Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-09-14
MACEDoNIANs STRAIN EVERY
NERVE FOR CONFLICT.
RESORT TO ExTORTION
Rich Citizens COersed 20 Swell RsvoIu-
tfcnary Funds-Tnreats Of Blowing
Up Homes-Many Sanguinsry
Fights Reported-Entirs village
Masssered for Siding With Turks.

sofia. Sept SIN Official quarters
there Is a suspicious absence of news
from the interior Of Macedonia a-d
AtrianOpIe and it is feared the conii-
tons there are steadily becoming
worse
Macedonian organizations are strain
ing every nerve TO force Bulgaria into
war. Large and small bands are
crossing the frontier % northern Mace
dCula-
Macedonian committees are prose
cutting AN active campaign TO raise
funds lu Bulgaria Where wealthy
citizens JecIiue 10 subscribe the organ
nations do not hesitate TO make strong
reureseutatiOus. A rich merchant OI
PhiuuFCUils was recently told that uh
less be contributed $4,000 his house
would be blown up.
Several fights ere reported from the
district of Loseugrage. At the Bashi-
Bazouk village OF Sarara, the Turks
lost 20 men. At Tersidere a band
fought 900 soldiers all day, with the
result that the Turks had 81 men
killed. while the insurgents lost five.
At Prespa in the Okriia district. fisht-
ing has long been proceeding between
iusurCeut bands and an army CT 10000
Turks. The latter are reported 10
have lost over 200 killed or wounded.
Another engagement lasting all day
has been fought at Pribilisti, Mon
astir vilayet. i'm which the Turkish loss
was given as 40 and the insurgent 5.
4 band led by Yanko StOwaff has de-
str--ad me village OF GCrinokavievc,
CarIeseugard. a notorious haunt OF
Turkish brigands-
The newspaper POshta asserts that
all villages i'm the district Of Leren are
l.----s---. According TO revolutionary
cs-lr1g es urkey has now I'm the Mace
d0niau army 10000 men, with $500
horses ana 440 guns.
In an sngagement at Simen. LOsen-
grad. ne villagers Joined the Turks
who were defeated. The insurgents
afterwards burned the villages as puls-
IshueuT 10 the inhabitants for aiding
the Turks.
The revoIutIouaries have destroyed
the ughlhouse near LimanpulevO.
ROumauia is strengthening her mill
tarv position on the Bulgarian f-c-tier.
Streams Of Blood Predicted.
London, Sept Special dispatches
published here this morning add little
fresh news regarding the situation in
the Balkans. All correspondents at
C0ustantinOpIe emphasize the appar-
eut danger Of war with bulgaria, while
the Sofia correspondents are equally
insistent as to the prudent and correct
attitude OF Prince Ferdinand and his
government
Accounts. from both Turkish and in
surgeut sources. Of the operations in
Macedonia show the work OF extermi-
nation Is proceeding unchecked, and,
although apparently realizing the dan
ger Of a Confagration, the powers are
making some attempt TO interfere and IL
is believed nothing OF a serious nature
viii be done until after the meeting OF
the car and Emperor Francis Joseph
at Vienna when IL may be too late.
The Sofia correspondent OF the Tele-
graph says:
surEeuts and am enabled TO affirm en-
UhatiCalIy that unless acceptable pro
pOsaIs are made within two or three
weeks Europe win be startled BY a
record Of deeds unequalled in the
bIC.dstaiued history Of the east"
A dispatch @ the Times from Mona
stir says.
'Iu the teverish attempt 20 stamp
out the fnsurrecti0n fin this quarter SO
as to release troops for operations else
where. there is unfortunately every
reason to- suspect that an attempt is
being made 20 produce iudiscriminate
slaughter az the Bulgarian element in
which Christians OF all denominations
are i'm danger of being treated alike.
Should this prove true there can be no
hope Of saving the greater part OF the
Christian population in the remote dis
triCts Of western Macedonia"
Imperial Troops Prevail
C5nstauuuople. Sept S.-Omclal
dispatches from Nouastir furnish de-
tails Of numerous successes o. the
imperial troops i'm that district. Bull
gariaus eutrerched I'm the hills we've
attacked hy troops and lost IS men
killed The remainder OF the band.
seeking 10 escape pursuit. threw
themselves into the lake and we've
drowned. At the village OF Resna . Y
insurgents we're killed and around
FIurina 40 others persisted.