The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-05-15
RAILWAY RUMBLE.
Charles Curren Killed in the
K. & T. Yards at VIM.
ia Yesterday.
G. 81. Taylor, Agent at Stur-
geon, Mysteriously Leaves
the Country.
An Interview With Col. j. III.
Eddy Regarding Gould's
Railroads.
All the Local Happenings Picked
Up by the "Bazoo's" Repor-
torial Force.

-Superintendent Cumming and Road
master Rockwell were inspecting the Lex
ingten branch yesterday and returned in
the evening.
John Murphy, of Nevada, Mo-, and
Charles Junior, Of Greenville, Texas, both
section men, were received at the hospital
yesterday. suffering with fever.
Geo. Bartholomew, ysrdmaster of the
X. & L. at Denison, who was summoned to
this city as q witness in . suit against the
company, paid his Hannibal friends
visit yesterday and returned last night.
&C Nj. Jacobs, Pacific express messen-
ger, came in from the south on his regular
run yesterday. While absent on his last
trip he visited Galveston, and from present
indications he will never tire of singing the
praises of that city.
Jack Mitchell, a conductor running
east on the Pacific, received the painful
news, last night, of the dangerous illness
of his father, p. L. d. Mitchell, at Bloom
ington, Ind. Mr.. NJ. will leave tonight to
visit his afflicted parent.
w p. Andrews, general baggagemaster
of the Gould Southwestern system, arrived
in Sedalia Friday night from Texas, and
remained over until yesterday morning,
when he left for ST. Louis. An interesting
interview with him will be found elsewhere
There is not a little kicking on the
part of commercial tourists on account of
the recent order about excess of baggage
The baggagemasters are not to be trified
with, however, and all the tourists can do
is TO paw the charges and proceed about
their business.
For years it has been the custom of the
railroads centering in this city TO annually
tender their employees a picnic excursion
in the month of May, notice of which is
generally given some weeks previous. The
boys are beginning to think the officials
have forgotten them this Year, as, So far,
nothing has been said of the picnic.
Conductor Brown, running between Sc
dalia and Parsons, had to bounce three
female passengers Friday night on his run
north. They were of the frail variety, and
were solicitous of travelling without funds,
which caused Mr.. Brown to dispense with
their company at the first station from
where they boarded his train.
From q railroad man who came in
from the south, last night, a BAzoo reporter
learned of the killing of brakeman
named Chas. Curren, 1t Vinita, on the X.
& T.. yesterday. The unfortunate man was
in the act of making q coupling, when he
was caught in the old time manner, and re-
ceived injuries which caused his death at
8:15 a. %. He resided at Parsons, Kansas,
and bis remains were taken to that city on
No. 154 last night.
"A Wabash freight train was seized at
Pekin, ILL.,, Tuesday, for the taxes of last
year. The train consisted of twenty-seven
box cars, an engine and caboose and the
amc unit of taxes levied against the road
last year by Tazewell county, including
the penalties, is $4,O8614. f. B. Hyde. of
Havana; Superintendent of tile PIP. & j.
division of the Wabash, was notified of
what had been done. He telegraphed
Treasurer Cooper that the company had
plenty of material to levy upon in Pekin
without stopping q freight train, and that
the city of Pekin would be held response
BILE for OBTAINING the property Of others in
transportation. Mr.. Cooper replied that
the train would be held until satisfactory
arrangements were made, but the freight
might be removed from the cars at any
time, as he had not levied upon it. The
matter was adjusted by the payment of q
portion of the taxes, and the train was re-
leased.
&C. III. Taylor, station agent OF the w.
st. L. & p. railroad, and also agent of the
United States express at Sturgeon, has
skipped out and left matters to attend to
themselves. Whether he is defaulter to
the railroad, to the express company, or to
neither; whether he went east, north, west
or south; whether he is living or dead; has
committed suicide or been murdered, are
profound mysteries. That he is gone is an
indubitable fact. Taylor was the old
agent at Sturgeon and was superseded by
Hammond. About two months ago Ham
mond resigned and at the request of the
business men of Sturgeon, Taylor was re-
appointed. He had the confidence of the
community and if he is . defaulter, which,
il hardly probable under the circumstan-
ces, he has betrayed a large number Of
friends. Taylor's business is in good con-
dItion, and the mystery of his disappear
auce grows as time increases. He is a man
of family, to whom he was warmly at
tached.
The Chicago papers of Thursday were
free to say that there would be freight
war inaugurated if the Santa Fe, Pacific
and Frisco roads couldn't agree on a uni
form tariff for the western cattle business.
The situation shaped itself something after
this fashion: The Frisco line taps the cat
tie district at Red Fork, while the Santa
Fe comes in at Caldwell and Hunniwell.
The Frisco has tine snort hanl-140 mile,
shorter to ST. Louis and seventy miles
shorter to Chicago-and on account of its
geographical location claimed q right to a
lower rate than its competitors. Figures
started at . differential Of $40 per car,
claimed by the Frisco. The Santa Fe
reckoned that compromise on $3.50 would
suit them, but thought possibly S. would
suit the Frisco much better. The Frisco
folks offered to compromise at $3.50 per
car, aud found response, whereupon the
Frisco tariff went to the printers with the
$50 di6erential as settled thing, making
the st. Louis rate from Red Fork S67 50