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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-05
Tabor Opera House on Fire.

DENVER, Jan. AT three this a.
fernoon Tabor's Grand Opera House
was discovered to be on fire. In an
incredible short timethe flames burst
from the room. The danger of the
toll destruction of one of tho finest
Theatres III this country seemed inn
minentout by the efficient, concerted
action OF the fire department and the
opera house brigade the fire was con-
fined to the fifth floor, northwest.
Loss, $4,000, distributed among fifty
companies. The cause of the fire was
a detective f1ue. No serious accident
to the theatre. The Boston Ideal
Company gave y performance to-
plight as usual.
Last night a strange wedding oc-
cured al Fifth Avenue in this city.
The girl is q fourteen year old girl
while the bridegroom is a black ne
gro. The ceremony was performed by
a white Methodist minister named
He'd es. Some years ago the mother,
then a widow with this one daugli-
ter, came here from Canada. A few
months later she..married a negro
named Harris by whom she has three
children. 1t Is reported the girl was
forced ,nto this marriage by the
mother. The ncighborhood is thor
oughly excited.
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The Hidden Treasure,

WASHINGTON, Jan. Across, the
agent who represents the in
terests of the Government in
the $5.O00,0 600, supposed to be IN the
wreck of the British ship Hussar, at
the bottom of the East river, and
Bean, OF New York, who advanced
the money to carry on the search for
the treasure, had an interview with
the Solicitor of the Treasury to-day
and filed an affidavit setting forth
that Thomas, tue contractor, is en-
gagged in the work and not prosecut-
ing it properly, thus %negiecting the
interests of the Government. The
Solicitor told the cemplainants he
would ask Thomas to make state
ments of his side of the case, and he
may lay the matter before Secretary
Folger. Solicitor Ray now believes
there is a probability Of the recovery
of the treasure.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-05
r;sha Gnow-BOuud Train.

CHICAGO, jan. A rescuing
,,arty succeeded III reaching the
snoW-bound train on the Nabasn
road this afternoon. OF the twenty
cars OF live STOCK all were cattle save
two or three ears OF hogs. Some
cattle were found frozen, and others
partly frozen. They We're imlmedl-
ately killed. The exact number thus
killed is not known. The remainder
of the cattle were fed aud cared for
by the railroad company, who are
making every effort to bring them
through. Another large force 4
men were sent ont to-day. They
offered 50 cents an hour. Arriving
near the train. they refused to go to
work. They could not See ter PAGES
ahead for the immense drifts OF
snow, and returned nearly frozen.
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TOO FREQUENT.

The New York World, comment
ing upon the single case of a Repub-
lican official returning unearned
money paid him by the Government,
says: Another Republican office
holder has turned up an honest man.
John n. Irwin, Governor of Idaho
Territory, hes returned to the Treas
Hrer of the United States the draft
for $3.50 sent him as salary for the
quarter ending Oct. 80, 1883, and has
declined also to receive the salary due
him for the quarter ending Dec. 81.
He states that he has been unable to
attend to the duties of the
office since July 81, and does not con-
slider that he can consctentiously &C.
cept the pay. These cases are becom-
ing altogether too frequent. The
first thing we know President Arthur
and several members of his Cabinet
will be returning their salaries for
the three summer months thew were
unable to attend TO their official
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Wall street received something like
SIS, DOC, 600 in dividends last week,
says a New York exchange. This
immense sum was wrung from theta
boring masses through the immense
power yielded by corporations. II
the dividends had been a few millions
less we would witness fewer strikes
and less suffering among the laboring
classes. There is something radical
ly wrong IN the policy of a govern
ment that fills its treasury with a sur
plus of hundreds of millions of dol
lars and the pockets of mildionaires
with as many millions whilethe fam
lilies of thousands of workingmen in
large manufacturing cities are suffer
ing from want Of the necessaries OF
lifo
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The Northern Pacific Meeting.

NEwYoRK, Jan. 4.--Messrs. Nor
gan, Billings, Cheney, Harris ana
Belmont were appointed a committee
to consider what action should be
taken by the board owing to the re-
tirement of Willard. Wizards resig-
nation as Director was laid upon the
table. The committee was authorized
t., call q special meeting for the eiec-
tion of q President and Director. 1t
adopted a resolution complimentary
TO Willard and voted him 100000 a
wear from the time he was President
of the company.
The finance committee reported
the amount of money still remaining
from the proceeds OF Sl8. 00O, 900,
second mortgage bonds, and other
cash assets, specifically applicable to
the liquidation of the Indebtedness
embraced in the circular to the pre-
ferred stockholders, October II last,
amounts TO S., Ill ,Js1, whilst the OBJ
legations against the same, together
with the balance Of the amount re-
uuired for construction and equip
ments, amounts to 81, o15, 1874. show
ing a surplus of 81, 156, 157. In addi-
ton to this the company has on
hand cash in the special fund APP
plicable.to the payment of interest
on its general first mortgage bonds
due LIST Of July next, amounting to
81, 200, 900. Vice-President Cakes,
who has made an inspection OF the
road by daylight, makes a lengthy
report of its physical condition,
property and its Iuture prospects.
He states that, with the exception of
100 miles of the road last completed,
west of Helena, the roadbed and
track are in first-class order. The
hundred miles referred to will re-
quire to be ballasted with gravel to
put it in proper condition for
omy of operation. This can be
done with an expenditure Of $4,000,
which have been provided for in the
estimate OF operating expenses.
He estimates the cost of putting the
equipment in first class order will be
SAL PA. A statement of earnings
and expenses was also submitted, the
gross earnings from June 80 to Dec.
81, 1883, inclusive of December, being
estimated and given at Sc, 63S 9S3;
operating expenses, including rentals,
taxes and betterments, to Oct. 81,
1888, "a ,427 1896, leaving q surplus ot
S2,21l ,2293; estimated earnings for the
balance Of the fiscal year. $1,000, 900,
and operating expenses, including
rentals, taxes and b~etterments, 3d.
923 600, leaving asurplus Of So, LIZ. 900
which added to S2,21l 1913, remaining
from OF erations during the first six
months. would give q total surplus
for the year ending June 80, 1884, OF
s., $685. 1913; interest charges for tie en-
tire lirscal year are estimated at S.
s 2,54l, leaving 3 net surplus OF ST.
ass 1852. the report also gives de-
tailed information regarding the con-
dition of the country.
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Tho Cold Wave.

CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-The thermome-
ter has been going down the entire
afternoon and evening. At ii p. M.
it was - below. Reports received
from other points are as follows
Rock Island. Ills, al 5 o'clock, IS be-
low; at 8 o'clock, - below. keokuk,
u, 10 below; AT paints on the Wa
Dash and Narrow Guage, 81 below.
Dubuque at 8 O'Clock, - below.
There are several cases Of frost bite.
Trains are from 2 TO s hours late. Al
Coma, Ia, 81 below. Peoria, ILL.,, 10
below. Rockford, ILL.,, 81 below: the
coolest i'll 40 years.
81. PAUL, Jan. 4-On the Mani
:uba divisions 81 to 30 below Zero.
Northern Pacific, reported ~ TO 50
below from ST. Paul to Fargo. On
the Northwestern it was ~ below.
st. Paul and Duluth is RANGED
3S to % below, the latter being the
figure for Duiuth. Omaha hue, 81
below; Northern division, 4g to ~
below. In st. Paul the range was
from 81 to -.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-05
BLAND'S VIEWS ON SILVER.

Congressman Bland is not disposed
to leave the country in doubt as to
the course he intends to pursue in re-
gard to the Silver Coinage act. Mr..
Bland is the father of the present
silver coinage act, and at present is
the chairman of the Committee on
Coinage. All bills providing for an
amendment of the coinage law must
be considered by and reported upon
by the committee of which MI.
Bland is chairman. Silver miners
may rest assured their interests will
not suffer at the hands of a man who
declares that: "Silver only suffers
in comparison with gold because it is
restricted, deoarred, discredited and
kicked about by law; provide for its
unlimited coinage and it will then
be equal to gold in many respects"
There can be no installing Mr..
Bands position on the silver ques-
ton.
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The Egyptian Situation.

CAIRO. Jan. 4.-The relations of
England and Egypt are strained.
Egypt sent a note to Great Britain.
pointing out that the present state of
things in Egypt cannot continue and
asking a final decision upon the
Soudan question. If England re-
fuses the assistance asked by the
khedive and the ministry, it is deter
mined to abandon to Turkey eastern
Soudan and reduce the eastern
tribute to the Porte. Egyptian
troops will then be concentrated in
Egypt proper, thus giving a force of
$4,000 men to protect the frontier
without the aid of the English army.
Evelyn Barring thinks $4,000 men
are insufficient for that service.
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GOVERNMENT PROSECU-
TONS.

The announcement that the Dist
rict-Attorney at Washington Is pre-
paring indictments against "the more
notorious of the Pension Agents.
who have been swindlipg the Gov
eminent, will not be received by the
country with that vociferous hilari-
ity which followed the news of the
indictments against the Star Reuters.
The people have a we'll defined sus-
picion that prosecutions against
swindlers of the Government are in
stituted in order to furnish q prolific
Government teat for the nourish-
ment OF the legal friends Of the adj
ministration. The Star-Route cases
which were inaugura,ed with a
sounding of trumpets and tlnklins
of cymbals resulted in a serenade to
one of the principal defendents and
a clearing of all of the charges
against them. Indeed their ln-
nocence was 80 clear to the jury
that it is a wonder the defendants
did not institute suit against the
Government for malicious prosecu-
ton. In the case of ex-senator Kel-
logg the prosecution has managed to
continue the trial by representing
that it was unable to find Walsh,
the principal witness for the Govern
ment. 1t is likely Walsh will play
the role of Spencer. and Kellogg will
come out of the trial without even
the smell of official corruption upon
his garments.
The people are getting tired Of
these farces. They want to see con-
victions follow indictments. They
want to see the swindlers where they
belong and not made a means by
which administration favorites peck
ct large fees. Plenty Of public rob-
bers are already under indictment.
Is there a single one in Jail?
With the exception Of one or two of
the old whiskey ring under Grant,
and who were Ooh pardoned out,
has any of them been prosecuted to
conviction and punishment? Not
one. Does any one think a Repub-
lican administration will bring a
public robber to justice? No. Still
indictments are made out and prose-
cutions follow as though convictions
Of public swindlers were an every
day O %..currence. Kellogg is as. safe
Brady, Dorsey, ct al; and these
rascally Pension Agents are as safe as
the rascally Shareholders are. 1t
they be prosecuted at all it will be to
draw q few thousand more from a
plethoric treasury for the benefit of
the friends of the administration.
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Willard Makes an Assignment.

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Henry VIII
lard made an assignment to-day for
the benefit of his creditors, to William
Endicc.t, ir Of Boston, and Pace
White, of New York. He transfers
10 them his property and mansion
or Madison avenue, with instructions
20 dispose of them at public Or pri-
vate sale. and apply the proceeds,
first, to the payment of the interest
on d mortgage OF $500, 900 upon the
property; secondly, to carry out any
existing contracts for completing the
ediiice. Provision is also made for
the payment of amy Indebtedness of
Willard to the Oregon Railway and
Navigation company, The instru-
,nent further directs the residence,
after the entire Indebtedness is dis
posed of, shall be turned owe to his
Wife. Mrs. Fanny Garrison Willard.
AnOrder was promulgated by COni-
missioner Fink authorizing a further
reduction OF freight rates in conse-
quence of recent developments re-
garding rate cutting.
The real property included by Viii
lard in the assignment is 4 block
bounded by Fiftieth and Fitty-first
streets and Madison and Fourth
avenues, including the mansion le-
Gently erected upon Madison avenue
TIE property is sad to be worth
800, 900. The property recently con-
vcyed ny Willard to his legal advisers
is expressly excluded from the con-
veyance 10 his as>ignees. Other real
property passed by Willard is a ha nd"
some summer residence at Dobbs'
.'erry. OF the Hudson, worth $780,
90. Tie amount Of his Indebtedness
Il, The Oregon Navigation Company
is net asuertained, nor could any IN
formation be obtained as to other liza
hiiiJIes. 1t is said he is the o"neroi
a large interest in railroad and ether
companies and that his wife holds
Government bonds to the amount OF
s., 600, 600. No accurate statement OF
assets, however, is cbtainable to-
night and Willard is still too Ill to re-
ceive visitors.
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Springer Accepts,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-Repre-
sentative Springer, at the earnest So
notation Of Democrats, botn here
and OF the State he represents, has
concluded to accept the positions on
the House committees which were
assigned by the Speaker. He says
that he is not unmindful of the fact
that great iuiustice has been done
nlm II his constituents, but it is
NOT fer him to dictate what positions
he shall fill On the committee, and
ne her ore accepts the situation IN
good faith, aud will proceed with
zeal to discharge the duties assigned
him.
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The ~Orange-Cathoiic Riot.

HARBoR GRACE, Jan. 4.-Another
victim of the St. Stephens Day riot,
not an Orangeman, died to-day. He
was a septagenarian. His skull was
smashed with blows from sticks.
Two others are not expected to live.
Over thirty were wounded.
The HarbOr Grace Standard says:
There is a general feeling among all
classes to let the law take its course
and not repeat the sad occurrences of
st. Stephens Day.
The funeral Of Johns was attended
by over a thousand Orangemen in
full regalia. No disturbance oe-
Cured.
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That was a neat electioneering
dodge played upon the convention
of Democratic editors which recently
met in Indiana. McDonald's pict-
ure in every Democratic paper in that
state with a smoothly written biog-
raphical sketch accompanying it, will
60 a long way toward arousing the
enthusiasm of the Hoosiers for n of
their favOrite sons.
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The Story OF the United Ireland"

DUBLIN, Jan. 4-O'Donnell was
not acquainted with Carey on the
voyage from England to Cape Of
Good Hope. He was not a member
of any society. He recognized Carey
by a wood cut which he saw at Cape
Town and resolved To kill him. He
intended to go with him to a farm at
Port Elizabeth, which Carey had
told him he was going to take, and
thus show there was no spot where
Carey could be safe. Finding him.
self, however, alone with Carey he
could not resist the desire to kill
him. Carey perceived the danger,
and said: do you know me?"
O'Oonnell replied: "You are Carey
the informer: to hell with you"
The bullet sped with the word, and
the deed was done. Carey clutched
bis own revolver, but, too late.
O,Donnell fired two more shots. and
Carey rolled to the deck. Nobody
saw the encounter except O'Don-
nelps companion, who threw her
arms around him and filled the ship
with cries. He told her that morn
ing he meant TO kill Carey, and
would hang. When Mrs. Carey
reached the scene, O'Donnell said to
her, II had to do it,"
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The Victims Of the Recent Rail-
way Accident.

TORONTO, Jan. 4.-Hcpe, are now
entertained that all the wounded IN
thu hospital will cover. II is def
nitely arranged to have a public bur-
lal Tomorrow. The mayor received
q telegram from Lord Melgund to-
Gay, stating the governor general
would Subscribe $3.50 to the fund for
the relief OF bereaved families. Pub
Tic subscriptions are flowing in freely.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 4.-There
nave been over thirty arrests of per-
sons suspected OF connection in the
murder of Lieut.. Col. Suderkein.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3.-Three
notorious craftsman Henry Thomas,
Gus Hltz and Joe Ramsey. all of Gin
clnnati, were arrested here to-day.
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Another Railroad Accident In
Canada.

MONTREAL, Jan. 4--There was a
collision last evening on the Cana
dian Pacific railroad between this
city and Ottawa, by which nine resi-
dents of Montreal and three officials
were injured. Captain r c. Adams.
of this city, recei; ed the greatest in
%juries, but they are not considered
dangerous. The accident happened
at Saint Martin.
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Attempt to Assassinate the Gear.

VIENNA, Jan. 4.-The latest YER
sion of the recent accident to the
Car is as follows: The Car was re-
turning the afternoon of December
II to Balchina palace from a shooting
excursion, accompanied by his suite
In eight sleighs, with a number of
servants. Although darkness was
coming on the party noticed ahead
six men. The Cars aides
drew forward and ordered the men
to clear the way. The men saluted
the officers and appeared to obey the
orders. When the Cars sled came
on a level with them they suddenly
wheeled around and fired at the Car
thrice, and two. Of them ran toward
him. The horses drawing the I'm
perial sled became frightened aud
leaped some hundred PAGES, when the
Car was thrown out of the sled.
A bullet lodged in the Cars shoulder
1t appears, however, there is no dan
ger. The Cars followers immedi-
ately followed the ~assassins, who es-
capped in a neighboring wood. Ow-
ing to the depth of the snow the pur-
suit was fruitless. One of the pursu-
ing officers ventured too far and has
not yet returned. A telegram re-
ferring to it says: Whether the story
true or untrue there was undoubt-
edly q Nihilist attempt upon his life.
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Coal Miners Convention.

PITTsBURG, Jan. 4.-The Coal
Miners State Convention adjourned
sine die tonight. Resolutions were
adopted giving employers II weeks
notice before taking decided action
in any strike, and denouncing the
importation of foreign labor and re-
questing Congress to Iegjslate
against it, and suggesting the estab-
lish'nent of a National Bureau of
Labor and Stats i s. for Laborers.
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THE COUNTY SEAT QUESTION
IN JEFFERSON.

The citizens of Radersburg will, it
appears, contest the right of Boulder
City to the county seat. From the
Independent we learn that several
citizens of the former place have
signed a petition which has been filed
with the Clerk ofths Supreme Court,
asking that the county offices be
moved back to Radersburg. The res.
sons assigned by the petitioners for
this very extraordinary action are
that the act Of the Legislature or
dering the county seat election de-
signed no particular number of
judges and clerks for the election;
that it provided neither manner nor
time for receiving, counting or max
ing return of such ballots; that it
provides that the eanvassing board
shall, within twenty d'ys after such
election, make an abstract of ell the
votes cast-but no canvassing beard
was made, constituted, appointed, or
provided for; that the act provided
no manner for filling vacancies of
judges or clerks of election in case
such vacancy should occur; that other
persons without authority whatever
in law or in fact who were not appoint
ed by the county commissioners did
act as such judges and clerks at a
number of different places. They
claim, also, that the canvass of the
votes was made illegally by persons
not authorized to do SO. They also
charge that citizens of Boulder in Of
fering to furnish the county with
court house, county offices, ETC., for
five years rent free were guilty of
bribery. And finally they say that
the act provided that the county Of:
fees, etc.. should be removed Gf re-
moved at ally by the county commits
sioners, but they were in fact re-
moved by the county officers them
selves, without consulting the COM
missioners." The case will be argued
at the ensuing term Of the supreme
court,
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San Francisco wants q worlds
fair. There is not a city in the
United States more willing to put
up" for the luxury than the Pacific
coast metropolis. If Congress will
do as much for the California aspir-
ant as it did for Philadelphia, the
exposition will be the grandest affair
of the kind ever witnessed in the
country. California does nothing by
halves.
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The South Carolina election cases
terminated as predicted by the Dem
ocratic press. The Government
failed to convict a single individual,
Notwithstanding the jury was COM
posed of Greenbackers and Republic
cans, and such eminent Government
counsel as Crowley, Butterworth and
Speer conducted the prosecution.
AS an electioneering speculation it
didn't ''pan out'' the value of a cent.
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Heavy EorCeries.

Boston, Jan. 1.-The Star states
that Robert A. Murray, supposed 10
be carrying on q legitimate brokerage
business here, has ~an=conded, Law
ing liabilities Of $500, O10, mostly
raised OH forged mortgages. Murray
was aided in the transaction by a
weil-known adventures claiming to
be his wife.
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An Important Decision.

CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-Judge Smith,
of the Superior Court, rendered a de-
cision to-day declaring unconstitu-
tional the act of the Legislature I'M
der which damages could be recov-
cred from owners Of houses in which
money was lost in gambling. The
decision is an important one. The
principal reason given by the Court
is that the Constitution provides that
each act of the Legislature shall nave
a title, and that only enc subject is
to be embraced in one act.
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Attempt to Assassinate the
Gear.
-M1sCE1 a ETC, ETC.
The Kabbe EmbeZzlement.

New YORK, Jan. 4.-John Van
Arsdale, charged with being the ac-
complete OF HI. Kabbe, exchange
clerk of Bramford Brothers, Liver
pool commission merchants, ana
who embezzled $lOO,O 900 of his en-
blowers money, was arrested to-day
and Jailed in default of $4,000 bail:
Van Arsdale, it is. charged, assisted
Kabbe to inveso a large portion OF
the proceeds Of the forged drafts IN
Government bonds and other secu-
ritieswhich were deposited in his
name in this city, and which have
been recovered. The firm began snlt
to recover from Van Arsdale 5000
alleged to have been received from
Kabbe.
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New Officers Of the N. P.

ST. PAUL, Jan. 4.--Private advices
from New York gives the following
as the new list of officers Of the n. p:
President and general managers,
Thos. F. Cakes; general snperintend-
ent and chief engineer, Adna Ander-
son, now chief engineer. Superin-
tendent of transportation, J. Dun
nell.