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Show ASSAULTING FOREIGNERS Americans and English Eng-lish Are Shot Down By Mexican Rebels Without With-out Provocation Hu-erta Hu-erta Has Confidence in His New Cabinet Mexico City. July. 12 With the! gradual spreading of revolutionary activity ac-tivity to parts of the Republic hither-1 to more or less unaffected, tales of i atrocities and Indignities to foreigners ' filter into the capital Increasing! number. Early in July these had be-Dome be-Dome s- common, by reason of their ! frequency, that whereas a ear ago i they would have caused great lndlgna- tlon and possibly prompt representa tlons by foreign goxernments. It is doubtful If they receive now more than Inclusion In a posslMe general claim for damages, In due time upon the Mexican Government. An experience related by passen gers on a train ncceedlnt? nnrthaap from Torreon appears to place a certain cer-tain contingent of the northern rebels In a class with the followers of Za pata of the south on the score of barbarous bar-barous treatment of their victims Tho train was stopped near BermeJIIlo by a burned bridge. A band of Intoxicated Intox-icated rebels or bandits swooped down upon the passengers, robbed them of everything, including cloth-I cloth-I ing. not sparing even the women victims vic-tims of whom there were a half doz on. Americans and Kngllsh An American man, detected trying to hide a revolver, was taken out and shot He fell badly wounded. An Englishman, of whom was demanded demand-ed a diamond ring he wore, and which be had difficulty In removing, was assisted as-sisted by means of a knife. The fin ger was chopped away so that the ring could be secured. The passen gers eventually were allowed to go, and walked miles Into Torreon. Another experience growing out of an effort to escape a worse fate, wa3 that of a gToup of Americans, refugees refu-gees from a mining camp near Topo-lobampo. Topo-lobampo. Tinaloa. There were three women In tho party, which made Its way to ti e coast town. To catch a toasting steamer due at an uncertain uncer-tain date, the refugees had to put out to an Island, sun scorched and with out a house or tree. Its onlv inhabitants inhabi-tants were shark fishers and the tench of decaying shark flesh was) next to unbearable. For two days the refugees endured great hardship and discomfort, then an American gun boat appeared A boat was sent off but the officer in charge had orders' to take only employees of a certain mining company. NMne were accordingly accord-ingly taken aboard and the rest Including In-cluding the three women, waited two days longer, when almost In despair they were picked up by the coasting steamer, described as a filthy affair, already overloaded, which landed them in Mazatlan. President Huerta has great ' confidence confi-dence In tho ability of his new cabinet to aid h.m in his work of pacification, but he expects' them to devote their attention to the work of their respective respec-tive departments and not let their coNotous eyes dwell upon bis seat i tils he made quite clear to them at the irst formal gathering of the new administrators. To them Huerta said. after the usual felicitations, that he expected each minister to be supreme in his own post, so far as possible, and that they would experience little interference from him But on the other hand, he warned them to "cui-darse "cui-darse con la pintura," a legend often seen on new edifices in Mexico, meaning ' watch out for paint" T his puzzled ministers, who asked him to explain, the President said, patting the back of the chair he customarily occupies at his cabinet meetings: "I lean that this old chair suits me ery well, and for the present you should not try to improve It. Pay attention strictly to 'he duties of your offices, and I shall manage to look after mlnA " ' Valerito " a Spanish bull fighter, recently put up an exhibition which will doubtless long Impress him as ' the fight of his llff " There was no tinsel and no trimmings, but the reward re-ward offered and won by "Valerito" I made up to him for the lack of ap- ! plause from the benches. "Valerito." who was christened ; Manuel Valero, was overtaken on the road to Monterey while in charge of six fighting bulls intended for the ring there, by a group of Carranzas' soldiers. Taking advantage of the circumstances. the revolutionists promised the bull fighter his life and liberty if he could kill the six bulls singlel: fhded. A ring was constructed on the spot Valerito." armed with a cavalry sa-i I ber, and earring a colored blanket I for a ' capa" or cape, an essential part of the bull fighter's equipment, proceeded to tire the animals down and dispatch them one after another. In spite of his heroic efforts his captors subjected him to the great- lest Indignity possible to kind, the amputation of hl6 queue, before releasing re-leasing him. no |