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Show oo WAR BULLETINS CABLE OfFICE TORN BY SHELL. Mexico City, Feb. 12. Shortly betore be-tore 9 o'clock a shell tore a hole 'through the iron shutter protecting 'the cable office and fell inside Porter's Por-ter's hotel and the American club, in both ot which scores of American visitors and residents are gathered, ! are in the direct line of fire Another heavy shell struck a build. I lng In front of the cable oiflce at about 1) o'clock, rippinc awa a corner cor-ner of the structure. ZAPATISTA LEADER ARRIVES Mexico City Feb. 12. Alfonso Miranda, one of the Zapatista leaders, lead-ers, enteted the rapital last night wit!'. 1 800 of his followers, who are harassing harass-ing the federal hoops at various points. The cable office has again been st i uck by many shrapnel shells ALL OPERATORS LEAVE STATION Iaredo Texa-. Feb l .'. Informs -itlon received here says that at noon because of fierce fishtinn in the vi-jcinltv vi-jcinltv of the federal telegraph office at Mexico t'lty. all operators 'eft their j,tjiions. The fe leral government has only one wire south to Monterey RAILROAD GIVEN ORDERS San Antonio. Texas. Feb 12 The (Southern Pacific railroad has beer, advised to hold sufficient equipment on hand to take troops from here to Galveston on short notice Coaches, stock cars and freight cars are bein,: gathered in the local yards WILSON MAKES DEMAND Mexico City. Feb. 12 The L nited States ambassador. Henry Lane Wilson, Wil-son, and 'he German minister, went LO t!ie national palace 'his afternoon to demand from President Madero that the battle cease inimediatel PRISONERS LET LOOSE Mexico City Feb 12. Rc'.em aJ), the famous old prison, has been thrown open by the rebels and from oUOu to 5000 desperate prisoners have . been let loose. BRITISH LEGATION UNDER FIRE. Mexico City. Feb. 12. The Rritish , legation Is under fire from the rebel position and a battier of federal ar-I ar-I tillery has been placed close bj as a protection. |