The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1891-10-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NhWS VI IdE WEEk.
" III an interview at Spokane last weel
r iiehry Willard expressed the belief tha
all trains on the Northern Pacific will
r. oelore long. he operated entirely by elec
tricity
=, len negroes. convicted of the murde
y ol thornton Vance and sentenced to b.
hanged at Laurens, S. c., on the 2'rd
nave been reprieved on appeal of tht
case to the supreme court.
> The floods in England as the result o.
lhe recent two weeks successive gales
l. continue to do a great amount of dam
age. The river Thames in some places
extends mile or so beyond it's banks
: Inc town of Eton and many streets OF
, Windsor are impossible and boats are
beng used to convey people from house
to house.
= prominent engineer who has just re-
, turned to Yuma, Arizona, from Crevasse,
which has been the source of supply of
the so-called Salton lake, says it is al
most closed, and by the time of high
water in the Colorado river the desert
winds will have it completely choked
with sand. One month more and the
lake will disappear.
At the quarterly meeting Monday of
the Manchester, England, chamber Of
commerce the president said that trade
was still depressed, and that the latest
returns received were unsatisfactory.
The president blamed the Mckinley
bill, the Barring Brothers and tae South
American troubles for the state of af
fairs complained Of
According to morning paper the re-
port which has been in circulation for
several days that ex Mayor Carter Har-
rlson would assume control Of the Chi
cago Times is now confirmed by the gem
tleman himself. Mr.. Harrison added
that under his management the policy
OF the Times would be for good govern
| ment and for democracy.
Secretary Blaine and party arrived at
Washington Saturday afternoon. In the
evening an Associated Press reporter
called at the Blaine residence. and upon
expressing surprise at his apparent good
health the secretary said he was in a
much better condition than when he
left Washington; in fact, he had rarely
felt better in his life He had spent a
very pleasant hour with the president.
during which they conversed on various
subjects.
Secretary Blaine Monday morning re-
sumed the discharge of his duties as
secretary Of state. He arose early and
soon after breakfast went over to the
white house. Secretary Tracy soon
joined him there, and together they had
long consultation with the president.
1t was nearly noon when the secretary
left the white house and walked over to
the department Of state. He entered
his private Office and plunged at once
into business. There appeared to be no
official news at the departments respect
ing the latest phase Of the Chlian
trouble. Nothing had been received |
from Commodore Schley, and Secretary
Blaine sent word that there was nothing
to communicate upon the subject.
Devastating storms swept through
France, Spain and Italy the past week,
doing great damage to property and re
sulting in serious loss of life. A Paris
dispatch says the'".climax was reached
Sunday, when the'wind blew with great
violence over the Gulf Of Lyons and the
island Of Corsica. An immense number
of vessels have taken refuge at Mar
seilles,y ymany of them in a damaged con-
dition. Towns in the valley of the Aude
have been-greatly damaged by the floods
in that stream. Troops were called out
to assist in saving property and two of
them were drowned while at work.
There are grave fears OF disaster along
the river valleys in France, Spain and
Italy, which are greatly flooded. At
Lima the floods undermined several
buildings, which subsequently collapsed.
Twenty inmates were killed and nine
other persons were buried in the de-
brs. Railways have been washed out
and much other damage done.
The jury in the libel suit of Ignatius
Donnelly against the Pioneer Press for
100000 damages, on trial at Minneapo-
lis, brought in a verdict Saturday giving
Donnelly 81, and allowing him S. for
counse fees. The trial has been proba
bly, the most famous in legal annals in
the northwest. Ignatius Donnelly sued
the Pioneer Press for 100000 actual
damages on account Of the republica-
tion of letter from Colonel King, for
merly postmaster of the house of repre-
first published in the Pioneer
Press eleven years previously. 1t was
on account of allegations of bribery
the suit The jury was out three hours
and at one time stood IL to in favor of
the Pioneer Press, but in view of the
fact that one instance of alleged bribery
in congress could not be proved, owing
to the death Of a witness, they returned
the verdict stated, making the damages
purely nominal, solely on account of the
single failure of proof. :
The New York detectives have just :
the headquarters of the
green goods" business in that city, to- 8
yether with cipher code, books of refer
,nce, lists Of names of some 5000 peo- +,
de, letters from whom have been re- :
,eiyed from every state in the union =
They have also arrested Frank Brooks !
md Terrence Murphy, the head opera \
ors and leaders in the business. It has r
llso been learned that the combination /
,aS lust sent ont 5O0OOO circnlars and G