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12 MILES OF STREET PAVING I THE WEATHER Fair Wednes I
25 Miles of Cement AND Sidewalk 1 day and thursday with rising temperature
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VOL XIINO 281 t PENSACOLA FLORIDA WEDNESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 24 1909 PRICE 5 CENTS
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CONGRESSMAN DADARMOND I
I BURNS TO DEATH IN HIS HOME
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Sacrifices His Life to Save
His SixYearOld
Grandson
CONGRESSMAN HAD AMPLE TIME
TO LEAVE THE BURNING HOME
BUT ATTEMPTED TO RESCUE
THE LITTLE BOYHAD BEEN A
MEMBER OF CONGRESS FOR 19
YEARS AND HAD BECOME ONE
OF THE POLITICAL RESOURCES
OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
By Associated Press
Kansas City Nov 23 Congressman
David A De Armond perished in a fire
at hIs home at Butler Mo this morn
ing while trying to save his grandson
The heroism the congressman be
came known today when with arms
locked around the blackened and
burned body of the little uoy the con
gressman body was found He and
his grandson were sleeping together
last night when the fire broke out
Other occupants of the house at the
time of the fire and who escaped
were Mrs De Armond James A De
Armond a son of the congressman
C and a daughter
The fire started about four oclock
In the morning The De Armond
home was a large twostory frame
structure set back some distance from
< the street On two sides of the house
outdoor sleeping apartments had been
constructed on a level with the second
aoor and at the time the fire broke
out the occupants of the house were
In these rooms
Congressman De Armond and his
young grandson occupied one room on
the south side of the building while
Mrs De Armond and Mrs Clark were
In separate rooms on the opposite side
of the house
HEARD CRY OF BOY
NettIe Bowl s 20 years old a serv
ant girl had a room on the west end
of the house Mrs Clark was awak
ened by a cry and going to the door
of her room saw smoke issuing from
the part of the house where Congress
man De Armond and Waddle elept
Get me out of here she heard
Waddle cry
Never mind son Ill save you
I Congressman De Armond answered
Those were the last words either of
the victims uttered A moment later
the smoke increased in volume and
Mrs Clark fled downstairs to the tele
phone Within a minutes time she
had given the alarm to the telephone
office anp hurried back to the room
of her mother
By this time the entire second floor
was clouded with smoke and flames
were leaping from the windows
Groping her way to Mrs De Armonds
bedside she hurriedly awakened the
congressmans wife and literally
dragged her from the room The two
had scarcely reached the ground when
Mrs De Armond fainted and it was
necessary to carry her from the scene
to save her from the flames
Mrs Clark sustained a burned hand
but maintained her composure and
helped to minister to her mother
The home ot Congressman De Ar
mond was situated across the street
from that of James A De Armond one
of his three sons By the time Mrs
Clark and her mother had reached a
safe place neighbors and the firemen
were gathering
FLAMES ENVELOPED HOUSE
The flames by this time entirely en
veloped the big house shooting from
every window and to have entered the
building would have been extremely
dangerous
James De Armond however dashed
for the front door frantic in an effort
to save his father and boy He had
already been lost in a cloud of smoke
before neighbors could get to him and
prevent hrs entering the house For I
a few minutes there was a struggle
and finally he was dragged to the
street Fifteen minutes later nothing
but ashes remained of the house
Nettie Bowles the maid it devel
oped later had been one of the first
to escape She reached the street
from the rear door after the first cry
of fire She was unhurt but too
frightened to comprehend the situa
tion and had fled from the scene
The financial loss is placed at 20
000 and Included one of the best
libraries in the state
DEMOCRATS LOSE QNE OF
THEIR PROMINENT LEADERS
Washington Nov 23In Mr De I
Armond the Democrats lose one of
Continued Page Two
i By Associated Press
j New York Nov 23The steam
yacht Nourmahal with Col John
Jacob Astor on tboard arrived at San
Juan P IL from Mayaguez on Sun
day November 14 and was still there
on the evening of November 17 All
were well on board and the Nourma
hal was planning to leave soon for
Ponce and from there to some Cuban
port before her departure north
These tidings of the INourmabals
safety were brought here Dy the In
sular line steamer Harry Lucken
bach which arrived this afternoon
from Porto Rican ports
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J 25 Buildings Wrecked By
I Dynamite in Danville Ill j
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4 Danville 111 Nov 23 An explosion of dynamite in the fruit and
wine house of Joseph Mascari at 13 College street early today 4
wrecked about 25 buildings in the business district of the city 4
Mascari who is an Italian believes the black hand is responsible 4
4 for the explosion 4
+ The damage Is estimated at from 50000 to 75000 The explo
4 sion was heard a distance of three or four miles and for more than 4
4 a mile houses were rocked Immediately after the explosion flames 4
+ began to sweep the district but these were promptly checked 4
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Sensational Murder Trial is
Commenced at Little Rock
By Assoc ted Press
Little Rock Ark > Nov 23 Holding
the hand of her stepfather W Y El
lis who was placed on trial yesterday
for the killing of her own father N
P Willis as a result of a bitter fight
over possession sixydarold Mary
Francis Willis sat by the side of El
lis throughout the first day of his
trial apparently innocent of the life
and death struggle which raged about
her little head
Occasionally glancing from the
I DOES NOT SEEK
AN AMENDMENT
STANDARD OIL CO WILL NOT EN
DEAVOR TO GET SHERMAN
ANTITRUST LAW CHANGED
BU I WILL FIGHT IN COURTS
By j Associated Press
New York Nov 23 Despite ru
mors to the contrary the Standard
Oil company announced today that it
has no Intention of seeking procure
an amendment to the Sherman anti
trust law but will appeal to the United 1
States supreme court from the decree
of the United States circuit court at
St Paul
Until the decision of the supreme
court the company will consider no
other plan of doing business than the
present plan
INO ONE ELSE
IS IMPLICATED I
TREASURER OF THE BIG FOUR
RAILROAD AT CINCINNATI DE
NIES OTHERS CONNECTED WITH
ROAD WERE IN TRANSACTION
By Associated Press
Cincinnati Nov 231n a statement
issued today Charles L Warriner
who Is in jail charged with em
I bezzling a large amount while local
treasurer of the Big Four railroad de
I nied that any other person connected
with the railroad is implicated in the
embezzlement
FIFTEEN PRISONERS HANGED
Saratova European Russia Nov 23
Fifteen prisoners were hanged here I
this afternoon Two men convicted I I
of lynching have been condemned to
death
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4 MORSE CAN APPLY
e FOR ANEW TRIAL
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By Associated Press
4 New York Nov 23The
4 United States circuit court of
appeals today granted the mo
4 tion of Martin W Littleton 4
4 counsel for Chas W Morse to
9 apply to the United States cir 4
4 suit court for a new trial
4 4 Q
John Jacob Astors Yacht
Nourmahal Weathered Storm
Captain Dalton of the Luckenbach
said it was reported in San Juan
that the Nourmahal was waiting for
a friend of Col Astor who waS on
his way there from New York by
steamer
The news brought here by the
Luckenbach now makes It positive
that no harm came to the yacht in
the storm earlier in the month
The Nourmahal bas by this time
practically proceeded to Ponce where
she would have been reported had
cable communication been reestab
lishd to that point
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man who was on trial the child who
was the innocent cause of the tragedy
which was enacted last July in the
judges chamber at the court house
here would glance at her mother
Mrs Hattie Ellis who sat directly
back of the two with her arm resting
on Elliss shoulder
When court convened today six
jurors were in the ibox A special I
venire of forty men reported today
and the effort to secure a jury was
resumed
CHIlE HAS PUT
UP 1000000 I
DEPOSITS THIS SUM TO THE OR
DER OF THE HAGUE ARBITRA
TION COURT REPRESENTING
CLAIM OF THE UNITED STATES
By Associated Press
London Nov 23Domingo Gana
Chilean minister to Great Britain to
day deposited with the Rothschilds 1
000000 to the order of The
Hague arbitration
I
l bitration court This sum represents
In round figures the United States
claim against Cline and the bankers
are instructed to pay the same to the
government of the United States
should the direction of The Hague
tribunal confirm the contention of the
cabinet
PAULHAN TO FLY
AT NEW ORLEANS I
FRENCH AVIATOR COMING TO
THIS COUNTRY TO PARTICIPATE
IN EXHIBITION FLIGHTS FOR
WHICH H EWILL GET 20000 A
MONTH
By Associated Pres
Paris Nov Negotiations are
about completed whereby M Paulhan
the French aviator will go to America
and participate in exhibition flights
during aviation week at Los Angeles
Later he will give exhibitions at
Mardi Gras at New Orleans He re
ceives 20000 a month for the exhi
bitions
CONSUMERS MUST BUY
LIQUORS FROM SALOONS
By Associated Press
Indianapolis Ind Nov 23That a
private consumer must buy his liquor
directly from a regularly licensed sa
loon and not from a wholesaler was
decided by the supreme court of In
diana today The decision holds the
Reardley law passed by the 1907 legis
lature to be constitutional An anti
saloon league is using the decision in
its campaign against the social clubs
that flourish in dry counties The
law also will operate against the very
extensive family trade of breweries I
and wholesalers in all cities and coun
ties whether wet or dry
WIFE OF ART EDITOR
DEAD FROM POISONING
0 By Associated Press
New York Nov 23In a fashion
able apartment on West Fiftieth
street Mrs Daisy von Marlow 24
years old wife of Clyde von Marlow
a magazine art editor recently ot
Dayton Ohio died today supposedly
from the effects of poison A bottle
which had contained a deadly fluid
was found on a bureau in Mrs von
Marlows room Whether the poison
was taken accidentally is not known
TWO ARE SMOTHERED
Lynchburg Va Nov 23James
Scott and his twelveyear old son were
smothered to death near here this
morning under a wagon load of to
bacco which they were taking to mar
ket The wagon overturned burying
the man and boy beneath >
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ENDEAVORING TO FIX ALL HOPE fOR ENTOMBED
STATUS OF SLAIN MEN MEN IS NOW ABANDONED
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Want to Know in What Capacity
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pacity Grace and Can
non Were Acting
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EVERY EFFORT IS BEING MADE
TO DETERMINE WHETHER MEN
WERE MEMBERS OF REVOLU
TIONARY ARMY OR WERE ACT
ING ON THEIR OVVI RESPONSI
SIBILITY IN ATTEMPTING TO
Z
BLOW UP SHIPS WHEN THIS is
SETTLED THE UNITED STATES
WILL PROCEED
py Associated fress
Washington Nov 23jThe delay ot
the United States in acting with re
spect to the killing by order of Presi
dent Zelaya of Nicaragua of two
Americans Grace and pannon it de
veloped today was occasioned by the
inability of the government to fix the
exact status of the slain men It was
explained that every effort is being
made to determine whether the men
were members of the f revolutionary
army or were acting on their own re
sponsibility If it is proven they were
acting on their own responsibility and
planted the mines to fblow up the
troops their status will be different
than had they been members Of the
revolutionary army t
The American viceconsul at Mana
gua has been instructed to obtain the
facts I
It is believed the plans for the con
centration of warships and marines
on the Nicaraguan coast will be con
tinued and a show of force will have
a marked effect
CABINET HOLDS MEETING
President Taft took up at the meet
Ing of his cabinet today the problem
that confronts the government regard
ing Nicaragua As a result of the sev
eral conferences before the secretary
of state and his assistants in addition
to Mr Knoxs lengthy call at the
White House Sunday nght it was ex
pected that there would be something
definite to discuss In the way of a
program of action to ge adopted in
handling the Zelayan government
While it always hastpepn the prac
tice for the admhiisti n to leave
the handling of such questions to the
state department the gravity of the
existing situation inevitably will lead
to Its consideration by the members
of Mr Tafts official family The mat
ter has reached the point where prepa
rations are being made to compel re
spect for the United States and its
citizens on the part of the fiery little
Central American republics Unless
cipher messages were received from
Henry Caldera American viceconsul
at Managua early today or from the
commanders of the American war ves
sels now off the Nicaraguan coast
neither Secretary Knox nor Secretary
Meyer expected to have much data to
offer the president Late last night it
was denied at both the state and navy
departments that any word had been
received from Nicaragua
PRAIRIE BEING PREPARED
In the meantime work Is being
rushed in preparing the Prairie at the
League Island navy yard in Philadel
phia to transport 400 marines now at
that yard to Panama These will re
inforce the 380 marines on duty in
the canal zone and a reliable force of
tried fighters will be close to Nicara
gua in case the United States decides
that prompt and vigorous steps are
necessary
Reports from the commander of the
Des Moines in regard to the effective
ness of the blockade of the revolu
tionists at Greytown Nicaragua and
from the commander of the Vicksburg
as to the situation at Corinto were re
ceived at the navy department today
They were transmitted to the state
department without being made pub
lic by the navy officials
SOUTHERNERS WANT TO
FIGHT IN ESTRADAS ARMY
New Orleans Nov 23Scores of
applications from persons in Louisiana
Mississippi Alabama and Texas for
service in the Estrada army In Nica
ragua are being received by his office
according to Consul General Sussman
representing the socalled provisional
government of Nicaragua invthis sec
tion None of the offers have been
accepted The consul explained to the
applicants that it would be a violation
of the neutrality laws for him to send
any man or body of men to Nicaragua
to fight for the revolutionary causes
MISSOURI DROPS INTO
PORT OF NEW YORK
New York Nov 23The battleship
Missouri came into port from New
port R I today That her presence
is connected with the Nicaraguan situ
ation is the belief here Officials say
she merely droped in on her way to
Hampton Roads
17YEAROLD BOY
KILLS GRANDFATHER
By Associated Press
Franklin Ga Nov 23Because
he had been punished for some minor
offense by his grandfather W S
Carrington a notary public Will Car
rlngton 17 years old shot and killed
the old man at the family home near
here last night The boy fled after
the killing but was captured this
morning and brought back to Frank
lin and placed In jaiL
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j Loeb Re tarns to New York
e After Important Conference o
oe
4 Washington Nov 23 Collector Loeb of New York left for
4 New YorK today after concluding his conferences with President 4
4 Taft and Secretary MacVeagh regarding customs conditions in New
O York The names of Richard Parr chief of weighers for the division +
4 of the New York custom house and G W Aldridge of Rochester N 4
Y were mentioned in connection with the surveyorshlp of the port v
> to succeed General Clarkson on January 1
4 Neither of these will be appointed under the present plan it is 4
+ said Choice of the successor rests mainly with United States Sen 0
4 ator Root who has not yet conferred with Taft on the subject 4
< Loeb announced that within a week a dozen or more weighers at 4
4 the New York custom house will Tje dismissed and he believes the 4
4 house cleaning there will be completed then
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an S i vin Turkey Proved
Undoing of Indiana Lad
By Associated Press
Jeffefsonville Ind Nov 23A de
sire for a Thanksgiving turkey was
the principal cause of Chas Hughey
going to the Indiana reformatory for
an indeterminate sentence of one to
I fourteen years dating from today
I Like many others Hughey could not
pay the Thanksgiving rates for this
piece de resistance of the table He
SHIRT WAIST
MAKERS STRIKE
NEW YORKS SHIRT WAIST IN
DUSTRY IS HALTEDBELIEVED
FORTY THOUSAND OPERATORS
WILL BE INVOLVED
By Associated Press
New York Nov 23Vhat it is be
lieved will be substantially a halt Jn
the shirt waist making industry in
this city was called today when In
pursuance of resolutions passed at
meetings last night shirt waist opera
tors in shops all over the city went
out on strike It is expected that
j before the difficulty develops its full
extent forty thousand operators will
be involved
The workers demand a working
week of 52 hours in place of the nine
and a half hour day in force now and
an advance of from 25 to 30 per cent
in the rates of piece work
RECEIVER IS I
TO BE NAMED
BURLEY TOBACCO AND INSUR
ANCE COMPANY TWO MILLION
DOLLAR CONCERN WILL BE IN
HANDS OF RECEIVER SOON
By Associated Press
Winchester Ky Nov 23 Circuit
Judge Benton today announced he
would appoint a receiver for the Bur
ley Tobacco and Insurance company
The decision followed the suit of a
number of planters who charged that
certain funds were wrongfully with
held The company is a two million
dollar concern
GOV HADLEY INJURED
HUNTING HURRIES HOME
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By Associated PreSL
I Springfield Mo Nov 23Governor
Hadley who has been hunting in the
Laney county hunting preserve was
forced to leave for Jefferson City last
night on account of a badly swollen
hand caused by a fall
Physicians advised the governor to
return to his home at once as they
feared blood poisoning might de
I velop
GEORGE CROCKER CALIFORNIA
i MILLIONAIRE IS DYING I
t By Associated Press
t New York Nov 23 George Crock
er the California millionaire who has
been suffering for a long time from
an incurable malady was reported dy
ing at his home on Fifth avenue to
day and It was announced that he
had but a few hours to live His
family Is at the bedside
i Mr Crocker is a son of the late
California millionaire Charles CrocK
er
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MERGER HELD UP
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New York Nov 23The proposed
eight hundred million dollar copper
combination has been held up until
lawyers can decide the effect which
the Standard Oil company decision
I will haveon contemplated merger
1
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I therefore took a neighbors horse and I
buggy drove to a distant farm house
stole one turkey and then drove
home where he was caught with
horse vehicle and fowl Although
the severe sentence was imposed
mostly on account of the horso and
buggy Hughey maintains that his
pious regard for turkey was the root
of all his misfortune
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SMUGGLING
OF CHINESE
WHAT iS DECLARED TO BE
WHOLESALE CONSPIRACY TO
SMUGGLE IS FRUSTRATED BY
ARREST OF CHINAMEN
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By Associated Press
New Orleans Nov 23What Is de
clared to be another instance of the
alleged wholesale conspiracy to
smuggle Chinese Into the United
States along the coasts of Texas
Louisiana and Mississippi was frus
trated by the arrest of five Chinamen
here today They were taken Into
custody by Immigration officials as
they stepped from a Southern Pacific
passenger train Thero were six mon
in the party but one of them the
supposed leader succeeded In making
his escape The Chinamen are said
I to have taken the train at Beaumont
I Texas following what is believed to
have been the illegal landing at some
point on the Texas coast
SHOT HIS WIFE
THEN HIMSELF
FRIEND OF THE MAN UPON HEAR
ING OF THE TRAGEDY COMMIT
TED SUICIDE BY STABBING HIM
SELF
By Associated Press
Richmond Ky Nov 230scar Os
borne shot and fatally wounded his
wife today Then he attempted to
suicide by shooting himself He is
fatally wounded Robert Hendrick a
friend of Osborne hearing of the
tragedy committed suicide by stabbing
himself
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9 WALTER WELLMAN 4
4 CONGRATULATES PEARY 4
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0 By Associated Press
4 Washington Nov 23Peary +
4 and Walter Wellman arctic ex 4
plorers met here this evening 4 >
4 for the first time Cordiality
4 marked the meeting
I am glad to greet you as
4 the only man who reached the
4 north pole said Wellman 4
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Explorations Into Sections
of Mine Show Tunnels
Have Collapsed
BELIEVED THE BODIES ARE
BURIED UNDER THE DEBRIS
AND UNLESS THE LATTER CAN
BE CLEARED ONE HUNDRED
WILL NEVER BE RECOVERED
GENERAL MANAGER OF THE
MINE GIVES UP ALL HOPE FOR
THE MEN
By Associated Press
Cherry Nov 23Hope that there
are still men alive In the St Paul
coal mine was abandoned today Ex
ploration into the sections where it
was thought many had barricaded
themselves showed the tunnels col
lapsed It is thought the men were
buried under the debris and if it is
not soon cleared away at least one
hundred bodies will never be found
Fire is still raging in these tun
nels and the places where the men
were supposed to have found a re
treat were full of lack damp
What little hope we had was given
up when we penetrated to what Is
called the overcoat said the general
manager of the mine
There pure air would be found if
any pure air was in the mine and the
miners aware of it would have retreated
e
treated there We found it bare ot
both bodies and live men
The death of one of the survivors
brought to the surface Saturday
brings the list of saved to nine i
teen Almost all of the fortytwo
bodies found yesterday were identifi
ed today and 189 are still missing
Fire broke out in the mine today
and cut off the escape temporarily of
twentyfive rescuers They were fin
ally brought to safety by another res
cue party
RESCUE WORK BLOCKED
Fire in the second gallery today
resulted In heavy cavings of earth
blocking rescue work to the east
section where It was expected would
be the best chanc of finding sur
vivors It was said to be HO badly
blocked that it would be Impossible
for many days to make an entrance
Meanwhile if men are alive now they
may starve Tltt news goad gloom
through the village relieved bnly by
the fairer prospects of exploring the
500foot or bottom shaft
It is said the blockade in the entrY
to the east section is near the main
shaft As one caving is followed by
another enaangorIng the lives of the
workers attempts to remove the de
bris Wqre halted and an attempt
made to hew a new passage through
solid earth around the fire and piles
of earth
According to Duncan McDonald
president of the United Mine York
ers of Illinois this will take several
daysDoes
Does It not mean that all hope or
reaching the Imprisoned men in the
east workings have been abandon
ed or practically so Mr McDonald
was asked
The union official looked very
gloomy and did not answer directly
We have hope of rescues in the
500foot level he said
SYSTEM NOT SATrSFACTORY
The state executive board of thef
United Mine Workers of America
sent the following telegram to Gov
Deneen
We request that you de81 ate
some one man to take charge of the
rescue work of this mine Practical >
miners stand ready to volunteer ser J
vices to get the bodies System here
not satisfactory to us Signed
DUNCAN MDONALD
MDOfALD
INDICTMENTS AGAINST TWO
ARE ORDERED DISMISSED
By Associated Press
Washington Nov 23The dis
missal of the conspiracy indictments
against Eugene Schebe of Toledo and
August W Machen former head of
the free delivery postal system were
ordered today by Attorney General
Wickersham The death of an im
portant witness and the hopelessness
of securing convictions caused the dis
missal The Indictments charged
that the men tried to furnish the post
office department with letter boxes in
excess of its needs Soheble claimed
a patent on the boxes in question
HUNTING IN AEROPLANE
Bent France Nov 23Hubert La
tham arrived here today in his aero
plane to join a hunting party having
flown the distance from Chalone here
19 miles in 30 minutes
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General Uprising in South
America is Now Probable
By Associated Press
Now Orleans Nov 23A special
to the Picayune from Port LImon
Costa Rica says
Passengers who arrived at Punta II
Arenas by the steamer Newport re I
port that there is a great movement
of troops in Salvadorean ports It Is
said that General Prudencio Alfaro
at the head of 1000 men consisting
of Nicaraguans has crossed through
Honduran territory and invaded Sal
vador One of the passengers said
that he had been Informed by a per
son of high political rank in Amapala
that this expedition was well armed
and equipped The arrival of Don
Luis Alonzo Barahona the excandi
date for the presidency of Salvado
Is momentarily expected and that hi
will join with Alfaro and Figueroa
as one of the Revolutionary chiefs
The Revolutionists are aid to be
now in possession of Castillo VIcJo
A writer in the San Jose paper La
Jnfonnacion makes the following
forecast as regards the position or
Central America
The invasion of El Salvador by a
detachment of Nicaraguans under
command pf Prudeaclp Alfaro Is an >
act which may precipitate a general
uprising IP Central America
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