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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-02
Worlds Championship Prizes in
Different Glasses Awarded
at Fair Equine Show.
ATTRACTION CLOSES TO-DAY.
Imposing Parade Of All the Ami
mails Which Have Participated
Is Among Features on the
Elaborate Programme.

Horses that have won the grand cham
pionshIp prizes at the Worlds Fair were
adorned with the royal purple ro-ett. yes
terdsy- The kings and queens OF the dlr-
feTrnt classes seemed TO realize the honor
conferred upon them. and pranced around
with proud step.
Gypsy Queen. owned by Thomas ~.
Lawson OF Boston. wore IL away for the
best saddle mare. Montgomery chief for
tho best saddle stallion. Ornament. the
premier thoroughbred. and Sometimes and
Always for the best pais OF roads;ers.
Tho programme OF to-day which closes
tho Worlds Fair Horse SHOW. includes
tho awarding OF premier championship
for all breeds OF horses. The events In
ciudo classes for both breeders and ex-
hibitOrs. The premier championships arc
determined by tho largest aggregate
amounts awarded to animals OF the vari-
Gus breeds.
Following the awards every herd Of
horses competing In tho Worlds Fair
events will participate In a grand parade
In tho Live Stock Forum this morning.
In tho parade Will be assembled tho best
Of every type Of horse ard the winners
VIII wear tho ribbons that have been
awarded 10 them In the afternoon
special prize offered for safdIers that have
not won an award at the HORSE Show will
De competed FOR. The prize is given By
Colonel Charles r. Mills. chief OF the
livestock Department. and will prove an
interesting class
The Attendance yesterday was the isrR-
est during the Horre Show. and the IN
tsrest was unabdted. Among the distin-
guished visitors who occupied seats In the
center Of the smphitheater were Governor
and Ars. Durb;n OF Indiana. Governor
and Mrs. Frazier of Tennessee. and Misc
Frazier
The party spent the entire afternoon
Several special exhibitions were given for
them.
T. z. Houchens' beautiful bay High
School mare. tn. American Princess. was
exhibited for the entertainment OF the
Queen. Ornament and Montgomery CHIEF.
were led n review TO halter
YESTERDAYS AWARDS.
Following were the awards yesterday:
.s'T s .s iIi.on Ra isy srl...
Son. werons. Ill second. diploma. DoDfa. Nc
i1z s.an.n ht ros:hK KiF;:: c,iy 80 H.nn,s.
oia.nbarr co.sh Hsr,. sosi.;y. Germany.
I'll. kip;on: VI: .>cord. SnoI Morgan. ). T.
Chandler. Pesehsrn
Dunn. r.6rls IN i.rsna aip,oms n R";.i Biv.
@ A. H-yi Es.hins,on. III ,.,
B,os. K.nsa. CITY. Mo. second. diploma. chi
sSIr~ - FIRST. szsn. co,,.r-d Prince. Rober.
Hors-shoe asrnliDn. Trurnan's Pioneer stud
B.;si.n dIs;,. f,I,. rs9 TIappi... J Crouch
s.ssi- horse-~FIrs; $40. Montgomery chief.
Bsii Fro seconi diploma Cecil Coast. J.
rhorouxhhrsd"Fir.;. $50 Ornament. n p
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JAPS WIN FORT AT PORT ARTHUR,
ONLY TO BE DRIVEN AWAY LATER

had been made by the japanese on Pa
l,,ngshan. u. confirms previous reports
that the Russians had reoccupied Itseshan,
wher. there has been bu; little fighting re-
Gently.
At 80 n. m. Angus. = IN. japanese
attacked fort No. on the northeast por-
,,on OF the right flank. This fort Is a
new and strong one. After thre" hours
fierce fighting. during which the japanese
endured a cross fire from fort No :. the
japanese succeeded in en;erin. the FORT
when tho Russians were safely away
from fort No. and the Japanee nag
waved over IL several forts concentrated
their fire on II. and the japanese were
COMPELLED to retire. Heavy firing was
heard by the Chinese on the night OF
August =
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General Z1ryubaicI- General S;aIel-
berg's Injury Ia sight and he did not
leave the field.
General ,iarozovsky. who was siso
wounded. commanded the artillery hr-
sad@. He DIT inEu!sh-d himself during the
suppression of the Boxer troubles In China.
H-s wound = sovere.
There has been no Interruption OF fele-
graphic communication with Iiao-Yarg
W 20 this hour. which tho General staff
considers 10 te conclusive evidence that
X the japanese iankins movement vas
pressed north OF I4ao-Yans to-day. I, was
unsuccessful. The receipt OF press AMI
private dispatches has been delayed. the
chief telegraph office at L!ao-Ysnz having
been moved north. which is Invariably
don" whilo fighting proceeds a. such close
quarters.
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JUDGE CULLEN SUCCEEDS
PARKER AS CHIEF JUSTICE

New York. Sept. Judge Elgar ". Cui-
len OF Brooklyn. n Democrat. this after
noon vas appointed chief Justice o: the
Court OF Appeals by Governor Odeli. 20
sJcceed Judge Alton n. Parker. resigned.
Judge Cullen Is native OF brooklyn.
where he was born December 4. is43 He
served during the Civil War a. Second
Lieutenant. United States Infantry. and
as Colonel OF the Nlnety-sixth Volunteer
Infantry.
Judge Cullen IL n Democrat. and IL now
SERVING, as an additional Judge OF the
Court Of Appeals. a position 10 which he
was designated by Theodore Roosevelt
when he was Governor Of New York
IL has been settled by Republican man
ayers that Judge Cullen wifi be nominated
by the Republican party for the position
to which he was to-day appointed.
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SHOWERS TO. CEASE TO-DAY.
Forecastcr Says Storm Is Moving
Toward st. Louis.

Several iii-dehnei storm, arsas that have
occupied tho West and Southwest for sew
erai days have united. forming a storm n:
considerable intensity. the center OF
which las; night was over Eastern Nebrss-
ka and Kansas
Showers and thun1erstorms were caused
by this low barometer in the Rocky Noun
tains. Missouri. Mississippi and Ohio val
leys and the Lake region. In Cleveland.
o.. LIZ inchc5 Of rain fell, with Ice in
Mobile.
Tho Indications point TO showers and
thunderstorms IN ST. Louis and vicinity
to-day. to be followed by fair and cooler
weather.
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TREASURY OFFICIALS
DEEPLY GRATIFIED
Excellent Showing Made by
Worlds Fair and Prompt Pay
ment Of Its Obligations In
sures Its Complete
Success.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington. Sept. IA telegram was
received at tho Treasury Department
to-day from Assistant Treasurer Atkins at
ST. Louis. IN which he stated that the
fourth half million dollar ins.alnent on
the big Worlds Fair loan had been de-
posted at the subtrcasury.
The amount SO far refunded 20 the
United States on account of the 1850. 600
loan n t2.+os.0oo. or considerably more
than half Tho friends OF the Fair in
Wellington are greatly encouraged over
this showing and share the feeling of SAT
isfaotion that must permeate the whole
Exposition.
Treasufy Department officials are great
y pleased over the situation. They Of
course look At the financial side OF an
enterprise. n that In their business. While
they fully appreciate the vast worth Of
the Exposition as an educational institu-
ton. they are chiefly concerned with its
6nances
How that the Exposition Company Is
meeting its obligations and has a con-
siderable margin besides. any possible
doubt that may have existed has been
disgipated ana Il r. only matter OF await
IND ~ aSTfval Of the day on which the
kBna10an4 - . b made.
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Governor Promises Aid in Case
Local Authorities Cannot Cope
With Strikers.
WILL SEND TWO COMPANIES.
Trouble Occurs Early In the
Morning When Men Are Go
ing to Packing Houses and
Several Are Assaulted.

In the even. tina. there Il moro rio;ins
in tho Stock Yards district IN East So.
Louis and the police and the ndtc8 forco
Of Deputy sherfYs are no: ab!s 10 cops
with tho rioters. 81 ~ expected that Tho
militia will be called out.
Sheriff George W. Thomp,on yesterday
conferred with Governor Yates and tho
latter told him that two companies could
Be- sent 20 Eay: ST Louis within few
hours. Attorneys for tho packers and
Sheriff Thompson decided TO withhold n
request for militia II tho local officials
can successfully handle tho situation.
A small sized riot In which one man was
seriously n not fatally hurt and several
women sssaulted took place on ST. Clair
avenue about G O'Clock yesterday morning.
There were other instances where strike
breakers were assaulted.
A decison on tho part OF the packers
yesterday afternoon not 20 permit their
employees TO leave tho plants at tho Ma
tional Stock Yards in all probability pre-
vented q repetition OF tho riot Of wednes-
day evening.
There were about l6Jo men. nnd a
sprinkIing Of women and children along ST
Clair avenue. from coiiinyyiIle avenue 20
tho Black bridge. To hold this crowd in
check were al Of Chief Purdy's available
policemen under Lieutenant Michael Doyle
and Eerseants Patrick Gil and Wilson.
and a posse Of twenty-five Deputy SheriHs
under Sheriff q. W. Thompson and his
chief deputy. Charles Cashel Inside the
National Stock Yards there IL said to be
80 Pfnkerton detectives.
Tho nearest approach 20 n riot occurred
As the workingmen's train on tho Tcrmi-
nal Railroad. known as tho Bull Train"
which conveys tho employees OF the Ma
sional Stock Yards from the Picking
houses TO ST. Louis. stopped in tho Ter
rninal Yards near tho stock yards. TIE
train had but nifty instead OF tho usual
several hundred passengers and as It
stopped tho strikers and their syrnpa-
thixers arose from the weeds alongside
the railroad tracks. They were armed
with clubs and pieces Of air couplings.
Deputy Sheriff Charles CasheI was on the
train az he saw the men approach u
he Jumped on. and drawing his revolver
fired ono shot In the air. This was suf-
ncient TO scatter tho men.
SURROUNDED BY STRIKERS.
At St Clair ana Coiiinsviiie avenues
last evening w. J. Sullivan. super'n'end-
ent Of tho hog department AZ tho Swift
packing plant. was surrounded by sew
erai strikers. He drew n revolver and
when three policemen appeared the strik-
era dispersed. Sullivan was escorted to
his home
James johnson. strike-breaker. was
badly injured in tho riot In the morning.
He was struck on IN. head with rock
and drew a revolver. He was knocked
down and baby beaten. He was taken TO
the Henrietta Hospital
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c. B. SPAHR DROWNED At SEA.
New York Editor Fell or Jumped
Overheard.

London. Sept. &c. p. spahr. Of Kings
bridge. New York. editor OF two maya
zines OF New York. either fell or Jumped
overheard from the steamer Prince Albert.
midway between Ostend and Dover. at )
O'Clock IN the evening OF August -.
His mysterious disappearance. recalling
that of Frederick Kent Loom,s. was re-
ported on the arrival Of the steamer at
Dover. TO the American Consul. Mr.. Pres
cott.- by f. W. Ordway. of No. 1000 Dean
street. Brooklyn. In whose company Mr..
Spahr was making tour Of Europe for
the bsuent Of his health.
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RUSSIANS FORCED
TO ABANDON LlA0-YANG.
Continued From Page One.

Chinese coolies worked at carrying them
into L.ao-Yang.
General Sakharon-. in reporting the bat
tle says the japanese suffered enormous
losses. much larger than those OF the
Russians. who also lost heavily.
TWO RUSSIAN GENERALS
HAVE HEEN WOUNDED.
General StakeIboig. who I. among the
wounded. Bt!li retains command OF his
army corps. although he is no longer IN
chief command OF the Southern army.
which Ia. since teen consolidated Under
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For Charch BeneAt.

The women Of ST. John Neromuck
Parish will give a euchrc for the teneft
of the church at 20 o'clock Monday ifter-
noon and at O'Clock in the same evening
In the schoo, hall at Twelfth and Soulard
streets. Prizes will be awarded
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FOREIGN.

c. b. 6pahr. editor Of two New York
magazines. either fell from or jumped
overheard the steamer Prince Albert mid
way between Ostsnd and Dover On Au-
gust -.
No trace 10 found Of Princess sare-co-
burg. who escaped from her hotel at
Bad Ester and eioped with q former
Lieutenant II II said that her husband
10 rather pleased At the escape. and the
pursuit will not DO pressed with vtgor.
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Glade. pitching for Browns. beats A.h-
ietics . TO o with great Waddeli ~ ap-
ponen;.
Martin Sheridan Of New York lowered
tbs worlds record for discus throw At the
Olympic games.
Finals in tennis tournament VIII b.
played to-day.
Jim Corbett indefinitely called Oh his
match with OBrten yesterday.
Cardinals again beat the PhiIliss IN inst
and exciting game by score Of to &
Aafaida should win the fourth event At
the Fair Grounds to-day.
Bias dor won tho handicap At the Fair
Grounds yesterday. Other winners were
Tuily Il. Check Morgan. Scotch Dance.
Second Mate and Aggie Lewis.
Major Delmar fails completely In the
last quarter at NsfraGsnsett Park in his
attempt to lower the worlds trotting rec
ord. HiO time II 10a
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Ring. stole. At SWIMMING seAsss.

Rings stolen at SWIMMING Seh0S1.
II was reported to the police yesterday
that diamond ring and sisnet ring
we're stolen from CIark's swimming
school. Nineteenth and Pine streets
Wednesday. The rings belonged to Mich
aeI Grolineck OF No. zils Franklin ave-
nue.
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MA9HINGTOS
WAR IN THE FAR EAST.

General Kuropstkin has Withdrawn his
entire force north OF the Tsitse River.
abandoning L;ao-Yang 20 the japanese. IN
order 10 try to check the fsnking move
ment being executed by General Kuroki.
Two Russian Generals are wounded IN
the fighting southwest OF Iiao-YnnS.
Hard fighting continu.s ut Port Arthur.
where the japanese capture one fort. only
e IS driven away by the concentrated fire
q esvcral Russian batteries.
4 Russian Uarship. engaged IN clearing
mines from the harbor at Port Arthur. "a
sunl: by an explosion.
Japanes. losses at Liao-YanR since Au-
gust = are officially estimated AT 1000
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Looking for shoe Worker.
Tho police have beer asked TO iocate
Martin Fletcher. who Is supposed to work
In a shoe factory In st. Louis. His faiths
died Wednesday in st. Paul. MINI.
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Mariss IntelIa9enes.

New York. eept. 1.-Arrived: Baltic
from Liverpool Sailed: LAurentian. 0ias-
SOW: Deutschland. Hamburg. via Ply
mouth and Chsrbourg: Ia BretaSne.
Havre.
New York.
Venice. Aug. 1-Afrfved: Guila. New
York. via Naples and Messina. for Trieste.
Bremen. Aug. 3o.-Arr1ved: Steamer
TY6vU, New York.
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GENERAL DOMESTIC.


Judge Cullen Of the New York Court
Of Appeals. a Democrat. has been appoint
ed by Governor Odell TO succeed Judge
Alton y. Parker as Chief Justice.
The Democratic State campaign opened
At Springfield. Mo. Folk and all the state
candidates. Bryan. Cockreu ard other
leaders made addresses
AcCarren and Murphy patch MP . per-
manent peace In New York.
Mcleod and Miles are dropped from
the Executive Committee Of the State
Democrats Committee in order TO make
the number seven. as required by the
resolution adopted At the State Conven-
ton.
Illinois Democrats receive encouraging
news from congressional districts Of the
State and hope to gain several members
in the next national House.
Miss May Ellis and Mr.. Henry =. Rog-
ers are married At Troy. No.
Tho business section Of Jaure1. Mexico.
suffers from q disastrous IRE.
Senator Fairbanks makes the principal
speech at the opening Of the Kansas Re-
publican campaign.
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Vehicle and Horse p

SebScIe onO horse Forode.
By the business men OF ST Louis. at the
Worlds Fair grounds tomorrow at 20
- m
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T0.DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF.


Yesterdays bank clearings were 8.7ij.-
s7s: balances. S00.o5. Local discount rates
were between ~ and per cent. Domestic
exchange was quoted "a follows: New
York. 4oc discount; bid. SOC discount
asked: Chicago. &c discount bid. Ioc dis
count asked: Cincinnati. Louisville and
New Orleans. &c discount bid. par asked.
Wheat closed higher Mt SlIiA bid Dec.
Corn closed higher at foitc asked Dec
Oats closed 1T 32ikc bid Dec.
Spot cotton WAS unchanged IN the local
market
WASHINGTON
The Official treasury statement shows
that the United States debt has increased
more than elk million dollars ia the last
month.
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LOCAL AND SUBURBAN.


Seven hundred trains at Union Station
DAILY.
Thousands OF citizens OF Indiana and
Tennessee visited the Fair yesterday 70
celebrate the days OF those States.
Lord" Harrington was attacked by q
visitor 20 tho Clayton Jail. who claimed
60 be McCann's friend.
Post Office receipts for August. exceed
81 those OF 1863. by SGs.2tS.si-
The third annual session OF the negro
Business Gen's League ended yesterday.
Doctor Florestar Aguilar of Madrid,
dentis: 10 the King OF Spain. pulled teeth
at the International Clinic.
One man was killed and two were hurt
iE street-car accidents.
Mrs. r. c. Young. wife OF the former
Mayor OF Webster Groves. filed suit for
. divorce Wednesday.
Governor Yates may be asked TO send
troops II r1otlng continues In East St
Louis
The Jury OF Awards will complete or
gani1ation at the Worlds Fair to-day.
The winning horses at the Worlds Fair
livestock show were adorned with tho
royal purple rosettes.
The Hamilton Brown Shoe Company
gives q banquet to statesmen and gue.tA
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30 70 New York sayed via Erie r. T.
Tickets, No io2 North Fourth street
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-24
GENERAL POWELL CLAYTON,
Our Embassador to Mexico

derful Administrations continued Cen
Clayton. "fle has Insured the fact that
the Panama canal will be built, and in
that he has. in my Judgment, done the
greatest thing for the United States
since our organization as a soyernulent,
with tlle ono exception of the Louisiana
purchase Tho canal wi. 10 OF enof.
nous benehv,o all parts Of the country,
you were one OF the 9qo who voted
for Grant M 1880. were yon mol.
,.Yes, Vas. replied Gen CLAYTON.
s.aa a aas ysas4A .es " \ ss4A bays ns
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-24

only organized labor In Mexico is that
employed on the different branches Of
the railroads Such men belong to
unions, but their organizations are usu-
ally branches OF the trades Unions OF Il g
Unittd States. The chef labor OF Mex
co Is made up Of poems. the d scendaEts
Of the native Indians. They are MT
Ike our Indians, being far more Indus
trlous and more quiet and easily nan
d cd They do not know what the walk
ing delegate is and yet strikes ana lock-
outs are comparatively unknown.
(, give me some iuea Of wages, general"
said l.
arc low" replied our ambas-
sador to Mexico Twenty cents a
day Is paid for ordinary farm lneor in
most parts of the country, ard In the
factories the wages are pro2orionately
small The hours are long and on the
farms the men work from sunrise to su.-
set, with siesta al noon"
Chinese Cheap Labor.
"I sec by a recent dispatch that the
Chircse are coming Into Mexico by the
thousands. :
such statements nrc probably exc gger-
ated,'' was the reply. There are not
mary Chinese In Mexico. and they are
admitted at only one or two ports in or
der that the character Of those coming
In may be carefully Investigated.
"What are the Mormons doing IN Mex
leo q
they have three colonies" replied the
am bassador two In the Braves dis
tr.ct OF the state Of Chihuahua. and one
in the district of Arispe in Sonora. There
IS also an American colony. not Nor
mon Il, the State OF Tamaulipas, which
has been established within the past six
months All Of these colonies are IN
aourishing condition, and the Afarmons
especially are industrious and thrifty
About how many foreigners are there
comparatively few. Less than one
hundred thousand, should say
Americans in Mexico
.Arc there many Americans"
Eyes. more than those OF any foreign
nationality excepting the Span sh. There
ara Gfteea or sixteen thousand OF our
people there All, so far as know retain
their American cltszenships and most
come intending to stay only long enough
To make their fortunes and then return
10 the United States.
"yThat are the Amcricars doing!
"rhcy are Interested IN all sorts OF
enterprises Some nre opening UP gold,
solver and copper mines. others have
franchiecs for street railroads and wafer
works in the cities. Some are engaged
In farming and many employed IN con-
nectlon with the railroads, Which pclons
largely to tho United States.
8 Have many made fortunes
"Some have done we'll, but none nave
made the enormous sums which are now
. :. Z i 4 = q 4. y =
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-24
are producing. and the mines Of various
kinds all told yield an output Of about
100000 gold dollars per year
Farms Fifty Miles Long.

lIT4sf FdEI1lS Illly NAAAHo A1SAAS'
How about farming. general. under-
stand 1t pays well In Mexico =
.rhe most profitable farming there is
stock raising" replied the ambassador.
There are enormous ranches In Mexico.
| some are SO largo that YOU have to
| ride MOI e than fifty mics to cross them.
| "A few years ago I Went down TO the
| Isthmus of Tchuantepec anu took a. trip
through the cattle country there ] rode
| through ono farm which had twenty-five
| Thousand head upon it and through an
other which had over thirteen thousand.
This was III February in the midst OF our
winter. The praires were covered with
grass which reached 10 my Knees. mo
cattle industry is enc OF the 'Ireat ones
Of MEXICO. The total value of tho ranch
"a Is more than half 81 billion gold dol
lars and the cattle are numbered py NIL
| lions"
..Iyhere are the chief markets for the
stock?" asked.
..rhe United States takes most OF the
surnlus from northern Mexico said am
hassador CLAYTON. he cattle arc rakefi
across he border and fnttened IN Texas
r,r tho terrItor es. and thence shipped 70
the great packing centcrs. In the soulh
the chef markets are CUBA anu SCUM
| America"
what is Mexico doing in mnnufactur-
| ing" asked.
III IL increasing It's cotton factories.
renlied the ambassador. 1T has now con-
eii1erablv over a hundred factories, viii h
use something like sixty million pounds
of raw cotton year. The fac ores
make different kinds of goods, including
calicoes They made over eleven million
= eces Of cloth last year, chiefly for home
Consumption. Tho industry Is protected
by a high tariff.
President Diaz.
wrell me something about President
p,,z ren CLAYTON" said l. t"What kind
of man IL he?'
CHG Is one of the ablest executives OF
h,s timon was the reply He has been
,,resldent ~ Mexico for about quarter
Of a century, and the prosperity OF the
country is largely due to him."
..Where does ne come from, Generaif
"He is n native Mexican. replleu ven,
Clayton. Gle was born IN oaxnch, wh'eh
Is about a days ride by tram peloW MN,
leo City, and he IS oiu enousn ~" =,
have served in tho Mexican army durlns
t,,a Mex,can war. He was, however, NOT
m,,ch more than boy at that time
SHORTLY infer the war was over he leit
tho ar,,v n study law, but lie entered II
apain from time to time, taking part IN
MANY ~ the civil connections which
nreceded his own election rs president
IL haca,ne nresidsut IN 1875 and then
hae,o. ~ h,,ra order out of chaos. Since
thsr MeYico has been quiet, and Cell
paz has managed It's affairs 50 well
that with the exception Of one int Ven
ing term. he hos held the once OF Presl-
dent from that time 10 tn's,
II see ~ stated tha' y Y aVVHs - ~