OCR Text |
Show FORTY ARMED MEN RAID TOWN, ARREST OFFICIALS AND REMAIN IN CONTROL . HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 27. A special spe-cial to the Chronicle from Eagle Pass Bays that a telephone message received there from Jiminez, thirty miles up the Bio Grande river, states that forty armed men raided the town last night, placed the Mayor, Chief of Police, Treasurer Treas-urer and other city officials in jail and are now in control! The telephone wires were cut before the message was finished. fin-ished. Government troops have arrived on a special train today and are hastening to Jiminez. Advices of a battle are expected at Eagle Pass any hour. Ciudad Porflrio Diaz, across the river from Eagle Pass, is quiet today, but many Mexicans came over to sleep last night. |