Navarro Surrenders After Long Juarez Battle
Insurrectos renew attack on Juarez as day breaks after a night of heavy fighting. Rebels fire on the city with cannon and dynamite, while at least 21 wounded on the insurgent side and 4 dead 15 wounded on the American side are reported. American consul threatened by fire as Juarez surrounds the city and preparations for a renewed assault continue.
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Santa Fe
Garibaldi
Porfirio Diaz
Customs House
Cowboy Park
Madero
Insurrectos
E. Paso
Gustavo Madero
Big Cuartel
Honges
Texas
Rabago
Villa
Navarro
Red Cross
Zuniga
Federal
Insurrectionists gain control of Juarez as fighting ends
Rebels press into Juarez amid heavy street fighting and shelling. General Navarro makes a last stand at the barracks as Orozco and Tamborel are cited in ongoing reports of casualties and wounded on both sides.
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Raul Madero
Insurrecto
Santa Fe
Insurrecto Army
Navarro
Alarm at Mexican turmoil spurs talk of U S intervention
Washington reports from consuls in Mexico and El Paso show the revolution spreading and threats to Americans across the border. Senator Stone urged intervention, while Rep Sulzer warned the United States must not invade, though he supported a limited force to protect citizens. The president faced criticism over handling and red tape in border policy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Taft
United States
Mexico
State Department
Steever
el Paso
Stone
Missouri
Sulzer
New York
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Americans Fear Outbreak in Mexico City
Americans in Mexico City express anxiety about potential intervention. For a week each departing train has carried American women and children back to the United States. The mood against Americans appears mainly among students clerks and the upper classes.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
United States
Foreign influence and potential U S intervention warned
The passage notes American control of large businesses and leadership by Americans. It cites last fall's student disturbances as a preview of possible effects if intervention occurred. It also mentions British subject opinions that warships could deploy to Gulf ports to protect refugees in a disturbance scenario.
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West Indian
Gulf Ports
Madero Telegram From Juarez Insurgents Leader
An El Paso filed telegram from Francisco Madero Sr to Rafael Aguirre reports Juarez attacked with vigour, federal positions being dislodged and a probable fall that night. Aguirre and Madero each have sons at the front, Raul and Julio among them.
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Juarez
Francisco Madero Sr
Rafael Aguirre
el Paso
Francisco
Senor Aguirre
Senor Madero
Raul
Julio
Navarro vows to defend Juarez and not surrender
In Mexico City on May 10 Gen Navarro closes his report to the War Department describing the battle of Juarez. He says he will die before surrender and that as long as he has soldiers defending Juarez he will not deliver the city to the rebels in reply to Madero's demand.
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Mexico City
Juarez
Navarro
Department of War
Madero
Guanajuato
Guadalajara
Monterey
Ver Cruz
Oaxaca
Oxaaca
Diaz
Mancebo
Guerrero
Tepic
Sinaloa
Sonora
Mars
Mexico
Tabasco
Vera Cruz
Tamalipas
United States
Orozco
Rio Grande
Federals Bar Price's Way to Ensenada
In Tiajuana on May 10, reported by the Associated Press, General Price must eliminate about 100 Federals at the Dupee ranch, 25 miles southwest of Tiajuana, before advancing on Ensenada where insurgents claim 200 men hold the town and expect to capture it without difficulty.
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Navarro
Associated Press
Juarez
Pascual Orozco
Pueblita
Federal Army
Tiajuana
Cal
General Price
Ensenada
Dupee Ranch
Insurrectos
Mail to Mexico resumes after brief prohibition
Varedo Texas May 10 An order banning mail to Mexico was rescinded yesterday and mail will move forward as before. Postmaster received official notice confirming the reinstatement of normal mail service. GROVES TASTELESS CHILL TONIC ad promotes quinine and iron in a tasteless formula suitable for adults and children priced 60 cents.
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Varedo
Tex
Mexico
GROVE
Fights at the Polls Suppressed Then Peacetime Transit
After violent clashes at the polling place, authorities rushed to quell the disturbance. Following the incident crowds dispersed, with attendees reportedly heading to nearby McDonald’s and posing for photos. The note mentions New York Star Dye Works delivering clean suits the same day.
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New York
Importation of Cattle from Mexico Stopped
Secretary Wilson halted Mexican cattle imports across the Rio Grande in a cabinet decision. Texas buyers had contracted thousands of head slated for May delivery, and brokers claim the move oversteps authority, risking heavy losses for cattlemen and regional markets.
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Wilson
United States
Mexico
Rio Grande
Texas
Brownsville
Laredo
Cattle Men’s Exchange
Washington
G. W. Saunders
Saunders Commission Company
Bailey seeks aid to defeat free listing in reciprocity hearing
In Washington May 10 Senator Bailey warned Republican farmers to back him or risk defeat on free raw material bills during the Canadian reciprocity hearings. A Connecticut farmer threatened Republicans with defeat if the agreement passed, prompting Bailey to question the farmer's faith in the Senate. We guarantee all work. Ask your cleaner if he does. New York Star Dye Works.
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Washington, D. C
Bailey
Connecticut
Senate
New York
West Texas Diocese Opens Seventh Annual Episcopal Council
Members of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of West Texas convened at St. Mark's church for the opening service of their seventh annual council. Bishop J. B. Johnston read the annual address as women’s auxiliary and delegates met in a joint session. The diocese plans a Sunday trip to Boerne for the cornerstone laying of a new Episcopal church and final services will be held at St. Mark's Sunday night.
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Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
West Texas
St. Mark’s Church
J. 8. Johnston
Women’s Auxiliary
Boerne
St. Mark's
Massacre of Fifty Six Federals at Saltillo Mill
Eyewitness accounts from a railway conductor describe a trap at a Saltillo cotton mill where a Federal detachment of about sixty men was wiped out by insurrectos after a feint withdrawal. Only four federals survived. Additional reports from Concepcion del Oro claim a large Federal loss, with estimates of fifty to sixty dead or wounded.
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Tex
Saltillo
Concepcion del Oro
County Board Delays Equalization Over Political Tensions
County commissioners acting as a board of equalization failed to assemble this morning due to political tensions. They announced they will not begin formal labors until tomorrow.
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Board of Equalization
Mexican unrest fears rise after revolutionary advances
F. H. Williams warns that Mexico faces chaos after revolutionaries gain ground. He cites banditry, weak government, and unreliable troops, and predicts an uprising could worsen conditions especially in small towns and mining camps as Diaz supporters fall. He notes Oaxaca’s volatile terrain and fears for expatriate safety as he travels through the region.
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