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Show Vera Cruz Port Closed MEXICO CITY Aug 25 Provis onal Pres dent Carranza has not fled the au thorit es of ports other than Vera Cruz that Vera Cruz Is closed as a port on account of the occupation of the c ty and harbor by the Ame lean forces Reports rece ved from the soutl are not reassuring concerning the exact whereabouts of General Te ez who with 5000 men of the o d army Is said to have revo ted at Sa ina Cruz and marched northward A train on the Vera Cruz & Isthmus ra road was fired on today by a party whose ident tv Is unknown, and a freight train on the Mex can line runn ng ahead of the t aln on wh ch Br Lionel Cardan the Brit sh m n ster was proceeding to.. Vera Cruz a so was attacked Two men were kll ed on board th s tra n. Whether constitut ona sts or federals made the attack s unknown here Emi ano Zapata the rebel leader has pron sed to meet a coram ss on and ar range for ret ring to private 1 fe if as surances are g ven h m that reasonab e and aws w be enacted Ra road commun cat on In all parts of the republ c will be resumed w thin a week The government w 1 Issue a de cree dec aring that a 1 notes now in c!r , cu ation are legal tender |