The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-11-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The case Of Gen. Adam Badeau against
the widow Of Gen. u. S. Grant, for 81 5,
900 for services on the generals memoirs,
has been discontinued. General Badeau
accepts $4,000 and withdraws all
claims.
The treasury department officials say
that 81 800 will cover the amount OF
standard silver dollars stolen from the
New Orleans shipment to the department
here The treasury officials are positive
that the robbery was committed while the
boxes were in transit and will hold the
express company responsible for the loss.
Henry. w. King, Jr., of the firm of
Browning, King s Co:1'of Omaha, was
| killed last Saturday morning by his wife.
The murder occurred in Fhe Paxton hotel
in Omaha. The murderess was the sec
ond wife of the deceased and lived in Chi
cago. : Hearing: that her husband was liv
| ing with another woman rs his wife, she
! Immediately proceeded to Omaha with
the above result.
Hon. Perry Belmont of the first New
| York district has been rendered and ac-
| ccpted the appointment of United States
| minister to Spain, To succeed j. L. NJ.
Curry, resigned. Belmont will at once
transmit to the governor Of New York his
resignation as representative, in order that
his place may be filled by a special cleo
ton. His resignation as member of the
house will cause vacancy in the COM
mittee on foreign affairs, OF which he is
| chairman.
The desire of the delegates to the gen
cral assembly Of the Knights Of Labor to
continue Mr.. Powderly as their chief has
been expressed to him formally. The
seven delegates who represented the Cana
dian assemblies called on him and asked
him to accept the office once more. He
gave them to understand that he would
do so providing he could choose his own
advisors on the general executive com
mlttee. Under any circumstances Pow
dcrly will undoubtedly continue in office.
A new constitution is proposed
The annual report Of Third Assistant
Postmaster General Harris, which has just
been submitted to the postmaster general,
states that the total cost of service for the
fiscal year inclusive of the amount re-
turned by the subsidized Pacific railroad
companies for mail transportation was
$58, 125,Oo4.67. The postal and money
order receipts amounted to $50, ,695, 1877
70, leaving deficiency Of S., 5,43O, ,S27Ss.
This deficiency is mainly owing to the
great extension Of the free delivery system
and the increase in railway mail transport
tation
The river coal operators met in Pitts
burg on Saturday to discuss the question
of closing all the river mines in the Mo-
nongehela valley for six months. One of
their number states that the operators al
most UNANIMOUSLY favored the movement
and that the mines would be closed until
spring. Over 1000 coal miners are
thrown out of employment. The shut
down will also affect a largesnumber OF
river men, boat builders and mine labor
ers. The operators claim that the market
is overstocked and that coal is now selling
at cents per bushel, the lowest price in
many years.
Five of the Minneapolis flour mills,
representing 1000 barrels daily capacity
or 25 per cent. of the clty's daily con-
sumption, are now shut down. To this
number there will be several additional
ones this week. When navigation closes
and ice begins to get troublesome there
will be general curtailing Of flour pro
duction. The reasons for this are wheat
shortness and dullness Of the flour mar.
ket. Most of the big millers have large
quantities of -four in stock ready to take
advantage of an improvement in trade
It is estimated, however, that stocks will
not be larger than normal by January
1st. Ill
| Lord Randolph Churchill in speech
at Waddington November 18th expressed
the hope that the post of minister a
Washington would soon be filled. There
was no doubt Lord Sackville had beer
indiscreet and made an inexcusable blum
der. No fault could be found with tn.
action of the United States toward th'
minister. The American people were es
sentlally just and proud in their relation
! with other countries. He deprecated til,
insulting and menacing articles in tn
English press since Lord Sackville's dis
! missal, and said Fnglishmen ought to in
form Americans that they cherish no il
! feeling towards them.
9 According to cable dispatch fror
!, Queenstown the Umbria reached that roI
t at 10 p. m. November 18th. Accordin
q to this the Umbria made the fastest,tast