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

WASHINGTON. May 9.-It was de-
cided last night to 60 on with the ar
gument in the Star-route trial, and
this morning Wilson began the clos
ing argument for the defense. He
was followed by Carpenter, Williams.
Henkle, Davidge, Chandler and In
gersoll in the order named. Wilson
began by saying some malicious
newspaper paragrapher, referring to
open arguments, was mean enough
to say there was nothing on earth to
which it could be compared except
the crater OF Vesuvius. If length
OF speech make lawyers famous
the two gentlemen who had preceded
should be immortal. The testimony
in this case has been scandaiously
misrepresented and perverted. Why
has the government failed to call
John N. Mitchell to prove his name
was on that memorandum and that he
had received money from Dorsey?
Why had they taunted Dorsey with
their neglect in that matter? Yet
when the defence called Belford they
refused to allow him to say anything
in answer to Rerdell's charges, and
had said the matter had nothing to do
with the case.
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The Star Route Trial. .

WASHINGTON, May 8.-The court
said it had seen nothing to satisfy it
that there was any reason to justify
departure from established prac-
tices on such matters. 1t was uni
versal in jury cases to allow but one
reply to the government, and that Or
der would be preserved in this case.
Ingersoll explained that perhaps
the defense could arrange to make
place for the attorney general. They
did not want to deprive the govern
ment of the services of its highest
officer.
Merrick said he should refuse to
enter into any arrangement with the
defense, as they had uniformly re-
jected his propositions.
That's what we want, retorted In
gersoll, to make them responsible for
keeping out the attorney general.
At the request of defense the
court adjourned.
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Sale of the New York World.

NEW YORK, May 9.-Mr. VIM.
Henry Hurlbut, president of the
Press Publishing Co., completed to-
day the transfer of the entire proper
ty of the World newspaper to Mr..
Joseph Pulitzer, of the st. Louis
Post Dispatch. Mr.. Hurlbut will
announce this in the World .o-mor-
row, and the number of the World
under the editorial charge of Mr..
Pulitzer will be issued ON Friday
morning. 1t will continue Demo
cratic. Mr.. Pulitzer will extend and
modify it's local features. The price
paid by Mr.. Pulitzer is understood
to be about 100000. This does not
include the building erected for the
paper under Mr.. Hurlbut, which
has been leased for a term of ten
years. Mr.. Jay Gould, in disposing
of his entire interest in the World,
is carrying out his policy before an
of closing out his holdings
except in railway and tele-
graph properties preparatory to his
tour around the world. It is under
stood to be the purpose of Mr.. Hurl-
but to sail for Europe shortly. and in
that case it may be expected that he
will take the opportunity afforded by
his leisure to inspect places in Great
Britain which received the attentions
of Mr.. r. G. Porter, and to review
the accounts given by letter from
of tariff for revenue
only.
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Senator Fair Interviewed.

SAN FRANCISCO, May Ex-senator 6.
Fair in q conversation this afternoon
with an Associated Press represen-
tative, regretted bitterly and keenly
the notoriety given to a matter SO ex-
cluslvely concerning himself and
wife. He said II am the man and
l am willing to bear all the odium
which ths public in its ignorance of
the real facts may choose to cast
upon me, but my regret is for my wife,
whose name should not be associated
and incorporated in the dispatches
transmitted all over the country.
Now as it always has been my desire
to do that which would contribute
happiness to my wife and children,
II l have in any way failed God
knows it has not been prompted by
desire to do SO. I now, as ever, want
to do that which will be best for the
happiness of my family. If my wife
happiness, then her mind and mine
are alike. 1 have done nothing to
merit the obloquy cast upon me.
Those who best know me will tell
you what my desires are in this mat
ter. God has blessed me with wealth.
l have never used it for any mean or
unmanly purpose. Ny heart and
hand have always been open to those
in distress, and will continue to be to
those who seek or require my help.
[ repeat that in this matter with my
wife, which has been made so public,
have nothing to say further than
it pains me to see her name and mine
associated with such dastardly and
lnvective dispatches as have gone
forth to the world. I am the man
'he is the woman, and in these rela.
ions will shield her name at every
point in my power.
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Effects of q Hurricane.

EAsTON, May 9.-Passengers state
that the hurricane through the Wyo-
ming Valleys last evening was the
severest known in eastern Pennsyl-
vania. Between Penn Haven and
Haz'eton the trees in the woods for q
distanc" vi Two thousand feet were
moved down like grass. The wind
and rain beat so hard against the
windows of the cars that the passen-
gers had to place the cushions of the
seats against them to prevent them
from being blown in. The engineer
on one train to prevent a wreck by
falling trees reduced the speed to coal
train time. At Gould's Siding, near
Whitehaven, the engine o: the pas
senger train was struck by falling
telegraph pole and damaged. The
same pole struck a passenger car,
making splinters of its front. About
the same time tree fell and broke
the windows on the right side,
the passengers. All this
occurred while the train was run
ming.
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The nl16ina

It is proof of the active character
Of the prevailing female, that the
dude has only been in existence a
few months, and we now have the
dudine. In all essential points she
is the exact counterpart of her male
type, except that with a woman's
subtlety, she has gone a degree deep
er in vacuousness. 1t must, however,
be acknowledged that the dudine has
more rational basis of existence
than the dude. She is a living pro-
test against the Over-intellectuality
of American women, and exactly
represents in terra Gotta colors the
beautiful vegetation which great
many men fall in love with. She
clings, weeps, sighs and giggles. She
is trussed, harnessed, pinioned,
pinched, laced and compressed. She
has reduced the problem of existence
to Irritation behind tan. She
walks with the aid of chiropodist.
She eats with the aid of pepsin and
hot water. She sleeps with bromide
of potassium. She exercises in an
elevator. She plays Camille in her
dreams, and eats caramels and reads
lola when she is awake. She is
sort of bow of promise in the social
sky that the continent will not be
Overpopulated.
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San Francisco Mining Stock
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.--The
following are the official closing
prices of mining stocks:
Washington Gossip.

WASHINGTON, May 9.-The special
committee appointed to investigate
the alleged frauds in the customs
service at San Francisco in connec-
ton with the importation of Ha.
waiian sugars, had an interview with
Secretary Folger to-day and received
their final Instructions from him.
The Committee leave for San Fran
cisco in few days. The President
designated Jno. J. Knox Comptroller
of the currency to act as Commits
sioner of Internal Revenue for ten
days from the 10th INST. The term
of Deputy Commissioner Rogers as
Acting Commissioner will expire to-
morrow. He could not be legally
designated to act for longer period.
Knox was designated by the Presi-
dent upon the recommendation of
Secretary Folger.
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The Poor Two Numbered Years
AGO.

When one considers the daily life
Of the poor as it used to be-say two
centuries ago-one presently under
stands that they had no doctoring at
all. Neither physician or surgeon
went among them. When they fell
ill they were physicked by women
the sage:fensnae was called in for fe-
vers and all the ills that flesh are heir
to. She knew the power of herbs
and had them ali tied up in her cup
board, sovereign remedies against
everything. For cases of accidents
there were bone-setters; but the phys
ician with the full-bottomed wig and
gold-headed cane, did not penetrate
the dark lanes and narrow courts,
where the people lived; there were
lot even any apothecaries among
them poisoned poison" and there
were no surgeons carrying on the
general practice" of the present
day. Very likely, in simple cases,
the old woman's remedies were eff
cacious; but in the case of children,
who require, above all, attention to
sanitary laws. the mortality must
have been very large, while the sum
of pain and misery and needless suf-
fering from disease, from sheer igno-
rSnce Of sanitary laws and right
treatment, and the absence of proper
appliances, must have been truly
frightful.- Gentleman Magazine.
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An EmperOr's Frolic.

The late Emperor Nicholas, Auto.
crat Of all the Russias, the most iron
handed of modern timrs, held one
thing in particular aversion, viz,
wealth coupled with avarice. He
was once travelling with great dig
nitary whom he had often bantered
because of his stlnginess. At one OF
the stages the carriage had to under
go sundry repairs, and the gentle
men went forward On foot. They
came to a spot where the road was
flooded to a considerable depth. The
Emperor called a road laCOrer and
asked him if he would undertake to
carry him through the water.
"Why not said the laborer, who
took the monarch OH his back and
conveyed him safely across.
The Emperor gave him a couple of
gold pieces and whispered:
"NOw, go and fetch the other gen.
tleman, but when you have got half
way through the water, stand still
and ask him how much he intends to
give YOU"
The man did as he was told, stood
still with his living load, and in
quired in the middle of the water
how much he was to get.
"You rascal" cried the miser; "the
other gentleman paid for us both; l
saw him, you lmpudent swindler!
You shall not have another farth-
ing;!n m
"What is he going to stand?" called
out the Emperor
Nothing"
"Then throw him into the water"
The laborer was about to do so, but
his intended victim held on tighter
and exclaimed:
II will give you three roubles!"
''Ask 3OO," interposed the Emperor
laughing.
And now began a most comical
scene. The terrified rider clung still
more closely to his bearer, whom the
Emperor by his gestures encouraged
to remain firm. The rage and terror
depicted in the features of the miser
were indescribably ludicrous, the
Emperor meanwhile urging him to
come on.
"Well, now," exclaimed the grand
dignitary at last, "carry me across.
1 will pay you when we get there"
Don't you trust him!" called the
Emperor, nearly choked with laugh
ter. "Make him pay at once"
Our anxious traveller had, while
hanging over the water, to bring out
his pocket book and hand to the
the 800 roubles.
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every heart went out toward her,
and when she sang the soft, sweet
notes of familiar ballad, the very
heart-throbs of music kept time with
the cadence of her voice, and the
wonder of the woman's art was lost
in admiration of the Voman.
"Whoop," said Dickey, ''ain't we
soaring up among the clouds?'
"SOar or no soar" said I, ''if there
is any woman in the world can 90
into real-first-class- warranted-not to-
fade, ten-by-fourteen raptures over,
that woman is Nilsson"
To continue. AS an artist Nilsson
is second to no woman, and while she
may not be given complete prece-
dence in all departments of musical
rendition she has so allied her art to
her pure and blameless life that dis
sociation is almost sacrilege, and
there are few who Care to mar their
pleasure by resorting to such hypo-
critical disintegration. Nilsson has
been before the public for years, and
has, throughout her life been a true
woman. Rising from the humble
home of peasant, she has never
been ashamed to confess her origin,
and in all the attentions of kings and
queens and mobiles, she has never
forgotten her blood, and when
she speaks of home, or hears the Ian
guage of her childhood her manner
warns and the smile and the tear
contend for mastery in her voice and
eye. That's the kind of woman /
like to praise, and that's the kind Of
a woman l hate to see man get, un-
less he is one of the very few special
cases that the Lord has blessed the
world with, just to show that He can
lurn out a respectable man when He
wants to. Her married life was a
happy one, because she married, not
for position AMI wealth, but because
there was love in her heart and an
honest purpose to de lovable wife to
4 good man.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

LAKE CITY, May &C. B. Hick-
man late receiver of the Lake City
land office, is defaulter in $4,000.
PETERSBURG: : Va, May 9.-Dur-
ing the past week 100000 pounds of
tax paid tsbacco were shipped from
Petersburg. Total revenue collected
$66, ,7O4.
WASHINGTON, May AT the 5sth
annual meeting of the American
Tract Society to-day the receipts were
reported to he $394, ,O66; expenditures,
1886, $50.
DUBLIN, May 9.-In the Kelly
trial the jury deliberated one hour.
Ae was sentenced to be hanged June
9th. On hearing his sentence, Kelly
exclaimed: II am innocent. Thank
you, my Lord" He thanked his
counsel for their efforts in his behalf,
and hoped they might live long and
defend the innocent.
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Taxaa News Items.

ST. LOUIS, May 9.-Reports from
Texas say that sheepshearing Is
about completed and that the total
clip of the State is much lighter this
year than last. -,
The Health officers of Brownsville
have arranged with Mexican author
tiles to establish quarantine ut Bag
dad
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The Butte Daily Miner.
PUBLISHED BIT THE
MINER PUBLISHING CO.,
TERMS-HY MAIL
I DESS 1T WAS PAPA"

"Who made those marks?' asks stern papa,
"Whose pencil is to blame?
The wall is spoilt-come, children, here
He calls them each by name,
Bnt not child has seen the marks.
Each "gliesses' twas some other.
"Well find this out" persists papa.
"JIl 90 and ask your mother"
But she knows nothing of the marks
Made since the day began),
And quite determined to find out,
She asks each little man.
Then guilty George lifts up his eyes,
And whispers loud, Mamma,
dpss know who made those marks
dcss it was papa "
Mrs Kate Upson Clark in the Imp
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Arrested for Bribery.

NEWARK, N. J., May 9.-Ex-
Speaker of Assembly John Egan, of
Elizabeth, was lodged in the Essex
County Jail last night, having been
arrested on an Indictment of the
Grand Jury, charging him with an
attempt to bribe Assemblyman Ar
mitage, of this city, during the ses
sion of the New Jersey Legislature.
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Berlin Notes.

BERLIN, May 9.-The body of the
rent collector found yesterday at
Thiergarten is Hermann. He was
undoubtedly murdered by robbers, as
twenty-five thousand marks was
stolen from his person.
Notwithstanding the rumors which
have been af1oat that the dissolution
of Parliament is imminent there are
signs that Bismarck's belief in the
dissolution as an effective weapon
against refractory Parliament is by
no means as strong as it was.
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DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.
Senator Fair and His Com
planning Wife.
Sale Of the New York World
Completed.
A City in the Hands of a Des-
perate Mob.
MISCELLANEOUS, ETC, ETC
Speculation Concerning Crook.

Speculation Concerning Crook.
CHI AGO, May 9,-The officers at
General Sheridan's headquarters in
this city do not credit the rumors of
the disaster to Crooks column.
While it is true they have no recent
advices from Crook in person, they
are in the way Of receiving quick
Communication from any point in
Texas or New Mexico in case of an
engagement, and particularly so in
case of disaster. Any report which
General Crook might make of oper-
atiOns in or from Arizona, would 20
to headquarters of the department
of the Pacific at San Francisco, and
the headquarters here would not be
in receipt Of any official report di-
rect.
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South American Notes.

GAYAQU1T, May 9.-National affairs
in Ecuador are critical. Business is
suspended in Gaya4uit and the streets
are held by armed troops. Cable
communication is not interfered
with rs both parties recognize the
importance of not molesting any
American enterprise.
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The Spragues' Suits.

PROVIDENCE, May Elm the Su-
preme Court to-day several cases
against A. w. Sprague Manufacture
ing Company on trust mortgage notes
were tried. Governor Butler ap-
reared for the defence. The court
oyerruled his objection and the jury
gave verdicts for the plaintiffs in one
case for $lO9, 156, and in another for
$50.
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Sentenced at Last.

DUBLIN, May 9.-The third trial of
Timothy Kelly, charged with partici-
patton in the murder of Cavendish
and Burke, was concluded to-day.
The jury found a verdict of guilty
against the prisoner, and he was sem
fenced to be hanged.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-12
The Colorado Storm.

DENVER, May 9.-The damage
done by the hail storm yesterday
will probably aggregate $75, 900.
Hardly residence or public build
ing in the city escaped injury. Vege-
tables and flour gardens in this city
and vicinity are. complete wrecks.
Young fruit trees suffered terribly.
Every variety OF fruit is killed. The
loss to ranchmen in the immediate
vicinity is very heavy. A hail storm
has been general throughout the
state. The loss would aggrt gate ST.
10000.
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Foreign News.

BERLIN, May 9.-During the de-
bate in the Reichstag Marquesand
referred in grateful terms to how the
Germans in America made sacrifices
for the sufferers by the floods on the
Rhine. This sympathy with their
old homes was one of the fairest
laurels in American hiscory.
PARIS, May 9.-Conrad Informed
the Committee of the Chamber of
Deputies on the Tonguin expedition
that 1000 Chinese troops attacked the
Hanoi capital of Tonquin OH March
Goth, but were repulsed by the
French.
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Blood Horse Racing Association

SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.-The
last day of the spring meeting of the
Pacific Coast Blood Horse Racing
Association the track was slow from
the effects of rains. Dash, three
quarters of a mile, two year olds, won
by Winters chesnut filly Collier
Smart; time, lis. Second event was
a three-quarter mile dash for three
year olds; E. J. Baldwin's Cans and
J. B. Chase's filly Laura ran. Cans
won in a canter, being held back to
allow Laura to get second money.
Time 800. Third event was a conso-
lation race for beaten horses, mile
heats, four ran, won by Howard's
Augusta in two straight heats. Time,
l:45B and 1:46.
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a Cause for Irritation.

IL BERLIN, May "a motion recent
n,ou ~ uaiered in the Reichstag by a
oIi,ar Iioer from Strausburg, for the ab.
oh ra,no OF the dictators in Alsace Lo-
Eme, E.a, mas provoked comments in the
con ench press which are calculated to
hsa,.e, haHe irritation in Germany. The
fsc.nn f.n OF bismarck is again unsatis-
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The Cleveland Herald gives cur

The Cleveland Herald gives cur
rency to the following romantic in
cident: About thirty years ago a
farmer residing in Springfield, Ohio,
township, named Maxwell, visited a
deserted coal bank in the neighbor-
hood, attracted thither by sheer idle
curiosity. He stood at the slope
opening for time, and then started
to walk down it, when at the en-
trance to the dark and gloomy place
he saw bucket. He picked it up
and soon there came from it the ten
der and suppressed cries of an infant.
He carried it to the light, and then
after renewing the wrappings he saw
asweet little babe looking into his
eyes, as if it wanted to say: "Please
take pity on me. l am a poor little
0utcast without a home. Won't you
take me out and love aud take care
ofme" Mr.. Maxwell was a young
married man, with large, generous
heart, and having then no children
of his own; he took the little waif
home with him and he and Mrs.
Maxwell took care of it and loved it
as parents love their own children.
The little founding grew to be a beau
tiful and accomplished young ladyand
she repaid her foster parents with an
abundance of affection and tender de-
votion. Twenty years had come and
gone when one day a young man
called at the house of the Maxwells
and declared that the babe found in
the coal bank was his sister, and that
ne had come from a pleasant home in
Iowa to see her, and if possible to
persuade her to return with bim.
Their mother had died few months
before and on her death-bed she told
now she had hid the babe in the coal
bank, of Mr.. Maxwell finding it and
al about it, and made a dying re-
quest that the family should hunt
tie child up and claim her. The
Maxwells were well pleased with the
young man, and he remained with
Them several weeks. When he re-
turned to his Western home he took
MS sister with him. He also took the
promise of one of Mr.. Maxwelps
daughters that she, too, would share
MS home and fortunes ere long. This
promise was kept,
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Burned to Death.

CHICAGO, May "a special from
Charlotte, Michigan, says: Grimes
& Co.'s mill at Vermontville, ten
miles north OF here, burned this
morning, and two or three men, in
Guiding the proprietor, were burned
to death.
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Fears for Crook.

Ell PAs0, Texas, May 8.-Rumors
were circulated to-day of a disaster to
Crook, reported by dispatch oyer the
Mexican government lines. Inquiries
pushed all day resulted in showing
that Crook, having moved some days
earlier than was anticipated IN Sono-
ra, may not have been able to receive
the full cooperation expected. It is
believed the Apache force has been
underestinlated, and no confidence is
placed in Crooks scouts. Crooks
small force is the chief cause of ap-
prehenSiOn.