The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-21
Rioting in the Streets and Even
at the Grave
sY THE FRIENDS OF RUSSIA,
The Government Evidently Conniyes
at Hostile Demonstrations.
buigaria shows No Honor 70 Her Fora.
most Citizen. but the Foreign Din,o.
mats Attend Friends of the Assas.
sin. Panitza. Whom stamhu,,v
Shot, Hoot at the Procession.

sofia, July N. The funeral OF ex- pre,,.
ieF Stamhulof today was proll6c ~ sx.
Gums scenes IN the streets The r,alte.
were under orders from NJ Stoilr tha
premier and minister OF tho interior ~,
taAe All precautions 10 secure tranquility
aIonS the route. petachments occunl.sa
me side streets. keeping out OF sight IN
Tue house. The friends of "a Stamhnl.,sY
their wives and members Of their hos,xa.
nolds assembled Al o'clock at he rnnr-
dered mans house, whore the conn rAsx-
eA covered ny esrtands andw reaths oc
mowers About o clock the eortesa start
ei Tor the cathedral Representa ives os
all the foreign powers except Releipr,
followed the funeral train. The stfena-
Ance or mouFners and ~ the general r,,th
lie was small. owing - the notice olarard-
cd last evening. detailing the aceuSatian.
iesesed against the deceased and urging
the people not 10 take part n she obse-
quies.
Three hundred PAGES from the house m
spot was reached where NJ. Stamhulor
fell ny the daggsFs Of The assassins Tt,e
cortege was hell. and NJ. Petron. uho
was with the deceased statesman when
he was attacked AMI who was himsalr
wounded. made a speech 10 the assem-
hlage, His head and arm were wrapped
with bandages where he had been stabbed
on Monday. In an impassioned harangue
he charged the enemies OF Bulgaria with.
The terrible crime OF numbering a man
20 whom the country owed her indapen{-
ence and the prince hts throne. lie was
still speaking when a loud cry was raised.
Run for your lives
a terrible panic ensued. The crowd be-
came frantic, and made a rush 10 es-
cane, every one believing 1ghting had be-
gun Mer and women were frarnnlefs
upon. and the children carrying wreaths
IN a part Of the procession threw down
the flowers ard fed screaming A de-
tachment Of gendarmes rode M with
drawn swords. In n moment their an
rearance Increased the panic. hut after
a while they succeeded IN restoring or
der. Nevertheless. when the procession
was reformed and had resumed its march,
II had lost many Of It's adhcrants, all tbs
foreign diplomats having retired except
the representatives OF Germhny. Servia
and Roumania.
The funeral train had hardly started
again when second panic broke out.
causing another scene of confusion. which
DESTROYED the ranks of the procession.
Wreaths were dropped and trampied un-
dor foot. Some order was re-estahiiahed,
the hedragglei garlands We're gathered
M. and the cemetery was finally reached.
Here there was another shocking scene.
The enemies Of NJ. Stamhuloff and the
friends OF Maj. Pantiza, who was execut-
"a some wears ago for conspiracy, at the
instance OF VI. Stambulon. had organ
tied a hostile demonstration against tho
dead statesman. The grave of Panitza
had been decked with flowers and flags,
and large crowd. who had been attend-
ing a REQUIEM 20 HIS memory. assumed
a menacing attitude In the path of tho
hearse A detachment OF cavalry gall
loped up Just In time To prevent COLI
sion When the grave was reached the
coffin was lowered IN silence. There was
no oration over the remains. and no cere-
monv 70 mark the delivery 10 Garth or
.ha former powerful ruler OF Bulgaria
hevond the hooting and hurrahs OK
hands Of enemies. who were only prevent
"a from attacking tho remains by n cor
5op ~ cavalry which surrounded tho
grave. I, Is said the panic was started
by a sho. AT the carriage bearing the
vreaths sent by the town OF irnova
ana nv the Union Club. from which NJ
etarohuiorr was going on the fatal night.
T,onsfantinople, July 9.-The porte has
,.ac,aetef +he POWERS 10 insist that ms
R,,irarian government suppress tne reVo-
iutionary committees OF Macedonians In
sofia and elsewhere.
CARLSBAD. July sD.-Prfuce Ferdinand OF
1snIcar4a today attended requiem mass
Mold AZ the Russian church IN memory
~ tAe late Bulgarian ex-prtErc minister.
sofia Iuly aD-A serious fight has taken
rlara an the Turko-Macedonian frontier
hetween a force cf insurgents, stated 10
have numbered 5000 and a body OF Turk
ish troops The latter were defeated with
a loss OF COO men.
Vterrna July 0.-A dispafch 70 ms
F'rernderrhiatt from Sofia says; The re-
ports circulated yesterday by IN of9ah
~ the Macedonian revolutionary commit
+ea ~ fnsursert victory are untTde. II ls
added that affairs IN Macedonia are in a
aa+fEfagtOry eprd ton.