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Show MUJU)KRED BY TUHKS VILLAGE INHABITANTS SLAUGHTERED SLAUGH-TERED BY SOLDIERS. Three Hundred Houses Burned and 200 Persons, Mostly Women and Children, Murdered. Horrible details nre arriving at Monastic Mo-nastic Kuropean Turkey, of the slaughter of tho Inhabitants of tho vlllago of Smordash, south of Lako rrcsha, Mny 21, by Hashl-Haiouks. It appears that on tho arrival of tho Uashl-Hazotiks, Chukalaroff'B band of Insurgents wlthdrow to tho mountains without sustnlnlng any loss. As no rebels wero left In tho vlllago, tho inhabitants in-habitants experienced no anxiety until suddenly, at sunset, tho Turks, who had complotoly surrounded tho placo, commenced a regular bombardment, whereupon all tho villagers nssomblcd In tho streets. Though tho artillery ceased firing during part of tho night, tho Turkish Infantiy tired nil night long. Tho artillery ar-tillery bombardment was recommenced nt daybreak, but ns It was Ineffective, tho Turks sot firo to tho vlllago on all sides nnd commenced a general massacre, mas-sacre, slaughtering women, children nnd tho aged. About 300 houses woro burned and upwnrd of 200 persons, mostly women and children, wero killed. Tho women nnd girls wore murdered whllo resisting outrago. Wholo households wore slain. Ono family of soven was slain and tholr bodies wero heaped on the hearth. Not a living soul was loft In tho village. Tho survivors, many of them half burned or othorwlso Injured, lied. Somo of tho lleolng villagers woro captured cap-tured and had their ears and noses cut off beforo they wero butchered. Tho report adds that 1400 villagers wero In tho mountains without food or clothing. Ono band of these, consisting consist-ing of forty women and children, woro caught by soldiers In a ravlno and woro klllod after horrlhlo trea'tmenL |