The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1891-09-26

>''0a ououehlv at Newport. r.
l., Saturday morning.
The worlds stallion record wos oo,; -
broken on the 10Th at Independence
Iowa, when Allerton made a mi,o in
1904.
Mrs. Elizabeth Boyden Biddle. who is
granddaughter of Francis Hopk;nson
signer of the declaration of independ-
ence, and a daughter of Judge joseph
Hopkinson, author of "Hail Columb;a !,
died Sunday evening at her home in
Philadelphia of heart failure. She was
in her ninety second year.
The firm of S. V. White & Co.. of New
York and Chicago, brokers, suspended
Tuesday. Charles w. Gould, the as
signee, said Wednesday that he was not
yet prepared to make any statement in
relation TO the affairs of the firm and he
could not tell when he would be able to
The private fortune OF S. V. White has
been estimated at 100000.
Seven lives were lost in a tenement
house fre at Chicago on the 18th. Their
names are John Halk, mechanic. aged
40, his wife, aged A., and their three
children, Annie, aged Is, John, aged -
and Fannie, aged 8; Abbie Burns. aged
IA, and woman, name unknown. Cyn-
thia Schalk, aged II, the only surviving
member OF her family, was overcome by
smoke and it is thought cannot re-
cover. The fire is thought to have orig
mated from bakery in the rear The
financial loss is small.
The bodies of 1000 victims of the flood
at Consuegra, Spain, have been buried.
The town wears most desolate ASPECT
The official report of the disaster saws
$50 buildings in Consuegra have van
ished from their sites, while 80 are in a
precarious condition and need to be de-
molished. Ten men are under arrest at
Consuegra charged with robbing the
dead. The damage done by the foods
is now estimated at about 100000.
The river Amarguillo, as the result of
the flood, has changed its course to a
considerable extent.
Some time ago a Chinaman named
Chong Sam, on his way from Canada
into the United States, was detained at
Port Huron, Michigan, and on trial be-
fore the United States commissioner
was ordered to be returned to China as
the country whence he came. Before
any steps were taken, however, the Brit
ish minister at Washington interfered in
his behalf and requested action be de-
ferred. The minister subsequently made
a request for the mans pardon on the
ground he did not Intentionally violate
the laws of the United States in coming
across the border. His request has been
referred to the president for his consid-
Grafton.
Pierre, South Dakota, is now enoyingj
the notorlety Of having baccarat scan
dal, in which a number of prominent
merchants and city officials are impli
Gated On Thursday ev ening game
was raided by the police, who captured
a number of the players, among whom
were a county official and city official,
a doctor and a prominent merchant
They were acquitted on account OF their
prominence. The persons arrested have
made affidavit that at different times
they have seen the mayor, two aldermen
and the chief of police playing baccarat
and drinking beer, and demand that the
said officials be prosecuted.
Jones of Binghamton, who pays the
freight, is out in a letter opposing the
election of Flower as governor OF New
York. The lieutenant governor says
"Continued subservience but makes the
condition too degrading to be borne
quietly by American citizens; there ls
but one way to dislodge these usurpers
The temporary defeat of the party will
be harmless compared with the effects
of their control. For the welfare OF the
state and in the interest OF the demo
cratic party, my duty is to oppose the
election of the nominees of the Saratoga
convention to such an extent as may be
within my power, and in such manner
as may seem best to accomplish that
purpose"
A disastrous wreck occurred ON the
18th at Portneuf station, about two
miles from Pocatello on the Union "a
ciic. Passenger trains Nos. l and col
lided, killing five men and seriously in
juring several others. The killed are
L. Weidemeyer, mail clerk, and foul
Indians from Fort Hall reservation. The
injured are: Engineer Charles Hoyt
Chris Mackenzie, P. P. Gunderson, Mai
Clerk Lyons, two tramps and squaw
The two trains had orders to pass each
other at Portneeuf station. While one
was waiting the other crashed into 1t al
a high rate of speed. 1t was Impossible
to stop, as the air brakes would not
work. The engines and mail cars were
piled up in heap. The engineers ano
firemen, with the exception Of Hoyt, one
of the engineers, escaped uninjured. He
had shoulder blade broken. The coro
ner's jury attaches the blame to nobody
None of the passengers were injured
Sir Julian Pauncefote, British minis
ter, has officially called the attention OF
the United States to violation OF the
terms of the modus vivendi in effect oe-
tween the two countries, as to the catcn
Of seal in Behring Sea by agreement oe-
tween the two countries. The Nortn
American Commercial company, which
leases the seal islands from the Uniteo
States. is restricted in the catch OF seai
this wear to 1900 skins. 1t Is aliegeo
the Commercial company has exceeded
th;s c.tch. thus violating the modus