Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-20
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1 NA1HrSOTCS, Oct- ls.--eeref Sry BAY
ard aid to reporter today that sh-
only negotiation pending between ID.
l Gitsa states and Mexico ths; &c knew
OF vas the 50 called reciprocity trestie.
stiil before toe House Of Representa-
uves. The relations between thi,
coansry AID Aexico,~ he Add. - 81,
more cordial than they have ever beer
before The feeling that closer rela
hoes commercially would be sdvsn
t4aeOus - becoming more general. anc
there 10 less ieslocsy or fear on TIE par
OF AsIioans that We have any design.
| 1pon their country, 81 want 20 disturb
their autonomy. Tue relations nox arr
most friendly. AID Mex cans have cons
to see that they vii ees nothing tut
good from closer intercourse With tns
United States
Prison Rsfsrmers
DETs0rT, Oct. l9.-Tbe frss basiues.
session Of the fourth National Prison
Congress began hers today. The morn
Ing vas occupied IN a discussion oil
Productive Labor in Prison. Gen
bfinkerhof of Ohio, Z. X Brockway OF
Eimira. sev York, and Superintendent
assey OF Toronto, favored the "piec.
price" plan. Brothers Anthony and
stephen, of the Christian Brothers OF
Ne~ fork. denounced contract labor
aid we're followed bv Professor Way
land of Yale. who defended that sys
ten. IL tie afternoon q platform FOL
the Uniform collection of prison stats
tics gas adspsed. TIE folio wing gen
slemsn we're DE- lsaated to obtain from
Congress measures for securing the sta.
tsstlcs Of the Uaited States and state
prisons Rev. II. Evans OF Illinois,
Gen brinksrood of ONO, and Charlton
4. Lewis Of New York. Woman Prs
onsn was the subject OF long and IN
teresting paper by Mrs. q. r. Coffin OF
Chicago. AZ the evening session payers
vefe read by Professor De Land on
Anomalies in Criminal Jurispru-
dsnos," and Eugene smith Of New York
On County Jalis.' Ex senator Reeve
Of Indiana on :" The True Theory of
Reform, With Labor a. q Factsr,- and
Charles Dudley Warner on Education
a. . Factor In Prison Reform With La
sof." Mr.. Warner maintained that
| our modern State prisons are mos worth
the cost. iwprisoumcnt. be said ,shoald
be discriminate for ne dxed period,
but ougaI TO continue indefinitely, until
the man was lit to go back to society.
Frighsfsi Raiisad Aeeideat
JKEsKY CIrY, O,t. i8.-Oa the mead
ows, four miles vest of this city, q COLI
sion occurred between two trains tais
evening", which resulted In the death OF
ave persons, and the injaring of several
others. Tue Pacific express. leaving
here AZ S:l5 o'clock, ran into a western
boaud emigrant train. which had
stopped at coal shute. and extending
on each side of the Hackensack
bridge. knocking portion Of the latter
across the track Of the Lshieh Valley
road. Shortly Afterwards the Lehigh
train, eastward bound, came thunder
ing along and crashed into the wreck.
The dead were all on the emigrant
train, a. we're also the injured. A
brakeman of the latter train vas one
OF the victims. The wreck 10 the most
friRhtfui on tins road for years. Three
dead have been brought 10 Jersey City.
There are man and woman. both
terribly manaled. and boy Of about II
years Of age, wns had both legs cut Of.
Their names have not yet been Oh
tanned. /, Ii impossible nov 10 obtais
full list Of the injured. 10 10 said there
are mors under she wreck. The latest
information places the number killed
at eight.
Tue emigrant train Was Just polling
away from toe coal chutes when the 40
cident occurred. A dense fog prevailed
At the time. The bodies of the man,
woman and boy which were brought
here were taken 20 Speer's norgue.
they have not vet been Identified.
The wounded we're brought to the Jer
sey City depot, where available ambHi-
ances we're in waiting, and were con-
vsyed thence to st. Francis Hospital.
they wsre Ealena Arueas, Norwegian.
aged IS years, en- route TO Madison, Wis
consin; both legs cot Of and injured
about the head she died ten minutes
after arrival; Mariners Uiinger, Eorve-
gian, aged 10. en- route TO La Junta, Col. /,
where his uncle lives; crushed about the
head and shoulders. died At midnight;
Christian Boisted, Norwegian, 30 years,
en- route 70 Minneapolis; compound
fracture OF both legs, probably fatally
| suft; Stewart A. Bowers, fireman Of the
Lehigh Valley train, aged 81 years,
married, resides at South Easton, Penn
sylvania.
Passengers on the Lehigh Valley
train we're brought to Jersey City on
relief train sent TO the scene at mid
night. Fog Vas still prevailing on the
meadows, and IL IL feared others will be
found beneath the debris. Tue full ex-
tent of the disaster vill not be known
Till morning.
JkRsxY GTrY, Dot. i9.-Thrones of peo-
pie IN search of the latest particulars
of last nights disaster continue to visit
the offices and depot here Of the Penn.
syivania Railsay Company. bat iu
ms jerity Of cases little information can
be given them. ~ the uniDjnred persons
have been forwarded to their dsssina-
lions. Besides having personal inter
views. Superintendent Crawford and
his clerks have been keep bosy reply
Ing TO foods Of kilograms from all parts
Of the oountIy. Ut the seven bodies at
the norRue. i've have been Identified
those of Karl Hommer, of Nsrvay, his
wife Margaret, and their two sons, Will.
Iiam and John. The ffth body IL that
Of Mrs. Eveiina Arneas. aged IS. The
remaining bodies are those Of q woman
found soday and . boy found last night.
Neither has yet been idertinsd. bus they
are evidently emigrants. The wounded
passengers, II In number. we're brought
90 yersey City. With one exception,
Mariaus kaIiinger. all afs In fair way
10 recover.
Ihe wrecked Lehieh Valley engine
vas raised this evening. Ia the mud
underneath the boiler Vas found body
apparently Of . boy 10 pears Of aes
Both legs we're OF below tbs knees. the
right aide Of the face vss crushed in,
and the hands we're scsrohed. Beside
the body vas found the right leg Of g
boy, PRESUMABLY IL years OF age. The
member does not correspond With the
remaining portion Of any Of the bodies
in the morgue, and 10 10 thought that
another life has been lost. This makes
Q total Of nine deaths. A pile of debris
still stands where the locomotive lay
and woFkmen are earefully searching is.
The sseek lisa.
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