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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-13
A CRANK OF A KING.
Poor Ludwig in Debt and - Mad - .
March Hare.

MUNICH, January 10. King Ludwig's
creditors, whose name is legion, have
crown weary Of dunning him, and threaten
TO put bailiffs into the royal palaces unless
he pays up promptly. The Kings eccen-
tricities, which have been a cause OF scan
dial, have latterly become ruinous.
The King has hitherto kept well out Of
sight, repairing to the tops OF towers OF to
subterranean chambers when annowed by
callers, and varying his iavorite occupa-
ton OF building fairy castles by attending
solitary performances of Wagner's "Niebel-
unRenring' and listening from behind a
screen to poetry read in another room by
q lady reader. His latest freak is charac.
t~eristic. After building his palace at Chem
see, he discovered that one OF the halls wat
q trife too narrow. He at once ordered it
to be pulled down and rebuilt, though it
had lust been decorated at enormous cost
The artists, architects and upholsterers
employed in ministering to the royal cap
rices have for months been clamOrine
vainly for their money. The most pressing
creditor is understood to be a Stuttgart
upholsterer, who supplied several hundred
thousand marks worth OF furniture FOL
Chiemsee. Things have reached such a
point that a royal family council has beer
summoned to consider how the ~indignity o.
having executions made upon the Kings
residences can be avoided.
It was rumored the other day that, in
despair Of getting out OF his difficulties in
any other way. the King had resolved to
conquer his well-known dislike for the fair
sex, and to marry the millionaire widow,
Baroness Won Kramer; but he could not
bring his courage up to the sticking point,
so the hopes OF his creditors were disap'
pointed.
Abdication has been limited at, and even
deposition. But / have reason to believe
that the Emperor Williams repugnance to
the latter solution will prevent it's adop.
ton, even should it be favored by Prince
Bismarck, whom King Ludwig detests.
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NOT 4 MASCOT By ANY MEANS.
The Bad Luck that Seems to cling 70 sns
Third Avenue Theater.

New YORK, January 1O.-The Third Az
epue Theater was last night once more
abandoned by a losing manager J;M.
Hill is the present deserter. He Is sa1d 10
ha. e sunk $4,000 since his lease began az
the commencement of the present season.
The house is big and handsome and is sit
uated in a region which, its builders Thought;
would Weld full advances at cheap prices.
Mckee Rankin was the first manager. and
he went out a bankrupt in our months.
One of the incidents of his term was the
playing OF .Forty-Nine" to Il matinee audi
ence that actually numbered fewer persons
than were engaged in the cast. The repre-
s%entation was gone through with in grim
gravity and perfect conscientiousness.
The next tenant was Miss Kate Claxton,
who To- t a good portion Of her consider
able wealth. Next, Tony Pastor and Mike
Leavitt tried a variety show there. and the
experiment cost them thousands, which
both were abundantly able to stand. Last
fall, when Mr.. Hill car to tnwn to take
possession Of the Union Square Theater,
he hired the Third Avenue as Il side VEN
ture, believing that Il more persistent main
tenance of irst-rate performances would
eventually establish a popularity. But he
is convinced of his error, and has ceased
with the first weeks profitable engagement
of the season. that of Slugger Sullivan
with a minstrel company. The house will
now become a dime museum.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-13
Disastrous Fire.

PHILADELPHIA, January 1O.-The extern.
sive mill buildings in M~ersington, know as
Anot's mills and Beatle's mills, occupying
two blocks, bounded by Emerald. Latterly,
Taylor and Coral streets. end separated
by Adams street, were destroyed by fire
this morning, involving a loss estimated at
81. 900, 900. The buildings were occupied
by about a dozen firms engaged in the
manufacture Of hosiery, cotton and w"olen
yarns, upholstery goods, jerseys, mill
machinery, etc.; all OF whom lose heavily in
machinery and stocks. All the firms had
large stocks Of manufactured goods on
hand, which had already been sold to
dealers, to be delivered February. 1t being
Sunday it is difficult to obtain individual
losses, the members OF the different firms
residing in various parts Of the city. remote
from the scene Of the fire, and the books
from which figures could be obtained being
in safes which are lying in ruins.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-13

A Crazy Barber Who Hoped to Improve
Upon Natures Handiwork.

New YORK, January 1O.-Ex-Senatol
Roscoe Conkling said yesterday in answer
to a casual query al to his pressure of law
practice: "Oh, yes, I'm busy enough. In.
deed, I've just declined a cause that really
I'd like to take up. There would be a Ger.
tain amount Of diversion in it. Per.
haps l was afraid that some
OF the fun might come upou
me. All of us are towards at times, YOU
know. But this matter was peculiarly in
teresting. The man who offered to become
my client first showed one of his ears in
evidence. 1t had a clip in it, like that made
in cattle's ears sometimes for marking, and
there was a scar showing that the cut had
extended altogether about an inch. He
came from a New Jersey town. His name?
No it would be unprofessional to give
it, though it will pretty soon come
ont in the progress of the case I
suppose. He explained that he went into
a barber shop to have his hair cut. The
barber had a touch of delirium tremens,
probably. or else was crazy, or had a
mania, for he suddenly remarked that his
customers ears had grown much too long
that they must be trimmed-and he made
a slash at one with his sharp scissors,
nearly severing a strip. The victim pro-
Poses to sue for $4,000 damages. He
ought to get it.. But I recommended him
to other counsel"
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-13
DISASTER.
a OF q Building During a Snow Storm,
Killing Sc veral Persons.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, January 9.-Yes.
terday afternoon during a heavy snow
storm the front and middle part OF a large
four-story warehouse occupied by Forwood
& Co.. Irabue & Co., and Balmsforth & Co.,
all cotton and commission merchants, fell
suddenly, and an overturning stove started
a destructive fire. The building was filled
with cotton, tobacco, molasses and dry
goods, and the flames spread all over the
place instantly. There were eleven persons
in the building when it fell. Peter Perkins,
a porter, heard the crash. and gave warn
ing to seven men on the second floor, VINO
escaped by jumping froma back window on
to a shed. Charles Stanford, a colored
porter, gave the alarm on the first floor
and started for the front door. 1t is
thought he was killed by the falling wall.
NJ. H. Wright, manager of the place, and
j. P. Balmsforth, nj OF the proprietors,
were in the office on the rst floor and
started for the door, but it is believed they
were caught in the wreck.
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BLOCKADED TRAINS.
Great Inconvenience to Pas
sengers in Pennsylvania
HUNGRY AND COLD
Damage to Cattle and Sheep by the
Cold Weather.-Trains q
Day Late.

PrrrssURG, January 10. The SNOW
blockade on the railroads is almost un
nrecedented, No attention has been pal0
to the schedules, and all trains are rcn
one to fifteen hours late. In many III,
stances trains have been abandoned. ano
on several of the smallest roads traf1c ma
been entirely stopped. On the main line
of the Pennsylvania railroad, trains arr
from seven to fifteen hours late. Inc INN
tied express west, which was due here AZ =
O'Clock last night, arrived at ~ O'CLOCK
this morning, having been snow Dound al
Gist station. The fast line east, which
left here last night, stuck near Peru sta
ton, and did not get away until this morn
inc. An trains we're provided with from
three to five engines. On the Wheellne
branch of the Baltimore and Ohio, tne
Cincinnati express, which started from mere
last night, returned this evening. nav
inc been srow bound q few miles out
from this city nearly fifteen hours; Inc
Southwest branch of the Pennsylvania
Railroad il totally blocked. and trains
have been abandoned. The West Phila-
delphia and Castle Shannon roads have
virtually suspended operations. The Fort
WAYNE, Pittsburg and Lake Erie and Pltts-
burg, McKeesport and Ynnghioheny
are reasonably clear and trains are rnn-
ming, but somewhat behind time. Inc
Pittsburg and Western and Panhandle
roads have and are still suffering greatly,
many trains being delayed in drifts for hours.
The cold has been intense, the mercury
lowering about zero all day. Passengers
on snow.bound trains experienced c"nsld
cradle Inconvenience from cold and hunger
but they were generally disposed to lake
things good naturally. There is great
suffering among live stock reported. Al
tho East Liberty yards several head OF
cattle are said to have died from exposure,
and many more are in dying conditions
Washington county farmers were taken un
awares. and whole focks OF sheep which
had not been properly sheltered are re-
norted to have frozen to death.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1886-01-13

A TRICK ON A COACHMAN.
He Drives on With An Empty Carriage
Surprising His Mistress to BE Inside.

New YORK, January 1O.-John A. Mac
kay is the comedian in a burlesque now
running here. There is q mania among
the actors thus employed in New York
to advertise themselves by means oI
humorous exploits. An account ap.
peared in a daily journal early this
week OF Mackay having observed
a coachman nodding sleepiIy on his
box, while his old dowager Of a mistress
was in a store; whereupon, it was said, the
artor stepped to the curb, opened and
slammed the door OF the carriage, spoke
politely and raised his hat to a presumed
inmate, and then remarked to the driver:
"home!!" Convinced that the lady was
within. the servant drove off with the
empty vehicle.
Later a dramatic paper called attention
to the fact that the anecdote was ancient
in the annals OF jocosity, and charged the
reporter with wickedly plagiarizing it. This
got the young journalist into difficulty at
his office, and he had to ave his place by
proving that he actually witnessed the feat
by Mackay exactly as described. The evil
dence was convincing that the actor had
been simply mimest in the matter. and had
waited until he got the right audience be
lore giving the performance. Thus elabor
ate has the art OF ad vertising become.
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RAILWAYS AND LEa1sLArIoN
The sareae Opposition To Be Overcome ~
the Baltimore and Ohio.

New York, January 1O.-The survey o.
the Baltimore and Ohio extension IRON
Bound Brook to Elizabethport, IN accord
ance with the scheme Of an entry into New
York BY the way of Staten Island, is com
nleted this week, and the building OF the
line can 70 ON without delay. under the gen
eral railroad act of New jersey. On Staten
leland the road and franchise OF q Local
company is to be utilized so that no hin
ORANGE can be made there. The imPedi'
ment is in the bridging Of the Kill o kuli,
a narrow body OF water separating New
Jersey from Staten Island. Two Leglsla.
lures must give grants before this small
section of the very important line can e
covered, for one end OF the bridge will be IN
Jersey and the other in New. York.
Every member Of the Jersey Legislature
has aleady been visited by agents OF, Tor
and against the Baltimore and Ohlo, ana
the opposition by the Pennsylvania and
the Reading will be tremendous, it not sue
cessful. according to present
The Pennsylvania has never yet failed to
control the majority for q purpose on
which the management based important
The bitterness OF the
struggle was fostered by President Garrett,
of the Baltimore and Ohio, and the boom.
ing dinner on Staten Island was regarded
BY experts as intended to produce IN
Jersey the feeling that the new line was
both desirable and inevitable.
The New York legislature met in Albany
Yesterday, and will begin regular sessions
on Monday. President Chauncery NJ. De-
pew, who used to be the Vanderbilt coun-
sci there whenever occasion required, mas
season passes over the Central and
Hudson river to members without waiting,
as has been the custom, for an application
to be made on their behalf: and it is noted
that, instead of being restricted to the
trunk line, they are good in every instance
clear to the home of the legislator. All
this extra kindness is taken as a precursor
OF a big fight against a bridge charter Tor
In connection with this subject there is
talk among railroad men and in Wallstreet
about the presence 1T Mr.. Carrot at the
death of William H. Vanderbilt. The sub
ject OF con versation on that occasion. as
Mr.. Carrot related, was the Staten Island
While they were talking, Mr.. a
derbilt suddenly fell forward from his
dead. The autopsy showed that
ailment was a blood clot in his brain
caused by mental excitement. Inquiry now
proves that he was violently opposed
TO the Baltimore and Ohio scheme, and had
invariably become choleric in discussing it.
That he successfully concealed his anger
Mr.. Go rrett is evident, because Mr..
Garrett says there vas no disturbance OF
manne but the conviction is settled and
firm in Wall Street that the death Of the
millionaire was caused by the threat
sned railroad opposition. For that very
reason, aside from business considerations.
the Vanderbilt sons and Depew have SEEM
ingly determined to defeat. the Garrett
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A Remarkable Island.

Philadelphia Special: did you ever
hear of the Island of Tristan d'Acunha, in
the South Atlantic?" asked Capt. Fulton,
of the bark 'Eudora." which is now dis.
charging a cargo OF sugar at one of the
Delaware wharves, of a visitor to the bark
yesterday. You haven't, l suppose he
continued, ''nor have many other people
except those who follow the sea, and yet
it is a very interesting little island. 1t is
the people of the island, however. who are
especially interesting. They are all white,
and are the descendants OF a Corporal
Glass, who was one OF the guards
over Napoleon at st. Helena, and
of two women from the Cape of Good
Hope, who settled there early in the CEN
fury. From these three have sprung 112
culiar community. They cultivate the
island. which is very fertile, and sell pro-
visions to passing ships in return for many
articles Of food and comfort which they
cannot get otherwise. Just at present
womens' clothing is at a particularly high
premium, and most of the women wear
mems garments. They look funny enough,
dressed in their husbands, fathers, or
brothers trousers and jackets, and appar-
emily enjoy the novelty of their cloth
ing Immensely. There are at present ff-
teen families on the island. and an equal
distribution was made among them OF
the clothing and other articles they got
from us. Notwithstanding the awkward
and ill-ftting mems garments in which they
were dressed, the women were strikincly
handsome, with tall and w%ell-rounded fis-
ures, and OF the dark complexion common
to the residents Of the Cape of Good Hope.
They largely untnumber the men and are
inclined to be independent and assert their
rights. Thirteen of these lovely creatures.
all OF manageable age, are the daughters
OF the present Governor, who is a son of
the common ancestor. and who holds his
office by virtue of being the oldest man on
the island. Tristan d'Acunha is at present
suffering greatly from increased
numbers of rats, which were
brought there several years ago
IN some bales OF hay. They ever invade
the homes OF the islanders, and have be.
come 80 great a pest as to seriously
threaten the existence of the little settle
ment. Tristan d. Acunha includes Inac-
cessable and Nightingale islands, both of
which are uninhabitei. This isolated COM
munity is about 1900 miles south of st.
Helena, and nearly midway between Cape
Horn and the Cape of Good Hope. For
years at a time the people never see a ship.
and the coming OF one is always considered
as a great event. The summit of the island
is a c~one-shaped peak more than eight
thousand. feet high, and this great elevation
makes it a mark for mariners to rate their
chronometers and to make departures"
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Conversational Committee Work.

WASHINGTON, January 1O.-In the House
of Representatives tomorrow the first bus.
iuess will be the regular roll call of the
States for the introduction of bills, as the
last week has been principally devoted to
this business, and members have, for the
most part, relieved their desks from bills
which had accumulated, it is not likely
that to-morrow's call will consume much
time. The next business for the week is
the call of the committees for reports, but
in view of their very recent appointment
there is little expected from them during
the next few days. The Senate Presiden-
tial succession bill may, however, be re
ported to the House from the committee
on the subject by Tuesday or Wednesday.
In this event the discussion will probably
consume the rest OF the week, as many
members have already expressed to the
Speaker their desire to speak upon the
subject.
THE SILVER QUESTION.
The House Committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures will not organize
until the middle of the week and as this
Committee is about evenly divided on the
silver question, it is not thought that any
measure relating to the coinage Of silver,
either in the line OF suspension or free coin
age, or OF a compromise between radically
opposite VIEWS. VII De DrOuSlC DelOre Uno
House until the Committee shall have
carefully considered all the various propo-
%sitions.
The Judicial Salary bill remains as unfin-
ished business in the Senate. The Electo-
raj Count bill and the Bankruptcy bill are
to be brought up for consideration if an
opportunity is found, and the Dakota bill
may be pressed forward this week if the
printing accompanying the report is then
completed. Under ordinary circumstances.
any one of these measures would furnish
material for a weeks debate, but as the SUBJ
jects were all fully discussed during the
last Congress, the coming debates may be
somewhat shortened. Several speeches on
the silver question await an opportunity
for delivery, and Mr.. Henderson has given
notice that he will address the Senate to-
morrow on a bill to promote the efficiency
of the infantry branch of the army. The
executive calendaris said to have only fifty
nominations upon it, and these comprise
not more than one or two over which a
contest.is deemed probable; but it is I'M
derstood that a considerable number of
nominations have been acted pom favora-
bly, by the committees and are ready to be
reported bach as soon as opportunity is
afforded. The Senators express a wish to
begin active work upon nominations as
soon as possible, and it is probable that
much of the week will be devoted to this
duty.
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SULLIVAN VS.. RYAN.
A Novel Match Arranged Between Ryan
and the Champion.

Trey, New York, January 1O.-Paddy
Ryan, who is 10Y in this city, received the
following telegram from New York this
morning:
Have matched you against Sui
Ivan to fight in a room, five persons on a
side to be present, for $4,000. Will you
fight? Answer. JOE CoBURN.
Ryan answered Immediately, saying
Eyes"
To a reporter, Ryan said he was glad an
opportunity was afforded him to meet Sui
Ivan. 1.-THE proposition" said Ryan. us
rather novel, BUTT is just the way would
like to try myself in a contest with Sulli-
van. Since the fight at Mississippi City, |
nave labored under serious disadvantages
in my appearances before the public. and
it is all due to the fact of a general belief
that | was not on the level If this match
can be- made, 1 will enter willingly with full
confidence that l will come out winner"
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Black Hills LIQUOR Men.

DEADwooD, d. T., January 1O.-In the
case OF the Retail Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton, which sought to compel the County
Commissioner to issue license for less than
the amount fixed upon by them
$500, Judge Church rendered a de.
cision in favor Of the liquor men. but
stated at the same time that he hoped an
appeal would be taken, for the matter was
not clear to his mind because Of a conflict
in the cause OF the Territory. He stated
further, that his opinion. II the matter
should come before the Supreme Court,
might then be different from what it was
now, lack Of time having prevented
him from giving the subject the
study necessary. The decision could
not be delayed longer, because licenses for
the first hall Of 1886 had to be issued. i'm
mediately. The County Commissioners met
Immediately after the decision IA rem.
dered and fixed the license OF the city at
$3.50 and in the county outside the city at
$500. Quite a number Of saloons here
have closed permanently. In Rapid CITY.
however, under the new $500 license. every
saloon continues in operation.
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The GermHnia Accident.

The work OF searching for the body O
James Oman, the unfortunate miner who
was drowned in the Germania mine last
Monday, is being pushed as fast as o
sible. The water has been removed from
the mine or nearly so, but the flow is very
strong and keeps the pump working
steadily to it's utmost capacity. Nothing
has been left undone to aid in prosecuting
the work, and the managers of the mine
expect to have the debris removed SO that
the body can be recovered to-day. An
evening paper takes occasion to reflect
upon the company by stating that not
enough wood has been supplied to keep
the pump running, and in that way has
been direlict in its sad duty. The man.
ayers state that they have an abundance
OF fuel at the mine, and that they have
done everything possible to raise the body
to the surface, but that the flow of water
has been SO strong that the task has been
a slow and hard one, but it's completion
will probably be affected to-day.