The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1891-12-26
MONTANA NEWS.

P.J. Cunningham, a well known min
ing speculator and leaser of Butte, was
shot and almost instantly killed on the
streets of that city Friday night by his
cousin, Charles g. Price.
Aleck Moore. colored laborer at the
Owsley block. Butte, attempted to Jump
upon moving elevator and was in
stantly crushed to death between the
cage and the elevator walls. Wednesday
Ben Cox, a miner employed at Black
Pine by the Combination company, was
killed by an explosion of powder on the
18th. He was working in drift alone,
and Just how the accident occurred will
always remain a mystery.
A Washington dispatch states that
Major Maginnis is expected there soon to
begin the work of protecting the mineral
lands for the people Of the state of Mon
tana. The almost unanimous opinion IN
congress, Mr.. Dixon believes, is against
the railroad contention in that matter.
At Boulder Monday carpenter
named Harris, while at work on top of
one of the buildings at the new Boulder
smelling plant, in reaching for hand
saw. lost his balance and fell to the
ground, distance of twenty-four feet,
striking on his head and shoulders. He
is now in critical condition and is not
expected to live.
The state board of pardons have ap-
proved the action of the governor IN
granting a pardon to Oliver M. Welsh of
Butte. Welsh was convicted some
weeks ago of assault with deadly
weapon at Butte, and fined $500 and
sent to the county Jail. The petition for
his pardon was signed by the Judge, sew
eral county officials and prominent cit
liens of Butte.
The case Of the State vs.. Jonas Fried,
one of the men who assisted in the Chi
nese outrages at Missoula in August
last, went to the jury Friday. The jury
remained out but short stime and re-
turned verdict of guilty of burglary in
the first degree, and fixed punishment
at three years in the penitentiary
Fried was the first of the five tried some
time ago and found guilty and was
granted new trial.
Thomas Keyner. a brakeman on the
Northern Pacific railroad was run over
by train of coal cars IN the yards OF
the company at Helena shortly
after 6 O'Clock Monday night
and died three hours later at
st. Peters hospital Keyner was about
80 years old and was from Pennsylvania
He had been employed as brakeman by
the Northern Pacific since September
1890, and was regarded as "a good man
by his fellow workmen. He had no rel
atives in this part of the country.
A Helena dispatch says: The much
talked of sapphire deal has finally been
consummated and within few months
Eldorado and other bars along the Mis-
souri, will be scene of industry. The
Englishmen, including the diamond ex-
pert, Edwin Streeter of London, have
finished their work. The ground, in
Guiding 5000 acres OF sapphire ground
has been transferred The sale was
made by the Spratt Bros, who were
owners of the largest and most valuable
tracts. They were paid s2,0oo,0oO, one
half in cash and the rest in stock.
In the United States circuit court at
st. Paul j. r. Troupe has brought an
action against the Great Northern to
recover $4,000 for injuries sustained
March l, 1890, in Montana. while he was
employed by the defendant as fireman
On the night of that date the train on
which plaintiff was running was de
rallied by reason of an open switch and
the locomotive and seven cars left the
track, killing the engineer and injuring
plaintiff so severely that paralysis su
pervened. The complaint alleges that
there was no light. Whatever at the
switch.
Daniel O'Leary, Helena city pris-
oner, was shot while attempting to es-
cape from the chain gang employed at
street work. The shooting was done by
A. T. Lawrence, overseer and guard OF
the city. O'Leary died from the effects
of the wound. and coroner's jury re-
turned verdict that "Daniel OLeary
came to his death by pistol shot on
December Is, the shot being tired de-
cember II by A. Il. Lawrence while in
the discharge of his duties as overseer
and guard Of the city prisoners at work
on the street, and while O'Leary was en-.
deavoring to escape The jury further
exonerates Lawrence from any blame in
connection with the shooting"
The committee of arrangements, con
sisting of Ex-Governor S. L. Hauser, H
NJ. Parchen, Donald Bradford, A. NJ
Hotter, F. p. Sterling, John W. Thomp
son and John T. Murphy, have arranged
the following programme for the open
ing exercises of the irrigation conven
ton, which meets in Helena January
7th: The convention will be called tt
order at Il o'clock noon the 7th day o.
January by Ex-Governor S. 7. Hauser, al
the board of trade rooms, corner of Sixth
avenue and Main street. Addresses o.
welcome will be delivered by Governor
j. K. Toole, Lieutenant Governor Rick
ards and Mayor Kleinschmidt, to be fol
lowed by general discussion of the ir
rigation subject as outlined in the call
Safe blowers made an attempt to oper
the safe belonging to j. H. Smith 4 Co.
at Butte Sunday night, but, owing tc
the vigilance OF the police, they were