MEXICAN AFFAIRS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 70, 24 March 1914, Page 5

MEXICAN AFFAIRS.

BENTON'S DEATH INVESTI-

[.Press Associaxion.] (Received -i March 24; noon V . ihe British Consul reports thaf investigation^closed tIS Bentmit death was not due to pistol shots Mr Spenoer Perceval does not state the exact cause of death, but it iS bebeved that he Wishes tb infer that diea from stab wounds Mr Perceval's report adds' that uSSed aPPear before General ViUa;

BRUSH AT THE BORDER,

(Received March 24, 0.35 pm) NEW YORK, March 23. A message from Eagle Gap, Texas, states that American soldiers had a brush with a number of Mexican J^ederaT troops across the Rio Grande above Del Rio. * One American was injured. The Federals retired, and their loss is unknown.