Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-04-30

When the German steamship Tan
enfels arrived in New York from CAL
cutta late Monday, Capt. Lubke told OF
the escape Of six chimpanzees, part OF
a consignment Of 600 members OF the
Simian tribe that ne brought to New
York animal dealer, from their cage
and their vicious attack upon several
members of the crew. Three OF the
chimpanzees followed Wong Foo, the
Chinese cook, into the rigging, and
there one Of them held him by his queue
until the animal was knocked senseless
with a rod. Chief Engineer Newman
was chased about the deck by others
of the Chimpanzees and suffered Sc
we're lacefation Of his arm, when he
was struck by q marlin pin hurled by
one of the animals. The largest Of the
Chimpanzees was cornered by several
members Of the crew in the bosns
locker, and there he presented such
vicious fight that the men were glad TO
retire. The animal then dashed out
and leaped into the sea- The others
were only subjugated by starvation, but
in the two days It required to do so,
they had the ships crew terrorized.
Nashville, Tenn, April q: Judge
Hart overruled the motion for new
trial in the Cooper murder case and an
appeal was taken to the Tennessee
supreme court. The courts opinion
was that there were no grounds for
setting aside the verdict OF the trial
Jury. The defense at once gave notice
of appeal to the Tennessee supreme
court and the appeal was allowed. The
defendants were in court early, Mrs.
Burch coming in with her father and
brother. The colonel appeared In ex-
cellent spirits. Robin Cooper was pale
and III at ease The bond remains the
same and the same bondsmen qualified.
The defense demanded thirty days In
which to file the bill Of exceptions. De-
cision on this point was deferred till
Saturday. After court adjourned, Judge
Hart commented to some friends upon
the fact that the killing Of Isaac Morse
today by a young woman who claims
he had abandoned her. was the tenth
murder in this county since the Cooper
trial began January 30, and makes 2s
murder cases now on the county dock
ct.
Constantinople, April 90: A well
come message was received today from
the town of Hadjin, in the province Of
Adana, where five American women
missionaries have been alone with
thousands of refugees who sought safe
ty there from bands of Moslems seek
ing to put them to the sword. Hadjin
has withstood siege for the past eighf
DAYS and the missionaries have been
sending out frantic appeals for help.
Today a message reached here from
Miss Lambert, the daughter of Bishop
Lambert, timed 1922 a. m, which said:
with the arrival of the troops, the
disorders in and about the city have
ceased, and we are all safe and well.
Lambert" Adj Bey, permanent under
secretary Of STATE in the ministry Of the
interior, today said that the govern
ment would make a searching investi-
CATION into the cause Of the disorders
and punish the instigators. Reports
received at the ministry Of the interior
indicated that quiet now prevailed ev-
erywhere. The secretary said that the
government recognized the necessity Of
providing food, medicine and shelter
for the sufferers, and had taken steps
to provide these and inaugurate other
measures Of relief In reply to ques-
ton as to what connection existed be-
tween the massacres and the political
events in Constantinople, Adil Bey re-
piled that, too, was being investigated.
-Adana, Asiatic Turkey, April 27:
The Rev. Herbert Gibbons Of Hartford,
Conn, missionary of American board
Of foreign missions stationed here and
at Tarsus, was an eye witness Of the
scenes Of terror and destruction at the
center Of the Moslem uprising. He
gives as follows the first graphic story
of these days of massacre, rapine and
incendiarism. 1.-The entire villayet of
Adana has been visited during the past
five days by a terrible massacre OF
Armenians, the worst ever known in
the history Of the district. Terror has
been universal and the government is
powerless to check the disorders.
Adana, capital Of the province, has been
the storm centre" He added that
unsettled conditions and animosity be-
tween the Turks and Armenians resulted
from the political activity Of the latter.
An Armenian and a Turk were killed
Wednesday night and their corpses
were paraded through the streets in
flaming the inhabitants. Gibbons then
described how the mob assembled and
shots were fired in the air. This was
followed by the killing. The local au-
thorities feared to act While Gibbons
and Field Secretary Chambers Of the
Y. M. C. A were in the telegraph office,
where they went to summon aid Of the
British consul, the mob burst in and
killed two Armenians before their eyes,
Gibbons and Chambers went into the
next room and made representation to
the vail. Being afraid for his own life
that official made no effort to protect
them. The situation according to Glib
bons, grew worse. The Armenians, he
said, withdrew to their quarters Of
Adana and converted their houses into
fortresses where fighting went on for
two days. Gibbons continued: "Adana
was a hell. the houses were looted
and set on fire. There was continuous
and unceasing shooting and killing in
every part of the town and fires ragged
in many quarters. Moslems from the
neighborhood began pouring into the
city and notwithstanding our vehement
protests the vail distributed arms to
these men, alleging that they were
Turkish reserves" The missionary
added: ION Thursday Daniel Miner
oaa Morrar