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Show SI ore Trouble on the Border. New Orleans, 23. A GalveBton News Bpecial saya New Laredo is threatened by three parties of Ler-doidts, Ler-doidts, numbering 800 men, "under Gen. Gaizi Ayala and his colonels Cristo aDd Martinez. Their advance is now witbin ten miles of the to.vn. The Mexican customs authorities have come to this side with their books and recorJs. The commander despairs of holding the place unless reinforced. Gen. Ayala made a formal demand for the place this morning. Three American merchants are in jiil for reluiing to contribute to the defease of the town. |