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Show GERMAN WOMAN IS SLAIN IN MEXICO VERA CRUZ, May 2. That Mrs. Clara Bockmeyer, a Gorman woman, who, according to rumor, was mistaken for an American, was killed by a mob in tho streets of Mexico City on April 27, is the news brought horo today by refugees from the federal capital, !No confirmation of the incident has been received here. Under the impression that the traina still" wero running on the Jnteroceanic railroad the refugees wont to the station sta-tion of that line, instead of to the depot of ,tho Mexican railway, over which all other refugees have left the capital, so that tho news, of the woman's wom-an's death was not widely known among Americans and was lato in reaching Vera Cruz. Mrs. Beckmovor was a widow of three months. She woro at her collar a small silk German flag, but the mob, rogarding this merely as a flimsy disguise dis-guise oi nationality, is said to have dragged her through the streets until she died. Fighting Continues. WASHINGTON, May 2. Admiral Howard reported from the west coast of Mexico today that fighting among the federals and constitutionalisxa still contiuue at. Mazatlan, but that conditions at Mauzauillo wero improved. im-proved. Shipping along the west, coast practically is suspended, the admiral said. , Admiral Howard reported further that the steamer Mazatlan was due at Snu Diego, Cal., about May 5 with 170 refugees, many of whom aro destitute and will require assistance. Thoro also aro aboard fifty-seven refugees from Topolobambo, collected by the torpedo destroyer Stewart, and seventeen from Acapulco, collected by tho Whipple. It is reported there aro no moTe refugees at Guaymas. Tho cruiser Albany is convoying tho Pacific Mail steamer Peru to San Bias. |