The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-01-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

| HARRISON CaOlnel.
Patsy Cardiff and jim Fell fought
fifteen round contest on last Tuesday
Minneapolis. Cardiff's friends claimed
foul and the referee gave him the fight o
that ground. Neither man was badl
punished.
The general offices of the Chicago, s.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railway wer
partially destroyed by fire in st. Paul las
Friday. Several clerks jumped from tn
second story and were severely injured
Loss about $4,000.
The secretary of war transmitted t
congress letter from General Casey
chief of engineers, stating 1t would cos
$500, 900 to make twenty foot channe
in the Willamette river between Portlant
and Oswego, Oregon,
De Lesseps has issued circular invit
ing subscription for 10000 of the 5O'
franc shares Of the new Panama Cana
company. The shares are to be issued a
par, payable in three installments. The
subscriptions close February I'd.
At eight o'clock Monday morning
fire was discovered in the st. Paul Crane
Opera House. 1t originated in the gen
tlemens' coat room during the absence O.
the night watchmen at g. 1t is com
pletc ruin. Only the walls remain stand
ing. Loss on opera house 100000.
The officers of the steamer Dave.
which arrived at Evansville on. Sunday
report disastrous wreck Of the Louisville,
St. Louis and Texas railroad bridge
across the Green river at Shottsville, Ken
lucky, eighteen miles above this city, in
which dozen men were drowned.
A bill has been introduced in congress
toRmend the present naturalization law
The present requirement of the declara-
ton of intention to become citizen is
dispensed with. Otherwise it is about the
same. A residence of five years in the
United States is required of an alien.
A lengthy memorial to the president
and congress of the United States passed
the New Mexico legislative assembly last
Friday by unanimous vote, praying for
the admission of this territory to the union
of states, A committee will be appointed
to convey the memorial to Washington.
The correspondent Of the Pioneer Press
sends that paper a long array of figures
and extracts from the financial reports re-
garding the financial condition of the
territory. showing the general fund to
have been overdrawn $4,000. and the
bond fund used to meet the drafts. He
further says the territorial treasury is
bankrupt.
The subcommittee on foreign affairs in
congress has reported to the full COM
mittee recommending the adoption of
Edmund's Panama Canal resolution,
though indicating at the same time that the
phraseology of the resolution was not such
as was fully approved by the sab-com.
mlttee. After discussion in full COM
mittee the matter went over till Thursday
The conferees on the Nicaragua bill
have agreed. The following house
it is believed, have been
dropped or modified: Requiring that
10 per cent of the capital stock be paid
up before any bonds are sold; providing
for printing across the face of the bonds
notice that the United States is not re-
sponsible for them, and allowing the
United States to fix the rates of tolls on
the canal.
The presidential electors of Texas
neglected to sign their names on the
envelop containing the vote of Texas.
Gov. Ross Immediately telegraphed all
the electors to meet at Austin at once
and prepare another return. There is
some chance of not being able to do this
in time, as some of the electors live in
remote parts Of the state. If there is a
delay on their part or even loss of
two hours time on the part of the mes
senger, the count will have to be made
without Texas.
Secretary Whitney, authorized by the
president, has sent several armed vessels
to Samoa to protect American interests on
that island. Recent reports show that Sc.
rious outrages have been committed there
by the Germans, and in all probability
there will some trouble result which will
require arbitration, as our government
will probably demand satisfaction. Mil
itary authorities say that the United
States has far the best of the situation
owing to the fact that they could land
large body of troops there on short no.
tice.
The Associated Press is responsible for
a sensational telegram which says that the
disclosures of the Chicago Times in re-
gard to the character Of Inspector Bon
field and Captain Setback, give rise to
suspicious as to who were the real bomb
at the Haymarketriot. The dis
patch says: It was on the evidence of
these officers and certain ones associated
with them that seven men were con
demned to the gallows year and a half
ago, for crimes which they to the last pro-
tested they did not commit. Indeed, it
was openly charged that the Haymarket
bomb, instead of being thrown by an
archists, was thrown by one Of Pinkerton's
men for purposes which time alone might
disclose. Was the allegation true, and is
the prophecy to be verified so soon! That
it was dastardly act can hardly be
doubted, and il is to be hoped the truth
will one day be divulged, even with all its
hidcousness.
The delegations from both South and
North Dakota, who have been in Wash
ington urging the passage of the senate
bill for the admission of South Dakota
and an enabling act for North Dakota.
feel very much dissatisfied with the pro-
visions Of the Springer omnibus bill
which passed the house to-day. They
are all united in saying it will merely
serve to delay the admission of South
Dakota and render useless all that has
been done since the organization of the
for admission five years ago.
They are going to ask the senate to re-
ject it, and are willing to take their
chances with the new congress, hoping
and expecting that an extra session will