Show t r RUIN ON RAILS A Big Business by the Beaper Tester day dayJ e J Trains Smashed Cars Derailed and Lives lost S The Railroads Rivaling War Famine and Pestilence J More About the Railroad Racket Galveston Te16The Dallas southbound south-bound passenger train jumped the track during the night just nortb of Ohoctaw precipitating the nglne baggage car and express car through a trestle killing the fireman and severely injuring the engineer en-gineer and express messenger It is rumored that the convicts employed as laborers placed the track in such a condition condi-tion to cnue the wre k Ottawa Ills 16A southbound passenger train and freight on the Chicago Chi-cago Burlington Quincy collided this af erno n near Tieake Four persons were killed and several others wounded CbaUnooga Tenn 16L1st night a south bound accommodation train on the Alabama and Great Southern railroad struck a broken rail near Parkervilla Ala and three cars were thrown down an embankment and several persons seriously injured S Ottawa Ills l6A passenger train op the Fox River branch of the Chicago But lington Quincv railroad which leaves Chicago at 845 am and is due at Streater at 1230 when two miles from the latter lat-ter place was stopped by a car of coal standing on the main track being unloaded A freight train which was following the passenger was not flagged and it came down the grade and around the curve at full speed The locomotive crashed completely through the rear coach and partially through the second killing L Gr Pease an attorney cf Dwight Mrs Alexander Henderson and daughter of Medson and an eld man named Hobbertson of Streater and badly injuring Dr JH Fin ley of Streater who was scalded and otherwise injured and will probably die E M Murdock of Streater a lawyer was scalded Levi Young engineer of the freight ard Fireman Smith of Aurora were both injured about the lower limbs Lewis Greener of Streater a farmer far-mer was senlded W H Doyle conductor of the freight and James Sullivan of Garfield were wounded and taken to the hotel at Streater where they are being cared for The coroner of the county is investigating investigat-ing the cause of the accident Kansas City Mo 16The westbound west-bound Rock Island train due here at 10 this morning bore a party of excursionists from St Paul and Minneapolis for the Southern California Cali-fornia occupying two rear coaches As the train neared Jamesport Missouri eighty five miles from here at 8 oclock the flange of a wheel of the last car broke The car was precipitated fifteen feet I down an embankment rolling over twiceAdam Gotzian a well known citizen of St Paul a Sunday school superintendent was injured and died this afternoon His daughter aged 23 years was internally hurt Her injuries is dangerous His wife and daughter seriously brufsad Mr MacSmith wife and son were badly hurt These were left tJ ames ort and Trenton Several others received painful injuries but were able to proceed with the train which arrives ar-rives here at 430 oclock this evening even-ing The party continued their journey this evening |