The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1886-05-22

H. NJ. Brooks, alias Maxwell, now
trial for the murder of Preller in Il
Southern Hotel at St. Louis, has made
statement in which he confesses the xii
ing of Preller by the use of chloroforr
claims it was accidental and while actin
: as his physician.
The president will leave Washington c
the S0th inst. for Brooklyn, where he wi
review the decoration day parade on ii
following morning, and will review ii
parade in New York City in the afternoo
: if possible He will return to Washing
, ton Tuesday morning.
Nine coffins containing parts of til
bodies of twelve persons were discovere
In the town of Cicero, near Chicago. The
were at first considered the remains {
, anarchists killed in the Chicago riot, bu
? turned out to be remnants from medica
, college dissecting room.
Senator Dawes has reported favorabl
from the committee on Indian affairs til
bills granting to railroads the right Of wa
, through the Indian reservation in northern
Montana, and appropriating twenty thou
sand dollars for the removal of eastern
Cherokee Indians to the Indian territory
Tuesday night at Salt Lake John A
Flowers shot his wife in the side, hi
mother-in law, Mrs. Decker, in the aldo
men, and in the scuffle to shoot Leste
Decker, the wife's brother, he shot himsel
in the head, dying instantly. Mrs. Decke
died. Mrs Flowers is fatally hurt ant
not expected to live.
The house committee on public land.
has authorized favorable report upon Mr.
Payson's bill to prohibit nonresident.
and aliens from acquiring or holding lane
or real estate in the territories. The pur
pose is to break up the system of foreign
landlordism SAID to be in operation to &
startling extent in several of the terri.
torres.
At Barlow, Fla, Saturday, W. Camp.
bell, marshal, and Policeman Nc Cormick
were shot by Dan and Lou Mann. The
Mann brothers had difficulty with a
merchant, and the officers interfered, with
the result stated. The murdercrs were
captured and placed in Jail from where
they were afterwards taken by mob of
200 men and hanged.
The Enterprise distillery at Pekin, Illi-
nois, was destroyed by fire on Sunday
last 1t contained 10000 bushels of corn
and $4,000 gallons of alcohol. Four cars
Of corn on the track were also destroyed,
together with all the. government books.
The total value of property destroyed is
estimated at 100000, OH which there
was an insurance of $65,00O.
The Knights of Labor of Cleveland and
other labor organizations are working up
a scheme for taxing all foreign immigra-
ton and will soon forward petition to
congress asking that such law I've pass
ed. The movers in the matter request
every person interested to write to his con-
gresham asking that such bill be pass
ed before the adjournment of the present
session.
The steamer San Pueblo arrived from
Hong Kong with dates to April gath, and
Yokahoma May 5th. News was received
at Trenton April 7th, that one OF the i'm
perial palaces about forty miles from Pc
kin, on the imperial route to the eastern
''tombs," had been destroyed by fire. The
palace was built in 1850 and cost over
two million dollars. During April over
thirteen thousand cases Of smallpox oc-
Cured in Jaseau. More than three thou
sand resulted fatally.
Martin Irons testified before the labor
investigating committee at St. Louis that
the officials of the read ignored the pro-
visions of the March agreement, and
noted instances where the grievances of
their employees were never considered.
The discharge Of Hall on the Texas Pa
cific was the immediate cause of the strike.
This was not however, the sole reason, but
it was the last of the many grievances
which had made the strike necessary. He
had tried to settle the affair before the
strike.
Queen Christine of Spain, on the 18th
inst, gave birth to -posthumous son,
heir of the late King Alfonso. The
usual pomp and ceremony were observed
in connection with the birth. In the
Cortes, Senor Sagasta expressed the salts
faction of the nation at the birth of a
King, and he called upon Spaniards to de-
end their young monarch. Senor Tere-
reno made similar speech on behalf of
he Conservatives. The queen was the
ecipient of numerous congratulatory tele-
grams from foreign sovereigns. The city
# Madrid was illuminated In honor of
he royal birth.
The Most Favorable Route.
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