Show MEXICAN S TROOPS ORDERED OUT A OF TEXAS CITIZENS EXPECTED the situation extremely graye and alic worst NEW YORK Sept 25 the heralds austin texas all sunday and monday the most alarming telegrams continued to pour in on governor boss informing him that a war bloody and fierce was raging on the texas frontier and that rio granda city had been for the past 21 hours in the possession of an armed mexican mob all telegrams came either from john P kelsey county judge of starr county or the and each succeeding oue is more startling and sensational sat ional than the other all demand troops immediately and convey the impression in plain words that rampant anarchy runs riot on the border and that the lives of american citizens in that section are in imminent peril the extraordinary and sensational state of affairs had its origin in a fatal encounter in eio grande city last saturday between catano E garzo editor of el commercio and united states bevenue officer victor E seberen Se beree in the fight seberen shot and killed garzo who was very popular all along the bio grande and as a result the mexicans revolted and endeavored to lynch seberen Se beree he texas officials however saved lim for a time from the fury of the mob and wired governor boss as fol f aws A great riot is raging hero armed men are parading the streets send ie state bangers or call on the united states troops at fort bing gold this dispatch was followed by another from T V kenny member oi ie legislature S end all the available troops you can at once armed mexicans are in control oi the city and county A still later one was received saying A fight has just taken place be two mexicans and one american one of the mexicans was killed he mexicans now demand that the american be delivered to them A riot was avoided by placing the american under another reads armed mexicans are attempting to lynch seberen Se beree send the bangers at once the riot continues eight miles from the nearest railroad station to reach it governor boss has ordered the enire banger force of texas to proceed with all possible haste to the scene he mexicans numbered ten to one of the whole of that section dhere is no telling to what excess hey will resort especially aa the I 1 lave no difficulty in escaping to mexico governor boss also telegraphed all he sheriffs of all the counties on the border or thereto to proceed by forced marches to the troubled districts and to take aa armed with them he likewise telegraphed the san antonio biales the belknap biales and the boaston light guards to bold themselves in readiness to march at a moments notice it is believed there will be a general massacre of texas citizens unless lbs united states troops from ft to the rescue the event is likely to lead to international complications last night governor boss said the situation was extremely grave and in the absence of dispatches for several hours gave rise 10 the worst fears sept 25 general macfeeley acting secretary of war telegraphed this afternoon to gener al stanley commanding the department of texas to send troops to bio grande city for the protection of life and property and also to take such steps as may be deemed advisable for the preservation of peace and order in that vicinity general macfeeley said this action was based on information received from the acting secretary of the treasury and was taken more as a precaution than that the troops will be forced into action he said he thought the difficulties were about over and that they would eventually be adjusted without the intervention of the military texas 25 A was in circulation here today to day to ohp effect that the mexican mob had menaced the united states troops in fort ringgold Bing gold in order to lynch seberen Se beree during the day governor boss received a dispatch from general stanley commanding the united states troops in texas saying the secretary of war had ordered him to protect the lives of the people and property at the scene of the trouble and to hold seberen until he is demanded by the state authorities the wires are down between this point and bio grande city and nothing can be learned here of the condition of af lairs to night |