The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-09-13

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honesty may be accounted for from the fac
that he is two-thirds white. A half breed az
it were.
John w. Bookwalter, the next Governor OF
The Inter Mountain will be ~accommoda.
ted in what it desires to know in the very
quite as well for that journal to cen1ne itself
to statements warranted by facts. The MINER
mas made no charge that it has retracted.
Ohio, is a descendant of Francis Bookwalter,
who came from Holland in It'll and pur-
chased a large tract of land in PenDsylva-
MIA. The head of the family was driven from
his native country by the prosecutions of the
Mennonites.
A friend of Vice-President Arthur says
that in the event of President Garfeld,s death,
the following-named gentlemen will prob
ably form the new cabinet: For Secretary of
State, Hamilton Fish; for Attorney-General
Emory Storrs or Alonzo Taft; Secreta y of
Interior, NJ. S. Quay. James, Lincoln and
Hunt will remain.
Collector Robertson is new III favor Of har-
mOIS. AlteT ueltduluS Nhellltt aiu a
ling Conkling and Piatt, and drawing the
fangs from other dangerous stalwarts, he ell
tiers the distracted and maGdened Republican
fold as a peace maker. He wants all past
differences between the factions healed and
forgotten and a ticket selected that will unite
the republicans against the democrats at the
ensuing New York elections. Self.sacrifcing
Robertson!
Vice-President Arthur is very much an
noyed by the espionage which has been kept
upon his residence in New York City Upon
stepping to his door, recently, he found four
teen re orters on tho step. Speaking to them
he said, 81 do not know but that ought to
send for a policeman to clear the sidew Tx. l
am Tired of this continual watching of my
residence. Is it possible journalism has got
down to watching mems houses, night after
night? Now for weeks this thing has been
kept up about my residence"
There is a company in Manchester, Eng
land, that ensures engines against accidental
break-downs. The object of the company is
to reduc break-downs to a minimum, and
IU6lF p6TlOulCdl llNcSllSdtIolo, W iauASoeo
diagrams, often lead to the discovery Of I'M
suspected defects. A report, recently made,
shows that of the bl eak-downs Of the insured
engines, 40 per cent. were due to accidental
causes, IA per cent. to negligence of attend
ants, 20 per cent. to old Jaws and defects,
and IA per cent. to weakness or faulty
construction.
The Helena Herald, of the LIST inst, in an
article on "Extrsdition' in when it is con-
tended Hartmann should he given up to the
Russian authorities, observes "If Gaitteau
were to escape to any other country with
" ~ we have a treaty, we would he very
Indignant if it refused to return him yet it
might be claimed in his behalf that his was
a political ~otfense,' and then adds: "For
Hartmann read Guitteau; for Emperor Alex
ander' read President Garfield and for Nj
hi!ist.' read Stalwart, and it is not quite clear
wherein the two crimes cali be found to diff
fer" The CHASING of the stalwarts of the
Republican party with the Sihilists of Russia
has been left to halfbeed Journals. Demo-
Gratis take a more charitable view of the OBJ
Ject of that faction of the party in power.
The report that Stanley, the young Ameri-
can explorer OF Africa, is lying at the point of
death at Congo, has created great anxiety in
the public m nd on both sides of the Atlantic.
When he first started out in search Of Dr.Liv
ingstoue he was looked upon by nearly all of
his own ountIy men as a mere adventurer.
The people of both h~emispheres thought it
~presumptious i'll a poor newspaper reporter
20 aspire to a place 10y the side of such Afri-
can explorers as Spoke, Burton, Cameron and
Livingstone, but his subsequent achievements
already proved him their equal. His intel
ligence, perseverance and courage are now
acknowledged by the world and his death
: would be considered an irIeparable loss to
the cause of science and would be deplored
as a great calamity. The people Of all ma
tions unite in a prayer that he may live to
enjoy the well-earned laurels with which
they stand ready TO crown him as the greatest
and most successful of African explorers.
The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle does not view
with favor the suggestion of Senator Beck to
make Senator Anthony President pro tenn of
the senate. In referring to il that journal
says:
"SenatOr Beck may find it wholesom me to BE-
wise his opinion. "Patriotism" is a good thing;
but the patriotism" that %surrenders to the
common enemy and gives Gorham, Malone
& Co. all they contend for cannot possibly be
endorsed In Democratic circles. We do most
sincerely trust, hoping against hope, that no
,o,as,;ty will erica m mt this fmattap m q
test before December: but if that trust be not
realized, let the Democrats stake the gifts
the gods PROVIDE and show a courageous