Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-08
NEW SULTAN IS APPLAUDED
Report Of Accession Of Mahemed v.
Received with Joy at AdRns.
AMERICAN PROPERTY BURNED
Girls school at Kessab is wiped Ont
Disorder In the Suburbs OF
COnstnntInOpIe is Growing
More Marked.

ADANA. Asiatio Turkey, wednesday,
April &-(By Messenger to Constantinople.
May 1.-THE news Of the accession to the
Turkish throne Of Mehmed ", which
reached here yesterday evening, was the
occasion for wierd and wild rejoicing. The
demonstration began with the firing OF
cannon from the barracks, and there was
| general shooting in the air from all parts
OF the city for more than an hour. Some
fanatics thought this would be a good
time to renew the attacks on Armenians
and complete their determination and at
once began to raise a mob. The Turkish
Officers worked hard to stop this movement
and by bugle calls and rapid patrols they
succeeded In turning the excited emotions
Of the people into a armles celebration.
Mrs. h -Wylie, the wife of the
British consul at Mersina, has taken
! charge of the hospital for wounded men
that is being built near me railroad sta
tion. The wounded women are being cared
for in the school building under the charge
OF Miss Wallis, an English nurse. Mrs.
Daughty-Wylie and Miss Wallis have 400
wounded persons TO care for.
American school Burned.
BEIRUT, Asiatic Turkey. May AN in
vestigator who has Just returned here
from a trip to Kessab reports that all the
American property at that place has been
completely destroyed by the Moslem
raiders. The American property there con-
sists of a girls high school under the di-
rection Of Miss Effie N. Chambers Three
fourths of the native houses also have
been destroyed. but the Armenian church
and the new Protestant school buildings are
standing.
Almost all the people VINO fled from
Kessab have returned to find their houses
looted. They are absolutely destitute.
Some food and clothing are being dis
tributed, but there is no system in the
work. and the supplies are entirely made
quate.
One hundred Turkish reserves have re-
turned to the town, but as they took part
in the rioting and killing there the people
cannot trust them.
The protection they afford is in no sense
sufficient. The situation at Deurtyul, on
the coast. north of Kessab. still is critical
A recent report from Miss Chambers, the
missionary mentioned in the above dis
patch, says that her school had a good
year. II has been attended by fifty stu
dents. of whom fifteen had graduated and
gone out to teach in the lower schools of
the region or continue their studies at
Aintab seminary.
Miss Chambers maintained also a kinder
garten with forty-five pupils.
There is at Kessab a congregation of
1,SO protestants. and, in addition to it's
schools. the missionary station maintained
a church library and various young peo-
pies societies.
M~acedOnians on Guard.
ADANA, Asiatic Turkey, Wednesday,
May 5.-(Via Constantinople, May 7.)-Ma-
cedonian soldiers sent here by the author
tiles are today faithfully : guarding the
American schools and mission residences,
but otherwise the city is demoralized.
The grain on the Adana plain is ripe for
the harvest, but no Armenian refugee dare
go back to their farms, as the surround
ing country is still dangerous for any man
not a Turk.
The relief work is being carried on sys-
tematically, in Adana. Special camps have
been established for persons suffering from
contagious diseases, such as typhoid fever
and smallpox. 1t is costing $3.50 a day
to run these places.
B~rigandage at COnstantinOpIe.
CONsTANTINOPLE. May 7.AThere is
considerable disorder In the country sur
rounding Constantinople, and brigandage
is being carried on In the very suburbs of
the capital. THIS condition of affairs is a
result of the rapid changes in government
and undoubtedly can be laid TO the doors
OF deserter from the former CONSTANT
nople garrison and political fugitives, who
have undertaken to live on the country.
Count Dene, secretary OF the Austrian
embassy, who is at present engaged in
organizing the first fox hunt at Con-
stantinople, rode out to Sweet Waters, in
the western suburbs yesterday to examine
the country. While there. a man stepped
out of a clump of bushes by the highway.
pointed a revolver at the count and de-
handed money. The count turned quickly
and galloped away. The man fired two
shots, but neither found it's target.
A party Of American tourists driving at
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