The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, April 03, 1913, Image 7
ATONE FOR CRIME
FAIRER AND JON PAY THE PEN-
ALT) FOR HORDER
ALLENS DIED IN CDAIR
Eleventh-Hour Appeals to the Lieu
tenant-Governor in Behalf of
Young Claude Allen Stopped When
Governor Mann, Apprised of the
Plans, Returns to Richmond.
Mumbling a prayer and crying half
audibly that he was ready to go,
Floyd Allen, lawless product of the
Virginia mountains whose refusal to
accept a short prison term for a
minor offence led to the wholesale
Court murder in Hillsville, one year
ago, limped to the death chair in
the State penitentiary at Richmond,
Va., Friday.
The sentence of the Court, held up
for six hours while desperate and
dramatic efforts were being made to
save the condemned men by eleventh
hour appeals to the Lieutenant-Gov
ernor, was speedily ordered to pro
ceed when Governor Mann hastened
hack to Virginia soil to take charge
of a situaMon which was sensational
and exciting to a degree.
The prison superintendent, acting
entirely within the law, agreed at 2
o'clock Friday morning to defer the
execution, giving Attorney-General
Williams an opportunity in the mean
while to pass upon the constitutional
right of Lieutenant-Governor Elyseon
to interfere.
F*ut the young son of Governor
Mann reached his father in Philadel
phia by 'phone less than an hour af
ter the delay had been ordered, and
by 8 o'clock Friday the Governor waa
again on Virginia soli
Incensed, as It afterward develop
ed. by the unexpected effort to take
advantage of his temporary absence,
wh*-n he had repeatedly refused clem
ency. the Governor boarded an early
morning train, arriving In Richmond
at 11 .10 o'clock
On tiie way he telegraphed the Sec
retary of the fommonmealth that he
would be m Ylrglaila by S o'clock,
this Information suddenly checking
the plan of Allen sympathizers in fur
ther urging the Lieutenant-Governor
to Interfere
\S hile every proceeding had halted
pending the Governor s arrival, word
reached police head^uar'ers that a
crowd had assembled at the station,
patrolmen. detectives and plain
clothe* men being hurried there to
prevent anv demonstration When
the Oos.-rnor stepped on the plat-
torn) he was quickly surrounded by
officer* whj escorted him to a taxl-
i lit which took him quickly to the
<'apltol
In hi* o'* i <- a' the State prison
S’ljor :.t*-n,),'tit Wood was paiing the
t’oor I *■» \ 1111-: \ ah lie a A alied devel
o; uo rr- Tbi situation tin-re had be-
<oi!;. ."ure .ntense 1’reclscL a* noon
"tie Mi ,.er I ii t ended t w a s called to tile
telephone
The Governor of Virginia is at his
desk ' w as the message he received
from the Capitol, and instantly pre
parations were made to obey the
mandate of tiis Court The witnesses
who had assembled at 7 o'clock, the
hour announced for the execution,
had left the prison with Instructions
to return at 1 o'clock.
.lust after sunrise the Allens prac
tically collapsed when informed that
a half-day respite had be>en granted
by a combination of legal and techni
cal circumstances as strange as any
that ijad ever been presented to a
Court of justice.
Claude Allen, who had retained
his nerve throughout the trying or
deal in his behalf, gasped and trem
bled. but he regained his composure
as he noted the hopeless and dejected
appearance of his aged father in the
cell across the corridor. As the
morning hours passed they sat with
their spiritual advisers, but they
nerved themselves again for the end
when they heard that Goveme 1 - Mann
had returned to Virginia.
Men prominent in official circles of
the State, who waited in the Capitol
for a final plea to the Governor, were
turned away as his secretary handed
out this statement from the Execu
tive:
“Hearing at five minutes to three
o’clock this morning of the action
taken in the Allen case, after I left
the city, I considered it my duty to
hurry back. I simply desire to re
peat that after the most careful ex
amination of the evidence in this
case, I have not the slightest doubt
of the guilt of Floyd and Claude Al
len, and I will not interfere. TSie
law must take its course.”
What brought forth the greatest
indignation from the Governor was
the reported fact that the plan to ap
peal to the Lieutenant-Governor was
agreed upon a week ago.
While there was no intimation
from Lieutenant-Governor Ellysson
that he would Interfere, his willing-
neat Thursday night to await § writ
ten opinion from the Attorney-Gen
eral, who had already ruled verbally
that he waa without authority, waa
accepted outside to mean that the
life of Clauda Allen might be spared.
Governor Mann, however, cut thru’
the mase of uncertainty and doubt by
HITS THE SCHOOLS HARD
GOVERNOR BIJ£A8E REFUSES TO
OBEY THE LAW
♦
Fails to Attend Meeting of the Board
•m- ttf Arrange to Borrow Money to
Carry on Schools.
Governor Blease did not attend the
meeting of the financial board of the
State, called for to-day to make some
arrangements looking to borrowing
H 0,0o 0 for the use of the rural
schools. The meeting was held in
the office of the State Treasurer with
only Comptroller General Jones and
State Treasurer Carter present.
The Legislature at its recent ses
sion imposed a special one-mill tax
levy for the support of the free rural
schools and empowered the financial
board of the State to borrow $150,-
000, if so much be needed, for the
schools and pledge the income from
this tax in payment of the loan.
State Superintendent of Education
Swearingen the other day called the
Governor’s attention to the pressing
and immediate need of about $30,000
to enable the rural schools to contin
ue right now and asked the board to
meet and make arrangements for
borrowing this amount. It was for
this purpose that today's meeting
was called.
The Governor in a mesage to the
General Assembly stated that he did
not speak to the State Treasurer and
Comptroller General and would not
serve with them. Howe' er, the Leg
islature put it in the hands of theee
two officials and the Governor to bor
row the money and the matter is up
to them.
It is authorltively stated that un
less tho money is borrowed by the
end of the week that some 25,009
children In the rural schools will be
deprived of echool and many of the
schools forced to cloee their doors
Intense Interest has been aroused
throughout the State, for scores of
the schools have applied to the Sup
erintendent of Education for aid
it all depends on the attitude the
Governor will take If he declines
to act with the other members of the
financial board it will hardly be pos
sible to borrow any money, It Is said.
KI Ll/S HKKSEIJ- IN STORE.
Chattanooga Woman Take* Polaon
In New Orleans.
Mrs Isabel G Temple, thirty years
of age, daughter of H N Temple, of
Chattanooga, Tenn , committed sui
cide In s Canal street department
store in New Orleans. Friday Miss
Temple, who went to New Orleans
three weeks ago suffering from ner
vousness, was found In s Isrstory by
a shopper after she had swallowed
the creater part of a viol of poison
She d:**,! before she could be taken
io a hospital
Mis* Temple went w.th her mother
f o ’he public library Friday after
noon The yoiiiuc woman excuse i
herself for a moment and walked
uto ’be Street The mo’! . ■ w.l (• d
.» while, an 1 w hen her I luthier tiad
not return started in -• itch ot her
When found the oing woman was
urn on<( ions
A Chattanooga dispatch says Miss
Temple was a daughter of 11 F Tem
ple. a retired manufacturer of tha:
city Miss Temple was an arti c t and
had been In New York for severa’
years, employed as a magazine Illus
trator She returned to her home a
year ago. suffering from nervous
breakdown. Her condition did not
improve and she )>ecame despondent.
Miss Temple was widely known. The
family is one of the most prominent
in the Central South.
hastening home.
The jury, which, under the law, is
required to witness all executions, as
sembled outside the penitentiary
gates shortly before 1 o'clock, ming
ling there with the crowd. The pro
gram as originally announced was
carried out without change.
While two ministers, who have
been unfaltering in their loyalty to
the condemned men, were telling
them good-bye, the prison superin
tendent stepped into the corridor,
which separated the cells of father
and son, and read the death warrant.
Floyd Allen, still limpibg from the
wounds he received in the Hillsville
Court battle, said the last tearful
farewell to his tkjy ajid went with the
prison guards to the death chamber.
A groan escaped him as he sat in the
chair, while the straps and electrodes
were being fastened about him. The
current was turned on at 1:22
o’clock and in four minutes the sur
geon motioned to the superintendent
that he was dead. The body was
speedily removed.
Again the chair was tested, while
Claude Swanson Allen, namesake of
a United States Senator, was being
led through the corridor to the cham
ber door. Though a trifle pale, he
marched with measured stride, his
head held high, his wonderful nerve
with him to the end. As he took his
seat he moved his arms to assist the
guards who were adjusting the
straps, and like hie father he went
silently and unafraid.
When the autopsy had been per
formed the bodies were given over to
Victor Allen, Floyd’s sou, by whom
they were taken to the mountains of
Southwest Virginia for burial.
BODIES IN STREET
KANT SDRYIYORSSTIU CLING TO
TREE TOPS
♦
DEYOND TDE RESCUERS
Others, Frozen, Drop to Death In the
Waters Below — Two Hundred
Dead Found in a Church—Hun
dreds of Bodies Are Said to be
Partly Submerged in Streets.
A dispatch from Columbus, Ohio,
says the first direct communication
was established with the West Side
shortly after four o’clock Thursday
afternoon, when Undertaker Osman
said over the telephone that he had
nineteen bodies in his morgue and or
ders to care for sixty-nine more as
soon as possible.
He says that he estimates the num
ber of dead in the United Brethren
Church on the West Side at 200.
From 100 to 150 bodies, he said, are
lying partly submergrd in Avondale
avenue. About 200 more, according
to Mr. Osman, are lying in West Park
avenue.
Tho section between Central ave
nue and Sandusky street was almost
wiped out. After two nights of hor
ror during which hundreds clung to
hoireetops calling for help until their
voices gave way, while dozens were
perched in the branches of the trees,
many are still beyond the reacb of the
rescuers.
The cold caused many to freeze,
lose their grop and drop in the water.
With military glasses, rescuers
standing on tbs Baltlmor# and Ohio
railroad near Ceatral avenue could
see several dead forma lying on the
roof of a building to the east.
At the corner of Glenwood and
Thomas avenues, the lifeless form of
a man was still hanging In a tree
He had frozen during the night Van
dals looting the besieged territory
added to the horrors. G W Giver,
justice of peace at Brlggsdale. swore
in several deputies Thursday and
gave them Instructions to shoot down
all looters
Company E. Fourth Ohio National
Guards at Marysville, assumed guard
duty around the stricken district
Th ursday
Relief trains from Marysville and
I-ondon bearing food and clothing
relieved the situation In the refu
gees quarters in the hilltops
Eatlmates of a heavy loss of life
In the West Side are the stories told
by the hundreds rescued and by
scenes witnessed by the reseirers, who
have been working continuously with
rough boats for forty hours
Between 6u0 and l.oou persons
lost their lives in the flooded W.-st
Side of Columbus, according to rgp
resentatix es of the Columbus Dis
patch. alio nave jutr* gotten into com
m u ni cat loti aith the neaspaper of
fice from the previously isolated s-c
Don of t he city
The same eMimate Is iriven h\ per
son* In charge of the relief stations
on tin- hilltop west of the flooded sec
tion Discoveries made Thursda'
morning among the stricken popu
lace, they say, are appalling
According to those who Invaded
the stricken district, the big State in
stitutions and store rooms in the hill
top section are crowded with refu
gees, many of whom were rescued
from the murky waters and who tell
stories of indescribable horrors.
Former Mayor Geo. S. Marshall,
who was in telephone communica
tion with Attorney Qecil Randall, his
law partner, said Thursday that Mr.
Randall said the death tbll would
reach at least a thousand.
Throngs of excited groups of peo
ple from the flood-stricken section
of the city who were crowded into
the temporary rescue quarters assert
ed that the estimate of Mr. Randall is
not exaggerated.
The true extent of the awful trag
edy will not be known for days until
the mass of wreckage, houses and
uprooted trees, which are strewn ov
er the lowlands south of the city
are uncovered. This mass of debris
is under several feet of water with
swift currents running In many di
rections.
Many of those rescued tell of es
caping from their homes by the frac
tions of minutes just before the rush
ing waters swept their homes away
and crushed them like egg shells
against bridges. Scores of entire
families, those people assert, were
swept down with their houses in the
swift currents.
Every available Inch of space in
the Columbus State Hospital for the
Insane and Mount Carmel Hospital
on the hilltop is occupied by refu
gees, according to those who Invad
ed the stricken district Thursday.
Four children are reported to have
been born In a school on a hilltop.
Fire Chief Laner, wh« was ma
rooned on the hilltop, Just beyond
bhe flooded section, reaching that
point of safety in his automobile just
before the waters swept the low
lands, said he saw scores of people
standing on their porches as the wa
ters swept down and that he cailnot
see how scarcely any escaped.
Who would have thought It? Illi
nois sends a Georgia Democrat to
represent her In the United States
Senate. Surely the war ie over.
HISTORY OF THE CRIME
_ i
FOR WHICH THE ALLENS WERE
E liECTROOUTED.
♦
Several Other Participants la the
Crime Serving Various Terms in
the State’s Prison.
The execution of Floyd Allen and
his son, Claude Swanson Allen, at
Richmond, Va., marks the first blow
of justice upon the notorious Allen,
clansmen, whose lawlessness for
years held the natives of the Vir
ginia mountains In terror and culmi
nated early last year In the shooting
up of the Carroll County Court, when
five persons lost their lives. Tne
news of the crime seni a thrill of
horror throughout the nation, aud
the shocked Virginia authorities mov
ed expeditiously to bring tho crimin
als to justice.
On the morning of March 1 l /joyd
Allen stood before the bar of the Car
roll County Court House, at Ilills-
ville, to receive sentence for hie part
in aiding the escape of another moun
taineer from the custody of the sher
iff. A crowd packed the little Court
room, for the character of the pris
oner was well known. Members of
the Alien family were known to be
in Court and trouble was thought
imminent.
The jury having announced a ver
dict of guilty, Judge Thornton L.
Massif sentenced the prisoners to one
year at hard labor. With the last
word of the sentence a crash of fire
arms broke from the spectators’
benches. Floyd Allen, the prisoner,
with a smoking revolver in his hand,
leaped fram the prisonar's dock and
joined the rush of the gang toward
the door.
When the Court room was cleared
the body of Judge Mamie, riddled
with bullets, was found lying over
his desk; CommonweaRh Attorney
William M. Foster and Sheriff L. F.
M ebb lay dead on the flood, Augustus
Fowler, a juror, and Elizabeth Ayna,
a sp^tator, were bleeding from
wounds, which proved fatal the next
day, and iK-xter Goad, clerk of the
Court, lay shot through the neck
Goad was one of the principal wit
ness* s for the State at the conviction
of the prisoner*
When the Gourt room was exam
ined later it was found that more
than 200 shots had been fired. Twen
ty-seven shots took effect uj>on those
killed or wounded An array of de
tective* and newspaper correspon
dent* soon was scouring the muddy
roads of the mountains In search for
the prisoners Lloyd Allen, the cause
of the shooting, who had been
wounded by Sheriff Webb in the
Court room, was taken the day of
the < rime, together w ith his son. Vic
tor Vilen, and his nephew, Bird
Marlon.
Si ina Edwards, a nephew of the
Mien brothers, was captured in a hut
: ti the mountains, March 22 Kd
ward*, w tio is lame, had eaten noth
ing for several days and^was very
weak w hen found Claude Swanson
VlUri. another son of Floyd Allen,
walked up to a posse in Die moun-
t i n* and surrendered himself on
Man h 2* Th*- next day Friet Allen,
youngest member of the gang, was
taken at his lather's home
Floyd Allen, charged specifically
with the killing of Commonwealth
Attorney Foster, was found guilty of
first degree murder on May 17. and
sentenced to death Claude Allen,
ins son, was tried on a charge of kill
ing Judge Massie, and convicted of
murder in the second degree. The
jury recommended a sentence of fif
teen years in the penitentiary. The
State demanded a new trial and a
verdict of guilty in the first degree
was returned on July 27 and he was
sentenced to death.
Friel Allen pleaded guilty of mur
der in the second degree, and on Au
gust 14 was sentenced to eighteen
years in prison. Three days later
Sidna Edwards pleaded guilty to a
like charge and was given a sentence
of fifteen years. Victor Allen was
acquitted of a charge of having par
ticipated in the murders.
■ Sidna Allen, brother of Floyd Al
len, and recognized leader of the
clan, and his nephew, Wesley Ed
wards, eluded pursuit for many
weeks, and eventually escaped out of
the Virginia * mountains and made
their way West. They were captured
at Des Moines, la., September 14, as
the result of a love affair of young
Edwards. A letter from him was
lost by Maude Iroler, of ../ount Airy,
N\ C., and detectives followed its in
formation and captured the two men.
Sidna Allen was placed on trial
November 11 at Wytheville, Va.,
charged with the murder of Judge
Massie, convicted and sentenced to
thirty-five years in prison.
Three Candidates for Senator.
Three candidates have already an
nounced for the United States Sen
ate. The campaign will be held In
1914, and the candidates already out
are E. D. Smith, Incumbent; C. L.
Blease, governor, and N. B. Dial, of
Laurens. Mr. Dial was a candidate
last summer for the place of Sena
tor Tillman.
I ^ ^ ^ ■ .
We have no doubt of the success of
the Wilson Administration. The most
prosperous periods ever enjoyed by
this country was when It was under
the rale of the Democratic party.
Why should not history repeat Kaelf?
LATE FLOOD NEWS
♦
THE DEATH LIST NOT AS URGE
AS REPORTED
— — ♦
LOOTING IS REPORTED
•
Thousands Thought to be Drowned
in Dayton Are Found to be Safe—
Seventy Thousand Marooned in
That City — Fifteen Thousand
Homes Submerged and Untenable.
Revised estimates of the losses of
life in Dayton, Ohio, received Wed
nesday night, give ground for hope
that the dead in all sections affected
by the flood will not exceed 2,000 and
may go below that figure.
Daring Investigators who penetrat
ed the flooded section revealed hun
dreds safe whom it was feared were
lost. Unless swelled by a death list
in the foreign settlement on the north
side, as yet unreached, there may not
be more than 200 dead in the whole
city.
There was far heavier loss of life
in the west side of Columbus, Ohio,
than was thought. One estimate
placed the number of dead at more
than six hundred.
Apparently authentic reports from
Piqua indicated that twenty were
dead there.
At Peru, !nd., the authorities esti
mate the death list will reacb at least
150.
From Hamilton fifty persons were
reported drowned in the collapse of
a hotel where they had sought refugs.
Twenty-five deaths wers reported
from Troy, Ohio, thirty in Middle-
town and five at MasUlou.
Deaths from the flood In Chillico-
the will not exceed 2 5, sccerdlng to
latest advices. EarHer reports were
that from 200 to 500 lives had been
lost
A report from Linton, Ind., gave
sixteen persons drowned at Howee-
ville. 25 miles south of Terre Hiute.
There were ten deaths at Sharon,
Pa
Estimates are that 70,000 persona
are marooned In Dayton a flooded dis
trict. where 1 5.000 homes have been
submerged Rescue station* are pro
viding for 5,000 homeless The prop
erty damage In the dty la figured at
$25,000,000.
Alarmiat reports were frequent
during the day. In most cases these
were quickly contradicted. Rumors
that the Grand reservoir near St.
Mary a. Ohio, had brokau proved un
founded. Similar report# about tho
I/ewlston reservoir likewise were
found to be untrue. Threatened
breaks In both were repaired and re
ports to Governor Cox. at Columbus
Wednesday night indicated that the
danger from this source waa passed
Later report* from Zanesville are
t hut fifteen live* are believed to have
been lost there Atniut Ifi.Onp are
honu-l* *s A ecore of buildings col-
lupe* I Fire broke out at one point,
h it it »a* not believed It would
spread.
Twenty were found dead among
refugees in the Court House at Peru,
Did , the victims of exposure, accord
ing to a telephone message. Conta
gion has broken out among the refu-
eee*. the report (dated.
The police and militia report that
looters are working in the central
district All persona not able to give
a satisfactory explanation of their
actions are arreated. Persistent, but
unconfirmed rumors, tell of looters
being shot. Excitement Is running
riot. The wildest rumors were In cir
culation andjerious trouble Is expect
ed.
THEY MUST ALL WORK.
•—
Postmaaters Muni Give Full Time to
Their Offices.
Hereafter postmasters in the larg
er offices of the country are to be
held strictly accountable for.the time
and personal attention they give their
official duties. Postmaster-General
Burleson announced Friday that he
proposed not merely to discourage,
but to stamp out the practice said to
be followed by many first and second
class postmasters of imposing a con
siderable part of the duties upon
subordinates in order to utilize the
time for personal ends. Further
more, the Postmaster-General, in
making recommendations for ap
pointments to these offices, will re
quire, in addition to the usual quali
fications, an assurance from the ap
plicant that his whole business time
will be devoted to the duties of the
position.
Surgeon Dies From Infection.
Dr. Algernon T. Bristow, sixty-
two, one of the best known surgeons
in Greater New York, died at bis
home. No. 2 34 Clinton street, Brook
lyn, of blood poisoning which result
ed from Infection received while per
forming an operation at the Long Is
land College Hospital on March 1$.
Fell One Thousand Feet.
At TokHo two Japaneee army offi
cers were killed Friday while giving
an exhlbRloir flight In an aeroplane
for the members of parliament.
Their machine broke when making n
turn at a height of 1,000 feet and
they were dashed to the ground.
CRIMES OF THE ESKIMOS
HUMAN LIFE CHEAP IN THE ARC
TIC AMONG THEM.
A Missionary Who Was Sent tv Them
Tells of the Ways of Xortliern
Tribesmen Who Never W ash.
A great work ia being done far op
on the northeast shores of Hudson
Bay in converting the wandering In
diana and Eskimos who Inhabit that
desolate region to Christianity. A
devoted little band of three or four
Christian pioneers is stationed there,
and a member of that “Arctic mis
sion”, who is iu England for n short
“leave”, gave some of his experiences
of the country and its people recent
ly. He said:
I am stationed at a tiny settlement
on the Great Whale river, and the
town cousista of two houses and a
store I live at one of the houses
with a Hudson Bay trader. We get
two mails a year out there, but the
newspapers only visit us once, so
that you can imagine our expectation
when newspaper day comes round.
At the end of August every year a
ship calls, and we have to be very
careful to remember to order every
thing we want, because if we forget
anything we should have to wait an
other year.
The Eskimos never wash them
selves. I have oft»n seen an Eski
mo woman washing her young chil
dren like a cat does a kitten—by
licking them all over. Their only
means of livelihood He* in catching
seals. They are always on tbs look
out for seal holes in tbs ice. They
eat the blubber, that is, tbs fat of the
seal, and clothe themselves or at aay
rats make their trousers out of seeJ-
sklo. It is very sold—4$ degrees be
low aero as a rule—aid we Buro-
peaas have to keep roarlag fires go
ing in every room of our kouoo'.
The people don’t lire in villages
but separately In families, so as to
have as wide a field for huatlag as
possible. They are a very revenge
ful people. A short while ago an
Eskimo waa out hunting and saw a
black dot In the distance on the tee.
On approaching he made certain that
it was a seal just protruding from a
seal hole. He fired and bit it, bat
whan he got up to It he found that ho
had accidentally shot a man.
He called on the widow, sold how
sorry he was, and, promising to
the woman, asked for forglveaeoa.
The son of the dead man entered,
and, when he heard the story ho
rushed off and killed all the huator’a
family In revenge. Ia retaliation the
hunter killed all the dead maa’s fam
ily. and so tho fond began. When
w# were Informed of thin sad came
to Investigate we found that there
was only one man surviving ont of
two families of a boat 17 persona
They ware terribly lawlean until
we came, and even now when in tho
grip of starvation commit tho most
awful deeds. Lately a mother, rav
aged terribly by hunger, ate her two
children. An other killed bis wife
and lived on her, and when she had
been eaten up tried to murder three
other men's children. Luckily he
was prevented. There are no native
laws. They don’t steal, but think
nothing of murder. When they are
“put out”, a* the saying goes, they
must take a life They don't mind
whom they kill when they are angry
as long a* they kill some one. There
ia no sort of punishment for the
crime.
They are very fond of singing and
their favorite or only game la con
nected therewith. A piece of seal
bone, with a little hole In it, is sus
pended from the roof. They all ait
round the room, and each tries to
throw an arrow Into the hole. He
who succeeds has to sing a song,
most songs wins the game. They
have large families, and the race
would increase tremendously wers It
not for accidents and murders. They
are, however, very impressed by the
Christian creed, and we are gradually
getting them to change their ways:
Driven From Their Homes.
At Louisville, Ky., more than two
thousand families were driven from
their homes last Friday, 3,000 men
were out of employment and thou
sands of dollars' damage to rroperty
had been done by the waters of the
Ohio River, which early crashed over
the “cut off” at the east end of the
city,' flooding a large section to a
depth of four feet.
Rebels Surround Federal*.
Gen. Ojeda, with four hundred
Federals, is surrounded by a thou
sand State insurgents ten miles be
low the border at Naco, Sonora, and
making a last stand. Gen. Obregon,
commanding all Sonora insurgent
troops, is on his way from Can&nea
with six hundred insurgents rein
forcements.
Boat and Soldiers Are Lost.
A report, which this far lacks con
firmation, is current in Mexico CUy
to the effect that a boat, with more
than four hundred soldiers on board,
has been sank off Oayamss, In tho
Gulf of California, ail tha result of
an explosion.
There are ploaty of rich Daaso-
crats, bat they are not tha klad that
Is needed to rapren* this ooontry ^
at foreign coarts if hollar diplomat /
•s no loaffar to ha la favor. ^ *
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