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Show GENERAL VILLA Ten Thousand Federal Soldiers Sol-diers Await Coming of the Rebels at Torreon, With More Arriving. BANDITS INFEST REBEL TERRITORY Report That Luis Terrazas, Jr., Had Been Tortured Confirmed by Passengers From Chihuahua. JTJAItEZ, Mexico, Jan. 31. Federal reinforcements wero ordered today to Torreon, where tho rebels are to make their next attack. General Garcia Hidalgo, Hi-dalgo, with 400 soldiers, loft Saltillo to join General Ecfugio Vclasco, while Gustavo Maas, with 3000 men, was sent out to maintain tho railroad between be-tween Torreon and Saltillo, which, it was foarcd, tho rebels might destroy. As a precaution against a rebel advance from Durango state, General Argumedo marched westward. In all the federal garrison at Torreon Tor-reon will bo about 10,000, which will bo slightly fewer than tho attacking rob-cls. rob-cls. The federals appeared to bo taking tak-ing safeguards against tho expected rebel advance. Their advance guard on tho north at Mapini and Bormejillo, however, has been withdrawn. Villa's Plans. j General Villa, who is still hore, ( but who later will assume personal command com-mand of the campaign, plans to place the bulk of his army in .easy marohiug distance of tho city before tHu assault ' opens. It is probable that he will first attempt to throw a robel cordon aTound the city to cut tho federals off from communication and reinforcements. Assurances from Mexico City that in case of an attack Spaniards in Torreon would bo protoctod was accepted as applying ap-plying to tho federal treatment of Spaniards. In his occupation of Chihuahua Chi-huahua .City, General Villa ordered all Spaniards to leave tho country, and in the 3 event that ho occupica Torreon, it is not considered likely that ho will change his policy. Bandits Are Active. BanditB are again becoming activo in tho robel torritorv and are gaining recruits. re-cruits. After Ihoy hold up and robbed a train on tho Mexico Northwestern North-western at Guzman, but permitted the passengers, including twonty-fivo Americans, to proceed unharmedt the freebootors continued on a campaign of looting in "West Chihuahua, where rebel i'orcos have been unable to capture them. Passongers from Chihuahua corroborated corrob-orated a report that Luis Terrazas, Jr., sou of a woalthy land owner, had been tortured by tho rebels to induco him to disclose the hiding place of a fortune for-tune in cash. Many of the horseB which wore taken to the American sido when the federal army crossed over from Oji-naga Oji-naga wore found to bear tho brand of American cattlemen, in Moxico, who are members of tho Amoricnn Cattle Kaisers' association. Tho horses had been pressod into tho servico of tho Huorta army. On the Amoriean sido agents of the Mexican government sold them. This was done, but later such of thorn as bore American brands' were ordered held. HUERTA SUSPECTS EXISTENCE OF PLOT MEXICO CITY, Jan. 31. Joso Luis Itequcna, a leader of the National Democratic party and a candidate for tho vice presidency with General Felix. Diaz in tho recent elections, was arrested ar-rested at his home today and incarcerated incar-cerated in the military prison here. No charge haB boon formulated against him, though it is understood that his detention is duo to suspicion that ho was implicated in some seditious raovo-mcnt. raovo-mcnt. That his arrest was determined on yesterday wa3 indicated by a proma-ture proma-ture publication todav that his apprehension appre-hension was effected "last night. Pedro Del Villur, anothoi closo friend of General Diaz and Sonor lie-quena. lie-quena. also was arrested and lodged in the penitentiary today, Villar accompanied accom-panied General Diaz 'from Havana to Vera Cruz when tho special mission to Japan, headed by Diaz, was recallod by Provisional President Hucrta. Villar is wealthy and tho owner of the principal princi-pal t boater in Moxico City. General Eugenio Kascon. whose name was mentioned in connection with tho recently discovered plot allceed to havo been diroctod against tho Huorta government, gov-ernment, is saia to bo trying to floe the country. Goueral Rascon was a candidate can-didate for the vice presidency on the ticket headed by Fodorico Gamboa, ox-provisional ox-provisional minister for foreign affairs, in the recent presidential elections. Estanol in New York. NEW YOItK. Jan. 31. Jorco Vera ISstanol, cx-mlntsler of public Instruction Instruc-tion in the cabinet of tho late PreHldcnt Mndero. who, after bolng released from (Obntlnnod on Pago Twolvo). GENERAL VILLA MAY Bl AGIST (Continued from Pago Onfc) tho penitentiary on tho night of January 21, was spirited out of Mexico City by Nel-oon Nel-oon O'Shaughneasy, charge d'affaires of the United Statoa embassy, arrived at New York today on tho steamship Ks-pcranza. Ks-pcranza. Accompanying Sonor Estanol wero flvo children nnd Maria Plzarro, his slster-ln-law. Ho declined to dtacusB tho Mexican situation. On tho outwurd trip the Espcranza had a Blight flro on board. It was extinguished extin-guished with trifling damage. Americans Not Abused. WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. Consul Gen-oral Gen-oral Hanna telegraphed today that reports re-ports of Amoricann being abused In the Montoroy district wero unjustified. He declarod that during tho last threo years no Amorlcan had boon killed or Injured there by MoxlcanB, and ho reported several sev-eral cases where arrests mado under misapprehensions mis-apprehensions wero quickly followed by releases. Merchants In Sonora aro threatening to closo their shops becauso of tho enforced en-forced circulation of robel money. Smallpox at Tampico. WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Smallpox ut Tamplco already has caused tho death of one Amorlcan. Rear Admiral Fletcher reported today sixty-four cases, and two Americans among tho sick. Tho hospital ship Solaco Is there. Tho admiral ad-miral ordored that no ono bo permitted to land from tho American ships. Leaves for Mexico. LIVERPOOL. England, Jan. 31 Thomas B. Hohler, first secretary of the British legation in Mexico, who is to act as charge d'affaires on tho departure of Sir Lionel ' Cardon, tho British minister, min-ister, left for Now York today on board tho Lusltanla. |