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1 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, - SUNDAY - &ORNING, SEPTEMBER 8. 1907, 'V' V'1 V.-f i- "V".,;ty ; ATTDTID JMJ IdDIi Ml FULL STORY OF PLOT 10 ENGLISH LORD PREFERS CHURCH TO PEERAGE FINDS SWEETHEART AFTER THIRTY YEARS E i .! .. . . DILI WWflULD UJl J ill J VUJ k VENDETTA IS KNOWN IN ENGLAND FOUGHT WmH DESPERAT I KIDNAPERS ?4 Trial at St. Petersburg Dis closes the Far-Reaching Plans of the Terrorists and Their Secret 3Iethods of Working. Cipher Messages Which Made Known Movements of Stolypin and Other Hated Members of Impe rial Forces. London, Bept. 7. The full story of the plot against the riar last spring 18 act forth In the Indictment against It prisoners 11 men and seven women who are being tried by the court-martial of St. Petersburg, which began this -week. Detalla Of thla Indictment are ent by Reuter. It la aet forth that In the summer of 1906, at Peterhof, a Cossack of his majesty's own convoy, Nicolas Ratl .moff, made the acquaintance of the son of the chief of the palace telegraph of fice. Vladimir Naoumoff. The latter waa constantly speaking against the government, and he sought to persuade RatlmOff to open the eyes of the Cos sacks and the guards In order to pro voke a general mutiny. Naoumoff gave to Ratlmoff several copies of the VI- borg manifesto, and said that his aim was to Induce the Cossacks to arrest the emperor and to bring him to the douma. General Trepoff, commandant Of the palace at that time, was to be assassinated by a bomb. Ratlmoff reported the whole thing to bla commander, Ferepelovsky, who told It to Prince Troubetskoy, the command er of his majesty's convoy. Ratlmoff was ordered to continue the acquaint ance with Naoumoff, and to report everything to the authorities. When Ratlmoff came to St. Peters burg, Naoumoff began to exhort him to kill the czar. Ratlmoff was terrified by the project, but Naoumoff assured him his name would never be forgotten In Russia; he would become a hero, and so forth. Ratlmoff definitely refused to perpetrate the deed, and Naoumoff began to make Inquiries about the grand dukes and M. Stolypin. He said finally he would Introduce Ratlmoff to other ?eople, and exhorted him to be quite rank with his new friends. He further asked Ratlmoff to give htm a plan of the Baboloff park, where the czar took his drives. He said It was easy to blow up all the agents of the secret po lice, as they resided In the same place. Secret Xsstlng Flaoe. Ratlmoff was then Invited Beveral times to a certain house, where Kltt Purkln asked him to tell him how a stranger would be able to get Into the palace. Ratlmoff gave all the de tails, Inasmuch as Naoumoff told him they had their own men In the palace and could verlry his statements. Should these be untrue, Ratlmoff would hardly escape death. A fortnight later Ratlmoff, always In forming his commanders, went to Nlco laewskaya street, where Purkln gave htm necessary details on the text of the ciphered telegrams for communication between him and the revolutionaries. For Instance, the real meaning of a tel egram, "Come, John Is 111," was "Stoly pin arrives In the evening"; "Stephen" meant the Grand Duke Nicolas, etc. Colonel Ourannff, the chief of a sec - tlon of the secret police in the Crimean peninsula, reported thnt Bulgakovsky arrived at Sebastopol at the beginning of April In order to organize the assas sination of the Grand Duke Nicolas, who was expected In the Crimea on April 29. Bulgakovsky got the neces sary Information from Dr. Berlin, a member of the fighting organization nf the social revolutionary party. At the dame time the postoffice at Sebastopol was attacked nnd sacked ry this party On April 21 Bulgakovsky went to Sim feropol, where he visited Ir. Arakhan gelsky, and with his assistance ran sacked the zemstvo hospital. He re turned to Sebastopol on April 2S. where oil the social revolutionaries planning the attempt on the grand duke were arrested. The Indictment enumerate the con ferences of the revolutionaries. The last conference was on April 12. The members of the association wire then readv to act, having obtained powerful explosives. They received two t-b--grams on the departure of the Grand Duke Nicolas and M Stolypin for Tsars koe Selo, but the telegrams were false, nnd the revolutionaries sent a letter to Ratlmoff, to whom t hey mistakenly as cribed the authorshln of the telegrams, blaming him for sending them. On A"rll 13 all the revolutionists were arrested nave three, who disappeared. Their lodgings were searched and a large quantity of propaganda literature, correspondence, false passports, plans tnf the palace at Tsarskoc Seln, etc.. was found. The Indictment proceeds to state that one conspirator was asked to kill the emperor bv means nf Jin explosive or dagger They nroiosed to Mm to studcto Singing in order to enter the imperial chapel, and thus to approach the em peror. CONVICT BECOMES IMMENSELY RICH London, Sept. 7. Society In Grave dona, Lombardy, has been greatly ex Cited recently by news that Gerolanio Pasquali, who has served no fewer than 46 terms of imprisonment for robberv on the Island of Lampedusa. has inher ited an enormous fortune ,-uid is prepar ing to entertain lavishly In the town. Among; Pasquali's relatives was a wealthy aunt named Pontlggla. who had expressed her Intention to leave him out f her will. The old lady, however, died without, having made a will, and Pas quail left his prison, to Inherit as her liearest relative her fortune and a beau tlful villa at Gravedona, where he is bow llvlngr In luxury. On the day that he formally came Into his Inheritance J'MquaJ! sent a check for 6,000 lire to ilia lata fllow-prlsoner at Lampedusr His enjoyment pt this windfall of noma millions la warred, nevertheless, hy some of the worries of wealth, for a sroup or relatione or tne aena aunt have come upon the scene, accusing; him of having; destroyed the old lady's will, and their accusations have been strong enough to Induce the police authorities to bgla,a Investigation of the ch&rfe. London, Sept. 7. Rev. H. P. Lyman Wheaton will fill the pulpit of St. George Kplscopal cathedral, made va cant hv the romantic and sensational elopement of Rev. Jere Knode Cooke 10 BUY CLOTHES Tommy Atkins to Copy Sys tem in Vogue in United States Army. London, Sept. 7. After October 1 the British army will be equipped with clothing distributed in the same manner now In vogue In the army of the Uni ted States that Is, the soldiers will pur chase their own clothes In return for a special clothing ullowance. Accord ing to the system now In force: A complete outfit Is given on enlist ment. Annual Issues of fresh clothing are made on the anniversary of the soldier's enlistment day. Compensation Is credited to soldiers for any garments not drawn In conse quence, or their already possessing such garments in a fit condition to last three months more. Allowance of 2d per day for up-keep of kit and other small expenses. The proposed changes are set forth as follows: "Complete outfit to be given on en listment. Quarterly clothing allowance from the beginning of the recruit's second year of service, from which time all clothing transactions between him and the state will he on a cash basis. "Allowance to be fixed for each rank and arm of the service, and based on the present price list value of articles. "Existing allowance or 2d, a day tor up-keep to he added to the allowance, and paid quarterly In advance "instead or receiving sa, a nay Kit al lowance daily six months after enlist ment, :i(is 4d will be added to the first quarterly clothing allowance. "There will be four clothing days from the beginning of the second year .of service. January 1. April 1, July 1, and October 1 " On promotion a man will receive the higher rate of allowance on the first quarter day succeeding promotion. To meet additional expenditure caused by promotion, a commanding officer will have power to advance the man cash to the amount of his next quarterly allow ance, or, should the promotion he fore seen, to hold up the preceding quarter's allowance. COLOR LINE DRAWN IN ENGLAND'S NAVY London. Sept. 7. Color is a bar to entrance to the Krltisn navy. I'his the Strand Guardians have dis covered. They had a colored lad at the union school who was desirous of Join ing the West India regiment, but ob- tlons were raised Then he wanted enter the navy, and he was sent to the Kx mouth training ship with thnt object, but officialdom decreed that there was small chance of his being allowed to enter the navy, though per mission was offered to remain on the Exmouth till he reached 16 years of age. The board decided that as color was apparently a bar to the boy's entry to the navy, and he was not desirous of Joining the merchant marine, steps should be taken. If possible, to accept one of the offers which have been made from prominent quaiteis lu find t lie lad, who Is very intelligent, employ ment or apprenticeship. CANADA AND E Mi LAND TALK OYER WIRELESS London. Sept. 7. A public service of wireless telegraphy across the Atlantic will be inaugurated by Marconi, it Is asserted, some time next month. Mar coni will shortly, leave England for ar- Ganada to superintend the final rangements. The messages will be received and transmitted from the high power sta tion at Clifden, in County Galway, Ire land, to the Canadian station at Glaco bay. Cape Breton The former station Is completed, white the latter Is almost ready for use. Experiments made re cently showed that whereas messages could be correctly dispatched from The Irish station to Canada, some dlWr with Floretta Whaley. his 17-year-old ward. The Rev. Wheaton Is an English lord, who prefers church work to so ciety. He says thnt lie prefers to labor for the church In preference to the best peerage In England. ctilty was experienced In sending them from Canada to Ireland, but all ob stacles have now been overcome. From the point of view of the pub lic, the - imary merit of the new trans atlantic service Is Its cheapness. The rate for ordinary messages will be oil per word, exclusive of the land charges, while nress messages will be half that amount. The present charge for cable grams Is Is a word. The Clifden sta tion, where a powerful apparatus has been fixed. Is an entirely new estab lishment, that at I'oldhu, In Cornwall, being used for transmitting messages to the ships of the British navy and those of the mercantile marine. Simultaneously with the opening of the new i -vice messages may be sent from any postoffice In the I'nlted Kingdom for transmission from the Irish "wireless" station, and similar arrangements have been made at t lie Canadian station for the American con tinent. In addition to cheapness the mes sages will be accurately and quickly transmitted at an average rate of some-1 thing like 2t words per minute. ELECTRIC CONDUIT ROADS FOR MAIL Vienna, Sept. 7. In order to facilitate and accelerate at the same time the collection and delivery of letters and packages in Vienna, the ministry of commerce Is engaged upon a plan for an underground electric railway which would link together the chief and vari ous district postofflces of the city, some 61 In all. According to the plans which are now under discussion, the line would be built 25 feet below the surface of the ground, and the tunnel would have a height of five feet and a breadth of four feet four Inches. The Btatlons wot:ld be built underneath the postofflces. The trains would run at 20 miles an hour and would consist of a motor and three cars, each carrying as much as the or dinary uost van. It is estimated that seven years would be required for the construction, of the line. Whilst It would cost an enormous sum of money. In the long run the line could be operated for much less than the present horse and wagon Bervlce. whilst the malls could be handled In less than half the time now required for the purpose. Salute Drives Away Seagulls. Copenhagen, Sept. 7. During King Frederlk's visit to Iceland a curious Incident occurred. The salute from the cruisers caused a great disturbance among the millions of seagulls that nest on the rocks around the coast. Experts say that the birds have now spread all over Europe. GENERAL VON PARSEVAL'S AIRSHIP. GERMAN AIRSHIP PROVES THAT IT CAN FACE HEADWINDS. Strange History of Feuds That Exist Among Young Criminals Brought to Light by Recent Killing of Edward Guerin. Race Tracks Frequented by Thugs Who Boast of Hav ing Taken Lives of Men and of Having Committed Many Thefts. (Joarnil 9pecll Strrlr.) London. Repf. ' 7 The recent sensa tional attempt to murder Edward Juerln. the escaped prisoner from )evll s Island, which Is freely alleged to have been a case of attempted re venge by a former associate In crime. Is by no means an l.'.oi.i ted Instance of criminal vendetta The attack on Guerin Is stated to have been due to his announcement of his intention to publish his atitoblog ' aphy, which would no doubt contain many disclosures af fecting the Interests of Hie numerous International oinilntls of Great Britain. France and the I'nlted States, with whom (Juerln has so long been asso ciated. A few years ago South London was ept In ;i continual stale of alarm bv a ferocious vendetta. which existed be tween the D'Arcies and the Girdles, two rival gangs of notorious young crlmi- als. This antagonism culminated In young Nell 1 An y. u lad of 17, being sentenced to lu yens' penal servitude for stabbing a member of the Girdle gang to the heart. In that case the criminal was brought to book by the law, but there are In numerable vendettas of tills character, particularly among racecourse thieves, in which the guilty patties never fall Into the hands of the police. It Is a point of honor. Indeed, among these ruffians, never to permit the interfer ence of the police in their quarrels. Acts of private vengeance are far more numerous in civilized London today than most people would believe possible, and a very large percentage of the long list of "undiscovered murders" which have occurred during the last few years may be attributed to this cause. Many of these victims are really "coppers' narks," or secret spies employed by the police. Racecourse Thieves. Racecourse thieves are especially no torious for their desperate resort to crimes of violent revenge. These ruf fians ilo not confine tneir operations merely to the racecourse, but pursue llietr victims into tne west end. Only a few years ago a notorious London thug, known among his inti mates as "Murphy the Murderer," sud denly drew a fully-loaded revolver and pointed It at a rival crook whom he caught sight of in the crowded bar of one of the most fashionable resorts within n stone's throw of Piccadilly. The threatened Individual, who was a man of powerful physique, promptly seized an Inoffensive bystander and held him up as a shield. Finding that it was impossible to fire without Injur ia the Innocent man whom his enemy was using as a breastplate, Murphv the Murdered returned his revolver to his hip pocket. This same Murphy and his gang not long ago hustled a total stranger on a certain racecourse, and then, not con tent with looting his pockets of every coin and other article of value which he possessed, knocked him down and brutally kicked him. A bookmaker, who was shouting the odds close by, had the temerity to re monstrate with the thieves, and told them they ought to be ashamed of them selves. Murphy and his gang turned upon the nian in a fury, but fortunately a couple of policemen put In an ap pearance at the moment, and the rascals sheered off. They found time, however, to tell the bookmaker that he might take it for granted lie would never be allowed to go racing again. To the ordinary member of the public this might appear to he a mere empty threat, but the bookmaker knew better. By the following day. which was Sun day, he had come to the conclusion that the only tiling to do was to offer a suitable apology to Murphy, and he sent his clerk to see what terms could be made. The only answer the clerk received was a repetition of the threat. Desperate Class. The clerk knew what this meant. It is a common practice of men of this I If Hi Jbwt vi II W v JkUc A It London. Sept. 7. Mrs. Maria McLean of New York will wed John Malone In this city next week. Thirty years ago Malone and Mrs. McLean were sweet hearts. When the woman Jilted Malone she married a man who deserted her desperate class to stand round a book maker, on the course, and cry out, "W'elsher !" as a prelude to "hashing" and robbing him. Hut nothing daunted, the clerk called for drinks, and spent money freely. After a time. Murphy agreed to accept $25 and remove his threat. On the following day the offending bookmaker was present at a race meet ing, and met Murphy the Murderer In a refreshment saloon After some con versation Murphy accepted the apology which was offered, and also $.'5 In gold. A few minutes afterwards In walked Murphy's pnrtner. who was In Ignorance of the terms of settlement which had been arranged. "Hullo!" said this rascal, recognizing the bookmaker; "I thought we said vou weren't to come racing again?" With out giving the man time to reply, the scoundrel picked up a chair and smashed It over the unfortunate book maker's head, felling him like an ox. Murphy then explained that a com promise had been effected, and the book maker's assailant at once expressed his regret. Incidents of this kind are notorious among the criminal fraternity In Lon don. There Is one man In Broadmoor criminal lunatic asylum at the present moment the notorious Ginger A who Is onlv 33 years of age. and has 27 convictions against him for violent as saults on the person. It Is his proud boast that he has blinded at least six people. AMERICANS HOUNDED BY SWISS POLICE Geneva, Sept. 7. The two young Americana have had a very unpleasant experience of the methods of the Swiss police. They are staying at one of the lead ing hotels in Lucerne, and were given the other night a bad 50 lire (2 10s) note. They gave this to a shopkeeper, who handed it to the police when he discovered It to be a forgery, with the result that the Americans were arrested and lodged In prison. After they and their baggage had been searched they were found to be innocent of the charge and liberated. The Americans left Lucorne at once for Zurich, but they had hardly arrived in a hotel there when they were again arrested on the same charge and taken to prison in spite of their protests. One of them was kept in Zurich, while the other was taken under police escort back to Lucerne for a new Inquiry. The American consuls in these towns Drotested. two bank managers assured the police that the prisoners were of good family, ana nan practically un limited credit In their banks to draw on. but still the police were suspicious. At the second Inquiry nothing more was proved, and the Americans were aira n berated wltn allied apologies The Cantonal authorities of Lucerne also apologized profusely, and dismissed the detective who Drougni ine rat charge. It Is stated that the Americans will claim a heavy indemnity. Berlin. Sept. 7. General Von Parseval has made a demonstration of the derig lbility of airships, and the government has become more than interested In his work. Under army tests the general's ship has shown that It can attain high altitudes and face headwinds without becoming unmanageable. During recent experiments the ship sailed In circles and over straight courses wlthoutj ap parent deviation. Further experiments on an elaborate scale are to be made. Immediately after their bridal tour. Mrs. McLean lived in New York for many years until located by Malone. who searched for her all over the world. He sent for her to come to London when he found her address, and the two have determined to wed and live the balance of their lives In England. D10ND MARKET LOOKS DULLER Good Prices Parodoxically Cause a Crisis Among Miners and Sellers. London. Sept. 7 There Is a great crisis In the diamond market. The sta blllty or rather the steady Increase In the price of diamonds which has pre vailed for more than a decade is seri ously threatened. Mysterious "movements lo the prices of diamond shares which have been tak ing place dur(h;rthe past few months will be followed by one of two things: either a diamond war Involving a big collapse In the price of the stones or the formation of a new and larger dia mond trust to take the place of the Oe Meet s syndicate and to control the world's output. The cause of the crisis is solely the competition of the new Premier diamond mine In the Trans vaal. In order to understand the situation It is Important to know how the world's supuly of diamonds Is put upon the market. It Is a matter of common knowledge, of course, that until the last three or four years the supply of stand ard stones came almost exclusively from the seemingly Inexhaustible Kimberley mines of the De BeerSY ( The product of these mines for more than 10 years has not been put upon the market by the J)e Beers company Itself. It has been sold annually by contract to a diamond syndicate in which leading lie B.eis people are largely Interested. The De Beers company has, of course, made enormous .profits, but so also have the members of the syndicate, and many shareholders have for some time been agitating a grievance to the effect that a large share of the profits earned by the syndicate belongs to them. The methods of the syndicate In mar keting diamonds are equally arbitrary and effective. The diamond cutters of the world are compelled to buy their supplies in London how and when the syndicate dictates. They specify their wants both as to aggregate value and number of stones ns long in advance as possible. Then they must wait their turn, or rather wait until they are sent for by the manager of the syndicate. When they arrive one or perhaps two or three collections of stones are shown them. The price of each package Is fixed and unchangeable. They may ex amine the rough jewels as minutely as they please, and then must take them or leave them at the price named. If they decide not to purchase they simply go away und await their next turn. It will be seen therefore that the syndicate's control of the output of diamonds has been complete and abso lute. HOUSE MEMBERS NOT PAID HIGH SALARIES Melbourne, Sept. 7. Owing to the complaint of several members of the federal parliament as to the inadequacy of the existing salary paid to them, and the consequent hardship upon members having no private Income, the govern ment today Introduced a bill raising the remuneration of members of the house of representatives from 400 to f600 a yen r. This gave 'rise to stormy scenes In the house of representatives tonight. The economy party claimed that the electors should first be consulted, DUt nevertne- less admitted the need of the increase. Writos Murdfrer's Name In Blood St. Petersburg, Sept. 7. The widow of the late General Akhverdoff has been shot at Novokhopersk, and Is lying In a dangerous condition. She was attacked In her room by some men who worked on her estate, one of whom fired a rifle at her. Be lieving the Injury to be mortal, she raised herself from the floor and traced with her own blood on the wall the name of the ijman who fired the shot. All the men have escaped. Killed by Wasp's Sting. London, Sept. 7. Mrs. Cox, of Glos-ter-place, Forest Hill, was stung on the neck by a wnsp while entertain ing a number of friends In celebra tion of her 105th birthday on Wednes day, and died the same night. Mrs. Cox was able to read and sew without the aid of glasses, and had not known a day s- bad health lor the past 17 years,,. Bulgarian Outlaws Attempt to Steal Officer of Mace donian Army but Meet With Surprising Insist ence From Brave Mam Uses Pistol With Deadly Ef fect Upon His Captors Killing Five of Them Be fore He 3Iade Good His Es cape and Joins Command. (Special Correspondence.) Selofinti, Bulgaria, Aug. 16. the fol lowing account of the escape of Colonel Elliott of the English army from Bul garian kidnapers has been furnished by that officer: Colonel Elliot Is a British staff of ficer In charge of the reorganisation of the gendarmerie In the Drama district of Macedonia. During the tour of his district he ar rived, on the afternoon of July 30, at the Bulgarian village of Gyuredjlk, about 17 hours' Journey from his head quarters. It seems clear that It had bein planned to carry him off from the housu In which he passed the night, and that t lie object was frustrated only by tho vigilance of his escort In guarding tho house. About 7 o'clock the following morn ing Colonel Elliot went out to take a stroll round the village. Carried Bombs In Sacks. Turning Into a side street, he had gone only about 40 yards when he sud denly found himself seized by four men In khaki uniforms, armed with Manr llcher carbines and bayonets, wearing bandoliers and carrvini? bombs In mitihII i sacks attached to their belts. They tried to hurry their prisoner away towards the hills, explaining that they Intended to do him no harm, but merely to make the Turkish government pay a ransom for him. He resisted with all his might, his Jacket getting torn to pieces In thu struggle, but when they tied a rope around his left arm he relaxed his ef forts, fearing that he might bo secured In such a way as to leave no hope of escape. He continued, however, to make the pace as slow as possible. Strange to say, his captors did not search him for arms. They were probably In too great a hurry. Oendarmes In Pursuit. While their prisoner was being car ried off parties of the band were post id to fire down the streets by way of In timidating possible pursuers and thee parties afterwards formed themselves into a long line of skirmishers to cover the withdrawal of the party In charge of the prisoner. Two of the gendarmes composing Colonel Elliot's escort started plucklly In pursuit, and soldiers from nn adjoin ing blockhouse began to fire across a ravine on the retiring Bulgarians. Meanwhile Colonel Elliot had been hurried some distance upwards towards the forest, and his party reached an open meadow, where, finding them selves under fire, one of the party lay dow,n and began to return the fire of the two gendarmes, who were only about seventy yards off, while the oth er three tried to force their prisoner to He down. Shot Tour Captors. At this moment he succeeded In draw ing his Browning pistol, and Immedi ately shot through the body the three men who were struggling with him. As they fell away from him he start-i ed running down the slope, dragging after him the cord knotted to his left arm. A few steps down he saw the fourth of his captors, whom he supposed to be Daleff, the chief of the band, tak ing aim -at Gendarmerie Sergeant Fer had. Daleff swung round his rifle to bear on Colonel Elliot, who instantly shot him. Still further down the colonel saw a rirtn xsuigarian tyiiiH vii inw giuuuu :m with a rifle, and shot him through thaJ head. Not tin arterwaras . a u qfipvr to the colonel that this man mlglic al ready have been wounded. It was at this point that the col onel was wounded In the thigh, and un derstood from bullets splashing In the mud In front of him that he was being fired unon from behind; but in a few more steps he gained cover and was out of danger. Splashed by a Bomb. 7 to called off the two gendarmes. who, however, continued to fight In the hone nn thev afterwards said, of cap turing some wounded Bulgarians. He then proceeded to me nouse wnere he had spent the night, and had his wound dressed. The two gendarmes re turned some time arier, tne eiaer, i-er- had, a man 60 years old, having been seriously wounded, and the younger, Mehmed, having exhausted his amunl ttnn and having had mud splashed In his face bv the explosion of a bomb. after which he thought It was time to bring his wounaea companion oui or danger. The same evening Colonel Elliot re turned to headquarters, and on Sunday, the 4th of August, he arrived in Salon ika and was received In the Turkish Civil hospital. His wound Is progress ing favorably. ALPS CLIMBERS PAY PENALTY OF DARING Geneva, Sept. 7. An unusually large number of accidents, some of which proved fatal, have occurred in the Alps within the last few days. Slgnorlna Costamagena, who started to ascend Mount Bagna (10,000 feet) with three friends was overtaken by a storm and perished from the exposure. Henrlch Spoerrl, one of a partJSc' three who. desnite the adverse state the weather, started to ascend the Mat terhorn on Thursday, was frosen to death. His companions, who managed to descend, had to pass the night at a place about 600 feet below the summit Two Italian clerks fell 400 feet down! the Pits Scollng peak and were killed Instantly. A Paris teacher named Colson has been missing on' the Mont Blano range for three days, and the fear is exoressed Lthat he cannot have survived owing to the terrible character of the weather which faas prevailed, V i . .-. 1 ' .. V