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| NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Report of tho Committee on
Public Lands.
/ Some Very God Recommen-
dations Made.
Confidence Completely Re.
stored in New York.
Butler Before the Committee
on Labor.
Congressman HeWitt's Sarcas-
tic Letter,
In Which He Turns Over Mr..
Oliver.

Report Of Com mittes ON Public Lands.
WASHINGTON. May ia report
has been submitted to accompany
lbe bill reported from the house com
mittee on public land, pro .iding for
repeal of the pre-emption and tim.
ber culture laws and an amendment
TO the homestead law. The commit
tee says: We believe it should be the
policy of the government to give
those of its citizens who are without
homes such an amount Of the public
domain as will make them comfOrta-
BILE homesteads where they enter up
on it in good faith, intending TO make
It their homes, and cultivate and live
upon same for fixed perion OF tlme,
and we believe 100 acres should be
the maximum. Under the pre-emp-
tion, homestead aud timber culture
laws as they now stand one person
NAV become the owner of 480 acres Of
oublic domain -180 acres under each.
In our opinion this is too Ia &c an
smount of land for any person to NJ
ouire in this matter. We think the
policy of the government should be
tofarnish rs many of its citizens with
comfortable humes "a ny in the fu~
ture as possible, and 18O acres is suf-
ticient for this purpose. By giving
them this amount 1t will not be many
years till all our public domain will
be taken up. The presumption law
was passed in 1851, the homestead
law in 1852 and tue timber culture
act in 1873. When the homestead
act was enacted the pre- emption law
should have been repealed. The
timber culture laws should never
been passed. We have therefore In
the substitute provided for the repeal
of lhe presumption aud timber culture
acts and IN amendment to the home
stead law
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A Rush for American Stocks:

LONDON, May l7.-There was q
rush to buy American stocks.
Bankers are cabling New York
Offering TO ship gold on government
securities.
The News says: The American
treasury, which is the ultimate
holder of the American reserve, is
we'll supplied with cash and this
ought 10 check the panic. Al!
accounts show that millions OF
English money are being thrown
into American stocks. During the
past three days lDconceiyable large
purchases were made through pro-
kers. Capitalists bought great olocKs
of American stocks. lnnumeraole
small investors made limited pur-
ohases. Other securities are some-
what depressed because so many
people are anxious to realize in order
b exchange for American stocks.
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short.Weixht Mechanics,

ST.. Louis, May 17.--Frank McGin-
miss. weighmaster of the Missouri
Pacific railway, was arrested charged
with defrauding the railroad compa.
ny by system Of false weights and
dividing the differences with ship.
pers. He had partner named J. s.
White, wh' looked up business, and
it is asserted that quite number Of
shippers are involved in the fraud.
White was also arrested and CON-
fessed enough to reveal the whole
scheme. 1t is said one of the largest
lumber firms has saved over $50, 900
in freight during the past nine
months by getting short weights
from McGiEniss. The railroad COM
pany claim to have lost q very large
sum of money by the fraud. McQin-
nlss was connected with the defunot
savings Bank Of this city
aud was indicted for emOezzlement
in connection with other officers.
McG,nniss denies the charge again t.
him.
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LITERATURE,

lAn books and periodicals. sent to Mrs. r. A..
REYNOLDS, of Glendale, II. f., will receive
prompt attention and careful review in this
Column.
It is not often that reviewer Is 30
fortunate as to get hold of q book
which he can dismiss with unquali-
fed approval, but when one speaks
of Pansy's books, it is with delight
full appreciation. 1t may be possible
that critic could pick flaws in the
literary sty le, but one seldom does
that, when the book is 90 much to
the point ss all of Pansy's books are.
She has an object, and her story car
ries it out to perfection. She is al
ways interesting, always cute and
quick. She argues without any ar
gument. She makes you see the point
and you are obliged to agree with
her. Her books are power
full aids in religious work.
A recent story is entitled.
IAN Endless Chain." 1t shows what
an earnest, energetic, wide-awake
Sunday school superintendent may
accomplish. It also shows the teach
ers' work. 1t shows what chains of
events follow of which people have
no idea and how one circle of society
inevitably includes one or more Of
another circle, which are influenced
by each other. We are int.rested in
bright, bold Hester Mason, whose
remarks aid others to choose the bet-
ter path long before she does. With
out any logic, we are made so see
Alright on the subjects of Sunday ex-
cursions, dances and the theater for
protesting Christians. This book Is
just the thing for home or q Sunday
school library. 1t Ia published by D.
Lathrop & Co., of Boston.
The same firm publishes a neat
little volume entitled "Our Business
Boys" by Rev. F. E. Clark. 1t is
the substance of what eighty-three
business men say, as to the qualities
necessary to success. and follies to be
The pith of the whole Is
find out what you are fitted for;
work hard at that one thing and
keep an honest heart" There is so
much wisdom and good advice in its
pages, it will pay for every thinking,
working young man to possess HIM
self Of q copy.
The Buckeye Publishing Co. Of
Minneapolis issue promptly their
little monthly-the House
keeper. The last number contains,
beside the usual store of good things,
the first Of series of cooking ar
ticles by Miss juliet Carson. There
has been 50 much talk about the ne
cessity OF good cooking, and so many
slurs on poor cooks, that this turn in
favor of household accomplishments,
should be hailed with delight.
F. A. r.
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GLEND1vE. Mont, May 17.-Major
Bell, in command Of troop IF" of the
Seventh cavalry, arrived to-day from
the scene of the attempted robbery of
Paymaster Whipple OF the army. He
found a deserted shack In the woods
near the scene, and evidence of recent
occupants. The signs discovered give
it the appearance of regular resort.
The highwaymen were new hands
and evidently towards, as they could
have held up their men without firing
a shot, for the place selected was par
ticularly favorable. The chances are
against their capture, as the scouts
failed to find any traces. A couple of
ranchmen of BOX Elder found de-
serted tent, the appearances Of which
indicate that the occupants were
hunters who were lost while out some
months ago.
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BQtler's Views,

WASHINGTON, May l7.-General
q. F. Butler to-day addressed the
Senate committee on education and
lator on the general features of the
labor problem. He asserted that the
present difficulties were due to over
production. We had, he said, 9
year's crop Of grain on hand and
were within three months t au>
other crop. Nearly the years crop
Of cotton was now stored in ware
houses. After referring to other
commodities which were In stock In
excess of the current requirements,
he said, why we have twenty years.
supply of whisky on hand. He was
facetiOusly reminded that this was q
delicate subject, aud admitted that
for ..ne who was sppOsed to he q
Presidential candidate 1t was neces-
sary to be cautious.
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Assignment Leave 20 ConpromasS
Granted.

New YORK May 17.-McCullough,
Beecher T. Co., merchants. filed an
assignment to-day to Henry fsyne
Bartlett. Preference is given 10
Drexel, Morgan 4 Co. for $75. 600.
In the petition of Julian Dawes
receiver of the firm of Grant q
Ward, the Supreme Court granted an
order authorizing the receiver to
compromise certain claims of the
firms of l.. Won Hobban & Co. ana
brown Br g., each for the sum OF
$lO2, 1886 The receiver believes other
LOANS Of q similar character nave
been obtained ny the firm OF Grant q
Ward; therefore he asks permission
10 compromise all such claims by the
surrender of bonds Ut their par value.
The court granted authority to coni-
Promise the claims.
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A Denial.

New YORK, May l7.-President
T. Z. Platt, Of the United States
Express comrany, writes to the
Stock ExchaDge as follows; As in
quiries are being made ut this Office
regarding certain testimony printed
in the morning papers, aud to set at
rest all rumors, I now state tuat
neither as President OF personally,
directly OF Indirectly, have ! ever
had any transactions of any kind or
description with the firm Of Grant s.
Ward or Mr.. Ferdinand Ward. The
United st ates Exl ress company In
the regular course of busines. had on
d-posit In the Marine National
Bank the sum Of $49. 900 when the
bank closed, and I AN assured will
result tn no loss to the company.
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Lost DlgginRs Found.

A recent Glendive dispatch TO the
st. Paul Prsss says: 1.-THE exoite-
ment regarding the gold find on the
Red Water, sixty miles north OF
Glendive, in Montana, was greatly
intensified yesterday by the arrival
Of parties with gold dust. Large
numbers of business men of Gleudive
are rushing to the new diggings,
and all are anxious to be on the
ground first. The gulch where the
first discovery was made was
christened Lone Tree Gulch.
New discoveries are being made
daily. This Is new discovery
of old diggings, as thou
sands If dollars were taken out
of this ground in 1875, the parties
going down the Missouri via Fort
Benton with their gold. They went
Tack In the summer OF the next year,
but were all lnSssacred near the Bear
raw mountains by the Sioux Indi-
ans, aud ever since prospectors have
va,nly endeavored to find the dig.
ings near the spot Of the massacre.
The remains otthe old discovery are
still plainly visible, with the rusty
picks and snovels of the unfortunat 9
miners. The f0al result looks to be
the gIeatest gold find since 1S49."
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We are in receipt OF Letter from
]. s. Herman, the great heel and
toe pedestrian, in which he says he
will soon be In Butte. Herman is
on Walk from Duluth to San Faan-
cisco, which according to the terms
of his wager, he is to make In llS
days. He says the wager is Sc, 900.
That's all right. He may be walk
ing that distance ON wager Of
$4,000, but he Is q green one who
bets the average man can't make it
in 1l8 days. Many a man walked
from Lake Michigan to San Fran
cisco in less time IN ~ and 80 and
drove teams of oxen most all the way.
Hsrriman has . soft thing.
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NEWARK, n. j., May 1.-THE re-
ceiver of the Newark savings institn.
tiOn has submitted statement to the
chancellor, showing the amount due
depositors to be 6,:5e ,564; total as
sets exclusive of $845 co. due from
Fisk & Hatch, 81. .095 1897; deficiency,
81, l6l 1917. The bank has securities
and cash on hand to warrant the pa, :
mtnt Of 80 per cent. to depositors i'm
mediately. In case Fisk & Hatch are
able to resume the nank would lose
nothing and the receiver says he will
make the most liberal arrang ements
possible to enable the firm to cone
tinue business.
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WAsHINGTON, May 17.-Some as
t"nishment is manifested at the
Treasury Department over the de-
cline In government securities, and is
accounted for on the theory that the
bonds were being rapidly converted
into money to be used in more profit
able investments.
Secretary Folger said this after
noon that he had received no news
from New York on, the subject and
was consequently unable to explain
the decline. The fact that only $lO0,-
600 Of the called bonds were offered
for redemption in New York yester>
day is regarded a. an indication that
The people who hold bonds are not In
great need Of money at present.
A conference was held at the
Treasury Department this afternoon
as to the best method of relieving ,he
financial pressure in New York. Ia
view Of the decline In four per cent.
bonds it was proposed by the Secre-
tary to authorize the purchase of
those bonds ih open market. 1t was
virtually decided to pursue this
course in case the decline continued.
The Secretary OF the Treasury to-
day received y telegram from Special
Agent Hobbs, at Key West, which
says the mob there interested in the
Cutan insurrection have publicly
announced their purpose of using
violence to the Spanish Consul Of
that place, aud he had offered the
consui the protection of the Gust m
house but the offer was declined.
Folger telegraphed tho
special agent to confer with the
naval authorities at Key West and
with them in the pr0tee-
tion of the life and property Of the 1
Spanish Consul.
Secretary Folger this afternoon
received telegram from the Assist
ant Treasurer ut New York, saying
the called bonds have been redeemed
to the amount of $323, 800. i
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Personal.

Mr.. n. T. Brown, business mana
ger of the MINER, left on the south>
bound train yesterday afternoon to
meet Mrs. Brown and the children,
who are on their way to their home
in Butte. Mrs. Brown left the city
about three months ago for visit to
the States. We are pleased to state
the lady has improved very much in
health during her absence.
Mrs. Joseph Clark left on the south
bound train yesterday for several
weeks visit to Minneapolis, MINI.
Mr.. Abe Heyman, a former resi-
dent of this city, but now OF San
Francisco. arrived in Butte last
Abe looks AZ fresh AS a
daisy.
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Bor.roQm Threats.

WASHINGTON. May 1.-THE Sec
retary of the Navy received tele>
gram from Commander Bachelor,
commanding the United States G ia
lena at Key West. which says the
threats against the consul at that
place are reported to have been made
in bar-room by two or three
drunken Cubans but that neither OF
the consular authorities there At
tach much importance to them. The
secretary teleeraphed Commander
8 .tchelor in reply to use the naval
force there if ne ded to preserve
peace and enforce the protection OF
life and property.
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M. E. Conference.

PHILADELPHIA. May l7.-4n the
Methodist conference the report Q1
the itinerancy committee thai 1t was
;nexnedient to act ON the subject OF
women preaching was adopted;. ;,s ~
1t was agreed that the mlsslcos stn y.
japan and Mexico be organized .nN W
annual conferences. The report VI
the committee making the same ar
raneement applicable for Denmark
was adopted. Adjourned.
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SANDS T. B0YCE.
The Way Prize Fighting
Effects the Eyes.
The Financial Crash has Lef'
No Debris in Butte.
Finger Boards that Lead to
Economy.
A Song.
A Song.

The McCoy-McDonald prize tight
will take place to-day but prize fight
ing is too hard on the eyes even to
discuss. There's been a great fnan-
cial crash in New York but there's
no debris in Butte, so this has ceased
to be a matter Of any public interest.
The space, however, which we daily
occupy in this paper is not properly
for current news, but still, to inter-
weave now and then. public matters
Of general interest gives variety, at
least to these daily expressions OF
our business thoughts and perhaps
make them more readable than they
otherwise would be and in this way
we hope to secure nearly every class
of readers. There are doubtless SOME
who read our articles who would skip
the direct business references. if they
could, but they can't do it and thus
they are often unwillingly benefited
for our business utterances have the
ring of the genuine which can't bu
mistaken and are the
ErNcEp pnADnS
that lead to economy. We don I pre-
fess to sell eve1ything for less than
anyother dealer but we do profess to
sell everything as low as it can be
bought anywhere aud many things
LOWER.
and to offer many other advantages
that are worthy of your attention.
To-day, for example, we offer new
WALL PAPER
the prices of which are perhaps not
below the market but the great va
riety and beauty of the patterns are
nevertheless greater inducements
than the matter of price for who
wants Objectionable and repulsive
styles even for song"
Very respectfully,
SANDS & BOYCE.
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Double Murdlor.

BARDsTowN, KY, May 17.-Her-
bert Armstrong and David brown
were found dead to-day in a field
where they had been blowing. rOne
was shot through the head aud the
other through the heart The kill@
ing was done with q Spencer rifle
The superstition Is the murderer con :
cealed himself in the bushes and
o00lly shot the men down. Circum.
stsDfiaI evidence is strong against
William Freze, who . had business
troubles with the Murdered men!
All three are well-to-d0 farmersi
The excitement is high and 1t is
feared Frexe will be mobbed. js. !
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SARATOGA, May 17.-In the Pres
byterian Assembly committee was
appointed to prepare memorial on
Rev. w. g. Case, If California, who
died en- route. The moderator ap-
pointed a committee of AZ On reduced
representa-, lou. The % b annual re-
port of the relief fund for disabled
ministers and widows and orphans
of deceased ministers was adopted. A
committee of Is was appointed On IN.
surance for ministers. A resolution
deprecating the publication and ta'e
of sunday papers as a desecrati n Of
the Sabbath was DEBATED with great
force and referred to q committee. Adr
jUurneQ,
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The Chosen People,

NEW ORLEANS, May 18.-Dis-
patches from Water Valley. Miss,
to the Times Democrat says: While
q Mormon elder was waiting at the
depot to-day for several other elders,
he was assaulted by unknown per-
sons who emptied q bucket of. tar
upon his head. He made his escape.
It Is reported from Calhoun and other
counties that the MOrmons are maxi
ing great headway among the lower
classes and these elders were on their
way to great revival meeting.
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Hewitt's Sarcastic Reply to oliver.

PITTSBURG. May l7.-The Pitts.
burg Sunday Globe will print the fol.
lowing letter tomorrow being Hew
tits answer to divers criticism on
his tariff bill:
WASHINGTON, May II, 1884
TO Henry W. Oliver Jr::
DEAR oIR-I have read your lette,
of the 18th inst. with pleasure and
profit, but as you have overlooked b
few points 1 will, with your permis-
sion, endeavOr to supply the 0mis-
slOns now in the brief interval al
lowed me from my arduous con.
gressional duties. I beg leave to en-
4uire:
FiBt-What was the duty recon-
mended by the Oliver commission in
'67, on wire rods, barbed wire, ETC., we'll
known specialties of Oliver Bros. &
Phillips? Second-How does it
occur that under the operation of
the. Oliver tariff you have been
enabled to purchase two new wire
mills, one blast furnace aud a part
nenhlp in the Hartman mills, while
other mills are content with the old
fashioned ten. per cent. :?
Third How does it occur that
under the benign operations of the
Oliver tariff the mills Of Oliver Bros.
in Pittsburg are enabled to run the,
whole year, while other iron mills
run on an average of but four
months in the yeAr?
F0urth-Now that you are oper>
ating blast furnaces, will you inform
the public whether you hold the
same view on raw materials that
you did when on the tariff COM
and if not, why not?
Fifth-Will you kindly inform an
anxious public how many of your
81 Is per, day employees enjoy the
benefits of the Oliver tariff?
l would suggest so far as wire
rods, barbed wire, etc., are con-
cerne6 that the Oliver tariff report
might be appropriately termed "A
Bill for the Relief Of Oliver Bros.
& Phillips"
Very respectfully yours.
ABRAHAM HEWITT,
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=. I1ynehing Bee-Attaehnasnt.

KANSAS CITY, May 16.-A Times
Little Rock (Ark) special gives the
particulars of the murder OF young
Ward in Howard county,. Arkansas,
and the burning Of the. body. A
search was instituted by Wards
father resulting in the arrest of the
two Pope brothers and man named
King Kendall, on suspicion. One OF
the Popes confessed and the prison
ers were delivered to the sheriff
who prepared to take them to Arka-
deIphia for safe.keeping. "A party of
Wards friends at. Presc0tts were
organizing for vengeance. when =
message was received that the citi-
zens of Howard county had stopped
the party when en- route to Arkadel-
phia, taken the prisoners and hanged
all three without the formality Of a
court.
An attachment to the amount of
$4s, QUO was levied to-day upon some
real estate belonging to Donnell,
Lawson & Simpson in this city. At
all the banks there were compare
lively few Withdrawals, while the
number Of deposits was unusually
large.
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swain Court OF Inquiry.

@ WASHINGTON, May H.--In the
Swalm court of inquiry to-day My
ron ron A Parker, summoned by the
JwUdge wt advocate, closed the evidence.
= tne court directed the counsel to f1ie
;ptlnted brief by Wednesday morn,
,aE , next when arguments of counsel
VII oe heard. Meauwhil court ad.
S~SAueQ.
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From the Daily Of Sunday.
Religious.

Service will be held in Meaderville
on Sunday at l O'Clock p. M, Center
Vile 8 p. M. Walkerville 1880 p. ~.
All are cordially invited. J. W. Ben
nett, pastor of Butte circuit.
Services will be held at Mountain
View NJ. E. church to-day. Ordi-
nance of baptism and preaching at
IL O'Clock q. m., Sunday school 2:3O
.. m. At 7:3O p. IN. the children will
give a concert and jug breaking. All
are cordislly Invited TO be present,
g. G.. Stull, pastor.
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,r.rrri.xo Complications

,a,,;. = II Hesse Darmstadt informed
Lou.S ,sn.e ~ K lam IRE of his intention TO
= MaI"e MAJ" for = divorce upon the GROUND
appty ,he he marriage was informal:
ina. pron ~" i,e Starck, Premier OF the tns
6saod 6asod Ducny % Of Hesse, announced n esa
Giauu un,a"tion % to resign unless the
nr.nd Gts Duke keeps bis msf1l"ss
contract. ..
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How Did Ha Lose TT

AD1SA AAO
NFw YORK, May 17.-From the
World: Precisely where the $500 900
went which John Z. Emo lost in
Wall street is a mystery that puzzles
q great many. No Information can
be obtained from Dagget & Co., the
firm through which he operated, and
the prevailing opinion is that most of
the money was swamped IN the vain
nope that the market would take an
improved turn and allow him to es.
cape, at least nearly whole. He be-
gan buying stocks. such as Western
Union, Union Pacific, Ontario and
Western; decline set in and engulfed
him. With each days decline
1t became question whether he
should sacrifice the heavy margins he
had already lost, or ould keep on
Investing the bank funds until a rise
came. The market went down and
down and each day saw Emo hopeless
ly involved, until it became q ques-
tion of detection and disgrace. No
longer able to keep his secret, and
fearful his exh .usti0n Of the Second
National bank funds might leak
out. young Emo made known
his terrib;e. loss to his
father, and the old gentleman saw that
the only way to save his son was by
making good his embezzlement, and
he handed over to the bank 90, ,5OO.O,0
Of his private means, leaving the
brokers and others on Wall street to
wrestle for their lost margins which
In the aggregate reached 81, ,O0O,OO0.
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fQREIGN.

LONDON, May II 1T Is reported
the Malagassy government offers
France el,OOO,OOo to- rrnounce all
claims to her territory In Madagascar.
LONDON, May l7.-Lord Leonard
was arrested to-day on the charge of
sssaultinE maid servant: He de-
aands . trial by his peers.