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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-12
CONGRESSIONAL,
HOUSE,

bill taken up was that appon,iah t
$lOO, 900 for public buildings at
Albany, Ind. New
TbOm psOn proceeded to onnos..
method of c 'nsidering all these 10 u
together. and in strong terms eoNi
acleriz-d 1t as robbery, a. puttinvaa st,
the pork into one pot, and saids al
better way would he for the !hs
to allow each member an apnron oas
ton for 4 public building, whioPp'aa
the language of Cakes Ames, he "an y
put it where it would do the %aa
good.
This led to an exciting sc0,,
Thompson was frequently interruss
ed by half a dozen members taIkipp "
at the same time, amid such contls
sion that scarcely any of them couI.
oe heard. Finally the bill was lsi;;
aside favorabIy. The bi l. for bnisG
ings 1T Cha .nooga, Augusta, Mains
aud P,ttsburg were al-o laid a,id.fs'
voratly. The committee on apn,s
pristions rose and the House n.
journed
Ellis, from the committee on Ar
preparations, reported back the S-r
ate bill authorizing the Secretary q,
The Navy to offer a reward of SIS On
for re-cuing OF a>certainrng the fas
of the Greedy expedition.
Hopkins, AS a privileged matte,
called up the resolution d ella ring In.
charges against II, Y. Boynton an
not sustained ny evidence and thers
ia no ground for any action by thu
House. He stated tue committee r..
porting the resolution did not wish II
debate it. Keifer, the author of thu
charges, was pre-e cent, but did not ses
ft to make a speech, and the resoIu.
ton was adopted without Opposition.
Henley, from the Committee Cd
Public Lands, reported y bill forfeit.
ing the Northern Pacific land grant,
Placed on calendar.
Tue House went into a COMMITTEE
Of the whn.e, Springer in the chan,
On the pension appropriation hill.
The DILL appropriat-s so, 694.4O1
and reaDpropriate, an amount esti
mated at $66, 000, 600. The appropria,
tons for the current ye4r are Sl26,
Oj,OOO, OF which On:y $25, G73, OO(
shall be expended the first half year
After debate aud without action the
committee rose. The speaker laid
before the House q message from the
President submitting Il special es!i-
nate from the Chief of Ordnance
or the payment of the annual appro.
,riation of 81 $500, 900 to provide The
necessary armament 10" sea coast
ortitications. Tue president says:
IA presenting this estimate I don't
Ihink it necessary to enurnerate the
considerations which make it of the
importance that there shall
re no unnecessary delay Ia entering
pom work which must be com
.enced as soon as possible and which
viii take much time. Mesa. &c re-
erred.
The house took a recess until F:3b
!. M, a session for the consideration
f the pension bills.
At the evening session the Hous,
as5ed five pension bills and ad'
burned until Tomorrow.
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Notwithstanding Butte Republi
cans have declared for Arthur, we
feel it to be our sacred duty to remark
that Mr.. Arthur's boom is not quite
as stalwart as it was q few weeks
ago. The recent returns from the
Empire State are causing it to sag in
the middle, so to speak.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-12

MI. Mahone's so called Repub j.
can State Convention is called to
maet at Richmond the 23d inst. The
State has been secured for delegates
and the convention will show a
tmaller number than usual of Ma
homes immediate henchmen and
fewer negroes who are ready to fol-
low his dictation. Heretofore the
principal henchmen have been paid
with places for their support not only
of Malone but of Arthur, for the un>
blushing, openly avowed cry of the
Mahoneltcs has been: 1--WE are for
Arthur, because Arthur Is for u.s."
But now a considerable number of
these men are ready to abandon both
Arthur and Malone, under the i'm
preston, which amounts to a convic.
ton, that neither of them. will long
have further favors to dispense.
Meanwhile Malone is said to be sick.
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presidential Prafarenn>

ST. LOUIS. April 1.-The Gzoh..
Oemocrat gives the f1lIowin,, v.S
~ "y o. the Presidential preferences
ueleeates from this State to the
tHpuo''ran National Convention:
n,alne' II; Arthur, 9; Logan, 7: Ed.
s,rnn .. None of the delegates are
enoagIy pronounced in their prefer.
ences, however, and will doubtless ha
soserned largely by the views of dol.
egates from Republican States 'ei
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Cuban Affairs.

NEW YORK, April IA Ie'ss
from Havana dated April oh tal.
serious accounts from the interior = =
tne movements of large parties "
bandits and government troops f ~.
tlnue to come in. Yesterday a -"
ta'lon of regular troops was seni iir r,
havana to Vlrrelta Arriba, ana iM. or.
Few days the coast in the nr,gl'Ib,
nood of Havana will he occupied "
u detachment of troops. ;r.
frlvate accounts from San JONI ~,
go say the Cuban refugees there n
IN possession of a large amount ",d.
STORES. and are preparing fora is 9TH
ing In Cuba in combination tMt
parties here. This is probably an,
cause of the extraordinary moVem 'nn,
OF troops. The government IN spMs
all these facts pretsnds to rla SIaa,
reports Of threatened !nVS""
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Colorado Pool Observation-Disclosures


DENVER, April ia meeting of
the Colorado pool vas held here to-
dav, all the roads being represented.
Early in the meeting the Union Pa
citic people introduced u resolution
that rates be restored to the tariff
figures, which was lost, as Was also
the resolution by The representativ We
of the Burlington 4 Quincy. having
for its object the dissolution of the
rool. The meeting was a stormy
one and tonight adjourned subject
to the call of the commissioner. with
out having accomplished anything.
The Republicans Las Vegas
special says: Juan 4. Patron a veal
thy and highly respected gentleman
and ex-speaker of the territorial leg
islature, was assassinated iast-night
by Mich Macy, a COW boy, who will
probably be lynched.
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Here is the latest temperance joke
A lecturer told a Kentucky audience
that water composes three-fourths of
the human tody, and he only es-
capped being lynched by leaping out
Of a back window and jumping on
board of a departing freight train.
The finer feelings of the Kentucky
gentlemen must not be trif1ed With.
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Hers Is another windfall FIR the
lawyers. II. Tibbetts, Of Trov, N.
Y, has died and left nearly So, 0O0,-
600. His heirs cannot agree as to
the construction Of the will, so it has
to be thrown into the courts.
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="

ra IAN rKANclsco, April n
The S, "n1lhue throughout the StstSy
do,eaad Canyon is again enloogh
Managed Dy washouts. r. m
p.uoanly four days to make thn a 'ake
saty repairs. At Fresno . "e heces>
demolished several buiid,ns q cyclone
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Hubbard's Dedication.

CHICAGO. April IL. = Tue Daily
News Monmouth, Ills. special says:
M tldings have been received uf the
abscondiny ca>hie: Hubbard. Many
receipts are turning up, which read:
Received the sum of $500. for
Investment, Signed
B. T. o. HUBBARD.
The aggregate is not definitely
known, but IS thought to be over
S6O,OOO. The complaint states he
elnb-zzled money to the extent of
$ll4,4O'. 1t is not yet known wheth-
er the bank will resume.
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Washington News

WASHINGTON, April II. III
PRESIDENT attended services at s.
Johns church this morning sM
spent the remainder of the day quiz
~ at the White House, receiving
visitors.
The State Department has no cor
nrmatlon of the cable report tba
MlL1ster Langston demanded of The
daytian government 800, 900 IT.
demnity for American loss /, iu ths
September riots. The latest CON,
m~unlca'ion on the subject is dated
December II, 'Sa.
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Critical Situation.

BERBER, April IA dispatch u
tue 9Ih inst. indicates that aHaIs
tnere are daily assuming 8 lucls
menaclng position. The tribes Or
tween Berber and Shendy are III .
state OF i~nsurrection. They nave
seized a boat loaded with provisions
Wnlch was proceeding to SheLu'i
Inc Rebels are besieging Snendy an.
q portion OF Berber. Troops nav,
gone to that city's relief. Had suIu
actlon not been taken tits feared ~,
rebels would have besieged B'Foa
also ana interrupted the route "
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WAsH1NGToN, April 1l.-Dr, Nor
vlu Hreen, made an argument before
the House committee on p0stofficaS
ana post roads to day in opposition to
postal telegraphs. If, however ~
government determined to entar into
business he thought it ought to h"v
out existing lines and mana~a ths
work exclusively In its own wav
ne also said If the Senate commit1S:
Dill became a law the Western Un;on
company would become a bidder ~
tne contract for which that maasnra
makes provision, ~'sore
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LabOrers' Row.

ST: THOMAS, Ont, April ia
fight Occurred this morning between
a gang of go Italian laborers and an
equal number of Irish laborers on the
Canada Southern Railway, caused by
the Irish Directing to the employ
ment of the Italians. The police with
the assistance of citizens succeede /,
in stopping the fight after severa! on
10th sides being severely wounded.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-12

World: The awfulthought strikes
US that perhaps Bill Chandler has
instigated the last filibusteriDg move
ment against Cuba with a view to
irritating Spain and giving the New
York Herald a solid pretext for urg-
ing the immediate construction Of
forty or fifty iron-clads. Spain is a
great naval power, and we are tempt
ing fate when we disturb the serenity
of The slave-drivers In Cuba. :
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Indian Troubles Settled.

EuFAULA, Ind. Ter, April IL
The Creek troubles are virtually set
tied. Checote and Speeches have
concluded to abide bv tue decision of
the Secretary of the Interior, and adj
wise snppor ers to do so They are
both Creek delegates to Washington
under Perrym ans administration
and nave finally accepted the situa-
ton.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-12

Senator Logan claims that ''every
native American of legal age has a
right to aspire to the Presidency,
and to be = candidate for the nomi-
nation" This opens up vast posi-.
bilities for the ambitious youth of
this country.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-12

Governor Murray's recent remark
that Congressman White, of Ken
lucky, is a man without moral sensi-
bility, and irresponsible personally,
morally and intellectually, ought to
call for something under the code of
that State. Thus far MI. White has
not noticed it.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-12

A silver lode has been discovered
in Pennsylvania. In view of the
fact that the Presidential campaign
will soon be opened, this seems
providential. Every venal voter in
that section will, doubtless, go
staggering around under a load of
the shining ore.
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Arrest.

WASHINGTON, April H. n n
formation has been received ne.e
the arrest by United States autnor,5,
a., Mayoll, who arrived at that
PP.aed On 4 telegram from the Govern
"a Ganeral of Cuba to the Spanish
~ Uoo ouI at Kew West saying May oil
vas coming to America to kill MN:
va cshieoTam mas been received by
the Secretary of State from Adam
Rsdeau rendering his resignation as
Consul General OF Havana.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-12
Coal Heavers' Strike.

CINCINNATI, April ia strike OF
coal h-avers ut Harper's Rolling
MIL, Newport, XIV, FIR the res ora
tion OF wages paid l Isl fall, will cause
Tue mills to close t)-night. AOou,
sIxtv strikers enforce the idleness u
CO., employees.
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Work Stopped.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 11.-Chas.
Croker, president of the Southern
Pacific says that owing to legislative
agitation on road matters and the
difficulty thereon to obtain the nee
essary funds for construction he
has ordered work on the California
Oregon Railway stopped.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-12
THAT SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX.

The announcement made in yes.
terday's MINER of the action Of thu
school board of this district, in ask
ing a special tex of S., SEQ to build
two more school houses, has already
provoked some comment. This fact
we are pleased to mention, because ii
Is a matter that concerns every prop.
erty holder in the district, and the
proposition when submitted to a vote
should not be allowed to 60 by de-
fault. Among those citizens who
have expressed an opinion on the
subject in our hearing, two or three
have condemned it as imposing an
unnecessary burden upon taxpayers.
There were two special taxes levied
last year," these persons say in sub
stance, Ito build new school houses
OF enlarge those already built, and
now q third demand for a similar
purpose seems like piling up the
agony.
In reply to this view Of the
case we desire 70 say q few
words. The trustees submit this
proposition to their lellw citizens
on the ground of economy. Accord
ing to the report Of the Territorial
Superintendent, last year it cost So SO
per month to educate a pul IL in Sill
e Bow county. and 1914 a month
in Lewis and Clarke. This is a diff
ference of ten per cent. against this
county. This increased expenditure
is accounted for Ivy the special taxes
levied last year, which were partly
absorbed in adding to u school IA
cilitles and also in paying rent for
some of the buildings used for school
purposes. These rented buildings
are incommodious and poorly con-
structed, and are i'll adapted for use
as schools. A person who visits the
schools IN this district cannot fail to
be impressed with the different air
that pervades these impromptu
buildings and those that r built for
school purposes. In the Travonia
and West Broadway schools. for in
the scholars are comfortably
and adequately provided for, order
and neatness are preserved, and the
children are in q better frame of
mind for study. The surroundings
have an insensible effect on charac-
Ter; the pupil brought up In an Or
lerly, well-reoulated school house is
affected by the conditions that pre-
vail, and is thus rendered q better
and in after life q better dis
posed citizen. In such schools as
hat at Meaderville, at Ce%ntcrville,
md the hired building at Walker.
lille, poverty and dilapidation are
impressed upon the minds of the
'oung folks, the student air is lack
ng, and the moral influence of the
eacher and the instruction she im>
arts, are affected by the mesgerness 1
nd unthrlft that meet the gaze of
he occupants. s
The tax the school trustees seek to
will be fully met by an assess ,
aent of II mills upon the property {
in the district. This will be !
ut a trifling burden; and when we
onsider the lasting good its outlay |
ill produce upon the minds OF the
ising generation, we believe that the Z
to be submitted to a vote
ill meet with very trifing oppo- r
.tion. As Mr.. Pem6erton remarked /
his excellent address during the #
institute, "Money ju- f
iciously spent In the support of our \
ublic schools pays a good dividend 6
very day." 4
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New. Teleyr.--

of I i%ncor 4"nK; April ia Certificate
f aiII,sg tc and Telephone DGonough
u uleu to-day; capital stock 90; was
T Tnaca can be increased t. g. zoo. 00o.
N Nae c~Umpany's lines are ~ to %: 200. 600.
Maine. '1oraia, Florida and
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Postal Reven~ar

WASHINGTON, April 1l.-The post
rradv department from figures al
nf 1 ny lecelved estimates the revenues
ond die oeps rtment for the fiscal v vae >
q e1 aaorgo June so,h next at $4s, 2e2: 44e
Hugclease OF $2.246, 246 as comnsr ai
WIN the preceding fiscal vear p"ieo
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Arrested.

LONDON, April ia dynamitel
named DAILY was arrested at Berken-
head Station. Three explosive bombs
were found on his person, also sew
eral bottles containing q substance
believed to be nitro g'ycerine.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-12

New YORK. April 1l.-Business
failures for the past week in the
United States are It's; Canada, 80; a.
compared with 212 for the previous
weak
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Baptist Missionary Convention.

M!LWAUKIE. April ii The Won.
ans: Baptist Missionary Society Of
the West closed a three days ,onven'
ton here to-day and sci c'ei Toledo
as the place of meeting in 1885.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-12

Missouri sends a plurality for
Blaine to the Republican National
Convention,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29

I must run over and seen I have
ended@t,eyoas llspf,e 81 :.
he said as hesese.from the table. .s
BIT gruff Yoieel behind him arrested
fhis steps. . s.s E s. s.
SO, sol You Have. i,a advedFI tti III i,
house to let" said his uncle, ! but ii
spite Of his efforts, hesfailed to be very
'* Hox many Old maids and widows
applied? inquired the daring young
bcapegrace.ss :ftS4:,s, .Gti: asa. :. &FsS7ss's
= II don't know {, After the first appli-
cation, Mrs. Jones told the others the
house was taken"
F. "Taken pa - ys''->.stT :. 'r7-7a 80" ~
. eyes, 7 have let it upon q life lease
too,Ghere' he be- opened the door = % ny Z
Very shy, blush,iinl.gE;% and 6tijmi1id, ..my
wife" looked in her slate colored dress
and bonnet, as her three hours husband
led her in, but after moments scrutiny
Mrs. Kimberly cried:. ,;,A ,i.,,k. =. -.
1T is Katie Carroll
katie Smithson!" said the bride
groom with immense dignity, "and my
daughter Winniefred.p.i 49, -. =
There; was a, new sensation as pret-
.ty blonde answered to his call, but
warmer welcome was never given than
accorded to these by their new relatives
and to this day Uncle Rupert will neve,
acknowledge that he got the worst o1
the joke when his nephew played him an
April FOOLS trick, by advertising his
house to let. = i: = " .E.'.-''
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
dwelling Of tho Luther Statue.

The statue to Martin Luther was dedicated
in Washington on Wednesday. The exercises
took place on a platform built above the Pc
destal, which covered the entire park III front Of
the church, and when the exercises began the
!, 200 seats provided were filed, and many spec
tators were standing on the walks and in the
streets. Directly in front of the staue were seated
the speakers, and above them was stretched q
canvas protection from the sun. A blue cord
was suspended on one side, and was connected
with an American flag which concealed the
statue from view. Justice Miller presided, in
place Of Chef Justice Waite, who was detained
by sickness. Seated near him were the speak
ers, and officers Of the association and invited
guests, including prominent Lutheran
clergymen; !. from different states.
Senator Conger mich delivered the address
of the day, and Rev. j. s. Morris, D. D. spoke
at some length. The cord attached to the flag
covering the statue was then pulled, and as the
former, the band rendered Luthers famous bat
tie hymn. The statute stands in the large tri-
angular space fronting the Memorial Lutheran
church at the intersection of Vermont avenue
and Fourteenth street It looks south and faces
the statue of Gen. Thomas which il scarcely
stones throw distant Luther place" which
will be the name Of the place below, is the
Memorial church It win be- decided to tho
statue association The statue Is fine piece
Of German workmanship It is IN exact coun-
terpart Of the central figure of the world-re-
nowned group at Worms, Germany. In it
Luther appears in Colossal bronze, about eleven
feet six inches high, and standing upon Pc
destl Of granite nearly sixteen feet In height
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
Widow ofs8anta AIMS y

The widow of the famous Mexican
general, Santa Anna, is now living
quietly in her native, state, and seldom
intrudes5 into the outer world. Mrs.
Santa Anna shut fdrtyaaeight years old
though it is wonder she does not look
hundred. Santa Anna was president
of Mexico three years before she was
borns She wassplighted to him in he,
cradle, and married to him when she
was thirteen. He was then a military
dictator, sleeping on his sword, beset
by constant peril. In six months he
had lost his leg and got into a Texas
prison. For twenty years her life was
spent in q camp, surrounded by the
whir1 Of warfare. Her husband was
five times president of Mexico, fou,
times military dictator in absolute
power. He was banished, recalled
banished again, and finally died when
with his wife in exile as a traitor. She
has seen much "glory,," and has received
unlimited adulation, but she hardly
ever enjoyed one thoroughly peaceful
month in her life. !
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
British Fertility, .

John Burroughs, in the Century. -.
Thirty millions Of people within the
area of one of our largest states, and
who shall say that high-water mark is
yet reached? Everything betokens a
race still in its youth, still on the road
to empire. The full-bloodedness, the
large feet and hands, the prominent Ca
nine teeth, the stomachic and muscular
robustness the health Of The women,
the savage jealousy of personal rights,
the swarms upon swarms of children
and young people, the delight in the
open air and in athletic sports, the love
Of danger and adventure, a certain
freshness and youthfulness in
their look, as if their food and: sleep
nourished. them well, as we'll as a GER
tain snimality and stupidity indi-
cate people who have not yet slack
ened speed or. taken in sail: Neither
the land nor the race shows any exhaus-
tion. In both there is yet the freshness
and fruitfu1ness of a new country. You
would think the people had just come
into possession of q virgin soil. There
is pioneer hardness and fertility about
them. Families increase as in our early
frontier settlements. ,,.4.. ..~r. 90; 49,,