Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-08-11
EASTERN DISPATCHES.
(srrc.AL TO II GOLD HILL DAILY NEWS
o M EsrIo INTELLIGENCE
.,,.u,,,s .vteid. and Murder.

Aftenpted Hutcide Hud nurder.
New YoRx, August ll.-In a fit e
Jealousy last evening. In Brooklyr.
WIN. Anderson. aged 81. stabbed his
Intended wife, Ann Cunningham. aged
ls wears. seven times, and then stabbed
himself three times. The girl is sup
posed to be fatally wounded.
The Maaitsban Pri.oners-Demnnd
70 b. Made upon TN Briiish tsev.
sr.msas fsi their Rotssse.
Governor Austin and Mayor Brack-
cit, OF Minneapolis, Num-. had two
interviews at Long Branch with the
President regarding the Manitoba sf-
fair, and explained the whole matter
from the beginning. and dwelling es
peclaliy on the cruelty with which the
prisoners were treated by the Manito-
ban authorities. They also sought to
impress upon the President the neces-
sity for speedy actiop. as they feared
the people In Minneapolis, unles.
something was done at once, would
take the settlement into their own
hands. The President, according to-
the dispatch, gave the Governor and
Mayor To understand that unless the
matter was disposed Of within a reas'
enable time, n demand in unmistaka.
bic terms would be made on the Brit
ish Government, and would be fol-
lowed by further action. The Presi-
dent then asked the Governor and
Mayor to reduce their statements to
writing. which they did, and the pa
per was forwarded to Secretary Fish.
who will be visited to-day by Its au-
thors.
Tho Beer QnsstIoa In M~nssachusetts
-Indiguatisn or Tho Brewers.
WASHINGTON, D. c., August H.
The Sentinel, the organ Of the Brewers
Association Of the United States. pub
lished here, makes a very significant
statement relative to the trial Of the
fourteen German restaurant keepers
In Worcester, Mass, which has just
concluded. These fourteen Germans,
every one of them In possession of n
license. for which he has paid the
United States Government the sum Of
$40, have been fined In Worcester,
Mass, sent to the House Of Correction
for six months. and ordered to find
81. 900 bail not to violate the anti-beer
law for one year, because they have
sold fermented liquors. The Sentinel
says Massachusetts takes the fourth
rank In the manufacture Of fermented
liquors among the States, and Is only
exceeded by New York. Pennsylvania
aud Ohio. She paid last year to
the Federal Government $530.2 ESQ as
tax OH malt liquors. and for the first
nine months Of the present fiscal year.
s474. 6sI, against $404. 500 for the same
time last year. The Government Inns
received for every barrel Of beer thus
seized or destroyed the sum Of 81.
Government officials have continued to
collect the Federal tax aud thus indi-
rectly encouraged the manufacturers
break the law. The question arises.
what Is the Federal Government going
to do In Massachusetts II IL Is unlawful
In that State to manufacture and sell
beer. The Government cannot legally
collect taxes. and the money forced
out of the brewers by the Federal
officers must be returned to the right
rul wners. IT II Is proper aud
Just to ruin the manufacturers ard
dealers Of fermented liquors and con-
tiscate their hard earned property. It
must also be right to do'the snmc with
those engaged IN the manufacture AID
sale of whisky and tobacco and any
other article. II the Federal Govern
ment quietly submits to be despoiled
Of Its revenue IN Massachusetts,, let It
be deprived Of the same elsewhere-in
fact be starved ont.