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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, - SUNDAY - &ORNING, SEPTEMBER 8. 1907,
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FULL STORY
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VENDETTA
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KIDNAPERS
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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
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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,
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