The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1890-11-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
President Harrison voted in Indian
apolis Tuesday.
Jim Lee, Chinaman, was held up be
tween Arganta and Bannack last weel
and robbed of 800.
Secretary Blaine and Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker spoke at an immens'
mass meeting in Philadelphia Saturda!
night.
Twenty-seven hundred dollars ha'
been subscribed towards the formation
of a company to build race track al
Glendive.
Since the outbreak of cholera in tht
empire of Japan, there have been thirty
eight thousand cases with twenty-slA
thousand deaths.
Owen Jones, colored, assaulted white
girl near Savannah, Ga, Saturday. He
was lynched by mob and his body rid
died with bullets.
The population of the United States
as shown by a census bulletin issued
Saturday, is 62,48O,54O. In 1880 the
population was SO, 155, ,783, an increase OF
1924, ,757.
nst Comptroller Matthews has re-
ported to the secretary Of the treasury
that during the past fiscal year his office
examined 27,343 accounts, involving S5,-
1923, ,423,9S7.
Mr.. Gladstone has declined to stand as
candidate for the rectorship of the Uni
versity Of Aberdeen. He gives his ad-
vanced age as the reason for declining
the nomination.
There is well defined case of leprosy
at Chester, Pa, Swede named John
Anderson being afflicted. He has been
confined in separate building in the
county alms-house.
Bismarck has made arrangements to
start brewery at 'Friedrichsruhe.
Several Hamburg capitalists are inter-
ested. The inanciers will run fifty
years, paying rent to Bismarck.
Municipal elections we're held in Eng
land and Wales Saturday. The results
turned on politics. The conservatives
gained SO and the liberals 81 seats. The
1,l,,r o,,J;Jo@oc ,,,,, copoo coo%c from
the conservatives.
The national convention of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
which has been in session in Los Ange-
les, CAL, has closed it's labors. All the
old officers were reelected and the
federation was ratified.
The Utes are still off their reservation
intimidating settlers and killing cattle.
They are encouraged in this by hide
dealers, who are Offering them renumer-
alton for pelts. There is no probability
of any serious trouble.
The Spanish steamship Vizcaya was
uu luuo oH DdIucSdi Oy al uuhHo"u
schooner, Thursday. Both vessels sunk.
The captain and 81 passengers with the
steamer were lost. The fate of the crew
OF the schooner is unknown
The Grinnell Live Stock company of
Custer county has sold it's entire
wrench" brand of cattle, consisting of
about 1000 head, to Harden, Campbell
& Co. for S18 all aroun d, and will now
engage in the horse business.
The treasury department resumed the
purchase of silver Monday. The amount
offered was 100000 ounces; amount
purchased, $4,000, as follows: Forty
thousand ounces at 1O6.4O; $1,000 at
1O6.55; 25O,OO0 at 1866; 175,OOO at 1O67O.
The United States supreme court on
Monday granted motion to advance
the case of Subuga Jugiro, under sent
ence Of death by electricity in New
York state, and it was assigned for argu-
ment on the third Monday in Novem-
ber.
A San Francisco special says advices
from Alaska are to the effect that Capt.
James Carroll has been elected congress
sional delegate. This is in line with the
territorial convention held which asked
congress to allow Alaska delegate and
a code of laws.
Secretary Blaine desires the statement
made that he did not request the recall
of Muruaga, minister Of Spain to the
United States. He says it is not due to
the relations being strained. The recall
is due solely to a change Of administra-
tion in the Spanish government.
The opinion of Judge Caldwell Of the
United States circuit court in the origi-
nal package case of H. NJ. Van Welt, of
Iowa, was filed Friday. It is very lengthy
and discusses all the questions raised.
The court holds that the act Of congress
and the laws of the state of Iowa are
valid.
The treasury department has issued
orders to the collector of customs at Ell
Paso, Texas, instructing him to levy
luty of ~ cents per pound on the en-
ire weight Of ores from Mexico in which
cad is the chief component part, instead
# an actual weight of lead in the ores,
rs has been the practice heretofore.
The report comes from Grayling that |
,he mangled remains of John Grouse, an
I'D Bannack Indian, we're found on the
'ailroad track few miles from that
,lace. The head was severed from the
runk. 1t is supposed that he was
lilled by some freight train at night, as
lone of the trainmen know how the &C
;ident occurred.
The funeral of Houghwout Howe, who
married. Ben Butterworth's daughter