Eagle Pass Guide. (Eagle Pass, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 20, 1894 Page: 4 of 8
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1894.
Horn blower was nominated
because, besides being a noted
lawyer, he was man enouarh to
see political corruption in spite
o! the frown of influential poli-
ticians. And this was the rea-
son the senate defeated him.
The senate is beginning to be a
nuisance.
The Guide would like a letter
from Col. A. K. Owen of the To-
polobampo colony as to the real
ownership of the proposed rail-
road and the colony lands; are
they to be the property of the col-
ony company at cost, or are they
to be sold to the company or lent
to it under heavy charges to go
to a promoter company or to
the concessionaire? This is a
plain question and should
have a plain answer. The col-
ony and those who have lent
their influence to assist, it on its
claims as cooperative concern,
are entitled to an answer that
will admit of no two construc-
tions.
Secretary Carlisle has asked
lor bids for $50,000,000 of 5 per
cent, bonds payable at the op-
tion of the government after ten
years, in coin. This step was
rendered necessary by the deple-
tion of the gold reserve in the
treasury, owing to the failure of
the McKinley tariff bill to yield
revenue enough to meet the ex-
penses of the government. Tariffs
yield revenues both to the gov-
ernment and to the owners of
monopolies created by them; in
so far as they yield money to
the government they are
revenue tariffs; in so far
as they yield money to
“protected monopolies”—only
monopolies can be protected by
a tariff—they are protective.
The tariff of 1883 was yielding
more revenue to the government
than was needed under the care-
ful administration of President
Cleveland half a dozen years ago;
the Republicans coming into
power altered the tariff and
passed the McKinley bill which
increased the protective and re-
duced the revenue elements in
that law. That is, under the
McKinley bill now in force, the
people pay less to the govern-
ment and more to the
monopolists than under the
law of 1883, thus the govern-
ment does not get enough money
to pay its current expenses, and
a deficit seems imminent. The
natural cure of this state of
affairs would be another change
in the tariff increasing the rev-
The great defect in our govern-
ment at Washington is its slug-
gishness. The popular will finds
great difficulty in expression
through the irresponsible agency
of congress. This is due to the
custom'of making congressmen’s
terms of office definite. They
should hold office only as long
as they sustain or oppose an ad-
ministration which their con-
stituents sustain or oppose. A
man once elected to congress can
hold views and do things in di-
rect opposition to the wishes of
his constituents, and yet hold
office until his term expires.
Indeed, a smooth congressman
need not “show his hand” in
legislation until after he has been
elected for a second time. This
is probably the reason why the
people find it almost impossible
to reform the tariff nuisance that
clogs trade and throws men out
of employment. The great mass
of the people are unable to get
their representatives to execute
their will. Another example of
this is the bond issue. There is
no doubt that the majority of
of the people are opposed to a
bond issue; yet they are power-
less to prevent it. More direct
responsibility of the adminis-
trators of government to the
people is needed.
enue and reducing or even abol-
ishing its protective elements.
Had this been done last spring
there would be no danger of a
deficit now; and an immediate
revision of the tariff on the rev-
enue basis would even now make
the bond issue needless. But the
protected interests are too pow-
erful, apparently for the govern-
ment to accomplish this.
The senate has again rejected
the nomination of Hornblower,
the presidents nominee for the
supreme bench. The rejection
was effected by the most disre-
putable element in that body—
the Hill-Murphy influence. This
is enough to sustain the
president in the opinion of all
lovers of purity in politics.
What a man can make work-
ing for himself—this determines
the rate of wages. Improve
opportunities for self employ-
ment and wages go up.
Mexican News.
The United States and Mexican
commissioners appointed to de-
termine upon the international
delimitation along the lower Rio
Grande have been named. Those
for Mexico consist of Lie. Jose
Maria Canalizo, commissioner,
Colonel E. Corella, engineer, Sal-
vador Maillefert, secretary. The
personal of the United States
commission is Col. Anson Mills,
commissioner, Frank B. Dabney,
engineer, and A. Happer, secre-
tary.—Two Republics.
The Mexican government has
made a report of the progress of
the great drainage works of the
valley of Mexico. Eighty per
cent, of the immense tunnel and
canals is finished, the five-mile
tunnel being over nine-tenths
complete. During the month of
November, 7,927,196 cubic me-
ters of earth were removed, dur-
ing December 8,746 meters of ad-
vance was accomplished in the
tunnel. It is expected the work
will be finished in about two
years.—Two Republics.
The body of a young man was
discovered recently at theZocalo
by the police. Upon examina-
tion at the morgue it showed
two deep knife wounds in the
chest and one in the left arm.
Later in the day it was ascer-
tained that his name was Tibur-
cio Martinez, and that he was
murdered by an individual who
sustained illicit relations with a
woman of the town with whom
the deceased was enamored. The
crime was undoubtedly perpe-
trated shortly after midnight, as
the three were seen conversing
together on one of the benches
at the square at 11:30 p. m. by
a policeman on the beat.—Two
Republics.
The invention in explosives
which is attracting large atten-
tion in Mexican military circles
is by Lieutenant Alfredo Gomez,
a young officer in the army. The
new shell is intended to surmount
the defects of the shells now "in
use and adds anumber offeatures
increasing the range, accuracy
and destructive power of projec-
tiles. The shell, which has re-
ceived the commendation of
President Diaz, himself an
expert in gunnery, is called
the retarded percussion shell.
It is divided into four cham-
bers communicating with each
other, and which will not explode
until coming into positive con-
tact with an obstacle to its
flight, when it bursts with im-
mense power. The shell is a
metallic cylinder with a length
of 71 millimeters and an interior
diameter of 21 millimeters, the
head of the shell having an inter-
ior diameter of 25 milimeters.
Twelve models of the shell are
now in making in the Mexican
national arms factory, and a
public trial will be shortly made
of the invention.—Two Repub-
lics.
Mr. Ramon Rodriguez de la
Pena, formerly editor of “El
Quijote” newspaper, whose vic-
ious attacks on the government
were instrumental in its being
wiped off the journalistic field
some time ago, was placed under
arrest last Monday by Daniel
Cabrera of the detective service
at Ometusco. His apprehension
was casual. Since thejournal in
question was denounced and sup-
pressed, an order for the arrest
of Pena was issued but had not
been served until yesterday on
account of that gentleman’s
flight. It so happened that Pena’s
curiosity was aroused when the
train stopped at Ometusco,
where he had been sojourning,
out of a desire to see Fort, the
embezzler, who was being
brought to this city. Detective
Cabrera recognized his man,
who was not allowed to leave
the train until it arrived at Bu-
enavista station, whence he was
landed in the Comisaria and
transferred to Belem prison yes-
terday to await the charge of
libel.—Two Republics.
A great outbreak of religious
fanaticism has taken place at
the Hacienda deLecheria, on the
line of the Mexican Central rail-
way, about 23 kilometers from
the Cit\^ of Mexico. It will be
remembered that on the morn-
ing of the 4th inst., the fire de-
partment and a detachment of
troops were sent from this city
to check the flame which threat-
ened to destroy the Lecheria
dairy. The fire was discovered
on the night of the 3rd but the
employees of the farm were pow-
erless to control it ’and assist-
ance was therefore requested
from the authorities of the capi-
tal. The beginning of the move-
ment causing the fire has its
foundation in the superstitious
reverence of the native Mexican
Indians for anything unusual
and which to their simple minds
seems to be of divine or unknown
origin. On the 3rd of the pres-
ent month a stone cutter from
San Martin, a neighboring town
of Lecheria, was directing his
steps towards the latter place
when suddenly he was hailed by
two boys, who asked him to
behold the Virgin of Guadalupe.
He looked towards where his
interlocutors were pointing with
their fingers and, sure enough,
the image of the Virgin was dis-
tinctly perceptible on a maguey
leaf a few paces from the place
where he came to standstill.
The stone cutter’s astonishment
can easily be imagined and he
immediately proceeded to search
for the manager of the Lecheria
property to apprise him of the
miracle. The manager accom-
panied his informant to the spot
where the wonderful discovery
had been brought to notice and
at once opined that the image of
the Virgin was formed by trace-
ries of the common worms that
infest the pulque plant. These
insects, he said, in roaming about
the maguey or other like plants,
stain the leaves, which, upon
development from the action of
moisture, form many curious
objects, which the brush of a
painter would be unable to imi-
tate even if an attempt were
made. The manager concluded
by stating that the image of the
Virgin was formed by a mere
casualty by the aforesaid insect
and nothing superhuman existed.
To emphasize his incredulity he
took out his pocket-knife and
struck the leaf with an open
blade. This sacriligious pro-
ceeding was too much for the
Indian stonecutter to withstand.
He was not aggressive,however,
but immediately spread the story
and the hacienda was in flames
that night. The news of the
finding of the picture on the leaf
soon spread among the Indians
employed on the hacienda and
in the neighborhood, and dozens
visited the spot on which the
curious plant stood. Hundreds
of pilgrims are daily arriving to
view the wonderful picture and'
are now encamped day and night
there. It is said that Archbishop
Prospero Alarcon has agreed to
leave for the scene of the excite-
ment and to make a thorough
investigation of the phenomenon.
—Two Republics.
Mr. William B. Woodrow, for
the company to be organized by
him, has obtained from the de-
partment of communications a
concession empowering him to
establish a system of insurance
on letters and parcels trans-
mitted by mail from point to
point of the republic or between
Mexico and foreign countries.
He is also authorized to intro-
duce, in connection with the pos-
tal insurance business, a service
of small money orders for sums
not exceeding $25, between such
towns of Mexico as he may deem
fit, or between points in Mexico
and abroad. The towns to be
included in the domestic postal
insurance system will be desig-
nated by the department of com-
munications acting in concert
with the concessionaire. The
transmission of insured parcels
abroad will be confined to those
countries with which Mexico has
special treaties providing for an
international parcels post ser-
vice. The concessionaire may
use special mail bags provided
with double locks, of one of
which the company will hold a
key, so that the bags can never
be opened save in the presence of
one of its representatives. The
scale of charges for the insurance
of correspondence must be sub-
mitted for approval to the de-
partment of communications.
The company may deliver its
own matter if it so desired, but
must always first pay duties on
parcels coming from abroad, and
the government shall in no case
refund those duties on account
of the addressee’s refusing to re-
ceive the parcel. The new ser-
vice must be inaugurated in
April and the duration of the
concession, unless the govern-
ment finds grave difficulties and
defects in its working, is to be
ten years. The almost total
lack of facilities for remitting
small sums of money from point
to point of the republic alone
promises a profitable business
to the company undertaking to
supply this long and keenly felt
need.—Two Republics.
Renegade Ochoa, from El Paso,
with three hundred men, has
been plundering and robbing hen
roosts, etc., in northern Chihua-
hua, and recently surprised the
customs guards and took eight
prisoners- The soldiers will soon
give an account of him. He is
now at Ojo San Antonio.
PROFESSIONAL.
J^R. L. H. BARRY,
Physician and Surgeon,
OFFICE AT
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL,
Telephone Nc. 48, C. Porfirio Diaz, Coahuila.
DENTISTS.
Alamo Fire Insurance Building.
SAN ANTONIA, TEXAS.
GOLD CROWNS & BRIDGE WORK A SPECIALTY.
QR. A. WHITAKER,
Physician and Surgeon.
EAGLE PASS, TEXAS.
OFFICE—At LYMAN’S Drug Store.
Telephone No. 33.
JJR. A. H. EVANS,
Physician and Surgeon,
EAGLE PASS, TEXAS.
OFFICE:—At Cooper’s Drug Store
Telephone No. 37.
^ L. MUELLER,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor
Mining and Topographical Surveys foi
Mexico.
Estimates and Plans for Buildings
Bridges. Waterworks, etc.
Correspondence solicited in English,
Spanish, German and French,
Mauricio Rodriguez Building,
Ter an Street,
C. Porfirio Diaz,...........................Coahuila.
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