The herald., 1896-10-20
all nations and creeds to assist in the
succor of the helpless and starving Ar
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ARMENIAN IMMIGRANTS.

ARMENIAN IMMIGRANTS.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-One hundred
and sixty-seven Armenians who en-
barked at Boulogne. arrived on the
steamer Obdam today AID were trans
ferred to Ellis island. where they were
examined by the health authorities.
A protest from citizens Of Hoboken
county, N. j., was presented to Dr. Sen
ner, commissioner of immigration of
Ellis island. The protest stated that for
some time men and women dressed in
the uniform of the Salvation army had
been engaged in Systematically begging
for the support and maintenance of
horde of Armenians, the same being
aliens, and the signers protest against
the said aliens and paupers being sent
into the community.
Another letter was from Rev. ]. N
Tromper, pastor of the Christian Reform
church of Ramseys, New Jersey, where
it is proposed to colonize the Armenian
refugees. Pastor Tromper says he has
been requested by the congregation to
extend the sympathies of his church to
the movement to colonize the refugees
Colonel Holland. secretary Of the Sal
walton armys American relief depart
ment. accompanied by Brigadier Fox,
editor of the War Cry, Ensign Kemp,
Ensign Carabed and two Armenian in
torpreters. and several members of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union,
appeared before the board of special in
quiry and stated that the refugees were
not paupers and that they would not be
rOtnniZad a Ro
ever. that Ramseys would be the distrib-
uting point and that the Armenians
would be drafted from there to farme RS
and placed on the farms of the Salvation
army officers. Consequently he said
they would not be paupers nor likely to
become a public charge. The board of
special inquiry referred the matter to
Commissioner Senner, who sent the pa
pers on to the secretary of the treasury.
Twenty EIGHT men and two women,
who had a few dollars each and who
were considered desirable persons, were
admitted" this afternoon. They will
be sent to Salvation army officers in
New Jersey. About 180 more Armenians
are expected.
AN ARMENIAN MASSACRE.
Paris to the Daily News says that an
Armenian correspondent sends inform
alton that a terrible massacre occurred
at Van in Armenia on October Cd. No
details are given.
MORE COMPLICATIONS
LONDON, Oct. ia Berlin dispatch
to the Standard reports that the
Frankfurter Zeitung had a dispatch
from Constantinople which says nego-
tiations are on foot between the DOW
ers and the porte for the abrogation Of
certain portions of the Dardanelles
treaty. The Sultan is not averse to the
project says this dispatch. The powers
will guarantee protection to the sultan
and the integrity of the Turkish en-
pire if the measure is carried out with
out fresh atrocities.
INDEMNITY ASKED.
NEW YORK, Oct. ia committee
appointed by a mass meeting in Jersey
City tabernacle last night to protest
against the Armenian massacres, sent
the following dispatch today to Presi-
dent Cleveland:
Grover Cleveland: Citizens of Jersey
City, in massm Getting assembled. re-
spectfully urge that you insist on a
guardship at Constantinople, and take
effective measures to secure the in
demnity of 100000 for outrages COM
mitted against our fellow citizens in
Turkey eleven months ago.