The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-08-12

WARRINGTON, August "a New
York World ~ ~.ial says: The two
immigration bfIls which paesed the
Henate yesterday ore In no sense cOn-
nicting and hardly supplement each
other, for one relates 70 head money
only and the other only to reguls-
ttons Tor the comfort Of passengers at
81. Both bills originated - the
House, and their passage yesterday in
the SENATE leaves them in need
simoly Of the Prcsident's signature to
bec0me lava The signature will
doubtless be afIixed 10 both. The
head money bill, which has become
known - NJ. Mjller's, imposes
. tax Of Alty cent? up0n the steam.
ship companies for each Immigrant.
CO)lectrn II customs are chorRed
with the collection Of tho tax. aud
the Secretary Of the Treasury b au-
thOTtsed TO co1tS4ct with boards Of
immigration In the various States for
looking after the immigrants - they
arrive. The other bill, which Nj.
Conger piloted through the Senate,
and which b known - the Deusler
bill. provides what qus1ters must be
furnished immigFants by the steam
ship cOmpantes, how many may be
brought over at = time, and % u. its
design being to secure ro0ln, ventila-
tiOn and healthy tranop0rtaii0n to
iImlnigrants. This bill was passed
about the middle Of the session, bat
owing to the Improper description II
the decks, the uppefmost deck being
r1<,.2~,~A AtnS1 as>GHnE<A - th>> .n>Ssn A.~h
the Till was vetoed. Then the error
WAS corrected, and the bill passed
both houses again without debate.
MACON. Ga, August TAT the
colosed camp nleetiD4 ut Eastman the
deputy marshal shet fleeing prison.
e.: e. named Jake Tanpy, killing him:
deputy into . house where an Juno
cent white man named Howard
lived, who Wa& shot and beaten to
death, they thinking he was the
deputy.
CHICAGO, August THE bridge
across the Emtarras river, on the
Peoria, Decatur 4 Evansville rail-
road near Greenap, yesterday even
ing, ave way under . freight train
and the engine and eighteen loaded
cars went down, killing Charles Al
len, = coppessmith, and seriously In
juring n. C0nlln, engineer, and Geo.
FOrten, brakeman. The bridge Was
dc ective.
IxDIANAPOLIs, August 9.-The
Republican State convention elected
Il. w. Thompson chairman. The
platform was then ad"p:e,i which re-
calls the services of the Republican
party, its liberal pension laws and
financial success. 1t demands the
pending constitutional amendments
t'e submitted by the next legislature
to the voters; that they are not rarti-
san amendments and they should be
ad0pted by . special election for
them. A warm tribute IL paid to
Lincoln and Garfield.
COIrOEs, n, Y, August 7.-Har-
n,0ny Mills re-0pened this morning.
but only seventy operatives resumed
work.
San FRANCIsCO, August 5.-Rear
Admiral David Stockton NcT)0ugall
died In this city to-day of Bright's
disease.
GALVESTON, August 7.-Several
cases Of suspicious sickness ON the
schooner Henrietta from Alatamoras
at quarantine, developed into Vel
low fever. One death.
DURHAM. August 7.-News has
been received here that the B&,ers
with the native contingent wele de-
ft,ated sn the 9TH Of July by Mon
tavi, with heavy lOs~.
SARATs,s \, August 7.-Race, first,
! mile, Disturbance 1st, Minnie Ind.
Time lis.
Second rare, II miles, Jim Nelson
1st. Foirce 2nd, Longlaw Sd. Time
ELL.