The bee., 1902-11-13

; Empire yesterday morning was
identified as that of James
Moore, who several years age
was in the employ of Forbes &
Bro. He was twenty-five years
old and was a son of M. G.
Moore, of Springfield, Tenn.
By a simple inadvertance the
Bee stated recently that the
Hotel Whitlow, at Guthrie, now
so admirably handled by Capt.
. Lloyd Whitlow, was being man.
aged by him for the L. & N. r.
r. Capt. Whitlow is lessee of
Hotel Whitlow and Hotel La
than, the latter being the popu-
lar Hopkinsville.
Recently freight train No. 152,
east bound, ran into the west
bound freight No. 1913, near
Boaz, on the Illinois Central.
Cars were piled up seventy-five
feet high. An operator failed to
report orders to the conductor of
No. 152, and the wreck which
occurred entailed upon the rail-
road company a loss of $50, 900.
On Tuesday there was another
collision on the 1. @. railroad
near Boaz station between Boaz
station between fast freight
and a work train. The damage
wrs light and no one hurt. The
l. Q. would do we'll to double
tract that part of the road, since
it produces more disasters than
any other section from Louisville
to Memphis.
j. H. Boatner, in Jail at Hart
ford, charged with conspiracy to
defraud the American Express
Company, has filed suit against
the company, G. j. Abbott, its
route agent, and A. B. Schlitz-
baum, Its former agent at Fords-
vile. Boatner seeks to recover
the $2S, 900 he claims to have
shipped, and of which he is ac-
cused of trying to- defraud the
company. +.
In a collision at Central City
between an Illinois northbound
passenger and a freight train
Friday William Bethel, engineer,
and Wallace Barrett, fireman,
on the passenger train, sustained
severe injuries. The two engines
were demolished. Several pas
sengers and other irainmen were
slightly injured.
They had been speaking of
fast runs ON railroads. "That
reminds me of a run we made
some time ago on train which
came in from a point on the
coast" said the man who wanted
to add zest TO the conversation,
''and it was about the fleetest
trip l ever had on a railroad.
'The train was behind time
about an hour, and / think the
engineer made an effort to catch
up between the city and point
not so very far out on the coast.
AT any rate, it looked very much
like it to me. We shot through
the air like an arrow. Some
times it would seem to me that
we had left the track altogether.
That clicking peculiar to rail-
road trains could not be heard.
About all we could hear at times
would be the, whizzing of the
wind as it split by the windows.
Across bayous and through
marshes we rushed like mad.
When we reached the Rigole is
the most remarkable thing I ever
saw took place. The train was
travelling so fast it sucked. the
water up behind it as it rushed
across the trestle, and / could
hear the fishes groan as we flew
over this neck of the gulf. Most
remarkable thing l ever saw in
the way of fast runs" And he
lapsed into silence.
"I'm glad you reminded me of
that rum" said another member
of the group. 81 had forgotten
the incident. | can vouch for all
you say, for l was on the back
end of the last coach, and the
water which was sucked In be-
hind the train by the vacuum al
most washed me overheard, but
| held on all right, and when we
had made the crossing and the