Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-10-17

boundary, The matter is still dis
puted.
1t was agreed between the gov
ernments of Mexico and the United
States today that this territory, ly-
ing on this side of the international
bridge, should be regarded as neu-
trail and that neither the Mexicaa
nor American flag should be any
where displayed thereon.
In welcoming President Diaz
Secretary Dickinson told him lie
was the first chief executive of his
nation ever to cross the American
border, and that in so doing he
manifested the cordial relations eX-
isting between the two republics.
The private interview between
the two presidents lasted 15 min
utes, and it is stated that it was
but an elaboration of the public
utterances of the two chief execu-
tives, and that no matters ipartain-
ing to diplomacy were touched upon
in any way.
In less than an hour after Diaz
had withdrawn, Taft was on his
way to Jaurez to return the call.
President Taft left Ell Paso at s
o'clock tonight, to continue his jour
ney through the south. Tomorrow
evening he will arrive at San An
tonic, and after spending the day
there will go to Corpus Christi, to
be with his brother, G. p Taft, for
three or four days on the latters
ranch
Diaz left Jaurez tonight and is
speeding back to the City of Mex
| leo.
The Maximillian silver and gold
service was used tonight at the
presidential table during the ban.
quet at Paurez, and is valued at
$1,200,000. More than 100000
worth of cut glass was also used.
This is the second time in his
tory that Ciudad Jaurez has been
the temporary capital of the re-
public of Mexico, but under widely
different circumstances.
In 1866 when Bonita Jaurez.
! constitutional president of Mexico
was driven in defeat before the sol
diers (of Maximillian, self-appointed
emperor of the Mexican people, he
took refuge and established his CAP
ital in the little city that lies across
the international boundary stream
from Ell Paso. For almost a year
surrounded by small band of
half starved, poorly clad and almost
defenseless patriot soldiers, the
president of the Mexican republic
waited and hoped and watched for
the aid that he expected from the
United States; there, after weary
waiting, he finally rallied his forces
and set out on the return march to
the City of Mexico that finally re-
suited in brilliant victory at Quar-
otaro over the emperor and his for
eign troops; the execution of the
emperor and the re-establishment of
the Mexican republic.
There was no preparation for the
. coming of the first president who
made Ciudad Jaurez the temporary
capital of Mexico, unheralded and
heartsore from his long journey and
frequent defeats. Bonito Jaurez
rode into the little adobe village
that was then known as Pas del
Norte, on mule. Through its mar
row, dusty streets between low mud
houses, the patriot president rode
in silence. Few If any recognized
him when he rode into the little
city and settled down on Plaza
Guadalupe Hidalgo, in the shadow
of the ancient church of the Gaud-
alupe, in long. low adobe house
to establish the capital of what was
left of the Mexican republic.
: 1t is different today. For months
| the preparations have been in prog
G ress for the coming of President
: DiaZ. Troops have been arriving
: daily for weeks to police the city
C and serve as a proper military es.
n cort for the president and his dis
{ tinguished guest. the president OF
G the United States Emissaries ha q
J. been arriving from Mexico City e
V complete every detail for the com.
Y fort of the president. Architects
2 decorators. florists. cooks of repu
/ tation. and many secret servics
= men have thronged the little city
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