The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-15
REPoRr1NG IN nqExICo.

REPORTING IN MEXICO.
Some of the items in the Mexican
Herald, published in the City OF Mexico
and of which Paul Hudson of this city
is business manager, are quite interest,"
ing as showing the unconventional
manner in which news is published in
Mexico 1t is noticeable that not
much attention to details is paid to the
news matter. This is partly because
the Mexicans are unaccustomed to
newspaper reporters who find it diff
cult to get all the facts, and partly be-
cause there is rigid press censorship
in Mexico which induces reporters to
write with such great discretion, that
their matter is sometimes obscure. The
following items are from the last issue
of the Mexican Herald to reach this Of
flee:
quite a serious disturbance occurred
Thursday in the street of the Nino
PerdiuO. Two women ran up to gen
darme No. 1852 on duty there and told
him that not far off a baker was quar-
reling with his mistress and was at
tempting to stab her. The gendarme
repaired in haste to the spot indica ted
and there in effect found man aiming
blows with a knife at detenSeleSS WO-
man who with great difficulty mad sue
ceeded so far in lodging them. The
gendarme attempted to arrest the ba-
k6T, Out the latter SndICn0Q the
con from the hands of the guardian of
order and aimed a blow at him with
his knife, WOunding him slightly in the
neck. The gendarme was able to re-
cover his stick and with it struck his
aSSailant a severe blow on the head. In
the meantime a police captain and two
other gendarmes came up and arrested
the disorderly baker who was disarmed
sixth ward police station.
1T is well known that at certain
points on San Francisco street groups
of tOreros are in the habit of taking up
their stand, Obstructing the sidewalk
anyway, and, moreover, causing serious
annoyance to ladies by the audacioUS
attentions which they pay 10 them, not
withstanding the supreme disdain with
which men of that class and calling
must be- regarded by every respectable
woman. Yesterday picador, who is in
love with a married lady of high char
acter and position, threw into the car
Tiage of that lady as she was passing a
photograph of himself with a love mes
ge written on the back The lady in
the highest indignation threw the pho
tOgraph into the street and told her
coachman to drive home as fast as pos
sible Probably the husband Will see
further to the matter. A. any rate it
would be we'll if the police were to in
sist in making the toreros move on and
prevent them forming knots and groups
in the street, at any rate in the most
frequented streets"
Thursday night Espiridion Martinez
Waterman of the mint in this city, went
to the first ward police station and
there lodged an accusation against
three of the mint hands, Vicanto Portil-
la. Manuel Villa and Francisco Rivers,
for attempting to steal some of the new
ly coined dollars. He said that one of the
men had been caught throwing dollars
covered with wax, to prevent them
sounding. to the others who were out
side of the building. The men denied
the charge but were held pending inves-
tigation."
IA Lucha, a newspaper of this city
will on Monday reprint the article writ
ten by the Inflated Emilio Ordeffez, and
which is said to have led to the i'm
prisonment and assassination of that
gentleman"
Thursday afternoon Francisco Reye
murdered his mistress EncarnaciOn il
menuz in the calIejon de los Reyes. 1t
appears that he had been jealous of her
for some time past and had in particu-
lar warned her against speaking to
certain Individual who was compadre
of Francisco. Thursday afternoon he
sent the woman out to buy bunch of
cigarettes and as she was long in re-
turning, he went out to look for her. He
found her talking in doorway of the
callejon de los Reyes with the very in
diVidual against whom he had warned
her. The interloper Immediately took
to flight and the poor woman began to
stammer excuses, but Francisco mad
with jealousy drew a knife and stabbed
her in the neck. The police interfered
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the second ward police station, the wo-
man being carried in a stretcher. But
the most curious part of the story has
yet to be told When the woman's
wound was examined at the police sta
ton, it was pronounced by the surgeon
not to be dangerous and that she would
be well in a fortnight. On her way to
the hospital Juarez, whittier she was
sent from the police station, the woman
died from loss of blOOdr
Thursday night a young man by the
name of Cazrina Urrutia with a number
of friends was in the sMonte Carlo sa-
loon partaking of liquid refreshments.
While the party was at it's merriest the
banderillero Manuel Nogueron, lei Gu
rita" entered the Urrutia invited him
to take a glass beer. The "Curita" said
he preferred to take small glass of
brandy, whereupon Urrutia said that he
would have to take just what he Cur
rutia) wanted. A quarrel and fight en-
sued in which the torero was pretty
badly mauled. Gendarme No. 597 put
an end to the fun by taking the COM
batants to the fourth ward police sta
ton. There the banderillero deposed
that Urrutia's friends had held him
while he was being pommeled by Ur-
rutia-"