The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-10-24
CAPITAL CHAT.
ABatch of Territorial Justices
Appointed.
GENERAL TOPICS.
Senator Romero Has His Say on the
Subject Of Yellow Fever
Quarantine.

WASHINGTON, October 22.-The President
to-day appointed Louis K. Church. OF New
York, to be Associate Justice OF the SUI
preme Court Of the Territory OF Dakota;
William Porter, OF California, Associate
Justice OF the Supreme Court Of Arizona:
William Barnes, of Illinois, Associate JUS
tice OF the Supreme Court OF Arizona; John
o. Shields, OF Michigan. Chief Justice OF the
Supreme Court OF Arizona; Evan Long, OF
Indiana, Chief Justice OF the Supreme
Court of New Mexico.
THE DUTY on RICE.
Adelegation ofSouthern men, among them
Senators Ransom. Harris and Gibson and
Congressman King, OF Louisiana, were
heard to-day by Secretary Manning and
Assistant Secretary Fairchild, in behalf Of
rice planters. They seek to have rescinded
or amended and order issued during Secre-
tary Folger's administration, under which
they say that good rice is admitted in large
quantities at a rate of twenty per cent. ad
vazorenl, instead OF the specific rate charged
by law. The order related to granulated
rice-an unenumerated article-impOrted
largely for brewers. The claim is made by
the planters that the inlportations under
this order are doing great injury to the
market for God rice.
YELLOW EVE QUARANTINE.
Senior Romero, Mexican Minister, speak
ing to an Associated Press reporter to-
night regarding the failure OF the Mexican
Government to establish a quarantine
against the yellow fever, said: THE Mex
lean Government having been informed
that the Governor OF Texas had issued a
proclamation establishing Il quarantine on
the Rio Grande against passengers coming
overland from Vera Cruz or from places i'll
f,o+aI with va(1Ow fayar OrfIprn6 q nmmlS-
sion OF medical experts to investigate and
report onthe subject. The opinion OF these
gentlemen, expressed in their report, is that
such precautions are considered unneces-
sary, because persons arriving at the City
| of Mexico or at any OF the other OF the
| States in the interior OF the country, SUI
fering from that disease, have never had it
developed there, nor communicates it to
anybody else. 1t is scarcely less possible
that the Traveller from Vera Cruz, arriving
five or six days at Ell Paso, Texas, after
visiting Mexico city, should carry germs
Of the fever to the United States, without
first spreading it in some OF the Mexican
cities, through which they have passed,
which has never been known to take place.
That is the reason why no precautions at
all nave ever heen taken at the City Of
Mexico against the yellow fever, the Gov
eminent considering them wholly unneces-
sary and vexatious.
AFTER THE RAILROADS.
Mr.. jerks, Assistant Secretary OF the
Interior, has been assigned to the charge OF
all matters which relate to the Pacific rail
roads. A great many subjects relating to
those corporations are pending. jerks
says, however, that he can give no atten-
ton to them until after the LIST OF Novenl-
Der, when most Of the bureau reports now
in preparation will be before him. From
that date until the meeting OF Congress,
he will devote II great deal OF time to this
important subject, and during that time he
will prepare the new regulations which call
for detailed information as to the subsidy
question, and all matters which relates to
the roads.
A DoUBL WEDDING
The wedding of two daughters Of ex-Gov-
ernor Shepherd took place this afternoon
at Rock Greek church, Bishop Quintard, OF
Tennessee, officiating. The contracting
parties were Edward A. Quintard, OF Ten
nessee, and Miss Shepherd, and Walter NJ.
Brodic, OF Mexico, and Miss Shepherd.