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Show -uu - AMERICANS ARE ROBBED Rebels Destroy Property of a Mining-Company Mining-Company Dolores. Chihuahua. Mexico. July 23. Americans in the mining camp are uneasv today over the rebel operations opera-tions 'in this territory Entering che town two days ago. robcls under General Gen-eral Emllto Campa. drove sixty Ma-deristas Ma-deristas away, killing several. The insurrectos have became obsessed with the Idea that the Maricrlsta garrison gar-rison was in tho pay of the Dolores Mining company, an American concern con-cern They Immediately wreaked vengeance ven-geance on the company. The plant was gutted by fire with a damage of $5,onO. The safe was wrecked and $6 0no in cash taken. Heavy drarts were made on the company's stores for provisions and supplies. Pi7 mules were taken and now Americans Ameri-cans who wish to send the women and children awav have no means or sending them, though messengers have started for Madera to obtain The command of General Ccche Campos Is on route here. Tbe Doloros Mining company has closed its plant until normal conditions condi-tions return. New Rebel Commander. Madera, Chihuahua, Mexico, July 23. Nervousness in the foreign colony was allayed today by orders from General Gen-eral Pascual Orozco, placing Colonel Joac Bermundez in charge of tho rebel reb-el garrison, with Instructions to permit per-mit Americans to mLiin their arms. Colonel Del Campo had scut an order or-der to the office of C. TL Wisden, manager man-ager of the Madera Lumber company's com-pany's plant, demanding In the name of Orozco all arms and ammunition held by foreigners. The company officials of-ficials appealed immediately by telegraph tele-graph to Orozco in Juarez, asking that they bo allowed to retain their arras and that Colonel Berraudez be placed In authority. General Orozco complied, com-plied, ordering Del Bermudez to remain re-main In charge until Colonel Alfonso Castaneda, chief of staff to Orozco, arrives. General Orozco expressed his regret that any foreign property should have been disturbed. The exodus of women and children totals almost 100 people. Only three American women arc left. The reru-gee reru-gee trains from here carried not only American women but also scores of Mexicans |