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Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30

Washington, April 29.-An official
report from Consul Canada at Vera
Cruz gave full details of the detention
of large number of Americans by
Mexican Federals at Aguas Calientes.
In the number arrested, he said, were
Miss Kay, matron of the Aguas Ca
lientes hotel; A. B. Culver and wife.
F. H. Payton and wife, with three
children; d. d. Reihlman and four
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Shoap and son,
c. l.. Baker, general manager Of the
American Smelter Company; E. E.
Leanin. Fl. ID. Wilde, ID. H. Harround,
wife and daughter; F. w. McCauley,
Mr.. Partridge, Charles F. Lucas, James
F. Henderson, Mrs. A. E. Emory, Wal.
ter Eikel. A. w. Koch of Denver, A,
w. Hendrickson, II. F. Lee and wife,
H. H. Hendricksen and wife, T. w
Jones, Mr.. Sorrell and number OF
others.
Canada said these persons attempt
ed to leave on a relief train and got
as far as Encarnacion, when it was
stopped and headed back to Aguas Cal
ientes. There the Americans we're
confined in the smelter plant under
guard.
General villa, war chief of the Mex
ican rebels, has forced General Car.
rama into a position of "watchful wait
ing" and abandonment of any plan for
harassing President Wilson in his
campaign to humble Huerta.
This was unofficially announced fol
lowing receipt of dispatch from Chi
huahua stating that the Carranza-villa
conference resulted in an agreement
between the two leaders that the reb
els would remain mere spectators ol
the situation so long as there is nc
American invasion of rebel territory
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30
Meatleas Soup.

Boil six small turnips until SOFT
enough to put through sieve. Fry one
small onion in one tablespoon of clear
dripping. Take great care not to brown
It. When cooked, put through sieve.
Add turnip to onion and put in double
boiler. Add one quart of milk and one
scant teaspoon of cornstarch wet with
little cold milk. Salt and pepper to
taste. Cook slowly for forty minutes.
Put little grated cheese in bottom OF
each dish. Turn hot soup over 1t and
serve at once.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30
100 Rebels and 800 Federals Killed

Brownsville, Texas. April 29.-One
hundred Constitutionalists were
killed and 200 wounded in the recent
attack on Monterey, which ended
In the complete rout of the Federals.
according to an American photogra.
pher. who arrived here. Federal cas-.
ualties are stated to have been 300.
These estimates were made by Gen.
eral Pablo Gonzales, rebel commander
at Monterey. More than 800 refugees,
including sixty Americans, are OK.
pected hero
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30
cIrdIes Of Roses.

Entire girdles of roses are the latest
accessory for evening gowns. They
add inches to the apparent width OF
the waist line. But to give touch Of
color to gown in black velvet. satin.
chiffon or brocade they are invaluable.
and decidedly more striking in effect
than the ordinary corsage bouquet.
The roses of the usual dimensions OF
the almot full-blown flower are made
In satin or silk ribbon or in gaNze
thickly powdered with beads Of a
matching shade of yellow. pink. cream
or red.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30
WILSON'S STORY
OF THE FORMER
MEXICAN WAR

President Wilson's story of the Mex
lean war is of especial interest in view
of the fact that he will be one of
the leading characters in the event
of second war with Mexico.
In his History of the American
People," Mr.. Wilson has written
graphic description of the main events
of the Mexican conflict He criticizes
President Polk for his action in send
ing General Taylor to the Rio Grande
without first having consulted with
congress.
Takes UP Texas Dispute.
After speaking of other boundary
disputes, Mr.. Wilson takes up that be-
tween Texas and Mexico, by which
the war was brought on.
The Texas boundaries" he says,
were another matter. Here the gov
ernment dealt with rival and neigh
Dor with whom no compromise was
necessary. Texas claimed not only
everything north and west of her that
had been Spain's or Mexico's, all the
way to latitude AZ degrees, but also
SO much of the territory of her one
time partner state, Coahuila, as lay be-
tween the Nueces and the Rio Grande
del Norte, and Mr.. Polk espoused and
enacted upon her claims at the south
even before her formal admission into
the Union was complete.
He ordered Gen. Zachary Taylor
to occupy the western bank OF the
Nueces with a small force of United
States troops, and during the summer
Of 1S45 sent him re-enforcements
which raised his strength to nearly
four thousand men. In December.
1S45, Texas became In full form a
state of the Union and early in the
following year the president ordered
General Taylor to advance to the Rio
Grande. His presence there threat
ened the Mexican town of Matamoras,
just beyond the river. and the Mexi-
can commander at Matamoras de-
manded his withdrawal to the Nueces
Americans Are Ambushed.
General Taylor refused to withdraw
The Mexicans crossed the river and
on April 23 ambushed small body
of American Dragons. Two weeks
later they attacked General Taylor in
force and he repulsed them (Palo Alto,
May s, 1S46). The next day Taylor
in his turn attacked and drove the
Mexicans back across the river in
disastrous rout
"On the 18th General Taylor him
self passed the Rio Grande and occu-
pied Matamoras. Mexico, the presi.
dent told congress on the llth of
May. while yet he had no news ex-
cept of the ambush OF the 23d of April,
Mexico has passed the boundaries of
the state and shed American
blood upon American soil. War ex-
lists. and exists by the act of Mexico
herself
He had not consulted congress be-
fore he ordered General Taylor for
ward to the Rio Grande and brought
this momentous matter to head,
though 1t had been In session when
the order was issued. He had full re-
sponsibilty for that upon himself.
War, indeed. existed-but by whose
act. congress was no longer at lib.
erty to inquire. There was nothing
for It but to vote supplies and an
army; and a formal declaration OF war
was resolved upon May l3, 1916, be-
fore news of the real fighting on the
Rio Grande had reached the capital
Army Made Ready.
Until autumn all things stood as
they were between the belligerents,
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30
wxNDERLusr COSTS $4,000.

Farmer, Seventy, on First Trip From
Home, 10 Victim Of swIndIer.
Buffalo.-George Crestesinger. the
Williamsvil!e farmer. who reported to
the police that he had been swindled
out Of $4,000, admitted that in all the
swindler had relieved him Of $4,000.
Crestesinger is seventy years old. The
trip to Florida. during which he met
the confidence man, was the first time
be had been away from home.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30
U. $. euNnERs HAD VERA CRUZ cHAR1ED OUT WEEKS AGO

Galveston, Tex.-Commenting on
the accuracy OF shell fire by Ameri-
can warships at Vera Cruz. army off,
GERS here said that for several weeks
the navy gunners have had the city of
Vera Cruz and vicinity charted, with
all ranges worked out precisely.
''In case we have to fire on Vera
Crus,." navy men told their army
friends. I'VE can Just look on the chart
Tor the range Of whatever place we
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30
passe enser Agents Nee. In Denver.

Shreveport, La.-Chairman j. E.
Hanegan OF the Southwestern Passen-
ger Association meeting here an
nounced that the next meeting OF the
association would be held in Denver
following the meeting Of the Western
association in Colorado Springs in
July.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30
Cyclone Kills Boy; Injuries 2e.

Fort Smith. Ark.-One boy wa
killed, six white persons injured
twenty negroes hurt and property
damaged to the extent of s25,0O0 when
cyclone struck west of Murfrees
boro, in Pike county. Sixteen houses
were demolished.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30
Broker In Brave Rescue.

Chicago.-Harry Gale, broker.
rescued two girls from q high stool
behind the candy counter In the Stock
Exchange building by blowing smoke
into the cash drawer until tiny
mouse imprisoned there was asphyxi
ated.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30
Mexicans Destroying Railroad.

Washington, April 29.-Consul Can
ada at Vera Cruz reported that tn
railroad between Vera Cruz and Mex
leo City is being rapidly destroyed be
tween Tejoria and the capital. The
ties were being burned and the rails
loaded on cars and carried away.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30

novel newspaper has appeared in
st. Petersburg, called the vagabonds'
Gazette. 1t is intended for circulation
among the criminal classes, and its
chief contributors are well known to
the Russian police. Signed articles re-
lating the details of famous coups are
an important feature of the new jour
nal.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30

The Gear of Russia probably owns
greater quality of china than any
other person in the world. He has the
china belonging to all the Russian rul-
ers as far back as Catherine the Great,
It is stored in the Winter palace at St.
Petersburg.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30

want to hit. set the guns for the range
and fire."
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30

A street in Lyons-the Rue de la
Republique-is paved with glass. The
blocks are eight inches square. and so
closely fitted that water cannot pass
between the interstices.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30
ODD FACTS.

Out of total coinage of $62 100000
produced by the Paris mint last year.
e47.200,000 was in gold.
Gilpin observer., 1914-04-30
AMERICANS ARE HELD
DENVER MAN AMONG PRISONERS
AT AGuAs cALIENTEs.
Villa Holds General Carranxa to
"WatchfuI Waiting" Preventing
Him From Harassing Presi-
dent Wilson.
THE MEXICAN SITUATION.

Western Newspaper Union New. Service.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-31

states was lower at the 1910 Census
than the one ten years previous.
The first Federal Census OF Texas
was taken In 1850 and the records
show that Texas ranked twenty-flfth
with other states in total population.
Ten years later Texas ranked twenty.
third. The next Census, which was In
1870, showed Texas In 18th place. The
following Census. or the one Of 1880
credits Texas as ranking 18th with
other states. The 1890 Census shows
Texas TIN place and In 1900 she rank
cd 9Th with other states. while the
last Census showed only four states
with a greater population than Texas.
During the 1sO01910 decade. Texas
wrested the 9TH place from Missouri.
a position which that state had held
for thirty years previous.
The following states have held 5th
place among other states in popula-
ton during the past go years; 1910.
Texas; Missouri 1900. 1890. 1880 and
1870; Virginia 1860; Tennessee 1850.
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remunerative than the Dingley law
and one and half times as productive
as the Mckinley and Wilson laws. The
aggregate customs receipts during
nine months under the Underwood
tariff law were s206.473.502, or 20 mil
lion per month; during so months un.
der the Payne tariff, 1896 million, or
1854 million per month; during la
months under the Dingley tariff, 4S3
million. or IA million per month, and
during a. months under the Mckinley
tariff, 6S5 million, or IA IL million per
month.
The average ad yalorem rates on
merchandise imported under the I'm.
derwood tariff law are the lowest In
rs years. being 36 per cent when based
upon dutiable imports and IA per cent
when based upon total imports. I'm
der the Mckinley law these rates we're
ALL and 22.1 per cent, respectively;
under the Wilson law. 42.S and 21.9 per
cent; under the Dingley law, 45.S and
25.5 per cent, and under the Payne law,
4O.5 and 20 per cent, respectively.
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IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND
NEW TARIFF REVENUE
New Law Results Compare Favorably
With Old Law.

Washington. d. c. July 3l.-The
first nine moths operations Of the new
tariff law showed a foreign commerce
OF s3.243. see. $40, being with one ex'
ception, the largest total ever shown
for like period, and falling only 2.17
per cent below the high record made
In the OctoberJune period Of 1928.
Imports. according to the official fg.
ures OF the Bureau OF Foreign and Do
nestle Commerce. Department OF
Commerce, In the nine months ended
with June last amounted to 1,446.127,-
491. against s1.364.765, 1913 in the cor.
responding period one year ago and
81 1884, 093.701 In the like period two
years ago.
Free merchandise imported during
The first nine months OF the present
tariff law aggregated sS93,6O2, 100,
forming els per cent Of the total i'm
ports, compared with $40 per cent in
the corresponding period year ear.
lief
The hlgh.record imports noted above
resulted chiefly from a marked In
crease in foodstuffs. amounting to 10
million dollars In the first nine months
OF the new.tariff period. and smaller
increases in manufactures and raw
materials. Partially completed man.
ufactures imported fell OF about IA
per cent.
Exports during the nine moths UNI
der review totaled s1,797. A39. $40. with
one exception the largest october-June
total ever shown. being rs per cent
below the high record made in the
nine months ended June 80. 1913. and
3.5 per cent above the best record
made in the corresponding period OF
any earlier year. The falling or in
exports, which had been somewhat
pronounced in the period from Noyem'
Der TO May last seems TO have about
eliminated, since the figures for June
were only s6,2S5, 465 below June OF
last year and we're considerably more
than those of any period June in the
history OF the export trade.
The decrease in exports was chiefly
in foodstuffs, a reflection of the short
age in the domestic supply, which also
manifested itself in larger manufacture
ing purposes were slightly less than
in the same period a year ago, a fall
ing off of 30 million dollars being not
ed in the exports of partially manu-
featured materials and an increase OF
80 million in the exports Of raw mater
ials. Finished manufactures exported
in the nine moths decreased 81 million
dollars, as compared with a decrease
of 80 million in foodstuffs.
Customs receipts under the new tar
If for the period from October 4,
1913, to June 80, 1914, amounted to
s2O6,47S 500, or $2S,OOO,OOO per month.
As revenue producer the existing
tariff compares favorably with other
tariff laws enacted in the last 25 years.
Taking the monthly average customs
receipts for the entire periods in which
the respective tariffs remained in
force, il is found that the present law,
while yielding somewhat less revenue
than the Payne law, is slightly more
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Prize, a large domain, cultivate 0
small state. Virgil.
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GOOD ROADS
NEW To- MEET
Regular Meeting Saturday viii Be De.
voted to Grimes County Trip.

The meeting OF the good roads com.
mittee tomorrow at o'clock will be
devoted principally to the preparations
for the coming trip to Grimes county
on next Thursday. August 9th. At the
meeting fianl arrangements will be
made, cars will be listed for service
and a program outlined to make the
day pleasant and profitable. A num-
Der have already volunteered their
cars for service. but a great many
more will have to come in to make
the trip a success.
The government engineer from
Washington is expected to arrive in
Bryan real soon and take up the mat.
ter of surveys. make recommends.
lions as to material best suited for
road construction. estimate costs, etc.
With this preliminary completed the
citizens OF Brazos county will know
something OF what is intended and will
then have an opportunity to accept OF
reject the road building project.
II the citizenship shows interest In
the movement, an advisory committee,
consisting Of one from each precinct.
will act with the commissioners
throughout the entire undertaking.
This viii not only aid the court in
carrying out the plans recommended
and adopted, but will be an absolute
guarantee that every community will
get their pro rata of roads built and
the kind of material and class of road
that is most practical to the nature Of
the soil.
If the county as whole rejects the
engineers report or for lack of interest
refuse to take hold of the matter,
then the only work left for the CON-
mittee to do is to cut out distict or
districts that will support the move
ment and proceed with the work.
owing to the peculiar geographical
situation district could be set aside
for building a road through the county
connecting a majority Of the small
towns and the A. and NJ. College,
which would include something like
seventy per cent Of the taxable values
of the county. II this is true 1t can
readily be seen that the outlying dis.
tricts would suffer by such arrang.
ments and cannot afford to let the OPP
portunity get by them.
That Brazos county will build good
roads or some road is unquestionable
and the time has come for concerted
action of its citizens that all may
share alike and derive the benefit that
is coming to them.
Attend the meeting tomorrow, help
make the Grimes county trip a big
success and aid in making this county
the most ideal place to live on earth.
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H.&
cotton earnIvaI oaIve.ton

Cotton Carnival Galveston
$3.50 round trip. summer rate, on
sale daily, limit Oct 3lst Stop
over one day allowed at Houston
both directions.
$3.50 round trip. season ticket for
Carnival, on sale daily July 20 to
Aug. 7th inclusive. limit Aug. 10th.
1910 round trip. on sale for i:i5
y. m. train Aug. LIST, lth and Sth,
and morning trains Aug. End, 5th
and 9th.
Tickets sold for afternoon Aug.
LIST and morning Aug. md limited
evening Aug. 3.
Tickets sold for afternoon Aug.
4th and morning trains Aug. 9Th
limited evening Aug. 9Th.
Tickets sold for afternoon Aug.
sth and morning trains Aug. sth
limited evening Aug. 10th.
No baggage, no redcution for chill
dren, not good on Hustlers.
S. II. HARRIS, Ticket Agent.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-31
Here Is Good News
for Stomach Victims

Some very remarkable results are
being obtained by treating stomach,
liver and intestinal troubles with pure
vegetable oils, which exert a cleansing,
soothing and purifying action upon the
lower bowels, removing the distractions
Of poisonous feeal matter and gases and
preventing their absorption By the blood.
This done, the food Is allowed free pas
sage from the stomach, fermentation
ceases and stomach troubles quickly dis
appear.
George II. Mayr, for twenty years a
leading Chicago druggist, cured himself
and many of his friends of stomach,
liver and intestinal troubles Of years
standing by this treatment and so sue
cessful was the remedy he devised that
il has since been placed in the hands of
druggists all over the country, who have
sold thousands of bottles.
Though absolutely harmless, the eff
feet Of the medicine is sufficient to con-
vince any one of its remarkable effect
iveness, and within "a hours the sufferer
feels like a new person. Mayr's Won
derful Stomach Remedy is now sold here
by
Sold here by the Smith Drug Co. and
druggists everywhere.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-31
GREAT /. R STRIKE
HAS BEEN ORDERED.
Effects FI.ty-FIve Thousand Men and
NInety.EIght Western Railroads.

by Associated Pressl
Chicago. H.. July 3i.-It is officially
announced a strike of flfty-flye thous.
and enginmen on Western railroads
has been set TO begin on August 18th.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-31
WISE AND OTHERWISE

Mary-"Love never did bring me
any luck, num-" Mrs. Smith-"Re-
ally, fail to see how that can con
Germ me, Mary" Mary-"No. indeed.
mum; only now I've broken the stat
ne OF Venus, mum."-Judge.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-31
HOW TEXAS RANKS IN PoPULA,
TloN.

Washington, D. c., July S1.-The
Census Bureau has been throwing
some side lights on the figures gather
cd at the Thirteenth Federal Census,
and finds that out of 40 states in the
Union, Is now take higher rank in
population than they did in 1900; Is
states hold the same position as in
1900 and the comparative rank of 10
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-31

81 always knew that Murphy was
a gutter" What's your eyidencey'
This paper says while the catcher
was fighting with the umpire. Muir.
ply was caught trying to steal home"
-Buffalo Express.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-31

III you were an English states
man and we're attacked by a militant
suffragette with a horsewhip. what
would you do?" "oh would halt
her in her tracks" 81 would say,
woman. your nose is shiny" and
while she was applying powder II
would make my escape. Baltimore
Sun.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-31

The night is far spent. the day Is
at hand: let us therefore cast of the
works OF darkness, and let US put on
the armor OF light.-Rom. xiii. ~.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1914-07-31

Good men can the more easily Sc,
through bad men.-Rlchter.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-02
Stop That First Fall Cough

Cheek your faIl cough or cold at once-don't wait-it may lead to ser ious lung trouble, weaken your vital ity and develop chronic lung ail- ment Get bottle of Dr. Bells Pine Tar Honey today; it is pure and harm less-use it freely for that fall cough or cold. If Baby or Children are sick give it to them, it will relieve quickly and permanently. It soothes the ir- ritated throat lungs and air passages Loosens Phlegm, is antiseptic and for tifes the system against colds. It surely prevents cold germs from gett- ing a hold. Guaranteed. Only 25c. at your Druggist.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-02

years after it has been picked as it IS product for which the world can find no possible substitute.
 It is, therefore, of national impor- tance that the farmers of the South should find way to carry as much of this years cotton as possible and 'avoid crowdinP it on the market.
 The cost of cotton raising has so greatly increased during the last few years that it is safe to estimate that the average cost for the entire country is as much as nine cents a pound. A large proportion of the growers can. not produce 1t at that figure and cover actual cost.
 Unless it should, during the next seven or eight months, command a fig ure considerably above the average cost, it is certain that a very large number of Southern farmers will be compelled not to plant cotton. This would be forced upon them by reason of their inability to secure advances against cotton sufficient to make a crop, even if they were unwise enough to undertake to grow it when it was selling much below the cost of pro- duction
 Moreoyer, the advancing cost of foodstuffs will compel the South to turn it's attention very largely to di- versified farming. For some years the South has been making great pro- gress in this direction, and the value of it's diversified crops is now more than twice as large as the value of its cotton. It can raise these diver sified crops to better profit than cot ton at anything less than the average price of the last five years, which was slightly over F cents per pound.
 Under these conditions, unless some unforeseen and abnormal situation should bring about high prices for cot