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Show MESSAGES TO MADERO. EL PASO, April 3. It was Impossible Impos-sible to learn today the object of tho visit of Francisco I. Madero Sr. and Alfonso Madero, who arrived in El Paso last night, presumably on a peace mission. While maintaining a complete silence si-lence regarding the reason for their presence here, the father and brother ' of the insurrecto leader intimated that I developments may bo expected within the next fow days and It is believed that they are here to await tho arrival ar-rival of messengers from the Insurgent chiof, bringing the terms upon which ho will consent to a cessation of hostilities. hos-tilities. That these terms must be formulated by the men who are In the ileld, was declared by Alfonso Madero ULbL HlgllL That the elder Madero's influence will be strongly for peace, Is the statement state-ment of those who claim to know his attitude. The father of the insurrecto leader, it is said, has nevor given the movement his whole hearted support and would welcome the ondofthewar upon any reasonable terms. Couriers, Tvho left for the Insurrecto chief's camp near Chihuahua, a few days agp, are now believed to have carried messages mes-sages from the elder Madero, and these, it is surmised, urged the son to make for peace. Mail advices from Magdalena, Sono- ra, declare that the Insurrectos captured captur-ed three wagons loaded with ammunition, ammuni-tion, which were being sent from Her-moslllo Her-moslllo to tho federal garrison at Ures. The wagon train was guarded by rurales and YaquI Indians and it was stated that there was heavy loss of life on both sldci. |