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Show Mopped by Shots From Turkish Fort- 4. Incident Which for a Time Threatened Threat-ened to Cause Friction Between Russia and Turkey. CONSTANTINOPLE, July 6. It transpires that the Russian volunteer fleet steamer St. Petersburg, which passed through the Bosphoruo from the Black sea this morning, In company with tho Sevastopol, tho latter flying tho red cross and her hull painted white, was stopped In the Bosphorus by blank shots from the Turkish forts, fired without previous warning. The Incident threatened to cause friction, but, after a delay of several hours, in which explanations were exchanged between be-tween the Russian Embassador and the Porte, the vessel was allowed to proceed, pro-ceed, Vladivostok being her declared destination |