The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20

~ su,reroN. D. c., June 18:-Ihe freslE
4n.dav anpointed j. =. Burns, posU-
denI - havtnn. Washington TERRITORY;
mas.1 80 q Mather, resigned, p lsIae.
Tawton to be Superintendent OF 'ne
~ ma nan ranort Of the dolphin" Board OF
E~xamination, will be sent to tne AIvV aa".o.
General this afternoon, by order . en;n.
tary whitney, with 2 request 10. = ohlioed
ion as to whether the Yepar1me ~ tbs sne,i-
- laccent the vessel, regardless OF tne IL, 4.
ga defects. which the board report 1ney
heve sonnd in her, including the aiiegeo
a+r,,c+nral weakness and the lack OF 'no
stipulated power.
CHANGING ROUND
Tho Renubzican tomorrow will say tnat
General Wesley Merritt will be relieved as
S,nsr;ntendent of West Point, in August,
aithonch his term of office does not expire
Until next wear. He will be succeeded 10y
General W. p. Carlin. Colonel Of the rh'h
r. r. contemplated to establish q cavalry
school of instructions separately rom VIZ
other branches of the service. locate ~
Fort Riley, Kan, with General Merr1t1 II
command, al that post is now the neao-
narters of the cavalry of which he is
Colonel.
General Villas stated to-day
that the Attorney-Ge had decided
that the offense OF Hibbs, the
postmaster of lewiston, Idaho, Is extra,
ditable and that this Government wOuid
exert every means to have him brougnI
back. The crime that he will be charged
with ia forgery, as the Government has
proof that he forged the names OF severai
persons to money orders which he realzed
plumber on. ,-
The Post says that First Comptroller
Durham has officially requested Dr. Lorlng,
ex- Commissioner of Agriculture. to make
good his accounts, so that the business OF
the department may be closed up.
INDIGNANT MERCHANTS. q.
A meetins of tradesmen was held to-day
at the rooms of the Mercantile Club Tor the
purpose of giving expression to the indig-
nation OF the merchants OF the city at the
course of the Government in making a pub
lie proclamation that the cholera had ap-
peared in Madrid. The meeting adopted a
resolution that a deputation be sent to
King Alfonso to explain to him the very
serious injury done to the trade OF the CAPT
tai by the official declaration that cholera
existed. The members of the Mercantile
Club have decided to close their several
shops for tw~entyfOur hours and to drape
their club mouse ana TO curtain Une WllOOWS
as a protest against what themembers con-
slider an extraordinary action OF the Gov
eminent in officially declaring the presence
of cholera in Madrid.
The resignation OF John C. Tuft, Indian
agent at the Union agency in the Indian
Territory has been accepted. Bernard
McGoonah has been designated by the Sec
rotary of the Interior as the custodian OF
the Detroit, Michigan arsenal property,
vice J, A. Partick, resigned. James W. M.
Harris of Port Townsend, W. T., has been
appointed special timber agent of the Cen
eral Land Office. Leondas1 Russell of
Tennessee hag been appointed Medical Ex-
aminer in the Pension Office, vice John K.
Ross, resigned. Faron s. Coleman Of New
York has been designated to act as chief OF
the special examination division in the
same office.
Secretaries Whitney and Endicott were
absent from the Cabinet meeting to-day.
The session was short and was mainly de-
voted to the consideration of appoint
ments under the Secretary OF the Treas
ury.