The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-31
AWFUL CARNAGE AT
CONSTANTINOPLE
Fully Two Thousand People Killed Dur.
Ing the Recent Riots.
MISSION OF THE BATTLE SHIP
State Officials Will Not Say Whether
the Bancroft Has Permission to
Pass the eDardanellcS..O .Otiicers Who
Will Have Charge Of the Man-Of.
War.

during the riOting on Wednesday Is .
900. The French Charge d 'Affaires here
counted 800 bodies which We're deposited
in one cemetery alone. The powers
have sent joint note to the sultan
protesting against the slaughter which
the disturbances. to which
precautions against the outbreak had
been taken and We're still being OBJ
served with augmented force.
Mr.. NJ. Herbert secretary of the Brit
ish embassy, is endeavoring to insure
the lives and safety of the hundreds of
who are still hiding in var.
ious buildings. Reports are coming in
frequently of outrages in the suburbs
of Constantinople. especially beyond
Scutari. Mr.. Herbert has chartered the
steamer Hungaria to transport any
English families who are desirous of
leaving, and many persons have already
boarded her.
The scenes i'm the harbor are of the
livelest description. Hundreds of per-
sons are fiocking to the water front and
taking refuge on board foreign ships.
Although order in the city has been
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as 10 cause great "iiN'e's'
lrooos nave ari'.eu ne'v i'''', Hu
riahop'e anu re-ei'iorceo ''e soiu'e,s
ana poiice' VINO are pa'roilins 'he
The city has become quiet, and
the shops at Galata Are being reopened
enu pusihess resui'eu'
Ihe Armenian reNoiutioiiars coiiir'it-
tee have issued another manifesto. in
whlch are ehioouieu .Wei'e oe'''ahus'
the chlei Oh Which IL that autonomy W
granted 10 the Ariiiehlahs. Ai'e'
en"meratihS their oehiahus the hiah'-
testo goes on 10 declare that th' AT
menians VIII hsht ior their rights uh',i
the last OF then shail nave peeh Killed
further uetaiis OF the s''ua.io" mere
show a horrible condltloh OF aHairs'
secretary Herpert oi the br.'is" eh'
bassy says that ne saw one oi the r,u-
li'ip"' n'"> e'ss'' va - "p ~.
the M ton ~ tho load was tbe body of a
young girl whose mead was terripiy pat
tered. but VINO was sun ailNe. MT. Her-
pert' noticed that the skuiis oi '''os' Vi
the Victiins were cieit y, p"''e,eu'
lhe itai'lii a'hpasS"''o'' ""o
iiesseo 'he hi.i''s VI i''','ei
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pcnan Vi WV "a s.''..,' n,,ar ,',
..o"s,,'' wa" s., ,, .,o,,,,,,r.
.Tt e. ,ht nnn,I., ;, and nrocaeded on his
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nh. su,ton unon bearipp that the
.,,.rd shins had landed bodias of men.
hoggad Ar Herbert to Withdraw them.
hut mic m, latter declined To do until
tba riotiug had ceased. The American
college and Rib,c huse were guarded
by troops. and the college was visited
nv United States Minister Terrell, who
wished to ascertain whether or not the
occuparts were safe. The minister's
appearance had good effect. and he
was assured by the chief of police that
would be done to preserve
order.
CRJ,1sE OF THE BANCROFT.
Washington, Aug. 29.-Ihe nav! de-
partment has selected most "l the OF
iicers for the turkish cruise oi tH'
Bancroft. ana orders nave peeii Sent
diecting them to report on poaru the
vessel as on posslhie. Inc oHicer
are:
uehaht-Coiiii'anuer i"""p'
detached from the Naval ACADEMY 10
commnd her Lieutenant L. V. Neeuer'
detached from the Bureau OF Equip
ment at Washington anu ordered us
executive officer Ensign ). r. w. kt-
tele, detached from the vermont AT
New YORK. ana Assistant faStiiaster
Richard Haton. detached from the Nat
ahdin.
Considerable difhcuity mas peeh en-
counterd In securing engineer oHicers'
Il the department Is seeking ohly those
officers who have n" peen 10 sea ior
some time. and VINO VIII therefore ne
available for ful three years DETAIL
1t apparently being the intention 10 pro-
vide for a contingency which may pos
sibly keep the vessel abroad for long
time.
It was practically decided this morn
ing that he vessel would have to be
fitted for sea at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. where she will be sent as soon
az most of her officers reach her. She
,,,;n be Immediately decked and have
h., ho,op nainted. and i'm all probability
.t,,s ,,;,, he the f,,,l exent of her
a,,n,,
.r.e pororoft noy has three large
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- :, ,nss,,,a thov viii no taken ont
anu - Ill ,,,', q. T., Oh. doc,x and two
Vi "e' VIM .,'s.,.,,,a, roIaar.,,,s on
poie i''aste ,,a,, - ta,a
oea'orihs u SILL ,.;a, h,,.,nn
been sent out sun. I 81" pamonaf.
arisen as 10 the api.,'y s VI ~" tr,n 80 rm