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Show JUAREl IS 1 HER I Insurrection Is Gaining I Ground-Bridges , I Blown Up -I 7isai fl "Washington, 'April -14. With the customs house at Agua Prieta In the !mmM hands of the revolutionists and Junr- '' ' ''ku ez seriously threatened," a now b11u ' atlon is presented to the stato do- F 11 partment involving the 'delicate qiies- 'H lion, relating to recognition of tho iMmW revolutionists. No official advices i mwm from Agua Piieta have yet reached. 'fckS the state department. Officials, how- kttl ever, woro deoply Interested l'ntho !0H press reports showing the rebels iu 'fH control of the custom house, but, In ittiH tho absenco of official confirmation wwmm declined to comment on the course the 'nBi9 United States wonld take in dealing llitfl with the new phase of the situation L liH Three thousand revolutionists, out- ll numbering the federals of the town llil four to one, are within four hours tTil march of Juarez, according to a tch IXiH gram received by tho state depart- iiiHill ment today from American Consul 'Wmwm Edwards at Juarez The rebelB arc in '-mmtmm control of the railroads' rolling stock HiiH and telegraph lines. The authorities HiH of Juarez aro preparing for an attack; Bil and many Mexicans aro sending their iiB families to the American side. flH Eagle Pass. Tex., April 14. TKo TH Laredo gutoway is now thev only rail- JIH road open from the United States' ta v'iB the interior of Mexico, rebels having -liH cut off communication south of Ciudad, Ail Porflrio Diaz by burning six railroad l' mwmm bridges. This is the first serious j WMm disturbance in the state of Coahulla. i mWM |