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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-02
nac;s;on in a. Railroad Case.

DENVER, COL, June LIN the
United States district court THIS
morning Judge Hallett delivered an
opinion in the case of the env q
New Orleans Railroad company vs..
the Atchison, Topeka T. Santa re
Railroad company to show cause
WHY they should not be in contempt
for violating q decree made some
time since compelling the latter ROAD
to exchange business with the former
on the same terms as with the Den
yer 4 Rio Grande road. The Judge
held that in changing divisions on
through business and diverting busi-
ness from the plaintiffs road, the
Santa Fe road in Colorado. the Santa
Fe road is in contempt and fined
$lOOin each case of freight diverted,
and further, that the defendant u
give to plaintiff their full proportion
Of through rates in accordance with
divisions in force at the time the for.
mer decree went into effect. April
3Oth, which latter rates were held to
be not unreasonable, and that the a.
tempt of defendants' road to deprive
PLAINTIFF road of its revenue by
changing the division OF through
rates was in violation OF the decree OF
the Court.
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Huntsville Races.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, May 3l.- . :
track was slow owing to recent i1 Enr.
Dash OF one mile for all ages: f% 81
agut came in 1st. Ray CIafh :"
Buckmaster 3d.-Time lA't+' .,roo.
The % Woodbury. stake tor sDI 1T
year-olds, is miles. Leonlda' r;ms
Sovereign %, Vibrator h'--i'''
2:OO4. , miles,
selling race. Little ButtersuP T Trr,
Maj. Hughes I'd, saliton 3''-A'"'
1884. ,c,stb.
The next race was for the Mc'' m;Ip.
mia stakes, two-year-olds. 8 ID,
Bob Miles came IN LIST, MON"
Granite 3d.-Time l:0ill. miles.
In a steeple chase OF TWO =" ID.
Guy was LIST, and DlstuI'ai nv rider
Other starters, Snowheet] lost MS his his
and came home first WITHOUT
weight unplaced.-Time i:loHI'
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A COMING EVENT.

In reply to- large number Of letters
inquiring as to the time and place OF
holding the National Republican
| Convention of 1884, Mr.. John A.
Martin, Secretary of the National
Committee, answers that these par
ticulars will be fixed at a meeting of
the Committee to be held at Wash
ington on the 18th of December next.
It does not appear there is any COM
petition among the cities for the
doubtful honor of the gathering, but
it is not likely it will be held east of
Cincinnati. As Governor Butler
says the West will be the battlefield
of the next Presidential campaign
and o Western city will doubtless
be selected for the holding of the
convention. OF course the
Republicans will hold their
convention first and lead in all the
preliminaries, thus giving the Demo-
Gratis the benefit of all mistakes the
former may make.
No change will be made in the
machinery of the party. Its wheels
will be creased as usual by direct or
indirect assessments upon the sala-
ries of Federal employees. The unit
rule is to be set aside. Delegates r
to be elected by State conventions, or
by Congressional districts, as the
people may choose. Some of the old
machines are badly smashed or de-
moralized, but they are being recon
structed under the direct supervision
of the old bosses, and will appear as
the same old affairs but under new
names.
The campaign, on the part of the
Republicans will be a red-hot one for
protection first, last and all the time.
The present strikes and consequent
suffering will he charged to Demo
cratic interference with Republican
policy. Tariff for revenue only will
be attacked, bat not on the same line
it was attacked in 1880. The usual
number of yards of ''bloody shirt"
will be waved and a "whoop 'em up"
style of argument will be employed
from the opening to the close. of the
campaign. Such men as Conkling,
Grant and Cameron will not be
found upon the stump nor in the
prlvy councils Of the party. Light
er weights will be engaged
and lighter materials will he brought
to the surface. In fact the fight, as
far as the Republicans are concerned,
will be conducted with the view to
blind the people by froth and fustian
rather than to convince tnem by
sound arguments. The campaign
will be the last one fer the Republi-
can party, as a party, and its leaders
know it, hence they will not scruple
to employ every means to save them
selves as their political craft goes
down beneath the waves of popular
indignation.
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Rarouat Of UnitarianS.

Boston, May 31.-At the alnI a,
Unitarian FestivaI and Banquet ll.'
evening there was the usual laEge I hr
tendance. Addresses were lla't y!
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes VINO pre-
sided, Gov. Francis E. PeaDouy' VI
Cambridge, Rev. 0. Is. Eio'lll',
ton, DR.. Hodges and Rev. treell1 nr
Clark. Allusion being made D..
Peabody to the action of the ilal, o1ie.
Overseers toward Gov. Butter ti ll
tied loud demonstrations OF apPlo'"
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1t is stated by a Philadelphia paper
that a literary bureau has been
Fl rmed in Washington to forward
the candidacy of Justice Miller, of
the Supreme Court, for President in
1884. This is one of those chronic
Political movements which only
death can terminate. For several.
years it has had its beginning in the
Judges local paper in Iowa, and
thus far it has also ended there.
Judge Miller is q strong man as a
judge, 80 far as this is possible to SO
bitter a partisan, but he is utterly
unf tit for politics.
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THE Mail and Express insists that
the cities Of New York and BROOKLYN
n-ust now be married and united
under the name Of Manhattan. By
this operation both cities would lose
their identity. To which the World
adds: Ignoring the traditions aud
cultivating only a spirit of friendly
compromise, we would suggest tho
name of Iorklyn. BY this system
Of nomenclature fragments of both
Cities would be preserved and the
Maine of the consolidated cities could
still be made to rhyme with Nc
Laughlin."
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Mexican Notes.

CITY OF MEXICO, June 1.-Col.
lmopoper states that work is sus-
pended on the Mexican National
Railroad.
The Pacific Coast Congressional
Committee reported the bill authoriz-
ing the Executive to liquidate the
national debt, excepting only the
debts of the empire. Those of the
Miramon and Znloaga governments.
and claims already rejected. Claims
admitted by the Mexican and Ameri-
can mixed commission and those for
railroad subventions are not affected
6y the proposed settlement. The
Executive authorized the issue of
bonds bearing 3 per cent. interest to
De receivable for government lands.
property and letters pat.
ent, the debt to remain national.
the details of the settlement, involv-
ing the amount recognized, is left en-
tlrely to the Executive. The bill
passed its first reading, and its dis
cussion begins Immediately.
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a Strike Ended.

CINCINNATI, June 1.-THE manu.
facturers say that the iron strike hee
is ended; that as soon as tie fires can
be started work will proceed. The
wOrkmen did not insist ON ST. yester.
day, the acceded to $3.50; but the
manufacturers held to the ground
that the agreement with the men
abide by they Pittsburg adjustment
precluded them from all negotiations.
There has been no formal meetinso
workmen, or formal notice to manu-
facturers, but all assume that work
will be resumed.
Senator Miller On tho Political
Situation.
CHICAGO. June 1.-Warner Miller
arrived from the west YESTERDAY,
When asked who were being spoken
of for pre- ,idential nominations, he
said: ut is too easy to make States,
and / told them in California | only
regard three names seriously-those
of Harrison, of Indiana, EdmandS
and Logan. Harrison is d very popI-
lar man and would be a strong candl'
date. Both Edmunds and David Da-
Wis were in California while was
there, and there was Of course a good
deal of talk on the subject: but all
feel it too soon to prophecy. Byt the
way, Dana, of the Sun. las been there
too, and [ hear il said that he was
still for Tilden."
Then you think the Old stalWaIS
fight will not be revived? ~,
[ don't see how it can. No, 1t VIII
not come up again. 4 new man VIII
be taken up Oh whom AL can unite:
The Senator thought the laI1l
question might be revived by l1e
Democrats at the next session, but liz
hardly expected it would amoun' 10
much. in view of the nearness OF !lt
Presidential election and the dlVlSio'
among the Democrats Oh the ISSUE
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{. The New York Times sadly con-
fess es that the machine has its grip
firmly upon the party in New York
and Pennsylvania, and a Philadel-
phiA independent evening paper
wrcstles with the admission and
hol es that it may be otherwise. The
Tie old machine will only release
that party when it is dead and
skinned, its bones picked and the
marrow sucked out. Then these dry
ZONES may be clothed miraculously
with other flesh, but no sooner.
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ANOTHER USE FOR ELEC-
TRICKY.

And now comes an electrician
with an apparatus for executing
criminals which is designed to take
the place Of the unsightly and clum-
sy gallows. It is described as simply
a chair, properly insulated and con
nected with wires to a convenient
dynamo-electric battery. The victim
is seated in the chair, a connection is
made with the spinal chord, a knob
touched, and he is knocked out
gracefully as with a bolt of lightning.
The inventor has made the Govern
ment a present of his invention, and
he hopes by its introduction to strip
executions of their popular
horror. He will find it an uphill
business to suppiant the primitive
gallows. For some reason
the average human being re-
sents the idea that death should
be made pleasant for malefactors
who have forfeited their lives to the
law. 1t is true that the gallows of
to-day is an improvement on the
gibbet, and likewise a cleaner and
more respectable implement than the
.uillotine; but the public will never
be satisfied without its gallows hor-
rors. The slipping of ropes, the
ofchoked victims, the pulse
Juggling of the experimental doctors,
the protruding tongues and the pro-
bulgent eyes all have a fascinating
influence on the ranters around the
gallows and the newspaper readers.
Still it is hoped the humane inven-
tor will find an opening for his 'sud-
den taking OFF, machine. 1t is the
fear of death and not the manner of
it that fills the mind of the con-
demned with dread. and any imple-
ment hat robs the gallows of its
seeming brutality should fipd a place
in the Jail yards of the country.
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The Brooklyn bridge is possessed
'fa marvellous property, according to
u story related in II of the New
York evening papers. Upon the au-
thority Of a policeman the arches .in
the stiffness of the night give back in
echoes the noise caused by the foot
falls of /. orses and the rushing sounds
OF pedestrians" An arch that can
keep a noise within its walls and
wait till the stiffness of the night to
echo til, m back ought to be worth as
much ss the mammoth caves for q
side-shOW.
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Our dispatches TEEN with specula-

Our dispatches TEEN with specula-
tons concerning General Crook and
his movements, but nothing definite
has yet been heard from him. It is
well to bear in mind, however, that
General Crook is not only a man who
is fully able to take care of his own
command, but will report to the
proper authorities as soon as circum-
stances will permit. The nature of
the country in which he is operating
is such that communication with
outside places cannot be kept up
without drawing too heavily upon
his slight command. As he needs all
his men he is forced to leave the
world to speculate upon his situation
until such time as he can report with
safety to himself and his couriers.
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.
The Free Trade Conference
In Detroit.
Resumption Of Work In the
Iron Mills.
The Apaches Appear In Force
In Mexico.
~ Yra -
Utters a Protest
Against Nepotism.
An Explosion-Men Drowned.

An Explos1on-Men Drowned.
EAST SAGINAW, Mich, June L.
The shingle mill belonging to G.. v.
Turner & Sons, eight miles below
this city, was blown to atoms this
morning by the explosion of the
boiler. w. G. Turner, engineer;
Hiram Go'ding, fireman; and John
Mcdonald, night watchman, were
killed. J.. Turner and Rose Plow
were seriously injured, and Orlando
Seeders and Peter Wilson fatally
hurt. The cause of the explosion ia
not known. The damage will amount
to $1,000.
John Fitzgerald, John Walton and
John Nausland, log drivers, in the
employ of the Muskegon Boom Co.,
were drowned in the Muskegon river
at Kelsey yesterday. The bodies
were not recovered at last advices.
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Re,o;o,ng Among Operators.

PrrrsBuRa, June 1.-The signing
of the scale by the iron manufactur-
era Yesterday occasioned great re-
ioicing among all classes. A nun.
her of mills are running to-day, Dut
most of them have shut down until
Monday in order to allow employees
to attend the annual picnic OF the
Amalgamated Association a. Bea-
YER. Pa. on Saturday. On Monday
every mill will have resumed.
The wire'drawers Of the Olive wire
mill. on the south side, number 2oO,
and also those employed by the Cam
bria iron works, at Johnstown, "a:
struck to-day against a reduction OF
10 per cent.
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The Star Route Trial.-Washing
ton Notes.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The whole
afternoon was devoted to the criti-
cism of various aff1davits in the case,
testimony being quoted by Merrick
in support of his declaration that
they were stepped in perjury. The
Court then adjourned till Monday.
The President expects to return to
New York tomorrow.
The commissioner of internal reve-
nue. has issued a circular supplemental
nv to circular 259 in regard to the re-
demption and cancellation of stamps
imprinted on checks, drafts, etc. 1t
provides that imprinted checks and
drafts may be sent to the internal
revenue bureau instead from July 1st
as originally intended. Such as are
received will BE- cancelled and re-
turned on July 1st if possible. They
may be presented IN sheets or bound
books and will be bound in same con-
dition. Blanks which have been
compressed into blocks or pegs must
be separated before presentation.
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Railroad Racket.

Owing to a scarcity of rolling stock
on the N. P, three crews were laid
off at Glendive last week.
Mr.. c.. S. Shoemaker, who has
been visiting the Yellowstone coun.
try during the past few weeks.
showed up his good looking counte.
nance among his Butte friends YES
terday.
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Press Comments.

LONDON, June 1.-The Daily Nevs
says: If one of the sons of the Queen
should be appointed Governor-Gen-
eral of a great colony the precedent
would have to be followed in other
cases. There could be no reason why
if the Duke of Albany was made
GOvernor-Genera of Canada another
should not take the vice-royalty of
India, and another the Lord Lieu
tenancy OF Ireland.
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Governor Grants Opinion.

CHICAGO, June 1.-Governor Jas.
Grant, of Colorado, returned to Chi
cago yesterday from Indianapolis to
meet his business partner. MI. Eddy.
The other members of the commits
sion went direct to Springfield, and
after inspecting the State House
there will join the Governor here
this morning. Being asked whom
Colorado Democrats generally ia
vored for President, the Governor
said he thought Senator Mcdonald,
of Indiana, found most favor.
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Wool Market.

Boston, June 1.-Woold dull. Ohio
and Pennsylvania extra. 81 to 40;
Michigan f~1eeces, 81 to 80; Wisconsin
~fieeces, Sc; combing delaine selec-
tions, AZ to IS; unwashed woods, 25 to
80; fulled woods, 25 to As.
LONDON, June Ten thousand
five hundred bales of Port Philip
and Sydney wool were sold to-day
There was a good demand, with
prices firm.
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Merrick Charges Dorsey With
Perjury.

WASHINGTON, May 31.-In the Star
Route trial Merrick charged John W.
Dorsey with perjury on the stand. He
had devised and concocted a whole
narrative of falsehood. Rerdell tow.
cred about such men, and his brother
had been his master, leader and teach.
er IN iniquity. He would make his
perjury SO plain that the jury would
see it on their wall at night when
they blew out the candles. Merrich
then placed the testimony of John
Dorsey and Rerdell in contrast sup
%plementing it will! ether evidence.
Adjourned.
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Hanged.

CHICAGO, June 1.-The News Ma
con (Ga.) special says: John Bailey
and Henry Imbush, both colored,
were hanged at noon to-day for the
murder of Morgan Washington. The
place of execution was Camp Ogle-
lhorpe,a few miles out:of the city, the
prisoners being escorted to the gal
lows by a company of militia. Over
1900 people, mainly colored, wit
messed the hanging.
The News' Des Moines special says
the striking miners, in addition to
blowing up the residences of certain
colored men brought here to take
their places, are charged with firing
two houses of miners a few milee out
of the city last night. There is no
clew to the perpetrators.
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The Dakota Capital Commissioners
are having a right royal time. Al
every place they visit they are feted,
wined and dined by the citizens and
otherwise treated with marked con.
s%ideration. Each town is anxious to
Guido the Others in its Inequalities
to the visitors and their reception, in
some instances, reaches proportions
really prlncely. They have not yet
decided where to bestow the prize,
but at last accounts the "weight of
evidence" seems to be in favor of
Bismarck.
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San Francisco Mining Stocks.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-The
following are the official closing
prices of mining stocks:
Public Debt Statement.

WASHINGTON, June THE COIN
age of the various minis for Nav
amounted to 81, 721, 200, of which
1926, O3O were standard dollars. The
decrease Of the public debt for May
was $4,S ,473. Cash IN the treasury.
$3l7, 1858 1852; gold certificates $50, 460,-
$40; silver certificates $50, O33. 33l.
Certificates of deposit, $11 sos, 900.
Refunding certificates, 1858, 600. L.
gal tenders, $346, 6s1 ,Ol6. Fractional
currency, $7,OO3, 59S; cash balance
available, $131, $40 ,531.
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TIE D

Scarcely had New York and Brook.
Ign ceased their rejoicings over the
opening Of the great bridge which
unite the two cite. with bands Of
steel ere they are called upon to re-
cord q most heart rending disaster
occurring upon it. Our dispatches
tell the sickening story. Decoration
day brought out an unusual number
of people who took occasion to view
the magnificent structure and to en-
joy q promenade over the river. All
went well until a few timid persons
lost their presence of mind. and then
came q jam. a panic, and We know
the rest. Men, women and chill
dren were hurled to the
ground in one promiscuous heap
from which they were brought
forth dead or dying or MANNED and
crippled for life. 1t was indeed a
sad ending of a memorable day. A
score or more hearthstones are made
desolate and hundreds of families
are shrouded in mourning.
AS far az the safety Of the bridge
itself is concerned there need have
been no fear. It has been nearly if
teen years in building and has cost
SIS, OOO, 900. The work Is considered
as nearly perfect as a structure of
the kind can be made. The length
of the bridge between the anchorages
is $500 feet; between the extreme
ends. n mile and seven hundred
and nine feet, and between the tow
ers, which are 274 feet high ,5953 feet.
The bridge is supported by four
cables containing 1,732,O86 pounds of
wire, estimated as capable of sup
porting nearly $4,000 tons. The
structure il divided into five parallel
avenues each sixteen feet wide. The
middle one is for pedestrians, the
ones on either side for cars, and the
two outer ones for vehicles. A force
of men called the bridge police is
always present upon the immense
structure, but it seems that at the
time of the disaster none of those
officials were at hand to preserve or
der or to quiet the panic Yet it is
doubtful e, on had they been present
in force whether they could have
stemmed the pressure exerted against
the un%fortunates who were forced
into the very jaws of death.
It is not probable a like disaster
will ever again occur upon the bridge.
If the primary cause lays in the
flight of steps to which reference is
made in the dispatches the authori-
ties will see that it is remedied. The
passage way across the structure
seems to be of ample width for all
ordinary foot travel when the pedes-
TRANS are in motion, but M common
avenue is wide enough for a jam
which is augmented by the constant
addition of an inquisitive or panic
stricken crowd upon either side. 1t
is sincerely hoped that some COM
p~ensation in the shape Of additional
security to travel may at least be de-
rived from the recent unlocked for
catastrophe.
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The Apaches in Mexico.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-Tomh-
stone, Arizona: The first associated
press special from the EpitapA says
advices from Mexican headquarters
bring the alarming intelligence that
Indians have appeared in force near
Narcoli Thursday last. The authori-
ties have asked for reinforcements
and were afraid of being attacked
at any moment. Only thirty soldiers
of state. troops under Lieut.. Jesus
Maria Mor0no are stationed there at
present and when the courier left
Indians were killing cattle within
600 yards of the town. The Indians
are nearly all dismounted, and have
evidently come from the Sierra
Madres. No news from Crook has
been received at these headquarters.
Had there been an engagement it
would have been known here, as
Colonel Bandola, commanding, has
scouts constantly accommodating in
the Sierra Madres. Reinforcements
have been sent to Nacori. News is
hourly expected.
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A Washington correspondent says:
"some of the keenest political OBJ
servers in the country say that the
East is turning its eyes towards the
West and fixing them upon J. Nc.
Donald, of Indiana, as the favorite
candidate for the Presidency on the
Democratic ticket" McDonald's
fri nds should not be misled. He is
not ON the Presidential track vet,
but only kicking up a little dust on
the Indiana back roads.
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The Cincinnati Strika.

CINCINNATI, May 31.-It is believed
by prominent iron manufacturers
here that the action of the mill.own,
ers at Pittsburg in sig"ing the scalp
will undoubtedly affect the strike Of
puddlers in and about Cincinnati. Tba
news from Pittsbulg was received
too late tonight to prevent the STRIKE
going into effect; but it is believed
that as soon us the situation at Pitts.
burg is made known to the workmpn
they will return to work, the situa.
ton here being identical with that in
Pittsburg.
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Mills Resuming Wor X.

ST. LOUIS, June 1.-The nail mills
in Belleville are running to-day as
usual and the Ulesborn will begin as
soon as the damage done by the late
fire is repaired. Both mills work on
the same scale as last year and are not
embarrassed by any puddler diff
Guilty. A telegram from Jarrett re-
ceiyed at Belleville, an nouncing the
signing of the scale gave great salts
faction. The nut and bolt mill in
East st. Louis is also running to-day
but the superintendent declines to
give anv further information.