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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Swimming Hole de Luxe.

CHICAGO, Jan. Chicago will
have swimming hole de luxe in
operation when the mercury begins
It's first climb next summer. The
beach commission of the city council
today agreed upon plans for a bathing
beach to cost $4,000 with frontage
of 73S feet and built along the north
shore, already popular with bathers.
Plans for construction of the new
beach were made after the commits
sion visited Atlantic City and several
other eastern summer resorts. The
main bath house will be of brick,
stone and concrete. There will be a
pavilion, broad promenade, kin
dergarten for the youngsters and a
nursery where mothers may leave
their babies while they romp In the
lake.
The commission will recommend
that persons not in bathing costume
be barred from the sand and compell.
ed to remain on the promenade. A
space will be roped off for the ey-
elusive use of women bathers and the
remainder OF the beach left open for
mixed bathing The commission pro.
posed that the city make the nominal
charge Of ten cents for adult bathers
and FIVE cents for children under ff.
teen to make the beach self-sustaining
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
OFFICIALS DELIVER
CITY BONDS TODAY
City Clerk sandberg and Treasurer
Wolf Deliver 100000 Bond ls-
sue to Chicago Firm.

City Clerk o. w. Sandberg and City
Treasu J.. ]. Wolf, left for Chicago
this morning where they are to deliv-
err the new 100000 city refunding
bonds and take up the old ones. The
sale of the new bonds was arranged
some time ago, the old ones expiring
the first Of this year.
The bonds were sent here and
signed by the mayor. They must also
be signed and attested to by the
treasurer and clerk of the city before
they are good. They will be signed
by the latter two officials upon deliv-
cry to the Chicago bonding house.
The bonds are issued for a period OF
twenty years, $4,000 annually to be
paid off after the expiration of the
first ten years. They bear interest
at the rate of five per cent and are
non-ass essable Under this plan the
debt will be reduced to $4,000 at the
expiration of these bonds Or at the
end of twenty years. Mr.. Sandberg
and Mr.. Wolf will return tonight
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Etiquette Of Eating.

PARIS, Jan. Don't eat too long
II You would be swell, says Andre de
Fouquieres, arbiter OF the elegances
here who recently went to the United
States to tell folks how to do It over
there. From as to IS minutes, he
says, is as long as formal dinner
should last. NJ. deFouguieres' advice
has shocked large part of French
society to its roots since 1t smacks
of America. Not only does he advo.
cate what might be termed quick
lunch" dinners an institution abhor-
red by the French who love to daily
over their food for hours but he said
champagne should be served all
through the meal, that other wines
should be few and mineral water sun
piled literally. heretofore spending
only short time at table, drinking
champagne all through dinner and hay.
ing water in evidence have been re.
garded as essentially American.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Aero Passenaer serulo.

United Press Leased Wire Service. !
TAMPA, Fla, Jan. Regular pas
senger and express service was pro-
ceeding by aeroplane today between
Tampa and st Petersburg. Fla, a dis
lance OF eighteen miles across the
bay A fare Of SIS each way is charged
for persons not exceeding $50 pounds.
All over this weight must pay FIVE
cents for each additional pound. Ma
yor A. c. Pheil, Of st. Petersburg.
paid $500 for the first trip. A hydro
plane that VIII carry five passengers
has been ordered, The schedule calls
for twenty minutes each way
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Cause Of the Move.

WASHINGTON, Jan 2. Response
to public sentiment and respect for
the anti trust program OF Attorney
General McReynolds, was responsible
for the designations of the members
of j. P. Morgan and Company as d.
rectors In outside corporations, ac-
cording to George Carroll Todd. spe-
cial trust buster" for the depart
ment of justice and formerly attorney
of the house money trust committee.
"Ths department has not yet taken
up the matter of proceeding again st
an alleged money trust. because the
evidence now at hand was too vague
and indefinite" said Todd In an In
terview accorded United Press cor
respondent. But | think this latest
development shows that big bu mess
men of the country have caught the
spirit Of the times. | cannot say that
any conferences with government of
ficials preceded these designations.
But | do believe that the administra-
tons program is largely responsible
for them
Attorney General McReynolds will
not return from New York until to-
morrow but no one in his Office knew
of any conferences between him and
members of the firm of ]. P Morgan
and Company.
mo action which may be taken
now by menlb ers of the Morgan firm
or by any others implicated in the
wrongs which have been caused by
interlocking directors of the so called
money trust" should prevent the
government from going right all FAD
in Its investigation or should stop in
any way any prosecutions for wrong
doing" declared Senator Norris of
Nebraska this afternoon
THE people who were robbed in
the New Haven financing for in
stance, will not be benefited by the
tacit agreement of perhaps the very
men who did the fleeing, that they
will sin no more. They want to know
just who was responsible for that
robbing and just how it was done
and they are entitled to know through
an investigation by the United States
government which will suppress
nothing and which will result in pun
ishment of the guilty parties, no mat
ter how DANGEROUSLY the law break
ers may promise the department OF
Justice that they will be good hence
forth"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
O'Bleness Bros.
Garry a complete line OF
good things to eat
Groceries, Vegetables &
Country Produce
O'Bleness Brothers
Phone 6S7 1922 Main

charge located In New York, Boston.
Chicago. st. Paul, Tacoma. San Fran.
cisco and Honolulu. Like Mitchell.
these men must test several gallons
Of tea a day to determine whether or
not the importations from the far of
tea fields measure UP to the official
standards set by Mitchells Office.
Tea is the one article OF food which
is measured according to set stand
ard. Twelve grades are selected year.
ly. Then every chest OF tea that en-
tiers the United States must conform
to these standards-or farewell. The
tea drinking determines the quality
and fitness for consumption.
The test for coloring lnd chemical
facing Is the simple device of DR.. Il.
Alberta Read of the department OF
agriculture's bureau Of chemistry. She
discove,Di quite by accident one day
while testing some teas that the sedi-
ment from her samples left blue
mark on paper. She rubbed the tea
with knife. 1t left a blue smudge.
This was further tested and found to
indicate invariably the presence Of in.
| digo coloring.
| Then she Investigated further and
! found that black paper would indi-
cate the presence OF such facing of
adulterants, as tale. gypsum, oarium
sulphate. Now the Read test" is off.
cially recognized by the supervising
tea examiner as the best and simplest
method of determining the presence OF
the examiners is to taste for quality.
Moreover. tea buyers learned that
they could test the product quite sim
ply by the Read test" and they be-
gan to sample the goods before they
ordered them shipped to this country
/ Consequently since the middle OF
this year, there has been practically
no reflections OF teas at American
ports. They have all been pure and
in entire conformity with the federal
regulations.
Mitchell shows that at the close OF
the fiscal year, ending June 30, 95,53a,.
667 pounds of tea were imported. as
against 94,077.8SO the previous year.
OF this quantity 1,461.7S7 pounds were
rejected either because 1t contained
coloring or facing matter. But the sim
pie but effective system of the won.
an chemist is changing that, and next
year Mitchell expects his report to be
almost free of reflections for adulrera-
tons.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Reed QUITS Washlnaton-

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. Leroy E.
Reed, for number of years confiden.
tai secretary to the attorney general,
who resigned to become private secre-
tary to his former chief, George W.
Wickersham, in law practice at New
York, today left for the metropolis.
1t is understood here that Wicker.
sham will shortly form partnership
with Henry P. Taft brother to the
former president, and Edwin r. eros
yenor, until recently the government,
attorney IN charge of the Haryeste,
trust prosecution.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
PERSONALS.

Mrs. c. F. skirvin and son, Junior,
VIII arrive home this evening from
Creston where they have been spend
ing the holidays with relatives.
City Clerk Sandberg and City Treas
urer Roy Wolf have gone to Chicago
on business mission for the city.
Quincy Whia: Mr.. and Mrs. G. L.
Barnard and daughter. Merle, of Kec
kuk returned to their home YESTERDAY
after a weeks visit with friends and
relatives.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Omaha Live Stock.

Omaha Live Stock.
OMAHA, Jan. Cattle receipts
900; market steady. strong. Steers,
S7.50@S.00: cows and heifers, $6.25@
IT'S; stockers and feeders, $3.50
$50; calveA s6O0@10.O0 bulls and
stays, s4.5O06.5o.
Hog receipts 5000; market 1oc
higher. Bulk, s7.70@7.95.
Sheep receipts 5000; market
steady Yearlings, 8.5o@7.oo; weth-
ers, s5.5o@5.9o; lambs, $7.75@8.15:
ewes. $5.oOQ5.35.
Chicago Produce.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2-Butter-Ext 5.
3sc; firsts, 2S@32c: dliry extras,
291sc; dairy firsts, 261a OPTIC.
Eggs-Firsts, SIC; ordinary firsts,
BIC.
chees Twins. 1s@16Ac; Young
Americas, 161a916Nc.
Potatoes Michigan, 7u175c; Wis
consin, 7o@75c; Minnesota, 7o@75c,
Live poultry Fowls, 13@13hc;
ducks. Az @15kc; geese, 13@14c;
spring chickens, 14h015c; turkeys,
1Sc.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK, Jan. Flour market
dull, unchanged
| Pork market quiet Mess, $23.25@
1915.
Lard market firm. Middle west spot,
81 .75G1oS5.
! Sugar, raw. market quiet. Centrifu
gal test, s3.12G3.23; Muscavado SO
test. $2.62@273.
Sugar, refined. market quiet. Cut
loaf, s5.25; crushed, s5.15; powdered,
s4.2o@4.25; graduated, 81. ,@4.20.
| Coffee Rio No. on spot. siSc.
/ Tallow market dull. City, 6%c;
country, 616ac; specials. TIC.
! Hay market firm. Primo $1.o2h q
los; No, 3. 75@871kc; clover, s5995c
Dressed poultry market quiet. Tur
keys, 16Z27c; chickens, 13@2sc;
fowls, 1o@1Sc; ducks. 10G1sc.
Live poultry market firm. Geese
lac; ducks, 16@1Sc; fowls, 151s @16c;
turkeys, 22c; ROSTERS, 11hc; chick.
ems. 14@15c.
Cheese market firm. State milk
common to special. 14617Ac; skins
common to specials, 6G14c; full Skins
2@5c.
Butter market steady. Receipts 8,
44o; creamery extras. 35h @87Asc;
dairy tubs, 2o@33c: imitation cream
cry firsts, 221k @23kc.
Egg market quiet, easy. Receipts 9,
o42 Nearby white fancy, 4S@50c:
nearby mixed fancy 36@37c; fresh
1914 @3sc.
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK. Jan. Money o,
CALL Z percent
Six months, 4&@ percent,
Mercantile paper, 5la percent
i Bar silver London, &c 9-16d.
Bar silver New York, 571sc.
Demand sterling, s4.S52004S525.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
MORGAN MEN
HAVE RESIGNED
tContinu I'd from page l.,

Co., the Astor Trust Co., Guaranty
Trust Co., of New York, and the Chem
ical National bank.
w. H. Porter resigned from the
Bankers and Guaranty Trust Com
panies Of New York.
Thos. w. Lamont has retired as a
director of Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Co., the Utah Cop
rer Co.; the Astor Trust Co. and the
Bankers Trust Co.
In giving out his statement Morgan
said that in some cases there was
still member OF the firm on certain
boards but OF others, all of the nrm
members had retired.
Morgan still remains director In
the United States Steel Corporation;
tie Northern Pacific railway; Inter
national Mercantile Marine Co.; the
National City bank and the National
Bank of Commerce
Chas. Steele remains director OF
the Atchison; Lehigh Valley; North
ern Pacific; Erie: Southern; Chi
cago, indianapolis and Louisville; the
Chicago Great Western and the Ala
bama and Great Southern railways;
the General Electric Co.; Information
al Harvester. International Mercantile
Marine company aud the Adams Elk
press Co.
H. P. Dawson is still director in
the following railroads: Erie; Gin
cinnati, Hamilton and Dayton. Other
Idirectorates of which he Is still a
member are: Western Union Tele-
graph Co.; First National bank; First
Security Co.; National Bank Of Com
merce: Liberty National Bank and
Bankers Trust Co.
Dawson is chairman of the execu-
tive committee of the Liberty Nation
al Bank and Bankers Trust Co.
William H. Porter remains a direc-
tor of the Chemical National bank;
Astor Trust Co.; Fifth Avenue bank;
Franklin Savings bank; Title Guar
antee and Trust Co.; U. S. Life ms.
Co.; Pere Marquette Railway Co.;
\ Remington Typewriter Co.; H. w.
Johns Evansville Co.; Fidelity Casual
ty Co.; Cruikshank Co., and the AS
sociates Land Co.
4 Porter is also a trustee OF the Mu-
Il tual Life Insurance Co.
[ Thomas W. Lamont is still direc-
tor of the Northern Pacific railway,
First National bank; First Security
Company; Guaranty Trust Co.. In
ternational Harvester Co.; ]. G. White
and Co.. Lamont, Corliss and Co.;
Lehigh Valley G. S. Co.; Southwestern
!, Construction company; Guaranty Safe
! deposit Company Crowell Publishing
company and International Agricultur-
al Corporation.
Morgan remains director in tn 2
United States Steel Corporation, the
Northern Pacific railway, Internation-
al Mercantile Marine Co, the National
City bank and the National Bank Of
Commerce.
In all, eleven members of the firm
resigned as directors OF fourteen rail
roads, four banks and trust companies
in which they held several director
ships. One dictatorship in the U. S.
Steel Corporation; one in the West
inghouse Co.; one in the A. T. and
T.; one in the Utah Copper Co, and
one each held by Morgan In the Rhode
Island Co.; New England Navigation
Co, and New England Steamship Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Correct Husband Price.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
BOSTON, Jan. Husbands are be-
Ing appraised in Boston and vicinity
by expert appraisers the result OF
the offer Of Mrs. Agnes Evelyn Bedell
to sell her husband for $1,000. There
is much controversy among the won
en- folk and little prospect of agree
ment on set scale.
Mrs. Charlotte Smith, social
worker, started new price list today
by declaring that the average work
ing man is worth but $500, hence
that's the correct husband price.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Gold By Mall.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Gold coin,
gold bullion and gold dust cannot be
shipped into the United States from
Alaska by mail after today except in
sealed packages, registered, and not
weighing over eleven pounds, accord
ing to postoffice department. rulings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Was Accommodating.

DENVER. Jan. 2.-When two high
way men held up George Sauer and
found only fifty cents, he offered to
write them check If they would &C
company him to drug store where
there was pen and ink. They de-
clined.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
campalon BADGE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2-Tbe war de.
partfnent announced today that it is
ready to receive applications for
campaign badges from folders VINO
can show service in the civil, Indian
and Spanish wars, the Philippine in.
surrection, and the Chinese relief ex-
petition. The badges are in reality
medals, coined by the Philadelphia
mint.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Chairs Are Removed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.-Doorkeep-
ers in congress must stand up here
after. They used to have nice soft,
cushioned chairs, but democratic
economy or something else hit the
place, and now the doorkeepers don't
have things as soft as they used to.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Eats Zoo Much.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-Lee Nachsteim
eats so much that his tummy hurts all
the time. He wrote to the newspapers
asking that reformed eaters tell how
to swear Off and then keep on the.
wagon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
. . . @~~e~@ S~~ee
TELEGRAPH TABLOIDs
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UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
NEW YORK, Jan. "A sporty seal
which strayed from its home in the
mouth of the st. Lawrence to Grave
send Bay near here, was captured by
Coney Island fishermen. 1t weighed
$50 pounds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Another indianapolis Strike.

limited Press Leased Wire Service. I
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Jan. 2. With
work temporarily halted on several
sky scrapers by strike of iron work
ers. the contractors at conference
this afternoon are expected to pave
the way for satisfactory adjustment
of wage demands and working condi-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Kansas City Live Stock.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. Cattle re.
ceipts 500; market strong. Steers,
S8.50Q9.0o; cows and heifers, $4,000
800; stockers and feaders, $4,000
$50; calves, s6.5o611.O0.
Hog receipts 1000 market 10015c
higher. Bulk. s775@S.05. heavy, So 90
@S.1o; medium, s7.99@S.O5; lieht,
$7750S.00
Sheep receipts 1000; market 100
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Grain Review.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Jan. 2.-Sharply higher
cable prices from Liverpool where
port returns from Argentina and firm
ness of America on Wednesday infiu-
enced the market, brought respons
in wheat futures today. But the ad-
vance was not marked. At the out
set May started IS and July n higher
than at Wednesdays close, Abus both
months eassd off a fraction toward
noon.
Corn was lower at Liverpool today
but wet weather over the American
corn belt, outweighed all bearish fac
tors and corn showed a net gain at
noon over Wednesdays esc5e ,of IS for
May and Il for July.
Oats sympathized with the bull
movement in corn and held firm, noon
prices being the same as at Wednes.
days close.
Provisions were a shade higher al
the start or. account of higher hog
prices but trade was dull and the
market lost the early gain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Chicago Cash Grain.

CHICAGO, Jan. f1.-Wheat-No. 2
red, 96G961ac; No. 3 red. 93@931zc;
No. 2 hard, se@s91ac; No. hard.
SS1a @s9c; No. 8 spring, SSh 0S91ac.
Corn-No. 3, 626631sc; No. 8 white
66@661sc; No yellow, 646s6c; No
4 white, $4,000; No. 4 white, 61@
64c; No. 4 yellow. 6o663c.
Oats No. white, 3sA @3shc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02

Ava - w AAAOt AAOuklkllH
cured, writes Mrs.
Sarah Baker Of Not
tinghill, Mo. "Our
m e nc b ant bought
som 9 Of Chamber.
lain's medicines
last fall and also re.
ceived some free trial
samples of Chamber.
lain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets. He
gave us some Of them
and / wanted my hus-
band to try them. He
said 1t would do no
good. His stomach
had been troubling
him worse than ever.
At last on Friday l
told him If he would
not take those tablets
Twas going to send for
n doctor and ho said
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Chicago Live Stock.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2-Hog receipts 2s.-
900; market strong, 1oc higher. Mixed
and butchers, s7.75@S.15; good heavy,
a.S5@7.95; rough heavy, s7.750785;
light, s7.7o@S.1o; pigs, s675@775.
Cattle receipts 1000; market steady,
higher. Beeves, s6.5O09.4o; cows and
heifers, s4.256s.6o; stockers and feed.
ers, s5.ooG7.45; Texans, se.sO@7.so;
calves, s7.00@114o.
Sheep receipts $4,000; market
steady. Native, s45O9s.1o; western,
s4759e.1o; lambs, s67o@s.2O; west,
ern, s6.7O@8.20.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
She Deceived Him.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jas. Edwin
Thompson get a divorce because Mrs.
Thompson t9legraphed him that she
was going to take carbolic acid and
then failed to make good. judge
Morgan decided that this constituted
crualtv
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Lost His Shoes.

CHICAGO, Jan. Wearing a silk
hat and evening clothes, but minus his
shoes. Fred Dwell, entered policS
station While he was celebrating
the arrival of New Years some one
stole his boots.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
copyriuht Expired.

LONDON. Jan. -"Parsifar' was
sung for the first time in Berlin, Paris
and Rome, Milan, Bologna and Mad
rid on the frt night after the expira-
ton of the thirty year copyright.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02

he would take them. By Monday he was
like another man. The blues were gone,
no more trouble with his stomach, and
the best part is that the trouble has not
returned. I cannot praise Chamber
lain's Tablets too highly"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Ballet Girls Struck.

BERLIN, Jan. BALLET girls refus-
ing to sign contracts to dance bare
legged or bare footed were dismissed
by the Mannheim National theatre
and the girls union blacklisted the
theatre.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
St. Louis Live Stock.

EAST ST. LOUIS. Jan. Cattle
receipts 750; market steady. Texas
receipts ZOO native beef steers. $3.50
G9,25; cows and heifers, s4.256S.50;
stockers and feeders, s5.0007.50; Tex.
as steers, s6.o0@11.25; cows and heif-
ers, s5.751Too; calves (car lots)
s4.oo@6.0O
Hog receipts 5000; market 5@1oc
higher Mixed and butchers, $1,000
S.25. good to heavy, ss,1o@s.25; rough
s7.50a7.So; light, s7.s5m8.15; bulk,
s7.9o@8.15; pigs, s6.50@7.50.
Sheep receipts ]. 500; market steady
Sheep and mutton, s3.25@5.25; lambs,
S5,25QS.25.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Peoria Grain.

PEORIA, NJ, Jan. 2.--Corn-Ma' ket
steady. No. 3 yellow, SAC: No vel
low, 5S@59hc; No. 3 mixed, 61662c;
No. mixed. 5S059c
oats-Market AG1sc higher. No.
3 white. 394c;; standard, 39%c.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02

After a heavy meal. take coups
OF Doan's Regulets. and give yoaf
stomach. liver and bowels the help
trey will need Regulets bring easy,
regular passages of the bowels. 40
yertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-01-02
Desperate Resistance.

PRESIDE. Texas, Jan. 1.-THE
battle between Mexican rebels and
federals for the possession OF Ojinga
ragged without interruption early to-
day. Despite the four day assault on
their position by q superior force Of
constitutionalists, the federals still
offered a desperate resistance
Although federal wounded who are
being cared for by American army
surgeons here, insist that hundreds
are dead officers OF the u 9. patrol
along the Rio Grande estimate that
about 200 have been killed on both
sides. OF these about J150 we're
federals. The rattle of muketry and
the booming of cannon made a ter
rfble din here, but American officers
here say enormous stores OF ammuni-
tdon are being wasted on both sides.
The federal fire has been less effeo-
tive than the rebels, causing the be-
lief that the former are conserving
their powder supplies to resist the
rebel charge. The left wing of Gen
eral ortega's rebels was reinforced
during the night by 1900 troops who
arrived from Coahuila, having been
summoned by General Sebastian Car.
rama. Il
The federal decentralization which
appeared to have begun last night
was checked today and there were
fewer assertions to the American sids
OF the border than at any time since
the battle began Monday afternoon
Major McNamee's American horde,
patrol had little to do
Fifty-three federal wounded are
being attended in the mission church
here which has been converted into
an emergency hospital About as
many more are in hospitals. 1t was
learned here today that s70,5Oo In
Mexican money which was brought
here Wednesday to be used In payIne
the Ojinga federal troops had beer
stolen. No clue to the thieves hat
been found.