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WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, Match 25.—Arizona; Fair
Sunday and Monday. West Texas: Un-
settled Sunday; colder In north portion
Monday. New Mexico: Cloudy Sunday.
I
ffl ? ag0 Itonmg aTirae^
METAL MARKET.
COPPER, PeR 100 LBS.....$11.71X»11.*0
ZINC. PER 100 LBS............$5.55®S.M
SILVER, PER OZ............. *>/
LEAD, PER 100 LBS...........$4 45Q4.50
THIRTY-FIRST YEAR
EL PASO. TEXAS, SUNDAY. MARCH 26, 1911
TWENTY-FOUR PACES PRICE, FIVE CENTS
ISO PERSONS WERE BURNED
l| HEW YORK FACTORY FIRE
Women Employes of Waist Factory
Caught in Burning 10 Story Building
and Were Killed Jumping From
Windows or Roasted /
fit
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♦ ♦
•P Associated Press Dispatch.
New York, March 25.—One <S>
❖ hundred and forty-eight per- $
<t> sons—nine-tenths of them girls. <s>
<»• from the East side—were crush- <S>
S’ ed to death on the pavements,
<S» smothered in smoke or burned -i>
/ $> to a crisp in a factory fire this <$■
; afternoon In the worst disaster <$>
^ New York has known since the <8>
^ steamship General Slocum was <$>
<J> burned to the water's edge off <&
^ North Brothers island in 1904.
<> One hundred and forty-one 4'
•$> bodies have been removed from •$>
<$> the ruins at midnight and seven ■$>
of the forty injured had died in <$>
<8> the hospitals. This, it is believed
<£ Completes the list of dead, most $
<8* of whom are unidentified. <$>
<J> Grief crazed relatives besieged 1i>
<§■ the morgue as the bodies were >8>
i> laid out. •$>
if?
' Associated Preaa Diapatch.
New York, March 25—One hundred
and fifty persons—about one hundred
and twenty-five of them girls from
the East side—were crushed to death
on the pavements, smothered by
smoke or burned to a crisp this af-
ternoon In the worfet fire New York
has known since the steamship Gen-
eral Slocum was burned to the water’s
edge off North Brothers island in
1904.
Nearly all, if not all of the victims
were employed by the Triangle Shirt-
waist company on thq eighth, ninth
and tenth floors of a ten-story loft
buildlrtg at No. 23 Washington place,
on the western fringe of the down-
town wholesale clothing, fur and mil-
linery district. The partners of the
firm, Isaac Harris and Max Blanck,
escaped unscathed from the office
on the tenth floor, carrying with
them over an adjoining roof IJlanck’s
two young daughters and a governess.
There was not an outside fire escape
on the building.
Origin Unknown. \
PHOTOS OF PROMINENT ARMY OFFICERS NOW AT SAN IlMDICCinflD 1C I nil7 PUnnCCP
ANTONIO, TAKElf ON FIELD, AND ARTILLERYMEN AT WORK nlTlDHODRUUn ID DIAL UlUJUOtD
How the fire started, perhaps, will _ _________ ______________ ____
never I16 known. A corner on the smashed a pane of glass, dropped in
ington place scores or men detained
beyond office hours worked at their 1
desks. One of them saw a girl rush
to a window and throw up the sash.
Behind her dashed a seething curtaiD
of yellow flames. She climbed to the
sill, stood in black outline against the
light, hesitating, then with a last touch
of futil thrift, slipped her chatelaine
bag over her wrist and jumped. Her
body went whirling downward
through the woven wire glass of a
canopy to the flagging below Her
sisters who followed flashed through
the air like rockets. It was 85 feet
from the eighth floor to the ground,
about ’96 feet from the ninth floor,
115 feet from the cornice of the roof
and the upward rush of the draught
and the crackle of the flames drowned
their cries.
Six Crash to Death.
Six girls fought their way to a win-
dow on the ninth floor over the bodies
of fallen fellow workers and crawled
out In slgle file to an eight Inch stone
ledge running the length of the
building more than a hundred feet
above the sidewalk. They crept a\ong 1/
their perilous pathway to a swinging '
electric feed wrire spanning Washing-
ton place. /
The leaders paused for their com-
panions to catch up at the end of the
ledge and the six grabbed the wire
simultaneously. It snapped like rot-
ten whipcord and they dashed down
to death.
life Nets Fail.
A thirteen year old girl hung for
three minutes by her finger tips to
the silk of a tenth floor! window. A
tongue of flames licked at her fingers
and she dropped Into a Ufenet_held
by firejnen. Two women fell Into the
net aealmost the same moment.
The strands parted and they, too,
were added to the death list. A girl
threw her pocketbook, then her hat,
then her furs from a tenth floor win-
dow. A moment later her body came
whirling after them to death. - •
At the ninth floor window a man
and a woman appeared. The man
embraced the woman and kissed her.
Then he hurled her to the street and
jumped. Both were killed. Five girls
Senor de la Barra is Named
Successor to Creel
Five Members Have Been
Unofficially Announced
6ES0MES MEXICAN PREMIER GEN. REYES IS COMING BACK
Now En Route to Mexico City
to Assume Duties of His
New Position
GE9ERN. BUNCO
ST ■.....
ga vrrtasapis? —**
Heaping to Death.
swept. On the ninth floor fifty
bodies were found; sixty-three or
more persons were crushed to death
by jumping; more than thirty clog-
ged the elevator shafs. Loss to prop-
erty will not exoeed $100,000.
Pedestrians going home through!
Washington place to Washington
square at ten minutes to five o’clock
were scattered by the whiz of some-
thing rushing through the air before
them; there was a horrible thud on
the pavement and a body flattened
on the flagstone. Wayfarers on the
opposite side of the street shaded
their eyes against the setting bud and
saw the windows of the three upper
floors of the building black with girls
crowding to the sills.
Jump to Death.
"Don’t Jump; don’t jump”; yelled
the crowd, but the girls had no alter-
native. The pressure of the madden-
ed hundreds behind them and the
urging of their own fears were too
strong. They began to fall to the
sidewalk.
Four alarms were rung within fif-
teen minutes. Before the engines
could respond, before the nets could
be stretched or the ladders raised,
five girls had fallen from the eighth
and ninth floors so heavily that they,
broke through the glass and iron roofs
of the sub-cellars and crashed through
the very streets to the vaults below.
In an hour the fire was out; in half
an hour it had done its worst; prob-
ably the death list was complete in
20 minutes.
Exits Inadequate.
The building stands on a comer
with exposure on two sides, but the
only fire escape was in the interior,
opening on a light air shaft In all
there were seven exits—the single
fire escape, two freight elevators at
the rear, two passenger elevators in
front and two stairways; all of them
proved almost useless and practically
all who escaped either Climbed to the
roof and scrambled thence to the roof
of the building occupied by the Am-
erican Book company, adjoining, or
fled in the first, jrush for safety
before the crush atn
thick.
The building stands tonight with
shell intact and barely scarred—
rathre only smudged; the partitions of
architectural tiling between floor and
floor are sound, and it is impossible
for one who sees it to imagine how
the flames In so short space could
have wrought’ such havoc. ,
Seven Hundred Employed
Seven hundred hands, 100 of them
women, were employed by the shirt-
waist company. They'sat in rows at
their whirring machines, the tables be-
fore them piled with flimsy cloth, the
floor littered With lint, the air Itself
full of flying. Inflammable dust
The first rush of flame was almost
an explosion. Operators died in their
chairs, their lungs seared by inhaling
flames. Others were crowded into the
elevator shafts after the cars had
made their last trip. Still others
were pushed off the inad^iuate inte-
rior fire escape.
Bnrstod Fire Nets.
In such a horrible stream did the
bodies overflow from the windows
that the fire nets stretched by the first
company to arrive were soon gorged
bevond capacity. Twelve bodies
« righted one net to the bursting point,
but the bodies kept on tumbling to
the pavement through meshes that
could no longer support them.}
When the first breath of flatie curl-
ed over the edge of a pile of shirting
on the eighth floor, five minutes be-
fore quitting time, hundreds were In
line before the cashier’s window.
Bodies like Rockets.
In the office buildings across Wash-
ed smoke grew too
A glr! on the eighth floor leaped for
a fireman’s ladder which h&d reached
only to the slgth floor. She missed,
struck the edge of the life net and
was picked up with her back broken.
From one window a girl of about 13
years, a woman, a man and two other
women with their arms about one an-
other threw themselves to the ground
in rapid succession. The little girl
was hurried to the New York hospital
in au automobile. She screamed as
the driver and a policeman lifted her
into the hallway. A surgeon came out,
gave one look at her face and touch-
ed her wrist.
"She Is dead,” he said.
Harrowing Details.
One girl Jumped into a horse blan-
ket held by firemen and a policeman.
The blanket ripped like cheesecloth
and fter body was mangled almost be-
yond recognition. •
Another dropped into a tarpaulin
held by three nven. .Her weight tore
from their grasp and she struck the
street, breaking almost every bone in
her body.
Almost at the same time a man som-
ersaulted down upon the shoulder of
a policeman holding the tarpaulin. He
glanced off, struck the sidewalk and
was picked up dead.
At the Elevator.
Within the building a man on the
ninth floor /stationed himself at the
door of one of the elevators and with
a club kept back the girls who had
stampeded to the wire cage. Thirty(
were admitted to the car at a time.'
They were taken down as fast as
possible.
The call for ambulances was fol-
lowed by successive appeals for police
until 50 patrolmen arrived to cope
wltl^a crowd numbering tens of
thousands—a mixture of the morbid-
ly curious and of half crazed relatives
and friends of the victims.
A hundred mounted policemen had
to charge the crowd repeately to keep
it back.
50 Charred Bodies.
Led by Fire Chief Croker a squad
of firemen stoned the stairways and
gained access to the building at seven
o’clock. Two searchlights from
buildings opposite lighted the way of
the fire fighters as they ascended to
the top floors. Fifty charred bodies
were found On the ninth floor. They
lay in every possible posture, some
so burned that recognition was im-
possible. A half dozen were nude,
with the flesh hanging in shreds to
the bones.
Women with their hair burned away
with here'and there a limb burned
entirely off and the charred stump
visible were lifted tenderly from the
debris, wrapped in oil cloth and sent
by pulleys to the street. Across the
street there rested on the sidewalk a
hundred pine coffins into which were
placed the bodies.
As fast gs this was done the cof-
fins were carried away in any kind ol
vehicle that could be pressed into
service to the morgue at Ballevue
hospital and the charities pier
morgue .opened for the first time
since the Slocum horror. /
Gallant Rescuers.
On the tenth floor of the building
adjoining the burning structure is the
law department of New York univer-
sity. Here twenty odd students were
listening to a lecture by Frank H.
Sommer, former sheriff of Essex
county. N. J. He saw the smoke and
the girls trapped n the roof. He led
his class to the roof of the university
quarters where they found two lad-
Reported to Hkve Demanded
Surrender of City
MAY ATTACK
THIGHMl
Reported No lnsurrectos are to be Seen
Between Casas Grandes and
\ Ciudad Juarez
(
Jose . de la Luz Blanco, with 600
well mounted lnsurrectos were at,the
San Diego ranch 12 miles south of
Casas Grandes, last Thursday, having
arrived from Agua Piieta. Blanco
stated to visitors that he had sent
word to the Jefe politico of Casas
Grandes demanding the surrender of
the town. Should the authorities re-
fuse to surrender he would attack
the city Sunday morning.
Twenty-five of Blanco’s insurrectos
were over at Pearson and watched
the construction crew repair the
three damaged bridges between Pear-
son and Casas Grandes. The insur-
recto troopers told the ’ foreman of
the construction ;gang that he could
go ahead and repair the destroyed
bridges and that' they would not be
molested by the lnsurrectos.
This news was brought into El
Paso yesterday by .a .number 'of Mex-
icans wjio arrived on" a handcar from
Pearson. The men left Pearsdn last
Thursday evening and report seeing
no lnsurrectos between Casas Gran-
des and Juarez. The Mexico-North-
western telegraph Wires Which have
been working through to Pearson
for the past two-days were cut again
shortly after 12 o’clock yesterday. It
is not known exactly where the wires
are down. . ,
(Continued on Page Two.)
SPECTACULAR BATTLE AT
LA COLORADO, SONORA
Special Correspondence.
La Colorado, Sonora, Mex., March
23,—We had a spectacular battle hero
yesterday when 50 rebels, consisting
entirely of Pima Indians, who were
posted on the.hfll where Is located the
Creston mill, were attached by 450
federals Arom the Grand Central hill
Just outside of town. The Indians
stood off the federals and killed and
wounded 30 of them.’ Only one of
the Indians of the Insurrecto force
was wounded. The rest of the in-
surrecto command numbering 650
men were encamped between here
and Minas Prietes at the time of
the fight.
The federals were reinforced this
morning by 150 more infantrymen
from Hermosillo and the Indians
still retain their position and are
fighting the federals again this
morning. Thsurest of the Insurrectos
are expected up in a few hours and
It is reported here that 800 more in-
surrectos are marohing here from
ITres.
The rebels have been here for sev-
-eral days and have conducted them-
selves with extreme decoruin and
have made a good Impression on all
the people here.
Aaaoelatcd Pices Dispatch.
San Antonio, Tex., March 25.—The
war cloud turned out to be full of
rain today and everybody In Texas
was hippy except the soldiers and
winter* tourists.
General Stplth, in cominand of the
brigade at Leon Springs, 27 miles
from camp, telephone headquarters
is?# jmsstr fe wr
plete the program of manem srs de-
layed by the weather. He had In-
tendedf’to return next Wednesday.
Lieut. Col. Daniel ft. McCarthy, the
division quartermaster If he is able
to carry out his plans will be equip-
ped with a division ammunition train
a matter which previously has got
no further than plans on paper at
Washington.
General Duncan, commander of
the department of Texas reported all
quiet on the border. The troop of
third cavalry despatched to Chlshos
from which place alarmist reports
have been received, has arrived and
reports no evidence of depredations
by Mexicans. The troops, however,
will remain there for some time.
Col. Ell N. Hoyft, until recently
lieutenant colonel of the .sixth field
artillery kt Fort Riley, Kan., arrived
today and will take comnmand of the
fourth field artillery—/
WAR OFFICIALS VIEW
\ MOVING PICTURE SHOW
Aeaociated Proa Diapatch.
Washington, March 25.—Mingling
with the usual audience of a small
moving picture theater, Secretary of
War Dickinson and several of the
highest officers of the army today
witnessed a reproduction of the Initial
movements p and exercises of the
"maneuver division” In Texas. Be-
sides the secretary the party Includ-
ed: Major- General Leonard Wood,
chief of staff of the army; Major
General Ainsworth, adjutant general
of the army; Major General Arthur
Murray of the general staff, and sev-
eral other officers.
These men wero the directors of
the great movement of troops which
stirred, the country.
MEASLES AMONG TROOPS
STATIONED AT GALVESTON
iaanrhitfd Preaa Diapatch.
Galveston, Texas, March 26.—Tha
fourth case of measles developed at
Fort Crockett today. Thte general
health conditions at the camp cofD,
tlnue excellent, due largely to the
great precautions that are taken.
Six machine guns arrived today
Monday the work of instructing the
soldiers how to operate them will be-
gin. There was no drilling at the
camp but the regular weekly inspec-
tion wag heW and later the men were
put through signal practice.
MAJOR EDUARDO RAY
RECOVERING FROM WOUNDS.
A message received in El Paso yes-
terday from Casas Grandes stated that
the Insurrecto staff officer Eduardo
Hay who was reported killed was
(Continued on Page Seventeen.)
ARMY OFFICERS WILL IN-
SPECT MILITARY INSTITUTIONS
Aaaoeiated Preaa Diapatch.
Washington, March 25.—Four army
officers have bee-i detailed to make
the annual Inseeetion of all the mil-
itary educational lnU’tutiona ,n the
United StaV*. The > I/i.-rs selected
and their fieid cf lnrpeT-on a»c:
Captain Benjamin T. Simmons,
general staff, Institutions in New
York, Massachusetts. Rhode Island,
Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, New
Hampshire, Delaware, West Virginia.
Maryland, Virginia. Florida, North
Carolina and South Carolina.
Captain Howard L. Laubach, gen-
eral staff, institutions in Gainesville,
Ga., Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico,
Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon
Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah
and Wyoming.
Captain George O. Jamieson, gen-
eral staff, institutions in Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illi-
nois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Geor-
gia. except Barnesvlile, Ga.
Captain Harry N. Cootes, thirteenth
cavalry, institutions In Wisconsin,
North Dakota, Minnesota, South Da-
kota, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Ok-
lahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi aud
Alabama.
WEALTHY MERCHANT
Of 5<in Javier District, Visited
by Revolutionist*
Reported That He Will Hava
Charge of Federal Armies
in the Field
MIRE TO CONTRIBUTE (2,000
Body of Fully 1,000 Iniurrsctoi Now in
Ures, in Easy Striking Distance
of Hermosillo
Special to The Timea
Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, March
25.—The Southern Pacific Railroad
company has offered a $600 reward
for this capture and conviction‘of the
person who burned tho railroad
bridge In kilometer number 11, near
EmpoJme.
The revoltoso band commanded by
Gomez, has been twice In the town of
Tesopaco and both times they raised
money by forcing the Inhabitants to
lelp the revolution. They stole nrms,
ammunition and horses, as well as
provisions and hay, threatening to
impress In their army all persons who
refused aid. The presidents munici-
pal Jose F. Acuna, when the town
was threatened, escaped to Cocorlt,
80 kilometers west of Tesopaco,
A parly of revoltosos reached
Hacienda Racusa, belonging to Pas-
cual Gomez Lamarld, located In Ala-
mos district, wheer they took four
30-30 carbines and four 44 carbines,
(Winchesters) supplied with 4000
cartridges of both calibers. They took,
too, nine head of cattle.
A little hand of 20 revoltosos is in
that same neighborhood, and it Is
now enroute to the south to join the
command of Gomez.
It is reported that Emilio Mendlvll,
a young man 17 years of age, and
who was secretary of Ramon Gomez,
met death In the Navojoa fights.
Today there arrived in Guaymas
Sr. Juan Garcia, a wealthy merchant
of San Javier, district of Hermosillo.
Sr. Garcia reports that a group of
revoltosos reached San Javier an.!
forced him to give them $2,000 in
coin and merchandise, and that all
merchants residing there, were forced
to deliver them money and mer*.
chandlse. Sr. Garcia and many other
wealthy people left San Javier to es-
cape from these Impositions.
The train service between Corral
and Tonichl has been resumed, the
bridges that were burned, having been
repaired.
In Guaymas, a party of Americans
are buying lands. They bul land sit-
uated In Sonora, without discussing
the price.
News has been received in this city
of a skirmish in La Colorado, be-
tween the rurules Under the com-
mand of Lieut. Col. Luis Medina Bar-
ron and the revoltoso force u.nder
Anarteto Giron, In control of ths
towm Medina Barron, with 400 rural!
and * federals, was ordered to La
Colorado to fight the revoltoso force
under Giron, who, with a command
of about 600 revolutionists, controlled
the town last Sunday morning.
As soon as the revoltosos knew tho
government forces were approsching,
they proceeded to leave the town
and a skirmish took place while the
revoltoso* were retiring. Neither sldj
triumphed. <
It Is reported the revoltosos’ In-
tentions are to go on to Ures to Join »
large party of rebels who are over
there, to form a competent columa
Aasociatfd Preaa Diapatch.
Washington. March 25—Franklin do
la Barra, Mexican ambassador to the
United States, was today named min-
ister of foreign affairs In the Mexican
qgblfloi by President Diaz. Minister
ae la Barra has telegraphed his ac-
ceptance to Mexico City.
immediately after telegraphing his
acceptance, Senor de la Barra went
lo the Wnito House and Informed
President Taft. Tho president ex-
pressed pleasure at the ambassador’s
appo ntinent and congratulated him
warmly.
As the ambassador has decided to
leave here tomorrow for Mexico City
the president bade him farewell.
Senor de la Barra also called upon
Secretary of State Knox and Informed
him of the appointment, Mr. Knox
congratulated the ambassador and
bade him godspeed. The minister of
foreign relations In making the an-
nouncement to the Associated Press
of his appointment said hq did not
know whether any other members of
the new cabinet had been decided
upon.
Candidacy Known.
The fact that Ambassador de la
Barra was a candidate for the post of
minister of foreign relations had been
known by friends In Washington for
some time. The ambassador, how-
ever, always had expressed a desire
thiri publicity should not be given to
suCTi information. His reason was
that while ho would feel It his duty to
his country to accept the post If it
were offered to him, he really prefer-
'r.'d.-Jo remain In Washington, where
In the^Ywett^on of ambassador he
might continue the work of cement-
ing the friendly relations between
Mexico and the united States.
Ih discussing privately last night
with a representative of the Associat-
ed Press th« probability of his ap-
pointment as minister of foreign re-
lations the ambassador disclosed the
fact that his name had been men-
tioned by supporters of both the fed-
eral government and the revolution-
ary movement. He said he hopedi
however, President I)laz might con-
fer the honor of the premiership In
his cabinet on some one else, but that
If the post were offered to him he
should feel It a duty to accept.
Notified Iasi Night.
A message reached tho ambassador
at 7 o’clock tonight from Senor Creel,
who resigned yesterday as minister of
foreign relations, In which the latter
announced to Honor de la Barra that
It was President Diaz’ wish that he
accept the post of minister of foreign
relations.
The ambassador wired his aqcept-
ence at once and Immediately called
on President Taft.
The ambassador said he had not
the-Slightest-Idea who would succeed
him In his post at Washington. Asked
lr he thought Senor Creel, who once
was the Mexican ambassador here,
might return, he answered he had ab-
solutely no information on the sub-
ject.
Honor de la Barra has not been
Identified with any particular politi-
cal party In Mexico and the signlfl
canoe of his appointment Is that It Is
expected to meet with ^he hearty ap-
proval of all factions. He has de-
voted himself chiefly to the foreign
relations of Mexico, having .been am-
bassador to various countries.
Picked Aiubaasador.
When It becamo known that Senor
Creel would resign, the ministry of
foreign relations, tljose conversant
with Mexican affair*; without hesita-
tion picked Senor de la Barra as the
most likely successor because of his
familiarity with the country’s foreign
affairs. He always has taken a deep
interest In arbitration and peace and
has taken a leading part In furthering
the cause of arbitration among Wash-
ington diplomats.
He has made a special study of in-
ternational law and was for many
years a professor of Jurisprudence
and logic at the university school of
Mexico City. For five years he was
a member of the Mexican federal con-
gress and In 1902 was appointed min-
ister to Bouth American republics on
the Atlantic side. In 1904 he be-
came Mexico’s representative at Bel-
gium and the Netherlands, and his
four years in Europe, successfully ne-
gotiated treaties for his country with
Italy and Holland. He represented
Mexico at The Hague conference of
1 907 and became ambassador to the
United Htates In 1908. Ambassador
de la Barra Is 48 years old, and about
a month ago married a sister of his
late wire. _
IRON ORE PLANT
DYNAMITED IN OIIIO.
Aaaoeiated Preaa Diapotch,
Cleveland, Ohio, March 25.—Un-
identified vandals dynamited the new
Iron ore handling plant of the Erie j
railroad at North Randall a suburb , for Paris.
succeeding
Aaaociotcd Preaa Diapatch.
Mexico City, March 25.—Although
no official announcement has been
made it is known that five new mem-
bers of President Diaz's cabinet have
been selected, and It is almost certain
Jose Yves Llmantour will remain as
minister of fiance. Other selections
besides Senor de la Rarra as min-
ister of foreign relations arc:
Demetrio Sodl, judge , of the su-
preme court, minister of Justice, suc-
ceeding Juatlno Fernandez.
Norbeto Dominguez. postmaster
general, department of communica-
tion, succeeding Leandro Fernandez.
Manuel Maroquin, well known civil
engineer, department of fomento
(promotion of colonization and In-
dustry) succeeding ulagrlo Molina.
Jorge Vera Estanol, an attorney,
minister of education,
Juato Sierra.
So far as official announcement lg
concerned, Mexico City Is as Ignorant
tonight as It wasg$eftterday.
Until late this afternoon officials
at the state department expected to
be able to give out the names of the
men appointed but at 7:35 o'clock
tonight It was said the administration
would make no announcement be-
fore next week, it is barely possible
changes may then be made In the list
of those now selected, por the de-
partments of war and Interior no hint
has been given as to their Incumbents
Reyes Coming Back.
denera! Bernardo Keyes now in
Italy, who by many was believed to
be slated for the post of secretary of
war and marine Is returning to Mex-
ico but not to servo in that capacity
It was believed. According to a high
authority he will return to serve In
the army,
With the exception of General Dla*
himself, there Is no man in Mexico
whom the Mexican people credit with
greater military genius than General
Keyes and It is believed the mere
knowledge of the faet that he Is to bi
sent Into the field will do much to
break thq spirit of the revolution.
With the change* In tho cabinet
reforms v%)l be enacted. It is cur-
rently reported, which will lricludi*
changes In the electoral system, ef-
fect! vo suffrage in the election of
state governors and a reformation of
the powers of the jefes politico.
It is said a full program of these
reforms will bo given in the presi-
dent’s message next Saturday at the
opening of congress. That the ad-
ministration’s policy of reform now
has an excellent chance of being car-
ried out successfully la currently be-
lieved and It Is as widely believed
that then would he no alteration In
Its attitude towards the rebels so far
as the war Is concerned.
liimanUuir 'Talks.
"1 hope and earnestly trust that
the present differences will soon ba
solved In the best Interests of tha
country and to the satisfaction of all
reasonable and patriotic, persons,"
said Jose Yves Llmantour today. Mr.
Llmantour Insisted that he be quoted
as a private citizen.
”1 feel that I can say that the ad-
ministration of President Diaz Is pre-
pared to take such measures and Im-
plant such reforms as will satufy the
best public opinion, and whllo meet-
ing force with force it will leave
nothing undone In the present cir-
cumstances to unite all good Mexi-
cans.
"The Mexican people and the gov-
ernment’s friendly to us must believe
and I gay this is In all solemnity of
verity that the government is deter-
mined properly and progressively to
satisfy all legitimate demands for re-
formative measures and that it L» do-
ing this In Its line of duty as a repre-
sentative government, honestly, sin-
cerely and fearlessly.’’
Of the men leaving the cabinet
none Is better known to American*
than Enrique Creel, the retiring min-
ister of foreign affairs, both because
of having filled the post of ambassa-
dor to Washington and his dealings
with Americans In Chihuahua while
serving as Its governor.
REYES EXPRESSES BELIEF
MEXICO WILL BE PACIFIED
Aaaoeiatrd Preaa Diajmtch.
Modenu, Italy, March 25.—General
Bernardo Keyes, who has been here
since Thursday inspecting thp mili-
tary college and studying department*
of the army has not yet received in-
structions to return to Mexico. He
expects, however, to depart shortly
of Cleveland. The dynamite was
used on the ore bridge of the plant
which wa* destroyed with an esti-
mated loss of $200,000 (official.)
The plant cost. It Is said, about one
million dollars and had been In op-
eration only a few days.
to attack the capital of Sonora, Her-
moslllo.
Another report say* that day before
yesterday they reached Ure* a large
body of lnsurrectos. numbering from
600 to 700. If those of La Colorado
Huceed In joining this band, there wl"
be in Ures an Insun-ecto body of
more than 1000 men. They are in
control of Ures.
Ures is one of the main cities In
Sonora, and formerly was the capital
of this state, and was once called the
Athens of Sopor*.
General Reyes was reserved when
questioned with reference to the sit-
uation In his own country.
The resignation of the dabinet he
considered a measure agreed upon
between the ministry and President
Diaz, and believed It would-a*,d In the
pacification of the country, as the
discontent was chiefly against cer-
tain ministers and governors of cer-
tain states. He was too far from
Mexico, he said, to follow events
closely but in his opinion several of
the ministers are very likely to re-
sume power, Instancing Llmantoiir
and Creel. He reiterated his belief
that the insurrection would be crush-
ed ,within two months and pointed out
that the revolutionists are now being
caught between the American fron-
tier, which is guarded by American
troops and the Mexican army, with-
out hope of aid from any quarter.
Mi
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