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Show AMERICAN REFUGEES REACH NEW ORLEANS BUT ARE HOMELESS NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 30. After having hav-ing lost everything they owned and glad to escape with their Uvea,- twenty-three American refugees from Mexico arrived hero late today on tho steamor City of Tamplco from Vera Cruz. Many of the Americans came from the Interior and had nothing but tho clothes they woro. They said the American government arranged ar-ranged for their passage and they expected ex-pected to be taken care of hero for a time with ntato department funds. This aid. however, was not forthcoming, and tonight at least eight of tho party, In-eluding In-eluding ono woman, waited on the dock until John I. Gannon, president of a local trust company, who has charge of the Red Cross funds In Now Orleans, took oharge of thorn. Some time ago Mr. Gannon was Instructed, he said, to take caro of any American refugees from Mexico, but not to take such action until un-til speclllcally ordered. Ho understood ho was acting ns agont for tho state dopartment and that tho Red Cross was to attend to placing stato dopartmont funds appointed for this purpose. Mr. Gannon says ho notified tho state department of tho expected arrival of the refugees and twice wired for Instructions, but lato tonight no word had boon received re-ceived from Washington. Without definite defi-nite Instructions Mr. Gannon would tako no action In tho namo of tho Rod Cross. Fourteen of tho party camo from Dur-ango, Dur-ango, tho capital of which has been In the hands of rebels for somo time. Mrs. Mary A. Brackott told of repeated visits of rebels to hor home and how with drawn pistols and sabers they robbed hor of almost everything In her homo. During Dur-ing tho overland trip from Durango with her son, Frank S. Brackott of Idaho, the party was robbed, but allowed to proceed with, their wagon and clothos, but nothing noth-ing else. Braclcett was a miner. Frank Abbott, also a miner, said he recently re-cently was hold up by rebels and told ho was to be shot. His captors tied him to a trco, but before the order to fire was given the commander had him untied. Tho robols left him unhurt, but took his clothing. "Tho killing of tho Englishman, Palmer, Palm-er, In a Durango mining office, seems to show that the Mexicans dislike all for-olgnors, for-olgnors, not particularly Americans," said Frank S. Brackott. "Becauso he would not open a safo, tho combination of which ho did not know. Palmer was slain. It Is not a eaoo of nationality, it's simply sim-ply monoy and supplies they want" |