Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-17

nronosition of the House was to CONVEX
the silver dollar into a minor COIN. ano u,
did not believe in that. He belleVeo -"
better to have a coin according TO the ue
sires of the California people tha0 "ouio
become the
COIN OF COMMERCE,
hnt there WAS one thing he did not see: III
did not see into the future. He did not
foresee that the silver dollar which was
then at a premium Of 8 per cent over 'he
gold dollar, would within fifteen years oe
worth only seventy cents. Ii anybody nau
told him SO he would have though NH
crazy, SO that all there was aoouC IL vac
| hat Congress had not foreseen a change IN
yalue, in the silver dollar. When anyone
in the light of those facts said anything
was sought.to be done by lndlrectlo9 ~
secrecy, he did injustice to himself ana tne
records. As to the payment OF lnteresC ~
limited States bonds in coin (Which Beck
found so much fault with.') he thanKed
God that had been iegislated for. III t hao
not been. what, he asked. would have pc
come of that national credit without tne
strong anchor OF coin interest,"? Inc Donus
would have disappeared like Confederate
bonds-into thin air
"~UNHoNoRED AND UNsUNG.
He did not want to precipitate this silver
question. He did not care to DISCUSS IT,
His views on the subject were Known.
Whenever he could see his way clear with
the general consent of the people, with 1ne
consent OF Colorado. Nevada n oan,
FORMAL to Jake any step to deal with the
silver question, he was perfectly wiling 10
do it. He thought the tune might come when
all the silver product of the country mighI
be represented by coin certificates, Duttnen
it would nave to be bought at its marKe1
value, not at an artificial value. After ALL
what had his silver friends made by their
forced attempts to get silver into CIR
culation? Silver had gone down steauily'
He would like to see it advance IN value.
Congress and the nation were powerful IN
many things, but they were not powerful
enough to create values. These had to be
fixed by the value-making mercantile ma
tions. Adjourned.
The House.
The bill providing that the first session
of the Fifty-fr Congress begin March 4th
was reported adversely. Bills for the erec-
ton OF an army gun factory and to provide
for the public defense were reported and re-
ferred to the committee of the whole. The
the bill limiting the coinage OF the double
eagle to 20 per cent OF the gold deposited IN
the mints, and discontinuing the coinage OF
three and one dollar gold pieces was r.
ported and placed on the calendar. The
omnibus bill for the admission into the
Union OF Dakota, Montana, Washington
and New Mexico was reported and referred
to the committee OF the whole. Mr.. Grosve-
nor's resolution directing the Committee on
Military Affairs to inquire whether any
unofficial matter has been incorporated
into the rebellion records was reported
pack and adopted.
The remainder of the day was consumed
in consideration Of the bill allotting lands
in severalty to the United Peoria and
Miami Indians, which finally passed and
the House adjourned.
Attempt of a 14-Year-Old Girl to Kill
Her Employers.
New York special: Rosa SchIessinger, a
Hebrew child IA years Old, was before
Judge Kenna OF Brooklyn this morning,
charged with an attempt to poison the
family of Otto Eichberg, who have en-
ployed her as a domestic during the past
three months. Mrs. Eichberg's story is
that Rosa was employed iii light house
work and to care for three children. She
seemed well contented until about a week
ago, when Mrs. Eichberg missed a diamond
pearl ring from a drawer. Rosa was the
only person who had been in the room, but
when questioned
Denied ALL KNOWLEDGE OF THE RING.
She was told to go to bed and think OF it.
The next morning she va questioned
again. Mrs. Eichberg told her if she would
return the ring she would say nothing
about it and never mention the fact OF its
disappearance to any one. Ros COM
merced to cry and went to her room Mrs.
Eichberg followed and saw her take the
ring from a drawer and throw it on the
floor. Mrs. Eichberg picked it up and
never mentioned the facts to any one until
yesterday, when Rosa, it is claimed, tried
to poison the entire family by means OF
chloride of lime. Mrs. Eichberg was rolling
the crust for a meat pie she was about to
make when she noticed
a o.
An examination revealed the presence in
the bowl OF a powder which afterwards
proved to be chloride of lime. Circum-
stances pointed SO strongly to Rosa that
an examination was made. In a paper of
chloride OF lime kept in the bath room was
found marks OF little fingers. A trail OF
powder led to the kitchen. Rosa was ar
rested by Detective k~ortwright, but denied
all knowledge of the chloride. She was
kept at the station all night. At the. sta
ton she pleaded noe guilty. On request OF
counsel she was placed in the custody of
her mother until a week from to-day, when
said counsel will attempt to prove the child
a victim of a conspiracy.