, 1873-08-22

aB st. Louis, aud cBcApo Ia considered impog6l- |
bio. His cnpturo mny 1o heard Of at any mo-
u1ent.
THE WOUNDED
aro getting along az we'll III oot,ld be expected.
Mr.. Truk1omeyor, nbol1t whose recovery grave
doubts wero entertained, is progressing towards
convateeconco ut tho Alexian Hospital, whero llo
is undor tho caro- of the Drothors md OF DR..
Baxter. There arc thirteen in the County Hos
pttal, aud mono Of them arc believed to bo IN
Imminent danger Of death. Mr.. Buslirk and
Mr.. 9chonck nre tho worat caacs, but thoy may
.rocoYer. TclegramB frum Dwight aay Tint L.
D. Hnwley, tho exprcHs agent, ~ growing worse.
and may dio Castoll, tlo brakeman, and Cum
ningham, tho baggagc,na1., aro doing, vol.
from oahkosll, Is not known in that place. Tho
remains Of Frank Bridges sere forwarded to
Meohnnicsville.
A CHALLENGE.
At the inquest on Wednesday Mr. A. s. Hamil-
ton testified aB follows:
atop II wound up too tight7
A-FrcQnontly, md tmight remain still until aud-
den jar started tho whcols moving ogatn.
Now comos Mr.. Joseph Il. Schmidt, practical
matchmaker, Of No. 193 Third avenue, and says:
It Ia impossible to stop watch by winding too
tight. 1t cannot DO done unless you break tho
spring or somo othor part OF tho watch:. Ho do
fios Mr.. Hamilton, or "any other man. to pro,
duco watch which can l,e wound 40 tight that
1t will stop, without breaking some pnrt Of it.
4 spn1NaF1ELp COMPLAINT.
tsptc'as Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. =,
spnsNar1E1p. Avg. 2l.--rho faeta as to the
in regard to tho nows Of tho disastor on tho Chi
cago j. Alton Railroad, are too recent to be
s1noothed over by all anonymous card such Of
was sent from hero last night to tho Associated
open up the painful a,bjoct, but muslin his own
yindication say that the people hore could not
and did not learn auytling Of the character and
oxtent Of tho calamity until tho train
arrived hero from e, tho wreck, ut -,
eaasas ssSS tropds reas trying tiy se ners M and s
railroad operator hero did his boat to got It, but
failed. a dispatch sont by the Western Union
Telegraph, at II o. ra., to tho Bloomington Rail-
road oilieo,. Can you sona us lies Of tho killed
ono of many inatancos we'll certified. Tho infer
ence to be drawn from the card ia TINT the In
formation was hcro aud giyon out. The truth iB
It was not and could not therefore be givon out.
This fnct get from A1r. Leland, the gentleman
to whom tho writer OF tho card referB.
CONJUNCTION RUSSELL.
We nro requested to publish the following:
This abatement ia substantially correct mr. Russell
and In my opinion, did tho proper thing in protecting
forers, ]. q. hoAIuL1EN Gnn. 8upt.
Not tho least among tho incitents OF Saturday
night was tho manly mid thoughtful. conduct OF Henry
Russell, conductor Of the passenger train. lie was
~ ahos We thrown to s floor |
tho shock, quickly recovered linRof md ran ous to
insrcct tho kcenc glanco told him oil, md ho set to
Thoro waa uttlo doubt as to hts duty. Before him
wcre thirty or forty strong men aoundantsy ablo to
atancoa. IN tho root between him and Chicago was
passenger train No. 5, carrying tho Dyiaon sapcr!n
tondent and other otcera ot the road. Tho J., latter
would arrive n Chcago a. IL o'clock ala ten Ss M po
ing ~" ~ ~ er" go hn o e.nse
al outside relief. No alternative vas offered him.
Il vas now haii.pust TO- mud IN thirty mnutos nl cp.
munication would be shut OF. uo "ast reach tole,
graph o'ss ,,rro,v r., ~. ro,r =, st tr,,r IN
sseuna o, w eon IN III ay
oW Is@ tu viii octor stcnnno
.ho.rS' t'uy ran down e. the wreck left tne doctor
spl thsn went iiying back 10 tho station.
At Lemont he tclcgraphcd to Chicago. Tho op
orator had gone home but the telegram was saken Of
At ne Nonha.ouao aa9 g.; % IT, ~ f.,
g. snG Way, au nona .no ao
Trhna w." reI,rftrsn wan mado posathe. It wa.
sets Than of.y nuuf<s from us moment qt TIE eoso,
btore tie Superintendent recetred notice. Had RnHsol
hestated Or done anght else tha he did, tho agony
tho sufferers would lave been increased M huudrct
fold. hueh men arc rare
PERTINENT QUESTIONS.
IL fhs Editor 4f tht New }ork Times:
The upper slxty miles OF me Ch'ca8o, Aito1
d st. Louis Railroad. over which passes ltH enor
NOUS coal traffic, in addition to ita grain and ium
bor, it's local passenger buhlnese wlhc!
is largo, and ita through paHaenger bual
ness. which embraces tho communicatlol
betweon the two groHt cities OF th
WeHt-tMs piece 9i road, crowded a. It haa boo'
for years. and OF lato 90 blocked Dy the numbo
Of trains "a as to cause da.iy doays, ~ a sng
track: NO "on9oT coilla1ona anmetlmes occur
Why is 1t single track? Has the Company Ut
money to mako # double The Nallroad Com
Inssionofs report it to DO the only hIst.oiAs r.
road in TUG state; its pnnlnoas anu lib rove
nues arc known to be enormous
Yhoro T. money enongh, hut not for aonpl
tracks. The vast earnings 60 to build brancae
and to buy up connecting Apes, And to il y
nohemcB TOR competition fas Wsh oGmpet!n 1;pp;,n
lines, and to roach out ntter businos
thnt does not yot, oxiat, and to offer chez
through rates to Missouri grain, while the 1ll'
nola farmer, fos whose bone1lt M tse a Ioad was On
couragcd and heiped by tho state. must pc
local rates and submit to the delay and dange
Of an ovorcrowdod single track.
There aro NOT more dangerous and out
rageous traps IN Cur whole system of ra!lwa
misnanagomont and maiconatruetlon thsn !. - O.
single tracks on the enda particularly OF on
| trunk uunB, WllCr0 local roBluonceB anu mnnC