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Show VENEZUELAN REBELS BEATEN. Government Troops Capture Soledsd, a Strategetlc Position. Soledad, which Is a strategic position posi-tion opposlto Cludad, Bolivar, on tho Orinoco rlvor, has been taken by tho Venezuelan government troops. It Is bolloved that tho government troops will mako a landing on that sldo of tho river upon the arrival of General Gomez, tho government commandox-ln-chief. It Is learned through desertors that General Gomez, boforo entorlng tho valley of the Orinoco, defeated tho revolutionists under General Antonio Paredes, who surrendered Puerto Cabclloo In 1889, and who was subsequently sub-sequently captured by tho liberals near Irapa. General Gomez thus socured tho Bafety of his rear guard. Notwithstanding Notwith-standing locaf public opinion to tho contrary In government circles, It Is not bolloved that General Rolando, who holds Cludad Bolivar, will be ablo to resist tho government's attack. |