, 1874-02-26
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LA. CONNER, Feb. 22.-William Wayne,
the unfortunate man who has suffered
so much from injuries received in the
mines some years ago, died yesterday
morning at Sehome.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-Ihe Post Mas
ter General has decided to reopen the
Puget Sound mail route from Olympia
to Victoria; bids recently opened being
considered too high. The lowest bid of
L. M. Starr, namely ST., 800. was thrown
out on account of informality. Other
bids which were considered too high
were for $4,000 and $4,000. Propos-
ais will also be invited for beginning at
Tacoma instead of Olympia.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 21.--The follow
ing is the list of passengers per Prince
Alfred: Capt. Parsons, So. Pitts, J.H.
Runnels, Capt. G. Degregori, Henry
Davis, Thos. Owens, E. Warner, Thos.
Tweed, Dan. Sinclair, Warren Byrnes,
j. Pardow act. S. c. Phillips, o. F. Par.
llsh, Pierre Julie. W. 81. Martin, Louis
Dentertre, Robert Lipsett, J. Hamilton,
S. Tingley. Mrs. M. Nelson, Mrs. EIDE,
John Martin, John Eide, VIM. Smith, J.
F. Gray, I. Washington, and Is others
in the steerage.
VICTORIA, Be, Feb. 21.- The elect
ion for Representative in the Dominion
House of Commons for this district took
place yesterday. At the closing of the
polls A. DeCosmos stood sos; FL. Ros>
coe, 304; Chas. Morton, 299; Thos. Har-
ris, 81. Messrs. DeCosmos and Roscoe
were declared duly elected. In the even
ing large and enthusiastic torch-'ight
procession, headed by a brass band, es-
corted Mr.. DeCosmos to bis residence,
where he addressed them on political
topics of the day. The procession af.
forwards called on Hon. G. A. Walkem
Premier, and other members of the To-
cal Government and serenaded them. 1t
was the closest and hardest fought elec-
ton ever held in this Province, both
sides working hard and showing no ia
vor. The ballot was used yesterday fo1
the first time in British Columbia.
LONDON, Feb. 20.-Three railroad ac-
cidents are reported to-day. The most
severe occurred to mail train, which
rar into baggage train near Preston,
in Lancashire. Fifteen persons were
injured, of whom died and several
cars demolished.
New York, Feb. 81 Experienced
Utah miners say the alleged failure of
the Little Emma mine was only a trick
TO freeze out British stockholders. It
is alleged that the working of the mine
was not stopped because it had ceased
to pay. but to mislead distant stock-hold-
ers. The managers, otter suspending
operations, carefully guarded the mine
from intruders, in order to conceal the
real state of affairs. The Sun says that
at the time of the stoppage over $780,
900 worth of fIst-class ore lay on the
dump. Some months ago it was re-
ported to parties here that operations
in the mine had been resumed and the
hi ipments of newly-mined ore averaged
sight carloads daily. We saw letters
from A. Majors to friend in New York,
dated Salt Lake City, Feb. 2, in which
he says the Emma is yielding ore which
assays by the car load $500 a ton, and
from all he could hear they seemed to
have very fine vein in the lower level.
New YORK, Feb. 21.-By steamer to-
day from Rio Janeiro news is received
that Asiatic cholera is raging alarmingly
at Buenos Ayres, causing from 80 to 20
deaths daily. $4,000 people had aban-
doned their homes in the city to seek
refuge in the open country. The Pres
ident of the Republic had also fled for a
healthier residence.
A dispatch from Baltimore Announces
the death of Ex-senator Wigfall of Tex
as, at Galveston. r
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-Alexander H.
Stephens rode out to-day for the first
time in several weaks.
Professor Henry received telegram
this morning from the Academy of Sci
ences of Pennsylvania, announcing the
discovery of new comet.
President Grant was interviewed to.
day in regard to Indian Affairs. he
made great complaint of the manner in
which the Indian policy has been treat
ed by the newspapers. He said there
was apparently concerted effort to
misrepresent and pervert the results Of
the policy and a determination not to
give credit for the good accomplished,
and to hold the Administration respon-
sible for the abuses and frauds which are
the outgrowth of the old system. I'm
der the old system, it was impossible for
any POI. lion of the Indian supplies to
reach the Indians themselves. Under
the new administration of Indian Affairs
by far the greatest part of the goods and