The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1891-05-30

The jury in the case of Capt. LIE
and deputies, charged with murder
the Morewood, Pennsylvania, riots, I
turned verdict acquitting all the d
PENDANTS.
Henry Shelton Sanford, ex-Unite
; States minister to Belgium and la
delegate to the Brussels anti SLAYER
conference, died Thursday at Healin
Springs, Virginia.
Inquiring into the cause of the recel
powder explosion at Pazzo Pantel
which did great damage to property
Rome, shows that it resulted from vib
alton caused Ey trains.
The international bicycle road rae
from Bordeaux to Paris, distance 81
miles was won by the Englishman, Mill.
in twenty-six hours and thirty five min
utes. The Frenchmen were nowhere.
The trial at Rari, Italy, of ITO mem
bers of the Malta society has ended
Fourteen members were acquitted
while 165 members were sentenced t.
terms of Imprisonment varying from 81,
months to fifteen years.
The United States supreme court up
held the constitutionality of the origina
package law, passed by congress, an(
also held it was not necessary for Kan
sas to re-enact its prohibitory law after
the passage of the congressional act il
order to shut out liquors in the origina
package.
The United States supreme court has
decided case appealed from the courts
of Virginia involving the right of the
state to prohibit the importation of flour
unless reaching certain standards pre-
scribed by the state laws. The decision
holds that the state has no right to en-
act and enforce laws repugnant to the
interstate commerce act and reverses
the decision of the state court.
The commissioners appointed to nego-
now occupying the great Colville reser-
walton north of Spokane have returned.
Their efforts resulted in an agreement
with the Indians by which million and
a half acres of the reservation, or lit
tie more than one-half, are to be sold to
the government for dollar an acre and
thrown open to settlement. The land
ceded constitutes one of the richest and
most attractive portions of the state.
The secretary of the treasury has con
cluded consideration of the question of
examination of the assay at El Paso of
ores Containing lead which are destined
for other ports of entry or delivery at
which there are smelling works. The
is authorized to forward such
ores under warehouse and transpor-
tation bonds, examination, weighing and
assay to be waived at that port and
made at the port Of destination. In es-
duties the entire importation
will be regarded as lead ore.
At midnight Saturday Lord Romilli
upset a parailine lamp in the drawing
'oom of his London residence He at
jempted to extinguish the fire unassist-
sd. Shortly after the butler smelled
smoke, and upon investigation found
Lord Romilli lying senseless in the burn
ng room, the nobleman having been
by smoke. Lord Romilli was
emoved to the hospital, where all at
empts to revive him failed. The fire
nen, on entering, found Blanche Griffin
md Emma Lowell, servants, insensibe. |
They were also removed to the hospital, |
where it was found both were dead. |
5yrne, a fireman, received serious in
uries while rescuing the inmates The
ire was soon extinguished.
Al a meeting of republican editors of
he seventh congressional district Of
Kansas held at Hutchinson Tuesday. a
etter from ex-senator Ingalls, was read.
Imong other things the letter said:
of the future must re-
dust itself to the changed conditions
f American life or it will perish. |
'ish to save it from this fate by recall
1g the spirit and energy and the ag
ressive and patriotic force of the found
RS to the coming campaign. Harrison
ill be renominated and Cleveland will
e his antagonist. If we have courage
nd confidence it will be an Austerlltz.
we dicker with popular errors, COM
romise with unprincipled leaders and
neer at honest differences of Judgment
nd opinion it will be Waterloo"
Ex-Minister Taft died in San Diego,
on the 21st inst. Judge Taft
as taken i'll about two months ago at
,os Angeles and was removed to San
'iego in hopes that the change would
lOlOuS Ills llIo. Ilo " DIS OIL years Ol age.
udge Alfonso Taft was born in Towns
nd, VT, in 1910. and was the son of
lrmer who served several terms in the
ate legislature. In 1896 young Taft
egan teaching district school when not
eeded on the farm. In 1929 he entered
ale college, from which he graduated
1888. After graduation be taught
Ugh school at Ellington, Conn.,, two
ears, and subsequently for two years
led the position as tutor in Yale col
ge. In addition to his duties as tutor,
aft studied in the law school and was
limited to the bar in 1885, In 1899
II. Taft removed to Cincinnati, where {
3 practiced his profession successfully. {
g was twice elected to the bench-once '
ithout opposition-and was once ap- !
ointed by the governor to fill vacancy. |
fter the resignation of General Bel I
nap in March, 1876, Judge Taft was I
ade secretary of war, which office he !
9ld until the May following, when he I
ecame attorney general. President {
rthur appointed him successfully S
mister of Austria and Russia. Since ,
55 Judge Taft had lived in retirement
his home in Cincinnati.