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Show Two Sides to Revolution Revolu-tion Now on in Lower Low-er California '. Mexlcali, Feb. 22. With all wires cut by the insurgents, United States signal men at Calexlco used the heli-graph heli-graph today to communicate with tho town of Andre and confirmed the report re-port last night of tho rebel attack on the Mexican town of Algodones and the killing of one Mexican and tho wounding of another. The signal men learned also that tho customs houso at Algodones was burned by the reh-els. reh-els. Coming directly after the declaration declara-tion of the Insurgent leaders that they intended to establish a Socialistic commonwealth in Lower California, the news ot the attack on Algodones caused much excitement on the American Am-erican side of the boundary. The attacking at-tacking party was made up chiefly of young Amerlcaus. The civil officials offi-cials of Calexlco arc debating tho question of requesting the United States government to declare the American Am-erican members of the Algodones attacking at-tacking party murderers jind to announce an-nounce Its purpose of turning thorn over to tho Mexican government for trial, If caught a'galn on the American side of tho lino. Representatives of large American interests are much alarmed at General Gen-eral Berthold's declaration of purposes pur-poses to establish a Socialist commonwealth com-monwealth in Lower California. Train Starts South. El Paso, Feb. 22. The Mexico Northwestern railroad sent a freight train south this morning from Juarez, and followed with a passengor train at 1 o'clock despite the fact that a passenger train from the south was fired on yesterday by federals near Casns Grandes. The Insurgents searched a trnin near Pearsons for federals and the federals in trim searched it near Casas Grandes for rebels on its way up yesterday. The Mexican National line officials have no information from the south excopt thnt the track Is torn up, near Samalnyuca and that no trains are moving The Mexican National has not moved a train between Chihuahua and Juarez sinco January 29. Tho Northwestern company has operated but five passenger trains since e-comber e-comber 22, and all of these have been interfered with. oo |