Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1911-05-18


corner room of the barracks, which
for two days held out against the ter
rifle fire of the rebels, sits General
Juan j. Navarro, the federal com
mander captive. having surrender
ed Wednesday with almost, his entire
garrison of several hundred men. His
sallow face is sunken, his head is
bowed and he does not talk, for the
bitter sting of defeat has disheartened
him.
Madero Accommodating.
In contrast, in another part OF the
little town is Francisco 1. Madero,
the conqueror, surrounded by men,
bers of his family and his staff, JOY
Gus, exultant and flushed with vic
tory, yet ready, he says, to make peace
with the Mexican government If 1t is
disposed to deal frankly and sincerely
with the revolutionists and without
such vague promises as president
Diaz's manifesto contains"
In hotel Hobbies, store fronts and
Railways, the improvised hospitals of
the battlefield, are scores of wounded
attended by host of physicians and
nurses from Ell Paso, who have vol
unteered relief. The floors of the
Porfirio Diaz hotel, where thirty
wounded lay, are covered with blood
and gore-soaked clothing.
Rebel Weeps over Federal.
"The fortunes of war;" mumbled an
insurrecto soldier in Spanish as he
stood with tears in his eyes over the
body of a federal soldier whom he
had known for years.
All the dead are being buried A
conservative estimate by physicians,
as well as of insurrecto leaders who
surveyed the fighting. puts the fed
eral dead at nearly fifty and the rebel
loss at about fifteen, with total of
nearly $50 wounded on both sides.
The actual number lost probably
never will be known, as desertions
were many and the dead have been
buried quickly.
Among the dead were Colonel Tam
borel and Captain Sachudo, the for
mer the man who a few days ago
tainted the rebels as towards. On
The American side of the line five have
been killed and about seventeen
wounded, many of them being inno-
Gently engaged at a distance from
the river front.
Garibaldi Received Sword.
The actual surrender of the town
by General Navarro took place about
l o'clock, General Navarro giving his
sword to Colonel Garibaldi of the in
surrecto army, after the rebels had
surrounded the barracks and threat
ened to annlhilate the garrison with
in.
His eyes were dlmmed as he sur
rendered, but Colonel Garibaldi, with
a handshake that bespoke his ad-
miration for the brave fight the fed |
eral leader had made, assured him of
the desire of the rebels to afford him
every courtesy.
A score of rebel officers rode UP
and extended the federal commander
their sympathy as Mexicans for him
and his men. There is the same fra
ternal sentiment in the hearts of the
entire insurrecto army for their coun-
trymen who have been defeated, but
everywhere are heard words of CON
domination for President Diaz, whom
they hold responsible for the loss of
life and the suffering of the wounded
Madero's Address.
General Madero himself, when he
arrived at the corral where the fed
eral prisoners are quartered, made an
address full Of sympathy and encour-
agement, lauding them for their BRAY
cry and assuring them that in his
heart, as well as those of his men,
there was no feeling of enmity, but
of uniform friendliness.
you fought for General Diaz," he
declared at the conclusion of his
speech" because you had to- because
you were a part of that system which
we are trying to dissolve. In few
days perhaps peace will be restored.
You will be free. If the war is to be
continued you can have your choice
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