The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-01-01
RAILWAY RACKET.
Local Squibs, and Notes Picked
Up Along the Different
Railways.

The Missouri Pacific railway company
will reduce commuters rates on the 1st of
January.
Robert Walker has returned and re-
sumed his old position as foreman OF the
coach department.. He formerly held this
position for about eight years.
Russell Lemist, engaged in the super
intendent's Office of the X. L. T. road, will
leave for ST. Louis January lst TO begin an
engagement in Col. Van Dyne's office.
To I. NJ: Ii you want to find out
whether you can get through car from
Sedalia to Washington territory. yOn had
better inquire at the railroad Offices in Sc
daIia.-St. Louis Republican.
John Henry, Stringtown, bridge car
penter, who fell from the bridge, Friday
| morning to the ground, distance of TWEEN
~ feet. running portion of shrub into
his side, was the only hospital arrival yes
terday.
MIR. III. A. Fisher, advertising agent of
the Missouri Pacific railway, has had an
artislically constructed match safe forward
ed to him by H. B. AcClellen, the general
passenger agent of the same line, "a
Christmas present. The safe is beautiful
and unique, and Mr.. Fisher takes great
pleasure in showing 10 20 his friends.
The Kansas City Star says: The ont
look in railroad circles throughout the west
is anything but pleasant. and even those
who are but little inclined TO sniff danger
upon every breeze that blows. now confess
that the crisis has not yet been resched
Only the preliminary arrangements for a
lasting conflict have been made, but events
are fast shaping themselves for the outbreak
which, from the present outlook, cannot be
delayed much longer. The war which seems
Inevitable has not, so far as can be judged
by the public attitude of the railroad mag
mates, been sought by the different compa-
MES but has arisen from a series of con-
plications which we're the legitimate out
growth of conflicting Interests and deter
mination on the part OF competing lines TO
make no concessions il dollar could be
made In the refusal. In other words the
competing lines began a struggle TO
get the upper hand OF each other and
drifted into the present unpleasant channel
before they fairly saw their danger.
-Wslter Berry, clerk aud operator at
the hospital, had narrow escape from De-
ing shot Friday night. He was reading in
his room until near midnight, when he
went GOWN stairs 10 QOlet a Jog mat
was making considerable noise. While
there he heard shot but paid no attention
to il until he returned to his room, when
he found that bulle' had passed through
the window pane and struck the wall be-
yond, which would have struck him had he
remained In the chair he had been occupy
ing. Whether il was accidentally or not is
hard to tell. There is only one reason TO
account for it and that is that the night
watchmsn in the car yards shot at sopae
one pilfering lumber. but this hardly
seems plausible as the glass was very heavy
and it would take remarkably
good pistol to carry a ball that far,
--Fenton Quigley, who was a wiper at
the round house, died at the hospital
morning at 2 o'clock. He was
admitted some few days ago. He died
with inflammation of the brain, and will be
buried to day at o'clock in the Catholic
cemetry. He has cousin living in New
Jersey, who has been telegrsphed for.
Quigley was about twenty-five or twenty
,ix wears old.