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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-16

I tain geological formations 1t IL not
found at all, and that some forma-
| tons furnish the metal only in limit
ed quantities. An experienced pla,
Ger miner needs only to see the gold,
to know the character of the country
rock and topography of the land to
form 90 intelligent opinion as to the
richness Of any given g~old-bearing
section of the country. In the case
OF the Cmur d'Alenes the appearance
of the gold, the character Of the bed
rock and the topography Of the couE-
try were against the assumption that
it was q rich and extensive mining
country.
But the highly colored reports
from the mines caught the pilgrims
and the inexperienced resident OF
the Territory, and in their mad rush
after bananas, which existed only
Ia their heated imaginations, they
have brought suffering, disaster and,
in r3any instances, ruin upon them
There are q few who have
made money out of the excitement, !
but the great majority have simply
added AL experience to their store of
knowledge which has made them
and poorer, if not wiser men.
P. - l.H- 1-- 1--.A.S i
:hus early in the season.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-16
Our Girls Poetry.

An unfortunate young lady, who
met with many mishaps On roller
skates in this city during the past
season, is now animadverting against
the amusement. A friend thus con-
soles her;
"a dash, a crash, twas awful rash:
but the roller skates upset her. A
slip, a rip, she cut her lip: but the
next time she'll do better. A slide
she tired, the skates were snlde; they
proved to be a fetter. No more she'll
soar the rink all DER; because her ma
won't let her. Well, we should smile;
Just Wait awhile, until spring breezes
Tan her. On our new rink she need
not think to hurt her spangled ban
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-16

The Logan boom has completely
collapsed. The fact that Mr.. Robert
Lincoln lives in the same State the
Senator halls from, and that it is
generally conceded he will receive
the Republican nomination for the
vice-Presidency, has destroyed Lo-
CAMS prospects for the Presidency.
The Republicans cannot make IN
their ticket from a single State.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-16
Enolish Women as Fire-bulloefe'

There are no women In the woIaa
better posted in fire making tna do .IT
dsnohters of England. They 9onn
Sae1 sshamed of it in any class. Iney
nr;de Themselves with using the
tones to perfection. By carefully ~
nIae;no the GOALS on the fire instead OF
fnrowine them on they leave an
opening to let the blaze he
tween the pieces. and that 10 WY 'ne
fires of English houses nave d
and more sheerful appear
ance than elsewhere. With SUCH
GOALS "a we have they might have tne
finest fires Ia the worlj.-It IS a
dainty thing to make a nice IRE In
crate,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-16
Mr.. RANDALL CANDIDACY,

The Democrats Of Pennsylvania in
their state convention, placed Mr.
Samuel J. Randall in the field as q
candidate for the Presidential pomi.
nation. This a personal compliment
which any State ought to be proud to
extend to so prominent a citizen. Mr.,
Randall's hands are clean of any po-
litical jobbery and his record as a
public servant of the people is unim-
peachable. The convention, that
nominated him, passed at the same
time a resolution declaring them
selves against GENERALIZATION, mo-
nopoly, extravaganza expenditures,
subsidies and a debasement OF the
Civil Service to partisan spollation "
It also denounced the theft of the
Presidency for the fraudulent Hayes
as the most deadly blow ever aimed
at the system of representative gov
eminent, and that 1.-THE duty of driv-
ing from power the men and the
party who made that fraud trium-
plant is the most sacred obligation
ever imposed upon the consciences
of free men. 1t also adopted for it's
tariff plank the declarations of the
Ohio platform which carried the De-
mocTacy to victory in that State last
year under the most adverse circum-
stances; which insured Democratic
trlumphs in New Jersey and Califor-
mia, and on which alone New York
can be kept Democratic this year.
While these facts do not insure Mr..
nomination by the Nation.
al Democratic Convention at Chicago
it must be confessed that they clear
the way for his becoming a powerful
before that body. If he
consent to stand upon the Ohio
tariff plank, all the
objections heretofore urged against
him on account of his supposed high
protective tariff views will disappear
and the question that will present
itself before the Chicago Convention
Will be as to the policy of nominating
. man from a strong Republican
State which he cannot c,rrv as
age inst a man from q doubtful State
ike New York, which may be
by the latter.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-16

Latest advices from the several
counties in the Territory indicate
that the anti-Arthur men will con-
troll the Bozeman convention. In
that event the victory of the bosses in
the Republican convention held IN
this city last Saturday will be a bar
rem one, and the Hon. w. o. Speer
will doubtless be chosen as the West
Side delegate to the Chicago conven-
ton.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-16

"Observer" contributes u we'll writ
ten communication to the columns
of the MINER this morning. There
r many others in this city besides
observer" who saw the hand of the
"boss'' in last Saturdays convention.
1t was 30 clumsily shown that a
blind man cOu'd detect it and its
bungling work clearly compreheuded
by the most 0btuse. 1t is yet to be
seen whether the majority of the Re-
publicans of Silver Bow County will
tamely submit to the yoke thus at
tempted to put upon their necks by
the bosses.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-16

It Is said Senator Logan's rela-
tives draw $3s 200 annually as sal
aries from the National treasury.
This fact suggests a conundrum. If
~ a Senator MI. Logan car find po-
sitions for his relatives worth $36 600
year, what could he do for them if
he were President?
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-16
Budd Doble and Goldsmith Maid.
lChicaGo Tim@.1


Budd Doble, the turfman. was
gratiied to a high degree the other
day when he visited Goldsmith
Maid in Trenton. 'sDid che
know me?' said Mr.. Doble. "Riess
your soul, the minute l entered her
stall she came up to me and rubbed
ner head against my arm and face.
she neigheG and frisked around her
stall like q colt, and did everything
out speak. You remember she had
an unusually long tail. I used to
teach her to lie down 80 that her tail
would be clear of everything T
asked her to lie down this time and
you would have laughed to e her
turn round and round and switch
her tail about until it was lust 40 ana
then lie down with it extended IN
the clean straw"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-16

Bismark Tribune: It Is rumored
that Bismarck's hatred for American
pork has caused him to demand that
some other name be given the city of
Hamburg. This is the last straw,
and the camel is suffering from a
compound fracture of the spine.
Hereafter our voice will be heard
above the roar and din of business
demanding that the name of our
city be changed to Hogtown.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-16

Wouldn't it be a huge joke on the
''kosses" here if Col. Sanders should
control the Territorial Republican
convention at Bozelnan? In that
event the Hon. w. o. Speer would
probably be the West Side Republic
can delegate to the Chicago Con-
ventiOn.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-16

Ifthere was wanting evidence to
prove that the Republican party Of
Silver Bow county is completely in
the grasp OF three or four bosses, the
manner in which the so-called
Republican convention was con-
Quoted yesterday, furnishes it.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-16
capture OF Hung Ann-

TonARis, April l5.-Advices from
pied state that Montmillot occu-
withona ung Hoa on the 18th inst.
rit Il ~ lighting. The enemy car.
The ~ the artillery and destroyed
the o;t9e ana a few houses in
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-16
TIE NEW BOSS.
The Obedience Of His Party
Leaders to HIS Dictatlon


Silver Bow county has met, done its
work, and adjourned. Faithful to
the bidding Of Gov. Crosby, it has
adopted resolutions endorsing the
administration of President Arthur,
without saying in as many words
that he is the first choice of the
Republicans of this county for the
Presidential nomination. All this
can be safely assumed and it was
doubtless a clever piece of political
strategy not to raise directly the
question of a choice of candidates in
this merely local convention.
The power that could so manipu-
late the party in its choice of dele
gates can be relied upon to shape
its action when it meets In Terri
torial convention, and comes to select
delegates for the Republican con-
vention in Chicago and instruct
them how and for whom to vote. It
is safe to predict that they will obey
as implicitly the behests of Governor
Crosby there as they have now, and
if they are in the majority we fully
expect to see delegates appointed to
Chicago instructed to vote for the
nomination of President Arthur,
first, last and all the time" al
though We do not believe he is the
first choice of ons Republican in five
in the Territory, If the opinion of
Republicans could be fairly ascer.
tanned. But this is neither here nor
there, the prevailing wishes of the
majority had to yield to the dictation
of a boss.
While older communities and great
States elsewhere are throwing off the
yoke, which for years the political
bosses imposed, Montana for the
first time submits her neck to the
yoke and appare atty enjoys the
burden. The situation is the more
humiliating to the party from the
contrast between the new Kepubli-
can boss of Montana and the bosses
the party has elsewhere overthrown.
The Conklings, Camerons and Lo-
gans We're statesmen and great party
leaders-their names were identified
with all the achievements. of their
party-they each bad a great person.
al following and were honored and
respected by those who would not
submit to their d~ictation. Here tie
Republican party has installed as a
boss a man lately arrived, and who
came apparently for the very purpose
Of thrusting and imposing himself
over them al a boss. With no known
political record, with only mediocre
ability, but armed with a commission
as Governor of the Territory kefore
being long enough here to under
the duties of his place he
aside all the dd tried leaders
Of his party and commands and is
as if he had been q life long
dictator.
The long services of such a man as
Col. Sanders are entirely ignored for
his new and self constituted leader
his party: But why should not
3ov. Crosby rule his party if he can?
Was he not sent here to work up a
BOOM for Arthur? Does not his con-
'inuance in Office after the close of
he present administration depend
N the election of Arthur as Presi-
"The OK knoweth his owner and
he ass his masters crib" and Terri
orial office holders have much of the
anne kind of sagacity. It remains, !
however, to be seen how far the Re- I
'ublican party can be quietly led by !
ne having only apersonal and sell ;
lsh end in view. OBSERVER. 1
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-16
A MANLY ACT.

General Grant has promised to pre-
side over a meeting in New York to
consider the best means Of establish
ing and maintaining ! bone for dis
abled soldiers Of the late confederacy.
This goes to show that the men who
did the fighting in the late war are
more ready to forget past differences
than the statesmen who stayed at
home when they were needed in the
field. As a rule, the only unrecon-
structed rebels to-day are men who
never crawled out Of their hiding
places till the war was over, and the
widest wavers of the bloody shit in
the North are men, like John sher-
man, who made fortunes in politics
or private enterprises, while General
Grant and his fellow soldiers were
putting down the rebellion. We hope
that the charitable undertaking in
question may prove successful. 1t is
not intended to ask governmental aid
in establishing this home. 1ndivid-
ual contributions will be relied upon
entirely. There are a great many
MANNED and poverty-stricken ex SOL
diers of the lost cause in the South.
and no patriotic purpose can be pro-
noted by permitting them to suffer
lack of the comforts of q home.
They are good citizens now. and it
would be q pleasing proof of the
spirit if the conqueerers should
make liberal contributions to the fund
O be raised. General Grants infu-
nee will be powerful in this matter,
nd we predict that the undertaking
7ill prove successful.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-16
The Semi Weekly Miner
T APRIL 16, 1884.
Arthur and Crosby: were taffeyed
BY the Bosses convention yesterday,
ud nQuseam.
The Butte Republican convention
declared for Arthur. That settles |
his election.

An exchange thinks that every
man who caught a cold during the
late war will yet be OF the pension
roll. It begins to look that way.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-16
POLITICAL NOTES.

D&na's support Of Butler does not surprise
Congressman Ellis, of Louisiana, who thinks
Butler will carry off from the Democracy @
0 ass of voters who have been the party's
weakness.
The New York Commercial Advertiser has
come out for Butler.
John Kelly says in a letter to friend In
Alabama that it will be difficult to prove to
the lab rers in the Tammany organization
that Cleveland's election will not be injurious
to their interests, but that Tammany will
try to bring them around. He denies the
story that he voted against Tilden and says
Tammany has been as true to the Democracy
as the needle to the pole.
The young Republicans of the Nineteenth
ward of Brooklyn have declared for Blaine
and criticse the action Of the club in order
ing an inquiry into the career of Blaine, but
leaving Cleveland uninvestigated
The Butler campaign will not begin until
September, and will be confined principally
TO New York, Massachusetts, and Michigan
In the north and in North Carolina, South
Carolina and Louisiana-the states with the
largest colored vote-in the south
Liquor dealers OF the First Illinois district
have determined to put their votes WHERE
they will do most good for the protection ol
their business.
The Democrats of the Second congressional
district Of Maryland, after taking ,40S in
effective ballots have left the selection of &
candidate to the state central committee
There is trouble in the Illinois GreenbacI
camp. The Anti Monopolists and Green
hackers have called a convention at Bloom
ingtop Aug. 10. Another faction, under th,
lead of A. II. McKsighap, has called meet
ing at the same place Aug n.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-16
FlLlBUSTERs FOR CUBA.
A Stir Among Spanish Ofiicials-Ru.
mOrs of Trouble.

KEY WEST, Fla, Aug. l6.-Information
just received that Gomez and Maceo had
arrived at New Orleans and are en- route
here, created considerable stir among Span
ish officials which was also shared by fed.
eral officers, who apprehended the in
auguration of another series Of
fllibustering movements on a scale
of greater magnitude than any which has
been attempted for several years. These
fears are warranted from the prominence
and influence among Cubans of Gomez and
Maceo, who have been identified with the
present movement toward Cuban independ-
ence since its Inauguration. 1t is asserted
positively that their object in coming here IL
to be within speedy communication
with certain creole politicians of Havana,
whose aim now is to stir the feelings Of
the colored population Of Cuba toward an up
rising Others believe that the excitement
occasioned among the Cuban population here
by the presence of these leaders will promise
the commitment of overt acts which will dis
rupt the good feeling now existing and pro
mote quarrel between this country and
Spain. In either event, serious troubles are
apprehended by all the officials here
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-16
GreeIy Still Denies the Story.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 16. - Maj. ]. H.
Gardiner, father of Sergt. Gardiner, the last
but one OF the Greedy expedition to die, re-
ceived letter Thursday from Lieut. Greedy
expressing the hope that Maj Gardiner will
not believe the horrible story of cannibalism
which has been set ahoat, declaring there is
not particle of truth in it. He says that
Gardiner died Of Inflammation Of the
bowels and water in the heart and
was buried at the foot Of tine hill
because the survivors were too weak to dig a
grave in the sand. He died on June 70, just
ten days before the rescue apd four days be-
fore the death of Hfvate Bender, the last
victim Lieut. Greely says that the young
sergeant never gk%e up hope till the last and
was always cheerful and strong. He died
with the photograph Of his wife and mother
In his hands, and the last words that he mur'
INJURED we're the names Of those two person
dearest to him of all on earth.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-16

NEW YORK, Aug. 16--It was late in the
afternoon when the news from Rochester
reached the Arctic fleet. Commander Schley,
with Lieuts. Emory and Colville, were EN-
joying themselves at a reception given by
Commodore Fillebrowne, and the Thetis, the
Bear, and Alert were left in charge of junior
officers The decks were alive with gayly-
dressed young ladies, gossiping and flirting
with the officers In moment all this was
changed, The awful story of the eaten body
spread through the crowd like a flash. The
laughter grew silent ithe sounds of..merri-
ment in the cabin died away The officers
turned from their fair companions to listen
to the tale, and the sailors jaws dropped
over the haIf-told story. There was no need
for further concealment The worst was
known, and the officers felt at greater liberty
to talk The visitors spoke in whispers,
and touched with reverentiai awe the relics
of the Arctic heroes They felt instinctively
that it would be a proclamation to re-
main longer, so one by one they stepped
silently over the vessels side Under the
awning on the quarterback one of the junior
officers told in low tones the story Of the eat
ing of the bodies as it had been told him. He
said: Here, on this very spot, one of the
survivors held us through all one night tell
ing If words can tell of his first taste Of
human flesh He would give years from his
life TO forget it, but he said that first taste
the sensation of having between his teeth the
flesh of one who had been once
hs friend, was with him always
Waking or sleeping, he seemed to feel
his lips pressing the smooth, fiabby meat that
must be choled down somehow, if he would
live And then the inhuman savage way of
getting it, Each feeder upon such food had
to cut off his own shreds of flesh No friend
could be found to perform this horrible Office
Every man, if he would eat, must Of necessity
be his own butcher, and these cannibalistic
orgies, these midnight feasts and walks be-
tween the graveyard and the wretches' tent
told its own tale. But every dwsller in that
tent shut his eyes and refused to see Body
after body was stripped Of flesh, but none of
those that trod that little path dared
speak of this No man asked a question
at the too common sight Of a starving
wretch creeping up to the only fire at mid
night, carrying in his hand strip Of flesh
and when tearing the smoking flesh. with his
| teeth he lies down, and another Of the would
be sleepers rises up and goes silently down
that mysterious path, knife in hand, it is
easy to guess his horrid purpose. And the
after effects of these CHASTITY feasts were as
awful as the descent upon the mangled
corpses The mere thought of what they had
eaten brought on nausea, and in their weak
state the stomach refused to retain the hu.
man flesh 1t is wonderful that these men
will carry that sensation of eating human
flesh foreverl I hope and pray may for
| get it when die was the only prayer the
wretched cannibal could utter. 1t was his
heaven of heavens to forget that awful sick
| ening taste"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-16
MULTIPLIED HORRORS.
Confirmation Strong as Holy Writ
of an Arctic Story.
Lteut. Kisiing gburyss Body shows
the Work OF the Butcher-A
Chastity Remembrance
Schley Incredul0us.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Aug l6-The re-
mains of Lieut. Frederick T. Kislngbury,
who pelished on the Greely expedition, were
buried here last Sunday in Mount Hope
cemetery. Since the rumor become current
that the bodies of persisted members have
been eaten Kislingbury's three brothers here
had reluctantly decided to have their
brothers remains exhumed and exam
ined. Accordingly the casket was taken
up in the presence of the assistant
superintendent of the cemetery, DR.. Charles
Buckley, and Dr. F. A. Vaudeville
The iron lid was removed from the casket by
Undertaken Jeffreys. The remains were found
wrapped i'll cotton cloth and blanket When
uncovered the horrible discovery was made
that large streaks of flesh had been cut from
the right leg and from the right and left
sides also from the back, from the waist to
the heels, and in fact nearly all the fieshy
parts of the body denuded, including the
arms The face was blackened and unrecog-
nizable. The only means of Identification
was hi false teeth. His brothers were
horror stricken by the sight. After the
physicians had made careful examinations
and noted them, the remains were rein
TERED
Frank w KislingbuIy, when asked what
he thought Of the result, said he was quite
satisfied, though it was a terrible shock. He
had desired an investigation from the begin
ming, and had expressed it as his opinion that
the casket should be opened in order to prove
that the remains were really in it. Wher
the remains first arrived he was not disap
L
might have been expected from the manner
in which the remains had been forwarded
and from the injunctions laid on the rela
tives
John P Kislingbury said: Il feel satisfied
that the rumors were true, and l think tina
now the government has no excuse if it doe
not investigate the matter to the bottom
We have the proof that Fred was eaten, ii
spite of the assurances that his remains were
in good condition and recognizable"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-16

NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-When the news of
the exhumation at Rochester was told to
Commander Schley at the navy yard he
said: Il don't believe the story of the canni-
balism; in fact am persuaded that there
was no such act committed" J"
"How, then, do you account for the strip
ping of flesh from the bodies in the way
described!" asked the reporter
well, that might be done for the purpose
of using the flesh for bait to catch shrimps.
"Was that soP
Il don't state SO positively, but that is one
way of accounting for it. If there had been
cannibalism think the body Of Schneider
would have showed some signs of it as he
had not been long dead, and was perfectly
healthy, and they were in a starving condi-
ton when we found them"
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-16
Cattle Disease.

OTTAWA, Ont, Aug. l6.-The department
of agriculture, investigating the cattle dis
ease in the western states, has received posi-
tive intelligence that Wyoming is not clear
of infectious diseases. Secretary Sturgis, OF
the Wyoming Stock association, has notified
the governor of Montana that cattle from
southern ranches in Texas infected with
Texan fever, are on their way to Montana,
Sturgis says that cattle along the trails fol
lowed by northward moving herds have, Ia a
number of cases. taken the disease