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Show CONSUL AIDED IN STOPPING THE BATTLE IN CITY VERA CRUZ, April 22, Vera Cruz, aftor a da3- and a night of res'iHtance to tho American lorees, gradually ceased its opposition. Urged by itear Admiral Fletcher, tho city began returning re-turning to its normal civil government under its own local oflicials. The gradual cessation of hostilities was brought, about through notes sent by Consul William W. Canada to tho mayor; the jefo politico, or chief federal fed-eral civilian ollicial, the chief of police nnd the other oflicials, calling on them for thoir co-oporation. Tho chief point from which the Moxi-caus Moxi-caus llred was in tho central part o the eitv. flonsc-top fighting, which has boon more or less continuous since the operations, opera-tions, began sharply this morning as it became light onough to aim. Captain William Hush, commander of tho battleship Florida, had received orders not to effect any advance, but to hold the positions he had taken yesterday. yester-day. Captain Rush had under his orders ashore nearly 3000 men, while off shoro there are awaiting his call up to 0000 men. Saved His Men. Roar Admiral Flelchor was do-torminod do-torminod not to lose more men than was absolutely necossnry, and for this roason, in all probability, did not u'H-i?.o u'H-i?.o the forces under his comm."! ashore in charges or to advance, on tho positions held Ijy the snipers. The Mexican sharpshooters appeared not to have diminished in numbers today, to-day, and with daylight their bullets appeared to take change of direction. The Mexican troops belonging to the regular establishment had practically all left the city and the firing wns carried car-ried out by armed citizens and straggling strag-gling soldiers and policemen. Note Undelivered. j Rear Admiral Fletcher's note, sout to tho local oflicials, calling on them to co-opcrato co-opcrato with the Amoticau otlieors in tho restoration of order by calling off sharpshooters and by rcsumiug the local government, could not be delivered. Julio Kraiico. the Mexican chosen bv American Consul Canada to bo the bearer of the warning-, was uuablo to communicate communi-cate with any of the federal officials, and only the mayor, Roberto Dluz. could be located. When Franco tried to communicate with the mayor, he was refused admission admis-sion by Mexican guards stationed at tho door. Franco then crawled over the roof of an adjoining bjilldlng into tho court of tho Diaz residence, but he did not succeed suc-ceed In seeing the mayor. Sonor Diaz refused to leave his bedroom, bed-room, so Consul Canada'B messenger Bhotited the contonts of Roar Admiral Fletcher's note to the mayor, and personally per-sonally appealed to him "to yield In order to save the city from bombardment by the American ships, reminding him of the grave risk to tho families of Mexicans and others in the city. Communication between the port of Vera Cruz and tho federal capital has been severed. All the telegraph and the cable wires are down, and R. F. Hundley, Hund-ley, superintendent of tormlnals. has been unable to ascertain what has become of the trains that were on their way here yesterday from Mexico City when tho landing of American marines and blue-Jackets blue-Jackets took place. At tho terminal here there are eight locomotives and several hundred cars. The unwillingness of storekeepers to keep their places open, nnd tho almost total depletion of supplies at the restaurants restau-rants where the proprietors continued doing business, made It difficult for anyone, any-one, except the American fighting forces, to obtain anything to cat. |