The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-04-19

Alta meetlng to-day of the House
oom mittee on the law respec ing I'M
elacI;on of President and Vice Plesi'
Jont a nrOp0sitlOl to limit to twelve
months the time during which the
Gshingt officers may perform the du'
ties of President, Was actea uRon "a ="
vorably. 1t provides that II tne ou =
ties of the presidency fall upou q
member of the Cabinet more tua''
twelve months before the mex ehsu,
ing Presidential election ne sna',
issue a proclamation for 9 speclai
Eaton was directed to report this
prOro.ition to the House as an
smendmeut to the Senate bill prtvid-
ing for the performance or the
duties Of the office of IRE l'eht
in case of the removal, death, res'g-
nation or inability both of the Presl-
dent and Vice President.
WASHINGTON, April II. Judge
Advocate Gener l Swain said To-Day
he intended to ray nothing at present
about the charges preferred against
him by MI. Bsteman. He added the
matter was one tor the civil courts to
decide: that the contractors to whom
he had given the It'll had sued Bate.
man for the amount it calls for and
in the trial everything in connection
with the matter would become
known, and he was willing to stand
by what would come out then. As
| to a court martial being ordered he
said he hardly thought it likely that
| the court martial would try what evil
| deuce belongs to civil courts. When
! questioned farther General Swain
said he was sure the whole trouble
would be found to have originated
in q mistake and misunderstanding
on the part of Bateman. The secre-
tary has as yet taken no action in the
matter, and it is stated a settlement
is being arranged which will result
in q withdrawal of the charges
against General Swain.
EDINBURG April IL. "A feature of
the celebration of the precautionary of
the University of Edinburg to-day
was the comforting of the degree
h0nOras c0usa to the number of l2O.
The degree Of l.. L. d. was conferred |
upon notable visitors, among them
James Russell Lowell and De Les
seps, who were loudly app!auded.
CAIRO, April 17.-Sebher Pasha
refuses to accept the post of assistant
governor of Soudan.
About 300 persons were present /
and the ceremony present q brilliant
spectacle. DR.. Alexander Grant.
principal of the University, intro
duced the recipients of degr, es, and
Chancellor 1nglis made an appropri-
ate address. Representatives OF all
Countries are hOnOred with d. grecs
Assistant Surgeon Billings Is among
the l.. L. D., and Prof. VIM. Henry
Green, Of Princeton. is made D. D.
Tennyson is L. L.. D. In his absence
the Prince of Wales sent u dispatch to
the University authorities. MS an eli
and honorary graduate of the Uni
versity offering congratulations on
the occasion of q festival which
brought together so many learned
delegates from all parts of the world.
The reading OF this message Was re
ceived with loud applause. ,
PITlsBURG, April 1.-THE Penn
sylvaDia Wool Growers Association
here in annual session this
at 2 o'clock. Delegates
were present from all parts of the
State.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE Sen.
day, and the recommendation of the
President, that Collector Wickes, OF
Key West, be removed on account
NJ oofixyo ur,nofhv r,;th tho C,,h,n
insurgents, was taken up. The rec
1mmendation had been referred 10
Senate committees on Commerce,
and was reported back 1%avorably.
Objection was made to its immediate
consideration and the subj ct went s
A recommendation of this F.:
character is unusual, n is due in {
his inst nee to the international fea- ,
,ure of the matte. ,
The House committee on commerce
lgreed tavorably to report a bill pro- {
riding for the appointment OF a Mis- I
ouri river c0mmissi' n. !
LONDON, April II .-Harcou It, Sec {
'etary of State for the Home Depart
nent. in q speech at Derby. said the
government will dissolve Parliament {
It its W time, not at the time of the ]
The government went {
o Egypt reluctantly and would have l
but for events in Soudan. !
is quiet at present. II we I
mex Egypt we are liable to perpet- {
late embodiment with other cuun- I
ries. {
BERLIN, April 17.-Owing to the 8
Illness of the Empress the depa rture .
f Emperor William for Weisbaden r
as been postponed from Sunday to y
thursday. 1t IS semi-oficialIy an n
'ounced that the assumption to the r
of the Prus>ian council of +
tate by the Crown Prince Frederick l.
William is impracticable in conse- r
uence of the responsibility thereby 3
ntailed on him. 9
GADsEN, Ala, April 17.-Georxe Il
oates (%colored), who set fire to Jere n
house while Greene and 81
fife were at church, in which four v
hi!d1en were burned to death. has b
cen captured. Threats of lyrchinq b
aused the Jail to be guarded by the t.
'cal military. il
LONDON. April 1.-THE funeral Of y!
lenry J. Byron, drAmatist, occurred u
'-day. It was attended by a numer- 4,
IS concourse of mourners, among u
hom were many prominent in the. w
rical circles, including Wilson. ~
arrett. Bancroft, Grossmith and e
ola and Nela Farr. Many wreaths ie
ere sent from theatres. The re- IS
ai1s were inferred in Brompton ~ y
metery. II
he
BOSTON, April 17.-Last night two in
were seen driving rapidly awav M
om Crage's bridge. Shortly after. go
ard a loud explosion occurred. In. an
st'gation showed that al explosive an
d been placed in a powder can and A,
6y a decorating cap and fuse. M,
IS thought an attempt was directed hi
ainst one OF the many horse cars or,
1lch pass this point at this hour. sp'
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