Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-05
COMING CANADIAN TROUBLES.
The Fisheries Question Assuming Dan
gerOus Proportions on Both
Sides Of the Dispute.
Seizure of q Dominion Vessel in thu
Port Of Chicago For Violation
Of the Laws.
Canadian Police and Other Boats Pre-.
pairing to Repel an Attack BY
American Fishers.

NEW YORK, June IA Digby, Nova
Scotia, special to the Commercial Adver.
tiser says: Two OF the police cruisers have
g',ne to Newfoundland to watch the Ameri.
can fishermen. A dispatch yesterday re-
ceived from st. Johns states that two
that neighborhood hoasting that they
would sink any police boat sent against
them. One is believed to be the New York
steamer Herreck The Dominion fishermen
are ala armed least these Yankee boats may
take it into their heads to practice upon
some of their crafts. The man-of- war,
Bellerophon, has sent to st. Johns to look
these eefnbative Americans up. Capt. Seett,
Commander-in-chief OF the Canadian
fishery police, has retired to his home in
Newfoundland and intends to shortly send
in his resignation, being Gissasted With his
duties.
He will resume his old position as chair
man of the Dominion marine boat. Infor-
nation received this morning states that
forty thousand British troops have been
ordered to Halifax. Why they are needed
Is unknown.
ANOTHER CANADIAN SEIZED.
CHICAGO. June 3.-The Canadian steam
barge ''Nipigon" arrived here today, and
Collector Zeberger will not allow her to de
part until instructions are rereived from
Washington. The seizure of the vessel is
due to the fact that she failed to touch at
Mackinaw or Sheboygan on entering Amer
ican waters. for permission to proceed, as
is required by the law. The penalty is the
forfeiture of the vessel and cargo. Capt.
Conlon says his reason for not obeying the
law was that the boat had sprung leak in
a storm and the men were required to work
incessently at the pumps, and to have put
in at either Of the ports mentioned would
have endangered the lives OF the crew. The
vessel arrived here in d sinking condition.
The Captain reported the circumstance to
the Collector, but the latter said he could
not depart from the rule except upon in
structions to thu t effect from Washington.
THE LONDON TINES ON BLAINE.
LONDON, June 3.-The Times, comment
ing on Mr.. Blaine's Portland speech says:
Mr.. Blaine may or may not catch the Irish
vote by performances, such as that OF
Tuesdays speech, and so win the prize
which, fully as much on personal Us on
political grounds, has been snatched from
him once and again, but we refuse to believe
that his ignorant and presnmptuous rant
represents the honest and Independent
opinion and reflection OF Americans. 1t is
peculiarly absurd that he should pass as
an advocate of a plan which he supposed
quite wrongly, Of course. would place
Ireland in the position OF State OF the
American Union. He has been conspicuous
for some reasons which now make
him the hatterer of the Irish. II
a bloody shirt campaign again in the
Southern States should attempt to deprive
the negroes of suffrage, he would be the
first to favor settlement OF that local
affair by armed interference of the central
government. His history is almost on
par with his reasoning, which deserves to
be classed with Sir. Vernon Harcourt's
latest contribution whereon Lecky has
something to say. What Lecky has to say
is contained in another column OF the
Times in the form Of a letter this is critic
ism OF Sir Williams argument that the
Home Rule measure prepared by Gladstone
was aimed at the simple revival OF Grattan's
Irish parliament. Lecky says the argument
is absurd. Grattan's parliament, Lecky
contends, places the government OF Ireland
in the hands of Protestants Generals who
were bound to England by the closest ties
of interest and sentiment. They were,
adds Lecky, prominently representatives
OF property whose political power it has
been Gladstones steady object to destroy.
The effect OF his scheme would be to throw
the government of ireland into the hands
of men hitherto the avowed enemies OF both
property and empire.
BLAINE APoLoGlsEs.
AUGUSTA. Maine, June 3.--The Kennebec
Journal, this morning, publishes a letter
from Mr.. Blaine, denying that in his recent
speech in Portland he had applied words,
''impudent, insolent," and brutal" to
Salisbury. Mr.. Blaine writes, II was refer
ring to his Lordship's declaration that the
Irish might remain as they now are or emf
CRATE and l saiG, interogatively: Is not
this an impudent proposition, is it not in
solent in it's terms? Does it indeed stop
sho, OF being brutal in it's crueltyf It is
not parliamentary to say that tile state
ment is not true, but altogetherparliamen-
tary to say that it's author is guilty OF
faleehocd. First describe the thing, second
assail the person. Ny Characterization
Was aimed at the proposition and not at
Lord Salisbury personally.