The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1890-01-11
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Bonn, is dead.
The Indians of the United States
number 250,Q00 and occupy 10000
square miles Of territory.
Calvin S. Brice, chairman Of the ma
tional democratic committee, is a victim
of la grippe. He isconfined TO his house
at Lima, o.
Prof. Blaine, principal teacher at Che
mewa Indian training school near Salem
and brother to Secretary james G
Blaine, died Tuesday evening after d
brief illness, aged g.
5 rumor was current at the capitol
Wednesday morning that Randall's con-
dition was much worse. Inquiry at his
house was answered by emphatic denial
from his family. Randall is much bet
ter and out Of bed attending to his cor
respondence.
Seeretaws~ Windopa has telaeraphad Il,
structions TO the various sub-treasurers
to pay upon present. ton the checks for
interest on the pei cent loan due on
January lst, and on the Pacific railroad
bonds, amounting to nearly eight mil
lion dollars.
The Denver Republican publishes a
review of the mining industry of the
state, which places the gold, silver, lead
and copper output at a30,000,000. Lead
vile leads all other points with an out
put Of 513, 100000. Aspen comes second
with 59,000,000.
The state commissioner last Tuesday
tested the electric execution machinery
in the Auburn, n. Y. prison. Reporters
were not allowed to witness the tests,
but Mr.. Mcdonald announced that a
calf and horse were put to death with
suddenness that was highly gratifying
to the commission. A current Of about
1000 volts was used.
Bradstreets reports l,7l9 failures in
the United States for the year 1889, with
liabilities of 514O,359,4 400 and assets of
S70,599,769. This is the largest number
of failures and greater liabilities than
for any one year in the past five. The
increase in the number of failures over
1888 is 1,132; increase in liabilities, 520,-
III 1,080; increase in assets, 39,598,S58.
4 ten-round glove contest, Queens
berry rules, between James Corbett and
Dave Campbell, a local champion, came
off Monday night at the Mechanics pa
vilion, Portland, Ore, and was witnessed
by 5000 people. Hol.ors were about
evenly divided from the start. In the
eighth, ninth and tenth rounds scrne hot
work was done. The referee declared
the match draw.
1t is estimated that there has been
decrease Of nearly s4,00000o in the pub
tic debt during December. This makes
a total reduction for the last half Of the
present fiscal year of about 824,o0o,Oo0
against 531, $4,000 during the CORE
spending period of the previous fiscal
year. The reduction for the calendar
year ending December 81 is So1 ,4Sl 600
against s91, ,536 900 for the calendar year
of 1883.
At a meeting of the California club
directors the date Of the McAuliffe-
Carroll fight was changed to March q.
The purse is $1,000. McAuliffo has a
bad hand and Carroll wants time to get
down to proper weight, 50 both princi-
pals are well satisfied The February
date will be filled by Pete Mccoy and
Charley Gleason, who viii fight to fin
ish for $500 purse. The club is in
with Slavin with a view
to matching him with Joe McAuliffe.
In case of failure another attempt will |
be made to bring Kilrain.
Fire broke out in restaurant in the |
row of tents on Riverside avenue, Spo-
kane Falls, at 2 o'clock Wednesday |
McDougall's drug store, the
Union Pacific ticket Office, J. G. Epper-
sons boot and shoe store, the Grand sa-
Don, Snyder & Gould's real estate Office,
Harris dry goods store and Bannon's
clothing store we're totally destroyed.
The total loss is $4,000, on which there
vas 525,650 insurance. e. J. Elwood of
he firm of McDougall & Co., was asleep
n the drug store when the fire broke
'ut. He was awakened by flames lap
ping over the bed clothes, and barely es-
,apedswith his life, being quite severely
;cofched.
The pope at Mondays consistory said
le was rejoiced at the building of
Catholic university at Washington, Of
ava and Fribourg. Catholicism, he
laid, prospered under the favorable laws
# America and the equity of the men
Who administered them in that country.
lis JOY at this prosperity rendered the
,rief Italy caused him more striking by
contrast. italian adversaries of the
hurch persistently continued their war
gainst it, as was made evident by re-
ent utterances Of persons in public po
itions by persons acquainted with the
hurch rulers Of Italy. Among other
ecent insults to the church was a de-
aonstration in favor of Glardano Bruno.
The steamer Strabo has brought cop
es of late Brazilian papers. The Rio
aper, Opaiz (the country, of December
th and 8th contains some interesting
acts about the property of Dom Pedro,
,hich has been confscated by the pro-
isional government The following is
st: ''The value of the silverware that
to Dom Pedro, removed from
be palace of st. Christoroo at Petropo-
IS, is estimated at 600,oO0,O0O cantos or
bout s30O,O0O The jewelry of the late
which was kept in the treas
ry, valued at about 53,6O0,O00. Dom
'edro's personal iewelry, valued at about
100000, the, crown jewels, valued at