Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-13
AMERICAN MISSION BOARD.
Makes It's Report and Review for the Pas,
Year.
Tells of the Awful Conditions In India and
Turkey-other Matters of In
terest.

Boston. Mass. Dec. 13.-The Ameri-
can board of foreign missions made
public today its eishty-seventh annual
report.
The receipts from all sources
amounted to SGi2.7S1 California gave
slO393; Washington, 1895; Montana, SIS:
Idaho $27; Wyoming, SIZE; Utah, s74;
Arizona, S2O4.
The report deals at length with
Turkish massacres and says:
while many Christians were killed
or fled, the number of professed Chris
tians exceeds that previous to the out
RACES.
THE wound left by massacres and
robbery have been slowly healing al
though In some places the suffering
has been quite as great as in the pre-
vious year Generous gifts that have
come well nigh from every European
state for the suffering by massacre
and for the care OF orphans are CRATE
fully acknowledged and have revealed
the essential unity of the civilized
world In n most impressive way.
"The demand for Indemnity for
losses incurred at Harpoot and Man
asch, amounting in all to 100000 was
pressed as yet without result. The
changed conditions at Constantinople
and the arrival of DR.. Angel. the new
United States minister to the Porte.
may be reasonably expected to secure
satisfaction In regard to this claim
and all other material questions at is
sue between our goYernement and
Turkey. The distribution of funds from
all countries for the relief OF suffering
and the care of orphans involves this
year the handling Of SS51 ,l2s.
L., 1T.
5000 Armenians were slaughtered In
Constantinople were the result osten-
sibly of an attack ON the Ottoman
bank of the city by band OF revolu-
tlonary forces, but In reality OF the
same fanatiolsm and race hatred
which deluged the whole empire with
blood the previous year. When the
sovereigns spoke the word on the third
day bloodshed ceased instantly
through the whole country. Criminals
have received little or no punishment
Armenlans were Systematically i'm
prisoned. and driven. and the threats
held over them until more than 81. 900
of them fed the city.
During the famine In India food
rose to abnormal prices. As a large
number Of poor In India. nearly third
Of all her population. live constantly
on the verge OF starvation when prices
are normalit Is easy TO imagine the re-
SUIT OF sucn NlintH az THESE. 1lOts &C.
CURED In many places, starvation
stared millions in the face and almost
at once became an awful reality
THE plague or hubonic fever first
came to public notice In Bombay. A
panic seized the 100000 Inhabitants
Trains and steamers from the city be-
came crowded with people fleeing to
the country. The mortality of the city
rose from 800 n week to 1000.
1.-THE Christians in the city have
been marvellously preserved. Among
them only a few cases have occurred
No death from plague has taken place
In bombay church. DR.. Won Allen Is
building one OF the finest hospital
structures In Southern India Native
women have less and less fear of at
tending European dispensary and
are almost as well represented as men
This has been by far the most fruit
full year In the history OF the South
China mission. In the Foo Chow
China mission within the last two
years there has been expansion of field
and growth in churches, schools and