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Show WILL PROTECT AMERICANS, Mexican Government Sends Troops to Guard Mine. WASHINGTON, March 17. Recently tho local agents hero of the Yaqul Copper Cop-per company, an American corporation, whoso mines aro located in tho Stato of Sonora, Mexico, applied to tho Stato department de-partment to secure protection for Its properties. Tho mines aro about forty miles distant from the nearest Mexican garrison post and tho lives of tho caretaker care-taker and his family had been placed ln jeopardy from bands of hostile Yaqul Indians. In-dians. Embassador Clayton was communicated commu-nicated with and today ho telegraphed from tho City of Mexico that tho Mexican Mexi-can Minister for foreign affairs had Informed In-formed him that orders had been immediately imme-diately dispatched to tho nearest body of troop3 to send protection to tho mines. |