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PORTLAND. OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1911.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LI NO. 13,732.
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HARRY ORCHARD IS
TO HAVE IMITATOR
McManigal Tells About
Dynamiting.
CONFESSION TO BE DISPUTED
Hilton Says Prisoner Denied
He Would Confess.
LINE OF DEFENSE KNOWN
IMjUrWt Attorney Admit McManigal
Ha Told Story Mrs. Ingersoll
Confirms Identification of
James McXamara.
LOS April,:?. So far aa
the d'ftnM Is concerned. It was an
nounccd by counsel tonlsht. the case of
tha alleged dynamite conspiratora will
be conducted henceforward upon tha
theory that there la a "Harry Orchard
problem" to be dealt with In the forth
coming I. al battle for the Uvea of John
J. JIt.Namara. secretary of the Inter
national Bridge Structural Ironwork
era Association, and hi brother. James.
Tha two McXamaras are now the only
dents of the attorneys retained by tha
labor organization, and the legal fire
of the defenders will be turned upon Or
tle McManigal. who waa placed In Jail
with the Mc.Namaras yesterday aa an
accused fellow-conspirator.
'nfr-lon Will lir Repudiated.
McMantgil. whose alleged confession
has been so much discussed, waa ex
amined for three hours today by Dis
trict Attorney John P. Fredericks. At
torney O. II. Hilton, chief counsel of the
Western Federation of Miners, said he
was convinced that McManigal made
sworn statements at that time, purport
ing' to tlx the guilt of the Times and
other dynamite outrages upon tha labor
leader and his brother.
Hilton declared that tha state might
be In the position of having an alleged
confession that waa denied beforehand
by Its author.
McManigal will hare no attorney. At
least ha told Hilton so when tha latter
called upon him at the jail today and
later District Attorney Fredericks made
the same statement for him.'
Hilton Gets Denial.
"I knew that there waa to be 'a con
fesion." said Hilton. aa soon asl talked
with McManigal. Ha said ha would not
engage an attorney until he had aeen
Burns, tha man who arrested him. I
knew something was up then. In tha
presence of competent witnesses. I
asked McManigal the direct question
whether he had ever made a purported
confession or expected to make one. Ha
answered that ha had not made a con-
ression and would not make one.
Twenty minutes later he waa In tha
District Attorney's office making;
statement to shorthand reporters.
"I made It a point to see McManigal
first. Now if an alleged confession Is
presented In court, we will be In a posi
tion to present to the Jury a dental.1
Mr. Hilton denied that ha had stated.
as was reported todsy. that ha knew
Immunity had been granted to McMani
gal. When asked whether the prisoner
had exacted freedom aa the price of
turning state's evidence. Mr. Freder
icks replied emphatically In the nega
tive.
Bryee Positively Identified.
In addition to the alleged confession
feature, other linea of attack and d
fensa In tba case began developing to
day. According to Mr. Fredericks. Mrs.
Ingersoll. the San Francisco boarding
house keeper, completed her Identifica
tion of James McXamara as J. Ik Bryca
and signed an affidavit to that effect.
In consequence the woman Is expected
to play a conspicuous part In tha forth
coming trial and probably will ba made
the object of vigorous attacka by tha
defense.
On the other aide. It was said by At
torney Harrlman. who was with Mr.
Hilton at tha conference with the pris
oners, that the defense would be rua:
on the point that the Times plant was
destroyed and 21 of Its men slain by an
explosion of gas. which, he said, they
had evidence to establish.
After visiting the prisoners. Mr. Hil
ton soused offices flva blocks from the
Jail aa headquarters for attorneys and
clerks.
i U re nee Darrow. ha said, would be In
the city by Monday. Mr. 'Hilton met
the repeated reports that Mr. Darrow
was not coming wltii the statement that
he had received tel-itranis from Presi
dent Kyan of the Iron Workers' Asso
ciation saying positively that Mr. Dar
row haj been retained.
Fredericks Affirms Confession.
After his conference with McManigal.
Mr. Fredericks was asked:
Did McManigal confirm his former
'confesaionr
-Well, you can say for publication
that when tha District Attorney cams
from this conference ha did not look
disappointed or dejected. was Mr.
Fredericks reply.
Then If I said that McManigal had
repeated his 'confession I would not ba
printing a lie. would IT pursued his In.
tervlewer.
"You won't ba sued for publishing a
falsehood, that'a certain. said tha Dis
trict Attorney.
Tha District Attorney stated later
ICOACaOUc! aP&f 2.)
FRESHMEN KIDNAP
AND BIND "SOPHS"
FROMIXEXT STUDENTS ACCVSED
OK I1CLLYIXG.
Class President and Athletic Chair
man Taken Outside Seattle and
Left Tied One. Painted Green.
SEATTLE. Wash, April 17. (Spa
rial.) Charles McKlnley. president of
the sophomore class at the University
of Washington, and Tbomaa Swale, of
Everett, chairman of the aophomora
athletic committee. were kidnaped
early last evening by II freshmen,
conveyed to points outside the city,
tied with ropes and abandoned after
varying degrees of punishment, accord
ing to the offenses of which tha fresh
men had adjudged them guilty. Both
were charged with having been over-
xealous In the prosecution of under
classmen who had violated the fresh
man rules.
Swle waa hurried to the varsity
boathouse. fronting on Union Bay. and
thence was taken by launch to Mercer
Island. There hla face and neck were
painted green, he waa "hot-handed"
and hla feet were bound.
President McKlnley. In a machine
provided by; one of tha party, was con
veyed north of the city to Roland, near
Everett, where his feet were tied and
he waa left on the ground to work out
his own salvation.
Both aophomorea returned to tha
university In time for class, but are
reticent In telling how they were freed
from their bonda.
INDIANS RESCUE JUDGE
Lincoln County Jurist Saved From
Slleti Klver by Hodmen.
TOLEDO. Or, April 27. (Special.)
Charlea H. Gardner. County Judge of
Lincoln County, narrowly escaped
drowning In a treacherous ford of the
Sileta River yesterday while on a road
Inspecting tour through the north end
of the county. - His life waa saved by
the timely arrival of aome Indiana
from tha reservation.
Judge Qardner attempted to cross tha
Slletx at what Is known aa tha Louie
Fuller crossing in order to make a
short cut. but In raid-stream one of the
horses attached to the light rig In
which he was riding floundered and
dragged tha other horse, vehicle and
occupant Into deep water. Louie Ful-
er, an Indian, after whom tha river
crossing is named, witnessed tha acci
dent, and. summoning his squaw wife.
went to tha rescue In a canoe. Their
houts brought other Indiana.
It was Judge Gardner's efforts to
save his horses that nearly cost him
his life. He remained In tha buggy
trying to guide tha swimming horses
toward tha bank of the stream until
he waa dragged under. He waa pulled
ashore by Arthur Bensell. an Indian,
who threw a long Una over tha head of
ona of tha horses.
JAP WOMAN NOTED DOCTOR
She Will Study Year In America to
Gain Skill, Then Go to Germany.
SEATTLE. Waslu April 27. (Spe
cial.) For the next 12 months Seattle
will have tha honor of being tha homo
of the leading woman physician and
surgeon of Japan. Mrs. Matuye Susukl.
la her name, and ahe arrived In Seattle
today as a passenger on tha Nippon
Tusen Kalsha liner Inaba Uaru from
Toklo. She comes to the United States
to study Occidental methods In medi
cine and surgery, and will spend a year
In hospital work In tha city. Then she
will go to Germany to take special
courses In branches of her profession.
There Is a pretty romance In connec
tion with Mrs. Suzuki's coming to Seat
tie. Though few. If any, of her fellow
students knew It, she was married to
Mr. Suzuki, the year she began the
study of medicine, but kept her marrl
age a secret In order that "her career
might not be Interferred with. In any
way. The year after her marriage Mr.
Susukl came to Seattle and today was
the first meeting of the young couple in
four years. .
LIFE RISKED FOR FILMS
Intrepid Moving Picture Man Would
Portray Ulrth of Island.
SEATTLE. Wash.. April 27. (Spe
cial.) To portray In moving pictures
tha birth or death of a new Island In
Alaska, risking his life, his Summers'
work snd tha expenses Incident to tha
undertaking against IIiO.000, B. B.
Dobbs, the intrepid Alaska moving
picture man. within a few weeka will
leave for Alaska In a schooner and
cruise In tha vicinity of tha Bogoalof
group of tha Aleutian Peninsula during
tha open season for volcanoes.
Tha Bogoslof group In tha past few
years have been arising from and sub
siding Into Bering Sea constantly.
Dobba has received assurances from
a large moving-picture syndicate that
tha moment ha develops this picture
i:so.Oi0 will ba hla. Dobba arrived
yesterday from New Tork and la now
making preliminary arrangements for
the trip. He Is taking the chance that
the islands will ba active this Summer.
25,000 TO ATTEND DINNER
Spokane Plans Feast on Home-Made
Delicacies During; Carnival.
SPOKANE. Wash- April 7. A din
ner for which 16.000 plates will ba
placed and where nothing but Spokane-made
delicacies will ba served. Is
planned as a-( feature of tha Traveling
Men's Carnival here next week.
Tha dinner Is to start at 11 A. M. and
continue until 10 P. M. About 600 Spo
kane ladles ara said to have volun
teered to serve as waitresses.
LET DEAL ALONE,
S TAFT'S ADVICE
i
He Opposes Change
Reciprocity Pact.
in
DANGER SEEN IN REDUCTIONS
Free Meat to Canada Means
Same to Whole World.
CANADA GOT ALL SHE ASKED
Taft Says Proposal Placing More
Canadian Artkiles on Free List
Would Xot Aid Consumer and
but Hamper Government.
NEW TORK. April 27. "Reciprocity
with Canada must be adopted now or
never, and must stand or fall by Its
own terms.
Amid tremendous applause and. the
waring of handkerchiefs, thus declared
President Tsft In an address In the
Waldorf-Astoria tonight at the fourth
annual Joint banquet of the Associated
Press and the American Newspaper
Publishers' Association.
His address was the first of a series
in which he plans to evoke public sent!
ment In support of his policies, and he
appealed to the company of editors and
newspaper owners gathered from the
length and breadth of the land to Im
press on the public mind that reciproc
ity should stand alone and "ought not
to be affected in any regard by other
amendments to the tariff law." His
recommendations were cheered.
All talk of annexation he character
ized as "bosh" and said that the United
States has all it can attend to with the
territory it la now governing. He
praised the House of Representatives
for Its passage of the agreement; de
clared that It would not Injure the
farmer nor any special class; answered
In detail the objections raised to reci
procity, and begged for at least "a kind
pf ten to dispel ths cliosu "e-iilMtd
to frighten the agricultural classes."
The President said In part:
"I jra glad to have the opportunity
of speaking to a body which fully rep
resents tha most important agencies for
tha formation of publio opinion In this
country on a question which has now
reached a critical point In Its settle
ment. The agreement is a commercial
one, and affects the duties on Imports
Into each country, and -therefore it la
difficult to say that a detailed dis
cussion of tariff schedules is not
relevant and important In considering
lta wisdom. But tha general commer
cial, economical and social arguments
In Its favor are so convincing that I
may ba pardoned if I do not dwell on
specific rates.
Free Trade Offered and Rejected.
"The treaty provldea for free trade
in all agricultural products and in
rough lumber down to the point of
planing. It reduces tha duties on sec
ondary food products by a very sub
stantial percentage and it makes such
reductions on a number of manufac
tured articles .that those engaged in
making them have assured us that the
reductions will substantially Increase
(Concluded on Paga 14)
"YES, THIS
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INDEX TO TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature 3
degrees; minimum, 41 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; westerly winds,
Foreign.
France declares intention to send army to
purify Morocco. Pace 5.
Mad Mexican rebels massacre Loyalists
alth mati-hetes. Pace 1.
Boy Lieutenant in Mexico lea4s SO fed
erals In battle till all but two are killed.
Pass .
- National.
Charse made In House that monopoly has
Army and Navy shoe contracts. Psge 3.
House passes re-apportionment bill, fixing
membership at 43.1. Page 5.
Taftfspeaks to publishers acainst change In
reciprocity agreen. ent. pace l.
Insurgent Senators will make flsljt today.
but Democra
ill not help
then
Pare L
Senator Frye. of Maine, resigns seat in
Congress because of 111 bcaltb. Pace 6.
Domestic
McManigal confesses dynamiting, but de
fense will dispute fact. Pace L
After looting wrecked liner Asia. Chinese
pirates burn ship. I'age 2.
Nun, handling revolver in rehearsal of play,
shoots girl. Pace 1.
' Sports.
Pacific. Coast League results yesterday: Port
land 3, gixramento 0: Los Anceles 6.
' Vernon S; Oakland $. San. Francisco
Page 8.
N-.rthwestern League results: Seattle .
Portland 0: Spokane 8. Victoria 7; Van
couver 2. Taeoma 1. Page 8.
Dog show attracts multitude aa five cla-aes
are Judged by expert. Page 8.
Psciflc Northwest.
Milkmen defeat co-operative plan of distri
bution. Page 7.
Clark County man causes woman and daugh
ter and five men to be arrested for al
leged sssault. Page 0.
Oregnn section line foreman kills wife's
anility in Twin Falls hotel. Paga 7.
Supreme Court upholds city's right to dee
Ignate style of fenders. Page 6.
Eighteen freshmen of University of Wash
Ington kidnap two sophomores and leave
them bound. Page 1.
Governor Hay pardons Sibyl Wolfe. Page 6.
Commercial and Marine.
Reaction In Oregon mohair market. Page 21.
Advance In stock prices checked by Har
rlman earnings report. Paga 20.
Old windjammer Reuoe chartered to carry
cannery supplies to Alaska. Page 2X
Portland and Vicinity.
Pamphlet on hograislng Issued by Harrlman
system received well by farmers wno in
tend to try Industry. Page 14.
Firebug renews attempt to burn lodging
nouses. page li.
New good made association to be organ
ised tonigni. face v.
Grand Jury drops underworld scandals for
one day, but resumes this morning.
Page J.
County Court acquitted In bridge draw
closing cases. Page IS.
Nineteen-year-old bride says she was forced
Into marriage through use of drug
Psge 15.
Oamewell company accused of tricking rival.
Page 14.
W. W. Cotton, maintains Portland's position
entitles It to rate advantage. Pace 8.
Meeting will be held tonight to organize
state-wide good roads campaign. Page 9.
Klrmeaa greeted with tense et'tbuslasm.
Pags ! 2.
John F.. fetevana. guest of lress Club, en
tertains his hosts. Pass 4.
Lombard in sperh at Sell wood attacks)!
Council and urges adoption of commis
sion form of government. Page 4.
SLIMDOWIE FUND REPAID
6000 Zion Founders, World Over,
Get One-Eighth of Gifts.
WAUKEGAN, 111.. April 27. (Spe
cial.) Five thousand or more people
over all the world, who gave John
Alexander Dowle their all that he
might found hla City of Zlon. north
of Waukegan. have now received back
what Is left of It 12 8-10 cents on the
dollar of their money.
Checks were mailed to the con
tributors today to every corner of the
world and to every state In the Union;
11S went to Canada, 159 o England.
Scotland' and Ireland: 244 to Switzer
land. 58 to Germany. 44 to Australia
and New Zealand. IB to South Africa. '
nine to Holland, seven to Denmark,
five to Prance, four to Austria, two to
Mexico, two to Finland, two to Panama,
one to Hawaii and one to Palestine.
This makes a total of 677 checks to
foreign lands.
B0 AD LEADS TO PROGRESS AND
ENTS LEFT'
WITHOUT SUPPORT
Democrats Refuse Aid
in Senate Fight.
FORMAL PROTEST TO BE MADE
Militant Clan Gives Up Hope of
Winning Point.
FIGHT WILL COME TODAY
Republicans Will Be Left by Oppo
nents to Settle Own Domestic
Quarrels Democrats Finish
Committee Lists. .
WASHINGTON, April 27. The flght
In the open between the "progressive
Republican Senators and the regulars
over tha committee assignments will
take, place tomorrow.
Contrary to expectations, the pro
gressives" did not force the Issue to
day when Galllnger, chairman of the
Republican committee on committees,
submitted the completed lists. Cum
mins extended the armistice by asking
that consideration of the report go over
under the rulea of the Senate.
The progressive group will content
itself with making a formal protest
on the action of Galllnger's committee
in refusing to appoint LaFoIlette and
Brlstow to the Interstate commerce and
finance committees.
Democrats Refuse to Help.
The militant clan does not expect to
In Its point, but its members are
seeking solely to place themselves on
record.
The Democrats, It was announced at
the close of the caucus of that party
today, will give them no aid, believing
that the Republican majority is enti
tied Ho a free hand in adjusting its
own domestic differences.
The following is the list of appoint'
ments to ' committees adopted by the
Deraocratlo caucus today:
Democrats Make List.
Finance Bailey, Simmons, Stone,
Williams, Kern. Johnson (Maine.
Annrnnrlations Tillman, Foster, Cul
bcrson. Martin, Overman, Owen, tomttn
(Maryland).
Judlciarv Bacon. Culberson, Over
man, Rayner, Paynter. Chilton, O'Gor
man.
Interstate Commerce Tillman, Fos
ter, Newlands. Clarke (Arkansas), Gore,
Watson, Pomerene.
Foreign Relations Bacon, Stone,
Shively. Clarke (Arkansas), Kayner,
Hitchcock.
Postofflces and Post Roads Bank.
head. Taylor, Terrell, Smith (South
Carolina), Swanson, Bryan. Martin.
District of Columbia Martin, Payn
ter, Johnston (Alabama). Smith (Mary
land), Pomerene, Lea.
Claims Martin, Overman, Davis,
Paynter, Bryan, Martine.
Agriculture and Forestry Bankhead,
Gore, Chamberlain. Smith (South Caro
lina), Percy, Terrell, Lea.
Commerce Martin, Simmons, New
lands, Bankhead, Fletcher, Percy, Reed.
Education and Labor Kayner, Bank-
head, Shively, Swanson, Martine.
- Immigration Davis. Gore, Smith
(Concluded on Page 6.)
PROSPERITY."
ORG
NUN REHEARSING
PLAY, SHOOTS GIRL
CARTRIDGE PLACED IX REVOL'
- TER BY BOY.
Sister Handling Weapon to Allay
Fears of Pupils, Pulls Trigger.
Wound Near Heart.
MANHATTAN, Kan., April 27. While
rehearsing a play to be given by the
pupils of a Catholic school at Flush,
near here, a nun shot and probably
fatally wounded Pearl Reedy, 18 years
old.
The revolver is used in the play and
a short time before the rehearsal began
yesterday, one of the boy students
slipped into the room, and taking the
weapon from a stand, placed a cart
ridge into it and tried to shoot a bird.
The cartridge did not explode and he
returned the revolver to the stand.
When the time came to use the re
volver in the play, the girl who was
to use it, after picking It up, laid it
down, saying she was "afraid of the
old thing."
To show thea students there was no
cause for alarm,1 the sister pointed it
at Miss Reedy and pulled the trigger,
The girl fell to the floor with a bullet
near her heart.
MAN DIGS FOR BARD'S HEAD
American,' Digging in Muddy River,
Says Bacon Slew Shakespeare.
CHEPSTOW, England, April 27. Dr.
Orville W. Owen, who is digging in
the mud of the River Wye for manu
scripts which he believes were hidden
there by Lord Francis Bacon, is after
bigger game than has been supposed.
The American declared today that
the cipher which is guiding his opera
tions reveals that Bacon killed Shakes
peare and buried the Bard of Avon's
head In the box which Is now being
reclaimed from the river bottom. The
top of what the American thinks Is
the hidden cache was reached by the
sounding rods, but there Is a considera
ble layer of clay to be removed before
the logs or planking forming the cover
can be raised.
Despite the contention of archaeolo
gists that Dr. Owen Is only excavating
a structure used as a foundation for a
Roman bridge, the investigator Insists
that everything; tallies exactly with his
cipher forecast.
MORE DYNAMITE FOUND
Fifty-six Pounds of Explosive Dis
covered In St.' Louis Depot.
ST. LOUIS, April 27. A valise contain
ing 56 pounds of dynamite found under
a settee In the second-class waiting
room in the Union Station, Wednesday
. " -
until tonight, when city detectives whose
duty It ta to nspect all such parcels
opened the valise and discovered what
the contents were.
There is no clew to the identity of the
person who left the explosive in the
terminal. The dynamite was in two
cans, both of which were ready for fir
ing, each being fitted with caps and 20
feet of fuse. The cans were wrapped In
two gray coatsweaters, the whole bundle
fitting snugly In the valise.
The ends of the fuses projected from
a slit cut in the grip just under the lock.
The dynamite was thrown into the
Mississippi River, the percussion caps,
fuse, sweaters and valise being retained
in hopes of furnishing a clew to the
owner and as evidence.
FIRE HITS HOTEL IN NIGHT
It Is Feared Patrons of Memphis
Hostelry Have Suffocated.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 28. Fire
broke out in the Palmer House here
at an early hour this morning and at
3:30 o'clock five persons had been re
moved to hospitals in an unconscious
condition.
It is feared others have been suf
focated.
.'
NO CHANCE TO SLEEP NOW
State Capitol Xightwatcbman Must
"Tell of the Xight."
SALEM, Or., April 27. (Special.)
Nightwatchmen will have no opportun
ity to sleep at the State Capitol, follow-
ng a plan which has been adopted by
the Secretary of State in Installing a
nlghtwatch clock system, which will
compel the watchman to make hla
rounds conscientiously in the future.
KITTREDGE mIEAR DEATH
Ex-Senator From South Dakota in
Critical Condition at Hot Springs.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark., April 27. That
ex-Senator A. B. Kittredge, of Sioux
Falls, S. D., who came to Hot Springs
ten days ago suffering from an attack
of Jaundice, Is In a critical condition
Is admitted tonight.
But little hope Is entertained for his
ultimate recovery.
BOAT SINKS; FOUR PERISH
Carrying Capacity Load, Steamer
Goes Down During 50-Mile Gale.
PENSACOLA, Fla., April 27. Loaded
to capacity with a 5000-barrel cargo of
naval stores, the river steamer Belle
from Vernon, Fla., to Pensacola, sank
in a severe 50-mile gale late yesterday
In the Choctaw River, and four lives
were lost.
OFFICIALS CUT TO
PIECES BY REBELS
Men Loyal to Diaz Fall
Under Machetes.
GOVERNORS FLEE IN TERROR
Wife and Children See One
Hapless Wretch Hacked.
BANDITS HOLD UP TRAIN
Federal Recruits Killed and When
Engineer Remonstrates, He Is
Ruthlessly Slain Americans
Are Among Refugees.
BY STEPHEN BONSAU
(CopyrlRht, 1911. by the New York Times
Company, Chlcaro Record-Herald and The
Oregonlan.)
MEXICO CITY, April 27. (Special.)
After a silence of some days, which
seemed ominous, there has come today
a rush of news from the states of
Guerrero and Morelos, which smacks
of the Vendeean wars, and is heartily
discouraging to the lovers of peace
and all well-wishers of Mexico.
Putting it concisely, the governors
of these two states have fled their
posts; two Jefe Polltlcos and many
members of their official famlMes have
been assassinated; one Jefe Politico
being carved with machettes, while
his wife and children were present
trying to save him; three small federal
armies have been defeated and, except
those who deserted to the anti-government
forces, have all been killed.
Up to late last night, reports show
that these two Important states, with
the exception of the town of Iguala are
In the hands of the Insurgents or band
its, whichever they may be. For the
sake of the revolutionists, it is to be
hoped that the disgraceful acts which
have been committed will prove to ba
the work of common bandits.
Defense Is Hopeless. .
Until a late hour last night Iguala,
closely besieged, was held by a small
force of federals. Refugees from this
part of the distracted country arriv
ing at the station here this morning:
said that the federal defense of this
town was apparently hopeless. The
forc6 dld not gurrenderi Dut it was only
becaua(j rebels refu(jed terms
. k,nd gay,ng they proposed a genera,
massacre of all federal officers and
soldiers.
On a morning train coming in front
this direction were 30 Americans, flee
ing with their families and the
scenes which they describe are most
heartrending. Rejecting the more ex
citing stories of the Mexican passengers,
I shall depend entirely upon the state
ments made by these Americans.
One American engineer described to
me what he saw with his own eyes, night
before last. On a local train held up
near Iguala were 28 recently recruited
federal soldiers.
Rebels Mad With Liquor.
The insurgents seemed to have all
been mad with liquor and the recruits,
who were apparently unaccustomed to
the use of their new rifles, could offer
practically no resistance and were
slaughtered like sheep to a man. ' The
bandits then began to rob the passen
gers and upon hls offering remonstrance
rather than resistance, a distinguished
civil engineer of this city named Busta
mente, was murdered. Other travelers
were robbed of all their valuables and
the train was then allowed to proceed.
The news of these tragic occurrences
Is neither affirmed nor denied at tha
Ministries of War and Interior, hut tha
confusion and anxiety which are appar
ent offer, to my mind, ample confirma
tion. At 11 o'clock this morning a military
train conveying 500 soldiers left Colon la
Station destined to Iguala. An American
engineer driving the locomotive waa of
fered 1000 in gold if he would take the
train to the besieged point. He declined,
saying that he would take the train to
Cuernavaca for his regular salary but
would not go a step beyond for all tha
wealth in Mexico.
MAZATLAX STAXDIXG SIEGE
Pacific Port Surrounded by Rebels
and Railroads Tied Up.
NOG ALES, Mexico, April 27. What 1
believed to be an authentic report has
reached this city from Mazatlan, tha
big port on the western coast of tha
State of Sinaloa. saying it Is complete
ly surrounded by rebels, who have cut
off the water supply from the moun
tains. The Mexican guntoat began shelling
the rebel position from the 'harbor, but
yielded to the united protests of for
eign Consuls and ceased firing, and
later put to sea. 1 '
Trains are not running to Mazatlan
from the north, the rebels having
burned a bridge 18 miles out. Trains
Bouth to Cullacan are also stopped.
CORRAL BLAMES AMERICAX9
Vice-President Says They Want In
tervention and Caused Revolt.
MEXICO CITY, April 27. In a spe
cial dispatch from Santander, Spain,
to El Imparcial. Vice-President Corral.
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