The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-01-17

Vakrau home as soon as he came. The
ladies decided to trust the chief who
apparently was doing his best to find
Vakrau, ringing for his servants, and
sending them out every moment, so
they took their departure. On the way
home they went to Vakrau's house, and
behold, there he was, had not been ar
rested at all. 1t was Moses they had
taken, and it was purely accidental
that the ladies found out about him.
They would not have ventured out in
the first place after him for he is not in
our employ, but they secured his re-
lease from no one knows what.
Dec. 90 and 25-At the Bible House,
today, where 1 went to help cart out
garments for the destitute Armenians.
DR.. Dwight gave us a letter to read,
from Miss Hess. have done nothing
but weep since reading it. very well
know 1 did right in coming away from
Marash, but the longing to be with
them is inexpressible. My heart aches
for them, and what makes il worse to
bear is the fact that it is all in vain.
Nothing we can see has been gained by
it-only loss, only wretchedness, only
one long story of woe from one end of
the land to the other. They say that
Sir Phillip Currie, English Ambassador,
is crushed with the course that England
has taken; and it is also said that Eng
land, anticipating q war with the
United States over Venezuela, dared
not take up the question here; and is
this to be the end? The present tone
of the papers does not indicate any in
tention of action on the part of the
Christian powers, The great triumph
Of the Second Guard Ship seems quite
enough for them, and they are quite
willing to rest on their laurels, and let
the murder, rapine and starvation go
on, while England has time to quarrel
with the United States over a narrow
strip of land. BY and by, notice
will appear that the Porte has made
ample amends to the United States for
destruction to American property, and
that will end it as far as interest goes,
while a nation has been b]otted out.
Oh, Shame Shame! We are doing all
we can here for relief. The Armenian
merchants of the city have contributed
large quantities Of goods for clothing.
l spent Saturday all day at the Bible
House, cutting out garments, and two
days this week. The women are glad
to make them A goodly number of
boxes was sent to Trebizond last week.
The steamers carry free of charge,
but the Porte requires duties on them.
Mr.. Lee writes that he wishes permits
sion to order books for the students
Immediately, and requests permission
to rebuild. His is the first courageous
note 1 have heard.
y Miss Hess writes Dec. 3rd, "The suf-
fering is terrible, and all we can do is
but drop in the bucket. am having
fifteen garments made for the desti-
tute from the old cotton, furnishing
employment for some poor women to
make them We are getting off appeals
for aid to some extent. What can we
hope for? The condition of own school
girls is very pitiable. Many are beg
ging us to take their girls for pay, be-
cause the Moslems are asking after
them, and the parents are sure they
will be taken. Capt. O'Niel of the
Marblehead, photographed, asking about
us. Mr.. Lee replied, "While the Semi
nary was burning, and after the acad-
envy had been plundered, and we left
for eight hours in peril,a guard came"
Mrs. Marden continues, eve heard
that an affair began at Messine, and
Capt. O'Neil sent marines ashore to
guard Americans. They were fred up
on by Turkish gun-bo as they were
landing. The Marblehead opened her
guns and sank the Turkish boat, it is
said, and I hope it is true. I see Judge
Terrell thinks we ought all to come
away. We cannot abandon these poor
people to themselves, and to the
Turk. Poor thingsl 1t is little enough
we can do. Will not God interpose?
What does it all mean? Levone Hoja,
a teacher, was fayed before being cut
to pieces. The soldiers had Isgoohee-
haunum (the title ola married woman)
by the throat and were telling her to
become Moslem, when yell an.
nounced bigger game, and she escaped.