The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-09-03
u. 5. VICE CONSUL
is slain in SYRIA
William c. Magelsson Assassinated
at Beirut While Riding in
aCarriage.
IMMEDIATE PUNISHMENT OF The
MURDERER is DEMANDED
sTlRS Crime Is Brought to Attention of
Turkish Government by American
Minister-Navnl Demonstration by
Squadron Probable = Revolutions
lists Blow Up Train.

lists Blow Up Train.
Washington, Aug. 2S.-The state de-
partment has received a cablegram
from Minister Leischman, at Constan-
%tinople, announcing that William c..
Magelsson, United States vice consul at
Beirut, Syria, was ass~assinated Thurs
.day while riding in a carriage. The
American minister Immediately
brought the crime to the attention of
athe government and demanded action
by Turkey. Acting Secretary Loomis
Thursday cabled Minister Leischman
~inesructing him to demand the imme-
date arrest and punishment of the per-
son guilty of the murder. No demand
for money indemnity for the mans
family has yet been made, but that will
probably follow. Magelsson was a ma
tive and was appointed from Minnesota.
Assassination Creates Comment.
The announcement of the assassina-
tion of the American vice consul, fol-
lowing so soon upon the assassination
of a Russian consul in Turkey, created
strong comment in official circles, and
the suggestion was made that such fire.
quent assassinations indicate a very
disturbed condition of affairs in the
Turkish dominions. Minister Leisch-
man gave no particulars of the assas-
sination and the state department has
no information as to the u of the
murder. The American government
will insist that the local authorities be
punished, if they were derelict in their
duty, and that full measure of punish
ment be given the actual perpetrators of
the outrage.
Beirut is a city on the eastern shore
of the Mediterranean sea and is a place
of considerable commercial Importance.
1T is probable that the action of the
Turkish government and the condition
existing at Beirut will determine
whether or not the European squadron
is to be sent to Turkish waters. Unless
the Turkish government acts prompt
ly upon the demands made by the Unit
ed States government it is expected that
the European squadron will at once
move eastward. .t
Squadron Receives Orders.
Admiral Cotton, commanding the
European squadron, has been cabled by
the navy department to have his YES
"sels in readiness to move to Beirut,
which is IN the eastern shore of the
Mediterranean sea, in case the demands
of the United States government upon
shthe Turkish government are not COM
piled with. The Brooklyn and the San
Francisco are at Vile Franche and the
Machias is at Genoa. Magelsson, who is
a Scandinavian, was appointed vice
consul at Beirut, September 20, 1899,
by Consul Gabriel Bic Ravudal, who is
of the same nationality. At the time of
his appointment as vice consul he was
"a consular clerk in Turkey. Magelssen
was appointed or the Recommendation
of Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, who
says that he was the o. of a prom
:inent Lutheran minister. He was born
at Bratsburg, Fillmore county, MINI.
Minister Leischman's cablegram was
sdated Wednesday and stated that the
assassination occurred Sunday, the min
lister being informed of the crime by
Consul Ravudal. The consul stated
that the murderer was not seen and is
not known. .
The state department Immediately
forwarded Minister Leischman's dis
patch to the president at Oyster Bay.
{ Victim a Minnesota Man.
st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 28.-William C.
Magelsson, vice consul at Beirut,
.S1,r;, j u,bo woo occoccinotod ic q
young man and is a brother-in-law of
Consul Rayndall, who appointed him.
Consul Rayndall is from North Dakota.
Magelsson was appointed from Free
born county, Minnesota, about two
. years ago. 1t is not known here
whether he has a family of his own. He
is a brother of Mrs. Rayndall.
Insurgents Blow Up Train.
Sofia, Aug. 28.-The eastbound daily
express from Buda-Pesth to CONSTANT
nople was blown up near Kuleli Burgas,
about Is miles south of Adrianople, early
THURSDAY. Seven persons were killed
and Is were injured. Dynamite bombs
were used. Every a was smashed.
Apparently the outrage was the work of
E0fOluLlOllSIo WIN oA. Il H.
Constantinople, Aug. 28.-The bomb
which wrecked the train near Kuleli
Burgas was thrown by a third-class pas
senger who was in the buffet car. Only
two cars were destroyed. The dead in
pclude two Mussulman women, two chill
sdren and three trainmen.
The continued absence of news from
the interior of Macedonia, where there is
"a widespread interruption of Geographic
communication, is causing great uEeasi-
ness 70 the Turkish officials here and
much unrest among the public.
The appointment of Marshal Ibraham
Pasha to command the troops in Mace
donia has been Cancelled and the COM
mand has been given to Gen. Nassir
Pasha, a capable officer who commanded
the brigade sent to pacify the Albanians
earlier in the year.
The governor of Ipek, Albania, mas
been dismissed for incapacity and mis-
conduct and is succeeded by Said Bey,
who commanded the troops at Nitro
vita when the Albanians attacked that
place in the spring. To-