Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-08-27
NASSACRES GALORE.
The Rumors Of Barbarous Excesses
in Macedonia Confirmed.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN MU1lLATED.
At Adrianopls tho Prisons Are Full and
Private Houses Are Being Used -
JaIls-Anarchy Exists at
Lossngrad.

Sofa, Aug. 25.-With the rumors
OF massacres and the murder Of pris-
oners In Monasur now authenticated,
the general situation is considered here
as fast becoming intolerable. 0ficial
and diplomatic circles alike are con-
cerned, having every reason to fear
that only a part Of the horrors en-
acted In the interior Of Macedonia have
come to light as yet. The revolution
airy committees are doing their ut
most to force the hands OF the Bull
garian government and the immediate
outlook is exceedingly serious.
1t appears that the Turks have OBJ
tanned the upper hand In the vilayet
Of Monastir and the insurgents are
planning to remove the center OF their
activity close to the Bulgarian from
tiers. Dispatches arriving from the
disturbed area are exceedingly gloomy.
from Adrianople comes the news OF
Turkish defeat and the extension OF
the revolutionary outbreak; from Mon
as:ir the news of Turkish victories
accompanied by barbarous excesses.
While many Of the reports remain
without confirmation, sufficient au-
thentic details are forthcoming to
cause the authorities the gravest anx-
ie.y. According to the Sofia Dnevnik
the Turks committed unspeakable
atrocities at Krushevo. The mutt
lated corpses Of 80 women and children
were found in one building; pieces OF
the bodies had been thrown into the
street Fifteen of the principal mer-
chants of the town were killed and
their heads exhibited on poles.
At Monastir the churches were de-
molished, the houses sacked and the
town is now in a heap Of ashes. The
populace fled to the hills, where they
are in starving condition. The
Dnevnik also asserts that a genera!
massacre has taken place In the whole
vilayet of Monastir. Nearly all the
villages have been destroyed. The
treacherous murder of so insurgent
prisoners by their guards has made
an especially bad impression here.
Anarchy exists at Losengrad. Fight
ing is proceeding everywhere in the
nelghborhood. Insurgent bands have
occupied the strategic points around
Malkoternevo. Eight villages to the
north of Losengrad have been burned
by bashi- bazouks, while the insurgents
attacked two Turkish posts In the VI
cinity of the same town and killed
the entire garrisons, consisting OF 90
soldiers and one officer. At Almogic
so insurgents engaged in fighting with
300 bashi-bazouks. The result Is not
known.
The town Of Bunar Hissar has been
burned and part OF the bulgarian
population was massacred. The rest
Of the Bulgarians fed to the noun
tains.
At Burgas Majura after 10 hours
fighting the garrison was killed by
rebels, who also destroyed the gar
risons of Silklihor and Kalovo. At
Kaicunvo the insurgents killed 81
Turks, while 10 were killed at Kuko-
libi, in the vilayet Of Uskub. New
outbreaks are reported from the vicin-
ity of Kresna, where serious fighting
has occurred.
Travellers who arrived here yester-
day evening from Adrianople state
that a massacre of Christians occurred
there Sunday morning. One version
says the guns in one Of the forts
opened fire on an insurgent band
which had attacked military OUT
post A panic followed inside the
town and the Mahommetan popula-
ton fell upon the Christians.