The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-04-05
FOWLER AFTER BANDITS
THE INTREPID AGENT CHASEs
SIX MEN WITH FOUR
FREIGHT RATES INCREASED
The Solomon Train Robbers in the
Mogollen Mountains-Railroad
Talk From San Diego

Special Agent Fowler, CT Wells. Fargo
Express company, is of the right sort lie
is the man who was on the Santa Fe tram
recently attacked by robbers at Solomons
in New Mexico, and who at once seized his
revolver and jumped into the fray, shoot
ing right and left, dispensing the bandits
This morning Chief Clerk Waller of SUI
perntendent Wells office, received word
from Fowler, in a dispatch sent from
"Slaughter's Horse Camp" in the MoSol-
lon mountains in Southern New Mexico.
It will be remembered that after van
gushing the robbers, Fowler stayed on the
scene until posse arrived and Joined
them in pursuing the men.
The dispatch in question had been sent
to the nearest telegraph station by cou-
rier. It stated that four men Of the pur-
suing party had become exhausted, and
their horses were used up so Fowler had
sent them back. He and one other whi1e
man. with two Indians were to keep on the
trail, and he thought they would get their
game He also stated that ever since the
time of the robbery he had trailed the SIX
men who had committed the crime, and
he had no doubt about meeting them Tine
fact that he had voluntarily decreased his
force to two less than his opponents did
not seem to enter into his calculations at
all Fowler is the sort of man who should
be given command of a regiment in case OF
q scrap with Spain.
INCREASED FREIGHT RATES
The Santa Fe and Southern PACING
freight offices are both anxious to get the
minutes of the meeting Of the trans-con-
tinental freight bureau, which met last
week at Monterey. The rates on almost
all overland freights were raised by this
association, in some instances hundred
per cent, The details of these changes
have not been received as yet but 1t is eX-
pected that they will cause number Of
complaints until the markets are read
1usted to meet the situation caused by the
raise.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC MEETING
Tomorrow In San Francisco will occur
the annual meeting Of the Southern Pacific
directors. when new officials will be elected
for the year It is a moral certainty that
C. p. Huntington will be again made
president and that the present board OF
directors will be reelected. There seems
TO be some evidence going to show THAT Mr..
Stillman one Of the representatives of the
6earles interest is not satisfied, but he has
announced that he will vote for Mr.. Hunt
ington. Mr.. Stillman seems to have been
given a cold reception by the officials Of
the line in San Francisco, and is In bad
humor about this, or something regarding
the business of the road.
Next week will come the annual meeting
of the Central Pacific, which is only of
less interest and Importance than that of
the Southern Pacific, for the question of
the lease Of this property to the Southern
Pacific will come up, as well as the ques-
ton of paying the stock holders the rate OF
two per cent on their stock, as was the case
until 1894 from 1885. At the latter time
Mr.. Huntington came TO the conclusion
that the money was wasted, and stopped
the dividends He, however, had to come
to time in 1895, and the following year,
when he compromised on one cent, and
then quit altogether.
SAN DIEGO'S PAPER RAILWAY
Now that the Griefing papers Of San
Diego find that they have 20 fight Presi-
dent Ripley Of the Santa Fe, instead Of
only General Manager Nevln, they have
let up bit in their daily tales of woe about
this line, and have resumed their practice
Of building railways all over the country,
all heading to the City of Grief. For this
purpose they have revived the talk about
the Lower California Development COM
pany building a road from Ensenada 70
Yuma with a branch to San Diego.
Charles Cheston of London, the chairman
of the board of directors. with l. A. Pack
ard the general manager of the peninsula
company, are now on the coast at En-
senada, and have been in consultation with
the railway committee of the chamberof
commerce of San Diego. 1t is expected
now that Mr.. Cheston will meet with the
chamber of commerce tomorrow, when
the matter will be discussed. As he will
then have to report to the London directors,
and raise the money in that city, it is far
from likely that anything Will result from
the talk. A road from Yuma to Ensenada
would pay perhaps in century or two,
but not before.
One of the San Diego aldermen, Mr.. Mutt.
II is generally reported in one of the
screeds "has gone out on the desert along
the line of the proposed railway, AMI
when he returns, which will be in few
days, he may have some important infor-
nation for the rest of the committee"
NOTES AND PERSONALS
Assistant General Freight Agent Luce OF
the Southern Pacific office in this city is
expected to return tomorrow from thu
north where he has been for some days,
attending the meeting of the trans-con-
tinental freight bureau.
Vice President T. Z. Gibbon of the Ter
minal railway will return today from San
Francisco, where he has been on business.
The Pasadena electric cars now bear the
legend on their ends, United States Mail"
This makes it a crime, according to the
court rulings during the Debs strike, for
any employee to delay their progress by
striking. All of the street cars in the city
except on the Traction and the Temple
street lines are now mail cars
THE GLENDALE ROAD
The citizens subscription committee is
working all along the line of the Terminals
Glendale branch, trying to raise the
$500 bonus required by the railway COM
pany preliminary to changing its line into
an electric road.
The time limit set for the completion Of
the subscription expires next Thursday,
be done in order to make up the sum within
that time. Some of the subscribed
amounts have been increased during the
past week, and few new items added, but
the lands and moneys promised as yet fail
considerably short of the required figure.
1t Is believed, however, that the residents
along the road will rescue the enterprise
from an untimely death in the next three
Gays. If they do not it will not be tie
committees fault, for its members have
worked hard during the last two months.