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Show DEMONSTRATE AGAINST DIAZ III VERA CRUZ Former President Spends . Ssnday Quietly in Golf Seaport VERA CKITS. Max.. Mar n-Ofninl Dtaa spent Sunday tn quiet, denying blm-eelf blm-eelf to vteilore with the eseepuon of deecrlbed th killing of n American, Jam, Mclntyre. neer a hujlllo. Mclntyre Mcln-tyre wii a proepector. and had ba.n In th countrv about fifteen year. "Mclntyre wae killed May 11." aald Br. Rich. "I wae atandlng on an eminence emi-nence naar my property, whan 1 aaw a squad of horasm.n eweep out of tha hills and surround tna man. A- few momants later they rode away and he lay dead. I afterward learned that they had taken hla money and revolver, and that one of them had shouted 'He's nothing but a gringo: we'll kill him lust for luck.' " Several refugees told of the delivery of Ban Bias for a price of 120. no. . The town waa surrounded May 21. they aald. by 2(0 men who said they were Ineur-rectos, Ineur-rectos, but who were believed to be ban-dlta. ban-dlta. They offered to leave the town unmoleeted for liO.AOO. Carmen Men-chaca. Men-chaca. a member af the Newport party, aald to be the richest man on the weet coast, waa one of the chief contributors to tha purse which waa made up and sent to the beeleglng party hy a messenger messen-ger beerlng a white flag. Seven Americans Ameri-cans left San Bias with Menchaca. The general opinion among the refu-geea refu-geea waa that the danger to Americana Is mora from bandlta than from Insur-rectos. Insur-rectos. and that It will require months for the new government effectively to police tha coast. members of his Immediate party. Prom the window of bis room ha nad gllrapaee of the gulf. A ea breese gave great relief re-lief to the reeldenta of this torrid part: Crowds gathered around the house where tha former preaident la staying, apparently tm the watch for any chance oceurrenra and keeping close vigil In spite of tha blistering sun. La Opinlnn, a local newspaper. In Its leading article. In v lies General Dial to live hare. "Porflrlo Dies. w repeat, haa not fallen; fall-en; he haa risen again," nays the paper. "The Mexican people a noble and gn-eroua' gn-eroua' and know how ta measure what they owe the Porftrlan administration. History will In time make a just balance of the bad and the good that tha people awe this extraordinary man. "Oh, that Gnerat ntas. aa an example ta other Spanish-Americana, would pass his remaining years In his own country1 here, in Vera Crus. In sight of the aea. seeing In this port tha prosperity of the whole eountry. A demonstration lauding Madera for tha succeee of the revolution was startsd at a concert In the Plasa Constitutional last night, with a menacing undertone directed di-rected against Dtaa. A portion of the crowd, which had gathered In the plasa. split Inta two groups. One started to. ward the house where General Itas la a TWO MZMBEBB OF, NEW CABINET AJIEIVB AT CAPITAL MEXICO CITY. May Francisco Vasques Gomes and Emllto Vaaques Gomes, members of tha De la Barra cabinet, cab-inet, arrived hre last night. Their com-mar com-mar marked the close of aa peaceful a day as the city aver knew. Band concerts drew hundreds to the fublic parks and crowds thronged the heaters and other amusement placea. giving little Indication that one of the most remarkable revolutions In Mexican history has ben In prog rase. The new cabinet membara we-re welcomed wel-comed by a crowd which packed the railroad station and overflowed Into the atreeta. One of the first to grert the travelers waa Alfredo Rnblea Domlngues. Maderist peac commissioner and chief of the revolutionary forces In this sons. After exchanging personal greetings, he delivered a brief address nf welcome, which was responded te In turn by the new members of the president's official family: Tha student body waa rep re -i sented by several thousand and It. through a spokesman, also presented a welcome. Already tha new cabinet, with only two of Ita mem here Installed, la being be-ing subjected to criticism beimuea of the i nepotism. Ply-by-nlght sheets. with i which the capital haa bean flooded within I gueet, wnne me otner roiiowea an orator to a amsller plasa. The first group, com posed moatly of boys, waa scattered by tha poUoa before going three blocks. Later many of this ; group Joined the gathering at tha Httle I ptama where the orator waa holding forth. Voices were raised drowning the speaker's speak-er's words In an Insistent cry that LMaa : be given a visit in order to show htm that the people were glad to be lid of him. Hisses and cheers mingled with thee augsestions. i Tha speaker urged against tha demonstration, demon-stration, saying that Dlaa waa a grand old man who had gone wrong, but why further antagonise him when he was about to leave Mexico? Nearly everybody hissed at this. Tha orator next aald that a demonstration demonstra-tion would Invite bloodshed. At this statement hlseee same - like escaping steam. The people did not like tha hint that they feared Wlleta, but still they did not move away. Other speakers followed, holding the attention at-tention of tha crowd until the excitement spent Itself. The mob would have had small chance against tha soldiers. General Gen-eral Dies did not know of the demonstration demonstra-tion until officers who hurried from the alas ranched him. BATTLE AT ACAPTJLCO. IK 1 WHICH KABT WEBB BTLLBD the last few daya. point out the "family" nature of the body and a ait whether the country haa been saved from one re I an of nepotism only to be ruled by another. Tha criticism, presented with much virulence. viru-lence. Is baaed upon tha relationship between be-tween the minister of Instruction and minister of gubernaclon. who arrived tonight, to-night, and between Francisco I. Madero and Rafael Hernandea, minister of Justice, Jus-tice, tne latter being a cousin of Madero. Incidentally, one of the first subjects to which Governor ftamuel Garcia Cuellar of the federal districts save ha will direct his efforts, la tha education of publishers publish-ers In the capital In the matter of the new policy of the government to allow a measure of liberty to tha press. Ha sava liberty, but not license, shall prevail pre-vail and Is considering measure for the repression of many Irresponaible sheets recently sprung up here. Tha flmt metalument of the war debt waa provided for In a bill preeented to conareea yesterday by Krneatn Madero, finance minister. It aaka an appropriation appropria-tion of eight million pesos to cover the receipts Issued during tha revolution for munitions, horaee. cattle and supplies commandeered and for other exnensee of war. An appropriation of 10 one pesos waa likewise asked, to ha applied to the pavmem of attorneys' fees and general ex-peneee connected with the Chamfsai arbitration. ar-bitration. The billa were referred to tha AnaVFrffl Mtnraltte. KN pTtANCtlKr). May tt -Twir dsvs overdue, the Pacirie Mall ateamer Newport New-port arrived here Sunday, bringing the heat oetatla of the battle of Arapuleo. In whieh eighty-three teoerala and an unknown number of Ineurreetoe were killed. Th Newport brought twenty-seven twenty-seven eaetn and thirty-six ateerage paa-aengera, paa-aengera, nearly all of whom were refuge., refu-ge., from the Mexican roast. The Newport waa held at Manaanlllo on orders from fhs American deputy eoagtil. Richard M. Stadden. at that port, to allow fugitive, to go aboard. The ettv IS surrounde. bv tnsurrectoa. sc-enrdlng sc-enrdlng to the sory of the refuge., it water aunplr cut off and starvation Is Imminent. Thst It will fall within a few daya was the prediction. Tr B W. Wallace, an American, former! V of Uie Angelea. who boarUed the ateamer at Ian Bias cava an account ac-count of plundering and pillaging of va-rtons va-rtons ports by bandtte and Ineurreetoe. "The roaet la practlcallv without nro-teetlon nro-teetlon of any kind.'' ssld rr Wallace. "Americans are ahenlutelv without protection. pro-tection. The Maderlsts apparently have not yet receiver! newa of the eeeaatlon of boetllltlee. end the be net lis are making mak-ing the meet of the opportunity to carry on thetr .Hindering." Woman Does Battle. Tha account of the battle of Arapuleo wss brought hy Miss nor. nee Hayes, formertv of Pan FYnHro. wno was in the beeleged town when It waa attacked. The Ineurreetoe were repulsed, but. Miss Hsvee de.ieree. the town Is without pro. vl .loos snd mav fan Into the handa of either ban4tte or revolutionists anv day. Miss Hsvee went to Mealc several months ago an purchased a banana plantation near Acapulco. "We were driven Into the etty May I by tha depredation of th bandits." ah. said. "On that 4ay the food euoply wee practically cut off and the prteop.ra were releeeed from the Jells because there wss no food for them. They left end returned re-turned several day later, with the attacking at-tacking party of 1U In.urrectc The houee which I occupied waa riddled with bullet, and on the second dey I fted runtlns ecoree of dead la the atreeta took refuse on the beach, where I hid until picked up bv the Newport with other refiHreeo. I believe the Ineurreetoe re trying to reetore order. The bandits are carrying on a desperate warfare, eet upon aa they are by both federals and lose rrer toe. " An A-ex1ea lUin. TV a. ft Bleb. ,a fan Prencierea. who swaed mining property near Can Blae. |