The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-10-19


to 1885, died at San Francisco Sunda
morning.
The crossing of two wires on the tele
phone exchange at Denver started fir,
which destroyed the entire exchange
rendering fifteen hundred wires useless
The loss cannot be estimated.
Peter Quinn, George Ruby and Joh1
Vest were killed yesterday bv the break
ing of the hoisting beam of derricl
while engaged in clearing away freigh
train wreck near Lansing, Michigan.
Secretary Noble has rendered decis
ion that the pension rerating of Senator
Manderson Of Nebraska was illegal, anG
under this decision the special certificate
sent him by Corporal Tanner has been
returned.
Reports Of elearings from the princi
pal cities Of the United States and Can
ada show that the gross exchanges for
the week just ended were S7,27, ,072O92
an increase OF 8 per cent over the same
period last year.
The unwilling of the statue of the
French explorer, LaSalle, which was
presented to the city of Chicago by
Judge Lambert Tree, ex x-minister to
Russia, took place in Lincoln park Set
urday in the presence Of q large crowd.
SatM.rlf;lss. she south bound Philadel-
phia, Wilmington & Baltimore freight
train dropped an iron door on the trachu
between Charlestown and northeast
Maryland which derailed passenger
train. The train was partly wrecked
and fifteen persons were injured.
Burt Myers, the famous bicyclist of
Peoria, Illinois, rode straight away
mile on a country road in 2:l3. The trip
was made on a high geared safety and is
the fastest mile ever made in America
on wheel, The flying cyclist rode with
q heavy wind blowing at his back.
A New York evening paper says that
Tammany hall offered to make ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland it's candidate in the Ninth
district to succeed the late S. S. Cox,
but that Mr.. Cleveland declined the
honor, The same paper says that Amos
j. Cummings is now slated for the posi-
ton.
John M. Smith, a deaf and dumb pros
pector, Saturday struck fve-foot vein
Of eighteen inches solid Galena, fifteen
feet from the grass roots, on his claim
one mile from Mullan, Idaho, in the
Ceur d'Alenes. A quarter interest has
been bonded for $4,000. There is great
excitement at Mullan.
At Portland, Oregon, William Jones,
oalorsdl potter Oh Pullman sleeper, shot
Thos. McDevitt and the !atter's 15-year-
old son. Jones was disorderly and the
train officials had asked McDevitt, who
is the depot officer, to arrest him. when
Jones drew revolver and shot McDev-
lit and his son. The boy will die The
negro has not yet been captured.
Leading paper maG,.;a.turers of the
United States nave been in conference
u. New York Holyoke manufacturers
were present, representing two thirds Of
the whole output Ct .he finer grades of
paper made IN the country. It was
thought best to stop production for two
weeks beginning Christmas week. 1t is
estimated that a shut down of two weeks
will reduce the stock of finer grades of
paper 2,G00 tons and the coarser grades
proportionately.
At Sonora, Mexico, two companies of
soldiers we're caught in swimming by
Yaqui Indians and all of them slaugh-
tered. The number of men killed is not
known, but so far not one of the two
companies has returned to tell the saie.
The dead hodies Of the soldiers were
nuud terribly mutilated and stripped of
all clothing and valuables. The Mexi-
can government has sent 1900 men
against the Indians, who are believed to
be rapidly retreating toward Arizona.
The official count of the recent cleo
ton in South Dakota has been COM
pleted at Bismarck and the result given
to the Pioneer Press corresrpndent at
Huron. The tota! vote was 1874.
Mellete's majority for governor is 29,69S;
majority for the constitution. 67,164: for
prohibition, 6,535; majority against mi
nority representation, 22,036; for tempo
rary location of the capital Pierre re-
ceived 1896, Huron 14,944, Watertown
II $50. Sioux Falls 1l,763, Mitchell 1915,
Chamberlain 2,414
The special gra i'd jury empanelled at
Chicago yesterday morning to hear
further evidence in the jury bribery
case has examined Bailiffs Hanks and
Solomon, and Ganger O'DonneI and
Tom Kavanagh were called and testified.
It is understood that Kavanagh and
Lawyer Beggs, one Of the men on trial
for the Cronin. murder, has made full
confession: At any rate yesterday af-
ternoon the grand jury returned indict-
ments against John Graham, clerk and
confidential man for the noted criminal
lawyer A. S. Trude, for completely in the
jury bribery conspiracy, and also true
bills against the six men indicted Satur-
day. Graham was arrested last even
ing.
Mayor Grant of New York called a
meeting Saturday of the board of cleo
trical control and resolution was adopt
ed ordering the immediate removal of
all electric light wires not properly insu-
lated. Before the work of removal could
be begun, a temporary injunction was
served on the mayor restraining him
from interfering with the wires of either
the United States Illuminating company
or the Brush Electric Light company.