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Show EL PASO, Tex . June 2. Soon after the departure of Francisco I. Madero, Jr., to Mexico City today, details were made known of an alleged attempt to dynamite him. Tho plot, according to the Insurrecto police, was to have been carried out during the ball which Senor Madero attended in Juarez last night. Had Bomb Ready, Cruz Rey, former jefe politico ot Guadalupe, opposite Fabens, Texas, whom Madero deposed, has been locked up in Juarez and placed in Incommunicado, In-communicado, and insurrecto secret service men have been detailed to make other arrcBts. When the plot was discovered enough dynamite was being carried Into the ball room to blow up the entire en-tire building. About 500 people, including in-cluding Senor Madero and his wife, were the principals and spectators of the grand march, when at about S. o'clock a man stopped at the entrance. Out of the man's rocket was pulled a large tin can which was filled with dynamite and provided with a time fuse. The insurrecto police assort that had the dynamite exploded few in the ball room "would have escaped in jury. Madero's Political Enemies Busy. The opinion is expressed by the Juarez authorities that the presence of the dynamite is only part of nn elaborate conspiracy, formed In Mexico Mexi-co City and other places by a political party opposed to Madero, and that further fur-ther devedopments are expected. The departure of Senor Madero left Juarez In charge of Gpneral Jose de la Luz Blanco and 1,500 Insurrectos. Abram Gonzales, provisional governor gover-nor of Chihuahua, will soon leave for the capital of Uie state, where 5,000 Insurrectos, In-surrectos, under General Orozco. are c&nfronted by an almosL equal number of federal troops. Although the situation situa-tion In Chihuahua City Is still reported restless, It Is believed the federal troops will evacuate- without any confusion con-fusion resulting from a forced Invasion by tho insurrectos. Three Americans Killed. President de la Barra telegraphed today that permission had been secured se-cured from the United States to allow General Viljeon with six hundred picked pick-ed men and field artillery to travel through this country to Lower Callfor- nla, where the Insurrectos refuse to abide by the peace agreement mado by 1 Madero. .' Throe Americans wore killed May M at Santa Rosalie, south or Chihuahua, according to refugees who arrived here today. Among them was Albert Philips of Los Angeles, CaL, and Captain Bnlger. Twenty federals and Insurrectos were also killed. ALPINE, TexaB, June 2. (On board Madero's special train) The Social-ists, Social-ists, anarchists and filibusters In Low-er Low-er California, as General Francisco I. Madero, Jr , characterized thorn, occupied occu-pied the attention of tho former rebel chief along the first stretch of his Journey to Mexico City. General Madero realizes the chief tonight. General Madero realizes that the chief obstacle to tho restoration of tranquility tran-quility tv ill bo the- Socialists under arms, and when he received a massage from General Ambroslo Flgucroa, rebel leader of southom Mexico, offering to lead 1,500 men in an expedition to Lower California, he telegraphed Gen eral Figueroa that the matter would be decided after he reached Mexico City, but to hold the troops In readiness. readi-ness. Genoral Figueroa referred to tho possibility that Lower California might become separated from Mexico through the efforts of the filibusters. Before Madero left Juarez he discussed the Lower California situation with his military adviser, Genoral Viljeon, the veteran of the Boer war, and decided de-cided to send the latter to the disturbed dis-turbed peninsula with a large body of troops. |