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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

The careful reading which characterizes
all Of Mr.. Minis representations must have
convinced his intelligent audiences in Butte
that he is q skilful elocutionist and an
eloquent orator. He appears at his very
best on the rostrum. 1t gives The MINER
pleasure to he able to that he
will on tomorrow night, in accordance with
a general demand, deliver his famous
lecture ON 1.-THE Pulpit and the Stage"
The lecture will, by kind permission OF
Manager Mcguire, take place in the Grand
Opera House. 1t is a theme OF current in
terest, affecting two g~reat;callings in life, and
a subject worthy of the great talents and
wide experience of Mr.. Min. 1t will be an
effort worth hearing, and it will not initiate
against the true moral character of the
community il the Grand is packed to.
morrow night.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

A WRITER at Los Angeles has heard from
All old timer a story about Gen. Hancock,
which we have never seen in print. and
which illustrates in a striking light the
high character of that lamented gentleman
and soldier. In 1858 Gen., then Capt.
Hancock, was stationed at San Pedro
barracks. At that time tin ore had been
discovered in the Temeschal range (near
the present town OF Riverside), and there
was a big rush OF prospectors and specu-
lators to the new district. Among the
prospectors was a discharged soldier OF
~dissipated habits known as "Scotty," who
had been a member Of Capt. Hancock's
company. scotty was early on the ground
and secured q good location. In q short
time he was approached by some San
Francisco spectators, who made a trade
with him for his claim, agreeing to pay him
therefor $4,000 or thereabouts. They
offered him drafts on San Francisco for the
amount, which at first scotty refused to
accept, saying he wanted the coin, but
finally said that if Capt. Hancock would
say the drafts were all right he would
take them. Hancock had no interest
whatever in the speculation. but the San
Francisco parties were friends Of his, and
he told the soldier that the drafts would
be paid. In o short time the drafts came
back protested, owing to some financial
hitch in the affairs OF tho San Francisco
company, and Scotty failed to get his
money When the General learned this
fact he sent for the soldier and paid the
whole amount out OF his own pocket.
Hancock was never reimbursed, but he
had given his word to the poor soldier,
and his word was his bond.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26
rrtE.PR1soNER FOR LOVE.
rhoma. Stewart Accepts sentence ~
Murder Rather Than Betrsy hef'

Thomas Stewart Accepts sensenSo y
Murder Rather Than Betray Her.
CHICAGO. june 25.-The doors OF the
Jol;ef P~enitentiary were thrown open On
Tuesday afternoon and q man amt Slowly
ont Of the Enclosure. He was thlrty.s'4
wears old and almost hall OF his mo nau
been passed in the Penitentiary. ne o ~as
Thomas Stewart, who, on March H. Aoo0'
VAS sent to Joliet for life Tor mulusl:
Stewart now, for the first time swears tnav
he never committed the deed. The story
of the crime, az told by him to q tlend tne
day OF his release from prison. is q most
sineular chapter in the narrative OF strange
He was an industrious young fellow OF
Scotch-Irish ~parentage, and was employees
as a clerk in q grocery store. WhlIe M0rh'
inc there he became infatuated WIN d
Woman who used to make purchases OF
him. This woman. Eliza Reilly, was q irali
creature, rather pretty. Among other VIZ
itors this woman had wa harry au'Dsr1,
alias "Dice," q sailor from Buffalo,. ne
was a burly fellow, harsh in his treatment
of her, and they had many quarrels; me
spent nearly all his time in the woman'e
room. One evening the noise OF q quarre!
was heard. The tumult increased, LOUD
voices we're heard, then q shot was fired.
When the police ran up stairs they found
Hubert dead and Stewart and the woman
in the room. The two latter were arrested.
"Charley" Reed, who has lately come
into bad odor in New York, was serving
his first term as States attorney. He
thought Stewart was a murderer, and so did
the police. The latter, v at a loss Tor
a theory, gave it out that Stewart was
Jealous of Hubert and killed him. The
trial lasted only a few days. Stewart list
ened to all the evidence without saying a
word. At that time the defendant in a
criminal action could not testify in his own
behalf, 20 that Stewart was not put on the
stand. The was still under indict'
ment and she could not testify. The State
entered a noNe in her case, but not until
Stewart was convicted. -,
1t now turns out that Stewards boyish
devotion to the woman caused him to
voluntarily 60 to the penitentiary Tor NE
According to his story the woman M HUI
bert had been engaged in one OF their Ire
I uuent quarrels. As q means OF self-pro
| lection she armed herself with b revolver
| Hubert was violent and swore he would
| beat her. He did strike her and the woman
shot him. She was standing with the
| smoking revolver in her hand, too terrified
to move, when Stewart entered. h gave
him the revolver mechanically, and, hal
| frightened at the sight of the dying man, hi
held the weapon in a nerveless clutch,
| while the woman tried to stanch the flow
| OF blood from Hulbert's wound. The next
instant the police entered.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

The master plumbers of New York have
come to the conclusion that it is to their
interest, aud the general interest 81 their
profession, that the apprentice system shall
at least be partially restored, even though
the effort should involve a conflict with the
trades-unions. 1t is a well known fact that
trades unions, as q general thing, are op'
posed to an extensive apprentice system,
the greatest concession made by them al
lowing only one apprentice to about every
six journeymen. The result is that the
system has become lax ana apprentices dc
not receive the thorough instruction they
should and formerly did receive. Possibly
herein lies one secret OF 8 much defective
plumbing work, resulting not only in expense
and vexation, but in the risk of dis
ease and death, a risk which is liable to
confront the workingman in his wi home
Certainly, anything that will tend to raise
the standard of workmanship will, in the
long run, prove a benefit to the workmen
themselves.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

The past has been one OF the most dis.
astrous seasons the theatrical profession
has ever known. Stranded combinations
have dotted the lines Of the leading rail.
roads as the wrecks of dot the
Sahara. New York, the headquarters OF
the theatrical profession, is o~vercrowded
with actors and managers who are PENN.
less and to whom the next two or three
months mean idleness and suffering. The
large number OF moneyless men and women
in the profession has brought serious and
right-minded men to cast about for their
relief until next season-which, it is hoped,
may be better-win bring employment and
relief. The actors is a hard and uncertain
life at best, and a few successive dull sea:
SONS means disaster always. A new fund
should be created to meet such conditions.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

The Colored Press Association OF the
United States proposes to invade Africa.
It will meet in Atlanta, Georgia, on Aug
ust 8. The Association comprises about
$50 members, or, rather, represents that
nan journals, and the proceedings OF the
meeting a:e looked forward to with decided
interest. The papers represent every phase
of political thought. The subjects to be
discussed will be the Religious, Educa-
tional and Social Status OF the Negro"
industrial Education" Labor" NEGRO
journalism" and the name by which the
negro population of this country should be
known. Some OF the papers favor the
name of "Afra-American," and Others
African-Americans," ~'.negro" or "colored
people," The negro has made a most
satisfactory progress in the less than a
quarter OF a century since he was liberated
from the bonds Of slavery. The fact that
such q convention can be held in the very
heart of the late rebellion also illustrates
how political feelings have been Modified
The education of the colored race in the
Sonth is now an absorbing question with
the more thoughtful OF colored men and the
discussions of the convention will, nc
doubt, be a help to them.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

BEYOND all doubt the World Is the lead
ing newspaper in New York, if not in the
country. This is an Indication that a
ombination Of nerve, money and brains
tells. Editor Cockerill is easily the fore.
most journalistic leader OF the country to-
day. and he has shown this best by gather
ing about him the very best talent in the
country. Steadily the men who have
helped to make other leading newspapers
OF the country are being absorbed by the
World. The result is daily shown in the
columns of the World. Col. Cockerill is a
strong man and does not fear to surround
himself with bright and versatile men. The
World is broad and liberal and it's horizon
is not bound by the Western lines of the
Empire State. The World is a great news
paper.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

The MINER ia in receipt OF three commu-
nications bearing upon the Smokehouse
controversy, for which we do not at present
have room. To US there does not appear
to be any opening for a controversy. The
cases have thus far steadily been decided
in favor OF the Smokehouse claimants and
future action will simply mean delay.
Appeals may be taken, but these will only
defer matters and in the meantime the
cloud will continue to rest upon Butte and
retard it's growth. To us it would seem as
though the thing to do would be to AMIGA
bly, adjust the matter. Mutual concessions
should be made and the whole subject
be cleared up. Such a course would result
in saving money to all concerned and inure
to the great benefit Of the town.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

As will be seen by a reference to our local
columns, q grand complimentary benefit
will be Civ N the popular tragedian, George
C. Min, at the Grand Opera House, to.
night. The list OF names ia a long one and
n strong one. The compliment is a grace
full one and the benefit should be very sub
~stantial one. On this occasion Tom
Taylor's great play Of "The Fools Re-
venge" will be repeated, with Mr.. Min in
his great impersonation OF Bertuccio. TIE
MINER trusts that the Grand may be
crowded to it's utmost capacity tonight.
Why cannot Mr.. Min be induced to deliver
his great lecture on 1.-THE STAGE at the
Grand on Sunday night?
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26
That Cricket Match.

The eleven from Gallatin Valley arrived
in Butte about 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon. They regret the loss Of many o.
their most valuable players, but for al
that are determined to make the match az
interesting as possible for the Butte boys,
The following are the names of each eleven;
GaHatin Talley-H. L. Lowndes, Cap
tain; c.. Hugonin, D. Hunter. R. Nj. Truin,
R. H. Sawyer, J. Shay, G. K%reigher, j. Gear,
T. H. Trueman, J. S. Riley.
~Butte-George H. Casey, H. Williams. G.
Hancock, A. C. Newill, George II. Butler
Fritz Butler, w. Craig, D. J. Henessy, E.O
Gibbs, T. Peters, N. Ringeling.
The match will m at 10 o'clock
a. M. sharp, and will continue until 6 p. m
Orton's band will be on the ground from
$50 to S p. m. Admission free.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

CHARLES 8. WOLFE, the recaletrant Re.
publican OF Pennsylvania, has thrown a
bombshell among the Republican leaders
by announcing himself as the Prohibition
candidate for Governor in the Keystone
State. Wolfe has long been an ~Independ-
emit Republican and has given the straight
outs much trouble and annoyance. He
has a considerable following and at the
head OF the Prohibition ticket will poll a
large Republican vote, even against so
strong and popular a nan as GeneralBeaver.
The Democrats arenow casting about for a
suitabl candidate. in the hope that in a
th7ee-cornered fight they might score a
victory. Their hopes are n~otgroundless.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26
Will Support the Strikers.

CHICAGO, June 25.-At a general meetins
81 the switchmen tonight, it was de.
cided that the Switchmen's Union will take
up the cause OF the Lake Shore strikers,
the railroad managers having pledged
themselves to act as a unit. This couse on
the part OF the switchmen creates great
apprehension. The Rock Island. Burling-
ton q Northwestern roads Joined in a
movement to cut freight rates to Council
Bluffs and Omaha. They put into effect the
following rates: First. class, SO cents per
100 pounds second-class, 40 cents; third
class, 25 cents; fourth-class, Is cents; and
fifth-class, 10 cents.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26
PRINCE BISMARCK, who, despite bitter c

PRINCE BISMARCK, who, despite bitter op'
position, still rules ''the Germans father
land" with an iron arm, shows his age
in his trembling hands. He is nc
orator and his speeches in the Reichstae
are rather in the nature of stable talks
much more enjoyable in print than in the
delivery. He has himself said: II am nc
orator; q good speaker is rarely a good
statesman"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN POwDERLY
is earnest and indefatigable in his efforts
in behalf of the great Order over the desti-
MES OF which he presides. He has just
issued a secret circular, in which the
Knights OF Labor are warned against what
he considers a plot to pack the convention
of that Order to be held in Richmond, Vir-
ginia, in October, with politicians, and in
which he claims to have discovered a great
conspiracy to disrupt the Order. The
knights OF Labor have no greater enemy
than the politician and they should guard
against him as they would against a pesti-
lenea.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

OrrERBEIN COLLEGE, near Columbus,
Ohio, an established educational institu-
ton, literally endowed, has just called the
Hon. L. s. Cornell, OF Colorado to be it's
president. MI. Cornell is now Superinten.
dent OF Public instruction of Colorado, a
position which he fills with credit and
honor. He is 50 identified with Colorado
that he will probably decline the honor.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

The editor of The MINER desires to
thank the many friends who have extended
him their congratulations upon bis escape
from harm by a would-be assassin, and
especially our contemporary, the Inter
Mountain, and the press Of the Territory
Oonoro11v
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26
Visiting Firemep.

Quite a number of Brotherhood Firemen
of the Union Pacific Railroad, the Oregon
Short Line Railroad and the Utah &
Northern Railroad, arrived in this city
yesterday. to attend a special district
mesting to be held at Miners Union Hall
to-day at 2 p. M, under the auspices Of
Butte Lodge No. 264. Brotherhood OF Lo'
connective Firemen. Chief Firemen Tom
Malice, OF Lodge 264, will call the meeting
to order, and it is said that local matters
only will be discussed.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

By request. Mr.. George c. Min will de-
liver his famous lecture, Candles and Foot.
lights; Or, the Church and the Stage as
Friendly Forces" tomorrow evening at
the Grand Op+ra House. This lecture is
intended to show the ideal attitude Of the
pulpit and the stage toward each other,
and has been delivered by Mr.. Min in all
the principal cities. It is said to abound
in lofty strains OF true eloquence and to
sparkle with refined humor.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

WHAT is needed among the so-caled
"tariff reformers" is more solid common
sense, more diplomacy and fnesse. There
can be no tariff reform with the club-foot
and forked tail OF free trade constantly in
sight.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

THE French honor men who perform. a
public service moro than any other nation.
A series of festivals has just been held at
Montdidiex, in the North OF France, in
honor OF Parmentier, who-only 100 years
ago-was the first to bring the potato to
French aDil.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

THC annual meeting OF the American As.
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Science
will open at Buffalo, New York, On August
10, and continue one week. The meeting
of the British Association, with Sir William
Dawson, OF Montreal, as President, will be
held at Birmingham, England, beginning
September 1.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

Mrs. CLEVELAND has gone safely through
a series of receptions at the White House.
and has delighted everybody by her repose
and other evidences OF good-breeding. The
country and the administration are, there.
fore, entirely safe.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

THROUGHOUT the East the societies for
the suppression Of vice are moving against
the abominable cigarette and cigar pic
lures which are displayed in nearly every
store. The nuisance is a widespread and
demoralizing one and should be abated
everywhere.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

EDITOR RorHAcKER, IN his Washington
Ratchet. pays the following compliment to
Commissioner Sparks: ut ought to be
reasonably plain to the administration
that it can get along very nicely without
Sparks. He has shown a singular genius
for incompetence, but his position is q too
important one to be utilized as an illustra-
ton OF what an official should not be. If
he is to remain as an awful example, why
not appoint him as q Waterman in one of
the Departments? This would about meet
his capacity,"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

1t is not the weak crank whose nerves
are o'erwrought who should be punished
when he gives away to his feelings and com
mits an overt act, SO much as the men who
stand higher in the community and yet are
mean enough to egg such a man on to MUIR
der. 1t is these contemplate things for
whom some punishment should be devised.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

Tar great numle r Of sanitary conven
tions, Ma ional. State and munic pal, held
in the United States within a few years,
presents very conclusive evidence that the
subject OF hygiene has taken a strong hold
upon the public mind and that sanitation
in its multiplied forms is beginning to at
tact the attention it so well m. rits. 1t
was said bv somebody that it is q sin to be
sick; in other words. that the ills which
flesh is heir to are due in all such cases to
NEGLECT of the simple laws Of nature. With
out accepting such a declaration as incon.
trovertible. it is not taking an extreme
position to say that most OF our bodily
ills are due either to neglect or ignorance.
There are those who constantly violate
natures laws knowingly, and with a full
consciousness of the fact that they are all
the while subjecting themselves to PEN
alties in the form OF pains and aches more
or lees severe. But the great ma
iority depart from the teachings Of the
great mother ignorantly, or, at least, under
circumstances beyond theircontrol. Science
and experience are coming boldly to the
front now in behalf OF these unwilling sim
ners. They are coming in the form OF
books and essays, in newspaper articles.
and in reports Of the doings of boards OF
printed health, sanitary conventions, social
science associations and other helpful agen-
cies, and the people are growing
thoughtful and wiser and careful. Greater
attention is paid to hygienic matters than
ever before, and though we may not be
able to look forward to a day "hen dis
ease will be wholly banished- perhaps in
the grand economy Of nature what we cali
disease is an essential ferce-but it is within
the bounds of reason to predict q period
when there will be less frequent occasion
for tho services OF the physicians and when
apothecary shops, attractive as they
mostly are, will not need be SO numerous
in order to fiji prescriptions.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

We fear that Miss Cleveland's literary
star is in the descendant. The novelty has
already worn of. She should make her
literary hay while her brother shines in the
White House.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

Miss JEFFR1Es LEWIS, the talented lady
and magnificent actress, is now playing the
California towns and will soon come this
way. She is starring in "Clothilde," with a
greatly strengthened company. Miss Lewis
will receive a cordial welcome back to
Butte.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

The Washington correspondents are
unanimous in the belief that Mrs. -Cleve-
land is 1.-The handsomest woman they have
ever seen," and rather express surprise at
her willingness to be hitched towel, SO
plain.looking a man as Grover.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

The Republicans OF Colorado will have
"a monkey and parrot time' in their State
Convention this fall. The party is divided
into half a dozen factions and each faction
has enough candidates to fill the entire
ticket. The politicians of the Centennial
State are not happy unless they are in a
l--
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

IT appears that the crocodile, like the
faith which formerly esteemed it sacred, ia
practically extinct in Egypt. The steamers
plying the Nile have had more effect in
driving it from that river than the guns OF
SpOrtsmen,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

The medical school of Japan, which last
year had 972 students. is LOO years old
Japan is not such an infant, either, and
had made great progress in the arts and
sciences half q century ago.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

The London Medical Journal says five
attempts have now been made to replace
the diseased human eye by the healthy eye
OF an animal, and in one instance only did
the experiment result successfully y.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

CAPITALISTS are having their eyes on good
timber lands, which are becoming scarce.
Large sums Of money are finding their way
into the hardwood regions of the North
west, from Wisconsin to Alaska.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

A MAucH CHUNK, Pennsylvania, child
was drowned in q tub of buttermilk. Reck-
less people, those Pennsylvanians. Why
don't they drink their buttermilk and avoid
diabetes?
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

COMMENTING upon the shooting OF Editor
Munford, OF Kansas City, the Philadelphia
News says that 'Buffalo Bill has evidently
left some OF the Wild West behind him."
He did.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

IT were useless to disguise the fact that
many OF the politicians do not Xix the ad-
ministration, but the people have perfect
confidence in it. Better to have the people
with you than the politicians.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

STEVE ELKlNs, the great Blaine leader,
was a private in the Confederate service,
and marched under Pap. Price. He did
not become a Republican until long after
vel1D
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

EVERY business man should take a per.
sonal interest in the Fourth of July cele.
bration and in the races that begin on that
day. That is the way suchevents are made
a success and in which towns are built up.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-26

RECENT comparison shows that the silk
OF Bengal is fully equal to that OF Italy,
but the curious difference appears that the
italian worm spins a thread nearly five
times as long as that Of the worm OF India.