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\4 ij “ r4 pase -, ‘ ot Battle at Vera Cruz Graphically . .Told by The World Man on the Spot. FIRST REAL RESISTANCE, COMES AT NAVAL COLLEGE. Shells From Warships Rout Federals, There—Only Force Left Is Prison Garrison. BY ROBERT H. MURRAY. (Staff Correspondent of The World.) Copyright, 1814, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World). VERA CRUZ, April 23.—UntileLieut.-Commander Buchanan’s men @ccupled the Cathedral Plaza in force yesterday nearly fifty American ‘were penned up in the Hotel Diligencia’s Annex on short rations, while on the roof above them a hundred Mexican soldiers fired almost com tinually at the invaders and citizens alike. The Americans were marooned "twenty-four hours. Their experience, while exciting, was not serious. None were injureu, although bullets from the rifles of marines and blue- jackets and shots from machine guns struck the building in showers, breaking windows, but not penetrating the thick walls. One bullet tore a hole in the hand satchel borne by a woman as she was transferring her’ baggage from an outside to an inside room, That was the nearest approach to a casualty that menaced any non-combatants in the hotel. A number of Mexicans of the better class also took refuge there and fraternized with the Americans while the fighting was going on, Two American women, Mrs. H@ry Archer and Mrs. iat Crow, both of Mexico City, who have had experience in nursing, workéd all yesterday and last night caring for Federal wounded, Sevgral soldiers were killed on the roof and a score wounded, the latter including the lieutenant in command. Among the Americans in the hotel were Mrs. Charles R. Hudson, wife of the vice-president of the Mexican National Railways; Thomas J. Ryder, manager of the Cowdray oil interests in Mexico, and his wife, and Dr. Tozzer of Harvard University and his wife, who have been in the country all winter pursuing archaeological investigations for the university in the vicinity of Mexico City. ‘The Diligencia Hotel proper and its annex occupy adjoining corners of the Cathedral Plaza. The annex is a two-story stone building, more substantial and much better adapted for refuge purposes than the hotel fteeif, which is of wood. When it became evident that resistance was to be | made by the Mexicans ali guests at the hotel removed to the annex. Mrs. Hudson tells this story: H “at noon Federal soldiers took possession of the hotel and posted a guard in the hallway and in the street level corridors, stagioning the main force on the roof. The leutenant in command was courteous and did his Dest to assure us that no harm would come us through his men. In justice to bim, I must say he kept his word. We were not molested or subjected to any unpleasant treatment whatever. - i REFUGEES NURSE THE WOUNDED. “Before the firing began we all got out of rooms facing the plaza and the side street and settled ourselves as comfortably as possible in inside * geome where there was not the slightest possibility of bullets reaching us. The only contingency we really feared was that warships might be com- polled to shell the city, but even in that case we'felt certain Admiral Fletcher would not baad the fire to be directed toward the hotel, as he knew many foreigners*were there. “Firing oe ie roof was almost continyous the whole day. As the wounded were carried down they were given what aid was possible in a hospital extemporised in the-entrance hall om the ground floor, “yt there were any heroines among the American women Mrs, Archer ead Mrs. Crow were such. They took charge of the wounded among the Mexicans, who had no hospital service or doctors, and looked after them continuously until this morning. The rest of us did what we could, but that did not amount to anything. Those two did all, 4atter dark firing from the roof slackened and everything was quiet esftil about 11 o'clock, when & colonel of the Mexican army arrived with orders from Gen. Maas. He told the Federals to evacuate the hotel. This half drunk. cpl es tne he did when he entered the hotel wae to demand a Dettle of cognac, and when the clerk insisted there was none in the hotel the colonel struck him. Some say he shot at the man. P “Nearly all'the Federals, left in the wake of the colonel, but some remained until Lieut. Badger and the bluejackets took possession of the esterday. ee Work who had not fled were made prisoners, Americans were forced to break down @ door to get into the hotel, and thie gave us almost the worst scare we had had. During the night we were aroused by three men on horseback, who rode up to the entrance asking for cognac. ‘When they received no response they discharged their rifles several times through the door and then rode away. They must have been looting, % they had yards of silk wound fantastically about’ their bodies and mou: said they were prisoners taken from San Juan de Ulloa and that they had been put into the army by Maas.” Several women bought bottled water for Badger’s men, who were under orders not to drink city water for fear it might be poisoned. Their hot work since morning in narrow streets under the s:m had dissipated tye contents of their canteens. Halt the Americans in the hotel went aboard the Haperanza later in the day. The rest remained ashore. “ARMY” JUST WAITING. : Mas ae Meas, commandant of the Federal garrison here when the city. was seized, is variously reported at Tejeria, a small station eight miles out on the line of the Mexican Railway, or retreating westward Ath the remngnt of his forces, One rumor Is that he fe massing troops from Orizaba and Puebla Cordoba to attempt the retaking of the city. No confirmation of this report ie obtainable. The most reliable informa, ets ncantad 2 im the dark hours the city was comparatively quiet. Rush of the Florida, commanding the forces on land, after consultation|!n any way should peace measures with Admiral Fletcher, blocked out the plan of a-determined movement | to the Cathedral plaza and other central poifts, commencing at 8 o'clock. rillas might remain on the roofs and in the windows, rach ETT WET TRE NATIONAL PALACE MEKICS CITY pe Sy 42,701 Men in Mexican Army; 5,800 Federals at Tampico ‘ WASHING@ON, April 23—According to an estimate from the War Department to-day, there are 42,701 Federal soldiers in Mexico. There are 6,800 at Tampico, whereas there were only 900 at Vera Crus. They are distributed as follows: CITY. Mexico City . Guadalajara Tampico Zacatecas Mazatlan . Lastilal®. Guanajuata . Acalpulco Victoria Valles Puebla Tampecho . Fresmillo . Manizimillo Ixtila ...>. Ayutla . Tehuntepec Gamboa Ubero Rincon Conejo . Acayucam Port Au Mexico Los Charces The story of what took place ‘in the city yesterday and last olght is soon told. Sniping had continued at intervals throughout Tuesday night, although Capt. William R, The movement began with the @ring ef several volleys in the general @irection of the plaza, accompanied by five minutes of brisk machine-gun fire. This was intended to clear the ptreets and initimidate what gue ra Eleven hundred men, who had borne the brunt of the work Tuesd were reinforced during the night by 600 marines from tht Hancock, in from Tampfco with the first advance base brigade of the corps, Tha marines, under Lieut.-Col. Wendell C. Neville, moved southward; the blue- Jackets, ‘under Lieuten#nt Commander Allen Buchanan of the Florida and Lieutenant Commander Arthur B. Keating of the Utah, moved westward. At the Naval College, half a mile to the south of the Custom House, the first real resiktance was ‘met. From its roof and windows, and from the buildings around It, came a sharp rifle fre. The Americans could m reply to It, and scattered. SHIPS SHELL NAVAL COLLEGE. The Prairie, the Chester and the San Francisco opened with their It quickly diminished, and the advance to the plaza was complged. ‘ ‘ By-10 o'clock the plasa, the Cathedral, the military barracks, the City Hall, which fronts the plasa, and every other building of public character had been taken. As fast as each new block was entered, every house was searched. Wherever weapons were found they were confiscated, and if they bore evidence of haviag recently been used the men in the houses were made prisoners. Most of the tenanted buildings were readily thrown open to the Ameri- cans, If doors were not unbarred promptly, they were emaghed fn. Rifles, revolvers, swords, weapons of every sort, were tossed from the windows, In the streets they were gathered up, to be thrown into the harbor. Dead Mexicans lay in every sireet In the centre of the city. Nearly M0 bodies were found altogether whon the policing of the city began. Wounded natives by the score were found In doorwaye and out-of-the- WOMEN UNDER FIRE AT VERA five-inch guns and emptied the college. The attacking party reformed and} ‘| advanced under the fire which coptinued. y otlbe: MEACANS HERE WLASK CARNES T-BRIG PEAE | Huerta’s Appointee to Paris | Says They Want to Pre- vent Bloodshed‘ 7 b “The Mexican government will aue j for peace in two or three months and | , why not arrange peace terms now and ‘save bloodshed?" asked Dr. Emeterio 'do In Garza, Huerta’s appointee to jt*e Mexican Con neralahjp tm ; Paris, as he faced half a dozen of his ‘countrymen in his rooms at the Wal- dort this morning. They had gath- ered to discuss a way to end the threatening trouble between the United States and their own country immediately. 7 It was finally decided tnat the in- fluence of Andrew Carnegie and other disinterested ocates: 4 tread should me gruene and that the Mex- icans in yw York should repeat their offer to Huerta to aid Mexico | prove futile. Huerta carefully kept even his Min- isters and advisers in the dark re- garding the action of the United States until three days after the fleet sailed from New York last weak, ac- cording to Dr, de la Garza, who sald, that Huerta could never be the real | President of Mexico. To p wertion about the Mii howed a telegram from Lopes Po tillo, Minister of State in rta's| Cabine@® The telegram anewered an offer of | New York Mexicans to enlist or other- | wise ald thelr country in the event of {mtervention. It said: “The Government appreciates your | patriotic offer and thanks #pu and the other Mexicans, but we do hot believe to-day even @ threat of invasion.” ‘This was sont after the dallies of the United Suates had been discussing | the possibility of invasion for three diya. | “This ia worse than war--it is a) irows blunder,” sald Dr, de ia Gurza | to a reporter, “It is not between nations, but between two Ku | ments, Huerta, does not ropr Mexico, nor ca he ever ive read of the Mexican natioi the United Staten invades our cyunwry every Mexican will forget his dislike of Huerta and rally to Une flag, dis- regarding the fact that he but it] Muerta, Villa will ever be the rea. S21 42 Dead, 50: Wounded the real | ¢ Ties (Copyright American Press Association.) ‘ In Vera, Cruz Fighting Latest official Hsts of the killed ,and wounded on the American alde | im the fighting at Vera Crus yesterday received this morning are as follows: THE KILLED. RUFUS EDWARD PERCY, private in the Marine L. 0. FRIED, ordinary seaman. W. L WATSON, ordinary seaman. ¥. T. DELOWBY, seaman. A. 8. STREAM, seaman. C, 4. SMITH, seaman. ©: G. DEFABLE, gunner’s mate, taird class. FRANK DEVORICK, seaman. SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. LIEUT. J, P. LANNON, ordnance officer of the battleship New Hamp- shire, Corps. ' SLIGHTLY INJURED. . : C, M. GUILLOAN, osdinary sea-; K, CHRISTY, seaman. man A. @, EBEL, private. M. FITZGERALD, Sergeant U. S.| H. E. HOLSINGER, private. Marine Corps. H. EB. BOYLE, ordinary seaman, J. PEOPLES, private. =4. CANTWELL, no rating. W. PONKOWSKL, ordinary sea-| A. E. DOE, ordinary seaman. mad W. ROBINSON, ordinary seaman, H. J. KAPPLEN, ordinary seaman.| L. W. TAYLOR, ne rating, | W. M, BASS, seaman, H. PULLIQN, no rating, © C. L. NODSIEK, ordinary seaman.) F.N. KALMERS, no rating. \ Jd. L. BENNETT, coxewain, C. J. LBAHY, ordinary seaman, (. D. CAMERON, ordinary sea man. J. A. ANDERSON, scaman.’ W. M. SCHMIDT, seaman. . J. C. MPCLOY, boatewain’s mate, J. F. PLACE, seaman, J. RB, GILBERT, seaman, C, GISBUBNE, electrician. — .E. G. BICKARD, electrician. These, with she killed and wounded reported In Tuesday's Gghting, make a total of twelve killed and fifty wounded. dreds of thousands of Indians tn Mex- ico want nothing but war unless they JAPANESE PRESS are made landowners. Many of RESERVED ON CRISIS; Gre illiterate, ‘They are utterly satis SPANISH FRIENDLY fied with civil war now, for it means Joot and ease and comfort with but Ifttle exertion, but if they were given land the fighting would end. “1 trust we will be able to stop this loodshed of Americans and Mexicans before It goes further. If we do not the Latin and Saxon races in the western hemisphere will be divided forever, Already in Colombia, Chill, Al tine and other South American countries a dislike of Yankees ext ‘Thin will crystallize the dislike the United States will be alon this side of the earth!” TOKIO, Japan, April 28.—Moat of the leading newspapers of Japan are moderate and reserved in their attl- tude regarding thea Mexican eitua- tion. A few of the leas responsible Journ however, today suggest that advantage juld be taken of the present embarrasement of Wash. ington to prep the tssues outatand ing between Japan and the Unite Btaten, MADRID, 23.—The on April ivading ELI be newspapers of Spain have adopted a MISSIONARIES ARE | {de toward the. United. State REPORTED SAFE BY commenting on the Mexican situa- METHODIST AGENT. | '"\ Liverai oxpressen the belief that | Mexican lodepen co will be re: spocted by the United States, fl- | though Gen, Huerta brought tater- | vention upon bimself, It saya It r the United States | also in the Mexican Venus o Carran- » Villa exercise au- News of the safety of all its min- ‘sionaries in the cttles of Pachuca, Puebla and Guanajuato was received tunday la 4 cailegram by the Board 1B Missions of the Methodist | hp Dr. John W. | i ard’s representative in Mexior j. From this message it waa Inferred tost the missionaries | had not started for the coast, a stated in a previous message. Ohureb fron b © Monroe fied to orth Amer’ as now being America for the It adds that the war with xieo will end in the adoption of an rialistic policy by the United] Mexico. Such a leader must from other than internal strife, for 4 person satisfying one sectton of our, country will not satisfy another. A’ war with the United State rive would bring about the rise of @ na- | but that would be the ould perform tional leader, only service it tion fs that Maas, with not more than 600 men, is lying at Tejeria, doing| way corners, where they had sought refuge. These were taken to the San wile at Rien ar f Hust 2 ° probably be suing for peace, bu what the Mexican army is best at—nothing; and without the slightest in-| Sebastian Hospital. the warfare will not end for fifteen tention of doing anything. ‘ e Virtually all resistance ceased after the first hour of the advance, years if the United States tries to ‘The battleships Louisiana and Michigan arrived last night to join Rear-|The rest was won easily. Late in the afternoon shops and restaurants | sae pleh Sa Prorosian Raeas ‘Admire! Charles J, Badger's fleet. The Minnesota preceded them shortly, | began to reopen, and the life of the city took on again something of Its housands of Yarkee soldiers ‘and she, with Admiral Fletcher's flag wp, has come inside the harbor. The | normal aspect. To-day Vera Cruz will probably remain almost her sleepy self. . aan ‘Arkani the Vermont, the New Jersey, the New Hampshire, the South| To-day the only Mexican flag in sight Js that which stil! floats over recta Ne Pehies Carolina, the scout cruiser Chester, the mine depot ship San Francisco and | the Fortress San Juan de Ullon, A Mexican garrison of about 400, and as hed to proclaim a the collier Orion had already reinforced the Florida and the Utab, many prisoners are housed in the fortress) The comma) warned yes: ind partition of Swinging at anchor, the searchlights of this armada {Illuminated the city is good behavior, has promised to e Monday. y etors they will ‘and every approach to it. The American foree afloat and ashore mber, paymaster of the British cralser Essex, was woaud- nettle, down aa farmers That, will with auy martial emergency that Hucrta’s seldiory may ver! ed aboard his ohip by 9 sniper aabore, The Hysex’s meh cheered the “OP jhe Henting aud a rule of peas te cope 5 will folie Soeifagoualy a2 thay wand in fo land yesterday, My 0 Bet realize that buns Le nen coe ss = : ‘ Spdiineallneanentmeeentl i tegar fet me eisai There are over forty missionaries | | in Mexico, sent cut by the Method | Pplacopal, the Baptist and eo Pras. | | bytarian churehos. ‘Vie Methodist, iy one whieh haw re- | Jap ny reaskuring word | thous although the other #) iy alarm u ‘ _- oe ' SENATF WILL VOTE $500,000 TO BRING BACK REFUGEES, MOTHER AND BROTHER SURVIVE MARINE PERC Y. oe fr 3 | boards pectally sines hei out the | WASHINGTON, April 2%--'The | House resolut appropriating $600,000 CONCORD, NH wil & hut }to bring Av asin Mexico back to &. Perey, @ member of Marin lithe United States was favorably acted Guard of the battleship Utan lupon by the te Appropriations! killed at Vera Cruz yesterday Committee tgday and Chairman Mar-| resident of this city, where hi tin planned fo get unanimous consent! and brother now live, Pe for ite passage 40 it could be ready for twenty-three years old, enlisted in the the President's signature late to-day. ‘marine corps in 101, MAROONED IN HOTEL AS FIGHTING GOES ON Complete Story of the Second Day’s|SCENES IN MEXICO CITY, WHERE UPRISING AGAINST AMERICANS IS REPORTED 9 MBXICANS VIOLATED FLAG OF TRUCE, SAYS ADMIRAL BADGER. WASHINGTON, April statement was issued by the Navy peatedly violated by the Mezioam Federals, It adds that there been little firing since 11 A. Wednesday and that the eity. under control.” Admiral Badger reported he arrived at Vera Crus A. M. April 33 and at 4 landed bluejackets and from the Arkansas, V1 Hampshire, New Jeresy Carolina, totalling tm 1,960 officers and men. co-operated with those shore, who numbéred At 8A. M. the commenced through the city to ance and restore order. was practically no sistance, the Mexicans windows, housetops shelters, BADGER SENDS LINER AWAY WITH REFUGEES | Esperanza Will Take Americans te Galveston and Retum to Receive More. WASHINGTON, April 38.—Rear.A@> | miral Badger reported to the Navy De- partment to-day from Vere Crus @hat he was sending the Esperanss about 400 refugees to Galveston, whem - Hi] they will be landed. will then return for Badger will charter the ft miral said it was his intention to sun® ships to Tuxpam to take off ‘The number of American refugees eae om 2,000, he referenée in Admiral Maye despatch tothe “courtesy and Of the captains of the Germas Britieh cruteers” ia explained in other despatch as that city of pico, and that of the Rritish and German American ships were lying the river, about nine miles lunteered to transport the Am warships lying ot Have you 4 lame back, ach+ ing day and night? Do you feel « harp pain after bending over? When the kid- joys seem sore ud the action regular, use Voun's Kidne Pills, which cured attention rie t first, ‘ot so bed Thad to, I used dney Villy and they fixed me 1 aoe saat Tike KIDNEY PILLS | Fostar-Milbam Oo,, Props,, Buitele, i bs ee ie eh