Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-16

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commanded by General villa fired
upon four troops of the Tenth United
States cavalry while they were across
the border on Sunday. Two OF the
cavalrymen were wounded n all
four were arrested by the rebels and
held until their immediate release was
demanded by Captain Tompkins, com
mander of the border patrol here. The
incident aroused intense feeling on
both sides of the border and more
trouble is looked for.
Preside, Tex. Jan. 13.-The Next
can federal army with It's nine gener-
ais evacuated Ojinaga. Mexico, and
the triumphant rebel forces under
Gen. Francisco villa occupied the vii
lage on Saturday.
Defeat of the federal army at this
point marks the most important rebe!
victory of the present revolution. IL
leaves the rebels in possession prac-
tically OF all the north of Mexico.
General Castro and General Merca-
do of the federal regulars saw that
the assault was to be nothing less
lHiH d IHiopdIlcs Nv CIV Us H"'
left only SO rounds OF ammunition for
each man. Generals Castro and Mer-
cado. therefore gave the order 10
eYaeuate.
All the federal soldiers and their Of
ficers who could scramble to the
American side did SO, The others ran
in all directions. Gen. Pascual Oroz-
Co, the commander of federal volun-
teeTs, who was threatened with sum
mary execution by Villa, was the first
to cross. 1t was believed he escaped
into the Texas mountains.
None of the wierd cen in the
moonlight while the horde of rebels
was pouring into Ojinaga and the fed
erals were rushing out in disorder was
nor intensely pathetic than that of
General Mercado himself, command
er OF the federal garrison, who APP
peared at the river banks and in
formed an orderly OF the United
States army hat he wished asylum
in a foreign country. He was taken
at ono to Major McNamee, command
ing the United States patrol, who
held him pending orders from Briga-
der General Bliss.
For five hours the sharp flashes of
the rebel fire had been seen drawing
closer to the federal entertainments.
The whole scene was bathed in a
moonlight. partly obscured by dust
and powder smoke. The country about
Ojinaga is mostly desert. with little
to sustain life. Without food the i'm
poverished federals would be unable
to proceed any great distance.
At midnight there reigned among
the victorious rebels a %scenefof mer-
riment. Fires were built. such music
as could be improvised was heard
and crowds of the rebel soldiers, still
rounded General Villa.
The last scenes in the capture Of
Ojinaga by Francisco Villas rebels
were enacted on Sunday. Villa had
taken more than 300 prisoners during
the mad rush following evacuation OF
the fortress. Many captives were
identified as volunteer members of the
Orozco and Salazar commands and
every one of these was executed
shortly after daybreak without the
Formally of court-martial.
City of Mexico. Jan. ia plot to
kidnap American Charge O'Shaugh-
messy and his wife by holding up a
train was behind an attack of rebels
on the Mexican railway. said a fed
eral officer on Sunday. Information
obtained by federal spies from rebels
along the railway enabled the
O.Shaughnessys to c running
into the danger. Huerta has fur
nished a sufficiently formidable escort
to safeguard Mr.. O'Shaughnessy in re-
turning from Orizaba to Mexico City.
Possibility of the landing of British
troops in Mexico was brought to the
front on Sunday by the action of Sir
Lionel Garden, British minister. after
the American charge d'affaires, Mel
son O'Shaughnessy had beer tied up
by the dynamiting of a train on the
Mexican railway between Vera Cruz
and this capital. Sir Lionel made
personal representations to President
Huerta and insisted on better polio
ing Of the railway, which is British
property, at once.
In the concession granted to the
English builders Of the Mexican rail-
way more than forty years 6 it was
provided that they should at any time
have the right to police the property
with British troops. The action of Sir
Lionel revived speculation in the cap
itai as to how far the British govern
ment would 90 in protecting the prop
erty of its nationals.
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