breakage
| INDUCED in. Three times the mob or
others came to fire the Third church,
| but were prevented by Moslem neigh
Dor, who drove them off, since a con
/ Aagration of that kind would endanger
his own house. It was the aim IL. this
massacre to take off the chief men
whenever possible The teacher, a
graduate of the seminary, who was
temporarily caring for the First church,
was struck down, while the pastors OF
the other two churches are in prison.
But nearly all those we had leaned up
on as leaders are gone. Thousands Of
houses were looted of everything, and
many were brought to poverty who
were previously comfortable. Some
purchased immunity from death aud
plundering by paying enormous sums
to the soldiery to spare them, and IN
this way were fnanciallyruined. There
is one wall Of grief ascending to heaven
over husbands, brothers and sons. who
are no more. At this time of the year
all OF the people who can afford it,
lay in their years store of pro-
visions, and now winter upon
them and every garment taken
away, and all bedding, the condition
of thousands is most pitiable. Without
/ large contributions from christian lands
there is nothing but further death by
starvation. There is a crowd Of callers
day after day at our doors, relating
their terrible losses, and experiences.
We are doing all that we personally
can for them, but that will hold out but
little while, and is altogether made
quate to meet the present want OF
food and the commonest clothing. We
had read of massacres heretofore, and
surely that is horrifying enough, but to
be in the midst of one is quite another
thing. To relate how one Of our acad
envy teachers was first fiayed alive, and
then hacked to pieces in the presence
of his wife, who has since lost her rea-
son; to tell of wife and children cling
inc around the husband and father,
vainly trying to protect him, and then
the entire company shot through; or to
relate how another wife threw herself
around the soldier about to fire on her
husband, only to have her eyes dug out
with sword, are only samples OF the
barbarities and atrosities which have
been lately perpetrated almost before
our eyes. We are sending out appeals
in such directions as we can, to see
what responses will come in to relieve
this awful mass of suffering.
Our Theological seminary was burned
to the ground, and the choice library
which we had been slowly and labor
iously gathering for the past eighteen
years, went with it.. We need about
$4,000 to restore the two. After about
a weeks interruption we resumed our
seminary work. providing for our stud
ents as best we could. We greatly
need 200 or 800 library books for i'm
mediate use in this work, for semi
nary without a library is somewhat like
man without clothes. The money
value of the burned library is greater
than that of the building itself.
The personal losses of the students is
no small item. They supply their own
bedding, which was all plundered along
with their clothing, and any small Ii
braries they had begun. When | say
that their losses amount to over $500,
this should be multiplied by five, to
represent similar amount in the q.
S., since the rates of labor are so low
here. In some way we want to find
:, extra funds with which to replace all,
or part, of these losses.
For four years past, our newly or
ganized academy was moving on most
admirably, with a faculty of four col
lege and theological graduates, and an
attendance of 80 last year. 1t was
making gratifying progress toward self
support; and we were hoping that with
in two or three years, it would be
standing upon it's own feet. Now all is
down again. Two of the academy
teachers fell in the massacre. The
twelve boarders who are with us, were
robbed OF their all like the other stud
ents. AS no travel is possible, we can
not send them to their homes, and
shall try to carry on little school in
our premises until spring at least. The
two teachers remaining will continue
during that period for their board and
trifle besides. We are short of funds
for this much even. Our main question
before the public is, where shall we
find some $500 extra with which to re-
open the Academy the coming fall.
The institution was doing such a splen-
did work, that if it were adequately
known, we are confident that the funds
would be forth coming from some