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Show QUITE A NAVAL BATTLE Men on Alleged Smuggler Fight Custom Cus-tom Otficeis SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Oct. IS. Reports from Ensenadn, brought by passengers of the St. Denis, arriving here today, are to tin- effect that tho capiuro of the local schooner Juanlta bv the ,l. xican customs Officers was the occasion of iulte a naval h: M'e pive officials left Ensenada late Saiur-iitn Saiur-iitn afternoon tn an oii.-n row boat, rowing row-ing eighteen mlle-s to Santa Tomaso p. i.-h in-ar which ihe alleged smuggle) had b-. n seen the- day before Th. Mexicans Mex-icans reached the- vlclnltj of th.-ii quarry shortly before midnight Fire at the OlHceis. Th approach of the small boat wus iniif-il by the Juanlta s men while she wus Still some rods awav and they, after shouting to th" officers to keep awav. fired a volley from rifles. No harm wan dv in-, though the shots whlssad close bs the rowboal The revenue men replied wMli ii vollev of their own and thev shot be i k direc tly lull, the schooner, following With ii second volley. The JUanltS Showed the effects of the battle in several bullet holes through her cabin, masts and olongslda The situation of the captured men . i.pt Osterhauset Ben journey and Frank l-'ulmer, is legardr-d as s.-rlous as there have been previous charges against ( them in m nl o |