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Show I, -Senator JDcnncr X. s who will today introduce his ! bill providing for changes in the commission form of govern- , ment law. i ZSPSTS KKS I psssora ii Twenty-live Soldiers and Citizens Killed; Survivors Tell of Atrocities. MEXrCO CITT, Feb. 3. Fol lower c of General Zapata attacked a passenger train traveling rrom rtfcxlco City to' Ozumbn, forty-fivo miles south of the capital, today, killing or wounding all the twenty soldiers in tlio train's escort. Four male passengers wore killed and many of thc women passengers wore carried off by the rebels. The train was halted by tho dumilmont of tho engine in a cut. Tho rebol3 then began firing on thc train from the sides of tho cut, less than two yards away, concentrating their flro on the troop car. Twelve soldiers. Including Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Oritz, wore killed. The lieutenant's wife was wounded. A relief train took the wounded to Amecamcca. Some of the survivors were brought here tonight. They relate stories of terrible ter-rible atrocities. Several of the wounded wound-ed have died, and tho list of dead now Is estimated at twenty-five The government ban ordcrod thc 'troops In the vlcinlly of Ozumba fo redouble their efforts against tho rebels. 1JL PASO. Tex.. Fob. 3. Reappearance Reappear-ance of rebels at various points on tho border was reported today lo General E. Z. Steover at Fort Bliss. Colonel A. T. Hatfield of the Thirteenth cavalry, patrol on the Is'ew Mexico line, mado the startling report that hu was talking today to-day with General JEmlllnno Xapata. the rebel leader of southern Mexico. Colonel Col-onel Hatfield declared that a man representing repre-senting hlmeelf aa Zapata camo to the International lino with hl6 aide and made some inquiries regarding a (shipment of suppllea consigned by the rebels but held by United States troops. Rebel bands also are appearing once more along the Texas border wcut of Juarez. Tho location of the main group under Salazar remains In doubt, but It In declared de-clared by rebel agents hero that Salazar Is moving into the Caaas Grandcs district. |