Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-07-04
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Further Particulars OF the Ex-
plOsiOn.

Further n'artlcuAaFs u sMo EA
plosion.
VIoroRIA, B. c., July 3.-Further ad
vices from the Wellington coal mine
where the recent explosion occurred
sav that all the bodies have been re-
Observation-Disclosures in number. MOI
one of them who were actually in the
mine at the time escaped, these only
escaping who were at the entrance, and
some OF those were badly injured. The
cause Of the explosion is supposed Ia
have been the result of gas, which oc.
casionally collects In shaft 3. 1t was
the duty of the foreman to go down every
morning and report as to the condition
of the mine. 1t is said that he reported
everything all right the morning Of the
explosion without having gone down into
the mine. This man is not to be found.
Should he be discovered he will be ar.
rested. The bodies were all Inferred
this afternoon, and there Is general
gloom over the community, though work
10 going on as usual in other portions Of
the mines. The output of coal will not
be affected by the closing of this mine.
The AntI-Chinese Bill.
WASHINGTON, July 3.--The anti Chi
nese bill was called up by Miller. OF
California. Platt moved to strike
out the clause including Chinese
who are subjects Of governments
other than that Of China. Hoar re.
affirmed his disarprobation OF this class
of legislation. The bill he said was
based on barbarism, and the American
people would, in his opinion, some
day repent the action Of Congress on
this subject. Miller of California, hoped
Plstt's motion was not agreed to. The
bill coming at once to q vote was
passed, without amendment. Yeas 43;
nays. IL. The vote in detail was: Yeas
Allison. Bayard, Beck, Blair, Butler,
Cameron tPa.l Cameron (Wis.), Cock
rell, Coke, Conger, Cullom, Dolph, Fair,
Farley. Garland. Groome. Hall, Hamp-
ton, Harris, Hill, Ingalls,, Jones (Ala.j j,
Jones lNev.l. Logan, Mandersop.
Maxey. Miller (Cala.j, Miller IN. Y. J,
Morgan, Palmer, Pendleton, Pike,
Plumb, Pugh, Ransom, Sawyer, Sher-
man, Slater, Vance, Van Wyck, Vest
and voorhees,, AZ. Nays-Aldrich,
Brown, Dawes, Edmunds, Hawley, Hoar,
Laphan, MCMILLAN, Mitchell, Morrill,.
Plat and Wilson, IL. The resolution
offered yesterday by Sherman was agreed
70, providing for session of the Senate
tomorrow, July 4th.
Fits Jshn Porter Bill.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-The Fitz John
Porter bill failed to pass the Senate.
Vote On the Fitx-John Porter RiII.
WASHINGTON, July Sin the Senate,
after reading the journal, the Chair laid
before the Senate tho Fitz-John Porter
veto message, which was read. The
question being "Shall the bill pass not
withstanding the objections Of the Pres
ident," the yeas and nays were taken
without debate and resulted in tie
vote; yeas 27. nays 27. Two.thirds not
voting in the affirmative the bill failed
to pass. The vote in detail was: Yeas
Bayard, Beck. Brown, Butler, Call.
Cameron PAL Cockrell. Coker Fair,
Farley. Garland. George. Groome.
Hampton, Harris, Hear, Jones,
Jonas. Jones tFla.h Maxey, Nor
gan, Pike. Pugh, Ransom, Sewall,
Vance, Vest and Vorhees. Nays-Al-
drich, Allison, Blair, Bowen, Cameron,
(wis.); Conger, Davies, Dolph, Ed
munds, Hale, Harrison, Howley, Hill.
Ingalls,, Laphsm, Logan, Mcmillan.
Miller, IN. "; Mitchell, Morrill,, Palm
Or. Platt Plumb, Sawyer. Sherman,
vanwyck and Wilson--T.
Arrival or the California Dele
cation.
CHICAGO, July 3.-The California and
Nevada delegations to the Democratic
National convention arrived this morn
ing with full numbers, making the first
Of the arrivals. A portion Of the New
York delegation also arrived, among
whom may be numbered Daniel Man
ming, Chairman of the delegation. The
California delegation held eau
Gus during the forenoon to outline
their future plan of action, but come to
no final conclusion. The hotel lobbies are
beginning to show scenes Of great activ
fty. The placarding of States at head
quarters has already been commenced.
= The Railways aud Hobbies and all the lead
ing hotels are literally decorated with
the views Of B. p. Flower.
Failures for six Months.
+ New YoRK, July 3.-The failures for
the six months ending July I, 1884, are
reported by X. G.. Dunn 4 Co. to num-
Der 55l, against 1851 for the first six
months Of 'S3. Liabilities for the first half
Of this year foot up to the enormous sum
Of $l24, 1000. 600, compared with $780,
OOOO, 600 for the same period last year.
or nearly double. This great growth
Of liabilities Is directly traceable
BY the agency to the recent panic.
mainly centered in New York City.
The agency claims that the legitimate
business Of the country suffers no serious
result from these failures, and that the
balance Of the year may witness fairly
profitable demand for merchandise, with
results more satisfactory than for the
first six months.
tion OF Greenbaekers.
CHATTANOOGA, July 3.-Colonel John
R. Winter, Chairman Of the Notification
Committee Of the National Grcenback
PARTY, Il here, having Just returned
from a. official notification to General
West, Of Mississippi, of his nomination
- . candidate for Vice-president. Gen
eral West has accepted.
uhslera ustes -Threatened wal
Detween France and China
PARIS, July 3. The Prefect Of Polics
ordered all passengers from places where
cholera is prevalent to be disinfected
Some Of the Partisan journals assert thai
there were three cases of cholera in
Paris Yesterday. The Voltaire denies
this, but admits Of isolated cases every
Summer. II says the sanitary condition
OF Paris Is good. Travellers who pas
into Italy through the Mt. Gents Tunne
one quarantined five. days at the frontier
The Shanghai correspondent Of tn
Times telegraphs that war is threatened
between France and China. An inhu
entail party in China is investigatinI
prominent officials, such as Tzo Tsun
Tang, Peng Yu Lin and the Marqui
Tseng, who resolved to repudiate the re
cent Franco Chinese negotiations. Tn
French will probably claim indemnity
and demand that the Island Of Formos
be pledged to secure payment.
cholera Panic In MarseiIies.
MARsxILLEs, July 3.--Three death
from cholera have been reported sine
last night. At least 5000 inhabitant
have fed. Four hundred poor workmel
from Toulon were sent back to that city
The panic is unquestionably on the in
crease. In the face Of this, however
the physicians and chemists OF the cit,
held meeting and declared the alarr
senssless. The rate of mortality at pres
ent does not exceed that which is usuf
ct periods Of great heat. They expires
the belief that many deaths attribute
TO cholera are really due TO other cause,
The municipal authorities have decide
to forego the customary celebration {