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Show Rcceittion to tlto IfJesican iTSinistcr. tlhicago, 5. A. public reception waB given to Senor Zouiacona, the minister, at Herahey Hall, to-night, GOO pereons being present, including manufactureis, merchants, etc. In reply to Colonel Applebee's welcome, Senor Ztmacona gave an ids of ibij I resources and needs of Mexico, and elated that by establishing cloBer corn mercial relations, the United Slate could almost monopolize- the trade. Increased maritime and railroad transportation was, however,- indispensable. indis-pensable. The freight rates at, present are higher from New York to Mexico than from Liverpool. Tbe meeting finally adopted o resolution requesting congress to grant subsidies subsi-dies to the Texas Pacific Huntington line, from El Paso to the Pacifia coast. On motion, the Topeka and Santa Fe road was also included. General Fremont, the new governor of Arizona, was at the meetiug and i made a speech. Ho ia en route to his . new home. |