Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1903-09-23
THOUSANDS SLAIN.
Another Wholesale Massacre of Bull
garians by Turkish Troops
Is Reported.


Sofia, Sept. l5.-Courier dispatches
received here by the Autonomye say the
Alban1anS, acting under direct orders
from the sultan, have been engaged in a
general massacre Of Bulgarians in the
districts of Okrida and Leren. One re-
port says that 10000 persons have been
slaughtered in the district of Leren
alone, which is purely Bulgarian. Other
reports affirm that the Turks have
burned the Christian quarters in three
towns, FlOrina, Okrida and Resen. Ac-
cording to information brought by a
courier to the revolutionary paper Au-
tonomye, force of Albanians, assisted
by Turkish regular forces acting under
orders direct from the Yildiz Kiosk,
massacred the entire Bulgarian Chris
tan population of the Okrida and Leren
districts. Fearful descriptions are given
of the sights seen there, the soldiers
slaughtering men, women and children
in every direction, displaying a bar
barism never before witnessed
Sofia, Sept. 16.-The revolutionary
headquarters have received news of a
terrible situation at Losengrad The
whole district is filled with Turkish and
Albanian troops and Bashi-Bazouks
Twelve villages have been burned and
over 100 families have Teen massacred
Many Of the women and girls captured
have been sent to various harems.
About 100 widows and orphans have ar
rived at the frontier village of Tekendge
from Losengrad. A telegram from Bur-
gas says the authorities of the town Of
LOSengrad have ordered the Bulgarian
families to be removed from the Greek
districts. The decree causes great fear
among the Bulgarians. All the Bull
garian prisoners in the town Jail at
Losengrad have been killed by Mussul-
man prisoners, aided by the prison
guards.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept 1S.-The foreign
office here has received reliable informa-
ton that the Turks have destroyed the
town of Kastoria, Sc miles south of Mo-
nastir, and have massacred the popula-
ton.
The report of a massacre at KastOria
comes from sources admitting of little
doubt, though the details are lacking.
1t was received with the gravest con-
Germ by officials here. The population
Of KastOria numbers about 10000 per-
sons and the massacre of such number
in one place, if the report be true, ex-
ceeds anything which has yet occurred
in Macedonia. At the present critical
moment, when popular feeling is in
tense, the effect of the report of such
stupendous slaughter may be most Sc
rious.
Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept 19.-Further re-
ports from Kastoria say the city is
burning and that the massacre of it's
population ESTIMATED to have numbered
10000 persons) was indescribably ter
rible. The Turks slaughtered indiscrim-
inately Bulgarians and Greeks, men
and children.
A severe fight has occurred at Ula-
vita, in the mountains of Kratova, be-
tween 1000 Turks and 80 insurgents
The insurgents used bombs with deadly
effect. About 100 Turks are reported
to have been killed and many were
wounded. The insurgents had two men
wounded
London, Sept. 18.-The proposal that
Austria and Russia occupy Macedonia
was received here in time to be sub
mitted to the cabinet at it's recent meet
ing. 1t is understood that the reply of
Great Britain states that she is willing
this should be done, provided the other
powers agree, and that Great Britain is
ready to assent to any proposition look
ing to settlement of the present sit
uation in European Turkey consonant
with the views of the powers concerned.
Paris, Sept. 18.-The officials of the
foreign office say Italy has approved the
Austro-Russian note regarding inter
vention in Macedonia and add that
France will doubtless make similar rep
reservations at Sofia and Constantine
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