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Show REBEL CHIEF AND TWENTY FOLLOWERS ARE PtjHO DEATH KL PASO. Tx.. Feb. 17. Jusn N. Por-nxa, Por-nxa, a rebel chief, end twnty of hi followers, fol-lowers, were ahot Saturday on th line of the Orient railway, near Chihuahua City. Federul troop alao captured forty-aeven others of th Porrsa group, who were taken ta-ken to the stale capital today. Porras waa a member of (Jen. Pascusl Orosco s original staff, bui recently has been operating Independently. To him were accredited many outrage. Including th cremation In a burning station house of three Mexican Central railway am- pioyees at Gallego last week. It 1m said that the Porra execution, ordered or-dered ly General Antonio Rbaero, met the approval of th rebel general. Mr-celln Mr-celln t'arravao, who lias made a true with the federals at Chihuahua City. Porra la said to have continued operations opera-tions despite the Informal armistice which federals and rebels uppesr to recognise. The main rebel group under Gen. Inea Salasar was located today at Ascension, an inland lawn, between the Northwestern Northwest-ern railway and the border and about 100 miles southwest of Jaures. If is waiting the return of Col. David de. la Kuente. who went to Palomas, on tin New Mexican Mexi-can border, to meet Attorney Km I Mo Yao,ucs Gomes, who has proclaimed himself him-self provisions) president by virtue of the Tecubaya plnn recognised by th varloua rebel faction following th Madero revolution. |