The age-herald., 1901-12-30

Columbus this week between the follow CTS of Senator ForalSer and Senator Han ma, over the organization of the legis- lature has extended to factional circles elsewhere in the state While the mem bers of the legislature and candidates are fighting at Columbus, the principals are kept busy at dong distance telephones notably Senator Foraker and George B. Cox in Cincinnati; Senator Hanna in Washington; Congressman Dick chair man of the state executive committee and other Republican leaders.
 Senator Foraker is being visited here by many leaders and members of the legislature. Today he made the following statement:
 The story published from New York that spoke to the President in derog- atory manner of Senator Hanna, and that the President communicated the same to Senator Hanna and told him to be on his guard lest he have trouble to maintain his leadership in Ohio politics. is an unqualified fasehood from begin ming to end I never had any such talk with the President and it is not creditable to him to suppose that he would have retold it to Senator Hanna if I had. This story is but sample of many others ap- bearing in newspapers and being peddlcd about from mouth to mouth for mischiev- ous purposes
 >-~~~<~-o<<<~~<~ a property loss of many thousands of dol lars was experienced by the railroads, not a single person was injured sufficiently to demand the service of physician.
 Sensational Report.
 About o'clock this morning, however a sensation was created in this city by the report that north bound passenger train No 2, which left here at i2 o'clock had been thrown into a ditch some miles north of the city and wrecked. This was the first known in this city of any serious damage as a result of the rainstorm. and an investigation was at once be- gun.
 It was learned that the train in charge of Engineer Alfred Mason, one of the oldest engineers in the service of the road had left this city on time and had pas sed Bay Minette all right Some dis tance north of Bay Minette work has been recently done on the track and road bed and Mason slowed down the train in order to feel his way to see if the heavy rains had injured or weakened the new rosd bed In any way.
 He had proceeded some six or seven miles and the train was going at rate of about twenty miles an hour. and just as the engineer reached a short trestle over a deep creek, Mason felt the trestle weaken and he at once threw on the air brakes and reversed the lever. So sud- denly was this done that the forward wheels of the engine were thrown off the track. The train stopped in short dis tance, but not before part of the trestle gave way and fell into the creek.
 Cars Formed a Wedge.
 The rear end of the mail car and the forward end of the baggage car fell into the break, but in some unaccountable manner the ends of the cars came togeth- CT and formed a wedge, all the couplings held and the cars remained stationery In V shape, extending downwards into the break in the bridge. The occupants Of the cars scrambled into places of safety and passengers and train crew all got off A wrecking train was sent from Mobile and remained at work all day. clearing the track. The wreck occurred at clock a. m. and the track was not re-opened for traffic until $50 D. m.
 Another severe washout was experience ed by the same road some miles North of Flomaton, which was not cleared up to 9 o'clock tonight. The wrecking train from Montgomery is at work at that place and this evening 1t was reinforced by the wreckers from Mobile, which went up after 1t completed It's first job North bound passenger trains numbers and 6 due here at noon and 1:l5 respectively, Soul bound passenger train No. due here at 2:55 a. m. travelled as far South as the Flomaton washout. but returned to Evergreen where 1t spent the day.
 South-bound trains Nos. l and did not leave Montgomery up 70 g o'clock tonight and were then waiting for the clearing of the track. The railroad com panys telegraph wire to the north were prostrated nearly all day.
 The Southern Railway South bound train due here at o'clock this morn- ing arrived at nearly one this afternoon. being delayed hy several small washnuts.