The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1883-11-07

of 81 900 within week or 60 to prison
for one year.
FRANKFoRr-oN-rHE-MAIN, Oct. 3O.-A
quantity of dynamite was miraculously
exploded in the office Of the chief Of
police last evening. The building was
badly damaged, but there were not many
officials in it at the time, and none were
| injured.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3O.-The Chilian
minister received telegram from Lima
dated to-day, annosncing the surrender
Of Arequipa without battle, and the
fight Of Montero. Iglasis was proclaimed
president in that city.
CHARLESTON, S. e., Oct. 30.-An acci-
dent occurred to-day on the Northeast
ern railway. Engineer. P. B. Stratton
was killed and three colored men were
injured. Several cars were burned.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S,-A writer in a
Sunday paper here has discovered a new
reason why the Democrats carried Ohio
this year. He says he happened to meet
a few days ago prominent Ohio Re-
publican, who has recently held a very
important federal office in that State,
and asked him what was the real cause
of republican defeat.
II will tell what did it," was the reply.
"Three weeks before the election the
State would have gone Republican had a
vote been taken then. Just at that time
however, a story was put in circulation
to the effect that if Ohio went Kepubli
can this year, Gov. Foster was to go on
the presidential ticket with Mr.. Arthur
in 1884; that this arrangement had been
made at the White House during Fosters
last visit here. When the story became
well circulated Garfields friends became
more than indignant. They .swore no
such trade should be carried out with
their assistance, and their ardor in the
canvass cooled at once. They had not
forgotten how Garfield's friends had
been treated by the Administration; how
they have been turned out one by one
wherever they could be found, until to-
day no Garfield man holds any place of
importance in the whole country. They
believed there was something of truth
in the story, and determined to make
the econsummation of such a scheme i'm
possible, even if they had to let the
Democrats carry the State. This is what
did it, although there are other reasons
for dissatisfaction. We coul, get no
help from any quarter. The president,
who might have aided us had he cared
to, was off gallivanting. Npta a member
of the cabinet was in the city for weeks.
The great lights of the party seemed not
to care two pins whether we carried Ohio
or not The Democrats made still hunt.
They did no loose talking, but put in
their work where it was needed. They
claimed no districts, and made no figures
that the Republicans could get hold of,
but kept their own counsel. Where our
candidate made lO4 speeches theirs made
but four. We talked loudly and took it
for granted. They said nothing but pnt
in their best licks That's the way Ohio
was carried.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3O.-Commodore A. G.
Rhinde was examined to-day and pro-
NOTED to the position of rear admiral.
Capt. John A. Russell was promoted to
to the rank of commodore, and order
ed to the command of the navy yard at
Made Island, Cal. Commander F. Y.
McNair was promoted to the rank ofcap-
tain, and ordered to duty as captain of
the Mare Island navy yard.
MILWAUKEE, October 29-Alexander
Mitchell, in an interview tonight re-
garding the possibility of his accepting
the secretaryship of the treasury in case
of Democratic president being elected
in 1884, said that he wanted to see
change of administration Of ofgovernment
affairs, and will do his part toward as
sisting the Democratic party into power,
but will not do SO for any ofice-the
secretaryship of the treasury or any
other, for he does not want it. He said
he trusted that the late banquet to him
by Milwaukee citizens had no political
tag attached, and in this belief he is
supported by the declarations of twenty
or more of those who we're interested in
arranging the demonstration. All unite.
however, in the opinion that he is the
ablest financier in the Northwest-pcr-
haps of America.
CHICAGO, Special Telegram, Oct. %
A San Francisco reporter interviewed
Northern Pacific official lately on the
Northern Paciiic's relation to the special
contract system Of carrying wcst-bound
California freight, and elected the fol-
lowing:
Mr. Muir's refusal to have anything to
do. with the renewal of the special con-
tract system does not mean that he is
not Bound to act under the existing sys-
TEN, because he is. 1t simply means
that he will not have hand in the
draw ng up of special contracts, with
shippers over the line. He will make
contracts, but they. will be verbal ones,
and will not put his name to the cast
iron instruments which the Central Paci-
fc uses. Keeping out of making special
contracts, however, does not relieve Mr..
Muir from abiding by the terms of what
is known as the general contract. As
the matter at present stands, then, Mr..
Muir won't make special contracts, but
has to make distinction between those
who hold them and those who do not
The difference in the rates charged is
considerable, ranging all the way from
Is to 80 per cent on the carriage of
goods. The conference well knew that
the inducements to break through this
agreement would be great, and SO they
set fine of $500 for every ofiense. 1t is
| said that Muir is Drawing this penalty by
dealing with the Portland non-commun-
icants at the special contract rates. Now
| know that this is not SO. Within day
or two have received dispatches from
headquarters cautioning me not to deal
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