The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-09-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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given birth to sixlets, three boys an
three girls. They weighed eight pound
altogether, are bright and hearty an
promise to live.
A special from Peshtlgo, Mich, say
that Charles Stelitz murdered his en-
ployer, Sol. French, prominent bus
ness man of Iron Mountain, Mich, in
dispute over wages.
Mrs. Eva Hamilton, who has been OF
trial for assaulting nurse girl with
knife at Mays Landing, N. j., has beel
found guilty and sentenced to two year
in the penitentiary.
Marshal Field, the head of the fin
Of Marshal Field & Co., one of the larg
est wholesale dry goods houses in tn,
west, followed the example of George M
Pullman and subscribed 100000 to tn,
Chicago Worlds fair guantee fund.
| A table compiled from dispatches from
managers of the leading clearing house.
of the United States and Canada, show.
total gross exchanges for the week ended
September q of 81 ,044, ,684 .OOO,a decrease
of 6.5 per cent. compared with the cor
responding week last year.
At Phillipshurg, Pa, Sunday, Seel,
Hopkins, aged 25, shot and killed both
his wife and mother-in-law and then
made an unsuccessful attempt to kill
himself. When he was taken into Gus
tody letter was found in his pocket ac-
cusing his wife of infidelity.
A Beldon, Texas, special says; The
Pacific express was robbed OF $4,000
here tonight. The money arrived on
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas train
and was left in safe in a car. Later
the car was entered through window
and the safe unlocked. No clue to the
robbers.
A sham fight took place at Hanover
Saturday between the troops using ordi-
nary powder, and others using the new
smokeless kind. The great superiority
of the smokeless powder was fully
shown, the enemy failing to judge the
distance or direction Of the fire and the
absence of smoke insuring rapidity and
better aim to those using the new ex-
plosive.
Secretary Noble and Major Warner
arrived at Deer Park, Maryland, on Fri
day night and went at once to President
Harrison's cottage. Secretary Noble
came at the presidents request. They
went over the whole ground Of the pen-I
sion commissionership with the presi-
dent, but no decision was reached. Ma
jor Warner left for Kansas City Satur-
day
A contract for building cog-wheel
road up Pixies Peak was signed Friday
at Chicago. To-day the work will be be-
gun from the top of the peak by force
of 300 men. The road will be running
in May, unless the winter is exception
ally severe. The railroad is backed by
H. H. Porter, treasurer of the Eastern
Illinois Railroad Cable company, presi-
dent of the Rock Island and other well
known railroad magnates. The capital
stock is divided into 5000 shares of 500
each. The road is bonded for the same
amount. All the stock except four
blocks of 100 shares have been sui
scribed
The Georgia legislature was quite be-
ligerent yesterday and last night. Three
couples Of representatives are negotiat-
ing through friends. These negotiations
may end in explanations on the floor or
in visits to the surrounding states for
the purpose of fighting. The first and
second misunderstanding arose during
debate on the proposed industrial school
for girls, and the third on proposition
to the legislature to visit the battlefield
of Chickamauga. The three sets of can
for admission to the dueling
ground are Representatives Tignor and
FELTON, and Brooks, Foute and
Thurman.
The trial of the alleged boodlers of the
Spokane Falls relief fund supplies be-
gan yesterday, the first case being the
one of Major Waters, a member Of the
city council and commissary general of
the territorial militia. The chief clerk
of the relief committee said that he once
permitted Waters to take load of pro-
visions on the representation that he was
unable to purchase elsewhere and would
pay for them. A teamster testified that
he hauled two loads of provisions to
Waters residence, the latter instructing
him to 60 around the back way. Waters
presented him with two pairs of blankets
taken from the relief tents
The Colorado Mining exchange Satur-
day adopted resolution to investigate
the eonstttutionality of the act restrict
ing the coinage of silver, and appointed
a committee of three, consisting Of
Winkoop, Gillespie and Weston,
al prominent mine owners, with author
ty to employ necessary legal counsel.
The committee propose to visit the mint
1t Philadelphia with 100 ounces Of silver
md demand that it be coined into dol
ars. Yhis being refused, they will bring
suit against the director of the mint for
lamages, thus bringing the subject be-
ore the attention of the United States
supreme court.
The Omaha Bee prints statement
% the effect that all the labor unions
md brotherhoods composing the en-
,loyes of the Union Pacific have formed
into an organization which
S to be known as the Brotherhood Of
Railway Employees, The amalgamation
Includes the Brotherhoods of Locomo-
i've Engineers, firemen and brakemen,
3witchmen's union and Knights of |