The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-07-27
EXCITEMENT At SOFIA
Riots Take Place at the Fu-
neral Of Stambuloff.
A SAD DISASTER
Many Persons Drowned in the Gulf
of Genoa by Collision
of Steamers.
Another Crime Charged to Holmes-Cu-
bans Feel Hopeful-Trouble With
Indians Tragedy Near Baker
City-Killed by a Train.

SOFIA, July 2.-The funeral of STAN
buloff was prolific of exciting scenes in
the streets. The police were under
orders from M, Sterloff, the present
premier and minister of the interior,
to take all precautions to secure tran
guilty. Detachments occupied the
side Streets, keeping out of sight in
| the houses. The friends of M. Stam-
buloff, their wives and members of
their household, assem- bled at o'clock.
About 3 o'clock the cortege started.
Representatives of all the foreign
powers, except Belgium, followed the
funeral train.
Three hundred PAGES from the house,
the spot was reached where the MUIR
der was committed. The cortege was
held and M. Petroff, who was with the
deceased when he was attacked, and
who was himself wounded, made a
speech to the assemblage. 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
to whom the country owed her inde-
pendence and the prince his throne.
He was still speaking when loud
cry was raised:
run for your livesp
A terrible panic ensued. The crowd
became frantic and made q rush to es-
cape, everyone believing fighting had
begun. Men and women were trampled
upon and the children, carrying
wreaths in part of the procession,
threw down the flowers and fed
screaming. A detachment of gen.
darmes rode up with drawn swords.
In a moment their appearance in
creased the panic, but after a while
they succeeded in restoring order.
Nevertheless, when the procession
was reformed, and had resumed its
march, it had lost many of it's adher-
ents, all the foreign diplomats having
retired, except the representatives of
Germany, Servia and Roumania.
The funeral train had hardly started
again when a second panic broke out,
causing another scene of confusion,
which destroyed the ranks of the pro-
cession. Wreaths where dropped and
under foot. Some order was
again re-established, the bedraggled |
garlands were gathered up, and the |
cemetery was finally reached.
Here there was another shocking |
scene. The friends of Major Panitz, |
who was executed some years ago for |
at the instance of M. Stam-
buloff, had organized hostile demon
stration against the dead statesman.
The grave of Panitz had been decked |
with flowers and flags, and large
crowd, who had been attending a re-
luiem to his memory, assumed a
attitude in the path of the
1earse. A detachment of cavalry
yalloped up just in time to prevent a
collision. The coffin was lowered in
silence. There was no Grafton over
,he remains, and no ceremony to
mark the delivery to eIrth of the pow
.ul ruler OF Bulgaria, beyond the
looting and hurrahs of bands of |
who were only prevented |
rom attacking the remains by Gordon
'f cavalry which surrounded the
grave.
1t is said the panic was started by
shot at the carriage bearing the
yreaths sent by the town of Tiernova
Ind by the Union Club, from which M.
Stambuloff was going on the fatal
night.