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Show REBELS PACHUCA Mexican Mining City of 40.1 j 000 Victim of Riot and !:, ? , . Piiia.: ; ; TOWN TERRORIZED . BY DRUNKEN MOB Banks Are Dynamited and Looted; Jails Opened and Prisoners Freed.. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 JUAREZ, Mexico, May 16. 4 4 . Withia twenty-four hours a gea- 4 4 oral, armistice throughout Mex- 4 4 ieo will be declared by the fed- 4 4 ersl government and the revolu- 4 4 tionists. The peace proposals 4 4 - which had passed back and forth 4 4 during the day had reached a 4 4 point at. 1:30 o'clock where 4 4 their acceptance by the insur- 4 4 rectos was oaly a matter of a 4 4 few hours. n 4 4 This information' was vouch- 4 4 safed- bv one of the insurrecto 4 4 chiefs today who received word of 4 4 the government's proposals. 4 4 It is rumored that the cab- 4 4 inet portfolios of minister of 4 4 justice and minister of gober- 4 4 naeioa will be filled by the insnr- 4 rectos, but thst a compromise- 4 4 ' hss been reached on the port- - 4 4 folio of war, a man mutually 4 4 acceptable to fcoth sides to be 4 ehosen. Thev governors to be 4 4 named by' the Hosurreetos proo- 4 4 ably "ill be fourteen in number. 4 tlllHIIIIIIIIIIl'llllllll ' MEXICO ; Cm, May 18. Bloting and pillage occurred at rachtsca. daring dar-ing the) early hours ef today, following follow-ing the surrender of the city to the reveltmo-alsts. . The twbelnv became drunk 'and defied their commandatn. Tbo Vrwnsaeopls in terror barricade their boas-ai and - ssaaxieeV -vwctcealsd. Tbo banks were dynamited and tooted. Parhues ia s mining city, of ,40,000 population, capital of the etate of Hidalgo Hi-dalgo and sixty miles northeast of Mexico City. Sunday night it fell into the hands of the revolutionists, under Colonel Castrejoa, who is operating under the direction of General Figue-raa. Figue-raa. '..'-,.. ' The. capture waa effected without Ighting, the Invaders swarming into the eity from surrounding hillsides aad taking possession of the government buildings without a shot being fi red-Yesterday red-Yesterday there waa promise that order would be maintained, but when the government authority had been replaced re-placed by .that of the revolutionists order gave way to license. ' Mob Gets Drank. ; During last night maay of the rebels helped themselves liberally to the saloon sa-loon supply and, half crazed, were soon out of control. The orders of their commanders were- defied. The rioters rss through the streets, shoutisg and shooting promiscuously. - - Ths peaceful inhabitants were terror stricken snd hid in their homes, barring the doors snd windows. , After a little the lawlessness took the form of robbery. Chsrges of dynamite were placed under the walls of ths banks and sxploded. Wherever entrance en-trance was effected the banks were looted. The rioters then turned their attention atten-tion to the commercial houses, which (Toptinncd on rtagoTQ pssucansBSScaacEBSBSsBsa 1 1 i i xasusassea -REBELS - ('ontiniwd from page 1.) wr robbed of suefc of their stocks as tbe mob wished to carry iwijr. On of tha first acta of tb riot era waa to force the doora of tbe jails aud release the prisoners., Much of thia lawlraaoeee is attributed to convict thus made free. Town Badly Wrecked. . This forenoon a semblance of order had bees restored, due partially to the exhaustion of the rioter after the night's debauch. The town presents a pitiable sight. Many buildings have been dynamited ana others destroyed or da ma (red by fire. Later advices state that order has been restored in the city by 800 rebels under command of Gabriel Hernandez. Three hundred federals are en route for the scene on special trains and a battle is imminent. |