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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-10
Grant f. Wards Failnr.

NEW YORK, May 8.-Comm,ssio..
Fink reiterates his denial that SS ae'
resigned the commissionershin ny
sent out to-day an official noti6c..!at
of the restoration of the east hoNsvll
| rates on the Baltimore & Ohio saaa
In a suit by the New York, Uhiosss,
s. st. LOUIS railroad company apsinss!e
Ulysses s. Grant, Jr., Ferdinasts
Ward, Ulysses S. Grant. James y
Fish, VIM. c. Smith, Julian T. Day.
and John H. Morris, in the suprs,ni
court, Judge Donohue this a%fternoaNs
granted an order requiring thu ~
PENDANTS to show cause by the W. "
instant why a receiver should nots
appointed and also why an lnjunctS
should not be issued. In the mea,
time and until further notice. ths
plaintiff and it's agents are RESTRAINED
from interfering with the partpsr'
ship assets of the firm Of Grant :
Ward, and from selling the same o,
appropriating them to the payment
of any debts of the firm, witbMt
leave Of the court. The order and
Injunction are granted on the com.
plant and affidavits of VIM. X. Van.
derbilt, president of the New York
Chicago & st. Louis railroad com.
pany. In his affidavit Vanderbilt
says: About April IL, 1884, the rail.
road company made its prom.
note, bearing date of
that day, whereby for value
received it promised to pay Grant &
Ward $4,000. The note will fall due
in January, 1885. On the Goth Of
April the railroad company made an.
other promissory note payable to the
same firm for $4,000. which note was
also payable on January 1st, 1855.
further alleges on infor-
nation and belief that Grant i Ward
upon receipt of these notes and secur-
ties. united these bonds indiscrimin-
ltely with securities belonging to
,ther parties, for the purpose of bor-
owing money, and the plaintiffs
property has become distributed
'mOng a great number of persons and
corporations who claim some lien on
he road as lenders of money on Sc
urity to Grant & Ward. By this
angling of securities the property of
he plaintiff becomes liable to be sold
or debt, for which they were not
pledged to the firm, and
heir identity is likely to be lost, as
in the suit. Julian T.
)avis and JnO. Fl. Morris are as
The plaintiff company de-
res to redeem its property from all
Iwful liens and claims. Pending the
lit the plaintiff asks for the appoint
lent OF a receiver for the firm of
rant & Ward, to have charge OF
leir nrOpertY.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-10

Speaker Carlisle and Congressman
Randall are the two members of the
House whose pictures are most
sought after by photogrs phi collect
ors. Wade Hampton is most called
for among the Senators, and latterly
there has been a demand for Senator
Sherman. Senator Edmunds has
never allowed himself to be photo
graphed,
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ton, and prosperity p youn. That
this policy violates the natural laws
Of commerce, paralyses the inter-
change Of commodities, encourages
gigantic monopolies. increases tax
alton, tends to periodic overproduc-
ton and consequent ~stagnation Of
business with all the resulting evils Of
wage reductions and strikes. h . fact
whichrdoes not enter into tho calcu-
lations of these false economists. The
people, however. are becoming edu-
Gated to the protective policy and we
mistake their temper If they
do not set their seal Of condemns
ton upon 1t next November by the
of . Democratic President.
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The Spanish government ba, q
way OF returning loyal msjerities to
the Cortes that is truly irresistible
1t simply compels the opposition to
abstain from voting, and elects what
ever men it wants. Thus it comes
that the Cortes always correspond to
the form of government that happens
to exist at the moment-whether re-
publican or monarchial-and con-
tinue to correspond until dispersed
by revolution. The latter is about
the only expression Of public opinion
needed in the Iberlan peninsula.
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The story about documents"
being found in the possession of
Eaean, which prove that William
Mcdonnell. a Birmingham publican,
is a Fenian district center, must be
humbug. Real conspirators would
not be likely to indulge in such q
p~rofusion of documents.
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Says the Boston Traveller: "What
a sardonic situation it will be, to be
sure. if we ever reach it, when the
Republican Convention conducts
MI. Arthur to the door and throws
him down stairs, with the remark /:
You have been one of the best PIesi>
dents the Country has ever had-uow
oft vD
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Senator Cameron, of Pennsyl-
vania, is expected home in time to
take a hand in the action of the
Chicago convention. The Senator Is
not able to say wiggle waggle as
his father Simon used to, but when
he does say it, there are still a few
who respond.
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Rowell thinks his defeat by Fitz-
gerald can be attributed to his tenn
ance. He says a man must drink to
keep up his strength. Fitzgerald
made 610 miles and ROwell 6O2. The
aggregate receipts Of the match
amounts to $35 900. There is money
in good legs.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-10

Fitzgerald, the winner of the re-
cent six days. go-as you-please
match, was Once an alderman.
Butte aldermen may find some
encouragement in this fact. If the
duties of the Office harden one to
long winded contests, it is within
the range of possibilities that one of
our own aldermen may yet pick up
SIS, $50 in the saw-dust ring.
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WOMAN
lrs. Myra CLARK 0ainss-Her VI
talatv and Me ntal 6rilltanoy.
iChicago Inter 0cean.l

iChlca80 10Ve1 Vcoen'I
In this pleasant home w had the
pleasure of meeting one of the mos
wonderful women of the nineteenth
century-Myra Clarke Gaines. the
widow of the late Gen. Gaines. Mrs.
Gaines has for the past fifty years
been trying through the courts to
prove her right to property which
actually belongs to her, and about
which the supreme court of the
United States has decided in her
favor. but now comes some technical
| flaw about bonds. The little woman
has seen IS years, but has the appear
ance Of being only so, with her fair
complexion. bright black eyes that
never look through glasses to deci-
pher the finest print or to use her
pen, which she is doing, and the re-
suit will be her autobiography, which
cannot help but be an interesting
work. With all her trouble and OPP
position she does not show any
vindictiveness or bitterness, she is
amiable, generous, and q true friend
to the poor. When relating to US the
experiences of her trials, she would
vibrate about the room, gesticulating
in an amusing manner. She avows
that she can outtalk, outlaugh, and
outwalk any woman under the sun,
and boasts of having mOn0pOllZed
the conversation when Nine. LeVeit
was One of the company, much to
the chagrin of that renowned for
eigner.
When the question of the illeeiti-
macy of Mrs. Gaines birth was
introduced in court, she pleaded her
than q thousand people, which plea
brought every member of the jury to
her side. She says; God never re-
pented having made woman, but He
saw that man was a decided failure, |
and wa sorry that he had ever cre-
ated him." She is always q women's
believing in her rights,
which she says must come, aid the
of franchise, on which subject
she has talked in public to thou-
sands of attentive listeners. "If,"
said she, II had been a man, I should
have adopted the medical profession,
because for it I Inherit both taste and
She restored her daughter
to perfect health, after the physicians
had pronounced her beyond cure.
Mrs. Gaines's father Daniel
was a native of New Orleans
and in that city he is buried. In ner
early maidenhood she became the
of William Wallace Whitney,
If New York, but in a few years was
She says; "Gen. Gaines
Vas greater than Clay, Calhoun, or
Webster, and his last w.rds to me
we're; Your cause is just and you
must succeed" Although her
'ather was born in Louisiana and
Ter husband in Virginia she has
lever known any North or South,
tut has idolized the whole country.
Ter first benevolent work will be to
'uild q widows home, the next an
asylum, if the greedy law &
'ers do not ''gobble up" all she Sc. $
ures. The charges in the case thus {
ar, for fees, stenographers, writs, and ,
ounsel fees, have already been over i
1000. The printed record will t
ost $4,000. 1t is hoped that the
loneyed woman will soon secure her
ights, as she has been living on 9
orrowed capital since 1870, part of t
he time supporting thirteen persons. t
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The figure editor of an arith
metical contemporary says that up
to date 6,S5S bills have been intro
duced in the House of Representa-
tives, and that at the present rate of
progress it will take all of this cen~
fury and half of the next to CON-
slider and act upen them all.
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Washington News.

WASHINGTON, May S-Comms.
sloner Evans issued an order to-day
aorogating the system of eollectin.
matured taxes on whisky in ware
mouse by assessment. and directing
the collectors OF internal revenue to
collect such tax. The change takes
effect August l.
The house committee on patents to
gay 1~averabiy reported Representa-
i've Greenleaf's bill providing for the
appointment of three commissioners
70 examine, revise and report on the
laws OF the United States relating to
patents.
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THANKS AND T.

New York Acknowledges the emil
nent prudence and sagacity of Presf'
dent Arthur's administration. Vir'
ginia endorsed 1t as c~onspicuously
national and conservative. Con
necticut confessed that he has
strengthened his party, honored him.
self and benefited the country. Ohio
heartily approved and Endorsed his
administration both in his foreign
and domestic politics. New jersey
declared it to be wise, conservative
and patriotic. Iowa congratulated
the country and the Republican par
ty upon it because it was wise, honest
and patriotic. Oregon praised the
President't good judgment and broad
craftsmanship. Kansas declared that
he was guided by wise and intelli-
gent Judgment. Massachuset It's ex>
tended Its cordial esteem for his emf
nent services in the able, faithful and
dignified discharge of his duties.
Vermont declared his administration
to be Just conservative and free from
reproach. Nebraska, New Hamp-
Maine, Nevada, West Vir.
ginia Dakota, Montana. Tennessee.
Alabama, Texas, and other
States, have expressed their approval
10 similar terms.
And still while all spoke in COM
.plimentary terms of his administra-
Iion only one or two of the above
named States and Territories in
its delegates for him. The
reason is plain. They all conceived
t to be q party duty to endorse a Re-
publican administration. They could
do otherwise. But they did not
conceive it their duty to instruct for
Ar. Arthur. He is not their choice
or . Presidential candidate. They
ave him thanks and will give their
'0tes for someone else.
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wOaD ABOUT THE TARIFF.

Late kilograms concerning the de
feat of MOrrisOn's tariff measure sa,
that an effort will be made BY thu
Democratic members who voted with
Morrison to sustain his bill to intro
duce another during the session
While tariff bills may be introduced
by tariff members to restore the old
duty on wool and other articles, the
Isl Democrats consider the matter
settled for this year. The majority
has made a record in favor of a reduc.
ton of the tariff, and that is all they
could have done any way under the
most favorable circumstances, for the
Senate would have killed the bill il
the House had passed 1t.
The defeat of the measure by a
combination of q few Democratic
votes with the solid Republican mi
nority throws the responsibility of
that defeat upon the Republicans.
Three-fourths Of the Democratic ma
iority voted for the measure. Over
t~hree>fourths of the people in the
United States favor tariff reduction.
Their representatives in the National
Democratic Convention, to be held
at Chicago, will emphasize their tar
1T views in a plank in their platform.
The Republican platform will not
contain q word in favor Of tariff re-
duction. The question will then be
left to the decision of the people next
November.
We are pleased to note the Demo-
cratic views expressed by our even
ing contemporary, the Inter Mountain,
upon the tariff question, but We
cannot agree with it that the Demo-
cratic majority had 1t in its power to
relieve the country from its present
fiscal burdens by passing a tariff re-
form measure. Our contemporary
knows full well that a Republican
Senate and q Republican President
blocked the way to any reform meas.
IN the Democratic House may pass
of this character. However, we
shall not quarrel with our neighbor
in this matter. We are too pleased
to see it plant itself squarely upon q
strictly Democratic measure to find
fault with its animadver- ions upon
the party itself.
But coming down to the essence
of the question itself the matter of
protection so-called, resolves itself
simply into the proposition whether
scarcity OF plenty is the greatest
blessing to the individual or to the |
of individuals. Our friends
the protectionists per . claim that
scarcity Is the certain road to wealth,
Shut out foreign goods. they say,
NO foreign markets, pro-
vide only for your home oonsump
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-10

Vienna, Austria. does not take
kindly to Mormon missionaries. One
has Just been sentenced to nine
months imprisonment for preaching
the doctrines of the church.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-10

The strength of the conservative
instincts or preJudices, of the Eng
lish people against cremation. was
shown by the vote in the House of
Commons, of 14e to 70, against licens-
Ing cremataries.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-10

General Butler will attend The
National Democratic Convention at
Chicago, as a delegate>at-large from
Massachusetts,. He has not voted in
one since he was q member of the
convention which nominated John
breckenridge for President in 1860.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-10
BUTLER ON STRIKES.

General Butler says many good
things and writes many more. His
letter to the Labor meeting, recently
beld at Buffalo, is q document that
is worthy of being framed and hung
up IN the house OF every working
man. In it he discusses strikes from
the laborer's point of view and di-
reefs attention to q principle which
10 very often lost sight of by the
managers of workingmen's unions.
This principle is the inherent differ
ence between the investors capital
and the workingmen's capital, If
the investors capital lays idle, his
loss is simply the profits, or interest
on the capital. The laborer's capital
is his capacity to earn OF prodnce,
and when he is idle, he loses so much
of bis capital. The loss of . days
wages cannot be made up.
If he lies idle q month the losses of
that month can never be replaced.
he may work and save another
month but that does not make good
the lost month. Therefore being on
a:strike he loses all his capital and
profits against the profits alone on
the part of the capitalist. The Gener-
ais deduction from these facts is that |
q strike should not be the resort of
the latoring man to settle his differ
ences with his employer.
1t is to be hoped that the source
from which this advice comes will
insure for it a hearing in the councils
of laboring men. such counsel has
often been given by others, but it is
Of peculiar weight as coming from
the man who seems more likely than
any other to obtain the endorsement
Of the Labor party for the Presiden-
.ial nomination and who is regarded
by workingmen generally as their
friend and advocate. If General
by using his unquestionably
'reat influence with laboring men,
mould bring about a more general
Idoption of arbitration as q better
than strikes for the settle |
aent of disputes between employer
nd the employed, he would deserve |
he thanks, not only of workingmen !
lone. but of the public in general.
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e.hr,cs. such a. men and boys wear,
need not have seams q ~ LILO
cIean-cut edge IL enough to bold.
ADVERTISING T
COST.
The Result, as is Usual In Suoh
Cases. Was not Satisfactory.

A hardware man lately took the
agency for q new kind of Ice Do1 'ol
preserving cold victuaJs. 1t was :
pretty good thing, he thought. ana II
was only necessary to enlIghten tne
public regarding its real merits and
indisputable advantages e every
ching else of the kind, to cause q ire
menduous rush of customers eager to
purchase: so he counseled with him.
self and soliloquised thus:
s.That REFRIGERATOR must be brought
before the public, and l am just the
man to do it. Don't talk to me about
| your newspaper advertisements. I'll
| show you how to advertise without
cost. You dou't catch me paying q
| paper for advertising. not I. I'm too
| old tor that, and I'll show folks q
new idea" Then he laughed q salts
fed laugh, and at once set about
making q practical test of his new
method of diffusing information. He
mixed up q pot of black paint. pro-
cured several large sheets of card~
board and, after much experimenting
and several attempts, finally sue
ceeded in producing two signs that
read as follows;
"Fifty dollars to the man who can
prove that any two things put into
this ice chest will taste one of the
other"
de had q refrigerator run out to the
curb stone, hung q sign over each
side, and retired within doors to
await the expected rush of customers. |
People went up and down the street, |
jostled each other in their hurry, |
glanced at the ice box and its signs, |
and-went on. After some hours of
disappointed hopes and expectations
the dealer saw a pedestrian halt,
calmly peruse the wonderful an
nOuncement, and rather hesitatingly
advance to the door.
DO you mean it," he inquired in
anxious tone. pointing over his
shoulder at the signs.
"Yes:sir-ee," emphatically re-
sponded the dealer.
put your money up" insinuated
the stranger.
mo, sfr," replied the dealer in
pompous style; my word is as good
as the cash."
"All right, I'll take you" replied
stranger, as he departed. Some
time after he returned with a box
under each arm.
stick to your agreement" he
lueried.
"Of course I will,' answered ihe
1ealer, wondering what in the name (
Christopher Columbus the man I
had in view. {
The stranger set his boxes down on ]
he sidewalk and a crowd began to S
He told the dealer that he $
vas afraid that he (lhe DEALER would l
Jack out of the bargain, but the latter S
Isserted his readiness to put up the 4
lamps if necessary. The stranger I
'pened a box, lifted a cat out, and t
her in the refrigerator; then
lie opened the other box and took
he1 efrom q wire cage containing q
arge rat. .
Now, mister" said he, ''you Just =
hut that door in a hurry when / flop :.
rat in, and I'll 60 you another :
lfty that one will taste of the other !
q less'n five minutes !!
The crowd yelled, and the dealer !
TANNED the refrigerator door and a
lid into the store, with q remark !,
bout fools and swindlers. He still !
efuses to recognize the strangers q
lain to the fifty dollars-but has i
AIKEN in his signs. I
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-10

The Minnesota Republican Con
vention adopted q reso. ution declar>
ing in favor Of the 'unlimited COIN
age. both Of gold and silver" Min
nesota Republicans deserve a long
credit marx.
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hickertng jets DISPLAYED :,

f1ickering jets displayed r.
OF the wondering populac"s We .,e
ters "Elcome," constitutino 'ne It,
Spanish words Eel come The ".
The northern conqueror anne 1ae eaall
heralded by bands of msrtIa,0 aacAd
The soldiers glanced at 5is im nastk,
bable countenance, and ona pettu,
his fellow. nudging him slvI,s aldh
his elbow; "El colle," The eats,, viii
he does" replied the other. "sn ~
pay for it," 1t is said that th PUG y.
raj does not tell the story on gene
but he will hardly object to . a'iaseelf
at mis- expense anent his Mo ,sogt
expedition. ~eAlcu
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The Hill-Sharon case develops the
existence of some stalwart An
a1iases and Sapphiras in the Bay
CITY.
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HAVANA, May s.-Several militia
~ prisoners arrived Yesterday from
the interior. They are: Commander
OF the regular Infantry Stationed at
Clen1ugo, sub:Lieulenant of Artillery
at Holquln, two Seargents and five
soldlers from C~ienfugo's garrison.
General Castillo has dispatches
rom Madrid notifying there has been
louuu IN papers seized at the lodgings
anu Gu tne corpse OF Lieut.. Marga
ana on the bodies OF eight soldiers
sam with him during the late insur-
rectlon at Figuras, Spain, notes and
cues which established the fact of
unllitary conspiracies at Badaios and
Also recently at Villa Carlos.
Inese dispatches and arrests still
more enfeebled General Castillo. who
II is said forwarded his RESIGNATION
oy steamer, May Sd. In the mean.
rnn ne, 1sst!llo directs censorship with
tene*ed vlgor. The suspect, d let.
sels. especially oaes from the United
o'1ees, Will be carefully scrutinized.
CLEVELAND, May s.-For1y-three
ueslgns for the Garfield monument,
~ wnlch eleven are models and
tn4!ty'twe drawings, were received
~ me association May l,t, the day
nxed by the invitation issued TO
sa;itlsts In October last. These de-
are from France, Italy, Ger:
SSiany' England and the United
o'ates. Each design has a motto or
AarK to identify the artist or his
wofk, and is accompanied by q
envelope having a similar
o!t0 or mark and containing the
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-10

Massachusetts Democratic deleeates
to the Chicago convention are being
instructed for Butler.
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Blaine will stand better in the Chi
cago convention by more than seven
ty votes than he stood in the conven-
ton of 1880.
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RocKLAND, Me, May S.-Tne rev.
enoe cutter left the wreck of the City
OF PORTLAND at s o'clock this evening,
ihe steamer has broken in two, and
an ner upper works are gone. The
sea IS increasing in violence, and will
soon destroy the remains OF the vessel.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-05-10

Wy ASOSA'0 sAO pSpCA VI COIAS VI Io1>
eign countries at their stamped value.
There is no sound reason existing
why we should enhance the value OF
Dur money currency to make it a.
ceptable to foreign countries, neither
can q reason be advanced why for
eign countries should add value to
their currency to make 1t acceptable
to US. Of course no objection can be
urged against an international agree
ment as to the relative value of gold
and silver. But as that cannot be
reached at present and as every other
civilized nation prefers to paddle its
own canoe upon the coin currency
question we III e no reason why
our government should not do the
same and quit tinkering with its
coinage law.
Our mono-metallist, moncmaniac
neighb0r should take counsel of wis
dom and not Of party prejudice and
cease its everlasting clamor against
silver and the silver industry Of the
country. As long as there Ii . Demo-
cratic majority In either branch of
Congress our present coinage laws
will not be disturbed, and any and
all discussion upon the silver ques-
ton at present is stale, fat and IN
profitable. Our neighbours article
lacks originality. 1t Is simply the
old story which we all have heard
told and retOld q thousand times
about the ~"detested, despised, fraud
ulent, short-weight, buszard" dollar.