The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1890-03-08

will advance; if they are chained by
superstitious fears, if they give up their
wills to the wills of some self-appointed
chief; if they turn their eyes away from
the lights that in this century are blaz-
ing about them; and follow false beacons
there is no hope for them.
| The New York Times says promi-
nent railroad man says he would not be
surprised to learn of Chauncey NJ. De
pew's resignation as president of the |
New York Central & Hudson River rail |
road. II know for fact he said, that |
Depew's boom for the presidential NOM
ination in 1892 is being shaped on we'll
defined plans, with his consent and aid
He will probably resign soon and the
vacancy be filed by the election of Cor
nelius Vanderbilt. His severance with |
corpo ration connections will remove the
last obstac le to his nomination.
Three bills have been introduced
the Kentucky legislature which, to say
selling or book making on races felony,
except on tracks where the special priv
ilege is granted by charter; another
makes felony of "oontz" playing, the
negro game which has been taken up by |
the fashionable since keno and faro
were suppressed; the third makes cir
Gus liable for not presenting the things
which it advertises. Any person who is
dissatisfied can make complaint, and
upon proof the circus can be fined.
Soon Adjourn.
The delegates to the 1nternation-
al American Conference are begin
ming to talk about final adjourn
ment which will probably take
place in April. Nearly all the commit
tees have made reports, and several of
them have been adopted. The others
are nearly ready to report to the confer
ence. The committee on arbitration has
agreed to recommend the adoption of
that method for settling international
differences, but has not yet arrived at an
agreement on details The committee |
on monetary convention will make
two reports, one of which will recon-
mend the coinage Of common silver dol
lars to be legal tender IN commercial
transactions. The other report, prepar-
ed and presented by Coolidge, of the
United States delegation, will recon-
mend the issue of certificates by the
United States upon any bullion that
may be deposited in the United States
treasury by the authorities of the Cen
tral and South American States.
On to The Coast
A st. Paul dispatch to the Helena
Journal, says: President Hill Of the
Great Northern, is said to be nursing an
other big scheme which will astonish |
the northwest. The scheme is, in brief, |
line from Anaconda, Montana, in al
most direct line to San Francisco, the
gateway to the far east. For some time
surveyors for the Great Northern have
been working westward from Anaconda
They are reported to have discovered
"hole in the walr' through the Rocky
mountains near the source of Mary's
pass to San Francisco passes through a
country which is reported to be rich for
the most part and a country through |
which no railroad runs at present. |
There are further inducements. c. 2.
Huntington, the Central Pacific magnate |
controls all the roads now running into
San Francisco. He makes such rates as
he pleases and the people have to take
their medicine. This is said to be very
CALLING and the business men Of the city
are reported as being ready to give big
bonus to get an Independent eastern
connection. The rumor is that the great |
northern magnate has been made some
magnificent offers to extend his line to
the Golden Gate.
A Gigantic Trust
A Chicago paper asserts that the big
smelling organizations Of the United
States have formed trust with capi
tai of S25,00O,OOO. 1t includes all but
five of the large organizations in the
country. Among the companies in 1T
are the Omaha & Grant Smelling and
Refining Co., of Omaha and Denver;
Kansas City Smelling and Refining Co.,
of Kansas City; Penn Lead company,
Mansfield, Pa; Chicago Smelling and
Refining Co.; Aurora Smelling and Re
fining Co., Aurora, ILL.,; Globe Smelling
and Refining Co., Denver; Ebalback &
Co., Newark, N. j.; Pueblo Smelling and
Refining company, Pueblo, COL; Phila-
delphia Smelling and Refining company,
Pueblo; Arkansas Valley Smelling com
pany, Leadville, COL; American Smelt-
ing and Mining company, Leadville;
AWHILE company, Leadville; San Juan
Smelling company, Durango, COL; Han
over smelter, Salt Lake; Mingo Furnace
company, Salt Lake; Germania company
Salt Lake; Helena and Livingston
Smelling and Refining company, Helena,
Mont; Montana Smelling company
Great Falls, Mont; Ell Paso Smelter, Ell
Paso, Texas. First conference between
the heads Of the companies was held in
Omaha last November. The object of
the meeting was to devise way of pro-
tecting smelters from the lead trust.
various ways of organization were dis .
cussed, but nothing definite was determ-
ined on at that meeting. Guy Barton, !,
of Omaha, was elected president, and .
Mr.. Geist, of Pueblo, secretary. 1t was y
shown that the trust would make profit
annually of about four millions. As
only six companies were represented at t
this meeting it was determined to confer a
with other manufacturers and have an Il
other meeting later. This was held in