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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-22
Miscellaneous,

WAsHLsGToN Sept. 2O.--The re-
QUESTIONS upon the p%O*tOliite depart
ment by the postmasters Tor the new
tWo-cent stamps are so large that the
contra tors are unable to supply the
demand, AID the department cOnse-
quently is reducing the amounts
calle for in the acquisitions.
CHICAGO, Sept. 2l.-The conven-
ton OF the National Association of
General Baggage Agents concludes
this afternoon, and the system OF
checking baggage at private resi-
d-nces hotels, etc. is unanimously
condemned. A resolution was adopt
ed recommending that, If practical
bIe, the maximum weight OF single
pieces OF emjgrant baggage be placed
at $50 pounds, the amount allowed
other travellers. The annual ven
lion will he held at st. Luis, in Feb
ruary.
CHICAGO, Sept. 21.-Before the adj
journlnent OF the board of t'ade to-
Gay the secretary raped to order and
announced that some one on the floor
of the Exchange early in the day had
mutilated the signal service weather
report. Alterations Were made IN the
figures and the state ment of the re-
port so changed as to give a contrary
meaning to the original one.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 21.-Prof.
T. B Mowrey says OF Nerdenskjold's
expedition that had he (Nordensk-
jold) succeeded in discriminating ON
the eastern cnast, the probabilities of
the succe Of his undertaking would
be much greater as intervening gla-
ciers and snow fredericksburg t.et wee
lvlgtut aud the Interior do not ex-
tend from the interior to the eastern
coast.
NEW YORK, Sept 2i.-It is said
that a pool. I" take lOO,O0O shares of
stock i'll the Oregon Tian>continen-
tai has recently been formed. The re-
cent unsettled and weak condition of
the market is attributed to a s,ndi-
cate who wish to buy stock at low
figures.
HAMBURG, Sept. 2O-The Emperor
William and the Crown Prince ar
rived to-day. This afternoon King
Alfonso and King Milan arrived and
We're given a reception by the Empe-
FOR.
PARIS, Sept. 2l.-A French news
paper says Prime Minister Ferry has
forwarded a request tor English me-
III the case pending negotia-
lions with China. Granville, the
English f"leign secretary is inclined
accede to the request.
BELLEv1LLE, Ont, Sept. 20.-Very
encouraging reports are received
from Prince Edward county, and the
hop districts. The crop
fall considerably short of last
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The Senate subcommittee on La
Dor and Education has cast its drag
net over the country and brought in
its presence the so-calied representa-
tives of nearly every industry pur-
sued in the country. The Northwest
NeWs in referring to this fact thus
vents it's opinion of the committee
and the results of its labors: "At
this distance it looks as though the
Senate Committee on Education and
Labor, now in session at New York,
and which was instructed to look i'll
to the labor question during the sum-
mer recess Of Congress, was being
run merely to afford a number of
broken-dOwn labor agitators and So
cialist< to draw per diem pay as wit
nesses, rather than to get at tie real
condition of labor in this country,
and its true relation to capital. The
committee has wasted both time and
money in taking the testimony of
men who are notorious as leeches on
labor organizations, and who never
did an honest days work in all their
lives. II the committee cannot do
better than this their sessions
should be brought to a speedy close,
and the expenditure of Uncle Sans
money stopped"
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Civil Service Reform,

WAsHINGToN. Sept. 2l.-Secre-
tary F"Iger has raised an important
question in regard to the operation
of the civil service law, which he
stated in a letter addressed by him to
the commissioners to-day. n few
days ago he made a rtquisition on
the commission FIR er~on to fill a
nine hundred dollar clerksi.ip. The
commission certified to him the
ame ct four Persons from which
to make his selection. The Secretary
himself il in doubt as to whether
section l,754 does not limit him in
selecting from four II ,mes. He says
in his letter to the commissioner tha'
this section has reference, other
things icing equal, to hon ,rably dis
charged soldiers, and sailors of the
late war, and that section I Of the
civil service act provides that nothing
contained in that act shall be con-
strued to take away the preference
given in section 1754 to that class of
persons, and he asks for further in
f~rma ton on the subject.
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A ROYAL AssembIage.

Berlin. Sept. 2l.-Prince Will
liam and Frederick Charles. Prince
of Wales, the Kings of Spain, Sax.
onv and Ssrvia, and the Dukes OF
Eiinburg. Connaught and Cam
hridg. witnessed the parade and p r.
ticipated in the review OF tne
Eleventh army corps at Hamburg
Won der HOhe to day. The emperor
appoi nted King Alfonso to the non
orary command of a Prusslan regl.
mebt. The Emperor, his royal
guests and stats rode along the lines,
followed by the several princes. At
tie bead of the regiments OF when
thew are honorary commanders. At
ter the. review a grand dinner was
given the royal visitors. King Al
fonso occupied the seat Of honor be-
tween the Emperor and Empress:
The King OF Saxony, Prince OF
Wales aud Crown Princes sat on the
right OF the Empress, and the King
of Servia and Duke OF Connaught
were on the ElnperOr's lett. Ine
Emperor gave y toast in honor OF the
army. King Alfonso responding,
said it afforded him great pleasure to
make the acquaintance OF the army,
and he drank t., its welfare.
The festivities closed with the per
forn,ance of the ep-ra Carmen at
Kurhan's theatre, Trebelle Betlna
taking the part of Carmen. The ELL
peror and all the distinguished guests
were pre.ent.
Six hundred peasants from era
d. So and BellavOr assembled at a
kaswinch Yesterday, armed with
muske's, axes and cudgel~, shouting,
1--WE want to belong 10 Hungary
A small body of military attempted
to dispense the mob, but were forced
to withdraw. The reiuforrernents at
midnight were received with a vol
lev of stones and shots. The troops
returned the fir, killing ten and
wound'ng many more. Two of the
soldiers were wounded.
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WHERE He

The Boston advertiser has a letter
from Wendell Phillips. which slaps
in the face several other papers that
have declared this old liberutor to be
now opposed to Governor Butler.
The charge has warmed up the old
fashioned fires of Wendell's Oratory,
and he declares the Republican par
ty not only an incubus on the abdo-
men of Massachusetts,, but to he "a
party made up of bypocrites, time
servers and soulless carrion. masquer
aiding in grave clothes of honored
predecessors" w. p. recommends
the Republicans to choose a euberna-
torial candidate from among the
Tewksbury peddlers of dry bones.
He concludes: II think General
Butler ought to certainly be re-elect-
ed. Probably he will he reelected,
for he may safely challenge COMPARE
son as to his career and conduct with
any prominent political character in
the State"
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Riot. US Cninan'an.

CANTON, Sept. Ala tide waiter
named Logan is imprisoned il the
Bristol Consulate at Canton. rlE!'gru
with being concerned III oll-Inatn"s
the recent riots. He Will b. trl-d Oh
Tuesday, and if acquitted an outbreak
OF Cinnamon is expected.
The Vjceroy visited ali the foreign
Consuls at Canton, and express d MS
dr+p regret ut the occurrence OF 'ls
riots. HIS position is Il ct Great
difficulty; if too friendly VIA ioi-
eigners he will he certain toilrHr me
wrath OF the popul"ce Tie iEWs
Of produce have f.llen mtteriail!
ow ing to the anxiety Of Chinese ll'i.
chants to rid themselves of theii
stock before further trouble occurs
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CAPITAL.

The judgment recently rendered
by Judge Edgerton, at Yankton in
the quo warranto cases against the
capital commissioners. sets aside all
their official acts, and forever Gusts
and excludes them from the offices
of such commissioners. and from all
franchises and privileges named, and
entities the plaintiffs to recover costs
and damages. The effect of the de-
cision is to keep the capital at Yank-
ton, unless the supreme court should
otherwise order. 1t will take three
or four justices of the sup, eme court
to reverse Edgerton's decisi, IN, so the
question is looked upon as practically
settled in favor Of Yank-
ton. But Bismarck, it seems,
does not view the matter
in that light. That enterPrising and
hopeful city is going right ahead
building the capital and employing
masons to lay 50, 900 brick a day.
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Thu, Der before the L dor Com
inittee.

NEW YORK, Sept. 21.-Thurber
continuing his testimony said that
# the greatest difficulties sVith
which retormers had to deal was with
the new representatives in Congress,
and state legislatures In b pay o I
railroads aud other CORPORATE ms. In
the last Congress, Thuroer asserted,
there were 264 lawyers, a majority OF
whom were retained by corporations
or were directly or indirectly Ihf1u-
enced 10y others in legislation In
the Interest of corporations.
The senator's all thought that the
witness was wavering in b s sthte-
ment, aud greatly misrepresentrd
the standard CHARACTER among pup
lie men. He did not believe tnere.
were ten men in congress vino We're
re. aimed by as many corporations,
and he did not know one.
General Pugh acknowledged that
there were a large number # leglsia-
tors no were Interested directly or
indirectly in corporations. but he Was
not of that opinion. however, al
though this Was 4 Case OF PERSONAL
action ofa legislator to influence IN his
legislation.
Senator Blair said he did not own
a share Of stock in any railroad cor
roratlon, nor had he received u sin
gle free pass from any rail-
road since he had been in
public life. Thurber explained he did
not mean hose Legislators who he
had mentionedf directly promoted
legislation in the Interest
of corporations, but when there was
a conflict OF interest between the cor
porations and tie people, they would
have a t. nd-ncy to take the side Of
the former. Senator Call asked the
gentlemen to mention some specific
result of this tendency and Thurber
cited the opposition to tho railroad
transportation bill Of Congressman
Reagan and the difficulty which lad
been met in giving it nearing ana
having it property discussed.
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Dennis Kearney Denounced.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2l.-A PhilAdtl-
phia special says a call has been is
sued for a convention If the indie
d-ndent Labor party to be held in
this citv January 18th. This party
is tie result Of Dennis Kearney's
visits to New York a few months
ago. The labor organizations of the
Pacific coast, nver the signature OF
Burnett G.. Haskell. editor Of the
San Francisco Truth, b we sent a cir
cular to the eastern trades unions,
warning them against the plans Of
Dennis Kearney, who is denounced
IA a tool of the railroads OF the west.
The new party is thought 10y the
LEGAL labor traders to be a scheme in
the interest of Ben Butler for presi-
dent. Kearney is expected in Phila-
delphia in a week, and he will try to
complete arrangements for the con-
venti,h by organizing q branch OF
The patty in this city, where he will
remain until after the convention.
Local unions in this city are consid-
ering plans 10 defeat his scheme.
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Prof. Verga, in a paper read before
the LoElbardy Institute Of Science,
SAID that serious dangers threaten
the Italian people on account of their
recent large substitution of alcoho
for wine as a leverage. He told a
curious story, by the way, of a distil-
Ter, who died insane from alcoholism
and yet had never drank a drop of
liquor. He bad been SO largely ex-
posed to the fumes of impure alcohol
while Strengthening" poor wines
that his system had absorbed enough
of it to olson him.
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''irst families" were upon 4 spree at
>ome one else's cost, and proved the
most advanced and assured of ''free
lunch cadets"
So far a. the Park is conceoned, this
seasons experience will. demonstrate
that it is in danger. Unless it is to
be utterly ruined, it. must be policed;
aud the idea gains ground that the
war department should have it in
control. Some Of us here have urged
his tor many a year and as time
passes, and the vandals come in larger
squads each season, the resulting
ruin forces the idea to take root.
Horse thieves have driven a harvest
this summer, the Mammoth Hot
Springs have been terribly trodden to
pieces, and the geyser n have
been visited by a rush of idiots who
forget when they d:spoil that the
formations they hack to pieces have
been years in growing.
And now looms up again the hor-
ror of a Park railway. The position
Of the MINER upon the subject, is so
good that we trust it will continue
its opposition. A road would result
in i~ncalculabie damage. 1t would
prove the entering wedge. The ro-
nance of the park would soon de-
part with the coming OF all the tt
'-eteras a road must and will succeed
in IOrating within the boundaries
which % say, "Thus far and no
farther"
The government and our people
will nave ali they "a pns>ibly do to
squelch Improvement by the hotel
company, let alone the. "work"a rail-
road will effect.
Notwi,i standing the cutting down
Of G .llatin by the e,ta 'lishment IF
le IuWstOne equity, Il a>ses>n ent
this year Will figure up to a $780,
ODO valuation, and this, nOtwilh-
standing we lose many cattle herds
and much propt rty heretofore re-
turnat,le by us. Our mineral and
coal resources are beginning to de-
veiOp so that they must materially
add to our exhibit Of next year, as
not only are such properties being
constantly discovered N this side.
but upon the Crow reserve side Of the
Yellowstone.
As l sit here writing my table
shows coal from eight mines, copper
from three, silver from five, gold from
two, and iron from four mines within
twelve miles Of town. and all discov.
cred this week: while at my left re-
pcses a mastOdon tooth weighing
twenty pounds, fianked by bottle
of soda water just III f ON a natural
"fnUntain," which produces enough
every ten minutes tor sober ali the
IF Butte.
JOHN VESUVIUS.
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Those who believe the Chinese are

Those who believe the Chinese are
a meek, submissive race OF people not
given to ways that are dark" would
probably experience a change of
opinion if they could become resi-
dents Of Canton for d few weeks
hence. The Cantonese have recently
been engaged in a riot of no insig-
n%ificant proportions in which the
English and French residents have
been sufferers. These residents now
claim damages for the property de-
stroyed in the recent riots, but the
Cantonese declare that if the govern
ment assents to these cls inns they will
wipe out the European quarter.
There are evidently better places for
foreign residence now than the treaty
ports OF China.
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THE YOUTHFUL IILDEN,

Tilden has taken to yachting to
work eff his super1uous vitality, and
while he dares the crested hillow in
his everyday cruise, he oft'mes varies
the monotony by racing. One MORN
ing recently he boarded lis fleet
Yosemite, and ranging himself
alongside of Gould in his ATLANTA,
challenged the great rallroader to a
contest of speed up the Hudson. OF
the race the New York Morning
journal saws: The Sage Of Greystone,
who entered into the contest with
the youthful enthusiasm of twenty
five, Won a clean victory over the At
atlanta. He beat Gould in his own
favorite element. Mrt Gould and
his friends, who are chagrined over
tie defeat, deny that it was a fair
trial OF the relative speed Of the two
vessels, and declare that The Atalan-
ta's boilers carried less pressure than
LiVN diC dllOWcu ~ veal NY OulCldl
test. 1t is said that her own, did
not dem it prudent to force the At
a~lanta, not caring to pluck victory
out of tie nettle danger. Mr.. Til
den, Oh the other hand, ordered his
captain to crowd on all steam, and
the paraIyZed arm about which we
have heard so much was seen vigor-
ousiy waving a handkerchief as Mr..
Gould dropped as,ern. The presi-
dental rivals of the Gramercy Park
statesman should take warning from
this little incident. The old gentle
is really full of the fire. of youth.
He does not mean to be left in any
thii g he undertaken. He.may steam
into the neXt national convention of
the Democracy ahead Of all his COM
DetitOrS.
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Next month, on the twenty-fifth
anniversary of bis assumption Of the
Regency, Kaiser Wilhelm will be
presented by the members of his mil
itary court with a magnificent bronze
shield, ornamented with relief p0r-
traits of all the Princes and Generals
who took part in the Franco-German
war. A place should also be allotted
upon it for the portrait of the Amer
lean hog, in commemoration of the
victory the good Kaiser has gained
over it.
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Passalc Wins the Handicap.

LONDON, Sept. 2l.-This was the
second day of the Manchester all
tumn meeting races for the Paddock
handicap sweepstakes, and was won
by Lrrd Rossmore's, formerly Loril-
lard's 5 year old Passaic; Lord Powe's
Frenzy, I'd; r. Vyner's Cambridge,
Sd. There were 36 starters and the
betting at first was 4 to l against Pas
sale, 9 to 4 against Frenzy and 5 to l
against Cambridge. Passaic won by
a length.
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he Governor-GeneraIs Ball.

QUEBEC, Sept. 21.-The governor
generals bail at the citadel last even
ing Was a grand success, Nine hun
drrd and fifty-two invitations We're
accepted out of the large number is
sued. A brilliant assemblage vas
present, Lord Lorne, Prince George
Of Wales. Vice-Admiral Commere,l
and party from the fleet, Lord John
d: Holvey, Rev. DR.. Dalton, ex-tutor
OF Prince George, and the ladies and
gentlemen in waiting made up the
vlce-admiral party. The weather is
line and dancing was INDUCED in in
the ballroom and on the governors
terrace adjoining the citadel. The
band of the Tag ship furnished the
music and the festival was kept up to
a late hour this morning.
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AustrO-German Alliance.

PARIS, Sept. 20.-A London CORES
ponuent says the Austro-German alli-
ance is direc5ed against Russia aud
France. In the event Of wal between
Germany and Fra'sce. Austria Is to
maintain All armed neutrality; in the
event Of war bet Wpen Austria and
Russia. Germany is to do lIkewl e.
Ii Il third power at acks Germany or
Austria the armed neutrality Will be-
converted into artive cooperation.
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Cigar Makers Convention.

TORONTO, Sept. 2l.-At the Cigar
Makers Convention a proposal tn in
corporate into a national Union was
adopted. The enforcement Of a tene-
ment house bill was cOncurred III,
and the president was empowered to
engage counsel as to the law on the
point. An anti Chinese law was
recommended to be pushed in the
Dominion Parliament, aud money
was granted to enable the President
to cooperate with other labor organi-
cations in doing 50.
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Miscellaneous.

PEORIA. Ills, Sept. 2O,-IiIt NJ"
Masonic temple, just comp lea h,is
at u cost of $4,000, WIS dtdlcal'o'V
day in an unUstenLatioUs mliillti.
LONDON, Sept. 2l.-At he $ ss!,"a ~,
Of The British Associations Tor Nv
Advancement Of Science lc-e'att
some members began /; di'putc ANU.
the protective laws. CaDa"aIH'P "iJ
from Great Britain have lhrr> aSe",
while imports from the uni'cu 7| sr
have remained at a stand sun :.
Charles Upper %conteraed tl'at iIu Nv
lection was forced upon tai'a"a "
financial measures Of the lhlle1
States.
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CATTLE SHIPMENTS.

Under the above caption the Liv-
ingston Entsyprise of q recent date re-
views stock shipments from the Ter
ritory during the present season. 1t
thinks they Did fair to fall far below
the total ofiast year and adds: "The
shipping season is now fairly ad-
vanced, but very few stock trains
have been sent east from Miles Git.
this year, and up to a day or two ago
not q car load had been sent from
Billings, or 10 far as we can learn
from any Of the small corrals west of
there. A few sheep have been mar
keted, Tut the shipment of stock over
the Northern Pacific this year has
been almost entirely from the east to
the west, and it looks a. though the
balance of trade at the end of
the year would remain with the east.
The reason of this is easily
traceable to the large shipments of
last year, which were disproportion-
ate to the total of cattle on the range.
The stock market was unusually high
last year, and this of itself was sutfi-
cient to induce the sale of every sal
aple animal. Stock owners sold not
Only their four-year-o'd steers. but
many of them mark, ted the best of
their three-year-olds, leaving on their
ranges few steers above two years
old, aud nc cattle for market at pres
ent prices.
Again, last year was the fret op-
portunity for sbipment from the
greater part of Montana without
long drives, and many small owners,
who needed money from not being in
a position to bear the expense OF
shipping in previous years, sold al
their marketable cattle, q portion of
which were above and many below
the standard beef age. The prevalent
high prices of last season brought
many buyers to the territory, who
not only bought all cattle offered at
the shipping stations. but went upon
the ranges aud secured every head of
stock that could be obtained. The
low prices of this year present no
special inducement, for sale. and as
stock growers are in COOL circum-
stances from last years trade, they
will in most instances hold for better |
prices in preference to turning off
stock not in prime condition. These
reasons, taken together, furnish
explanation of why Mon
tana marketed a disproportionate
amount of stock a year ago, and why
her proper q uota of heeves will not
be sent east this year"
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Mr.. John Jolly, Democratic candi-
date for Alderman, is an old resident
of the city, intimately acquainted
with its needs, and is otherwise.
thoroughly qualified to discharge the
duties of the pr sition. Mr.. jolly de-
serves, as he will receive, the support
of the voters of the Fourth ward.
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Decrepit Odd Fellows.

PROVIDENCE, Sept. 2l.-In the
Sovereign Grand Lodge Of Odd Eel
lows this morning the appeal OF l..
D. Freer, Of California. from tire &C
ton of the Grand Lodge of Cal'far
MIA in relation 10 the question wheth-
er members who became incapacita-
ted by reason of Old age are ,At'tied
to benefits or are suhjec's tor d"na-
lions as their necessities may require.
the Grand Lodge Of California took
the latter view, and their decisi II
was sustained and the appeal dis
missed.
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ed Politicians.

COLUMBUS, O., Sept. Ca mass
State convention of c"Iured voters
Was held here to day. wlicit MAS rap'
tured by the Democrats ard a',rt'
wards re0rsanuzed by the hep"D'l,
cans, when the former boiled T T,''
two conventions were held. lho
boilers appointed Peter Il. tia'hSi
Richard \. Jones, ~. }. taE1A-"h aIo
j. Allen COSs as delegates l"ihe w
tiOnal convention at uEli>Niiit. 7'''
"a, and adopted resolutions cn1Hiei''!i
Ing the Republicans. Tine oti'r'o'
ventiOn refused to appoint &!eI'g"t
and endorsed the Republican tic"e''