The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-05-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

pointed minister to Russia, died at New
York Thursday morning.
Washington Irving Bishop, the nine
reader, died at New York Monday after
noon of hystcrical catalepsy.
The president has appointed AS
Matthews of Illinois to be first comptrol
Ter Of the currency, vice NJ. ]. Durham
resigned.
Many storms throughout the eastern
states the past week did great damage to
property, and resulted in the loss of sew.
eral lives in Pennsy ylvania.
At Springfield, Mass, Monday morn
ing, James Beebe Smith was shot and in
stantly killed by his brother-in-law, Royal
B. Sturtevant, who mistook him for {;
burglar.
BY the collapse of a building in course
of construction at Tacoma on Tuesday
caused by a severe wind storm, four men
were killed, and w. A. Smell, city attor-
ney, fatally injured.
Hon. Henry Foster died at Rome. New
York, Sunday night. He was the senior
exUnitcd States senator, having been ap-
pointed in 1874, one year before Simon
Cameron, of Pennsylvania.
Princeton IN. Y. colleges will send iii
the summer an expedition to the "Bad
Lands Of Dakota and Montana, undo,
direction of W. b. Scott for the purIs.,e.
of palcontology and geology researches,
collecting fossils, etc.
The Window Glass Workers associa-
ton has issued an order to all proprietors
in the country who are foreign glass
workers who come to this country will be
blackllsted. 1t is alleged they are being
imported contrary to law.
Prof E. II. Platt of The New York
riding academy and John Allen, a hotel
proprietor, started from that city Tuesday
on horseback for San Francisco, where
they will take steamer for Australia and
continue their journey around the globe.
VIM. Kcmmer has been sentenced at
Buffalo, New York, to suffer the punish
ment of death by electricity, for the mur
der of his mistress, Tillie Ziegler. The
execution will take place the first week
in June, and is the first death sentence
under the new law.
A conspiracy has been discovered
among Russian military officials at St
Petersburg and a large number OF the
conspirators arrested. In their possession
were papers that proved they intended to
attempt the assassination of the czar.
Bombs were also found.
The Northern Pacific has given notice
OF its intention to Withdraw from the
transcontinental association. This action
is said to be due to violations of the
agreement made by the Onion Pacific to
do no business >n the Puget Sound terri
tory. The Northern Pacific desires to rid
itself of all restraints in order to make
war upon its rival.
The recent count of money at the New
York sub treasury revealed discrepancy
of $35, out of a total sum of 1854 100000
to be accounted for The sEortness re-
suited from the acceptance of a few
counterfeit notes in the hurry of business
and by the loss of few pieces of silver
The loss was promptly made good and Il
receipt in full given to ex-Treasurer
Hoyt. who was responsible under his
bond for the entire amount.
Major Wham, paymaster of the United
States army, with Clerk Gibbon and ar
escort of eleven soldiers, was attacked by
band of robbers on the 18th While on
bis way from Wilcox, Arizona, to pay the
post at Fort Thomas. The scene OF the
encounter WAS in narrow gorge neal
Cedar Springs, where the robbers were
ambusEed. Eight of the soldiers were
wounded, five of them dangerously. The
robbers secured $4,000 and escaped into
the mountains.
The secretary of the treasury has APP
pointed E. B. Daskan, 7. Huntington and
G. W. Robertson committee to examine
the books aed assets in the United States
treasury, incidental to the transfer of the
office of treasurer from Hyatt to Huston
The latter took the oath of Office Saturday
afternoon and took charge Monday morn
ing. The examination will include ;
count of all moneys in the treasury vaults
aggrcgating $2O0,0O0,O00. This exam
ination is work Of great magnitude, ano
will take force of sixty expert counters
over four months time.
A Buffalo, New York special says: Or
White Island, suburb of Tonawanda
men engaged in excavating cellar OF
Saturday, dug up II very peculiar skele
tons. The beings to whom the skulls be
loneed could not have differed greatly
from apes, either in appearance or intel
lect. The accompanying thighbones were
abnormally long and very slender, an(
there are 13 ribs on either side. Th'
shoulder blades are entirely lacking
MANY members of the Buffalo Academ.
Of natural sciences think that the long
expected "missing link" has at last beef
| found
The three Bald Knobbers convicted o
murder at Ozark, Mo-, Dave Walker
chief of the band, his son William, an(
John Matthews, were hanged at that plac
ON Friday last. The execution was bung
lingly performed. In the first attemp
the ropes broke and the three men fel
struggling to the ground. The condemne'
we're carried to the scaffold and agai
dropped, but 1t was again bungled, am
the men hung by their necks, struggling
and writhlng and were finally strangle
} to death. Dave Walker died in fiftee
minutes, John Matthews in thirteen an
Bill Walker in fourteen.
The president on Monday made til
following nominations: John T. Plum
mer, of New York, Geo. E. Leighton, {
St. Louis, Jesse Spaulding, of Chicago
and Rufus Bullock, OF Atlanta, Georgi'
to be government directors Of the Unlo
Pacific railway company. Alvin Saur
ders, of Nebraska, to be member OF til
: hoard of REGISTRATION and election in til