Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-08-24


st. Petersburg, Aug. 24.-The Rus
sian Black sea squadron which was
ordered to Turkish waters and which
arrived at Iniada, Eastern European
Turkey, Aug. 10, in order to support
Russia's demands on the sultan grow
ing out of the assassination of NJ.
Rostkowski. Russian consul at Mon
astir. has been recalled to Sebastopol,
the squadron's point Of departure.
The recall followed on a notification
from the porte that the sultan had or
dered all the Russian demands TO be
complied with.
The dispatch received from NJ. Elm
ovief, Russian ambassador at Con-
stantinople announcing that the sui
tan had yielded completely TO Rus
sia's demands, was as follows:
Measures Taken by Porte.
THE porte has taken the following
measures to fulfill the demands of the
Russian government: In addition 10
the condemnation and execution or NJ
Rostkowski's murderers and the pun
ishment of their accomplices, those
officers who made disrespectful allu-
sions to NJ Rostkowski are dismissed
from the service. A careful search is
being made for the persons who fired
at the consul's carriage. All the Off
cials, "a in number, whise names were
handed to the porte as objects OF I'M
favorable comment by the Russian
ambassador are relieved of their
posts and handed over to justice. All
private persons mentioned in the same
list as guilty of various offenses will
likewise be tried.
"Ismail Haki Pasha, the chief of
police at Palanka, province of Uskub,
is restored to his post The persons
under arrest for accusing Mussulmans
OF outrage and abuse are liberated.
"Hussein Him. inspector general
of Macedonia, is reprimanded. The
chiefs of gendarmery and police at
Saloniea are replaced.
Authorities Must Preserve Order.
THE porte has ordered the appoint
ment to the gendarmery OF several for
eign officers whose names will be an
nouneed later and finally all the milf
tary, civil and judicial authorities
have received the strictest orders to
take measures to secure order and
tranquility"
The news has reached st. Peters
burg from Brussels that the porte has
requested Belgium to nominate four
officers for the Turkish gendarmery
Sofia, Aug 24-Eastern Adrianople
reports more fighting, which so far
appears to be resulting chiefly in ia
vor of the revolutionists. Many vii
lagos have been burned and their in
habitants have taken refuge across
the Bulgarian frontier, After a long
| fight at Stoiloro the insurgents defeat
ed a detachment of Turkish troops,
which lost 20 killed and wounded.
At Chanagasko, near Surovicovo,
| the insurgents are reported to have
annihilated an entire Turkish regi-
ment
Turkish Battalion Defeated.
At Bulanlkzera, near Ternovo, rs
revolutionists are credited with de-
feating a Turkish battalion. The vii
lagos of Amdermis and Enrik, near
Vasiliko, have been burned to ashes.
The Turks have bombarded and de-
stroyed the monastery of Constantine,
near Losengrad, where so insurgents
had fortified themselves The villages
of Bakdgik. Konakara, Evren. Dingis-
CO and Brusheva have all been burned
and their inhabitants have fled The
large village of Drumbegle, near Lose
grad. has been burned by Bashi-Ba-,
zouhs. The villages of Buch, with 300
houses, and Rakoro, 200 houses, stu
ated in the vilayet of Monastir, have
also been burned by Turkish troops.
Two hundred women and children
from these villages are now begging
| in the streets of Monastir.
| The Turkish government has organ
lied special court at Monastir to try
the captured insurgents The tribunal,
! is composed of a Turkish president,
three other Turks, two Greeks and
one Albanian. 1t will partake of the
character of criminal court and not OF
! courtmartial