The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 28, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXI JUST A PLAIN REQUEST TO THE POWERS, Passage of the Resolution Asking Protection for Armenians. TO0 CHECEK MASSACRES. Some Members of the House Who Oppose Meddling With the Berlin Treaty. MORE FIERY MEASURES URGED. Hepburn of Iowa Would Break Off Dip- lomatic Relations With Turkey at Once. WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 27.—The House to-day discussed for four hours and passed by a vote of 143 to 26, the Senate ent resolution declaring it to be an perative duty in the interest of hu- ity to express the earnest hope that n concert, brought about by may be speedily given ch decisive measures as b y the hand of fanaticism and law- less violence, and as shall secure to the un- ffending Christians of the Turkish Em- pire all the rights belonging to them as shall s men and Christians and as beneficiaries of | the explicit provisions of that treaty; re- ng the President to communicate esolutions to the five signatory ng that Con- dent in the ay take for the American citi- these powers thereof; and declari gress will support the Pr most vigorous action } and security of on tted upon the persons and 1ch citizens, New York, at whose re- on was taken up, opened e and advocated its adoption, as did also McCreary (D.) of Kentucky, Hitt (R.) of Illinois, Mo setts, S of New York, Brumm (R.) of Penn- sylvania, Sperry (R.) of Connecticut and Howe (R.) of New York. Various amendments were offered to it ground that it did not go far —one by Hepburn (R.) of Iowa Minister at Washington and the severance of diplomatic relations with Turkey—but | they were all rejected. Turner (D.) of Georgia, Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio, Walsh (D.) of Ohio, Adams (R.) of Pennsylvania, Johnson (R.) of California and Bailey (D.) of Texas argued against the resolution. Proceedings on the concurrent resolu- tion began by Quigg (R.) of New York | asking its immediate consideration, which was granted. He stated that the House Committee onx Foreign Affairs had re- porled a practically similar resolution. Quigg urged the adoption of the Senate resolution. Our interest in the situation, he said, was chiefly humane and but slightly political. The newspapers, he said, had mentioned the murder of citizens of the United States, but official reports received at the State Department showed that such was not the case, and the com- mittee was unable to find that any Ameri- can been murdered there, except, per- e bicyclist Lenz. g discussed the resolution at some length. Tt would be declared an answer to the allegations from Constantinople that the disorders were purely political, and it woul so help to fix the responsi- bllity for their continuance. The time haa gone by in the development of the human race when any nation could shut its eyes Am I my brother's keeper?’’ 1ch inhuman atrocities were being ted. ty of this Government undertaking to question the failure to enforce a treaty to which it was not a party, and especially at a time when we were denying to European powers the right to interfere with the af- fairs of nations on this continent. He would eliminate from the.resolution all reference to the treaty and confine it to a denunciation of the outrages. McCreary (D.) of Kentu heartily in- dorsed the resolution. The civilized world was astounded at the outrages and crimes committed in the last few vears by the Turks. He could see no reason why Con- gress should not express in diplomatic lines strong language of the regret of the | American people at the deplorable condi- tion of affairs in the unfortunate country. The purpose of the resolution, as he un- derstood it, was to plead with the Eu- ropean powers that they enforce the pro- visions of the treaty to protect the Ar- menians, The veryv fact that exequaters had been denied to American Consuls at Harpoot and Erzeroum was an important reason why Congress should take an inter. est in the matter. He would vote for this resolution or for any other on the subject as strong as could be written that was within the scope and authority of the United States. Hepburn (R.) of JTowa sharply criticized the resolution for not going far enoush. He offered an amendment directing the President to return the passports of the Turkish Minister to the United States, and to terminate diplomatic relavions with Turkey. Hitt (R.) of Illinois suggested that such action would terminate our relations with Turkey. Hepburn—We do not want friendly re- lations with murderers. Hitt said that a drastic resolution would only exasperate the Turks to greater atro- cities; and he urged the adoption of the Senate resolution as the best that could be done under the circumstancas. Hepburn wanted the protest to mean something when it went abroad, and’ not fell on dull ears. What did England care for such utterances? If we could startle vublic opinion there something might come of it. Morse (R.) of Massachusetts, in referring to the denials of the Armenian outrages by the Sultan, desired to pay his Tespects to that ruler by saying that he did not believe there was a man in hisdistrict who would believe the Sultan under oath. Adams (R.) of Pennsylvenia argued sgainst the resolution on ‘the ground that key, and to obtain redress for | (R.) of Massachu- | th (R.) of Michigan, Mahany ng for the dismissal of the Turkish | it would be a stultificati on of the recent declaration of the Monroe doctrine. Smith (R.) of Michigan attacked the resolution because it meant nothing— mere buncombe. McCreary (D.) of Kentucky raised a point of order against Hepburn’s amend- | ment. Hepburn, speaking to the point of order, stated that his amendment was in- | tended to emphasize the opinion of Con- | gress regarding the outrages being per- | petrated in Turkey. The resolutions be- | fore the House, said Hepburn, were abso- | lutely meaningless, and according to the gentleman from Kentucky it was only the barest possibility that anything could be | accomplished by them. | Adams (R.) of Pennsylvania—In case | you send the Turkish Minister home, who | will take care of the American citizens in that country ? Hepburn—The gentleman is proceeding upon an error in asking that question, which was manifest in a previous state- | ment. Such an action is nota declara- tion of war on the part of the United States whatever might be the action ef the nation deem ing itself to be offended. Quigg, responding to Hepburn’s re- mar said that handing the Turkish Minister’s passports to him would not hurt Turkey—the United States would be the real sufferer. Turkey did not care for the United States, but the moment the Turkish Minister leaves Washington the American Minister and nine United States Consuls in Turkey and Asia Minor will leave Constantinople, and the lives of 900 American citizens, together with all the property of the missionaries now held back from injury and destruction by the presence of these representatives of the Government, will be exposed to all the dangers of other unprotected residents and property in that country. | Hepburn’s amendment was rejected— 121 to 19—and the author could secure but fourteen Representatives, an insufficient number, to support his request for a vote by ayes and noes. Turner (D.) of Georgia made an earnest and vigorous protest against the adoption of the resolutions before the House. He said that they involved a radical departure from the previous constitutional policy of the Government. This arose from what he called a Christian clamor against Tur- key, a clamor against which the best of us, he said, would scarcely be able to stand. The action outlined in the resolu- | tions was an impertinence and a violation of the comity that should exist between nations. “The powers that signed the Berlin treaty,” said Turner, “‘are Christian na- tions as well as we. Shall we arrogate to ourselves such a superiority of Chris- | tian piety that we must tell them what to do?” The resolutions were a violation of Washington’s warning against engaging in entangling alliances with foreign pow- ers. They expressed the purpose of Con- gress to avprove and support the Presi-’ dent in any step he might take to carry them into effect. How far was that from | a declaration of war? | The United States, he declarea, had no grievance, as a Nation, against Turkey. On the other hand, he asserted, because of her prompt promise to Minister Terrell to pay for property destroyed, we were under obligations for special and particular pro- tection /accorded to our citizens in that country. - The plea of interference on the ground of humanity would not justify this Government in assuming the attitude out- lined in the resolutions. The question of Armenian protection was one for other nations. The attempt to interfere therein involved both an impertinence and an en- tangling alliance. Congress, in the opinion of the speaker, should leave to the State Department to make through the usual diplomatic channels the protest against the attacks against the Armenians in the name of humanity. The resoiutions were further debated by McCreary (D.)%f Kentucky, Mahany (R.) of New York and Taft (R.) of Ohio, the latter of whom offered the following amendment: Resolved, That the conscience of humanity fastens upon the six Christian powers above named the responsibility of the continuance of the butchery of Armenian Christians; that the spectacle of these six leading Christian powers permitting the murder of Christians who, by treaty stipulations, were placed under their special care, is humiliating to the last de- gree and discredits the Christian religion throughout the world. Resolved, That the one of the signatory powers that first takes action under the Berlin treaty | to prevent further butchery of detenseless | Armenian Christians, will receive the grateful | recognition, not only of the American citizens, | but of the entire civilized world. Grosvenor (R.) of Ohio said the present condition of the subject, a most inconsist- ent and ridiculous one for any legislative body to occupy, was due to a shuddering, shivering cowardice of the body, to speak the sentiments of the American people re- garding the unspeakable outrages perpe- trated in Turkey. Why, he asked, should the United States fail to speak? He criti- cized the Committee on Foreign Affairs for putting the resolutions in the form presented. The preamble should make a definite charge that somebody has been outraged, abused or killed in order to jus- tify the text of the resolution. Why not protest to Turkey direct for a cessation of the outrages, if they are of such a serious nature asto warrant us in calling on the signatory powers to enforce the provisions of the Berlin treaty? Grosvenor said that the argument made by Adams (R.) of Pennsylvania and Quigg (R.) of New York, representing the Committee on Foreign Affairs, in response to the suggestion of Hepburn, was that because Turkey had possession of hos- tages upon whom she might retaliate in case the United States sent Mavroyeni Bey home, we should sink our mlnh'ood, our independence and seem contemptible before the world. If there had been a single American citizen injured in his person or despoiled of his property, Gros- venor said, that was reason sufficient for the United States to demand reparation and demand it at once. Demand it as promptly from a nation like Turkey as from Chile, to which we sent a warship or ‘two. «Cox (D.) of Tennessee—Amen. Grosvenor—The gentleman says Amen. But there is no “amen” in this (referring to the resolutions which he had in his hands). There’s not even ‘“Lord, be mer- ciful to us miserabls sinners.”” [Laughter.] I denounce it as .an inefficient, incomplete and unworthy declaration on behalf of the American people. Hitt (B.) of Lllinols, chairman of the | PRICE FIVE CENTS. Leave Your Fences in Washington and Look After Your Bridges at Home. Committee on Foreign Affairs, interrupted the debate long enough to report the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill for the year ending June 30, 1897, which, with the accompanying report, was ordered to be printed. The discussion was continued by Walsh (D.) of New York, who agreed with Gros- venor that the resolutions did not go far enough; by Brumm (R.) of Pennsylvania, who said without concurrence by the Presi- dent action by Congress would be without avail, and that the House should adopt the Senate resolutions because they were the only practical expression in sight; by Hardy (R.) ot Indiana, who said that the United States should have demanded to be made a party to the treaty of Berlin in order that the Armenians might have its protection, and that it would be good policy for the squadron lazily riding the waters at Hampton Roads to pass the Dardanelles and make a demonstration in front of Con- stantinople; by Sperry (R.) of Connecti- cut and by Howe (R.) of New York, who said that the people of their districts were ready to take any step they might prop- erly take if it would but result in the stop- page of the atrocities. The amendment offered by Taft was dis- agreed to, and Bailey (D.) of Texas moved to commit the resolutions to the Commit- tee on Foreign Relations. Lost, 55 to 103. He then moved to commit them with in- structions to report as a substitute the fol- lowmg: WHEREAS, The American people in common with all Christian people everywhere have be- held with terror the recent appalling out- rages and massacres of which the Christian population of Turkey have been made the vic- tims, therefore Resolved, That it is an imperative duty in the interest of humanity to express the earnest hope that the European concert brought about by the treaty referred to may speedily be given its just effect in such measures as shall stay the hand of fanaticism and lawless violence, and as shall secure to the unoffending Christians of the Turkish empire all the rights belonging to them both as men and Christians and as beneficiaries of theexplicit provisions of the treaty above recited. Resolved, That the President be requested to communicate these resolutions to the Govern- ments of Great Britain, Germany, Austria, France, Italy and Russia. Bailey said he was opposed to the Senate resolutions for the reasons that the United States having been invited to become a party to the treaty of Berlin and declined, he did not think it properfor the United States to now insist upon the enforcement of terms of a ‘treaty to which it had de- clined to become a party. The motion by Bailey was disagreed to— 41 to 119—and the original resolutions were agreed to—143 to 26. Sl TO SBEND OVER A FLEET. An Invitation to the United States Is * Advocated. LONDON, Exa., Jan. 27.—The Chronicle will to-morrow publish a leader advocat- ing that the powers who, owine to their re- spective interests and mutual suspicions, seem powerléss to act, invite" the United States to send a fleet to force. the passage of the Hellespont and compel the Sultan to stop the /arbarism prevailing in Ana- tolia. The paper says it does not suppose the fighting would be necessary, but if it were it urges that a British fleet should co- operate with the American warships. Rt IR RUSSIA GEITING READY. Preparing to Carry Out the Plan of Peler the Great. LONDON, Exg., Jan. 28.—A Vienna'dis- patch to the Daily News says that news has been received there from both Con- stantinople and Sebastopol that Russia has afleet lying at Sebastopol and. at Odessa, and that her forces are being concen- trated upon the Armenian frontier in readiness to move next spring to realize CUBAN REBELS ARE REPULSED, Defeated While Trying to Burn the Town of Sabanilla. MACEO IS BEATEN TWICE. ‘ In Retreating Over a Very Rough Country Many Horses Are Abandoned. THIS FROM SPANISH SOURCES. But Other Information States That the Natives Are Not Losing Every Battle. MADRID, Sears, Jan. 28.—A dispatch to the Imparcial from Havana says that the rebels have been repulsed while trying to burn the town of Sabanilia. Seventeen insurgents were killed and many were wounded. General Luque, the dispatch says, has twice defeated the rebels under Antonio Maceo, killed a large number of the insurgents, and wounded a hundred more. Maceo is retreating into the coun- try, which is rough and hilly, and conse- quently offers many. difficulties to the movement of cavalry. Because of this he has abandoned 600 horses. HAVANA, Cusa, Jan. 27.—The Govern- ment operations against the rebels are be- ing rapidly pushed, but they do not appear to be productive of a decisive result. The rebel commander-in-chief, Maximo Gomez, who has repeatedly been reported to be attempting to make his way back to the eastern part of the island, is still some- where a short distance east of the railroad line running from Havana to Batabano. The rebel leader Lacret is reported to be near Jovellanos, in the province of Matan- zas, and Antonio Maceo, the second in command of the rebel forces, entered Mantua, a town in the Western part of the province of Pinar del Rio, on January 23, He was accompanied by half his com- mand. The other half remained at Escor- tina, while the wounded men belonging to Maceo’s force were at Guane. It is be- lieved here that Maceo’s men will be com- pelled to abandon Guane and Escortina owing to the activity of General Luque. . The Marquis Apezotequa, president of the Conservative party, has resigned that office for business reasons. He is manager of the Constanira sugar estate, one of the largest on the island, which is owned by an American synd icate. ' SEEL v T0 INTERCEPT GARCIA. An Attempt to Overhaul the Filibuster- ing Ewpedition. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., Jan. 27.—Acting Secretary Wike has instructed Collectors of Customs to look'out for the asteamer J. W. Hawkins, alleged to have left New York last Friday on a filibustering expedi- tion to Cuba. Senor Dupuy de Lome, the B Minister, says- Calixto -Garcia is aboard the Hawkins with arms and am- munition and men, and' that the steamer will take on more men and stores at Palm Beach, Fla. Orders have been sent to the revenue cutters Morrill, McLane and Col- fax to proceed to sea and if pessible to in- sarcept. & tions of the Spanish Minister are found to ‘be correct. Little doubt is now entertained that it 1s to interceot the expedition, if possible, that the cruisers Raleigh and Montgomery, of Admiral Bunce’s squadron of evolution, have been ordered to sea. T LED BY RODRIGUEZ. An Encounter in Which the Cubans Were Victorious. SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Cusa, Jan. 25 (via Tampa, Fla., Jan. 27.)—A gentleman who arrived here lately from Puerto Prin- cipe brings the following details of a severe encounter near Cascorre on the 7th inst: The Cuban Government, with its Presi- dent, the Marquis of Santa Luca, atits head, was encamped in the pasture ground at Mexico, protected by 200 rebels. Near the camp was the Cuban General, Maya Rodriguez, with 500 cavalry and 300 in- fantry. The Spanish column of Colonel Mira, 1300 in number, who were operating near that place, had an encounter with Rodriguez’s forces. 'The engagement lasted two hours, ending with a brilliant charge of cavalry, led personally by Rod- riguez, the Spaniards having to retire in great haste, pursued by the Cubans almost as far as Cascorre. The Spanish troops left on the field twenty-seven killed and seventy - five wounded, many of the latter seriously hurt and some prisoners were taken by the Cubans. The wounded and prisoners were sent with a letter from the President of the Cuban Government to Cascorre. The letter was delivered to Colonel Mora, who had been lightly wounded in one hand. The insurzents took from the Spaniards ten mules laden with money, provisions and ammunition and more than 150 weapons. The rebels had eight killed and thirty-one wounded. On the 16th inst. Spanish Commander Condines with 500 men had an encounter with a rebel party of guerillas in the vicinity of Duaba, Foar and Baracoa, and afterward in La Peirera and Roble. The Spaniards had three killed and fourteen wounded and the rebelsfour wounded. O L WAITING FOR AMMUNITION. At Present the Insurgents Are Not Anx- o dous for Battle. HAVANA, Cura, Jan. 22 (via Tampa, Fla., Jan. 27).—Gomez and Maceo are now widely separated. The former is operating in this province, and when last heard from was about twenty-five miles southeast of this city. He is awaiting the arrival of Joseph Maceo ana the forces from the eastern district. They may join him before this is printed or within a day or two after. Antonio Maceo did not turn back to the eastward after reaching the province of Pinar del Rio, and meeting Delgado, the ex-bandit, who led the first rising at the western end of the island, he pushed on aléng the south coastde- stroying railroad and telegraph communi- cation, but doing no injury to crops and towns so far as can be learned. Cubans say that all towns in the province hoisted the white flag at once, and that explains why no towns were burned there, while in CRASHED INTO THE BAY AT SAUSALITO, even if they have the nerve to fight pitched battles, and no real battles are fought. The Spanish officers in the field, who after daysof weary marching succeeded in com- ing up with the rear guard or with meet- ing a small detachment of the enemy and exchanging a few shots, report a battle and glorify the bravery and heroism of their men. The number of their enemies is exaggerated and the loss on the Cuban side overstated, while that on the Spanish side is reduced to almost nothing. There is some talk of Maceo joining the united forces of Gomez near San Felipe, south of Havana, and fighting & big battle near there. The insurgents have gained many recruits and captured considerable arms and ammunition since invading this province, but Gomez does not want to expend ammunition 1n a pro- longed battle. He and Maceo both are said to be anxious for a fight, and there is no question that they have upward of 25,- 000 men, but it is not beleved the fight will come until more ammunition is ob- tained. sl g iovd g MORE MEN AND OFFICERS. No Limit to the Solaiers Sent Over From Spain. HAVANA, Cusa, Jan. 21 (via Tampa, Fla., Jan. 27).—Cable dispatches from Madrid published here yesterday state that the Queen Regent has signed the decree appointing General the Marquis of Ahu- mada, as the second in command of the captainship-general of Cuba. General Barges also was named by the Queen Re- gent to take command of a division in Cuba, General Martigu will be second in command in Porto Rico. The Government of Spain, on the 21st inst., wili call into active service the re- | cruits of the 1895 class. Hitherto they have not been called to the colors. The plan for sending re-enforcements to Cuba has been modified. On the 10th of Febru- ary nineteen battalions of 1200 men each will sail for Cuba. General the Marquis Ahumada, ap- pointed as second in command in this island, is a distingunished member of a noble family. He also has been associated with the Liberals, and for many years was adjutant to the Duke of Torre. General Martin has accepted the ap- pointment of Governor-General of Porto Rico. Yesterday morning the steamer Santiago arrived from Santander. She brought a large number of officers and 1659 rank and iile to re-inforce the Spanish garrison in this city. Yesterday the steamer Alave entered this port. She brought 116 officers and 763 men. e MAY ISSUE BONDS. One Means by Which Cubans Can Securs Money for the War. NEW YORK, N.Y., Jan. 27.—The Tri- bune says this morning: It was learned that a concerted .movement is | on fog on the part of the Cuban Junta in Neéw York and Washington to iesue bonds 1 to enable them to carry on the war with Spain. The idea of issuing bonds has been discussed for some time. It was im- possible to raise money in Washington, and the machinery had to be put in opera- tion in New York. It was not until ata meeting held in this city Saturday that it was decided to issue bonds, and the plans were mapped out. A prominent Cuban said: *“‘The Cubans have support promised them by financiers if a bond issue be made, and it was to discuss . this matter that the com- mittee came together. I donotthink that there will be any trouble in placing the whole issue at a small discount, as many people have signified their intention of taking some of the bonds. The issue will not be large at first. If we can only get belligerent rights, then we shall makes heavy issue of bonds and place a navy on the seas. That isall coming.” Delegate Palma is reported to have ex- pressed himself as highly pleased with the way that the work was going on in Wash- 1ngton, and felt that some favorable action would be gained from the present Con- gress. He also reported from private ad- vices he had received that the Cuban army was not in such bad shape as the Spanish press censors had declared it to be, and that General Maximo Gomez’s illness had been greatly magnified. He returned to ‘Washington shortly after the committee adjourned, after deciding to make an issue of bonds. FOR LEONARD'S MURDER, Evidence of a Conspiracy Be- tween Williamson and His Ex-Wife, But Each Is Now Anxious to Fasten the Crime Upon the Other. ‘WICHITA, Kans,, Jan. 7.—No murder trial in recent years has caused such a sen- sation here as that of F. W. Williamson, who is charged with the murder of H. H. Leonard, a prominent merchant of this city, last November. Williamson’s di- vorced wife was tried for the crime last week, the jury disagreeing. The prosecution has entertained the be- lief that there was a conspiracy between Mr. and Mrs. Williamson—that the latter should obtain a divorce from Williamson, marry Henry H. Leonard, induce him to insure heavily in favor of her and then kill him to get the life insurance. Mrs. Leonard accuses her ex-husband of the murder, but denies being implicated. To-day an inmate of the Soldiers’ Home at Leavenworth, Michael Jordan, volun- tarily went on the stand and testified that when Williamson was also an inmate of the home last October he made overtures Havana and Matanzas provinces many | to him (Jordan) trying to induce him to were laid in ashes. The city of Pinar del | make away with Leonard for $500. Jordan Rio, capital of the province, did not sur- | gave the conv.er,ation in det.n.il, whiph render, as1t was garrisoned by Spanish | shows that Wiliamson and his ex-wife troops under General Luque, and no news | were partners to the conspiracy. of its being attacked has been received. The testimony of Jordan has created a As the columns of Maceo and Gomez | profound sensation here and feeling runs have been dispersed a hundred times since | high against the accused parties. No they began their march from the eastern | amount of cross-examination could shake district, through the provinces of Cama- | Jordan's testimony. To-morrow William- guey, Santa Clara and Matanzas, to the | son will go upon the'stand in his own de- western end of the island, it | fense. He is determined to fasten the is believed they will get together again. | guilt upon his former wife and she is The truth of the matter is that the insur- | equally determined that Williamson shall gents have not the arms and ammunition | suffer for the crime. An Engine Goes Through the Apron of tke Ferry Slip. THE ENGINEER KILLED, William Turney Caught in the Wreck and Pinioned Un- der the Water, A DISASTER AT MIDNIGHT, Result of an Attempt to Run an Engine Aboard the Theater Boat From This City. A third railroad accident, attended by & | fatality, occurred a little after midnight ;this morning at the Nortn Pacific Coast | Railway Company’s whart in Sausalito. An engine and tender plunged into the ferry-slip and now lie buried under the water. William Turney, the engineer, was | crushed between the two and carried under the water and drowned. Fireman Williams escaped alive, but he was badly injured about the head. The story of the accident indicates that | bad judgment was the cause. Three times a week a theater boat is run | to San Francisco for the accommodation | of those who live in Marin County and | who desire to return to their homes after | the theaters close. Last night the ferry- | boat Bausalito took its regular load of pase sengers back to Sausalito. \1 It always carries across the bay on these | Jate trips several flat railroad cars, loaded with freight, which are run ashore at the freight wharf after the passengers go ashore. Heretofore the engineer has always backed an empty flatcar or two down over the “apron’’ that connects the whart with the ferry-boat. These empty cars are attached to the loaded freightcars which are pulled ashore over the apron by tne engine on the pier. After the passengers were landed—about 12:30 o’clock this morning—the deckhands began preparations for sending the freght~ cars ashore. William Turney, the ene gineer, ran his engine down the wharf, | but there were no flatcars empty that could ‘be usea for making a connection with the | cars'on the boat. Turney, the engineer, examined the apron, which was newly constructed, and decided that it wag strong enough to hold up the weiglht of the engine and the ten- der. He mounted the cab and slowly backed upon the apron. ‘When half way across the bridge there was a cracking of timbers and the loud re- port of breaking chains. Before the en- gine could be moved out of danger the bridge gave way with a loud crash and the engine and tender plunged downward be- tween the end. of the ferry-boat and the wharf. To those who witnessed the disaster, the downward movement of the huge mass of iron, it seemed an age. While the laborers and deckhands were gazing in horror upen the scene Fireman Williams was seen to leap from the tender and land on the out~ side of the broken timbers. Suddenly there wasa wild cry of ane guish heard above the hissing steam, Through the mist Engineer Turney was seen pinioned between the rear end of his engine and the frontend of the tender, both of which were sinking rapidly below the level of the deck and wharf asthe lower timbers broke under the enormous weight. Before a helping hand could be raised the engine and the tender sank below the levels of the waters in the slip, carrying the mangled engineer with them., Before the waters closed over his head Turney gave a faint cry of despair. A minute later his sufferings must have ended. Several pecple rushed forward to find what had become of Fireman Williams, who was seen to spring to the outer edge of the wreckage. They shouted his name, and a second later an answer was heard from under the side of the ferry-boat. Williams had landed in the, water when he leaped from the tender and was so fortunate as to be able to swim a few strokes out of the way of the fallingengine and tender. He swam fo a pile in the slip close to the side of the ferry-boat and there clung until help reached him. In his flying leap Williams struck some obstruction that cut his head and face badly, but otherwise his injuries were slight. A crowd quickly gathered around the wharf and peered down into the slip. Only the smokestack of the engine and a part of the tender could be seen by the rays of the lanterns. Efforts were made to recover the body of the dead engineer, but to no purpose, for the last seen of him he was held in & vise-like grip of the engine and tender. Turney was 35 years of age. He leaves a widow, who Is in very poor health, and one child. The family live in San Rafael. Turney was an engineer on the North Pacific Coast Railroad for many vears and was regarded as a careful man. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. The passenger train for San Rafael had just started away from the pier, and the few Sausalito people who had arrived on the theater boat had gone to their homes. Only the trainmen and boatmen were there at the time of the accident, besides Alfred Brandes, the night watchman at the pier. Brandes immediately rang the firebell and fired his pistol to attract the people of the town,and in a short time a large crowd had gathered. But there was little that could be done, for the engine was un- der water and the engineer was with it. Fireman Williams had saved himself by swimming ashore, although he was con- siderably bruised and cut up, and when he struck the ‘water he was nearly stunned. Lights were fixed up on the wharf and ‘on the steamer and an atterpt was made