The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-09-11

$4,000 PERSONS HAVE BEEN
SLAUGHTERED AND 1870 VII
LAGEs BURNED.

SLAUGHTERED AND 100 VII
Lagos BURNED.
| London, Sept 11.-Except that the
consuls in Salonica are again asking
| for the protection of warshtDs there is
| little direct news from the seat Of the
Macedonian troubles, but there is a
| splendid crop of startling statements
4 impossible either to confirm or deny.
| Among the latter is the assertion
made in Sofia dispatch to the Secolo
of Milan to the effect that it has been
! decided to mobilize the Bulgarian
army This is contrary to the avowed
! policy of the Bulgarian government,
but cannot be regarded as unlikely
with Turkish troops concentrated at
] Glocktepe, five miles from the Bull
garian frontier.
In Paris there is q persistent rumor
that M Constans. French ambassador
at Constantinople, intends to
Resign as Protest
| against the apathy shown by his gov
| eminent.
| According to Sofia dispatch to the
Daily Express the British agent there
has already advised Bulgaria that
\ Great Britain insists that she prevent
the passage of bands into Macedonia.
Little credence is attached to the
story published in the Vienna Die
Zeit that Turkish troops have been
ordered to cross the Bulgarian from.
tier.
Count Goluchowski, the Austrian
chancellor, had long conference with
Emperor Francis Joseph at Budapest
| yesterday and common diplomatic
action by the powers against Bulgaria
is again said to be in preparation.
The Italian feet is held in readiness
at Sicily, so that it could
Reach Turkish Waters
within forty-eight hours, but Italy will
not take any action except in accord
with the powers.
The daily telegraph's correspondent
4 at Varna reiterates the determination
on the part of the Bulgarian govern
ment to hinder every manifestation
likely to lead to war. He adds that
I4Prince Ferdinand is in daily receipt OF
menacing letters, and as result the
palace is strongly guarded. The locks
have been changed on the doors and
all persons desiring admittance are
1 strictly scrutinized.
The Associated Press learns from
Philippopolis that the Macedonian
committee is actively organizing new
revolutionary bal.ds, Of which ITO have
been formed in Eastern Rommella and
Macedonia since Boris Sarafoff as
sumed the direction Of the Adrianople
committee.
Turkeys Awful Record.
Sofia, Sept. 1.-THE Macedonian or
CARNATIONS are preparing a memoran
dun to be presented to the representa-
tives of the powers in which they will
declare that the insurgents intend to
resort to reprisals for the Turkish
atrocities The memorandum gives
detailed information of villages de-
stroyed and the massacre of their in
| IL QSCldl SS llldI DOOOU luCu,
women and children have been slaugh-
tered and 100 villages burned. In the
list of villages given only two are in
the vilayet of Adrianople. The others
are principally in the Monastid vilayet.
Beirut Officials Indifferent
Beirut, Sept. 11.-Vice Consul Mag
elssen, when he was fired at recently
was near police booth. His assailant
is not yet known. The authorities are
Indifferent and thus far have given no
satisfaction.
The Moslem quarter of Beirut from
I Friday up to last night was in a state
of anarchy and thirty persons were
killed, among whom however, were no
i foreigners.
The arrival of the American cruisers
= Brooklyn and San Francisco was op-
perfume Admiral Cotton is on the
alert Signal men and a guard slept
at the United States consulate last
night The men on board the war
ships are under arms ready to dis
embark on signal from the consulate.