| Show PAT Li CIt CItOne One llna tilled curd Two In III Spokane Wash Nov fatal atal wreck uc occurred on the Spokane Falls Fall Falland and Northern Railway at 4 IJ h m yes ll two Iwo mil miles south of Dragoon station One Une man was wa killed and two others Injuries Th The train the regular southbound freight of eight care can and a caboose When at the point where the tragedy occurred the rill rails spreAd be cause ot of the action of the snoW and Vain under the ties tie and four cars were wert thrown from the track down a rather steep grade The Th engine and Ind tender were er left on top of the grade also allO the tour four can eara Th The tour four care ar which were wrecked were laded with lime In on one of at the care can were seven men who hO wr were stealing rid rides One On of these John Klein was caught beneath beneatha a pile p tie Ile of wreckage and crushed to death Several other were ere pinned down don by Umbers limbers Welch and Richard flocking were er dragged out lat later later er b by the trainmen who ho had injury Weichs collarbone was II broken and his neck And shoulders were lie e verily 1 bruised and cut Hockings Hockin right arm wu was broken In two places Both In men ell were ulI unconscious when found b by bythe the trainmen and were ere nearly under bunted barrels G of lime Y After New York Nov a high English II financial authority who le II closely In tou touch h with American railway rail raila way a affairs It Is learned b by a lint Her aid ald London correspondent that plan plena ore are maturing for the absorption of af the Erie Erl anti and Wabash systems b by the New NewYork Y York rk Central William 1 K Vanderbilt h has been blen quietly buying l Erie In the open mar market market ket and has hAil also been gathering up Pennsylvania Whether the New York Central fe 18 to acquire the Erie Erl b by pur purchase chase chille or b by leases not known One ot of these m methods will be adopted The London authority of the informs rays En that thaI many London holders of Erie shorN shares will be highly gratified to heir hear that list the are to take talle takeover over the railway The are so 80 sowell well matured that the public announcement announce ment of the deal may be expected with withIn In A fortnight For II a long time the ac of th the hM ham been un under under der consideration lion by the to take over the lines west of pt pl but bul negotiations negotiation ar are now for tor the turning over of the Wabash line east of and Kansan City to the Atchison system The Tb Atchison now hB has lines out of Chicago to Kanas City CIt but not to St Lou Louts II St Louis Louie was as lost when hen the SL Louis and San Francisco railway rallay was wa taken out of the Atchison system The Th New e York Central according to present plane will III tk take over the abash I lines ne east of the |
