The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1891-02-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The copyright bill passed the senate
Wednesday.

he The copyright bill passed the senat
de Wednesday.
ia ia The Thompson-H Houston and Westine
j. house electric companies have combine
oss rand will hereafter run under the Ediso
It's management.
ne ne The invitation of the United States t
IN be present at the Worlds Fair in Chi
cago has been formally accepted by tn
: French government.
le Samuel Morey, who came into promi
c. nence during the Garfield Hancock presi
e. dental campaign of 1890, is dead at Ma
?, shua, N. H. He was arrested in connec
t tion with the famous :'Morey Chinese
o letter"
e Gay Jewett, son of Representative
!, Jewett, of Worth county, who for a
!, numbN Of years has been museum
I wonder, is dead at Mason City, Iowa
: He was 80 years of age and weighed FAC
d pounds.
h The president and most Of his cabinet
!, will visit the Pacific coast soon after the
e adjournment of Congress, and have ar
r ranged the trip 80 as to include tour
of the southern states 1t is probable
the party will start from Washington in
: the early part of April.
At Austin, Texas, the first case for
violation of the federal lottery law was
tried in the United States court, and
Sam Alexander fined $500 and costs for
the sending of lottery tickets through
the mails in one case and s25 and costs
each in two other cases.
The women found murdered in Swal-
lows Garden, in the Whitechapel dis
trict, London, has been identified as an
unfortunate named ''Carroty Nell" The
police arrested man whose clothes were
ragged but who had refined appear
ance. They think he is "Jack, the Rip
per-"
The last spike was driven at Blaine,
Wash, Saturday which connects two
important railroad systems and the
United States and British Columbia. It
was the meeting of the Fairhaven &
Southern and the New Westminster &
Southern roads. Three thousand peo-
pie were present.
James Storey, of Parsons, Kansas, has
received letters patent from Washing
| ton for his invention Of an artificial egg.
The artificial is said to resemble the ma
tural product in all particulars The in
ventor says he can manufacture at least
one car load per day at a cost of three
cents per dozen, with machinery that |
will cost $500.
Captain Harry Vessels, of Company
h, Third cavalry, isto be court martialed |
under orders from the secretary of war.
1t is charged that he accused his su-
perior, General Stanley, of drunkenness
and incompetency because the latter re-
fused to grant him furlough when Or
dered to be in readiness to go to the
Sioux country.
Excitement was caused in the lower
branch of the Missouri legislature Sat-
urday when Representative Ernest in
troduced resolution setting forth the
fact that as Cleveland had taken stand
against free coinage he could not there
fore be the choice of the democratic
party for president. After heated
debate the resolution was tabled.
Ignatius Donnelly, author of the "Cryp-
togram" and member of the state sem
ate, has brought suit for libel against
ex-Congressman King and the Pioneer
Press for 100000 each. The newspaper
is charged with printing letter written
by King in which it is charged that
Donnelly received large sums of money ,
for his vote and influence both in the
United States congress and the Mime
sofa legislature between the years of
1870 and 1880.
A memorial was received in the sem
ate Monday from the Kansas legislature, |
asking that Montana take part in COM ,
mercial congress to be held in Kansas .
City on April 18th, next, to consider mat ,
ters affecting the western mining and z
agricultural states and territories. Mon f
tana is asked to appoint four senators Z
and five members of the house to attend C
the congress- The states and territories ]
to take part are all those be- r
tween the Mississippi river and the Pa {
,ific ocean, and Ohio, Indiana, Ken \
lucky, Tennessee, Michigan, Wisconsin s
md Illinois. The memorial was refer {
ed. G
The Meyer mine near Scottdale, Pa. p
8 on fire. -Four bumpers are known to c
lave been killed and six or seven men Fl
ire now reported missing. There were d
fifty men at work when the explosion ii
occurred. The explosion set fire to the
nine. The fire was kindled by miners
amp which dropped to the bottom of
he hundred foot shaft, kindling the &C .
gas, and causing terrific ex- u
'losion. The mine caught fire and the - =.
arge far used for ventilation purposes VI
vas destroyed and the interior of the u
nine was soon mass of flames Moutz =
reek was turned from it's source in the o'
nine. The Meyer coke plant is one of %
he largest in the region and employed u
90 men. They had refused to go out le
4 the recent strike. al
About 800 people gathered in Faneuil
lall, Boston, Saturday evening, at the St
all of the committee of citizens, to hear in
he other side OF the silver question be
'om Senator Stewart of Nevada and ex- r,
representative Warner of Ohio. Sena- la4
'r Stewart during the last half of his gu
oeech was applauded at nearly every as
'ntence. He said, in part: The silver W