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

The National Camp of the Patriotic Or
der Sons of America is now in session at
Denver. This order is now about thirty
years old. 1t Was organized in Philadel-
phia, and rapidly spread over the State Of
Pennsylvania and thence into other States,
until now the order exists in every State of
the Union, being particularly strong in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, California and Colo
RADIO. It has often been claimed that the
order is partisan in it's character, but this
is not true, partisan discussions being abso-
lutely prohibited. Its objects are fraternal
and charitable, and it aims to perpetuate
American institutions and especially to
guard the public schools and to discourage
the union Of church and state. The Ma
tional Camp holds biennial sessions, and
the present gathering promises to be q very
interesting and important n Buttk is
represented In the camp.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20

Nat. Goodwin thinks he will nave a new
theater in New York this season.
Frederick Warde will open at Renshaw's
in this city, on tomorrow evening.
The Kiralfys are producing Eighty Days
Around the World" in elegant style, with a
magnificent ballet.
Edwin Thorne and his "Black Flag" is
playing an engagement at the Grand Opera
House, San Francisco.
J.. L. Steinhardt, of the Thalia theater,
New York city, is the business manager of
G. Amberg's companies, now at the Expo
sition hall.
Mr.. Dion Boucicault is now on his way to
Australia with a strong company of
comedians. He sailed from San Francisco
last Sunday.
BARLEY Campbell has engaged Miss Kate
Forsyth as leading lady for his next
seasons lease of the Fourteenth Street
Theatre, New York.
The circus people throughout the country
actually confess to poor business. This is
something more than passing strange,
but beyond a doubt a positive assertion OF
fact.
William Lloyd, of Lloyd's Dramatic
Company, left his company stranded in
Indianapolis a few days ago.. He skipped"
with his own personal property, and that
of the members of his company was at
tached for hotel bills.
The rumored attachment between Dion
Boucicault and Miss Louise Thorndyke has
not yet been refuted by the principals. They
have left for Australia together, with the
B~oncicault family. It is stated the nup-
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20

The best criterion of how public taste in
theatrical entertainments is changed in this
city is the fact that Fred. Warde has been
booked for an engagement of nine nights.
It is not so very long ago that an engage
ment of any company who strictly adhered
the legitimate would be considered a
doubtful venture for q few nights; but times
are changed, and the proof of this is in the
successful engagements Of Barrett and
J~anauschek. Manager Mcguire in the many
excellent companies he has introduced to
Butte has brought his clientele to ex-
'pect. the. best only, and it is the best
only which pays. In the engagement of
Frederick Warde the local manager again
presents a sterling attraction. Warde's
Hirginius is to be the opening bill for the
first two nights. 1t is a performance that
will leave q deep impression, while the
play itself is much superior to Barrett's
Francesca Di Rimini."
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20
THE SPANISH SCOURGE.
The Citizens of Madrid Fighting Against
Distinction.

MADRID, June 1S.-The inhabitants in the
~populous quarters of this city ~strenuously
oppose all the measures taken by the mu-
nicipal authorities to disinfect their dwell
ings. Through resistance the people lave
become so passionate and persistent that
the authorities have finally felt constrained
to abandon the enforcement OF all sanitary
regulations which had been adopted to pre-
vent the entry of the cholera into Madrid
or limit it's ravages, should the disease find
lodgment therein. In the Cortes last even
ing the Minister OF Foreign Affairs said the
Government was not yet prepared to ad-
wise that the King will visit Murcia. Sa-
gasta denied that the cholera existed in
Madrid, and severely arraigned the Govern
ment for asserting to the contrary, thereby
doing great injury to the commerce OF the
capital.
The official report of the cholera in Spain
yesterday, is as follows: Enthusiastically,
new cases, Is; deaths, 6. Valencia-(prov-
ince), new cases, 169; deaths, rs. Murcia-
(city), new cases, 81; deaths. 20. In the
villages adjacent to the city OF Murcia-
new cases, 1874; deaths, Sc. III the Prov
ince of Muncia-new cases, "a; deaths, 80.
CastellOn de la Plana-(province), new
cases, 1O3; deaths, As.
Three of the four commissioners APP
pointed to investigate the subject, report
that incubation with cholera virus is SO
harmless that they advise that it be per-
mitted On the ground that it will tend to
prevent a panic.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20

If THE discoveries in the domain OF
dynamical engineering continue every man
may run his own conveyance at railroad
speed, light his own house by electricity,
and transmit to his descendants the very
nature and characteristics OF his voice. BY
a recent invention every man may become
his own t~elegrapher. The Hathaway print
ing. telegraph and telephone system, as per-
fected byJ. H. Linville. civil engineer. was
recently tested in Philadelphia. The instru-
ment resembles the keyboard OF a type
writer and is similarly operated. The de-
sign is to copy the message before the sender
simultaneously with it's delivery at it's des-
tination, thus enabling the instant detec-
ton of any error. The mechanism for
keeping the two instruments in perfect &C
cord, whatever their distance apart, is very
and the test was very successful.
The telegraphers WILCOX with dismay upon
instrument of such simplicity. 1t means
trouble for all that vast ''brotherhood OF
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20
Sons OfAmerica.

DENVER, June 1S.-The third day OF o !e
session of the National Camp OF the a.
triotic Order of Sons OF America Tor 'H
most part was devoted to the consider"
ton OF the ritual of the order, which wa
reconstructed in parts. a clause T sr
added to the Constitution providing III
the organization Of State Camps ana am
other authorizing a new degree knoSmm
the Patriotic Order of Daughters OF A' III
lea. Meetings of the National Camp WIZ y.
hereafter be held annually instead OF "
ennially. Resolutions OF affection ana s,I
pathy for General Grant were adoP'um
The following were elected National onm1Pp
Tor the ensuing year: President, Geo1se "
Smith, Denver, Col; Vice-President r..
Hendley, Cincinnati; Masters OF fos%'
W. A. Mensch, Montana; Secretary 5
Shepard, Denver, Col; Treasurer, ~ Of
Iyrel, Connecticut. The next session Soiuu.
the National Camp will be held i'll 'o1 1nnp
bus, Ohio, on the third Tuesday III II,
next year. A reception was rendered Wotpl
National officers at the Windsor lJd
this evening. 1t was largely al.en"
The final session will be held Tomorrow
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20

ON the fourth page OF to-day's MINER ap-
pears an interview with Surveyor General
Harris, of Helena, who has just returned
from the New Orleans Exposition, where he
was the associate of the Hon. w. A. Clark,
of this city, as a Commissioner from Mon
tana. He says the Exposition has perma-
nently and officially closed and that the
work of the Commissioners has ended.
They have done excellent service to the
Territory and incidentally to the country
and deserve well OF the people. Mr.. Harris
is OF the opinion that Montana would de-
rive greater benefits from a showing at
London in 1886 than at New Orleans
in the fall. In this he is undoubtedly right,
but the question is one entirely for the
people. The Commissioners are powerless.
It will require from SIS, 900 to $50, 900 for
the Territory to make a decent exhibit at
London. How is the money to be raised?
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20
A German Journalist Dead.

BREMEN HAVEN. June 1S.-John Rittige,
editor of the Sunday edition of the New
York Stats Zeitung, died suddenly on
board the North German Lloyd steamer
"Neckur," on it's way from Southampton
to this city. Mr.. Rittige's death was
entirely unexpected. TIL remains will be
taken to New York for interment. Mr..
Rittige was born in Prague, March 28th,
1929. He studied law and took an active
part in the revolution of 1913 and 1S49.
He was made a prisoner and was taken to
prison in Switzerland, but managed to
make his escape after being in prison three
months. In 1851 he became private
secretary to Karl Vogel, of revolutionary
fame; After Louis Napoleon's coup-de-etat
MIR. Rittige emigrated to the United States,
and while here he was in Austria, and was
to death in Contumacian. He
was one of the most prominent German
journalists IN the United States.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20
DOWN IN A COAL NINE.
Fearful Loss of Life by nm Explosion Of
Fire Damp.

LONDON, June 1S.-A terrible explosion
took place to-day in the Pendbury colllery
near Manchester. Sixty persons have been
rescued alive, and seven dead bodies hav
been recovered. One hundred miners a
still below, and there is only IA faint hop
that any of them can be saved.
Later dispatches from Manchester say
the explosion al caused by fire damp.
There were working in the mines at
the time it occurred $40 miners.
One hundred and sixty of these were al
work in the level in which the explosion
occurred. They are still in the mine ana
cannot be reached owing to the masses OF
coal thrown down by the explosion, ana
which closed up their means OF exit. line
100 men before reported rescued, were
taken out before noon.
The latest dispatch from Manchester
states that 2O4 miners have been recovered
alive from the Pendbury ~eolliery; that ~
bodies have been taken out, and that ~
men are still unaccounted for. The WORN
of exploring is impeded by bad ventl!auoH
and water.
MANCHESTER, June 1S.-Up to zoV
O'Clock this afternoon eighteen dead boars
have been recovered from the PendDul!
colliery. One hundred additional men
have been recovered. Probably one nun
dred have been killed.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20

The Rocky Mountain Husbandman
doubts the practicability Of the change of the
holding OF the Territorial fair from Septem-
Der to August. 1t claims that the change
has been made mainly in the interest OF
sporting men. To the mining interest the
date will be satisfactory and to the fine
stock breeders any date would be accept
able. The wool men and cattle men will be
very busy at that time, however, the
former in haying and the latter in rounding
up and selecting beeves for market. August
is also one of the busiest months on the
farms and it is also too early for the exhi-
ton OF their field crops, which do not ripen
until September. The objections urged by
the Husbandman seem to be of a substan-
tial character. The agricultural interests
should not be ignored by the association
and they cannot be ignored and the perma-
nent success of the fair he ATTAINED.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20

The arrest of Maxwell for the murder OF
Preller in st. Louis last April, furnishes an
example of the old say that a good GRIM
inal is a poor coverer OF his tracks. Among
the effects of Maxwell were found a number
of articles stamped with the initials OF his
victim, and his explanation OF their pres
ence among his baggage was that he had
obtained them through a man named Rob-
inson in San Francisco. It does seem very
surprising that a man who had planned
every detail of the murder, robbery and
escape, with such exactness and GOODNESS as
had Maxwell, should retain these tell-tale
cuffs and handkerchiefs in his possession.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20
Strikers Increasing.

BRUNN, Austria, June 1S--The s sur MN.
workmen, to compel a decrease III 'nf Eacto.
Der of hours of labor, is spreading. hands
ries are closing daily, owing to tne they
joining the strikers. The men say rn r.ared to
will insist upon the ultimatum dell,stitutc
employers, that ten hours shall eon' under
a days work. The military, arr ths riot
arms and will prevent IA renewal OF ,rtories
ing of the other night, when the and i
were wrecked and several soldiers ."
number of people badly injured.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20
AYERS
Cherry Pectoral,,

No other complaints are 30 insidiou, I, y.
attack - those affecting the throat and ,,.~
none 20 trifled with by the majority Of MI
on. The ordinary cough or cold. re,ulr"'
perhaps from . tri6ing or unconscion.
posure, IL often but the beginning Of /, w.
sickness. AYERS CHERRY PEcro.., ~
wen proven its efficacy in a forty yea,, Az.
With throat and lung diseases, and shouHI
tsken in all cases without delay.
A Terrible Cough Cured.
ain 1857 / took q severe cold, which af,.....
INV lungs, ! had . terrible cough. and nssse@
niaht after night without sleep. The dn...Q
rave me up. / tried AYERS CHERRY pSn
TORAL, which relieved my lungs. indn..s
sleep, and afforded me the rest necssse1
Continued use Of the fEcroRIL , ~ ss
nent sure was effected. / am now e. W..
old, hale and hearty, and am satisfied van.
CHkRRY PEcTORAL saved me.
HORACE F~AIRBROrHInn
Rockingham, VT, July Is, 1852.
Group "A Mothers Tribute.
"While in the country last winter nv I'M.
boy. three years old, was taken Ill with croun.
e seemed a. II he would die from stransp,,
lation. One Of the family suggested the IN
Of AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL, . bottla -
which VA always kept in the house. Th;s
Vas tried In small and frequent doses. and
10 our delight in less than half an hour ths
little patient was breathing easily. The do~
tor said that the CHERRY PECToRAL had
saved my darling's life. Can you wonder n
our Gratitude7 Sincerely yours,
MRS. EMMA GEDNEY.n
16e West 12sth St., New York, May I6, imn.
Ut have used AYERS CHERRY PEcros.,
in my family for several years, and do not
hesitate to pronounce 1t the most effectui
remedy for coughs and colds we have ever
tried. A. j. CRANE"
Lake Crystal, MIMI, March 10, 1882. .
"Isuifered for eight years from Bronehita
and after trying many remedies with no suc
cess, l was cured by the use of AYERS CHEZ.
~ PICTORIAL. JOSEPH WALDEN"
Byhalia, Miss, April 5, 1882.
81 cannot say enough in praise Of AYlas
CHERRY PICTORIAL, believing as l do that
but for its use l should long since have died
from lung troubles. +. BRAaDoN."
Palestine, Texas, April q, 1852.
No case Of an affection Of tho throat q
lunss exists which cannot b greatly relieved
BY tho use of AYERS CHERRY PEcTolAa,
and 1t win al,coys cxse when the diseass b
not already beyond the control of mediciua
PREPARED BY
Dr.J.0 .Ayer& Co., Lowell, Macs.
Sold by Ill Druggists.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20
The Monopoly Hard I'm.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1S.-The Southern
Pacific Company have found it necessary
to further reduce it's operating expenses.
1t is stated that since the beginning of the
present year $50 employees have been asked
to resign. The company has now decided
to abolish several departments and dis
pense with a number of prominent officials
VINO lave been connected with the road
since It's first days. Among those who will
resign on July lst are W: H. Porter, Cen
OF Transportation; o. C. Wheeler. General
Baggage Agent; William Hood, Chief En-
glneer OF the Central Pacific George r
gray, Chief Engineer of the Southern Pacific
and others: Business of all kinds has
fallen OF Thu actual traffic ofive months
inns year is lar below the estimates, and it
Is af1rmed that the operating expenses
nave been in excess OF the receipts,
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20
Where are the Apaches3

WASHINGTON, June 8.-Adjutant-Gener
Drum has received a telegram from Colonel
Bradley, at Santa Fe, saying that there are
now no Indians in New Mexico. There ia
an impression at the War Department that
the hostile Indians have also left Arizona.
GALVESTON, June 1S.-A special to the
News from Ell Pascc says: Train men arriy-
ing here to-day on the Texas Pacific road
report having seen three different bands of
Indians near Garlic pass, a short distance
east of Sierra Blanca. If the train officials.
who are experienced in distinguishing dis.
tant objects, are not mistaken, the Indians
seen to-day are the Mescaleros who are All
sent on a hunting expedition withoutleave.
This is the first knowledge that any of the
Mescalerrs were off their reservation in the
White Oak country.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20

The New York Engineering and AinlnS
Journals gives the following quotations q
copper: "The copperm market has been quite
dull during the week, and prices have De
clined somewhat. Lake may be quoted At
11.35&11. Soc; Oxford. 8Ox&11c; Baltimore,
1890; E~lectrolytic, 1Oh&11c, nominal.
The statistical position OF the metal con
.tinues favorable for better prices later in
the season, though, as stated in these re-
ports, this market will probably be dull Tor
the next month or two. The announce
ment made two weeks ago that the Ana
conda had closed. half (13) OF it's furnaces,
was calculated to strengthen the Market
and benefit the Anaconda as well as other
producers. One OF the Butte, Montana,
papers, in it's accustomed strain,
the report as untrue. We have received II
from well-informed sources, and In a pr1-
waite letter dated Butte, Mont, June 9th,
il is stated that ''the Anaconda has ten
furnaces running" instead OF thirteen,
as reported. No doubt had we
been misled, the company would have
promptly corrected the report. We are
very far from bearing any ill-will to either
the Anaconda or any other Montana mine.
On the contrary, it gives us great pleasure
to state that all recent reports we have
received concerning that great property are
unanimous in it's commentator; it's works
are magnificent, well arranged. and ono
ically managed. Stopping half or more
than half it's output would bea wise course,
and would undoubtedly benefit the market,
while, at the present price, the company
can have little or no advantage in contlnu-
to flood the market whether foreign'or
domestic, with copper. The Calumet q
Hecla is reportedin our Boston correspond
ence to have increased it's production even
beyond expectation, and is evidently forcing
the market backward, both by it's produc-
ton and sales. During the first five months
of this year, it's output is said to have been
90, 44O, 900 pounds OF copper ?'minerar),
against 21, $50, 900 pounds for the SANE
time in 1884. At the present rate, ii the
figures represent, as they state, "copper"
the production this year will amount to
between Sc and So million pounds. In
London, Chill Bars have varied as follows:
June 9th and 9Th, f45 Is. 3d.; 9th, f44
15s.; 10th, f44 LIS. 3d.; 18th, f44 los;
and to-day, f44 12s. Cd. Best Selected
has remained steady at f49.-
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20

The once famous Bassick mine at Silver
Cliff, Colorado, has passed into the hands
of a receiver. 1t is believed that the Bas-
sick is a very valuable property yet, but
that it has for years been systematically
mismanaged for the purpose of freezing
out certain OF the holders of the stock.
These holders have steadily declined to be
frozen out, and are now in a fair way OF
getting control of the property. In that
event they will very SOC learn whether or
not the property has any real value.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-06-20

The Denver Tribune Republican truly
says that capital is not always the best
thing for q mining camp. Sometimes it is
the worst possible evil. The manner in
which capital is used settles the question
of it's desirability. When capitalists corral
the best properties in a mining district and
then either refrain from working them, or
else through company wrangling and stub
borness pile up debts which they can but
win not lquidate, they become q curse in
stead OF q blessing. Thousands Of such
investors have tied up their own money and
held back the prosperity Of q mining COM
munity for years, while they have spent
vast sums in litigation. Such mulish con-
duct has cost such men o than enough
to have bought on all litigants at an early
day, and besides have opened their proper
ties in systematic and extensive manner.
No mining country ever escaped the bane
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The land department at Washing
ton has ordered that legal pro-
ceedings be instituted to set aside the Max
well land grant in New Mexico upon alleea-
tions of fraud. The grant is now owned by
a Dutch syndicate, which purchased OF an
English company, which derived it's title
from Ex-senator Chaffee and other Amer
leans. 1t comprises nearly 1000, 600 acres,
and Commissioner Sparks alleges that the
original Spanish grant covered only about
100, 600 acres and all the balance Is a
grand rape of the domain. This turn
in the affairs OF this great laud steal is not
wholly unexpected. Efforts have been
made in this direction for some years.
The litigation over the ownership OF
this gigantic tract of land has resulted in a
seemingly interminable mix. The courts
have been full Of it. Temperament issueda
patentfor thegrant. after the lapse ofmany
years,in 1879, and for several months back
has.had under consideration a demand to
revoke that patent, the claim being that it
was originally obtained through fraud.
Judge Bentley, who has been employed as
especial agent Of the Government in the
case, has just returned from a six weeks
absence in New Mexico, where he has been
taking dispositions concerning the alleged
fraudulent transaction. He says that the
original grant only contained 81, 200 acres,
and that it will be easily proved that
through fraudulent surveys, the boundaries
were so extended hat the tract OF landnow
covers ], 75O,OOO acres. The largest por-
ton of this tract lies within New Mexico,
but many thousand acres Of it are in Colo
RADIO, covering valuable coal and mining
lands. Maxwell, the original owner, asso-
ciated with jerome B. Chaffee, sold the
grant to a company. Since then it has
changed hands repeatedly, and now, it is
understood, a company of Hollanders are
the owners OF the grant. They paid millions
of dollars for it, and should the Govern
ment revoke the patent the Dutch capital
lists win lose heavily. That the whole bust
ness was a grand steal there is no doubt.
1t should be set aside and all the lands made
a part OF the public domain. The new
Surveyor-G General of New Mexico, Mr..
Julian, will give valuable assistance in this
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EVERY sympathetic heart in the land will
rejoice in the prospect of a new lease OF life
McGregor, with the health-giving breezes
tanning his worn cheek, he will drink in
vitality at every breath. He has borne his
su~fferings like the son of a Spartan mother.
Health AMI peace and rest attend the Nc
Gregor's gathering.
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HIBBs, the defaulting postmaster of Lew
Idaho. has been arrested in British
Columbia, and $1O,5OO of Uncle Sans
obtained money was found in
his possession. He had better remained in
his office and obtained his riches by saving
his salary, than do as he did and put the
detectives to the trouble OF following him
and taking the ~greenbacks away from him.
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Warm Welcome.

LIMA via Galyeston), June 1s.-General
n o;aht win 5000 men, is now in the
column Of Colonel Mas, and the f;naT str cne
g,e Is expected to take place in Lima within
cne next few days. The result cannot ha
!oreseen, as General Caceres is the idol NJ
Sne lower classes, and is generally ponnlar
out the organization of his men ia had
me government has 5000 well Organized
troops ap here, and are preparing a firm re.
Septlon Tor General Caceres. Gatlino o,,ns
nave Deen placed on the roof Of the Paiace
and the Presidents house. "'"'e