The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-08-31
Miscellaneous Dispatches.

ATLANTIC CITY, August 21.-Capt Boyn-
ton was defeated to-day in his swimming
match with George Fearr. Boynton was to
swim two and half miles and Fearr two
miles. Fearr won by long distance.
New YORK, August 22.-At four o'clock
this morning five thieves boarded the Third
avenue railroad car on the Bowery near
Spring street and first robbed Parker, the
driver, and when the conductor came to the
forward platform t. collect their fare they
rushed into the CO and drawing revovers
robbed several Passengers of watches and
money. One passenger was lifted bodily out
of the car and knocked down and kicked in
| the street.
DENVER, Col, Aug. 2l.-The Tribune's
Santa Fe special says Charles Williams and
Louis A. Gaines were legally hanged at Santa
Fe yesterday for murder. Both died without
struggle, their necks being broken.
! Dies MONIES, Ia, Aug. ga young man
named Patrick King was shot through the
| stomach tonight as he was escorting two
| young women home. Several girls and a
man named Wallace were arrested. Wallace
confesses that he did the deed. King cannot
recover.
New York, August 22.-The Herald has
long article going to show that the new
| SSiiooo uCihOiloti JildJ UIlt great SOubn Is
passing out of existence IS political factor.
According TO its figuring the following states
Will lose in congressional representation:
Alabama l. Florida l, Georgia l, Louisiana
1, North Carolina /, South Carolina 1, Ten
nessee l, Maine l. New Hampshire l, Yer
mont l, New York 8, Pennsylvania ?, Ohio
2, indiana 1. The following will gain: Mis-
souri, !, Texas 8, Michigan l, Iowa 2, Wiscon-
sin ], Minnesota 2, Nebraska l, Kansas 3,
| Ca1ifnrpio f,o
given to uphold this statement seem to be
much more authentic than those given by the
World.
The Herald has long letter from San
Francisco, the burden of which is that the
republicans are giving close attention to the
senatorial question and neglecting the cleo
tOral ticket.
Los PINos AGENCY, August 20.-Tndian
runners from the southern Ute agency ar
rived this morning and report that Chief
Oura is dangerously i'll, and not expected to
live. They came with message from Ouray
to the agency physician here, in whom he has
the utmost confidence, and request him to
come Immediately. The doctor left this
morning by the mountain trail. Indians will
furnish relays of horses and the doctor eX-
poets to make the distance, one hundred and
twenty miles, in fifteen hours. Ouray went
to that point to assist the commissioner in
prevailing upon the Utes to sign the treaty.
If Ouray dies the treaty will never be signed
by the White river and southern Utes.
CHICAGO, August 23.-The Chinese resi-
dents last night got into riot caused by the
effortspf All Kung to stab and club some of
his friends. Some dozen of them were run
in and the whole Celestial population turned
out and surrounded the station, bearing to
their brethren in confinement boxes of
matches, papers of tobacco, pipes, cigars,
cigarettes, plates of rice, candles, tomatoes,
chop sticks and little brass josses. No one
seriously hurt.
NEW YORK, August 23.-The Post this
morning says a number of Chinese students,
now in the United States, will soon be sent
back to China on account of offences which
they have committed. Among them is 7. Z.
Chung, an excellent young man, who was
graduated in the class Of 10, at the Norwich
Conn, irce academy, and who is disgraced
for having cut off his queue. Woo, the new
| Chinese commissioner at Hartford, is very
strict and is conducting the Chinese schools
under the rigid discipline of the empire.
MONTREAL, August 23.-Maxime Chaput
ayoung burglar, captured this morning in {
cave outside the city, confesses he is the per
petrator of eight recent daring burglaries
He had large amount of diamonds, watches
and iewelry concealed in the cave. HI
: worked alone and has balled the police.
= CHICAGO, August 23.-Dr. Cream ant
Hattie Mack are held without bail for th'
I murder of young woman, Mary Faulkner
, by abortion. They LETT her body in desert
ed house and the stencil from decomposition
was the first ntim alton of the whereabouts o
+ the body. Each party accuses the other o
! the crime.
+ DEADwooD, D. r., August 23.-The jur
e in the case of exPostmaster, r. o. Adams
T. charged with the embezzement of nearl
: $4,000 brought in a verdict of guilty. Ad
ans Will probably give bail and appeal tn
+ case to the territorial supreme court.
. ST. PAUL, August 23.-Averill, Russell
: Carpenters paper warehouse and 7. II
!; kelly's Wholesale grocery store on Thir
. street burned to the ground early this morn
d ing The fire defed the tiremen and burne
with incredible swiftness. 1t is rumored tina
a man was killed by falling walls.
r CITY OF MExICo, August 23.-Gonza lie
has an absolute majority and congress ha
! nothing to do but declare the result. 1t
:, expected that Governor Cadena will pre-
- nounce against the result on the ground Q
Is fraud. He is governor of Zacaticas and Ina
a we'll armed and organized body of stat
!, troops The government is watching hin
I with considerable forces at San Louis an
e other convenient points, with Gen. Gonzale
4 in command.
President Diaz gave dinner to Ministe
o Morgan and all the foreign ministers an
- consuls with their wives attended, also til
# cabinet ministers.
~ Three American railway companies seei
n ing concessions are represented here.
HAVANA, August 23.-For the week enc
le ing Friday last there were forty deaths fro
t, yellow fever and four from small pox. TIE
Y persons died during the month from contagio
of glanders
at LONDON, August 33.-A dispatch from Je
lalabad says: Events of the past six montl
/ show the uselessness of Kurum Fort for il
fluencing the military or political situation
Cabul. The eight thousand troops he