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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-28

CINcINNATI, April 27.-ReE. Dr.
Z. -. Boynton. aged sevenlF-seEsA.:
died this morning at the resfierce o.
his daughter, Mrs. II. II. LockWoos'
Of this city. His sons, Gen. II, v.
Boyntcn, q Washington newspaper
correspondent, and G. A. B%oyntoi,a
Washington correspondent OF thcA>'
ISOLATED Press. were at the bedside.
The deceased served as PASTOR Oh 'ne
Vine Street Congregational Chi'FfH.
ofthis city, for twenty-five year. ~
also preached in Eastern e!luE,"c',
and served two terms as Cilap'&ihe'
the House of Representatives, h:,sl.,
lngton, beginning in 1s63. lne
funeral will take place Sunday.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-28

ST. LOUIS, April PA special
train, with the Diaz party, arrived at
6:3O a. M. They were niet At the de-
pot by J. G. Ewald, president Of the
Merchants Exchange, and other
prominent citizens. After breakfast
at the Southern Hotel and makinga
few flying visits to acquaintance''
they left again at $50 and run 10
New Orleans. The 100 miles is t'b
made in y hours. They will leave
New Orleans Sunday evening ana
arrive at Vera Cruz Thursday morn
ing.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-28
Shot Bv a CONGRESSMAN.

CINCINNATI, April 27.-Phil. IL.
Thompson. Jr., member Of Congress
from the Eighth District Ky, shot
and killed Walter Davies at Harris
burg Junction this morning. Pam
ful stories regarding the alleged FAM
lily troubles Of Nr. Thompson have
been circulating some months, and
1t Is supposed the affair grew out OF
this. Davies waDaccused with undue
intimacy with Mrs. Thompson.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-28

BERLIN, April 27.-The Nat'oHGa
Zeltung declares that it is imposslpi..
Tor England to accede to any fuf'nsa
demands of Parnell in regard 10 .he
condition of Ireland. 1t Gec!aieI
that honor demands the uneri!l'otai
disavowal by Parnell of the dynalil''
policy Of the Irish extremists.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-28

Texas convicts are hired out on the
farms of that State at fifteen dollars
a month with board and washing.
Texas convicts must be c%ontented,
obedient and mild-mannered sort Of
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-28
The Semi Weekly Miner.
SATURDAY, APRIL %, 1883.

It would seem that Mr.. Bayard's
chances for the Presidency are look
ing up as a few Eastern Republican
journals have recently commenced
to sneer at and belittle him.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-04-28

neartless landlords and English man
ufacturers; the English government
in Ireland has MOI maintained peace
or order, but has for 700 years broken
her peace and destroyed her order:
English government in Ireland does
not allow this portion of the emDire
equitable and efficient voice in the
legislature. In England twelfth of
the population votes for members of
Parliament; in Ireland over one
twenty-fifth of the population vote
Tor members of Parliament. In En-
gland registration laws are favorable
10 voters. In Ireland they are inin-
lcal to voters. In England all classes
OF population are fairly represented.
IN Ireland the poor law is applied to
secure to landlords and place hunters
q preponderance in the national del
eegatlon. In England the judiciary
is independent of the executive AMI
symPathlzes with the people. In
ireland the judiciary is q creature
and part OF the executive and
Is appointed exclusively from the
people. In England the magistracv
IS chosen without regard to creed.
In Ireland ninety-seven per cent. of
Inc magistrates having Jurisdiction
sver the peoples liberty are selected
from 3 creed rejected .by seventy
elghtper cent. of the people, and =
detestable spirit of religious bigotry
Is thus legalized and perpetuated.
In England laws creating civil dis.
on account Of religion have
long been dead. In Ireland laws
made under Edward III, Queen
H.iza6eth, Earl stratford, Charles
H., Queen Anne, and their sur.
cessors are still vital to torment
the people for whose Oppression
no statute is found too hoary by We
nal and truculent judges. Eyerv
M Tnr1;. OF legislation proposed by
nneils1 member receives courte-
eus consideration; if any measure.
however Just, Necessary or humane
10 proposed by an Irish member il ia
contemPtueusly rel ected by the COM
0lned majority OF both the great Eng
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-12-13
The LEGISLATURE of Virginia.

RICHMOND, VA, December 5.-The Cen
eral Assembly met at noon. Both houses
elected Democratic officers. Governor
Cameron's message deals mainly with
State affairs. In the matter of the public
debt he refers at length to the working of
the Riddleberger act, and recommends that
the requirements of the bill be all carried
that further legislation be adopted
to increase its effectiveness. The
Governor says an investigation
should be had in relation to the Danville
riot. Witnesses should be allowed to testi-
fy,should be made to testify, and the truth
should be made apparent, so that the Com
monwealth of Virginia should be placed
before the world as one of the States which
tries crime, no matter who may be the
criminal. A resolution was Introduced in
the Senate calling upon Senator Malone
to resign. The preamble consists of a
sharp arraignment OF the Senator.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-12-13
NEW YORK FRAUDS.
A Ring of Contractors Who Pluck the
City's Life Blood.
The System of sUnbalanced Bids'' Fur
nishinE Means, BY Collusion, ofCheat-
ing the City Out OF Miilions.

NEW YORK, Dece hber 9.-The tribune
says: Careful investigation of depart
ment records by Tribune reporters reveals
the existence in this city of a ring of
contractors, whose methods are SIM
liar to those of the canal ring which
was broken up eight years ago, but
no effort has yet been made to break
up the corrupt combination which
is defrauding the taxpayers of New
York. The system of unbalanced bids, by
which the public treasury suffers heavily,
has grown to startling proportions in the
Department of Public Works, under the eye
of Commissioner Thompson. Misleading
estimates of works to be done are the rule
rather than the exception in that depart
ment,. and certain favored contractors sue
ceed in obtaining secret information as to
the real nature of the work which these
misleading estimates cover. They are thus
enabled to put in unbalanced bids at fig
ures which result in large gains to them
and serious loss to the city. The extraor-
binary nature of these bids may be ina gined
when it is known that the Department of
Public Works is now paying ON contracts
still in force all the way from one
cent to IS per cubic yard for exactly
the same kind of excavation. Honest
contractors are driven out of the field by
the ring men who put in balanced bids.
These outrageous street contracts, of which
the public works is full, result in the va
cation of assessments on an extensive
scale, throwing tue whole burden of ex-
penditure on the city. By vacation assess.
ments, resulting from these abuses, the
municipal treasury has suffered to the ex-
tent of millions of dollars in the last few
years. The method is absolutely simple.
A street opening, or sewer, for example,
will require the evacuation, so much in
rock, SO much in earth. The engineer states
approximately the amount of each,
and bids are invited. An outside con-
tractor makes straightforward bid, allow
ing him fair profit on each. The inside
contractor makes bid considerably higher
on one and very much lower ON the
othcr, resulting in lower average. He
thus gets the contract. Then it mysteri-
ously turns out that of the work on which
he made an unreasonably high bid there is
far more than of the other. Thus the en-.
gineer's deceptive estimate and the con-
tractors secret knowledge of the real facts
work together, and the unbalanced bid be-
comes as thorough piece of burglary as
If the city treasury had been pried open
with jimmy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-12-13
News By Telegraph.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Pacific Coast Interasts.

WASHINGTON, December IA meeting of
members of Congress from the Pacific Coast
States was held to-day. There were pres
ent Senators Dolph and Slater, Represen-
tatives George, Rosecrans, Sumner, Glass
cock, Budd, Henly, Tulley, and Cas-
sedy. Senator Miller presided. The
object Of the meeting was to secure unan-
unity among the Pacific Coast Repre-
sentatives and Senators in respect to legis-
1atlon by this Congress in the interest of
the people of the Pacific Coast, especially
In respect to curing defects in the present
Chinese restriction act. 1t was known that
several members were preparing bills COW
ering the matter, but it was felt by those
calling the meeting that it would be better
70 have all Representatives from that Sec
tlon unite upon plan of action. The meet
ing discussed the evasion of the law by
Chinese immigrants furnished certificates
BY Chinese authorities, emitting them to
enter this country as belonging to classes
privileged by the law, and finally agreed
that bill TO remedy the defects of the
present law be prepared and introduced
simultaneously in both houses as the joint
work of the Pacific Coast delegation. A
committee consisting of Senator Dolph, Rep
resentatiyes Henly and Cassidy, was
appointed to draw up a bill and sub
nut 1t to the delegations at meeting
next week. The meeting discussed
several other matters of local interst,
among them the necessities of the coast in
the matter of river and harbor improve
meats and public buildings, but this dis
eusston was informal and subordinate to
the question of Chinese restriction. Rep
resentative Cassidy, one of the committee
appointed, favors the adoption of a system
OF passports for Chinese immigrants, to be
used by United States Consuls before the
persons holding them go aboard vessels for
the United States. This was one of the
features of the "twenty year" restriction
bill vetoed by President Arthur.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-12-13
ILL-FATED STEAMER
The Story of the Loss of the Lake
Boat Manistee.
She breaks in Two and Goes Down Only
One Boat Sayed-Her Inmates
Freeze to Death.

MINNEAPoLIs, December IA Tribune
special says: Mr.. Carlston, of Duluth,
received a letter yesterday from a friend
who was passenger on the ill--fated Man
istee, of which the following is a synopsis /:
"When the boat went out" the letter
goes on to state, "they encountered very
heavy gale from the southwest, and when
about twenty miles out the boat was put
about, but could not make it and broke in
two. Two lifeboats were taken out, but
before they were launched all but one were
swept away, and only the nine persons
who were in the boat were allowed to get
IN. They had a terrible time. After, the
steamer went down there was nothing
but wide expanse of water before them.
They rolled around on the turbulent waters,
cold, wet, and hungry, for three days, and
one by one dropped off, death having come
to their relief. Some of them froze to
death, while some died of sheer exhaustion
and exposure to the wind. They say Capt.
Mckay never left the boat, but wrapped
himself up in a heavy overcoat and re-
marked: i will never leave the boat
until the last soul is off; l am Cap
tain of this boat, and if she is coffin
for anybody she shall be my cotfin.' After
the men had left the boat they say
the Manistee made one plunge under
the waves, and that was the last of her.
They report that when they left the boat
there were the crew and ten or eleven pas
sengers on board, and out of those who
started out in the boat only three were
saved and reached Houghton. They say
the wreck occurred off Eagle Rarbor,
and that there was no possible chance of
saving her under the circumstances. They
say that at last, when everybody saw
there was no hope of saving the boat, Cap
tain Mckay gave his orders just as coolly
and collected as if on Shore.o
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-12-13
Must Seek Better Tools.

Malone and Mahoneism have sue
ceeded in making the South most decid-
edly solid, but not for President Arthur.
Mahones tactics beget murder and
rioting and the South has had more than
enough of such things. The Virginia
,ooss efforts to secure his own elevation
and to benefit President Arthur have
resulted in downfall that will rebound
to the benefit of every Southern State.
The kind of politics that such men as
Malone practiced in Virginia and bloody
Fort Pillow Chalmers attempted to
practice in Mississippi is dangerous in
the extreme to the peace and prosperity
of any community in any State and es-
pecially so in the South.
Virginians, as true Southern people,
have good reason to re; ;oicc because they
have succeeded in knocking such
methods in the head before they OBJ
tanned foothold in the South. They
have shown moreover that they deem
a "solid South much preferable to a
section divided by the methods of such
men as Mahone and Chalmera.
If the corrupt Republican party hope
or expect to divide the South, they will
have to select better tools than those
they have used in the recent attempt
Ssehofge.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-12-13
Equal to the Emergency.

Malone is equal to the emergency.
To revive the horrifying stories of Bour
bon atrocities and strive to make a
solid North is his task. So he proceeds
to draw a startling picture of Bourbon
ruflianism. The Democrats of Virginia
are described as screaming in threat
ening frenzy as fierce and bewildering
as the dance and song of the .Carmag-
mole in the days of the saaas-culotte."
Alas! We fear that with the raga-
muffin followers of Malone the "days
of the sans-culOtte" are yet to come,
when they lose the Federal pap upon
which they have recently fed.
Malone is now seeking to earn his
pay from the Republicans by getting up
cry of Southern Democratic persecu-
tions and murders, as political capital
for the campaign of 1884.
What folly! The citizens of the
United States have intelligence. They
read the news and know the true condi-
ton of the South. The negro popula-
ton, respected when they behave them
selves, are well treated by their white
fellow citizens. They are beginning to
profit ~ education and are acting more
and more every year in harmony with
the whites in political matters. The
Mahones can make no mischief of any
extent in the South. All the Republic
an press can not mislead the people of
the North any longer in regard to the
condition of the Southern States.
The next Presidential campaign will
not be fought under the banner of the
bloody-shirt The dishonesty of Re-
publican officials can no longer be
hidden under ghost stories about the
Ku-Klux Klan. The people are not
fools. They know that the South is re-
covering its prosperity, and that like
the rest of the country it only needs the
advantage of economical government, a
cessation of corrupt jobs and a decrease
OF the public burdens to be restored
to it's old position. That is why
the South wants a change in The
National Administration, and that is
why it will find an ally in the North de-
spite the rawlings of Malone and the
ghost stories of the Republican press
N Y World.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-12-13
CABLEGRAMS.
Horrible Story of Russian crus Ities,

LONDON, December IA Paris CORES
pondent forwards a second letter written
in blood by Nihilist in the Troubletskof
Fort, at st. Petersburg. 1t describes the
narrowing treatment of prisoners and says
their food is often mouldy and sometimes
putrid. Dysentery and scurvy are
prevalent, and doctors are afraid to
touch their patients. Few medicines are
prescribed, and when ordered the order is
generally countermanded. The prisoners
rot away and exhale the odors of dead
bodies before life is extinct. The number
of those who go mad in consequence of their
sufferings is daily increasing. The
madmen are strapped down and
whipped with the knout by their
keepers. Fierce yells resound
throughout the night. Many prisoners
have committed suicide. 1t is said one
woman was outraged and then poisoned,
but no inquiries into the affair were insti-
tuted. Rats are the worst enemies of the
prisoners. One woman, with babe, was
obliged to be constantly on the watch and;
to fight night and day to prevent the rats,
from devouring her child. The use of combs
and soap is forbidden, and the prisoners,
especially woman, whose hair is allowed
to grow, are literally devoured by lice.
Tie jailers are only kind to those having
money. Prisoners who refuse to reply to
questions are tortured, and cases of viola-
tion of women are frequent. The writer
especially appeals to the civilized world
in behalf of the women in prison, whose
81 tuation, he says, is far worse than the
mems.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-12-13
'Tributin' to de Cause.

Old Simon went around to collect
money for the church. Meeting old
Jasper he said:
"Bruder Jasper, de church am in a
sort O. strait, an we wants yer ter
tribute lettle suthin' ter de cause. :"
"Yer's a good man, ain'tyer, Brudder
Simon?''
Tries ter be, bruder; tries ter be. "
"Wall. Use mighty willin' ter hep de
cause, but ain t'got no money wild me.
Would yer 'cept O. order on a good
man?"
"Sartinly would.'
"Wall, I'll gin yer an order on yerse'f f
fur five dollars. Thought I'd dun forgot
de time when yer cotch me drunk, an
borried dat money frum me, eh?'
"W'y, brudder-'
"W'y, brudder. nuthin'. Go on
away frum heah, yer ashy lookin' ras-
cal, ur I'll frail yer wild a linn till yer
KANT holler," and when Simon had
gone, Jasper added to himself: Fooled
dat nigger, sho. 1t was me what bor-
ried five dollars frum him, when we was
bof drunk. A mans got ter hussel
outen bed soon in dc mornin' eff he pulls
de wool ober dis chickens eyes.''s--
AYkafsseY gfeystisr.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-12-13
The Florida Execution Returuinu.

NEW ORLEANS, December 9.-The Times
Democrats everglades expedition reached
the Gulf on the night of the 9TH of De-
cember, through Sharks River, and have
just landed at Punta Rassa from a
schooner which they chartered at White
Water Bay to convey them to that point.
They became separated from the boat con-
tanning their provisions, manned by two
of their men, on the night of the 9th, and
then coming down Sharks River, five miles
from the gulf, it having taken by mistake
one of the numerous outlets flowing into
the gulf from that river. A large
boat sent from Fort Meyers to
convey the party to Punta Rassa
on their exit from the everglades remains
behind to bring on the missing boat and
men. The expedition carried out it's pro-
gramme in every particular under difficult
ties almost insurmountable. Every man
shows marks of the rough life endured,
but are all in good health and spirits.
They leave for Cedar Keys on the 18Th.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-12-13
Malone Defines His Position.

WASHINGTON, December 5.-Senators Ma
hone and Riddleberger received invitations
TO the caucus of Republican Senators yes
terday similar to those sent to Republicans.
senator Malone, speaking of his attitude
toward the Republican party, said he had
no objection TO attending the Republican
caucus, and should have attended that yes
terday had he received the invitation
IN season. He would not, however,
Gus nor vote upon any proposition
before it. He held that the thirty
eight Republican Senators, being a majority
OF the Senate, had right to Its control.
He had no candidates for Senate offices,
and would not attempt to influence nomin-
ations. He had strong preferences, but
should content himself with voting in ac-
cordance with his preferences. should he
attend the Republican caucuses it would be
simply for conference. He believed his
opinions We're shared by Senator Riddle
berger,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-12-13
DOMESTIC.
A Minister'S Pious Meditations With
Step daughter Ends in Her Ruin.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, December 5.-The peo-
pie of Carondelet are terribly incensed at
the doings of the Rev. Jacob Shlittler, pas
tor of the German Lutheran Church which
have just come to light. Jacob arrived in
Carondelet eight years ago and gave out
that be was from Chicago. He married
rich widow named Westerman, and she
had daughter, handsome young lady
just budding into womanhood. Shlittler for
some time, IL appears, has had his wife COM
pletely under his control. He built an or
atory in his parlor, and three times day
her daughter was brought in there, where
her spiritual adviser and stepfather pre-
tended to be praying with her. Super
natural manifestations reduced Mrs.
Schlittler to state Of practical imbecility.
Annie found the paths OF goodness pleas
ant to walk in, and for some months every
thing went well. In the middle watches of
the night Schlittler would arise and
call the unfortunate girl to devotions. Her
mother would applaud the pair and thank
Heaven for such husband and such q
lady named Alstoroff, called upon the
Shlittlers and at once suspected that some
thing was wrong. In spite of herself the
girl was seized by her mother and her aunt
and the truth discovered. Finally, getting
free from her aunt, she struck her blow
in the face which sent her reeling
over a chair, and, rushing into
the front parlor half clad as
she was, she threw herself into her fathers
arms, crying, Protect me from mother
and Aunt Alstorotf J" The two women fol-
lowed her in, realized the situation at
once, and the mother fell in a dead faint.
The Rev. Jacob, as soon as she was re-
stored, confessed his crime and begged for.
giveness. Annie followed, confessing, and
asking pardon. The aunt began to denounce
and threaten tar and feathers. A scene fol-
lowed, and the wife took the part of
the erring husband and daughter, and
drove her sister from the house. The
latter smothered her rage and held her
own counsel until to-day, when she in
formed the authorities. Officers imme-
diately set about investigating the matter,
and found that Schlittler and his STEP
daughter had fed the city, Mrs. Schlittler,
strange as it may seem, having consented
to his taking her daughter to Chicago. To
your correspondent she said: 81 have still
faith in my husbands purity. He confessed
to me, but said that ne must have com.
mitted the crime when in a semi-uncon.
scious state. God forgives, why should not
1? l love Annie. l love him. He will take
good care of Annie. They will come back
all right" She had just received letter
from her husband, whose departure fol
Chicago was made last Wednesday,. He
writes: "Annie is doing as well as could
be expected. What do people say about u:
in Car9ndelet" He also says that he ant
Annie are staying in Chicago with his sig
tsr, Mrs, Nary Hsyaeri ss Soi 40 Hohs~s
strsesi
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-12-13
Notes.

The President will make the Mississippi
River Improvement, the Hennepin Canal
and other public works the subject of a
special message to Congress. Reference
TO these subjects was omitted from the reg
ular message with view of treating them
in detail in supplemental communications.
/. Representative King, of Louisiana, has
prepared, and will introduce into the
House at the first opportunity, bill to re-
quire that females employed by the Gov
ernment shall receive a rate of compensa-
tion equal to that allowed males for the
same grade of work.
Doorkeeper Wintersmith, of the House
of Representatives, has appointed John
Ford Thompson, of Harrodsburg, KY, SUI:
perintendent of the FoldiugRoom, the best
position under the Doorkeeper. The ap-
pointee is cousin of Congressman Phil.
Thompson.
Nearly four hundred applications have
been filed for the modest place of driver on
the House mail-wagon. Seekers for other
positions are more numerous in proper
tion to their Importance. 1t is expected
that the salaries of the House employees
will be increased this session TO correspond
with those paid in the Senate.