BRADSTREET AND DUN REPORT ON BUSINESS Distributive Trade Said to Be Quieter Than for Several Weeks Past. New York, March 20.—Bradstreet's •‘Saturday say3: * Distributive trade is still quiet, more 80 perhaps than In recent weeks, be cause visiting buyers have returned home to await indications of the trend ■of spring retail distributions. The lat ter branch of trade has been in turn checked by a cool snap which over spread a large area of the west and north, and which, while not sufficient to stimulate demand for left-over, win ter goods, has operated to retard those for spring wear. Of the leading lines of wearing ap parel, perhaps most activity, largely at wholesale, has been In millinery, In which the tone is really optimistic. Staple dry goods have sold well and the tariff uncertainties are a check to free buying. There Is a feeling In the wholesale coiton goods trade, however, •that the line ot resistance to lower prices has now been reached, and thl3 is fortified by the closing down or cur tailment of operations by many mills south and north. Collections are ir regular, ranging from fair to slow. In the industries the features are a rather less eager movement to buy Iron and steel, but against this is a larger capacity employed in furnace and mills than for many months. Buying con tinues conservative, the railways are purchasing in a cautious way, and the higher prices demanded for pig iron have apparently superinduced some thing of a lull in that market. At the same time export trade In steel products promises to continue of goodly proportions. Building trade preparations are not uniform at all centers, and decreases about offset in creases, as compared with a year ago, with marked dullness noted at the me tropolis. Building materials still lag at markets wherein the past activtles has been noted at this season. Business failures in the United States for the week ending March 16 were 251, against 230 last week, 208 in the like week of 1910, 224 in 1909, 203 In 1908. and 157 In 1907. Business failures in Canada for the week number 27, which compares with 40 last week and 25 In the like week of 1910. Dun's review today said: Recent improvement in trade is very slow, irregular and conservative and chiefly is in evidence in iron and steel. In which there is a larger demand for structural materials, a more cheerful sentiment regarding pig iron and better mill conditions in finished materials. The volume of transactions is some what under that of last year, but Is generally larger than In the preceding quarter, while business sentiment is helped by the hopeful outlook for crops. Encouraging reports predominate In iron and steel, notwithstanding that buying of finished materials Is on a slightly reduced scale. The new book ings are scarcely up to the mark established in February, but the mills are more actively engaged, and It Is evident that business this month will make a satisfactory showing. From present Indications it seems that some good sized rail contracts will be received from Canadian railroads owing to tho sold up condition of the mills In that country, Inquiries for 25, 000 tons from one system alone being noted In domestic markets. WOOLEN TRUST WILL CUT DOWN ITS STOCK of the American Woolen company here Boston, March 20.—At the head office today it was announced that the di rectors of the corporation had voted to reduce the common stock of $30,000, 000 to $20,000,000,000. The action of the directors will be submitted to stock holders for approval at a special meet ing In Jersey City on April 28. It Is expected in mill circles that the common stockholders will ratify the new plan. The corporation controls 34 mills In New England and New York state. It figured largely in last year’s tariff debates and hearings at Wash ington, where the low tariff men us ually referred to it as the "woolen trust." News Brevities i .... MURDO, S. D.—The Murdo Pioneer now is in charge of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Jones, late of Sidney, Neb. The retir ing editor, H. M. Epps, has accepted a position on a newspaper at Liberal, Mo. SPEARFISH, S. D.—A legally exe cuted petition has been filed with the city council asking that a special elec tion be called to vote on the adoption of the commission form of city gov ernment. EGAN, S. D.—The Egan Creamery company has arranged for the holding at this place of a dairymen’s meeting. Professor Larson, of the state agricul tural college at Brookings, will be the principal speaker. HUMBOLDT, S. D.—The local Com mercial club has re-elected the follow ing officers to serve during the coming year; President, N. B. Maloney; vice president, D. M. Smith; secretary, H. \V. Hahn; treasurer. W. II. Butt. BALTIMORE, MD.—At the St. Pat rick's day dinner of the Hibernian so ciety of Baltimore last night Ambassa dor James Bryce, of Great Britain, dis cussed some of the controverted ques tions regarding the birthplace and career of St. Patrick and told soma anecdotes of the saint’s life. NEW YORK.—Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor has been summoned to taka charge of the threatened strike of tlio metropolitan district, which, if called, will involve 60,000 men. Mr. Gompers, it is understood, will arrive here Mon day or Tuesday, and perhaps will be assisted by Daniel J. Tobin, president ■of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, who has been called from Indianapolis. AUGUSTA, GA.—President Taft made a 75-mlle motor trip yesterday afternoon to Waynesboro, Ga., and re turn. The route lay through a part of the rich cotton belt. On the way out the president stopped for a few minutes at the Shiloh Negro Orphan school. Mrs. Taft and a party of friends ac companied the president. DAYTON.—While one of the largest department stores of the city was crowded with women shoppers yester day afternoon, Clarence Thornhill walked into the store and asked per mission to speak to his wife, Florence, a clerk in the store. This was granted, and hardly had he reached the woman’s side when he drew a revolver and tired upon her. Then turning the weapon upon himself, he fired. The shots cre ated a panic. The woman was serious ly wounded, while the husband died in •a hospital lator in the night. The cou ple came here from Zenla, Ohio, a short -time ago. Jealousy, it is said, wus ).b« cause. ASSASSIN IS ON RACK IN THE ITALIAN COURT Record of Mora, One of the Camorra Band, Laid Bare to the Jury. Viterbo, Italy, March 24).—The whole of today’s session of the trial of the Camorrists was taken up with the cross examination of Nicola Morra, at the conclusion of which an adjournment was taken until Tuesday. Morra is one of the six of the 36 pris oners who are charged with the actual murder of Gennaro Cuoccolo and his wife. He was a frequenter of the Cuoccolo house, to which he gained ready entrance after the husband had been killed in a suburb of Naples. It is asnerted th;*t Morra and Corrado leff their companions after the first murder, and between them accomplish ed the death of the woman. Later they joined the other assassins at the home of Maria Stendardo, subsequently re porting the. success of their mission to Knrico Alfonso, the real head of the Camorro, wIG was dining at Mimi-A Mare. According to the prosecution. Morra and Sortino beat Cuoccolo with sticks while the others stabbed him to death. Today the vile record of Morra, in cluding his participation in the mur ders. were laid bare, the crown prose cutor Introducing much evidence dur ing the questioning. Morra denied all the accusations made against him, and roundly abused Gennaro Abbatemoggio, the informer. The latter maintained a derisive attitude as he heard the de nunciation by his former partner in in famy. RAILROADS GET TIME TO ADD APPLIANCES Washington, March 20.—Formal or ders were issued today by the Inter state Commerce commission extending the time within which the interstate carriers may comply with the law concerning the application to their equipment—cars and locomotives—of required safety appliances. Generally the time of the extension is five years from July 1, 1911, but the required standards of appliances must be put on passenger cars within three years, on switching locomotives with in one year and on other locomotives within two years. ACTRESS AND FLYER SAID TO HAVE WED London Hears That Pauline Chase and Grahame-White Are Married. London, March 20.—Miss Paulino Chase, the actress, and Claude Gra hame-White, the aviator, were married In New York,, Is the constant rumor here. The report gives the date of the wedding as Immediately after Gra hame-White arrived In America last August. Grahame-White has an aviation school at Herndon, neaf London, where ha uses chiefly biplanes made by the Curtiss-Burgess company of Marble head, Mass. He has cleared an avia tion Held of 250 acres and tried to per suade the Royal Aero club to hold the international aero meet for the James Gordon Bennett cup there, but it re fused. New York, March 18.—Miss Pauline Chase’s engagement to Claude Gra hame-White was announced at the Knickerbocker theater here October 19, after the performance of "Our Miss Gibbs" of which Miss Chase was the star. Grahame-White paid devoted atten tion to her here. She made several flights with him, as did Miss Eleanor Sears, of Boston. Miss Chase, accompanied by a chap eron, and Grahame-White sailed on the Mauretania from here November 29. Both laughingly refused to talk about their engagement, or to say when they would be married. ♦ 4 4 PRIZE FIGHTERS IN COURT .4 4 I OR LOS ANGELES FIGHT 4 4 4 4 Lcs Angeles, Cal., March 20. 4 4 —The principals in yesterday's 4 4 boxing contest, Ad Wolgast and 4 4 George Memsic, together with 4 4 Thomas McCarey, manager of 4 4 the affair, and Charles Eyton, 4 4 referee, were arraigned in Jus- 4 4 tice Reeve’s court today charged 4 4 with having conducted a prize 4 4 fight in violation of the law of 4 4 California. Their preliminary 4 4 examination was set for next 4 4 Monday. 4 4 4 ; 4444444»44444444444444444Y FRIEND OF TAFT IN LAWSUIT FOR LIBEL John Hays Hammond Accused by Daniel J. Sully In Court Action. Washington, March 20.—John Hays Hammond, special ambassador f the Southern bank of Toronto, Canada. Harry G. Osborne, Toronto. Gwynn L. Francis, Toronto. Francis H. Stewart, Toronto. The last three are bahkers and brokv ers There are two Indictments which are drawn under what Is known as the conspiracy statute. Tha penalty provid ed is a fine of $10,000 or Imprisonment for two years on all counts. The land which the then are charged with having conspired to gain is lo cated at Matanuska river, in Alaska, extending west from the Chlckaloon river to Kings river, and land on the north side of the Manatuska river and In the vicinity of Moose creek. Thera are two separate tiacts, known as tha Watson group of coal claims, and tha Matanuska Coal company group. The conspiracy began at Chicago, April 1, 1908, according to the indict ment. and Frost, Ball, Osborne and Gwynn L. Francis were to have been the chief beneficiaries. The acquisition of the land, the indictment reads, was to be effected by ‘‘unlawful, fraudulent, false and collusive locations for tha preferential rights to purchase final en tries and locations under the coal land laws.” AMERICAN STEAMER IS BURNED IN THE THAMES London, March 18.—-The Furness line freight steamer North Point, which sailed this morning for Philadelphia, was destroyed by Are In the Thames two hours after she left her wharf. The crew of 40 were taken off In safety after the vessel had been beached. She car ried no passengers. The steamer was off Purflet about 15 miles from London when the fire broke out in the general cargo, which In cluded a quantity of creosote. The flames spread rapidly and en veloped the craft, the heat being so In tense that the plates were made red hot to the water’s edge. There was barely time In which to run the vessel ashore and permit the sailors to es cape. _ ENORMOUS FEES ARE SOUGHT BY DOCTORS Their Patient Died, but They Ask for Big Slice of His Estate. Washington, March 18.—Justice Gould, In the probate court here, haa refused to pass upon the claims of Dr. L. F. Barker, of Johns Hopkins univer sity and Dr. C. F. Wainwrlght, of New York for $11,600 and $42,000, respect ively, alleged to be due them for profes sional services rendered the late Thomas F. Walsh, the Colorado capital ist. Doctor Wainwright’s bill Is on record as a “balance of $42,000." Both physicians merely state that their bills are for "professional serv ice.” Justice Gould referred the claims to the American Security & Trust company, as executor of the Walsh es tate. Agents of the estate refused to night to make any statement relative to the physicians- claims. IRON SUPPLY WILL SOON BE EXHAUSTED Philadelphia, March 18.—Speaking on the subject of the conservation of Iron, Dr. Allerton S. Cushman, director of the bureau of Industrial research at Washington, declared at the Franklin Institute last night that at the present rate of production the Iron supply of the United States will be exhausted In 30 years. Not only Is the production threat ened, according to Dr. Cushman, but the Iron and steel now in use Is rapidly deteriorating under the Influence of corrosion or rust and It is absolutely essential, he declared, that some means of protection be found to assure to the world the use of Iron in the future. BOHN SERIOUSLY HURT IN BOUT WITH GOTCH Chicago, March 18.,—Frank Gotch, rhampion wrestler, In his bout last night with Henry Bahn, known as Samson, the 260-pound German, threw his opponent so hard as to cause a frac ture of the German’s skull. Physicians at the match declared Bahn seriously hurt. The men were to have wrestled for two out of three falls. After they hud struggled for 7 minutes and 20 seconds, Gotch obtained a leg hold and tossed the German over his head. Bahn landed on the back of his head and became unconscious. The match was awarded to Gotch, who later announced he had signed a contract to meet any wrestler in the world. REBEKAHS AT ^BRIDGEWATER. Bridgewater, 8. D., March 18.—A Re bekah lodge, with a membership of 35 was Instituted here last night, Mrs. Sweeting, State organizer, taking charge with the Hurley degree team, comprising 27 members, putting on the work, following which a banquet wua served. CAPTAIN HULL ILL. Washington. March 18.—Former Rep resentative Hull has been sick In bed with grippe for about a week. He is slowly recovering but Is still confined to the hows* and la under a physician's ear* FARM WAGES HIGHER THAN FORMANY YEARS Figures Showing Rates In Dif. ferent Sections Given Out by Department Today. Washington, March 18.—Higher wages were paid to American farm laborers dur ing 1910 than at any time In the last 45 years, according to statistics just made public by the department of agriculture. The average wage for the country was 897.60 per month during 1810 while 20 years ago they were only 318.33. With board the average wage was 819.2L In some parts of the country the rate of wages of farm laborers was higher than In others. The highest was In Ne vada where the rate was 364, while In Montana and Washington It was 350. South Carolina paid the lowest rate, 316.60. In the New England and North At lantic statea the average was 333.19, with Massachusetts paying the highest. 337.20. With board the average was 321.66. In the south Atlantic states the average waa 319.76, with West Virginia paying the highest, 329. With board the average was 313.77. In the north central states east of the Mississippi river the average was 331.81, with Wisconsin paying the highest, 337.25. With board the average was 322.94. In the northern central states west of the Mississippi, the average was 336.45, with North Dakota paying the highest, 342. With board the average was 325.10. In the southern central states the aver age was 321.90, with Oklahoma paying tho highest, 323.10. With board the average was 916.29. In the far western states the average was 346.48, with Nevada paying the high est, 364. With board the average was 132.69. SLAUGHTER IS RESULT OF AN ITALIAN BRAWL Pennington, Pa.. March 18.—A ■hooting affair following a brawl In an Italian boaring house here last night wound up in the death of the pro prietor and his wife and the serious, if not fatal, wounding of three of the boarders. Andrew Deignazio, the proprietor, accused some of the boarders of steal ing his money and some beer. The charge was resented and after a long altercation, Deignujsio started to clear the place with a revolver. He shot at everybody within range, witnesses say. The larm was spread and when the police arrived they found four of the boarders wounded. The doors were locked and when they were broken open the proprietor and his wife were found dead from bullet wounds. It is the supposition of the police that Deignazio killed his wife and then committed suicide. KAHN FAMILY SAILS AT COST OF $13,000 Banker and Entourage, Includ ing Autos, Chauffeurs and Nurses to Be Present. New York, March 18.—Otto kahn and family and retinue sailed on the ....I,., tanla, occupying $11,000 worm or space on the great express Cunarder. More of the Kahn entourage will sail on the Coronla, including three automobiles and as many chauffeurs. Transportation charges on the Coconia will cost Mr. Kahn $2,000. In the banker’s immediate party are Mrs. Kahn and maid, Miss Maud E. Kahn and maid, Miss Margaret D. Kahn, maid and governess: Gilbert W. Kahn and nurse, and Roger VV. Kahn and nurse. Mr. Kahn is attended by a valet. Mr. Kahn said he had leased Casaborg castle in Watford, London, for the corona tion. After the coronation he and his family will tour Europe In their three automobiles. The banker said his vacation this year was purely a pleasure trip and that he expected to get home by August 1 WICKERSHAM MAY BE NEW PREMIER Attorney General Said to Be Slated for Secretary of State by Taft. Washington, March 18.—Authentic Word has reached here from President Taft that, should Secretary of State P. C. Knox resign, hus successor will be Attorney-General Wickersham. Ex Senator Carter, of Montana, It Is said, wants to succeed Mr. Wickersham us attorney general. While the president will not admit that Mr. Knox Is to leave the cabinet, he has said to friends that. In the event of Mr. Wlckersham's promotion, Solicitor General F. W. Lehmann would be made attorney genera., and not Mr. Carter. The president is high ly pleased with Mr. Lehmann, espe cially since he won the corporation tax case. AD WOLGAST WILL QUIT AFTER APRIL 18 New York, March 18.—Word was re ceived in this city from Los Angeles that Ad Wolgast, lightweight cham pion. Is going to quit the ring after hts 10-rouiul bout with One-Round Hogan here on April 18. It Is stated that Wol gast Is tired of the fighting game and besides has faithfully promised his wife that he would retire from the ring after his fight with Hogan. NEW YORK-Mrs. William Jennings Bryan was robbed at a matinee theater performance In this city last Saturday, of a seal handbag, containing fib and val uable souvenirs collected by her and her husband In their recent travels. WASHINGTON—The commission of Clr 11 Engineer Robert E. Peary, admiral, on the retired list with the highest retired pay of that grade, to date back to April 6, 1S09, the date of the discovery of the north pole, now only awaits the presi dent’s signature. The lssuunce of his com mission will be followed Immediately by an order for his retirement, which gives him $6,000 a year pay. Most of the Canadian steamers on the Pacific are being converted Into oil burners. It la also Intimated that the locomotives of the Pacific division of tha Canadian Pacific railroad may be converted to two WIFE OF BANKER IS SEARCHEDJOR GEMS Mrs. Joseph Hull, of Georgia, Under Grave Suspicion of Smuggling. New York. March 18.—Mrs. Joseph Hull, whose husband Is president of the Merchants' National bank, of Sa vannah, da., and her daughter, Miss Nannie Hull, returning passengers by the French liner L* Provence, were rigorously searched by customs officers today for a diamond necklace they did not And. "We were made to take off even our stockings," said Mrs. Hull. "Every stitch of our clothing was searched and even our hair did not escape. I con sider this treatment an outrage.” Miss Hull Is convalescing from ty phoid fever, and the danger of keeping her waiting on the pier while her bag gage was being searched after the un successful search of her person, was such that she was permitted to leave for a hotel, where her brother, who Is a cotton broker here, lives. A special agent of the treasury de partment had the case In charge. He said his superiors hud confidential In formation that Mrs. Hull or her daugh ter had bought a diamond necklace abroad. Not finding It, customs agents accused her' of undervaluation of her personal effects In her declaration, and gent her luggage to the public stores. Her daughter's declaration was ad mitted to bo correct. WICHITA BANKER IS PLACED ON TRIAL L. 8. Naftzger Accused by Fed. eral Authorities of Wilfully Buying Stolen Stamps. Wichita, Kan., March 18.—L. S. Naftzger, formerly president of the Fourth National bank, of this city, was put on trial In the federal court in this city today on a charge of having re ceived postage stamps stolen from postofflces by the John Callahan gang of postoffice and bank robbers. Callahan, with Ray Templeton and Kdward Earl, two members of the gang, were convicted before the Naftz ger case was called. Templeton and Earl were found guilty of robbing the Hope and Burdick postofflces, and Cal lahan was convicted of receiving the tstamps and selling them to Frank 8. Burt, who was then chief of police of Wichita Judge Pollock refused to grant a continuance of the Naftzger case on account of the absence of three wit nesses for Naftzger who were out of the city. Harry 3. Bone, representing the gov ernment, prevented the continuance by admitting that the three absent wit nesses wc ' d testify that they heard Frank 8. Burt tell Naftzger that the stamps Burt had to sell were not stolen, but that they came from re wards earned by the police department In catching criminals for the govern ment. Tbe greater part of the morning Isesslon of the court was spent In se curing a jury to hear the case. Frank 8. Burt, who turned govern ,ment witness In the other stamp cases, has been subpoenaed to testify for the ^government In the Naftzger case. WHITE SLAVER CAUGHT AND RES|STS ARREST )ne Mae Given Long Sentence While Another Is Seriously Accused. Chicago, March 18.—JuAge Landis, In the UnWed States district court to day, sentenced Edward S. Nichols, who was convldted of having enticed Elsie JFerrler, IS years old, to Hammond, Ind., a violation of the Mann -white Slave” statute, to 10 years- Imprison ment In tike federal prison at Fort Leavenworth. : While the court was reading sen tence, secret service operatives of the department of Justice were arresting Jacob Flnkelsteln on the charge of having plSioed his young wife In Im proper plaoes In El Paso, in Mexico and California, and of abandoning her there after taking $6,000 of her earn Jngs to purchase a saloon property. Finkelsteih'* family tried to light oft the operatives and the latter had to use plstolk to compel them to desist LONDON BANKER ENDS LIFE WJTHA BULLET R. F. Carnegie, Manager of Parr Branch Institution, Puts Hole In Head. London, March 18.—A sensation has been caused In financial circles by the suicide of R. F. Carnegie, manager of the Lombard street branch of Parr’s bank, limited, who shot himself in his home today. The affairs of the insti tution are said to be in perfect order. Parr’s bank, limited, of which C. F. Parr is chairman of the board of direc tors, and R. W. Hawley, general mana ger, was originally Parr’s Ranking com pany and was so registered in 1866. In 1892 it was amalgamated with the Alli ance bank, limited. On amalgamation tvlth the consolidated bank, limited, In 1896, the present name was adopted. The authorized capital is $62,600,000. For years It has paid a dividend of 19 per cent, per annum. GERMAN 'ACTOR Dlls. Berlin, March 18.—Frederick Haase, the German character actor, died today. He was born In 1826. LOUISVILLE CAPITALIST CHARGED WITH FRAUD Louisville, Ky., March 18.—Indicted by the federal grand Jury last night on charges of misapplication of national bank funds, making a false entry and conspiracy to defrauding a national bank, Clint C. MoCarty will appear In the federal court late today. It Is an nounced, and arrange to give bonds. The accusations against McCarty grew out of the purchase by Louisville capitalists of tbs Provident Ufa As surance society in tg>8. L «» INSURGENTS DENY PEACE RUMORS IN TROUBLED MEXICO 0nless Dictator Concedes That His Present Title to Office Is Invalid, Fight Goes On. Little Rock, Ark., March 18.—Jose-# Yves Limantour, finance miniater of Mexioo, passed through Little Rook this morning in the private car Hidalgo, en route to Laredo. His seoretsry stated that hs min ister had not heard of the report that lnsurrectos probably would try 10 prevent his reaching the City of Mexico. Mexicali, Cal, March 18.—John Cudahy, the Chioago capitalist, owning a ranch of many thousands of sores in Lower California, a few miles from here, arrived at Calex ico today to inveatigate the rebel situation. He was accompanied by hie two sons. They expect to make a call on General Stanley. Ell Paso, Tex., March 18.—Despite as surances that Minister Limantour, Mexican minister of finance, has start ed plans for the termination of the Mexican revolution, the revolutionary leaders here today declared that the, fighting will continue. "There will be no pause In hostlll-i ties," said Senor Gonzales Garza. In-, surrecto secretary of state. "With! the threat of the Mexican government] hanging over us that we will be shot] without a trial, our fight for liberty and, for the setting up permanently of the, Madero government will continue. No, overture for peace will be considered! official by us until It has come from, Mexico City. It must come with a, promise that Diaz will retire on the ground that his election was not regu lar." Peace Talk Impressive. Notwithstanding this assertion, the report of Llmantour's exertion in be half of peace has created a profound Impression In the Insurgent ranks It Is known that a courier has already been dispatched to the field to Inform Francisco I. Madero, the revolutionary president, of the latest, phase. Madero has already been made ac quainted with the preliminaries. It la said there will be no negotiations with out his approval of the terms for ar mistice. The terms must be such that If peace plans fall the lnsurrectos will not have lost any strength by tha effort. Insurgents’ Equipment. Two hundred rounds of ammunition, a rifle, horse, blanket and rations con sisting of fresh meat, beans, corn cakes and "cinnamon coffee,” form the aver age equipment of the 5,900 lnsurrectos now In the field, according to the re ports to the junta. At night the men sleep on the ground rolled up In blankets. They procure meat by killing cattle on the ranches. Late reports from Chihuahua City show that food conditions are becoming serious there. Only occasionally In tha last few weeks has telegraphic com munication been possible, and the wira was used exclusively for federal offi cial dispatches. BATTLE GOING ON WITH THE REBEL8 Son Diego, Cal., March 18.—Barri caded in adobe houses of the little hamlet of Tecate, nine lnsurrectos are being bombarded today by a force of Mexican soldiers which attacked thfe place at daylight. The soldiers conn prise Company F. Eighth Mexican In fantry, which marched from Ensenada, presumably for Tla Juana. Led by Jules Morales, who was run out of* Tecate by the rebels last week, they surrounded Tecate early today and' opened fire on the houses and the rebel camp. ' Two rebel guards fell at the first fire. The rebels, under the leadership of Rodrigues, attempted to escape and Rodriguez with 14 others managed to break through the cordon. Two Mex ican soldiers were killed in this sortie. Nine of the lnsurrectos, unable to get away, barricaded themselves in the houses in Tecate and are fighting to the death with the federals. The latter humber 80 men. They have lost two killed and six wounded. The rebels Numbered 81 wounded men when sur prised. Two were killed and five wounded and 15 escaped to the hills, where a detachment of troops Is pur Sulng them. The destruction of this and relieve* Tla Juana of the fear of Invasion. The affair has been report-; fed officially to sub-Prefecto La Roque* at Tla Juana. United States customs officers re port the presence of a second band of, lnsurrectos and that Rodriguez, with the men who escaped from Tecate. have Joined the force which Is awaiting a second attack by the Mexican fed eral troops at San Tsldro, a small place, 15 miles east of Tla Juana. AMERICAN RANCHER 18 PLUNDERED BY REBELS Mexlcalla, Mex., March 18.—General Stanley, of the lnsurrcctos arrived In Mexicali lust night after seizing a pack train of supplies belonging to Paul Rogers, a wealthy rancher on the Mexican side of the line. Rogers .complained to Captain Babcock, of the United States cavalry, who In turn protested to Stanley. The lnsurrecto commander then released the supplies. The rebels remaining in Mexicali have two machine guns in the trenches which were left in Mexicali by Gen erals Berthold and Leyva when they started ostensibly on their march to Knsanoda. ThlB Is taken ns an un doubted Indication that the whole rebel army will soon return t; Mexicali. —■*— AMERICAN PRISONERS TO BE TREATED WELL Washington. March 18.—American, citizens held as prisoners of war by tho Mexican authorities at • usas Grandes, who have been reported in danger of execution, and Henry Whittle, who was arrested at Ciudad PorPrio Diaz, yes terday, arc safe and assured of fair treatment, according to telegraphic ad vices received by the state department today by American consular offices In Mexico. MADEROS HOPE FOR NO BAD LUCK TO MINISTER New York, March 18.—The Madero family here is watching the progress of Jose Yves Limantour t< ard the Mexi can frontier with the greatest anxiety. When they dlspat, t,... today relat ing that the lnsurrcctos proposed to burn the railway bridges south of La redo. thus cutting Munster Llmantour*s route to Mexico City, they showed grave concern. "That would be a mistake." said Gus tavo Madero. "Limantour Is a practi cal man, and the country needs hlnil He ought got to be kept out."