The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1890-09-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

e his residence IN Carson.
The South Park commissioners ha
formally passed an ordinance grantil
Washington park for the use of tt
: Worlds fair. This was formally acceI
\ ed in turn by the local hoard of direc
ors and at once sent to the nation
commission.
, Representative Rockwell has reporte
favorably from the committee on mil
: tary affairs the bill making an appropr
alton of 100000 to enable the secretar
of war to cause an exploration and su
vey of the interior of Alaska, to be mad
by such force of officers and enliste
men Of the army as he may deem nece!
sary.
/ Robert Sweden, Isaac Saunson an
4 James Hill, of Cache county, Utaf
have been arrested on a charge of CON
plicity in murder committed TWEEN
I'd four years ago in Mendon. This
the same crime for which j. T. Kell
was arrested at Deer Lodge, this state
last week. There seems to be no doub
that the parties arrested know all abou
the affair, which is explained as a plail
"necktie party" at the time of the ex
citement over the horse thieves in 1866
The new state senator's expect to ge
a ruling which will allow the censu.
enumerators in sparsely settled regions
additional compensation. In nearly al
the northwestern states enumeratorf
were in some districts obliged to travel
great distances and many only received
compensation at the rate of S1.5O pei
day. The chief of accounts at the CEN
sus Office recognizes that this is entirely
inadequate and will recommend increas-
ed pay for such.
The funeral of Dion Boucicault took
place at New York Monday morning in
the church of the TRANSPORTATION, bet
ter known as 'the little church around
the corner" Never before had that lit
tie edifice, SO many times the scene of
actors funerals, held larger congre-
cation than that assembled at Bouci-
cault's obsequies. Rev. d. K. Hough-
ton and his assistant, Father Prescott,
conducted the services, which we're the
simple rites of the Episcopal church.
There was no DISCOURSE The floral
tributes were many and beautiful. The
remains were placed in vault in Wood
lawn cemety.
Senator Pierce of North Dakota has
offered joint resolution for the relief
OF settlers upon public lands who are
sufferers by failure of crops. It pro-
vides that whenever it shall appear by
filing such evidence in the office of any
register or receiver, as shall be pre-
scribed by the secretary of the interior,
that any settler on public lands by rea-
son of failure OF crops, for which he is
in no wise responsible, is unable to make
payment on the homestead claim re-
luired by law, the commissioner of the
general land Office is hereby authorized
% extend the time of such payment one
Iear, and the failure to pay shall not
work forfeiture, and no penalty shall be |
'xacted for such extension.
The twenty eighth anniversary of the
ssuing of the emancipation proclaim
ation by President Lincoln, the second |
lnnual reunion Of old abolitionists, be-
IAN at Boston on Monday. Men and
women, who had been devoted to the
citation of the question, we're in at
endance. w. H. Dupree, the chairman,
the address of welcome. Hon.
red Douglas, who was enthusiastically
eceived, addressed the assemblage in a
'rief speech. In closing he declared
here was no race problem IN this ma
ion, and the only problem was to make
his nation live up to the methods of
olution which it had proclaimed. The
fternoon and evening were occupied in
eading letters from old abolitionists
nd in addresses.
A special from Troy, New York, says
hat full confessions of the three men
IMPLICATED in the recent train wreck on
he New York Central have been obtain
d for publication, and that they con-
ain many damaging statements. One
the most interesting features is the
nplicating in the matter of the official
'ader of the Knights of Labor in the
trike, Master Workmen Edward J. Lee.
ne conspirators say he personally fur
lshed them with money to leave the
ountry after they wrecked the Montreal
zpress. They describe his conferences
ith men who were leaders in the plot. .
he dispatch also asserts that the in :
'rmation regarding the identity of the
came to the railroad people :,
ON the upper councils of the Knights;
lat since the strike began the railroad
'mpany had in it's pay men high in the :
der who have constantly furnished +
formation of great importance. These
cret agents are still in the employ of
le road and still high in the council of =
e Knights. =
BY its action Tuesday in seating Lang
one, the house ended what was prob Z
'ly the most protracted and bitterly A
infested election contest it has ever A
cided. The result was surprise to
q democratic minority, which, after N
70 weeks unsuccessful obstruction, r
rs confident its opponents could not G.
cure a quorum. But "whips" had
en- active and during the first roll call
was discovered Milliken, of Maine, N
d Mudd (Md) were not present.
sssengers were Immediately sent after "
em. Sweeny Iowa) who had not q
On expected so soon, came in at this
ncture and with Mr.. Mudd cast the r
tes necessary to make quorum
rther proceedings were remarkably ex- g
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