The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1890-10-18
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.
The population of the state of Kansas
9 100 AQ1 a., ;noraoca re 40- 900


is ,4423 ,4e5, an increase of 427 ,3S9.
The population of the state Of Ne
> York is 1881 1884, an increase of $1,000
= Or 1859 per cent.
ty Census announcements: State
Louisiana 1,116.9 .92S, increase 1862;
linois 3,s1S,536, increase 740,665; Missi
r sippi l, 1887. increase 153,290.
i The census reports the population {
: the state Arkansas at 1,125,336; an in
crease of 322, $50. or 1923 per cent Tn
: population of the state Of North Dakot
:. is 1925: an increase of 1856, o
1874 Is per cent.
Columbus Delano, president of tn
National Wool Growers association, ha
issued an address to the wool growers o
the country congratulating them upoI
the present status Of the tariff, and re
signing his Office.
. At Brainerd, Mimi. on the 10th, two
blocks. including the Commercial hotel
Pioneer house, Catholic church and par
sonage, Jail. and numerous dwellings
and shops. were burned. Loss 100000
insurance $4,000.
LII the Vermont state senate Tuesday,
Justin S. Morrill, received twenty seven
votes for United States senator, Edward
}. Phelps l; in the house, Morrill, 157,
Phelps 56. Both houses will meet in
joint session Wednesday and formally
announce the election of Morrill,
The Corean legation at Washington
was honored Sunday morning by the
arrival Of a little stranger in the person
OF son to Mr.. and Mrs Ye Cha Yum.
charge d'affairs The young gentleman
is the first native born Corean IN the
United States.
The record for a hundred yard dash,
which has stood for so many years, was
broken at the contests Of the Amateur
Athletic Union at Washington on Sat
| urday. Owen, the winner, was caught
up by his admirers and carried away on
their shoulders. Several other records
were lowered during the day. Owens
time was nine and four-fifths seconds.
A private dispatch from Governor
Warren of Wyoming gives the result of
the official canvass Of the vote of that
state. The republicans elect every state
officer and their member of con gress by
majorities ranging from 1,445 to 1857. !
The senate stands fourteen republicans,
two democrats: the house of represent
atlves, twenty seven republicans and six
democrats.
1t has been learned that at the close
OF the Russian manopuvre in Volhynia. |
Grand Duke Nicholas, who had COM
mand, suddenly became insane from the
effects Of d disease from which he had |
long suffered, and melancholy and heart
rending scenes ensued until he was re-
moved to General Martyroff's estate in
Don Steppes. The physicians declare
his condition hopeless.
Tie Leland hotel at Syracuse, New
York, was destroyed by fire on Wednes
day night, and several inmates perished
IN the flames Or We're killed in attempt
ing to escape by jumping from the win
dows. The exact number of fatalities
can not be stated, but it is thought that
The number will not exceed eight or ten.
Thirty-five persons were injured. The [
oss is placed at $4,000. [
Ex-Secretary of war w. w. Belknap {
vas found dead Monday morning in a
room adjoining his office at No. 1920
New York Avenue, Washington. His )
leath is supposed to be due to paralysis.
As soon as the death of Belknap was Z
Known at the war department, Acting a
secretary Grant ordered the flag on the I
building at half-mast in honor Of the !
and gave directions that l
he building be draped in black for the c
customary period. h
~ COlAIIlCUCO lIOul III UIo III
crest of the Worlds Fair, visited Wash :
ngton county, Kentucky, last week and y
ought of Henry Reed the log cabin in +
Thich Abraham Lincoln lived as boy, q
nd where his father was married to l.
'ancy Hanks, the certificate being pre-
erved there yet in the county clerks :"
flee. The price paid for this historic =
elic was $1,000, and it will be taken i
own and erected on prominent site at :"
ne Worlds fair. =
Major General Miles, U. S. A., has E,
cen detailed as m ember of the COM =,
lission created by the act of congress w
pproved August 10, 1890, to negotiate 9,
ith the northern band of the Cheyenne g,
ndians on the Tongue River reserva- =,
on, Montana, and with the band of
orthern Cheyenne Indians on the Pine
ldge reservation, South Dakota, for
lch modification of the treaty and ~
her rights as may be deemed desira- &C
In order to carry out the spirit as we'll -
the letter of the civil service law, the ?. ?"
creta1y of the treasury has agreed to "
lange existing practice in, the making 9
examinations of applicants for promo .
On in the treasury department. In the ~
ses of honorably discharged soldiers, r.
no by law are entitled to preference, -
her things being equal, the change 81
IL be accomplished by adding five per nc nc
MT to percentage made by such per- %
MS in examinations referred to.
The twenty seventh annual conven- en-
IN of the Brotherhood of Locomotive m,
1glneers met in Pittsburg Wednesday. wi
ae feature in the line of new business Ca
a proposition to accept membership We
the United Order of Railway EN- lat
owes Chief Arthur won IL po+ ovnro,c -