The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-11-14

SALT LAKE. Nov. 13.-The 7Tib-
une,s Chicago special says: A Wlnnl-
neg Manitoba) special states that
within less than two days an aRlta.
ton has been inaugurated in favor OF
secession from the Dominion cOn1ed-
Grafton. It is the association OF Man
itoba and the northwest That IS 0elng
advocated. and the movement WILL De
properly organized within Il week,
when meetings will be held and OH
GERS will be appointed. A prominent
mover in the agitation said: There
has been a strong sentiment to rebel
against the Dominion government IN
consequence of the treatment OF Il
northwest. But the people were tim
i'd to make a movement IN the dlrec-
tion Of rebellion. There are scores
of abuses of the country. In the first
place, we are looked upon and treated
as a sort Of off-shoot from the Dornin-
ion. The tariff is a terrible thing, it
Is crushing the settlers. Then there
is the opening OF the Hudson bay
route. which every far seeing
man must know will be
the salvation of the country. The
future Of the country depends on that
line. The Dominion government is
opposed to the opening of the route.
They will not help lis, and we must
help ourselves. Then, again, 1t Is
pretty clear that the Dominion gov
eminent is s~ubservient to the Cana
dian Pacific railway. What we want
is our own land, like Ontario has,
and then we could build all the rail-
roads we wanted without any mOnop-
DIV. BY this means settlement would
be encouraged and the settlers would
not suffer as they do now from pirates
and high tariff. As it is, no Compel
ing lines will be allowed. Besides,
this country is made the plumber
ground for worn out political hacks
Of the Dominion government. Our
mines are given to people who do not
belong to The country, and our tim
Der limits are leased to Eng)ishmen
who at some time have done service
to the Dominion government.
We would be willing that the Can
adian Pacific railroad contract should
be iorgone, and the portion of the
line around the north shore Of Lake
Superior and across the Rocky Noun
tain range abandoned. Millions Of
dollars have been sunk in construct
ing these portions Of the road and
the country will be saddled with the
greatest of debts. We propose to get
up a manifesto Of all our grievances
and present it to the dominion gov
eminent. If we don't get satisfac-
ton why then there will he a row.
Many Of the agitators are strongly in
favor of annexation.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. l3.-The several
posts Of the Grand Army of the Re-
public waited upon Gen. Sherman at
his residence tonight and serenaded
him, the United States arsenal band
furnishing music tor the occasion.
Some 500 veterans were in procession
and about as many more outsiders
were present. On appearing in
response to the call, the general was
cordially greeted and Ex-Governor
Thomas c. Fletcher made a brief
speech rendering the most hearty
welcome to their old commander. IL
reply the general said he was glad to
see so many OF his old comrades
present and thanked them for their
hearty greeting. He had returned to
st. Louis with the intention OF
making it his home, and he expected
to spend the remainder of his days
there. He referred to a former visit
to st. Louis. notably in 1861, when
the growlings of war made every
man Suspicious of his Eeighbor. He
was called on by the president to
fulfill his oath of Office, to defend the
country from foreign and domestic
enemies and he appealed to his as
sembled comrades to attest the fact
that the oath had been fulfilled. He
said that Pennsylvania was the
keystone state when the union
was a single arch resting one end on
Massachusetts and the other on Geor-
gia. With prosperity the country had
grown into a grand arch which dipped
into the Pacific and Atlantic oceans,
and with Missouri as the keystone of
that vast arch. He was too old to
share his listeners pleasures Of life
but should watch them from the re-
tirement Of his home. He would
welcome friends from Louisiana as
well as Massachusetts. and form q
common union that would endure
forever. st. Louis had many cher
ished memories and he hoped that all
would join hands together and go on
until they received the last call. He
thanked the veterans present and ex-
tended the freedom of his house to
them at any time they chose tc call.
A general handshaking followed
and after three hearty cheers the
general with two or three friends took
4 carriage and drove to the Olympic
theatre where they participated in
the welcome to John McCollogh, the
star.
SHENANDOAH, Nov. I3.-The disas-
trous FIRE is still burning but is now
entirely under control. Relief is ar
irving and the homeless are being
taken into other families.
The weather is bitter cold and a
strong northwest gale is blowing.
The destitute families are being aided
as much as possible but the town is
in a terrible state OF excitement and
very little can be accomplished at
present. Every train that arrives
brings people from the surrounding
country. The town is so filled with
saloons that it is no trouble to get a
drink. and the rough element. taking
advantage OF the accident. has be-
come drunk and d;sorderlr, causing
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