Greenfield Evening Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 4 December 1894 — Page 4

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TURKISH ATROCITIES

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Accounts of Those

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ated Press exclusively bus been able to give to the world the facts of l... terrible ntrocitits perpetrated upo.i Ar:ne-

C.':iris:iuns in Asia-Minor, and yesterday a representative of the -A ssoeiated Pri-'^s wmv-o^iled in OVr.:i"'?jadditional netfins eon firming fcfcf r-uitements previtnirily made.

Twenty Armenian refugees ivt arrived h'-i- *. AnuciJia ?.frc- j--w::cy full of hardships and sullenm". This party of A^'fi^mans is the fir-t h.ifc escaped fv ui the districts whvrtf tho niassaoros occurred, and it is believed that even or.se remains to be told, as the horrors recorded are understood to haw parr

•ji* a Ions tinje aflt-r tijia

In-, per-ous wl:o told th^ir .cd i'rotu IvloOrtk, liitlis and .i":t v.• thtun wjiai •arry ind making their way •arest difficulty to the Rus-

Btories e"-: Sas^ouii. ttJicy could •with the

Bo-Xurkisn iron tier and going to Erivan and Etc'hmiadzin. Several Armenian voiru-n escapi- from the villa with this parly, but when near brzeromn they died from the effects of saber •wounds inflicted upon them before their escape. 1-or about-18 months the Armenian refugees say the province of Sa.ssouu has been la rounded by Turkish U'uops and nobody h::s been allowed to enter it or to leave. About lour months at the Turkish authentic:- learned that the inhabHants of Vartemis. a village outside the L.i iir er of tuvrc-ro sending for tue neceessaries of life to the village of l)a!vorig. Such communication between i}M* two villages bein# prohibited, the Turks massacred nearly all tlie inhabitants of Variemis. This was the fceco.iu i.i i.-s,u-ro io occur. The iirst took p. ce about a yar ago. ill." IV.« UU" Kh Htjlii., Liivfcl iiAC illiU HUilt •were amuitg the killed, the latter being violated previous to being put to death. An Armenian priest named lvevont Was 'SiNsT to

Turkish rites

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ilia church ac Var

temis. The village contained 82T Armenian l:oiUci before the Turks attacked it, but when the fugitives left only -ei'.uuued striding.

Dalvorig, it appears, is the largest •village in the province of Sassouu, and its inhabitants, when they learned of the horri.i p*-. pei"H-!'"ed by the Turks at Vartemis, a? tacked the Turks on the frontier. The Turkish commander eventually sent. 12 soldiers into Dalvorig to learn what had occurred. The Armen.ans, filled ith indignation at the atrocities committed by the Turks at Vartemis, aiiacked this detachment of Turkish soldiers and put them all io death.

When th- Turkish commander heard of the death of \i» soldiers, he determined UpCit iv ii. tJi«. liiOafc bloody pn^sii/ie. A strong force of troop* was sent to the villa' with Uiuiii j.y i«ua tin nias. re uegau. (iiii -, kept up a continuous lire unou Dalve-.ig, mi .1, pr.,.. ii'aii}-, not one stono was left standing upon another.

Solo, the Iky of Iniiv.i.u ), a Kurd, witn a ie:"i-hnent of Kurdish cavalry, went with tne Turkish suldiers to mo village ot benial, and forcibly tvok the Arm MI.an p:v..-t from h: -io rch ai't"r disgr .. ,* su'-i'.-d, YCSM-IS and the priest's hands. They then bound him on a donkey, which they drove a u:-ianco of a lew yards. The HJU a- 'l- 'ie.it and kilie^i .him and the beast.

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In the s:r*:i diers entcri-.! violated the liih. ii this villa go i: girls an Init/.oun.

the Turkish sol

an Armenian

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and

mr.m and her d:oi i.g i-J yars of ago. From ielo look eight Armenian ::t them to his harem at

Fun!"."'' were conoiritted by the Turkci at iho village of KoJiehuzen. Before dr. vti 'his place wiis surrounded by sol.i=."ud vvliile t!ie inhabitants were still asleep, it was set on fire. The brutal soldiers entered the residence of a man named Arukel, who was asleep with his wife, and tortured them both mteri"...Uy in a terrible manner with redhot irons.

At Keliehuzen the soldiers killed the Armenian priest, Alargos, who, with 20 othei iii~.iiut.--i of tho house, was burned to death, the soldiers preventing anybody from escaping from the burning The c!iv--,B o? tho village of 'hoiit was captured by the soldiers and bound to his two daughters. All three were then scalded to death with boiling water.

A detachment of 25 regulars of the Turkish cavalry, after committing inexpressible horrors at the village of Sobghank, went to the village school and ravished the girls found there. The cavauyme:- then devastated the building.

Ibo Bey, a notorious Kurd brigand of the village of Dgibran and a colonel in the regular army, went with a detachment of Turkish troops to the Armenian villages of Bahlou, Hatezgent and Komk and at each place they committed every crime possible to commit. After driving out the men, they collected the female 'h'!dren of Bahlou together, about 200 in all, and after ravishing them, killed them all with guns and swords. After this massacre, the Turkish soldiers regaled themselves with wlri^ vvhatevur else they could find in the village.

The Kurdish regr.Fr troops from Kizan and Viahran entered the Armenian villag'

of Min.nozig and Aghteg,

killed the inhabitant*-' and wrecked their houses. The number of villages devastated in this manner ix said to be over )i^. The Armenians fled In overy possible direction, but many of them were captured by the Turkish troops before they could get away, and were taken to prison.

Khadjik, who waa the principal spokesman of the Armenian refugees, told the whole story in a most convincing manner.

TTJ-asury Stutvmrut.

WASHINOTON, Dec. 4.—The cash balance in the treasury yesterday waa $1# 1,258,784 net gold, $108,983,419.

NOT EASY TO ESCAPE.

Dr. Flower ReleMed on Ball but Arrested Soon Afterward. CHICAGO, Dec. 4.—Dr. R. C. Flower of Boston, brought here Sund-iv fvorn .1 .-vllU lV I!! J'-i Oil

'"'NWJTED.

Refugees ArBotails of the

defrauding N. C. Foster, a luiu^rmau of fuji'lield-, W is., ont of '"-Mati' lion with a deal .Illilo Oi tl. fr .lUig J.U. .nd Water company, secured bail vestcrda' evening an«l was released from the Cook county ,iail.

His liberty was of short duration, however, as about 9 o'clock he and his private secretary, H. C. Mosher, were I a rested by a representative of the I JMooney and Boland agency. This seconu arrest was made at tiie instance of

William Chapman of Peoria, Ills. It seems that Air. Chapman was the owner of a large amount of valuable property in the coal belt of Illinois, which for a number of years was managed by his I son-in-law. A couple of years ago the son-in-law died. Soon after, according to -,rr. Chapman's story, Dr. Flower appear'xl on the scene, and after a time induced Mr. Chrpman to allow him to form a new stock corporation, takmg most of the Chapman property, iVir.

Chapman to leiain control and be secured. According to the story told last night the deal wa-3 consummated by Dr. Flower, but up to this time Air. Chapwi ..ee.. _d in anyway, and ka3 th'-re'orn swore out warrants barging Flower with larceny by em--"'eiu-nt.

r!'f'ooior

and his private

secretary were taken before a justice and soon afterward locked up, as he could not secure bail on. this new charge.

E N A E A IN S E I E E N OHicialsat Washington Hunting Ifor a Successor to liiui.

WASHINGTON, Dec.

4.—The

announce

ment of the president's intention to retire Judge Advocate General Swain this month has caused much speculation in military circles as to the succession. Under ordinary circumstances, General )S\vain wou not retire before lsy*:. if he cared to remain on the active list, and in deciding to avail himself of the privilege of arbitrarily retiring an officer of this rank upou reaching the age of Gii years, without the officer's application, the president has adopted a course which, while perfectly legal, has very few precedents in the history of the army. I a is tiuio but two names have been prominently mentioned for the

succession. One is .Joseph Doe of Wis-

cousin, assistant secretary of war, and theorh^r is Colonel G. H. Liober of io^tuu Carolina. Mr. Doe has, however, publicly denied any aspiration to the place, and it seems very probable that the office will fall to Colonel Lieber, who has, since General Swain's suspension, discharged all of the onerous duties of judge advocate general without receiving the pay of the office.

Brass Works Assigns.

ST. LOUIB, Dec. 4.—The Belleville Brass Works company has made an assignment at Belleville, Ills., for the benefit of its creditors. A deed of assignment WHS made of John McCargo, president, and W. B. Currier, secretary, the property being conveyed in trust to Henry Deobold, one of the principal Belleville stockholders. Schedules were filed showing liabilities of

$27,376.39

and assets estimated at $37,103.08. The bt a. works were established in Belle-v-Ue about eight years ago.

•Uleil at Sea. T-OC. 4.—The AmeriOhio, which arrived fioni '.'neeustown, re-

Fill1 ADKl^T' can line ste 'i-s here yest.'.r

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of Mrs.

Hannah Williams of ^dianapolis who was returning v, th her husband and young son fr a lropean trip. The vessel was procee. -own the chaiim-l on the night in question, when the woman was seen to leap overboard. The boats were lowered, and an attempt at rescue was made without success.

Wanted For K111 bezz.lenient. TORONTO, Dec. 4.—Yesterday afternoon detectives arrested George D. Avr'Si'vong on the strength of a telegram from Piukerton's detective agency, Chicago. The prisoner is wanted in Anderson, Ind., for embezzlement ami the authorities of that town had offered £100 reward for his capture. Armstrong says he is quite willing to go back to the states for trial and will be held in custody here until an officer comes for him.

Stabbed in tlie Throat.

GAI.LIPOLIS, O., Dec. 4.—Si Cooper of Lexington, Ky., and Ellis Williams got into a dispute over a courtesan named Page Bennett and went into the Btreet to settle matters. They were heard quarreling and rather unexpectedly there was a crash. Cooper came staggering down the street and fell in front of Allen's residence. He had been stabbed in the throat. He died.

One of the Cook Gang Acquitted. FORT SMITH, Ark., Dec. 4.—Hardin, on trial in the United States court here for the last week charged with murder, was yesterday acquitted. He was one of the Cook gang. He in a brother-in-law of Bill Cook. The defense was that he was not in the raid on the Cherokee treasury and took no part in the fight in which he was captured.

No Tariff Legislation This Session. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Republicans do not favor any tariff legislation at this session. Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island says that he thinks it will be best to allow matters to rest where they are. "Let tlie country recover," ho added, "and we will see if any further legislation is wanted."

Financial Crash.

MASHILLON, O., Dec. 4.—A financial orash resulted in the closing of the Canal Fulton Tool Manufacturing company yesterday. The company did business throughout the United States, and probably made more mining tools than any other. Pittsburg capitalists are involved.

Death of a Capital 1st.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 4. Theodore Brockway Bullene, capitalist, head of the immense general store of Bullene, Moore & Emery, one of the largest of its kind in the west, died of heart disease at 1 o'olock this morning.

Sentenced to B« Hanged.

ROKKDAJ.K, Miss., Deo. 4.—Charles Smith, colored, was yesterday sentenced to be hanged Jan. 12, for the murder of Wiley Nesbit, also colored.

HE RAISES TERRAPIN

BUT THUS FAR THE FARM IS NOT VERY PROFITABLE.

A Turtle That I» Almost Worth Its Welrrht In Gold—It I« 'ow a I,uxtiry Even In 4V-'. «iml of Its Btrth—Tie* Tfujm Tr-f-rapin.

[Special Correspondence.]

HEATIIVILLE, Northumberland County, Ya., Nov. 20.—"There's your terrapV\" an old Maryland host wirs wont to "and there's pepper, salt, butter and sherry wine. If you want to spoil tho terrapin, put on tho wine." Plain folk that live where the terrapin grows are fond of saying that tho epicure's terrapin is merely a vehicle for 6auee, and they pretend to believe that cunningly sauced calf's head would deceive half the terrapin experts. Those to whom terrapin has usually been not a luxury,-but a matter of course, liko the creature sorvod in his shell with just the ordinary condiments at hand to be applied in accordance with in-

CAPTU1UNC. A "COUKT."

dividual tasto. But so great has become tho demand for terrapin in all tho largo cities of the Atlantic coast that tho creature has become a luxury even in the land of his birth, tho prolific region of tho Chesapeake hence tho terrapin farm.

Senator Dennis of Maryland was accustomed to smile when strangors spoke or wrote of his terrapin farm. Tho truth is that the senator simply improved some

whafc

upon tho time honored Maryland

custom of keeping a few terrapin in tho cellar for future use. Ho had a house whero his terrapin were fed, but ho did not make a business of terrapin farming. Others have 9ince gone into that business, and in course of time perhaps tho ravages made by the hunters among wild terrapin will bo repaired by the terrapin farmers.

One of tho largest terrapin farms Is that of Charles Lewis, on Hog island, a spot of a few acrcs in tho Potomac not far from the Chesapeake and opposite the mouth of Coan river, a tide water tributary of the Potomac. Mr. Lewis is a Virginian from the eastern shore, an energetic man, who laid up considerable money in running steamboats on the Chesapeake and in New York harbor. Ho went inU terrapin farming about five years ago. After fencing in several acres, partly on tho island and partly in the water surrounding it, he began buying terrapin for stocking tho farm. Ho has leon buying ever since until sonio persons believe ho has many thousands in stock. The number is probably overestimated, but Mr. Lewis has undoubted]}' put a great deal of money in his farm, although small terrapin, from tho size of a thumb nail upward, may bo bought as low as 25 cents and sometimes a good deal lower. Tho terrapin is supposed to be about five years in reaching the marketable condition. A "count," as tho term is, must measure 7 inches on the bottom shell, according to the Baltimore Standard, bot'ore it is regarded as lit to set before an epicure Counts have reached $70 a dozen in recent seasons. .Some epicures profess to believe that tlie artificially cultivated terrapin lacks a certain flavor of Jiis wild brother, and this is ascribed to the absence of someelemet'itsof food obtainable by the wild terrapin. Mr. Lewis believes ho has made sure of these elements by including in the area of his farm a quantity of sea grass such as is found where terrapin inhabit. Ho has, as in the case of other terrapin farms, included an area of sandy beach where t.he terrapin may lay their oggs. It is the nature of the terrapin to burrow in the mud at the approach of cold weather and to como out in May. The dormant terrapin is fat, and the eggs are formed within tho female. It is during the dormant season that the creatures are caught and eaten. When warm weather comes, Farmer Lewis' dormant terrapin wake up, and the females como ashore to lay their eggs. Tho terrapin digs a perfectly round hole in tho sand and thoro deposits her eggs. When tho eggs have been laid, she scrapes sand over them and puts it down hard by rising on her toe6 and letting her body drop with all its weight upon tlie spot. The female does not lay all her eggs in one day, but a few at a time until she has all of them hidden away and neatly patted down. Snugly tucked away, there tho eggs are subjected to the heat of the sun until the young terrapin are hatched, and as soon as the tiny creatures have the needed strength they come out and take to the water. In some of the Chesapeake lands whero terrapin breed there are many foxes, and the latter destroy many eggs by breaking Into the nests. Farmer Lewis' terrapin nests are subject to no such dangers, so that tho percentago of loss is small.

Sinco tho young terrapin take to the water when they are tiny, tho farm fence has to bo very close. It is also strong to prevent incursions from without. As tho terrapin, if left to themselves, lie dormant in the vory season when they are most in demand, it is necessary before tho cold weather comes on to separate from the main part of tho farm a great many ''counts" and to keep them against mud in a smllor pond whero they can have no chance to bury themselves and may easily bo caught at any timo. These terrapin aro fed on crabs, clams and such fish as suit their fancy. Tho earlier so called terrapin farms consisted of such a pond only and did not include a breeding place. Captive terrapin thus kept on top, so to speak, become amusingly tamo and respond with alacrity to tho call of tho man that comes to feod them. A rap on tho side of the pen brings them from overy direction, and the oroaturcs fairly fall over themselves in their eagerness to get at the food.

Whon tho Lewis terrapin farm shall have reached full development, it is likely to figure largely in tho terrapin markets of Baltimore and Washington.

E. N. VALLANDIQHAM.

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