The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-04-19
Use TORCH
Rebels Fire the Depot at Aqua
Prieta.
A Heavy Loss in Freight Is the
Result.
SEVERAL ARE KILLED.
Supposed These Are InsurrectOs
Who Started Blaze.
Reported That General BlancO
Is Approaching.
ALL QUIET ATJUAREZ
Insurgents Move Up Cannon
During the Night.
Armistice in a Short Time Is
Probable.

insurrectos numbering only nan
dozen or so. stole into Aqua Pr1eta
and set fire to the Nacozar1 rallfoan
station, which was destroyed with It's
valuable contents. The federals fired
upon the invaders and two or three
OF them were killed.
Five loaded freight cars also were
burned. The freight depot was filled
. with goods of every description IN
Guiding costly mining machinery, sup
plies and provisions which had h0t
been moved over the Nacozarl rail-
road because of the burning u
bridges south of Aqua Prieta.
When it was discovered on the
American side of the line that the
depot was on fire the officials of the
railroad rushed a switch engine to
the American side in an effort to save
some cars standing on the SIDING,
and as many as possible were shifted
out of danger There was no water
for fire fighting in Aqua Prleta.
Whether the men who fired the depot
had been hiding under it since the
evacuation or had dashed across the
line from the American side is not
known There has been talk on this
side of reprisals of this nature because
the railroad is blamed for assisting
the federal cause.
Dead Are Carried Out.
Mexican federal soldiers carried
several dead on blankets from he
ruins of the depot to the bull ring.
These are believed to have been the
bodies of rebels who applied the torch
or of refugees who had been hiding
in the building and were entrapped by
soldiers who rushed to the scene.
The column of insurrectos which
was swinging around into the Ma
.cozari valley when darkness fell last
night could not be seen today. Neither
had the column which was observed
at the mouth Of the mountain pass
leading toward Caneana advanced in
to the Sulphur Springs valley along
the American line. 1t had either gone
into camp in the pass or continued to
the westward
At Cienzas Springs twelve miles east
of Aqua Prieta a band of rebels was
reported
Rebels in Douglas declare their head
quarters has accurate information that
General Blanco, with large force. 5
advancing toward Aqua Prieta. Other
rebel reports are that General Orozc0
Is with this army. The statements ara
not verified and may be groundless. 4
Douglas, April 19.-Colonel Diaz. COM
manding the federal garrison at Aqua
Prieta. sent notice to this city today
that the order closing the international
Ene had been abrogated and that here
after any one having business in Aqua
HTleta. would pc permitted to cross the
boundary. Diaz said he wished to have
normal conditions restored as soon IS
possible.
Wounded Rebel Dies.
Simon Argraris. a Mexican rebel,
brought across the line from Aqua
Prieta. where he was wounded in Mon
days battle died today in the Red
Cross hospital.
A courier reports that the body of go
repels winch has arrived at Cienzas
Springs, east of here, is not composed
of refugees from Aqua Prieta. Tho
force is said to have Taramari Indian
scouts, which would indicate that =
comes from Chihuahua.
Feehns Is bitter among the American
and Mexican partisans insurrectos and
the supporters of the Mexican govern
ment in Douglas, and personal alter
cations are frequent
PEDRO Garcia Urigues, secretary TO
the Mexican consul here. and q ;
Lellivier editor of EI Industrial n
spanish pro-rebel newspaper. engaged
IN "a IlsI tlght on the street today. Both
principals, cut and bleeding Were taken
into custody. iN0ii
rederal troops We're expected 70 ar
rive today to reinforce the garrison al
occur. iii'S
An Armistice Likely.
Ell Paso, April 19.-The insurraoto
force south of Juarez moved their 'c1no
non nearer that city over night sDd
appear to be making preparations for
an attack regardless of the randi fira
guns. masked mortars and mines rnor
which the federals mainly relv for
their defense. AOi
Juarez spent the night under arms
momentarily expecting the battlo 70
open, and time and again as +bo
rurales scouting in the mountains onto
side the city fired at the curiousi1,
shaped rocks that look so much ILL.,
men, the cry went up that the at+aHIC
had commenced. N
Delayed kilograms from Torreon tal1
of the complete destruction of The
bridge system of the Eagle pass
branch of the Mexican National lines
Fifteen bridges have been DESTROYED
by the insurrectos on the CoahuiIa e
Pacific railroad between Parras ana
Torreon, and railroad traffic in
Coahuila and Durango is badly de-
moralized. Passener service befween
Torreon and Durango has been inter
rupted for six days and there is no
immediate prospects of RESUMPTION nj
trains. Traffic is likewise paraIvzed
east of Torreon, but an attempt will
probably be made to run a train to
Ciudad porforio Diaz over the main