, 1874-03-19

pavements, but said he had no authori-
ty to suppress assemblages Of that kind.
Mrs. Eliza Mordaunt claims that the
question has two sides, and she will lee
ture against crusaders on Tuesday next.
| wooDBRraE. Canada, March 49,
Burglars entered the Office of the Wood
bridge agricultural implement and ma
lchine works. blew open tho safe, took
the contents. fred the building and es-
capped. Total loss. $500. 900. 100 men
are thrown out Of employment.
| WASHINGTON. March "A. Senator
Boutwell, walked out to-day. He OK.
poets to take his seat in the Senate Tues
day.
Judge Lewis Dent, brother of Mrs.
Grant, is lying at the point of death. at
his residence here. Cause, tumor in the
stomach.
The appointment Of Senator Stewart
to the Craftsmanship of the select COM
mittee to investigate the charges of fraud
in the District of Columbia. made against
the Department of Public Works, excites
much adverse comment, because Stew
arts real estate has been largely exhaust
ed by the local Improvements in which
fraud is charged, and Stewart has re-
Gently prejudiced the case by remarks
in the Senate.
House Judiciary Committee, not con-
curing in the Senate amendment to the
bankruptcy bill. are remodelling it such
a way that it is hoped the two houses
will be brought to an agreement on it.
BosroN, March 1.-The committee
in charge of the body Of Sumner arriv-
ed at seven o'clock this evening. TO-
900 people were at the depot. AtSpring-
field and Worcestesimmense crowds stood
at the depot as the train passed. The
body was conveyed to the State House,
and deposited in Doric Hall, where the
Shaw Guards, colored, will act as guard
of honor.
WASHINGTON, March IA. - Senator
Jones, at the suggestion of Clayton, will
move in the Postal Committee that the
President be requested to transmit all
letters urging Stones retention Clay
ton and Hagar will go before the Com
mittee and testify that the pnbl:c senti-
ment in San Francisco has undergone
no change. Sargent supports Coey.
GOLD HrL, New, March 14.-An inn
mense land slide occurred last night, on
the Virginia and Truckee &. R., short
distance below the Tyler mine, American
Flat. The slide was 80 feet in length,
SO feet in width, and 25 feet in depth
The pressure on the track forced it up
to position nearly at right angles to
the one originally occupied. At the point
where the slide occurred there is sharp
turn in the road, and the engineer of the
first western bound train, composed of
cars loaded with ore. which lett hero at
S o'clock this morning. being unable to
see the obstruction on the track, ran in
to it. The conductor jumped off the
locomotive before it struck the slide, but
the fireman and engineer remained. -
The locomotive and tender fell over the
sideways and was half covered up with
dirt. No one injured. One ore car was
wrecked and three others jumped the
track. Passengers arriving from Reno
and different points were transferred to
trains on this side. They expect to
have it open tomorrow.
Nearly all the locomotives on the road
are draped in mourning, out of respect
to the memory of Henry Strives.
WASHINGTON, March 14.-The Com
mittee on Commerce steadily refuses to
consider any proposition for river and
harbor improvements that is not con-
tanned in the revised estimates of the
Engineers Department. These do not
include the San Antonia creek appros
priation.
ELKo, New, March 14.--The West
ward bound passenger train. consisting
of mail, express, and baggage car, one
sleeper, two frst-class coaches and an
smigrant car. met with quite serious
accident this morning, when about ten
miles west of Toano. The accident oc-
Cured on an embankment about 20 feet
high. The train was an hour late and
running at the usual speed. when sud-
denly rail broke and precipitated the
hind coach and emigrant car down an
embankment. The. coach which was filed
with passengers. turned completely over
and now lies upside down. The emf
grant car, which was the rear one, was
thrown violently down the grade, but
maintained its equilibrium. The for>
ward car and the sleeper was also thrown
from the track, but did not go down the
embankment.
The following is the list of the injured
obtained by special reporter sent to
the scene of the disaster: Jas Dick, Col
orado, slight cut in right shoulder. bruis-
ed; was in next to the rear car; Benja-
min Carson, Providence, Rhode Island,
deep cat in forehead, not dangerous;
was in emigrant car; Mrs VIM. Roe,
Dundas County. Canada, seriously in
Ijured about the hessd. right arm fractur.
ed. shows signs of internal injury. Sew.
eral others sustained slight injuries, but
none Of serious character.
The accident was fortunate affair in
its results. as railroad men consider es-
cape of so great number uninjured
from the coach landing bottom upward,
as almost miraculous. Heavy snow,