The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-04-20
respected neither foreigners nor natives aoe
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oC@A uol COuulIIOD.
letter from Arequipa says the magnificent
pulu.ngs IN Maiindo belonging to the rail-
[Uaa Cni. nave oeen completely destroyed by the
En.iians' ~, ana everything portable carried off,
The officers, without an execution led tho
way, opening private trunks belonging IN
Enlish ladies, and filling their pockets with
!he contents The men are reported as bav-
| .G outraged many women and even small
Sris, ana IN some cases the Cbilian soldiers
were iorced by their officers to fire upon their
comrades to restrain their devilish brutality.
Inc f'ruvian steamer Union succeeded in
breaklp, the blockade at africa OH the morn
ing OF The 18th of March, and discharged her
cargo OF war material under heavy fire from
the Diockading fleet. She then took coal ON
Doard and again put to sea, arriving safely at
Caiiao. While discharging her cargo at africa
the UNION lost one man killed and seven
wounded. Slight damage was also done the
snip from the fire of the enemy
Washington Gossip.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-The House COM
mittee on post offices and post roads, at their
meeting to-day, instructed Chairman Mooney
to move suspension of the rules in the House,
TO put upon its passage the bill regulating the
manner of expediting the schedule of mail
routes.
The committee subsequently gave hearing
to Irenor w. Park, president of the Panama
Il. X. Co., in regard to the difficulties under
which the American foreign commerce labors
in competition with foreign steamship compa-
nies. He related his experience, particularly
since he became president of the Panama 4.
Il. GO. He said that at first he had found the
whole trade of the western coast of South
America principally in the hands of an En-
gllsh steamship company, but that since that
time, by an arrangement with that company,
half of the trade from Callao north to Pana-
ma, with the exception of the articles cotton.
woods, sugar, and copper ore, was now allow
ed to come by way of Panama, and that con-
sequently the tonnage of that road has in
creased enormously. He also said that the
trade of that region was vver $2OO,OOO,OOO a
year, and that owing to the monopoly which
English steamship companies had Of the trade
almost all of it went to Europe, although tbe
distance was some 10000 miles against some
5000 miles to the United States. He spoke
of the Importance of this great trade and of
the immense benefit it would be to American
manufacturing and agricultural interests, if a
fair portion of it could be diverted to this
country. He went ON to say that it was i'm
possible for American steamship companies to
compete with European steamship companies.
He said, for instance, that if the Panama R.
X. Co. should attempt to establish line of
steamships to do this trade, it would require
at least eight steamships, and that the cost Of
eight steamships of from 1000 to $500 tons
each, would be at least 81 900, 900 more than
the cost of line of steamships to European
company. Besides the original difference in
cost, an American company would have to pay
six per cent insurance on that difference, and
an annual depreciation of ten per cent on the
same difference, 50 that if the two companies
were to do exactly the same amount of busi-
hess, and at the same rates, the European
company could pay dividend to Its stock
holders, while the American company would
be losing money. In this same connection he
alluded to the disadvantage under which
American steamsphip companies labored, il
Illustrating with the case of the Pacific Mail
Steamship Co. OF New York, which has had
to pay in local taxes in the city of New York
between 100000 and 100000 within the
last ten years, while it did not pay single
dollar in the shape of a dividend. Such a
state of things could not exist in England,
where taxation is only upon the net profits.
He also alluded to the additional cost of rum
ming the American steamship lines in the way
of large pay to the officers and crews, and in
the way of duty paid upon all articles of
consumption from which duty the English
lines of steamships are free.
As Parks had not concluded his statement
when the hour of IL arrived, the committee
adjourned until tomorrow, after having ar
ranged to give further hearing upon the
subject.
WASHINGTON, April 13.-Colonel Hatch
telegraphs from San Andreas in relation to
his recent engagement with Victoria's band
of Indians, that Capt. Carroll and seven men
were seriously wounded, and the Indicns so
severely punished that it will probably have
the effect of bringing them to terms.
Collector Clark telegraphs from Atlanta,
Ca, that body of armed men burned the
house of Deputy Collector Stewart, of Fan
ming county, and wounded his son. Com
missioner Raum replied that the crimes of
assault to murder and arson are not offenses
against the internal revenue laws, and conse-
quently the brigands must be dealth with by
the state laws and not by the United States
authorities. Collector Clark is authorized to
render every assistance possible to the state
authorities in arresting the offenders.
The House committee on Indian affairs met
to-day. The items in the proposed approprl-
alton bill have been greatly cut down.
WASHINGTON, April 13.-The House COM
mittee Oh public buildings to-day agreed to
the bill for the erection of court
house and post-office at San Francisco to cost
$780, 900.
Senator Farley to-day presented memorial
signed by the citizens of Monroe,
California and Esmeralda county, Nevada,
protesting against the passage of the public
land commissioners bill which proposes a
radical change in the mining laws. The
say the enactment of this bill
would be subversive of the best interests of
cheap mining; that instead of preventing
litigation it will increase litigation; that by
its Onerous conditions it will create neces-
sity for capital with which to do even surface
mining; that it will entirely destroy the oc-
cupation of the prospector, throw thousands
of poor miners and prospectors out of EN-
ployment, and retard for an indefinite period
the development of a comparatively unpros-
pected mineral belt which is believed to be
rich in precious minerals.
Representative Daggett has also received
large number of memorials of the same