RACE AGAINST DEATH.
New Yohk, July 1. The cruiser Milwaukee is racing to Acapulco, San Salvador, in the hope of arriving before the execution of George and Edward Moissant, two Americans coffee planters who have been coudcmed to death by President Figueroa. According to the officers of the steamer Theban, which arrived at [San Francisco on Saturday from San Salvador, the Moissant brothers aro charged with inciting a in the republic, and with harbouring revolutionaries in support of the attempt of President Zolaya of Nicaragua to dominate all the Central American republics. The Milwaukee will not arrive at Acapulco for at least a week, and it is feared that the condemned men may bo executed before her arrrival. The brothers formerly resided in California.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8915, 7 September 1907, Page 1
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124RACE AGAINST DEATH. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8915, 7 September 1907, Page 1
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