Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-20

naoe; Arthur is expected tonor,o.
monday Blaine will 90 t. Phil aIoh, !,
sao VIII return to New York on Tnas
Gay, and on Wednesday l.ay- for IN.
West Uia Buffalo. VIZ
| viii Withdraw From ,hs p...,
CHICAGO, Sept. 10 The Atoh,so, To
peka.d Santa Fe road gave Cor,r;s
sioner Daniels notice TO-DAY tbat !;
would withdraw from the Colorado a.,
Otaa pools on September 1Otb
Narrow Escape.
~ CHARLOTTE, y. c., Sept. 10 -WbiL
uen. Alfred NJ. Schales, the D..,uoc,',,;,
Candidate for Governor, was sanvssa,n,
WESTERN north Carolina, his hor-. rar
away 10 Crossing the Cowee msnatains
IA Jackson county. The horse feI
uoWn precipice Que hundred feet and
was Killed. The buggy was SIN SHE'D ~
atoms. Schaies caught in a trse and
barely escaped with his life. He reachsd
MS nome Ia Greensboro this nornino
very much bruised, and is now in bad
The Railway Conference.
CHICAGO. Sept. 13.-The We.,er, rail
way managers held another long aass,o,
To-Day, and finally decided. after 1--WE
DAYS OF consultation, that anv iair,
agreement with the view of a for alto
81 pools on Colorado. Utah and n
orarka business WAS not % pssibIe in tha
present temper Of the roads: "a one of
the managers tonight expressed IL "Wa
nave fought ourselves TO a stapds,iiI ;,
A. freight probably at the outset of tl,s
tflpartite agreement has proven a h.r
10 any compact which would be satis-
factory TO the Burlington and North.
western roads, and the Milwaukee A II
faaI aud Rock Island roads are hold
ing out Tor Its continuance, prevented
tn5 formation of any ne y Combinations
ihls WAS Conceded on all sides AT the
secret session OF general managers TO
DAY, and the resolution of YESTERDAY To
adjourn and leave matters in statue an,
was again brought forward and carried
1t was decided by unanimous vote tn
leave matters ~ they now are for ninety
Jays, but IN the meantime to strietIv
maintain the tariff rates. Another s.s.
SION Will be held tomorrow to decide no
on tarih. The meeting also decided
10 appoint Joseph +. Fucker Joint rem
resentative of all the liuss to SEE that
tue tarlh rates are maintained. The
agreement cIrries with il no pen t!tv.
the matter being left 10 the majority of
the several lines. In tue meantime if
any further ATTEMPT be made at arbi-
tfalion, 1t will neces 3arily be at tue snp-
Restion OF one or more of the roads
hereafter. as no time has been named
Tor any further negotiation. As a re-
suit OF the conference, however, il il ex-
pected that the newly formed California
pool Will be maintained, details of
which are now being perfected. The
lines interested IN the Transcontineutal
association held another session TODAY,
aud are perfecting the details of that
Off aniZatIon.
Afternoon stock Report.
NEw York. Sept. l9.-U. y. Three's,
lOO16; as, ll21s; as, l201s; Pacific 95's,
~, American Express 81, Canada Pa
ohio 43, Canada Southern 321f, Cen
tral Pacific 3911, Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy l2Os4, Denver Il Rio Grande
~. Erie 1874, Lackawanna l07.
Kansas and iexas IN, Lake Shore
IN, Michigan Central 60, Northern
Pacific 2O4, Northern Pacific preferred
~, Northwestern 81 New York Cen
trail s94. Oregon Railway and Nav
ieation ~, Oregon Transcoutinental
1875, Oregon Improvement l6, Pacific
hArh NJfSg NDs MOCK INlh00
los. 1T. Paul SOs4. Texas Pacific l0s4
Union Pacific 439k, United States Ex-
press 81. Wells Fargo l05, Western
Union 65sl. Hannibal d ~. 10 3sla.
Louisville Il Nashville 29s4.
A Tragedy.
NEW YORK. Sept. l9-Mrs. Maria
Messer, of Boonton, ~ j., died today
She was shot by her husband, W. w.
MesseI, on Friday last, in the park.
Messer then shot their daughter, Mary,
who is expected tn die within a day or
two. Messer afterward killed himself
Railroad Accident.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. Bon the Phil
adelphia and Atlantic Railroad, about
20 miles below Camden, tonight. eleven
men were seriously hurt but none it is
thought fatally injured. A freight train
on the Williamstown branch of the
Camden and Atlantic road dashed into
the rear of the Camden aud Atlantic
accommodation train at the intersection
of the roads, demolishing 1t and throw
ing the occupants, all railroad work
IN en-, about twenty feet from the en-
bankment. in great confusion. IL Ia
said the freight train was not on SEIZED
ule time.
The Oldest Captain.
RrcaFIELp SPRINGS. N. Y, Sept. 49,
Capt. Albert DeGroot died at his home
here. He WAS cotemporary of Com
modore Vanderbilt, and Was the oldest
steamboat captain alive. He gave TO
the press and printers of New York the
Franklin statue in front Of the Tribune
and Tiass buildings.
Church Report.
PHuAprIpHIA. Sept. l9.-The annual
meeting of the New York Synod Of the
United PRESBYTERIAN Church WAS I'D
today. The Synod is composed of all
the churches OF New England and the
Middle States east of the Susquehanna
river, and few in the South and Cana
da. The representation consists of all
ministers and one ruling elder from
each pastoral charge. After opening
the devotional exercises. the Rev. w. II.
Haney was chosen Moderator. The
statement of the Board of Education
showed the present permanent invest
ment of $2l.oO9. Daring the year
there were distributed aratuitously 2S6l
Bibles and Testaments, sud 39+S psalm
books, besides miscellaneous books and
Sabbath school periodicals, all of the
value of So. 7@0. Applications for aid,
recommended by the Presbyteries for
home missions after a most careful re-
vision, ansunted TO Sol, I50; appropria-
tions aggregate $52,47S; the endow-
ment fund amouuts TO S69,5os. The
Board of Missions report larger ac-
cessions last year TO the native
churches than any previous year. The
present debt is $l5,64l. Direct eontri-
l. 4
for church extension we're something
less than $4,000. or only 10 per cent of
the appropriation by the general assem-
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