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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09

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The Hon. II. A. Hawkins of Tennessee
recently defeated for governor. is at In.
dianapolis. He wants q national cleo.
ton law that will take the Presidential
and Congressional machinery entirely
out Of che hands of the state legistat-
ures. When the national gov ernment
goes that far it can, with equal pro
priety and Justice, go still further and
control all the elections, in the alleged
interest of "fair counts" etc. Hon
Hawkins ought to know that just as dis
reputable incidents are reported from
the North as from the South, and that
running the elections by the old Mar
shall Davenport processes will secure sat
isfaction to no one except the indiyidu-
ais who are counted in.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09
MARRIED AND SETTLED.
The Expected Chinese Bride Arrives an
the Marriage Festivities are in Progress.

The Expected Chinese Bride Arrives and
the Marriage Festivities are in Progress.
Hun Ku was at his store Friday on
West Galena street. and looked in an un.
feignedly happy frame Of mind. His place
of business is in an implanted, two.story
frame building standing a few feet west OF
Main street, next to the joss house. 1t was
readily di~stinguishable from the other
houses in tae neighborhood by the litter OF
exploded crackers in front OF the building
10 the street. Hun Ku was dressed a little
more ostentatiously than on the day pre-.
vious. He wore a light blue brocaded silk
blouse, with a black silk cap on his head.
He admitted with many chuckles hat his
bride had arrived that morning on the
z o'clock train according to contract
and that Immediately after her ar
rival the ceremony had been performed
at his house by a Chilaman, but whether
in holy orders or not was not stated. He
proudly produced a marriage license for
which he had that morning paid the usual
fee to the Clerk OF the Probate Court, al
though it was certainly worth more than
that for Clerk Sproule to wade through the
aggregation OF Monaghan gutturals and la
bials that formed the names of the parents
OF the bride and groom. But it was a
hopeless task to explainto Hun Ku how the
marriage certificate attached will have to
be filled out, and the chances are strongly
in favor OF i never finding it's way back to
the Probate Court.
There was some obstacle at first as to
the license being issued at all, owing to Hun
Ku's guileless admission that he had a wife
already who was still in the land OF the
living, but he explained that the Chinese
custom sanctioned this Mormon condition
OF affairs and that it is perfectly the proper
caper for a Chinaman to have more than
one vile if he pleases.
Every now and then a friend would drop
into the stole and salute Hun Ku in the
Chinese fashion OF shaking his own hands,
accompanied by q few words in Chinese
which set Hun Ku chuckling bashfully
with apparent pleasure. In the course OF
the afternoon there was quite a racket of
firecrackers in front Of the house. To-day
and tomorrow Hun Ku keeps open house
for his friends in which it is more than DOS.
sible his white friends will participate. The
bride was invisible during the day to pry-
ing eyes, Hun Ku being evidently desirous
OF making her accustomed to her surround.
ings before introducing her in public.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09

WASHINGTON TERRITORY held a con
~ventiOn, Thursday, to urge forward state
hood. The territory claims a population
of 100000, a gain OF 10000 in eight
years, and very truly thinks these facts
entitle 1t to admission. The statehood
executive committee Of Dakota has is
sued a call for a delegate convention OF
counties in Southern Dakota, January 16,
for the purpose Of taking steps to further
statehood for South Dakota. The COM
mittee believes South DakOta's chances
at Washington are waning, and many
fear that two or three years will elapse
before admission is achieved. 1t is
urged that action be taken by the pres
emit Congress, and that, in a 8 such is
not done, the strongest pressure possible
be brought to bear to secure an extra
session for the purpose Of admitting the
territory to statehood. 1t is evident that
the territories are not forgetting to urge
their rights, whatever duties Congress
may be ~neglecting. The territories
must make themselves heard; that Is the
road to success.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09

still be printed by the state, and while
they will contain the names OF all the
candidates to be voted for, the tiMe Of
printing has been reduced to seven days
before the election. The provisions 70
curing that all ballots shall be mum
bered and handed out at all the polls 4
done away with, and voters may secure
ballots Independently before election day
This will allow not only q @vestrpocket'
vote, but it will also give q chance T.
voters who cannot read or write to have
their ballots prepared for them BY Their
friends.
In the case of infirm voters, 1t is pro
vided that they may be accompanied In
to the compartment by their friends.
The bill of last year provided that only
twice as many ballots should be printed
as there were voters, but this is changed
SO that four times as many shall be
printed. In Ease of the death, disability
or resignation of a candidate between
the day of nomination and the printing
Of the ballots, it is proposed that any
other name may be substituted by q
or an individual who has been
given authority by the convention to
make such a change.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09

: The Fort Benton "Riyer-Press" OBJ
jects to its contemporaries apprOpriating
Its articles without some acknowledge
ment of their origin. The "Press" is one
of the brightest newspapers in Montana,
even If it is rather small, and, as its
witty and genial editor, Col. Searles, is
constantly saying gooi things, he must
not be surprised to find some of his
weaker and less scrupulous neighbors
not only strutting in borrowed plumage,
hut at the same time reviling the one to
whom they are indebted. That is ingrati-
tude, and, we regret to say, there are
wen editors who are sometimes migrate
full. The tree bearing the bestfruit gets
dubbed the most, and plucked the most.
The Press must continue to shed its
light abroad, even il some Of its enyious
neighbors do try to shine by the same.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09
The Red Lion Mining Company.

A correspondent at Anaconda sends the
following: The transfer OF the Red Lion
and Utopia lodes and Red Lion mill site
to the Red Lion Mining & Reduction Co.,
is now completed and the deed has been
forwarded to Deer Lodge for record. The
company is ready to sell a limited amount
OF treasury stock for the purpose of build.
ing a mill. The superintendent is negotiat.
ing for the machinery and expects to place
the machinery and timber on the ground
this winter, while the roads are good. The
mill will be built as fast as the weather will
permit. They will use water power to drive
their mill, thus enabling them to treat very
low grade ore with profit. The first meet.
ing OF the company was held in Anaconda.
The officers elected are as follows: J. R.
Boyce. Jr., president; T. B. Mallory, vice.
president; Green Majors, treasurer; J.. G.
Beldin, secretary; II. w. Sparks, superin-
tendent.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09
MORE A CASES.
One of Them Gets a jury and is Acquitted
on the Evidence.

One of Them Gets a Jury and is Acquitted
on the Evidence.
The charges OF vagrancy against Howard
Breckenridge and Louis j. Waxenbaum
were taken up by Judge Lippincott yester
day morning. In both cases the defend
ants introduced rebutting testimony. The
Judge sentenced Breckenridge to thirty
days imprisonment and withheld the com.
mitmeht for a few days. He reserved his
decision il the other case until January 25.
In the afternoon Edward Garrett was
placed on trial on the same charge. Mr..
Duffy appeared as his counsel and demand
ed y jury which was empanelled. The
County Attorney was not present and the
prosecution was conducted by Mr.. Booth
OF the City Attorneys office. Officers
james, Carroll and Anderson and
several other witnesses connected
with Dowd's gambling house were
examined. The officers testified
that they had seen Garrett about Dowd,s
house at all hours OF the night. The other
witnesses testified to his presence there at
various times, occasionally playing. Mr..
Duffy on cross-examining them developed
the fact that they could not tell whether
Garrett had any visible means or not. For
the defence a carpenter named Marriott
testified Garrett had several times applied
to him for work. 1t was also shown that
he had applied to Mr.. Davis several times
for work before his stable was burned.
Simon Hauswirth testified that he had EN-.
ployed Garrett about a year &c. Mr..
Duffy urged upon the jury that it had not
been directly shown that the defendant was
leading a vagrant life and that his Intellectual
application for work showed his desire to
be employed could he obtain any work.
The jury rendered a verdict OF acquittal.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09

THE step-mOther is prOverbially cruel
to the mOtherless wards 0ver whom a
fathers misplaced affection has placed
her. 1t not infrequently happens that
the little objects Of female tyranny, who
are permitted to grow up without becom-
ing complete idiots, have their revenge
i'm after years. Evidently the case of
murderer Schroop, Of Philadelphia, and
his second wife, illustrates the points re-
ferred to against the average step
mother. Schroop's daughter by his first
marriage comes forward and t~estifies in
the most damaging manner against her
step-mother, charging her with being
the instigator Of the awful crime in
which her father has already confessed
himself as being the principal actor.
Clearly 1t was not love for the step
mother that prompted the girl to make
the sworn statement.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09

SENATOR VANCE's reply to Senator
Hawley that, Of all the foreign nations,
the English system Of taxation, is per-
haps best. was justified by all the facts
However obnoxious England's methods
may be abroad, it is certain that. under
her system Of low tariff, she has earned
the title Of mistress of the seas" and
she has become the greatest commercial
power on earth. So much for a system
of low tariff. With a low tariff, America
could rule the wave. What ails Eng.
land is her abominable landlord system
u system which permits a few to own all
the land. Had England as good land
laws as France, for instance. Great
Britain would have no hard times mol
rack rent" troubles. Let Senator Haw.
ley reflect on these facts.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09
4 rwir LINED for Two Jail Birds.

AZ
Henry Willard and George Blackwood
were sentenced at the last term OF the Dis
trict CURT to ninety days Imprisonment
for stealing certain goods from Carrie
Schultz on East Park street. Other indict-
ments were found against themfor burglary
at the same time. The prosecution of the
latter was objected to by the prisoners
counsel, who maintained that the prisoners
could not be tried for twooffelces~ growingout
OF the same transaction which position the
court sustained. The County Attorney
took an appeal, but TO make sure OF Eold-
ing the men a new complaint against the
prisoners was sworn out in the Probate
Court yesterday by John A. Lloyd,
charging the same men with grand
larceny on July 2, 1883, on Carrie Schultz,
and an order was made commanding the
sheriff to bring the defendants before the
Judge of the Probate Court, which order
will be complied with when the men have
served their sentences. The authorities
will use every effort to prevent the men get
ting off with such a light sentence for the
serious crime OF burglary which was the
main charge against them.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09
PROPOSED ELECTORAL REFORM.

PROPOSED ELECTORAL REFORM.
When Governor Hill, Of New York. We
toed the electoral reform bill, embracing
much of the Australian system Of voting,
he brought down on his head the anath-
.emas OF the labor organizations gener-
ally and to such an extent that it was
thought a mOv would be made to insure
his defeat should he come up for re-elec-
ton. Even the Republicans Joined in
the hue and cry against him as i'm favor
Of the Australian method OF voting,
However, there is no evidence that the
Republican party is committed to such.
or any other alleged reform, and the hol-
lowness OF the Republican outcry doubt
less had its weight in governing the
votes Of many who made up their minds
that IL the Republicans condemned Hill,
there must be some virtue about him.
1t Is also possible that the under
standing that a new and better
bill for securing honest elections
would be introduced this winter and
would secure his endorsement, with other
consideration. reconciled the r~eactionary
element and resulted In Hill'sre-election.
Anew electoral reform bill is now to
be introduced In the Legislature Of that
state. 1t will contain several important
changes from the bill vetoed by Governor
Hill; last winter. While the ballots will
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09
BE- stieks Fast to the Ground.

Mr.. McKinstry. OF Joplin, No., is aston
ishing the natives Of his state by his pecu-
liar gifts. II is said that when he walks
over the ground IL few hours he becomes
thoroughly exhausted and 80 limp and
helpless that he has to be assisted home.
But he has to keep walking, for when he
stands firmly on one spot OF ground for q
few seconds he becomes as if rooted, and
has to have one foot assisted loose, when
the other a be moved, and then, by tread
ing up and down for a minute, the electric
current becomes broken in the course OF
which, however, the peculiar sparkling incl
dent, for instance, to brushing a black cats
hair backward is developed. He ascertains
the location OF water beneath the earth by
using a peach tree switch, and finds where
minerals are by similar means. He has set
a number OF rrospectors hunting for lead
and zinc, but they haven't dug far enough
yet to ascertain whether he is a true prophet.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09

THE rascal Friend who organized the
Electric Sugar Refining Company. a
humbug which swindled and ruined
many men, and whose Sudden death pre-
cipitated the exposure Of the fraud, was
a specimen of the fellows who Give by
their wits" Such men are leeches on
the body Of society. As Solomon said
"They toll not, neither do they spin,'
and yet they live at the highest notch
Ii may seem strange that such a fraud
could go SO long %Indetected, but when
one remembers the Kelley motor
(which may Or may not be a fraud)H
one need not be surprised that men, tt
increase their gains, will submit to any
thing but square up and up labor and
business methods.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09
THE BOARD OF RAD
win Try Its Prentice Hand at the Smell
ter Smoke Question.

win Try Its Prentice Hand at the Smell.
ter smoke Question.
The unusual density of the fog that has
prevailed here during the present winter,
burdened as it is with sulphurous vapors,
has set everyone inquiring if nothing can
be done to relieve the city OF the burden.
1t has become the common topic of con-
versation, forced on everyone by the ,yi-
|denee OF more senses than one. As seen
by a notice to its members, published in
this Issue, a meeting OF the Board of Trade
has been called to take the matter under
consideration in a public way. For a long
while the Board OF Trade has lain dormant.
there being no public matter to call for ac-
tive consideration by it and the members
never having got into the way Of attending
it's regular meetings.
But this is an occasion that arouses them
to action and there is a good prospect of
q lair representation OF it's membership at
the rooms OF the Board over Clark & Lara
bie's bank next Monday evening. As the
Board il composed Of representatives Of
every business interest in the community,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09
TWO O r SENT UP.
A Couple of Hard Cases Get Their
Deserts.

A Couple of Hard Cases Get Thei,
Deserts.
:. H. Hennessy was up before Judge Lip
pincott last evening on trial for assaultins
the woman known as Sailor Jack with
whom he has been living. The complaint
showed that he bad knocked her down and
kicked her. He pleaded guilty and was fned
500 and costs and committed in default
Among his assets was q purse to which
Sailor Jack preferred II claim. The Judge
asked her what right she Lad to it. She
replied ut is as much mine as his"
"Why, are you married to him?" asked
the Judge.
do you think Pm a fool?" she re.
turned.
"Well, does he live with your"
ITO be sure he Does" she replied.
The Judge called the City Attorneys at
tention to the admission, which will be
used against Hennessy in case any attempt
is made to release him before his term oil
Imprisonment is over.
George Shallenberger also had u hearing
before Judge Lippineott yesterday evening.
He is one OF the Migrants lately rounded
up, and has a most disreputable record,
living with one OF the colored demi-monde
on Galena street. He stood trial, and had
counsel to defend him, but to no purpose,
as be was fined 500 and costs and com.
mitted in default.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09
He was a SON Of Hole-in-the-Day.

Joseph L. Woodbury., a young man en-
ployed in the Minneapolis Postofice, aston
ished the officials of the Office last week by
handing in his resignation and informing
them that he intended to be an Indian
chief from that time forth. It appears
that Woodbury. was in reality the son OF
the late Chippewa chief, Hole-in-the-D Day.
He is twenty one years of age, and has gone
to s~ucceedsbis father at the Chippewa reser-
walton. He may introduce civil service re-
form in the affairs OF his tribe, and possibly
some other reforms,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09
Officers Installed.

The following officers were installed i
Butte Lodge No. 1, 40. U. w., n jar
uary g.:
p. M. Workman. Schandanker.
NJ. Workman-S. G. Graney.
Foreman-G. e. Schale.
Overseer-D. Paul.
Recorder. c. Bachelor.
Financier-G. F. Lyman.
Receiver-John Raley.
Guide. Bernheim.
Inside Watchman-W. III. Arnold.
Outside Watchman-C. A. Carlson.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09
AVERY handsome holiday number was
issued by the Minneapolis Tribune"

AN earnest hint to the Associated
Press and the Western Union: Better
employ men or those understanding their
business, to transmit news. Lately a
good share Of the messages are so rent
and torn, with words, passages and lines
eliminated, that some Of the items can
not be used at all.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09

In introducing the resolution i'm the
u. s. Senate fayoring the suspension Of
silver coinage, Senator Sherman has
been heaping Goals Of fire on the heads
Of certain Republican newspapers, caus-
ing them to wriggle and squirm pain
fully. TO divert attention from the
fact itself these childish scribblers, as
usual, fall to abusing Democratic
journals. Sensible people, however, will
not be misled by such drivel. The fact
remains that the Republican party de-
monetized silver. and that the Democratic
party restored silver to monetary value
and authorized its coinage.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09
Want Their Money.

A petition to the county commissioners
was fled by James Simpson yesterday
stating that James B. Glover, the officer
who held the election at Meaderville on
November 6, had hired a room from him
in which to hold said election on a prom
Use that he should be paid $40 for such
use OF the room and that he had not since
been paid. He contends that it is a rea-
sonable sum and asks that he be allowed it.
Alex. McDermott presented a bill to the
body for $3.50, balance he claims
as due him or account OF attendance as a
witness on Judge Herbert's court in the
case OF Territor. VS.. Geoff Lavell.
The commissioners viii consider the mat
tiers at their session next Monday.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09
The handful Of sugar manufacturers

The handful Of sugar manufacturers
in Louisiana and Kansas object to the
proposed bounty Of one cent a pound on
sugar. They prefer the present method,
and ask the Senate to allow the tariff to
remain just as it now is. OF course
But why should Congress do any more
than respectfully listen to these men?
Have the people no rights? Why should
they be taxed 82.04 ad valorem ON this
article merely to enable a few manu-
f%acturers to become wealthy out Of the
business? Congress owes a duty to the
people at large as well as to the few
individuals.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09

SUCH conflicts as those Friday, report
ed as occurring near Seattle, between
the Knights Of Labor and the Miners
Union, are dlsgraceful in the extreme.
What do laboring men hope to gain by
shooting, manning and killing each
other? Public reproach and merited
di saster are the legitimate consequences
of such strifes.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09

EXCITEMENT over the collapse Of the
Electric Sugar Refining Company Of
Brooklyn, N. Y, continues, having spread
to England, where many shares of the
stock are held. 1t is now even suspected
that Friend is not dead, and THE MINER
would not be surprised to learn that The
late iasco is simply a scheme to scare
out the original stockholders, buy up
the shares for a mere nominal price, re-
sumo business and make a great buster
about prosecuting the newspapers and
shareholders for libel, etc.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09

price Of lead should be advanced ma
terially, which is very doubtful, the
consumers would suffer bu., II the
miners and smelters have rights which
they generally abuse, @the public'-the
consuners-may also have rights; but
who cares If they can't enforce them r
The protection our miners Of low-grade
ores most need is an insurance against
exorbitant freight charges, and inciden-
tally against the opening Of better
mines in new districts.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09
Set for Examination on Monday,

The case OF petty larceny against Tom
Kempsey and Frank Evans had been trans.
ferred to Judge Hopkins court on Friday
by change of venue from Judge Lippin.
colts court and was set for hearing at 4 p.
m. When the case vas called Mr.. Duffy,
who appeared for the defendants, asked
that the case be dismissed owing t o defects
appearing in the papers on which the change
OF venue had been ordered. A new CON.
plant was then sworn out on which the
defendants we're arrested and their trials
set for 3 o'clock Monday.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09
THE PROPOSED DUTY ON LEAD IN
SILvER-LEAD ORE.

From the Engineering and Mining
Journal" A bill now being considered
In the Senate proposes that silver-lead
ore, which is now admitted free Of duty
when the silver value exceeds that of the
lead, shall pay a duty of IL cents a
pound on all the lead contained in it.
Should this bill become a law it would
seriously affect many Of our smelling
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-01-09

The release Of Prof. Geffcken, who had
been in the custody of officers on a charge
of being responsible for the publication
in a Berlin paper Of the diary Of the late
Emperor Frederick, shows a return to
sense of the authorities, SO far as this
matter is concerned. Nothing was to
be gained by such a persecution, how
ever much the Professor may have been
at fault in taste and judgment in the
matter.