The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-04-05

Noo3 &APll Ia dSuluktOu SpcCldl
says: The health Of Thomas N. Nichol,
lately nominated commissioner of Indian af-
fairs, is such that upon the advice of friends
he will ask the president to withdraw his
name. He has been acting commissioner for
the last three months, and the enormous la
Dor required has proved too much for his
physical strength.
NEW YORK, April I'M. de Chamay, of
The French Lorillard expedition, in Mexico,
is here en- route to France, and says he would
not take 5000 for the photographs and pa
per impressions of the inscriptions and base
reliets secured, and which are now OH the
way to Paris. He is confident that when he
has completed his researches the history and
origin of the early civilization of Mexico will
cease to be as it is at present-a sealed book.
ST.. LOUIS, April 1.-Advices from Duran
go, N. NJ, state that Jack Roberts, one of the
long time a terror in southern Colorado was
captured a few days ago by Thomas Nance
and John Benning. While they were liking
him to Pennington they were overta ken by a
band of regulators who paid them the reward
that had been offered for Roberts and took
that worthy and strung him up to tree. The
particular act for which he was hanged
was for the killing of John G. Reatere at
Durango two weeks ago.
LONDON, April 1.-The first attack Oh the
governments policy in Transvaal was made
by Lord Cairns, conservative, in the house of
lords tonight. He alluded 10 an announce
ment in the queens speech al the opening Of
parliament that the authority of the crown
would be promptly vindicated in Transvaal
and asked whether the authority of the crown
had been vindicated at all. He entertained
grave doubts that in thus surrendering the
territorial p~rerogative the crown had not
been stained. He emphatically protested
against handing a hundred thousand British
subjects back to as bad a system of slavery as
ever existed in the world. He argued we had
no security that the Bocrs would accept the
decision of the royal commission and asked
how we were to enforce them if the Beers did
not accept them when onr reinforcements
quilted the country, as he said, by the terms
of peace ammunition is not to be supplied to
the government in Transyaal. They would
be merely hostages in the hands of the Beers.
Lord Cairnes concluded by a general denun-
citation of the terms of peace in peculiarly
striking e%loquence, which elected all outburst
of applause.
Lord Kimberly, colonial secretary, replied
that there could be no doubt if the war had
continued the greater part of South Africa
would be involved in it.
CHICAGO, April 1.-The jury in t he SUIT of
Alice A. Early, of Rockford, against Wilbur
F. Storey, of the Chicago Times, for willful
defamation of character, the jury on
a final hearing, gave a verdict of $500 against
the defendant, which is virtually a victory
for the defendant. On one trial the plaintiff
was given $50, 900, and Storey once offered
$4,000 as a compromise. The suit was for
$50, 900.
FERGUS FALLS, Mimi, April 1. "A grave
accident occurred.o on the ST. Pau, Minneapolis
and Manitoba railroad. \ passenger train
going north yesterday ran into a freight train
six miles north of Rohers. The caboose took
fire and one man was burned to death and a
number wounded. The railroad company
refused to let parties go over their road.
Physicians have been dispatched and it IS be-
lieved that several of the injured are in a pre-
carious condition.
WAsnINGTON, April 1.-The president de-
cided to appoint Capt. Henry, of OHIO, u. s..
marshal of the District of Columbia, in the
place of Fred. Douglas. The latter will be
appointed to some other equally IS good place.
The present status of the contest between
Conkling and the administration is that a
number of democratic senators are divided
as to the best policy to pursue. Before the
time for action arrives, the democrats will
hold a caucus Oh the subject, and unless it
shall appear plainly that party policy dictates
a solid vote one way or the other, each sena-
tor will be left to vote as he chooses. Conk-
ling will in all probability get = democratic
senators. who held that to defeat Robertson is
to open the way along the line between the
administration, prompted by Blaine, and the
Grant stalwarts. 1t is evident that Conk-
ling has more strength to back him in the
senate chamber than is supposed.
The rurno prevails this afternoon of a con-
ference between Conhling and Pendleton
looking to an early executive session.
Dawes moved to adjourn till Monday, to
which the democrats objected.
Hoar replied somewhat savagcly to Lamar's
remarks, particularly to those in which
started from the former speeches Of Hoar.
Lamar was too much exhausted to reply,
and said he would take an early occasion to
do so.
Dawes now has The floor also replying to
Lamar. Dawes said there was a time when
Lamar had the ear of the people Of Massachu-
sets, but hat time has passed. lie contin-
ned, that when Lamar entered congress