The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-12-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

: apolis real estate broker, has been ARRESTED
e e on charge Of forgery.
T Tile treasurer Of the Irish National
# League in Detroit yesterday cablet
I $4,000 to the treasurer Of the Iris!
n League for the use Of the tenants defense
). fund
. Thomas w. Baker we'll known citi
/ zen Of Washington, D. G., died Thursday
, aged So He was one of those whu drew
. Lafayette s carriage into Washington from
Baltimore in 1924.
: The strike IN the gas house Of tie
: SoGth Metropolitan company in London
!, = is peaceable. Twelve hundred men en-
gagged to take the strikers place entered
the works under an escort of police.
At Port Hope, Ontario Thursday even
) ing, two sons Of Joseph VALERIE and a son
Of r. NJ Mitchell went skating and have
not been seen since. They undoubtedly
broke through the ice and were drowned.
The mystery surrounding the disap-
pcarance Of Joseph G. Ditman, president
OF the Quaker City National bank, re-
/ .HuIuS uUSDlttu- IllCIG Is sun CDI0ilcI-
able talk regarding Ditman's financial
difficulties It has been learned that
Ditman carried $4,000 life insurance.
Advertisements for bids for the con
sifueuon OF the new $500 and the = 500
.oii cruisers are now being prepared at
the navy department and will he 1sspad
IN 9 few days. The appropriation for the
5000 ton ship is $500, 900, and for the
1900 ton cruiser $3 800. 900. "
Further complaints are comipo IN
against The 7s-year-old DIR. Lewis II Al.
drich, locked up in the Toombs at New
York Friday on the charge of assault
ing two 1s-year-old girls. Six other
] '','e girls have testified that DR.. Aldricb
induced them to visit his office for i'm.
moral purposes.
The strike on the Cascade division of
the Northern Pacific is at an end Ata
conference Friday evening the man de-
clded to give up the struggle, and com
mltfee SO advised the strikers alone the
line by wire. It was understood that the
company will make concessions in the
matter OF pay to the Older men.
4 Minneapolis dispatch saws: A few
aays-ago man named Bunch arrived
mere from Montana, and being unable to
support himself was taken to the poor
house. Considerable excitement was
caused when it was learned that he was
afflicted with smallpox. Active measures
were taken to prevent the spread of the
contagion.
A special from Tacoma Washington.
dated December 18th. says: Bill Easton
and Jack Powers, the chiefs of an opium
smuggling gang, and Northern Pacific
conductor, confederate of theirs were
arrested today by revenue officers. Two
hundred and fifty tacls OF opium were
found il thtir possession. The capture
IS regarded as very important one.
The meeting between Sullivan and |
jackson at the California Athletic club
within five months for purse of $4,000. t
Captain Cooke OF Boston received a
telegram from Captain Fulda which
stated that Jackson had cabcd, his will
lngness to meet Sullivan, provided he had
five months to etready in. Sullivan has
accepted the proposition. He will Jour
ney to the Pacific coast in a short time
and prepare for the meeting
The report Of the silcott special com
mittec to the national house Of represent
atives gives detailed statement of the
assets and liabilities Of the office to De
cember 5th. The shortage Is stated at
$40, ,7OS.9G. Many of the notes, the com
mittee believes, were forged to cover
defalcation already existing. The com
mittee declare that the manner IN which
the sergeant-at- arms conducted the affairs
Of his office cannot be too severely con
demned
Agent Mclaughlin of the Standing
Rock indian agency, North Dakota, has
started for Washington with delegation
OF leading Sioux chiefs. The main OBJ
ject of the visit is to have talk with the {
great father at Washington before the In
dlans' land is given up. They have no
hopes of keeping the reservation from
settlement, but they seem anxious to have {
IN eastern trip and big feed at Uncle ,
sans expense. They will travel in Pull t
nan palace cars and stop at the best
hotels. );
On account Of the illness of Mills. a
States Attorney Longenecker was obliged !
o make the closing address to the jury in |
he Cronin case. He began by repelling /
he charge Of the opposition that the Gro /
lin section of the Clan-na- Gael had sub |
'rned large amount of perjured testi- t
nony against the accused, and said the /
most Of the Clan-na Gael evidence was BY s
members Of the Triangle camp. He then u
ook up and dwelt at length on the evi- v
lence against Beggs. d
Saturday morning the commissioner of :
public works in New York City sent out :
'angs OF mcn to cut down the poles and 6,
'ires Of the electric light companies.
The men in each case started from the
entral stations of the electric light com
'anies and worked outward, cutting off =
COMMUNICATION in the greater number of =
Instances with all outlying points. The i
egal representatives of the companies =
7arned the commissioner that he will be =
ED responsible. :,
Warren Leland, Jr., the well known al
otel proprietor, has made an assignment
all his property, including the Ocean
otel, Ocean theatre, Ocean club house %
nd his private residence, at Long Branch, h
{. j., for the benefit of his creditors. The !,
abilities, including mortgages. are S162,- :,
90. Mr.. Leland Says the assignment :"
as forced by the Freehold Banking com "
any, which demanded payment of Is
aim for S2,7OO, and that he will pay bl
i Indebtedness in full dl
Water in the Sacramento river in Cali W
'rnia has reached the highest point ever th
nown, but the indications are that the 10
in storm of the past two weeks is over, pt
I'd it is expected the water will rccede r
ION. Much damage has been done at !.
oints north Of Sacramento, particularly - =,
the vicinity of Colusa, Red Bluff. Red VI
ng, Chico and Marysville. The levees ca
i've broken in scores of places and the nj