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Show No Details Given; Troop of Cavalry Starts for Scene of Trouble. MAR FA. Texas. Jan. S. Another rail bv Mexican bandits occurred late today at the Erite ranch, thirty-five miles southwest of here and an eo,ual distance from Valentine. Texas, according lo reports re-ports received at the military headquarters headquar-ters or the Els Bend district here to-nisht. to-nisht. No details of the raid were given in the meaner mewsage received. Tins ranch was raided t'hristnvis morning liy Mrxn-an bandits and one American and two Mexicans were Killed. A troop of cavalry in command of Cap. tain Carl, with a signal corps rieta. Ii. ment. left here tonight for the Brlte r..ncli to investigate the reported raid of Ihat ranch late today. Additional cavalry troops were ordered held in readiness to. niKlil to reinforce this troop should it be necessary. .Mr. and Mrs. fain Neill and Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Neill. who live at (he Brhc . ranch aud who were forced to flsht for f several hours Christmas morning to pre- i .nt the Mexican bandits from raidin,.Hrf their homes and killine' them, returned to the ranch yesterday after spending t10 holldnvs in Valentine. After Cue Christmas day raid, American Ameri-can iroops pursued the bandits across tlie border into Mexico, killing eighteen ami woundins' many others. |