The daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami Co., Minn.) 1903-1904, 1903-08-24
REBELS WIPED Out
TWENTY THOU SAND TURKS AN
INITIATE A FORCE OF 1900
INSURGENTS.
NEWS OF AN ALARMING NATURE
is SPREADING AND
SITUATION CAUSES GREAT
ANXIETY.
MANY VILLAGES ARE DESTROYED
Bull GARlAN GOVERNMENT TAX
ING EVERY MEANS TO PRE-
VENT CALAMITY.
MANY VILLAGES ARE DESTROYED

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tional reports circulating here, 1t IS
stated that all the guard houses alons
the Monastir-Salonica railroad line
have been destroyed; that 10000
Turks under Marshal Omerrushti
Pasha have surrounded and annihlla-
ted 1900 insurgents In the Monastir
district; and that at Constantinople
Thursday a Turkish soldier insulted
and attacked an official of the Rus
sian postoffice. who was severely
wounded and had to be taken to. the
Italian hospital
Revolution Is Spreading.
Sofia, Aug. 222-AH the dispatches
received. here yesterday indicate that
the revolution in Macedonia is
spreading The situation is causing
intense anxiety in official circles. The
most alarming news relate to the out
break covering a considerable area In
the eastern part of the Adrianople
vilayet, where the insurgents have
captured the town of Vasilllo. They
took the chief Turkish officials pris-
oners and brought them to the Bul,
garian frontier, where they liberated
them The Turkish officials, fearing
to return to Vasiliko, sought refuge Of
the Bulgarian authorities, who sent
them to a hotel in BurHas. where they
are at liberty to renal. or depart.
The insurgents burned the ,.-illages be-
oft Z,
military post at the monastery OF
Elijah, south of Tirnovo.
Danger Long Dreaded.
The peculiar danger of the latest
outbreak lies in its proximity to the
Bulgarian frontier, thus creating a
situation long foreseen and dreaded
by the Sofia government. The Turks
are now certain to send considera-
BILE force to this territory to suppress
the outbreak, which will necessitate
the strengthening Of the Bulgarian
troops along he frontier. With the
two armies close to each other under
the present strained relations, the
situation becomes extremely desper-
ate The Bulgarian government Is
taking every possible step to prevent
a calamity, but the officials express
the greatest concern. In addition to
the danger Of collision between the
military forces there is the no smaller
one Of popular excitement
Getting Beyond Control
and forcing the government to adopt
a belligerent attitude.
Severe fighting is reported to be
proceeding near Gehgele, with heavy
losses on both sides.
The Sofia Dneyjnjk declares that all
the Turkish vilayets in Macedonia Will
be in full revolt Aug. % and that the
revolution is spreading from Salonica
into the districts toward Sores. Sev-
eral new bands have appeared in the
district of Voden, southeast of Monas-
tir.
Destroy Many Villages.
London, Aug. 23.-According to a
Belgrade dispatch to the Daily Mail
the Turkish troops, under the pretext
of pursuing revolutionary bands, have
destroyed the villages of Armonska,
Streboni, Letschani, Peckopanje, Mel
kali, Zelinich, Patele and Banitza,
massacreing the women and children.
The male inhabitants fed to the noun
tains and joined the insurgents, who
are especially numerous in the Che
game mountain range, where there are