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PAGE FOUR THE CALUMET NEWS MONDAY. APRIL 27, 1914. 1 J If The vfniumct Xruis Founded Ism Published by the MINING GAZETTE COMPANY. DAILY KXCKl'T SINDAY. id. w, v i n la Kd.tor. W. M. LYN Husincss Manager Entered at Hie Post i nVe at Calumel, Michigan, .is Sc. ond Class Mail Matter. TBLBPHl NE8; Business O0M Editorial Rooms 20! 4 TIOKMS Of HJBflCRlPTION; My Mail or Carrier. Per ; car, g gdVgggM t3.0t) Per year tnot in udvance) 6.tt Per month M Single MM Oi Complaints of it regularity In deliv ery will receive prompt and thorough investigation. MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1914. MEXICAN SITUATION BRIGHTENS. IliK it.i nun accepted the uo,i offices of Argentina, (.'lull and Itraxil to act as mediators in the dispute r .n h i nisei f and tin- i nitt il States, a ord- ing to unofficial advicei from Mexico City, and the outlook today is that tlu trouble will be settle.! without Infill. I b. odslo .1. The offer of the South Ann .lean countries, which was accepted bj th government. Saturdav nlitht, eame .'t an opportune time, for then was strong mrtrrryrrtinl in Congn m toi more a-gn -she aetimi in Mexi o and peg war issmso1 imminent. The 1'nited States demonstrated it faith in and friendship! for the South American reiuiblus by agreeing to place the controversy in tin hands of Argentine, Chili sad Crail. and M matter what the OUtOQOX th ctfe. t will be lo draw this COttntT) and the republics to the south cleacr together in their dealings with MCh other. The Latin-American reiublns will. HO doubt. aava more confidence m the future in the food intentions of the L'nlied States now that it is Witling I i trust them and put into their hands such an important matter as the Mex- k an c to trovers . OenenU Pnnxton raptured AguJnaldo and ended the revolt m the Philippines. If he can devhui some wav of captur ing Huerta our Mexican troubles also will be over. OUR MODEL GOVERNOR. (Sovernor l-Vrris ... upies an tumma luus position in Mi hlgan politics. He la, ;n th.- ophfloa. ..f tiie. Michigan Tradesman, the only Democrat who can be elected governor, In the event of his ester las upon a second contest, in. . .uifl. date the Republicans can nominate CM I"- SjS tad. While he can not e i i, receive the satire support ..f the "grant unwashed" the anarchistic, ..mm mist; and labor union elements in the Democratic par tv 4m will re. ue more than enough otes east !.-. Rsptibitcani and MdN -pendent working men t.. make up the dls uTecthm of the fellows wlfc him a gndgi because of the sane and patriotic stand he promptly took and sturdily maintained la the copper ountr; iti Iks mattes Governor i-vr-l is has given the people ensrblc and capable administration, utterly devoid of eiap trap and grand stand tactics. His appointments, as a rule, have bet n good. His attitude toward the now lwi .ii .1 pj the last legislature nraa commendable, with the poeeible exception of his approval rf the s.. eailed fetus sky-law, which the Trades man briievea was an arror id Judgmeni whkti QoVernor KVrrls will sometime concede, RIs freooenl appearance about the state as a public s.e.,K. r subjects akin to patriotism, ch ic right eouaneas, education and utilitarle i toii. i Ketu rail) Ii a sour, i .. i onata .t Inspiration t.. the peopb on i gnt of the militant character of his attar- am es. N,, ma Itlteti is amh . , . "DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES?" Tee you 'I... Y II, if you tkm't, v on will i I leva m t in m, ben oll SM the result o' iisihh; OUT Kerilli.i r You will then sure thai there .ire fair, es ftha vm.t-.: at nUht pntetlnf the blades of rhiss green and then viRoroiiHly pushing th. tn up into the sun ligbt." "And then in the AoWettx 'Is, noihaf Rroup of r.nri.K are Pus Iry palnthuj the lenves .'11111 tkrw ers and pushing them to the SUF lae." Where dO tlM) I olile floin" Why, there are bun. beds of them in every smu of our rVrtlllaer, Why not K, 1 them to w.,rk lor The M. Yan Orden COMPANY H riHTnr LAURITJM point to the ret old or achievements of our present chief executive ami we all have reason to feel thankful that the exalted position of goifsi ws is occu pied by a man who is so incorruptible, so approachable an.l so mindful of the paopla's desires and interests. Mexi- o will tlKht to the last man 'dote it will i.cimit law and order to be BjfSaft .'il. T. R. IS READY TO FIGHT. Tin- l'lll..lKi Tribune has been so lo.-eU ndat'd to I'oloiiel RoOMVSlt'S fortunes, politicall.s , for the last tw o eais thai it is uaSMktl) presumed to spi.il. with aut hoi'it when dis, ussinn the Colonel's purpooaa, Tins Bast u-mis l..r to the follow mil; dispatch w hich I'll,- Tribune ouches for from its rep- saantstlva la Berlin: "fttlnncl Rooaovalt is hwwtac with illMetv to yet int.. the fray m Mexico. r.lniK t an American otl't. ial now in Berlin, who eaw the si-prsaiasnt a i. w weeks uko in South America, tie sass that the commander of the Rouffh Riders anounrad his intention, in th SVCWl 't hostilities Willi Mexico, of Ro intf holm at the earliest peaaribM n mi'iit ami tiKhtlnit for Ins country. Colonel Rooscelt. who. if be carries out bis plan, will .iK.ini serve under his friend, ,i,M Leostard v.. i, who was his oi.. in! in t'uba. said that he in t ended to orvanhH anil lead an entire liajadM of cavalry for BStTSBS m Mc ... instead of a mere reRitncnt. He s ii.1 that he had officers all scleete I. and that his command WfOUM 0 Into a. lion as soon as the nei essary ar rangements and dispositions of the war flspartmaht would permit. The Colonel told the ISUTomUUH of tile cor respondeWt that Iks only proviso was that the affair in Mexico should turn uiit t.. be a umI ar and not a meie . . haiiKe of bloodless talk between Pres. .lent Wilson and Ueneral Huerta." ThotlaTh a person ma violently dis agree with Col. Roosevelt, his Intense Aroorlf snlam cannol be sjusspttoweA. His patriot. sm is the sort that up holds the counties honor and main tains it.-, prestige. Never aryue with ;i Mexican," Mid tkneral s otl In 1 Tin rule would rk just as well in I'.'H. HEALTH IN MEXICO. A subject of speculation la the tlan- .1 to which American ttoups would Lk subjected in MestOO by reason of the climate. The rainy season IS te- inninR. The coast climate is trying . n to Mexicans, a iaj -;e projior- tion of whom by 1 reference live well up on the sides of the mountains. The iltitude of the City of Mexico is 7,350 eet. QeneraJ Wit. slow, who is now ii Jans, is .mood as makuiL' HrIu of, tlu- Mexicans aa tihters, nut dis- losed to rogard with fear the results "T tile Mexican climate. He sas that IhS most .mportant thlnjf to be con sidered is the Sanltar care of our . nii. as the OOMt .one, extendim; Ifty mites into the interior, is deadly :o. foreigners, nur invading force, lie .i s, must movt out of this zone without delay if it is to escae a far dangM than that of the ene my's bullets. i'ti tin- other hand, it is a cause for 1 t1 LtiOII tllilt tile s. lelice of san itation has m. .il.- the problem of pres et Vlng health in the tropics simpler than 1' was in any former time. Ma jor Duel! s. Rogern, surueon of the Second Infantry, Illinois National ;uard. says on this subject: T .: problem for the army in Mesl 0 w,il not be to iiRht the Mexi cans, but to nght the mowiuitoes, the bodbttgS .the Hens and the files. Reforo the medical department hud raarhnil Its j.resi lit etheielicy these enemies would have been deadly, but in the pre sen! campaign I do not look for them to he so, our campalgM In the Philippines, 1 think, eatatoliah the oaa- IftteSt Ilia! we have made over infec tious disease1-. ' Acta Crus probably will offer us ' (feateei mnsiiiltn pndilimi Before knew the part played by the mos tUito iii eii..w fever and malaria it is Lmpoeetbie t.. prevent iinihfeahe. Now. however, the army ettuipaaenl rovidea tots which will protect the men, iit leaat, at Bight, when the pests '" at their worst. Tin army will have an ndvantimc I., its head, fJOtteml Wood. havitiK been u eon, lie win reaiiae the pii raarj Importance of sanitation more, (ban another commander who had not bad medical trainJag; Ifeu enlisting wiii be vaccinated against botn typhoid and smallpox. "Mexico "i!v itself ami the moun tain Uplands should give us little trou ble, lor th. altitude rnii.es the tem perature moderate Mid the asamrnl ondittoni whoieaoaaa." '! lourv,. there is a vast iliffereme tetween theory ami practice, Dwtag ' preparations for the Spanish war there Were frightful conditions in some "' ih. concentration oaaapa, ami Many plendld rounjj fuNnsra who never had .mi ,, tne ountry hist 1 he 1 iiv.s p.ut tb. re is a tar hatter bm t Hiding of . amp sanitation than then was rinteen renn ago ami tlM hi amy wU have a vnimdMa in 1 mads al reoerve oorpu. o r T E R FRANZ JOSEF DIES. Th. Illness or Bmneror Fran. Josef the Detroil PVee Pu ss, britiRs to 'he foreground one of the stnndiv,r ' to thS peace ..f Kiirope, the do Id I ..( a new war of ti. Austrl- 1 u at the demise of the I" oi of the dual monarchy, ""I pu Iblj the disHnlution of the empire whet, pj ebl together prlncl pall bv thi personality of Krans Josef neutraltaing paneag of gp poelna intereafg, m preaalni dMujpnf to the olldaritj -,f the empire, comments the I'" .s probal.lv the split In the family, which has divided v. r the QBOStlea of Anhduke in Pi rdlnande mergMmtle w ife and 1 1 hYana F rdhsand g ph hi the United States Warships at Tampico gaj.L Photo by American Press Association. T HIS shows Lear Admiral Iffeyo'i IB the harbor Jit Tampico. It was an efBdaJ salute to the American American sailors had been arreted. Tutnplco was the objective pellll ot me Atlantic fleet Norwegians in America an Important Factor in Fatherlands Centennial Special Steamers Have Beep Across Ocean-Festivities Opening May 15 Will Be of Very Elaborate Nature Christiana- Ar-rll 87. Thousands of Aim t ica u v isitors are expected hen during the summer to witness the cel ebration of the centennial f the inde pendence of Norway from Denmark. The .elebratioii will also commemorate a hundrgdj yeara Of peace on the Scan dinavian peninsula. An exhibition which will seek to show tii,. prngreaa made in Norway during the last (entury, win ie opened b; Kim Haakon in Christiana on Ma Noise-Americans have been invit ed to participate in the exhibition ami in the celdbratlon generally, in a spe cial pavilien called Xoiwav Abroad,' the Norwegians who have eoughl a bom.- in America will show their hom staying countrymen the life they lend In then- adopted home. The plans for the exhibition and fes tivities have met with reat Uttered UBd er.thiisiasm in the I'nited gtateS, .1 lubatantial Indication of which Is throne and head of the I la psburRs. but h( has taken oath neither to make his Bpouee, Due hew hop hie Bohunheig. omp less nor to mirm their son heir ipparent He is, however, showing a disposition t.. relievo himself from this oath and the result is a ibadlv feud in the family circle, the ureal majority of the Hapeburgi taking sides againat itn. ft he persists alter the death of tfrnna Josef a civil war is quite amona the possibilities and 111 thai eUOAl ;i rupture of some son between ffungar) and Austria win probably follow, Hun gary lalvim,' sldea with I'ratiz I'erdi- nand and acknowledging Duchena Bo- phle as its uueeii. The likhl among the Hnpaburga 'a ..tdv one source of danger. The hat teda and Jeolouuies between Kutngari and Austria are manj and deep, ami ale as radical as racial foods betvve.u : hi' Slavs and the fJermniM can make them. The) involve matters of lanxu- age and of 'hooting and even of re liaion, If the successor of I'ran. Josef KB ins the imperial throne without an upheaval in the empire, there will be relief ami conelderabte astonishment in Burope. WAR MEMOIRS BRING DIG PRICES. J I l l , I The Kale . 1 Pari in. ..r t in- M . 1 1 i 1 it 1 1 1 II. Lnmhert'e library was con cluded at the Anders.. 11 Auction eom pnnyS rooms. New York, recently, Tiie 'ota 1 i..r- the day's two sessions w is ' iJ agd the total for Part 111. $!'.- mi.'. The grnad total 1.. date tor Purl I . II. and III. is, iii round numbers. '.''. ..out'. den, William T. Shermans original Ilia WUUt I lUt of bis ' .Memoirs." bound 111 four volume, waa bough! by George D, Smith for V'"'. . letter bv William w . ApphKoa sn-.s thai 'ion. Mermaa -ave the manuscript to him after Urn i.ook w as printed. Dodd Uclngpjten paid 4lf foi James Rgaaatl LowelTa privately print ed i,e Recited at the t 'omineinora -tJOfl of the Ldl ln and Dead Boldtel I of Harvard rniversitv, July II, I'ttB." Onl) tiftv copies wen' prtntdl for pre- sentallon to the DOOfl friends. This copv has the antoKiaph Inscription, To Mr. MgeigW with the Author's ite Kards. 3rd Sept.. I '" A fine "IV 1 W ar b tter w 1 ttOfl II! Oen. Robert B. Lea to ien. Braxton taggj itihi dated "Mendejaartera, April lfi, l4.'' went to A. Kosbinxh for $s: -.-,0. A letter by President Lincoln, "Ex ecutive Mansion. Mar b I . DM th. se. retiirv of 1 he interim . asklnu he opinion as t.. the advtgablllty of pro- visioniiiK n Sumter, was brought bv William Sinus f 1 I " "'jm1 "p f. v gggghlp nn.l one of his other wirshlts lbitr Admiral Mayo who demanded Bag from Piv.i.lent Huerta alter the Chartered to Convey Thousands t be appTopl ial 10,9M for tin hi by North expenses of Dak the 1 ita d official Alfred participation of that state l.thrielsen has arrived to take Charge of North Dakota's exhibit. M inneso.a and Wisconsin will also be adequately represented, but in a tjea oil,, ial wav. An Interest 111 leature of the exhibit of these slates will be the publication of special histories of the states, show -Ing the strenuous work of Norwegian pioneers, who helped to build them up, and the proapCTOUS Conditions under w hick they now live. Gr-t Homecoming. bie of tin- most Interesting festivi ties of the program vyH be a wre.lt home-coming gathering of Nprwegihi Americana, ami preparations an being mad. to entertain a' least lilt v thou sand people, Some societies from th" Norwegian stater, have nfiartered their own steamships and will Mil direct from New York to 1 Mtristian 1. This,, parties will be ac ompauied by their own bnjjde, Americana are expected to take a vei.v conspicuous i"1"' In the celebration, not only because .,r th. larne number of Norwefdajna settled in America, but because of the good feel Ing prevailing betwuen the two coun tries, The stiirs ami stripes will .e seen everywhere displayed beside the led. while ami blue ,,f Norway. In the parade of May 17 li e DecOrata College hand from Dc corah, Uraa, will march jn the place of honor. Under the leadership of Professor fperatl tins band will tour Norway during the summer. The PVmrth of Jul' villi he celebrat ed with all of its lateaj safe ami sane atachnAenta The celebration of Am erica's natal day win renter about the preaentatl f statuh of Lii in to I'hristlann by ( b v 1 rnot Manna .f North Dakota. Thr varnor win at tend pi person and deliver the unveil ing speech, which will Ite followed by a reception Kiven by the Amoiioin minister, Albert ; American club, in Jade, a bamiuiM. Haakog and the Hie capital, will I Hchtnedman, at the adeii by i'. Herman attended bv King diplomatic corps or held in the audl toi nun of the exhibition. Centennial Elaborate. II Is expelled that besides Ml lot American lingers, w ho w ill come to participate in the Ringing festivals, the thpuaunds "t unom Ial Norae-Agg- erica n visitors and a host of fhelt Norwegian relatives win unite in a demonstrataui t.. hcgS honor to country, which bj Norwegtanu, is h. id second in afl'ecii,,n ,,ny tn their eoUI t rj . The centeiilli.il will celebrate the dramatic evint vvhi, Ii marked the be Klntiln of Norway's history as a na tion. In Dil as the result of tin eloeg if Ih. Napoleonic wars the gimil pOW ers ..r Kuio.e forced rYadartek vi .f Detitnark to Kive ui Norway, which had 1 n ;it la. I,. , 1 1,, Mgniark for four hundred and thlrtygaw years, .. Sweden, ami provided a rulm for life Beejuhdrtfon in the peraog of tie awed ish row 1 1 prince Charles Jean berna- dole. Sweden bad in I xop lust rtnland lo Russia gfter a nraf, and was now Kiven Norwa) in tompJiewtipn, The Norwegian rebelled Bgalnrl this dhrpoaltlon ..1 their eogmtry, and under the leadership r Prime ChUkf tlaa I'rrderiek refused to submit to wedsg. in the fMoe of all Burope Norway declared Its Independence and pro, ended on May 17, M4 to adopt . Constitution. The ii im e was elected king and since that day the 1 7th f May has been t.. the peeggg of Norway w hat the Fourth of Jgfj 1s to he I t iled' States. Sweden went to w ar aKainst the new ooiintiy Hnd the ttrnggla eonttnuad egth November IHH when peace MTgg made which led to a union of an egoal basis The union lasted until Iggf when It wan peacefully dissolved on account of the dissatisfaction win, tie arrnnKcmciil. MEXICO HAS HAD 46 REBELLIONS Country Has Had Many Uprisings in 113 Years Mi i ilSt It. torn b It! revolutions In the .US, llmv la.es trouble with is most power! ul neighbor, of these rev 1 lut ions, n hUVe been successful ill themsslvos ami dlsaatnaui to those v a., led i hem. Thr f theee lenderi at ere forced to dee the country ami two of them. VhtceittO tiucrrn and KYl ... .Madero, were aKsassiliate.l. The lUCCeeefUj revolutions were: tel.. ', IS'l - Spain loses Moi. o an.l Ali!;inde Ituibida ele till presi deiit -lcce'it twice am! in IS'J'J 1 riivvm-d mpet 1 r. May II, lsj:: Rmperor Iturbide de feated bv Siintii Anna. Jan. If, ittf Kevolutioti headed by S;int;i Ann:! reaUttS n election nf I'res- idem 1 inert era iml his Inauguration in April. Dec i DL'I Revolt l Uustamante results in oi bv (lone his election president a year later. December, IMS Santa Anna revolts iieaiu Kustantante .and Manuel t. IV Srasa is made praaldent, Santa Anna Dictator. December, Two-year revolu- t lion led by Santa Anna results in bis being deviated dictator. April :'!. IIS7 General Ehwtamants ippeala to people and is elected presi- di nt tifier several small uprisings. July I.".. DPI-Mexico City entered Chmeral Drrea, who proclaimed himself president. lUg, S. 1141- Revolt led by Cenei Parades results in Issuance bj him 1 f Until pronum lamento against Rusla mnnte. Dec. ish Oenernl Kenan aa umea government. De -. i t, 1 sr. -General Pnredse de poses President llellera AUg Ii IMd Gea Joe M. Salas ousts I'aredeM. July .7, llif- Revolt stalled bv Oeneral Blancarte ami return of gents Anna as president is announced. Presi dent A rats reelgns the following year, July, !." General revolt shakes the country ami ganta Anna tiees. nt. 4. mi lien. Juan Alvanu made president ami succeeded by 1 nacio Comonfort. January. I III Comonfort is betray ed bv his friend, luluagn, who he COmeS president when COTOOnforl Been IMil Renito Juarez, returns to Mex ico, lends revolt and becomes prosi d nt. Maximilian as Emperor. Ntyembcr, INI Maximilian pro lanncl emperor upon the binding of the Frcmh. Juij, lfll7 Juarei leada another successful unrialng ami again borowuis pi 1 kldent, till ltevi.lt headed bv POfffhrto Diaz ends in death of Juaraa. Nov. lil, is", DhU assumes presi dem v, which he holds SXCOptlng fOgr year period, from dxo to issi, up to IMl Nov. II. , tilt BO VOlt aiiinsl Diaz bd bv I'ran. isco Alaciel'o, who becomes president. Deb. Hi. PI13 Victoriuna Huerta proclaimed prtaldent gfter the KuUx Diaz revolt. i'Vii. S3, III! Madero assassinated, suppoaedl) by Kuerta's henchgaan, Keceni events gag) be summartxed a;; follows: Apni i, mi gggtgg United States paymlsteC and complement oi men from the gunboat Dolphin arrest ed i.v Huerta (dBccn iit Tampico, Apeeug) demanded bin not forthcom ing . AnrU 11 Two iieeis ,,f United gHatea battteships ordered to Mexican watera. Apttl 1 i, till Preuldeni Wilson given Muerta until a m.. Aprh 1:', to In. his salute or submit to hiivin.; 1 in- congress of the 1 ntted .stiite.s take ap I he ma lti on A pjffl ! April Jl, kill American naval foTC- es land at Vera Crua aeUuag cue torn home and port of city, with loss of four Americans killed ami 14 wounded. April 1114 Whole of Von Crux taken, with further loss ..1 eight Am ericana killed ami ."at wounded. '.u- raagg issues siaicineiu threatening 1 inted States with war unless force., ale withdrawn from ' 'Purge KHhnnghneaay porta by Huerta. April 31, lilt Three i alls killed at Ye; a ruz Von KIV en I 11.. put more Ann ' , Htepa tahen to concentrate troops at border, '' !'. Ahjara demands bis pgaSpUl ll and receives papers from Washington government llenenl Villa declarea hs will not he drawn UttO war With United staie.s. Bmhargu on arms is restored. "THIS DATE IN HISTORY." iv.i,- mi IS-'J Robert 1 '1 ese.it 1 w iis appointed gOV : DOT of ('amnla. Urdef of St. Aliehacl and Si . (Jeorge founded. Oen, 1 . s. Onnt, famous soldier and eighteenth president of the I . S.. born at Point Pleasant, Died ai mi. htoOngor) n. v., July Ins... Ai.hbisbop HoClookey of New ferk v as . re. iti ii a i lardliml. (fueen e toi lg was ggade 7m- preag of India b) act ..1 parlia ment. Ralph Waldo Km. raon, noted 1 1 and seeayist, died tn Con cord, Mass. ROTS iii Uoston, .Mav H, IIM, -br ttackengta Bo well reatgacd the premiership of 1 lannda Wtea Ten . niahtnlgd her jniu- Ice as all actress. is it; ISM. igyj im Michael Sullivan. H, ave bis non-in-law , ;i kI ;,s, ., t hrashitiK 111 I lev er- b . Maagq the other gg tor keiiuj dhr agt'eeiclfle at home In llll, ib. ie w.ie ,TM goal min ers killed in the United gtati Manzanillo, Big il J photo by American Press Association. MANZANILI.O is one of the most Important of the Mexican-Pacific COget towns. It sttintls at the extreme western point of the long, narrow ri.c.o of land which separates the Pacific ocean from the Lacuna dU Cuyutlaa The harbor is regularly visited by ships of the Pacitie .Mall Steamship company. Last War With Mexico Followed Outrages and Dispute Over Boundary Occupation of Mexico City by General Scott Brought Enemy to Terms; 2,703 Americans Lost Their Lives, and 7,000 Mexicans Fell The last war between the United States and Hexlco, ill IS4li8, was the result of a series of OUtragt I on Am erican citlaenai the recognlstlon of the htdependencs of Texas i tin- annegn lion of 1141 of thai stale, and linallv the dispute regarding the boundary between Texas and Mexico. Conflict wast precipitated when the An:, r leans and Mexicans occupied the territory betWeOU the Nell, es and P.o Grande rivers, in dispute because of respective elaiins as to l.oii mla ry, the United states claiming the Ria Qnn- lie, some Igg mile.! south of the Nellies, wbiih the .Meviciins claimed. Surprised by Mexicans. The American ton e of regulars, consisting of m men under Gen, Ba chary Taylor, 1 1 imainl tin Ncuces river iit Corpus Chriatl on Mnnh II, IMl, and after a BSgTCfa of ihi.s reached the Uio Grande, ill a point opposite the Mexican itv .f ktetamona n April lt. Den. Taylor learned thai a large force ot Megjraii onvalry had crossed ih,. Iti,, Ciaiule fr.un fcteta moni to the lerriiorv in dispute. Tay lor sent out a force of M men und.r Capt, Thornton Us i ecoutioitei . Thorn ton's guide deseited him. and while trying to execute his older his lore Wiis surprised ami surrounded by a lone of tUMj Mexicans. In attempting to cut his may out nine of his ificn were killed, ami the remainder cap tured and held as pris . m is of war. Tin.-, was the Brat engagement of the war, a tew .lays later Taylor won the battle of I'.ib. .Mi.,, deokdvety defeat ing the Mealcang and forcing them to retreat. hViltowing the i.att f Palo Alto, . engross foi mall) de la red a ar on May II, and both natkms spent the next three months in mining troop and laying m supplies. Taylor remain ed on the defensive for a season, then advanced on Monterey, which be ca, tured after some sharp lighting, lie held his position here ,,r several months, having received orden to dis continue further offensive operations. A laivc portion Of his command was withdrawn bj Gen, Bcett, who had de ckled the most strategic w;i.v oi end ing the war was to laud an army g the vicinitv ..r ', ra Crag and nutreh on Meglco 'itj . Santa Anna Advances. Bants Anna, the M ex Icon general who had been lighting Taylor, learned of the lattcr s depleted fore ami de. bjpd I" aip il-., ,. ,,,, kkU. With Hdfl men he began the attai u .and for two days the hgttlg Waged fiercely Just outside of Monleiey at Puena Vist i. everal times the battle eras ssnrh lost to the Americans because of the panic Hun mixed many .ol the roHui tier soldiers. The stendlneaa ..r the remiiars, however, held the fofceg to- gather and on the s ml dav, Kcb. If 1141, the Mexicans were pot to nut, 'i. Jefferaon Davis, afterwards preal dim .,r the condadeney, dlntlngulahed hlmgelf in this battle. Alter the battle of BUSHS Visla, tie eene or hostilities shifted lo Von 'ru. c.n. gcott, commander-In -chief of the American amy, kindej a force of ,M men at igfg Crgg gej gfaroh '' lllti The city iirnndand on Mar. h n, Qenenl coil then bagag tin- march lo Mexico Dty. ty I his Inn. Santa Anna had I cnivn n i.cd his army and he taught a desp crate battle with Keutt troops ;il Cam tSot'do. liil miles floin Vera Cruz, The Americans swe .t the Mexicans before them, however, ami continued the gmnh to tin. capi tal. Mexico City Fil!t. Three roads led to the capital, but each was s,. uell proteeted by the la of the countrv and the mllilary defens es that Con. s.ott ordered his engi neer. Cktpta Hah get B. i ami rjoerge 11 Ml ' 'lelhin, t,, , nt a m-w load lead InK to the moot vulnerable part of the city. This was done. After much Mexican Seaport desultory lighting the American forces got to a point close enough to storm tne castle of Chapultepec, and captur ed tins stronghold on Bepteasher i". The next ii;i th. Mexicans evacuated t bo city and the Americans look pen- I essb II. This ended the hlnin-.r and on lV-:,- ruary ivis, a treat) of peace waa vUned. During the graf 1719 Ameri cans were killed. The Alexlcan losses ronsisted in '..nan glued nenrlv 4. can eaptured, The total Aincilcm forces used in Hie war were fl,Mf reg- ulan nad -j.-7 voluutecra n.i ence o .; t SOU fit d were the Aluelieats forced io retreat or wive up a position once taken. Some Statistics About Mexico Ana 511)1 IIS square miles. Population I5.M33I7, White, jij per cent; mixed, V, per cent. Indian, a; per cent; foreign, one pel cent. The foreign population In IMl included na tives of M countries, of whom there wen Americans, BJgpJ BrlUah and Mod Qormana, Capital, city of Mexico, population 170,111, Bubdlvkltons of the countrv: l ot administration purposed the coun Irv js divided into :'7 states, three ter ri tones and tin- federal district. Central states Aguascgfienteg, Dur- i'tmo. Cuan.i.iualo, 1 1 n!a l,",o, Mexico, Moreios, peubla, Quergtsro, Ban Luis Potoal, TlnvCala ami Bacatecaa Northern slate Chihuahua, Coahu- ila. N. uv ii I a on ami Solioru. COnat states ('ampei he, Tabas ., Tampanlipas, Vera Crux. Yucatan. Co- lima. Chlapaa, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mich oacan, Onxnca ami Binaloa, Territories Quaitana goo, Lower 'alforuht .'ind Tepie, Principal ports: Gulf pf Mexico Vera Crux; population about so.oo": distance from Mexico cu i!m miles. TampiCU Population IgJJgg; tli miles northweal of Vera Crus. Vfatamoratt Poptfljttlon BPOO; mi Rio Grande, opposite BrownSvlfrei Tex- gg N miles from Gulf of Mexico. Prograso Population &,Sfg, state Ps iie ocean: Mass Can Popula tion d.immi; in stat. of Binaloa. Aeapulco dopulalloli ."'.I'lMt; 109 miles southwest "I Mexico City, Sa line Crus-Terminus of railroad aero: is Isthmus of Tchunntcpcc. Northern frontier cities: Mgavo La redo population 6,(00; opposite La l ed.., Texas. 'in. lad I'ot lirio Diax -Population 1,909! opposite KaHle laHs. Texs Juaras Population 1,999; op posite Kl Psho, Tex.; 1.-'-';: mijes froin. Mexico City. Wogaleh Pupuldttug 8,999; opposite NoKabs, Arir.ona. I m porta n i interior pltlaa; Torreon Population 14,099; in noum western ' 'enhulla. i hiranito population ;si. 999; cnpilal .r imranm'. Bacatecgg -Copulation in,. urn; Sapiull "f .acit.- ehai 99 miles north or Mgxibg City. Cuanajiialo population iL'.uoo; capi tal of Guanajuato; 119 miles north of Mexico City, Bag Luis Potest-. 'Popu lation i.l.i ; miles northeast of Mexico Citf about 119 miles from Tampico; Important railroad center. Due!. la Population. :i.',,i)iiu , IJ nilb-s OMthenSl from Mexico 'liy. on rail road to Vera Crag Pachuog Popu lo t urn 10,999 . . miles northeast of Mexico City; on another branch of railroad to Von Orgn fngi Max lea City, Guadalajara Copulation IHi Hl t;. miles north waul of Mi V o '' : on railroad to MaXallan. i ax a Population S.'t.ooo; 2 in miles southeast ofgldoxleo olttTi capital nf ''ix"a Chihuahua Population Is,- Hi HI miles south of Kl Paso; on nllr i to Mexico City; i agldl of Continued on 5th Parre, 6th Column. urn,