The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-04-13
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STEUBENv1LLE, o., April SIN jefferson
county, the first county in Ohio to elect dele
gates to the State convention, Blaine swept
the board. The Sherman boom originated in
this city.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 3.-The white
lead works of Motif Il Sigert, at Joplin, cov-
ering an acre of ground, burned this after
noon; also the Joplin foundry. Loss 100000;
insurance only $4,000.
FIT. FAIRFIELD, Mo-, April 3.-There was
an earthquake shock in Maysville, between 2
and 8 o'clock this morning.
BELLEvIEw, Ont, April 3.-A party of 800
Irish and French Canadian railway laborers
on their way to Manitoba, engaged in a free
fight at the station here, and several were
badly hurt. The riot was quelled and the
train proceeded.
ConoEs, n. Y, April 3.-Last night the
strikers assailed two occupied by
French operatives, breaking the doors and
windows. The police force is Intellectual to
protect the workmen, and new special officers
are being sworn in. The mills will be kept
running.
NEW YORK, April3.-The vault of Wesley
Methodist Episcopal church caved in, expos
ing an immense number of bodies, the rotten
collins being broken by the falling bricks.
BERLIN, April 3.-Russian kilograms an
| nounce the arrest of the courier of Prince
De Stun, Senator and Secretary Of State in
the Princes Palace, suspected Of completely
with the Nihilists.
NEW YORK. N3.-The telephone com
| petition bet The Gold and Stock Tele-
graph Compa., of California, and the National
Bell TelephcG- Io.upany, has been settled
for the entile Pacific coast, and George s.
Ladd. President of the Gold and Stock Com
nany ]navas for San Fraprisro to-lav IN mt
the business into immediate operation.
ST. PETERSBURG, April Sit is reported
that the Chinese troops have crossed the
Amoor river int Russian territory.
PARIS, April 3.-A big explosion has &C.
Cured at Anderlues, Belgium, and AZ persons
killed IA persons in the pit escaped.
~P1rTsBURG, April 6.-The Pennsylvania
Railroad Company restores all wages to the
rates prevailing before June lst, 1877.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 6.-The amendments
to the State constitution are carried beyond a
! doubt. In indianapolis they had oyer 5000
majority.
New YORK, April 6-The Clinton county
Democrats elected their delegates to the State
COM ention to-day. They are headed by the
well known Smith NJ. Weed, and of curse
are ,olid for Tilden.
/ Al)El-IHlA, April u ue WOOL lnalkcI
IS quiet, prices firm and stock light. Oregon,
Acc to 45c; Fine, 45c to soc; Medium, 4Oc to
43c; Coarse California, SOC to 40c-ine and
medium. Soc to SIC; Coarse New,Mexico and
Colorado, 33c to 40c-fine, SIC to 4Oc; medi-
um, 2Sc to 33c.
DETROIT, April 6.-The township elections
throughout Michigan Monday, with some
thirty city election returns generally indicate
Republican gains and decide Cling of the
Greenbackers. The constitutional amend
ment increasing the Governors salary to
S., 900 is probably defeated.
LONDON, April G-The Liberals in London
are preparing for great demonstrations in
honor Of Gladstone OH his return here.
The following political gossip from to-day's
World is given for what it is worth: On rec
concentration by Lord Beaconsield, the queen
will, OH the occasion of her anniversary, Gre
ate the Imperial Order of Merit, for civilians
only. A large number of civil servants and
others will be the first batch of persons deco
rated.
CHICAGO, April 6.-The election in this
city to-day for aldermen and town officers
was not of decisive political significance,
party lines being drawn in only very few
instances. Results up TO eleven o'clock indi-
cate that the city oun has been improved
Oh the whole, although one or two objection
able candidates are elected. 1t appears that
the Republicans have lost two aldermen, but
so far indications are that they have certainly
elected the West and South town officers and
probably a part or all of those for North
town.
MADRID, April 6-Enquiry is proceeding
by the minister of finance, relative to means
of developing the Spanish mercantile marine.
Senior Armenguala, d Californian ship builder,
in the course Of The inquiry expressed the
opinion that the present precariouS position
Of Spanish shipping is due to the disastrous
competition it has sustained in the Cuba
trade. more particularly on the part of the
United States. He urged that the Spanish
and Cuba shipping be protected by the lower
ing of consular dues, loading and other
charges, aud that treaties of commerce be
concluded with England and the United
States.
WASHINGTON, April G.-Before the exodus
committee several witnesses testified to the
undesirabillty of Kansas immigrants as citi-
zenS on account of their pauperism. Per
contra, Charleton II. Tandy, President of the
st. Louis Refugee Relief Board, presented a
memorial setting forth the outrages to which
the colored men in the South are continually
subjected, urging Congress to investigate the
exodus. The whole story of oppression,
fraud, cruelty, intimidation and robbery is
gone over. About seventy-tive white citizens
of St. Louis sign the memorial, including
ex-senator Henderson, Judge Dillon, U. S,
District Attorney John Noble, and VIM. Nc
Kee, publisher of the GlObe-Democrat
Tandy thought the exodus would never cease
until the Southern whites cease their cruel
ties.