Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-02-01
From All Quarters.
may fAKEAVO9E TODAY
The House Will Act On the
Full Wilson Bill.
SID ENDING OF 4 SLEIeHlNG PARTY,
Three Boys Were Killed at
a Grade Crossing.
TO GUST TIE READING RECEIVERS.
Testimony Before Special
Master Crawford.
TO Gust The READING RECEIVERS,
BIG MAJORITY EXPECTED.

The Wilson Tarif Bill with All 1t,
| Amendments Will be Reported te
the House To-day and a Vote Taken
! On Its Passage.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l.-The tariff bill
with all amendments is to be reported to
the house at noon tomorrow, and the
previous question is to be con.
| sidered as ordered. Ex-Speaker Reed
will sum up the minority's objec.
tons to the bill. Speaker Crisp
will defend the bill and Mr.. Wilson will
close the debate. 1t is expected that vot-
ing on amendments will begin at 3 o'clock.
A motion to re-commit will be in order,
but not motion to strike out the ensctine
clause and thus kill the bill.
The managers of the bill think that the
vote on its passage will be reached before
6 O'Clock. With the solid popul!st vote
they estimate majority of about fifty
in its favor. Not to exoeed twenty-five
democratic votes are expected against the
bill.
JUMPED TO THEIR DEATH.
A Shocking Triple Fatality on a
Grade Crossing at Fall Hiver In
Which Three Boys Were Killed.
They Were Members of q Slelgh1ng
Party.
FALL RIVER. Mass Jan. 31.-A shock
ing triple fatality occurred at AS this
afternoon on the Brownell street grade
crossing of the New York, New Haven aud
Hartford road. A sleighing party made
up of twenty eight members of the sopho-
more class Of the B. g. N. Burfes high
school was returning from q two hours
ride and within half mile of home. A
hand-car had just passed along the main
line track before the lead horses attached
to the sleigh passed on to it.
When the pole horse reached the track
Conductor Russell's Boston train hove in
sight around bend, rushing along at a
speed of twenty-five miles an hour, and
was within a quarter of mile of the Fall
River station. Timothy Connolly, the
crossing tender, saw the train simultane.
ously with the driver. The latter jerked
the reins and succeeded in getting within
two feet of being out of danger. The
sleiRh was an old fashioned affair, the seats
running lengthwise.
Everett B. Durfee, q teacher in the
school and in charge of the party, was sit
ting on q camp stool at the end and on
either side of him were Brooks Borden,
sixteen years old, son of Colonel Spencer
Borden, and Ray Thornton, aged seven
teen, son of Charles D. Thornton, while
Orson Swift, the seventeen year old
son of NJ. g. B Swift, Esq was
sitting in the lap of Henry Hawkinson.
When the party saw ths train tie mem
bers became terror stricken. Borden and
Thornton jumped over the tail board only
to be struck by the locomotive. Swift
was preparing to jump when he, too, was
struck. Borden was. hurled forty
crushed and he was killed instantly. Ray
Thornton was dragged in the wheels for
one hundred yards, his head and right
hand being severed from his body. Swift
was hurled twenty feet and was breathing
but unconscious when picked up. he was
taken home in an ambulance, but died
shortly after he arrived there. Mr.. Dur
fee jumped with Clark Chase when they
saw the train and they escaped with slight
bruises, the train passing between them
and the sleigh.
Immediately after the accident the ter
ror-stricken pupils Jumped from their con-
veyance and the young ladies became fran
tic. The scene of the accident Is block
from the northern police station, and all
assistance was rendered as quick
ly as possible. The police learned
that no blame is attached to John Fitz-
patrick, the trusted driver, employed by
Charles Kirby, nor to Mr.. Durfee, who was
IN charge. The accident created q pro-
found sensation in this city.
The three boys were the brightest in
their class and were universal favoyites in
the school. They were connected with the
best families. Brooks Borden is known
all over the country as an owner of finely
bred and trained carrier pigeons,
After the medical examiner had viewed
the remains they were removed to the
homes of the boys parents.