The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-11
FULL OF FIGHT.
CONTINUED from Page One.)
AFTER THE BATTLE.
Scenes and Incidents Following the
Fall of JuareZ.

Scenes and Incidents Following the
i Fall of JuareZ.
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, May 11.-Thts
! little bullet-riddled city is the provis-
ional capital Of Mexico and Francisco
I. Madero, Jr., provisional president
| and his staff have taken complete pos
session after winning the bloodiest bat
! tie of the Mexican revolution.
In a corner room of the barracks,
| which he for two days held against the
! terrific fire of the rebels, sits General
Juan ]. Navarro. the federal comman-
| der, a captive, having surrendered with
! almost his entire garrison OF several
hundred men. His sallow face is sunk
en-, his head is bowed and he does not
| talk, for the bitter sting OF defeat has
| disheartened him.
! In contrast in another part of the
little town is Francisco 1. Madero, Jr.,
| the conquerer, surrounded by members
| of his family and his staff officers, joy
| Gus, exultant and flushed with victory,
| yet ready to make peace, they say, with
! the Mexican government If it is dis
posed to deal frankly and sincerely with
| the revolutionists and without such
vague promises as president D1az
manifesto contains.
In hotel Hobbies, store fronts and hall
ways, the improvised hospitals of the
battlefield, are scores Of wounded, at
tended by host Of physicians and
nurses from Ell Paso who have volun-
teered medical relief. The floors OF the
Porf1rio Diaz hotel, where 30 wound
ed lay groaning at one time, are COW
cred with blood and gore-soaked cloth
ing.
1.-THE fortunes of war; mumbled an
insurrecto soldier in Spanish last night
as he stood with tears in his eyes over
the body of a dead federal soldier whom
he had known for years.
All the dead are being buried. A
conservative estimate of physicians as
well as insurrecto leaders who survey
ed the fighting, puts the federal dead
at nearly so and the rebel loss at about
*. with a total of nearly $50 wound
ed on both sides. The real number lost
probably never will be known as de-
serters were many and the dead have
been buried quickly. The Associated
Press correspondent counted seven dead
federals in the barracks late yesterday
Among the dead were Colonel ram
borel and Captain Sachudo, the former
the man who "a few days ago, taunteo
the rebels as towards.
On the American Side.
On the American side of the line five
have been killed and about II wound
ed, many of them being innocently en-
gagged at a distance from the river
front.
The actual surrender of the town by
General Navarro took place at about IL
O'Clock, General Navarro giving his
sword to Colonel Garibaldi, of the in
surrecto army, after the rebels had
completely surrounded the barracks
and threatened to annihilate the gar
riSon within.
Navarro's eyes dimmed as he sur
rendered, but Colonel Garibaldi, with d
handshake that bespoke his sincere 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 Of raho1 nffiOarS rode and
extended to 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 oppro-
brium for President Diaz, who they
hold responsible for the loss of life and
the suffering of the wounded.
General Madero himself, when he ar
rived this afternoon at the corral where
the federal prisoners now are quarter
ed. made an address full of sympathy
and encouragement, lauding them for
their bravery and assuring them that
in his heart as well as in those of his
men, there was no feeling of enmity but
of uniform friendliness.
You fought for General Diaz," ne
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 a few
days, perhaps, peace will be restored.
You soon will be free. If the war is 20
be continued, you can have your choice
of being paroled or joining the army of
liberation. In the meantime, we shall
treat you as brothers, not as foes
With shouts of viva Madero," the
vast throng of prisoners and insur-
rectos who gathered to hear him, threw
their hats skyward and shouted in
most deafening applause.
Mrs. Madero Rides In.
few moments later dow the main
thoroughfare was heard the galloping
of horses and soon the insurrecto
standard, the Mexican national colors,
flashed in the sunlight. Behind 1t rode
Mrs. Francisco I. Madero, jr, and an
escort of cavalry. Her face was BEAM
ing with joy, her black dress covered
with dust, and she spurred her horse
to the scene of her husbands triumph.
braced and entered the municipal
building, now the Madero headquar-
tiers.
Several houses have been burned to
the ground. Numerous adobe dwell
ings are roof1ess. Some have large
holes in their walls. exposing to view
wrecked interiors. Window glass, bed
ding and debris generally filters the
streets. Scores of buildings are pune
tured with bullet holes. Many show
the destructive effect of the artillery
fire. The flags of all nations were
flying from the dwellings of foreign
residents.
Down the streets after the surren-
der sauntered the insurrecto soldiers
In search of food and water. Their
faces were unshaven, their hair I'M
kempt and their eyes worn by the
loss of sleep in the three days fighting,
yet they went about joyfuI1y shout
ing viva Madero" as they passed one
another.
thumbs, grazed arms and other slight
wounds for them and they gathered
IN the streets to celebrate their VIC
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