Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-15
EASTERN NEWS.


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totffsfea On the Ralttn.re n oh,o
PTTssUso, Nav N.-Abou. 10 O'Clock
/ d. morning collision occurred or the
Baltimore d Ohio road AZ a mint :
mile east of ConnslIsviIle. bes9a-n =
Ireisht train and ives. boand coastruc-
.ion train, which resulted in a terrible
less OF life The construction train
consisted of SIX cars. containing dfty
IAoorers on their way TO Ohio. The
u4in vas teiescoped. and mAny were
efs>n-a 10 death Come escaped death,
oat we're tsrrloiy injured. The names
=. iae Killed have not Jet been received
osre - sharp curve where the scci-
Gent occ1rred. and both trains came to-
getner Nth crash. The cars are barn
ing, and tee bodies are heine crenated.
ioe engines remained on tn4 track
ana tsiss,oped ea-h other into the
smoke stack. bat :ne heavy tenders
lampsd into the air and fell. the freish.
tender 7p0n its engine and the gravel
traiu tender back up on the first car IN
rear OF II. Here Vas the scene of death.
ok men we're killed outright in this ctr
ana four others f-steaed down hy The
otoken timoers were roasted TO death,
Tue ear catching IRE from the overt1rn
Ell stove aud burning up before the stu
pened Survivors could compre end the
aSfnl situation of their shrieking CON-
psnions. Three men escaped from the
car. Ihe wreck itself was CHASTITY sight
Ioe tsndsr OF the freight train stood 81
feet In she air and inside of the car that
vas bai ned could be seen, amid the
OtlRlnQ bar eUf a..
ashes. three grInuin2 skeletons. one sit
ting bolt upright, apparently peering
into the flames that had smothered out
bis life,as well As those of his comrades.
Al noon a large force Of shop hands
were on the ground sxtin2uishinQ the
nHmeS, and a vFecking train was at
work pulling the debris away, and res
cuing oarned remains
The charred remains of four victims
have, just been taken oat. The re- |
mains were rov~rentiy placed on board. |
carried aside and laid down upon the |
green grass, spotted with purple forest |
flowers. A lean and hungry looking |
mountain dog SMILED around the flesh. |
and licking his lips, descended q Joa the |
remains. Fortunaiely, he Was discov- |
cred and driven away.
IL IA expected that the wreck will be /
cleared mp this evening. The officials /
decline to say who Is to blame.
virstaia Democrats.
RICHMOND. Va, Nav 1.-THE Demo
cratic State Convention was called to
order BY Hon. John ). Barbour, Char
main of the State Committee. Gem.
mlttees on Credentials, Permanent Or
Ranization aud Resolutions weIe ap-
pointed, and district delegates chosen.
The Methodist Conference
PHILADELPHIA. Nav l4.-At the CON-
ference of tue Methodist church today
Bishop Morris occupied the chair. Rev.
L. LakIn. OF central Alabama. conduct
ed the exercises. Rev. ID. Mast and Rev.
j. u. Miller, from Lincoln, Nebraska,
Who subscribed last evening $4,000 to
the church extension society, were in
vited to the platform.
Hes buttons were adopted from, the
committee of thirteen. appointed to
nominate trustees for church institu-
tons.
the matter of the report of the CON-
mittee on episcopacy, reistive to episco-
pal residences in India, was then taken
up.
Judge Reynolds said the judiciary
committee had reported that It would
be legal to hx a residence in India or
Europe. Rev. DIR. Bell, of Ohio, SAID
tn7re was provision for dioceses in the
third restrictive rule. bat the restriction
simply is to the establishment Of resi-
dences in India.
The Milwaukee a -. raui Road Not
Affected.
MILWAUKEE. May Ii. - Alexander
Mitchell, President of the Milwaukee Il
st. Paul Railroad, says he has received
no word of the Metropolitan Bank of
New York failing and cannot believe the
rumor. Tue metropolitan is one of the
banks for the deposit Of Milwaukee Il
So. Paul funds, but they have not placed
very large line of securities with tn.
bank. because the latter allowed ne iu.
terest. Even had the bank failed, Mr..
Mitchell says. the Milwaukee 4 St Paul
Company would not be in the least af-
fected. He added that il could only be
a Temporary suspense IN anyhow.
New Jersey Democrats.
TRESroS. May 1.-THE Democratic
State Convention was presided over ny
Senator Mcpherson, who said he did
not care under whose banner Democ-
racy fought; she must lay aside small
issues and fight against the corrupt Re-
publican party.
Another Injaaettsa.
Ngw YoEx, May 1.-THE Saprens
Court today granted an injunction In
favor of the Buffalo, Nsw York and
Phiisdelphia railway, restraining U. 5.
Grant and others FROM disposing of the
bonds of the railroad company.
Anst.Menepeii.t Csnveatteu.
CHICAGO, May 1.-THE National Con-
vention of Anti Monopolists met in Mu-
sic Hall this afternoon. The call pro-
vldsd for between 1870 and l6O0 dele
Gates. The convention WAS called to
order by JOHN +. Henry, Chairman of
the National COMMITTEES. In his OPEN
ing address he said the convention had
assembled az time when a panic was
raging in Walt street. never before
equaled except by Black Friday.
A delsgate-Is eoild not have come
a. "a better time.
Arson ]. S;raler, Of Illinois, was elect.
ed temporary chairman. Daring the
course of his remarks the chair an re-
ferred to the small number present, bat
declared that there we're more present
than when the Declaration of indie
I,eadence was signed. lApplause.l The
Q .use of the 4 naiin - of the crowd was
that many of the members we're too poor
to nav fare aud because the monopo
list railroads refused to give them the
half rates which would be given tbs
delegates to the other conventions. The
speaker pro :seded 10 say that all the
niatform b. xanted was: I'VE oppose
All monopolies. We believe all men Gre
atad fre<s and equal. and We believe in