The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1890-02-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

in Africa.
Ex-senator Riddleberger of Virgini
died at Winchester at $50 o'clock FIR
day morning.
Francis A. Harmon has been appoint
ed storekeeper and guager in the frs
district of California.
Nellie Bly,, the famous traveller, VII
has been making tour Of the world il
seyeHty-live days. has arrived in Chi
cago, and is due at New York City, he
starting point, at p. III. today.
Joseph Garrett, deputy sheriff an>
jailor at Lamar, Mo-, shot himsel
through the heart Thursday. He left
wife and seven children The only mo
tive was dependency caused by an un
founded rumor that he had connived a
the recent escape Of some prisoners.
Secretary of War Proctor has decided
that non n-commissioned officers under 2
or oy 20 years OF age, or who are married
are not eligible for promotion to the
grade OF second lieutenant and viii moi
be examined for such position. The
age limits in the case Of civilian candi
dates are p and q years
An Apalachicola, Fla, dispatch says
The Escambia rifles arrived last night
and guards were posted throughout the
town. Thirty-fye ringlea(ers of the
negro strikers were arrested today, but
the chief ones cannot be found. One
negro was shot today while fleeing from
arrest. Intense excitement prevails but
it is generally believed the arrest of the
ringleaders will have quieting effect.
At Colville, eight miles north of Spc-
kane Falls, Washington, on the line OF
the Spokane Falls & Northern railway,
Wednesday morning, William Holtz-
stein, a drunken carpenter, shot and in
stantly killed James 3. Oglesby, a col
Ored waiter in restaurant. Oglesby
tried to cheat Holtzstein out of fifty
cents in making change. Holtzstein
left the restaurant and in few minutes
returned armed with rifle, with which
he shot Oglesbs dead. The murderer
was arrested.
A large meeting was held at Trinity
theater in Lisbon, Portugal Thursday
night to start fund for national de-
fence. The duke of Polares presided. A
committee Of 120, consisting of leading
citizens and naval and military officers,
was appointed to solicit subscriptions to
the fund. A number Of speeches were
made in which England was bitterly as
sailed for the course she has followed in
the dispute with Portugal, and the
French and Spanish lauded for their
sympathy with the Portuguese
A Paris dispatch says: General Bou-
hanger has sent a telegram to NJ. Paul
peroulde, his colleague in the hamber
of deputies, who in recent revolt in
that body, when III. Jetfrin attempted to
speak, congratulated them upon show
ing themselves to be real defenders of
suffrage. Martineau, member
OF chamber Of deputies, who recently Sc
ceded from the Boulanger party, entered
a meeting Of Boulangerlsts held here
last night. He was Immediately at
tackled, kicked, cuffed and spit upon and
to sign the resignation of his
seat in the chamber
The British steamer Sardinian, Capt.
Richardson, from Portland January 9th,
arrived at Liverpool Thursday night.
She reports very heavy weather. On
January 10th an alarm OF fire was caused
by the bursting Of steam gauge. In
the meantime funnel was smashed and
the fires were smothered by the water
pouring down on them. Two men were
killed and third was so badly injured
that be subsequently died. Three 9TH
ers were badly injured. It was impossi-
bic to replace the funnel for twenty four
hours and in the meantime the steamer
drifted, the storm at the same time in
creasing in severity. The three dead
men were buried at sea when the +orm
abated. All the Sardinian's life boats
except one were smashed by the heavy
seas.
A husband and wife were slain out
right Wednesday while attending the
funeral Of their child at Chicago. The
driver Of the conveyance and neighbor
riding with them were fatally injured
and died in few minutes. Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Payne were the unfortunate
Simon Anderson was the name
of the haclmar, and Mrs. Reprogal the
aeighbor. Just as the carriage had
reached the gate Of the Rose Hill ceme-
5ery, where the road crosses the railway
track, the ingoing Chicago express on
the Northern road, dashed upon it, ut
.erly wrecking it and throwing the un-
fortunate victims thirty feet away. A
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Payne miraculously escaped with
slight scalp wound. The driver and en-
yineer are censured for lack of caution,
out the absence of fagman at the
none being kept there by the
company, seems to have been the princi
pal cause OF the horror, as the view Of
Doth the engineer and the carriage dri-
yer was shut off almost if not wholly by
5he Rose hill railroad station and
group of saloons.
There is widespread dissatisfaction in
Kansas over the workings of the prohi-
ion law. and resubmission movement
S making rapid headway. At a meeting
If the executive committee of the re-
club at Wichita, Wednesday
asst, plan was formulated to organize
,luhs in every hamlet in the state. Re-
solutions were adopted of which the fol-
owing is synopsis: "Nine years Of ex-
pc, iment," they say, "has demonstrated
hat the prohibitory laws are failure