The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-01-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
A dispatch from Cochin, British India
!, reports the AspinwaH cocoanut oil factory
burned Loss 100000.
A passenger train was blown from the
rails near Fiumi, Hungary, during vlo-
lent storm. Three passengers were killed
and many injured.
The house passed, with numerous
amendments the Senate bill to incorpor-
ate the Maritime Canal Co. of Nicaragua
by vote Of ysas 157, nays 35.
The greater part of the village of Brou-
) don, Switzerland, has been destroyed by
fire and many cattle burned to death.
The fire was ignited by a mad man.
The checker contest between Barker,
the American player, and Smith, has been
concluded. The score of the games
stood Baker, 5; Smith, l.; drawn, 25.
The negotiations between the English
and Chinese governments have resulted
in an agreement by which the Indian
government will have control of the prov
ince of Sikkim.
Schaeffer, Bohemian who murdered
three people with dynamite on Monday
morning at Gilman, Wash. Ty., was
lynched in the afternoon by the infuriated
gold miners.
Permission has been granted by the
privy council at Ottawa to the Manitoba
government to cross the tracks of the
Canadian Pacific under certain restrict
ions. No further obstacle will be inter
posed by the Canadian Pacific
A telegram was received at the navy
department from Rear Admiral Luce, at
Kingston. Jamaica, saying that regard for
the health of the officers and men on the
steamer Galena requires two more ships
for relief during the Haytien rebellion.
In a ease appealed from Iowa the su-
preme court of the United States rem
| dered decision that state has the right
to pass law compelling railroads to
fence their lines, and failing to do so, to
pay double the value for stock run over
and killed.
Judge Andrews, in the supreme court
of New York. dismissed the writ Of hab-
eas corpus obtained by Ann Odelia Dis
de Bar, the "spook'' princess, to obtain
possession of her children in care of the
society for protection of children, and
decided not to allow her to get possession
of them.
The city editor and business manager
of the Chicago Times have been arrested
on charge Of criminal libel. The of
fense consisted Of the publication of an
interview with the wife of Detective
Lowenstein, in which she charged her
husband with acting as "fencc' for
thieves, and alleging that Police Captain
Setback was cognizant of the fact
The Irish agitation still continues.
Twenty tenants on the Vandeleur estates,
Kilrush, have been arrested for barricad-
ing houses against officials carrying out
evictions. The arrests caused much ex
citement The number of policemen de-
tailed to protect Balfour has been in
creased in consequence of the report that |
the Invincibles were planning to murder
him.
On Monday, on the arrival at Van
couver of the steamer Premier from Seat
tie, the health officer found a man named
Thomas, member of the J. S. Murphy |
Theatrical company, suffering from small
pox. The collector of customs refused |
to permit the vessel to communicate with
the shore, and the Premier was ordered |
to anchor in the stream till instructions !
are received from the department at OF
taWa.
Chief Engineer Arthur has been clos
eted with the members of the conference
committee and the terms of the settle
ment were formally submitted to him. |
The terms of the truce have not yet been
made public. 1t is considered probable,
however that the chief points agreed upon
are that the 20" shall take the Brother
hood men back as fast as vacancies occur |
in the ranks, and that the black list shall |
be done away with.
A dispatch from Toronto dated January
7th says: It was arranged to day that
the Kilrain- Sullivan fight shall be for
$4,000 and the championship belt, held
by Kilrain, to take place July 7th, near
New Orleans. The next deposit of $4,000
is to be made with the New York Clipper
April 18th, when the final stakeholder
will be chosen the referee to be chosen
at the ringside. Such is the result of the
conference so far The articles will prob
ably be signed on the train tonight
A special to the Pioneer Press from
Yankton, Dak.. says: The Statehood ex-
ecutive committee has issued call for a
delegate convention of counties in South
ern Dakota January 18th for the purpose
of taking steps to further statehood for
South Dakota. The committee believes
South Dakota's chances at Washington are
wanting and many fear two or three years
will elapse before admission is achieved.
It is urged that action be takce at the
present congress and in case such is not
done the strongest pressure possible be
brought to bear to secure an extra session
for the purpose of admitting the state.
There is on trial in the United States
district court in st. Paul very important
case involving about $e,ooo,ooo It is
an action against the Northern Pacific
railway, brought by the government,
charging that ever since the road has been
built it has been trespassing upon govern
ment lands along its line, denuding the
government timber lands and causing
great loss and damage to the government,
The encrcachments are alleged to extend
to lands and timber in various parts of
Idaho, Washington Territory, Montana and
Minnesota.
Judge Moody Of Deadwcod has arrived
in Washington from Indianapolis, where
he had consultation with President-elcct
Harrison as to the prospects of action on
| the territorial statehood bill now pending.