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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND. JULY 15, 1906.
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ar8 in the County Jail charged with
murder.
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FLEETS TO BE BOUGHT
United States to Indemnify Victoria
and Hakodate Owners, and Kill
ing on Prebyloff Rookeries
Is to Cease for Year.
VICTORIA, B. C, July 15. According to
advices received here, negotiations being
carried on at Washington for the cessa
tion of pelagic sealing, on the basis of
the purchase of the Victoria and Hako
date sealing fleets and indemnification of
the pelagic sealers for the loss of their
Industry, have been almost concluded. Sir
Henry Durand, British Ambassador, and
the United States Secretary of State
reached an agreement, it is reported, and
a commission will be appointed, with one
representative each from Great Britain,
Canada and the United States, to work
out the details of the agreement for the
preservation of the seal herds.
When a treaty has been drawn up, nego
tiations will be commenced with Japan,
Russia and other maritime nations, more
especially those interested in sealing, to
have the treaty for the preservation of
fur seals made general.
One condition of the sealing settlement,
It is understood, will be the cessation of
all seal-killing on the rookeries at the
Pribyloff Islands for at least one year,
except such as may be necessary for the
support of the natives. It is believed that
Japan will join with the other two nations
that are directly interested In pelagic
sealing In this agreement. Several years
ago a report was sent from Japan to
Washington, and a similar arrangement
was then discussed, and the Japanese rep
resentative agreed to it, provided that
Great Britain would also prohibit pelagic
sealing.
The cessation of seal-killing on the
Tookeries of Bering Sea, even for one sea
son, together with the prohibition of pe
lagic sealing following the purchase of
the schooners and Indemnification of the
owners, would cause considerable advance
In the price of sealskins, which are al
ready quoted at higher prices than they
have brought in the history of sealing.
Tha United States' representative in the
negotiations. It Is understood, contended
for the complete cessation of pelagic seal
ing, and to this end the sealing vessels
and outfits will be purchased and the
owners Indemnified for loss of business.
The British Ambassador. Sir Henry Du
rand, is said to have contended for the
cessation of killing on the rookeries for a
period, and it is stated acquiescence to
this condition was absolutely necessary to
prevent the failure of the conference, as
It was put forward practically as an
ultimatum.
H. M. S. Shearwater left today for Ber
ing Sea to engage in sealing patrol duties
during the pelagic sealing season, which
commences on August 1.
ELKS POUR INTO DENVER
Quakers Are Determined to Capture
the Next Convention.
DENVER, July IB. Delegates to the
twentieth annual reunion of the Elks
poured into Denver today and tonight on
trains which arrived at the Union Depot
at short intervals. The largest delega
tion arriving today was from Philadel
phia, each member armed with a minia
ture liberty bell and filled with determina
tion to secure the next convention for
the City of Brotherly Love.
Members of the order and their friends
who had already arrived were entertained
during the afternoon and evening with
Informal receptions. The grand lodge offi
cers were given a reception at the Brown
Palace, and late this afternoon were
taken around the city in automobiles.
The official celebration will begin to
morrow afternoon, by which time it is
expected all the delegations with very few
exceptions will have arrived. The city
was illuminated again tonight, and it is
conceded the electric display has never
been equalled In Denver.
CLARK WILL BUILD ROAD
Feeder for San Pedro Line, Which
Has Been a Success.
GOLD FIELD, Nev.. July 15. United
States Senator W. A. Clark, who spent
the day here, said:
"I have not bought the QoldAeld &
Bullfrog Railroad survey, and from
what Mr. Brock told me I believe his
road will be built. It is now under
construction, but that will not deter
me from building Into this district
from the South. I will positively build
a road from Bullfrog to Gold
field and Tonopah. My survey
ing corps is now 315 miles out of
Bullfrog on the survey, and the next
tlma I come Into Goldfleld I expect it
will be over my own line. The San
Pedro road has keen a success beyond
expectations, and I will build feeders
to that road wherever there is business
to justify It."
The Clark party left for Bullfrog and
Las Vegas by automobile this after
noon. MOTOR WRECK IN JUTLAND
Two Women in American Million
aire's Party May Die.
LONDON. July 16. The Daily Mail's
Copenhagen correspondent says that a
motor car conveying an American mil
lionaire named Angola, his wife and a
party of friends, collided with a two
horse vehicle at Skorby Hill, near
Aarhus, Jutland. All the passengers
were seriously Injured, the horses were
killed and the motor was wrecked. Two
of the women of the party, the corre
spondent adds, are not expected to re
cover. FATAL FIGHT AT PICNIC.
Ofricers Shoot Man in Dance Hall
and Are Mobbed.
OAKLAND, July 15. William B. Oslln.
a teamster residing in San Francisco, was
shot and instantly killed this evening dur
ing a fight with two special officers at a
butchers' picnic at Shellmound Park. W.
J. Oslln. brother of the dead man, was
wounded during the fight. As a result
of the shooting L H. Baldwin of San
Francisco, and George Starr of Oakland,
two special officers, who did the shooting,
The shooting took olace in the dance
hall, but no one seems to know how the
fight started. The two officers heard a
row on the dance floor and rushed into
the thick of the trouble. Starr drew a
club and began to beat down the rioters.
A crowd of 20 or 30 fought back, using
chairs, beer mugs and bottles. Starr
drew his pistol and fired In the air. Then
he shot low, the bullet hitting W. J. Oslln
In the neck. This enraged the brother,
who went for the officers. Baldwin began
firing, and the first shot went through
William Oslln's hear.
The crowd cried for the officers' blood,
and they tried to escape. They man
aged to get into a restaurant 200 yards
from the dancehall, and barricaded the
door, the crowd threatening to lynch
them. A riot call was sent in, and Sheriff
Barnett responded with the Oakland po
lice. The park was cleared of the pic
nickers, and Baldwin and Starr taken to
Jail.
DUELIST MAY RECOVER.
Doctors Say Period of Danger to M.
Sarraut Is Passed.
PARIS, July 15, The surgeons In at
tendance on M. Sarraut, who was wound
ed Friday in a duel with M. Pugliesi
Conti, Issued a bulletin today saying that
their patient's condition was considerably
Improved. The dangerous period, they
say, has been passed, but complete repose
has been ordered. A further examination
of M. Sarraut will be made tomorrow, in
order to decide the gravity of the injury
to the lung. M. Clemenceau and others
of the Cabinet Ministers, and M. Brlsson,
President of the Chamber of Deputies,
visited M. Sarraut today.
The press continued Its discussion of
the Dreyfus case today, but the interest
of the public is waning. The closing of
Parliament and the departure on vaca
tions of Senators and Deputies and the
rapid exodus of Parisians for Summer re
sorts tends to relieve the former tension
of the opposing elements.
Phipps Rents Deer Park.
LONDON, July 15. Henry Phipps, of
Pittsburg, Pa., has rented Glen Quolch.
Scotland's most magnificent deer forest,
which comprises 50,000 acres. The rent
and expenses are over $500,000 a year.
Fares Paid by Americans.
LONDON, July 15. The Dally Express
estimates that the steamship fares paid
by Americans landing in England last
week amounted to $6000.
DRIVEN OUT OF PARISH.
Blacks From Lake Charles Tender
loin Pnt on Train by Regulators.
NEW ORLEANS, July 15. The work of
a remarkable city house-cleaning party
which last night placed 150 negro men
and women on board a passenger train
at Lake Charles, La., and shipped them
out of the town and parish, is told tonight
In dispatches to the Picayune. They were
placed on the same train with the body of
a negro who last week shot and killed
the City Marshal of Jennings, La., and
who subsequently died In jail at Lake
Charles from wounds received while at
tempting to avoid arrest.
Soon before midnight the negro tender
loin, known as the "Hole-ln-the-Wall,"
was invaded by several hundred white
men, including some members of the state
militia, on their way to the United States
encampment. The dispatch says:
"House after house was visited and the
inmates, not even being given time to
dress, were taken out and turned over to
a guard. The motley group was marched
under guard of pistols to a water tank
about a mile from town, a passenger
train was stopped and the negroes put
aboard and their fares paid as far as the
parish line, members of the guard riding
that far with them. Some of the negro
women were shipped away in their night
dresses." RUNS TO THE MOUNTAINS
John McPherson Escapes After Kill
ing a Knoxville Merchant.
KNOXVTLLS Tenn., July 15. John Mc
Pherson is a fugitive from Justice, charged
with the murder of Grant Smith, a former
merchant of this city, and the fatal
wounding of Deputy Sheriff William
Walker, who attempted to arrest him.
Two posses are in pursuit of him.
McPherson shot and killed Smith In the
house of Nettie Hall, apparently without
provocation. McPherson was accompanied
by his father, Dr. Buck McPherson, and
the two fled In a buggy toward the
mountains. Deputy Sheriff Walker pur
sued them and demanded the surrender
of young McPherson. who shot him
through the lung. Walker will die.
Young McPherson continued Into the
mountains, while his father returned here
and surrendered and is now in jail.
Baptist Young People's Union.
OMAHA. Neb., July 15. The 15th an
nual convention of the Baptist Young
People's Union of America closed tonight
with a consecration service, conducted by
W. H. Geistwell, of Chicago. This pre
ceded an address by S. A. K. Deblols, LL.
D., of Chicago, on "Our Response to
God's Gift of Power." The auditorium
was crowded during the service.
This forenoon visiting clergymen filled
the pulpits of the local churches and this
afternoon the convention sermon was de
livered by E. Y. Mullins, D. D., of Louis
ville, Ky.
Looking for Right of Way.
MEXICO CITY, July 15. Vice-President
and General Manager Neelan. of the Pan
American Railway, being built from the
Isthmus of Tehauntepec to Guatemala,
Is in Guatemala City to confer with
President Cabrera about the prolongation
of the line through that republic.
The railways here have been greatly
taxed to handle their Immense freights
which have accumulated at important
points.
Both Sides Make Concessions.
COLUMBUS, O.. July 15. The oper
ators' and miners' officials who have been
in conference here for two days endeav
oring to settle differences that have arisen
over the scale recently signed for this
state, and as a result of which the min
ers In the Hocking Valley suspended
work, tonight reached a basis of agree
ment. Concessions were made by both
sides.
Fifth Fire at Cotton Dock.
NEW YORK, July 16. The fifth fire
within a few weeks In the American
Cotton Dock & Trust Company's plant at
Tompklnsville. broke out today from an
unknown cause and destroyed the re
maining storehouse with Its contents of
about 5000 bales of cotton. The loss Is
$60,000.
Operated on Pacific Coast.
SALT LAKE CITY. July 16. A. M. Pot
ter was arrested here today at the re
quest of the Detroit. Mich., authorities,
who charge him with cashing a forged
check for $2000 on the Dime Savings Bank.
Potter is said to be the son of a Colorado
banker. The detectives say he has oper
ated on the Pacific Coast as Richard L
Adams and A. B. Baker.
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SLAIN AT PETERHOF
General Koslov the Victim of
an Assassin's Revolver.
HIT BY THREE BULLETS
Assailant Gazed Closely at a Photo
graph Before Firing Fatal Shots
at Member of Headquar
ters Staff.
LONDON, July 16. A dispatch to a
news agency from St. Petersburg says
that General Koslov, of the headquarters
staff, was murdered in the park at Peter
hof Saturday. His assailant used a re
volver. The three shots fired were all
effective. The murderer was a well
dressed man. He has been arrested, but
not identified.
The case is regarded as myterious, as
General Koslov was not connected with
any political agitation. The murderer,
who is believed to be a Social Revolution
ist, carried a photograph, at which he
gazed attentively before firing, as If com
paring it with General Koslov. It was a
photograph of General Trepoff.
OFFICERS PREACH REVOLUTION
Address Members of Guards Regi
ments Near St. Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 15. At a meet
ing held today at Gatchina, 30 miles from
St. Petersburg, attended by three of the
Guard regiments, an officer addressed the
men on the subject of the soldiers' union,
which is being organized. He pointed out
that the league was democratic and was
being organized for the purpose of guard
ing the constitution and establishing con
stitutional Institutions and to prepare the
army to come over to the people when
they were ready and armed for resistance.
The soldiers received the speech with
much applause and showed eagerness to
join the union, which Is already very
strong In Southern and Southwestern
Russia, Siberia, the Caucasus and Turk
estan. Today's meeting was the first step
toward organization in this locality.
WOUNDED HACKED WITH AXES
Horrible Brutality In Taking of
Catholic Church.
SIEDLICE, Russian Poland. July 15.
The Marlavits-Catholic strike has again
been resumed, owing to the action of the
court in returning to its owners the Cath
olic church recently captured by the
Mariavits in the village of Gremkov.
After the return of this church to the
Catholics it was again attacked and re
captured by the Mariavits. '
The conflict was less deadly than bru
tal. The wounded were most horribly
maltreated, beaten, hacked with hatchets
and axes, strips of their flesh being torn
out, teetu and ears missing and eyes
gouged out. The fighting lasted until a
detachment of the dragoons arrived on
the scene. Two persons were killed and
40 wounded.
THOUSANDS WITHOUT HOMES
Fire at Nizhni Novgorod Destroys
Many Homes.
NIZHNI. Novgorod. July 15. A fire
which broke out here today raged for six
hours before it was checked. When it
was finally extinguished 275 houses had
been destroyed and more than 3000 fam
ilies had been rendered homeless. The
loss is placed at 400,000.
LOWER HOUSE IS JUBILANT.
Famine Relief Appropriation Looked
Upon as Blow to Ministry.
ST. PETERSBURG. July 1. The Coun
cil of the Empire accepted without
amendment on Saturday Parliament's
bill appropriating J7.500.000 for famine re
lief. The acceptance came as a surprise,
but has occasioned the greatest Jubila
tion In the camp of the lower house, as
it Is regarded as a vote of lack of confi
dence In the Goremykin Ministry on the
part of tha upper chamber.
While many speakers In the Council of
the Empire really favored the adoption
of the Cabinet's recommendations, they
recognized that it would be a fatal mis
take for the Council to antagonize the
lower house in the present crisis. More
over those on the inside who were aware
that the negotiations between the gov
ernment and the Constitutional Demo
crats were entering the final stage, were
naturally influenced by coming events.
According to tonight's reports, all the
questions of principle involved in a
change of the Ministry have been re
solved and now It Is merely a matter of
personalities. The Emperor is still ob
jecting to certain names proposed by the
Constitutional Democrats.
Admiral Skrydloff probably will succeed
the late Vice-Admiral Chouknin, com
mander of the Black Sea fleet.
TREPOFF SHAPED THE POLICY
Witte Does Not Believe All of Inter
view Credited to General.
LONDON, July 16. In an interview with
the Telegraph's AIx-les-Bains correspond
ent. Count Witte doubted the authentic
ity of much of General Trepoff's interview
of July 6 concerning conditions in Russia.
"He is allesred to have stated." sairi the
I ex-Russian Premier "that th nr.w.t
alarming condition In Russia was caused
by the mistaken action or inaction of the
government during the last two years.
He cannot deliberately have spoken thus,
because the policy condemned was largely
shaped by himself. His views always
were favorably considered and often car
ried out. He never indicated by acts that
he abhors the policy which heretofore he
advocated as alone salutary. As General
Trepoff Is a reasonable man, I must de
cline to accept his alleged public self
flagellation as genuine."
Count "Witte reserved his opinion on most
of the present conditions In Russia, and
refused to reply to the aspersions cast
upon his Premiership, saying that per
sonal recriminations would be particular
ly harmful at present. However, he dwelt
on his financial policy, which has been
"tested severely and proved strong."
Red Squadron Spreading Anarchy.
BAKU, July 15. A new terrorist party,
styling itself the "Red Squadron," is
spreading anarchistic propaganda in this
section. The members of this party say
the present is no time to bandy words,
but to answer the repressions of the gov
ernment with the death of the officials.
Their circulars call upon workmen to
"Speak the language of the cartridge and
the bomb."
Try to Raise Money at Rome.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 13. The report
that Russia contemplates a new loan
abroad Is seml-officlally denied. The de
nial adds that Russia will apply only to
the home market- for funds for the relief
of the distressed population.
Robbed on Way to Bank.
NICKOLAYIEV, Russia, July 16. The
representative of a sugar factory, while
going to the bank Saturday, was waylaid
and robbed of J15.O0O. One of the robbers
was captured and the officers shot an
other. The remainder of the band escaped.
Murder In Naphtha Strike.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 16. The strike
In the naphtha industry Is spreading. The
employers have rejected most of the de
mands of the workmen. The manager of
the works at Biblebat was murdered.
Confesses Vice-Admiral'9 Murder.
SEBASTOPOL, July 15. A former sailor
named Shetonko, who was arrested today,
confessed that he was the murderer of
Vice-Admiral Chouknin.
Sailors Will Not Honor Dead.
CRONSTADT, July 15. The sailors
here today declined to participate In a
requiem for Vice-Admlral Chouknin.
DEATH TO AVOID DISGRACE
Defaulting Tax Collector Saw Offi
cers Approaching His House.
PATERSON, N. J., July 15. To avoid
the disgrace of arrest on the charge of
defalcation, Albert O'Brien, tax collec
tor of the borough of Totowa, shot and
killed himself last night while officers
were approaching his house. O'Brien's
shortage approximates $4003.
Nominated by Socialists.
ST. LOUIS. July 15. J. A. Hoen was to
day nominated for Congress by the So
cialists of the Tenth Missouri District.
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FIRM TONE OF NOTE
Venezuela Given Final Warn
ing by United States.
CLAIMS TO BE PRESSED
Secretary of State Hay Made an
Offer of Arbitration, Which
Brought a Reply Very De
fiant In Tone.
WASHINGTON, July 15. In view of the
determination of the State Department to
renew its demands upon the Venezuelan
Government for the settlement of Ameri
can claims against Venezuela, It Is a
matter of interest to note the precise
status of those troublesome Issues when
negotiations were suspended in March,
1905.
For the first time the red book discloses
in terms the ultimatum laid down by tjje
late Secretary of State John Hay, In an
Instruction to Mr. Bowen dated-March 10
of that year: W
"The attitude of the Venezuelan Gov
ernment toward the Government of the
United States, and toward the Interests
of Its citizens1 who have suffered so in
grave and frequent wrongs, arbitrarily
committed by the Government of Vene
zuela, require that Justice should now
be fully done, once for all. It the Gov
ernment of Venezuela declines to consent
to an Impartial arbitration. Insuring the
rendition of complete Justice to these in
jured parties, the Government of the
United States may be regretfully com
pelled to take such measures as it may
find necessay to effect complete redress
without resort to arbitration.
"The Government of the United States
stands committed to the principle of Im
partial arbitration which can do Injustice
to nobody, and if Its moderate request is
peremptorily refused It will be at liberty
to consider, If It Is compelled to resort
to more vigorous measures, whether these
measures shall Include complete IndemnU
fication, not only for the citizens ag
grieved, but for any expense of the Gov
ernment of the United States which may
attend their execution."
The Venezuelan Government's answer,
rendered March 23. amounted to a rejec
tion of the ultimatum, for It denied that
Venezuela had any questions pending with
the United States and propounded the
following interrogations:
"Before giving further consideration to
Mr. Hay's note the Venezuelan Govern
ment states that It must know whether
the United States respects the methods
and nobility of Venezuela."
Mr. Bowen added that the answer is
unyielding and requires no further ulti
matum. Perhaps the explanation for the rather
defiant attitude which the Venezuelan
Government occupies to this day, so far
as the official correspondence shows, is
to he found in a paraphrase of a tele
gram from Minister Bowen to the Secre
tary of State, reporting that Senor Jesus
Paul, President Castro's private repre
sentative, who was then In Washington
actively cultivating public sentiment in
this country adverse to the asphalt
claims, had cabled directly to President
Castro that the United States Govern
ment would not answer Mr. Bowen, or
if it ddd, would give him conciliatory in
structions. TAFT GOES TO OYSTER BAY.
Conference With President Before
Taking His Vacation.
WASHINGTON, July 15. Secretary Taft
left Washington this morning for Oyster
Bay to confer further with the President
regarding the establishment of the Army
brigade posts, as well as several other
matters of War Department business
which he desires to close up before he en
ters upon his Summer vacation.
Tomorrow he will leave New York for
Murray Bay, on the St Lawrence River,
to spend about two months playing golf
and rowing, his favorite pastimes. He
will return to Washington before the be
ginning of October, but will leave again
in the course of a week or two to enter
into the Ohio campaign, and early In No
vember will accompany the President to
Panama.
Greater Safety for Gun Crews.
PROVINCETOWN, Mass., July 15. The
battleships Illinois and Missouri arrived
here today from Boston, where they have
been undergoing repairs at the Charleston
Navy-Yard for several weeks. Both ships
have had Important changes made In their
turret mechanism, with a view of safe
guarding the officers and crew from the
liability of explosions of ammunition dur
ing gun fire.
The two battleships will Join the North
Atlantic fleet, which left New York yes
terday under command of Rear-Admiral
Evans, to begin war maneuvers off the
New England coast.
MINING FRAUDS IN BRAZIL.
Country Is Full of Schemes to Get
Money of Gullible.
WASHINGTON, July 15. Consul-General
George E. Anderson, In a report to
the Bureau of Manufacturers from Rio
Janeiro, charges that while some bona
fide Brazilian diamond mines may result
profitably, that country is full of schemes
which are either out-and-out frauds or
are based on claims and facts so slight
as to make them little less than frauds.
The report says the United States and
Great Britain, especially New York, Chi
cago and London, are the chief financial
1 bases of operations for a number of pro
moters, who have never done any mining,
and that there are a number of so-called
mining companies now soliciting stock
subscriptions in the United States whose
offices are not even certain where the land
they claim as property lies.
The report states that experienced men
In Brazilian mining fields say that not a
single mining company operating In the
gold and diamond fields of Brazil has paid
a dividend. The Consul-General adds that
It is a lamentable fact that a large pro
portion of Brazilian mining enterprises
are frauds and that there are now men in
the United States with enterprises which
represent nothing more than the money
they can get from the American public.
CARRIES OFF HONORS AT FINAL
GUN CLUB SHOOT.
Wins Dupont Trophy and Inman
Diamond Medal Close Race
for Honors.
Morris Abrams made the remarkable
record of 97 out of a possible 100 at the
final shoot of the Multnomah Rod and
Gun Club, held yesterday afternoon at the
Irvington' traps. Mr. Abrams thereby be
comes possessor for a year of thev Dupont
trophy and of the beautiful Inman dia
mond medal. Since this Is the last shoot
of the season, he is also entitled to the
title of champion of the club.
The shoot yesterday was exciting in
the extreme. Prizes were at stake, and
the gunners were at their best. All af
ternoon a half dozen of the best shots
hung closely together, and not till Abrams
turned his last half-century did he get a
material lead. The winner performed the
unusual feat of breaking his last 57 with
out a miss.
Other good scores were 91 by Dick Car
lon and 90 each by Bell and Culllson.
Mrs. E. E. Young in an exhibition 100
knocked down 86, a remarkable score in
itself for a woman to make. Mrs. Wal
ters broke 12 out of 25. This was Mrs.
Walter's first try at the clay birds, and
she displayed great accuracy and nerve.
The full scores of the day follow:
Shot at. Broke. P.C.
Abrams 100 97 97
Robertson 60 5 8 98
Carlon 100 91 91
Bell 100 90 90
Culllson 100 90 90
Collier 100 88 88
Colwell 100 88 88
Mrs. E. E. Toung 100 86 86
E. E. Toune 100 86 86
Ed Long 100 86 86
McMlllen 45 39 86
W. L. Robertson 50 41 82
Fechelmer 100 81 81
Mrs. Walter 25 12 48
Not In regular competition.
BUTCHER IN A BALLOON.
Makes Parachute Jump and Drowns
In Lake Monroe.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, la., July 15. Ole
Jensen, a butcher, aged 22, this evening
made a balloon ascension and a parachute
jump at Lake Manwa, a resort four miles
south of Council Bluffs. He came down
In the lake and was drowned before help
could reach him. His body was recovered.
It was his first experience in ballooning.
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SOLD HIS LIFE DEAR
Scouting Salvadorean General
Meets Enemy's Troops.
NO QUARTER IS ASKED
Regalado, With Small Escort, Puts
Up a Gallant Fight Against
Overwhelming Odds Un
til Cut Down.
MEXICO CITY. July 15.-U Is no
known that General Regalado, of Salva
dor, lost his life In a scouting expedition.
He was In command of his army on the
border of Guatemala, when he resolved to
explore within the borders of Guatemala.
He started out accompanied only by the
Adjutant and a small escort, when he
came unexpectedly upon a large body of
Guatemalan regulars, who overwhelmed
his force.
Regalado and his escort sold their lives
dearly, making a heroic fight and killing
many of their foes, but they were ex
terminated. No quarter was asked.
This account disposes of the Guatemalan
report which said Regalado was killed in
a pitched battle. The battle that really
occurred on the same day was between
General Toledo's revolutionary army and
Guatemalan regulars, which ended in the
defeat of the latter.
The Consul-General of Mexico in Tegulr
galpa, capital of Honduras, reports offi
cially that in spite of the strict neutral
ity heretofore maintained by the Hon
duras government, the territory of that
country was invaded by the Guatemalan
troops when a conflict occurred. This in
vasion was an act of war. Honduras has
more than 50,000 militia, mostly well
armed and will prove a valuable ally of
Salvador, and the revolutionists.
It is not believed in Central America
that the United States will attempt by'
moral suasion to bring about peace.
The Guatemalan revolutionists say they
will accept any president for that country
who may be jointly agreed upon by Presi
dent Diaz and President Roosevelt. They
allege that this shows they are only fight
ing for the good of the government, and
that they will carry out the terms of
General Barillas' proclamation, assuring
the amplest protection of American and
foreign interests In Guatemala.
The Guatemalan government is endeav
oring In good faith to protect its southern
border. General Barillas, who is admit
ted to be the chief of the revolution, is
still In this city. There is great interest
in the war here, and the public sympathy
is with Salvador, who Is Mexico's friend
and ally in Central America, and with
Honduras.
Salvador has received an Important loan
and Is In position to make a long cam
paign. CHIEF'S HEAD IS CUT OFF
Exhibited to the Zulus as Proof of
His Death.
JOHANNESBURG, July 15. The Sun
day Times, describing the destruction
of a Zulu lmpl in the Home Valley, says
the loyal levies so thoroughly com
pleted the work of the Transvaal men
that they did not let even a wounded
Zulu escape. Finding that the Zulus
would not believe that Chief Bambaata
was dead, his head was cut off and ex
hibited for two days. It was then
buried.
Wreck of Memphis Hotel.
MEMPHIS, July 15. (Special.) Only the
fact that they were warned in time pre
vented a number of guests from losing
their lives when the side wall of the Pea
body Hotel, one of the largest and most
celebrated hostelrles In the South, fell
with a crash this morning, carrying 20
rooms down with It.
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