The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-01-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

his home in St. Louis, MONDAY.
The Kentucky Legislature on Tuesday,
in Joint session, elected Beck for third
successive term in the United States senate.
The Maverick bank ut Douglas, Wyo-
ming, has assigned. The cause is said to
be inability to collect outstanding debts
Assistant United States Treasurer Canda
has resigned to accept the position of vice
president of the Western National bank of
New York.
Four men were killed and seven severe
ly injured by premature blast while at
work on the Lehigh Valley railroad near
Laurel, Pa.
The senate committee or territories has
instructed its chairman to report favorably
the bill for the division of Dakota and
the admission of south Dakota as state.
Grand Master Workman Powdcrly's
condition still remains critical. His ply
sicians are of opinion that another hemor-
rhage would result fatally. An effort will
he made to take him to Florida as soon as
possible.
A telegram from the Russian frontier
states that eight Nihilists, including Co.'S
sack. Tschernoff, condemned to death for
making an attempt on the life of the czar,
during his visit to the Don Cossack coun-
try, were hanged at St. Petersburg jan
uary 2.
A frightful accident occurred to the
Portland, Me-, express between Bradford
and Haverhill, Mass, Monday, by the
cars leaving the track and crashing into
a tank house. Nine persons were killed
outright and a number of others more or
less seriously injured.
The almshouse in East Village, Conn.,,
burned to tie ground on the 10th, and
three of the inmates perished in the
flames. Numbers of the paupers, who
were forced to flee from the building, suf-
fered from exposure, they having had no
time to don their clothing.
Two Cinnamon, Dan Lee and Phil
Wing, were formally baptized and admit
ted to the church on probation at the Hun
son Place Methodist Episcopal church ir
Brooklyn Sunday. They are believed tt
be the first Mongolians ever received II
III church Of this faith in America.
| Adyices from China state that L! Hung
Chang has negotiated loan OF $9,ooo,oo'
from Hong Kong and Shanghai banking
corporations and one other firm at 81 pc
cent, payable in twenty years. The LOAF
was negotiated to carry on the work OF re
lief and repairing made necessary by tn
overflow of the Yellow river.
. Sherburne G. Hopkins, the young news
D aper reporter who some weeks ago sen
} 4 sham internal machine to Chief Justlc
Waite for the purpose Of creating a sen
!, sation and selling the news. pleaded guilt
:. in the police court at Washington to tn
q charge Of obtaining money under falls
:, nretenses, and was fined 800.
n Governor Swineford, of Alaska, Is
+ his way to Washington, whittier he goe
e to attempt to secure legislation to restrain
: the rapacity of the Commercial Fur Sc;
5, COMPANY. He claims that the compan
>, rules the territory, and during the Las
# wear has exceeded by 5000 the numbe
!; of seals which it Is allowed to kill.
Ie The New York Commercial Bulletin n
X X norts the December fire loss at $1O,3OS
as y. 900. against 81 200, 900 for the same TIN
. last year. The total fire waste for the ye'
1887 amounted to the extraordinary fgu
m of &129,264,0OO, which has not been e.
o. cceded since the great Boston fire. In
er is about $1s, 900. 900 greater than the loss
10 10 of 1886.
T. =. The seventy insurance companies
q vo,vcd in the loss on the Lambert & Blsh'
&c factory at Joliet, Illinois, claimed to ha
er heen buraed to secure the insurance, ha
y, laid their case before the grand jury. I
rs rs Indictment against Superintenden mt Why
+ + Lambert & Bishop and others, for burn''
ag the works, is being sought for by the
n r rance people.
e The body of Archie McNeill, who we
or to France to report the Smith Kilrain pr
5; for the London Sportsman, and who b
E been missing since, has been found on
Fs Fs. beach at Boulogue. There were dist'r
Int Int marke on McNcill's throat, showing II
'sd .S he had been strangled. He was known
9aeI have in his possession when last SCI
:; bank of England notes and watch. all
10: which were missing when the body v
495
10. found.
~ - Senator Cullom has introduced
4sS to pension at the rate of IS per month
inn ,nrv;vino officers and enlisted men "
) of :,
mes actually served so days in the northw
ina Rlack Hawk Indian war or in the Sol
in :, c,o Dore;
rec In the ClO.lud CtmIuOiO "oi' Sn9A
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