The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-12-07

49, n VIII be issued by the president |
P,aclng emma on the same footing as Great
. niltalh ana other nations in the matter of |
port ana tonnage dues in this country, The
proclamation will in short declare s.that Chi |
hese vessels are not subject to any discrimin- |
atimg dutles." The official announcement |
VIII probably be issued as soon as Monday or |
tuesday. Additional information received |
mere by telegraph from China makes it Ger |
laih That the new treaty on the subject of i'm |
migration Will be entirely satisfactory to tbe |
racine coast sentiment As stated in spe-
Clal dispatch to the California Associa ated !
ffess last Monday, it does not attempt to reg |
ulaee the subject infinitely by treaty stlpula- |
lions, but broadly clears the way for congress
sional action to restrict the immigration ot |
Chlnese laborers 10 any extent that the Unit
| ed States may deem advisable,
Justice Strong will retire from the bench |
pelore Jan. l, and Justice Swayne intends to
retire as soon as Strong's successor shall be |
confirmed by the senate. They are both elip-
IDLE for retirement on full pay, each being
over ~ years OF age and have served 10 years.
lhey cannot both leave the bench at the same
time without breaking the constitutional quo
rum Tor the supreme court, which is six of the
| total nine, because Justices Clifford and Hunt
are each physically if not mentally unable to
perform any judicial labor. Although per-
manently disabled, neither Clifford nor Hunt
will yet resign, the first having long ago de-
clared that he would not resign unless he
| could be succeeded by democrat, and Hunt
being not yet eligible to retirement with nav,
| If they don't resign, or if Justice Hunt is not
provided for by special act of congress, there
is considerable probability that law will be
passed providing tor the appointment of two
additional members of the supreme court,
whose places shah not be filled until the total
| IN IN ~,
would give the court its full complement of
membership both before and after the death
or retirement of Clifford and Hunt. 1t Is
practically certain that ex-senator Stanley
Matthews will succeed Justice Swayne and
it is for this reason that he has withdrawn
from the contest for the Ohio senatorship.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29th.-General and
Mrs. Garfield left to-day for home.
The treasury department to-day issued
100000 silver certificates on deposits of gold
made in New York. 100000 were issued
on similar deposits on last Saturday.
General Walker, superintendent of the
census, characteriZes as entirely erroneous
the recently published statement that the
money for taking the census of the Indians
had given out, and that the work was fail
ure. He says that one-third of the money
set apart for this service has been expended,
exact degree of fsuccess which will be attained
in certain directions. Efforts have been
made for the first time to obtain important
information respecting Indian treaties and
bands, and be has no reason to doubt that
much in the way of valuable results niiy be
obtained and is sure no one has yet a
right TO declare the work failure in any
J particular.
A telegram from Berlin informs the war
department that the cases Of Americas nat
uraliZed citizens who were arrested in AlsSce
and LSraine on charges of owing military
service, have been decided IN accordance
, with the claims OF this government. The re-
lease of We'll has been already reported, and
J it is now announced that in his case as well
l as III the previous one of Getnes, that all fines
} and penalties imposed by the German gov
ernment will be remitted
General Miles has arrived in the city, and
it is generally believed that his appointment
as Chief Signal officer of the army, with the
3 rank of Brigadier General, will be announced
tomorrow
I The President. General Sherman, Secre
= tary Ramsey, Postmaster-General Maynard
Third Assistant POstmaster-General Hazen
/, and Mr.. r. II. Hager left here this evening
for Easton, Pa, for the re.dedication of Par
2 dee Hall
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5O.--A fire broke Oh
last night in the barber shop of the house o
l representatives, and before it could be eN
tinguished considerable injury was done tn
walls. Origin unknown.
Gen. Walker, superintendent Of the cen
sus, has submitted his regular annual repor
. to the secretary of the Interior. He says tha
although the taking Of the tenth census
II substantially complete, returns having bee
c received from all but seven of the 81 ,26
u enumeration districts, it will probably b
Il two or three weeks before he will be able t
). present the complete statistics OF the popula
u ton of the country, and he therefore consld
: ers it advisable to postpone to future repor
, all mention of the result OF the enumeration
u and also all discussion of the methods in USE
u as well as any suggestions which may requlr
y to be made of changes III the census law VII
;, reference TO future enumerations.
The superintendent says every year an
; every month which can be saved in tbs CON
/ pilation ard publication OF any statistics ADD
greatly to their value. He recommends tia
L congress be asked to aul horiZe TIE printing
81 by special contract, under the supervision
IL the secretary of the interior and, If it b
IS thought desirable, also of the printing CON
IS mittees of the two houses of congress, OF seN
II eral reports of the census as fast as prepared
T. The accounts Of 2S,4l0 enumerators hav
u already been settled, involving total e.
IL pendtlre of upwards Of Sl,S2O,OO0. Oni
+ about 200 accounts remain unadjusted, All
i there is no reason to Doubt that month MOI
will see all the enumerators PAID LOT the
services, except only in cases where there
suspension for reasons unmlstaNaoly Col
Lo nectcd with some fault of the enunerator.
'st Progressing Finely
e: CHICAGO, Nov. 50-The Inter ocean
of Washington special says: John l. Davenpo