for Compensation London, Aug. 5.
In the House of Commons to-day, questioned again relative to the murder of Mrs. Evans, Mr. MacDonald said that an officer of the British Legion who had been sent to the ranch to investigate had reported that the motive had not been robbery and that the Mexican Government were acting energetic: ally and had mad 'a number of} arrests. Mr, MacDonald had infor ed the British Ambassador in Washington that the Mexican Gow ment should be made to realize the responsibility for this tragic oe. currence. A claim would certainly be made for suitable compensation.
—Reyter.
San Pran¢ ce, Aug. 6.
Mrs. Pettus, a sister of Mrs. Evans and wife of the chief surgeon of the San Francisco Murine Hospital, has planned to take over and defend possession of the murdered woman's raneh—Reuter's American Service.
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