Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-07-02
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FriKhtfsi Coiliery Explosion :
Twenty.Feur Lives Lost md a
Number Weunded.

VICTORIA, B. g., July IA terrible
explosion took place yesterday in shaft 3
OF the Wellington Colliery at Nanaimo,
by whicn twenty'four miners, all white.
lost their lives aud number or others
were burned aud severely injured. At
the time the explosion occurred there
were fifty men In the mine. At one
o'clock eleven bodies had been re-
covered. Their features were unrecogn-
liable. Up TO nine o'clock to night fifteen
bodies had been taken out and ii is sup
posed that nine more are still in tho
mine. The cause Of the explosion Is
supposed to have been the accumulation
Of gas in the mine. The disaster IL
without a parallel in the mining history
OF British Columbia. The scene at the
mouth of the shaft was heartrending.
Mr.. Dunsmuir, the owner, left by spe-
cial steamer for the scene Of the accident.
Coroner's Inquest mt santa Bnr-
bars-Great Excitement.
SANTA BARBARA, July AT the cor
oner's inquest over the body Of the
Chinaman, Gee Yon, both DIR. Winches-
ter and DIR. Bradshaw, who made
pest mortem examination, agree
that the Chinaman came to his
death by the effects OF a pistol shot
arGd by A. p. Moore. All the witnesses
agree that there was some difficulty ut
the wharf vt Santa Rosa at the timo Mr..
Moore shot him. oThe Chinaman was ad-
vancing on him In q threatening man
ner with butcher knife in his hand.
Tho jury after retiring returned yer.
Atot that tha Ehtnutuat. ha1 20 hsu
death by the hands Of A. p. Moore. In
tense excitement prevails.
A scavenger Poisoned,
SAN Francisco, July l.--James Welsh
a scavenger died suddenly last night.
just before he expired, he told his friends
present that he had been poisoned by his
partner Guiseppi Molinairia who has
since been arrested and denied the
change, The friends of the deceased
believe that he was poisoned as the
italian aoayengers have been opposed to
him and have ondeayored to induce him
10 loavo the business WHICH hs refused
10 do. An antoposy will be held,
Failure or Railroads to Pay Their
Interest.
New YORK. July 1.-The Northern
Pacific is paying interest amounting to |
$l,2ll 1855. At the Denver and Rio |
Grande office it is stated the earnings |
are insufficient to meet the interest due |
to-day. Their defaulted amount due |
was S6,559.l7 on consolidated bonds.
The streets present quite an ami
mated appearance and at the
offices of the fiscal agents
of the various railway companies
are large crowds of bond holders assem-.
BILE. The roads defaulting on interest
are few. The Wabash receivers the AL
vertised payment of interest on large
numbers of their branch lines, also on
the Wabash sevens of 1879, do funded
debt, and do funded debt bonds gradual.
Interest and Dividend Paying
Roads.
New York, July AT the Union
Pacific office all the interest due is being
paid. The Missouri Pacific officials are
paying dividends and interest. The in
terest on Iron Mountain and Missouri,
Kansas and Texas is being paid and the
coupons of the Texas Pacific New Or
leans division) are being taken up.
MoHse Bills Passed by the senate.
WASHINGTON, July LIN the Senate
Cockrell, of the Committee on Military |
Affairs, reported favorably without
amendment the House bill relieving
from the charge of desertion soldiers
who until the expiration of their term
and are improperly charged with de.
sertion. The bill after amendment
passed. As passed it requires that an
application shall be made within five
years from the passage of the act. The
House bill passed giving u pension of
$50 per month to the widow of Gen. Jas.
b. Steedman. A joint resolution was in
troduced yesterday by Cameron of Penn.
sylvania directing Secretary of Trasury to |
redeem ten millions worth OF Trade |
dollars at their face value was lost.
Dcppoeratic senators Pairing on
To do TO the CanyentiOn.
WASHINGTON, July Fifteen or
twenty Democratic Senators intend to |
leave by special train for Chicago Satur.
day morning should Congress not ad-
journ by Friday night. The absentees
being paired with the Republicans will
break the quorum and make the tran.
saction of any ything but unobjected bust.
ness. of which there is very little left, |
impossible.
Blaine Accepts AN Invitation
from the Bowd0in college.
BRUNSWICK, Me-. July blaine ac-
cepted an invitation to the BowdoiI
College and will be in attendance on
Commencement Day, July 10. He will be
the guest of General Chamberlain.
An Enort to Get ParnelI to sup
port Blaine.
LONDON, July 1.-The Standard says
influential Irish Americans have urged
Parnell to issue an address to the Irish
voters in America requesting them to
support Blaine in the presidential con
test, in hopes his election would result
IN fomenting difficulties between Eng
land and the United. States. Parnell
heretofore declined to acceed to request
of this kind.
Chairman Koch Going to Toulon
90 Investigate the Epidemic.
BERLIN, July l.-Dr. Koch, chairman
of the Cholera Commissioners, is about
to start for Paris and Toulon to offer his
services to the French authorities and
determine the character Of the epidemic.
Quarantine at Cairo.
CAIRO, July Passengers leaving
France later than May are not allowed
to land here