The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-12-05

early hour the mother of Mrs. Riall
learned her daughter was not well,
and later she thought she detected
the smell of gas. Mrs. Rial said it
was not so. Assistance was sum-
mOned and the door broken open.
When Mrs. Riall was found standing
IN the middle of the room in her
night dress, and blood running from
her throat. The children were both
dead lying on the bed. She bad cut
all the arteries and veins of the left
wrist and they soon bled to death.
Mrs. Riall could not speak, but with
a pencil wrote she did not want to
live. Her husband, a thriving sales
man, was absent from home. Mrs.
Riall has never shown insanity but
complained very much because of the
long and frequent absences of her
husband from home. She is still
alive tonight but there is no proba-
bility that she can recover. She is
about % years of age.
| PARIS, Nov. 3O.-It Is reported that
Waddingham, French ambassador to
London, has been Informed by the
British foreign secretary that France
intends to occupy Bacninh and Sontay
to satisfy her honor, but not to engage
in a war with China, and that after
the surrender of the two places,
! France proposes an armistice and
! will ask for English meditation.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 3O-Wm. Cotton, a
we'll known local billiardist, in a
practice game of straight three-ball
billiards, to-day, made run of 719,
the highest ever made, beating Schaef.
fer's best run by "a points.
MACON, Ca, Nov. 3O.-Ambrose
West, a negro 18 years Of age, con-
vlcted of numbering James Monroe.
of Worth county. the 18th of Septem-
ber, was hung to day in the presence
of 1000 people. He was carried from
Albany Jail to Isabella, the county
seat. The first attempt at hanging
was horrible failure, the rope break
ing. After the lapse Of an hour the
moose was again adjusted. Death
speedily following the fall.
LONDON, Nov. 3O-The conven-
tion relative to the SueZ Canal is con-
cluded between English ship owners
and DeLesseps. 1t provides either
the present canal be enlarged or
second canal be constructed. A COM
mission of engineers and shippers,
half to be English, will examine the
question. Several directors, English
shippers and merchants will be ad
mitted as members of the board. A
consultative committee of English
directors will be formed in London.
hn int q
expense resulting from accidents on
the canal excepting collisions or acci-
dents resulting in damage to compa-
ny property, provided, the ship is not
in fault. From January l, 1884, pi-
lotage dues will be abolished, and
from January 1, 1885, transit dues
will be diminished, according to the
rate of dividend.
Boston, Dec. IA six-round glove
ieht, Marquis Of Queensbtry rules,
for purse of $500, took place here in
private club room last night be-
tween Jimmy Connolly, of Boston,
and Fiddler Neary, OF New York.
First blood for Connolly. Both men
were rather groggy IN the fourth
round. In the last round Connolly
came up smiling, but very weak. He
nevertheless led off we'll and staggered
Neary, winning the fight.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1. A St. Paul
special says: The skeletons Of % per-
sons and about the same number OF
horses were discovered in the north
ern part of Dickey county, Dakota,
near the head of Moose river by
party of explorers a few days ago.
Among the skeletons were found
brass buttons, spurs and other effects
of mounted men. They are supposed
| to be the remains of some party
travelling with cavalry escort, but
there is no record of any such miss
ing expedition.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3O.-In the be-
lief that the warfare between the In
dians and whites can be ended Oy Ju-
dicious measures, Secretary Teller
recommends permanent reservations
commensurate with the numbers OF
tribes; discontinuance OF the cash
annuities and the establishment of
manual labor schools for the young.
He urges that white adventures be
imprisoned for attempting to invade
the Indian territory.
JoNEsBoRo, Ark, Nov. 30.-The
strike here by the employees OF the
Texas & st. Louis railway continues.
The company offered to-day to pay
one months wages, but the men de-
manded two. The superintendent
from Pine Bluff came in to-day on
special train. The men met him.
side tracked his engine and locked
both ends of the switch. They will
take the mails through but received
no orders to do so. The public is
greatly inconvenienced for want OF
mails.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30.-Ex-Speak-
er Keifer in reply to the letter OF Con-
gresham William Walter Phelps,
asking him to withdraw from the
| candidacy for second election re-
fuses to accede to the demand on the
ground that doing so would he a con-
fesslon of the truth of the charge OF
his candidacy and a cause for division
| in the republican ranks.
GALVESTON, Nov. 30.-A Dallas
special says: Edward D. Easton, once
cashier of the Texas Pacific railway
office at Dallas, and for the past sew
en- months all employee of the same
company at Sherman, has disappeared,
a defaulter of $4,000. He left Sher-
man a few days ago, ostenslDly 10
visit Galveston. 1t is understood ne
has no bondsmen. but the Canadian
insurance company stood for his hon-
esty. ~ mi, .,,,a;,c
game between Schaeffer and Vlgnaux
for the billiard championship was
witnessed by large crowd. Many
nersons were unable to gain entrance
fo the hall. Before the game SchaeHer
announced that, whatever the issue,
he challenged Vignaux to play the
new game with cushions only, the
noints and stake to be the same as at
Rndolphe challenged the winner OF
the present game to play a similar
game with him. Vignaux accepted'
Scha1ffer's challenge. Schaetter dld
not answer Rudolph's challenge:
| Vipnanx began the play with run