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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-09-08

The Kelley motor, which was to
have been turned loose the first of
this month, failed to put in an ap-
pearance on schedule time, and the
stockholders who were invited to
hold their gripsacks ready for a trip
from Philadelphia to New York, are
now requested to hold their souls in
patience for another six weeks. It
would be a good scheme for some en-
terprising mining operator to secure
a list of the motor stockholders and
sell every n Of them a mine. A
man who wonld put his money in
Kelley stock would buy a prospect in
q sand lot.
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Trjfing With the Court.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. To
days proceedings in the Hong Kong
Cinnamon habeas corpus cases, be-
fore Supreme Judges Field and Saw
yer. proved to be a greater absurdity
than those of yesterday turned CUT.
No such Chinaman as the n men
toned in the first petition was on
board the steamer Arabic, and the
Chinaman All Khan, mentioned in
the second petition, stated when
brought before the court that he had
not made application for writ nor
to be discharged from the vessel.
The judge said the court had been
trif1ed with and ordered the petitions
dismissed. The statement last night
that the cas- was a manufactured one
is confirmed by the proceedings to-
day, the object being to test the re-
striction act in respectto Hong Kong
Chinaman. It was believed Judges
Field and Sawyer sitting on the
bench would disagree and in this
way get the matter before. the SUI
preme court.
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The Iron Interest Testimony

NEW YORK. Sept. 6.-Befere the
Senate committee to-day. john Jar
rett, president Of the Amalgsmated
Association of iron and steel workers
OF Pennsylvania, testified. He sail
ne mad been engaged % years in the
iron INDUSTRY of the Pennsylvania
association, OF which he was the head
Ii was composed of the employees of
the iron and steel rolling mills. The
OBJECT of the organization was to So
cur the moral, social, mental and
hnanclal Improvement of its mem
bers, and bring about conditions
whereby the rights of workmen NAV
ee recognized, and that they get a
lar days wages for a fair DAVIS work.
Ihe!e were many mills in Pennsvl-
wanna which were not under the con
trol ct the union. In these the rata
Ut wages was invariably lower than
In the union mills. There had been
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A COSTLY SPIKE.

Day after tomorrow the Northern
Pacific golden spike will be driven
home by President Willard, with ex-
Secretary of State Evarts to do the
Grating, and a large number of dis
tinguished foreigners and Americans
to ornament the occasion with their
presence. To say nothing of the cost
of running three excursion trains
across the continent, hotel bills for
three hundred guests, which are paid
by the Northern Pacific company,
and the erection of an elaborate pa
vilion at the scene of the ceremonies,
the incidental expenses of the big
blowout are likely to be
considerable. Upon this head
the New York Times says:
Driving railroad spikes is very hard
work, and we are glad to see from a
paragraph floating through our ex-
changes that ample provision has
been made to enable them to get
through with their arduous labor as
comfortably as possible. Twenty
three-thousand dollars worth of CT
gars and "huids" have, it is said,
been ordered for the occasion. The
bill for all the "delicacies of the sea-
son" which will undoubtedly be fur
nj shed has not yet been presented.
but it is very certain that it will be
on an equally liberal scale. 1t is
fortunate for the stockholders that
there is only one spike to be driven.
If eight or ten miles of them were to
be put down they would have to wait
a year or two for a dividend.
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Miscellaneous.

GREENSBORO, Ala. Sept. 7.--Frank
Shilten, c0lored, was hanged here to-
day for wife murder.
CHICAGO, Sept 8.--Early this NOR
ming the opium joint of Hef Wan.
on West Madison street, was pulled
by the police. Twenty men, all
white, were found in the place, thor
Oughly saturated with the drug. Hef
Wan was fined $50, and the inmates
SIS each.
BAR HARBOR, Me-, Sept. 6.-The
United States revenue steamer Man
haitian, about which anxiety is ex-
pressed at Washington. bound from
Quebec to Philadelphia, with the
Chief Of the Revenue Department on
board, arrived here late last night.
She encountered a gale on August 30
off Prince Edward Island, without
damage.and experienced heavy wealth
er crossing the Bay.
Boston, Sept. Elm 1873 BENJAMIN
E. Bates. of Boston, made a condition.
al contract to give Bates college. in
Lewiston. Maine, 100000, provided
an equal amount Was raised within
five years. The heirs claim that the
condition vas not fulfilled. The
trustees of the college brought suit
to secure the amount. A full bench
of the State Supreme Court sustained
the decision of the lower court. which
was against the college.
ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 7.-Naval Cadet
Rumsey, of the third class, was SEN
fenced to seven days solitary confine-
ment for attempting to haze Thos. |
II. Morgan of the fourth class.
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Hawaiian Coinage. - Our Two
Cent Stamps.

WASHINGTON, Sept. G.-There have
been received at the office OF the Di-
rector OF the Mint specimens of the
new silver coin ordered from the ua-
waiian government. They are in the
denominations of a dollar, half dollar.
quarter and One-eighth do la; II but
the last correspond in weight aud
iineness with the United States coins
eighth is equivalent in weight and
tiuenesS to one half Of Jul quarter
collar. All the coins contain OH the
diverse side a representation OF King
kalakua, with the inscription. "Kal-
akna, King OF Hawaii" and the date
1883. On the reverse is the Hawaiian
coat Of arms, and an inscription in
the Hawaiian language to designate
the value OF the coin. The design
the for coins was made!by aniengraver
at the Philadelphia mint, but the
coins will be struck at San Francisco.
\ drawing of the design has already
been accepted by the Hawaiian agent
at San Francisco, and specimens are
to be forwarded to him; it accepted
the work of coinage will at once be-
gin. There ire to he struck off $780,
81 pieces. 100000 halves, 125,OO0
quarters, and $1,000 eighths. The Ha-
walian government will supply the
bullion and will he charged with the
cost Of the designs and dies, the labor
Of coming, cost of machinery and all
expenses OF the coinage.
Metallic led is the color Of the new !
two-cent STAMPS that go into circula-
liCn OH October LIST. The contractors |
are now fully stocked and await
acquisitions f.om the Postoffice De-
partment. The distribution will be
made from New York, beginning
1oth, and a sufficient num-
Der OF new stamps will be placed in
he hands Of the postmaster to supply
demands caused by the reduction !
the letter rate of postage on Octo-
Der LIST. The Department has not a
'utlici mt number of clerks at present
o undertake the redemption OF the
.h%ree-cent stamps outstanding, and it
S probable this TACT will attract Con-
,ressiOnal attention.
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Skipper Gould's Orders.

NEW YORK, Sept. Capt. r. F.
Francisco, Of the steam tug Edwin
Hawley, which was run into and
sunk by Jay Gould's yacht Atlanta,
a few nights ago, filed a report to-
day with the local board of steam
boat inspectors. He lays the blame
on the master of the yacht. One of
the persons interested il this colli-
sion, said he, has been told oy a we'll
known pilot that Gould's standing
order as Dol as he went on board
the yacht was to let her go for all she
was worth aud stop at nothing. He
also stated that the ATLANTA had
plenty of sea room if she had only
made use of it.
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Foreign News.

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 7.-Reports
from all parts of Russia state that
cattle plaques continue with una
bated fury. Over n million cattle
have fallen victims to the plague in
the past four years in Europe and
Russia.
TORONTO. Sept. 7.-Hanlon has ca
bled England that he will row Lay
cock, the Australian, On the Thames
course for S 5000 a side. HanlOn
gives an exhibition at the Cincinnati
regatta and will then go to st. Louis
and give an exhibition.
The Tonquin Difficulties.
LONDON, Sept. IA dispatch from
Hong Kong states that the Chinese
merchants are leaving Haiph Kong,
not Canton, as previously reported.
A London Times Paris special
says that both governments of
Fl rance and China equally desire Sc
curing a peaceful solution OF the
Tonquin question if one can be eff
fe ted with honor. A general senti-
ment favors the hope that all issues
involved may be admitted to arbi-
tration of England.
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THE FRANCO-TONQUIN WAR

While the Chinese are massing
their troops for the purpose of main
tanning theirsuzerainty over AMMAN,
and the French soldiers in the field
r not quite certain that the conflict
is not yet to come; while they gaze
with trepidation upon the horde of
Mongolians, bearing black flags,
which is pouring down the Red river
of Tonquin, the evervescent French
government seems to regard their
bloodless capture of the capital Of
AMMAN and its senile weakling OF an
emperor as a complete suDjugation of
the Annamese. Civil Commissioner
Harland, the promoter of the idea of
French conquest, has been appointed
an officer of the Legion
of Honor, in recognition of his
distinguished services. In order
that the conquest shall be attended
with the desirable eelat, the an
uOuUCCiuCu IL ludU6 IuAt t4c All"
NANTES, having requested that the
French Legation at Hue be reopened
at the earliest possible day. M.
Champeaux has been appointed to
proceed thither and take charge of
affairs. Decorations and presents for
the King and Annamite Ministers
will be sent to Hue shortly. The
treaty also s%tipulates that AMMAN
shall receive z, 500, 900 francs annually
from the customs receipts"
In the meantime it would he well
for the French government to reflect
that their operations in Tonquin are
long distance from their base of
supplies aud reinforcements, and
that a million soldiers would be a
mere bagateIle to the horde Of Men
troops which might be placed
in the field by the Celestial empire:
and their easy victory may yet prove
to be but a theoretical subjugation of
China's wards IN AMMAN.
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DAY DISPATCHES
Terrible Storm at Sea Of tn,
Coast of Newfoundland.
Developments in the Re,s
Clark Murder Case.
Gunboats Rspulssa
Before Toxic.
MISCELLANEOUS, ETC IN,
Terrible Storm at So.

"' Oed.
HALIFAX, Sept: 6:--Tlle Stem.
Lamport. from Baltimore for ored fer
don, arrived here TODAY in Gi Lon.
14O cattle, shipped by Ljnahsstless;;
Co., from Boston, We're lost at ~
On Wednesday, the 22I, a gale ST ST sta'
the ship, increasing in furv an
day advanced. The steam" lAs
frequently swept by seas Of fo was
power. After dark the storm a'atiui
worse, the wind blowing with grew
violence, and the sea rising to a i f1a1
full height, threatening eycry mom leaf.
to swamp the steamer. 'neAt
At IL o'clock the storm WAC a.,
height. and from that hour untii ~ !s
! ght the vessel Was almost o. Wy
mercy Of the elements. Gres ~ the
swept her decks carrying seas
of the 10 cattle aboard am, I,aIa
njuring a number Of the crew ' Sa:
ond Officer Jones hand his collar hoa.
broken. Merriam. WHO had cbo, ae
of the cattle. describes the scene DTM Mse
ing the storm as terrible. The wava,
were tremendous in size and s"'ses
clear over the ship. They would yptt
a great portion OF the cattle ptnsna
their crestS, hold them for A nnmop.
and then hurl them with their livina.
contents with awful VIOLENCE tn ,hs
deck. The next wav- would c,r m'
off blinded and dying animals in tbs
tWinkling OF az eye. Tie liyt. stoct
went over the side of TIE ship by dng'
ems, and by morning all that remainad
numbered forty. of which four hava
since died, leaving but thirty.siy mt
Of 10. The cattle were taken ont of
Baltimore market two Weeks agM
During the storm" all but two boa
were either carried away or djsalie1,
the cabin skylight was stove. the cah.
in flooded, a portion OF the bulgarks
and the poo wheel carried AWAY and
other damage suffered.
On thursday morning the s,0rm
abated somewhat, but Il heavy spa
made the vessel roll amt pitch aImOy
as much as during the previous night,
and between 8 and 8 o'clock the en-.
gines broke down. The steamer was
then almost 3Ub miles southeast Of
Halifax. A sail mast was riggpd and
she was headed for Halifax on Thurs.
day afternoon. The water continued
pouring over the vessel ard got into
the stoke hold where it put out the
fire by which the steam pump was
but the ship kept on with TEN
."rary repairs to her machinery. On
Monday, four days after her mac'in.
cry broke down, the engines were
started again, and The vessel made all
haste for Halifax.
The Lamport will probably be here
line days, as besides the accident to
her machinery and other damages,
Ter cargo shifted and a por: ion will
nave to be restowed.
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numerous strikes before the suprem-
acv of the union was acknowledged
nv the mills, owing to the members
~ the new organization showing a
tandency to strike at the least
nroyocation. Now the method
IF arbitration was pursued,
Iaroelv with satisfactory results.
Representatives OF the worklnen anu
manufacturers meet once u year anu
decide the scale Of wages. Inc IRON
workers were in favor OF protection
because it protected them IN thei
wages. Protection did not increase
the price of steel, but if it dlt not ex-
ISL there would be no employment 1or
iron and steel workers. In some OF
the mills which are not controlled Dy
the union the workmen were paid the
same wages as those in the EngllSh
manufactures. ~,
Jarrett. in answer to Senator Call,
said the man who sold his iron for $lO
less Der ton than his competitor. and
disposed of four times the guam tlty
of his competitor, would be able 10
pay better wages, but the troupe
would he to make him exercise his
ability in this respect. The laD0rlng
C asses should De compelled to attend
school, and the government should
appropriate means to carry out a sys-
TEN of public education. Jarrett said
If the industry of tin plate manufac-
ture was carried on in this country, 1t
would give employment to 1000 men.
The ore could be obtained from Call
fornia and Australia cheaper than
England could obtain 1t from her W
mines. Under the present tariff rate
the tin plate manu- acture could not
be carried on; the interest was con-
nected intimately with that Ut iron.
Tin plate Manufacture was at
tempted a year ago in Pennsylvania,
bat failed on account Of the reduc-
ton in the tariff. England can Isro-
dnce plates at the cost Of 81 a box, it
cannot be done here at any such price.
There was S17,O0O,OW paid to English
manufacturers last year by American
merchants for this commodity. The
plates a.e used in the manufacture OF
all tin utensils. The tariff should be
increased SO that the America man.
ufacturers could afford to pay the
wages of the men engaged in the in
New YORK, Sept. 6-John Swim
ton next took the stand and testified
TO Il considerable length. He RECON-
mended a revival Of The income tax
rs originally in force, the establish
ment OF a national board Of industry
to collect labor statistics of every
description, and including power to
enforce the eight hour law, the estab-
lishnent Of efficient boards OF hath,
and public works, indus
rial schools and colleges on the
French system, the public manage
of railroad and telegraphs on
,he Belgian system, freedom OF pat
ents, postal banks under the British
US; elm, land laws which will prevent
he holding by private individuals Of
arge tracts of land; public owner
of coal, iron, gold and other
mines and all Oil wells. Every one
II these measures has been put in
in n country or another,
we're all capable Of enforcement by
legislation and have in every Instance
nOVei SllccpSSfu}-
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Casualties at Sea.

LONDON, Sept. 1.-The steamer
Jersey City from New York, August
21st, arrived at Bristol. and reports
losing on the voyage los head of cat
tie and ITO sheep.
The crew of the German brig, Gro
marty, from Mexico, arrived at Ports
mouth, and report that the vessel b =
coming disabled was abandoned on
the Sd i. st after setting her on fire.
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Lord Coleridge at the Hub.

BosToN, Sept. 7.-Chlef Justice
Coleridge is to day a guest of Cover
nor Butler. After breakfast the Gov
ernor, Presiding Justice Morton, and
other Justices of the Supreme and
other courts were present, together
with officers of State and other prom
inent men. An informal presenta-
ton was followed by an inspection
of buildings. After lunch Butler
and Coleridye were driven to Har-
ward College and through the SUBJ
urhs-
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THE BEST GOVERNMENT ON
EARTH.

No better evidence of the inherent
stability of American institutions
could be cited, than the smoothuess
with which the wheels of govern
ment have moved during the past
month while the heads of the various
departments have been absent from
the capital. With its president
astride of an architectural broncho
on the deserts Of Northern Wyoming,
its war secretary hunting jack rab-
bits. its interior man talking over
land grants and drinking Widow
Clicquot with President Willard,
its f1nancler studying the returns of
last November's election in New
York and the old salt who runs
the naval wreck, ''bobbing up Sc
renely'' at the watering places along
the Atlantic shore, upon the cap
tain's bridge of the TaIapoosa,
the governmental machinery has
continued to run in its accustomed
grooves without the aid Of official lu-
brication. With such a condition of
things in England, the eviction laws
and Irish tenantry act, would drop
from the premier woodchopper's
nerveless grasp; in France, the Bona
would seize the opportunity
to effect a monarchical revolution;
in Germany the great chancellor
would see Alsace and Lorraine slip
ping from his grasp, and the Kaiser
would have a nightmare, in which
the imperial standard would be torn
to shreds by the tusks of American
hogs; while in Russia the nihilists
would be playing football in the
streets of st. Petersburg with the
crown of the Car of all the Rus
slams,
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When the bard of Stratford wrote
Good friend, for Jesus sake forbeare
To digg the dust enclosed heare
Blest be We man vt spare thes stones

He must have had some premcni-
ton that in the nineteenth century,
after his sacred bones had reposed in
peace for two hundred and sixty
seven years, some s%acriligious scien-
fist would conceive the idea of desc
Grating his tomb, for the purpose of
comparing his skull with the bust
made by some Italian mud dauber. 1t
is the devout wish of all levers of
Shakespeare, that the vandals may
find nothing but crumhling dust,
when they open the tomb of the inn
mortal bard.
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Irish Patriots

NEW YORK, Sept. 6-Fifteen thou
san persons attended the reception
given by The Irish National Leaguers
OF Brooklyn to Alexander Sullivan.
president of the National League of
America. The Ancient Order of
Hlbernians and OF st, Patrick's
marched with the League to the
ground. A salute of SO guns was
Tired. Sullivan was the only speaker.
There was an unusually large attend
ance of clergymen.
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Washington Notes.
WASHINGTON, Sept. THE De
partment of State has been informed
by the Brazilian government that
Senior Netto, Minister from Brazil
tn the United States, will be sent on
an official mission to Brazil and
Chill.
Mr.. New, the Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury, said to-day that the
published reports he had resigned
were unfOunded. He had no notion
of resigning, and did not propose to
talk on the subject. 1t is Understood
that efforts are being made by his
friends, particularly those from In
diana, to have him reconsider his de-
termination to resign. An Indianan
who holds q prominent position in
the Treasury Department., said to-day
that after a long consultation with
New the latter's friends would not
allow him to resign. 1t is believed
that the visit of Postmaster-Genera
Gresham to the White House imme-
diately on the arrival of President
Arthur Was with reference to News
resignation. 1t is thought by n. WIS
friends he should be allowed sutfi-
cient leave OF absence to attend to his
affairs in Indiana. They believe
should this be done he will not want
to resign.
The acting Secretary of the Navy
has received the following telegram !
from Pensacola: "Siuce the last re-
port 40 new cases nave occurred
among the naval force. Private
Golden died at the hospital"
The following dispatch has been
received at the Navy Department
from Commander Burker, of the
U. S. steamer 'Enterprise," at Ba-
where she was directed to 60
for the purpose of investigating the
of the volcanic eruption in
vicinity: 1.-THE Enterprise ar
rived on the 4th inst. The Princess
and Great Channels are safe; at the
Avax Besee Channel all lights are
out. Dutch cruisers warn vessels"
Little Chief, q Cheyenne Indian,
sent a unique appeal to the Secretary
Of the Interior for a new suit of
He said, II don't Care much
for grub, but 1 do like to dress in
proper style. L want the best suit
you can purchase in the mar
ket.n
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The French Before Toxic.

Hone KONG, Sept. Ga correspon-
dent at Halphong writes that foods
prevent the operations of the troops
or both sides. No steamer from Ham
ainge or Hanoi has arrived fer six
days and there is much uneasiness Oh
account of the blockade. Many vague
rumOrs are aflOat 1t is believed that
Courbett intends to blockade Canton
and lombard it unless the Chinese
withdraw from Annamez,the frontier
OF A"nameZ is not far distant from
Honoi. n dispatch Says the French
gunboats again advanced to Toxic
and We're repulsed with a loss Of
twelve French killed. The gunboats
had no effect On the earthworkS. This
confirms the rumOrS that reach here
from Chinese sources.
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A Heavy Lawsuit.

New YORK, Sept. 6.-The National
Park Bank of this city has brought
action in the Supreme Court against
the firm Of F Shaw Il Bro, OF Bos.
ton, the large leather house which re-
Gently failed for $2ON.OCO. The
bank sues to recover $1290D loaned
the firm between January LIST and Ju-
~ LIST, on promise to p yrotes. The
bank alleges that Shaw Bros. repre-
sented themselves as solvent at the
time OF negotiating the loans. where
as in fact they Were %iilsolvent. Other
banks in the city will take similar
pr ceedings. Orders are granted an-
thOrlZlng the snmmonses to be served
by publication, the defendants being
nOnreSidents.
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A COerced Prince.

SOPHIA, Sept. IA manifesto of
Prince Alexander, announcing the
appointment of a commission to draft
a new constitution for Bulgaria, is
reported forced upon the Prince by
the Russian envoy and Russian gen
eral, Sobolef and Kaulbars. Prince
Alexander, anxious to rid himself of
the tutelage of the general, at first re-
fused to accede to the demands of the
envoy, the latter then threatened the
Prince that if he persisted the Car
would issue a decree releasing the
Bulgarians from allegiance to Alex
ander and that SobOlef would be an
pointed temporary regen,. Upon this
threat the Prince issued the mani
festo.