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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-19
BEGIN no NOTICE n.
Citizens Waking Up to h Ineficiency
of the Heads of the Police Force.

Citizens Waking Up to the Inefaciency
of the Heads of the Police Force.
BUTTE Cry, Montana, October 49,
Editor Butte Miner]-I have watched
with no little interest the fight now going
on between Marshal Macarthur and Chief
Smith on one side and the rustling repor-
tiers for The MINER and Standard on the
others. Tell the boys to keep it up, the
public is with them. By the public I mean
reputable citizens and taxpayers, and not
the pinkie and prostitute element for
whose benefit every policeman In the city
seems to carry q pocketful OF blank bonds
SO in case any OF them are arrested they
may, by simply putting up bail, be spared
the humility OF being compelled to spend q
night in the calaboose. 1t is no exaggera.
ton to say that Fever has tee police force
OF the city been in a more demoraliz d and
generally inefficient condition than at
present-not because OF any fault OF the
officers themselves, but because of the in
efficiency and city OF the men who
are placed at their head. I admit that
there are a few men on the force who are
probably lots more ornamental than use
full, but the majority Of the men wou d
make frst-class and reliable officers were
they under the command OF men who knew
their business and we're capable Of directing
s~ubordinates under their charge. Let the
newspapers s"keep pegging away" and it
may result in the end that our city council
will realize the necessity and Importance OF
having men at the head OF our police force
who know something more than to look
wise and draw their pay. These barnacles
have had their day, and il the city cannot
get rid OF them any other way let them be
retired and pensioned and their places
filed with men who are capable and willing
to perform their duties.
In conclusion, Mr.. Editor, I will say that
The MINERS agitation has resulted in this
much good-City Marshal Macarthur has
been seen on the streets as much as two or
three times since last Saturday, and MT.
Smith has been seen to 60 by his two
favorite saloons without entering either.
Vox PoRUL.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-19
THOSE MINERAL LANDS.
Some Important Messages from washing
ton Concerning Them.

Some Important Messages from Washing
ton Concerning Them.
Hon. Lee Mantle, president Of the Min
eral Land convention held ct Helena last
year to protest against the granting Of pat
ents to the Northern Pacific for mineral
lands located within the territory, 10 just
in receipt Of the following telegram which
is self explanatory.
WAsHTNGToN, D. c., October 10, 1889.
Hon. LEE MANTLE, Butte-Danger i'm.
minent Of Northern Pacific patents issuing
at once. Havet kilograms sent from Butte
to the president and to Secretary Noble
asking Withholding of patents tt Northern
Pacific selections which cover thousands Of
unpatented gold, silver and copper bearing
mining properties of Montana, until the
mineral character Of these lands can be de-
termined.
Signed, THOMAS G. MERRILL.
Mr.. Merrill lie the chairman OF the execu-
tive committee appointed by the Mineral
Land convention. He has given q great
amount Of time and labor to this subject,
and probably understands it in all It's
bearings better than any other man in
Montana. he is now at Washington upon
this business, and the fact OF his asking for
protests to the secretary OF the interior
and to the president shows the gravity Of
the situation. In this connection it should
be remembered that the Northern Pacific
railroad has already adversed some six
mining claims over in the Champion dis
trict upon the ground that they are upon
lands selected by the company, and
which it claims under the provisions OF it's
charter. II the company should be sue.
cessful in it's adverse, it means that the
claimants to these mines will have to pur-
chase them from the Northern Pacific Rail.
ment, and-as Mr.. Merrill says in his tele-
gram-thers are thousands Of un-
patented claims held through
out Silver Bow, Deer Lodge,
Jefferson. Lewis and Clarke aud other
counties OF this territority, which are To-
Gated upon lands selected and claimed by
the railroad company. It is therefore all
important to the claimants OF these mines
that patents should not issue to the rail
road until their mineral character has
been shown, the position taken by the
Mineral Land convention being that the
railroad company ia not entitled to patents
for mineral lands, the Same being excluded
from it's grant by the provisions of it's
| charter.
Mr.. Mantle therefore suggests q meeting
OF the board of trade aud all others who
may be interested for Friday evening at 8
O'Clock, at the rooms over Clark & Lara
bie's bank for the purpose of formulating
messages as outlined above.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-19
Hvdraulic Mining Operations.

The Silver Bow Hydraulic company, Q
new corporation owning $500 acres OF
land between Silver Bow and Rocker has
begun work on its ditch, and will complete
mart oft this fall. It will take water from
n;v;de creek about Eve miles from Feeley' g
station. The company has advertised LOT
biSs for the construction OF two reservoir
and il is expected that the actlye WORK u
mininpIwill begin early nextseason.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-19
A STOLEN WATCH
1t Is Found in the Possession of a China
man Arrested For Fighting.

1t Is Found in the Possession of a China
man Arrested For Fighting.
Monday night Officers Leland and Swan.
son arreste two Cinnamon or lower Main
street for fghtir g and disturbing the peace.
They were taken to the station and upon
being searched a lady's gold watch was
found in the possession OF one OF them.
1t 30 happened that the watch was stolen
from q roman named Kittie Hayes some
thing over a week ago by a Chinaman who
was taking care OF her room. Efforts to
find the Chinaman and the watch proved
futile as the woman was unable to furnish
a description OF the thief sufficiently definite
to enable the police to identify him. The
finding of the watch may be the means Of
securing the arrest OF the party who stole
IL. The Chinaman in whose possession the
| watch wa found claims to have bought 1t
from a white man and that he paid him
SIS for the trinket.
The Chinaman, who is known as "China
Tom" will have an examination before
| Judge Newkirk. Friday.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-19
A DEEP SCHEME.
The Reported Mission of Chairman Jack
to Warrington. e.. %


The chief item OF interest in local cleo.
ton affairs yesterday wal the ommon re-
port that Chairman Jacks visit to the
East was not one that would be spent
wholly in the mad pursuit Of pleasure. 1t
is said that he will mingle pleasure. bust
ness and political fine work and that he
stopped at Helena long enough to get the
advice of thu Republican leaders as to the
kind and amount Of political matter to In
terest himself in. Briefly outlined, the
scheme is for Mr.. Jack to 60 to Washing
ton and ask President Harrison to remove
Judge De Wolfe and appoint in his stead .
Republican in whose hands the rotten issue
raised by the Republicans would be made
to smell as new mown hay. Montana be-
ing still a territory, the chief executive Of
nation has the power to depose a judge OF
the district court and to appoint his snc-
coaanP
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-19

The Troubled Mrs. Ayers Takes Possession
of Vacant Premises. -

The Mrs. Ayers Takes Possession
of Vacant Premises.
Mrs. Nick Ayers seems to have had
trouble in hen domestic arrangements. Be-
ing hard pushed financially and rot able to
pay rent, she moved from her late abode to
a small vacant house, No. 403 East Broad.
way, for which Curtis & Majors are the
agents. She did.not ever ask the agents
consent to her occupany OF the premises,
and inasmuch as she a neither pay rent
nor guarantee the same she was asked to
vacate. She would appeal to the county
for assistance for herself and children, but
she cannot 60 to the poor house with her
little ones, and, Chairman Jack being out
Of the city, she ann get the board OF
county commissioners to allow her the So
monthly for house rent which thu county
has been in the habit Of allowing under
similar circumstances. Furthermore, the
pater familias is wholly unable or unwilling
to provide for his wi and there the family
ia in q dilemma from which, apparently,
nothing but private cha ity can extricate it.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-19
TrevilIy's Monaghan Friend.

The Chinese lady Susie Noy, who was &C.
cused night before last OF stealing $50 in
gold coin from a miner named Trevilly.
was not put in jail. She had a diamond
ring valuable enough to serve as surety for
her appearance and this che put up in lieu
OF bail. Trevilly promised to return and
make formal complaint against her; when
he does 80 the pudgy celestial will be ar.
rested in due form.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-19

TAKEN UP-CAME TO MY RANCH ABOUT
i a year ago, ono gray horse branded figure s
on left shoulder D on the right shoulder. Also
left soulder and thigh. G.. A. SLOAN, Butte.
CTRAYED FROM RUTTE THE FOL-
y lowing horses:
One IRON gray horse A ON left shoulder and
thigh.
One black horse strip in face left four white
W on left shoulder.
One roam mare strip in face, hind feet white.
Z on left shoulder.
One sorrel horse star in face marked
e on left thigh.
One bay horse hlotch brand on left thigh
A reward of SIS 90 will be paid for their re-
turn to C. A. SLOAN, Butte Mont,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-19
FORGERY AND LARCENY.

Sheriff Jefferies Captures Two Criminals
Wanted Elsewhere.
Sheriff Jefferies OF Lewis and Clarke
county will leave this city this morning for
Helena and will take with him Il. II.
Mckenzie accused OF forgery, and Sam
Myers wanted for grand larceny. McKen-
zie. commonly known as "Tex," has put in
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-10-19

would introduce Dur system and allow the
| city to use it q year or any length OIL
| time the council desired before the city
would be asked to pay for the plant. Ii at
| any time our system failed to come up to
| the guaranteed standard the city would
! not have to pay for it. Does that look
like trying to mislead youf"
Mr.. Goodale then said that although he
| had not made up his mind which system he
favored, he did not consider the argument
| OF additional expense to the city in cas-!
| the central Office system was adopted az
tenable, because the city had q paid frs
department and somebody would always
be at the station to receive the alarm.
Mr.. Mullville: "Let the Gamewell mar
being his apparatus here; the Gaynor mar
did and we examined 1t"
The Gsmswell man was again on deck
He wanted the fire committee to go te
Helena and examine his system; his com
pany would defray the expense.
Mr.. Pinkham; What good would it dt
for the committee to 60 to Helena and se'
only one system in operationf II they gt
there they should also 20 to Salt Lake tt
see the Gaynor system work"
Mr.. Whittacre-"Im willing to take 10!
chance with the Gamewell company. Lee
their agent bring their apparatus here an
L IoG the TWO lu6uk uuOASO VIC P1NSS~
side and then We can see who is trying tt
mislead you. / do not consider it lair 10
Your committee to visit Helena and no
Salt Lake. I brought my instruments her
for the inspection Of everybody and tn
Gamewell company was afraid to meet N
in fair and open composition
Alderman Shawl move that the mr.
committee visit Helena and examine th
Gamewell system"
Alderman NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. that motiol
is put, your honor, I move 60 amend tna
tbe committee also visit Salt Lake City
and the expenses Of both trips to be PAL
nv the companies whose systems we are t
investigate" -,
r;ad. after which the original motion ais
prevailed. n;.ht - *
as an electric fire alarm was concerned
The Gamewsll man lit . cigar and plume
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-08-30
English Capital in America.

1t is we'll known that large amounts of
English capital is seeking investment in
American industries. So far as the purpose
of the foreign capitalists has been discern
ed, it is found to be the practical organiza
ton of trusts in whatever branch ofbusiness
they aim to become interested. They have
tried TO buy up all the breweries; they have
tried to get hold of the principal Touring
mills, and in all branches of business which
have attracted their attention they have
sought absolute control 1t is practically
an importation of the internal spirit of greed
which is already too prevalent in this coun-
try. These people come here to make their
capital profitable at the expense of the
American public, and there would be obiec.
tion to placing our chief industries into for
elgn hands even if they were conducted
upon live'and-let-liye principle, for the
profits, of course, would be taken out of the
country. To that extent we should be Ire
landized. Bat the business which is thus
controlled by foreigners will not be managed
upon fair basis. The attempt 10 get abso-
lutte control Of the various lines of business,
into which foreign capital would like to flow
to organize TRUSTS for the purpose of
robbing the American public. 1t is bad
enough to be robbed by Americans. 1t is
much more irritating to be robbed by for
eign capitalists and to know that the money
of which we are robbed is to be taken to
Europe to support lords and princes in their
luxurious folly and audacious assumption.
1t is the most impudent move that has
ever been made by European capital.
Hitherto it has gobbled some of the public
lands upon which to feed cattle that came
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-08-30
Advanced Position of the Farmers

Advanced Position of the Farmers
The Farmers Alliance of Nortl
Dakota has lsrge membership anG
much political power. 1t has framed
a platform which it presents to the
constitunal convention. Among the
planks are the following: Govern
ment control of the railroads and Of
all public necessities; prohibition oil
the liquor traffic; election of the
United States senators by popular
vote; courts of arbitration; abolition
of the contract system in public
works; self.sustaining criminals
woman suffrage; few appointive and
many elective officers, and the Aus
tralian system of voting.
If farmers all over the country
we're brought face to face in organiza-
tions, and had their attention direct.
ed to these questions there would be
very little division of sentiment
among them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-08-30

casting his vote for w. 7. Warbur
ton whose name was not in nomina
ton. A hustle of a few minutes
among the delegates reconciled mat
ters when second ballot was had for
a choice between DR.. Kirk and II.
M. Mccullough which resulted in
the election of Kirk by 26 votes TO
10 for Mccullough.
TIE COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The choice of a county central
committee would close the labors of
the convention. The old committee,
Townsend Poole, Col. 1. D. Davis,
and e. Wesley Janney, were made
the unanimous choice of the conYen.
ton, when the chairman adjourned
the convention SINE die.
1t was the intention to have a res
olution offered in the convention de-
claring The sense of the party oppos
ed to any interference by the legisla.
ture with the present prohibatory
law of the county, or its substitution
by high license law, but in the con
fusion ofthe closing hour this motion,
by an oversight, was omitted, but it
is generally understood by the nom.
inees that such is the sense of their
party in the county, and would have
been more distinctively emphasized
by the convention by resolution,
had it not been accidentally over
looked.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-08-30

into competition with the cattle raised upon
our farms; it has sought TO pin us down to
the gold dollar as the unit of value, it has
always tried to exert an Influence upon our
financial policy. But in all these purposes
ii has been compelled to meet public opin-
ion which Las hal greater or less effect In
interfering with its designs, though candor
and facts compel the admission that it has
succeeded in its purpose much more perfect.
ly than our people could wish. But ii
comes now entirely independent Of the will
of the people, and in shape that the people
are powerless to resist without further leg
islatton. 1t proposes 10 go extensively into
business among US; it proposes to organize
monopolies and do what monopolies always
do, rob us as long as there is anything upon
which it can lay its hands.
But as usual the most astonishing thing
connected with the business is found in por.
lions of the American press, and in two in
stances in papers that are supported by
farmers who have been so numerically rob-
bed by monopolies already. Two of these
papers open their arms and bid this foreign
capital cordial welcome. Ifit is stupidity
that leads paper to take such a position il
is stupidity that is SO near TIE line Of
idiocy that it cannot be told where one
leaves off and the other begins. II it is sim
ply natural sympathy for wealth and for the
classes that Cypress the masses, it is con-
temptible heartlessness and treachery tc
American interests. In the face of this in.
vasion of capital and greed, Congress
should be prompt to put an end to trust
conspiracies. There is not shadow o.
reason for bidding foreign capital well
come TO this country. We have an abund-
ance of capital with which to carry on our
industries, and do not need foreign capital
TO absorb the profits of our industries and
float the money out ofthe country. Western
Rural.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-08-30
Dreams

Affect the imagination, if the system
is out of order. Hamburg figs always
cleans the disordered blood, and, as a
regulator and laxative, are unsurpassed.
They act gently, but certainly, and
their continued use is earnestly recon-
mended those suffering from constipa-
ton and piles. In fact, Hamburg figs
may be termed household remedy,
since they are so reliable aud at the
same time so safe to take. Being pure
ly vegetable, they may be given to the
youngest child. At the same time, so
pleasant to the taste, that Hamburg figs
are eaten as eagerly as preserved fruit.
Hamburg figs are sold by L. r. Kirk
at 25c. box. Dose one fig.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-08-30
The agreement between the West

The agreement between the West
ern Union Telegraph Company and
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad by
which the former came in possession
OF the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph
Company was recorded in the office
of the Clerk of the Circuit Court last
week. BY this means competition.
sooner or later is destroyed between
all natural monopolies. The state
grants two companies franchises with
the glittering prospect held up that
competition will result in cheaper
ing the product or service to the
public. The competing parties form
combination, and one company
does the work OF both with half the
expense of course. The stock of
both is capitalized in one and the
combined machine sets out plumber :
ing the public of the last cent that can
be squeezed out of them. If the
state would reserve its valuable fran
chises, that increase in value with
the increase of population and bust
ness, prescribe rules in their charter
and maintain supervision over the
corporations business, the people
would be protected from the whole.
sale robbery which they suffer from
monopoles. This will not be done
till the agricultural population
addresses itself to the study of econ
omie questions. These reforms
must come from the country; the
rural population must elevate the
standard of political and government
tai morals; reform can never issue
from the corrupt and vicious centers
of trade, the cities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-08-30
Cruelty to Workmen.


From the Philadelphia Inquirer
Of August the 3D., marked copy of
which has been received through the
post office, we clip the following
article. Assistant Chief Engineer
Richards referred to in the article
is a brother of j. Granville Richards
this county.
"That there is limit to human
endurance was shown by the expert
ence of the workmen employed by
the Pennsylvania Railroad in re.
pairing the food damages. Assis
tant Chief Engineer Richards was
in charge of a party Of bridge car
penters who worked as they never
worked before. For FIVE days they
were employed at Montgomery bridge
working nineteen hours day. They
were reused up at 8 o'clock in the
morning, breakfasted at halfpast 8,
and were at work at 4. They had
no rest. no noon hour, but were kept
moving constantly. Meals were
served four times day. At night
the men worked by the aid of cleo
trio lights until 10 o'clock, when
they went to bed.
"For FIVE days the men kept up
under this routine, and then when
the bridge was finished they were
take to the viaduct between Altoona
and Johnstown. On the way the
men managed to get little sleep,
but it was terribly tagged body of
wokmen that left the cars An extra
effort was cow to be made. The
whole line was clear but this viaduct,
and Engineer Richards, by threats
and promises, persuaded them to
attempt the work without taking
rest. They began early Monday
morning and worked constantly
without stopping for rest, except at
meal time. until Wednesday morn.
ing. Then exhausted nature gave
out When the word was passed
around to come to breakfast not a
man responded. They dropped
where they were, some on the ground
some on the tracks, and some on the
trestles eighty feet in the air. In an
instant every man was sound asleep.
1t was simply impossible to arouse
them, and so they were allowed to
rest four hours, when they were all
awakened. 1t was like getting out
a six-day pedestrian on the last day
of the race. How ever, they all went
at it and finished the work in few
hours. Of course, the men. were
we'll paid, drawing for forty hours IN
nineteen hours work, but they earn
ed it,"
"That there is limit to human
endurance every"child knows. This
was cruelty inflicted on the men
not justified by the company under
any plea that can be urged. More
work could have been done by the
men had they been given reasona-
BILE time for refreshment, sleep and
recuperation. Their ability to work
diminished with every hour of forced
exertion after the reserved forces of
the body began to be drawn upon.
This is shown by the state of total
exhaustion reached in a comparat-
lively short time. Had a reasonable
degree of rest and sleep been granted
the men from the first, three times
the amount of work could have been
accomplished the last day of their
"endurance,.' and certainly twice as
much the day previous. If the
claims of humanity were less than
the call of necessity in the judgment
of the company and their engineers,
knowledge of the laws of hygiene
should have told them they we're
losing in place of gaining by such
reckless urging.