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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05

PERHAPS the most noteworthy address
at the dinner Of the New York Chamber
OF Commerce last week was that Of Prof
Goodwin Smith, of Toronto, in which, in
response to a toast, he touched upon the
question Of the commercial relations be-
tween the United States and Canada.
Prof. Smiths views upon this question,
which are by this time pretty well known,
were enforced by him on this occasion
with his usual force and point. He de-
clared that nature had made this CONT
nent an economical whole, and that the
benefits which nature offered to both the
United States and Canada could only be
fully enjoyed through the adoption of
the principles of commercial union as
applied to the internal trade of the con-
tinent. This principle could, he said, be
adopted in practice without meddling
with the seaboard tariffs otherwise than
for the purpose of assimilation. The
subject, Prof. Smith says, has taken a
strong hold on the minds of the Cana
dian people. 1t can hardly be said to
have aroused the same degree of interest
south of the Dominion boundary, though
attention has lately been drawn here to
the general subject of the political and
relations Jc.ween the United
States and Canada, notably by Senator
Sherman, who, it is not improbable may
much to do with the direction of
our foreign relations under the next adj
ministration.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05
PENNSYLVANIA ZEAL OR CHEEK.

PENNSYLvANIA'S ZEAL OR. CHEEK,
So Chairman Quay is going into the
new cabinet, is he? With Quay, John
Wannamaker for postmaster-general and
Wharton Barker, recommended by the
Irish association, for Secretary Of the
Treasury, i'm the cabinet, the Keystone
state will be given a recognition more
than her due. Or will Harrison cut Penn
sylVania off with one man? And who
will that be? The Irishmen have spoken;
they were the first at the President-elect's
door with a candidate in the person
named.
Inasmuch as the Irish vote seems to
have become solidly Republican, thus
electing Harrison, it would be a most
%ungrateful act for him to thrust them
aside at the very first knock at the
cabinet door. But the question is, will
Barker get there?
Colonel Quay is said to be ready for a
trip to Harris0n's home to urge t lat the
millionaire clothing dealer of Philadel-
phia, John Wannamaker, be given the
position of pOstmaster-general, and Quay
himself, according to report, is a candi-
date for a cabinet position. How can the
President-elect disregard the appeals of
Quay for himself and friend?
No doubt Harrison will wish that the
Republicans Of Pennsylvania had less
zeal and more discretion.
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TO DO WITH THE UNION
PACIFIC.

The Government directors OF the Union
Pacific railroad, in their report to the
Secretary of the Interior, declare that
the moneys advanced by the government
for building of the road will soon be due
by the terms of the agreement. and, as the
road is not now and will not then be in
condition to. satisfy its obligation, the
government will be compelled to take
possession of the road and operate 1T.
ssThis," the directors declare, would be
a last unavoidable solution OF the problem
not otherwise to be solved"
This is an alternative that seems to
brighten the poor directors clean out OF
their boots, though exactly why is not
apparent. But they declare that they are
'iof the opinion that it will be better for
the United States to lose every dollar OF
its debt and execute a release to the COM
pany than to undertake the duties OF a
common carrier Of goods and passengers,
thereby establishing a precedent which
would surely create mischief far beyond
the benefits to be deriyedfrom SO hazard
GUS an experiment"
1t is amazing how easily alarmed some
officials become. What mischief, pray,
would follow the government taking the
possession of that road? Who would be
harmed? No mischief seems to have fol-
lowed from the government taking pos
session of the mail service, and running
it. On the contrary, the people of the
whole country are benefited. In Europe
the governments run the railroads, and
no serious mischief" follows.
IL the Union Pecific is a great public
need, and yet one which private enter
prise cannot proftably conduct, it is the
governments bounden duty to throw it.
self into the breach and maintain the
enterprise. That is what government is
supposed to be for. 1t matters not SO
much whether it be profitable to the gev-
eminent from a financial view, SO long
as it fills a pressing want. Government
should strive to accommodate the people
the greatest good to the greatest num-
Der.
If the managers Of this road find they
cannot operate it successfully-and they
cannot if they are compelled to charge
exorbitant rates-the government should
reimburse the stockholders for their
actual outlay, and run the road the same
as it would a mail route.
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SECRETARY WHlrNEY's annual report

SECRETARY WHITNEY's annual report
of the condition of the United States
navy gives n a faint idea of the differ.
ence between Democratic and Republi-
can administrations, especially with
reference to the management of our
naval affairs. The. Republicans were
yearly expanding millions on the navy,
and yet the latter was practically use
less, with scarcely a %seryiceable vessel in
the department. The Democrats have
not only reduced the expenditures, but
have put the navy in seryiceable condi-
tion, and, what is more, have paved the
way for still greater usefulness, while, at
the same time, reducing expenditures.
So much for Democratic administration
and Republican maladministration in
this department alone.
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VITALITY OF THE DEMOCRACY.

Very truly says the Pueblo Press
There is n peculiar characteristic of
the Democratic party which all other
political parties admire but never pos
sess, and that is the power to suffer re-
peated defeats and still survive. Weather
victorious or yanquished it lives on and
fourishes just the same. The live oak Of
the republic, its leaf never fades. Turn
it out of Office for a quarter of a century,
and it makes no difference with its
growth and prosperity. The food it lives
on is not spoils but principle. The cen
fury plan of our national politics, it
blooms a hundred years after it was
planted.
Having buried all it's earlier rivals and
most of its later ones, it not only con-
tinues to last but lives on and on through
conflict and disaster, through evil report
and good report, through peace and
through war. Often cast down but never
destroyed, it promises to be here hale and
hearty, when the millennium dawns. The
ark of our freedom, it can dwell in the
tents or the temple of our American Iib-
critics, and thrive in either. The Magma
Charta of u rights, it il the peoples
precious possession, the peoples ever
lasting party. 1t might die and rest
from its labors but for the fact that there
are wonderful promises and prophecies
to be fulfilled in the power and progress
Of the coming time.
O Democracy, we see thee gu the far
away hill-tops of the future! Man kind
owes thee a debt of gratitude which the
present age is too poor to pay! But
thou art rich, rich in trophies won on
many a friendly field where the giants
of the republic have contended for the
mastery; rich in the truths of fellowship
aud freedom Of breadth and brotherhood!
The sacred fires which thou hast kindled
in human hearts shall never be quenched
while patriots love liberty, obey Law,
revere justice and honor the right of
man!
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05
GENERAL PALMER AND TIE G.. A.. n,
Declares the Latter is an Organize,
Adjunct of h Republican Party.

He Declares the Latter is an Organized
Adjunct of the Republican Party.
CHICAGO, November 30.-A Springfield,
Ills, special says the feeling among Demo.
cratic soldiers and friends OF General Palmer
regarding his withdrawal from..the Grand
Army, has been intensified by the reported
interviews with various members OF that
organization.
General Palmer said: Il have read the
interviews and read letters on the same
subject from Ohio. Indiana, Illinois, and
other states. Many of the letter writer's
approve what they suppose / have done,
Others, mostly anonymous writer's, abuse
and %denounue me. Some propose the
organization of another soldiers associa.
ton. 1t will be time enough to talk about
another organization OF ex.soldiers when
the Gil cumstances shall show it to be neces-
sary. Ex-soldiers can take their plac s
with other citizens, and discharge their
social and political duties like Tree
men. The interviews published furnish al
the evidenc3 that can be required OF the
MISUNDERSTOOD fact that the Grand Army
organization is political in it's tendencies
and an organized adjunct to the Republican
party"
In the same connection General Palmer
took occasion to denounce as false charges
he disobeyed orders OF General Sher. |
On The field, or that he left the ARMY
10 any but the most honorable manner.
New York, November 30.-The SUM-
prints an interview with leading Democrats |
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ITEMS FROM MISSOURI.
A Young Lady Drops Dead While Dancing
a QuadriIle-An Election Contest.

- -J
a OuadriIIe-An Election Contest.
MIssoULA, Mont, November 30.-lSpecial
to the Miner. Miss Flora Sedgewick, a
daughter of a prominent citizen OF Stevens
vile, dropped dead while dancing a quad
rifle at d party given at Stevensville. We'd
nesday evening last. Heart trouble is sup
posed to have been the cause.
Some time ago it was alleged that d.. j.
Heyfrop, the present Incumbent of the
Sheriff's office, would contest the election
OF Cain B. Mahoney. who was declared
elected by a small majority. The necessary
papers have been served upon Mr.. Mahoney
and the case will be heard and determined
by Judge DeWolfe at this place the 18th
day of December. The following, in sub.
stance, are the grounds for the contest, as
set forth in the complaint: First, the poll
books OF Keefe precinct were removed from
the place designated by t~hecounty commits
sioners; second, the election at Selfish was
not held at the place designated third, the
election at Bonita was not held at the
place designated; fourth, the election at
G~rantsdale was not legal, for the same
reason; fifth, the election at Weeksville was
illegal for the same reason; sixth, the
election at Quartz Creek was illegal
for the same reason; seventh, the
election of Camas Prairie was illegal
for the same reason; eighth. the clerk
OF election precinct known as Rosshale was
not sworn; ninth, the judges at Eaean were
not sworn; tenth, at O'Keefe precinct six
votes for Dan Heyfron were thrown out;
eleventh, at Bonner precinct 100 men were
not legal voters Of Asissoula county, voted
for said Cain b. Mahoney (names of many
OF the men cited); twelfth, three men who
were not legal voters. voted at Quartz
Creek; thirteent: twenty illegal votes were
cast at Horse Plains; fourteenth, thirty
three illegal voters cast ballots at Weeks
vile.
A switchman, whose name vas unob-
tainable, was run over and killed in the
yards here, this evening. The unfortunate's
body was ground to a pulp, and wholly
unrecognizable. He was reported to have
been Il single man. and had been but a
short t me in Missouia. Particulars as to
how the accident occurred could not be
obtained owing to the ~lateness OF the hour.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05
QUE N4iION4L B4NkS,
What the Comptroller of the Currency
Has to Say About Them.

WASHINGTON, December 1.-The annual
report OF the Comptroller of the Currency
contains a summary OF the state and con-
dition of the National banks during the
year. The number reporting in October
was 3,14O, OF which the capital stock ex-
ceeled $500, 900, 600; surplus funds, $685.
600, 600; other undivided profits, $7O,-
600, 200, and outstanding circulation
against bonds, $151, TOP 900. The indi-
vidual deposits amounted to S1,45O,-
OOO, 900 and the government deposits to
$50, OOO, 900.
The total number of new additional
banks organized during the year was 1872.
Forty-two went out of the system during
the year, OF whic thirty-four vent into
voluntary liquidation, and eight failed
making a net increase OF ninety banks.
The net increase OF capital in the yearhas
been over $14, 600, 900, and the net de.
crease OF circulation nearly SIT, 900, 600.
Reports have been received from 357 in
stitUtions not national banks. The whole
body OF these institutions report a capital
stock OF $3.50 DOC: 900, surplus funds and
other undivided profits $24O, 600, 900, and
individual deposits So, 127. O0O, 900.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LEGISLATION.
The recommendations of the comptroller
as to new legislation are: First, the funding
Of outstanding ~greenbacks in bonds bear.
ing not over 2A per cent. per annum inter-
set, available only as IL basis for national
bank circulation and payable only on fail
ure OF the bank or on its dissolution, other
Wise banks to receive OF the bonds in circulate
ing notes. Second, the Newfoundland redemp-
ton agency at Washington to be trans
ferred to New York, and sub. redemption
agencies established at ZACH central reserve
city, all notes being redeemable indiscrim-
ilately ut any agency. Third, the enact
rlent Of laws giving uniform effect to com.
mercial instruments such as bills OF lad,ng,
bills Of exchange. checks, etc.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05

GENERAL PALMER, who is reported to
have left the Grand Army of the Republic
because, al he charged, it is ian organ
lied adjunct of the Republican party"
Is being cursed as well as blessed for his
action. The G. A. r. declares that it is
not q political organization, although a
few Democrats, not members of the
order, have long ago come to a different
conclusion on the subject, but the decla-
rations OF members themselves has, in a
measure, tended to give outsiders conf
dence in the society as a purely patriotic
benevolent body. II will be painful to
be undeceiyed. for the order has been held
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05
THE TRI1L OF HRONEK.
He is Charged With Conspiracy to Gsn
With Dynamite Bomhs.

He is Charged With Conspiracy to Ssn
With Dynamite Bombs.
CHICAGO, November 30.-The trial OF
Hronek, the anarchist, charged with con.
spiracy to murder officers OF the law who
secured the execution of the death sentence
OF the Haymarket anarchists, was resumed
this morning. No sensational features were
developed, Hronek aad the Others merely
denying the truth of the evidence given for
the prosecution.
Several other witnesses c~ontradicted
Splebauns evidence in minor points.
Copek declared that the story OF his in
timacy and plotting with Hronek was false
He never had anything to do with dyna-
mite or revenge. The man employed as
dredger testified to finding An empty bomb
in the river where Hronek declared he threw
some OF those given him by Karafiat.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05

FROM the San Francisco Examiner
November 18th "0f the last four Presi-
Dental elections, the Democratic party
has carried three on the popular vote, but
has enjoyed the fruits of victory of only
one. CleveIahd's majority in the recent
election appears by the latest returns to
have been about 100000 gain of 49,
COO since 1884. Some day the people will
become tired Of a system that elects the
man they have not chosen"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05
Public Debt Statement,

WASHINGTON, December 1.-Interest-bear-
ing debt-principal, sizes, oe1, ITO; in
terest, $9,s96,25S. Debt on which in.
terest ceased since maturity principal
and interest, $2,3l3,O3l. Debt bearing
no interest, $731,697, 1853. Total debt
principal, $1,68O, 917, FOG; interest, $1O.-
057,7 44; total,$ 81, $50, 975 $50; total debt
less available cash items, 81 200, 724,463;
net cash in the treasury, $50, 231,61O;
debt less cash i'll treasury November /,
$l,l37, 29O.O36. Increased debt during
the month, $11,194,S17; decrease since
June 30, 1888, $l7,094, SOB. Total cash
in treasury as shown by treasurer's general
accounts, $612. 7S4.6
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05
THE opIUM SMUGGLING cAsE.
Testimony IL the Man who Turned States
Evidence.

Testimony of the MAJ Who turned o'sss0 Z
Evidence.
AUBURN, N. Y, November cne
conspirator ID the opium smuggling case,
continued his testimony in the United
States court. He approached Collector
Little on the subject OF shifting opium ana
substituting worthless stuff. About June
90 he told Haines Of Seattle that Gardner
wanted it done. Haines would send g
man on and all he needed TO do was y iet
him have the opium which was in the room
adjoining his office. Little thought We
ought to bride Janitor Cominvey.
II assisted in shifting ONE OF the opium
The spurious stuff was sent on rom chi
cago, and the transfer made at midnight.
was subsequently arrested and taken to
Buffalo,
Judge Brnndage-..Waen did you make
up your mind to s~queal?n
when I learned Haines and Gardner in
tended to use my letters to get themselves
out OF trouble
Question-"You are Acknowledgement for
larceny, are YOU not?"
Il am
"Your office in Ogdensburg is a public
gambling room?'
1T is not"
j. I. Cromley. special government in-
Espector at Chicago, told that the opium
deal was. worked in that city by Gardner
and his ~confederates.
AUBURN, November 30.-The evidence
was all in for the defense at 0:3 O'Clock
tonight, when the court adjourned until
tomorrow when the sammoning will begin.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05

THERE being some speculation as to
where President Cleveland and wife will
retire, when they leave the White House
the Port Jervis, N. Y, Gazette" is moved
to naiyely suggest that The two take UP
their residence in that place. 1t makes
this suggestion for the reason that the
place is Democratic and would be politi-
cally congenial; it is healthful; is one of
the prettiest placesin the world; and is
surrounded by excellent fishing and
hunting grounds,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05
THE CALUMET e HECL4 FIRE.
Heartrending Scenes Among the Families
of the Dead Miners.

AtaE soGtMco <AAlOuS IA
Of the Dead Miners.
CALUMET, Mich. November 3O.-A fire
was discovered in the Calumet e Hecla
mine, this morning. where a large party OF
men were working. The fire made rapid
Roadway. All made a rush for the surface,
but eight are missing. That they are dead
is certain. The mine is c implicitly covered
with dense smoke, and the fire looks worse
than did the last one, but being nearer the
surface, it is believed the damage, imam
'cially, will not be 80 great.
The company is making desperate efforts
to control the flames and rescue the miners,
but it looks as if the case would be
hopeless.
The men are all Cornishmen. The scene
about the mine is heartrending. The fami-
lies OF the men are cognizant oil the extreme
likelihood that the men will never come out
alive, and to their grief and lamentations
are added tile most frantic confusion on
the part OF all except the trained employees
OF the company.
LATER PARTICULARS
DETRorr, Mich, November 3O.-Christ
Ikuics Out Vi Uu6 mIubFH VINO were aG WOEk
in the 10th level of No. 2 shaft, says tha&
at about IL o'clock last night he q and
smelled smoke. He at once called the at
tention OF others TO it. Charles G.. Sarson
and Henry Burkineynki, who we're thor
oughly familiar with the Calumet branch of
the min, at once started up the ladder as
far as the 10th level. and then went south
to the main engine shaft, and rode up to
what is called the grand 9th level. They
then crossed to No. 6 shaft, where they q
the shaft all ablaze.
Barkineyenki at once went to the valve
OF the water pipe, opened it, Strengthened
out the hose and was ready to fight the
fire at the risk OF his life, but there was no
water there. He says that, however, had
there been water. it would have helped
matters zone and seeing this the men came
to the surface.
Nothing is known Of the whereabouts of
the eight men who were missing. They
were working 1 800 feet deeper in the main
engine shaft, and it is supposed, smelling
the smoke, they tried to escape and were
smotlered.
The fire is believed to DO incendiary in it's
origin. There were over 100 men were IN
this portion OF the mine, but they escaped.
1t would be foolish to attenptto approx
innate the loss. as the fire is everyway much
worse than that OF last year and is liable
to burn for months.
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in respect, generally, under the belief
that it was not sailing under false
colors. This late election has revealed
some queer methods in politics, in Mon
tana as we'll AS in Illinois, but, SO far as
the G. A. R. is concerned, we yet hope
that General Palmer-who is a patriot
and a man OF honor-has been misquoted
on this subject.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05

1T is thought DeYoung will certainly
be given a place in Harrison's cabit. Yet
he was the first man to denounce Harri-
son, when his hame was mentioned for
the nomination. But he was also n OF
the first to ''eat crow" after the nomina-
tion was an assured fact, and he has
thus been gorging himself ever since.
Such martyrdom deserves recognition, no
doubt.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05

The Omaha Herald" speaking of the
retaliation bill, says it will now be al
lowed to drop from sight and considera-
tion. Having performed its allotted task
of usefulness to SO much of the Irish vote
as would bite at it, the pretense Of retalia-
tion or hostility to anything English will
be stored among the cobwebs Of the Re-
publican garrett"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05
THE PARNELL INQUIRY.
ill Investigate the Announcement of

Will Investigate the Announcement pt
speeclmaking.
LONDON, November 30.-At n meeting of
the Parnell commission, counsel for tire
Parneiiites asked the opinion OF tie bencE,
upon The propriety OF the placard posted
calling q public meeting to hear addresses
by q mar uamed Mitchell and Nora Fitz-
maurice, who appeared as witnesses for the
defense before the COMMUNIST N. Justice
Harmon said the placard was uni ustiiable.
He would serve a notice ON the firm which
published it.
Land Agent Hussey testified that ten
ants paid rents secretly or did not pay
them at all, because they were afraid of
being silot. There were no moonlighters,
secret societies or outrages in County Kerry
before the League was formed.
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Hronek Found Guilty.

CHICAGO, December l. Judge Collins
charged the jury in the Hronek dynamite
case in substance: Every presumption is
in favor of the prisoner. Ii the jury be-
lieyes the dynamite came into possession
of the prisoner prior to. the passage of the
law, July 1, 1887, and under which he was
indicted, they must bring in a verdict of
acquittal. They must be satisfied the
prisoner procured the dynamite since then,
with felonious intent to destroy human life,
in order to convict" The charge was
lengthy. The jury brought in a verdict OF
guilty as charged in the Indictment" and
fixing his punishment at IL years in the
penitentiary. Hronek merely remarked
'tIch versteDe."
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-05
A Lively Football Game. Thursday

New York, November 3O.-In the foot
ball game yesterday, the University OF
Pennsylvania team defeated the Wesleyans
Is to g.. The ga MT was a very exciting Que,
and bruises and bangs were well distributed.
Wagenhaurst, OF the Pennsylvanias, was
knocked senseless, Gardner, OF the Yves
a seriously Injured, Crane, OF tie
was cut about the mouth, and
Of the Wesleyans, was so badly
hurt that he quit the field.