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Daniel Manning's Eligibility.

WASHINGTON, Feb. question
has recently been raised with regard
to the eligibility of Mr.. Daniel Mann
ing, of Albany, for the position OF
Secretary of the Treasury, inasmuch
as he is q stockholder in the Com
mercial National Bank of that city.
Judge Lawrence, first comptroller
of the treasury, upon being asked by
reporter to-day for his opinion on
the subject said: "The same oues-
ton was carefully examined by Judge
Folger when he Was appointed Sec
retary of the Treasury, and he de-
cided that the Secretary OF the
Treasury might be stockholder In a
national bank, during the whole time
he Was Secretary of the Treasury. He
was director in the Geneva Nation
al Bank. When Sherman was Secre-
tary of the Treasury the question was
raised as to his eligibility because ne
was stockholder AMI director In
railroad company, and so was inter-
ested in commerce, but the objection
was entirely unfounded. The statute
only prohibits person from dealing
in public securities, or from engaging
in commerce, and does not prohibit
him from being stockholder In
corporation. The statute relates to
man not to corporation. TIE rule
of each branch of Congress prohibits
members from voting on any ques-
tion In which they are. per. onaiIy
interested, but it has always been
held that members Wlo were stock
holders in banks or railroad COM
panies may vote on questions touch
ing such interests. !
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Bismarck>s Dispatch.

LONDON, Feb. 25.-The Blue Book
issued this morning, which is taken
up with the correspondence concern
Ing New Guinea and Samoa, con-
tains a report from Sir Edward Malet,
British Minister at Berlin, of an in
terview with him and Prince Bis
marck. The latter read to Sir Ed
ward dispatch he (Bismarck) has
sent to the German Minister at Lon
don. This diapatch is dated May 5th,
1884, and its object was to show the
British government that England
could render Germany a signal ser
vice in the latter's policy of colonial
extension In case England could
undertake to grant this favor,
the dispatch indicated Germany, in
return, woul1 / support English inter
>ests nearer home. The dispatch fur
ther gave it to be understood that in
the event of a failure to secure the de-
sired arrangement with England,
Germany would be under the neces-
slty of seeking from France on SINH
lar terms the assistance England re-
fused.
Lord Granville asked Bismarck
what Germany wanted. Did she
want New Guinea or Zululand ? Bis
marck replied that it was impossible
for him to answer Sir Edwards
query, for Germany had now come
to an understanding with France,
and this prevented bim from making
any further explanation.
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FOREIGN.

NAPLES, Feb. 25.-The third Italian
expedition to the Red sea which
sailed yesterday, has been followed
by six torpedo boats.
CONsTANTINoPLE, Feb. 25.-Gen.
Lew Wallace, United States minister,
dined with the Sultan last evening,
and subsequently had long con-
ference about the commercial treaty
and other International questions
pending between the United States
and Turkey.
NAPLES, Feb. 25.-Gen. Ricci, who
takes command of the Italian con-
tiugent at Suakim, sails for Egypt
tomorrow with torpedo boats.
LONDON, Feb. 25.-The petition
for the release Of Yates, editor OF the
London World fsom prison on the
ground of i'll health, has been favora-
bly, received by Harcourt, home Sec
retary, and it is thought the release
of Yates will soon be ordered.
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Dynamite in Ohio.

CLEVELAND, Feb. M.-In the ab
sence Of the fam ly last ev ming the
house Of Neal Slanks at Nashville,
H ,lmes county. O., was partially de-
s,r"yed by dynamite explosion.
The person who placed the dynamite
In the house Is unknown and people
are greatly excited. This seems to bs
the outcome of q local dissension
which originate d sometime ago In the
burning of house occupied by a
woman Of unsavory reputation. It
has been charged in anonymous let
ters sent to the woman that the house
was fired by incendiaries. The peo-
pie took sides on the question and
the feeling became very bitter. More
trouble is anticipated.
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Marvellous Growth.

/ The way towns and cities spring
up in the Northwestern States and
Territories is we'll illustrated by the
following humorous bit of exaggera-
tion, which borders on the grotesque.
An engineer on the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific. which has pushed
its way into Dakota, ls presumed to
| tell the story:
zone day was driving my engine
over the prairie at the rate of forty
| miles an hour, without a house in
sight, and supposing the nearest
town to be thirty miles distant. But
as glanced ahead 1 was astonisbe d
to see that [ was approaching a large
city. rubbed my eyes, thinking it
was mirage.
"'Jim,' says to the fireman,
what's this place p
"'Blamed if I know!' says Jim,
staring out Of the cab. Il declare, if
there amt new town growed up
here since we went over the line yes
terdayv
"I believe you are right, Jim.
Ring the bell. or we shall run over
somebody
$50 I slowed up and we pulled in
to a large depot, where more'n five
hundred people were waiting to see
the first train come into the place.
The conductor learned the name of
the town, put it down on the sched-
ple and we went on.
"Jim,' says /, as We pulled out,
keep your eyes open for new towns.
First thing you know We'll be run
MIN by some strange places.
"Tha,'s so!' says Jim, An had
MT We better git one of the brakes
men to watch out on the rear plat
form of the last car for towns that
spring up after the engine gets by?''
The Western Trail.
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Wants Chinamen.

OTTAWA. Feb. a. The report Of
the Chinese commission was report
ed to Parliament tonight. It states
that the rapid development of the
resources of British Columbia largely
depends upon the continued influx
of Chinese, and recommends that
moderate restrictive measures ba.ed
on police and sanitary principles be
enforced by rig id 1egul At ous, and
that the Dominion Government
shall enact legislation imposing a
tax of $40 upon every Chinese man,
woman and child coming into the
province, the revenue thus raised to
be devoted to the payment of inss ec-
tors, whose duty it shall be to report
the number, sex and condition or all
Chinese immigrants and report upon
all matters pertaining to Chinese in
that province. The report also rec
ommends that the Provincial Legis-
lature pass an act to regulate tue
domestic affairs of the Chinese
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BROTHER GARDINER REBUKES
A Couple Of the Laity and Sllences an
Ex.Mlnister,

"Elder TObbs,n said Brother Gar
diner, "you aud Whalebone Howker
step dis way"
The members mentioned trotted to
the front and the president contlr-
ued:
''De odder day you quarreled kase
you couldn't agree which one had
the best religion. I have VERY
high respect for true religin-de re-
ligln dat keeps men moral an up
right an honest, not conscienshus,
but want to say to you dat neither
one of you hev enuf religun to wor-
over-much lie s quarrel about. 1t anl
De same as nine tenths Of de religin
or to-day. You pray, but it takes you
long time to pay your honest debts.
You sing, but You want the big end
of ebery trade. You pity the poor
sinners. but heaven help the man
who takes your word fur it in boss
trade: In odder words, in spite Of all
your Sunday sanctimony, I would
not give 40 cents on the dollar fur de
debts you am owing. When l find
dat yer reliIun keeps you at work,
smooths ober quarfels, makes you
honest an cultivates forgivin'
speerlt ri support you wild my last
dollar. Under present circumstances
you'd better do less prayin' and more
hard work-]ess singing am curb yer
tempers. You kin sou down now.
but de next time dar am any quar-
relin' in dis club on de subject men-
shened somebody will hear .sumthin'
drap."
The Rev. Penstock arose and de-
clared the presidents assertions too
sweeping. For instance, he was an
ex-minister and claimed to live a re-
ligious life. Could the president i'm
pugn his consistency?
"Brudder Penstock,n answered the
old man, II has heard you pray an
preach an sing, an [ know you calls
yerself a Christian man, but whar
am dat So you borryed Of Pickles
Smith eighteen months ago? Whar'
am dat blind dog you traded wild
Samuel Shin fur Il pistol? What has
become of dat bogus watch you traded
with Give adam Jones fur one OBJ de
bes' wheelbarrers eber seen In Ane-
iica? Why did you settle a butcher
bill fur SO cents on de d ,llal? How
does it happen dat you borrey your
flour an tea an coffee of de nay buls?
Who beat Elder Tlo.s out of ii mewi
Wort $lO0?"
The Rev. Penstock made no reply.
He simply sat down like a man who
had had tWO-hOrse team driven over
him.
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Side Dishes.

Civil service-The kind you don'l
get In the ordinary restaurant.
Paul did not live In clover, but he
cultivated Timothy with great sue
cess.
They used to say "crazy as bed
TICK" but the revised version hath it
"crazy as bed quilt"
1t Is q curious coincidence that q
woman who has temper OF her own
is seldom willing to keep it.
There is one mitigation to cur grief
The girls can't wear a jersey aud a
Mother Hubbard at the same time.
It is said that glue is used in the
cheaper grades of ice cream. That is
the ice cream with stick in,'
Every young WON IN should have
q chance to write a letter of accept
ance, or, what is better, accept orally.
These are hard times everywhere.
A Conn cticut snow-3hevel manufac-
turer has had to close his factory for
want of orders.
The price of mumnlies is said to
have fallen off about twenty-five per
cent, and those who deal in them
declare it dead give-away.
II could not love when saw thy
face," writes Lila Cushman. We
thought you acted rather queerly,
Lila. That is why We ran.
~ Several young girls have been ap-
pointed station agerts in Minnesota,
and engineers are keeping a sharp
lookout for misplaced switches.
In the Faubourg Saint Honore:
Listen, baby, the good God has
brought you little brother" "Oh,
I'm so glad. Does mamma k now il?''
An Indiana baby, born during
terrible storm, has been named Cy-
clonia. In the coming years her hus-
band may think the name very ap-
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Freed from Fetters Of Ice.

GRAND HAVEN, Mlch.. Feb. "a. -
The propeller Michigan, which has
been lce-locked in the lake for some
weeks, and from which portion of
the crew came ashore across twenty
miles of ice few days ago, because
there was danger Of provisions run
ming out, escaped from her bonds
and came within . half mile Of this
harbor tonight. All on board are
well. She will isttem pt to make this
port Tomorrow. :
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CONGR EsslONAL.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. M.-Cullom
presented q memorial from the Leg.
islature Of Illinois urging some early
and satisfac' 'ory settlement. of the
Okl ahOinar question. i s<- ----'
Dawes said if the newspapers that
had published 80 many articles ia
voring the immediate opening of
those lands to settlement would pub
lish the true state of affairs, 1t
would tend greatly to the public
peace. If the editors Of such papers
examined the question they would
be convinced that under existing
treaties it was impossible to open
such lands to settlement IN the pres
ent state of the title.
Plumb said whatever. title the In
dams may have remaining in the
lands 10 question, it was one that
could only find. expression in money.
1t was not u title that the
Indians could avail thems lives of.
Dawes believed it was such remarks
as that Of Plumb that had led people
to 90 to Oklahoma.
.Cullom thought If. there was 80
much difference Of opinion in this
Senate about the status of the lands
in question the people in Illinois
might we'll be excused if they did not
quite understand how the matter
stood.
Dawes asked unanimous consent
to at once take up the bill before in.
troduced by him to authorize the
President to negotiate for the pur-
chase OF the remaining rights of the
Greek and Cherokee Ma
ton Indians to those lands.
Sherman thought the bill would
better be- considered at the regular
lime.
Dawes said the regular time would
never come.
Unanimous consent was given to
AXE up the Till, aud in less than five
it was read and passed. It
low goes to the House for action in
hat body.
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Cleveland's Visitors.

ALBANY, Feb. 23.---Carl Schurz to-
day called on President-elect Cleve-
land and had q conversation with
him over two hours in length. Before
leaving Schurz said he had been lec-
turing in the south and had not seen
Cleveland sincs the elections and took
this opportunity to pay him visit.
he wanted no cabinet or other posi-
tion for himself or anybody else He
said he was asked by Cleveland his
opinion of ertaln men, and gave 1t
frankly; he had nothing more to say.
By the same train came L. @. G. La.
mar, who went to the Kenmore
house. and subsequently called at the
rowner residence, where he met
Schurz, and stayed until late this
evening. He decided to say what
transpired between himself and the
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-02-28
High License in Minnesota.

CHICAGO, Feb Is. ,2Notwithstand-
ing the passage Of the high license
liquor law by the Minnesota House
Of the legislature, later advices an
nounce its defeat night before last in
the Senate. It passed the House,
and majority of the Senate pledged
themselves to stand by 1t. The fail
ure Of the measure excited much sur
prise. Steps will be taken to bring
the bill up again.
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Jas. Ponsford, Phil Sheehan and
others have struck a vein of fine coal
in Bridger canyon. They have con-
structed tunnell 80 feet long, aud on
Saturday struck the first hard ccal,
and are yet unaware Of the veins
thickness. The work of E,aklng a
tunnel was undertaken by men un-
der the superintendent Of Pat Dun.
leavy. an expert coal miner, who
t ok charge OF the tunnel work for
an interest In the mine, with only
meagre groupings to indicate its
whereabouts. The mine is six miles
from Bozeman and the first car load
of coal taken cut will be distributed
among friends. Chronicle.
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ALBANY, Feb. 23.---Cleveland's in
augural address Is nearly completed,
needing only few touches to make
it complete. 1t will be short, not
over 200 to l,5O0 words, and will
clearly define the position of the
president on public matters. Col.
Lamont is nearly we'll again and will
resume his duties as private secretary
next week.
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A torpid liver, a stomach. out OF
order, digestive apparatus weak, and
the brain in consequence of these
disorders, over sensitive to exertion,
or to any unusual circumstance, and
the formula. for q -"crank" is CON-
plete. Ayers Pills will rouse up the
liver, regulate the functions OF the
stomach and bowels, the tired brain
will be relieved, and the head resume
its wontsd lsssl.
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Washington News Budget.

WAsHINGTON, Feb. a., - At s
meeting of the House committee or
foreign affairs, Representative LIE
fevre's resolution relating to restric
ton upon the impo1tat of Amer
ican products by Germany, was re
ferred to q subcommittee CONSISTING
of Representatives Eaton and Hill
Conger's resolutions were also con.
sidered.
Belmont submitted long report
on the subject. He held that the
action Of this Government in the ap-
pointing of delegates to appear in the
Congo Conference was departure
from the Monroe doctrine and should
be viewed with disfavor. No action
taken upon the report and it is doubt
full whether there will be.
The committee on public lands re-
ported to the senate with amend
ments the bill to prevent aliens from
occupying lands in the territories.
As amended it provides that hereaf.
ter it shall be unlawful for persons
not citizens of the United States. or
who have not declared their inten-
ton of becoming such OF foreign cor
pOratiOns to ho,d real estate in the
territories.
Secretary Frehnghuysen In a long
letter to Senator Miller chairman Of
the com mittee on foreign relations)
takes the ground that we must look
to nations inferior to the United
States in wealth and population for
any marked enlargement Of our ex-
port trade and that reciprocity
treaties are only profitable with such
nations. In proof of this assertion he
submits the trade statistics already ia
miliar, to the public, of s. American
states, West Indies and Mexico. He
believes in the Inauguration of sys-
tem of trades with inferior nations
worthy Of the immediate considera-
ion of congress aud says that for ev-
sry dollar of revenue surrendered by
'uoh system and tor every dollars
worth Of home trade displaced we
will receive an equivalent in our en-
srged exports and imports given to
,ur various Industries from field to
actory and from foundry to ship
'ard.
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FOREIGN.

| KoRTI, Feb. 24.-Gsnerai Brack-
enbury expects to:reach Abu Hamed
tomorrow.
SgAKIM, Feb. 24.-General Davis
with two hundred troops arrived to-
day.
LONDON, 24.-The navy est mates
for 1889 are 9l2,396, 500. This is in
tended to meet the ordinary expenses
and provide for the. construction of
seventy three new vessels Including
eleven iron clads.
ST. PETERSBURG. The journal, De
st. Petersburg: denies that Russia has
any Interior designs on Central Asia
and decla 'es Russia will observe the
Ru sso-E nglish agreement with strict
fidelity. :
PANAMA, Feb. l6.--A sanguinary
engagement has taken place in Jauja
valley, Peru, between four compa-
nies OF government troops and 1900
Indian Monteneroes. The latter
weredefeated leaving 100 dead on the
field.
LONDON, Feb. IA In the COM
mons this afternoon a motion was
made to suspend the regular order 50
as to enable the commons to resume
the debate on the resolution censur-
ing the government for its Egyptian
policy. TIE Irish members opposed
the motion and an uproar ensued
during which 0 Brien was conspic-
ious for disorderIy conduct and defied
the speaker. He was therefore sus-
pended. Alta meeting of the conser-
vative peers and members of the COM
mons held at the Carlton club to-day
it was decided they should support
witch their full strength vote Of CEN
sure against the government in each
house.
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Effect Of the Awfully Hard Times.

s>"Times are dreadful, ain't they 2"
asked one tramp of another as they
met on Liberty street this morning.
"Air't they, tn ,ugh ? The de-
preston IN business has cut into in
come terribly. "A general reduction
in living is the only way to meet the
emergency"
That's so. I'm thinking Of selling
out half of my lunch route"
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SENATE.
! Gen. Hvvatm,s Case Dlscusaeis.

i w WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-Inxai|
said, no man could read the histor
ofthe proceedings without coming {
the settled conviction that there wa
deliberate purpose some where NO
todo justice, but to accomplish ven
geence against the accused officer
j That officer had not had the honor O
having the oil of coronation poured
on him at West Point. Since his ap
polntment to his present office h'
had been pursued with studied anG
revengeful malignity that had not .
parallel in the annals of revenge. Il
more specific information as tt
(Ingalls' belief were needed of thu
source of the spirit referred to, be
cotld give it.
Conger agreed with Ingalls, in
asdnblng the spirit complsined of to
| Jealousy entertained BY West Point
graduates against volunteer officers
of yhe array. He had ca1tioned his
friend Gen. Swain, on taking the
office of Judge Ad vocate- General,
that the position would need all his
caution and prudence, because every
possible opportunity would be seized
in order to degrade and destroy him.
Hundreds of thousands of good people
were Of the belief that Garfield's
friends have been marked for un-
friendly treatment. He was ashamed
to aay this Of his government and
officers, but the truth must 0e told.
Cameron wis J. inquired Of Con-
ger whether the findings and SEN
tence of the court-martiai created a
vacancy in the office of Judge Advo-
cato General
Conger could not see how the va
cancy was created. The whole af-
faif, Conger added, was mere mock
eryot justice and decency; exercised.
on . man who had rendered his coun
try. valuable service as a soldier and
had the full confidence of the man
whnm one-half of the American peo-
pleI had loved and whose memory
they revered.
Hawley protested against the idea
that officers who graduated at West
Point felt any jealousy Of volunteer
officers. Much has been said about
th3t, but Hawley did not believe it
existed. There was no prejudice in
the. army against volunteer
officers. General Terry, vol.
unteer officer. had been named
forsthis very court. but had been
challenged by the accused officer in
the exercise of his right of challenge.
Hawley believed the whole corps of
Judge Advocates were volunteer
officers. He characterized as moth
ing unusual the proceedings In
the case of the Swain court-martial.
People who did not know the his
tory and the law of courts-martial
eemed to think a great outrage had
been perpetrsted. Hawley cited par
allel instances in the procedure of
civil Jurisprudence as when judge
instructed jury he rebuked them
and sent them back to the jury room
again and again.
On motion of Allison, the Senate
further insisted on its amendment to
strike out the House provision per-
court-martial to control
ths.f owl hours Of session. .-'
The chair reappointed the confer
ence committee already acting on
the bill.