Show SERIOUS RIOT TAKES PLACE I Y IN CITY OF BEIRUT Several Christians Killed a Number Wounded SOLDIERS PILLAGE HOUSES Admiral Cotton Investigating Conditions in City American Minister to Turkey Instructed In-structed to Look to Protection of American Citizens Washington Sept SThe StatK department has received a cablegram from Minlpter Leishman at Constantinople Constanti-nople in which he says a riot occurred yesterday at Beirut in which seven Christians were killed l and several wounded Two houses occupied by Christians were pillaged by the soldiers sol-diers The panic was general INVESTIGATION HAS BEGUN An officer and a signal man from Admiral Ad-miral Cottons fleet are now in i the consulate con-sulate and an investigation of conditions condi-tions at Beirut 1 Is being made by a Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Consul Ravcmlal and other of ficors Mr Lelshman says that the origin of the trouble Is not distinctly Muled by our Consul He further says that It Is claimed by the Sublime Porte that conditions con-ditions at Beirut are again quiet and that the force now there is sufficient to guarantee the safety of the city TO PROTECT SAd S-Ad ltional Instruction have been sent Minister Leishman along the lines of these already forwarded him looking to the protection of American citizens Lieut Charles L Hussey is Admiral Cottons flag Lieutenant and It In presumed pre-sumed he is the officer making the investigation in-vestigation |