Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-17

Sofia, Sept 12.-Further details of
villages burned and massacres CON-
mitted in the vilayet of Monastir have
reached here from reliable sources
Names are given of "a villages in the
kaZa of Okrida which have been burn
ed by the Turks. At Velgoshti, near
Ortakol, IL men and women persisted
in the flames. Sixty peasants were
killed in this neighborhood, most of
the bodies being left unburiei. Nine
villages and a large forest area have
been burned in the kaza Of Resen.
At Podmochani and Pokoivenik
many women and children were killed
In the kaza of Prespa soldiers sur.
rounded the forest in which women
and children from the villages of Lou
boino and Bratichino were concealed.
They violated the women and put
many of lem to death. A large num-
Der of bodies are lying unburied and
decomposition has caused an epidemic
among the Turkish troops, from which
many died.
kilograms from Budapest announce
ludl ihO fauSIlldh SONSl uDuCAt las
stopped the transport of 100000
mannlicher cartridges which Bulgaria
contracted for in Hungary. In eastern
Macedonia insurgents fought band of
Bashi-Bazouks, killing so. The next
day regular troops pursued the insur-
gents into the forest, but fell into an
ambush in which many of them per
ished.
The Turkish artillery has utterly
destroyed the village of Dobrovani, in
Monastir vilayet. Many of the inhab.
itants were killed.
Tortures by Turkish Troops.
London, Sept. 12.-The Mail CORE
spondent at Monastir describes further
atrocities by soldiers. In one case
they fay ed little girls head, while
in another they dug the flesh from
under a woman's arm with pocket
knives in order to see the working of
her lungs.
A Constantinople dispatch to the
Mail, dated September 10, says the
porte telegraphed to Washington ask
luS W nave InS ailCli ivan oiuohi oiA
recalled from Beirut, but the request
was refused. Minister Leishman de-
clared it would remain until the de-
parture of the late vail, Beshid Pasha.
Germany Denies Report.
London, Sept. 12.-Officials of the
German embassy here yesterday in
| formed the Associated Press that there
was no truth in the statement made
by the Constantinople correspondent
of the Standard that there was reason
to believe that Germany was encour-
aging Turkey to vigorously suppress
the Macedonian insurrection without
regard for European remonstrances. 1t
was asserted at the embassy that the
essential principle of the German pol
icy was to agree to the proposals OF
Russia and Austria and that beyond
so doing Germany has not taken any
steps in the Balkan situation.
Calm at Beirut.
Constantinople, Sept. 12.-Telegrams
from Beirut state that calm continues
there. Nazim Pasha is acting with eli
ergy, has made many arrests and has
expelled a score of suspected persons.
Orders have been sent to the governor
of Lebanon to maintain sharp look
ont for refugees from Beirut and ar
rest all suspects. Minister Leishman's
demand for the dismissal of Beshid
Paha, vail of Beirut, was supported by
the British, French and Italian ambas-
sailors, and owing to the reshid's pow
erful influence at the Yildiz Kiosk it
needed much diplomatic pressure COM