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Show mmn falls awa-n7wsa-----aa--s I I 7 ! i - ,1 . i NAVARRO YIELDS TO MADERO Grizzled Old Warrior Sor-renders; Sor-renders; Madero Forces " Complete Victors. OVER TWO HUNDRED i DEAD AND WOUNDED Four JUlled and Sixteen Wounded on American ; Side of the Line. BULLETIN. EL PASO, May 10. General Nayarro and staff hay, surrendered to Colonel Oaribaldi. . The battl, at Jnarea between Mexican federal) and insnrrecto began Monday afternoon, reached its enlmlnatloa today to-day la the defeat and surrender of the federal and toe complete control of the town by toe rebel forces under Madero. C0L0KSL EVSCUAL ORQZCCX One of Madsro'a chief lientenantt in Battle of Joarea. located within the barracks and that tie rebels heve him surrounded. Occasional firing i, heard from the barracks, where General Navarro U stationed. sta-tioned. The gray haired leader has determined de-termined to make a last stand there. A few days ago he declared that if the rebels had the whole town and be only the barracks be still would be able to hold out for a week while reinforce menta came. rira Bnrni Itaaif Out The blase that raged during the night in Juares, reducing whole Works of houses to ruins. Is smoldering todsy, but t town is again in the thick of ' a fierce attack at-tack by the lesurrectoe. The latter surrounds sur-rounds the town with ail the reserves and made a gradual advance up the mala thoroughfare toward the federal stronghold. strong-hold. The tnsurrectos. having, been relieved re-lieved of their wounded, were oa the alert all night for any move on the part of the federals. Many left the river front, where insurgent nags ate ijing, iiuui u. most Important buildings of Juares and General Navarro, ths federal commander. command-er. Is (aid to be in ths barracks, over which -the whits flax has J been hoisted. ' . : - Throughout the night ths tnsnrrectcs . had kept their positions along ths rtves-bank rtves-bank and In Juares sxtendinf up to ths business section of ths eft. Early today, howsrsr, ths federals held all points of vantage in Juarej, apparently an til ths attack of Blanco was commenced. com-menced. ', Blanco's men had been held In camp all day yesterday and Monday and wsrs fresh. They went Into the fight with a rim and it was Impossible for the fed-' fed-' erala to stop them. , Tijuana, the Mexican town in Lower California captured by ths rebels yesterday, yes-terday, .is still in their possession. There bas been ao farther fighting at that point. The federal "- forces that were in Agua .Prieta evacuated that town early .today. It Is reported that federal forces were drawn into a trap yesterday near Saltillo and lost fifty-six men killed ia the subsequent fighting with the rebels. EL PASO, Tex, May 10 With ths hoisting of the white flac oyer the barracks of Oindad Juares, shortly after noon today, and the surrender of the federals who made' their last stand, the two days' battle has resulted in a victory for the reroltrtionlsta f ander General Francisco X. Madero, Jr. The victory was not secured without a terrible loss of life on the American aide of tlnTOne as well as on ths battlefield. battle-field. The dead may number nearly eighty, while nearly 150 hare been wounded, many of them fatally. The casualties on the American aide ef the - line number four killed and sixteen wounded. Scores of physicians, their Bed Cross insignia glaring in the sunlight, are treating federal and iasarreeto wounded alike. Dvnamite bombs, shells, bullets and a conflagration that raged for boors transformed Juarez from its nsually tranquil and sleepy appearance into a mass or ruins. Numerous adobe houses characterise of Mexieaa towns have beea rated. Bells Ring for Joy. '"-' As soon as the white flag was hoisted over the barracks and the surrender of the federals-was complete, Mexieaa flags wereinfurled on house tops and church bella were ringing in celebration. With the surrender of tha barracks, over which a white flag was hoisted at 12:35 o'clock, the capture of Juarez is practically complete. There ia some - firing in the outskirts of town, but f;reat clouds of dust and smoke make t difficult to ascertain the aituatioa of the federal force. Four shots from the rebel artillery tore such large holes ia the barracks that the white flag immediately was k mated end at 1S:45 o'clock, except for occasional shooting in tha foothills, the firing had ceased. . Main Street in Bnths. ' Ths main street is in raias. some of ths houses were riddled with bullets. Plaster, brick sad piles of debris are scattered eyery where. Windows ia many of the stores have beea crashed, but rebels are guarding the entraaeee to them to prevent looting. Borne of the houses ksvs beea demolished by the ' dynamite bombs aad shells. Raoul Madero. owe ef the yeuagest of ths insurreeto leaders, at 11:20 o'clock galloped past the casta Fe bridge oa bia way ,to General Madero. He reported re-ported thAt General Savarro had been they had been caring for the wounded and crept about In the streets bettering their position. It Is not known what the Insurreeto forces number, for at least 190 .revolutionary .revolu-tionary aympathlsers within Juares were reported to have joined-them when they entered end rnany residents of the- town now are aiding or opposing the attack. A federal captain waa lying wounded early today srKhtn tew of the Amertoaa shore, but ao effort has been made to oars for him. . . " The United States troops havs been having considerable troubl. with Mexicans Mexi-cans on the American side who insist on lining the river front directly opposite the firing - '- - Two or three already have been arrested arrest-ed for throwing rocks at the United States soldlsrs.- . Begin Firing Dynamite. At t:t o'clock the Insurreetos began shooting oft dynamite bombs In the town. Colonel Garibaldi and hla command of XK men were reported to be stationed at the Porfltio Dies hotel opposite the customs house, where a number of federate are hiding. At ' o'clock firing began again In earnest. It waa fiercest In the southern end of the tovm, and It was -evident by the movement of a number of Insurreetos from the outposts that Colonel Blanco's reserves were closing In. At I U a. m. the Insurreetos, K was apparent, had moved their cannon during the night from the hills close to the western west-ern part ef the city. Fighting In the atreeta has been resumed. At (:4 o'clock It waa apparent that the revolutionists had driven the federals from the big customs house. . . Bullets Corns Across Biver. At l:t o'clock a ehower of bullets cams scross the river, several lodging In the United Btatee Immigration atatloa. A squad of Insurreetos had gone to the river front to get some ammunition which had been brought up to tli.m from camp. Th.y carried It In small sacks and -"handkerchiefs sod were directly exposed to the federal fire, while running back and forth. At t o'clock a company of Insurreetos under Major Gosal of General Orosco's command swung out toward the northeast la sn attempt to cut off a detachment of federals stationed at Cowboy park, from gettlna; back to the barracks In the west. At 10 o'clock a big explosion occurred at the school house, where fedsvala are quartered. A report from the front to the Madero headquarters says the Insurreetos In-surreetos drove the fourteenth Mexieaa Infantry from the htg cuartel. taking four Brlsoners. The men were disarmed and berated. Dynamite bombs are being exploded constantly sround the church and municipal munici-pal building. Kefus.es have been pouring pour-ing across rhe bridges today. The Insurreeto Insur-reeto reinforcements from Bauche have ilett there and should arrive In Juares about 1 o'clock this afternoon. The cebels at :4e o'clock are firing within the immediate, neighborhood of the church. tores Tlindsred. Americans In the Insurreeto ranks are reported to have plundered several Jew-eery Jew-eery stores during the night and to have transported their booty to friends on. the American side. The American consulate was threatened use (Ire during the nla-ht, but the dying down of the wind early today prevented toe flsmee from spreading there. Insurgents wounded have been taken to various hotels In El Paso In automobiles, automo-biles, Gustavo A. Madero. a brother of the rebel leader, paying the expense for their A" re-rleed list "of the casualties on the American aide of the Mae sines ths lighting light-ing began now gives the number of deed ss four and wounded fifteen. A wounded Insurreeto brauatht across the line u 1 a. m. declared he received his found while Aajhtlne- In the tower of the church. He says that General Blanco with 200 men stormed the church st midnight mid-night and after a fierce fight drove the federate from the building, liberate Jail Prison era. The Insurreetos at H:V o'clock were reported to have liberated everybody In the teU- except a negro, who killed Burt Schell. well known race track man. there a month ago.- About seventy-Bve prisoners were In the Jail and are coming to El Paso at lo ts o'clock. Insurreetos can now be seen an the tope of many buildings. Insurreotos can be seen at l:2 o clock ailing the streets, aa they are aow coming from behind their barricades. A number of federal, hav.alaken refuge la the adobe bouaee west of the town. The Red Cross has gatnered a number of wagons at the Banta Fe bridge and la preparing to go across to get toe wounded. wound-ed. There le some firing to the west of the city, but otherwise tb. rebels at lS:tt a. m. seem to be hi complete control. At t:1t o'clock several bullets penetrat- ( Continued sa page 10.) JUAREZ FALLS (Continued from page 1.) ed the thin wall of the United States customs' guard house, where soma newspaper news-paper men were stationed. , but no one was injured. ' A message to toe Madero headquarters today said that 100 Insurrectoe from Csaas Orandea had arrived at Bauche, eleven mllee south. Colonel Babago. with federal reinforcements, reinforce-ments, was reported at the rebel head- miaf-teea in he mt Rita. lftS mlUa annth with no prospect of getting her for a week. 4 FEDERAL FORCES ABANDON TOWH OF AQUA PBIETA POt'OI.Aa. Arts., May 10. Agua Prteta, the Mexican port across the border from Douglas, which was recaptured from the Insurrectoe April 17 after an elghteen-hour elghteen-hour battle, waa abandoned today by its federal garrison. The federal Inrce moved out of the town at an early hour, traveling trav-eling tn the direction of Hermoslllo. All federal offices In the port have been closed and abandoned, the postofflce. stamp agency and customs house being vacated. As orders for the evacuation were duplicated to Naco many American mining camps will have to close' down through, tha suspension of custom service. ser-vice. Between Agua Prteta and Hennosillo a large rebel force Is concentrated, and It Is unlikely that Col. Reynaldp Olae and Mat. Lrfils Medina Barron and Their forces will be able to reach the capital without a battle. Hermoslllo Is now surrounded by a large band of rebels. Including 800 Yaqul Indians armed with Mauser rifles. The Agua Prteta. garrison worked until a late hour last night constructing new Intrenchment. Toward dawn the soldiers began to undo this work, filling up not only the new trenches, but the old ones left by the Insurrectoe. The adobe breastworks breast-works were leveled to the ground and the blockhouse south of the bull ling was bat- mw aifwiiina. A reni-runa IOOIB were piled In heaps and burned, and leaving not a man behind, the garrison began the evacuation at dawn. REBELS TO UNDERTAKE CAPTURE OF ENSENADA TIJUANA. Lower California, May 10. Gen. 8am Pry re. in command of the rebel army at Tijuana, declares Eneenada will be the objective of the next rebel attack. Before Pryce can advance on Ensenada, however, he must dispose of about 100 federals, said to be at the Dupee ranch, twenty-five mllee southwest of Tijuana. Everything 1 quiet at Tijuana today and merchants are preparing to reopen their stores on Pryce' s guarantee that they will not be molested. Scouting parties have been sent south and sast to give warnings of the advance of a force from Mexican or Ensenada. The Insurrectoe are Jubilant over their victory and say that aa there are but 10 men, soldiers, ru rales and volunteers at Ensenads, they will be able to take the town with little difficulty. . Piyce reiterated today the statements he made last evening. He said among other things: "After we have die posed of the force at Dupse's ranch I wlu leave a sufficient force here to protect the town and then attack Ensenada. By that time I will nave rein force men ta. "We expect more trouble In capturing Ensenaoa wan wa nan nere, as ws wiu be facing a larger force.' "After Knsenada has been taken then the work of organising tbe govsrnmsnt win hegwi. "The merchants are free to reopen their stores and resume business. I nave destroyed de-stroyed every drop of liquor In Tijuana except some beer and light wines.' Ths hunt for dead bodies In the rocks and -underbrush near Tijuana, was resumed re-sumed this morning. Pryce Insists that his statement last night of ths number of dead and wounded rebels Is correct, and that his aaen are now searching for dead federals. Regarding the possibility of a movement of troops under Colonel Mayot, now guarding ths United Rtatea government govern-ment work on the Colorado river, Pryos would say nothing. |