Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-09-03
M. svETkoFF REPRESENTING
MACEDONIAN COMMITTEE
ACCUSED OF ExToRTIoN.
SULTAN TALKS OF PEACE
On Anniversary of His Accession He
Says He Has the interests of All
His Subjects At Heart-Roumania
to Lock Out Bulearians.

Bucharest, Bulgaria, Sept. 3.-M.
Svetkoff, the agent here of the Mace
donian committee, has been arrested
for extorting by menaces of death,
subscriptions to the funds of the revo-
lutionists. The police discovered re-
ceipts signed by Boris Saraoff, the
revolutionary leader, for sums aggre-
eating $4,000. Svetkoff has been in
the habit of crossing the frontier to
send money to Saraoff.
Roumania Will Lock Doors.
Bulgarians residing in Roumania
continue to receive orders to return
home, in view of the possible mobiliza-
tion of the Bulgarian forces.
The Roumanian government has or
dered the frontier officials to register
all Bulgarians leaving Roumania and
prevent their return to this country.
Railroads Cause Trouble.
Sofia, Sept. 3.-The sultan has or
dered the Vail of Salonica to see that
all troop trains are preceded by pilot
engines. The Turkish railroad Off
cials are said to have notified the
porte that the roads will not convey
soldiers without prepayment of the
cost of transportation.
Sultan Celebrates.
Constantinople Sept. 3.-On the an
niversary of his accession, Tuesday,
the sultan received an audience at his
palace. The heads of the religious
communities and the ecumenical pa
triarch made speech of congratula-
ton. In reply thereto, after thanking
the patriarch and others present for
their good wishes, the sultan, contrary
to precedent, spoke ct some length.
Denies Distinction.
In his speech the sultan declared
all his desire was for the welfare of
to race or religion, and referring to
the revolutionary movement now on
foot in his dominions, said he was
convinced the movement did not pro-
ceed spontaneously from the popula-
ton but was instigated from abroad.
The sultan personally assured the
Armenian patriarch that his words ap-
piled to the Armenians as we'll as to
the people of other nationalities.
The Porte Threatened.
Constantinople, Sept 3.-Official cir
cles here We're startled today to learn
that Constantinople is threatened by
Bulgarian agitators-not with direct
attack by an insurgent army, but from
the hand of the assassin and the in
cendiary.
Foreign embassies and legations
were SO informed in a note issued by
the porte enjoining caution
Information has been placed before
the Ottoman government to the effect
that outrages are projected against
embassies, legations and other public
buildings in Constantinople.
Warns Foreigners.
The knowledge which the police
have secured comes from such an au-
thentic source that the government has
taken precautions and requests, in it's
note to representatives of the powers
that the heads of foreign ministers do
likewise.
Three explosions occurred yesterday
on the Austrian steamer Vaskapu soon
after leaving the Bulgarian port of
Burgas, en- route for Constantinople
by which twenty-nine persons perish.
ed. Some officials assert the insurg-
ents caused the catastrophe. The YES.
sci caught fire and had to be beached.