The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1903-08-28
Turks and Macedonian Rebels
Committing Atrocious Deeds.
FELL UPON THE CHRISTIANS
General Massacre at AdrianopIe-Mon
astir Laid Waste by Fire-Nipety
Corpses Found In One Building
Anarchy Reigns.

rived here last evening from Adrian
ople state that massacre of Christians
occurred there Sunday morning. One
version sas the guns in one of the forts
opened fire On an insurgents band
which had attacked military out
post. A panic followed inside the town
and the Mahommetan population fell
upon the Christians.
Sofia, Aug. 25.-With the rumors os
massacres and the murder of prison.
ers in Monastir now authenticated the
general situation is considered here
as fast becoming intolerable. Official
and diplomatic circles alike are con-
cerned, having every reason to fear
that only part Of the horrors enacted
in the interior Of Macedonia have come
to light as yet.
The revolutionary committees are
doing their utmost to force the hands
Of the Bulgarian government and the
immediate outlook Is exceedingly seri.
Gus.
It 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
astir the news Of Turkish victories
accompanied by barbarous excuses.
While many of the reports remain
without confirmation, sufficient authen.
tic details are forthcoming to cause
the authorities the gravest anxiety.
According to the Sofia Dnevnik the
Turks committed unspeakable atroci-
ties at Krushevo.
The multilated corpses of ninety
women and children were found in one
building, pieces Of the bodies had been
thrown into the street. Fifteen of the
principal merchants Of the town are
killed and their heads exhibited on
poles.
Z At Monastir the churches were de.
molished, the houses sacked and the
town is now in heap of ashes. The
populace fed to the hills, where they
are in starving condition.
The Dnevik also asserts that gen.
eral massacre has taken place in the
whole vilayet Of Monastir. Nearly all
the villages have ben destroyed. The
treacherous murder Of eighty insur-
gent prisoners by their guards near
Monastir has made an especially bad
impression here.
Many rumors are current of massa.
ores in the city of Adrianople, but con-
flrmation is lacking. The situation
there, however, undoubtedly is seri-
Gus. The population is afraid to leave
the houses. The prisons are full and
the Vail has taken private houses to
be used as jails. When the Russian
consul protested at the situation the
vail is reported to have answered that
he was powerless against the fanatical
population.
Anarchy exists at Losengrad. Fight
ing is proceeding everywhere in the
neighborhood. Insurgent bands have
occupied the strategic points around
Malkoternovo. Eight villages to the
north Of Losengrad have been burned
by Bashi-Bazouks, while the insurgents
attacked two Turkish posts in the
vicinity Of the same town and killed
their entire garrisons, consisting of
sixty soldiers and one officer. At AL
mogic, sixty insurgents engaged in
fighting with 800 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 fled to the mountains.
At Burgash-Majura, after eighteen
hours fighting, the garrison was killed
by rebels, who also destroyed the gar
risons of Silklihor and Kalovo. At
Karacunovo the insurgents killed fifty
seven Turks, while fifteen Turks were
killed at Kurkolibi in the vilayet of
Uskub. New outbreaks are reported
from the vicinity of Kresna, where
serious fighting has occurred.
The Macedonian organizations IN
Sofia and throughout Bulgaria are
busily planning to help their brethren
across the border.