Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-08-27
REYEL IN ATROCITIES
Barbarous Outrages Accompany Their
Victories.
SCORES OF WOMEN ARE MUTILATED
Revolutionary Committee Trying to Force thN
Hands Of the Bulgarian Government-Th,
81 nation In Macedon Fast Becoming 10
toierabIe-A General Massacre Takes Pac'
In Monastir.

Sofia (By e).-With the rumor'
of massacres and the murder Of prs
oners in Monastir now authenticated
the general situation is considered here
as fast becoming intolerable. Othcla
and diplomatic circles alike are con
cerned, having every reason to iea'
that only part of the horrors enacted
in the interior of Macedonia have come
to light as yet.
The revolutionary committees are do
ing their utmost to force the hand
OF the Bulgarian government, and tn
immediate outlook is exceedingly serI
Gus.
1t appears that the Turks have Oh
tanned the upper hand in the vilayet
Monastir and the insurgents are plan
ming to remove the center Of their ac
tivity close to the Bulgarian frontier
Dispatches arriving from the dlsturbc
area are exceedingly gloomy.
From Adrianople comes the news o
a Turkish defeat and the extension t.
the revolutionary outbreak; from Mon
astir, the news Of Turkish victories, &c
companied by barbarous excesses.
While many OF the reports remalr
without confirmation, sufficient authen
tic details are forthcoming to cause the
authorities the gravest anxiety. &c
colding to the Sofia Dnevnlk, the
Turks committed unspeakable artocl
tics at kruShevo.
The mutiated corpses of 90 womer
and children were found in one build
ing; pieces OF the bodies had beer
thrown into the street Fifteen OF the
principal merchants OF the town were
killed and their heads exhibited or
poles
At Monastir the churches were dc
molished, the houses sacked and tn;
town is now i'll heap OF ashes. lht
populaco fed to the hills, where they
are i'll starving condition.
The Dnevnlk also asserts that a gen
cral massacre has taken place i'll th'
whole vilayet OF Monastir. Nearly al
the villages have been destroyed. The
trcacherous murder OF So nsurgcn,
prisoners by their guards, near Mon.
a9tir, has made an especially bad I'M
preston here.
Many rumors are current OF maSSa
crcs in the City OF AdianOple, but con
hrmation is lacking The situation
there, however, undoubtedly is serious
The population is afraid to leave the
houses. The prisons are full and the
Vail has taken private houses to bt
used as jaiIs When the Russian con
sui protested at the situation the Val
is reported to have answered that hs
was powcrless against the fanatica
population.
Anarchy exists at LoSengrad. Fight,
ing is proceeding everywhere in the
neighborhood lnsurgent bands have
occupied the strategic points arouuC
MalEoternoyo, Eight villages to thi
north OF Losengrad have been burncc
by Rashi- BaZoukS. while the insurgents
attacked two Turkish posts III the Vi
cinity of the same town and killcc
their entire garriSons. consisting OF 6C
soldiers and one officer. At Almogic
90 insurgents engaged in fighting witt
800 BaShi- Bazouks. The result Is no>
known.
The town OF Bupar- iissar has beer
/ burned and a part OF the Bulgarian
population was maSsacrCd. The rest o,
the BuIgarians fled to the mountains.