The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1890-07-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Governor Warren of Wyoming hf
issued proclamation calling the fir
state election On September 18th.
}. The senate committee on pension
has ordered a favorable report upon tn
i bill granting a pension of $1,000 to th
: widow of General George B. McCle
i land.
il The comptroller of the currency ha
;. appointed Gilbert r. Shaw receiver {
the Park National Bank of Chicago
which has been in the hands of tn
n bank examiner.
+ The Atlanta (Ga) Constitution. in
:. long editorial, urges the organization G
home league clubs to boycott northern
goods in the event of the passage of tn
n federal election law.
; A cyclone near Clifford, in the south
r eastern portion of Trail county, Nortl
: Dakota, on Tuesday resulted in th
death of five persons in one famll y ane
severe injuries to man and wife in an
Other. Considerable damage to prop
erty is also reported.
In quarrel which took place at Spo
kane Falls while arranging the details
of proposed prize fight, Billy Lynn
! shot and fatally wounded Patsy Mul
ligan, in the Spokesman office. Ed
Smith, another pugilist, was wounded
on the knee and will lose his leg.
Census officials say that Washington
will probably be the first state to have
it's census returns tabulated and the to-
tai population made public. The rea-
son for this is that the returns are need
ed in order to carry out the constitution,
which involves the election on the Goth
Of August.
An accident to the cast bound pas
senger train on the Rock Island road
near Limon, Col, Monday was caused
by the washing away of two spans of
the bridge mile and a half from that
place by a cloud burst. Twelve or fif-
teen people were injured and Engineer
Mccormack killed.
At Hubbard's Mill, Knox county, Ken
lucky, during a political speaking con
test last Thursday, the Smith and Mes
ser factions got into quarrel. Firing
crowd fled in every direction. When
the fight was over four had been killed,
two on each side. Several others were
wounded.
A cloudburst in the Grand Canyon
above Canon City, Col, Oh Tuesday, did
great damage to property. The Rio
Grande track was washed out in
several places and considerable damage
done to property along the banks of the
river One hundred head of cattle were
caught by the torrent in the canyon and
washed down the river and drowned.
The Offices Of the Western Union tele-
graph company at New York were
burned on the 18th inst, destroying
property valued quarter Of a million
dollars. The fire originated from the
crossing Of electric wires. The compa-
ny's headquarters were temporarily re-
moved to Jersey City while the linemen
were engaged in replacing the 1900
wires disconnected by the fire.
Five hundred members of the Brother
hood of Railroad Firemen held meet
ing at Chicago on the Goth. Resolutions
were adopted favoring the passage of
the bill pending in congress requiring
railroads to use automatic brakes and
couplings on freight trains. The res
olution also pledged the members to do
all in their power to prevent trainmen
from working on Sundays.
At meeting of the Order. of Railroad |
lGtasa C. sectors, with delegates representing
ware war New Jsns1s saads in n., Marsyland Della
held at Philadelphia on the Goth, resolu-
lions were adopted denouncing the Sc
ceders, and stating that the position of
the Order of Railway Conductors is
most favorable for all conservative mem
bers, and that order is not on strike
basis.
The coroners jury at Chicago in the
Tioga, by which twenty-five lives were
ost, brought in verdict this afternoon.
1t censures the Union Steamboat COM
Dany, which owns the Tioga, for care
essness in handling naphtha and other
explosive oils, and recommends that
Messrs. Bright, of Buffalo, proprietors of
he Gennessee Oil Works, who shipped
,aphtha on the Tioga, be indicted for
by the grand jury. -
The senate committee on public lands
las ordered favorable report on the
louse bill to amend the act of June %,
S74 It extends the privileges granted
~ that act, subject to the provisions,
and restrictions thereof, to
III persons entitled to the right of a
or pre- emption under the ,
avs of the United States who have re-
ided upon and improved for five years
he land granted to any railroad COM
ANY, but whose entries or filings have
ot for any cause been admitted to re-
ord.
The reunion committee of the Nation G
| Grand Army en,ampment earnestly :
esire the names of all organizations :
hat have secured through local mem .
ers and without application to the com- t
littee their own accommodations. The |
ommittee desires all military and naval .
rganizations that contemplate holding
eunions during the encampment week Q
nd have not already notified the COM t
littee, that they should do so at once. s
Totices should be sent to j. Payson 9
radley, chairman of the reunion COM
littee, No 2 "a" Beach street, Boston, I
lass. T
The house has passed substitute for Ii
le senate original package bill which u
rovides that whenever any article of !,
0mmerce is imported into any state
Olu any OGu0I StdCo, GoIIItOly VI lOIolSu
alton, and there held or offered for sale, 81
le same shall then be subject to the G,
ws of such state. Provided, that no dis :.
.imination shall be made by any state u
favor of it's citizens against those of d
her states OR territories in respect to fl
le sale of any article of commerce, nor
favor of it's own products against
lose of a like character produced in
her states or territories; nor shall the p,
ansportation of commerce through r
~ state be obstructed, except in the f.
ecessary enforcement of health laws by Il
lch state. g
The Michigan Press Excursion. fr
The Michigan State Press association, pl
hich held it's annual meeting last week, id