The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-03-03
ACCIDENT ON THE PACIFIC
A Wild Switch Engine Run
Above QuindarO Friday
Night.


mics out into the country from the
northern limits Of Kansas City. Kas.,
to the foot of Quindaro hill through
the gathering darkness and the fast
falling fakes Of snow was the novel
s'ghth witness d by a few railroad men
and farmers in Kansas Friday night.
Fortunately 30 one was injured and
the loss OF property will be compare
lively small.
AT 6:45 Friday night a switch en-
CINE used in hauling ice from the
Missouri Pacific yards in Kan as City,
Kan, TO the ice houses of the compa-
ny st RtmapDo, small station a few
miles from Kansas City, col.ided WI b
freight train No. 129. Engineer
Kennedy of the switch engine thought
he would be able to make the switches
IN Kansas City, Kan, before the ar
rival of the freight train. He missed
his guess by a few hundred feet, and
near the Kansas trip hammer brick
works he saw the bright headlight
warning him of the near APP
proach of the freight. He reversed
the engine and jumped for his life.
The two engines met. The switch
engine ran like mischief north towards
Omaha. Five mil S out the en-
CINE jumped the track and ran part
way up the Quindaro bill. The eff
fort was too great. The fires were
banked, the steam went out, the wild
engine expired. Half a dozen rail-
road men walked out at rapid rate
only to fed the tender of the engine
badly dam sged and the crossbar
broken. The broken machinery pre-.
vented the engine from running down
the hill.
As for the freight train it was even
more badly damaged. The engine
and three of the freight cars were
ditched, bat the total loss was slight.
The track was clear by yesterday
morning.
ANOTHER PAssENGER-RATE TROUBLE.
Chicago, ILL.,, Feb 27.-The pas
senger representatives of the lines
operating between Chicago and Oma-
ha met today to consider a rather
serious matter. 1t appears that few
months ago these lines issued circu-
lar notifying all their connections that
On through business ticketed over
their lines they would accept no less
Shan 70 per cent of the local rate be-
tween Chicago and the Missouri River.
This did not prevent them at later
date from making a round trip rate
of s38 from Omaha to Jacksonville,
Fla, by way of Chicago, the return
portion being good until June 80.
The rate from Chicago to Jacksonville
and return is $50, while that from
Chicago to Omaha and return is S25,
so that on a S38 rate the Omaha roads
receive but little mere than so per
cent of their local rate. Furthermore,
these tickets are finding their way into
the hands of scalpers and demorali-
cation of Missouri River rates is threat
ened.
1t was this discovery that led to the
conference to-day, the proceedings of
which were kept secret. As may be
supposed the interested roads are get
ting no sympathy from their Eastern
connections, who have been compelled
TO allow them a much larger proper
ton of the through rate than is bsing
exacted from the Southern roads.
The Wabash on Monday will add
another sleeping car to its night ser.
wee between St. Louis and Kansas
City. The Pullman company will
furnish an entirely new equipment
with all the latest conveniences.
The depot at Kingsville, Mo-, a
small station 80 miles west of Sedalia,
en- the Missouri Pacific railway,
caught fire last night about 7:30
o'clock but was extInguished before
much damage Was done. The fire
WIS caused by spark thrown from a
passing engine Lighting on the roof.
"A warrant for manslaughter In
the third degree was issued this morn
ing by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Estep against John Broderick ard
August Hoeffie. The defendants are
respectively, the conductor and engi-
neer on the Wab sh extra freight,
which on Feb. 11tb, collided with a
passenger train of the st. Louis,
Keokuk 81 Northwestern road near
Jennings Station. on the Wabash
road inside the city limits. In the
wreck Michael Kilt and William Bush
of the Keokuk train were instantly
killed and a number were badly in
jured. The accident is alleged to
have been due entirely to negligence.