The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-11-04

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Columbians praying that the clause be insert
ed in the Government contracts for the con-
struction of the railway in British Columbia,
prohibiting the employment Of Chinese labor.
HALIFAX, Oct. 29.-A rain storm, and a
heavy southwest gale commenced last night
and continued till late this morning. The
wind was very severe, and fences and trees
in the city suffered considerably. The tide
was unusually high, and washed over some
of the wharves, but no serious damage on the
water Is as yet reported. kilograms from
various points of the Province report the
storm as severe, rain very heavy and the tides
high. There is every appearance OF another
storm.
LONDON, Oct. 30.-A Dispatch from Bel
grade says Within three hours drive of
Belgrade a band OF fifty highwaymen holds
the country roads. They murder travellers,
extort money from the peasantry, defy the
government and prevent the tax gatherers
from performing their functions in that re-
gion.
The Daily Neus says that although the
further propagation of Parliament rather dis
countenances it, it does not negative the idea
of immediate dissolution. There are people
who are confident a dissolution will be an
nounced Friday or Monday at the latest.
With this belief are combined rumors that
the Ministry will undergo the most vital
change UlaJ Cali hu6Cb IL. lulS luSdIS Dtd-
consfield will retire from office. All the news
papers except the Daily Ne,vs seem to regard
the further propagation of Parliament as
negativing the idea of a dissolution. The
rumors of Cabinet changes are probably I'M
founded.
A crowd of about four hundred people
assembled outside the Mansion House to-day
and hooted at the Lord Mayor OH his depart
ure for Guild Hall. "
A. +l,o Tloriyoru oll Do1;oa Cnnrt (harloc
Wright was araigned on his own confession
of stealing the Jewels of the Countess Of
Dudley, at the Great Western railway station
some years ago, that at the time attracted
great attention from the name in which it
was perpetrated and the great value of the
booty. Before the magistrate, Wright re-
tracted his confession, but the police believe
he is guilty and be was remanded.
PARIS, Oct. 30.-Don Carlos, Bourbon pre-
tender to the throne of Spain, will shortly
leave France on a visit to England.
CoNsTANT1NopLE, Oct. 30.-At the last
sitting of the Greek Frontier Commission the
Greek members accused the Turkish members
f of a want of respect for the treaty of Berlin.
Samas Pasha, Turkish Minister OF Foreign
Affairs, protested against this charge. The
Turkish members then declared that the
S frontier proposed by the Greeks was at vari-
ance with the treaty of Berlin, and called
0 on them to give it up.
LONDON, Oct. 3O.-William Starr, Member
of the House of Commons for Cork, and
L Home Rule leader, sent a letter to all the
: Irish Members of Parliament requesting them
: to sign a memorial to Lord Baconsfeld re.
garding the prevailing distress in Ireland.
The bullion withdrawn from the Bank O.
y England to-day was principally for shlpmen
to Germany. Silver 53aa.
Sir Henry Tyler to-day expressed the great
est confidence in the future prosperity of thu
p Grand Trunk, now that the road had beer
secured into Chicago, which would open
way TO Manitoba and the great North West.
= BERLIN, Oct. 30.-In the Lower House o
Prussian Diet to-day, Koellor was electe'
President. He received 21S votes. asains
~ 1874 for Won Bennigsen. Benda, Nationa
Liberal, and Hermann, U~ltramontane, wcr
ne elected Vice Presidents. DR.. Friedborg, I'm
ID perial Secretary of State for Justice, has bee
ly appointed Prussian Minister of Justice.
$. The shareholders in the Berlin & Anhol
a Railway Company rejected the offer of til
TO German Government for the purchase of tina
i. line.
y VIENNA, Oct. 3O.-Russla, convinced tina
~ y. she is isolated, has been earnestly seeking t
-, = be admitted to an Austrla-German under
AZ AZ standing. 1t is almost certain there will be
~ meeting of the three Emperors.
, The Emperor of Austria has accepted til
" resignation of Count Zichu, Ambassador t
IS Constantinople.
Oh MADRID, Oct. 30.-There have been heav
rains throughout the country. At Malaga
|a- water-spout uprooted trees and injured man
lv persons. At Vera the Almiria river owe
ne flowed and flooded the mines, throwing 1,5(
men out of employment. Twenty-one pc
sons were drowned; thirty houses and $1,000
pesetas worth of ore were carried away.
T,o,,o ,o,-a,,l 1iunc ~ Lost anI nnn hnl,
destroyed. Marauders are taking advantas
of these events to depredate on property. I'll
Saragossa d Barcelona Railway is submelge
~ for a distance of IL kilometres.
HAVANA, Oct. 3O.-Captain-General Bla
ay. co has promulgated the following decree
VI consequence of Article 8 of the recent trea
IT. between China and Spain, the Governors
H. the Provinces are ordered to speedily take
'ut census of Cinnamon. The census to be ella
d. lifted at follows: Cinnamon under contra
WI and reosntract, runaway Cinnamon, imprf
Pc oned Cinnamon, domiciliated and naturaliz
Cinnamon. The census must be complete
, ne by the 18th of December.
MS The Spanish Consul at San Domingo has a
W. vised the government that the ports
'er Puerto Plata and Montrovisto are declar
y. blockaded on account of the rebellion Il
w blockade goes into effect for vessels from I
ie United States in 30 days after date. But t
;,r date OF the declaIalloli vi Tue plo'haue Is /
n' ara given.
:, MADRID, Oct. o1.-The Abolitionists s
-, preparing for a great meeting in favor Of 81
y! cere measures for the emancipation of t
li slaves IN Cuba. Cuban Representatives
'cu the Cortes and liberal orators and stateSm
Ill are invited to assist in the movement.
All Spanish officers and non-commission
~ officers will contribute one days pay to I
Ken relief of the sufferers by the floods in Mur(
Flt The privates will contribute also.
~ PARIS, Oct. 1.-The official returns to
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Dck - ncz aonn,nrnists .wnastiad. 400 hei
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