The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-04-21
THE: TURKS SLAY
Two Americans in the Outbreak
at adama.
WAR ON CHRISTIANS
Half Of the City Reported Burned
in All Anti-Armenian Riot and
Sixty Persons Said to Have Lost
Their LiveS-Soldiers Join in the

Sixty Persons Said to Have Lost
Their Lives-Soldiers Join in the
Looting.
Two American missionaries have
been killed in the anti-Armenian out
break at Adama. Asiatic Turkey. ac-
cording to information received at
Constantinople from that place by
telegraph FRIDAY afternoon.
At midnight neither the American
ambassador, Mr.. Leishmaa, nor the
British embassy had received any
further news concerning the massa-
ere or confirmation of the reported
murder of American missionaries at
Adana.
Consular kilograms received at
Constantinople report that half Of
the town OF Adana has been burned.
and that the attacks upon the Arnle-
mans are extending into the vilayet.
They say that the British vice con-
sui as Mersina, Major Daughty-
Wylie, who was ordered to Adana
when the first advices OF the mas
sacre were received has been wound,
ed.
Communication with the disturbed
district is Interrupted, however, and
all reports received from there must
be taken with caution. The Porte
declares the disturbances are sub
siding. Two additional battalions
have been dispatched to Adana.
The Moslem attacks recommenced
Yesterday afternoon and continued |
throughout the night. Large num-
bers of Christians are said to have
been killed. One report says that
sixty Armenians have lost their lives
and that many houses have been loot
ed and burned
The first news of this anti-Chris-
tan outbreak said the scene was
at Mersina, but this was erroneous.
rhe trouble occurred at Adana, which
S about Sc miles inland from Mersi-
IA. The early reports we're declared
% have been exaggerated and mes
;ages received later said only ten
Armenians had been killed, that
martial law had been proclaimed at
adana, and that reinforcements of
troops were being sent in from
Beirut.
This latest intelligence refers to
disorders that took place after the
situation was supposed to have quiet
I'd down.
Adana is station Of the Ameri-
AN board of commissioners for for
sign missions with working force
If five missionaries and thirty-fve
native workers; an out-station of the
Synod OF the Reformed Presbyte-
ian church in North America, and
. Bible depot. and sub-agency of the
American Bible Society.
Adana is a city of $4,000 people,
md is the seat Of Government of
he province of the same name. The
people are mostly Mohamidans, but
here are considerable number of
Christians, including Armenians and
h small Greek community there.
The missionaries of the district
are at present at Adana for the
regular district meeting. They are
Mr.. and Mrs. William Chambers, the
Misses Webb, Miss Wallis and Miss
Borel Mr.. Christy Is at Tarsus.
kilograms arriving at Athens |!
from Mersina report sanguinarv riots |
at Adana as result of demon
stration against the police. who had
killed two persons they were trying
to arrest. a massacre then began.
in which the troops are alleged to
have participated. Several houses
were burned during the disturbance
The dispatches add that the
foreign consnls have demanded that
he dispatched to Mersina.