The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-10-31

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don an application for adjournment,
, and having concluded their
, evidence asked the prisoners
to be called upon for questioning.
Counsel for the defense moved to
, discharge the prisoners on the ground
of there being no Canadian law under
which a warrant could detain them.
Miscellaneous.
} QUEBEC, Oct. 27.-The departure of
Lord LOrne and Princess Louise this
morning for England IN the steam
ship Sardinia was the occasion Tor a
great demonstration.
i BOSTON, Oct. 26. - Ex> Collector
Beard makes statement to the effect
that during the administration of
Wn. A. SimOns as collector, an ex-
tensive system of smuggling was car
ried with the knowledge Of the Off
cials.
BELLEvILLE, Ont Oct. 27..-A pas
senger train cOlIided with the gravel
train on the Grand Junct! on railway,
near Foxourg. Three passengers
were seriously injured; several
slightly.
/ CHARLESTON, Arizona, Oct. 81
A party just in from Sonora reports
Indians depredating near the Mexi-
can custom house, San Pedro. No
confirmation as yet.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-The COM
missioner of pensions has discovered
irregularities in the practice Of Belva
A. Lockwood, the female lawyer, who
has number of cases pending before
the pension bureau, and it is under
stood the question Of suspending her
from practice before the bureau is
now being considered by the COM
missioner and the secretary Of in
terror.
KANSAS Cry, Oct. 26.-In the cir
cult court Jacob Sawyer, of Gundy
county, Missouri, obtained a verdict
of $1,000 against the Western Union
telegraph company. Sawyer was
crossing the railroad track at night
mounted on mule, and became en-
tangled in the telegraph wires which
had sagged nearly to the ground. He
was thrown by the animal, and
claimed $4,000 on account of his in-
| juries.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 26.-Owing
! to Russian jealousy of foreign enter
prise, the newspapers are fiercely at
| tacklng the establishment, favored
! by the government, of a mixed COM
pany of American, French and Rus
sian capitalists, with capital or 25-
OO0OOO roubles, for the erection of
American grain elevators throughout
Europe.
PARIS, Oct. 26.-The Repubzique
Fyancuise publishes the edict of DR..
Harman, the French civil commits
sioner in Tonquin, in accordance with
which, by virtue of the Hue treaty.
all persons, no matter of what ma
tionality, who continue to fight
against the French, will be put to
death.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 26.-General
GourkO, Governor General OF War
saw, while recently reviewing 5000
troops in Poland, severely comment
ed upon their inefiiciency, and empha-
sized the urgent necessity for impor-
tant reforms.
New YORK, Oct. 26.-Lewis Bros,
liquor dealers, have made an assign
ment, giving $l18.OOO preferences.
The head OF the firm is the assignee
of Mayer & Co, whose failure recent
ly caused so much excitement III the I,
clothing trade.
PARIS, Oct. 26.-The Chinese lega- |
ton finding the yellow book full of !
omissions and suppressions. has de-
termined to publish all the documents |
,,v,Ov, tho pornfio- |
tions, in order to set themselves right
in tie pubic opinion Of Europe.
CHICAGO. Oct. 27.-In the Superior
Court this morning nominal fine
was assessed against John B. Drake,
in a test case to decide the validity OF
saloon licenses fixed at $1O3 by the |
city, a few days before the State law
making $3.50 the fee became opera
tive. The case goes at once to the
appellate court.
New YORK. Oct. 27.-9ar silver
11O5k, Central Pacific 6414, Burlington
24T, Northern Pacific 1884, North
western 2l5s, n. Y. &. 174, Pacific
Mail 81, Panama SO, st. Louis & San
Francisco 26h, Wabash 2O1a, Texas
Pacific 22ss, Union Pacific 874. Wells
Fargo Express 1898, Western Union
72
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-The Attor-
ney General has rendered an opinion
with regard to the effect of the clause
in the new tariff law which provides
that there shall be no allowance for
breakage, leakage or damage on
wines, liquors, cordials or distilled
spirits. He holds that the prOviso
does not require the assessment OF a
duty upon greater quantity taan IS
actually imported, as shown in the
return of the proper officer.
Upon the report OF the Commits
sioner of Pensions, the Secretary OF
the Interior to-day suspended from
Or 4ctice before the Interior Depart
ment, Belva A. Lockwood, the female
pension lawyer in this city.
PAR.L, Oct. 27.-The conference for
the protection of the submarine ca
bic. has concluded it's sessions. The
most important feature of the con-
ference was the English proposal that
in the event of war, any power shall
be at liberty to withdraw with the
right of remission when peace has
been concluded: and the conf renee
adopted this principle. This means
that in case Of war any power may
cut the cables at It's own risk and
peril, the cables must take chances
similar to other property.
TEHERAN, Oct. 26.-The Russians
have located force of 1900 troops
at Askerabad. in the Tekke country;
and another force, 1000 strong, has
been recently dispatched towards the
Zeigend river, near the Persian from
tier.
LONDON, Oct. 27.-The cholera has
re-appeared at Cairo. Since this Sec
ond visitation at Alexandria 25 cases
are reported. /
BERLIN, Oct. 27.-The newspapers
here warn persons intending to emil
crate not to buy United states trade
dollars, large quantities OF which !
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