The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1891-02-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

lie Page, democrat, has been elected C,
u IL gresham from the second Rhode Isla
3 district. j.,
% % Senator Blackburn says Cleveland
j. any other antl-silver man will never
y elected
{ The nomination of Charles Foster
l. secretary of the treasury was confirm
e g by e..senate Tuesday.
n It is stated that the Standard oil CO.
pany has bought out one of it's most q
gressive competitors, the Guyser
: company, paying Sl,6OO,OOO.
e United States Senator Wilson, of NJ
:. ryland, died Tuesday. The senate
3 Wednesday adjourned as mark of
: spect to the dead statesman.
The president on Friday nominal,
t Charles Foster of Ohio as secretary
the treasury to fill the vacancy cause
,, by the death of William Window.
In the house Tuesday the senate bi
, granting pensions to members of Po,
ellis battilion of mounted volunteers
Missouri in the Mexican war, W;
passed.
l. IO uOuoC COiudSc COlIlIIllGUSc Oh Il
day, by vote of eight to four, decide
to report the senate free coinage bill az
versely, with the recommendation tn;
it do not pass.
A mine horror occurred at Sprin
Hill Mines, Nova Scotia, on Saturda
by which over one hundred miners los
their lives. The accident was the r.
suit of fire damp.
The house committee on the censu
has adopted a report adverse to tn
claims of New York city for a recoun
of the population of that city. Th
committee finds that New York has no
made out it's case.
The Standard Oil company has jus
purchased 10000 acres of land in Greer
county, Pa, and Monongahela and Mar
ion counties, w. Va, the entire count,
of Gillmer, outside of the county seat
and nearly all of Dodridge county anC
part of Mason, and is negotiating fo
other tracts.
The credentials of Senator-elect Clag
gett, of Idaho, were read in the senate
Monday morning and referred to the
committee on elections with instructions
to report at The next session of con
gress. The credentials covered the
same period of service as those previous
ly given by Dubois.
The King of Italy has conferred the
order of knighthood on Police Inspector
Thos. F. Brynes of New York. This
recognition is attributed to the fact
that the inspector assisted many Ital-
ians in that city and also rendered val
uable service to the italian government
by arresting brigands who had escaped
from Italy.
At Chicago Tuesday Judge Blodgett
decided the case of Marshal Field & Co.,
involving the validity of the Mckinley
act. He said: "The best disposition
the court can make of the matter is to
affirm the decision of the appraisers at
New York and allow the case to 90 di-
rectly to the Supreme Court" An ap-
peal will be prayed for at once.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland said
in reference to the statement published
in the Washington Post, to the effect
that he had definitely decided not to
come before the people,. e..as1a candidate
for the Democratic presidential nomina-
ton in '92: "It is entirely untrue, SO
far as am acquainted With the facts in
sensation" The ex-Pres-
dent parried all additional questions put
to him about the story, and positively
declined to define his position regarding
The convention of 1892.
A horrible railroad accident occurred
IN the Goth inst, on the middle track in
The tunnel through Fourth avenue and
Eighty fifth street, New York, resulting
n the death of SIX people and painful
INJURIES to several more. The dead are:
Mrs. Nellie Supple, John Hancke, John
Murray and James Flynn, car cleaners;
i. Killian, train boy, and an unknown
nan burned beyond recognition, sup
'osed to be colored car porter. Daniel
William d. Brown and an
ther employe named Rankin were bad
y but not fatally injured.
Sir Knight John Dickerson, upon
7hom the remarkable skin grating op-
ration was performed few weeks ago,
led Tuesday at Chicago. The grated |
kin was growing we'll, but Dickerson's |
tomach was SO weakened by opiates
when the various opera
ions were performed, and also by the
ong siege of illness, that it finally re-
'sed to perform it's functions and Dick
rson wasted away. It will be remem-
cred that 132 of his brother Knight |
'emplars gave each piece of his skin
l the hope that the spot laid bare when
ne cancer was removed might be
ealed.
Transits Aurante, widow of General
arundia, killed by the Guatemalan Off
ers on board the American steamer Ac-
pulco, has, according to the World, Of
cially announced her intention of ask
lg the United States government for
100000 indemnity for the killing of
or husband. The papers in the suit
ave been served on Secretary of State
laine. They recite that the widow and
Or minor daughters, Victoria, Ana Ma
a, Antonia, Dolores, Luz and Octavia,
married daughter, Teresa Barundia,
le wife of Ramon Bongoches, demand
100000 from the government for Gen
al Barundia's murder. They declare
lat in his message of December l, 1890,
resident Harrison admits that it was
Y the order Minister Miner that Bar
ndia was apprehended, and this led to
IS being murdered by the agents of the
government. In the same
essage, the papers continue, it is un-
affirmed that Minister
liner overstepped his authority when
, issued the order and acted contrary $
all established precedents IN similar /
ses. s
The old story that had it's origin at i
Q time William F. Villas was appointed t
a cabinet position under Cleveland, to I
Q effect that Villas is guilty of defalca- {
IN, is revived and will be used to de- &
1T his taking the oath as United States ]
nator from Wisconsin. Judge Welch +
Minneapolis is the instigator of the i
ntest and claims that he will enter a +
otest just before Villas takes his oath, a
sing his objections upon the familiar
,ry that in 1879 the insurance COM
ssion of Wisconsin charged Mr.. Villas
d his co-directors in the Madison Mu-- s
al Insurance company with appropri a
ng to their own use and without aua e
ority Of law the surplus funds of tn
npany. It is charged also that Villas
yer controverted the same in any man =
:. 1t will also be set forth that in g
g an action was begun against Villas