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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-24
R0ngh Weather.

MOUNT WASHINGTON, N. H., Jan.
zz.-Ihe thermometer, this morning,
recorded SO degrees below zero one
degree colder than the lowest ten-
perature ever experienced before,
MIC was AZ below in March, 1882.
PROBABLY no rougher weather was
ever experienced Than at the present
moment u a. n.y. A northwest bur-
rlcane has been blowing 100 miles an
nour for the past II hour. Sleep is
impossible during the night. The
chimney OF the signal station has
been blown off. filling the house with
gas and smoke. Two men are on the
snmmit-P. J. Cahill and Alphonzo
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Council Bill No. 4, regulating pub
lie printing, introduced by Mr.. Will
Kennedy, provides that the Terri
torial printing and county printing
should be let to the lowest bidder,
after such printing shall be duly ad-
vertised as provided In the bill. No
bid shall be received for Territorial or
county printing when exceeds the
rates specified in the bill. AS it opens
the field for competitors for public
printing the bill is preferable to the
arbitrary and unjust practice Of some
boards of county commissioners of
giving the county printing to party
newspapers upon such terms as the
after may dictate.
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So Lovely--SO Satisfactory.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. % .-Interior
reports show that Gov. Stanford's
nomination for United States senator
is satisfactory. The Sacramento
Record, speaking OF it, says: Gov
ernor Stanford's nomination affords
an example seldom paralleled in the
history of the republic. The highest
position in the gift of the people of
the State is given to one who declined
to press his OWL claims and who at
~solutely refused to make any effort 10
secure Il. The selection of Stanford
Is not q railroad triumph but a popu-
lar one. It harnlOniZ,s the produc-
ing and transportation interests.
Tue people of California approve the
select.on because they have the full.
est confidence in the integrity and
unselfi5hness CT the man.
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Iowa Prohibtttonists.

CHICAGO, jan. %. So The Lote,
Oceans Das Mnines snecial s.vs:
Four hundred delegates from nearly
all parts IF the state met In atempar.
ance convention to-day to CONSIDER
measures to secure a better enforce.
ment of the prohibition law. Rpso.
,utions were rassed denOuncing
saloons, and calling nm the home. the
school and tha church to work
against the common enemy: calling
for education az tn the physical and
industrial results Of intemnerance;
declaring that political parties which
desire the support of prohlbitionists
must take no backward step ; calling
m the next general assembly to II
act necessary amendments, and on
congressman to work for general
prohibition.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-24

The Woman's Suffrage Association
Is In session at Washington. The
plan OF work as reported by a COM
mittee, includes active labor with
State Legislatures for the passage of
. Woman's Suffrage bill ; the s.spot.
ting or marking of every man who
opposes it, and an effort to induce
Congress to pass . 10th amendment
to the constitution, providing for
Universal Woman's Suffrage. These
ladies have taken upon themselves a
q herculean task with little pros-
pect of success in this wicked and
perverse generation.
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A BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

The one object on which there is
the most public concern touching
Cleve]and's coming administration
Is the one that he discusses with
equal freedom and emphasis: We
refer to the business interests of the
whole country. He is q natural bus
mes executive. He loves business
fidelity, he believes in business
methods and will faithfully fulfill his
publicly repeated pledge to conduct
the administration of the govern
ment on thorough business princi-
pies. He does not merely look to
business administration as the limit
of his duty in enforcing honest gov
eminent. He carries his business
craftsmanship to the extent of bus
mess legislation to promote healthy
and enduring business prosperity,
and mad-cap theroists who would
revolutionize and destroy will be
resointely halted by President Cleve-
land as will the jobbers and profit
gates who have so deeply stained
every department of national author
ity.
He understands the tariff revision
Is to be one of the duties of hts ad.
ministration, az the national plat
forms of both parties have alike de.
manded it, but if either tariff monor-
olists or flee trade dreamers exoect
to enlist the new administration in
their cause they will be disappointed.
The sumo practical business methods
that applies to all public duties he
Will fifty apply 10 the revision of the
tariff, and he will seek to do 1t in the
most proctical. business-like wav.
looks to the legitimate and SUBJ
stantial revival OF the legitimate bus
mess Of the whole country as one of
the foremost duties of his rule.
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ALIENS AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

Representative Oates statement
that p, 200, 900 acres of land IN the
United States are owned by syndi-
Gates of aliens principally English
noblemen-will open the eyes of the
people to the necessity Of COMPRESSION
al action looking to the estopping of
the further acquisition of the public
domain by non-citizens Of the United
States. The immense bodies of land
now owned by aliens coupled with
the fact that. these lands are being
occupied by tenants under contracts
entered into before they sail for this
country give rise to the fear that a
system of foreign lsndlorlism is
being laid in the Territories wholly
incompatible with the spirit of our
free institutions. Mr.. Oates has intro
duced a bill in the House providing
that no aliens shall hereafter acquire
title to lands In the United States,
which in view of the facts noted,
should become a law.
While our government gladly
welcomes to our shores the oppressed
Of all nations and offers homes to all
who comply with our land laws it
should not extend to foreign
the privilege Of acquiring
immense tracts of: lanIs for purposes
80 palpably inconsistent with the
true interests of the country. Unless
the line be sharply drawn now, deny
ing to aliens the right to possess lands
in the United States. we will have,
in the not distant future, another
problem to solve beside which the
renters trouble in New York several
years ago, and the more recent n in
were mere -bagateles.
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Ex-Govern )r Leland Stanford (R)
will succeed Farley (D) In the United
States Senate from California. VIM.
NJ. Evesrts (R) will succeed Lapham
(R) from New York. Jonathan Chase
(R) will succeed Anthony, (R) de-
ceased, from Rhode Island. Teller
(R) will succeed Hill (R) from Colo
RADIO, and Brown (D) from Georgia
Call (D) from Florida and Voorhees,
(D) from Indiana will succeed them.
selves. In electing stanford and re-
jecting Sargent. California strained
at 9 gnat and swallowed q camel.
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e

:. LONDON, Jan. p. Gladstone re-
turned to Haward-n to-day after a
long interview with the Marquis of
Harrington and E'll Granville.
Parneli II Ill al G ,rk and has most
poned immediate engagements.
KnRTI, EGYPT, Jan. e -The
Sh'-k "f the KaubAblsh trite came
f. K"rti to-day, He had heard O.
the British victory. He pro nlsed
Vols ley to provide him with plenty
of ca els.
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EUROPEAN COMPLICATIONS.

Stirring events are taking place
on the other side of the Atlantic. in
which England is deeply concerned.
That nation has Its handsfull just at
present. The Egyptian problem is
oy no means settled, even though the
reported agreement between England
and Turkey should prove true.
France will have something to saw
IN regard to the final disposition of
Egypt. Under the old reginqe she
had the appointment of the Minister
OF Finance for that country, and
unless England will guarantee the
payment of French claims against.
Egypt, she will not view with favor
any proposition looking to the turn.
ing Of Egyptian revenues into Emo.
fish and Turkish Golfers. The recen,
treaty between England and ItaIv
may also excite the jealousy Of
France and Germany, aud become
a matter for further diplomacy,
Germany's movements upon the
west coast OF Africa-if Correctly re-
ported by our dispatches will receive
the attention of England. There IL
no question that Germany and France
nave a thorough understanding con-
corning their colonizlng schemes {, and
nat the action IF the former in TAX
ing possessior of certain portions Of
Africa Ii 4 part Of that understand.
ing. In the meantime Austria and
Russia are too busy watching dyna-
m'te:s and nihilists at home tn
trouble themselves much with the
concerns OF the other powers, but it
Is presumed they keep an eve to the
situation, and should their corns ba
e a upon will make themselves
heard.
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British endurance and valOr were
nev better illustrated than In the
recent battle near Abu-Klea Wells.
In which General Stewart, with .
little army of /, 500 men, met and de-
feated the Mahdi's with q force of
10000 rebels. Johnnie Bull is q good
fighter, and the heart Of the average
American swells with pride in the
knowledge that his cousins across
the water have lost none of the pluck
and unconquerable determination
which characterized our common
ancestry.
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PERSONAL JOURNALISM.

The case of Madame Hugues IL
Paris, and the killing of q man
| named Brewster in the Mascot office
in New Orleans, ar. still fresh in the
minds Of the reading public. Both
homicides the result of personal
journalism. The circumstances In
The latter case are these:
Some time since the Mascot, one oil
the picsyune sheets that TEEN with
offensive gossip, abused w. T. Hous'
ton, q prominent politician and q
candidate for Congress in the late
campaign. Houston, thinking the
insult demanded ''satisfaction," took
with him q friend named Brewster,
and went to the Office. Houston
struck the editor, Osmond, and then
all pa1ties pulled revolvers and began
a shooting match. Twelve shots
were fred. Houston's pistol arm
was disabled. Osmond received sew
eral wounds, none of them danger
Gus, and Brewster was shot SO badly
that he died the next day. Houston
is held on bail for assault, Osmond
was put in Jail for murder, and an
assistant of his named Z.nnecke is on
bail for comp'icity in the murder.
DrchokIv both portia, RI tho unfnr.
tunate affair are to blame. This
matter we will not stop to consider,
but the point we wish to make is
that the whole affair is the result of
a style of personal journalism which
many young, brainless upstairs in
the profession delight pursue. They
appear to imagine that the heaping
of contumely, blliingsgate and offen-
sive eplthets upon a rival brushes
him beneath the heel of popular con-
and that sarcastic references
to him place him under the ban of
social ostracism. OF course this char
acter of journalism naturally and
necessarily leads to anger, assaults
and homicides. But where the
writer is generally known to be an
insignificant scrub his offensive par.
agraphs excite only the contempt of
fair-minded men. There are, how
ever, those whose sensitive natures
will not. brook the intentional insults,
and personal.enccunters follow. There
is one ~effectual way to stop this cheap
and nasty journalisln-for people to
to take the papers that publish
stuff Of the kind we allude to. The
is in the hands of the public
large. If they use it nc ether is
needed. But as long as they patron
ize such papers and delight in their
dirty personalities, just so long will
encounters, attended with serious
suits, follow.
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Position Of ItaIy.

TURIN, Jan. 22,-Tne Gazeitu q
this city decl ares Z 'glsud and Italy
have signed treaty providing it
Will only occupy the territory from
Massowah south to Obok, a distance
of $40 miles. England also agrees to
support Italy's occ' p .lion of TIipoli,
should the question arise, aud will
favor the creation OF al Italian colony
In West Africa. ltal5, the same
paper says. is giving mora! support
to England's E .yptian policy.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-24

General Fitz John Porter's case
will again come up in the House.
General Slocum has introduced q
resolution calling upon the President
to transmit the appeal made to him
in behalf Of General Porter. The
Generals persistence in demanding
and claiming his rights ID az COM
mendable as the Withholding OF
fhom ia nninsf.
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HUMBUG BARNUM.

1 81. &E&A - @ EA e.
.P. T. Barcum once said, s'th'
American people like to be hum
buaged." This was a good many year
ago and 1T the time Of the saying
there was more truth than poetry Ia
the observation. But the sentiment
Of the people has changed somewhat
within the past few years. They can
endure to be humbugged. but the
same trap can't catch them the second
time. But old Barnam would try
them again with new bait. Speaking
of the old humbug and his methods,
the Omaha Herald observes:
Because people take 10 his impoei-
lions for the sake Of the real curiosi.
ties he exhibits he has come to the
conclusion that the people want to
be humbugged, and he has industri'
eus]y done SO, as he had no doubt a
right to do. His show is his own,
and he can conduct it in any manner
that. suits him best. Recently, how
ever, MI. Bsrnum has betrayed a
strong disposition to extend his prin-
ciples beyond bis private domain.
and in doing that is making himself
obnoxious. During the last cam
paign he went among his neighbors
telling them that the election of
Cleveland meant a depreciation of
property. and that In the case Of such
4 contamination he would gladly
knock down bis own real estate at
one-third its real value. OF course
he did nothing Of the kind when the
election of Cleveland was assured, but
scored one more to the credit Of Old
Humtug. Yet even this is trivial In
comparis n with his latest perform
ance. He now makes q proposition
to General Grant to give him $1OO, 900
for the privilege of exhibiting his
trophies through the country. This
beats any piece of impotence thus
far on record. If the poverty of
General Grant can subject him to
such an. insult unrebuked, it is time
that he be relieved In some way.
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General Grant on the Witness Stand.

New YORK, Jan. PIN the Chat
fee Ward-Grant litigation, the cross
examination of Gen. Grant took up
the greater part of the afternoon.
Witness said that as soon as he heard
OF the failure of the firm of Grant &
Ward. he Immediately set about
making a transfer of all his property
to Mr.. Chatfee, as it was wholly
through his (Grant's) influence that
Chattee was induced to invest money
the firm. Among tine property
Was q tenement house and 4 stable
in this city aud 5000 shares of min
ing stock. Part of this property Was
mortgaged.
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LONDON, Jan. %. "A report is cur
rent that Gen. Stewart has occupied
Metemneh. THIS LACKS official con-
lirmation, but is generally believed,
as Stewart pushed forward with the
greater part of his forces Immediately
after his victory saturday, near Abu-
Klea Wells. 1t is highly probable
also that all the rebels who have been
stationed at Metemneh left that point
to take part in Saturdays engage
ment, and it Is thought unlikely they
rallied and made q stand at Metem-
neh so soon af,er q decisive defeat.
The government telegraphel public
congratulations to Gen. Wolseley and
Stewart.
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A QUESTION WITH TWO SIDES.

That was a very plain statement
Mr.. Burnes, of Missouri, made in
the House day before ye ,terday
that ION the settlement Of the
Oklahoma question depended the
blood of American citizens" On the
same day Vest also stated in the
United States Senate hat high water
only had prevented aconflict between
Government troops and the people
on the lands before now. HI had
reference to the forces commanded
by General Hatch and the settlers
under the leadership of Crouch.
It seems from the debate in the
House upon the matter that the set.
tiers have more than q shadow of q
right to 60 upon the lands in ques-
ton. BY an old treaty made be-
tween the United St,tes and the
Greek and Seminole Indians the lat
ter had eeded to the former one-half
of the Oklahoma lands, but the Gov.
eminent had failed to pay the Indi-
ans for them, and the latter had
failed to file sn acceptance of the sur
vey made Of the ceded lands. That
appears to be the way in which the
matter stands. The settlers contend
tho Government owns the LANDS, and
that they are therefore open to occu-
patton, while the Government holds
they still belong to the Indians be-
cause the terms Of the treaty have
not yet been compiled With. SO it
would appear there are two sides to
this question.
Senator Vest proposes to cut the
Gordian knot. by the Government
buving the whole strip of
lands from the Indians and
throwing them open to settle
ment. This is a sensible PROPOSE
ton, and if carried out would leave
no cause for further dispute Concern
ing them. Representative Burne,
says the lands are already occupied
by cattlemen, ana that 1.-The lands
are covered with cattle as thickly as
. carcass was covered with fies." If
this be the case the boomers" have
a reasonable cause for complaint. II
are permitted to occupy
the lands there can ba no valid OBJ.
against home seekers settling
upon them. When the true inward.
ness of the whole matter shall be de-
veloped we believe it will be found
there are two sides to this question
and that the so-called "boomers" are
not altogether to blame for their &C.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-24

WASHINGTON, Jan. % The com.
mi,tee gu naval affairs agreed TO re-
consl @r the passage ut MttcheH's
till requiring the excl lsive use OF
domestic mat-rlali III the construction
and repair nf all gOvernment vessels
and steamboats, aud in the manufac :
tuye nf ordinance whether by or at
government works.
Mrs. Mary A. Matthews. wife OF
Stanley Matthews, associate Justice
If the sutGeme court Of the United
States, died this morning. the fu-
peral service will b. held ut her resi-
dence Saturday morning and the re-
mains will then b4 taken to Glendale,
Ohio, aud Inter. ed in Spring Grove
cemetery.
Nominations of postmasters were
made as follows: J. w. Ferry, Nj.
destO, Cal A. McDouRa'l, Benicia,
Cal; and John A. Pest, Boise City,
idaho.
The senate remained IN secret ses-
sion two hours this afternoon dis
GUSHING the Nicaragua treaty. SEN
ator Morgan finished his speech, and
Edmnnds consumed the remainder
of the session. Both are in favor of
the treaty.
Representatives Mitchell, Banks
date and Lyman have been appoint
I'd a subcommittee by the chairman
Of the committee on reform of the
civil service, to consider representa-
tive Taylor's bill to prevent the dis
charge from government employ OF
any soldier or sailor, or widow or
dependent relative of any soldier or
sailor, without sufficient cause.
The Oregon Central Land forfeit
ure bill and the senate amendments,
which we're concurred in by the
house to-day, ia the first forfeiture
bill which has passed both houses of
the present congress. 1t is substan-
TALLY the same a. the bill originally
prepared by the Astoria chamber OF
commerce, with the addition of the
amendment offered in the house
by George, for the purpose of
protecting settlers. It forfeits all un-
earned lands between Forest Grove
and Astoria,
At the second session Of the
WOman's Suffrage Association to-day
Mrs. Blake, chairmon Of the com
mittee on the plan of work, made q
report which was adopted, recon-
mending that the women of the sew
eral states labor with the legislatures
for the passage of u suffrage dill, and
mark every member antag0nistic
to it. The work before congress for
the passage of the 18th amendment
is to be continued. The vice presi-
dents of tue association were request
ed to obtain, if possible, the passage
of resolution by their respective
state legislatures, recommending to
congress the adoption of the 10th
amendment. Among the addresses
closing the session this evening was
one by Laura D4Force Gordon, of
California.
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Indian Trouble.

VICTORIA, B. G, Jan, 22.--An
Indian woman has come to Syl.
westerns tratiIng pnst on Siard river
aud reports the killing of five. Indian
men aud one woman toy the Takowa
and two lildren inlo captivity. The
woman made her e cape and travelled
two months before she reached the
post IN a half famishei conditions.
The murdered Indians had been
saucy and thieving during the
towards the whites.
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An exchange says the stabbinR and
cutting of Phelan by a false friend
while he was asking after his (Phe-
lan's) health, recalls another stabbing
ARRAY which occurred 1900 years
ago, and was written up by the re-
porter of that time as follows: "And
when Abner was returned to Heb
ron, Joab toox him aside In the gate
to speak with HIM quietly, and smote
him there under the fifth rib that he
d;oG
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Agreement between England and
Turkey.

Ane agreement England and
Turkey.
LONDON, Jan. % -The Pail Mali
Hozette publishes what purpofts to
be the text of the agreement hetween
England and Turkey regarding the
government Of Egg pit. The paper
says the agreement provides that fhe
turkish troops shall occupy Egypt,
with the exception of the ports of
alexandria, Damietta, Port Said and
suez, which England will continue
20 occupy, that Turkey shall under
take to maintain order in the interior
after the capture of Khartoum: that
England shall retain garrisons on the
Red Sea, literally abandoning Soudan
Turkey and that Tewfk Pasha.
the Khedive of Egypt, shall be de.
posed, the Sultan Of Turkey to ap-
Point IN his stead a Pasha who does
n1s oelong to the family of Mehemet
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BUTTE. U "a, 1885.

General Hszsn will escara q cour
martial, the Secretary Of Wa, de-t
clining to order one on the charges
preferred against that officer by Lieut..
Darlington. 1t is hoped the country
has now heard the last of the un-
fortunate Greedy expedition.
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High water still prevents General
Hatch from moving against the Ok
lahoma boomers. In the meantime
congressman r quarreliug over ire
question as to whether or not the se:-
tiers have a right to occupy the
country. It is to be hoped high
water will continue to prevent Cen
eral Hatch's advance until this
question is definitely settled and the
decision known to the boomers.