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I REFUSED TO SALUTE ~ * 1 <3KN. HUEItTA DECLINES GIVING - IT UNCONDITIONALLY. WILSON WILL INSIST ? + ^ Mexican President Told Cliarge O'Sliauglutcssy Sunday Night That p g United States Must Promise Return ^ Salute?President Wilson Took c r Mater to Congress Monday. t if flon \7 lnl/M>to??> 71 j 1 ' . viuu, f iviuuuna 11UU1 IU, piUSlUCill of Mexico, flatly Sunday night refueed v to accede to the unconditional det in and of the United States that he salute the American flag, and Con- ( gross was asked by President Wilson , Monday for authority to use armed forces to onliold the honor and dignity of the nation. Negotiations with ITuerta over the demand for a salute in reparation for ^ the arrest of American bluejackets at w Tampico on April 10 came to a close Sunday night at G o'clock, the last hour given by President Wilson for a favorable response from the Mexican dictator. The final word of lluerta to Charge O'Shaughnessy was a refusal to comply, unless the United States would guarantee in writing '. J that his salute no returned, lie asked for no continuation of the negotiations and flatly refused to accede to what ho called the demand for an "unconditional" salute. Just before midnight Secretary Tlryan issued this statement: "A little after 1 ! o'clock last night a brief * dispatch came from Chargd ^ O'Shaughnessy at Mexico City saying that the president's demand of yesc terday had been communicated to the foreign minister and was being carried ny liiin to Gen. iluerta. The / foreign minister asked Mr. O'Shaugli- j. nessy whetlier in case Gen. Iluerta ^ acceded to the demand a protocol ^ # would be signed providing for a return of the salute. The following ^ dispatch was sent to Charge O'Shaughnessy, in substance: " 'President Wilson is out of the j city. Impossible to reach him before / 8 a. m. to-morrow. Am certain that / * ho would not consent to have you / ^ sign the protocol mentioned in the 0 program. Salute should bo llred $ without any agreement as to its re- 0 turn. The United States of America r / can bo relied on, according to inter- ^ t national custom and courtesy, to do j its duty. The signing of the protocol a h would be objectionable, in addition ^ I f to other reasons, because of the fact that it might be construed as recogni- }, tion of the Iluerta government, p whereas the president has no inten- n tion oi recognizing that government, u "Early this morning a dispatch was c received from Charge O'Shaughnessy i saying that Gen. Iluerta was willing n a to accede to the demand of Admiral o Mayo, providing a protocol was sign- > ed, and setting forth a copy of the fi proposed protocol. Charge O'Shaugli- n t .nessy asked whether be was author- h ized to sign it. I communicated with (< President Wilson by telephone, and at his direction sent a telegram to Mr. g O'Shaughnessy, of which the follow- it t ' ing is a paraphrase: tl i " 'Copy of your telegram of 8 p. m. f, last night was sent to the president i< ' \ with a copy of my reply to the effect d ) that a proiccol would be objection- e able. The president replied: f( " 'Your reply to O'Shaughnessy was \ exactly what I should havo wished it \ ? to be. In no case should any conces- F sion of any kind in detail or other- i< wise be made.' "X talked with the president over w the telephone when your telegram of n lip. m. last night was received to d the effect that Gen. lluerta had ac- c ceded to the demand, but only on n ^ condition that you sign a protocol, fj | w" Ho repeated most emphatically his r< objection to any protocol or agree- si ment." tl ? V\ MURDERER AWAKENS GIRL. a ^ ii After Killing ller llrother Man Spares 'jijk Ifcr at Her l*lca. TvTiss Mary Sammis, who lives with her brother Frank 011 Long Island farm, near Huntington, N. Y,, awoke ^ early Thursday to find a man with a 'bloody axe in his hands standing by her bed. In the dim light she recogk nized Frank Fowler, a young farm o1 % <& hand, who slept in the house. "I've \\ * tjust killed your brother upstairs," el said Fowler, "and I'm going to kill, d< you, too." fli "I've always been kind to you, P^ Frffnk," pleaded the woman, "and you nave no reason for harming us." w "That's right," answered Fowler. "I Y a guess I won't kill you, but I'll go cc away," and ho walked out of tho (1( house, leaving tho axe behind him. *s Miss Sammis stumbled upstairs ahd to found her brother's body on the bed. U1 t t th Kill (Ml Son for Revenge. g A negro, arrested at Media, Pa., % Saturday on auspiclon of having murdered William McKniff Wednesday night, confessod, according to the po- a lice, that ho had killed tho young man out of revenge, because McKniff's father, when chief of police of Media, ^ had sent him to jail on a burglary be charge. wl \ TO FORCE SALUTE J. S. BATTLESHIPS SENT TO BACK MAYO'S DEMAND. ? Javy Thrown into a Fever of Excitement, When Eleven Battleships are Ordered to Mexican Waters. President Wilson Tuesday ordered irtually the entire Atlantic fleet to aexican waters to iorce a puDiio alute to the Stars and Stripes from ho Huerta government as an apol>gy for the arrest of American maines at Tampico last Thursday. No iltiinatum has been issued, that is, 10 speciiic time has been sent within vhtch the Huerta government must oniply, but the naval demonstration rns been ordered as a concrete evilenco of tlio llxed determination of lie United States to back up Admiral dayo's demand for a salute. Up to Tuesday night Gen. Iluerta lad not made satisfactory response o that demand. "Future developments depend on Huerta himself," vas the way a high administration ofIcial close to the president summai/.ed tiie situation. The decision to send the fleet was cached after the president and Secretary Bryan had conferred for an lour with John Lind, personal repreentative of tiio president in Mexico, md after a two-hour cabinet mooing, during which dispatches from Charge O'Shaughnessy revealed that ho Huerta government disputes the iglit of American marines to be ishoro at Tampico, and contended hat i13 recent public statement of ipology was ample. Immediately after the cabinet neeting adjourned Secretary Daniels ssued his order to the Atlantic lleet. ind wireless messages flashed np ond lown the Atlantic coast to put the feet under steam for Tampico. It vill be the largest fighting force the American government has assembled or positive action since the SpanishAmerican war. Eleven great battlehips, with auxiliaries, carrying in all ibout 11>,000 men, will comprise the orce at Tampico. The navy department sent compete instructions to Rear Admiral lodger, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet, on board the battleship Arkansas, at Hampton Roads. Rear Admiral Flake, chief of thG bureau >f operations, lort Washington immeliately for the Roads to personally xplain to Admiral Badger the diplonatic side of the situation and dis?atches from Rear Admiral Mayo, ndicating the exact ships which will .ccompany Admiral Badger, the navy lepartment issued the following: "Admiral Badger will take with iim the battleships Arkansas, Louisana, New Hampshire, Michigan, Vermont, Now Jersey and South Caroina, which last ship has been interepted on her way from Haiti to lampton Roads. The gunboat Tacona, now at Boston, Mass., has been rdered also to Tampico by way of Newport, R. I., and will start about "hursday. The gunboat Nashville, ow at Monte Christi, San Domingo, as been ordered to Guantonamo to oal and thence to Tampico. "The Rhode Island, Nebraska, Virinia and Georgia are now docking; t has not been deewlpfl vnt \\r I v ^ vy v fl UVvLlKil hey will join Admiral Badger's orces. The transport Hancock will 3ave New Orleans for Tampico toay with the First regiment of the xpeditionary force of marines." The oregolng ships are in addition to the 1 tali, Connecticut, Minnesota, Des loines, Chester, Dolphin and San 'ranelsco, at Tampico, and the Flor3a and Prairie, at Vera Cruz. While the navy was active, thero ras no army movement. Two explaations for this were advanced?the esiro that the Constitutionalists in ontrol of Northern Mexico should ot misinterpret the action, and the ict that the United States has aleady a big fighting forco within triking distance of Mexico. Twelve housand troops aro at Texas City, 'here four army transports are at nchor, and thousands of cavalry and , 1 fan try aro spread all along the borer, where they can bo moved quickT. ? ? TIU13D TO POISON GIRD. , ? ! llcgod Firs Starter is Arrested on a 1 More Serious Charge. \ John W. Yarborough, dray lino 1 wner, of Macon, (la., was arrested ( Wednesday afternoon on a warrant rnrging assault with intent to mur3r. Behind the arrest a story of a ' re that destroyed the house occu- ( ed by the Yarborough family in a shlonablo section of tho city three eeks ago and the alleged proffer by arborough of a banana, said to have mtained poison, to Miss Irene Hern>n, daughter of a convict guard, who reported to have made a statement an insurance Investigator that held 3 the collection of the insurance on o property. ? + Enght Hundred Weaver* Strike. Eight hundrad weavers of the Buflo Cotton Mills near Union went on strike Thursday. ? j Bandit Killed in Duel. Monday night at Lemmon, S. D., a mdit was killed in a running fight 1 Ith tho police. ? PLAN FOR INVASION1 # 13 WAR COLLEGE PREPARES FOR OCCUPATION OP MEXICO. WANTS 500,000 MEN This Would Mean a Call for 250,OOO si Volunteers of Which South Caro- cl bi 1 ina's Share Would be 1?491?Ap- cj portioned bj Population of the &1 ei State. tl lj It is understood that at tho war ft< conference held Saturday in Washing- j ton it was concluded that if there should bo combined resistance to tho w United l?v C. n rrsinvn V i 11 o on #1 I ^ J V/V%1 * i?t> * lilU U11U , Iluorta, an army of 5 00,000 men ^ would bo needed within tho lirst six months of the war. To meet tho exi- ^ goncies of such an army, tho United .j States has 7 50,000 rifles with plenty of ammunition for that number of guns for six months. ^ There will bo needed for such an j, army 1,300 field guns, of which there are in stock only 7 00 with ammuni- y lion only for that number. In order to supply the deficiency in held guns, ho manufactories of the United ^ States would have to bo taxed to their ^ limit, together with fiio government j manufactories and the private manu- 0 factories for powder. Tho quartermaster's department report? that one of tho principal needs of an increased ^ army would be horses, mules and ^ water transportation. Q Tho land transportation has already been provided for. It was stated by a competent authority after tho 11 conference Saturday that the quarter- 14 master's department at New York, 11 Philadelphia and generally along the (. SI coast would bo authorized by congress to "hire all tho merchant ves- 1 sels they could get and to run them into tho nearest shipyards for conversion into transports. This government has now four w t rn n Qnnrf a nn Hiiu unoot ?n<l P' WU l '11.1 1 wn.-l l'. 1111 1,111 OP 4-111 tho Pacific coast. The three on the 11 Pacific coast could be ready in a month. Tho commissary department a and the quartermaster's department ^ will not make any purchases of supplios until they have the money in hand because it is illegal to exceed the present appropriation. X The war and navy departments ex- ' pect congress to make an appropriation of at least $25,000,000 as a be- _ ginning of the war fund. The war ^ department expects to have co make provision for a first draft of not less than 200,000 volunteers for immeK1 diate equipment. There are about 1 17,000 national militia in tiie United T States. There are about 4 2,000 of " the federal army, including the coast artillery. These, plus 250,000 volunteers, Hl co make a total first call for tho war of 409,000. According to tho statistics furnished by the ordnance bureau, tho country has sufficient field artillery, small S arms and ammunition for such an 01 army to ,be immediately mobilized, j11 What is lacking are the horses and 11 mules which could be gotten in suf- m flcient quantity in tho United States. There is no question that the plan of " invasion of Mexico, if ordered by con- 1 gross, would bo tho launching of e 200,000 of the army from a point on ?a , 1, ? J " liiu iviu viranue, direct to Monterey and thence through to Mexico City. ,, On account of the lack of water ri supply, the war college lias decided m that no other route would be practicable. This was decided when Maj. ^ Gen. Wotherspoon was head of the (^r war college at which he plans were ^ niado. Tlio preliminary arrival of ^ federal troops 011 Mexican soil would . of he at Vera Cruz and Tampico. At both of these places the way would be cleared by tlio navy. The war department has worked ( 1 ca out plans for an issuance of a call for ^ volunteers for invasion into Mexico if ^ necessary. It is understood the first . call will be for 250,000 men. This n w< will include the military reserves. ^ Authorization for the call is necessary from congress under an act to provide ^ for temporarily .increasing the mill- ^ tary establishment of the United ^ States in time of war. The volunteers would bo apportioned so far as >ractical among the several states and territories and the District of Columbia, according to population, and will mlist to servo for a period of two ch fears unless sooner discharged. Su Under this call, the Southern IU dates' share of tho volunteer army kil )f 2 50,000 will bo its follows: Alabama ...5,000 Arkansas ,, ...4,050 Florida 1,500 in< Georgia ..* .,..7,428 in Kentucky ... 5,814 th* T .nilloln n n " n A * " "* ?vu.?i?ua ... ... ... , . . ,J,5SU "B Mississippi 4,314 North Carolina 5,168 South Carolina 1,494 Tennessee 6,12 0 Ku Toxas 8,458 Co Virginia ..5,574 to Arizona . ... 362 wii Now Mexico ... 600 Oklahoma 600 ? * Motor Car and Train Meet. to S. T. Green of Abbeville was killed Ch Tuesday when his motor car collided yes vith a freight traia cngino. wa IAS A WEEK TO DECIDE ? ? [TJERTA CAN ACCEDE BEFORE SHIPS REACH HIS COAST. M r + illy Wliite House Announcement is That Flag Has Reen Affronted and a Salute is Satisfaction Demanded. The dispatch of the American war- p lips Tuesday created only mild oxtemont at Washington. Newspapers usied themselves with sending speal men and the navy department ranted permission to twenty report:s and photographers to accompany le fleet on its cruise. It will bo ful r a week before the Atlantic tleet in ssembled at Tampico, though the lips are expected to be steaming way now. Rear Admiral Badger ill rank both Hear Admiral Fletcher nd Rear Admiral Mayo and will take ?( implete charge of the situation. While the ships are under way, I( en. FTuerta will have about a week 11 1 which to answer the American delands. The crisis in the situation is NN xpected to come after Gen. Iluerta eclines to yield by the time tho At- (1 intic fleet arrives. It was pointd out by some that the nited States might land marines and n eize Tampico to obtain satisfaction I 01 ' ii ir tho incident, but this raised tho uestion of whether or not an act of 11 ar would be involved. The Washigton administration has pronouncd itself on the subject or landing ^ inrines or marching armed forces in- 11 3 Mexico as regarding such acta in lie nature of war, unless permission ; given by the government in control 11 f the territory involved. Inasmuch as no government is , scognized in Mexico, but a state of j narchy exists, tho American governlent may establish its own preceent in that case. This is not con- ^ idered likely, that is, if marines aclally were landed and tho American ii ag taken ashore in satisfaction for . t ( le affront occasioned by the arrest ^ f tliP ninrlnna nnv fnrfline nmnonrAn . v ?> v ?.m.? v? * ?*A VU| W ii J A II ft tM VJ & ft ft 2 1 / <VO 11 1 O O | o\iId bo insisted on. Some officers ' ointed out that the Hue-ta com- ^ lander might not resist, the landing ^ [ American marines, inasmuch as he a hemmed in on land by the Consti- ^ itionalist forces. Should he consent > a peaceful landing it is likely that lev soon would bo withdrawn. sc The American government has cj .nded marines in San Domingo and ni icaragiua, but has held that pormis- (|( on was granted in each case. In V( icaragua American marines kept a tilroad from falling into the hands S{ ! a rebellious force. Actual war or 8j itervention could not be undertaken ^ ithout authorization by the con"ess, and even the landing of ma- p] nes at times has raised a question the Senate, though it has led to no lange in the attitude of the exocu- p. ve branch of the government in con- (lf ituting itself as the judge in such ises. Y Oflicials don't believe other foreign Jit ivernments will send ships to Mexi- p, , in view of the American demonration, as the affair is regarded as {() 10 solely between the United States st ul the Huerta government and not m volving any other foreign governent, though serious eventualities j iglit cause European nations to seek irther protection for their nations. m Iplomats here took an active in- an bij rest in the developments and aj .bled their home governments the jws as it appeared during th? dnv _ ? . I,, While the consensus of opinion of rpj ose best informed was that so se- , ous a step as military intervention ^ ' ay not bo required to force Iluerta | yield from his position on the ques- r{l 3n of salute, they recognized Tues- jv ty's developments carried the situ a- s( Dn closer to real hostilities than it ' rer has been during the three years ^ 1 turmoil in Mexico. ^ President Wilson and members of (jc o cabinet went about their olllcial 12 ities as usual. The president was gj lm and sereno. lie took a long at otor ride in the afternoon and re- th ained in his study Tuesday night, qutries for further information ar iro pressed at the White House, hut an e president said that there pr w nothing further to announce ^CA explain, other than that the Amori- ji, n flag had been affronted and that aij demand for a salute in satisfaction ,d been mado. jni do Easter Sunday Killing. C(1 P. C. Campbell of Pilham, Ga., co ief of police, ordered John Ifarrell }N<I ndny to tako his hand off his gun. 1)11 irrell drew and the policeman flrod, ling him instantly. (' ? + ? coi Boy Stole Thirty Thousand. m ttu David Williams, a moss hoy on an vo, joming steamer, confessed Monday , San Francisco that ho had robbed j 3 mails of postal orders and cash gregating $3 0,000. (lo] wh Bold Highway Robbery. Three highwaymon robbed George mo iluts on Main street of Southington, gtc nn., early Thursday, and escaped C01 the country after a running fight Lh the police. pr( * me Boy Electrocuted. ra^ Climbing on a trestle 145 feet high 1 have his picture taken Monday at mil icAgo, Bernard Walenga, seventeen tor vrs old, touched a live wire and "a 8 elec\rocuated. wr< GIVEN ULTIMATUM' 'ICON'S FINAL* NOTE TO HUEIlrA DEMANDS INSTANT SAIiUTE. ? AMERICA FACES CRISIS resident Cave Mexican Dictator Until Six O'Olock Sunday to Render Salute, Declaring That in Case of Non-Compliance He Would Co Hefore Congress. Tho climax of the Mexican situa^ CS _ A 1 ... viit i-uitie oaturuay wnen a third niesige catno from Huerta insisting on is own conditions for a "simultan)iis salute". A conference between 10 president and cabinet members (suited in a prompt decision to brook o mor temporizing or dietatory taccs. Tlio following statement then as issued from the White House: "Gen. lluerta is still insisting upon oing something less than has been emanded and something less than ould constitule an acknowledgelent that his representatives were atirely in the wrong in the indignies thov have put upon the govern\ent of the United States." The resident has determined that if Gen. luerta has not yielded by 6 o'clock unday afternoon he will tako the latter to congress on Monday. Huerta's continued evasiveness and is desperate condition, both from a nancial and military point of view, j Ml many high oflicials to believe the 'ould defy the United States and ike chances 011 consequences lirough which a national spirit light be aroused to unite the waring factions and entrench him in ofce. The determination to force a defiite reply from Huerta, ending the derance of the United States with is dilatory tactics, was emphasized rongly in Saturday's developments. ; was a day of action in olllcial cires, reminiscent to many of tlio ;enes of 1 898, for 110 time since has prsident threatened to ask congress > use the army and navy to enforce foreign policy. Olllcials at the state department de:ribed Huerta's message as "inconusive". Though tho text of Huerta's essage was not made public, ofilcials ascribed the dictator's attitude as ary "obstinato" and insisting on a multaneous salute. Naval officers lid there was no such thing as "a rn lllfnn on n~ onli'l/v" * ? * uiunuiiuuut) naimu . AlJUlUglCS SI'O iven in a salute of 21 guns fired in itervals of ten second, after the coinletion of which tlie party offended ?turns the solute. Meanwhile aides at the navy deirtment went into secret conference, mipleting plans for the movement of arships and marines. Rear Admiral Ictor Blue, acting secretary of fhe ivy, forwarded to Rear Admiral idger on the flagship Arkansas, at e head of the fleet speeding to Mexo the text of President Wilson's atement, giving lluerta until G p. . Sunday. It also was forwarded to eai Admiral Fletcher at Vera Cruz, ^ ho will communicnto it lo Rear Adiral Mayo at Tampico. Read Adiral Howard, commanding the u a (Iron in Pacific Mexican waters, so was notified. The Fourth marine regiment on the iciflc coast was ordered southward. 10 armored cruiser South Dakota, Ith 2GO marines, was dispatched om Bremerton, Wash., to Mare Isnd, where tho remaining 600 manes will he divided with tho collier ipiter. There the two craft will earn to San Diego to await further dors. The two powerful new eadnouglits, Texas and New York, New York, although not under orsrs, are ready to start for Mexico on ! hours' notice. The Virginia, Geora, Nebraska, and Rhode Island, now Boston, will bo ready by tho end of 1 e month. The transport Hancock already has rived at Tampico with S00 marines, 1 (I the cruisers Des Moines and San ancisco, the gunboat Dolphin, the , out cruised Chester, the transport ( iffalo and tiio collier Cyclops are ] ready there. < Various steps not considered under ; ternational law as constituting a j claration of war have been discuss- \ Any of these, of course, may ho i nstrued by ITuerta as a causo for i Lr and change tho status of affairs, t. precedent shows many a caso in j lich a peaceful blockade was de- , ired, shutting off one nation from mmercial intercourse with another the seizure of a customs house and } 3 collection of duties without in- , Iving either nation in war. Tho peaceful blockade has not been j >ked upon by President Wilson as a j *y effectivo measure because preco- ( at has not determined definitely ether a nation has tho right, to cut > tho offending party from all com- v rce. It is admitted tho United t ites could shut off Mexico from all n nmerco with the United States, but 0 other foroign vessels also could be wonted from engaging in comrce with Mexico, without a declaion of war, is a disputed point. ff la f? 1 ?V..? ? * * ? * * >? ? -? ouu inu prcsuioiii lifts in 0 nd other forms of "reprisals", a \ m In International law defined as v means of putting stress on a, n ongdoing state by something short la FOR FREE TOLLS REPEAL' I # , FOR51GR AMBASSADOR TO GREAT BRITAIN TALKS ABOUT IT. Also Quotes President Taft as Agreeing That United States Ought to Arbitrate Free Tolls. Joseph H. Choate, American ambassador to Great Britain during the negotiation of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, believes the correspondence with the British government at that time precludes the idea that American coastwise shipping can be exempted from paying tolls through the Panama canal. Former President Taft, who signed the Panama canal act, containing the exemption clause, thought in doing so he was granting a subsidy to American coastwise shipping and believes that unless congress reverses itself the United States will have to submit the question to arbitration. These points, both welcomed by repeal advocates, were brought out Thursday at the hearing before the Senate committee on interoceanic canals. Senator Simmons introduced a transcript of an address delivered by Mr. Taft before tho Canadian club at Ottawa last January and Mr. Choate's views were submitted in a letter to Henry White, secretary of the American embassy at London, while Mr. Choato was ambasador, accompanied by letters addressed by him to Secretary of State Ilav, explaining tho progress of the negotiations. Mr. Choato wrote that the correspondence "established beyond question tho intent of tho parties in tho negotiations that tho treaty should mean exactly what it says and exemption of any kind of vessels of the United States. Equality between tho United tSates and Great Britain is the constant theme." Mr. Choato reviewed tho attitude of Lord Lansdowno by saying that he abrogated the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, gavo us an American canal, ours to build as and where we liked, to own, control and govern, on the solo condition of its being always neutral and tree for tho parage of the ships of' all nations on equal terms except that if we irot tntrw war with any nation, wo can shut its ships out and tako care of ourselves." Mr. Taft in his address declared that "there aro some hot-heads that talk in absurd tones about the right of the United States to manage her own canal and her own property as she likes, no matter she she has agreed to, but this is all froth." These are the "exploslvlstas". He announced that he had no idea of the breaking of the treaty but the question was what the treaty moans. ? ? (iOYIOKNOIt BALKS AGAIN. ?? lllea.se Sends Two Conflicting Messages to War Depart men t. Secretary of War Garrison announced Thursday night that he was holding up the selection of a sito for the annual summer manoeuvres of the militias of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, pending the adjustment of tlio latest clash between Gov. Blease of South Carolina and the war department. The Isle of Palms, near Charleston, had been selected by the militia adjutants-general and the war department but svas not approved because of vigorous obiectlnm from Gov. Bleaso, who complained that ho had not been consulted. Later the department received a telegram from the governor urging the selection of the site. Nonplussed by this development, Secretary Garrison asked the governor to withdraw one or tho other of his communications, but tho governor refused, insisting that while ho wanted tho Islo of Palms chosen he must ho consulted. Now Representative Whaley of South Carolina has undertaken to straighten out the tanglo. ;>f war." Landing of marines and 3ven tho bombardment of a town have been held as measures "short of kvar". In lS0.r? the British fleet sent i foreo ashore at Coronton, Nicaragua, seized a customs house and held t for fifteen days until an indemnity ,vas agreed upon for indignities to a British vice consul. All officials aro greed that if Tuorta did not. yield Tampico and Vera Cruz probably would bo occu)ied and bold until reparation waa nade in the form of a salute as donan ded by Hear Admiral Mayo on Vpril 0. The demand at that time ailed for the hoisting of an American lag on shore, but Hear Admiral Mayo ms notified the Mexican commander hat ho would not insist on that, point ls long as tho salute was fired to an Vmerlcan flag flying from tho I)oldiin. It is believed the purpose of his was not to provoke another unecessary demonstration against forignors in Tampico. ? Killed by IJghtwing. A single flash of lightning, unaaompanied by a thunderstorm, killed Vill Haney, 21 years of age, as he ras plowing on his father's farm two ciilos from Timmonsville Thursday fternoon. ' Zm