The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-07-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Smith has challenged Sullivan to fight
in Europe for 10000 side.
Thirty seven more bodies have been
taken from the coal pit at st. Etienne,
France, in which the explosion occurred
last week.
The international congress of deaf
mutes opened in Paris on the 10th, with
representatives in attendance from all
parts of the world.
The Massachusetts, rifle team won an
other victory at Nunhead range on the
| 9TH by defeating the London rifles with
score of 1O65 to 1925.
Herbert A. Pearson. millionaire mine
owner of Bonanza City, Idaho, was
drowned Sunday night while bathing in
the lake at Chicago.
The one hundredth anniversary of the
Masonic grand lodge of Connecticut was
celebrated Wednesday with elaborate
ceremonies at New Haven.
A cricket game was concluded on
Tuesday at Edinburgh, Scotland, be-
tween the Philadelphia team and the
gentlemen Of Scotland, resulting in a
victory for the Americans
The steamship Alameda, of the Ocean
ic line, arrived in San Francisco from
Samoa Sunday with Admiral Kimberly
and seventy five survivors Of the Tren-
ton and Vandalia on board.
Severe floods caused by cloud burst
on Tuesday destroyed a large amount OF
property at Johnstown, New York. and
surrounding country. Several lives were
lost, but how many is not known. The
number is estimated at from six to
thirty.
Fifteen hundred street employees at
Duluth, Minnesota, WHO went out on a
strike last week became unruly on Sat
urday and attacked the police with stones
and clubs, compelling them to fire upon
the mob. Two strikers were killed and
several dangerously wounded.
Thomas j. Morgan, the new commits
sioner of Indian affairs, has appointed
his wife his private secretary at salary
of 81 600 per annnm, and DIR. Dorchester,
superintendent Of Indian schools, has
secured the appointment of his wife as
special Indian agent, at a compensa-
tion Of IS per day and expenses.
After considering all the evidence in
connection with the Johnstown horror,
the coroner's jury rendered verdict in
the case of Ellen Hill, in which they find
that the victim came to her death by
drowning, and said drowning was caused
by the breaking Of the South Fork dam,
for which loss Of life the owners are held
responsible.
A freight wreck at Wilmerding on the
Pennsylvania road occurred Monday
night, and the wreckage was burned by
the igniting of carload of whisky. Two
bodies we're taken out and six or eight
more at least were killed. The tranmen
place the number Of killed and injured
at sixteen. The accident was caused by
broken axle.
Hon. John Norquay, for nearly twenty
years premier Of Manitoba, died sudden
| ly at Winnipeg on the 5th inst. He took
prominent part in the Riel rebellion in
| 1870 and was instrumental in suppress
ing the uprising He was succeeded by
Hon. @. Greenway as premier last year
since which time he has been leader OF
the opposition.
A heavy wind and hail storm visited
Kransburg, little village Of fifty people
in the midst of thrifty farming com
munity about two miles east of Water
town, Dakota, Monday. Crops and
buildings in a space of country four by
ten miles we're devastated Several per
sons we're injured and two children are
reported killed.
A feature of the races at Washington
Park, Chicago, Tuesday was Gilford's
performance in running the fastest mile
and seventy yards on record, the time
being l:45 As. In the race for the
Drexel stakes Joe Courtney won in very
fast time, beating Champagne Charley
by half a length. Spokane came in
fifth. He was too heavily weighted to
run.
The Northern Pacific has issued a
special joint live stock tariff in connec-
ton with the lines running east from st
Paul and Minneapolis. 1t quotes rates
from Mandan, Dakota. and points as fal
west as Granite. Idaho to Chicago. The
rates upon common cars are the same as
now, while the rates upon Streets cars
are figured upon the extra measurement
The new tariff took effect the 10th inst
John L. Sullivan and his hacker, Char
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Tennessee, Thursday, on requisition
from Governor Lowry Of Mississippi. A
telegram was also sent to Governor For
aker, requesting him to direct the police
of Cincinnati to arrest Kilrain and his
hackers, Charley Mitchell and Pony
Moore, when they reach that city. The
parties are all charged with the crime Of
prize fighting in Mississippi.
The United States senate committee
composed Of Senators Dawes of Massa
chusetts, Jones Of Arkansas, Manderson
Of Nebraska and Stockridge of Michigan
have started on their trip to Alaska
They will visit the entire territory and
determine the truth or falsity Of the re-
ports that Indians there are being mis-
treated and degraded by the soldiers and
others, as has been charged. They will
be gone six weeks or two months.
| A special from GAINESVILLE, Ohio, reports
the disappearance Of Neel D. Miller, the
cashier OF the Malta National bank Of
Malta, Ohio. There is a shortage in his
accounts it is said of at least S32,O 600 and
it may reach s5OOOO Before leaving he
made confession and turned over his
property and $4,000 in stock in the bank
to his bondsmen. Miller is said to be
either in Eugene City, Oregon, or British
Columbia. The money is supposed to
have been lost in speculation and poker
A disastrous fire occurred Sunday at
ternoon at Bakersfield, California. The
blaze started in new building just
erected in the same block as the South
ern hotel to which structure it com
municated. The result is that every
business house and about forty dwellings
we're destroyed. The loss is estimated
at s1,25O,OOO, with 100000 insurance
Thirteen blocks we're wiped out; no ho-
tells, business houses or restaurants be-
ing left The fire spread with such ra-
pidity that no stocks could be saved.
At the invitation of Gen. J. B. Davis
of Nebraska and Gen. James S. Martin
of Illinois, a number of department com
manders of the G. A. r. met at Chicago
Tuesday for consultation regarding the
question of railroad rates to the national
encampment to be held in Milwaukee
next month. There is great dissatisfac
ton in Grand Army circles on account
of the refusal Of the railroads to give the
rate of one cent per mile as established
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