The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1891-05-02
!, NEWS OF THE WEEK.

/ Frank Marshall, charged with tn
!. murder of John Glow, the pugilist a
2 Denver, has been acquitted.
+. The Louisiana supreme court has de
!: cided the lottery mandamus case il
!, favor OF the lottery company.
t A murder closely resembling the hor
; rible butcheries of Jack the Ripper" il
:: the Whitechapel district of London, wa
: committed in New York City on til,
!: night Of the 23rd ult. The victim was
i dissolute woman about 60 years of agt
! named Carrie Brown.
!. The New Orleans grand jury has re
: turned indictments for attempted jury
: brlbing against Fernand Armand, at
: torney for Charles Partorno, and of the
!; eight prisoners who escaped massacre
: in the Jail, and against Charles Granger
:: who is said to be in the employ of the
: Louisiana Lottery company.
Dick Liddell, once a member of the
, famous James gang, now wealthy horse
owner, was arrested at Richmond, Mis-
souri,, last week charged with the muir
der Of Wood Hite, cousin of Jesse James
The crime was committed in 1882 and
was the outgrowth of feud existing
among members OF the gang.
United States Senator John III. Rea-
gan OF Texas has rendered his resigna-
ton to accept a position as chairman of
the Texas State Railroad commission.
Governor Hogg announces that he will
appoint Horace Chiffon of Tyler, to sue
ceed MIR. Reagan in the United States
senate Chiffon is lawyer, 81 years of
age, and is regarded as one of the most
eloquent men of the state.
The Union Pacific company is closing
down the Rock Spring coal mines in
Wyoming. Two hundred men were laid
Oft Saturday. The company claims that
coal orders are falling off, but the men
say the action of the company is to fore
stall a movement of the men toward in
augurating strike for the eight hour
system and prevent them joining the
general movement of coal miners
throughout the country. which is ex-
pected in May.
A horrible accident occurred at Chat
tanooga, Tennessee, Sunday night in the
presence of several thousand persons,
who had gathered at Ninth and Georgia
avenue to witness the fire department
putting out small blaze in the Euro
pOuu lOCCl. OudI1co w tIltT, uedu hose
man OF the Lookout fire department,
was at the top of a long ladder playing a
hose in the third story window, when he
got shock from live electric light
wire and dropped dead to the ground, to
the horror of the large crowd.
The department of agriculture issues
notice that cattle which have been at
least ninety days in the described area
in northern Texas may be removed by
rail into Colorado, Wyoming and Mon
tana for grazing or slaughter only in ac
cordance with the regulations of said
states, provided they shall not be ship
ped into any other state or territory or
be allowed in pens or on trails or ranges
to be occupied or crossed by cattle going
to eastern markets before December |.
All cars used must be dsnfected upon
unloading.
Apparently the ranchers of Camas
prairie and Wood river, Idaho, are
doomed to another grasshopper plague.
For the three past seasons they have
lost the greater part of their grain crops
by reason of the pest. 1t now appears
that the eggs laid last season are hatch
ing out and the valleys are full of young
hoppers. The ranchers have had bit
ter experience the past three years and
they are in quandry whether to SOW
grain or not. Kansas had deplorable
experience for three years. This corner
of Idaho had thought that three years
Of similar experience would let them out,
but the signs are against them.
All the employees of the Michigan car
works, at Detroit, to the number of $500,
struck Saturday for nine hours work
with ten hours pay. AS they passed out
OF the works volley of stones was thrown
and nearly every window in the building
was broken. The strikers proceeded to
the works of the Detroit Steel Spring
company and called on the men to strike.
The special police of the concern drove
the strikers out, whereupon they fired
shower Of bricks through the windows,
injuring one man and frightening the
others away. The police arrived at this
juncture and the strikers dispersed.
The car company insists this trouble is
engendered by the young men, who were
encouraged thereto by the success of the
street car men.
The news that the dynamite cruiser
Vesuvius was to be given series of gun
tests in the Chesapeake bay is received
with satisfaction by those officers at the
navy yards who are desirous of knowing
what the vessel can really do in an of
fensive way. The original contract be-
tween the Dynamite Gun company and
the government stipulated that before
the vessel was accepted each of the
three fifteen-inch guns should be fired
five times in ten minutes, or an average
Of once in two minutes. This has never
been satisfactorily accomplished, al
though the vessel has been in commits
sion nearly two years. Before Secretary
Whitney retired he accepted the vessel
SO far as speed, range and accuracy of
fire we're concerned, but required proof
of rapidity of fire. This last require
ment has not been met, owing to Sc
ries of unfortunate accidents.
Amidst the plaudits of thousands of
the blare of trumpets, beating
of drums, booming of cannon, melody of
voices and the eloquence of
orators, ground was broken Tuesday for
the monument which is to be erected at !,
the tomb at Riverside park, New York,
where rests all that is mortal of General
Grant. Members of Alexander Hamil- :
ton post, G. A. R., and other societies !
and the Yantic, anchored ;;
near by in the Hudson, fired salute of :
bwenty-one guns. Before the regular :
ceremonies commenced 300 children J
rom the Sheltering Arms institution :,
and a drum and fife corps playing :
America" marched past the tomb with :,
Tags dropped. Each child carried :
bouquet OF forget-me-no nots, which were !,
,ast upon the tomb. The marine band :
played an overture, after which Rev. DR.. :
Clark Wright, chaplain of Department :
Freeman's staff, offered :
prayer and chorus sang the "Star :
spangled Banner" followed by the ora :
ion of the day, delivered by Gen. Hor- : .
ice Porter.
The powder explosion near Rome last g
week did much greater damage in the t
eternal City than vas at first reported. 8
III the windows in the pope's library i
we're broken and a number of precious u
elics destroyed. The stained glass win :
lows of st. Peters and st. Paul's we're
lamaged and many relics destroyed.
It. Paul's church will be closed while .
he damapa ia beinO ronairod Tho do | ',