Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-03-06
Most Terrible Railroad Accident.


'ixty-five Killed Outright and Forty Serious
ly Wounded.
CITY OF MEXICO, March lone of
The most frightful accidents in the his
'ory of the Mexican railroads, resulting
n the killing of IS persons. and the
serious If not fatal injury of about 40
others, occurred Yesterday afternoon
% the Interoceanic Railroad at point
sbout % miles from this city. A few
DAYS ago great number OF. persons left
The capital and the towns in the vicin
lty to go on pilgrimage TO the Catholic
shrine at Sacramento.
Yesterday long train. aboard Of
which there were ZOO passengers, was
returning from the place of pilgrimage.
All went well until point on the line
about midway between Temantia and
and TenangO was reached. On this
Dart of the road there is steep in
'line, the line at one place having Il
sharp curve whore it runs close to the
edge Of high precipice.
In coming down the mountain the
engineer lost control of the train and
&c was running at q high rate of speed
when it struck the curve. The engine
jumped the track and rolled down the
side of steep preclpice into deep
canyon 1t was followed BY three pas
senger coaches, all of which we're filled
with people. In rolling down the
mountain the coaches were broken in
% kindling wood and not passenger
escaped injury. Two other coaches
llso left the track. but after running
,Iong On the ties for short distance.
urned over but did not go down the
orecipice. The other cars of the train
went on down the mountain aud were
finally checked by the hand breaks.
As soon as word of the accident was
received in this city. relief train was
sent out with surgeons and d wrecking
force, and the work Of rescuing the
wounded and taking out the dead has
been progressing since. AS fast as pos
-ible the wounded were brought to this
city. President Diaz having ordered
the military hospital with its staff to
care for all survivors.
A gendarme who returned on one of
the relief trains says that he saw four
teen dead bodies taken from one coach.
These bodies were mangled in the most
manner; some of them were
in fragments, and limbs, heads and
bodies were mixed up in such manner
as to make identification almost inpos-
sible.
The scene about the wreck was most
as we'll as sOrrOwful. Rela-
tives were searching for missing menu
beers of their families. and women and
who had lost husbands and
fathers were crying and moaning in a
heartrending manner.
This is the most serious wreck in
Mexico since 1881, when train load of
soldiers went through bridge, 400 of
them being killed. The most careful
inquiry in this section indicates that
there we're no Americans on the train,
the passengers SO far as learned being
natives
The train crew are Americans, and
in accordance with the Mexican custom
all who were not killed will be arrested,
the Mexican laws placing the RESPONSE
bility on trainlnen for such affairs be
ing stringent.
Silver Manifesto.
The silver manifesto of the Western
Democratic members of the House of
Representative was made public last
Friday, and 10 as follows:--
10 the Democrats of the UnitedStates:
We, the undersigned democrats. pre-
sent for YOUR consideration the follow
ing statement We believe that the
establishments of gold as the only
monetary standard and the elimination
of silver as full legal tender money
will increase the purchasing power of
each dollar, add 70 the burden of all
debts, decrease the market value of all
other forms of property, continue and
intensity business depression, and ii
nalIy reduce tie majoriiyof the people
TO financial bondage.
Wei believe that no party can hope
for enduring success in the United
States 20 long as it advocates a single
gold standard. and that the advocacy
of such financial policy would he es-
pecially fatal TO Il party which. like the
democratic party, derives its voting
strength from those who may, without
reproach, be called the common PEG
pie; and we point TO the overwhelming
defeat of the party in 1894 to the op-
position aroused by the veto of the
seigniorage bill and to the still more
unanimous protest against the issue of
gold bonds as proof that the demo
cratic party cannot be brought TO the
support of the gold standard policy.
I'VE believe that the money question
will be the paramount issue in 1896.
and will so remain until it is settled by
the intelligence and patriotism of the
voters.
I'VE believe that large majority of
the DEMOCRATS OF the United States
favor bimetellism and realize that il
can be only secured by the restoration
of the free anu unlimited coinage of
gold and silver at the present ratio,
and we assert that the majority have
and should exercise the right to con
troll the policy of the party and retain
the party name
I'VE believe that it is the duty of the
majority. and within their power, to
take charge of the party. organization
and make the democratic party an eff
fective instrument in the accomplish
ment of needed reforms. 1t is not
necessary that democrats should sur
render their convictions on other ques
tions in order to take an active part in
the settlement of the question which
at this time surpasses all others in im
portance.
I'VE believe that the rank and file
of the democratic party should at once
assert themselves in the democratic
party aud place the party on record in
favor OF the immediate restoration of
the free and Unlimited coinage of gold
and silver at the present legal ratio OF
16 to 1, as such coinage existed prior to
1873, without waiting or the aid or
consent of any other nation. such gold
and silver coin to be full legal tender
for all debts. public and private.
I'VE urge all democrats who favor
the financial policy above set forth to
themselves together and im
press their views upon the party or
ganizs ton. We urge all newspapers
in harmony with the above financial
policy 70 place 1T at the head Of the
editorial column and assist in the i'm
mediate restoration of bimetallism."
Two of the men who robbed the
Southern express train at Livingstone.
Ala, December 81, were overtaken by
4 posse near Southwest City. Mo. The
robbers resisted arrest and one of them
was killed. The other escaped.
Harry Studoba L or diod Sofurdov at