The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-09-04
Sshoots sto Death the United States
Consul at Beirut.
OUR GOVERNMENT DEMAN DED
\ Immediate Rcpnration rronr 'rurkey
s5;5s Tor tho Crime ana win Send
War Vessels 10 The scene
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Il stantinople announcing that William
s @. M agelssen, United States vice con
gSulfat Beirut, Syria, was ass;lssinatc tie {
81 sunday while riding in carriage
NJ. .The American minister immcdiatel,
4 brought the crime to the attention o
Il the government and demanded action
by Turkey. Acting Secretary Loomis
a scablcd Minister LciShman instructiny
him to demand the immediate arrest
and punishment of the persons guilty
7fof the murder. No demand for money
for the mans family has
yet been made, but that probably will
follow. Minister Lcishman's cable
\ gram was dated Thursday and Stated
Y that the assassination occurred Sun
i day, the minister being informed oi
the crime by Consul Rayudal. The
: consul stated that the murderer was
not seen and is not known.
,385 NO PARTICULARS YET.
The announcement Of the lSSaSSi-
4 nation or the American vice consul,
g following SO soon upon the ass;lssina-
tiOn OLA Russian consul in Turkey,
3 created strong comment in official
circles and the suggestion was made
that such frequent aSsaSSinati0ns in
-.dicate the disturbed condition Of
affairs In the Turkish nominations.
Minister Lcishman gave no particu-
lars OF the assassination and the state
; department has no information as to
the cause Of the murder The Amcri-
: can government will insist that tile
local authorities be punished il they
4 were derclict in their duty and that
. Fl I'LL nf tcl,
tue actual perpetrators of the outrage.
Beirut is city on the eastern shore
a Of tho Mediterranean sea and is Il
4 place Of considerable commercial i'm
pOrtance.
PROMPT AND VIGOROUS ACTION.
Prompt and vigorous action is he
ing taken by the United States govern
ment to secure the punishment OF
3 those persons implicated in the
assassination. Minister Licshman, ut
ConstantinOple. who reported the fact
to the state department, las been in
structcd by the state department. to
demand thorough Investigation OF
ssthe a flair and the punishmento OF those
ltssi nyClyedt In the crime and the Euro
y pe;tr' s-sa squadron, consisting of three
Warships, SlaB heen ordered to proceed
1 Immediately to Beirut to support the
demands OF the United State minister
should this be found necessary.
The determination to lose no time
LIN getting the squadron to Beirut was
A also due In part to information rcceiv-
ed by acting Secretary Loomis Of the
# state department. Thursday night
$ from the president of the American
Board OF Missions at Boston Indicating
that an attempt had been made to
burn the Euphrates college buildings
at HarpoOt. ThiH dispatch said:
Information just received that an
attempt has been made to burn the
Euphrates college buildings. Condi-
4 tions increasingly alarming Great
anxiety felt for the safety or Ameri-
can citizens there"
SAILED AT ONCE.
Acting Secretary LOomis cabled tl
Minister LeiShman at ConStantinople
to make immediate demands on the
porte to take adequate measures for the
\ protection Of all Americans at Beirut
and TO prevent any attack on the col
lege buildings. Admiral Cotton, who
was directed to hold his squadron in
redineSS to proceed at moments no.
tice to Beirut cablcd the navy depart
ment as follows, under date OF Nice,
+ France:
Gable just received. NIachias at
Genoa for coal. Brooklyn has seven
days, San Francisco six and half
days coal at ten nots. Cannot exceed
that speed with Machias. II squad
ron going west should coal at Mar
settles. If east at Genoa
(Signcd) Cotton"
Admiral Cotton's instructions are td
sail at once.
1t is estimated that the Brooklyn
going at full speed can reach Beirut
within six days
THE WILEY TURKS.
Acting Secretary Loonis received .
rather remarkable cablegram from
Minister Leishman in which the lat
ter states that he bad called at the
Turkish foreign Office at CONSTANT
nople to inquire about the aSSassina-
tion Of the United States vice consul
and that the minister or foreign af-
fairs cmphaticaf1y denied any know
ledge or the report. lie also attempted
to diScredit it. The cablcgran gave
~ ooilCl lillCl HittUltil. ACGlUS uIuer
the Instructions OF the president that
Admiral COttonS squadron be directed
to proceed Immediately to Beirut,
Mr.. Darling cabled the admiral to
this effect ut Nice, directing him to
go to Beirut at once. The presidents
instructions on this point will be car
ricd out to the letter.
IIE WAS NOT KILLED.
A decidedly new turn in the case OF
the United States vice consul, Wm.
Z. Magclssen, at Beirut Syria, who
was reported to have been assassnat-
ed last Sunday, developed Sunday
night when it became known that the
report was incorrect and that al.
Though Mr. Magelsscn had been shot
ssIt,hc had not even been injured. This
Information came to the state DEPART
ncnt tonight in dispatch from
United States Minister Lcisnman at
Constantinoplc, who said the mistake
In making the original announcement
was due to an error in the transmits
sion OF the cipher dispatch from Con
sui Ravadal ut Beirut In reporting the
incident TO the minister.
~ Cioudburst.
a clOudburst struck the vicinity Of
Mayesville, Kas., on Tuesday, causing
the Big Blue river to rise Is feet In q
few hours, sweeping away many hOus