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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22
INSANE ASYLUM ABUSES.
An Outrageous State of Affairs Develops
at the Chicago Institution.

IN Outrageous State of Affairs Developed
at the Chicago Institution.
CHICAGO, May 17.-In the investigation
into the condition OF the insane asylum to-
day, one of the attendants admitted that
under q former administration one of the
patients was beaten to death by an.
other confined in the same room.
DR.. Noble, a member of the medical staff,
testified that nearly 300 patients were con.
fded to his care, and that a large proper.
ton OF his work was in treating wounds in
fights between patients.
Another witness testified that the attend.
ants were appointed on the recommends.
ton OF county commissioners, and that
their appointments were not based on
their fitness for the work, but because they
had q political PULL" The consequence
was that many Of the attendants were
wholly unfit for the duties they should per.
form.
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How 1t Worked.

At the weekly prayer meeting: The Rev.
Mr.. Wilgus-"And now I would be pleased
to know il any Of the brethren or sisters
have tried the plan Of ~infusing q little more
affection into their daily home life, as so
earnestly recommended last Sabbath.
Brother Marks-I did, but it was hardly
a success. l followed your directions,
Brother Wilgus. and kissed my wife as soon
as I got home, and as quick as she got her
breath she wanted to know what mischief
I had been up to-" f2
Sister Simpson-"And when ! greeted my
lord and master with a loving salute-l be-
lleve that ia the way you recommended,
Brother Wilgus-he wanted to know wheth-
or it was O pair OF shoes or a new bonnet
that I was ~after.-[Terra Haute Express.
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Parliamentary.

Brown-"Where's that Aver ] laid on.
the table a moment ago?"
Mrs. Brown--"You never expected to see
that again, did you9n
Brown-"And why not?"
Mrs. Brown-"I supposed You under
stood enough Of parliamentary practice 10
know that. when q bill was laid ON the
table it was seldom heard ofagain. '-tHar.
per,s Bazaar
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22
IN THE coUHrS'

Indictments Rat,r,,d by the Special Grand
Jury-PrisOaers seh'eh'o"'
The special grad jury 70
meet Friday, mad its report to the cour'
yesterday and w,s discharged. -Four IN.
dictments were returned. One against
Harry Roberts 9r murder, ana ONE s"d
against John Courtney, r. II. Beausn anu
Frank Reed, alfor burglary.
James MuD,hy. convicted OF burglary,
was sDtencedto two years at hard LABOR
In The penitsitiary. ..,, .on,
victed ieintv of grand larceny, were gwen
one year eash in the p~enitentiary. o.oc
The remainder OF the day court was oc
cqpied in rearing motions and setting aSes
Tor trial
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22
The Parnell Commission.

LONDON, May 17.-Father O'Donovan
testified before the Parnell commission
that the moonlighters at Tulla were op
posed to the League. They threatened
witness while connected with the League
He attributed the increase OF crime, during
the Leagues existence, to the action o.
landlords in enforcing evictions. Witness
denounced crime from the altar of his
church on forty Sundays. The commission
will not make it's report to the house oi
commons until Febr .ary next.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22

New YORK, May 1.-THE conference be
tween the directors of the American Meat
Company and the trustees of the American
cattle trust was continued to-day. Tht
meeting vas private, but enough wat
learned from an authentic source to war
rant the statement that the alleged deal be
tween the two concerns will be consum
mated by to night. The conference looks to
the formation of . traffic agreement by
which the meat company will handle the
product of the cattle trust, making the pee.
uniary outcome beneficial to both.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
The Base Ball Games Played Yesterday,
Horse Races. and SO Forth.

The Base Ball Games Played Yesterday,
Horse Races. and 50 Forth.
WASHINGTON, May 18.-Eleven innings
were necessary to decide the game, this
afternoon, ana Chicago won on Ryan's
| single base balls and two sacrifice hits. In
terest Was at fever heat all through the
contest and the two clubs played ahead OF
each other four times. Van Hallren's work
10 all respects wal aieature. Score: Wash
ington ID. Chicago IA. Batteries: Wash
ing-Haddock and Eleright; Chicago-Gum-
bert, Dryer and Sommers. ... ,
PHILADELPHIA May 18.-The visitors
were again defeated by Philadel phia. this
afternoon, in a well.contested game. Both
pitchers were hit hard, but Burlington was
more effect i've when the men were on the
bases. Philadelphia fieldin: was perfect.
Attendance 1900. Score: Philadelphia s,
INDIANAPOLIS 4. Batteries: Philadelphia
Burlington and Clements; Indianapolis
Boyle and Myers.
New YORK, May 1S.-The Giants were
beaten by Pittsburg, this aft ernoon, after
a lively and sharply.playod game. Poor
base running by O'Rourke and Whitney
and a bungling play by Ward did much to
lose the game. Score: New York 2, Pitts.
burg 8. Batteries: New York-Welch and
Brown; Pittsburg-Stan ley and Miller.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22
.PLANr FLOWERS ON MI CRAVE

LINES suggesteg By the request.l
Plant bright flowers on my grave,
On the grass mound DER my grave;
Thew will breathe o sweet perfume.
And the holy. fragrant air
WIN arise o. sweet as prayer
From my lowly. NARROW room.
Colds and dark the dreary tomb!
Dreary, dark and cold the tomb!
Oh, the charm to think OF flowers
When We lesys this life Of ours!-
When returned to mother's breast
Cold for love but warm for rest,
Weshsll wish to be the flowers.
We shall stay not in the tomb,
Stay not in thedarkling tomb;
By the sweet rsnewing powers
God has given 10 the flowers,
Thro' the purifying earth, :.
We skall have another birth.
Andsgain live in the flowers.
Come, then, some day to my grave,
To the mound that was my grave,
Dark with chains Of transient power.
Kindly take .onecrimssA 6oHer,
Place it on thy gsaiping breast,
Where I loved. as now, to rest,
sRestApasslsep epssplaeid hepgT
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22
Went Down with the Span of a Bridge.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 1S.-A terrible
accident occurred on the Lebanon branch
Of the Nashville. Chattanooga & st. Louis
railroad. about nine miles from this city.
this afternoon. The bridge across Stone
river caught fire from a passing train.
Teventeen men, two whites and fifteen
negroes, who were working on the road
near by, went to the bridge and
took an engine on it with the intention OF
extinguishing the fire with water from the
tender. A span gave way, carrying the
men and the engine to the river. so feet
down. Engineer Morgan and fireman
Gribble White received serious injuries.
Three of the negro laborers were killed and
six injured dangerously.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22
m~.GU1RE,s OPERA HOUSE.

Engarsment of One of the Most E"
Modern Tragediennes.
Lpreviously announced Madape ''h'
auscb,k will open a four nights engage
nent at Maguire's to morrow evening" WIN
Meg Merrilies'' for the opening attraction
Madame J~anauschek will make her iare'
we'll appearance in this city during the pres
emit engagement and will be supported by
George d. Chaplin and an unusualP strong
Compauy. The plays to be prod,ced will
he nnt ON in the same excellent AID com
oIats as mark her performances in
New York and other large eastern cities
Tuesday, evening the historical, drama,
MARY Stuart" will be presented I Sans
car be- procured at Calklns q Coz Dooh
store.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

TRIESTE, May ia conference of Aus.
trian and Hungarian sugar merchants was
held to-day. Resolutions were adopted
urging the government to withdraw from
The London sugar bounties convention.
BERLIN, May 17.-Negotiations between
mine owners and striking miners looking
to q settlement, OF their disputes, have been
suspended owing to the Krabler mine own
esrs declining to negotiate.
A conflict, occurred between b mill.
tary and the strikers near Breslau. The
troops fred upon the strikers, killing
several.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22
At the Presbyterian General Assemb

At the Presbyterian General Assembly
New YORK, May 1.-THE second days
session of the Presbyterian assembly
opened with prayer and singing. The old
rules for government were then adopted,
and standing committees were appointed
The education committee reported that al
present there are 500 churches without
pastors, owing to lack of funds. The rate
OF dissolution last year was SO per cent.
the largest in the history Of the church,
and was due to a lack Of money. Speciaj
attention was called to the need OF work
among colored people, and to the constant
diminution OF the ministerial force by
reason of old age and disease.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22
Afraid to Show Prices

Store Proprietor Ito possible customer
looking at the window)-"Coom in,
COON in, und 1 show you doss dings mine.
self" l-'"1 ID
Possible customer (shyly)-" don't
know anything about going in, l generally
deal in stores that have their prices plainly
marked" q
Store Proprietor-"Dot q all right,
mine friend; but it not do vor us to mark
our prices on dose dings. Our prices is SO
low dot peoples would dink dey vas second.
hand."-[New York Weekly.
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In Chicago.

Stranger-"Can you tell me what that
sound is? -
Policeman-"I'm slightly deaf, and don't
hear it. What is it like?"
Stranger-'Like q drove OF horses on a
trot. but l don't see any"
Policeman-"It's q Young Ladies' Semi
nary out walking. Here they come round
the corner. "-[Epocb.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22

Sitting in chambers yesterday H.
Judoe De Wolfe listened to argum1Is III
habeas corpus proceedings in which Ma
Simpson was petitioner and Georgeplmp.
SON respondent. The motion wasfDaue
to secure custody OF Nellie Simppn, =
minor, who, by q former decree OF purs,
was given in charge OF respondeh pe
titioner having secured a divorce frotnIm.
The writ was refused as proceedings tcna'
nature were held not TO be tenabSln .
case OF the kind involved.
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war 81 Typc writsrs.

Captain Kessler and A. W. Barnard ara
just now. engaged IN . fierce c~ontroversy
over the relative merits Of their respective
type writer's. In view Of thsfactthat both
gentlemen have only arrived at that stage
Of proficiency In manipulating the maehines
where they arc beginning &c knew the front
from the rear OF the qinstrnments, it is
hardly proper TO consider them competent
Judges. Charley Booth with his "noiseless
exhaust machine 20 far has kept clear oil
the quarrel. .5s#
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THE WILLARD INJUNCzfoN CASE
Not Allowed to Issue the Extra Stock
Until After the Election.

Not Allowed to Issue the Extra Stock
Until After the Election.
New YoRK, May 17.-Argunents on the
Injunction suit OF Elijah Smith and Ed.
ward B. Bell, brought to restrain Henry
Willard and others from issuing $4,000.
900 OF the Oregon & Transkontinental
stock and from pledging $12DOO, 900 oil
the Oregon Railway & NAVIGATION Co. q
stock as security for the dividends thereon,
was continued before Judge Barrett in
the supreme court, this afternoon.
Counsel for the defendants read Wizards
answer on the main question. Wizards
answer a very voluminous, and went
into the details in the matter Of the ante.
cedents of the present litigation. After
this the lawyers in the cas- talked in.
formally with each other and to the court.
The agreement was finally arrived at and
an order for Wizards examination was va
Gated and the Injunction was disposed OF
in the same way upon the stipulation that
Willard and his associates shelld not try
to issue any stock before election.
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Z r-- :. - arls
A million dollars,in gold bars has been
ordered for export to France.
Anarchists riots are reported in Lom.
hardy. ts.
Bolivia will be represented at the confer,
ence OF South American nations. e1 q 8.
The reported burning Of the lake steamer
United Empire, was an error. 2s
Nelson Colbert. colored, was hanged at
Washington, Friday p. M, for the murder
OF Philip Wetzel in October last. .sH2 sal
The claims for damages arising out OF the
Che Foo riots, China, have been adjusted,
and the English and American flags havs
been hoisted at Shanghai, the Chinese
troops saluting them.
! Alamp explosion set fire to the house Of
Louis Palmer, at Rockdale, Texas, Mon
day night. His wife and two children were
burned to death and he was badly burned
trying to rescue them.
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EPTTAL VS.. CAPITAL.
u,rRCE BATTLE TO CONTROL I'M.
pORTANT PACIFIC RAIL WAYS.

Wall Street Greatly Excited all Yesterday.
Wizards Efforts to Secure a Majority
of the Stock of the Oregon TranscSnti.
mental Ccmpany-He Succeeds.
New YORK, May 1.-THE last hour Of
business on the New York exchange to.
day, marked the climax Of one OF the most
exciting chapters of Wall street history,
and closed the fiercest fight that has ever
been known On the door OF the exchange,
The prize for which the battle was fought
was the control Of the Oregon T~ransconti.
mental company, a corporation with a
capital Of $40, 600, 600, and holding the
control Of the most important railways in
the Pacific Northwest. The control of the
company is now held by Henry Willard,
and associated with him are the magna,es
OF the Standard company, Baron Bleich.
roder. Bismarck's financial agent, Edward
L. Abbott. John Trevor, w. l.. Colby and
some OF the largest bankers in the city.
This aggregation OF capital
THE ENEMIES OF WILLARD
worked against. The opposition included
all the big insiders in the Union Pacific
road-Charles Francis Adams, Sidney Dill.
Ion, Frtd Ames, Elijah Smith and Others
equally as prominent. Elijah Smith had
charge OF the campaign to ''bust" Willard
and proposed to take his place as he did
once before, when Willard went down in the
crash following the driving OF the golden
spike on the Northern Pacific.
For a long time both were active in
ntIiatIu anm mia tina afnnL l-k
until to day, the last day on which to
register stock to vote at the election, that.
the supreme Effort was made in exchange.
All the regular sales made are not deliver
able until Monday, but the sales made OF
cash stock had TO be delivered before 2.15
p. IN. Out of 80, 900 shares of stock
traded in to-day, 90, o shares were
cashed stock and the price moved up from
$37 per share to $64.50 per share before
the exchange closed. From 40 to As stock
moved up 1 per cent. at a time. Then it
JUMPED FIVE PER e
on a single transaction, and after moving
up one per cent. more, made q Jump of 8
per cent. to 60. 1t soon sold at 64H, the
highest point reached in six years.
All the time trading was marked by in.
tense excitement, and the day will never
be forgotten by those who took part in
the dealing.
After the registry books closed Willard
met Elijah Smith, and said: ~ have won.
/ nave 20i 900 shares locked up in my 4
boxes" As the capital stock OF the com.
pany is 10000 shares, this would give
the Willard party 1000 shares majority,
but Smith would not admit that he was
defeated, although he did not claim a
victory.
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Wont to Protest.

Oidmanson-t'Haye youproposed 70 Miss
Southmayd,' as you said you should?"
Northcote-'tYes, I proposed yesterday
by note" - :.
IOldmanson-'.The note went toprotest.
Her father got hold Of t."-tBuriington
Free Press.
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chief Mays Refused to Call . Special
- session. ~ .NR

ST.. LOUIS, May 1.-THE latest news
from the Cherokee nation b to the effect
that Chief Mays has taken no action in the
matter OF furnishing facilities for the tran
saction Of business by the Cherokes com.
mission, which il expected there on the
,25th inst, to negotiate q purchase from
the Indians. He declines to call the ma
tional council in special session to consider
the matter, but says he will submit to that
body at its regular session in Novempsr
apyIproposal the commission may make.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22

The members OF the Presbyterian general
assembly at New York, Saturday, went on
an excursion.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22
MYERS AND M%'AULIFFE.

New YORK, May 18.-McAulife has COW
cred Myers forfeit for another fight to q
finish for the championship. Myers pro-
poses that the fight be Q New York OF
under the auspices of n Of the California
athletic clubs.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22
y man, are you married?"

"Young man, are you married."
"Yes, madam" ,e
"Have you q family?"
eyes, madam"
"Then take this yer ballot and cast it,
and you will find it all the better for your
family and your home" 7 p
Madam" said the young man, "are you
married." SO 90
eyes, sir."*s t1.- 5A. '.ss2
"Have you a family" ..@
Eyes, sir" '
"Then give those ballots to some mar
and go home and attend to your family
and it will be all the better for everybody.
Courier.
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nd you said it,"

"And you said it?" q g.a @laa
II did"
"ADd you won't take it back?" PESTS 50
mo, sir!"
"Weil, let's have some more beer. The
boys said you were an old man with one
arm, and I didn't propose to take sass
from any such person. Drink hearty, my
friend.-lDetroit Free Press.
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Hopeless Outlook.

Sister Theysay-I grievously regret you
are to leave our church, dear pastor.
Pastor Peacsful-You should not grieve.
No doubtthe Lord viii send yen o better
servant to ell my place.
Sister T.-Ihave no such hope. .Of the
last thirteen pastors we have had every
4 has been worse than the other
lOmaha World. L.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-22
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Some Good V

At the late election on the prohibitory
amendment a Chelsea man on going to the
polls was confronted by lady who said to
him.