The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1888-07-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The senate has passed blll to plac'
e John C. Fremont on the retired list of tn
;, army as major general.
+ 1t is stated that all right and intercs
;. in Edison's phonograph has been sold tt
; an English syndicate for 81, ,25O.0OO.
9 By fire in the Debeers coal mine al
Kimberly, South Africa, 81 whites ant
200 colored miners lost their lives.
At Ludlow, Kentucky, battery o.
eight gas tanks exploded on the 14th inst.
: injuring fifteen men, four OF them fatally
Emperor William of Germany has
agreed to the proposition that his mother
shall bear the title of empress and Queen
, Frederick.
u. Harndcn of Plankinton, Dakota,
was nominated by the democratic conven.
ton at jamestown last week as delegate
to congress.
The Italian chamber Of deputies has
adopted measure granting electoral
rights to everyone able to read and write
and who pays the minimum taxes.
/ A cyclone created terrible devastation
along its track from Albany to Pittsfield,
Massachusetts,, on the 18th. The paper
mills and many houses were demolished.
The Grant locomotive works of Pattcr-
son, New Jersey, have been compelled to
close down on account of inability to COM
pete with similar establishments else
where.
The remains of the late Roscoe Conk-
ling were removed from the receiving
vault at Utica New York, on Monday
afternoon and inferred in Seymour lot in
Forrest Hill cemetery.
The house has adopted resolution for
the appointment OF special committee to
investigate alleged evasions Of the con-
tract labor law 1t also covers evasions
Of the law against Chinese immigration.
The American protective tariff league
announces an award of prizes to the SEN
iors of American colleges for an essay on
alone Protection" The first prize, $3.50,
goes to C. D. Todd of the university of
Wooster, Ohio. Ten silver medals were
awarded for excellence.
Representative Morrill, of Kansas, from
the committee on invalid pensions, Mon
day reported favorably the senate bill to
extend the benefits of the pension laws to
ex-confederatcs who, having their disabil-
tiles removed, have since enlisted and be-
come disabled in the United States army
or navy.
General Boulanger and Prime Minister
Flo4uet of France fought duel with
swords on the estate of Count Dillon near
Paris on the 18th. General Boulanger
was severely wounded in the neck. while
his adversary received but slight scratch
on the hand. The duel was the result of
a caustic rebukc administered to Boulan-
ger by the prime minister.
On opening package at the dead let
ter Office Thursday, it was found to con-
tain the scalp of a white woman stretched
on bent willow frame, and from the
marks on the package the conclusion was
reached that the scalp was a trophy of
some Indian warrior The hair was long
and dark, and the scalp had evidently
been removed hastily.
A grand council of the independent
labor party of the United States met at
Detroit, Michigan, on Monday to decide
on their policy for the coming campaign.
After discussing the platforms of the re-
publican and democratic parties, Presi
dent Taylor moved that Harrison and
Morton be endorsed as candidates of the
independent labor party for president and
vice president.
Landlord Scully, who owns 20, 900 acres
in Sangamon and adjoining counties in
Illinois and who has carried on the Irish
rackrenting system, is about to sell his
holdings. A Lill recently passed in the
the ILLINOIS Legislature compelled Scully
to either sell these holdings within six
years or become an American citizen.
Scully also owns enormous tracts of land
in Nebraska and Kansas, where the same
rack-renting system is pursued.
The bank of La Junta, Kansas, was
robbed by lone cowboy on Saturday
last. He entered the bank and covering
Rufus Phillips, the cashier, with a re-
volver, ordered him to drop all the funds
Of the bank in bag which he placed on
the counter. The cashier complied with
alacrlty and the daring robber at once
mounted his horse and escaped. The
amount Of the loss IS variously estimated
at from $4,000 to $4,000.
That portion of Missouri known as the
home of the ''bald knobbers''- Christian,
Tanney, Barry and Ozark counties lis
striving to surpass former records. During
the last two or three months it is estima-
ted that at least 10000 head of cattle
have been stolen in Christian and Tanney
counties by s'bald knobbers'' -"upland-
ers" as they call themselves. One of the
band has been arrested and RAID on the |
rest Of the gang is contemplated. One of
the gang IS said to have been murdered
by companions for divalging secrets.
Advices from Hughes river, small
stream flowing through Doddridge and !
Richie counties, West Virginia, say that
hundreds of farmers in those counties are |
absolutely ruined. On Monday evening
a cloud burst occurred and IN short time |
the water was higher than ever known. Ev-
cry bridge on the stream is gone. Houses,
barns, granaries and growing crops disap-
peared entirely and piles of dirt and de-
bris were left ten or twelve feet high in
the valley and for miles the soil is washed
off as clean as floor, leaving hard and
smooth clay surface. The loss is placed
at 100000
The chairman of the Brotherhood eriev-
ance committees of the various railway
systems in session at Chicago Wednesday
adopted q resolution that while not with