The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1890-03-01
A flood is threatened in the Ohio river

! A flood is threatened in the Ohio river,
the waters of which are rising rapidly.
A cyclone swept over Brownsville,
Tennessee, Wednesday, killing one
woman and destroying $4,000 worth of
property.
George Clark was hanged at Waynes
burg, Pa, Wednesday for the murder of
William McCausland, an Allegheny City
drover, in 1877.
A barrel of powder exploded Tuesday
at Cienega station, suburb of Havana,
destroying house and injuring thirty
workmen severely.
The London News says that the result
of the army and navy commission will be
that the Duke of Cambridge will retire
from his position as commander-in-ch chief,
and will be succeeded by another mem
Der of the royal family.
Kilrain has written to the Baltimore
Su n to say that he goes to the Hot
S prings, not because of rheumatism or
any active illness, but to make money.
He was sick when he met Corbett, who
hit him in the eye with his elbow and
would not give him a match after
wards.
A special says a terrible hurricane
swept over part of Northern Texas Tues
day morning. The Masonic hall in
Gainesville was torn to pieces, the court
house unroofed and the Santa Fe railroad
depot wrecked. Twenty buildings were
blown down. Nobody was killed but
several were injured.
There are nearly ten thousand horses
in use by the United States army. OF
this number about ten per cent are sold
annually because of their unfitness for
further cavalry or artillery duty, and
about five per cent are lost by death. So
in order to maintain the standard it is
necessary to purchase about 1900 ami
mails each year.
A committee has been formed in Lon
don, with branches at Newcastle and
other places, for the purpose of endeav-
oring to secure a mitigation of the
sevre treatment accorded to political
prisoners in Siberia. A number of
workmen's, radical and socialist associa-
tions will hold demonstration at Hyde
Park on March 10th in favor of the pris-
oners now III Siberia.
The will of the late John Jacob Astor
was filed for probate in New York the
o ther day. By the terms of the will St.
Luke's hospital receives 100000; the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, $4,000;
the New York cancer hospital, 100000;
the Astor library, s45O,0OO; Alexander
Hamilton, $4,000; James Simmons Arm
strong, $4,000. All the residue of the
es tate goes to his son, William Waldorf
Astor.
Captain Turner, of the American
schooner Harry Prescott, reports that on
February 8th, in latitude 81, longitude
I IS, he hove to near the wreck of three
masted schooner, dismasted and water
logged, with the sea making clean
breach over her. Four men were cling
ing to the after house. Owing to dan
gerous sea, Captain Turner says he was
unable to render them assistance. When
last seen the wreck was drifting toward
tn 9 Hatteras shoals
There is great deal of agitation in
parliamentary circles in England over
the allegation made, by Chamberlain in
letter to the London Times that the
Gladstone party had made bargain
with the Parnell party to prejudice the
undenominational education, agreeing
to abandon the opposition to the
Catholic schools for the Irish support
on other things. Morley and Sextor
have been interviewed on the subject
and deny any such compact.
Senator Allen, of Washington, has in
troduced bill appropriating s138,00(
for the improvement of the Columbis
river between the head of Rock rapids
and the foot of Priest rapids. The
appropriation is divided giving s66,OO(
for Rock rapids, $4,000 for Cabinet rapids
and s6S,OOO for Priest rapids. This viii
improve over fifty-nine miles of the river
near Pasco and above that place opens
up $50 miles to navigation in the Big
Bend county and the mining regions
about Okanogan.
Senator Mitchell of Oregon, introduced
bill Tuesday in the United States sen
ate to extend the provisions Of the Miss
issippi bill to the States of Minnesota
Oregon, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Col
orado, South Dakota, North Dakota
Montana and Washington. This bill
grants per cent Of the net proceede Of
the sale of public lands to the state, and
allows the state lands in lieu of what
would be school lands, if not included
in an Indian reservation.
In the executive session of the senate
Tuesday afternoon the publication OF
the proceedings of the secret sessions
was considered. The practice of dis
cussing nominations behind closed doors
was criticised by several senators as un-
american. Il is understood, however, in
accordance with Dolph's resolution,
offered several days ago, it was decided
to make an inquiry into the method by
which newspapers secure their informa-
ton concerning the proceedings of an
executive session.
The principal feature Of the silver bill
to be reported by the senate committee
on finance as substitute for several
bills on that subject, referred to it, are
stated to be these: The secretary of the
treasury is authorized to increase the
purchase of silver bullion from two to
four and half millions a month. The