The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-26
DAY DISPATCHES.

cock on his return from California
and the southwest says: II have had
a delightful tour among the soldiers
! of the southwest and / found the
armv in splendid condition. Do l
think the next president will be q
democrat? l certainly do, unless the
party commits a greater blunder than
can possibly be anticipated. The tar
if question is naturally coming up
again, and is destined to cut a broad
figure in the political campaign. l
think that Carlisle will make himself
the greatest speaker Of the house and
his tariff views will undoubtedly be-
come the democratic party platform.
Yes, there is every reason to believe
we shall win this time" General
! Hancock has visited nearly all the
| army headquarters in Texas and Ar
kansas. remaining several weeks IN
| each state. He will make q call upon
General Sherman's family this after.
loon in order to pay his respects to
| his old commander, and will continue
his journey eastward this evening.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-General
| Grant has written a letter to the
Washington Star relative to the
| Mexican treaty, it having been pub
lished that General Grant as the Uni
ted States commissioner had identi-
cal personal interests in Mexico,
which would be benefited by the pas
sage of the proposed Mexican treaty.
General Grant says: MI. Romero and
myself never had in our lives any
pecuniary transactions or deal
ings OF any kind since the close Of
rebellion and the expulsion OF Max
milan from Mexico. There has been
a warm sympathy between Romero
and myself, our views being c0inci-
dent as to the relations that ought to
exist between Mexico and the Uni
ted States. We have both devoted
much time to bringing about more
intimate relations between the
two republics, and it has been
entirely gratuitous OH our part.
l myself have no pecuniary interest
in any improvements which are tax
ing place in Mexico with American
capital, but feel great interest in
their success. l believe its ratifica-
ton to be a great step toward estab-
fishing those relations between the
two republics which ought to exist,
and would be to their mutual advan-
tage. General Grant says that the
argument used that under the treaty
it would be IN easy matter to ship
Cuban sugar to Mexico and reship it
from there. thus evading. duties, is
untenable, because Mexico has a
higher tariff on sugar than the Unit
ed States, and that it is only crude
sugar which is admitted free under
the treaty, and the difference between
Cuban raw sugar and Mexican raw
sugar is so great that it would not
require an expert to tell the difference
The general says he is writing from
a sick bed and hence cannot go into
details. He says he has spent thou
sands of dollars of his own money |
and a great deal of time to advance |
the development of Mexico by Uni.
ted States capital and by American
influence. He has no pecuniary in
terest in the country save IS a sub
scrlber to a railroad which lies Who'll
ly to the south Of the City Of Mexico, |
and the success of which is very
doubtful in these times, when it is so
difficult to raise capital for any such
enterprise.
CHICAGO, Jan 23.-Durihg the trial
Of James H. Melville, for alleged en-
bezzlement, in the criminal court, be-
fore Judge Howes, yesterday, the pro-
secution desired to prove that part of
the money was sent to Melville
through the Western Union Tele-
graph company. The money order
clerk of the telegraph company de-
cIined to produce the original mes
on the ground that mess 4ges
could not be made public property.
The court ruled that te%legraphic COM
m%unicatiOns could not be considered
more confidential than others and
that no communication could be ex-
when the cause of justice rem
lers its production necessary.
CAIRO, ILL.,. Jan. BIB. w. Mahan,
was knocked down just after
lark last evening and received
wounds from which he died at 9
o'clock. Robbery vas the object of
assault. No clue to the perpetrators
New YORK, Jan. 23.-In conse-
luence of the drain in Willard stocks
md the various rumors afloat this
morning, Edincott, president of the
TranscOntlnental company,
lddre sed the following letter to
President Hatch of the stock ex-
"In view of the numerous unfound-
ID rum0rs put in circulation to de-
,ress the stocks in which the Oregon
Cranscontinental company is inter-
'sted, l deem it my duty to state that
he company has not diminished its
holdings Of various stocks as stated
n the report of the investigation
committee" WIN. ENDICOTT.
Since the publication of the letter
tocks rallied from q to 214 per cent.
HAMILTON, Ont. Jan. 23.-The
spectator printing Office burned this
morning. Loss $4,000; insurance