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Show GUNBOAT TAKES iiipi Hornet Reported to Have Made Successful Attack on Truxillo. DA VILLA TROOPS JOIN FORCES WITH VICTORS Poilo Cortes Momentarily Expects Ex-pects tO Kail Into Hands of Revolutionists. XEW ORLEANS. Jan. 3 A dispatch from Porto Barrios under date of January Janu-ary 2 announces tho capture of Truxillo, Honduras, by tho revolutionary gunboat Hornet. The sarrison in Ruatan surrendered sur-rendered without firing a shot, and the government troops Joined the revolutionists, revolu-tionists, according to tho dispatch, which says: "After tho Hornet left Now Orleans, the vessel picked up 100 men, 1000 rifles, two machlno guns and a largo quantity of ammunition. The Hornet arrived in I-aguna La Gracious. December 2S. proceeded pro-ceeded to the Island of Bonacca, where a base of provisions was established, and then captured the Bay islands." |