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Show PRESIDENT DIES STRIFEJRESULTS (liiujqull, I'cuadoi. Jan l.--'ihe coast piovlnces of Heuador havo recognized recog-nized the provisional governmeut pto-clnlnud pto-clnlnud at Guuvainill b Gen. Pcdio Montero. Deceiuher 8. si. days after the sudddi death of President Kmllio Kstrudii. Serious fighting has occurred occur-red lit two of the western provincial cities. Communication with Quito, the capital of tho republic, and wfth other parts of the Interior Is Interrupted. Interrupt-ed. In a battle fought at P..ihuho o, capital cap-ital of tho provlncu of l.os Rlos, Geiw erul Montoro's force was victorious. In the engagement twenty-four men were killed and fourteen others wounded. Another fight occurred at Mnchala,' capital of Kl Oio province, but the te-suit te-suit Is not )ct known here. I It is luiuuicd that Gen. Leonldn PlhstH, who Is suppoited by the Liberals Liber-als tor tho presidency, ha3 left Quito at the head ot a largo army, with the Intent of nttncklng Guayaquil. Regiments Regi-ments me bolng foimcd here to oppose General Plaza. Railway truffle between be-tween the two cities has been suspended. suspend-ed. s Kx-Presldent Gen. Kioy Alfura, who went to Panama after turning over the reins of government to General! Hstrada'is expected to arrive here Wednesday. |