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Show Next Battle at Sonora. Chihuahua, July 1 The wealthy state of Sonora, whose northern boundary boun-dary marks tho Jnternationalllne along New Mexico, Arizona and northern north-ern California, will furnish tho next bcone of the Mexican revolution. Defeat De-feat at Bachlmba, forty miles north of here, is certain to meana general exodus of the rebels west to Sonora, where many rich mines and halcendas are located. An indication of the direction to be taken by the rebels was the ordering or-dering today of General Salazar to Casas Grandes, on the Mexican Northwestern North-western lailroad, one of the gateways fiom the slate of Chihuahua to Sonora So-nora Genoral Salazar just arose from bed, where he had for three weeks been confined with a sovoie Illness On orders from General Orozco the archives of the revolution were yesterday yes-terday removed to Jnurez for safe keeping, Two hunded and fifty prisoners, pris-oners, mostly political offenders were lomoved from the penitentiary hoic with the understanding that they vtould be placed under contract to work for a lumber camp on the Mexican Mex-ican Northwestern, the funds derived to go to the rebel cause. General Orozco sent the prisoners away thinking General Huorta might reach Chihuahua and release them. |