The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 3, 1896, Page 1

to be taken 1ruwn the Library.**** VOLUME LXXX.—NO. 125. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1896. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FLOOD, FIRE AND STORM One Hundred Persons Meet Death in the Florida Hurricane. TEN THOUSAND MADE HOMELESS Havoc Caused by the Great Tidal Wave That Swept Cedar Keys. 5 SCORES OF VESSELS WRECKED AND CREWS DROWNED, Sad Scenes of Deso'ation and Devas- tation in a Path Fifty Miles Wide. JACKSONVILLE, Fra., Oct. 2.—The West India hurricane which struck Flor- jida Tuesday, though it lasted but three s, was the most disastrous storm ever serienced in Florida. The damage to perty in the State alone will foot upa on dollars. a hundred lives were lost and per- baps 10,000 people were rendered home- le: The eourse of the storm was from iar Keys, on the Gulf coast, north by ast to and tbrough the thriving ywo of Lake City. Through the path miles wide few houses are left stand- the wind at times blowing at the rate of 100 miles an hour and averaging 80. cksonville scores of buildings were ed and trees blown down. The storm had the characteristics of a tor- nado. It skipped some places in its path, bounding over to others, where ruin was W0 Cedar Keys was exposed to the 1 e of its fury. There a score of ishermen on the sponge banks were drowned and their vessels were wrecked. A tidal wave visited the town and inun- dated During the tidal wave a fire broke out, and the unusual spectacle was witnessed of firemen fighting flames al- most shoulder deep in water. Lake City had almost every tree in the town blown down and for two days the streets were impassable. Two people were killed—a prominent lady, Mrs. Fra- zier, and a negro boy. Here many houses were razed, while the roofs of others went shirling through the air. Lake City is in Columbia County, which has great Inm- ber interests. Half of the yellow pine timber was blown down and lumber and turpentine men lost thousands of dollars, s the lumber is badly splintered ana will soon be attacked by worms. In Baker County, which joins Columbia, not a score of houses out of a thousand were left standing. Grain stored in barns was blown away or destroyed by rain. oss the fields cotton was destroyed and nds of cattle were killed. The im- nse lumber mill of Eppinger & Russell ee was destroyed, including stores residences, and many people were hurt, though none were killed. At Macclenny, in the same county, the same tale might be told. Sanderson, a few miles distant, was al- most wiped out. All of the men employed in the turpentine factories and lumber- mills are not only homeless, but without food, and a famine there is impending. The citizens of each of these towns have organized relief committees and have is- i appeals to the public for aid. Hil- liards, in Duval County, was also devas- tated and people ed and wounded by the falling of houses upon them. e SCENES OF DEVASTATION, A an Vessels Go Down in the Hurricans and Many Lives Are Lost SAVANNAH, GaA., Oct. 2,—A letter from Cedar Keys, Fla., dated October 1, says: The West India hurricane, of which the Weather Bureau gave warning, struck Cedar Keyes about 3:30 o’clock Tue-day morning and left a scene of wreckage and devastation in its wake. It is by far the most destructive storm that has ever visited this portion of the @\ ulf coast in twenty years, and the prop- erty loss is immense. Though warning had been given nothing indicated a blow of unusual severity. Up to 11 o’clock the night was calm and quiet. At thathour a moderate breeze sprang up from the eastward, increasing gradually "until a thirty-mile wind was blowing. About4 A. M. it blew a perfect tornado and sud- denly changed to the southeast, bringing in @ perfect deluge of water, the tide rising two feet higher than it did in the memorable gale of 1884, which was at the time said to be tle severest storm on record. At 7 o'clock an immense tidal wave came 1n from the south, carrying destruc- tion with it. Boats, wharves and small houses were hurled upon the shore, and breaking into fragments covered the streets with wreckage, rendering them almost impassable, while the torrents of water rusning through every open space would take the strongest man off his feet. At 11 A. M. the Worst was over, the wind subsided, the water began to recede, and by 2 p. M. people began reckoning up the losses and clearing away thes wreckage. The property loss is very heavy. Aside from direct damage from the storm, while the gale was at 1is heignt fire broke out in the Bottini House and it was burned. The wind totaily demolished the large handsome Methodist Episcopal Church South, the Cedar Keys High School, tne Christian Church and three colored hurches, several private residences and ‘il the fish-houses except one. It also adly damaged a number of residences ¥and stores. $ The Buwanee Ice Factory, Wolf's Cedar | Mill, the Eagle Pencil Company’s mill, { also the large lumber mill of V. J. Her- long and the planing mill of Moyer & EBons, just completed and resdy for work, A STUDY IN EVOLUTION. tral and Peninsular rallroad is a heavy loser, as all the track trestling is washed away for a distance of three and a haif miles. It will probably be & month before the trains run through. The adjoining island of Atscena Otie also suffered considerably, the Faber company being the principal losers. Their storage room, with about 3100 cases of cedar ready for shipment, was washed away, and the cedar has gone to sea. They also lost the office buildings and contents, which were cedar logs. Great as the Joss of property is, it is feared that the next few days will reveal a deplorable loss of life as well. So far as heard up to Thursday, eighteen per- sons have been drowned. Of the whites s1x belonged to one family, a mother, four children and a niece. The Mary Eliza, a sponging schooner, came in at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning. Jury-rig-ing had to be cut away to pre- vent capsizing. She reported that at dark Monday night nearly 100 vessels were an- chored on the sponge barsand at daylight this morning not one was in sight. Some may have made harbors at other points, but many have gone down. At 7 p. M. Wednesday part of the crew, eight men, of the sponger Annie came ashore in dingys and reported that the schooner had capsized and sunk off shore end four men had been drowned. Much anxiety is felt in regard to the fishermen encamped on the island along the coast and others who left for Tampa yesterday. The result of the storm will be particn- larly disastrous to those engaged in the fishing industry, which bad opened with the most flattering prospects for a suceess- ful season. Cut off from shipment by railroad they will lose at least a month of their best time and cannot hope to do more than pay expenses. Several large stores, warehouses, boat- houses and residences were unroofed and otherwise damaged. Numerous small craft are missing, and the crews of some are saved and others | lost. Many of the rescued men report ter- rible experiences, some clinging for life to capsized boats, and others hanging on to tree tops, beaten and buffeted by wind and waves until almost exhausted. They all show the effects in their tattered cloth- ing and bruised flesh, but are thankful to escape with their lives. Many others are still unaccounted for and families and friends are filled with anxiety, hoping for the best, but fearing the worst. — AT THBE MERCY OF GALES, Captain Smith Tells of the Destruction to Shipping at Savannah. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 2.—Captain Frederick Smith of the steamship Nacoochee, which arrived from Savannah this morning, told a number of thrilling tales of the havoc wrought by the recent storm. “The worst of the storm,” sald he, ‘“‘was on Tuesday afternoon. We were tied to our pier in the Savannah River, and, although our mooring held, others gave way all about us. By dinner-time at least fifty vessels had broken away and drifted on a frightful sea. “Steam and sailing vessels were wrecked immediately astern of us. Further down stream I saw at least ten more steamships at the mercy of the tempest. “A Norwegian bark called the Rosenius broke from her moorings and capsized in the midale of the river, one man going to bis death. From the deck of my vessel we could see the roofs of churches, schools, private houses and hospitals flying through the air.” . Rufus 8. Moxon, a merchant from Bos- ton, who was on the Nacoochee, tells of a thrilling ride on a wild Texan pony through forty miles of swamp lands to Savannah. He said that all along the route trees were uprooted and fell across the track. - For seven hours he rode furi- ously, dodging death at every’ turn and when finally he was out of danger the brave little pony thai had taken a!l the obstacle jumps superbly, and to which he really owed his life, dropped dead from ex- haustion and fright. e DAMAGE IN CEMETERIES. It Will Take Three Years to Repair the Havoc Done in Washington. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2—The storm of Tuesday and Wednesday did great damage at the National cemeteries in the vicinity of Washington. The sex- ton at Arlington National Cemetery re- ports that the trunks of fallen trees lie across the tombs all over the grounds. The soldiers' monument was not damaged, but there are hundreds of mounds which must be rebuilt and again sodded. In Oak Hill Cemetery two trees on each side of the monument erected by the late W. W. Eorcoran to the memory of John How- ard Payne, author of “Home, Sweet Home,”” were torn up by the roots, but fell in such a way as not to injure the monu- ment. At the Soldiers’ Home Cemetery thirty beautiful trees, most of them oaks which have withstood the storms of more than tifty years, have been laid low. Three hundred trees have been counted fallen in the Boldiers’ Hcme grounds and General Stanley states with the present force it'will take three years to ciear up the brush, In some instances in the cemeteries the up- rooted roots of the trees brought with them portions of the caskets and their contents suffered considerably, The Florida Cen- | which had been interred in this vicinity. STRADDLE BUG iy Jilih s CLOUDS CLEARED AWAY AT CANTON And They Will Disappear From the Nation Next Month. MWEKINLEY CAN'T LOSE. That Is the Opinion of Leaders Who Call Upon the Major. GREETINGS OF DELEGATIONS. Confidence, Says the Republican Can- didate, Will Restore the Pros- perity of the Nation. CANTON, Omo, Oct. 2—After nearly ‘week of continuous rain and wind, which have greatly interfered with the reception of delegations by Major McKinley, the sun broke out this morning and the clouds were cleared away. Among Major McKinley's early callers were Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts; Theodere Roosevelt, president of the New York Police Board; Congressman Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Congressman Nelson Dingley, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. They have been making speeches in this part of the country and called to pay their respects to the candi- date and tell him of the prospectsin the different sections in which they have traveled. This is how they sum up the situation: Mr. Dingley said: “The outlook for a Republican victory is more than promis- ing. It seems now only a question of how large a plurality will be given Major Mc- Kinley.”” Mr. Dalzell said: “I have been all vinced that the State will be carried by the Republicaus.” Mr. Lodge said: *‘Speaking for Massa- chusetts, I can say that the majority for McKinley this year will far exceed the Republican majority of two years ago, which was 64,000.”” - Mr. Roosevelt said: *‘The indications are that New York will give McKinley the greatest majority ever accorded any can- | didate. In fact the sentiment in the Bast is all in favor of the Revublican ticket.” Rutherford Hayes, son of the late Presi- dent Rutherford B. Hayes, called on Major McKinley to-day, as did also Harry Garfield, son of the late President James A. Garfield. Bishop Van Vleck called this afternoon. About noon a delegation of 350 farmers from the West Virginia panhandle arrived. They were met the depot by the Canton moutted troop and escorted to the taber- nacle. The members of this delegation claim that many of the farmers who had contemplated joining the party at Wheel- ing were detzined because of washouts on the railroads caused by the recent floods. A delegation of railroad men from Chi- cago Junction and Huron County, Ohio, about 600 strong, arrived at about the same time. f In response to the addresses delivered by the spokesmen for their delegations Major McKinley said: It gives me speciar pleasure to meet at my home in & joint meeting the citizens of the State of West Virginia and of my own native State. A Republican has no embarrassment in speaking to an American audience. He does not have to make & different speech for a dif- ferent locality. [Laughter and applause.] The great thought of the people of this country, wherever they may reside or whatever may be their occupation, is how we are to get back as & Nation to the old conditions of business activity and prosperity. In a single word, the trouble with the country is a lack of confi- dence. As to what has brought about that lack of confidence we may differ; that there is a lack of confidence evervwhere every one must concede, for every citizen has felt it in hisown trade and experience. Now, what is this thing called “business confidence”? It is a belief in the stability of values; faith in our murksts and our money; faith that the con- sumption of next year will be as great or greater than the present one; iaith thatmen will have work and that the currency of the country will be fixed and stable and undepre- ciating in value. [Great applause.| This thing called ‘business confidence” never shuts up an American mill; neyer re- duces wages or curtailed employment; never refuses loans; never got up arun on a bank; never stopped & mine; never created idleness among laboring men, [Applause.] When con- fidence is presant with us the Sheriff has less to do [great laughter and applause] and adver- tises fewer forced sales. [Renewed appiause.] | The court docket Tegisters fower judgments, through West Virginia, and I am con- public charity is less invoked and the free “igouphouse” is unknown and unnecessary. [Tremendous cheers.] When confidence is shaken misfortunes come not singly, but in battalions, and suffering falls on every com- munity. [Applause.] No part of our popula~ tion is exempt. It may come from one thing or it may come from another. Doubtin the business world is death to business. [Applause and cries of “That’s right.””] We have it now. We knew the hour it came. [Cheering.] We know what brought it [renewed gheering] and Ihope we know how to get ria of it, [Tre- mendous cheering and cries of “You bet we do."] We have had it in the United States to & greater or less degree from the moment it was settled {n 1892 that your protective tariff laws were to be changed. [Applause.] It contin- ued until the changes were actually made and still longer, until the people in 1894 elected a a Republican National House of Representa- tives and made it impossible to cut deeper into the industries of our country. [Great ap- plause.] ’ ‘When ¢he doubt of further changes had been thus removed, then came the realization of the destruction which that tariff law had done to some of our great industries, entailing an injury felt in every State and community of our country. Then following that was a loss to the treasury from insufficlent revenues un- der that legislation. Then the run on the geld reserve, then bonds to make that gold reserve good. Then the obstruction in the Senate to any emergency legisiation which would supply the loss of revenue entailed by that law, and the very character of that re- sistance in the Senate to ilegislation which would increase the revenues omly increased the uncertainty. [Applause.] Then with all these burdens upon us the Chicago plutform with its reactionary provisions came to further fret the country. The effect of this platform upon the business world has been character- by the old ized not by Républicans | but | ‘and trus aed of Democractic party asa m &to’d interest in the United States. Revolutionary in character and directly leading to National dishonor and partial repudiation. [Cheering.] The people this year are engaged in a great National contest to restore the confidence so sadly shaken by the succession of events which I have briefly named. In less than five weeks they will speak and make known their decree. What will it be, men of Ohio and West Virginia? [Cries of “McKinley, McKin- ley,” followed by tremendous cheering.] If the people shall with ringing and im- pressive voice declare four weeks from next Tuesday that the public credit shall not be lowered, the National currency shall not be degraded, the peace and tranquility of this Government shall not be broken, the revenues of the treasury shall not be longer insufficient for ‘the needs of the Government, and then that the tariff shall no longer be inadequate to protect the American workshop and Ameri- can market, business activity will return, con- fidence will come back again, courage will take the place of fear, work will be resumed and prosperity will come to bless and benefit usall. [Great applause.] God grant to the American people the wisdom to guide them in the right. [Great cheering.] AN UNBLUSHING FORGERYX, Linocoln Did Not Use the Words Atiributed to Him by Democrats. CHICAGO, ILL., Oct. 2.—Perry S. Heath of the Republican National Committee to- day received from John G. Nicolay, one of President Lincoln’s secretaries, a letter in which he declares “'spurious” an alleged quotation from Lincoln now in general circulation as a Democratic campaign doc- ument. The quutation thus cendemned is as follows: “Mr. Lincoln said: ‘As a result of the war corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the coun- try will endeavor to prolong its reign by working on the prejudices of the people, until all wealth is acgregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this mdment more anxiety lor the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of war. God grant that my suspicions may prove groundless.’”’ Mr. Nicolay continues: “This alleged quotation from Mr. Lincoln is a bald, un- blushing forgery. The great President never said it or wrote it, and never said or wrote anything that by the utmost license could be distorted to resemble it. Its origin appears to date back to 1888, as it first obtained circulation in a little pam- phlet printed by a radical agitator in Iowa, copyrighted on May 10 of that year. It appears now without explanation or credit,” Ex-Governor Pitkin of Louisiana called at headquarters to-day. He has been speaking in Maine and now goes to pointe in the Mississippi Valley. He declares the McKinley sentimeni everywhere is as- tonishing. A pear neighbor of Mr. Bryan at Lin- coln, Judge E. M. Coffin, reported at headquarters to-day that a poll of the precinet in which Mr. Bryan lives shows 211 for McKinley, 27 for Bryan and 19 scattering. Benator Voorhees Not JUL. WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 2.—Benator Voorhees’ son and private secretary, James Paxton Voor] who resides in this cl:ly. says that the statement tele- graphed from Terre Hauts, as to his father being v-z ill at Mackinaw, is en- tirely unfound ! .. Trearury Gold Reserve. £ ‘WASHINGTON, - D. C., Oct. 2.—The treasary -gold. reserve at the close of business to-day stood at ‘$123,585,561. The withdrawals of Thursday aud Friday at New York were $238,564. There was received $686,000 in gold ‘in' exchange for .currency. —_—— ILVER BUG \ SEALS MRESIFE FOR THE PRESENT Cannot Be Killed at the Cliff House as Has Been Urged. LITTLE TO THE RESCUE. The Assistant Attorney-General Temporarily Protects the Amphibians, THIS CITY OWNS THE ROCKS, But the Government by Special Act of Congress Can Protect the Bay Fish Industry. ‘WASHINGTON, D. 0., Det. 2~ snt Attorney-General Little of the rior Department to-day gave an opinion at the request of Assistant Secretary Sims of that department concerning the seal rocks, situated off Point Lobos. In 1887 the rocks were granted by act of Congress to the City and County of S8an Francisco bin trust and under certain conditions, one provision of which was that the United States may at all times control and limit or diminish the number of seals resorting to said rocks so as to protect the fisheries and fishing industries. It was provided further that when said rocks should be required by the United States Govern- ment title to them was to be reinvested in the United States. The Attorney-General says: “T am asked for ar opinion as to whether the Secretary of the Interior 1s charged with the duty of carrying into effect the right reserved to the United States in the first proviso of said act to ‘at all vimes control and limit or diminish the number of seals resorting to said rocks so asto protect the fisheries and fishing indus- tries.” ©Ivis urged that seals have become so numerous on these rocks as to seriously interfere with the fisheries industry in San Francisco Bay, and the Commis- sioner of Fish and Fisheries recommends that these seals be entirely destroyed or their number diminished to such an ex- tent as to grant the relref asked. +I find in the papers a report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, to the effect that the City and County of San Francisco, Cal.,, has accepted the trust imposed by the act. Iam of the opinion that this is s matter exclusively within the jurisdiction and control of the Congress of the United States. This de- partment of the Government is only charged with the control of the public do- main, and the Seal Rocks, having been granted by the act quoted, are no longer part of that domain. It is true, certain rights were reseruad to the United States i the premises, but having once taken the property out of executive control, without providing specifically for execu- tfve supervision of the reserved interest, it would seem that an act of Congress is necessary to ~reinvest this department with jurisdiction.” INDICTMENT OF AUCTIONEERS. New York Authorities Begin a Crusade on Houses Where Glaring Swindles Are Conducted. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 2—The Sep- tember Grand Jury this afternoon handed in several indictments against auctioneers in this city for conducting fraudulent auctions, and in addition, an indictment against those auction houses against whom sufficient evidence to warrant an indictment had been p: Arrests will probably be mm‘ 3% The ' presentment, _ Dart, says: “Among the varions fi - devices may be menti e Pi ) are ing false, fictitious d from ‘pufters’ or by bi ?tw:d these auc and n the pay a - ose of mnfinx 1i- ?imn bids ! in order to enhance the c offered for auction. is practice, evidence has " ing that in at least one ins it was'the custom.of an: auctioneer s an article.of high grade. he -put up for sale from furnishing to those < highest bids a simi quality.” ~ ——— . Failure of a Carpet-Dealer. NEW ORLEANS, La., Oct. 2—A, R. Manajas, which was in possession of the Brosseau, one of the largest carpet-dealers of New Orleans, has assigned. Assets, $96,000; liabilities, $286,000. Mr. Brosseau is a half brother of Justice White, who was summoned here to look into the affairs of the firm before its failure. s g FIERCE FIGHTING IN CUBA. Spanish Forces Encounter the Insurgents and Many Are Slain on Both Sides. HAVANA, Cuma, Oct. 2.—General Mel- guiz reports that the combined Spanish columns commanded by Colonels Hernan- dez, Frances and Romero, met several rebel parties under Maceo, near Tombar del Telrino, and dislodged them from their positions. The rebels retired and the Spanish col- umns continued their march. The Spaniards again found the enemy and a fierce engagement occurred, resulting in the rebels being dislodged a second time. The enemy fired four cannon shots at close range. The column under Colonel Hernandez returned to Dimas for the purpose of carrying the wounded to a place where they could be pronerly treated. Colonels Frances and Romero continued their march and entered ‘the town of rebel leaders Brico, Daiz and others. The enemy made a strong resistance, but they were routed and driven out of the town by a bayonet charge, in which the losses of the rebels were heavy, eight of their dead baving been counted on the field. The Spanish losses were eleven ited and a major, a captain and eighty- privates wounded, forty-six of whom are very seriously injured. JACEMEL LAID N ASHES For Four Days Fire Raged in the Jamaica Town, Causing a Big Loss. The Damage Estimated at Five Million Dollars, and Great Destitution Now Prevails. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 2.—The steamer Andes, which arrived this after- noon from Jamaican ports, brings news of the great fire which destroved two-thirds of the town of Jacemel, on September 19, 20 and 21 At [0 o’clock in the morning the alarm of fire was given and every effort was made at once to have it extinguished. The fire originated on the hill near the cathedral and completely destroyed that edifice. The flimes went seaward and burned all the houses and stores between the hill and the sea. No water could be obtained at any time during the fire, which raged from Saturday morning until Tuesday might, when the Andes left. On that night the fire was stiil smoldering. The loss sustained is estimated at $5,000,- 000. The fire is supposed to be the work of an incendiary, Great destitution prevails, and it is for- tunate that the Andes had a large cargo frowa New York for that place. This was landed in time to relieve distress and com- manded a ready sale. —————— Ravages of a Prairie Fire. HURON, 8. D., Oct. 2.—A prairie fire vesterday afternoon and last night cov- ered a strip of country seven miles wide, between Milwaukee and the Northwestern tracks, three miles west of Broadland and south of Woolsey and east nearly to Val- ley Junction. Immense quantities of hay and grain were destroyed. John H. Snyder and the Smyt brothers each lose 400 tons of hay and much grain. It is estimated that 5000 bushels o f wheat and 10,000 tons of hay have been burned, some of the farmers losing all they had. = g Killed by a Boiler. Explosion. CAES CITY, M1cx., Oct. 2.—The boiler in the Mails saw mill at Novesta, a small town nine miles southeast of here, exploded to-day, completely wrecking the miil, kill- h:g two men and seriously injuring two others. The killed are Nelson Mills, proprietor of the mill, and Jerry Lewis, engineer. The injured are Ezra Scribner and Ezra Dace, probably fatally. Lewis and Mills leave families. The cause of the explosion is unknown. PR o N Three Guests Porished. DENISON, Tex., Oct. 2.—This morning about 2:30 the City Hotel at Ladonia was destroyed by fire. Three guests perished— Mrs. Jane Knapp, who was visiting; Johnny McFarland, a boy about 12 years old, and Miss Carrie McFarland, about 16 years old. Beveral boarders narrowly escaped. g A Bilk- Mill Burned. PLAINFIELD, N. J., Oct. 2.—The silk- mill at Burun§ owned by H. Alfred Bireuli of New York, burned this morn- ing. Loss $200,000; partly insured. S TR, ZLesser Brothers Fail. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 2.—Lesser Brothers, wholesale dealers in clothing, fai'ed 10-day, with liabilities estimated at $150,000. The firm stood well in the trade and were reputed to have a capital of | § 000, 1 IO PUERCO BANDIT RAID Outlaws Attempt to Rob an Atlantic and Pa- cific Train,, HELD IN CHECK BY A MESSENGER. One of the Gang Is Slain and Several Are Believed to Be Wounded. PLUCKY DEF N E OF EXPRESS- CAR TREA:URE. United States Marshal Loomis Chances to Be Aboard and Gives Bat. tie to the Band. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Oct. 2.—An attempt to rob the express.car on the east« pound: train on the Atlantic and Pacific road was made by a party of armed men about 7 o’clock this evening at Rio Puereco, a little station thirty-four miles west of Albuquergue consisting of only the sta« tion-house and water-tank. The train made its usnal stop, and just as the order was given to start a volley was fired by the robbers, one of the shots putting out the light in the lantern held by a brakes man. The engineer was covered by the gang and ordered to.chimb down and une couple the express-car. The express-messenger in charge of the car, hearing the volley of shots, prepared for trouble and when the gang appeared opened fire, letting the bullets go as fast as a self-cocking revolver could send them. This demoralized the robbers and taey fell back, firing wildly. By this time the passengers realized what was going on. Deputy United States Marshal Loomis bappened to be on one of the rear cars and ran forward, reaching the front of the train just in time to re-enforce the express-messenger, who was keeping up his fire. One of the robbers was lett dead on the road, and it is not known how many of the others were injured, though it is believed that several of them were more or less wonnded. There were seyen in all in the gang. When the dead mean’s mask was re- moved he was recoghized by Marshal Loomis as a man named Young, who was not a novice in crime. He was killed by the first shot fired by the Marshal, and when he feli the others broke and ran, soon taking themselves out of danger, as the evening was cloudy and very dark. The members of the gang that Young associated with are known to the author- ities, and this will be of much service to the officers in tracking them. The operator at Rio Puerco sent information of the affair to the headquarters of the company here, but, as there is only one railroad wire to the station, no details could be ob~ tained until the arrival of the train at 11:20 . M. As soon as the information wus received, Superintendent Walker of the Atlanticand Pacific made up a special train, and, with a number of 2ood men and horses, started for the scene of the trouble as fast as one of the best engines of the company could pull him. The posse was on the trail of the robbers in less than twa hours after the affair oc- curred. Rio Puerco station is in the midst of a barren open country. Very few people live in the vicinity; it is many miles from any important settlement, and it will be almost impossible for the robbers to cone ceal themselves in the country for any considerable length of time or getout of the district without being discovered. This, witn the additionai advantage of having a pretty correct idea of who they are, by reason of knowing the one who was shot, and the other fact that at least two of them are quite severely wounded, makes it reasonably certain that the'most of the gang will be captured ina very short time, and as the law of New Mexico makes train-robbery a capital offense, this will probably be their last contract. Robert Lewis Harris Dead. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 2. — Robert Lewis Harris, an old and prominent member of the American Society of En- gineers and of the Institution of Civil Engineers of Great Britain, died suddenly of apoplexy on last Tuesday at Kearsarge village, New Hampshire. He was 62 years old and leaves a widow and two daughters. Harris’ railroad experience began on the termination of his aoprenticeship as chief draughtsman of the Cleveland and St. Louis Air Line Railway. For forty years he was actively engaged in railroad work, eitber as chief engineer or in construction. From 1860 to 1871 he was located in San Francisco, and was engaged professionally on all the railroads projected, built and terminating in that locality.