The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-11-16

: Judge 4. Comingo one of the bes
known lawyers and politicians in the
state OF Missouri. died at his residence
in Kansas City Sunday evening from
heart disease, aged 50 years.
\ gigantic pool in which all the win
dow glass manufacturers in the United
States will cooperate, as TO price OF
products and other matters Of import
ance to the trade, is il progress. The
organization will go into effect Jan
uary /.
The anarchists of Chicago, Kansas
City. St. Louis and other eastern cities
observed the anniversary Sunday of the
execution OF the Chicago anarchists.
The demonstrations were tame COM
pared with former years, especially in
! Chicago, where less than 1000 took part
III the exercises at Waldheim cemetery,
attended last year by over 5000.
An evening Pittsburg paper reports
the sale Of the Globe oil refinery of that
city, to the Freedom refinery of Free
dom, Pa. and the Craig pipe line in the
Washington field to the Standard Oil
| company. The reiineries were the lars-
est independent reiineries in the coun-
try. The deal is said to involve several
millions Of dollars.
Investigation into the administration
of the funds Of Brown university at
Providence, r. L., by the late register,
Gilman Robinson, shows an embezzle-
ment of $1,000. The corporation has
decided to prosecute, and Robinson has
been arrested and arraigned on war
rant charging him with the embezzle-
ment of $1,000. He pleaded not guilty
and was released on bail.
A number of the leading bankers of
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Washington have teen ap-
pointed a committee to make arrange
ments for banquet, which it is pro
posed to give in honor Of Secretary Win
dom at Washington in the early part of
next month. It wlll,be in the nature of
personal compliment to Mr.. Window
and will have no political significance.
The triple celebration Of the one hund-
redth anniversary of the appointment
Of the first American Catholic bishop,
the Inauguration of the first congress of
Catholic laymen held in the United
States, and the dedication of the new
national university for Catholics, took
place at Baltimore on Sunday. 1t is es-
tirnated that at least 10000 strangers
were in the city to witness the spectacle,
which was the most imposing that ever
took place in that city.
Treasurer Huston OF the United
States, in his report Of the operations of
his Office during the fiscal year and the
condition of the treasury June 80 last,
says: "Ihe year is characterized as
remarkable one in the history of public
finances, the revenues and expenditures
having been exceeded but few times
since the foundation of the government
The former amounted to $685., ,O5O.O5S.
and the latter to s299, ,22s8,97S, inclusive
of 1892, ,362 paid in premiums on bonds
purchased. The surplus revenue June
30 was SS7 10000: decrease S28. $50. 1873.
Compared with years before, counting
premium bonds as ordinary expenditure.
June 80, 1888, there was in the treasur-
er's custody IN cash ana effective bonds
saGl, Ii23 1885 and year later the sum of
5IGO,C430Cl. Current liabilities de-
creased in the interval from Sl4S,29I,347 |
to S127, ,93l $50, and the reserve from
1929, ,So5,6oO to S193,O98,047. Gold in the |
treasury in excess Of certificates out |
standing was sl93,61O,172 in 1883 and
SlS6,257 400 in 1889. Notwithstanding
the loss Of gold, both in the aggregate
and the amount not covered by certiti-
Gates, amounting nearly to por cent,
the position of the tveasury was
in every respect save in
the amount of reserve The total as
sets. liabilities and reserve all fell off |
about II per cent. At the beginning of
the year free gold was 545,oo0,OOO, and at
the close 55S,O00,0O0 in excess Of the de-
mand.'
Journal: Now that prohibition has
received very large and overwhelm-
ing ,lack eye, the lady orators OF the
land ought to find fruitful theme for
debate in the reckless course of Ameri-
can maidens in bartering their charms