The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-01-19

ager Fisher, Superintendent Allen.
DR.. Allen. resident surgeon of
the company, DR.. Hun and
others. The train arrived at the scene
gers, including all the injured, were
Immediately brought to this city and
well cared for.
Senator H. B. Kelly. of Mcpherson,
was passenger on the train. he said:
II was passenger in the chair car,
and was awakened by the jolting of
the car upon the ties when it first left
the rail and before it tipped over.
There were perhaps thirty people in
the chair car, none in the first sleeper,
and five in the rear sleeper The car
was precipitated to the foot of the en-
bankment, landing squarely upon its
side. The upToar among the excited
and injured passengers was terrible. n
gentleman who was sitting close to the
door broke out window and
climbed out; after which he assisted
turned our attention to liberating
our fellow passengers. Some of the
passengers had presence of mind to ex-
tinguish the lamps. All were eXtri-
Gated from the wreck in the course of
half an hour. Mr. Callahan, the man
who lost an arm, was one of the first
passengers l noticed out, and he was
doing all he could TO help others, I'M
mindful of his own injuries. He ex-
hibited wonderful nerve and GOODNESS.
The chair car was badly wrecked, but
the greatest damage was sustained by
the rear sleeper. The front end of it
was crushed in and the bottom liter
ally raked out in its contact with the
ground. Two ladies and three men.
who occupied it, had a miraculous es-
cape from death. Near where the
trucks first left the rail we found rail
with about four inches of the end
broken off, leaving a gap in the track
| of that length, which some thought
sufficient to have caused the accident.
Then Just about where the cars left
| the track we discovered that the spikes
on the inside of the rail had been
drawn, making it possible for the rails
to spread and derail the coaches.
The work seemed to have been done
methOdically at the first glance, and
| there were suspicious that some one de-
liberately derailed the train, but we
| came to the conclusion that tie strain
on the track by the two large engines
and the train rounding the curve
caused the rails to spread"
| The following is the list OF the i'll
| jured as reported by DR.. Alexander:
William Callahan, Omaha, right arm
cut off; j. N. Rayburn, St. Louis, arm
badly bruised and scalp wounded; OH .
Burr, Hutchinson, cash on chin, scalp
wound and foot injured. Misses Kate
and Emma Hayes. Columbia.
Mo-, bruises and internal injuries; Ed.
| Hayes, Columbia, slight bruises; j. II.
Wilson, eye injured: E. w. Meringes.
an employe of the company ,Marysville,
| Mo-, slight bruises; James Williams,
| porter, Topeka, severe scalp wound,
| 1.-THE porter was the only occupant of
| the first sleeper); J. F. Limerick, a
banker of Alma, Kansas, numerous
bruises and scratches about the face
and hands.
A wrecking train is at work getting
the cars on the track and clearing up
the wreck. 1t is expected that the
| track will be cleared up to-day.
ANOTHER ONE IN IOWA.
OTTUMwA, Ia, Jan. 16.-A Wabash
| passenger train from Des MOines, and
a water train of the Ottumwa 81 Kirk
| vile road collided four miles west of
run over the Rock Island track here
to Comstock, eight miles west. The
collision occurred on a sharp curve,
l where the track runs close to the river
| and around high bluff. The night
was frosty and the air full of hoaI
frost. and the engineers could see only
a short distance ahead. The trains
we're running at full speed and the
engines were completely demolished.
| also four of the OttumWa g Kirkville
| cars. E. Peck, the Wabash engineer
| jumped and escaped with slight sprain
| His fireman was scalded to death
George Miller and Isaac Butensty, the
engineer and fireman of the other train
were killed and buried under the
wreck. Several persons were badly
but none fatally hurt. The collision
was caused by a mistake of the Rock
Island train dispatcher.
| TRIAL POSTPONED.
| KANSAS CITY, Jan. 16.-The trial OF
DR.. Morrison Munford, editor of the
Kansas City Times, who is charged by
Actor DiXey with criminal libel, has
been postponed to January 2Sth. Sam
Small, the evangelist, who is a witness
was required to give a personal re-
cogniZance.
IN PITIFUL CONDITION.
NEVADA, Mo-, Jan. 17.-Charle:
Vaughn, prominent and wealthy citi
zen of Scheil City, this county, was
found in his bed yesterday morning
speechless and apparently dead. Boil
hands were drawn over his right shout
der, the fingers of one hand tightly
grasping his neck and the other clutch
ing the hair of his head. Physician!
were instantly summoned, but were
unable to remove his hands from this
position. 1t is their opinion that the
cause of Vaughn's condition is the re
suit of a spasm. Some years ago ht
became very eccentric In his notions
especially concerning the teachings Of
the Bible. According to Vaughn s pc
culiar idea food should be eaten in it
natural state. and he followed out this
notion in his own eating. He would
take wheat to his room, mash it him
self, and then eat it. He scarcely evel
ate meat OF any kind, but subsistet
chiefly upon vegetables. The condi
ton of the man is extremely critical
and his physicians say he cannot pos
sibly live.
SHOT IN HIS OWN HOME.
| PAoLA, Kan, Jan. I7.-Win e.
Phillips, son of County Treasurer
Phillips was shot last night at his
home by an unknown person and
badly. though not fatally hurt.0 He
came home from Kansas City on the
eleven o'clock night train and went
to his residence which himself and
wife left last week and was unoccupied
Being alone he hurried up stairs and
at the hall got pistol shot IL the left
arm: another followed missing him
As best he could he got down stairs
and alarmed the neighborhood. He'll
came but no clue could be found
Phillips is doing well.
SEVERELY INJURED.
HAvERHILL, Mass, Jan. IA
frightful accident happened last even.
ing to party of boys who were coast
ing on Peekers hill on double ripper
The sled ran into wagon and thirteen
BOYS were thrown of, seven of whom
were severely injured as follows
Charles Emerson, hurt internally and
legs broken. not expected TO live
Willie BrindeIl, leg and arm broken
J.. TEennably. knee pan dislocated
Fred Provost, leg broken; j. Mayo, in
jured internally; L. Maloney, leg bro
ken; B. Bomean, hurt internally.
GOES ASTRAY.
DETROIT, Mich, jan. IA sensa
ton in business circles was caused thi
afternoon when it became known tina
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