The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-02-10

under which the Atchison Company will
have the right to run their own trains over
the Denver Il Rio Grande to Leadville in
case the New Mexican line or st. Louis line
OF the Rio Grande should be built or they be
cut OIL from their share of the Leadville
southern or Denver traffic with eastern points.
The contract establishes peace after severe
contest OF two years, and is generally consd-
cred beneficial to all concerned.
Political.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.--In the House to-
day keifer presented the petition of .yere
llaralson relative to the contested election
case OF Harlason against Shelly, from the
tourth district Of Alabama, aud asked that il
oe printed and referred to the Committee on
Elections, Some opposition was made Oh the
Democratic side on the ground that it was
competent for the Committee on Elections TO
order it printed if it saw fit. Finally Keitpr's
motion was agreed to. The memoralist SETS
lollli IN his petition that after the declal alton
OF the result OF the Congressional election he
ehaeaVored to take dispositions for use in his
contest, but that the Mayor of Selma and
other officers authorized by law to take depo-
sitions refused to do so on the ground that il
would be working against the interest Of the
Democratic party. He alleges that General
ley procured indictments against all the
witnesses summoned in his (IIaralsons) be-
hali, ana had them arrested and cast into Jail
and kept them there till the time within which
he might take evidence had expired. He also
alleges that General Shelley paid or caused to
be paid large sums Of money to the officers of
election at several precincts in Lownder
county to refuse to sign the election returns,
and appeals to the House for investigations
Irish Relief.
DUBLIN, Feb. 1.-At a meeting of the
Mansion House committee last night, Lord
Mayor Grey presiding, it was announced that
f33,O0O had been received to date and G15.-
800 dsbursed. The chairman complained of
the comments which had been made in Amer
lea on the constitution Of the committee ana
its distribution of the funds entrusted to it,
and read letter from the Roman Catholic
Bishops McEvily, of Galway, and Duggan. of
Clanterta, expressing astonslment at these
attacks and declaring that the Mansion House
fund is administered solely with view to the
relief Of the distress and that the committee
enjoys public confidence. Arch Bishop
French, of the Ch..rch of Ireland, was pres
ent and joined III these expressions. 1t was
announced that the committee had received
$4,000 additional from Sydney, making a
total from the Australian Colonies Of 42l,
900.
NEW DIRK, Feb. LIN reference to a
statement made recently by Parnel that
Queen Victoria contributed nothing in 1S47
to the Irish famine, the denial of which state
ment was made by Lord Randolph Churchill
Parnel has addresseda leterto the New York
Hcrdtd in which he says: ain reference to
Lord Randolph Churchill's contradiction of
my statement that the Queen gave nothing to
relieve the famine in 1S47, find might have
gone still further, and said with perfect accu-
racy that not only did she give nothing, but
that she actually Intercepted G,0OO pounds Of
q donation which the Sultan of Turkey de-
sired to contribute to the famine fund. In
~ the SULTAN had offered a donation of
10000 pounds but the English Ambassador al
Constantinople was directed by the Queen to
inform him that her contribution was to be
limited to 1000 pounds and that the Sultan
should not in good taste give any more than
that, and the fund by the Queens action lost
6O00 pounds"