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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-05
Plot Discovered.

LONDON, April 4.-The following
particulars are learned concerning
the plot to blow up Mountjoy prison.
The I%nvincibIes in prison were en-
gagged IN clandestine correspondence
with conspirators outside Letters
we're found In James Millett's cell
which disclos> d the plot. The prison
wardens were to he bribed with
money from the O'Donovan Rosa
fluid to convey an internal machine
to the prison. One of the letters
contained az order for the murder of
Patrick Delaney. one of the Phoenix
Park conspirators, by throwing him
over the balcony as he should leave
the prison after mass. Delaney still
r mains at Mountjoy for safety.
Many of the wardens have been dis
missed,
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New YORK, April At is stated
that the Oregon Transcontinental
loan of 81, 200, 900 due next week. has
been provided for.
Failures during the past week 2l2
against 2O4 the previous week.
CINCINNATI, April 4.-Alfred W.
Burnett, humorist and caricatur;st,
died this morning at his residence in
this city of apoplexy, aged 50,
KEY WEST, Fla, April 1.-Two
war ships and the revenue cutter
Boutwell, left here to-day to assist
the revenue cutter Dix In the search
for the CUBAN bandits. The Spanish
consul believes that the small party
from here were to meet a larger.one
from Mobile and New Orleans.
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Personal.

Mr.. Jacob Kahnweiller returned
last evening from San Francisco,
having been absent for several weeks
selecting a stock Of spring and sum-
mel goods.
Rev. Father Barcelo. will leave fol
Helena to-day. The Reverend Father
has made q host of friends In Butte
during his short stay here.
Rev. Father Dolls left for Deer
Lodge yesterday where he will re-
main until next week.
Father De Rykere will oficlate at
st. Patrick's, church this city, to-
morrow at the usual hours.
Mr. Rittenhouse, the efficient book
keeper for Sands 4 Boyce, left for
Dillon yesterday.
Sheriff Gilpatrick of Lewis and
Clarke county will return to Helena
to-day.
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An AsaaSsin Hanxed.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 4.-Henry
Rose (c0lored) was hanged at noon
to-day, at Osceola, Ark, nine miles
above here, for the assassination of
Dempsey Taylor, a prominent
colored man, living a short distance
in the country from Osceola. The
killing occurred about a year ago.
Taylor was shot through the window
one dark night while sitting In his
bed room. Rose was detected shortly
afterwards by means of a pair of
socks, which he wore on the night Of
the killing. A large crowd of negroes
witnessed the execution. The con-
demned man confessed his guilt on
the scaffOld,
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Peru. Reply to Engl and's Protest.


PANAMA, March 27.-The Peruvian
Minister of Foreign Affairs replying
to the protest of England against the
clause in the treaty of peace between
Chill and Peru, ceding nitrate and
guano beds to Chill, which England
claimed were guaranteed for the pay
ment of the Peruvian debt, says in
substance that Peru in negotiating
the treaty acted in virtue of the right
she possessed on behalf of her power
of government, a right acknowledged
from the moment of her independ-
ence by all nations, and she cannot
consent to any foreign interference
with her rights as a sovereign and III.
dependent state without %abdicating
or jeopardizing those prerogstlves
which she had always respected in 9TH
er nations, so that she has not got to
consult with them regarding her
treaties lest she might endanger the
|. 80 of her own proper existence. The
debts originated from loans effected
with private parties regarding whose
nationality the government never
thought proper to enquire, as those
debts have never assumed an inter-
national character. Although they
may now be partly held in English
hands, yet at any time they may be
transferred to persons of any other
nationality. Peru owes nothing to
England as q government of State
and consequently the loans referred
to cannot be made q subject of diplo-
matte Interference. 1t is a matter of
public notoriety that for four years
past the mortgaged property has not
been in possession of Peru, yet during
that time cargoes of nitrate and
guano from the property have been
sold in foreign ports without protest
on the part of nations making this
protest, although Peru sou hit to en-
barge these cargoes abroad. If after
the war Peru found herself obliged
to sacrifice property constituting a
mortgage she has SO provided for her
own preservation, which is the first
and most imperative duty of State.
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Instructed for Blaine.

NEWPORT, Pa, April 4.-The Re-
publican convention of the eight
zenith Congressional district, repre-
sentiDg Huntingdon, Juniata, Full
ton, Franklin, Perry and Snyder
counties, elected Blaine delegates to
the state convention. Credentials
were lot given delegates until they
signed a written pledge to support
Blaine for the Presidential nomina-
ton.
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Another "Kicker'' makes himself
heard through the columns of the
MINER this morning. It will be seen
they are not all dead yet and the man
who undertakes to bury them will
have q big contract on his hands.
There are some mighty lively oorpses
in the ranks Of the Republican kicK-
ers Of this city.
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Steamship Wrecked.

HALIFAX, April 4.-The intelli-
gence 50 far from the wreck of the
steamer Daniel Steinman is very
meagre. 1t ia said the captain and
five of the crew are the only persons
saved. The chip had 80 passengers
aud 81 of a crew. Twenty passen-
gers were to land here, all Germans,
and 20 for New York. She is sup
posed to have struck on Sisters
Reef, off Sambro, last night, and
shortly after sank. Her mast is
now visible from the shore. Intelli.
gence of the disaster did not reach
here till this afternoon. Considera-
BILE Of the cargo was for here, and
the balance for New York. The
owners have gone to the wreck.
| NEW YORK, April AT the Of
flee of the c~onsixnees, French, EGye
& Co., regarding the loss of the
steamer Daniel Steinmann, it was
learned they had thus far only a
brief dispatch, saying the Daniel
Steinmann had been lost off Sambro,
aud that Captain Schoonhorn and
five of the crew had been saved. The
officer Of the company said they
could not imagine how the accident
occurred; it must have happened
during a fog or gale: they
said the steamer generally carried
very few cabin passengers, being
chiefly engaged Ia the steersge
passenger and freight carrying trade;
the cargo would probably reach 1000
tons-40O tons for Halifax and the
remainder for New York. He con-
sidered Captain Schoonhorn a very
careful and painstaking man. The
Daniel Steirmann was built at
Antwerp in 1875; she was III feet
long, 40 feet beam and rs feet in
depth of hold: her gross tonnage
was 1855 tons. Her name was for
merly THE Khedive." She had
been running in the White Cross
line since 1878, and at one time she
was considered a very lucky vessel,
but during the last two or three
years she has met with various miss
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The Overflow at Bismarck.

The west-bound train this morning
was made up Of nine cars, OF which
seven We're first and second class,
containing Ais passengers. At Bis
narck transfer to the west side OF
sne Missouri was accomplished by
s.aall boats. On Monday the track
"e.ween the bridge and Mandan was
Under water for some distance, and
we wv massage of trains was impossible.
c o 1t is expected, through
s'u municatiOn will be restored. II
Il. reported that yesterday and to-
10y NY transfer of malls were made by
oT Hotn ways at Bisma-ck.-Her-
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TALK WITH A PIONEER.
Information about Belknap and
Observation-Disclosures.
fMiasOulian.1

GMissoulian.1
The other evening u reporter
met Mr.. Fl. w. Ross, who is, 1t Is
believed, the oldest resident of Bel
KNAPP, and therefore entitled to the
distinction Of being one Of the earliest
pioneers of that place. And who
knows but that the '93.er of this
Coeur d'Alene country will some day
be as famous in history as the '49 ers
of California. Mr.. r. settled ut
Belknap just one year ago, and has
had ample opportunity to learn
something of that section of the Ter
ritory. When he first opened busi-
ness at Belknap he was in partner
ship, but subsequently bought out
the whole business, because, as he
states, he somehow believed that
Belknap would amount to some
thing.
Speaking about the fertility of the
soil, MI. Ross says the coast states
and territories are "nowhere" in
comparison with the land about Bel
KNAPP. Last summer while out hunt
ing and fishing in the streams near
by, he found several beautiful parks,
where feed was plentiful and where
COWS can be kept to supply Belknap
with milk, etc. The soil Is rich and
warm, and free from stone, so that
tillage will be easy. ave the stumps
and logs which will all disappear in
time.
So much has been said about
Belknap being located on wet
ground, our reporter questioned Mr..
Ross closely. in regard to the
various rumors. He informed the
! reporter that the soil Is of q nature
that dries very rapidly, but in rainy
weather it softens quickly. A single
days sun will dry the surface, which
settles the question about Belknap's
foundation. The fact Is, q road in
any forest, if Travelled in wet weather,
will be muddy enough, as all are
aware who have ever rode up the
canon on one of the old Deer
Lodge coaches, In April or May. The
same is doubtless true of the road
at Belknap, but that 1t is
built in a swamp is q report without
foundation. For miles and miles
on each side Of Belknap the sun has
never shown over the ground. save in
occasional parks, owing to the density
of the forest. When the trees are
cleared away the most Of the country
tributs ry to Belknap will be dry
enough without q doubt.
There is never any wind at Bel
KNAPP, and it is believed that fruits of
all kinds will do splendidly. Fruit
men fear chilly winds more than
extreme cold, but Belknap has a low
latitude and a high average tempera-
ture. Surely, Belknap and Its tribu.
tary country have many important
advantages.
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Another Riot V1etiM.--VOte Of Thanks.

Another Riot Vtetim.--VOte Of Thanks.
CINCINNATI, April 4. - Alfred
Hopkins, another victim of the riot,
died tonight. This brings the death
list up to 81. He was an old captain
and pilot on the river.
The Cincinnati Trades Assembly
tonight passed a vote of thanks to
The members of "Our Veterans regi-
ment, of this city. who refused to 20
to the defense of the murderers in
Jail, and also commended members of
the Fourth Ohio National Guards for
refusing to march to the Jail Satur
day night to take part in the attack
On the mob 1t was also voted to ask
the Dayton assembly to pass a vote of
thanks to members of the Fourth
regiment of that city
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Il
As Found in Our Cleanup Of the
Territorial Exchanges.

The Helena Herald is hopeful
enough to believe that Dakota, Mon-
tana and Washington will be fully
entitled to admi SION before the pres
ent session of Congress is over. But
the census of these Territories must
be taken before any considerable
number of the CGur d'Alene pill
grlins get away.
M~dependent: New placer mines
have been discovered on Prospect
creek, which rises nea the summit
OF the Coeur d'Alepe mountains
and winds down along the trail from
Thompson Falls. The discovery was
made on Saturday, March p, and in
less than u week the creek vas staked
for twelve miles up and down. No
work has been done as yet, Tut pros
poets from several places along the
creek show q richness of about ten
cents to the pan. There is a great
rush into the new district, which lays
along and on both sides of the
Thompson Falls.
Death Is denounced against any
Celestial who ventures near The Cour
d'Alene diggings, yet the NNgget,
published at Eagle City, intiuates
that as cooks and laundrymen, q few
Cinnamon would be found very USE
full. The fiat of exclusion may yet
be abrogated.
An experimental line Of telegraph
has been established around the pa
rade ground, at Fort Keogh. to test
some new system Of t~elegraphy. In
order to accomplish this a. cheapIy
as possible young cottonwood trees
are used for poles and empty beer
bottles for insuiators. Just what the
new system is information is not af-
forded
The Independent has the assurance
rom some int. ligent obsel Yer that
Helena Is certain to become a great
ety. Those who read the papers OF
that place must already be impressed
with Its metropolitan proportions.
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Renshaw Opera House.

East Lynne drew a very large and
appreciative audience at the opera
Honse last evening. East Lynne, IN
tho hands of Miss Boyd and her ex'
cellent company, was invested with
On interest which has never been I'M
n.rted to it by any other troupe that
bas played it in Butte. Its rendition
,"st evening was unexceptionable in
1870 particular. At this afternoons
matinee Solomon 1saacs w'll oe
a,sved. and in the evening huoret'a
Rorois will be presented.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, April 4. - Plumb
introduced a bill to grant right OF
way over public lands Of the United
States to the Utah & Northern Rail-
way Co. Referred.
The education bill was then taken
up and Bayard addressed the Senate.
He DIRE pictures of the South at the
close of the war, and deprecated the
Republican party in assuming gen
eral control of that section, and
closed with an argument against the
constitutionality of the bill.
Gibson referred to the necessity of
general education IN the South, in
order that ths whites might have no
occasion to fear perversion. tax and
power if the negroes got control OF
these States. and closed with a con.
stitutiOnal argument IN favor of the
bill.
Morgan spoke against the bill.
Butler will propose the following
amendment to the bill when in or.
der: "The money to be provided for
in the bill shall be raised by direct
tax to be levied annually on each OF
the States which shall he appointed
among the several States according
to representation" Adjourned till
to morrow.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The In.
dian Appropriation bill passed. The
House then went into a committee OF
the whole on the private calendar.
The committee remained in session
a long time considering the bill to
relieve certain soldiers of the late
war from the charge of desertion, but
no fnal action was arrived at.
Cook presented q petition signed
by about so citizens of Avery, Iowa,
which can hardly be called a petit.
ton since it opens with the words;
I'VE, the undersigned, sovereign
citizens, hereby respectfully COM
mand you, our Senators" demand
ing the passage of the bill to con
struct a double track steel railway
from New York to San Francisco
and declaring that not another dollar
should be lent National banks OF
sQuandered on canals.
Recess until 1880, when there viii
be an evening session for the consid'
GRAFTON Of pension bills.
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LOUISVILLE, April 4.-To-day Is
the last day of grace for the payment
of the tax on whisky, made since
March, 1881. The receipts in the
collectors office here amounts to
$87,s89; not including the collection
at two other offices in the district,
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Notice to the Public.

This is to notify those interested
that I, the undersigned, shall on or
about the middle of May leave Mon
tana, and if any person OF persons
have claims against me they are re-
quested to present them st once.
Those owing me are also requested to
settle their accounts before said date.
4 ct 5 W ct ALLEN PIERsE.
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DISTRICT COURT.
APRIL 3.

APRIL 3.
90. Mari& Rutherford VS. Patrick
Talent. Motion to dismiss set for
hearing 2 p. m, April 5th.
1876. James O'Garra VS. Thomas NJ.
Lowry. Motion for new trial set for
hearing at 2 p. m, April 5th.
6O7. Jefferson McCauley vs. u. Il N.
Ry. Co. Jury render q verdict for
plaintiff for $500.
936. Lee w. Foster vs. Geo. w.
Irwin; motion to withdraw papers
for correction sustained.
734. VIM. Hartupee ct al. vs. VIM.
Lorenzo ct al; jury find for de-
PENDANT.
735. Alex. J. Leggat VS. VIM. II.
Wlggin ct al; cau-e dismissed as to
defendants II. l.. Frank and J.. s.
Butler, and default of defendants
VIM. II. Wiggin and Matt Slater
77e. E. w. Chappell vs. James M.
Fish; motion to strike replication
from file su STAINED, leave granted to
withdraw replication for amend.
ment. Motion to amend answer sus-
tanned.
800. In re Montana Ry. Co. VS.
Dennis Farrell ct al; cause continued
for term.
817. Howard Sebree ct al VS. Geo.
w. Irwin; w. w. Dixon added to
the list of defendants attorneys.
795. John Noyes ct al vs. James
Touhy; cause on trial; jury impan-
neied.
APRIL 4.
514. Henry J.. Blume VS. Herman
Blume. Judgment ordered far plain
tiff and stay of execution ordered I'M
til August 1st, 1884.
$40. James A. Talbot ct al. VS.
James Thompson. Cause dismissed
as to defendant, James Thomson, at
plaintiffs costs.
769. c. w. Chappell VS. J. NJ. Fish.
Leave granted to withdraw motion
to strike out, and leave granted 10
file amendment to replication.
795. John Moves ct al; vs. James
Touhy; jury find a verdict for plain
tiff1 and assess plaintiffs damages at
500 90.
81. Howard Sebree ct al. VS. Geo.
W. Irwin: jury empaneled. Cause
on trial.
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Local News.

The dust 10 flying In most of the
streets In the city.
The silence of the city courts Is .
telling commentary, upon tho good
order, peace and morality Of Butte.
The district court will probably
clean up the business of the term
sometime next week.
The trains on the Utah Il North
ern are delayed occasionally by high
water and melting SHOWS. In few
days regular schedule time will be
made.
Messrs. John Caplice 4 Co. carry
the most complete line of ladies' and
misses shoes to be found in the
city.
Gents boots and shoes, hats, neck
wear, underclothing, etc., at John
Caplice 4 Co.'s.
Go to Caplice 4 Co.'s If you want
to order q suit of hobby clothes.
They are agents for one of the lead
ing tailoring establishments of the
East. Samples Of cloth ON exhibi-
ton.
Senator Plumb has introduced q
bill in the Senate granting a right of
way to the Utah & Northern Rail-
way Company. But to what point
the dispatches say not.
Tomorrow is Palm Sunday-the
last Sunday of Lent. The day is so
called from the custom Of blessing
branches Of the palm tree, or of other
trees substituted in those countries In
which palm cannot be procured, and
Of carrying the blessed branches in
procession, in commemoration of the
t%riumphal entry of our Lord in Jeru-
salem. The usage is said to have ex-
listed since the seventh century.
The great foot ball game at the
Amphitheatre tonight will doubtless
draw an immense crowd tn that pop.
ular rink. New wickets, or goals
have been set up with three
foot aperatures which are provided
with drop curtains aud bells. When
the ball enters the wicket it strikes a
bell and the curtain, provided with
an iron rod at the bottom falls and
efectually imprisons it.
Independent, Sd inst: Col. w. B.
Hundley, while down at the fair
grounds a day or two ago, was stand
ing with his hand upon the side of
the open door of Red Boys stall,
when the animal playfully nipped
his hand with its teeth. The act was
not vicious, but a piece of flesh about
the size Of a silver dollar, which
occupied q place in the palm of the
Colonel's hand, Is now there no
more.
From q gentleman who has just
arrived from the south, we learn
that all work Is suspended upon the
Oregon Short Line, and over 700
hands discharged. This has taken
place within the past three or four
days. he also states that only three
trains run out from Pocatello each
week. The suspension is ascribed
to the fact that the Central Pacific,
having obtained control Of the
Oregon Navigation stock, refuses to
permit the o. s. L. to connect with
its recently purchased line. The pay
roll on the u. s. l.. for February was
6 5000, last month it was only $9, 900.
The suspension of work is a deadener
to the towns on the line.
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Work..

WASHINGTON, April 4.-The House
Committee on POstottices and Post
Roads reported favorably a bill to
amend the postal laws which intend
ed to prevent the establishment of
private postoffices.
representative Mayberry was in
structed by the House Judiciary
Committee to-day to prepare an ad.
verse report on the JOINT res olution
proposing q constitutional amend
ment to confer the right of suffrage
to women.
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Brutal Assault.

CHICAGO, April 3.-Four members
of the Peterson family who made a
brutal assault on a dressmaker foc
being 81 in arrears for rent, were to-
day fined $500 by Justice Foote, who
warned them to adopt the methods Of
a civilized country.
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Prisoners

LONDON, April 4.-The recent sud
den removal of cOnvicts and Irish in
vincibles from the Irish to the Eng
lish prisons IS attributed to the dis
covery Of a conspiracy to destroy
Mountjoy prison by the use Of dyna-
miiQ
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PITTsBURG, April 4.-The Repub-
licau convention of the Twenty
third Congressional District to-day
elected delegates to the National
Republican Convention, who were
instructed to support Blaine.
, 1884-08-02

Tuesday night between II and II
o'clock the bar-keeper Of the Sprague
Branch Brewery on Riverside ave-
nue. took Offense at drunken man
at the bar und knocking him down,
dragged MIN out on the sidewalk
where he brutally kicked him about
the head. The act was witnessed by
a coupl e of gentlemen who were
passing at the time. Marshal Hyde
got wind Of the transaction and took
the victim under his protection,
giving him a bed in the Jail until he
could sober up. At the trial
two or three reliable witnesses testi-
fed to the cruel treatment the man
had received and Justice Allen fined
the bar-keeper $40 costs. Officer
Hubbard informs us that the bar
keeper will now have the fellow he
beat so outrageously arrested as a
vag, an ofense that comes under a
recently passed ordinance.
, 1884-08-02

The members Of the Catholic church
Of this city met Monday eve
ming for the purpose Of discussing the
advisability Of constructing a church
cdilice, and to appoint committee
to solicit subscriptions for that pur-
pose. The chief reason for the MEM
bcrs to start the building immedi-
ately is that, on account Of the gene
raj dullness, the work Of construction
will give employment to and en-
courage the needy. Mrs. VIM.
KOhlhoff and Mrs. p. Duher were
appointed cOmmitte to solicit sub
scriptiOns for the church ediiice. A
paper was circulated among those
present and the sum Of $50 was sub
scribed on the spot, We have no
doubt the committee will meet with
a liberal response, and that hand
some church will be constructed be-
fore winter.
, 1884-08-02

Silas Lutrcll, one Of the successful
farmers Of the country north Of the
city, has Il bunch Of wheat and oats
on eXhibItionat the law office Of Jos.
Douglas d Son that shows just what
this soil will produce. There is q
couple Of dozen beautiful full heads
Of wheat, the growth Of one grain,
and several stalks Gf as fac oats as
ever grew out doors. The grain was
grown on Mr.. Lu,rclrs farm that is
known u, Cottonwood ranch, six
miles south Of Chcwclah. There Is
no trouble in the world to grow
abundant crops Of as good grain rs
can be produced in Washington Ter
ritory, but the great drawback is the
want Of a market. When the rail
road can be- induced to carry grain
at fair rates, farming here can be
made profitable. Until that time II
is all labor with very little profit.