Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-09-03
INSURGENTS BURN
AND BUTCHER
New Outbreaks Reported; Rebels
Continuing Their Ravages.
COMMIT WHOLESALE MURDERS
The Inhnbitnnts Panic-Strickcn and
the Authorities Have LostAI1 Com
troI-Have Blown Up the BAR
racks at GhiOktipe.

Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 31.-Dispatches
received, Sunday, from Constantinople,
Salonica, Monastir and Adrianople re-
veal an equally unsatisfactory condi-
ton of affairs in Macedonia. From
Salonica come reports of new risings.
At Monastir the insurgents are said to
be masters of the situation. Tele-
grams from Adrianople declare that
the insurgent bands are continuing
their ravages.
At the moment the porte is asking
Belgium to supply officers for the Ma
cedonian gendarmerie the Swedish m
0assador at Constantinople has noti-
fed the Turkish government that IN
less they receive their pay Immediate
ly, the Swiss officers now at Uskub will
leave the country.
The Dnevnik says the Servian diplo-
matte agent has notified the porte that
two divisions of the Servian army
have been modified without any hos
tile intention, as regards Turkey, but
they will be sent to the frontier to pre-
vent Albanian incursions into Servia.
Inhabitants Panic-Stricken.
The inhabitants are panic-stricken,
and the authorities have lost all con-
troll. The rebels are committing whole
sale massacres
An unsuccessful attempt was made,
the Dnevnik's advices add, to blow up
the west-bound Orient express between
Usunkistri aud Tschernkeskia. Only
the locomotive, however, was derailed.
Destroyed All Residences.
A new outbreak is reported to have
occurred in the environs of Salonica,
and several skirmishes have taken
place between Gievgyeli and Salonica,
and there has also been a fight near
E%didjevarda, both sides losing heavily.
In the district between Kasteria and
Florina, south of Monastis, the insur-
gents have destroyed all the fortified
residences of the wealthy beys. A no.
torious brigand named Abdul Medjid,
recently delivered a harangue to the
inhabitants Of Tetovo, telling them to
prepare themselves to slaughter all
Bulgarians upon the first appearance
of the revolutionary bands in the
neighborhood.
Turkish Troops Discouraged.
Many wounded Turkish soldiers have
been brought into Salonica from Us
kub, Sores and Monastir. The Turkish
troops are reported to be greatly dis
couraged, and many deserters have
been thrown into prison.
According to the Dnevnik the Hodja
teachers attached to the mosque) lr
the vilayet of kossavo, are preaching
that the time for a holy war has come
and that the people must be ready tc
kill the Christians in the vilayet. In
surgent bands are said to be in com
plete control of the districts of Demir
hlssar and Kitschevo and the chic.
mountain passes in the vllayet o
Monastir.
Sixty Soldiers Killed by Insurgents
The total strength of the bands il
the vilayet Of Adrianople is estimated
at 5000 men. The insurgents have
blown up the barracks at GhiOktipe
near Malketernoyo, killing SO soldiers
They also attacked and set fire to thu
Turkish camps at Egripalanka, Kra
tovo, and Kotcheni. A great panic Ell
sued, the troops firing into each other
The Bulgarian government has seq
another regiment to strengthen thu
frontier forces in the neighborhoOd o
Kostendil. A private telegram from
Rula, Bulgaria, near Kostendil, say
the reservists in the frontier village
have received orders to be ready TO
mobilization the moment that fighting
occurs at the frontier posts.
One Thousand Insurgents Killed.
Salonica, Aug. 31.-The Bulgarian in
surgents sustained a severe reverse a
Smilovo Friday, 1000 of them bein:
killed.
The insurgents to the number of 3,
600 occupied a position on a Ign,
I winch was stormed by six battalions c
Turkish troops, commanded by Serve
Pasha, after losing 1000 of their nun
her the BulgarianS fled in the face c