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Show INSURRECTOS GIVE WARNING Proclaim Purpose of Entering Oity of Chihuahua Today. CHIHUAHUA. Dec. 23. A daring squad of four insurrocto scouts Todc into, this city last night, distributing circulars stating that citizens should remain within doors after 5 o'clock tomorrow to-morrow afternoon, as the rebels intend to enter tho city. The warning is not regardod seriously. A patrol of eight soldiers, who fired many shots, drove the rcbols from tho streets, and they disappeared in tho direction of the mountain. More than a thousand reinforcements aro now in the citv. A wireless tower has been erccred at the penitentiary and troops arriving today brought material ma-terial for another tower to be erected in the disaffected district. Government troops which started a week ago from Sonora are ropori cd within two da3,s march of Guerrero, ono of the insurrecto strongholds. An American, who has been ten days with tho insurrecto forces, returned today, to-day, bringing news that the latter recently re-cently executed ten civilians hostile to tho revolt. Their number includes one judge. While the revolutionists surround Navarro Na-varro at Pcdernales, his Hituation, according ac-cording to this information, is not precarious, pre-carious, lie could march out with his force and do battle, but is awaiting reinforcements. re-inforcements. Whon ho wishes fresh beef, he is compelled to send a good fighting force, for small parties arc not' safe. Gerald Brandon, the Mexican-Herald correspondent, who has been with the federal forces and for whose safety grave fears havo been entertained, returned re-turned hero last night. He left the army pursuant to a war offico order that no more correspondents bo allowed with the troops. F. Af. Sommcrfeld. who has been observing operations from the insurrecto Hide, also returnod. Sommcrfeld was fired upon a wcok ago and ono shot grazed his left arm. He was otherwise unhurt. |