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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
MEXICANS WISH TO
HANG AN AMERICAN
Mathews, After 80 Years in
Mexico. Is Forced
to Leave.

Douglas. Ariz.. April 17.-Compelled
to quit the country. after residing in
Mexico 80 years. Thomas Mathews VIII
bring his family TO Douglas to reside
until the present revolutionary disturb
ance is ended This move of Mr.
Mathews is caused by recent threats
against him and by attempts Of a mob
OF seven Mexicans to break into his
home at San Jose. five miles from Naco-
Zari. to hang him
Mathews. who is one of the best
known mining men in northern Sonora,
has been leasing on the san Jose
property for several months. residing
at the mine. Recently several friends
were at his nome spending the evening
They decided t. spend the night in his
home About o'clock I'm the morning
seven MeXicsns. under the leadership of
and demanded that Mathews come forth
10 be hanged. one of the other men
in the house answered that Mathews
was not at home, but that several other
Americans we're there. The MeXicans
al once commenced yelling viva "a
pata' and banging on the door in an
effort TO get in Finding this useless
they desisted. but not before making
threats against Mathews's life at any
time they should meet him in future.
Mathews came TO the border at once
and spent yesterday here securing a
house and making arrangements to
bllllE Ills ldLll4E OUT. ne " III return
today and bring them back to Douglas
with him
Ny advice would he for all AmerI-
cans to fget out and stay out for the
present. said Mr.. Mathews. "T am
not the only one in that section whose
life is in danger The anti-American
feeling is very strong. ] have been in
Mexico for 80 years and know the
MeXicans thoroughly. I do not think
that I am frightened at a shadow"
NJ B. Neagle. manager of the Sonora
Mercantile store at San Miguel has
escaped from the threatened peril Of an
adobe wall and execution by the bandit
forces. San Miguel has fallen into the
hands Of the federals and Neagle. at the
mead Of Is worn out defenders. all
Mexicans, made his way into COlonia
OaXaca-
Although Colonia MOreles has not
been directly attacked by Mexican ban
dts. citizens Of the Mormon settlement
have nevertheless suffered financially.
according to J. j. Huber, who arrived
here yesterday. on last Saturday two
. lone bandits, operating away from their
I friends, killed a COW within sight Of the
. colony. The affair was reported and
a number Of men surrounded the ban
al e and placed them in Jail.
sunday a number of bandits came to
me vicinity of the colony. The beef
killing was again enacted while
number of horses were also stolen. The
i cattle killing and theft were not dis
covered until Monday. & party OF
( colonists started in pursuit OF the ban
I oits, but met with no success
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
Worth More Than Money

Here is an instance where a few
words OF advice by a friend helped
more than gift of $1,000 would
Mrs. TT. Hartmann, who lives in Al
banE, n. Y. who was i'm bad health
Tor years and is now strong and Wig
orous says I'm a letter
II was in a rundown condition for
about five years until this spring,
when / learned what a good tonic and
stTengthener Ninol is. It is certainly
the best tonic ] have ever used and 1t
las done wonders for me-
Tt is very important for all who
are not feeling just right TO build up
their strength this spring by taking
our delicious cod liver and iron rem
cry without oil. VinOL
There is no better time than right
row, for NinOl both enriches and pur-
flies the blood and creates new
strength. People who have trouble
some coughs. no appetite. can't sleep.
find Ninol exactly what they need to
build them up We guarantee VinOl
TO satisfy you and viii pay back your
money if It does not Kelly a pollard.
Druggists, FL Paso, Texas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
Ell PASO CLAIMS TO
BE SOON ADJUSTED
Consul Llorente Says He Is
Authorized to Hear
Evidence.

Judge Beauregard Bryan, attorney
for Miss Virginia Morehead. who was
shot during the battle of Juarez, has
been advised by congressman W. r.
Smith that his claim. together with the
others result ting from the battle of Iua-
rez. will be given immediate attention
by the Mexican government. Mexican
consul r. G. LlOrente is authority fol
the statement that he has been appoint
ed claims commissioner for FL Paso
and is prepared TO hear evidence and
accent proofs from attorneys for the
claimants. but the local attorneys say
they have had no notification OF consul
IIorente's appointing emit
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

tors finding so many clean clothes in
one package, became suspicious and or
dered the messenger detained. in spite
Of the fact that he had properly
stamped pass and saliva cOnducta"
signed by Gen. OrOzcO The pass
didn't say anything about laundry and
the messenger was put off He was
persistent and succeeded in inducing
the inspectors TO hold the train while
the matter was taken Up in person
with Gen. OrOzcO- The latter at first
laughed when the stupidity Of the
whole affair dawned upon him. then
gave the laundering inspector a piece
Of his mind, ordered the bundle 10 be
stamped and sent the train on its way
TO Jimenez nearly three hours late.
Neral got the clean linen.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
PETTY THIEVES IN
DETECTIVE ROLES
Small Looting in FL Paso At
tributed to Fake Mex
lean Agents.
MezLcans posing Is 90 service

Mexicans posing as secret service
men are believed TO &c doing much
piifering in the residence district OF
Fl PasO Many petty thefts have &C.
CURED Of late, most Of which are SO
small they do not reach the ears Of
the police.
a few nights ago a resident OF the
Boulevard district found a strange Mex
lean lettering in his front yard The
American stepped out with a revolver
in his hand and asked the stranger
what he wanted. The man explained
very politely that he was a Mexican
secret service man and was watching
house On the opposite side OF the
street. Released from the aim OF the
pistol, he quit the neighbOrhOOd at
once
There are many employees OF the Ma
dera government in El Paso trying to
secure evidence for the United States
secret service TO act upon The Mex
lean method is usually employed by
having sleuths by the score to watch
one man.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

- NE Of the dangers TO which pres
ent day dweliers in Mexico are
- subjected is the sudden change
I'm political complexion. IL which a
community may some time be forced
by the exigencies Of war More par
ttc1,1arIv when the warning factions
have no distinctive uniforms A case IN
point one Of the victims OF the sec
ond battle of Parral was Emll1ano Dor
jas. q brakeman employed on the PAR
raj q Durango railroad dis tram al =
rived from Minas NUevas during lull
in the fighting around the station
When he left Parral IN the mornlhs
Villa held the town In the name OF
MaderO. and when met with a FoIie4 OF
sharp ''Quieu Wives upon his return,
he responded with vigorous viva
Madero- He had sounded his own
death kneu. The words had hardly left
his lips when he fell pierced by hait
dozen bullets
rance Of the fact that the political
complexion Of the town had changed
during the few hours he had been up
the line after a train load OF wood Tor
the Electric Light and Power plant
When in doubt. better reply TO a
Mexican challenge with genie
buena.~ or a Viva Mexico The chal-
lcnger may then investigate and IN the
meantime the challenged man get a
longing party is
Clean clothing has always eNerted a
potent Influence upon civilized man,
and a bundle Of laundry belonging 70
IN American newspaper man caused the
suspension of all railroad traffic
throughout the territory under control
~ Cen. OrozcO and his rebel cohorts a
few DAYS ago. II was this way
When Burge McFall. the field repre-
sentative Of the Associated Press leIt
Chihuahua to follow Saiazar. Campo,
Fernandez and other commanders TO
Ifmenez. he left his linen in one Of the
many "lavanderias" OF the state cap
iral He finally reached a point
where he must have it and after bring
ing much official pressure TO bear. sic
ceeded in having il brought 10 light
and forwarded. At least as 1ar as
the railway station in Chihuahua by
sDecfa1 messenger. Before the tram
pulled out for Jimenez there was the
customary inspection and the inspec-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
THINK OROZCO's GUNNER
FORMER FIT. BLISS MAN

Army officers OF Fl Bliss believe
that Robinson. the American gunner
man named dickson, who was dis
charged from Fit Bliss at the end Of
his term Of service at the time the
rebels occupied Juarez. Jackson was
a machine gun operator OF the artillery
platoon Of the 18th infantry, now sta
toned at the local post 1t is said de-
scriptions Of Robinson tally perfectly
with Jackson. who disappeared after
his discharge. leaving no address as
soldiers usually do on quitting the ser
vice.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

ministratOr, vs.. Southern Pacific COM
pany, Bolton vs.. Taylor, Molina vs.. Car
cia-
Thursday, May 16-Beueh vs.. Stag
Canyon Fuel company, Seamons vs.. Fl
PasO Electric Railway company. Fl
PasO Brick company vs.. Rose ct al. Pow
eTs vs.. Beckwith ct al
In the last named case there are non
resident witnesses and it Is therefore
entitled to precedence over any of the
above set for May Is in which there
are no NONRESIDENT witnesses.
Monday, May 20-McBride vs. LOOMS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
REYEs's BONDSMEN
MAY HAVE TO PAY UP

Laredo. Texas, AprlI Il--BOndsmeI
If Cen Bernardo Reyes. whose at
tempted revolt against Madero of Mex
leo failed last fan today were ordered
TO show cause at the next term of the
United States district court here why
the bond should not'oe forfeited The
amount is $4,000.
Reeves now is in a military prison IN
Mexico.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
WEARY OF WAR, REBELS
SEEK PEACEFUL, WORK

Langtry, Texas, April 1T-Ssveral
deserters from the rebels near here
in COahuila, Mexico. have crossed the
river near here They are sick Of
war, they say, and are seeking employ
ment as section hands on the railroads
or as herders
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
RETURNS TO CHIHUAHUA.

Pedro Recio, provisional superinten-
Gent Of the Mexican Central road. re-
turned to Chihuahua Tuesday from
Juarez, where he has been for several
GAYS arranging the affairs of the loca :
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
CARTRIDGES SHIPPED TO
- Z. \ ~ As Nails AN III

NogaIes. Ariz.. April About 1000
boxes of cartridges and quantity OF
lead aud primers for, making I,-. fixed am
sf,ir779art Of supposed nails and picks,
corsigned to the Yaqui River and con-
fiscated
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

All the decidedly new effects in open
end r-in-hands. made Of fine inn
ported and domestic silks. in both
staple and novelty patterns Hundreds
Of scarfs to choose from
Bryan Bros.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

Out OF town people who wish their
clothes and hats cleaned should send
them to Grebe. as North Oregon. Par
trade
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

Mems fancy madras and percale shirts.
either negligee CT pleated bosoms. cut
coat style with attached cuffs
Bryan Bros
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

Grebe cleans mems hats just as well
as ladies' hats. AIS North Oregon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

ont Of town people who wish their
clothes and hats cleaned should send
ti.7lisr aftenfion is paid 20 that class Of
trade
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
n1entr of shIrts.

Mems fancy madras and percale shirts,
either ne-Iigee or pleated bOsOms cut
coat stvle with attached cuffs.
Bryan Bros.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
Plenty OF shirts.

Mems fancy madras and percale shirts
either negligee or pleated bosOms. cut
coat style with attached cuffs
Bryan Bros
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

UncaIIed-for trousers, tailor made, at
less than cost. r. V. Pearson. 10 Texas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

Order your spring suit now. Hun
dreds Of beautiful new fabrics to select
from. r. v Pearson, 10 Texas
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

Fresh buttermilk. FL Paso Dairy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

smiths ice cream. FL PasO Dairy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

Pasteurlzed milk Ell PasO Dairy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
FREE! FREE!

The first 80 ladies entering the store
Mt a. m. sharp. Saturday, April 20,
will receive a handsome short klmonO
free. Hundreds of Bargains to be al
most given nWHy-Nisit the "Great
Spring Festival each and every day.
A veritahEe deIuEe Of Irresistible bar
gains Ousands viii throng the aIsIes
Of the great store daily. There Is only
one consideration and that Il 10 sell the
Eoods-your price prevails. A battle OF
dollars for nine days q raging torrent
of bargains.
THE BOsTON STORE
The Peoples stOre-There's a Reason.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17
Wanted At Once

100 Extra Statesmen. Salesladies and
Cash Boys. Experience not absolutely
necessary. The goods sell them
selves. The prices talk louder than
whole regiment of sales people. Nine
days of matchless value-giving. AP-
ply at once. don't wait.
THE BOSTON STORE
The Peoples Store-There's a Reason
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-17

. NE Of the dangers TO which pres
eut day dWeliers in Mexico are
= subiected is the sudden change
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-23
SETTLERS RECEIVE
LAND AT HERMISTON

Hermiston, Ore, oct. 3.-(SpeciaD
Ash Pierce and wife will leave for
Walla Walla the latter part Of this
week. Mr.. Pierce has accepted a po-
sition with one Of the largest jewelry
firms at that place. They have rent
ed their home to A. l.. Larson.
Il. Gerald Stanfield. Of Echo, made
final proof on his desert claim before
Commissioner Upthegrove this week
The homesteaders who have made
final proof on their lands under the
three year law are now receiving their
letters of acceptance from the Wash
ington office. With this letter is al
so enclosed the final affidavit which
must be made out before patent will
issue to the land. This affidavit is
to the effect that one half of the
land Is in cultivation and has been
reclaimed.
B. II. Williams and wife have left
for Spokane. where they will make
their future home.
Lee Irwin yesterday shipped into
the project load of cows, being 35 in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-23
CORK LEG SCORES
WINNING RUN AND
GAME BREAKS UP

Garfield, Colo, Oct. 2S.-When
Albert Billings kicked his cork leg
across the home plate yesterday aft
ernoon in the ninth inning, the score
being already a five-to-five tie. the
umpire called the runner safe. Then
the last baseball game of the season
broke up in row. However, UNI
pire Jerry Carter consulted the rules
book, declared that there was no pre-
cedent and held to his decision.
When the teams lined up for play
1t was found that one team was shy
a man. Billings of the cork leg, vol
unteered. and the first thing he did
was to knock a two bagger. He stole
third and started for home when one
of his team mates hit to shortstop'
The shortstop tossed the ball to the
catcher. ten feet ahead of the run
ner, the cork leg flew off and crossed
the plate while the owner of the leg
dropped to the ground. The catcher
stepped out and tagged the prone
figure. but the umpire was watching
closely and ruled that the foot at the
end of the cork touched the base
The opposing team claimed that Bill
lings was out because the catcher
tagged him before he crossed the
plate
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-23
NOTED CHIEFS DESERT
OROZCO'S REBEL ARMY

Mexico City.-Adversity has result
ed in an alteration of the personnel
of Pascuel Orozco's immediate follow
ing. The rough riding of the guerril-
la warfare made necessary by the
campaign of General Huerta and by
the efficiency of the American au-
thorities in preventing the eXporta-
ton of arms and ammunition did not
appeal to a number of the more fas-
tidious rebels, and they have disap-
peared from Orozco's army.
One of the first to go was Gonzalo
Enrile, a polished product of the old
regime, who had charge of the treas
ury of the rebels. Jose Cordoba, who
bore the title general secretary of
the revolution" was one of those cap
tured by Americans at Ojimaga when
the father of the rebel leader was
taken in custody.
Others who for various reasons
have left the service Of the rebel chief
voluntarily include Alfonso Casteneda,
chief of staff: Miguel Quiroga and
Jose Serret These three left to.
gether and established their tempor-
! airy homes in Canada. Casteneda and
Serret had been in the regular army,
| the latter at one time paymaster gen.
eral. Quiroga is a resident of San
! Antonio. Texas, though a citizen OF
Monterey, Mexico. Jose Ponce and
| Jose Casares, both colonies in the
| rebel establishment, are reported to
have gone together to the United
! states. Casares was paymaster gen.
eral of the rebel army. His home was
at Las Cruces, y. NJ. Ponce was q
citizen of Mexico, but the greater par
of his life was spent in the United
States.
Two others who are out of the fight
ing are Ricardo Gomez Robelo an(
David de la Fuente, both residents o
the Mexican capital Both have beel
tried at El Paso on the charge of con
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-23
MRS. BROWN TELLS
OF MISTREATM ENT

Colfax, Wash, Oct. 23.-Mrs. Win
ME Brown, on trial with her husband,
George Wesley Brown, for the killing
Of Al Neeves, her father. took the
stand yesterday in her own defense,
and repeated the terrible story OF
mistreatment by her father which
she told at the time of her arrest.
She declared that she had been
wronged by her father, and told OF
wrongs by other men which she said
were instigatej by her father. She
told calmly Of the shooting of her
father, and described how she had
fired shot into his body after he
had fallen before her husbands re-
Volver.
She feared her father, she said, as
he had threatened her life, but after
the wrongs done her by the father and
several neighbors. Mrs. Brown gave
the entire story to her husband. who
had one man arrested in Idaho. She
testified that they were not getting
justice at the trial and were threat
ened with death If they did not leave,
so they decided to get the worst one
of the bunch" az she blamed her
father for all the trouble. Mrs
Brown identified the revolver used by
her and Mr.. Brown identified the gun
he used
Brown also took the stand and told
how he ana his wife, who wore
mems clothing, being without funds.
had walked nearly IS miles from Gul-
desac, Idaho, to Colfax to find Neeves
after his wife had told him the story
Of her wrongs. He described the
meeting with Neeves at the ranch Of
Mrs. Browns sister and told graph
ically Of the shooting.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-23
ADAMS NEWS NOTES.
. 90 OO~~ =

Adams ore, oct. 23.-(Special)- y
Will Holdman left Saturday for the
city of Portland to visit for a month
for his health.
The Williams show troupe showed
in Adams Friday night and Jessie
Chestnut and Ethel Peringer and
Charley Brown played all the latest
music between acts and 1t was fine.
l.. L. Rogers was a business visitor
in Athena Saturday.
Nellie Darr of Echo was an Adams
visitor over Sunday.
Mrs Eta Jackson returned to her
home in the city of Walla Walla
Monday after visiting relatives in Ad-
ans for the past week.
G. O. Richardson, Adams postmast-
er. was among the business visitors
at the county eat Saturday.
Mrs. F. C. Bowling left Monday for
Pendleton to remain the guest of Mrs
DR.. McFall for a week. Then she
will go to Portland to visit for
month.
Frank Reed. Jessie Picard and Pete
Murray were Athena visitors Mon
day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-23
DELICIOUS SYRUP OF FIGS" CLEANS YOUR
TORPID LIVER AND CONSTPATED BOWELS
FERMENTATION IN STOMACH SLUGGISH LIVER AND WASTE
SOURNESS,
GAsTRITIs. BH1OUsNESS AND INDIGESTION.

If headachy, bilious. dizzy tongue
coated, stomach sour and full of gas,
you belch undigested food and feel
sick and miserable, it means that your
liver is choked with sour bile and
your thirty feet of bowels are clog
ged with effete waste matter not
properly carried off. Constipation is
worse than most folks believe. 1t
means that this waste matter in the
thirty feet of bowels decays into
poisons. gases and acids and that
these poisons are then sucked into
the blood through the very ducts
which should suck only nourishment
to sustain the body.
Most people dread physic. They
think of castor oil, salts and cathar-
tic pills. The yshrink from the after
effects-so they postpone the dose
until they get sick; then they do this
liver and bowel cleaning in a heroic
way-they have a bowel washday-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-23

ture of grass and plaster, with a floor
of sand, which was the converts
first chapel, and close by the origin
al cells-small, gloomy huts of grass
and branches, each furnished with
an iron bed. a basin and jug stand
ing on a box, and a solitary wooden
chair-the homes in which the long
gone sisters told their beads, said their
prayers and slept, and from which
they We're at last carried, wrapped
in white sheets, to their unmarked
graves in the convent cemetery.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-23

That is all wrong. If you will take
a teaspoonful of delicious Syrup of
Figs tonight, you will never realize
you have taken anything until morn
ing, when all the poisonous matter.
sour bile and clogged-up waste will
be moved on and out of your system,
thoroughly but gently-no gripping
no nausea-no weakness. Taking
Syrup of Figs is a real pleasure.
Don't thing you are drugging your
self; it is composed entirely of lus-
cious figs, senna and aromatics, and
constant use can not cause injury.
Ask your druggist for Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of Senna," and look
for the name California Fig Syrup
Company, on the label. This is the
genuine-old reliable. Any other
Fig Syrup offered as good should be
refused with contempt Don't be i'm
posed upon -
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-23

The readers OF this paper Will be pleased
TO learn that there Is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
In all Its stages, and that Is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires n
constitutional treatment, Halls Catarrh
Cure taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the sys
| ten, thereby destroying the foundation Of
the disease, and giving the patient strength
| by building ND the constitution and assist.
Ing nature In doing Its work. The pro
prletors have so much faith IN Its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred Dol.
lars for any case that II fails to cure. Send
| for list Of testimonials.
Address
r. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 76c.
Take Halls Family Pills Tor constips
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-23

spring to violate the neutrality laws
and exonerated. Due to the injury OF
an arm by bursting she'll at the bat
te of Villa Lopez, De la Fuente prob
ably never will return to the field.
All these men were of the type who
can wear evening clothes without ap-
pearing dressed up" There remain
in the field many of their type, but
the dominant element at present is
the palmer and perhaps sterner ma
terial, though at no time did the de-
parted element show signs of less
courage as long as they were in the
revolution.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-10-23
sion REWARD. 500

When some men reform they al
apt to overdo the thing.