El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-24

discouraging. He couldn't find an.
signs of an uprising, and all he coult
see in front of him we're forbiddinl
mountains and dreary sire tches o
desert. He was nearly score Q ed up o!
the terrific heat, and other little thing
tended to give him bad case of dis
comfiture.
So he did the only sensible thing
and retreated back to Guaymas. FL
Trafico, which doesn't seem to be fond
of American newspaper correspond.
ents. hilariously travesties his attempts
to tell his troubles in Spanish.
Ell Trafico then wakes indignant in
telling of the alleged wild and unvera.
cious reports being sent out by the
special correspondent about the rebel
| lion.
ALLEN KELLY DAzED.
Allen Kelly, the bright young rep
resentative of the Los Angeles Times,
in his first letter to his paper said that
Mexico was the land of tomorrow, and
only an imaginary line divided the two
Countries, but 1t separated today from
tomorrow.
OF course the Mexicans liked these
criticisms. When he reached Guaym as
the boat that was to have left tomorrow
left today and Kelly was not on board.
He tells about it in this way:
Communication with the Yaqui river
was suspended at the beginning of the
outbreak and has not bsen resstab lish-
ed. By road it is about eighty miles
from Guaymas to Potam, and the road
has been considered dangerous for some
weeks and has not been traversed ex-
cept by detachment of soldiers in
wagons and by few natives who came
in from the river towns.
In ordinary times boats go from
Guaymas to Medauo, near the mouth of
the river, but after the Yaquis captur-
ed and destroyed two of these sloops
the authorities forbade the clearing of
boats for the Yaqui river and permit
ted the trip to be made only by small
steamer, the Jalisco, carrying troops.
The Jalisco went down early last week
but failed to find the channel owing to
high water in the delta, and returned.
She sailed again last Saturday. and it
is not known here yet whether she ar
rived at Medano or not.
Under these conditions one can neith-
err get:to the Ys9ui River nor get news
from there. The people of Guaymas
have not the American hunger for
hews, and if the government does not
supply it they do not get it and do not
grumble. The correspondent says:
81 arrived in Guaymas late at night
on the 11th. The train was delayed,
as Is common in the season OF washouts.
made inquiries about means OF get
ting to the Mexican camp on the river.
The governor of Sonora had warned
not to say ordered-me not to attempt
the overland route and advised going
by water. I was assured that the ia
lisco would sail next day at + p. m. and
not before.
"Next day 1 drove down to the
wharf at 9 .. m. and discovered that
the Jalisco had sailed at a. N. The
discovery that anything could, would
or had been done in this country ahead
of time was staggering. All along the
graph operators and everybody else to
prevent them from pOstponing all my
business until "manaua, aud here [
was completely knocked out by the
master of the Jalisco getting move
On.
THE obvious remedy for this
trouble was to follow the Jalisco, catch
the troops at Medano and go up the
river with them. l engaged slOop |
sail was required. The collector of the
port politely, but positively, refused |
that permission. He had his orders
rom the secretary of the treasury, and
that settled it.
ST decided to try the road, which |
proved very unWlse decision. Al |
irst my plan was to take an armed es-
,ort of four men. But it was not so |
very easy to find four men willing to
20. Finally, good man, Jose Mrris
Cortez, was recommended, and with
him an arrangement was made in short
order. He believed we could make the
rip all right, and contracted to guild
ne. At q. m. Sunday we set out. A |
letour around an arm of the bay was
made to Batomaati, and we arrived at
Cruz Piedra at about 10 o'clock. The
heat, however. wrs terrible, and we
we're Obliged to return. Two hours of
sleep and only two glasses of milk In
'orty hours had taken the starch out |
Of US. On our return we discovered |
that the .Yaquis had been dispersed |
rom Vicam the day before we start
,d.''
CARMEN NOTES.