The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-08-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Princes Louise, eldest daughter Of the
Prince Of Wales, was married on the
9th to the Earl Of Fife. The ceremony
took place at Buckingham Palace.
John l.. Sullivan has been arrested
and will be taken back to Mississippi to
answer the charge Of prize fighting in
violation Of the laws Of that state.
Van r. McVeagh, who was last week
arrested and taken to Fargo on a charge
Of bigamy, has been released, the evi-
dence being insufficient to hold him.
E. & A. H. Bachelor & Co., among
the heaviest boot and shoe houses in
Boston, have assigned. Liabilities are
51,25O,OOO; nominal assets about the
same.
The laborers in the Connellsville coke
region have struck for an advance in
wages. Between twelve and thirteen
thousand men are thrown out OF en-
ployment by this action.
A passenger train on the Chesapeake
& Ohio railroad was wrecked on the 9th
at Creighton, Tenn, by an open switch
The engineer, fireman, baggage master
and mail agent were killed.
At convention of coke workers at
Scotdale, Pa, or the 9th it was decided
inasmuch as they could get no satisfac-
tion from the operators, to order a gen
eral strike in the Connellsville region
Heavy rains have resulted in disas
trous floods throughout New Jersey.
Numerous dams have been washed
away, carrying with them many build
ings and bridges. At Plaintield fifteen
large brick buildings were undermined,
causing a loss Of S15O,OOO.
| A heavy rain and wind storm visited
Chicago on Saturday night, doing great
damage to property. An unfinished
building at the corner of Twenty first
and Levitt streets was blown down and
eight persons killed outright, besides
several who were seriously injured.
| News from Ounalaska, by the steamer
Bertha confirm the recent reports OF the
loss Of the three whaling schooners,
James A. Hamilton, Otter and Annie.
No trace Of them has been seen in the
Arctic, and it is generally believed they
are lost. The vessels carried about sixty
officers and men.
i A cyclone in Hungary, Transylvania
and Bukovin Sunday swept over several
thousand square miles of territory.
Hundreds of persons were killed, the
crops we're destroyed, and enormous
damage done to buildings. The districts
Of Grosswondien, Szegeden and Mohacs
we're completely ravaged.
The lynchers Of James Averill and
Ella Watson at Sweetwater, Wyoming,
last week, have been arrested and taken
to Rawlins. where they waived examina-
ton and were held in 5000 bonds They
are among the first cattlemen Of the
ISweetwater valley, and among them are
several pillars Of the church.
DR.. Tanner, member Of parliament,w t,was
sentenced Monday at Tipperary to two
months imprisonment for assaulting
Police Inspector Stephens last May.
When judgment was pronounced he
called out: Il defy you! The magis-
tracy are the real criminals!' For this
three months was added to the sentence.
The straw board makers Of the coun-
try have united in one mammoth conf
pany or trust, corporated under the
name Of 1.-The American Straw Board
Company" The capital stock of the
company is 100000. Its purchases in
clude the plants of twenty six mills and
all the personal property appertalnlng
thereto.
| 4 syndicate. supposed to be English,
is negotiating for the purchase of the
United States grain elevators of st.
Louis, capitalized at S2,OOO0OO Another
English syndicate has offered Il. +.
Jacobs Of New York S5,OOO0OO and Sl3,
600 salary for two-thirds interest in
the twenty theatres which he controls in
various parts of the country.
The governor of Alaska has requested
the officials of the war department to
furnish the territory with $50 stands Of
arms with which to equip the territorial
militia. There is no record Of the exist
ence Of any militia organization in
Alaska; but, inasmuch us the war de-
partment will be secured against loss,
the arms will probably be issued in ac-
cordance with the request.
A relief committee left Chicago on the
18th with eighty tons of provisions and
supplies for the starving, locked-out coal
miners Of Coal Valley, Illinois. There
are about 1000 idle coal miners in the
district, making with their families about
5000 souls. The arrival of the train
there was greeted with demonstrations
Of Joy. Everywhere there were evidences
Of the most pinching poverty and destl-
tuition.
| Mr.. James J. West, who has had con-
troll of the Chicago Times for eighteen
months, retired Saturday from the man
agement of that journal. The caption,
"By James j. West" which, during that
period, has stood at the head OF the great
paper founded by Mr.. Storey, has been
supplanted by the words, by the Chi
cago Times Company" MIR. II. A.
Huiskamp, of Keokuk, Iowa, is presi-
dent Of the company.
The Grand Army of the Republic de-
partment commanders of eight states
were in session nearly all day Tuesday
at Chicago debating what stand they
should take in reference to the annual
encampment this month at Milwaukee.
The result of the meeting was positive
and unqualified endorsement Of the an
nounced determination to discourage a
general attendance in view Of the way
they we're treated by the railways.
Secretary Noble Tuesday received a
telegram from the governor of Idaho
territory, in which he says that terri
Bile fire is now raging on government
timber land thirty miles from Boise City
in Boise county. The secretary has di-
rected the government agent now IN
that vicinity to promptly render all nee
essary assistance. He is authorized to
expend $500 in employing men to subdue
the fire.
I The Idaho convention is fast approach
ing the end Of it's labors, having adopted
most of the articles reported by the
committees. Mormons are not relieved
from military duty; armed forces or de-
tectives are not permitted to enter the
state to suppress violence without the
consent Of the state; the use of the
Bible is forbidden in public schools, ard
boards Of arbitration are provided for
between labor and capital.
The most extensive civil service exam
nation in the history Of the commission
will be held in the larger cities OF the
country during the coming month. IN
New York more than 2,4OO applicants
will present themselves, and the exam
! nations will consume month. In Chi
cago they will take two weeks and in
other large cities in proportion. The
! civil service commissioners and clerks
are now preparing and sending out
blanks for these examinations.