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Show BATTLE IN OLD MEXICO IS STUBBORN 1 Santa Barbara Reported Scene of Recent and Bloody Conflict PROLONGED FIGHT THAT SEEMS INDECISIVE Alleged That' Both Sides Hold Ground, Expecting Reinforcements. EL PASO, Tex, March 31. A Mnb-bornly Mnb-bornly fought and bloody battle between be-tween soo lnjuiiectue and 300 federal troop ha raged around th llttl town of Banta Barbara, aontkweat of th city of Chihuahua, ainoo Wedneeday morning, morn-ing, according to a telegram received here from Parrel lata lac night. Both aide bar tent for reinforcement. Wedneeday morning, according to the Parrel diapatch, the loturreetoa attacked at-tacked and took Santa Barbara, but before be-fore they could trengthea it defeaaea the federal rallied aad attempted to retake the place: A body of twenty 8v rurale charged through th inaurreeto liaea aad auceeeded ia reaching the municipal building, but were cut off I from th main federal body. They took refuge- in th bulldlag, bat th e. j gram from Parrel doe not reveal their fat. '"..-. r .-, : Finding himaclf outnumbered, Colonel ArcamentU, ia command of th federal troop. Mat to Parrel for reinforcement, reinforce-ment, and th Inaurreeto leader ar amid to hay diapatched meaeenger ia th direction of the camp of Mader and Oroeeo on a aimllar errand. Neither aid had received reinforcement wkea the meaaage reached here. It 1 aaid that both eidee exhibited th greateat eoolneee and bravery and that the percentage per-centage of killed and wounded ia exceptionally ex-ceptionally high, eooeidering th number num-ber engaged. ., LTTTLB FKOHPEOT FOR CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES EL PASO. Tex., March Offlcere of the Inaurreeto junta- here while declaring declar-ing that they hooe earneatly for peace, aaaln atated today that there eeeme little lit-tle proapevt for Immediate eeaaetlon of hoattlltlee. Oen. Oonaalea Carae, Inaurreeto Inaur-reeto eecretarv of atate dedarea that the amiy la the field will have the final vote on any peace neaotletume and that he doee not believe they will vote to accept any term, that do not Include the realc-natlon realc-natlon of Prealdent Irtae. He declaree the movement la en anU-ZMa one be-fee be-fee enythlnji. Apparently railroad official have Riven, no nope of onenlne the KattonaJ Maxlcea linen between Juare and t'hihuahue, ae they heve hecun to aend frelaht In the Juaree yard, heck Into the I'nlted Btetea. under bond to be routed to t'rnhuahua vie Eaele Paea. Not a train haa moved between Juaree ' end Chlhuehua etnoa January 79. eacept the armored train brtnalna Oneral Naverro'a reinforcements reinforce-ments which repaired track end brldeee before It ea it proceeded, under cover of fleld guna. Repair wotk on the Mexico-Korthweet-m rood la proceeding .without Interruption Inter-ruption between Jtmree and- Peereon. ST0BTt7 ITBAVT LOfwrn r IS WITHOUT rooiTDATIOlf iKt, PAgO. Tex.. March ll.'-Althouxh re porta -received here Indicate heavy flahtlnr et I ree. .mora. repreeentatlvee of both fectlona declare the report that lono mea had been killed on eech aide la without foundation. Kepreaentattvea of the Inaurreeto -Junta here In cioee touch with the war none, declare the Inaurreeto Inaur-reeto force which mleht have been engaged en-gaged numbere but 110 end ttiat not more than teeo nern were encaged o both eldee. - The atatement from Tueeon that the town of teen Rara4 had been destroyed by fire le dlacredlted, ea the town con-late con-late elmoet ' entirely of adobe houae, with mud roof,, which ere practically fireproof. It le believed Ue leee of life baa been heavy, however. |