Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-09-09
TROUBLES N CRETE
French Bombardment Ex-
pected at Gambia.
WARSHIPS IN THE HARBOR
| isingi+ad-rA Among the Rioters to i;e Pub
iiciy Hanged. Christ inns In Surround
Ing Districts t;oinS Ia the Arsia-
lance OF the Canadians.
tity Topography

| tfN IcieSf:llh-p
ATIlENS. sept. s-Th" following dis
patch dated at s o'clock this evening.
mas been received from Gambia.
| The Eashi Baz"ulis are committing
excess $ and the Christians in the sur
| rounding, districts are ..r,nins: to march
| 1" he assistance nf tn. Canadians.
| Their, .igh, wirshiI,s in tho
h:,rhor and Il French nlha,dment is
| expected.
The British. German ana Spanish
| c"nSUlat"S have been looted: and thus
| Far 200 native Christians and sixty-sev-
"n british subjects have br.n killed
| GAMBIA. ISLAND OF CRETE. Sept.
S.-A detachment Of international
| troops. which has just arrived here. has
occupied the Notifications and rcStore,
/ order
I II is now estimated that 200 per sons
We're killed during the ri"tins.
IN" M'lssuiflans troops protected the
| Christians placed under their care. bu;
they dlh not attempt Ia prevent The
| rilla2r ni Christian houses. which con-
| tinucd until the international troops
| arrived.
| ATHENS. Sept S.-Thc Astry says it
| learns from an authentic source that
as soon as the British troops arrive at
Gambia from Malta the Turkish glrri-
son III Gambia viii be expelled. martial
law ,.r"rlaned and the ringlradcrs OF
| tn. ROSS put on trial ana publicly
| hanged If found guilty
| According to Il dispatch from Gambia
| Sent late this evening the :,dnirals Of
IN" International fleet hay" decided to
e"nlpei he disarming Of tn" R,shi Ia
Z"uks ana the surrender of the insti,a :
'ulS of the disorder.
CHASTITY STORIES.
LONDON. Sept. S.-The corres,nn-
dent "l the Standard lrlegraphing
Thursday from the British bat,lcsh;p
'ainlerd"Wn. off Gambia. says:
| The refugees tell ShiS,ly stories Of
| t).,t
than 100 Christians arr. missing. Sev-
era attempts We're made last night To
set fire I" tn" office Of the Eastern
| Telegraph Company. 1t has been as
crriainrd that all the houses overlook
ing the British camp were lvop-hoctl
Tor rifle IRE and Larric;.,i,.d
| This shows clearly that the outbreak
WIS pr"r",lrerte' The behavior and
Iali,u,!e Of the Turkish troops have
been ANA still are inexplic:lbln With
| out going $" FAR rs IL assert that they
took part in III" attack on our ;ruups-
| h"uGh many people are ready To affirm
| on oath that they actually saw the Sui
| ;;ins soldiers firing on our m.n--it is
| impossible" to "untvnv"rt the positive
| race that they made no attempt to rem
| dc! assistance
Every Christian survivor Of the
'nhssacr'. sw"arS that tn" butchery Was
mostly III, work ni The Turkish Sol :
'lrrs, wh" first r"bicd ana then slew
| heir Victims
| it.dhcm pasha is tho man who ought
- De held primarily Responsible. Had
u" Wish"" I" prevent hnodshed ne
| would most certainly have. done So
| Not til the British troops under col
| oncl Reed had been fighting hard for
| four hours did l:dhcm, With his Turkish
soldiers, arrive upon The scene. He had
he to f2n tr ha1 rs %i ha bS 2,'y
attacked by Thousands of I3ashi E:t
| Zo,lkS.
1T is needless To comment on This
oraZcn-faccd lie. It is enough to say
| 'htt i!dh"m l'asha must have known
| what was happening from the n,oncn /
| We iirs' shot was fired. if. indeed, h.
| ttlu not arrange the plnt himsnlf'