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Show I REBELS IN . DURANGO if f They Number Thour. 5 i ands and Have Cap- !J f tured Two Towns 3 J EL PASO, March 2. United States H j Consul C. G CarotherK of Torreon has H received official notice of the capture JP 1 of the towns of Canalos and Slanorl, U f In the district of Tamazilia, and that fci Topla, Durango, Is aurrounded-by rebuff reb-uff A member of the rich Parras family Mf of Durango Is hold for ransom, the oM' consul Is notified, and ho estimates 15V ', that the prions bands of rebels, op-Wt' op-Wt' erating In Durango, nin Into the thou-Wm thou-Wm sands. Juan Tcrrazas, brother-in-law WO j of Enrique Creel, Mexican foreign fe j minister was among the passenger Wzti who wero forced to give up money to Mi the Insurgents at Jlmulco. Ho was S forced to 'give SJOO. Women on the 2J train, wives of tho federal soldiers, P said they recognized among the raid-f raid-f ers In the vicinity of Jlmulco, many LJJ j men who had formerly belonged to the Wml federnl troops sent from Mexico City. j Four rallrpad bridges have been I burned north of Torreon and nine i'1 soutn ui niiiJi:. Uj ' Telegrams from Chihuahua say that m .'' owing to the railroads being cut north I ! and south, provisions are taking sky- P ward jumps and foreigners and na- j tlves aro suffering alike on account I ,v of tho stagnation of business. Troops m dare not go outside the town for fear j of being trapped by Insurgents, ono SI band being as close as four miles. Tho Sj dispatch says the town Is alarmed by III reports that the city's surrender has lllj been demanded. One estimate places 111 the number of Insurgents west of tho city at 1600 with Mdero and his force J advancing from the north. Jtl: A command of cavalry was sent to 3 the station last nirht to entrain but, SI ' was taken off the cars and sent back ! to the barracks. This gave rise to ? r a rumor that the officials had in forma- I tlon that tho town would be attacked I soon. |