Show The Cession of loner California CITy OF MEXICO May 29It is rumored hat congress is in secret session discussing he question of ceding Lower California to he United States It is believed however that the rumor is groundless and merely a stratagem of the conservatives The senate has approved the proposed extensive colonization contract with Seflor Ramairez Varialia offering him a cash bonus for bona fide immigrants for the states of Vera Cruz Chiapas Tabasco and Oaxaca Through connection via the Mexican Central Cen-tral railroad with San Luis Potasi will be completed June 15 Petroleum has been discovered on the Ramairez Varialia lands |