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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04

It 10 said that when Secretary
Manning began running his pencil
through tho fraud roll he startled the
oftice-holders, because they knew he
would dis cover some of the crooked
ness that had been practiced. His
first slaughter was of six officials In
New York. A little howl was raised,
but the wall died down when 1t was
announced that Of the six men de-
capitated one Is an ex-alderman, an
other a ward politician, a third used
to be a Washington correspondent,
a fourth is q son of the loud-shouting
Republican orator, Emory A. Storr,
and the fifth had 50 little to do In his
office that he rarely appeared in New
York, but devoted his time and efforts
to running a cigar store in Jersey
City. He had once been removed be-
cause nothing could be found for him
to do; but Senator Sewell succeeded
in having him reinstated. The re-
form was not too early in setting In
and cannot be too thorough.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04
Women to the Front.

CoNSTANTINOPLE, April l. The
government Is in arrears to the SOL
diers for several months pay and to-
day the wives of the soldiers attempt
ed to secure attention to their hus-
bands demands by appearing in
force at the Office of the minister Of
finance. Bands of women collected
to the numoer of 1000 or more at a
point near the building occupied by
the cabinet officials. Atthe appoint
ed hour they marched in q body to
the oflbe of the minister of finance.
Pushing past the guards they entered
the office, and confronting the min
lister, demanded the pay due their
husbands. Policemen were called in
and tried to expel them, but the wo-
men turned on the officers and forced
them to retire. The finance minister
made a plausible excuse for:the delay
In paving the men, but the women
declared his answer unsatisfactory
and made q rush for HIM. He, how
ever, escaped by jumping out of the
back window.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04
NO DANGER OF A

The war news from Europe Is grad
ually growing less important. Peo-
pie as q rule are pugnacious, and any
thing savoring Of blood rouses them
to the highest pitch. England can
not very we'll afford to engage In a
conflict with Russia, knowing In ad-
vance that such an ENHANCEMENT
would mean business. She has
enough. on her hands at present, and
the quill of diplomacy will take the
place of the bsyonet. Talk Is cheap,
and England ia given to buster, un-
less 1t be with some poor. miserable
people over whom she can hold the
upper hand. The Arabs, however,
are giving her q better stand-of than
at first anticipated, yet time, men
and money, will doubtless bring
them under subsection. Should 1t
occur that q hrst-class tussel would
take place between England and
Russia, the United States would be
the BENEFICIARY and while we might
deplore q war between two such pow.
erful nations, we could reasonably
say, IL you must fight, we will cut
and furnish bait. So let them lock
horns If they desire. The cranks on
'.over population" would in q year
or two lose much Of their argument.
But there is no danger of war. Peace,
sweet peace, will soon reign between
the two warlike nations.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04
A kissing Bee,

berlin; April 1.-The Emperor
William kissed Prince Bismarck
several times during their interview
Today and tears filled Bismarck.s
eyes. Visitors have streamed to the
palace throughout the day and thou
sands OF congratulatory letters and
teleRrapbic dispatches, including -
number Of messages from all Euro
Rean courts. have been received.
emperor Francis Joseph and Count
Kalnoky telegraphed their coneratn.
iatione. Prince Bismarck this even
quet. oah-
AL the newspapers publish warm
Prince Bismarck this being his bi>tS Hl
aay). The opposition papers praise
the chancellors efforts durinq ths
present and recent Yeas to maintsin
bis duty to The s1 e m nae,9ns al and d f9Iall
man nation. o' oer-
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04

The recent Presidential inaugura-
ton is calling forth lots of remi-
nlscences, concerning former Presi-
dents, and condolences and COMPARE
Sons between them. One writer calls
attention to some coincidence in the
lives of Washington, Jefferson, the
two Adamses, Madison and Monroe.
Each of them ended his term of
service in the sixty-sixth year of his
age. Jefferson was born eight years
before Madison. Madison was eight
years older than Monroe, who was
eight years older than John Quincy
Adams. Everybody knows, of
course, that Jefferson and John
Adams died on the same day, July 4,
1928. The first of our Presidents who
wore q beard was Lincoln. Grant
was the first President who wore
q beard and moustache. Cleve-
land is the first to enter the White
House with a moustache and no
beard"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04

Some interesting facts In regard to
life insurance have receatly been
published. From these 1t appears
that since the system was introduced
In this country in 1872, the amount
of the money of policy holders. han
died by the companies is Sis ,ooo,o oo,'
600, and the net losses by the COM
paniss that have failed aggregate
81. OOO. 900. Policy holders have paid
to the companies sl,282, 5es, 900, and
the total paid by the association IN
death losses, endowments and dlvi-
dends, aggregates $sOo,Ooo,ooo. The
pressnt assets of the life insurance
companies amount to $5oo.ooo,ooo.
What the companies have paid out
with their presene assets, Is $lSS .oS4.-
l6l.in excess of the amount received
from stockholders.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04

The Baltimore Herald accuses that
person Higgins of having visited the
polls on one occasion with a beard
Two weeks old and q bottle OF whisky
openly protruding from his pocket
terrorizing quiet citizens. Such an
exhibition was certainly enough to
terrify any sort Of q citizen. When
q man stalks up to the polls with a
beard two weeks old p%rotruding from
his pocket, and In juxtaposltion
thereto Is q bottle of seething. SIM
mering Democratic whisky. there Is
reasonable cause for alarm. Men
don't carry anatomical fragments
and coffin varnish in their coat
rockets on election day for fun.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04

1t has Just come to light that the
a%nti-treating law recently passed In
Nevada, was the result of a joke and
an accident. The Nevada State
Journal explains it thusly: "When
the bill was before the Legislature
for consideration many members
voted for it more as q joke than in
the interest of the temperance cause.
The Governor, iu is said. was con-
fused as to what he should do In the
premises, and went to san Francisco,
leaving all the business of the Office
for Lieutenant Governor Lsughton
to transact. Lsughton intended
slaughtering the bill at once, but af-
ter the departure of the Governor it
was missing, and before its where
abouts became known, owing to the
ten days limitation having expired,
the bill became q law. The Govern
or had, by mistake. taken it to San
Francisco in q bundle of other legal
documents.''
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04
THE BITTER ROOT ROAD.

We are inf,rmed that surveying
parties are making preparations to
locate a rail read from Anaconda to
the Bitter Root Valley, and that
probably the survey will be extended
down the Bitter Root to Missoula.
1t is hoped there is foundation for the
report. Butte must soon have direct
railroad communication with some
great lumber center. The almost in
exhaustible supply tf pine forests
upon the slopes Of the Bitter Root
mountains indicate the nearest
lumber center for this city.
With the completion Of the North
ern Pacific the heart Of the great
grain regions CT the Northwest was
penetrated. That industry is being
developed as the country fills up.
But while bread is cheap all build
ing material is disprOportionately
high. What is now wanted here is
cheap lumber. A road to the Bitter
Root Valley would insure that
desideratum.
The route offers no serious eDgi-
neering difficulties. Greater ones
were encountered and overcome by
the Utah and Northern in its line to
this city. 1t would pass through an
extensive and rich mineral belt after
leaving Anaconda and lay the foun-
dation of numerous thriving mining
camps along its line. It would find
traffic in ores, bullion, lumber, wood,
grain and vegetables. 1t will no
doubt be built in time.
Railroad building is not considered
the stupendous achievement as once
regarded. The public now look
forward to the building Of a road as
the necessary and inevitable result
of settlement, and as a sober business
and commercial event, and have
comparatively little to say or think
of the wonders of modern science in
constructing them. This is natural.
But our Bitter Root friends should
agitate this enterprise. They want
u road to give them direct commune
| cation with Butte. It is worth their
best endeavors to gain one.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04
Profound Grief.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The fol-
lowing resolution was adopted by
the Union Soldiers Alliance at its
regular meeting this evening:
WHEREAS, It has pleased God to
attlict almost unto the door of death
that great and exemplary man and
successful leader of union hosts, our
beloved commander and com rade.
Gener al Ulysses S. Grant ; therefore
Resolved, The comrades of the
Union Soldiers Alliance of Was ing
ton, D. c., herein express the pre-
found grief that fills their hearts be-
cause Of the affection that has be-
fallen our distinguished chief, and
their warmest sympathy for him in
this, his hour of sore trial, united
with heartfelt wishes aud most
earnest prayers that the Advise
Ruler may yet avert the i%rreparable
loss which borrowing nation would
sustain in his death.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04

The Rochester N. W, Herald of
March 18th says: Several ship
ments of copper have recently been
received at New York from Japan.
This seems a little strange when We
have the most extensive as we'll as
the richest copper mines in the world
and they are all nearly idle now on
account of the low price of copper.
The less expeditions ways OF mining,
the poorer quality of the ore. should
not, even with their cheap labor, en-
able the japanese to put their copper
on our markets, from which the Eu-
ropsan buyers have heretofore been
largely supplied"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04

Secretary Lamar, upon the an
nouucement of the death of Ex-Sec-
rotary Thompson, who served under
Buchanan, ordered the flags at half
mast over the Department buildings
and suspended business for the day.
For this courteous act, sone OF our
good Republican contemporaries are
ungenerous enough to attack the Sec
rotary in an unbecoming manner.
They call him an unreconstructed
rebel and all sorts of ugly things.
They seem to forget that we have q
Democratic Administration at Wash
ington, and that the several heads OF
Departments will run things to suit
t~haman1Vn9.
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Tho Fate Of Aspinwall.

NEW YORK, April "a dispatch
has been received at the office OF the
Panama Railroad Go. in this city
which gives the following abcount or
the burning of the city of Colon, or
Aspinwall
1.-THE revolutionlsts have destroyed
Colon by fire. The wharf of the Pa
cidc Mail Steamship Co. is the only
one which remains standing. The
shops and property on the beach were
saved. Stop all freights. We need
six wharf-bullding gangs, material
for the construction of wharfs, pile
divers, etc, Charter a steamer and
supply it with ample provisions to
sustain the gangs while at work
Communication with Panama is en-
tirely cut of.
Cable advices from Aspinwall re-
ceived by Postmaster Pearson reports
q serious loss of mail matter in the
destruction If the city by fire on the
LIST ult. Tue entire mail FIR the
South Pacific despatched from New
York OH th- 2lst u!t. by the steamer
Colon was destroyed. and
also the :registered mail
and ordinary paper mail for Aspin-
wall. sen. by same steamer. The Let
ter mail was nearly al delivered be-
fore the fire broke out. AS accurate
" as can now lie stated the mail for
Central America and the Pacific
Coast of South Amclica that burned
consisted of $50 packages of registered
mail, 10 sacks Of ordinary letters and
So sacks OF papers.
PANAMA, (via Galveston), April 1.
Communication with Colon has
been re-opened. The force sent from
here attacked Preston on the after
noon of the Both and drove back q
small outpost. On the morning of
the 3lst a fight In the town Of Colon
commenced. Cannon were used and
the firing was heavy. While the
fight was In progress, q fire, the orr
gin of which is not yet known, broke
out. Preston, when he saw defeat
inevitable, made his escape. Many
of his men were killed or captured.
the town is by this time in flames.
Everything is swept away save a few
Panama Railroad buildings On the
north beach. All the piers except
! those of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company were burned. and all the
railroad company's books were lost.
The canal company saved its books
andi$l6O, 900 in specie. All cars on the
tracks were destroyed. The new
town of Christopher Columbus es.
capped the flames.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04

Hon. Martin Maginnis In
all probability will be the next Gov
ernor of Montana. He Is q man Of
large experience in both Territorial
and National affairs, and would make
an acceptable Governor. Heavy pc
titions have been forwarded to WASH
ington asking his appointment and
we should not be surprised to hear
of it at any time. Governor Carpen-
ter, it is reported, has expressed him.
self as being willing to step down and
out at any time, having no porticu-
lar desire to hold the Office. With
Martin Maginnis as Governor and
Robert 8. Kelly as Marshal, the
Democrats of the Territory would be
pretty isecurely entrenched and a
faithful administration of affairs
guaranteed.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04
The President Of Mexico Speaks.

CITY OF Mexico, (via G~alveston),
April 2.-Congress opened last even
ing and President Diaz, in his mes
sage says:
an regard to tho attempt of Cen
eral Barrios against the indepen-
dence of the Central American
States, there r especial duties i'm
posed on Mexico by its honor and
sentiments of Justice" He further
says: II answered General Rarrios
frankly, oondemnlng his act. The
Mexican people have approved my
action. Grave without doubt is the
difficulty which this international
emergency may produce ON account
of the crisis which now aflicts the
treasury. Nevertheless, the
10 resolved to sustain an
attitude betting the national honor.
and counts on the patriotic co-opera-
ton Of Congress to maintain intact
the national honor and its interests"
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Gross Frauds Exposed.

WASHINGTON, April 2-Commis-
sioner Black to-dayiissued the follow
ing circular:
TO PENSION AGENTs:-Investiga-
tons now in progress show that IN
some instances very gross frauds nave
been perpetrated upon the goveru-
ment through the fundamentally OF
clerks employed in pension agencies.
You must exercise the greatest care
in regard to the selection Of your
subordiDates. The government. it Is
true, may be reimbursed from your
bond for such losses as are above re-
ferred to, but this does not prevent
the resulting scandal to the service.
This message of earnest caution is
sent to you to call your attention par
ticularly to your own risk snd duty
in the premises. Investigate your
agencies thoroughly. Take all pos
ssible precaution to cleanse the ser
vice of every suspicious or unworthy
person. JOHN G.. BLACK.
Commissioner
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There is nothing like being . die
tator, But We are inclined to think
that President Barrios has over
reached the mark in proclaiming
himself master Of the five Central
American States. While 1t may be
true, Tin union there Is strength" It
is not q fact that at all times people
are willing to ''join the Union"
Barrios might have been more euc-
cessful had he shown q spirit berett
of intolerance. People as q rule can
be reasoned with, but when 1t comes
to coercion, it is q different thing.
With the same propriety Mr.. Cleve-
land might declare himself President
over all the British possessions and
Mexico. His declations to that effect
would not make him 30. Nor will
1t in the case of President Barrios In
relation to tho Central American Re-.
publics. The project, however, Of
uniting all the five Central American
states under one general government
is not q new one, nor can 1t be said
to have been always-or even recent
ly-wholly Objectionable to the
states that now oppose 1t. MI. Hall,
the Minister Of the United States to
the Central American states. men,
tions it In his letter to the State De-
partmeut of April. 1883, at which
time the government Of Honduras,
Salvador and Nicaragua rather ia
vored it. Commissioners were about
that date sent out by the govern
ments Of Guatemala and Salvador to
arrange for the preliminaries of such
auuion rs Barrios Is now trying to
compel. The result Of their mission
was an agreement on the part of all
the states to send delegates to .
convention. which 1t was proposed
to hold in Salvador in March Of last
year. Costa RIGA changed her mind
and declined to send delegates, and
in consequence the convention was
not held. The negotiation by the
| United States of q canal treaty with
Nicaragua is supposed to have also
had something to do with the aban-
Comment of the project for q union,
and the neglect of the United States
to ratify that treaty is now alleged As
the cause of the revival by Barrios Of
an old scheme. There may be a little
blood letting before the controversy
ends. Just what position the United
States will take in the premises re
mains to be seen. It is evident that
Secretary Bayard will not permit the
interests of this government to suffel
in consequence of their local did
culties.
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grants Condition

vopx April 2-At y q: ~
d.v there was no mns ssi He was
GS:ynsrsi Grants cono't'on'
then very weak. member of the
house ths General had consia sarson
that tne The belief of this pei nsaa
impr9vSoifh The General may i've tn, res
was toa' "a Ne ia at this molnens 10
days yet. IN a sort of couch mso ao
posing sse chsirs, although ne n hs
up OF w. $3.50 acme ~restlessness ny
,ss1i up and down the i% o1i
New YORK, $50 p. m.M and
Grant took his own watch.
t unsdI his pulse by bis STOP feejs
G Ma has careled his throat an9 has has
ne mas and cheerful. ne n"s
cosntTi fcr the presence of the Me an.
ss sAe ~ his family that he m'gns 90
oels .ha,r CON ersation. His gene'G :.
10y .n, continues !; bis purse
a mP nf fair volume he is not SUFFERING
: Nfw YORK, April 2.-A6out 1 nr
y. ran, Grant intimated 10 ~.
Ssraav he would like to take his OWL
nsonna1atnre and also see nov nls
n,,ise was. DR.. Shrady gave nlM =
R uas, ""H and the General put II
in his mauth and KEPT II tne ars, al.
| about five minutes. me enna T. in
40 act his stop watch M placeu IN
| mis- lap and put his second nDso.
| his pulse. AT one time tne w@ S.,+
seemed about to slip to the noor, wv
The General retained the thermolI Il
tor in his mouth. Nevertheless. tne
General was able to take his own
tamnerature and record his pulsa-
lions. and this feat was regarded Dy
Er. shrady as indicating traI
lila intellectual perceptions were
nn,te clear and unclouded. When
General Grant made the request
for the thermometer. DIR. Shraoy
said: 1--WE must hnmor a sick man.
Ganaral at which the General
smiled. o.-
At o. m. Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Sartor's
and several other members OF inc
family were about the SICK mans
bedside. MI. Newman and ex-Sena-
tor Chaffee were also present. DE-
Shradv regarded the ability OF Cen
0rAl Gr8nL u cAoICAo0 LILO
ulties and hands at the same linz as
very hopeful and was quite sangulne
that General GIANT would pass q
very comfortable night. Cyrus w,
Field called about $3.50 p. m. Mr..
Field said, "That he, General arant)
was q man of wonderful vitality;
despite his low condition, he Is able
to walk across the rOOm.'
At 1890 p. m, General Grant was
resting in an easy chair, after having
ENJOYED q conversation with his fam
ily for q half-hour. He has taken
nourishment with apparent relish;
His pulse is still steady and his mind
clear. An anodyne has been admin
istered for the purpose of securing
early sleep. He has no pain:
GEO. F. SHRADY, M. ID.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04

President Cleveland has been in-
vited to attend the commercial con-
veDtion to be held at Atlanta. Ga,
in May. He has not decided to &C.
cept the Invitation, but Senators
Brown aud Colquett, and the editor
of the Atlanta Constitution. who
called upon him express the opinion
that he will "put in an appearance"
This is right. We hope MI. Cleveland
will "swing around the circle and
a~cquaint himself personally with
Southern men and Southern institu-
lions. he would meet with q hearty
reception.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04
DULL TIMES.

The Salt Lake Tribune of a late
date speaking Of dull times, says:
The hard times r not all in Utah,
Br. dstrcet's reports that 1.-the num-
Der of mercantile failures in the
United States, during the quarter to
end March 3lst, will be much larger
than the total during a like portion
of any preceding year since such
s~ta1set1cs have been collected" If,
In the East, where the country is
flooded with both money and the
products which men exchange money
for, times are SO hard, it is not strange
Ia Utah where the best trade has
been cut off by the railroads, where
there is only q local market for the
products of factory and farm, and at
a time when the metals are greatly
reduced IN value If there is a general
depression in business. 1t could not
very we'll be otherwise. We believe,
though, that the very crises of the
depression Is upon the Territory.
We believe the mines are going to
yield generally better than last
season ; that there is going to be a
demand for grain in the East which
will give Utah farmers markets
north; that at least Eastern grain
will be kept out that there will be
such a call for meat that Utah farmers
can dispose of all they can supply in
good condition. at fair prices, and
that, within the next few months, a
good many strangers will come to
Utah to settle; and we have q hope
that some new mines will be giving
employment to men and making a
market tor supplies. Looking the
whole country over, we can not see a
spot, unless 1t be Western Montana,
where there is any more activity in
business than here in Utah.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04

A liberal and virtuous policy on
the part of u public men always
has its reward. Hon. 8. 8. Cox pre-
vailed on the Democratic majority in
the Late House of Representatives, to
increase the salary of Minister to
Turkey from s., 900 to $4,000. Now,
very Unexpectedly, Mr.. Cox finds
himself accredited to that power and
will soon enter into the enjoyment OF
his $40. 600 salary.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-04
rHESEMI-WEEKLY MINER
BUTTE, P R 4. 1885.

."Riel's rebellion" IL the way 1t is
termed. The idea Of q man with Q
handful of h~alf-breeds and Indians
undertaking q war with the British.
In our neighboring Territory, is SIM
nlv ridicul ,us. What he expects to
accomplish, perhaps he alone knows.
One thing sure, unless he mende his
wavs. he viii rail" behind prison
bars. or wear q hemp necKtie. The
people are not in the right temper
lust now to put up with a crank's do
inRs.