Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-04
ACTION ON THE DEATH OF CON-
GRESHAM BROOKS.
Accident on the Grand Trunk Railroad.
destructive Storm Reported in Kansas.
HON z NEWS.
HORRIBLE RAILROAD DISASTER IN
~ CANADA.
Down n Thirty.Two Foot BANK.

Down n fOOs h1onns
MONTREAL, May 3.-Three rear cars of a
train on the Grand Trunk railroad were
thrown thirty feet down bank. Inc
cause was spread rails. Thirty-tWo injured
nersous were brought here and others were
teft ot Hvaeinthe, Some are frightfully
hurt. Most of the passengers We're Amerl-
cans. E
CHICAGO. May 3.-The Propeller City OF
Toledo. arrived from Ogdensburg being
the first through this season.
Closing of a Memphis Bank.
MEMPHIS May 3.-Florine won the first
race The first heat was between Faimoutn
and Florine. The second was won by
neck: time, 2:20l, 2::24 Falmouth was
the favorite i'm pools. Quartermaster won
the second race; time, 1:151, lag, l:5l3.
Frank Hampton time, 3:49, 3:55.
The Sheriff has taken possession OF the
banking house of Jackson for an Insurance
Company. 1t. is believed the bank is sol
vent and will soon reopen.
NEW YORK, May 3.-The cooper's strike
has ended, the largest factories conceding.
Col. w. o. Cameron, who commanded
war, has shot himself a7s f
The Bible I'm New Jersey schools.
The Board of Education of Jersey City
endorse the enforcement of the rule of
reading the Bible in Public Schools.
The rain storm and an easteriy gale con-
tinues.
PIoCHE, May 3.-The excitement over
the mine decision is undated and a num-
man named WEIGH, who was wounded in
the fight yesterday, died to-day.
Failures. ----t-l- =
NEW YORK, May 3.-The failure of n.
II. Gillett heavy tea merchant is an
nOunced.
The bank statement is very favorable.
Stocks are steadier and firmer, no official
announcement of future stock houses. q
The Celtic and City of Paris, took out
$4,000. The bank statement shows an
increase i'm loans of 81 ,275 900 increase of
specie s., 725 900; increase of legal tenders
$3.50, 900 increase of deposits SIS, 900.
The coopers' strike ended to-day by the
employers agreeing not to use any more
barrels made at Portland or Bath, Maine.
The rumors about prominent stock
brokerage firms make money lenders eau
tiUus. ...... -rss.
Mercantile paper is quoted at 1Oa12 cents.
The business in Southern State bonds
amounted to 500 600, with new South Car
olinas weak, and Alabamas and Virginias,
to which the business was confined,
steady.
Remains Of Bishop McIlyaine.
The remains of Bishop McIIvaine will
be removed from the steamship City of
Baltimore tomorrow, when they will be
conveyed to st. Paups Church, where i'm.
pressive ceremonies will he held, and the
funeral sermon preached by the Bishop of
New York, after which the body will be
conveyed to Cincinnati by committee
appointed by the Diocese of Ohio. l<f p
Congressman Brooks.
At meeting of the New York Associa-
ted Press to-day, resolutions regretting the
loss of Hon. James Brooks were passed.
Fearful Storm i'm Kansas.
ST.. Louis, May S.-The advices from
Cloud county, Kansas state another fearful
snow storm had occurred in that region by
which number of lives were lost and
house owned by Mr.. Snyder was blown
off and Mr.. Snyder and his wife and five
children and farm laborer were buried in
the snow and frozen to death, within few
miles of the house. A family named
Ulricher, shared a similar fate, all being
frozen to death.
Fire. F 5
DETROIT May 3.-CornwelI & Com
pany's paper mill was partially destroyed.
Poisoned.
WEST CHESTER, April S.-Ames Scott, a
well known and highly respectable citi-
zen of Chester county, died last evening at
his residence in Marshalton from poison
1t appears that arsenic had been sprinkled
upon meat to destroy rats and left on the
kitchen table. Scott being hungry, and
thinking the white dust on the meat was
flour, ate it. He was seventy-five years o
age and was a man of wealth. He leave.
wife and grown up family. l p