The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-05-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

BY the burning of barn on the fari
of Widow Freeze, near Arlington, Mel
seven members of the family were bu,ne
to death.
The wholesale commission house of Wi
liam T. Coleman & Co., of San Francisco
have assigned. Assets, $4,0O0,000; liz
bilities, $4,000. 900.
A crowded meeting at Cooper's Unio
in New York, Saturday, endorsed Mayo
Hewitt's refusal to let any but America
flags fly On the city hall.
A sculling match at Sydney, N. s. W.
on the 5th inst, between Peter Kemp o
Australia, and Edward Hanlan Of Canada
was won by the former by five lengths
Roscoe Conkling's will, dated in 1867
leaves all his property to Mrs. Conkling
A thorough search fails to reveal any late
document. The estate IS supposed tc
amount to 100000.
Weldon Webster, Of Bismarck, Dakota
has invented a typewriter which it i
claimed can be readily operated at .
speed that will perform twice the work Of
the writer's now in use.
Buffalo Bill cables from Manchester.
England, that the international en-mile
race between cowboys and horses against
English horses and riders was won by the
cowboys. Time 81 minutes.
Ben Robbins Of Kentucky, who was re-
Gently appointed assistant district attorney
Of Colorado, and who attempted suicide a
few days ago by cutting his throat, is
thought to be hopelessly insane,
An agent for a St. Paul dime museum
has induced Chaska and wife, nee Miss
Fellows, to sign contract for ten weeks
engagement in that city. They get IS, 900
and expenses and $4,000 for their farm.
An encounter between whites and blacks
in Lowndcs county, Alabama, occurred
on the 4th inst. as the result Of the lynch
ing Of negro murderer by white men.
Several negroes were killed and two
whites wounded.
The progressive labor party formed in
opposition to the Henry George party has
been declared dissolved by the general
committee on resolutions declaring that it
had accomplished its objert with the aid
If the withdrawal Of Henry George from
his party.
Charles Howell, Chicago engraver,
has been declared insane It was clearly
that insanity was due to the
use of tobacco. He had smoked
! pound week for many years. Lately
lc got mania that he was continually en-
gagged in a SIX days. walking match.
George W. Atkinson. Of the Sporting
Life, London, cables that Kilrain will
make a match with John L. Sullivan
or $4,000 a side, but the whole stake
must be put up at the time Of the signing
# the articles Of agreement, SO that Sulli-
an will have TO pay large forfeit in
.ase he fails to fight.
The governors Of the thirteen original
tates met in Philadelphia Saturday, and
dopted resolutions calling upon the fed
raj government and the various states
nd territories to contribute to the erec-
ION Of monument in that city, COM
nemoratlve of the framing and adoption
# the constitution of the United States.
Until now the blowing up of the steam
r Sultana, in the war time, at Memphis,
y which 1900 union soldiers lost their
ives, has remained mystery. VIM. G.
'treeter, of St. Louis, states that Robt.
4owden, confederate, confessed himself
for the horror. He put tor
,edo in chunk Of coal which exploded
he boilers.
Frederick Witte of the German reich
tag, who has been in Chicago the past
week, says he believes war between Ger
many and Russia is imminent. Germany
$ ready and will fight if her ally, Austria,
$ attacked. Witte does not believe it pos
lille that any French government will be
trong enough to hold back if Germany
vent to war with any other nation.
A shooting affray occurred at Wardner
JUNCTION, Idaho, on the 3rd inst. in which
hree men were wounded. The principals
we're Miles McNally, Of the Cricket The
tire of that place, on one side, and county
Pat MCGOWAN and Jack
Dillon on the other. Both MCGOWAN and
Dillon are badly wounded, and a by
tander named George Owens is not ex-
,ected to live.
A convention of lawyers is to be held
n Washington on the 22nd inst. The
'bject is to form a permanent organiza-
ion of the profession to be composed of
representatives from every bar association
n the country. One leading purpose will
'e to bring about uniformity in the legis-
alton Of the states in regard to various
subjects as to which the present hctero-
system produces endless cOnfns-