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Show REBELS ARE TAKING MEXICAN RAILWAYS WAHHINOTON. Feb. 17 Embasaador Wltaon telegraphed to th state department depart-ment at 11 a. m. February 16 that the armistice he had arranged the previous night was still In force and that there waa great activity In removing foreigners foreign-ers from the danger Bono and arranging for the transportation of many women and children to the Vnltd states Reports Indicated that loose nn th Diss aide had not been great and their lines had been extended In one direction direc-tion beyond the palace of th ministry of gobernacton, which they had taken, and in the other direction as far a the German school - Cuernavaca Is reported taken by the Zapatistas Tb n .... ... Af the V.ll.i.iil tallwavs has reported to the embassador that th lardo line north of Monterey la In the hands of the rebels. The consul general at Mexico City reported re-ported in reply to inquiries thst Mnrlorl Plsher Is well and haa left for Vera Crua: alao that Mra. Cosby and family 1 ar safe and well, leaving for Vera I Cram The consul at Jnares raporta having I oar ned fpom passengers from Chihuahua tliat th city was quiet snd there had been no disturbances In that portion of the state. He added that the railway between Chihuahua and Juares waa free from rebels. 1 The consul st Halttllo reports fourteen I bridge burned between Halttllo and j Monterey; no train service to the south and telegraph communication lntr runted. |