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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
Goldin Africa.

Mining Industry: Although it has been
only four or aveyears since mining for gold
was commenced 10 the Transvaal, South
Africa, many rich mines have been opened
ard towns and cities ara springing up by
scores. As yet they appear to be only on
the edge Of the gold fields, still they already
have mines valued at mi lions. The owners
Of the Sheba ref at Barberton, in the
DeKaap gold district, have recently re
fused an offer of So, 750. 900 for their mine.
Tie Witwatersrandt mine, at Johannes.
burg is the center Of the Kip River district.
some 80 miles southwest OF Pretoria.
Farto the north OF Pretoria, in the Dor.
ders OF a region inhabited by Ksffirs, won
derfully rich deposits of gold are known to
exist. This is 10 the Zontpansberg region,
Inc it il to the northward in that unex
plored regior known TO b. rich in gold, as
natives have brought in many nuggets
picked up by them in that section.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
Minor Notes.

Only two of the ten stamps at the Old
Lexington mill are dropping in ore.
The first meeting of the stockholders of
the Magnolia company was held at D..e1
Lodge Monday evening.
Southern Crosse ore, which is now being
crushed at the Salton Cameron 10 stamp
mill, av RACES SIS per ton gold.
The last number OF the New York Engi-
neering and Mining Journal contains a page
cut of the underground workings of the
Granite Mountain mine.
The Lone Pine Mining Company Of d.
vide, purchased a small hosting plant YES
terday from the Utah & Monta q Machin-
cry company OF this city.
The Minneapolis Mining company, which
was organized for the purpose OF carrying
on a general mining business in Deer Lodge
county, has let a contract for sinking a go
loot shaft on the Minneapolis claim in Orc
Elmo district.
G. P. Mason, general manager of the Utah
q Montana Machinery company, with
headquarters at Salt Lake, returned from
MuiIan yesterday where he had been for the
purpose OF inspecting the 1OO-ton capacity
ntrator recently erected by the COM
at that place. The plant was d. signed
by Mr.. Jones, agent for the company at
place, and has now been in operation
about thirty days. The concentration is
doing good work.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
At the Anaconda.

The Anaconda company is reported te
have put a force OF men to work in an ole
shaft north OF the Anaconda mine, pushing
a drift toward one OF the levels of the St
Lawrence, preparatory to running pipes
through the new drifts and forcing seam
into the Anaconda from that dire ction. A
large force Of men are reported at work in
the old Modoc mine, northeast OF the Ana.
c,Dda, where a new shaft is being sunk.
'che prospects are quite favora bic now that
most OF the men thrown out OF employ.
meht in he Anaconda and st. Lawrence
mines will be put to work in the Modoc.
which 10 located on q vein running parallel
with the two foimer named mines. It is
also confidently believed that the fire ia
now not only under control, but also on
the eve of extinguishment. The mine is
flooded with steam, and it would occasion
no surprise if it should open again
within the next few days. The company
and the men are 8 .ngui 10 that work will be
resumed within ten days.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07

ana as he is very positive n. ;,-.,
mhs i.stened: Pattsnnan ia INSIDE door
tha' the thief opened the ss,a satisfied that
"a piicate key. How one con, ~ means Of
or me- be is at a loss to comn, nave been
! re are no special circn REQUIREMENT
"r' d with the robbery that saa con.
SUI 'ct airy certain person ead him to
Ollie % ave given the case c,a Gnu while the
gs''nn they have made no d;aon ~lnvesti.
led to implicete any OF discovery tbs cal
or i~nstrons OF the place. 'ne employe
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
FAKF.
The Story Told By James Neeson Dec;d-
eddy Suggestive of an Untrutb-

n Story Told By James Neeson Dec;d
eddy Suggestive of an Untruth.
James Neeson, the miner who claimed :,
have been assaulted and robbed in Dnbl;
gulch several evenings since, was place
under errest last night and placed in iai1
an a charge OF in~toxication, In view y,
what has since transpired there is reason
to doubt Nelson's statement To Tur
MINER recently that he had been knocLaS
down and robbed by Pat Lennon. wh;Ie
they were passing up Dublin gulch together
:1nce his statement a made. and maJs
In apparent good faith, it has been ascor'
t''l"ed that he has been a patron ~ Tho
gaming table, and that he is indebted 10
rat Dugan to the mount OF $50 fou
BOARD. Instead of liquidatinp HIS dehts
Indications point to tina concIns;on th"s
ne tossed his hard.earned wages i to the
hungry NAV OF the tiger and allowed
ms obligations to mature and noss
Wlthout making any nrena 70 zee
meet them. His purnose ~
''vl1s currency to the story lof the al.
eged ROBBERY wal probably to ;m,osa
Dugan's sympathy on account of y
misfortune, and TINS he $1,000 20
sniency IN the enforcement Of a l~epitimata
lalm Tor board long since overdne' VsS
erday Dugan Satisfied himself that Naa.as
'as not deserving of further assiste".a
pounceo MIN from the honse
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
A GOLD BUG IN DISGUISE.

1t is evident from the tone of the presi
dents message in treating the subject Of
silver that President Harrison is com.
pletely under the domination of the gold
bugs of Wall street. The professed an.
ticipatiOns of the Republican press of
Montana that the future of the white
metal was safe in his hands are scattered
to the four winds and are proved to be a.
utterly without foundation as the pre-
tentious prophecies in which they boast
fully INDUCED of a ruling favorable to
the lead interests Of the country from
Secretary Window. The half-hearted
and apologize tone in which the presi-
dent disposes of this important interest
shows that this administration NAV be
depended upon to do moth
ing which shall in the slightest
be construed into antapo-
nism to the Juggernaut of Wall
street. The gold mono-metaIists are on
top and will remain there all through
Harrison's term of office, Sc
cure in uninterrupted control of the
monetary destinies Of the nation and in
profound indifference to the vital inter
ests of the West.
There Is q Bringing Obse0uiopsnaas tn
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
"A New Syndicate.

A syndicate composed OF Missoula'
Helena and Butte mel has been formed fol-
the purpose of dealing in Missoula real es'
tate. The gentlemen comprising the syn
dictate are W. B. Richards OF the firm OF
Edgarton & Richards, Helena; Charles W..
Cannon. A. J. DAVIDSON aid Mr.. Steele OF
Helena; Mcconnell & Cook OF Missoula, and
Curtis & Majors OF this city. Mr.. Curtis
returned from Missoula yesterday where
he had been for the purpose OF examing
several blocks of ground recentlyipurchased
by the syndicate, and which will in a few
days be offered for sale at Htl"na and this
city: The land in question is rear the line
the Northern Pacific railroad, and is
said tc be desirable both for business and
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
MAK4yT4.
He is Now in the Tolls For Utterinp a
Forged Check.

Forged Check.
A lew evenings sir ce a Finnlander stag
gerlng under the name tf Legatti Makatts
and a large dose OF whisky entered the ga
foon OF David Johnson, also a Finlapder
on Ea. t Park. Makatta pre- du, ed a check
for $50, with he asked johnson to
cash. johnson claimed that he did
not have that much money
on hand. Makatta suddenly be-
came very generous and told
Johnson that he could have
the check ii he wonld give him drinks to the
amount OF one dollar. This was a snap
indeed Tor johnson and he accepted the
proposition and the check. Afterward he
showed 1T to several parties and among
others Officer Cody. The officer at once
saw that the check was bogus and 90 in.
formed johnson. Makatta was still in the
saloon and the officer asked him where he
bad obtained the check. He said that II
a been given to him by Green & Keefe in
payment for work on the Homestake grade |
and appeared very anxious to recover
OF the paper when the officer told
MIN That ne would have to arrest him for |
passing a fraudulent check. He was taken
IN charge and locked up. Yesterday he was
arraigned before Judge Newark and pro.
.essed to be unable to speak or understand
English, and an interpreter had to be sum.
moned. Through him he told q long story
about how the check had come into lis
possession, but seemed unable to saw who
t was that had given it to him.
After hearing all the evidence the court
the matter under ad, isement and the
with the rocky name vas Re.
urned to Jail.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07

the gold bugs in every line of sthis par
Of the message. The president lacks thu
manliness to come out boldly and de.
clare openly what he, In obedience tt
the behests Of. Wall street, endeayors ap.
ologetically to maintain. He damns sill.
yer with faint praise. He deprecates
the increase Of the present rate Of coin.
age of the silver dollar beyond the mini
mum required by law OF two millions a
month. The law Of 1878 for which the
country may thank the Democratic
party alone stands between this admin
~istration and the entire suspension OF
the coinage Of the dollar Of the dad
dies" The Bland bill makes it impera-
tive that Mr.. Harrison's secretary Of the
treasury shall purchase not less than
two million dollars worth Of silver bull
ion per month and authorizes him to pur-
chase four millions. But for this COM
pulsion to which he is obliged to submit,
we should have had Mr.. Harrison paving
the way for the total suspension Of even
the present minimum of bullion pur-
chase by arguments drawn from the
stock in trade Of the gold bugs.
President Harrison evidently belongs
tothe faction that scouts the proposition
as false and visionary that the unit Of
value in this country is the silver dol
lar of 41215 grains, the dollar Of our
daddies." Yet such is undeniably the
case. It is not the gold dollar. The lat
ter Is not a standard of value
to any n but the gold bugs, whose
humble servant President Harrison as
good as declared himself to be. When
the silver dollar was fixed by law at its
present weight and fineness it was the
standard by which all other values in
this country were to be measured, in
gold itself. This is the doctrine
Of the fathers for which the Democratic
party has contended ever since, through
the Vaccinations of John Sherman, the
arch-enemy of silver and the plant tool
Of Wall street, the silver coinage was
suspended. Through the persistent
efforts Of the Democrats, silver coinage
was restored, but the Republican senate
stood in the way of complete restoration
md left 1t with the bar sinister Of the
Imitation 1t now endnras.
One by one the falsehoods freely in
in by the Republican press rela-
i've to the care for Western interests
which this administration would exhibit
re being laid bare and assuming the
addening aspect of campaign lies. The
owing kindness with which the admins
ration was to lift the lead interests of
he West to a pinnacle of prosperity never
efore dreamed of, was rudely shattered
y Mr.. WINDOWS lead-ore decision. And
ow the president himself steps gingerly
D the front and .uEfeelingly pnnctures I
protection to silver" bladder of his
followers in the West by
eclaring that 1--WE should not tread the i
angerous edgeof such a peril" as would
any considerable increase of the
resent rate Of coinage" a
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
Appointed Union Pacific Attorney

BY a recent order one attorney will act
for both the Union Pacific and the Mon
tana Union railroads with headquarters
at Butte. As soon as the fact became
known Hon. Sam Word. attorney for the
Union Pacific rendered his resignation
giving as his reason that his home was az
Helena and that it would be impossible tor
him to remove to this city. A gentleman
named Shropshire, residing at Omaha has
been appointed to succeed Mr.. Word ana
will arrive here in a few days.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
Taken to the Pen.

The stay of execution OF fifteen DAYS
granted W. q. Venneday. the embeszlinp
express agent, at the time he was sentenced
having expired, he was taken to the nen;.
tertiary yesterday afternoon by Under.
sheriff Themes. Although a year NAV an.
pear to be a long time. Venneday has GOOD
reasons for being thankful that he cot off
SO easy, as the crime of which he has been
convicted is q most serious one. When he
Is released he will probably conclude to
women and faro banks the go.by in the
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
WANTS HEAVY D4M4GES.
Jerome Caldwell Sues the Butte Street
Railway Company.

jerome Caldwell, a citizen OF Butte, has
instituted suit to recover $25 600 dam.
ages from the Butte Street Railway com.
pany. Caldwell, in his complaint, alleges
that on the Fourth day of July last, while
coming as a passenger on one of the com.
pany's cars from Columbia garden t. the
city, he was run into by another car and
received injuries that will disable him for
lie. The accident occurred near the race
track and resulted in plaintiff having his
leg broken. The accident, he says, was
caused by "the gross carelessness, default
and neg igence of defendant, its servants
and agents, and without any fault or negIi-
geLcs on the part OF himself" Caldwell
ayers that he sustained a double fracture
OF the left leg, and in the language OF the Pc
tition states that be was otherwise greatly
bruised, wounded and cut, so that he was
unable to work, has since been confined in
hospital and is now unable to attend to
or perform the duties OF his business" For
This he asks the company to contribute
S25 900 OF ITS means as indemnity for it's
carelassness.
Charles O'Donnell has been retained as
counsel by Caldwell, while the company
will be represented by Mcbride u Haldorn.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
HUMBLE HEROES.
Railroad Repairers Who Were Hurt Ill
Trying to Save q Train.

HARTFORD, Conn.,. Dec. AT about
$3.50 O'Clock this morning Charles Jacobs,
Owen Flanagan and Cornelius Barry were
at work on the Air Line railroad, abou'
two miles east of Portland. They were
laying some new rails, and the place Wnere
they were at work was just below a sharp
curve in the track. Around the curve d
fourth man was stationed to warn tneln
oil the approach OF trains, abat Tor sGno
reason he left his post temporarily. lne
men below had liftei q rail into a pV.
sition directly across the track. ihey
then went for another. Before tney
knew it d train was upon them. Appal.
emily forg"tful Of themselves they sPrans
for the rail to get it off the track. Iney
raised it eff the ground, when the tra'1
them. All three men were nureu
thirty feet down an embankment on SOME
Jagged rocks below. The train passed o.
safety and stopped. Backing down. ~
picked up the i jured men. Owen FIannaI
IAN, aged SO years, had his skull crlsnet
n and his right arm mapgItd. He cann?S
ecover. Charles Jacobs. aged II, Lao h0
light leg broken and is injured interna,y,
Barry escaped with a 10"
cratches. All three were taken to for'
and and cared for.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07

Both houses Of congress were orga.
nized yesterday. Thomas B. Reed Of
Maine was elected speaker Of the house
OF representatives in accordance with
the caucus programme. He is the pro-
nounced enemy of silver, lead and every
other Montana interest, and the pro-
nounced friend Of railways, monopolies,
wal tariff and every other institution
that is calculated to make the rich
richer and the poor poorer. Congress-
man Carter was one Of his strikers,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
EMPTIED FIJI SAFE.
"A smooth Sneak-Thief Makes a Good
Haul at South Butte-

"A smooth sneak-Thief Makes a Good
Haul at South Butte.
Some one effected an entrance 70 o sof
at the Northwestern house, in South Butte
Tuesday evening, between the hours Of ~
and IL o'clock, and gathered in s345 in
gold' the cash contents of the strong hoy
The hotel is separated by a partition
from the saloon, which is on the
east side OF the house. The safe ia in the
hotel part. Tuesday evening Christ Pat.
tennan. the proprietor. neglected to secure
the combination, but left the inside door
locked. Between 10 and IL O'Clock. while
the saloon was crowded with patrons. and
at a time when Pattennan was verv bnsv
dispensing the ardent, a smart thief. ev;.
IDENTIFY having a duplicate key to the inside
door, entered the hotel, and passing he.
nlnd the counter succeeded in opening the
sale and a~bstracting the money.
The job was c~leverly executed and tho
Perpetrator effected lis escape without
Pattennan remained in ienor.
ance Oh MS loss until yesterday, when. hav.
" . Oil TO pay, he went to get the money
rom the safe, and found it gone. As the
Key not been out of his possession
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07

The Inter Mountain hasn't yet Topped
on the mineral land question. 1t still
assumes to be on the side Of the people
but its arms are still lovingly entwined
about the Sanders and Carter neck.
That journal refrains from discussing
Col. Saunders relations with the North
ern Pacific and the time is probably not
far distant when it will declare that he
was never in the employ Of that corpora
ton. No one doubts but that it can even
furnish any number of afidavits to that
effect.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE,

The presidents message will be found
on pages fee and six of this mornings
MINER. If there is any merit in prolixi-
ty, then the message is possessed of it to
what may be termed an alarming degree.
1t Is probable that no part of the docu-
ment has been mislaid, lost or stolen as
1t was guarded with extreme vigilance
until the last moment that it was DOS
sible for Its author to cling to it. In re-
spect to its length and in every other
particular it could not differ more with
the presidential messages which have
taken a high place in the history of state
papers. There are but few public ques-
lions with which it does not deal, and
while it contains some information
which is rancid to the average newspa-
per reader it is rs barren of recommen-
dations which should distinguish the
statesman as though no great national
issues were pending. 1t is a plea Of
avoidance and a confession of weakness
that might have been expire ssed in a
single sentence and with much better
effect. To the great question of the tariff
he devotes but little space and that with
fear and trembling when he leaves the
realm of free tobacco and free whisky. ,
He is as silent as the tomb upon the
wrongs which the present tariff inficts t
upon the toiling masses of the East; the 4
poverty, degradation and crime which it .
entails that a few may live in splendor n
and bask in the sunshine of luxury. II
While he recommends a revision of the II
tariff, he hedges the recommendation v
with every expression that a total disre- :,
gard Of the welfare and rights of the d,
masses can suggest and there leaves the 81
heme with the seal of his own weakness So
md insincerity. ln
The Pan-American congress receives =;
lis attention, but he seems to realize at
hat the present tariff is an insurmount- to
Ible barrier to an extension of CONNER p
ial relations and he therefore limits the Gu
opic to international comfy. =.
He Is opposed to the free coinage Of es
liver, but offers no argument to prove
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
UNION OF STATES.
The Five Republics of Central America
Form a Union.

The Five Republics of Central America
Form a Union.
NICARAGUA, Dec. 3.-President .Sacasa
has signed the treaty admitting Nicaragua
into the union of therepublics Of Nicaragua.
Costa Rica, Honduras, San Salvador and
Guatemala, under the name of the United
States OF Central America, but it is be.
lieved the N~icaraguan congress will reject
the measure. The plan of the union bro.
vides for the first ten years. It will simply
be an offensive and defensive alliance and
the president OF the union will have charg.
only on diplomatic and foreign relations Of
the five republics. At the expiration OF that
period the union will be cemented by the
adoption OF a constitution which will en-.
brace all the political. commercial and
other relations between the five republics
and the foreign powers. A common mon
etary standard and common tariff laws |
will be adopted, but there will be free trade |
the different republics. Honduras,
and San Salvador have already |
.igned the treaty and it is understood that |
Rica will do the same.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
To Inspect Their wealth

James Lynch, I'D. Thomas and James
ia,oot' constituting a part OF a syndicate
OF Butte capitalists who W the Montans
saal.'on to Port Townsend, WASH, left
that place Yesterday to look a,tor +ho;.
The addition comnr;ses f"rta
~ ncses adjoining Port Townsend. for vb;cS
Jug .le syndicate paid SAC, 600. Sheriff TJn.d
W.. Mno Is lntert sted, stated, Yesterday ~
ne en- S1 aoo can b disposed Of at present ior
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07

The bogus court met again yesterday
and adjourned for two weeks. Even the
most partisan Republican attorneys re-
.spectfully decline to appear before
Judge % Hamilton. Everybody knows
that MIR. Hamilton was not elected and
everybody knows that he made just that
admission in open court.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07

that his views are entitled to respect and
confidence. He waves the red flag Of dan.
ger over the minis Of the country
and bars their doors but they will yield
to the pressure Of craftsmanship and the
stars and stripes will yet float over BIZ
metallism. He adverts briefly to the Chi
nese question and to him who reads
between the lines 1t Is evident that the
president Is still the friend Of cheap
labor however much it may imperil the
dignity and prosperity Of the American
workingman.
He devotes considerable space to the
colored brother Of the South, and de-
plores that under the existing election
laws the colored voter can vote the Re-
publican ticket but once on the occasion
Of an important election, and in effect
he asks congress to remove this disability
IL possible.
The message is a failure except that it
demonstrates that the author belongs to
the list Of great men upon whom great
ness has been thrust.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07

Whenever you begin to sift the present
legislative muddle the Bernard afida
Wits which were secured through intimi-
dalton, bribery and perjury, bob up Sc
renely and declare that men who do not
deserve the name Of Republicans used
such methods to afford a pretext for ex-
Guiding the vote of the Thirty-fourth
precinct.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07

According to the Main street organs
law and logic the state auditors procla-
walton can create a legislature. What's
the matter with Billy Hall, Billy Jack,
Bernard, the convict, Blake, White and
Walkarp
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07

Convict Bernard is herding certain Re-
publican members Of the legislature and
they are getting tired of it. 1t must be
very h~umiliating, indeed, to a man of
any manhood, to be logged by such an
individual as Bernard,