The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1882-09-14


Cnknown parties time Monday morning,
tied heavy steel rail the track Of the 81.
Joseph & Western railroad, short distance this
side Of Hiswatha, Kansas The road makes a turn
just before reaching this point, and asernds heavy
grade. Usually. the trains stop before making the
ascent, and whistle; then, under an extra pressure
Of steam, proceed tn round the turn WheE
CINE No. 10. Ed. Hays. engineer, pulling heavy
train, approached to within a mile Of HiaWatha, at
about - o'clock. Monday noon, he ordered his FIRE.
man to put big fire under the boiler, and pulled
the lever, setting the train in rapid motion. Tho
first thing he saw, on mounting the grade. was the
obstruction on the track and before the action Of
the locomotive could be reversed, IL struck the rail
with its full force The general result Of this
Of train wrecking Is the complete demolition Of en-
CINE tender and train and oitentiInes tbs sacrifice
Of human life; but In this case this terrible outcome
was averted by the engine carrying the rail dis
lance Of nearly thirty yards along the track. aud
casting IL of beside the road bed. without damage
to the locomotive. What could have possibly in
spired the act seems to be profound mystery, and
the recreants still at largc.-St Joseph Herald
co,lsNArioS AGAINST ST. JoHS.-ToPEKA KAN
Sept. San entirely new and well-defined move
msnt to defeat st. Johns reelection has been 0rgi-
mated, and the effort will be made next week. some
Of the best and leading Republicans Of the State are
ut the head of it, The proposition ia 10 have Click
and Robinson both withdraw from the race. then
hold either n delegate convention and nOIni-
nate some man whom the entire opposition can
unite, probably either John Martin Charles W.
Blair, Next thursday a joint meeting Of the Demo
cratic and Greenbaek State committees is be held
at this city, Mt which committee Of disafeeted Re
publicans viii seek an interview with them to sec
what can be done. Ii is estimated now that there
are % 600 kicking Republicans who will work and
vote against ST. John. These together with % 900
Germans 60 900 Democrats and IS 900 Greenbaek ers
solidly united upon independent candidate would
elect him easily.-Speeiai, RaRsas Guy Times.
r. An interesting will be tried in Leaven-
worth in October. The facts are these: An English
soldier married in England. A child, a girl, was
born, and the souldier's wife came this country
under the name Of Evans bringing her child. Emma.
Her husband followed her, and enlisted in the army
Mrs- Evans was for q long time employed at Leav-
enworth. Her husband was q Protestant and she n
Catholic. They became separated he going back Ia
England. There he found himseif the po-sessor OF
q large fortune Before he died he made n will,
leaving il to the child now six years DID, the will sta
ting that the child shall be his heir in case she IL
reared in the Protestant faith. The mother OF the
child died in this country. and. being Catholic.
gave herchild to the Orphan Asylum l.
The sisters refuse give her up without dne process
Of law they feeling that the personal gift Of the
dead mother IL more binding than the will.
PROBABLY WITHOUT FoUxDArIoS-The repors
has been set saoat from Washington that General
Shermnn's contemplated retirement next year from
the army with the view Of going into training u
candidate for the Republican nomination for tho
Presidency The report is probably without fonnda-
ton, but old TecuInseh has many elements Of
strength, and, IL elected would undoubtedly give
the country honest and vigorous administration.
-AtehisoH Giose.