Authorities Indifferent

AUTHORITIES INDIFFERENT

AS TO WHO WAS VICE CONSUL MAGELSSEN'S ASSAILANT.

THIRTY PERSONS KILLED IN DISTURBANCES AT BEIRUT.

AMERICANS THINK THE VALI SHOULD BE DISMISSED. 

Beirut, Syria, Sept. 7, via Port Said. Vice Consul Magelssen when he was fired at recently was near a police booth. His assailant is not yet known. The authorities are indifferent and thus far have given no satisfaction. 

The moslem section of the city from Friday up to last night was in a state of anarchy, and thirty persons were killed, among whom, however, were no foreigners. The shops are closed, the streets deserted and the government is seemingly unable or unwilling to assure the safety of the residents. 

The arrival of the American cruisers Brooklyn and San Francisco was most opportune. Admiral Cotton is on the alert and signalmen and a guard slept at the United States consulate last night. The men on board the warships are under arms ready to disembark on a signal from the consulate. The boats of the Brooklyn and the San Francisco 

William C. Magelssen,

Vice-Consultant at Beirut, Syria, recently assaulted while at his post.

have reconnoitered the coast below the property of the American mission in order to select landing places in case of need. The American mission authorities have demanded guards from the governor for the protection of the mission printing office and the mission property. An attempt to enter an American residence on Saturday was frustrated. 

The Americans here think the United States government should insist on the dismissal of the Vali of Beirut, a notorious bribe-talker, and to whom all disorders are attributed. The opinion here is that the powers should take action with a view to bringing Meirut under the jurisdiction of an autonomous Christian government for the Lebanon district. 

The Dnevnik says the consuls at Salonica have requested their ambassadors to send warships to that port, as they are in fear of dynamite outrages. A band of 600 revolutionaries engaged the Turkish troops between Melnik and Demirhissar. The Turks are reported to have lost heavily. 

Eight thousand Turkish troops have gone from Losengrad to the Bulgarian frontier.