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Show SPECIAL TRAIN Fill CAPITAL GETSJHROUGH Refugees Report to Admiral Fletcher That Destruction of Property Continues. Con-tinues. SNIPERS AT NIGHT RECEIVE WARNING Badger Reports Extending .His Lines Further Beyond City; Tribute to Victims Vic-tims of War. Special Cable .to The Tribuno. VEEA OBUZ, April 25. Huorta now refusos protection. Ho has allowed looting at Cordoba. Two Americans wore slashed with ma-chotes ma-chotes for refusing to salute tho Mexican flag. Special Cable to The Tribune. VUEA CRUZ, April 25. Three American railroad men, names unknown, un-known, reported killed at Sono-dad Sono-dad station on the Mexican railway. rail-way. NEW ORLEANS, April 25. Wireless advices tonight from Vera Cruz reported that Mexican Federal General Maas has found seven Amorican prisoners guilty of certain charges and that he proposes pro-poses to execute them. There is no confirmation of the report. VERA ORUZ, April 25. A special train carrying refugees from the capital arrived hero tonight. The refugees, who left Mexico City at 3 o'clock yes-terda3' yes-terda3' afternoon, roport 'the continued destruction of Americnn property, there. The Americans, of whom there wero eighteen on tho train, were smuggled through under assumed names. Tho train, which was composed of eight cars, carried about 300 persons, for tho most part British and Germans. Among them were Eobort Phillips and family, one of whom, an infant, was suffering from smallpox. Among others on tho train were the family of Dr. E. F. Prestlcy, the family of Randolph Jennings, Mrs. J. O. Staples Sta-ples and daughter, Johu McPhail, manager man-ager of the Mexico City Gas company, James Carson, contract agent for tho light and power company, and family, and Baron and Baroness Von Hiller. Baroness Von Hiller was formerly Miss B. B. Barney of Philadelphia. Held Twelve Hours. The refugees were held at the station in the capital for twelve hours beforo tbo train was permitted to lenve. A persistent search had been made for Americans. While an order has been issudd against the further departure of Americans from Mexico City, it is believed be-lieved that the permission grnutod by tho American commander to tho family of General Maas to leave Vera Crua mav havo the effect of causing the withdrawal of this order. General Maas is a relative of Huerta. Tho moat drastic troatment possible, will be administered to Moxicnn snipers snip-ers caught operating at night. At a conference today tho question of this kind of shootinjr was discussed, and it was decided that tho most sovere measures meas-ures would too tho only simple and quick solution. Licutenaut Colonel T. P. Kane, commanding com-manding 500 marines with two hydroaeroplanes, hydro-aeroplanes, was ordered to advance to-dav to-dav to tho source of the water supply at'Tojera, nine miles up the river. Seek to Damage Pumps. The supply has been shut off, nnd it is reported that General Maas's men have been seeking to damago the pumps. Tho water suply here, however, how-ever, is adequate for all purposes, and there is little danger of contamination. It is probabo that nnvj aeroplanes will scout in advance of the train bearing bear-ing tho marines. A scouting squad advanced two miles inland todny and endeavored to repair the telegraph line to Mexico City. The scouts encountered hundreds of Mexicans Mexi-cans comine from miles around. They carried baskets and expected to obtain food tron the Americans. A rumor had gone out that tho American forces wero feeding evorvbodv who annlied, and hundreds thronged about headquarters head-quarters ibis morning. Three aeroplanes arrived on the battleship bat-tleship Mississippi today. Thc Mississippi Missis-sippi came from Peusacola with 600 marines. BADGER EXTENDING LINES AT VERA CRUZ WASHINGTON, April 25. Admiral Badger reported tonight from Vera Cruz he was extending his lines of bluejackets blue-jackets ami marines iurther beyond the city. The battalion of marines from the South Carolina tro well intrenched two and a half miles west of the city. No contact had beeu had with the Mexican forces and none was expected in tho immediate future. Tho report follows: "Last night's firing was desultory and continued for considerable period. One private was slightly wounded in the foroarm. Name not yet ascertained. Will bo reported later. Fletcher continuing con-tinuing his efforts to havo influential citizens unite and arrange for the conduct con-duct of municipal affairs by the people themselves. It is quite certain that tho former officials will not resumo office undor the present conditions, but possibly pos-sibly a citizens' committee can be formed to influence the city's affairs along lines of law and order and create confidence among the inhabitants. A meeting of this kind will be held this afternoon. No Actual Distress. "The question of food and wnter is still giving anxiety, but up to tho present, pres-ent, time no actual distress has occurred. It seems probable, however, that ultimately ulti-mately the government will have to ration ra-tion the poorer classes of inhabitants. Tho customs house is open and vessels are ready to discharge, but much difficulty diffi-culty is being experienced obtaining labor. la-bor. "Wo are extending a lino of bluejackets blue-jackets and marines about two miles further out into tho country today. The South Carolina battalion is well in- trouched about two and a half, miles from the center of the city. No con-1 tact has been hal with tho Mexican forces and no attack is expected at the present time. The Missisippi 'a marines ma-rines landed this morning. This morning morn-ing an aeroplane made a flight over the harbor. It will make another flight this afternoon. The ships' bauds are giving concerts ashore. Refugee Steamers. "Hawaiian-American stonmers reported re-ported to have sailed from Puerto Mexico Mex-ico at 10 o'clock a. m. Saturday for Vera Cruz with about twenty refugees. Will transfer them to the steamer Mexico, Mexi-co, and as soon as reasonably filled, that vessel will proceed to Now Orleans, land the refugees and return. The Jason Ja-son and Paulding aro now at Tuxpam collecting refugees iu that region. Rear Admiral Craddock and the commanding officers of the British ships Hermione and Tampico and tho Berwick at Puerto Puer-to Mexico have been untiring in thoir orforts to collect and forward American Ameri-can refugee ships. These services havo been of the greatest value. Further offers of the continuation of theso kindly efforts aro still boing mado." The navy department tonight received re-ceived word that the American consu- (Continucd on Pago Elevcu.) SPECIAL TBI GETS THROUGH TO CGfiST (Continued from Page Two.) late at Muzallan, on the Pacific coast of Mexico, had beon etoncd by a mob yesterday. Other anti-Amcn-can demonstrations occurred there. The auxiliary Celtic, with a cargo of tnpnlies for the na.'l forces, arrived at Vera Cruz today from New York, Daniels's Tribute. WASHINGTON, April 25. The litrhtinff at Vora Cruz, duo to the "studied insult" of Huerla, was made tho subject of a tribute to the navy and its dead bv Josephus Daniels, secretary sec-retary of the uavy. tonight, in spenl' ing before the Society of Naval Engineers En-gineers at the Army and Navy club. After repeating his tributo to the ofacorg and men of the navy delivered at the Navy league banquet in New ; York last week, Secretary Daniels con I tinned: ' "1 did not sav it then, but I felt tho hope in my heart that fate would not decree that these men should soou be called upon to rally, with their splendid powers and training nnd patriotism; to tho call of their country coun-try in crisis, but it has been even bo. The studied insult of Victoriano Hnerta. who calls himself the provisional pro-visional president of Mexico, in refusing refus-ing to salute the American flag has made necessary the sacrifice of human life, and this "is the honor roll of the first dead in tho fighting at Vera Cruz." Mr. DnniclB then read the names of tho seventeen bluejackets and ma- rincs killed at Yera Cruz. j Seeks News of Parents. j SAN FKANCISCO, April 25.T. B. i Starr Hunt of this city, a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Starr Hunt, reported in official dispatches from Vera Cruz to the state department to havo been placed under arrest in Mexico I'ity, started messages tonight to Charge O'Sbaughnessy and Rear Admiral Fletcher, both personal friends of the Hunts, asking for more particulars concerning the arrest of hi3 father and mother. "My father has been a practicing lawvef for nearly twenty years in Mexico City, and is one of "the very few Americans admittod to the Mexican Mexi-can bar," said Mr. Hunt. T was very much astonished at his arrest, bo-cause bo-cause ho has always been held in high esteem bv the Mexicans. "Until yesterday I received daily wires from' mv father, but for the last two davs I havo had no word from ni"'-" ' . . , . The younger Hunt is in business bere, having Tcturned from Mexico a few months ago. |