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The oasis., 1907-07-13

The first of July was the date set by common report for the merger of the Mexican Central and other railroads controlled by the Mexican government into one great governmental railroad trust, if the expression may be allowed. The name of the great company is to be "The United National Railways of Mexico" now practically reality with only some details of the merger to be completed. No defn- ite date is set for the actual merger.
 The acquisition of control of the Mexican Central gives the govern ment control of fully 10000 miles of road which comprises most of the mileage of the country, and with 2,000 miles of road now build ing and to be finished in three wears, will be consolidated into one system ramifying Mexico's 10000 square miles of territory.
 It appears from general accounts that in effecting this great merger it came to be question whether President Diaz would accomplish it or would Hartman do 1t. President Diaz "beat him to it, in common parlance, and Harriman's dream to effect combination of Mexican railway systems in the interest of connecting lines in the States was never brought about.
 It is not generally known but nevertheless a fact, that Hartman spent several weeks touring Mexico with view to bringing about such merger. He had an interview with President Diaz and mentioned the advantages of such combina- ton. Soon thereafter President Diaz got busy on the project ot buying control of different roads The government first bought contro of the Interoceanic's 600 miles O. road. Then followed the Nationa and International systems. Ther the necessity of acquiring contro of the Central if 1t would exercise a dominating influence in the rail roads of the country. It IS tht merger of all the government roads which is now nearing completion.
 The name of the holding com pany which will own this system will be the United National Rail ways of Mexico, and a majority o the capital stock of this corpora ton will be owned by the Mexican Government The recent increas Tn the earnings, and the reduction of expenses, together with the con tinuous development of the re sources along the various lines create the belief in the ability c the combined lines to earn
 dividend of fully six per cent o the shares of the United Nationa Railways of Mexico.
 The government control of thes railways has not checked the actiy lty of American promoters, backe Tn some cases by mining companie rom the United States, with ampl capital to carry out their scheme This activity on the part of tn Americans IS most noticeable i the northern part of Mexico especially in the state of Chihus hua whara ovar 6ft,, ,Do. oo,,+ ,
The oasis., 1907-07-13
THE NEW MINING REGION
Extensive Development Work to be Started as Soon as Titles are Per- fected.

Recently the Engineering < Mining Journal has published a description of the new mining region in the Santa Cruz noun tains, southeast from Nogales some twenty or twenty-five miles, writ ten by Professor F. J. H. Merrill, former state geologist of New York, who has visited the new camp at the point mentioned. While MT. Merrill makes no positive asser- tions the general tenor of his ex- pressions indicate that he is not without some of the enthusiasm
 which the Cananea people possess who have acquired ground in the
 new district, interest in which has
 been created by their movements
 in the last several months and the i climax to which came with the Announcement some time ago of a
 large area by Col. w. c. Greene.
 This area, which MT. Merrill
 puts at 4,000 pertenencias, has
 since been reduced considerably by
 Mir. Greene, succeeding prospecting
 of the ground and determination of
 the general trend of the formation
 and also to the end of abating dis
 putes as to survey lines as relating
 to other properties. MT. Greene
 and those interested with him in
 the district, it is understood will
 begin active development on their
 holdings as soon as titles are re-
 ceived from the government. Others
 interested in the section who have
 not acquired titles are also prepar-
 ing for development work at the
 earliest possible date. On titled
 ground of which there is compar- atively little, there has been con- siderable work done in the last few months and there are one or two properties which are now in shape to ship ore as soon as road facilities are available. It is expected that this time will shortly arrive. O
 the district Mir. Merrill says:
 "In the Magdalena district o
 Sonora about twenty-five miles by
 wagon road southeast of Nogales E are the Santa Cruz mountains l which occupy broad bend of th' g river of that name. On thei l western slope extensive discoverie : of copper sulphide ores hay 3 brought in swarm of prospector l and miners. Col. w. c. Green : has just completed the denounce s lnent of 1000 pertenencias, P. San : doval X Co.,, bankers of Nogales I have taken up 100 pertenencias r Arnold < Company of Cananea r have 50 pertencias, and Geo. Der : rick of Cananea, 200 pertenencia s in all claims more than 500 pertenencias have been filed b. r fifteen persons.
 }, "The claims are chiefly on tn s southwest slope of the mountain :. which is furrowed by three larg ', gulleys. The area is approximate " ly five miles by two. have nc | had an opportunity to visit tn h region, but the following genera IS details are supplied by gradual g of the Freiberg mining school:
 l. The country rocks are describe > as granite overlain by porphyr, e ore being, it is said, found in botl r. The surface indications were fair IS parallel lines of malachite; on sinl
 ing few feet, chalcopyrite ore W,
The oasis., 1907-07-13
MEXlCO'S MERCER.

The Main Railways of the Republic Merged Under Government Own ership, ForestaIIing a Gigantic Railway Trust.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17

THE BATTLE OF
SUMMIT SPRINGS.
Indian Warfare to be Reproduced
With Buffalo BilI'S Wild West
In This City October Is.

The principal feature with Buffalo
Bills Wild West this season is a repro
duction of The Battle of Summit
Springs, one of the deciding conflicts
in the Governments task Of subduing
the red-skin. Col. VIM. F. Cody
C'Buffalo Bin'') participated in the
original battle on July 11th, 1869, at
Summit Springs, near the western bor-
der of Nebraska. In this battle Chief
Tall Bull, who was in command of the
renegade Indians, or 'Dog Soldiers
rs they were called, was shot and kill
ed, at distance of about forty yards,
by Buffalo Bill, who shot him from his
horse.
This important incident will, of
course, be reproduced as part of the
realistic mimic battle. Gen. e. A.
Carr, who was in command Of the gov
ernment forces; Gen. E. M. Hayes,
! Gen. VIM. P. Hall, and other officers
who participated in the original battle
are still alive and will be impersonated
in the battle scene in the Wild West.
Incidental to the battle scene will be
shown many interesting features of
Indian life; the erection Of an Indian
village will be shown, and incidents Of
Indian camp-lite will be faithfully de-
picted. The attack by the troops un-
der Gen. Carr, will constitute a STIR
ring scene and the rigors Of war will
be dramatically illustrated. The bat
tie of Summit Springs, while the chief
eature of the exhibition, will by no
means constitute the only scene of
western life. There will also be "The
Great Train Hold Up" showing one
of many scenes of lawlessness which
have followed the westward march OF
civilization, and there will be holi-
day at TIE Ranch, in which scene
. pasrimes of the plainsmen with the
i, horrows of an Indian attack upon the
, whites.
t The three big scenic features will be
of exceptional interest because of theil
r historic correctness and because O
l their value as replicas of scenes take1
5 from an eventtul period in our nations
! past.
The exhibitions of horsemanship b.
t the Rough Rider contingent will form
: novel and interesting section OF tn
9 programme and at every performanc
: Buffalo Bill will be in the saddle di
recting the entertainment and partici
: pating therein.
The date of this great attraction
n appearance in Goldsboro is Friday G
+ next week-October Is.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17
MEDAL OF HON
OR LEGION.
Several Hundred Members Attending
From Various Parts of the
Country.
(By Special Wire to the AReUs.)

Washington, D. c., Oct. Gone of
the most notable gatherings of men
seen in Washington in a long time
men who have been officially recogniz-
ed by Congress for acts of great hero
ism during the civil war, the Spanish
war and at other times-assem bled at
the Ebbitt House today for the open
ing of the seventeenth annual meeting
Of the Medal of Honor Legion of the
United States, several hundred MEM
bers attending from various parts of
the country.
The legion is composed of officers
and enlisted men of the United States
army and navy who have been award
ed medals OF honor s'tor most distin-
guished gallantry in action" during
any war in which the United States
has been engaged. Only about 1900
such medals have been awarded among
the millions of men who have faced
death for their country, and at present
there are but 458 living members OF
the order,
The officers of the legion are: Com
mander, P. DeLacy, Scranton, Pa;
senior vice commander, S. B. Horne,
Winsted, Conn.,; junior vice command
er, William Search, Boston; quarter
master, n. D. Preston, Philadelphia;
judge advocate, Walter Thorn, Brook
| lyn; inspector, Charles II. Houghton
Newark, n. j.. surgeon-in-chiet, Cab
riel Grant, M. D., New York; historian
ST. Clair A. Mulholland, Philadelphia
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17
FEARFUL ITCHING
AFFL|CTS FAMILY
For Six Months They Suffered Tor
tures-Patches of Humor Became
Raw-CouId Hardly SIeep-Med-
ical Treatment Did No Good but
TWO SETS OF CUTICURA
CURED THEM IN TEN DAYS

"Last February my sister broke out
with a humor which gradually spread
to the rest Of the family, being the last
to take it. 1t manifested itself in
patches varying from the size Of a pea
to that Of silver dollar. The joints Of
our limbs were most affected The
parts where the skin was tender soon
became raw and irritated and we were
able to sleep but little because the itch
ing got SO bad at night. My sister con-
suited a physician but he was unable to
name the disease and the treatment he
prescribed did no good at all. AS the
warm weather came on we were tor
tured worse than ever, the irritated
parts causing us to scratch until hey
would bleed. In August, when it was
at its worst, my sister was given
cake Of Cuticura Soap. This she tried
and it afforded so much relief that I
bought the complete treatment, con-
sisting Of Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Clint
ment, and Cuticura Pills. This we
used according to directions and imme-
diately the humor began to disappear.
I then bought another set and the whole
family were cured by these two, the
blotches disappearing in ten days. AZ
ter this we used the Cuticura Pills for
ten days more to be sure that the hunor
had gone to stay. We have not been
troubled since and we all think that if
it had not been for the Cuticura Rene
dies we would have been suffering yet.
George w. Brown, Is Linden St., Rock
land, Mass, Jan. %, 1907
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17
Let 1t Co At That.
Greensboro Record.

Raleigh is very much mortified at
the reception" rendered the Rowlands
on their acquttal Sunday morning.
Great crowds met them and covered
them with flowers and the News and
Observer express great regret. Why?
Human nature is by nature kind and
the fact that these people, one of whom
was good looking woman, were ac-
quitted-escaped the noose-appealed
to them. Truth is the woman caused
most of it. Probably good many
congratulated the Rowlands who would
not do it ain. But Raleigh need not
be ashamed; the incident is human
hats all.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17
COL. BRYAN'S ILLUSTRATED
BOOK OF TRAVEL

The success of Col. Bryan's new
gives striking testimony to his hold
on the popular mind. It recounts and
profusely illustrates his recent journey
around the world. It has been issued
five months, and we are advised that,
in that short period, four large editions
aggregating Al 600 copies have been
called for. The reports of agents,
which have been submitted to US,
would indicate that the demand for it
is we'll nigh spontaneous and univer-
sal-that it exceeds that for any other
book published for the subscription
trade since the period of 'Grants
Memoirs Col. Bryan's book with
like success depends upon no sympa-
| thetic element for its strength. But it
has on the part of the people the en-
during feeling of personal confidence
in the great moral and intellectual in
tegrity of its author.
It has an equally pronounced ad-
| m iration for his brilliant abilities, and
the untiring energy that enabled him
| to cover the world in his noted tour
and to photograph and describe it
in his inimita BILE way. Without of
| fetal place Col. Bryan is everywhere
! regarded, at home and abroad, as q
vital force in American affairs. AS a
student of men and of government, and
| of governmental conditions, his OBJ
! servations and conclusions profoundly y
interest the people. Hence the great
sale of his books, descriptive OF men
and things seen during his noted tour
around the world and through the Ma
tions. 1t is vitalized by 251 artistic en-
cravings, from photographs taken by
him Or under his supervision, repre-
senting men, places and things that
interested him and that specially in
terest every American reader. It is a
most unique presentation of a wonder
fully interesting journey that has
! caught the attention of the people, and
met with great demand. It is sold
| only through soliciting agents.
The Thompson Publishing Company,
OF st. Louis, Mo-, are the fortunate
publishers.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17
CLEVELAND A SICK man.
Especial to THE ARGUs.)

New York, Oct. 1.-Grover Cleve-
land and wife returned to Princeton
to-day, after spending last evening and
part Of yesterday and to-day in New
York.
Mr.. Cleveland came to attend a meet
ing of an insurance company of which
he is director.
He leaned heavily on his cane and
showed plainly the effects of advancing
years and ravaging sickness.
The former President, it is said, is
suffering from acute Indigestion and
this, com bined with his advanced age
and disregard OF his doctors orders,
makes his friends feel very anxious
about his condition.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17
GENERAL GOD
FREY RETIRES.
The Military Career of Veteran Soldier
Came to an Eud Today When Gen.
eraI Godfrey Was Placed on
the Retired List.
(By special wire to THE ARGUs.)

(By special wire to THE ARGUs.)
Washington, D. c., Oct. 9-The mill
tary career of a veteran soldier came
to an end today when Brigadier Gen.
eral Edward Settle Godfrey, command
ant at Fort Riley, Kas., was placed on
the retired list by operation of the age
limit.
General Godfrey comes from Ohio
and was private in the Twenty first
Ohio infantry during the civil war. He
was appointed to West Point in 1868,
and upon graduation four years later
became second lieutenant of the Sew
enth cavalry.
His first lieutenantcy came in 1868,
and eight years later he was promoted
to captain. In 1896 he became major
of the First cavalry, and was trans
ferred to the Seventh in 1897. He was
made lieutenant colonel of the Twelfth
cavalry in February, 1901, and in June
of that year was promoted to the col
onelcy of the Ninth. His promotion
to brigadier general during the present
year.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17
PRINCELY
CONTRIBUTION.
Largest Religious Thank Of
fering on Record.
j.P. Morgan Leads With His Personal
Check for One Hundred Thousand
Dollars.
Special to The ARGUS.

Richmond, Va, Oct. 9.-The mems
thank offering at Trinity church here,
this morning, by the delegates to the
general convention of the Episcopal
church, was the largest single collec-
ton for christian purposes ever taken
up.
It amounted to fully one million dol
lars.
Of this amount lay delegate J. Pier
pont Morgan of New York, gave his
check for one hundred thousand dol
lars.
The church has settled down to hard
work and is rapidly transacting its
business. The session will continue
for perhaps three weeks yet.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17

MFR. G. B. FIZER, Mt. Sterling, Ky,
lvl writes:
81 have suffered with kidney and
bladder trouble for ten years past.
"Last March I commenced using
Peruna and continued for three months.
have not used it since, nor have 1 felt
pain.
''I believe that am well and I there
fore give my highest commendation to
the curative qualities Of Peruna."
Pe-ru-na For Kidney Trouble.
Mrs. Geo. II. Simser, Grant, Ontario,
Can, writes:
'I had not been we'll for about four
years. I had kidney trouble, and, ia
fact, felt badly nearly all the time.
'This summer I got SO very bad
thought would try Peruna, SO wrote
to you and began at once to take Peruna
and Manalin.
"I took only two bottles of PerunA
and one Of Manalin, and now I feel
better than have for some time.
81 feel that Peruna and Manalin cured
me and made a different woman of me
altogether. bless the day picked up
the little book and read of your Peruna."
| 1t Is the business of the kidneys to
remove from the blood all poisonous
materials. They must be active all the
| time, else the system suffers. There are
times when they need little assist stance.
| Peruna is exactly this sort of q rem
edy. It has saved many people from
disaster by rendering the kidneys ser.
vice at q time when they were not able
| tv bear their own burdens.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17

(By special wire to The ARGUS.)
Winston-Salem,N N. c., Oct. 12.-In-
terestlng exercises will be held to-
morrow in connection with the laying
of the corner stone for the $4,000
building to be erected here by the Y.
M. G. A. The principal address at the
ceremonies will be delivered by Hon.
G. w. Atkinson, judge lot 1.-THE United
States court of claims, and former Gov
ernor of West Virginia.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17
HALF MILLION FIRE.
New York Street Car Line Badly
Crippled.
Special to The ARGUS.

New York, Oct. 9.-Five thousand
million dollars in property destroyed
this morning by fire at 14th street, and
avenue B., which began in Car Barns.
One hundred and twenty-five cars
were burned, resulting in the putting
out of service of street car travel for a
time on cross town lines in that section
of the city.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17
FIRST BEAR HUNT.
President and Party Take to The Cane
Breaks.

(By Special Wire to the ARGUs.)
Stambou1, Oct. 9-President Roose-
welt and party were up bright and
early this morning and started out on
a bear hunt.
A good day 'sisport is anticipated as
the weather is fine.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17
COTTON GROWERS.
President Jordan PreSideS and Live Mat
ters are Being Discussed.

Atlanta, ga, Oct. 9.-Harvie Jordan
is presiding today at meeting of Cotton
Groers and Manufactures.
The report on handling cotton sub
mitted today advises the adoption of
the Egyptian style of bale.
A lengthy discussion is in progress
over this proposition.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17

Jackson, Mich, Oct. s9.-In an inter-
view to o-day Governor Vardaman Sc
verely criticizes President Roosevelt
and expresses'surprise that the South
should be caught by what he calls
Roosevelt's "Cheap Flattery," handed
out on his Southern tours.
GEES LAXATIVE HONEY AND TAR
RELIEVES COUGHS AND COLDS
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17
Messrs. Royal and Borden
will Celebrate the Ami
Versary In Manner In
teresting to the Public.
Their Spacious Three story EStab-
liShment In This City Will Be
Thrown Open in all Its Depart
mentS to All Visitors, Who Will Be
Cordially Received.

Messrs. Royal & Borden, whose
name is identified with the furniture
business Of the entire country. and
whose widespread trade has carried the
name of Goldsboro far and wide, until
Royall & Borden, Furniture and Colds
boro are so closely associated in the
public mind and linked in the public
thought that to name one the others
arise, are preparing for an elaborate
celebration of their twentysecond an
niversary in business during the week
beginning October 21st.
For this interesting event this pro-
gressive firm have generously select
ed and provided for every lady visitor
to their store during their Anniversary
Week beautiful and serviceable SOU
venir, which is such that every lady
will appreciate and preserve.
It were tedious to enumerate in de-
tail the elaborate preparation, the firm
have underway in all the departments
of their commodious triple story store,
but especially attractive will be the
display in their Carpet and Rug de-
partment. They have been giving this
line OF their business special attention
for the past two years and the success
attained herein is in keeping with
their established record, and is even
greater than their most sanguine OK
pectations had anticipated. Not only
has this branch of their business pros
pered here at home, but they have
been fortuna te in securing every large
order in North Carolina, South Caro-
an effort to securesame, not withstand
ing they in every case had strong com
petition from the largest houses in the
country
Their success in securing the bust
ness was due not only to the low prices
at which they tsold and that their
goods were equal to the best, and the
firms established integrity, but also
that they have expert and experienced
men in this branch as in others of their
business, as well as the most improved
devices for cutting, sewing, fitting and
laying carpets.
Every onesfuIly appreciates the value
O1 C0IblhSS Dc" IIS anu hGt1AiS3 Col pOIS
The last large contract the firm secured
is for the Odd Fellows Lodge of ou1
own city, which will require about 6O(
yards of carpet.
A stronger testimonial as to the
merit of their work cannot be
offered than that of our we'll known
and distinguished statesman Ex-Gov
T. J. Jarvis, of Greenville, which reads
as follows:
Greenville, N. c..
Dear Sir-f'The beautiful carpet fur
nished by your firm to our new churcl
receives the admiration and praise o
all who see it.
''Your cutter and filter, Mr.. Fox, die
us splendids job in cutting making
and putting its down. It fits like
glove, Notwithstanding the floor il
higher on the rear and side than in thu
middle
f'I take pleasure in recommendin,
your firm and Mr.. Fox to all who de
sire reliable high grade work.
''Truly yours,
"THOs. J. JARVIS,
<sTo MEssRs. RoYALL & BORDEN.
Goldsboro, n. G
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17
A NOVEL ENCOUNTER. =, =, 2.
~...aAS
A Bear and Bull Fight to a Finish To.
day on a New York Farm.

Port Jervis, New York.-A desperate
and fatal fight was fought near here to-
day on the farm Of Jacob Schiller, near
Cooks Falls, by big 200 pound bear
that wandered into his pasture and
was Immediately attacked by the boss
bull of the ranch.
The fight lasted over half hour
when the bull killed bruin very dead
indeed
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-10-17
DISFIGURING
HumorS, EczemaS, and ItChings
Crrrod hxy Crrfirvuro

The agonizing itching and burning Of
the skin, as in eczema; the frightful
scaling, as in psoriasis; the loss Of hair
and crusting of scalp, as in scaled head,
all demand remedy of extraordinary
virtues to successfully cope with them.
That Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment,
and Cuticura Pills are such stands
proven by testimonials Of remarkable
cures when all else has failed.
Single Set often Cures. Sold throughout the
world Depots: London: r.. Gharterhouse So: Paris:
y. s. A.. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Sole Props.
Boston.