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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-19

The Salt Lake Herald says the
United States branch mint in New
Orleans is preparing to coin 9,0OO,0 600
standard silver dollars this year. The
Times Democrat says that last year
there was such a demand for the dol
lar throughout the southwest that
the supply of the New Orleans mint
was exhausted, and after the issue Of
$4,000, 900 had emptied the vaults, it
became necessary to draw on the sub
treasury at Philadelphia for $4,000 600
more. The silver dollars is the poor
mans money and it finds its warm
est friends among the laboring classes
of the South.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-19
The Y. M. G. A. Convention.

MILWAUKEE, May 18.-The morn.
ing session of the convention of the
Y. NJ. q: A. was taken up on the re-
port of the committee to whom was
referred the annual report of the in
ernatlonal convention. They recon-
mended a number of resolutions. ali
Of which were finally adopted. but
a heated discussion was raised by the
resolution which had reference to the
acceptance of the charter from the
state of New York and the make-nn
OF the International convention. <
delegate from Indiana objected to
having the International body located
IN the state of New York, claiming
tnat the center of population was
further west, and that more western
men ought to be on the international
committee. A prolonged discussion
1oilowed Interrupted finally by the
president of the convention who sue-
gested that they should ioin in
prayer and ask aid in solving the
question. After half an hour of de-
votioual exercises the discussion was
again taken up and became more
heated than ever but soon after noon
resolution was carried and the West
ern delegates were beaten. New York
remains the head centre of the hodv
changed. on-
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-19

An exchange says no wonder the
Government printing Office is so ex-
pensive. Eight quarto volumes are
being issued at revenue expense as
treatises on Indian languages-Daco-
ia, Omaha, Ponca and Klamath
with grammars and dictionaries at
tached. Then there is a history of
Captain Jack and the MOdoc war, q
Tertiary history of the Grand Cam
yon district, a volume on the geology
of the COmstOck lode and another on
its history, all with ALIASES. Now it
should add a treatise on the Chinook
language, a history of the "bucking
cayuse' and a review of the defalca-
tons of Republican officials under
the Republican regime, and the vol
umes would be complete,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-19

From the following it would seem
the Chicago Inter Ocean has beer
sighted by the Administration in
some particular. John w. Burdette,
who has been appointed Collector of
Internal Revenue for the Fourth
Iowa District, is the editor of the
Burlington Hawkeye, and a brother
of the well-known humorist. Anoth-
er editor of that paper is MI. Waite,
and he is postmaster at Burlington.
The proprietor of the Hdwkeye is
First Assistant Postmaster General,
and ifthere are any other editors or
proprietors of the paper who have
been overlooked in the distribution
will they please signify it by rising?
There is a painful suspicion that
there may be a clerk or a carrier
somewhere around the Hawkeye
building who hasn't been "recog-
niZed.O
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-19

If the half oe true which Republi-
cans charge against Secretary Teller
he is unfit to occupy his present high
position. Outside the charge that he
has shown a contemplate partisan
spirit in a thousand ways, there are
counts in the Indictment found
against him which place him as a
defendant before the whole people.
1t is held he has removed good and
tried men from office and filled their
places with bummers; that he was
privy, if not a party, to land steals in
Colorado, and that he galvanized
INTO life the Louisiana grant. thus
making possible a still larger steal.
AS against these charges Mr.. Teller's
assertion that Senator Hill purchased
his seat for $2S, 900 is no answer. The
will be compelled to rise
and explain away these charges. A
dignified silence will not prove his
innocence of them.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-19

MI. VIM. Henry Hurlbert, editor
of the New York World publishes a
card in that journal under date of the
9th inst. in which he announces that
he has transferred to Mr.. Joseph Pull
itzer, the we'll known founder and
editor of the st. Louis Post Dispatch,
the entire control ofthe World news
paper, and adds "Mr. Pulitzer's ex-
perience as a journalist and his 10y
atty to sound Democratic principles
warrant the confidence and goodwill
with which the undersigned cordially
commends the World under his di.
rection to the public of New York"
The World under Mr.. Hurlbert's
editorial management has become a
power in national as we'll as in state
politics, and the Democrats Of the
country will he pleased to learn that
that journal will lose none of its in
fluence by its passing into the hands
of Mr.. Pulitzer.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-19

Chicago Inter Ocean,: It is not
often the case in court that the plain
tiff is proven guilty of the crime
charged, but tina, appears to be the
situation in the investigation of
Supervising Architect Hill at Wash
ington. The lurld Mullett, his pre-
decessor in office, among other
charges alleged that Hill had sold
$3.50, COO worth of government prop
erty for 81 800, and that the transac-
ton could not possibly be anything
bat a bare-faced swindle for HILLS
pecuniary benefit. The proof was
advanced to ~substantiate the charge
beyond a doubt, and Hill's villainy
was demonstrated by Mullett and
admitted by every ore until an ex-
animation of the records develOped
the fact that the transaction took
place before Hill became Supervising
Architect, while Mullett was in
office, and that the latter is RESPONSE
bIe for whatever wickedness there
Was in it. Now will NJ ullett take the
medicine he had prescribed for Hill
and go to the Penitentiary? He
made the charge and proved it. The
matter of the person who
committed the crime does not reduce |
its enOrmity.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-19
aan Francisco Mining Stocks
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18.--The
following are the of11clal closlng
nricea of mining stocks:
Duun's Trial.

CHICAGO, May 18.-Nr. Mile con-
cluded his argument at threee o'clock
and Judge Smith proceeded to charge
the Jury. All items of instruction
were submitted by the attorney tor
the state and for the defense were
given to the jury except some minor
ones which were covered in more m
portant instructions. The charge
gave the usual definitions of murder
and panslaughter and touched upon
the question of reasonable doubt.
The Jury were instructed if they found
the meeting between Elliott and
Dunn was planned by the latter, to
return a verdict Of guilty. II they
believed from the evidence the meet
ing was accidental and the first hes
tile movement made by Elliott they
must acquit. The instructions of the
states attorney were read first and
during the reading the prisoner
showed more nervousness than at
any time during the trial. AS the
reading of the instructions for de-
Tense progressed, however, his
wonted composure returned and at
the conclusion was calm as before.
The jury retired at 3:45 and thejudge
left the court room with instructions
to send for him as oon as the jury
agreed. About 8 o'clock the agree
was announced and the judge
sent for. He came at $50 and the
jury at once filed in and gave the
verdict of not guilty. The demon.
STATIONS by his friends were subdued
in the court room but when they
reached the outside with HIM they
gave vent to their feelings. Dunn
went with a few friends to a neigh
saloon and from there they
went to Clayton's place in which El-
lott waited for him a few days before
the shooting. The news flew rapidly
in every direction, Dunns friends
running along the street shouting the
At Claytons a large crowd
gathered in a few moments and Dunn
and his friends slipped quietly out of
the back way to avoid thetbrong and
disappeared.
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The grand jury at Yankton has
indicted a number of members of the
legislature for bribery. Dakota is
unfortunate in the selection of men,
bers of that body. A former one
aided a county in repudiating its in
debtedness, and thus cast a cloud
over the good name of the Territory
from which it has not yet recovered.
1t seems the Democrats of the last
Congress knew what they were about
when they objected to the admission
Of Dakota as a State.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-19

SARATOGA, May 1S.-The Moder-
ator of the Presbyterian general as
sembly announced the standing COM
mittees this morning. The usual re-
ports were then submitted. DIR.
Herrick Johnson; chairman of the
committee on education, read his
annual report, which declared the
field for necessary work is west of
Ohio. America has too many col
leges poorly endowed. The report
recommended a system of college
supervision and creation under a
new and distinct board with head
quarters at Chicago. The report was
made the special order for Saturday.
The overture from the presbytery of
Macon, Ga, was referred to the COM
mittee on church polity.
At the afternoon session the first
order of business was the reception of
delegates of the southern general
assembly, and DR.. L.. J. Evans,
chairman of the committee, appeared
on the platform with Rev. Drs. VIM.
Brown. of fredericksburg Thomas
A. Hoyt, of Nash> lille, and Patrick
Joyce, of Louisville. They were pre-
sented to the Moderator and were
welcomed by him and introduced to
the general assembly. A message of
peace and fraternal good will was
read by DR.. Brown in an address,
which was frequen ly applauded.
1t breatbed sentiments of recOncilia-
ton and a desire for Christian fell
lowship. He deemed a reunion
practicable for reasons of convenience
which can be done only by an &C.
acknowledgement Of error in the begin
ming of the disruption. His col
league, DR.. Hoyt, spoke briefly and
conveying the opinion Of
that element of the southern church
that desires the reconciliation and re-
union of the two branches Of the
Pr. sbyterian church. Judge Pat
rick Joyce, lay delegate, briefly spoke,
in the views.of DR.. Hoyt
because he believed a great majority
of the members of both churches
were favorable to only one Presbyte-
rian church in the United States.
The moderator made a fitting reply.
the evening session the question
Of Sunday-school work was discussed
by Rev. Drs. Herrick johnson, Chi
cago, Howard Crosby, New York,
and J. A. Norten, Philadelphia.
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A Scent of Blood.

MEMPHIS, May lS.-During the
past three days there has been ouitp
a newspaper war conducted between
Gen. Jas. d. Chalmers, of Missiysippj'
and Col. NJ. e. Galloway, senior edi..
itor of the Memphis Appeal. Each
has denounced the other in unmeas.
ured terms, but SO far no duel is con.
sidered imminent. The friends of Col.
Galloway say, as he gave the first
offense by denouncing Chalmers, the
challenge, if any, should come from
him. On the other hand, Chalmers
letters and kilograms, which were
published in the Aual0nche, indicate
he is of opinion that Col. Gallaway
should be the challenging party.
Gen. Chalmers IS now at Battsvilie,
Miss, engaged in law cases, but be
says he will be in Memphis next
week.
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Reno insurance Against tho a.
Tax.

TITUsvILLE, May 1s.-Peonl0; :.
the oil regions are greatly erci,a III
and indignant over the prnnos sea
petroleum oil tax. A formidabffs'' ea
mOnstrance was this day circnl..0s ,
and signed by the leading prodn"ssesa
irrespective of party, residing bs,s'
and by prominent citizens, settins
forth that they are ALREADY narin5
a full share of State, county and I, nn
nicipal taxes, in a private and c"r
porate capacity, and that this extra.
ordinary special tax is contrary f.
the spirit of American institutions
and in the depressed condition Of ths,
oil regions and fierce competiti0u
with other oil localities it would anl
tail injury and ruin upon the petr0.
leum interests of this State hv tho
impetus it would give to the oil nro s
ducing interests of New York. VII.
ginia and abroad. The remonstranos
has been forwarded to the represau.
tatives from the oil region at Harris
burg, who are sturdily fighting
against the measure.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-19

Commenting upon the New York
atrocities, the World Of that CITY
makes the following statement : The
Chinese population in the United
States has remained nearly stationary
since 1876, but since 1877, %, 767 more
pounds of smoking opium have been
imported than would have been con-
sumed by the Chinese. The habit
was, of course, unknown in America
until a few years ago; but in New
York as we'll as in the Western cities
it has steadily gained devotees. A
recently published confession of a
woman who kept a fashionable smok-
ing-parlor uptown, and which is
trustworthy, shows that ladies of good
society were regular customers. Her
parlor was abandoned only because
one of the victims told the secret, and
ladies were ashamed afterwald DIS to be
seen entering the millinery estab-
lishment."
There is every reason to believe
that opium is regularly smoked elae-
where than in Mott and Pell streets,
and though it may not lead to such
revolving crimes among fashionable
and rich victims, it none the less de-
serves the condemnation of society
and the investigation of the police.
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FLORIDA SHIP CANAL.

The Florida Ship Canal company
was organized recently in New York
City by the election of ext Governor
Brown, of Tennessee, as President,
VIM. Window as Vice President,
and such men as Butler, Malone,
Cameron and Senator John P. Jones
as directors. The object of the com
pany is to cut a ship canal from St.
Johns river about twenty miles above
Jacksonville, to the Suwanee river
on the Gulf of Mexico. The canal
will be less than 1OG miles in length,
and will be made deep enough to
float the largest ocean steamer from
the Atlantic to the Gulf. 1t is an
nounced that the cost of the enter
prise will reach $50, OOO, 900 and that
$26, OOO, 5000 have already been sub
scribed. A corps of engineers will
be placed in the field Immediately
and the work is expected to be under
contract by the first of September,
and completed in three years. The
proposed canal will make a saving of
one thousand miles in dis
lance between ports on the Atlantic
and those On the Gulf of Mexico. 1t
does not appear the Government has
been asked for aid, not even in the
shape of guaranteeing interest on the
bonds of the company, hence no cp-
position may be expected in carrying
out the enterprise. The saving in
distance between ports on the Atlen-
;ic and those on the Gulf is so great
hat if reasonable toll be charged
he canal will be patronized by all
ressels plying between them. As a
financial speculation the canal will
Undoubtedly prove a success.
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Foreign News.

LONDON, May 1S.-It is stated i tn"'
an infOrmer who was brought li H,a
America because of knowls asy.
which he possesses regarding per-
som implicated in the dynam,'evr" "ra
spiracy, has been in Scotland i""
the past two days. 90 The
KAsAN, Russia, May 1o.w IN
steamer Iskaterumburg, plyl's m
the river Volga, exploded her . "nl
yesterday. Tweniy-sevtn
were wounded by the eNplosion.h ou-
LONDON, May l7.-Eleven T port
sand three hundred bales VI sold
Phillip and Sydney woods WERE n'
to-day. A moderate spirit sn '"
LONDON, May lS.-lhe M ta pro.
bondholders to-day accepted .n ;op Of
posed scheme for the con'el'''
the debt OF Mexico.
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The Inter Mountain is disposed to
blame the trustees for closing the
public schools. Our neighbor is doing
them a great injustice. We under
stand the trustees acted in accord
ance with the advice OF the City
Board Of Health. But even if they
closed the schools upon their own
sense of what was due the public
there should be no fault-finding. An
ounce of prevention in this case is
worth more than a pound of cure. 1t
is far better the children should lose
a weeks schooling than the hearth
stones OF score of families should be
made desolate by the loss of the little
ones. The sequel may prove the
schools were closed none to soon.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-19
A POLITICAL MAVERICK.

1t is quite pc sible for a politician
10 place himself in a position where
neither of the great political parties
will recognize him. MI. Malone of
Virginia affords a striking ilustra-
ticn of this proposition. A year or
two ago he was courted and fattered,
petted and bolstered up by the Re
publican party. Although warned
by every Democratic journsl in the
country that he would be thrown
overheard by the Republicans as soon
as they had used him to the extent
that they desired, he. deserted bis
former political friends and put him.
self body and soul into the hands of
his old-time enemies. They squeezed
him dry and now desert him as
rats flee from a sinking ship. He
is in the fullest sense of the term
a political maverick. Democrats
scorn and despise him and the Re
publlcans have ceased to recognize
him. AS Josh Billings would say he
is about as low down, politically
as a mai can get by land.
He is beginning to appreciate his po-
sition and he is mad. Arthur is
counting and playing with Riddel-
and Riddelberger is carrying
off all the Federal patronage in Vir-
ginia and that fact makes him still
madder.
He was recently in Washington to
get aid and comfort from what few
friends he has left in the administra-
ion to carry on his campaign in Vir-
yinia. He wanted money, but
ike all men of his mar
'ow calibre, instead of putting
lis hands in his own pockets
get it, he goes for the pockets of
ais new-found political allies. He
las gone through them so often they
re getting tired of the business, and
lis notification they must put up and
hut up does not work as successfully
it used to work, and instead of
ucre he receives rebuffs and the cold
boulder. Now he threatens to join
With Van Wyck, of Nebraska, and
make things lively and uncertain at
he next session of Congress. But
70 can do the Republicans no harm.
Fan Wyck will be whipped in the
races; Riddleberger is bought and
aid for, to be discarded in time, and
Iahone, after believing around a
'hile, will meet the fate Of all ma
ericks by being slaughtered for the
eneral good.
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It is clearly impossible that "Num-
Der One' is an informer, according TO
an exchange. for as 500 as he turned
informer he would cease to be "Num-
Der One" lnfOrmer Number One"
committed suicide owe eighteen hum
dred years ago.
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A WISCONSIN Cyclone,

CYCLONE, May 1s.-It is Learned
here that a cyclone passed north Of
Racine, Wis, about $50 O'Clock this
evening, and that a number Of build
ings were destroyed. No particulars
are Obtainable, as the telegraph wires
went down at that hour, and all
communication north ward and be.
tween this city and Milwaukee and
st. Paul is cut off. At this hour, 10
o'clock, an unusually severe wind
and rain storm, accompanied by
thunder and lightning, is prevailing
here. Signs have been whisked off,
and a general clatter is prevailing
about the streets.
Fears r entertained that some fraiI
wooden buildings in the outskirts
will be blown down and shipping
outside be driven across to the east
shore of Lake Michigan. A squat
struck the city this afternoon about
400 feet IN length and 80 feet in
width, and building for covering the
exposition of railway appliances was
blown down. Four workmen were
Injured. One had a leg broken and
one was scalped. But for the fact
that the police had just driven away
a large number of loungers about the
place the casualties would have been
numerous. The damage will here
paired in Il couple of days.
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What a fine display of blue blood

What a fine display of blue blood
was exhibited at the opening of the
international Fisheries show in Lon
don on the 18th inst. There were
Dukes and Duchesses, Princes and
Princesses, Archbishops and a long
line of nobility present that must
have made the old fishwomen open
wide their eyes with wonder, and
the American cod to swell to the
bursting point with pride. But after
all their presence was in the direct
line of the eternal fitness of things.
There is an emphatic fishy smell
about a great deal Of the aristocracy
of the present day, and that of Eng
land is not altogether free from it.
Hence it is not a matter of surprise
that it should occasionally seek it's
affinity in the opportunity offered by
the display referred to.
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Mining Stocks,

New YORK. May 1s.-Mining
stocks fairly active. Union Con-.
$3.50 and S.; Eureka Con-, 2.9O to
2.e5; closing at go: Navajo, 2.OD;
Iron Silver, sos to 3 O6; Robinson
Con-, Sc to 81; Pittsburg, 81 to SO; and
Bodie lOOc.; Sonora Con-, As to 47c,
Sales to-day, 1903 shares.
PITTsBuRG, May 1S.-Oil at the
afternoon session rather dull; market
steady; opened lO3 advanced to 1904:
declined and closed at 1929.
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Attempted Suicide Before -
ing. ~H

Jones, wife murderer, W., 49,
to-day in the presence Of a aaS banged
crowd of people, MANY ammenss
lance of 80 miles. Jona" a.ag a dis.
suicide yesterday by eat;te.npted
veins Of his arms and was n,ng The
covered when he had los my dis
gallon of blood. This s. about
becoming stronger, the covering, be
egraphed the sheriff to proc s.aVr tel.
the execution. Jones asserta with
only reason why he killed h;s the
was that he loved her. Tha nIs wife
against HIM was very bitter 'eeIlng
thought he would have been H. Its
If not executed by law. Tha sncOed
was erected about a mile fr sallows
court house in a field. JONAH lhs
taken from the Jail at l O'CLOCK Was
escorted by guard to the csI, and
The prisoner went to the s %a@s.
with great GOODNESS, talking v S;atloTs
reporters all the way from t hun lle
At the scatfold he explained jail.
thought it no crime to take his taat he
life in order to prevent death n own
the scaftold. After PRAYER hv upon
Gibson the black cap was ar nev'
over his face. The drop foil LAWN avn!
past one. He made only a few 81 st. nslf
giles, his neck being broken, ''us'