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VOL. XLIIL XO. 13,379. PORTLAND, OKEGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1903. PRICE FIVE .GENTS. CALL AETNA MINERAL WATER TABLE AND -ROTHCHILD BROTHERS P.f5Sid!!2 Last of the Ba r gains Sire. Regular. Imperial Magazine...: - 4x5 $10.00 Eastman Eureka . 4 x5 6.00 Adlake Magazine 31x4 9.00 Imperial Long Focus, reversible back 5 x7 20.00 Sec our window for the rest of the snaps TBLUIVIAUElR-FRANK DRUG CO. 142-146 FOURTH STREET IN THE WORLD Everybody knows that "Strongest in the World" means The Equitable Life. Rates no higher than other companies. X-. SAMUEL, Manager. 306 Oregonian Building, Portland, Oregon. DR. FOWLER'S MML and MALT If JLAKts jLYJLuscle There's Life-and Strength In Every Drop" A BEVERAGE OR A MEDICINE Tar Cal fer Jtn Irnrrlt. BlUMAUER & ttOCH, Sole Distributers, Wholesale Liquor and Ogar Dealers PHIL METSCHAX, Prep. SEYEHTH AND WASHIRCTOX CHANGE OP European Plan THE PORTLAND ' PORTLAND, American Plan Also European Plan. Modern Restaurant COST OXE MILLION DOLLARS. HEADQUARTERS FOR TOURISTS special races maae to ramilles and single gentlemen. The manage--ment will be pleased at all times to showrooms and give prices. A mod ern Turkish bath establishment in the hotel. H. C. BOWERS Mgr CORDRAY'S THEATER Cordrnr and Russell. Portland's Popular Fnmil-r Manasers. (XOT IX TOE TRUST.) Theater. People's Popular Prices. 15c, 25c. 25c. 40c and 50c Phone Main 99! Matinee prices; Children 10c, adults 25c TONIGHT AND ALL THIS WEEK BroaJhurst & Currle present Edward Garvle in the big musical comedy MR. JOLLY, OF JOLIET heattv ng Compare thte with any $L50 show here this season. Why. It's better. T TALK with our Optician "will glasses win uo you more you want to enjoy all the troubles to us and we will Remember we also fill Mnftr. Jevrelcrs and Opticians. MURDERER IS NEARLY MOBBED Contractor Shoots a Carpenter From Behind in, a Quarrel. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 27. Edward Grog ger, a building contractor, shot and killed John Nash, a carpenter, aged 3S, firing from behind, in a quarrel In the southern limits of the city this afternoon. Relatives and neighbors of Nash made ah attempt to mob Grogger. and the lat ter was only saved from violence by the police driving him from the scone. Both ' have families. m JC Ef I m V V JB Mr Mi r FOR MEDICINAL Special. $ 4.50 ' 2.00 4.25 12.75 C. W. KXOWLES, Mgr. STEEETS, POBTUBD, 0AE5CI MANAGEMENT. $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per Day Tints of Autumn can be preserved on your floors during the cheerless Winter months. EXCLUSIVE CARPET HOUSE. J.G.MACK&CO. SG-SS THIRD STREET, Oppoftlte Chamber of Commerce. OREGON $3 PER DAY AND UPWARD iND COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS :oWlncc tho most skpntlMi v, . .toocI than tlmn vnn rt .CZ1- UIii comforts of good seeing bring your eve make you happy. i ye Oculists Prescriptions for glasses. te(me?r Cor. Third and Washington Sts ROBBERS CHLOROFORM THEM Man Is Dead and His Wife Barely Es capes Suffocation LEAD, S. D., Oct 27. J. O. Mareaux, head carpenter for the Hidden Fortune Mining Company, was murdered and his wife barely escaped suffocation by the ; use of chloroform in the hands of rob bers. A large sum of money received yes-i terday, which the robbers were after, had been placed In the bank. UTFDRTHETIME Receiverfhomson,atLa Grande, Suspended. LAND OFFICE 18 TIED UP Hitchcock Will Allow indicted Official a Trial. SENATORS HAVE SOME DOUBT 7 Mitchell Says if Thomson Is Guilty, He Is Done- With Him--Dele-gation Not Yet Asked to Consider Successor. OTHER OFFICLVLS INVOLVED. Secretary Hitchcock, in suspending Receiver Asa B. Thomson, the La Grande official, pending his trial on a charge of, soliciting bribes, roado the fclgmlflcant remark that "there are other officials involved." Since the law will not allow of the appointment of a temporary Receiver, , and land office business requires the presence of both the Receiver and the Register, tjanractlon of the work at La Grande will bo considerably hin dered or practically tied up. The case against Thomson was worked up by Special Inspector Green, who has unearthed many of the frauds on the Pacific Coast. OP.EGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 27. Asa . B. Thomson was today suspended from the office of Re ceiver of Publld Moneys at La Grande until further notice. Word to this effect was telegraphed him by Secretary Hitch cock this afternoon. The Secretary has not determined what future course he will pursue toward Thomson. The suspension penalty closes the La Grande office save for the filing of papers; for no actual business can be transacted unless both Register and Receiver are jcaqnt; No one canb rtasuajalcd' lem- p&mniy at act lor .tr.ur oriiver. The sec retary does not wish to throw unneces sary obstacles in the way of bona fide entrymen in the La Grande district, whose filings must necessarily be held up dar ing Thomson's suspension: nor, on the other hand, has he concluded that he is justified in removing Thomson on an in dictment and prior to trial. It Js recog nized, however, that the grand Jury must have had strong evidence or it would not have brought in an Indictment, and It Is by no means Improbable that the delega tion may soon be asked to recommend some one for the office In order that an appointment may be made and, the busi ness of the La Grande office bo resumed. No such request has yet been made of the Senators: in fact, they have heard nothing from the department about the case. Both. Senator Mitchell and Senator Fulton learned before leaving Oregon that Thomson was likely to be Indicted, but neither had aa opportunity to hear his elde of the case. They were none the less displeased to learn, however, that the man whose appointment they had so recently secured should have been actually in dicted. What Mitchell Has to Say. "If Thomson is guilty as charged, he shall have no more support from me," de clared Senator Mitchell with great empha sis, but both he and Senator Fulton admit there is a possibility that Thomson may establish his Innocence. They hesitate to believe him guilty, for they say his past record and reputation have been beyond reproach. Furthermore, they question whether a man in Thomson's position, even though hl3 intentions be dishonest, would dare, at this time, when the state Is being scoured for land frauds, attempt such actions as are charged against him. Both Senators have heard rumors that Thomson Is the victim of a conspir acy worked up by men who became In censed because he refused to become a party to their fraudulent schemes. They think Thomson should not be dismissed prior to trial, although admitting the Jus tice in his suspension. The case against Thomson was worked up by Inspector Green. Hftchcock Says There Are Others. Secretary Hitchcock, who has been 111 with a cold, was at his desk today for the first time since the middle of last week. After ordering the suspension of Thomson he made the remark that "there will be others whenever similar circumstances aro discovered In connection with them." He declined to say more concerning the reported frauds in connection with the public lands than that they are receiving careful attention and have been since January 8 last, when, the Secretary, said, the investigation was begun. He also said that proceedings had been instituted against Miss Ware, of Eugene, an ex Commlssioner of Deeds, who Is charged with Issuing certificates In 300 cases of fraudulent land entries. PROTECTION TO PORTLAND. Water Supply Demands All Persons Be Kept Off Bull Run Preserve. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 27 Frank T. Dodge, super intendent of waterworks, of Portland, ar rived in Washington today for a brief visit. He intends to urge upon the Oregon delegation the necessity of securing leg islation at the coming session prohibit ing trespassing upon the Bull Run forest reserve, which was created to protect Portland's water supply. He says no persons other than forest rangers should be admitted to this re serve, as visits of others might result In forest fires that would destroy the tim ber. Such flres he says, would prove dis astrous -to the city's water supply. Second Investigation for" Lynch. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 27. Before final action Is taken on the report made by Supervisor Dickson, on the charges against Jay Lynch, superintendent in charge of the Yakima Indian agency, the report is to be verified by some other official of the Indian Office. Congressman Jones is not entirely satisfied with Dickson's findings, and on his appeal and that of Lynch, a second investigation will bo made. Rural Mail for McMinnvIIIe. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 27. Additional rural free delivery service was today ordered estab lished December 1 at-McMInnvllle, Yam hill County, Or., with one carrier. Rural Carrier at Spokane. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 27. Daniel Jones was today appointed regular rural carrier and En ward Jones, substitute carrier" at Spo kane, Wash. . D&UQ AND BEAT LABOR LEADER Four Men LeaVe Their Victim Lying In the Gutter for Dead. CHICAGO, Oct. 27. William Ross ell, a member of the financial committee of the Chicago Federation of Labor, and ex business agent of the International As sociation of Machinists, Is at his home suffering from an attack made on him by four unidentified men. Rossell, after being drugged, was hor ribly beaten by the quartet which then left him lying in the gutter for dead. The circumstances of the attack are almost exactly similar to those surround ing the attack several weeks ago on P. J. Donnelly, president of the Amalgam ated Meat-Cutters' and Butchers' Work men. President Sehardt, of the Chicago Fed eration of Labor, when told of the at tack today said that he had been re ceiving' numerous threatening letters re cently. r The Machinists' Union, to which Ros sell belongs, has empowered its business agent to spare neither pains nor money to bring the perpetrators of the outrage on him to Justice. GORMAN ACTIVELY IN RACE. Presidential Nomination Desired on Opposition to Colored Men. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 27. Developments of the past two days in the Maryland campaign have made Senator Gorman an avowed candi date for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency. His platform has been outlined, the principal Issues being op position to tho Roosevelt policy In the matter cf appointing colqred men to of jlco JjuThern-,? -and an -appeal to caf.Klr to oppose 'Losevelt's alleged rad ical disturbance of business conditions. Many New Cases of Yellow Jack. LAREDO, Tex.. Oct. 27. Tonight's of ficial yellow fever bulletin shows: New cases, 23; deaths, 2; total number of cases to date, 5C5; total deaths to date. 46. CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER Pacific Coast. Sergeant Hawkins, colored, denied welcome home at Fort Missoula, on return from Sea Girt. Page 4. Land notes ten years old ordered collected by the State Land Board. Page 4. Thomas VT. Lawson otTers the Miners - Union $230,000 commission for arranging satisfactory prlco with Helnzo for Butte holdings. Page 4. The Irrigation of 100,000 acres in Yakima County by the Sunnyslde canal awaits action by the Government. Page 5. Half a million in treasure and 1300 pas-. sengers arrive on Puget Sound from Nome. Tage 4: National. Receiver Asa B. Thomson, of the La Grande Land Office, is. suspended pending trial on a charge of soliciting bribes. Page 1. Oregon delegation will be .urged to secure protection to Portland water supply by keeping every one save forest rangers off Bull Run reserve. Page L Domestic Run on three St. Louis savings banks Is started by false rumors, but all easily pay deposits. Page 2, Sam Parks, the noted walking delegate, curses reporters at his trial for extortion. Page 5. President of American Health Association declares the way to secure sanitary re-' forms Is to e'nllst support of union labor. Page i. Mabel H, Bechtel, aged 21 years. Is as saulted, then murdered, at Allentown, Pa., and her body put In underground al ley. Page 3. Foreign. Attempt is -made to assassinate President Diaz, of, Mexico. Page 1. President ot the Armenian Revolutionary Society, in London, Is assassinated by political enemies. Pago 1. Spanish strikers at Bilbao, now numbering 40,000, resort to rioting. Page 3. Chamberlain addresses Liverpool Working men's Association .on protection and se cures their Indorsement. Page 3. Sports. Dan Patch, the pacer, breaks the record for half mile; also for a mile to a wagon. Page 1. , Jack Johnson, champion colored heavy weight, gets decision over Sam McVoy In 20-round light at Los Angeles. Page 8. Scores of Pacific Coast League: Sacramen to 4, Oakland 3; Seattle C, San Fran cisco 3. Page 12. Morley threatens to protest all games In which Holllngsworth plays. Page 12. Commercial and Marine. World's hop crop. Page 13. Wheat closes lower at Chicago. Page 13. Stock market agitated by rumors of trouble at St. Louis. Page 13. San Francisco produce quotations., Pag 13. Port of Portland votes to install its own "power plant at drydbek. Page 3. Tortland and Vicinity. Marie L. Ware. Horace G. McKinley and S. A. D. Puter Indicted for forgery and conspiracy to defraud. Page 14. National convention of Christian Church will come "West in 1003. Page 11. Southern Pacific will effect economy by re ducing train service. Page 11. Chain Gang strikes, but returns to work when Chick Houghton ceases to lead. Pago 10. Fear of "labor troubles prevents enlarge ment of a hotel. Page 14. Wall Street's troubles will -not Injure the West, say bankers. Page. 10. Frank McBrlde is mysteriously stabbed and is claimed by rival wives. Page 10. TIM OF FEU Armenian Slain by Rival Political Faction. LONDON MUCH DISTURBED Assassination Occurs as Man Is Entering His Home, A FOREIGNER IS SUSPECTED Hat Believed to Have Been Sold- by a Lowell, Mass., Firm Is Drop- . ped, Along With a Revol ver, by . Murderer. LONDON, Oct. 27. Sagatel Sagounl, president of the Armenian Revolutionary Society, was murdered at the doorstep of his lodgings at Nunhead, an unpretentious little suburb of London, late yesterday evening. t The murder presumably was committed by a fellow Armenian recently from the United States. The assassination had a political motive, and was characterized by a boldness to which London has sel dom been treated. It created an unusual sensation here, since It. appears to have been only an Incident In a long and bitter vendetta between two factions- of Ar menian revolutionists, Including the at tempted murder of Editor Kureglan In Boston, the recent klllln In Switzerland, and the assassination of the most prominent Armenian radicals here. It is said that two members of the oppo sition party have already been killed In Russia, though the London Armenian rev olutionary committee denies both knowl edge of and responsibility for the crime. Leaves Police Two Clews. It Is generaly expected that Sagounl's death Is only the prelude to other chap ters In the story of a bitter feud. The murderer, who has not yet been appre hended, left In the hands of the police two clews a soft felt hat bearing the name of an American clothing firm, and an auto matic pistol of a recent American make, member? of the Armenian ccsmmltrpe here express themselves1' as certain" that -the murder Is the work of an Alfarist mem ber of the radical minority. The police are following up all clews suggested by Sagounl's associations. What may be a possible coincidence Is suggested by the fact that the Alfarist headquarters in London were recently closed, the members scattering to Egypt, Smyrna and the United States. The Macedonian committee attempted to co-operate with the Armenian committee in an anti-Turkish revolution In 1S95, but subsequently withdrew because of the In ternecine strife of the Armenians. Sagounl, who only returned to London yesterday, after settling up the affairs of an associate la Switzerland, who was re cently assassinated by stabbing, was en tering his residence when a man rushed across tho road and fired four shots at Sagounl, in quick succession, the last but let entering the region of the heart. The murderer, who appeared to he a foreigner, fled. The hat dropped by the assassin Is a black derby, with the name o'f tho venders stamped Inside, showing It to have been sold by the "Bell Clothing Company, 132 Columbus avenue, and 31 to 37 Terrynack streets." Tho name of the town Is partially erased. Its first two letters appear to be "Mo," and the last two are "11" or "11." The murderer's pistol 13 an automatic magazine, 10-shot weapon. The police have Informed the Associated Press that two men werewlth the assassin at the time of the shooting, and they appeared almost to force the latter to fire. Opposed to Advanced Seption. The murdered man, who was a mining engineer, became wealthy In the Caucasus and devoted his money to Armenian causes. His organization was entirely passive and opposed to violence and it Is thought this attitude Inspired the ad vanced section of the Armenians with the desire for vengeance, the latter alleg ing that Sagounl's society devoted funas to charity which would have been better applied to violent remedies for the Ar menian grievances. Sagounl Is said to have moved to Eng land from New York early in 1902. It is stated that Sagounl's life had been threatened on. account of his participa tion in the exposure, by the editor of a Boston newspaper, Young Armenia, of the misappropriation of funds by a fac tion of the Armenian revolutionists. These men arc alleged to have collected ?20,O00 In America In 1502 and to have put the money in their own pockets in stead of pushing the propaganda for the emancipation of the Armenians, for which the money was subscribed. Sagounl had frequently spoken of the determination ot the advanced Armenian revolutionists to exterminate the lenders of the passive party, and for that reason he always carried a revolver and a dagger for self-defense. The murderer's shots lost night were so rapid that Sagounl was only able to draw his revolver after the murderer had fired three times, and as he turned to face his assailant Sagounl was shot near the heart and fell. When at Dieppe, France, yesterday, on his way to England, Sagounl thought he was being shadowed by a mari whose de scription somewhat tallies with the ap pearance of the murderer. A convention of the Armenian Passlvists has been in session here, and It Is suggested the op portunity was chosen by the violent fac tion asfavorable for disposing of the principal leaders. The murderer was no ticed waiting hours for the arrival of Sagounl, and the former was apparently supplied with Information concerning the latter's movements by two accomplices. Followed for a Long Time. Before his death Sagounl told a friend he did not know his assailant, but he said enemies had been following him for a long time. Sagounl's friends attribute the murder to the Alfarist section of the Hentchas kist Society. This section, headed by a man named Alfar, was expelled from the society after the split in 1SS5, when, it 13 alleged, the Alfatists were paid spies of tho Sultan of Turkey. There was some attempt In 1902 to patch up the differences between the sections of the Hentchasklst Society, but the majority concluded that the Alfarlsts only wanted to get control of the society's newspaper, with the ob ject of suppressing it. The feud became more acute, and an attack on tho editor of the Boston edi tion of the Hentchaskist followed. A for mer editor of the paper, Nazarrbek. was stabbed last week at Lausanne, Switzer land, by Alfarlsts. It Is said here, how ever, that Nazarrbek Is not dead, though he was reported earlier in the day to have been killed. The local Hentchaskists says New York is the headquarters of the Alfarlsts. EDITOR TELLS OF THE FEUD. Faction Became Very Bitter When Accused of Taking $20,000. BOSTON, Oct. 27. Hovagen Maroukln, the assistant editor of the "Young Ar menian," said that with the separation of the party came the disclosure by the "old party" representatives that $3),000 previously collected for use In freeing Armenia had disappeared. As the organ of the old party, "Young Armenia" be gan calling for an explanation of the dis appearanco of the money, failing to re ceive which it considered the claims es tablished that the funds had beon di verted from the purpose for which they wore collected. This claim, Mr. Marou kln says, angered tho "new" faction, and Its adherents displayed a most bitter feel ing toward the old party members, the outcome of which was the attempted as sassination of Editor Kureglan last Sum mer. Deed of No Political Significance. BOSTON, Oct. 27. The murder of Saga tel Sagounl, president of the Armenian Revolutionary Society In London. Is not regarded aa being of great political sig nificance by Armenians in this city, but rather as a result of a bitter feeling which exists between two factions within tho revolutionary party itself. In sup port of ttis was cited the recent attempt to assassinate an Armenian editor, Peter Kureglan, in this city, by members of the revolutionary party said to hold so cialistic views which Kureglan opposed. At the trial an officer of tho party tes tified that the members or the socialist wing had taken oath to remove "all ob structions" in spreading their views. HAT PROBA'BLY FROM LOWELL Large Store There Bases Its Belief on Odd Lettering. LOWELL, Mass., Oct. 27. The man agers of the Bell Clothing Company, oc cupying a large store on Merrlmac street. In this city, think It very likely they may have sold to an Armenian a derby hat like the one found as a clew to the London assassin. The company has a store In this city and a place of business at Boston. The Boston store is not as large as that In Lowell, and the management of the company say-there Is practically no Ar menian trade In that city. In Lowell, however, the concern has a large num ber of Armenian customers among the mill operatives and other foreign resi dents. One thing thought to be significant in connection with the case is the use of the "k" on the end of the word "Terry nack," taken, to mean Merrimack, as this is a distinguished feature of the City of Lowell. Most of the other places on the bank of the Merrlmac River omit the "k" In naming corporations or streets, while In Lowell they retain It. , Sentenced for Assault on Editor. BOSTON. Oct. 27. Coincident with the murder in London of Sagatel Sagounl was the sentencing here today of Samuel Gulerlan, an Armenian, to a term in state prison of not more than 12 and not les3 than nine years for an assault with mur derous intent on Peter Kureghian. editor of an Armenian paper. Judge Stevens, in imposing the sentence, asserted that the crime, no doubt, was of a political nature. Guleslan and Kurgblan were members of rival societies, and the shooting of the latter on July 7 last grew out of the en mity which existed between the members of the two organizations. Guleslan Is Is only 19 years of age, and la said to be the only one of his family to have sur vived the recent massacres In his native land. DOWIE SC0EES SCIENTISTS. Teachings of Mrs. Eddy Are Declared Largely "Bosh." NEW YORK, Oct. 27. At the early morning service in Madison-Square Garden today Dowie talked on Christian Science, and especially on Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy and her book. He declared that Christian Science was neither Christianity nor science. Mrs. Eddy's book, he declared. Is "In consistent with the first elements of good sense. The only possible charm In the book seems to be that It is impossible to understand. There Is one grain of truth in Christian Science," he said. "It teaches that disease does not come from God. As for the arguments of the Scientists that there Is no such thing as feeling, tasting or smelling except in Imagination, it Is all bosh." Dowie concluded by saying that Chris tian Science undermined all common hon esty and veracity In the human mind. The evening meeting was largely at tended and perfect order was maintained. Dowie talked on theocracy, which he pre dicted would In ten years sweep the country, meaning the rule of God would then be supreme. In conclusion, he invited those in need of comfort to remain and talk with the elders. Some hundreds stayed. SYNDICATE BUYS CUBAN LANDS Ohio Men Will Establish Plantations and Bring in Settlers. HAVANA. Cuba, Oct. 27. A syndicate of Ohio capitalists, with home offices in Cleveland, lias succeeded In acquiring all the lands in the Immediate vicinity of Bahia Honda, 60 miles from Havana, and will establish coffee, cocoanut and orange plantations on a mammoth scale. Homeseekers will be Imported from Cal ifornia and the southeastern porton of the United States, to whom are allotted hold ings for cultivation. The land Is very productive, and the colonists will be a most desirable class of citizens. Wife of Commissioner Richards. WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. Mrs. Harriet Alice Richards, state regent for Wyo ming of the Daughters of the American Revolution and wife of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, died tonight "of heart trouble. She was 49 years old and lalt three daughter A&I IN FIML Aberdeen's Surviving Buildings Burn. FIREMEN ARE HELPLESS Commercial Block Is the First to Go, FIRE SPREADS VERY RAPIDLY Glasgow Block, Becker Block, Post office and Young Men's Chris tian Association Follow in Quick Succession. ABERDEEN, "Wash., Oct. 2S. 3 A. M. (Special.) A fire, which promises to equal In magnitude the recent holocaust which destroyed the major portion of the busi ness part of Aberdeen. Is now raging, and the fire department Is wholly unable to cope with it. At an early hour this morning fire was discovered In the center of the Commer cial block. With indescribable rapidity it has spread to the Glasgow block, tha postofilce, the Becker block and the Y. M. C. A. blinding, all of which aro now a mass of flames. The Fire Department Is utterly power less to stay the progress of tho flames, which the wind Is fast driving toward tho unburned portion of the town. The Commercial block contained 10 stores, besides several which opened tem porary quarters there after tho recent fire. The Glasgow blopk contained eight stores. (Seven business block? of Aberdeen were destroyed by a fire that broke out on the morning of October 16 and burned until 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The blaze started In a rookery called tho Mock building, where men cooked their meals over gasoline stoves. Four men l03t their lives and a half dozen were more or less seriously Injured. Tho loss 'was determined to be about ?700,CQ0.) DIAZ NEARLY ASSASSINATED. President of Mexico Is Fired Upon In Street-Car. GUANAJATO, Mex.. Oct. 27. Great ex citement was caused here-, today by what looked like an attempt on the life of Pres ident Diaz, who was a guest of the state government during the festivities here. Tho President, his staff and .guests wero passing by tho Oantador Garden In a street-car when a man of the lower class by the name of Ellas Toscano approached the car, shouting, and fired five shots from, a revolver at the car, fortunately doing; no harm. Paklo Escanadon, of the President's staff, rushed from the car and caught tho man, wrenching the revolver from his gra$p. The police took Toscano to prison. Toscano Is a man with a bad record, and was but recently released from prison at Grandltas, where he had served a term for homicide. The matter will be investigated. One theory is that Toscano was drunk, and another that he deliberately planned to shoot the Chief Magistrate. The President remained perfectly cool, and was acclaimed by the crowd of citi zens showing their Joy at his escape. Toscano's evil record makes the theory of a deliberate attempt at assassination more probable. The President has received the felicita tion of the 'citizens and diplomatic corps here. APPEAL TO BED CROSS P0E AID Macedonians Ask Clara Barton to Relieve Their Distress. WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. Macu-donla'a plea for aid In her distress was placed be fore Miss Clara Barton, the head of the Red Cross Society,, today. Constantino Stephanov, the special Macedonian dele gate, told Miss Barton of the urgency of the situation and begged her to take im mediate action to insure the forwarding of Red -Cross relief to Macedonia. Miss Barton asked for detailed Information as to tho character and scope of the aid needed, and said: "Tha Red Cross feels that It would be a humane and noble thing for the American people to undertake to relieve the suffer ing In Macedonia. Such a thing would tw In keeping with American tradition in other exigencies. The situation. In view of the approach of Winter, would seem to require a systematic, substantial and Im mediate effort on the part of the people generally. Diplomatically the problem would be an extremely delicate one, and would require discretion and experience for Its successful solution." Noted Athlete Shot by Mistake. CINCINNATI, O.. Oct. 27.-John Dewey, a champion wrestler and noted athlete, was fatally shot today by two men who escaped. It is thought- tho assassins were hunting another man and shot Dewey by mistake. Missing Millionaire Found Dead. RICHMOND, VA., Oct, 27. A report has been received here from Brlstob that the bodv of E. L. Wentz. the vouncr "Phil adelphia millionaire, who disappeared aoout iv a ays ago, iiaa Deen iouna m WIee County. Bad Fire From Sparkat Sawmill. MENOMINEE, Mich.. Oct. 27. Fire In the yard Of the Bay Shore Lumber Com pany this afternoon and evening burned 8,000,000 feet of lumber, valued' at J110.C00. A spark from the mill set fire to the lumber.