The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-08-25
Situation Becomes lntolerabIe.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Bh hSSo'lNlID Ekioo
Sofia, Aug. 25.-With the rumors of
massacres and the murder of prisoners in
Monastir now authenticated, the general
situation is considered here as fast becom-
ing intolerable.
Official and diplomatic circles alike are
concerned, having every reason to fear
that a part of the horrors enacted in the
interior OF Macedonia have not come to
light as yet.
The revolutionary committee are doing
the utmost to force the hands OF the Bull
garian government and the immediate out
look is exceedingly serious.
1t appears that the Turks have obtained
the upperhand in the vilayet of Monastir,
and the insurgents are planning to remove
the center OF their activity close to the
Bulgarian frontiers.
Dispatches arriving today from the dis
turbed area are exceedingly gloomy From
Adrianople comes the news of Turkish
defeat and the extension Of the revolution
sry outbreak from Monastir the news of
Turkish victories accompanied by bar
barous excesses.
While many of the reports remain
without confirmation, sufficient authentic
details are forthcoming to cause the att
thorities the gravest anxiety. According
10 the Sofa Dnevik, the Turks committed
unspeakable atrocities at Krushevo.
MutiIated Corpses Found.
The mutilated corpses OF 90 women
and children were found in one building
pieces of the bodies had been thrown III
the street. Fifteen of the principal mer-
chants of the town were killed and their
heads exhibited on poles at Monastir.
Az Monastir the churches were demol-
ished, the houses sacked and the town is
now heap Of ashes. The populace fled
to the hills, where they are in a starving
condition.
The Dvenenik also asserts that general
massacre has taken place in the whole
vilayet of Monastir.
Nearly all the villages have been de-
stroyed The treacherous murder Of 30
insurgcnt prisoners by gendarmcs had
made an especially bad impression here.
Many rumors are current of massacres
in the city Of Adrianople, but confirmation
is lacking. The situation there, however,
undoubtedly is serious. 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 wallis appeared to have an
swered that he was powerless against the
fanatcal population.
Anarchy exists at Losengrad. Insurgent
bands have occupied the strategic points
around Malgoternevo. Eight villages to
the north OF Losengrad have been burned
by Bashni Bazouks
The insurgents attacked two Turkish
posts in the vicinity of the same town and
killed the entire garrison, consisting of 90
soldiers and one officer.
Engage in Fighting.
At Almogis 90 insurgents engaged in
fighting with 900 Bashi Bazouks. The re-
suit is not known.
The town of Bunar Hissar has been
burned and part of the Bulgarian popu-
lation was massacred. The rest of the
Bulgarians fled to the mountains.
At Burgas Maju, after IS hours of fight
ing, the garrison was killed by rebels who
also destroyed the towns of Silklihor and
Kalovo.
At Kaicunvo the insurgents killed 81
The valayet of Uskub.
New outbreaks are reported from the
vicinity of Kresna, where serious fighting
has occurred.
The Macedonian organizations in Sofa
and throughout Bulgaria are busily en-
gagged trying to help their brethren across
the border.
1t is said that the rival committees have
buried their differences and are now work.
ing in harmony, confident that the rich
Bulgarians who have hitherto withheld
their contributions on account OF the COM
mittees dissensions and will now give lib
orally.
Practically at an End.
The Macedonian leaders admit that the
insurrection in the vlayet of Monastir is
practically at an epd and they appear to
pin their hopes on the transfer of active
operations to the Bulgarian frontier.
Within three weeks they assert the
Eastern Macedonian territory will he in
full revolt and then the Bulgarian govern