about 6:15
Finally there was a special message from the New York _ Star 's _ correspondent at Cheyenne , dated 11 P. M . It was about to this effect : The current on the Government wire was broken at 10:40 . Delicate tests show that the wire is now grounded . The dire conclusion of experts here is that the train ran from some point west of Minidoka from about 6:15 to 10:40 without human control , and then met with an accident . At the rate at which it was moving the train must have reached Shoshone . Terrible excitement here . My keen sense detected in the newspaper itself certain infallible little signs that the news had disturbed the precision and routine of the office .