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Show Mexican Soldiers Stealing Texas Cattle. Austin, Texas, December 11. Adjutant-General Adjutant-General King yesterday received a letter from W. H. Titus, residing in El Paso county, coun-ty, stating that on December 2d, about twenty-five Mexican soldiers crossed into Texas and deliberately stole a herd of twenty-five cattle belonging to Americans. When the soldiers put in appearance the cowboys asked them their authority for crossing into Texas and driving off cattle. The leader told them they had better go back to camp. Titus asked the Adjutant-General for the State Rangers to protect the frontier. General Gen-eral King replied whatever aid they can render ren-der will be freely given, but such invasion by foreign soldiers is fully within the scope of the authority of the United States army. The matter will be brought to the notice of the President, |