The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-09-02

II ing GQelr SCVefuuoEGS W toh0 aCeAoA.
i The Macedonian committee has issued
! black bordered list of 70 villages
which have been pillaged and destroy
ed in the vilayet of Monastir, to
which are added instances of revolving
outrages perpetrated on women. The
/ publication Of the sheet has created a
sensation.
i No news has been received in official
1 circles today from the interior OF
/ Macedonia. The revolutionists at
! Kische7 are reported to have six quick
i firing guns. In fight which has just
occurred in that district the insurgents
defeated and slaughtered an entire
I detachment Of 80 soldiers.
Washington, Aug. 27.-The State
i department has received a cablegram
from Minister Leishman at Con
stantinople, announcing that William
IC. Magelssen, United States vice con-
Isul at Beirut, Syria, was assassinated
on. Sunday while riding in carriage.
The American minister Immediately
/ brought the crime to the attention of
the Government and demanded action
By Turkey. Acting Secretary LOOMS
| today cabled Minister Leishman, in
structing him to demand the immedl-
ate arrest and punishment of the per
sons guilty of the murder No demand
! for money indemnity for the mans
family has yet been made, but that
probably will follow. Magelssen was
appointed from Minnesota.
| Admiral Cotton, commanding the
4 II t,o ao HI hv
! the navy department to have his YES
sells in readiness to move to Beirut,
which is on the eastern shore of the
Mediterranean Sea, in case the de-
mands of the United States Govern
mens upon the Turkish Government
are not complied with. The Brooklyn
and the San Francisco are at Villea
franche and the Machias is at Genoa.
Magelssen, who is of Scandinavian
descent, was appointed vice consul at
Beirut on September 20, 1899, by Con-
sui Gabriel Bic RaEudaI, who is of the
same nationality. At the time of this
appointment as vice consul he was the
consular clerk in Turkey. Magelssen
vas appointed on the recommendation
of Senator Nelson, of Minnesota, who
says that he was son of prominent
Lutheran minister. He was born at
Bratsburg, Fillmore County, Min
nesota.
Minister Leishman's cablegram was
dated yesterday and stated that the
assassiona5ion occurred On Sunday, the
minister being informed of the crime
by Consul RaVudal. The consul stated
that the murderer was not seen and is
not known.
The announcement Of the assassina-
tion of the American vice consul, fol-
lowing so soon upon the assassination
of Russian consul in Turkey, created
strong comment in official circles, and
the suggestion was made that such
frequent assassinations Indicate the
disturbed condition Of affairs in the
Turkish dominions. Minister Leish-
man gave 70 particulars of the assas-
sination and the State department has
no information as to the cause Of the
murder The American Government
will insist that the local authorities
be punished if they were derelict in
their duty and the full measure OF
punishment be given the actual per-
petrators of the outrage.
Beirut is city Oh the eastern shore
Of the Mediterranean Sea and is place
of considerable commercial im portance.
It is probable that the action of the
Turkish Government and the condi-
tions existing at Beirut will determine
whether or not the Euroean squadron
is to be sent to Turkish waters. Un-
less the Turkish Government acts
promptly upon the demands made by
the United States Government, it is
expected that the European squadron
will at once go eastward.
Although a copy of the dispatch
from Minister Leishman was sent to
the navy department, no request was
made upon that department for send
ing the European squadron to Eastern
Mediterranean waters. The navy de-
partment, however, anticipating that
such an emergency might occur, cabled
Admiral Cotton to have the squadron
in readiness. The President was i'm
mediately informed Of the assassina-
tion, also of the steps that had been
taken by the State department to
secure redress. Further details of the
crime and the action of the Turkish
OOYSIuuGuc 61O 1n no4GOo n4oA &A0O4Soo
by all Government officials.
SQUADRON ORDERED TO BEIRUT
Washington, Aug. THE European
SQUADRON, consisting Of three war
ships, has been ordered to proceed i'm
mediately to Beirut, to support the
demands of the United States minister,
should this be found necessary. This
latter measure was determined on as a
result OF conferences which have been
held over the telegraph and telephone
wires between officials here during the
day and the evening with the Presi-
dent at Oyster Bay. The latter felt
that no time should be lost in dispatch
ing Admiral Cotton's squadron to
Turkish waters, and he gave instruc-
tions to Acting Secretary Darling
that immediate orders be given Ad-
miral Cotton to proceed at once.
A dispatch received by Acting Secre-
tary LOOMS, of the State department,
! tonight from the President Of the
American board of missions, at Boston,
| indicates that an attempt had been
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