The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-01-24
TEI,EaRk PHIc NEWS.

wastes sunk oil this n1eee ana e's"'
were drowned.
VIENNA, Jan 2s.-De(3ierO. Nus
siau foreign minister, h expected 70
arrive here this evening.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-The Cambria
! lj<~ sunk In ninety feet Of wtter'
/ Three boats wesp launched be'ofe sue
sank.
ALEXANDRIA. Jan. @.--0reas
anxiety r. felt ut &uakim respecting
the positlon Of afJhirs In 6'N'1an.
! The insurgents burned . depot %
! Karkon. and crOsa the White N'e
; daily opposite to CANA.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-The c"nsmbs-
zion for the relief Ut sufferers from!
! the German floods sent . asc0nal
!; instslmes,t Of O,O0O marks tO Beri1":
making q total OF nom to dste, anu
will send aO,OW more early lrss
week.
aAx FRANClsC,,, Jan. 2-The
Are uf Susanville proves les disas-
tro,,s than Ut first supposed. 1t start:
e.l I'm a salnon aud burned several
wooden building, occupied Tor bo:s-
nese nur,n,ses. The lossrs will prob
ably not aggregate over $0!OO.
ELKroN. Ind, Jan. a. This
m1fniue the bol)er ut the Ledger pa
her mills exploded with terrific Sorce.
wreckinR one half at the Immense
l,uildine. Patrick Mccormick WIS
Killed, John Garrett missing, ard
eight others were injured, one OF
whom will probably die.
NEw York, Jan. 3-JOhn n.
Falconer, who has l,een treasurer ut
the artisls' fund for - years, IL . de.
feulter to the extent az over 5000.
He isa(Dout 90 years Of age and livestn
Brooklyn with bis two maiden Sis
ten. He received No salary ~ treas-
urer. Falconcr confessed his guilt,
saying bis needs drove him to take
the money. He could not refund the
amount hecause be Was alma0at pen
niless. He will not be prosecuted.
NEW York. Jan. 2.-Agents Of
the steamer Ci,nbria have received
the following dispatch this morning
frOsu their Hamburg agency: Ham
burg.-Our steamer Houser returned
from its cruise, aaW the wreck Of the
Cin,bria five miles nosthea It OF the
Borkunl light ship, head to the north.
west, tOlnail yards above water. but
saw no trace Of survivors or bodies
although the day was clear. Inquiry
was made of the B0skum lieht-shiP.
where nothing WAS known about any
heats Or persons saved.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. &.-AlOut
one o'clock this morning from eight
to twelve III united and masked men
rude up to the MOntellO station on
the Central Pacific, 106 nlile~ west Of
Ogden. seized two white and half
. dozen Chinese section men, robbed
them Of what valualbles they had on
their penoms, aud locked them up In
the tank house. They then awaited
the arrival OF the Esst hound express
train, which came In so0n after.
Two Of the highwsyman jumped on
the engine, Overawed tie engineer
and nresncn, and side tracked the
engine. Tie remainder III The gang
lirxt seized the train men, robbed
them Of what valual,les they l'Nts<,ss-
ed, aud confined them also In the
tank house. They then attacked the
express ear. Here they were met l,y
y rapid fiasilatle from 4: Y. R'~s, ex-
nress usessrnger. The fire wa
relu. ..xsi briskly, and some thirty
shots we-e exchanged. when the
rDbl,ers finding resistance more spir-
tied than they had expected, and
probably fearing u demonstration on
the part of the passengers. iecnn,le<l.
No OOe Is known to have been killed
Or wounded. The passengers were
not n,Oleste<l.
CnICA 90, Jan. a Washington
special says: Ricardo OrsxcO. chief
engineer Of Grant's Mexican ks,uti,-
prm Hallway, has arrived here. and
rays the concession to General Grant
in cs,nnection with luis Mexican nail
way enterprises have not been al'rr' |
gated, hut the time f;,r constructing !
the rnatls will Ike extended six
months. OrOzco xays It will SOON lie |
determined hy the dirrctOx Of the !
Mexico Southern whether they will
accept the Offered subsidies. The
work on the lines will I've resumed
md pushed forwarl vigorously. !
The object of Orozcs.'s visit !. To xt.e
about raising the necessary capital to
1s~s1 the valley In which the City
u Mexico il located. The estimated
sst 10 o., NW, ON. Two companies
have bern formed in this country to
10 the work, and the Mexican Rov-
government, besides giving . SUM
4 money for the accomplishment 1T
he work, agrees tO make valuable
grants Of land that will lie reclaimed
n the immediate vicinity Of ti,+ cap
tai by the improvement. One III
llese companies has headquarters in
New York, the other In Washington.
Commission L0ring Is y leading
'ptrtt In the Washington company.
It Is unalerstUOd that a g,ahl many
prominent men in public life have
GIIIIe sl'rt Of connection with I.Or-
ngs company. While Orxco
= not very communicative with
egard tn the financial ability Of
'ither company. the impression LEFT
y his conversation was that the Lar
ig Company would hardly he u sue
ca'sftl competitor for the drainage
0ntract.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. :.s.-Porter
Ashe, who was on the train wrecked
I Tehacllapt, teiegrapl,s - foliOws:
Ny wife. maid and myself were
ccupytnx the drawing room Of the
Ieel,er. We were awakened by the
waytDg OF the cans going at the rate
4 about 20 miles IN hours, and lad
nat braced ourselves when the crash
anne. The maid WAS buried IN the
|ebris, my wife and falling on top
4 I,er. The car Immediately took
Ire aud l was f0ryed t. take
in'6er aud burning boards Off
'iece by piece. The car became en-
elop d In smoke, hut by breaking
be window ct the top Of the car /
ucceet!ed In reacuing my wife and
er maid by pushing them tllrUugl,
he window. We were climbing or
he car nearly sutiocateJ by smoke,
'htn l heard IMAM calling f:,r help
nd beseeching ~ not to leave HIM.
reached down through the broken
'intlOw and succeeded in getting
old II Governor Dow ney's hand
nd pulling him out nearly strangletl.
While helping the maid to the
round my wife stepped ona window
I'd fell through into the car again.