The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1891-05-09

The steamer Belgia arrived at Sa
Francisco Thursday from China an
I Japan bringing the remains OF the lat
g United States Minister Swift, who die
at Yokohoma March 1st. The remain
: were taken to the mortuary chapel {
: Trinity church, where they will lie i
/ state until Sunday when the funera
takes place.
5 Commander in Chief Webb, of tn
e Sons Of Veterans, Wednesday issued
: general order giving the result OF tn
] court martial of Walter S. Payne of Eos
terra, Ohio, x-commander in-chiei
: charged with embezzlement of order
f for money. The verdict was dishonor
, able discharge from the order, which i
approved by the commander-in-chief
The Moscow Gazette is indignant a
, the English and American press ignor
ing Russia's connection with the Behr
ing sea matter, and declares any agree
ment made without Russia's consen
will be worthless. The Gazette speaks
with respectful sympathy of the Amer
can claims and says it is time England
was taught that the possession of a pow
erful fleet does not entitle her to trea
every bit of open sea as her peculiar
property. The Gazette proposes that
America and Russia settle the question
without reference to England.
Charles Pratt, the well-known Stand
ard Oil magnate and vice-president OF
the Standard Oil Co., died suddenly
Monday night at the company's office in
New York He left home in the morn
ing in his usual health. but was taken
i'll with indigestion at 4 o'clock. dying
within three hours. Pratt's wealth is
estimated at sl5.OOO,OOO. He gave large
sums for educational purposes, includ
ing S1.OOO,OOO to Pratts institute: $780,
600 to the annex to Adelphi Academy,
also in Brooklyn and S15OOOO to I'm
manuel Baptist church.
Anna Dickinson delivered another adj
dress at Hermann's theatre, New York,
before a small audience Sunday night.
Her theme was: Are you ready for
your own incarceration in an insane
asylum Il am not here in my own
defense she exclaimed, II am always
on the aggressive. Ever since l was
school girl I have had something to say.
use the words advisedly. I have
never used them otherwise" She often
shed tears while speaking about her in
generation in the Danville asylum She
said Arthur p. German was the great
est man in the land and nominated him
for president.
Unusually cold weather prevailed
Tuesday morning throughout the entire
northern portion of the country east of
the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, the
line Of freezing temperature extending
from southern Maine westward through
western New York and northern OHIO
and including Michigan, Wisconsin.
Minnesota and North Dakota. In south
eastern Michigan the temperature was
the lowest on record for this season of
the year, the minimum there being one
degree lower than previously observed
during the first part of May. Severe
frosts occurred throughout these re-
gions, probably causing considerable in
jury to fruit and early vegetation.
Under the provisions of the Mckinley
tariff act beginning May l, all special
taxes imposed upon dealers of leaf tc-
bacco, dealers in manufactured tobacco.
manufacturers of tobacco and cigars
and peddlers are repealed. The law,
however, requires these various classes
OF dealers shall register their names,
places OF business, etc, with the local
collector of internal revenue, with the |
exception of dealers in manufactured |
tobacco. The number of dealers of the
latter class, according to the report of
the commissioner of internal revenue
for 1890, was 6O3,O85, who paid a tax of |
S2,4OO each. 1t is said at the depart
ment that the abolition of this special
tax of $40 will cause a loss to the gov
ernment of s1,6OO,O0O annually.
Thos. F. Oakes, president of the North
ern Pacific, confirms the report of direct
ors, that the road is authorized to pur-
chase the preferred stock of the com
pany with money to be received from
the Manitoba land case recently decided
by the United States supreme court in
favor of the Northern Pacific "We
think we can get the money about May
25th,' ~ says Mr.. Cakes. I'm the mean
time the company has plenty of money
on hand and will purchase stock if the
market condition should warrant it.
The directors have also authorized the
of S2,7OO,OOO for the i'm
provement of the property. We find
that by reducing grades at certain points
we can save in operating expenses $780,
900 annually"
Mayor Shakespeare of New Orleans
on Saturday received petition from
Philip j. Patternee. asking for police
protection. The petitioner states that
year ago he was taken sick and being
of the Giovanni Bersaglieri so
ciety, he demanded the medical and
cash relief to which he was entitled. A
portion of the cash relief was refused
and he brought suit. He asserts that
for this he was assaulted with danger
Gus weapon and summoned to appear on
trial for violating the rules of the society.
He fears another attempt will be made
to do him bodily harm. Although of
Italian nativity, he is now an American
citizen and wants protection. He fears
the "Mafia are thirsting for my blood"
He adds if he is killed to look for his
assassin among his brothers Antonio
Giovanni, Lascuola and one Di Giovan-
ri. ,