Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-13
MARCHING ON CHIHUAHUA,
Advance Guards Reported Encamped
About City-Suburb Looted.

Chihuahua, Mex, May 10.-Via Ell
Paeo. May 1.-Two hundred Insurrec-
tos, part of the band opera ting in the
| districts south of here, are reported to-
! Gay to be marching on Chihuahua. AL
| ready the advance guards are encamp-
ed around the city.
An armed mob just before daylight
today entered Nombre De Dios, a SUI
burb, looted all the stores, took all the
| horses and escaped, despite the pres
ence of 1900 Federal troops In nearby
barracks.
Santa Eulia, an important mining
camp, Il miles east of the city, has
been abandoned by all the municipal
officers because of the approach of tho
Insurrectos. The placesis now regulat-
ed wholly by Americans employed in
the mines.
This city, long in dread of attack, is
now in greater fear than ever because
of the extreme violence by the Insur-
rectos in their northward march, The
whole district, embracing Durango,
Torreon and intermediate towns, has
been in state approaching anarchy.
To conceal their movements the In
surrectos destroyed all the remaining
telegraph and railroad lines so that
Chihuahua Clty- with its $4,000 inhabi-
tants, has been isolated for practically
two weeks. This dispatch is sent 225
miles overland by automobile to Ell
Pasc. Tex.
Torreon, $4,000 population, including
numerous Americans. surrounded by
Insurrectos. estimated at 1000 in num-
Der; communication in all directions
frequently cut off.
Lerdo. three miles from Torreon, in
the hands of Insurrectos under Pablo
LAWN, condition chaos, looting and acts
of violence.
Palacio Gomez, near Torreon. invad-
ed by Insurrectos without resistance.
Durango, $4,000 population. capital OF
state of same name, surrounded by In
surrectos.
Zacateeas, 80 900 population, capital of
state, $50 miles south of Torreon, sur.
rounded by Insurrectos; possesses only
small Federal garrison.
AgUas Calientes, $4,000 population.
capital of the state. described as
hotbe6 of revolutionists, who frequent
ly make excursions into the town and
receive encouragement from the inhab-
itants.
Jiminez, just south of here, sent out
a distress signal. Fifteen hundred In
surrectos surrounded the town and al
ready have captured Minas Luevas, q
suburb.
AS soon as the appeal came from
Parral an armored train was sent out
from here as relief. The train went as
far as Jiminaz and was proceeding to
Parral when it suddenly stopped and
came back. The official report states
that Insurrectos We're seen ahead in
such great numbers that it was DEEM
ed unsafe to proceed. The effort TO ex-
tend aid to the besieged town, there
fore was abandoned. Americans in
Parral are engaged chiefly in the min
ing and banking business.
Guadaloupy Cairo was entered by
400 men, who shot and killed the jefe
politico. a lieutenant and several fed
erdl employees. All the stores were
looted and the municipal records
burned. August Beckman, an Ameri-
can Of Luckenbach, Texas, was pulled
off a horse while trying to escape
and was ordered executed Several
shots were fired but he escaped after
suffering a wound in the scalp and
hand. He with other Americans, an-
pealed TO the United States consul for
protection
Rosario, another town, has been cut
off for sometime and its fate at the
hands of the insurrectos is unknown.
An appeal from there before the wires
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