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Show mum iCAPITAL CITY I ARE WCEff mfugees Arriving in Vera Cruz Tell of Insults Of-Hlfered Of-Hlfered and Dire Threats JBt Made. IBfEXICO OITY, April 23. (By refu-Mtrain refu-Mtrain to Vera Crnc, April 24.) Wtis in the slreots of Mexico City Wte trampling under foot the Stars American pedestriaus when tho rofngoo mSn, engaged under Cho auspices of BftBritiBh and German legations, left KVera Ornz, carrying pomo 500 Staves of various nationalities, phe position of American citizens Mat the federal capital was regarded Kmcdiatcly after the news of the wJing of American bluejackets and fines at Vera Cruz was made known Uo federal capital by extra editions Ke local newspapers crowds of stu-and stu-and government office employees Kn to gather. Kits and Threats. jj dusk a mob had assembled in jib of tho American club, whoro they Khed windows and howled insults throats at tho Americans inside, all Bfvhom they threatened to assassi- m appeal to the governor of tho fed-fdistrict fed-fdistrict brought police protection, Boot before the crowd had shattered Kwindows in the clubhouse and iu Kning propcrtj belonging to Ameri- Ktil 2 o'clock in the morning ex-j ex-j Mexicans marched the streets, Hng tho national anthem and shout-K&Death shout-K&Death for the Americans.' ' An mncan jewelry storo was looted by Itooh at midnight. The police looked Kthout taking action. Be American club, the loading ?!QcaiJ hostelry and tho offices of i Mexican Herald were closed, owing fce threats to burn them and murder tRpccupauls. i rfegners Prepared. 1 I n British, Germans and French in I federal capital were prepared at a I Bank's notice to gather in the l,6usly arranged concentration dis-IE; dis-IE; which had beou provisioned to :B;a siege. I fe') newspapers, probably acting un-bo un-bo dircclions of General llucrta, IB-' mn,)V extra editions, in which Iftprintcd dispatches stating (.bat El IKjjLaredo, Nogalcs and other places Ipieeu taken by tho .Mexicans. Other IKches announced Ibat Ihc federal -IBs had gained a. great victory at iKjCruz, thai they expected to" sur-lwand sur-lwand dr'no the American invaders IKho sea. IK papers also declared that the IKhip Louisiana had been sunk by I Bcicau torpedo. a IBbthcr dispatch from the south said I Bo Zapata, the southern rebel, waa i mk to join forces with Huerta. JEricans Discharged. IKAmerican officials emplovod by IKitioual railroads and the .Mexican I Hay company were immediately IB'rged in order that no trains could I Sprat ed except under the super-IBof super-IBof the government. , iKtue American embassy orders Inexpected from the Mexfcau gov-Bnt gov-Bnt that the arms aud ammuni- ISscontlv permiUod to enter should ISien up. This, was in retaliation iBe (seizure of Vera Cruz by tho jBcan fleet. At o'clock on Wed-Pf Wed-Pf kelson 0 "Sbaughnessy, the can charge d'affaires, had not ro-IB?n's ro-IB?n's passports, but he was pre-lKjto pre-lKjto leave Ik refugees' train took twonty IBto make the joimioy from Mexico j I Br rjra Crur.. Thcro were many IDbiit no mishaps. )BE)r the Border. IK' FRANCISCO. April 2-1. Brigu- Ben era) John .1. Pershing left San IBbco for 121 Paso tonight on a spe-lf spe-lf S?r, wnlch carried the Sixth ln-H ln-H H under command of Lieutenant JM iJ. M Arrasmlth. SC'' Ocorse Bell. Jr.. departed later S1e Sixteenth Infantry, and the IS' infantry, in com mum of Colonel IHfiTtltttcliford, left at midnight for ti IB"0' w,'er5 the Eighth brigade will ATH Ifcnibled and will report to Briga-menoral Briga-menoral Tnsltcr II. Bliss, command-tflfclBf command-tflfclBf r f tllC FOUt,1crn department. rt P1" bosses ?,2L PHlNOTON. April 21. Ono hun-Ipid hun-Ipid twenty-sis Mexicans have been pnd in") wounded iu tho fighting Ik? (-'r"z since the American forces ll&therr Tuesday. The rirst official comcnL of Mexican casualties cuino v Jfee'tcl a l,'aj'atca from Rcnr ,J" |