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PRICE FIVE*!
The Macedonian organization Is re
ported to be planning a big movement.
General Zentchieff is said to be organizing
The Autonomye says the Turkish com
mander In the district of Seres has or
dered hla subordinates to kill and destroy
everybody and everything Bulgarian im
mediately the insurgent band appear,
dgbt hundred men. women and children
have gone to YasllDd. and the Turkish
Government is arranging to send them to
Asia Minor. The Turkish population la
fleeing toward Constantinople.
A fierce fight has occurred at Passaqual.
twenty miles from Adrianople, where
three Turkish battalions surrounded a
body of insurgents. A second band came
to the assistance of their comrades, who
thereupon broke through the cordon, kill
ing 150 Turks.
JOFIA. Aug. 2S.— The general situa
tion In the vilayet of Adrianople
continues alarming. The revolution
ists have destroyed all the Turk
ish posts along the frontier.
Terror Reigns in the
Homes at Jldri*
anople.
MASSACRE
THE ORDER
FOR TURKS
Continued on Page 2, Columns 3 and 4.
OYSTER BAY, L. I., Aug. 28.— President Roosevelt was informed to-night of
the Incorrectness of the. report that United States' Vice Consul Magels
sen, at Beirut, Syria, had been assassinated. ¦ The ; -President expressed
gratification that Consul Magelssen had escaped' without injury from the"
assault of. the. would-be murderer. • ¦ l • '
He announced, however, that no change at present would be madeTin the
plans of this Government, and that the European squadron, which he, last night
ordered to proceed immediately to Beirut, "would 'go', to; its, ordered "destina
tion. It can be paid that the President' and Secretary Hay^ both regarded it ad
visable, in view of the present state of unrest in Turkey, to have American
.war vessels in Turkish waters. : ...•,.-. .... .. *. V->Vr\
CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 28.— It transpires that the report that
Vice Consul Magelssen was killed is incorrect. An unknown indi
vidual fixed at him, and the bullet passed close to the Vice Con
sul, but did not touch him.
The Vali of Beirut visited Vice Consul Magelssen, expressing his
regrets for the outrage, and ordered measures for the arrest of the per
son who fired the shot. The error in stating that .Vice Consul. Megelssen
had been killed arose from a mistake In a cipher telegram. ' ; <
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.— The State Department '. to-night re
ceived a cablegram from Minister Leishman at Constantinople confirm
ing the dispatch announcing that the' report that Consul Megelssen had
been assassinated was incorrect. The Minister says the mistake made
by him in announcing the assassination was due- to an error in the
transmission of the cipher dispatch from Consul Ravendal at Beirut. .
Mistake in Assassination Report
Hue to Cipher Bungling.
TURKISH OFFICIAL
EXPRESSES REGRET
CAPITAL. OF THE. SULTAN OF TURKEY AND TWO NOTABLE AMER
ICANS WHO. ARE TAKING A CONSPICUOUS PART IN THE TROU
BLE THAT OCCURRED IN SYRIA.
Continued on Page 2,' Colnnrn 5,
ductoT had secreted in his hip pocket.
To-night when the conductor was being
searched the robber said to him that he
would not leave $6 this time. The de
scriptions of the robbers are the same
as given of those in the former job, but
are anything but complete or satisfactory. .
ROME, Aug. 28.— Dr. Lardy, the Swiss
Minister at Paris, and Professor Matzen
of Copenhagen University have refused to
be arbitrators in the question of Vene
zuelan preferential claims. Count Lams
dorf. the Russian Minister for Foreign
Affairs, telegraphed to-day to the Italian
Foreign Office, asking if Italy had any
objection to postponing the first meeting
of the tribunal so as to give the Czar
time to choose two other arbitrators.
Italy's reply raised no difficulties in the
matter.
LARDY AND MATZEN WILL
NOT ACT AS ABBITBATOBS
Climbs a Forty-Foot Telegraph Pole
and Brings Down Unconscious
Workingman.
AUGUSTA Me.,. Aug. 28.— James G.
Blalne climbed a forty-foot telegraph pole
to-day to rescue a lineman, Edward Finn,
who had touched a live wire and tallen
unconscious over the crossbars. Several
linemen shouted for assistance when Finn
fell, but none thought of going up.
Blalne was playing tennis near by and
saw the accident. He Jumped the fence,
ran to the foot of the pole and rapidly
climbed up. When he reached Finn he
called to a lineman to come up, and to
gether they got the unconscious man to
the ground with the aid of a rope.
Finn was eent to a hospital, where It is
expected he will recover.
JAMES G. BIiAINE SAVES
A HELPI/ESS LINEMAN
One alternative is that the* President
shall act In accordance with' the provis
ions of the Spooner law, and, having
failed to make a treaty of a satisfactory
kind with Colombia, turn to Nicaragua
route and build the canal via Greytown
and Lake Nicaragua.
A second course is to delay this great
work until something transpires to maite
Colombia* see the light and then negotiate
for another treaty. This course might
be followed If the treaty should come
back without many important amend
ments.
The United States long ago informed
the little republic that if amendments
were made to the treaty they would not
be acceptable to this Government. It is
impossible for this Government to recede
from this statement and to consider the
talk of negotiating a new treaty which
would give Colombia greater advantages
and an annuity of $500,000 instead of $250,
000, which some of the Colombians de
mand. This demand is termed blackmail.
The conference of the President and Sec
ertary Hay was to map out a plan to be
pursued in view of the admitted failure
of treaty. There are several alternatives
for the administration, and none will be
taken until after full consultation with
leaders in Congress.
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay
regard the treaty as probably dead. They
take little interest in dispatches from
Minister Beaupre at Bogota, which pur
port to detail efforts being made by Co
lombians to "save the treaty" by amend
inc it.
OYSTER BAT. Aug. 28.— Public senti
ment may yet be- called on to determine
what action the United States shall take
concerning the Panama canal negotia
tions. The canal Question was the chief
reason why Secretary of State Hay came
here to Bee the President to-day. As the
matter may be considered at the extra
session of Congress, Hay's visit was ar
ranged several days ago, while it yet
seemed Impossible for the United States
to become involved even indirectly In the
affairs of Turkey and her. r«>b~nious prov
inces.
S^ecial Dispatch to The Call.
Two hours later a milkman was found
by the officers who stated that shortly
kefore the robbery he had seen three men
criving an open wagon la the vicinity of
tie hold-up. He described the rig so
1 • -stly that a search was made for it. At
zntinlght a rig which answered the de
ec8ption was found and the officers are
nov searching for three men who hired it.
T;e robbers or two of them ar© be
lievfci to be the men who held up a car
here last Saturday night. On that occa
sion hey failed to find $6 which the con-
Completing their work^'the robbers
warned the passengers nf jf'to leave the
car for five minutes. ByAfcklng the con
troller handle with theip^they probably
thought the car could nj t be moved, but
the motorman found a. m takeywrench in
his tool-box and used*/.**iat as a con
< -oiler handle and brought the car to
this city. It was stopped at the first
etore and the police were notified by
telephone.
A. M. Cooper of South Pasadena lost
nothing, having put his watch and
money In an outside pocket and the rob
ber searched only his Inside pocket.
Cooper displayed great nerve. Although
he was unarmed he called the robber a
coward and offered to whip him then
and there If he would throw down his
revolver. The robber threatened xo kill
'"coper, but the conductor berjki him
not to shoot /
DEFIES HIGHWAYMAN.
Without hurrying, but seemingly with
the utmost coolness, the highwayman pro
ceeded to search his victims. From the
motorman he took a watch and 70 cents.
The conductor yielded up $21, his watch,
a revolver and papers. The passengers
were next searched, the robber making no
effort to 6earch the pockets of the women,
but contenting himself with taking their
purses. Miss Daisy Gulnn, 4303 Horticul
tural avenue, lost 70 cents and her purse.
J. S. Fink, his wife and 12-year-old son
were next searched. Fink gave up his
watch and chain and $12; his wife lost her
purse, containing a few dollars. E. Eng
mann. 223 West second street, surrendered
$18 and a watch, but the robber failed to
find $24 and another watch which he se
creted when they first appeared.
The first highwayman entered the car
among the passengers while the other two
guarded the ends of the car". He did all
the searching and while at work kept up
a torrent of oaths and Insulting remarks
to the women. He contini^lly flourished
his big revolver and kept the passengers
in a state of terror.
BOB THE PASSENGERS.
Tha car. which was In charge of Con
ductor W. P. Pierce and Motorman W.
y. Teles, ns en route from San Pedro.
At the 8anta Fe crossing cars on the
electrlo line always stop and the cob<Suc
tor alights to see that the crossing Is
clear. "When the car stopped to-night
Pierce stepped oS just as a masked man
emerged from the weeds at the roadside
and covered both him and the motor-man
with a revolver and ordered them to
throw up their hands.
They obeyed and at that moment a
second masked man appeared and taking
charge of the conductor held him cov
ered with a revolver while the first rob
ber climbed up beside the motorman,
took the controller handle and put It In
his pocket, thus "killing" the car and
making It impossible for the motorman
to turn on the current. The two car men
were then driven into the body of the
car, where the terrified passengers were
huddled. As the car men passed into
the car they saw a third robber guarding
the rear platform.
v I/)S AICGELES. Aug. 2&-^n electric
car of the California PaciSa Railway,
running between Los Angeles and San Pe
dro, was held u;> by three masked high
vayaea to-night at the Santa Fe rail
road crossing- The xnotorman. conduc
tor, three ncn, two women and a boy
who were on the car were searched for
valuables.
r^ec!*! rHapmtch to Tie CaXL
Leaders Will Be Asked for
Advice Before Final Ac
tion Is Taken.
Passengers and Operatives
Part With Their Coin
and Valuables.
Congress in Extra Ses
sion May Deal With
the Problem.
Kobbery Takes Place
in Outskirts of
Los Angeles.
Tlrags Commit Bold
Crime on Elec
tric Line.
President and Hay
Consider Alter
natives.
STREET CAR
HELD UP BY
MASKED MEN
CANAL PLANS
DISCUSSED IN
CONFERENCE
DEI RUT, Syria, Aug. 28. — Although the attack made on Vice Consul Magelssen was evidently pre
meditated, the bullets missed him and 'he escaped 'uninjured. FRYER, Iff
• y Treasurer of the Board of Presbyterian Missions.
Fleet on the Way to Syria Will Not Be Re*
called Until Sultan Gives an Explana*
tion to the United States.
OYSTER BJtY, N. Y, Jiugust 28.— President Roosevelt has
received through, the State Department at Washington
confirmation of the dispatches from Constantinople and
which show that the report of the assassination of Vice*
Consul Magelssen at Beirut is an error.
The President will not countermand the order to Rear*
Jldrhiral Cotton to proceed with the cruiser^ Brooklyn and San
Francisco and the gunboat Machias to Turkish waters.. The
attack on Mr. Magelssen is regarded as an incident which
points, to the necessity of a demonstration which would have
the effect of insuring the protection of Americans in the
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VICE CONSUL IN SYRIA UNHARMED BY ASSASSIN,
BUT YANKEE GUNS WILL FROWN ON THE TURKS
SAN FRANCISCO, .... SATURDAY,, AUGUST 29, 1903.
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