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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-14
THE TRADE

The trade dollar is q legacy left to
the people BY the Republican party
and they are now reaping the bene-
fits of it. When its coinage was au-
thorized in 1873 it was understood it
would not be circulated in the United
States but used only in the China
trade. It was not made q legal ten
der; it was not even considered ~
money by the Government and there
is no penalty provided for counter
feiting it. But like the proverbial
chicken it has come home to roost.
There are millions of them in circu-
lation, and now after the banks and
brokers have unloaded their vaults
of the coin the edict goes forth they
will not be received by them at par.
This is q bit Of sharp practice for
which the people were not prepared.
The laboring classes hold nearly all
these millions of trade dollars,
and unless the Government
steps in and redeems them,
the depreciation in their
value will have to be borne by
the holders. They were minted at
the request of certain individuals,
and the government was paid for
this service. In one sense of the
word they may be considered coun-
terfeit coin, in the issuance Of which
the government was q party. 1t
hired its stamps and dies to initiate a
silver dollar, and placed thereon the
stars and other emblems to denote its
genuineness. The people in their
ignorance have received this coin for
years, and passed and repassed it in
their small dealings with each other.
But the wiser ones knew better.
They were aware of its true status in
our circulating medium, and propose
if possible to profit by the Ignorance
of the masses.
In view of these facts the duty of
the government is quite plain. 1t
lie called in and re-coined.
1t contains a greater amount of silver
than the legal tender dollar. The
government can lose nothing by pay
ing 100 cents for the coin and rum
ming it into legal tender dollars and
coins. There is another
and still stronger reason why the
government should call in and coin
these dollars. The present move
ment against them is a blow at silver
generally. It will he argued if dol
lar containing 42O grains can be run
down Is or 20 cents, the dollar con-
4l23 grains should be de-
of its legal tender qualify.
Mono-metallists will not be slow to
employ this reasoning. Congress
attend to this matter in the
early days of its ensuing session. An
act for the redemption Of all trade
dollars at 100 cents each, with a pro-
vision fortheir re-coinage, would head
off this neatly concocted scheme of
brokers, bankers and mono-metallists
to make a few millions at the ex-
pense OF the workingmen of the
country.
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A Missouri CylOne.

ST.. JOSEPH, July IA speela.
from Marysville, Mo-, says tilal p," -
was visited by a cyclone between Of
AID l o'clock to-day. Thllt'en
the best business houses Wele t'il
rooted, the Court House ana md ndd
badly damaged, the city hall an1
Presbyterian church totally Wrech.u.
The Union Hail was also baby o 'l
aged. Mrs. Reynolds was the OILY
psrsOn injured.
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str,1ck bv Lightning.

BURLINGTON, July 13.-During q
heavy thunderstorm at Undernlll
the school house was struck by light
ming and ali the children were more
ar less injured. The floor of the
school room was torn up and the
walls and ceiling wrecked. Several
children were injured by splinters.
The lightning rendered q boy deaf:
A nov had the sole torn from one OF
his shoes, and the upper from the
other one. The lightning ploughed
GREAT holes in the school yard. Trees
close bv were also struck.
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Condition of Governor Hale.

DEs MONIES, a., July 13.-Gov.
Hale, of Wyoming, who has beer
seriously i'll at Colfax Springs. neal
MS city, for two months past, passed
through here to-day on his way to
Cheyenne, having recovered sufi-
GENTLY to risk the journey. He is
accompanied by his family and fam
liy physician, and although much
emaciated and worn is fast conval-
escing.
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A Damaging Flood.

HARRISBURG, Va, July 13.-The
most damaging flood prevailed at
this place last night. About eight
o'clock two angry clouds met just
north of town, and rain poured down
in torrents. Small rivulets running
through the town became mighty
rivers, spreading over some of the
principal streets. Shocks of wheat
from the neighboring fields, hogs.
chickens, small houses and endless
drift came pouring through the main
thoroughtares. Many private houses
were flooded and greatly damaged.
1t is impossible to estimate the dam
age. Pavements, sidewalks and foot
bridges were swept away, and the
streets fearlully damaged. The
whole population were out on the
streets till past midnight.
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Bierne, the Richmond editor who
recently winged Elan, made his ap-
pearance in his office at Richmond a
week ago. 1t is said he was well
coined by a large crowd of friends
in fact, bis passage through the street
was in the nature of grand ovation.
Mr.. Bierne is a popular man, but not
quite so much of a hero in the eyes of
his partisan friends as he would have
been had he killed the Malone edi.
tor
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Disaster at Sea.

BOSTON, July ia telegram from
LISBON gives some particulars about
the wrecked bark Pimpoa, hence
about the middle of May, with a
crew Of thirteen men and twenty
passengers. The bark arrived safely
at Fayal and landed a majority of
her passengers. When a short dis
lance from that port she again went
ashore on an island, and all on
board, except the mate, cook and
one passenger, were drowned.
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81 A DOLLAR.

Entertaining the idea that tht
trade dollars are all in the hands Of
brokers and bankers, the Inter
Mountain does otendorse the opin'
ions of the MINER, that Congress
should authorize the redemption Of
the coin at 100 cents on the dollar
A moments reflection will c0nvince
our contemporary of its mistake. I'm
til quite recently the coin passed at
its face value. The banks and
brokers received it at such value. II
it were held by them now it would
be foolish indeed to publish to the
world they would receive them only
at a discount of Is or 20 per cent.
There is no money to them in such q
proposition. But they have unload
ed the undesirable coin upon the
people, and would, if they could,
take it back at a large discount, and
thus rob the laboring man of Is or
20 cents upon each dollar. To pre-
vent this sacrifice upon the part of
the workingmen, those newspapers
which regard the interests of the
masses as superior to those Of the
money sharps are advocating the
proposition that Congress should au-
thorize the redemption of the trade
dollar at 100 cents on the dollar. 1t
is all nonsense to talk about the gov
eminent losing money by the pur-
chase of the coin at the sum named.
It can be purchased and recoined into
subsidiary coin at a profit to the
government. The mere announce
ment of its readiness to do this would
stop all speculation in
the coil.
When the coin was first issued it
was worth more than the gold dol
lar. It would have retained it's origi-
nal value to-day had not silver been
made the p1aything of mono-metal-
lists, and the object of hostile legisla-
ton. It is quite time this was all
stopped. The country is being rapid
ly filed up. Its population is being
added to at the rate of a couple mill
lions annually. Its trade and COM
merce are taking on corresponding
proportions, and as a natural coral
larry the demand for silver coin is on
the increase. OF course this is dis
tasteful to mono-metallists, but as the
convenience of the people is of pri-
mary Importance the wishes of the
gold bugs will not likely be consulted
in the matter. Congress will I'M
see to it that the people
shall not suffer loss through its own
mistake, and at the same time take
care that the poor mans money shall
not be degraded. Mono-metallists
will growl and utter their stale plati-
;udes about Light weight" "fraudu-
ent" dollars, but for all that silver
will achieve its manifest destiny
n becoming the favorite coin of the
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-07-14
A Canadian Party.

OMAHA, July 13.-Hon. Colltng-
wood Scherem, Chief Engineer of the
Canadian government railways, ac-
eompanied w his wife aud two
daughters, Sir Alexander Campbell,
Minister of Justice OF Canada, and
Miss Campbell and several gentlemen
secretaries, passed through Omaha
to-day en- route to San Francisco,
whence they go to British Columbia
to inspect the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way aud transact important business
connected with that enterprise. Re
garding the Governor General of
Canada, Lord Lansdowne, Mr.. Camp
bell spoke in the highest terms.
Some opposition to him has been en-
gendered by the Incorporate utter
ances of an Irish paper at Montreal.
but the people of Ottawa and otner
places look upon his coming with the
kildliest feelings. The prejudice
against him by unreasonable Irish
men is owing TO the fact that his
father was a large landowner in Ire
land, against whom there was a Bit
ter feeling. His son inherited these
lands, but is said to be a kind and
considerate landlord. He is a pleas
ant man p rsonally; is about 81 years
old and has an interesting family.
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Indiana University Burned.

BLOOMINGTON, July IL. - Last
night the new department Of the
Indiana University was discovered
on fire. The laboratory was soon in
flames, and shortly afterwards the
library and museum. The latter
contained the famous Owen collec-
ton and DR.. Jordan's collection of
fishes. The library had fifteen thou
sand volumes. The building was
entirely destroyed. The fire caught
by lightning in the telephone wires.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $50, 1000.
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The Clingan Murderers.

DIES MONIES, July 13.-A special
from Marness Station, on the Rock
Island, in Cass county, says the
Clingan murderers were surrounded
in a grove eight miles north of that
town this afternoon. In an effort
made to dislodge them from their
hiding place a man named Frank
Hallock was fatslly shot. Great ex-
element prevails throughout this
State. Two hundred men have sur
rounded the grove where the u
derers are concealed. There is no
doubt but they will be captured and
lynched.
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Ex-President Hayes delivered the
Fourth of July grafton at Woodstock,
Connecticut. MI. Hayes address
was devoted altogether to the sub
ject Of National aid to education-a
radical departure from the usual
theme of natal DAY orators. The
matter will doubtless receive some
attention from the next Congress, as
the spread OF ~illiteracy is directing
public attention to the necessity of
checking it by legislation.
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Attempted Suicide,

CHICAGO, July 13.-Last evening
Lizzie Robin son, niece of Ralston,
the San Francisco banker, made the
second attempt at suicide. Early
last night she was found lying in the
basement of o building at 1872 South
Clark street, stupetied and almost
inanimate. A bottle partially filled
with laudanum was clenched tightly
in her hands, and when removed to
the hospital it was supposed her case
admitted Of no remedy. She revived,
however, and at two o'clock this
morning, though not yet out of dam
ger, the chances were said to be in
favor of her
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The dying Chambord commands
all royalists to recognize Count de
Paris as heir to the throne of France.
1t will be a cold day in that country
when the Count de Paris enjoys the
heritage.
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Reported Storm.

KANSAS CITY, July 13.-Meagre
reports are just received of a violent
storm which swept down the Mis-
souri, river about noon to-day from
some point below Omaha. At Ham
burg, in the extreme southwestern
portion of Iowa, the force amounted
to a tornado. Several buildings were
blown down. At Atchison and st.
Joseph, Mo-, torrents of rain fell ac-
companied by high wind. Particu-
lars cannot yet be obtained owing to
interference with the wires.
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A Fatal Accident.

LEMoNT, Ills. July 13.-The En-
reka, stone quarry, four miles south
of this city, was the scene of another
tragedy yesterday afternoon, by the
falling of a high derrick; while hoist
ing a block of stone weighing three
tons, n OF the supporting wire guy
ropes snapped, causing the derrick to
fall among a crowd of 60 workmen,
four of whom were caught directly
under the timbers and instantly
killed,
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Death of a Noted BURGLAR.

JERSEY CITY, July 13.-The bur-
glar shot by officer nonohue Monday
night died this morning. His name
is Fritz Achs. He was a native of
Baden Baden, of excellent and we'll
TODD family. He began thieving
while attending Heidelberg Univer-
slty, and was disowned by his peo-
pie. He came to America, and had
as pals Tom Fahey and Fred Wall
Ing, two we'll known cracksmen. He
was a desperate character, and had
been several times in State prison.
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The Distinguished Visitors.

CHICAGO, July 49, Don Marco A.
De Sofa, President of Honduras, Cen
trail America, accompanied by mem
bers of his cabinet, arrived here this
morning. A committee of the Board
of Trade met the party $40 after
their arrival and rendered them an
informal reception on the floor of the
Chamber of Commerce.
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Gen. Crook had on interview in
Chicago with an Inter Ocean report
er. He. says the Indians conquered
in 1873 were very successful farmers,
and delivered wood, hay, etc., to the
Quartermaster's Department at halt
the price demanded by the contrac-
tors. The contractors then had them
sent on the reservation, where they
could not rival the contractors at
their own business.
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Representative Blackburn has got
the coming presidential struggle to a
fine point. He says: I can name
the next democratic ticket. Hoadly
is going to carry Ohio by 10000.
That will make him the democratic
candidate for president, and Cleve-
land, Of New York, will be the dem
ocratic vice.presidential nominee.
The republicans will abandon party
organization and nominate David
Davis, and they will not carry seven
states.
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Senator Rollins has withdrawn
from the New Hampshire Senatorial
contest. Although. he received the
Republican caucus nomination, his
fight has been a hopeless one from
the outset. His withdrawal leaves
the field clear for Chandler.
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Germany is still making war on
the American hog. Cincinnati pa
pers are furnishing that country am
munition to continue the fight in the
shape of articles charging that half
the lard manufactured in America is
adulterated with cotton seed oil, tai
ow and clay.
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The Hill Investigation.

WASHINGTON, July 13.-Before the
resumption of the regular proceed
ings in the Hill investigation, Cole
man presented a formal communica'
ton calling attention to the promise
of Secretary Folger that ne would
cause the attendance before the com
mitttee of any persons in the govern
ment employ, and would send the
committee to distant cities to take
testimony if necessary:
An interview with VIM. H. Bliss,
U. S. District Attorney OF the eastern
district of NJ issOuri. is reported in
the St. Louis Post Dispatch of June
13eh, which charges Supervising
Architect Hill with fraud in connec.
ton with the construction of the ST.
Louis custom house. He desired to
file that paper.
The chairman said the committee
had read the paper or a portion OF it.
Coleman therefore RETAINED from
reading the newspaper article. He
saia that these charges made
so freely by a person In SO
high official position demanded
attention of the committee. He de-
sired Bliss to be called before the
committee or if he should be unable
to attend he would be examined in
st. Louis. Thomas and Folger OBJ
iected on the ground that the pro-
posed investie alton was not proper.
Coleman maintained that Hill had
been investigated IN Boston and in
dicted at st. Louis. It was one story
with him. 1t was the business of his
counsel to complete this investigation
not to block the wheels. Hill ought
to invite investigation, to open up all
his records and if the secretary of the
treasury was honest in his desire for
investigationhe should have suspend
ed Hill from his position and put in
his place an honest man who would
furnish the papers called for by the
prosecution. They were now de-
pendent upon the defendant to furn-
ish papers called for by the prOsecu-
ton; they were now dependent upon
the defendant to furnish evidence
required to convict him. Upon
calling his attention to the
interview and asking if it was a
truthful report he telegraphed as fol-
lows,
"CLEvELAND, O., July 2.
"Hon. John c. NeW, Washington:
"No thought or utterance of mine,
public or private, has either reflected
on the integrity OF your committee
or any member, or attributed Otner
than earnest honest motives and
efforts in investigating the Hill
charges. 1 am surprised and humili-
ated that a denial of a statement so
palpably false seems necessary. !
shall call on you Monday.
"WM II. BLISS"
On Tuesday Bliss came here and
denied automatically that interview,
he had been Incorrectly re-
ported.
Coleman-Did he say the charges
were untrue?
Neville said there was some
foundation for them, but as reported
they were not true.
Coleman expressed some surprise
that these things had taken place
without the knowledge of the prose-
eution.
Thomas-Then on bare newspaper
charges you want an investigation?
Coleman-It is not ON bare news
pa er charges. 1t is an interview
with Bliss.
The Chairman-The committee de-
sire to say this interview was sent to
it. There are some things in it re-
fecting upon the committee.
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Senatorial Ballotiinps.

CONCORD, N. H. July l3.-Twentr
third joint ballot for United Stats''
Senator; whole number, 3l2; neeesss
ry to choice, Isl; VIM S. Ladd. .John
d. Lyman, Chas. H. Burns and Chasl
ter B. Jordan each l; Samuel c. Fas,
man, 2; Benjamin F. Prescott, IN
Barnard, 4; Walter Harrison, d. 7
b. H. Galllngher, 4; Grin G. More. D. -:
jeremiah Smith, Is; Aaron F. Sto
vens, Is; Gilman Marston, SO; Maston
w. Tappan, 80; James F. Briggs. a.
w. c. Chandler, 81; Harry Bingham
lib.
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THE DEAD ARCHBISHOP.

Bishop Gilmore in his eulogy of
ArchbishspRu rcell said, "Not even
the bitterest foe ever charged Arch
bishop Purcell with personal dishon-
esty or evil intent. Poor he came into
the world, poor be lived, and poor he
went out of the world. The path
way of his whole life was strewn
with works of kindness to the poor.
When passions have Gained and an
impartial history shall be written
Purcell's memory would rise far
above the shadow of reproach." A
just tribute to the memory of a man
whose only mistake in q long life of
usefulness was his failure to conduct
a financial operation upon strict bus
mess principles. A very natural
mistake for one to make whose guile
less heart and zeal for a cause outran
discretion.
Wonderful changes have taken
place during the half century since
John Babtist Purcell, a young man
of thirty-three. who came from Ire
land several years before, was invest
ed with the bishopric of Cincinnati.
The future Queen Of the Ohio had
then but 5000 inhabitants, and con-
but one Roman Catholic
church. Now it is the eighth city in
America, and in 1880 it had a popu-
of 255, 600. Archbishop Pur-
cell established himself very firmly
in the confidence of the people of his
diocese, and without the implicit
trust of his constituents his great
could not have fallen up
IN him in his old age. Sagacious
and indefatigable in the performance
the duties inhering in his Office as
! prelate, he lacked the faculty for
judicious financial administration,
md most unfortunately he estab-
ished a depository for savings under
he authority of the bishopric. In
he management of this fund his
zeal for his church got the better of
1is discretion, and he applied the
entrusted to his keeping In
ne erection of schools and churches,
,ut, as Bishop Gilmore said, his
everest critics must recognize the
act that although his creditors have
ost millions of dollars, the hands of
he dead prelate RI stainless OF cor
A pure and good man is
rome, and Protestants as well as
Catholics recognize in his labors a
series of efforts to elevate
md purify fallen humanity.
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From the Indian Country.

WILCOX, Ar, July 13.-Linder-
man arrived to-day from San Ber-
nardino. He learned there are from
sev~enty-five to eighty hostile CHR
ricahuas at that place waiting to sur
render, committing no depredations
but waiting an escort to the reserva-
ton. Captain Rafferty, with II
troop of cavalry lett Fort Bowie yes
terday to escort the surrendered hos
tiles ahd will probably arrive with
them in three days. Linderman
has an extensive ranch near san
Bernardino. A responsible and
wealthy cattle man reports the In
dams IRE we'll supplied with arms,
ammunition and with large herds of
horses, mules and cattle. presumably
the result of raids in Sonora and Chi
ricahua. The ho5tiles are we'll posted
in regard to the movements of
American authorities, and would not
consent to surrender until Crook was
given charge of reservation affairs.
Past experience with Indian agents
has dictated this course. There is
reason to believe if the control had
been given exclusively to the In
terror Department the Indians would
have bolted and murdered many
whites.
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San Francisco Stock No.
49, Pan FRANCISCO, July 1s--m
prices of mining stocks. Closing
Sierra Nevada
Business Failuras

New York, July 13.-Rus;.
failures throughout the United Sues
and Canada, as reported durinn1' a ~
last seven days to r. G. Dunn me
Mercantile agency, number I5 S0.s
against 1873 last week; 80 of tbs'' a.
Canada and provinces, leaving I9e IL, III
the quota of the United States ~ Ts as
distribution was as follows. Nt a
England, Is; Western States, ~ NV
die, Is. Southern, %; Pacific St n,a.
and Territories, II; New York, : ' aNs
Canada, 80. "nu
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Explosion of Powder.

WILMINGTON, July 12.-Twenty-
i've hundred pounds of powder ex-
ploded in the press room of Dupont's
Powder Works this morning. Thos.
Pearl, foreman of the press room,
and Patrick Haley, laborer, were
killed. Alexander BiIlingsIy, n
other laborer, slightly injured.
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uxOlicide.

ELLSWORTH, Kas., July lo.,.h.
worthless fellow named Galhes stch-
bed his wife four times with a ouu''.ad
er knife last night because a re'" say
to live with him. Physicians lars
the woman cannot recover. oii'N'
are pursuing the murderer.
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The British House of Lords re-
jected the illpermitting a person to
marry the sister of his deceased wife.
Minnesota is enjoying a far different
state of civilization. A man may
marry his "neice" there.
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A New York City paper complains
that the law is getting SO strict that a
boy cannot throw a soda bottle at a
Chinaman without being arrested.