The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-12-09


whatever was in his power to AID in construct
ing the canal.
BosToN, Nov. 30.-The steamer Atlas from
Liverpool, brought in the survivors of the
British barque Edith Captain 'Trainor from
Philadelphia for Queenstown. The Captain
and four of the crew are probably drowned
The Atlas reports she fell in with the small
boat showing the signal of distress III which
were huddled the mate and seven of the crew
OF the i'll fated barque, who were all taken
on board the steamer after having been ex-
posed to a weeks suffering on the ocean, llv-
ing on hard tack. ST.
Los P1Nos, Col, Nov. 20, via LAKE CITY,
Col, Dec. 1.-The Commission is patiently
waiting the arrival of the White River Utes.
Several propositions have been made by the
Indians, through Ouray, to return stock and
property captured at White River, but all
such offers have been refused. Generals
Hatch and Adams will listen to no compro-
mise. The surrender of the guilty parties is
the only proposition that will be entertained
by them. Agent Stanley received the money
of Mr.. Meeker from Douglas, through chief
Ouray, upon his own responsibility.
Later.-1:3O p. m.-Ouray informs the
Commission that the troops reported to him
as advancing OH the Uintah Agency were
Mormon militia that they have arrived there
and are trying to persuade the Indians to re-
new hostilities, and offer to join the Utes and
furnish men and arms. Jack is in camp
twenty miles from White River. Ouray
thinks it doubtful about his coming here as
he is afraid Of the Commission. ,-.-
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-The brig Westmore-
land arrived at this port from Jacmel, St.
Domingo, after forty days passage. Terrific
gales were encountered in addition to the
cyclone of Nov. 10th and Goth, when the
vessel was short handed, many of the crew
having died from yellow fever after loading
with cargo of logwood where yellow fever
prevailed to such an extent that the crew was
obliged to stow the cargo on board. The yes
sci sailed October 22d. Capt Peckham was
soon taken sick with yellow fever. Two days
after leaving port Simon Fargo, aged seven
teen years, was taken sick with the fever and
been dropped overheard when John Holta, 81
years old, was stricken down and died next
day. VIM. Hart, aged % years, was the next
victim, and died within few hours. There
then remained the captain, second mate, and
Vinol and John West, seamen, the two latter
being barely able to work. Nov. I'd the vessel
stopped at Nassaunpa to get new crew, and
was quarantined 13 days. West was sent to
the hospital. Gam I8eisI rf sRsfh eta krH
two vesselsfHo0he heht iitDs5 s5annbi befrfAs siialeth
whose crevssAiod iyiDss s.tsaaia lon lieek ftS6n
yellow feversfr2 y ia ssdSt ,l5si st ! .f.SS
NEW Yo1k,e efB5ies 81. f:.-iTtfh TIE Herolds cable
dispatch giving the details of the Ballygha-
devin meeting says thousand pikenen, hail
ing from Sligo, Roscommon and Mayo, sur
rounded the platform as guard of honor.
The Government reporters were present, one
of them being Detective Stringer. The rep
resentatives of Irish newspapers present
refused to allow them to sit at table which
had been placed at the corner of the platform
for the use of the reporters from among the
priests of the county of Mayo. Father STEM
son was elected to preside. He said that he
hoped before he died to have the honor of
presiding at a meeting Of peasant proprietors
Encouraging letters were received and read
to the meeting from Davitt, Began and
Smith. Canon McDerrNott stood up cour-
ageously for Davitt ana his conduct at Guer-
ton. Father O'Hara advised the people not
to pay any rents except over-plus of the
years proceeds. Daily said that he did not
care whether his words were considered
seditious or not, but he would advise the
people to pay only the valuation rents. Lists
were then read to the meeting showing that
several landlords got eXorbitant returns for
lands, in some cases as much as one hundred
and fifty to two hundred per cent. above gov
ernment valuations. The priests exhorted
the people to stand together and to fight the
government even if the leaders We're impris-
oned in thousands. Various resolutions were
passed condemning the recent action of the
government. A banquet was held at Bally-
ghadevin at night. Dillen said that the gov
ernment III its recent action had only fur
thered the cause which they all had at heart.
DAILY thanked the government for arresting
him. He said that they had only succeeded
in tanning the flame of the agitation. Among
the many meetings held to-day may be men,
toned one at Louisburg and another at West
port
EAU CLAIRE, Wis, Dec 1.-THE boiler in
the Eau Claire Lumber Company's planning
mill exploded with terrific force this after
noon, killing Engineer Haskins, Fireman
Hesplin and a teamster named Gallagher.
The force of the explosion was SO great as to
be heard all over the city. and fragments of
eral other employees were more or less injured.
The jury is holding an inquest over the dead
bodies tonight.
WASHINGTON, Dee 1.-The inner and ul-
innate purpose of Jay Gould's recent pur-
chase of railroads i'll the west and southwest
is developed to-day by information which
reaches your correspondent from a source
apparently entitled to the utmost credit and
which is of extreme interest to the people of
the Pacific Coast. According to this trust
worthy information the control that Gould
has obtained over the Iron Mountain and
Missouri Kansas and Texas Pacific railroads
has enabled him to compel Col Tom Scott
and Vice-Pesident Huntington to entertain
the proposition which has resulted in COM
bnation of the Union Pacific, Texas Pacific
and Central Pacific Cos, whereby they agree
to employ their joint credit and capital to
complete the southern trans-continental rail-
road on the 32d parallel as speedily as their
practically unlimited resources can construct
it. Gould's past intention was to undertake
the construction of a line on the 35th parallel
but failure in his attempts to obtain control
of the Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe railroad
and anticipating Boston capitalists in securing
cortIol of the newly olnaniZed ST. Louis and