The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-11-18
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'oioSI aphS GLaI Le Is informed JHaG persons
say ii Premier Martinez Campos does not car
| ry the abolition bill, and the reforms in the
West Indies on a free-trade basis, he, with the
support OF Senior Canovas del Castillo, will ask
the king to dissolve the Cortes, and in the
meantime govern Cuba by royal decree.
LONDON, Nov, s.-The Standards dispatch
from Rome says the Vatican has determined
to appoint Monsignor Warden Brandon one of
the Pope's secret Chamberlains, to be Coadju-
tor to Cardinal des Champes, Archbishop of
Mallnes, with the right of succession to that
| see. This important nomination indicates a
conclliatoiy attitude toward Belgium. d
A Times dispatch from Calcutta says there
Sc ms to be little doubt Of the Ameer's treach-
ey. The general opinion is that he will be
sent as a state prisoner to India
| A Berlin dispatch to the Times says news
has been received at Moscow from Baker that
the troops on the expedition into Turkestan
are in pi.iable condition. They have lost
half their number.
| Appearances to-day are more favorable to
the maintenance Of peace, but the danger of
! difficulties with Russia is not yet over. The
threatened movement Of the British Mediter-
ranean fleet undoubtedly warned Turkey of
her peril, and checked the intrigucs of Russia
at Constantinople.
Count ShOuvalof has received his formal
| letters of recall from the Russian embassy in
England, and as no one has been appointed
to take his place, this is regarded as rather
| Ominous.
| SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9.-Saint Julian's
| tiot to beat his own time, has been postponed
| one week, on account of heavy track from the
| rains.
One of our Rhode Island exchanges has a
partment entitled, "The State at l4arge''
! dehat sarcasm.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O-Thc following is
among the business transacted in the Supreme
Court to-day: Union Consolidated Silver
Mining Company plaintiffs in error VS.. Jas.
ID. Taylor in error to the circuit court of the
| United States for the district OF Nevada
This was an action of ejectment brought to
| recover possession of an undivided interest
equal to five feet of the mining claim on the
Comstock lode i'll Storey county. Under
agreement Of the parties the case was tried
by the U. s. Circuit Court with jury. A
finding Of facts was made and on that finding
judgment was rendered in behalf of Tavlor.
plaintiff below. That Judgment is hereby
affirmed, no error appearing in the record.
Justice Strong delivered the opinion. Field
did lot sit in the case.
Frank Saul ct al. plaintiffs in error VS.. the
! United States in error from the Circuit Court
Of the United States for the District of Cali
| fornia. This was u suit on collection of bond
for alleged failure to perform certain condi-
tions. The errors assigned here all refer to
the evidence admitted and instructions given
to the jury in the court below. This court
| holds they were not errors and affirms the
circuit court Judgment. Clifford delivered
the opinion.
Orlando North & p. Newman, assiguees
etc, plaintiffs in error VS.. VIM. Mcdonald &
| II Rnofb in n tha GIN, of
Wyoming. Judgment affirmed with costs.
Chief Justice delivered the opinion.
ST. LOUIS. Nov. 1O.--Mail advices from the
Interior says a tornado destroyed the railroad
depot and two or three other buildings al
Pageville, Saturday, and General Joe Shelby
and Sharon, who were in one house when it
was torn down, were injured, the latter fatal
ly. Two or three other persons were slightly
injured. The town of Strasbnrg was also
visited by the storm,
| CHARLOTTE, \. c., November 10.-In
Lancaster county, S. c., Saturday night, a
white woman, Mrs. James Adams, cut the
throats of her five children and then set fire
to her clothing and burned to death. Sup
posed to have been insane.
RICHMOND. November 1O.-The Readius-
ters are firing cannon tonight over their
claimed victory in the State.
AUGUSTA, Ga, November 1O.-The venel-
able Dr.. Lovelace Pierce, the father cf Meth
odlsm III Georgia, died at his home at Sparta.
Aged So.
FORTRESS MONROE, November 1O.--The
large academy hall at the Norma! Agricultural
School, near Hampton, burned. Loss, $50,-
600; insured.
NEW YORK, November 1O.-Three hun
dred thousand dollars in gold were received
to-day from Europe.
SAN FRANCISCO November 1O.-The rise
IN Hale & Norcross is based on reports of all
ore stri Ike in the crosS-cut Oh the 21OO-f
level. Assays have been made of some of
the rock running from three to four hundred
dollars per ton. These assays are made from
rock furnished by Supt. Deideshemer and
it is not stated whether they represent fair
average or are selected samples. Stock went
up to twenty-three i'll formal session this
morning, but subsequently, declined to figures
given in the regular quotations.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1O.-Mr. Bailey. L. S.
| Consul-General at Shanghai, China, in a dis
patch to the Department of State reports there
will not be more than half of cotton crop
in that district. This will probably make all
unusual demand in China and Japan for
cotton goods. The U. S. Consul at Odessa
reports to the Department of State that the
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usual harvest, and that American wheat must
be in great demand in all parts of Europe.
The Supreme Court of the District Of Col
umbia to-day dismissed the petition filed by
Thomas Mcbride, of Utah, praying for a
| nandamus upon the Secretary of the Interior
to compel him to deliver patent for certain
lands in Utah for which Mcbride pre-empted,
and for which a patent was granted, but was
recalled from the Salt Lake City Land Office
before delivery, the Department having in the
meanwhile discovered that the land in ques-
ton had been covered by town-site entry of
| the Mormon authorities of Granville. Chief
Justice Carter in announcing the decision of
the Court said that this was very interesting
case, in which was presented a glaring at