The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-24
JACKSON RECEIVES
 RELATED LETTER Was Written by Gen. Wheeler
 Before His Death FISH FILES AGREEMENT Arrangements Between Illinois Central and Southern for Entrance to Bir- mineham Is Placed on Rec
 ord at the Capitol.
FISH FILES AGREEMENT

Montgomery. February 2S.-(speeial)-A letter has just come to the desk of J. Kirk Jackson, private secretary to the governor that gave him a shock. It bore the date of Brooklyn, N. Y. Feb ruary IS, 19O6' and was addressed in the handwriting of Gen. Joseph Wheeler dead and buried long before that date. It brought to mind in vivid way the old general and the happy relations that existed between him and the recipient of the belated message MT. Jackson looked long at the envelope before break ing the seal, recalling the many good things that were a part of the life of the well known and well beloved Ala bamian.
 After opening the letter it was found to have been written by General Wheel CT at the Imperial hotel in Brooklyn on January IS, just one month before it was mailed. It had been left unsealed and was discovered by his secretary in wind ing up the affairs of the general ana getting up his last correspondence. He wrote a note along with the letter to tell MT. Jacksoin that the letter was written before the death of General Wheeler and he thought it might be re- garded by him as valuable. It simply requested of MT. Jackson, addressed Dear Kirk" in affectionate way, that he send a copy of the new constitution of Alabama MT. Jackson will keep the letter as a memento of the man. who was, in his life time kind to him in many ways.
 Track Agreement.
 The agreement by which the Illinois Central railroad is to use the tracks of the Southern railway from Jackson, Tenn., to Jasper, Ala, to get into Birmingham by the newly organized Alabama Western railway, has been filed by the president Of the road, Stuyvesant Fish, with the sec- retary of state. It stipulates that an ar rangement has been made in this way to bring the trains of the Illinois Central in this way into the mineral section.
 There have been several meetings of the pardon board this week, but noth- ing accomplished. There is so much of this class of work now the members are kept very busy.
 MT. and Mrs. Leon McCord. who were married Tuesday in Lynchburg, Va, have returned ana are now at nome OH w dSu- ington street MT. McCord Is secretary to the supreme court and one of the best known young lawyers in the state. His home is in Guntersville.
 Wreck on Central.
 Freight train No 3S of the Central of Georgia railroad, which left Montgomery about F o'clock last night, crashed into an open switch at Matthews, a station about twenty-five miles from Montgom- cry at :45 this morning while running at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour, se- riously injuring Engineer J. s. Winter and his fireman c. E. Brancher.
 The engine, No. 1867, was badly demol- telescoped Nearly every car on the train was derailed.
 Engineer Winter never left his cab. He was plnioned amongst the debris of the wreck and his collar bone broken. He was also seriously scalded by escaping steam before the crew of the train could rescue him.
 Fireman Brancher, colored. who jump ed from the cab as the engine struck the switch struck a telegraph pole and was wrapped completely around it. His shoulder was dislocated, his thigh badly bruised and 1t is believed that he Is seri- ously injured internally.
 Brakeman George Freeman suffered
 Cases of Interest.
 The criminal division of the city court