The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1896, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1896 3 SEIZURE OF THE BOLD FILIBUSTER Federal Authorities Hold the Three Friends at Key West, An Investigation to Be Made of the Reported Engagement With Spanish Gunboats. If the Story Proyes True the Owners of the Steamer May Bs In. dicted for Piracy. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 25.—A Herald special from Key West, Fla., says: As to-day was a National holiday nothing was done by the local Federal authorities in the matter of the Cuban filibustering steamer Three Friends. For the same reasou, it is presumed, no instructions have been received from ‘Washington, nor has any intimation been given of what is proposed to be done with the steamer or her captamn. The tug re- masins tied up at the wharf, with a cus- toms officer aboard, and Captain Rey- nolds of the revenue cuiter McLane has been instructed to keep surveillance over her to prevent any attempt to depart. Considerable interest has been manifested in the probable action of the Washington officials in the matter, and the outcome js dnxiously awaited. The report that the tug exchanged shots with Spanish naval vessels on the Cuban cobst and within the jurirdiction of Cuban waters is freely discussed in the streets, and, whileapplauded in Cuban circles, is considered by more sober-minded cttizens as serioutly complicating the situation. It is thought the master and crew may be indicted for piracy and the vessel con- demned as a pirate. Captain Lewis was seen this evening. He insists he has not violated any law and declares the Tnree Friends has been engaged only in legitimate trade. Cap- 4ain O’Brien, who is also attached to the tug, makes a similar statement. . Consul-General Lse callea on Captain Lewis during his brief visit ashore and had a long conference with him about the reported cruise of the tug. It is not known whether General Lee was acting under instructions from Washington or obtaining information for his guidance after reaching Havana. If, as rumored, an engagemeni actually took place be- tween the tug and Spanish tugboats, the matter, it is thought, will be brought to his attention by the Spanish officials in Cuba. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 25.—A Hera!: special from Washington says: . Officiair of the Treasury Department do not kno* officially of the seizure of the steame: Three Friends in Key West. It is the iré tention of the officials to have a thorougi* investigation made into the latest trip of the alleged filibuster. Itis probable tha} the vessel, her officers and crew will b2 proceeded against under the laws prohib- iting armed expeditions against a power with which the United States are at peaca. The officials believe that if the reports of a conflict with a Spanish coast guard ves- sel can be substantiated in the courts the vessel will be condemned and her officers convicted. Under the law the vessel would be lia- ble to forfeiture, and her officers and members of her crew wouald be liable to fines of not more than $10,000 each snd imprisonment for not more than three years. There has never been any question as to such acts as are alleged to have been smmitted by the Three Friends being violations of the neutrality laws. Itisnot expected that the incident will lead to any serious complications between the United States and Spain. The Span- ish Government will expect this Govern- ment to enforce the law against the vessei and herowners and crew if they have been guilty of violating its provisions. This is all that could be expected, unless it could be proved that this Government had noi exercised due diligence 1a attempting 10 prevent the departure of the expedition. In that case the United States might be liable to claims for heavy damages. KEY WEST, Fra., Dec. 25.—General Lee passed through this cily to-nighi, en route to Havana. WAS SIMPLY 4 MASSACRE. But the Spanish Troops Eeturned With a Eeport of ¢ Victory .’ HAVANA, Cusa, Dec. 25.—An official announcement was made to-day that the Spanish troops under Colonel Ratsanal bave had an engagement with several yebel parties under Rojas. The scene of {he fighting was near Cimarrones, prov- ince of Puerto Princive. - A rebel camp was captured and the insurgents were completely dispersed, with the loss of tbirty-six killed. The Spanish loss was one killed and eight wounded. Advices from a more reliable source than the Government show that the so- called engagement was simpiy a massacre of unarmed Cutans by the troops. While the train was passing along the railway between Cailsairen and Camagauania, province of Santa Clara, a dvnamite bomb exploded, wrecking ihe armored car con- taining the train’s military escort. Two soldiers were killed and two wounded. Semiags .t AN ATTACK UPON KEGIA. Ansurgents Operating in the Vicinity of Harana. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 25.—A Times special from Key West says: Passengers irom Havana last night report that an- other attack was made Wednesday night upon Regia, almost under the guns of the fortress. Thisand otber fights near there greatly alarmed the people of Havana. The troop of the night waich has been doubled. News from Pinar del Rio shows that General Weyler is keeping his word to make that section a desert.: A battle was fought in Santa Clara Province be- tween guerrilla bands, the Cubans forcing the Spaniards to retire into Remedios with 8 heavy loss. SBCATTERING KENGAGEMENIS, Litile News Given in Bulletins Isswed by Weyler. NEW YORK. N. Y., Dec. 25.—A special cable dispatch to the Herald from Ha- Havana says: War bulletins issued from the palace yesterday reported only scat- tering engagements between rebels and Spanish troops, with tnifling losses on both sides. The suthorities are taking every precaution to prevent disturbances. No crowds will be allowed to gather. CECIL RHODES IS SARCASTIC. While En Route to England to Tell What He Knows About Jamsson's Raid He Speaks at a Banquet. CAPE TOWN, Sourn AFRICA, Dec. 25.— A reception was given to-day at Port Elizabeth to Cecil Rhodes, formerly Prime Minister of Cape Colony and man- ager of the British South Africa Com- pany, who is en route to England to tes- tily before the commission that will ex- amine into the raid of Dr. Jameson into the Transvaal. Mr. Rhodes made a speech, certain parts of which have ex- cited considerable comment here. He treated lengthily upon South African affairs, touching somewhat fully upon affairs in Rhodesia, where he arrived a few days ago, after taking part in the'sup- pression of the Matabele revolt, and then saia that he was going home to be exa™ ined regarding the Jameson expedii om by his fellow-countrymen, whose un ue ous rectitude he welil knew. This sar as- tic reference to the investigating com: is- sion is taken to indicate that Mr. Riicc es’ testimony will be far more interes mg than was anticipated. In another speech at Port Elizabeth M & Rhodes, who, it will be recalled, sciue years ago contributed $50,000 to the Irish cause, said that in the course of his nego- tiations with Charles Stewart Parnell the latter promised to insert in the home rule bill a clause ailowing permissive represen- tation of the colonies in the British Par- liament. Bl TWO CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS. President Cleveland and President-Elect McKinley Dine Quistly With Their Own Families. WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 25.—Christ- mas day was clear, dry and cold. Services were held 1n all the churches and a gen- eral air of festivity vrevailed. President and Mrs. Cleveland had a Christmas-tree for their children. Later in the day the little people from Secretary Lamont’s and Secretary Thurber’s homes joined the White House family. Presidentand Mrs. Cleveland had no guests at dinner. CANTON, Owuro, Dec. 25.—Major Me- Kinley’s Christmas was a very quiet one. He took advantage of the good sleighing. Mrs. McKinley accompanied him during one ride and a party of the Major’s nieces were with him on a second. The Major aad his wife took dinner with Mother Mec- Kinley as is their custom and during the afternoon the Major read the papers and chatted with persoral friends who called. There were no callers of pelitical import- ance and none are expected to-morrow. Thdza i Chester R. Faulkner’s Death. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 25.— Chester R. Faulkner, for some years a prominent politician of Indiana, ana of recent years private secretary of Senator Voorhees, died at Providence Hospital this afternoon of injuries received last night by being run over by a streetcar. He fell under the car, which ran over and crushed his right lez above the knee. Amputation was resorted to, but the victim slowly sank under the shock and the operation. Mr. Faulkner was a resi- dent of Holton, Ripley County, Ind., where he had a wife and two daughters. Two sons were killed in the War of the Rebellion. He was 75 years of age. A S Made Il by the Dance. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 25.—Miss Marie Dressler of the Lady Slavey Com- pany is ill at the Coates House here, the result of the famous ‘‘catch-as-catch-can” cachuca dance performed by herself and Mr. Daly, and which has been the feature of the ““Lady Slavey’’ since_the piece was put before the footlights, and she will never again, without the greatest risk to herself, be able to attempt the famous knock-about dance, one of the greatest rough-and- tumbles ever indulged in by any woman not a professional athlete. e e Hanna’s Nerves Unstrung. CLEVELAND, O=mio, Dec. 25.—M. A. Hanna is suffering from insomnia, the re- suit of a severe headache, the pain being at times almost continuous. The National chairman is in a highly nervous state. He intends to go to his winter home at Thomasville, Ga., early in Jannary, and hopes that the rest thus obtained will put him in perfect health again. Mr. Hanna's closest friends here still insist that he will be in the Cabinet, probably as Secretary of the Treasury. . gl Militiamen on tha Rempage. BARBOURSVILLE, Ky.,, Dec. 25— Several members of the Bradley Guards, a newly organized military company, got drunk last night and marched through the streets with their guns, firing ball car- tridges and terrorizing the citizens. The merchants closed their stores and the militizmen for a while had possession of the town. Governor Bradley will be asked to disband the company. TR PRSI 27 Armenians Dissatisfled. LONDON, Exa., Dec. 25.—The Constan- tinople correspondent of the Morning Post telegraphs that the Armenians are dissatisfied with the terms of the amnesty granted a few days ago by the Sultan, as comparatively few will benefit from it in the provinces. Armenians who have been convicted of disorder will be confined in fortresses, while Mussulmans will be re- leased. e Thousands Dying From Starvation. CALCUTTA, 1¥p1a, Dec. 25.—Ex-Judge Goodridge has writien a letterto the Eng- lishman, a newspaper of this city, stating that every day thousands of persons are dying from starvation in the Central provinces of India. He declares that the Government arrangements to cope with the situation are entirely inadequave and tuat the famine is now b:yond control. o A Shot and Fatally Killed. GREAT FALLS, Moxrt., Dec. 25.—A dispatch from Butte, Mont., states that David Riley, a prominent mine-owner, was shot and instantly killed in a shoot- ing scrape by Jack Mintyre. Melntyre claims he shot Riley 1n self-defense. A OITY BUILT ON SAND Twenty Acres of Broken Botties Mark the Site of Alnsworth. There were towns of the mushroom va- riety in the old mining days. One day a party of surveyors made camp on a sand flac by the side of the turbulent Snake River—the Kimooenum of the Nez Perces, the Lewis River of Lewis and Clarke— Wwhere it pours its yellow-gray mud- stained flood into the clear water of the Columbia. There was little scenery in the landscape and iess vegetation on the soil. Bagebrush and cactus were the flora; horned toads, badgers, rattlesnakes and prairie owls the fauna of the land. It bad neither beauty nor utility to rec- ommend it, and there were no yellow firnins in its sandbanks for attractions. ut there must be a railroad, and there must be a way of crossing that half mile ot muddy, rolling water, It was not a boy’s job, for at itslowest flow it was a powerful river, and when the snows of the great peaks of the Salmon River and Rocky mountains were melt- ing under a June sun a current sixty feet THE SWIFT FILIBUSTER £ STEAMER THREE FRIENDS. In carrying men and arms to the Cnban insurgents this vessel has eluded the revenue cutters of the United States and Spanish warships on several occasions. Most daring of all exploits is the reported battle with two Spanish gunboats off the coast of Cuba, in which the blockade-runneris said to have come out victorious. Upon the return of the Three Friends to Key West Christmas eve, however, Captain Lewis, her commander, denied the lurid story of the aileged battle, and said he had simply been on a trading expedition. sand of that desert rose a city. Inless than two years there was a municipal cor- poration on that sandbank that num- bered in its limits 2000 inhabitants. It deep rushed down over its rocky bottom in dark swirls. There must be more than was not a city set upon a hill, but it was not one of the quiet, retiring kind that hide their own light. # There were good times in the city of Ainsworth. The granite for the great piers of the bridge was quarried on the river above and rafted down. The lowest wage was $2 50 per day, and the pay ranged upward from that. Every one had money and spent it. 'The general merchandise business was not extensive, and the company store enjoyed a practical monopoly. Ainsworth was not tha center of a great trade, as was Umatilla in its prosperous dnvs,&mt what fell short in the more substantial things amended in re- freshments. Sixteen saloons flourished and dispensed whisky cocktails to its mot- ley population. The inference of a casual observer is that the nature of the country was to blame for this unequal condition of affairs regarding liquids and more solid articles. Pcrhaps the residents aoted that | Snake River rolled millions of tonsof good water down toward the sea, while at a dis- tance of ten feet from the shore the land was parched and burning the whole year round. Reasoning irom this that water was out of plage there they swore off using it as a beverage, and, what was remark- able about swearing off, they almost uni- versally stuck to it. One day the bridge was completed. It stretched 1541 feet over the stream, with a 340-foot draw. April 15, 1884, it was com- pieted, and the old ferry-voat Billings, that had carried the cars across the river solong, was “out of a job.” It had been over two vears building. ‘When the bridge was completed the in- habitapts began to move away. Some took their houses down and away. Others left them for the rest to take down, which the remaining population promptly did for firewood. So many went that there were not enough left to fill the offices of the corporation, and so the place was disincorporated. What is more remark- able, all the debts were paid. There was no repudiation. The dissolution was ac- complished and left no liabilities. The remaining asset was a silver watch, and it was presented to the Mayor without a dissenting vote. So departed the city of Ainsworth. It was a city built upon sand and could not stand. It did not wash away, but it might as w-ll have done so. It has as com- R‘lelely disappeared as though it had. o-day twenty acres of broken botties mark the site.. From the number it would seem they had taken many a bumper to the success of the enterprise—a per- manent record that lived up to the vow to abstain from water.—Seattle Post-Intelli- gencer. . . DOUGLAS AND THE LANDLADY. How the Little Glant Posed as a Sov- ereign. To-day Knox College is celebrating with flags and crowds and oratory the thirty- eighth anniversary of the joint debate be- tween Lincoln and Douglas. Stimulated by the preparations for this festival, Judge X, a friend and follower of Doug- las, was moved to tell the following story about him: “I shall never forget sitting up all night at that cottage in the grove where Doug- las lived, and near the site of which now rises his monument. He haa just re- turned from !8s foreign tour, and for hours he told of his adventures. “One story of a London landlady amused him especially. Her hotel had been recommended to him for comfort and qu.et, so he went there, travei-stained and unattended, ordering tis baggage to follow. *‘I'he landlady, a barrel-shaped and rigid-minded Euglish woman, took his measure and showed him rather meager rooms. ‘Have you anything better, madam? he asked. The next were but little better, and the nexi. At last Doug- las demanded the besi she had, and the woman confessed to certain rooms on the first floor which were usually occupied by members of the nobility. Reluctantly she led her questionable guest to a cheer- ful suite overlooking parks and gardens, and there Douglas installed himself and sat down to wiite and smoke. . “‘Soon a lackey observing him from the hall entered to tell him that smoking was not permitted in these apartments. The Senator, detecting impertinence in the man’s manner, smoked on. Another came, and still he smoked. Then a man in a tall coat and white gloyes entered and was very peremptory. Douglass looked at him and puffed away. Then the stout little landlady appearea with all her feathers flying and began to lay down the law. *This time Douglas rose and faced the intruder. Summoning all the grandeur of mauner which had captured audiences and quelled conyentions, he bowed pro oundly and said, with resonant voice and solemn pause, ‘Madame, perhaps you do not know wholam? “The lady confessed her ignorance. “+pMadame,’ said Douglas—and no one could do it better—'] am an American sovereign.’ “The round little ludy courtesied and backed ont of the room. And when Sir Robert Peel called the next day. and car- riages of lords and notables blocked the way, she decided that she was harboring a sovereign, indeed, and that there were 2 million doilars sunk in the stream before | not lackeys enough under her_roof to do a car could pass over the bridge. On the | him honor.”—Chicago Times-Herald. EUROPEAN POWERS GROWING UNEASY Will Not Remain Impassive if the Cubans Are Recognized. Afraid of Such an Extension of International Action by the United States. Nations That Fear the Spirit of Enter- prise and Eancroachment May Affect Their Possessions. LONDON, Exe., Dec. 25.—The Times will to-morrow publish a dispaten from Paris saying that the United States has been confidentially informed in the most friendly terms that the European powers could not remain impassive in the event of the United States abandoning the atti- tude of President Cleveiand and his Cab- inet. Should the United States presume to exercise pressure on Spain by recogniz- ing the Cuban’ insurgents or encouraging them in their resistance, it has been in- formed that Europe generally might be- come uneasy at the idea of such an ex- tension of international action by the United Btates, inasmuch as it mightata given moment threaten almost all the powers whose possessions are in proximity to the United States and might tempt the spirit of enterprise and encroachment that is inspiring the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. “If,” continues the writer, “I am cors rectly informed, the United States has been concurrently informed that Ger- many isalready quite prepared toside with Bpain in the event of the United States showing that she is disposed officially to side with the rebels. Moreover, academic conversations are proceeding in ceriain foreign offices anent the measures the powers should take to form a syndicate against the invasion of socialism which is now menacing all political organizations. “It was during these parleys that the friendly warning to the United States originated, Senator Cameron’s resolutions for the recognition of the Cuban insur- gents being regarded in some quarters as revolutionary.” GIVES CANOVAS COURAGE. Thinks the Powsrs Witl Not Liet Congress Ocerstep Cleveland. MADRID, Spary, Dec. 25.—Senor Cano- vas del Castillo, the Prime Minister, has again affirmed in the presence of his Cub- in«t that he is determined to introduce reforms in Cuba, dating their application from the conclusion of the negotiations carried on with other powers, which are already tending in a direction favorable to Spain. It is understood that Senor Cano- vas referred to the attitude of France, Germany, Austria and Great Britain, the governments of which countries, it is stated here, are of the opinion that the United States cannot overstep President Cleveland’s message to Congress. AR TR NOT FOx RECOGNITION, Hom, E. J. Phelps Evidently Has No Sympatiy for the Cubans. BURLINGTON, Vr., Dec. 25.—Hon. E. J. Phelps expressed himself to-night on the Cuban question as follows: “I have no doubt that the position of Secretary Olney as recently published is entirely correct. The question that Gov- ernments shall be recognized 1n a country whers an attempt at revolution is in prog- ress is certainly for the executive to de- termine, and not for Congress. No legisla- tion by that body can under any constitu- tion decide it. The Congressmen can, of course, pass resolutions upon the subject if they please. But they in no respect control the discretion of the President. “Besides, no government can be recog- nized until it exists, The government re- cognized by other governments waen a dispute in regard to it exists is always the de facto government. The recognition by other nations of a government once in ex- istence must always continue until it is actuslly subverted and & new one putin its place. When it is overthrown and an- other established that becomes entitled to recognition. “The rebels in Cuba have no organized government and not even an abiding place which they can call their own. They are merely a guerrilla force which would be speedily annihilated if it allowed itself to be drawn into a general engagement with the much superior Spanish army. It preserves its existence by its dexterity in avoiding such an engagement. It would be absurd to say that such a force con- stitutes a government or that the Spanish government in Cuba has been overthrown or that any diplomutic relations could ex- ist between the rebels and the Govern- ment of the United States. “Ii this country interferes by arms in that contest, 1t must be by assisting the rebellion in Caba to' dispiace the Spanish Government and to set up another. This would be a declaration of war against Spain, a country with which we are and always have been at peace and from which we have received no injury and no provo- cation. It would be a gross and utterly unjustifiable violation of international law which nocountry can afford o perpe: trate in the eyes of the world. It would, in my judgment, be fatal to the restora- tion of business prosperity which is now our most vital necessity, and which has been so long postponed that it cannot be much longer delayed without the most serious consequences. “We cannot afford to go to war with any country at this time, unless a war should be forced upon us in self-defense, which wotild be a grave calamity, ol which there is happily no danger. We need, above all things, rest and peace and opportunity to attend to our own affairs without the interruption of a constant panic and alsrm set on foot by reckless congressional and ‘political agitators. The time has come, in my opinion, when it needs to be deter- mined whether the interests of this country are to be controlled by the men who make its name or by those who do its work.” BEIASE MONEY WILL GO TO COUBA. Determined to Make a Personal Investi- gation of the Strife. NEW YORK, N. Y., Dec. 25,.—A Sun special from Washington says: Senator- elect Money of Mississippi, #¥hose term in the House does not expire until March 4 and who isone of the Democratic members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has determined to visit Cuba and find out for himself the true situation of affairs in theisland. According to a letter received from him yesterday by one of his friends, he will leave Tampa next Saturday morn- ing for Havana, and calculates to remain a week .or ten days in Cuba, Colonel Money has provided himself. with all necessary passports. It is his purpose to seex an audience with Captain-General Weyler as soon as possible after arriving at Havana. -Cojunel Money proposes to request the captain-general to provide him with an escort and a flag of truce, so that he can go into the heart of the territory occupied by the insurgents, with a view of finding out what is going on. Colonel Money says he is determined to make as lengthy a journey into the interior of Cuba as his time will permit, and it is understood that he will also endeavor to communi- cate with the insurgents, whether Captain- General Weyler grants his permission or not. Colonel Money realizes that it will be a risky thing for him to proceed on his own account if a permit is refused. How- ever, he is so anxious to get at the truth that he will take his chances. It i his intention to state frankly to the captain-general that he visits the island because it is impossible to procure from President Cleveland or Secretary Olney any official information regarding the con- dition of affairs in Cuba, and as a member of Congress and of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, he wishes to know what he is doing before he casts a vote for or againsi any one of the several resolu- tions pending. Colonel Money was an officer in the Confederate army during the war under General Forrest, and his service in the field whetted his interest in military op- erations. He thinks his visit will at least enable him tolearn more than he could by depending on tne State Department for information. i Big Breach of Promise Suif. BOSTON, Mass,, Dec. 25.—An attach- ment was recorded to-day in the office of the Middlesex County registry of deeds at Cambridge on the property of John F. O’'Brien of Cambridge and William McKenny, of Boston, lo the amount of $100,000. It is alleged that the attach- ment is made_in the interests of Miss Josephine de Rosay of Cambridge, wh nuelpl(r. 0'Brien b»mm,“fl,&»”. in : breach of promise suit. 3 MISTAKEN FOR A PILOT BOAT Schooner Carrie Walker Run Down and Sunk by a Steamer. Flare-Up Lights on the Sailing Vessel Cause a Disastrous Misunderstanding. Rules of the Road at S:a Clearly Violated by the Officers of the Liner Scandinavian. BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 25.—The overdue Allen line sfeamer Scanainavian from Glasgow arrived to-day, six days late, owing to bad weather, poor coal and green firemen. On Christmas eve she collided off Cape Cod with the lumber-laden schooner Carrie Walker, which vessel became a total wreck, as the result of the collision, her crew of six men being brought here on the steamer. The accident was due to the steamship captain mistaking the schooner for the pilot-boat on the Cape Cod station as she burned flare-up lights used aboard the pilot fleet as a signal Chief Mate Aitken apswered what he thought to bea pilot-boat’s signal. The wind was blowing from the north-north- aest, which being a fair wind for the sail- ing crait, the latter commenced to draw nearer the steamer, and the steamer kept her course ata moderate rate of speed, naturally thinking that the sunposed pilot- boat, would come about and launch & boat, instead of which the schooner crashed into the steamer with terrific force, strik- ing her on the starboard bow and doing considerable damsge. The schooner’s yawlboat brought the crew to the steamer. The Scandinavian has two holes in her starboard bow, one about two fe-t square just above the load-line, while the other is on the bluff of the bow, where a large piece of the schooner’s jibboom and a por- tion of her jib had lodged. The schooner Carrie Walker was com- manded by Captain Starkey, owned by Charles W. King of Eastport, Maine, and left St. Johns, N. B., December 15, with laths and shingles for New London, Conn. Captain Starkey says: “When the col- lision occurred the vessel’s bows opened and filled rapidly with water and ste must have capsized, as she was nowhere to be seen shortly afterward. Flare-up light was used simply to warn the ap- proaching steamer, which should have given us the right of way, according to the ruies of the road at ses. The crew had barely time to gather their trunks and personal effects and stow them aboard the yawl before leaving the wreck."” SUT DOWN BY. A TRAIN. Wreck of a Trolley-Car Results in the Killing of the Motorman and the Wounding of Passengers. ALLENTOWN, Pa., Dec. 25.—A trolley- car coming to this city from Bethlehem this afternoon was struck by a Jersey Central passenger train on a grade cross- ing in East Allentown. The trolley-car condvctor had run ahead and signaled to the motorman to proceed. He changed the signal upon secing an approaching train, but it was too late. Motorman Lawrence J. Ware stopped the car with the front platform on the track. The train was running twenty-five miles an hour and when the locomotive struck the car it broke the platform off, carryiug it 150 feet. The motorman was dragged almost as far and killed almost instantly. The car was broken to splinters. Con- ductor George Grosser had his face slightly bruised and four passengers from Beth- lehera were injured. John Brink, face cut; Mrs. John Brink, face bruised; Ed ‘Werg, thigh and spine hurt; P, Gehman, forehead and cheek cut and legs bruised. None of their injuries, however, are seri- ous. Motorman Ware was 49 years old and leaves a widow and eight children. T e Mrs. Ellen Terry Johnson Dead. HARTFORD, Co~s., Dec. 25. — Mrs, Ellen Terry Johnson, the wife of Professor Cbarles F. Johnson of Trinity College, died suddenly of heart disease this after- noon. 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