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Show wELIX DIAZ I MAY BE SHOT sal lpebe Leader to Be Tried II Today Two Offi-1 Offi-1 1 cers Shot I 'i Vera Cruz, Oct 25. Two of the I taptured officers of the staff of Felix J Diaz were shot by the federal troopa f-lt iialf liast ten lnst evening, after1 IB tielng sentenced to doath by summary ?ourtmarltal. The execution was :arried out with absoluto secrccr. Tholi- names wore Major Zarate and m Major Cuesta. Of, The courtrasrtial began Its sessions 'MjJat 5 o'clock in tho evening- and its vfcpudgrnonts must be dclivorcd and the averdiots put into effect within sev-...Ijwnty-two hours rrom tho tlnio of feSfmeeting. ?k Major Fernando Zorate and Major MHuIion Villas are pleading on behalf YOjJ )f Diaz, who according to military r law, Is liable to Imprisonment for j 'rom three to eight years. . tL Public opinion against Diaz, how-m how-m ver, is so strong that it Is thought a 1 jentence of death may be pronounced 4$ in him as well as all the government 3H ifficials who joined his revolt 3 Tho troops, however, who rebelled, tit J Hl In all likelihood not be punlsiicd. ' ffFelx Diaz is to bo brought before fl :ho courtmart'al this afternoon. S Some of tho volunteers who joined fiv Dlafc belonged to the leading families J t the city. Thoso of them who may j'3 o captured will be sentenced to J (hort terms of imprisonment but ' manv of them have C3capcd the coun. try. " Commodoro Azueta, of tne federal navy, called last evening on General Beltran, tho federal comauder-in-chlef, who received him coldly, telling him that ho did not adopt a definite attitude during the Diaz revolution. It is reported that tho commodore also is to be courtmartialed. Tho garrison of Vera Cruz consists of 2.500 men of all branches of tho service. The city is perfectly quiet and business generally has been resumed. re-sumed. Death to Diaz! Mexico City, Opt 25. A demonstration demon-stration in favor of the Mexican government gov-ernment was held last evening when a large nurnbor of people paraded tho streets waving bannors and shout- ' Ing "Hurrah for the government! r Death to Diaz!" A detachment of mounted police kept In close touch with the demonstrator's demon-strator's and no disorder occurred. |