Eagle Pass Guide. (Eagle Pass, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 16, 1895 Page: 4 of 8
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. P. Simpson, M. L. Oppenheimer,
S. P.
BANKERS.
Eagle Pass, • Texas.
MEXICAN COLLECTIONS - -
- - A SPECIALTY.
Free Safe Deposit Boxes for
Customers.
-DEALERS IN-
Foreign and Domestic Exchange
and Mexican Coin.
AGENTS BANCO de DURANGO.
EAGLE PASS GUIDE
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY
AT EAGLE PASS, TEXAS
-BY-
fos. Metcalfe and T. Thos. Crook
Terms of Subscription
(V. S. Currency.)
One Copy 1 Year.....................$2.00.
” ” 6 Months................$1,00.
Advertising Rates made known upon
application.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1895.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Our object being to record the local doings
of the Twin Cities and tributary country,
aews letters from adjacent towns and settle-
ments are solicited. Let your locality be
epresented in our columns. The GUIDE also
reserves a place for notes on agricutural and
stockraising experiments or anything perti-
nent to local enterprise. Brief, pointed com-
munications on matters ot public interest
will be welcomed rega dless of the standpoint
of the writer. We aim to express, not muz-
zle, public opinion. Communications of a
personal nature will be charged full loca
rates Besides the noms de plume, all corre-
spondents must send their actual names and
addresses. No attention will be paid to
vituperative or unchaste communications.—
THE EDITORS.
Hon. J. S. Hogg, ex-governor
of the state, has been appointed
general solicitor for a new trans-
state railway. If he proves half
as efficient a railroad man as he
did governor, the new road will
be the most notable in the state
before many years go by.
The inauguration of a new
irrigating enterprise near Santa
Rosa, which is noticed elsewhere,
should be further warning to
men of Eagle Pass of the folly of
letting the Rio Grande flow by the
rich valleys of Maverick county
unused. It is probable that the
lack of a little enterprise in this
matter, for example, is costing
the New York and Texas Land
company many hundreds of
thousands of dollars annually.
The most ordinary common
sense should teach congress the
duty of protecting the public
credit. Rather than let govern-
ment warrants or greenbacks fall
below par, bonds should be
issued. The loss to the people
from purchasing with doubtful
currency would be far greater
than the interest on many mil-
lions of bonds. The present ad-
ministration is confronted with
this alternative: issue bonds, or
let the national notes and war-
rants fall below par. Such being
the case, bonds should be issued
on the most favorable basis ob-
tainable. To deal with the con-
ditions which placed the admin-
istration in the present quan-
dary is quite another mat-
ter. Two causes contributed
to this end : (1) The failure of the
McKinley tariff bill to yield neces-
sary revenue, and (2) the large
increase in the yolume of token
money issued under the Bland
and Sherman silver acts. These
acts, pretending to create a silver
money, were fraudulent in that
they only provided for the issue
of token or fiat money, based
on the government’s credit to re-
deem them in actual value on
presentation. To remedy these
terrible blunders of Republican
legislation, the Democratic ad-
ministration (1) enacted theWil-
son-Gorman tariff to at once in-
crease revenue and abolish need-
less trade restrictions, and (2)
repealed the purchase clause of
the Sherman fraud. How far
these measures will pro ve efficient
remains to be seen. Mr. Carlisle
is confident that the Wilson act
will yield more than sufficient
revenue to meet current outlay ;
so that within one year from its
enactment the treasury’s income
will exceed its outgo—a state of
affairs that has not existed since
McKinley’s law got under full
headway. As to the efficiency uf
the remedy for the lesser of the
two evils that beset the treasury
—the increase of fiat money—it
is more than doubtful; for while
the repeal of the purchasing
clause of the Sherman act ended
at once the obvious and contem-
plated increase in the govern-
ment’s gold notes, printed on pa-
per or silver, it in no way pro-
vided a check upon the surrep-
titious supply of these notes by
private individuals. Of course,
the expense of a plant to engrave
and print government notes, as
well as the impossibility of
exactly reproducing either the
greenback paper or engraving, is
a sufficient protection from the
flooding of the country with
counterfeit paper treasury notes.
Against a similar flood of pri-
vately minted silver dollars—
which, according to the policies
of both political parties, thegov-
ernment is bound to redeem in
gold—no such safeguard exists.'
The process is easy, and the outfit
inexpensive, whereby any enter-
prising person can coin silver dol-
lars of standard weight and fine-
ness, while the profits of the
transaction would exceed one
hundred percent. Consequently,
it is nigh certain that millions of
these coins are now in circula-
tion, and it only remains for
their production to exceed the
surplus federal revenue for a con-
siderable period for their exist-
ence to become a menace to the
treasury — something which the
limited issue of Sherman notes
could hardly have become, so
long as revenue and expenditure
held a healthy ratio. There is
no reason why, in fact, fifty or a
hundred millions of these private
minted dollars should not be
forced into the circulation of the
country each month. This, then,
if the Wilson bill fulfils, as seems
likely, Mr. Carlisle’s predictions,
is the only danger now threaten-
ing the treasury.
Mexican News.
A well to be 3000 feet deep has
been commenced in Monterey.
It is being drilled bxr the author-
ities for water.
The engraving department of
El Universal, the most enterpris-
ing of Mexico City’s daily pa-
pers, was recently destroyed by
fire.
Bandits attacked the colony of
Guadelupe, Puebla last Sunday.
A desperate fight ensued in which
three Americans and two Mexi-
cans were wounded. Six ban-
dits were captured.
The talk of war between Gua-
tamala and Mexico has ceased,
the former country having been
induced by the firm moderation
of the latter’s government to
yield to its just demands.
The federal government is tak-
ing active steps to have Mexico
properly represented at the Cot-
ton States exhibition at Atlanta,
Ga. Tropical products will con-
stitute the bulk of the exhibits.
The negroes, who passed
through Eagle Pass last week
for Tlahualila, are reported to
be perfectly satisfied with their
new surroundings. The report
comes from Ellis and Wilson, who
exported them under contract.
Jose Gandara de Velasco, the
managing editor of La Raza
Latina newspaper, who was ar-
rested a few days ago for having
proffered injurious reflections on
Fifth Correctional Judge Romu-
aldo Beltran, has been remanded
for trial by Wistam Velasquez,
judge of the fourth correctional
court. His friends are endeavor-
ing to obtain his release under
bonds.—Two Republics.
United States Minister Isaac
Pusey Gray, died m Mexico City
on the morning of the 14th in-
stant. He had just arrived from
St. Louis, and was found by the
Pullman porter unconscious in
his berth. Pneumonia was the
fatal malady. Mr. Gray had
been a prominent Indiana mer-
chant, lawyer, politician, and
congressman before his appoint-
ment to the Mexican embassy
by President Cleveland two years
ago. His record as a diplomat
was faultless.
M. Henriot, or (as his real
name seems to have been) M.
Henri Aviot, ex-editor of Le
Petite Gaulois, the Courrier du
Mexique, L’Echo du Mexique,
and other French journals in
this city, died suddenly last Sun-
day morning at 10 o’clock of
congestion of the brain. He was
well known in this city as a
witty satirist, and keen carica-
turist, and wielded a trenchant
pen, which often landed him in
Belem. While behind the bars
he would date his articles from
‘‘Casa de Vd.,” and his publi-
cations were very popular.—Two
Republics.
Additional particulars as to
the affray in Puebla between
Americans and bandits have
come to hand. The parties at-
tacked were the American con-
tractors, Messrs. Scott and their
400 employees, who were en-
gaged m getting out ties for the
Interoeeanic railroad. It was
supposed that they had a large
sum of money on hand with
which to pay their men, and one
evening while the camp was at
supper, sixty bandits, armed
with knives and pistols, made
an attack, organized in groups
of six. The Messrs. Scott broth-
ers, their American foreman, and
several native workmen were
wounded, and a native woman
was killed by the bandits, who
rode off on the contractor’s
horses, taking with them all the
money in the camp, about $60
in silver. The troops are in pur-
suit with orders to take no pris-
oners. Some of the bandits have
already fallen into the hands of
the authorities.
J. H. Batty, H. Bodes, and W.
W. Huntington arrived this
week from New York and are
waiting in Nogales for a boat to
come through by rail. The gen-
tlemen will launch their little
craft at Guaymas and work
along the coast searching for
bugs, insects, plants etc., for sci-
entific purposes. It is a private
enterprise, and they will be out
several months. Mr. Battv, the
senior member of the party, has
been engaged m scientific explora-
tions for twenty-one years, and
has visited nearly every portion
of the world. He is rich in in-
formation, and is a most enter-
taining conversationalist. The
boat is expected daily, and when
it arrives the scientific gentlemen
will proceed on their journey.—
Nogales Vidette.
The captain of the port of
Tuxpam reported to the head of
the gulf marine department at
at Vera Cruz under date of Jan.,
21st that two days previously
some boys walking along the
beach of Tamiahua, north of
Tuxpam, hunting for cccoa-
plutns (Chrysobalanus) found
the dead body of an unknown
American at a place called “El
Lavadero.” Owing to the ad-
vanced stage of decomposition
the remains were buried in the
sand where, they were encoun-
tered. Later in the day, a little
farther to the north on the beach
called “Estero Grande” more
bodies were found. They were a
woman of about 40 years, a girl
of perhaps 12 years, and three
men. No document of any kind
was found in the clothing. All
the bodies were so badly decom-
posed that they were buried
where found. Further search
was made for a distance of sev-
eral miles along the beach but no
more bodies were found nor any
wreckage. The captain says
these bodies were undoubtedly
those of some of the passengers
and crew of the ill-fated “Mt.
Waldo” which sailed from Tam-
pico, Jan., 8th, under contract
to dredge the bar at Velasco,
Texas, and were wrecked a few
days later, after having been
driven to the southward by a fu-
rious storm.—Two Republics.
Letter List.
List of advertised letters remaining in
tlie Eagle Pass postoffice for the week
ending Feb. 13,1895 :
Bronson, O A Corona, Guilleme
Desbordes, Mrs Galan, Ataviano
Anna Garcia, Acencion
Gloria, Refugio G Herrera, Hinosensia
Johnson, Lesley Linsev, Robert
Martines, Manuel Protugal, Francisco
Robinson, H A Ramires, Bictor (2)
Ravjel, Jacinto Ramon, Francisco
Rosas, Lasara Sanches, Nolbeto
Sulas, Eutilia (2) Whitehead, G R
Whorley, FC Zalusai*, Refugio
Flores
Parties calling for the above letters will
please say advertised.
B. T. Pridgen, P. M.
Kodak.—Cameras and Supplies can
be obtained at factory prices from E. H.
Cooper, agent, Eastman Kodak Com-
pany. Catalogues furnished on applica-
tion.
—Go to Stiebel’s on Mam street near
depot Piedras Negras, tor the Eagle Pass
Guide, the Globe-Democrat, and the best
ciga.s.
—Messrs. Jaggi & Hielscher have se
cured the services ot a competent shoe
maker, and are now prepared to turn
out the very best of custom work at
reasonable prices.
Irrigable Lands
on the Rio Grande within two miles of
Eagle Pass for sale in lots to suit pur-
chasers by Frank H. Dillon,
_i _ Agent.
Ladies
get your dresses made by Mrs. J. Hiel-
scher, who is now prepared to make
dresses at lowest prices. Perfect fit
guaranteed. Resides in the old Hector
residence.
Our Spanish Department.
The Guide Printing House has estab-
lished a Spanish department with Mr.
Antonio R. Urrea, late captain of the
Gendarmeria Fiscal, as manager. Mr.
Urrea is a thoroughly qualified Spanish
scholar, and has an intimate and accu-
rate knowledge of forms, laws, and busi-
ness usages in Mexico, possessed by few,,
if any, on this frontier or elsewhere.
Under his direction this house will be
enabled to execute its orders from Mex-
ico and other Spanish-speaking countries-
with greater accuracy and dispatch than
ever before. This step is rendered neces-
sary by the increasing scope and magni-
tude of the Spanish-Ameriean business
which the Guide Printing House is-
called upon to handle, and cannot but
prove most satisfactory to both the
house and its customers.
g—The south-bound train, with mails-
from the north and east, was threehours-
late last night, but easily made up the-
time in the run over the Mexican Inter-
national so as to reach Torreon on
schedule time.
CHURCH NOTICES.
Catholic.—From November 1st, until
Easter services will be held in the Church oi
Our Lady of Refuge, every Sunday, at the
following hours: First Maiss, at 7:30 a. m.;.
High Mass, at 10 a. m. The evening service
at 5 p. m.
Rev. L. Maurel, O. M. I., Pastor.
Presbyterian Church.—Pleaching every
Sabbath at 11 a. m. Preaching also on
every 2nd and 4th Sabbath night at 8 p.m.
Sabbath-school at 10 a. m. Preaching ser-
vice at C. Porfirio Diaz, on the 1st and 3rd
Sabbath of every month.
Rev. Barnabas Lyman, Pastor.
Church of tile Redeemer:—Regular ser-
vices will be held in this church every Sun-
day at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m., except the last
in the month, and Friday evening at 8 p. m.
Holy communion will be administered at the
11 o’clock service on the first Sunday of
every month, and at 8 a. m. on the third
Sunday of the month. Sunday school at
9:45 a. m. Seats free at all services. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
Rev. L. S. Bates. Rector.
Preaching at the Methodist church every
Sunday at 11 a. tn. and 8:30 p. m. Prayer-
meeting Tuesday at 8:30 p. m. The Epworth
league has the following officers: President,
W. Kelso; 1st vice president, T- H. Haile; 2nd
vice president, Miss Olive Fitch; 3rd vice
president, T. E. Livingstone; secretary, Miss
Annie Townsend; treasurer, Eddie Fitch.
Meets every Thursday at 8:30 p. m. The
public is cordially invited to attend all of
these services. " R. S. Adair, Pastor.
0. W. 0. Hardman, Sheriff of Tyler
county, West Virginia, appreciates a
good thing and does not hesitate to say
so. He was almost prostrated with a
cold when he paoeured a bottle of Cham-
berlain’s Cough Remedy. He says: “It
gave me prompt relief. I find it to bean
invaluable remedy for coughs and colds.”'
Eor sale by all druggists.
Homes for Sale.
A substantial two story brick dwelling
on corner lot in best residence part of
the city. All conveniences and well laid
out grounds.
Also a neat brick cottage on Rio'
Grande street within easy distance of
the Rio Grande bridge. Apply to T..
San Miguel.
—Cannons’ Screw Worm liniment is
dead shot on screw worms and heals
wounds more rapidly than any other
medicine. Cheapest, best and most con-
vienent to use. For sale at E. H. Coop-
er’s, Eagle Pass.
Mr. Ira P. Wetmore, a prominent real
estate agent of San Angelo, Texas, has
used Chamberlain’s Colie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy in his family for sev-
eral years as occasion required, and al-
ways with perfect success. He says: “I
find it a perfect cure for our baby when
troubled with colic or dj’sentery. I now
feel that my outfit is not complete with-
out a bottle of this Remedy at home or
on a trip away from home. For sale by
all druggists.
£)R. J. K. FOSTER,
DENTIST,
EAGLE PASS, TEXAS.
OFFICE—At Cooper’s Drug Store.
DBS. BREEDING & WELSH,
DENTISTS.
Alamo Fire Insurance Building.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
GOLD CROWNS & BRIDGE WORK A SPECIALTY.
A. H. EVANS,
Physician and Surgeon,
EAGLE PASS, TEXAS.
OFFICE: —At Cooper’s Drug Store
Telephone No. 37.
Q L. MUELLER,
Civil Engineer and Surveyor
Mining and Topographical Surveys for
Mexico.
Estimate i and Plans for Buildings
Bridges, Waterworks, etc.
Correspondence solicited in English,
Spanish, German and French,
Mauricio Rodriguez Building,
Teran Street,
C. PorfirioDiaz, ...........................Coahuila.
DOMINGO VALPARAISO,
BUILDER and CONTRACTOR
DEALER IN
BRICK, LIME, AND LUMBER.
Eonterey, N. L. - - - Mexico
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Eagle Pass Guide. (Eagle Pass, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 25, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 16, 1895, newspaper, February 16, 1895; Eagle Pass, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1105678/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.