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Show AMERICANS ARE FLEEING FROM INTERIOR Attempt Was Made to Dynamite Dyna-mite Train Carrying Two Hundred. RIOTING STARTS IN CHIHUAHUA CITY One Swede From United States Captured in Rebel Crowd. EL HA80, Tel.. Feb. 12. Rioting r onl last night in ' hihuab.ua City, the rioter ehouting "Vivaa" for Felix Diaz, fay Heegera who arrived ar-rived here earl tola. from the tste capital. It wai nut learurit wh"iher the ffilrral garrUon hai revolted. Passengers reported thst a the train paaacd through hihuabna , a urging moh filled the itreeta. Vol leys of shots wen- henrd from the direction di-rection of the laterlet of the towa, ' hihoalina i the hrdiu.rter 'of Gun. Antonio Kabago, federal com mander or' the northern militarv rone, and SOQO federal troop who are stationed sta-tioned there. No account of the '.'bihnahua out break ha been conveyed over the telegraph tele-graph lines, which sre tricttv een aored, and the federal commander at .Inarez deniea all knowledge of tha af- fair Tim passenger train arriving here 'today brought 2"fi American refugee", muW of them from the t'aaaa lirandea ! district. The paaaengera report thst near Mocteiuuia, on the Mexican Central, Cen-tral, an attempt waa made bv 100 rebels to dynamite the train. The dynamite dy-namite was discovered on the track, however, hv the small body of troops tfiia'diug the train. A skirmish be tweeS the troops and the would 'ho dvnamiter. resulted in the capture of eight- rebels, oe of whom ia a ttwedg from the United States. Tne rest of the revolutionists fled. Telegraph communication below Juares was cut alte thla morning. Much anxiety la felt here for the safety of the large American colony at the state capital, whh h normally Is a city of 30.000 Inhabitants, In-habitants, mors than I'ooo of which ata fursleioara. |