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Show (i,U!A IS DESPONDENT. The, Revolutionist Trie to Kill the l'allgs of Detent With Morphine. St. Lol ls, Jan. 7. A AVpuVic Laredo, Texas, sp rial telegram received late this evening from General Keyes, commander of the Mexican troops now operating on the border against the (larza revolutionists, btates that a considerable engagement took place yesterday morning between the I'nited States troops and a band of (larza' s troops in. L:i John crossing on the Ulo lirande, in which the revolutionary forces were put to Hight, leaving a number of horses and arms in possession of fhu soldiers. Two bandits Jumped into the river to escape ; one of then) was shot and the other taken prisoner Mexican troops who had moved along the river front on the Mexican side in conjunction con-junction with the American forces. A later telegram from '(ieneral Keyes said a report hud retailed hli headquarters that a dcliu hmcul of American Cavalry, escorting es-corting a lot tf captured (iarza men to Brownsville f,,r trial by the I'nited Slates cour.. were, tittaeked by a company of liar-za's liar-za's men Hear Ediuburg and the prisoners rclcasotl. WAtotixoTOX, Jan. 7.--H nera! Scholield hat, received the following telegram from In le rai Stanley, at Sun Antonio: "Captain Bourke, at presi ut before the I ui ted Slates district court at Brow nsville, telegraphs that he tried to get information from Leongei'da as to the people behind the liarza business, who are supplying the ammunition am-munition and oilier war materials, but be was much of the time under the inlluenec of morphine. He told some things thai may bo of value, giving the names of persons. ' arza 1 - laid to In erj de pondeul -n t the troops unit rangers began to stir him up," Sax AXTONIO, Tex., .Inn 7. One of the clerks of the government department said to night that the capture of (larza was retarded re-tarded as only, a question of a very few hours. While the officers are guarding the secret very closely, lie has been positively located ftt a ranch eighteen miles from San Diego. A force sufficient to insure his capture cap-ture is now after him, sent this morning. I expect to hear to -morrow that he has been captured or slain probably the latter, as hs boasted that he never would be taken alive. believe with his death ut capture, the o-enJlcd o-enJlcd revolution will come to u sudden termination, Mo'.TKiiEV, Mex., Jan. 7 The excitement Over the revolutionary movement against President Diaz, Inaugurated by Catarino tiaiza, is on the increase. It Is learned here from an authoritative lource Hull there is to be a general uprising of w hat is known as the Church party, throughout Mexico, in support of the revolution, within the next five weeks. It is also learned from the same source thai the recent visit of i 'utarino (iarza io the('ii) of Mexico was made for the pur-pose pur-pose of conferring with h ading officials of the Catholic church. Bah Astosio, Tex., Jan. 7. A train of pack mules ami scouts lor service against liarzu has arrived here from Fort liiisselt. Wvn. They n ill leave on a special train this morning lor Port Mcintosh. MoNTKlll'.v, Mex., Jan. 7. Copies of a circular cir-cular alleged to have been issued by the clerical pally in support of the (iarza uprising upris-ing are in the hands of the federal government govern-ment and steps at once will be taken to ferret out tile leaders ill this conspiracy. The authorship of this circular Is generally attributed to Archbishop Dooa uf this diocese. |