Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-11-23

force order and protection to life
and property. When these are &C.
complished an uneXampled era OF
prosperity and development will
dawn upon this fair land and the
two Republics will be bound to-
gether by the indissoluble bonds of
commercial and social reciprocity,
which Will not allow disturbance
of the peace or their national in
tegrity.
A member of the Mexican
Congress, Jose Maria Martinez Y
Negrete, being in Chicago to-day,
was interviewed on this letter and |
made the emphatic avowal that |
this gloomy picture was decidedly |
overdrawn, that some statements
were untrue, some exaggerated and
in others the exceptions were given
as being the rule. He denies that
there is total want of commune
cation for travel, declares that
Mexico has been liberal with SUBJ
sides, has, as a rule, granted free
entrance to all articles with few
exceptions, has always promptly
and effectually punished murders
and calls attention to the weakness
in the American Government as an
offset to the bribery and corruption
alleged TO exist in Mexico, in short,
Mexico makes a general denial of
the principal points of Minister
Fosters letters.
the Bedtes Recovered.
| TERRE HAUTE, Nov. 22d.-The
mine explosion at Sullivan yester-
day was caused by the carelessness
of the miners who, after being
warned of their danger, took the
risk of blasting into a thin parti-
ton. 1t broke through, and the ac-
cumulated gas exploded with tre-
mendous concussion. The men
were killed by the shock or soon
died Of suffocation. There we're at
the time twenty-seven miners at
work, fifteen of whom were in the
lower vein. Seven were saved after
the lapse of over an hour, but how
they managed to survive in the
dense fumes and damp, is a mys-
terry. The twelve men in the up
per vein were badly stunned, but
unhurt. There were but four or
five men courageous enough to go
into the lower vein after the explo-
sion, but after they had saved the
seven who were living, they work.
ed on till 3 o'clock this morning re.
covering the bodies of the dead.
The work was resumed after a rest
of three hours, and by IL O'Clock
to-day the last corpse was taken
out.
Mails Robbed In wyoming.
FORT FETTERMAN, Wyo., Nov.
22-The mail which left Fort Nc
Kinney on the Goth inst. was
stopped and robbed by two masked
men, at about o'clock this morn.
ing, q miles north of here. Two
passengers, Thos. d. Williams, of
Omaha, and Geo. w. Chubb, OF
Cheyenne, lost all the valuables in
their possession, and the mail bags
were cut open. Half an hour was
consumed in ransacking the letters,
which were nearly all torn and
scattered over the ground. All the
money was taken out.
Murder and Robbery by Indians.
NORTH PLATTE, Neb., Nov. o.
Ben Case, an employe of McKeith,
was found murdered forty miles uI
the North Platte river, this morn.
q ing. The murderer is unknown,
though the killing was done after
! the Indian fashion and his saddle
cut to pieces. Seventy head of
horses were stolen from Paxton &
Co., from the Shiedly ranch, on the
: North Platte, on Wednesday last,
y supposed to have been by Indians.
: Major North, from Dismal river,
r reports small band of Spotted
Tail Indians down this way seek
ing horses.
f Another Massachusetts D.fau,ter
BRIDGEwATER, Mass, Nov. 22.-
Stetson, former President of the
Bridgewater Iron Company, is re.
ported defaulter to the amount Of
S23, 900. His father, who is Treas.
urer of the company, has secured
the concern against loss by attach.
ing his sons property.