The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-09-19
MASSACRE
10000
PEOPLE
Turks Have Destroyed Town
of KastOria-RepOrt May
Have Serious Effect
PAPERS CLAMORlNG FOR WAR
Bulgaria Proceeding With Plans
for Mobiiiz alton of
Troops

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept. 1.-THE for
eign office here has received informa-
ton that the Turks have destroyed the
town of Kastoria, thirty-six miles
south of Monastir, and have massacred
the population. The report of mas
sacre at Kastoria comes from sources
admitting of little doubt, though the
details are lacking. 1t was received
with the gravest concern by the Of
ficials here. The population of Kas-
toria numbers about 10000, and the
massacre of such a number in one
place, if the report be true, exceeds
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
serious.
The press is assuming a bellieose
tone The Dnevnik tonight complains
that the governments partial mobili-
zation of three divisions is utterly in
adequate and urges the immediate
mobilization of the whole Bulgarian
army, pointing out that the experience
OF other nations-France, the Uni
States and Austria-has proved that it
is always necessary to display strength
when dealing with Turkey.
The paper advises the government
to act now, at favorable moment,
when the people of Europe are evil
dencing encouragement of Bulgaria" "
The government, while steadily pro-
ceeding with the partial mobilization
plans, is endeavoring to avoid unnec-
essarily exciting the people and conse-
quently has resolved not to mobilize
any of the Sofia garrison.
The war Office has recalled the Bull
garian officers who were studying in
the military schools of Russia, France,
Austria and Italy.
The German representative here has
addressed note to the Bulgarian gov
ernment, in accordance with the dec
larations Of Russia and Austria. say
ing that Bulgaria cannot expect as
sistance from any power in the event
OF war with Turkey and that the Aus
tro-Hungarian reform plan will be APP
piled.
The Austrian representative, in In
sisting on the necessity for Bulgaria
remaining calm. declared that If the
prineipaiity were powerless to prevent
the passage of insurgent bands into
Macedonia, Austria and Russian would
take note of her powerlessness and
charge Turkey to exercise her rights,
defend her territory against foreign
ineursions and maintain order in the
interior.
Dispatches from Uskub announce
that since the calling out of the Turk
ish reserves the situation in the vicin-
ity CT Uskub has grown worse. The
ported to have asked the ambassadors
at Constantinople to demand that the
porte disband the reserves or main
tain discipline among them. Since the
ItSSlNco MSAC
murders have been reported daily. The
consuls are powerless. The Turkish
authorities are receiving these COM
plants and appoint investigating COM
missions, which never conflict.
Reports from Monastir of the burn
ing of villages and the massacre of
their inhabitants continue. The Aut-
onomyne publishes the names of thir-
teen villages in the vilayet of Mona
stir which were recently destroyed by
regular troops and Bashi Bazouks and
also announces that the Monastery of
the Holy of Holes near Okhrida has
been destroyed. At the monastery
Turkish soldiers killed an entire fam
ily and the Bulgarian priest
A letter from Adrianople says 1900
refugees. mostly women and children,
have arrived in that city, having es-
capped from the general burning and
massacre in the villages of Ediga, kar-
adare and Mokuschevo by the Turk
ish troops. Many of the children were
horribly mutiiated. The insurgents
have cut the telegraph line between
Norden and Ber. in Albania.