Balkan Atrocities Reported By Bulgaria In Turbulent Months
Bulgaria presents a memorandum to powers detailing alleged Ottoman abuses in European Turkey over three months. It cites 131 cases of massacre, torture with red hot irons, razing towns, arson, pillage, and expulsions across Salonica Monastir Uskub and Arrianople vilayets, naming Smerdesch Amerdesch and multiple villages and districts.
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Monastir
Smerdesch
Uskub
Athellu
Palanka
Houchani Koumanmvo
Gostigar
Prigona
Salonica
Beldevo
Banitzx
Techourilovo
Karbinza
Moghila
Smerdezch
Entdje
Amerdesch
Sostlers
Garna Ribpitss
Igoumensis
Dobrilals
Mikoden
Aless
Britain Warns Turkey to Call Off Butchers
Constantinople August 16 The British ambassador warned the Porte of grave consequences from further murders of consuls or foreign subjects. The Ottoman government reports negotiations with Krupp for 32 batteries of quick-feld artillery. Russian naval moves are downplayed. insurgent actions around Krushevo and Prertsepe are described with Turkish recaptures, bombardments, and pardons for Bulgarian villagers. A train near Veleca was damaged. one soldier killed. Russia asserts its lone hand in pressing Turkey.
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Constantinople
Porte
Macedonia
Russia
Wea
Batoum
Black Ees Littoral
Krushevo
Prersepe
Peerlepe
Sofia
Vilayet
Ustud
Veleca
Silencko
Uskub
Ritter
M Rostkowski
Europe
Turkey
Revolt of Bulgarians Alarms Ottoman Provinces
A memorandum details mass Bulgarian displacement and arrests across Salonica Iskud Monastir and Adrianople with estimates of prisoners reaching thousands. It cites orders forcing Bulgarians from cities closing churches schools and forcing land sales to Turks, provoking a regional revolt and international scrutiny.
Italian and Austrian views on Turkish crisis
The Times from Constantinople notes uneasy Italian agents while diplomatic tone shifts toward peace. Vienna reports Russia may back Turkish demands by naval show. Belgrade cites a Servian priest recruiting insurgents in Uskub vilayet. Rostkowski case widowed seeks indemnity.
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London
Aveust H
Times
Consantinopls
M Rostkowski
Vienna
Aupost
Rugelan
Turkey
Russia
Lamedorff de Russtin
Rogtkowski
Monastir
Belgrade
Alspatoh
Uskub Vilayet
Roosevelts Visit Aboard Kearsarge Amid Naval Pageantry
Navy pageantry at Oyster Bay as President Roosevelt visits the Kearsarge flagship. Admiral Barker hosts with Moody and Chandler aboard. Marines in full dress, band plays Hall the Chief, and a ceremony honors the president. Roosevelts party tours the ship, then tea with Sir Thomas Lipton aboard Erin before future maneuvers toward Race Hack.
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Oyster Bay
North Atlantic
Gutter Bay
Mcers
Keartarge
Barker
Hemphill
Kearsarge
Flng
E W Eberle
Dolphin
W E Chandler
Roosevelt
Beriec
Alice Roosevelt
Emlin Roosevelt
Christine Roosevelt
Wiliam H. Brownson
Naval Academy
Isaacs
Moody
Wine Sands
Coghlan
Eberle
Khel
Siir Thomas Lipton
Thomas
Erin
Eaact
Shilpa Kearsarge
Illnois
Alabama
Race Hack
Long Island Sound
Chauncey Bainbridge Barry and Dale
Lloyd B. Chandler
Secretary of the Navy
Asiatic
Suez
Chicago
Europe
Sunday Sermon by Roosevelt at Holy Name Society
President Roosevelt addresses the Society of the Holy Name in Oyster Bay New York urging strong yet decent citizenship. He stresses clean speech self restraint and personal example to guide younger men and families toward courage honesty and social uplift.
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Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Society of the Holy Name
Brooklyn
Long Island
Father Powers
Bt Monica
Hall
Lfe
Mrust
Holy Name Society
Patriotism and honesty guide a strong citizen resolve
In a speech a grand army button and calls for patriotism, honesty, and common sense guide the need for courage and moral sense. The speaker emphasizes patriotism must be paired with decency and the power to act, noting enthusiastic applause at the president's address conclusion.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Braved Waters to Dodge Noose Off Sea Girl
New York August 16. Herman T Coates leaped from Old Dominion while two miles off Sea Girl to escape murder trial. Indicted in Rockland for killing a coachman, he fled custody of Chief Smith and Deputy Fisher, nearly tipping the deputy overboard, then disappeared after a somersault. boat retrieved him.
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New York
Herman T Coates
Old Dominion
Monroe
Sea Girl
Coates
Nanuet
Spring Valley Rockland County
Smith
Suffern Rockland County
Charles D Fisher
Fisher
Oates
Georgia Forecast and Local News Highlights
Partly cloudy forecast for Georgia with coastal showers and regional warmth. Atlanta plans rifle contest travel and city matters to discuss with Coun cil. Reports cover a prison whipping protest, expositions, infantry participation, and local political notes across Savannah Augusta Brunswick Florence and Raleigh. The president attends services aboard Kearsarge and Roosevelt speaks on decency. Washington debates Republican unity and financial regulation. Crime and disasters include a swindle case, a death by morphine in Alabama, and a cyclone impact with ships ashore in Progresso.
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Savannah
Councis
Walker J Wood Ghot
Holderty
Mamie Decks
Howell
Atlantas
Sixteenth Infantry
Seventh Cavalry
Kearsarge
Roosevelt
David Brewer
Washington
Congress
Swift Justice for Ravishers and Lynching Debate
Associate Justice David Brewer comments on lynching in Leslie’s Weekly urging swift punishment for rape by Black suspects. He notes the danger to law respect, calls for fewer appeals and faster trials, and argues public sentiment drives mob violence while the victim’s testimony can reshape community views. The piece emphasizes a need for stronger conscience and deterrence to curb lynching.
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New York
David Brewer
Supreme Court of the
United States
Leslie
Russia
American Bar Association
Detroit
Supreme Court
England
E J Phelps
Mr. Clevelands
Jalin
Ives
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Raleigh NC
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Gallea
Tale of Palms
Florence SC
Tobacco Trust
Robert Settlemeyer
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Ala
Panama
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Progresso
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