The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-09-15
Is Alarming
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, and self restrained, and are not accus-
toned to give vent to their feelings in
. popular demonstrations and noisy pro-
! cessions. Sofia and the country gsner-
! ally are outwardly as calm as in the
most peaceful times, but people who
know the Bulgarians "a this calm is
more 10 be feared than any outward
evidence that they realize the fearful
condition of their brethren in Macedo-I
MIA.
A special dispatch received here from
Ria, states that the insurgent chiefs,
entrusted with the leadership of the
outbreak in eastern Macedonia have
met at Pira and completed their plans.
An engagement is reported TO have
occurred between a force Of insurgents
and Turkish troops al Suchindol, in
which not a single revolutionary was
killed. while the Turks lost heavily.
Telegrams say the Bulgarian pOpula-
ton is fast disappearing from the Dis
trict of Losengrad and that every one
unable TO escape to the Bulgarian from
tier is killed. Five hundred fugutivesI
have arrived at Burgas. from Tekengea.
They state that in the surrounding viii
lagos the Turks search the houses for
5NHS' AdLAILlS ~ IIIu WHICH I4cy loANCI
h peasants to buy guns. These fugi-I
tives report that two men, one aged 1G0|
years and the other eighty-fve we're
impaled by the Turks in the course of
their search. The war office here isl
greatly concerned over the increasing
number of deserters who go to join thel
insurgents.
NAZIM PASHA TAKES CHARGE OIL
BEIRUT.
Washington. September 12.-The fol-
lowing bulletin was posted at the stateI
department today:
Minister Leishman teiegraphS underI
date of yesterday. the 18th that the
following proclamation has appeared
in the newspapers of C~OnStantinOple: |
BY of his imperial ma
jesty, the sultan, Reshid Bey. gover-l
nor general of Beirut has been dis-l
missed. Nazim Pasha. governor OIL
Damascus, has been appointed actingl
general of Beirut"
The Official Gazette prints a noticeI
that Nazim Pasha has taken tempor-l
arv charge of the administration of
Beirut.
Minister Leishman also communal
Gates the substance of a report rel
ceived by him from the United Statesl
consul at Beirut. The situation thereI
Ill ~ dh IIlplo GU. L -NC"t
Acting Governor Nazim Pasha, hadl
called upon him. stating his desire toi
treat the MagelSSen matter promptly
and satisfactorily, and expressing hisl
purpose to effect a complete reorgan-l
fZatiOn of the police force of Beirut. |
Mr.. Ravandal says that the new gov-l
ernOr enjoys the reputation of beingI
a very capable man and his appoint-I
ment has given much pleasure to thel
people of Beirut. |
FRENCH SHIPS TO SAIL FOR THEl
LEVANT. |
Paris. September 12.-After confer-l
ences between the officials of the NAL
rine ministry and of the foreign office
it has been decided to send the c~ruiseri
LaTOuche Treville to Turkish watersl
without waiting for other ships of thel
French Squadron ordered to be iDl
readiness to sail for the Levant.
The LaTouche Treville will probably
be followed Immediately by the ~cruiserl
Du Chayla. Their special points of
observation will be Salonica, Beirut
and Smyrna. u the will not go dill
rectly to these places. The warshipsI
will rendezvous at the small Creek
Islands Of Syria. off the coast, anGl
within easy steaming distance of thel
disturbed districts.
Admiral Jaureguiberry and his fag.l
Sill VIII remain at 1OulOn ready tOI
reinforce the two cruisers with a largel
naval force in case of II more s~eriousI
turn of events.
RUMORS OR WHOLESALE NASSAU
Ores OF BULGARIANS.
Sofia. Bulgaria. September Ethel
council of ministers is said to have del
cided to mobilize the first and ~seconol
army divisions. whose Headquarters
are Sofia and Philippopolis. AlarmingI
rumors are current of further whole-I
sale maSSacreS of BulgarianS in thel
Vilayet of MOnastir. One report saysl
that 60.00O persons have been slaught-I
cred in the district of Leeren alone,
which is purely Bulgarian. Other rel
ports affirm that the Turks, have burn-
ed the Christian quarters in threeI
towns, Florina, Okhilda and Reseen.
GENERAL MASSACRE ORDERED.
Sofia. Bulgaria. September 12.-Cour-
Ter dispatches received here by thel
Autonomye say the Albanians, actingl
under direct orders from the s%ultanI
have been engaged in a general nasal
ere Of Bulgarians in the districts Of
Okhrida n Leeren.
dACobXSkge?t dltuaod la uoa uoaoao
Another Accident to LanGIey's Are-l
drOme.
Wade Water, Va. September 12.Al