The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-06-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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> Eighteen persons were killed and fort
one injured by railroad accident nc
!, Tampico, Mexico, Monday evening.
The house bill to protect lands belon
ing to Indians from unlawful grazing, |,
passed the senate with amendments.
/ Three men were killed and three fatal
injured at St. Paul Wednesday by the e
plOsion of threshing machine boile
which was being used to pump water O
of sewer.
Governor Hill, of New York, on Mo-
day signed the bill abolishing hangir
for all murders committed after Janual
1, 1889, and substituting death by ele,
tricity therefor.
The house committee on public built
ings and grounds unanimously decide
to recommend that the house pass the A
lentown public building bill over til
presidents veto.
Henry Willard confirms the statemer
that he is about to undertake an expcdi
ton 10 the south pole. DR.. Newmary
director of the Deutsche Stewart, of Ham
burg, will cooperate with him.
report is in circulation that it is til
intention to crown the car of Russia a
emperor of Central Asia at Samarcand il
order to offset the influence of Queen Vic
toria's title as empress Of India.
A fire at Hull, opposite Ottawa, Onta
rio, on Tuesday, destroyed between 3O(
and 400 buildings and rendered 2,5O(
persons homeless. The loss is estimated
at three quarters of a million, with ligh
insurance. ...
The Cunard ocean steamship Etruria, ar
rived at New York on Saturday last, having
made the voyage from Queenstown in sil
days, two hours and fifteen minutes. This
beats the record Of six days, four hours
and forty-two minutes made by the steam
ship Umbria IN May of last year.
The president has appointed Marshal
L. Holman, Dunklrk, N. Y; Henry S
Vaneaton, Woodville, Miss; and Charles
w. Graves, Viroqua, Wis, as commission.
ers to examine and report upon 2 6-10
miles of railroad constructed by the North,
eru Pacific Railroad company in Washing
ton territory.
While the Mississippi steamer, Iver-
ness, of Lacrosse, Wisconsin, was towing a
raft to Hannibal the two lower fues COL
lapsed and ten men were blown ovel board
or jumped in the water to escape the del
uge steam. John Green, Chas. Conroy.
VIM. Tierncy, James Holm and George
Craft were drowned.
The house on Friday of last week, pass
ed the bill reviving the rank of general of
the army for the benefit Of Lietepant. Gen
eIal Sheridan: President Cleveland i'm
mediately signed it, and sent the name of
General Sheridan to the senate, which
body went into executive session and con-
firmed the nomination.
Harvey Newcomb, better known as
"Bobby" Newcomb, died at Tacoma on
the 1st inst. He had been in the variety
and minstrel business for twenty-five O
years and was noted for the song ''Where
the Pansies Grow" He was AZ years of
age. His remains were taken to Philadel-
phia, where he lived, for interment.
Andrew Grandstaff, arrested for the
murder of the Drake family in Vernon
Wisconsin, on the Gath of May, was
taken from the Jail by a mob Of about
900 men and hanged to tree in the
court house yard at Viroqua. Grandstaff
had made a confession of the murder
after his arrest, alleging robbery as the
motive.
At the session of the supreme court of
Missouri Monday, Chief Justice Norton
fixed the day for the execution of Hugh
NJ. Brooks alias Maxwell, the chloroform
murderer of G. Arthur Preller, at the
Southern hotel, for July 13. At this time
last year the execution was fixed for the
23d of last August, but the case was car
ried to the United States supreme court.
The Mendene hotel at Rockdale, Texas,
a three STORY brick building, was burned
Monday morning. Inside the hotel were
thirteen persons, only two of whom escap-
ed alive. DR.. w. A. Brooks, the proprie-
tor, was pulled out of the burning build
ing with his hair and beard singed off and
otherwise badly burned, leaving behind
lim his wife and four children, who per-
shed.
Elections were held throughout Illinois
Monday for judges of the supreme court.
Fhc returns, show that the republican CAM
lidates David j. Baker, Jacob w. Wilkin,
N. Bailey and Benjamin B. Magruder
we're elected in the first, third, sixth and
seventh districts, and John M. Schofeld, |
democrat. present incumbent, in the sec
md district. This makes the supreme |
,ench of Illinois republican for the first
ime in its history.
Tuesday morning Captain Diggin, of
he American schooner Knight, which was
iezcd at st. John, n. F., for violation of
he bait act, made preparation to take his
'essel out of the harbor. Five policemen,
yho attempted to arrest the crew, were
epulsed. The American consul advised
he captain to submit, but he refused and
un up the American flag. Then came
large force of police and carried the
rev off to court, their case pending.
Stillman Kelly, president of the Ma
ional Sugar Manufacturing company, has
made public the plan by which that con-
ern is to manufacture sorghum sugar on
larger scale than ever heretofore. The
oncern has capital Of III ,0Q0, 900, is
under the laws Of Kansas
md claims to hold patent y(Swenson's)
" which it can extract three times the
mount Of sugar that has heretofore been |
,ossible, and the extract will be Of al
quality. The works are at
Topeka and Fort Scott, Kansas.