El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-15
MAZATLAN HARBOR
PROJECT DELAYED
Rebels are Looting While
Federals Enjoy Their
SieStaS.

MazatIan, Sin, Mex, Oct 15.-Lack
of funds has caused suspension of con-
structiOn on the federal building at
this place, and all the assurances Of
a beginning on the harbOr project have
resulted in nothing, so far.
The federal barracks known as Guar
tel ROsaleS are falling in and the rem
nant of the eighth regulars which is
doing garriSOn service mas had to be
transferred to the military hospital for
safety.
The city council has approved an
ordinance for the establishment Of an
office for the PasteUr treatment OF pa
tents suspected of hydrOphObia. The
streets are full of dogs and there are
many cases Of both adults and children
being bitten. Heretofore it has been
the custom TO send patients in whom
hydTOphObia was feared to GuadalaJara
great and these cases come so fire.
Quenuy that it was decided to under
take the treatment locally.
Smallpox Prevails.
Smallpox is again appearing in the
city and in the outlying villages there
are many cases, in fact, from NavOJOa
in Sonora to Topic there has been more
or less smallpox all the time and some
Of the villages have suffered terrible
losses this year The authorities en-
deaVOr to have everybody Vacclnated
under the law making vaccination com
pulsory, but the people in the back
parishes have such a prejudice against
the treatment that they hide out from
the health department agents.
A section of artillery comprising
about 80 men has been placed in the
fort on the south point of the peninsula
on which the city is built, commanding
the harbOr, with two light mountain
cannon. Formerly three batteries were
maintained here, but a powder house
explosion destroyed one several years
ago and the other two were abandoned
after the fall Of Diaz-
Rebels Loot at Will.
A small mining camp in the district
Of AIazatlan was captured by rebels
last week and looted. After spending
the night in carOusa1 the rebels moved
on without any opposition another
rebel band of about 40 men threatened
the city of Rosario, 40 miles DelOW
MaZatlan, where the great American
mines owned by Los Angeles people IS
located. At the time Rosario was Win
out troops, but the project mustered IN
local patriots TO patrol the streets anu
guard the entrance to the city
The rebels had only been bIuIIlng
and they withdrew farther into the
hills next day. There are only a few
small bands of rebels in this end OF
the state, and If the government cOuIu
spare a few hundred soldiers 10 chase
them, they could all be run. out or eA-
terminated, but it seems that no troops
are available for the purpose, all nav
ing been sent into the sonora ana
northern SinalOa campaign
Francisco Zuniga7 a noted reoel' N.no
had been parOled several times, was
Summarily executed at La NOrla- BolA
the military commander in the district
and the project deny any knowledge
OF the order for the execution anal lne
criminal court judge has gone 10 the
scene TO investigate, the civil admins
tration being in full sway in the state
now and not even the military otIlcers
have authority to execute prisoners
The suDDosition is. Of course, that an
order for the execution came higher up
although according to law neither me
governor nor the president could oroef
such an execution
A small band of rebels attacked Con-
cepcfOn near the Sinaloa-Ieplc me
met with such sharp resistance from
the neighbors that they retired, leaving
their leader wounded.