The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1891-06-13

to have De6u Iully commensurate Will
the gigantic character of the property
purchased, probably involving the trans
fer Of about 100000.
In the United States district court at
Springfield, Illinois, on the 9th inst.
Rev. Jerry Holmes of Stoneford was
tried and convicted of counterfeiting
and sentenced to three years in the pen
itentiary. Rev. George Gancil of Du-
quoin pleaded guilty to the same charge
and was sentenced to one year in the
penitentiary. The two preachercoun-
terfeiters are backwoods pair, whose
arrest fortnight ago caused so much
comment.
Reports from the overfowed valley of
the Red river in Texas and Indian Ter
ritory give heartrending accounts of the
fearful havoc to life and property. Dwell
ling and business houses were swept
away, crops destroyed and stock of all
kinds drowned. A fiatboat, containing
several men who were trying to rescue
families driven to the tops of their
houses by the food, was capsized and
one of the occupants drowned. 1t is
feared many people who are now missing
have been drowned. 1t is impossible
now to estimate the loss of life or the
value Of the property destroyed. Many
families were rendered homeless.
At Pittsburg, Pa, Wednesday the
sensational trial of six young ministers
of the Reformed Presbyterian church
ended and the synod by vote of 95 to
81 expelled five of them from the church.
The charges against them were scan
dial, libel, following decisive courses in
declaring in favor of the right of fran
chise. Their names are: Rev. E. n.
Milligan, J. r. J. MilIigan, w. II. Reed,
W. L. G. Samson, J. C. X. Milligan. Rev.
A. w. McClurkens appeal was sustained
and r. B. Burnett, student, also charged
charged with heresy, has not yet
been tried. immediately after the
announcement Of the vote all the sus-
pended members left the church. They
were met on the outside by several min
listers of the United Presbyterian church
who extended to them in an informal
way the right hand OF fellowship The
scene during the voting was very excit-
ing. The verdict was not unexpected,
and several ministers have stated their
intention to follow the young men.
The baccarat scandal case which has
been the reigning sensation in England
the past fortnight was concluded Tues
day by the jury returning verdict
against the plaintiff, Sir William Cor
don Cumming. The plaintiff was ac-
cused of cheating at baccarat while in
company with the Prince of Wales and
others at Tranby Croft the, home of the
Wilson's, in September last, and an act
ion for damages was brought against
Mr.. and Mrs. Lycett Green, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Wilson and Mr. Berkeley
Levett, who made accusation against
Sir William. The evidence in the case,
though apparently conclusive of the
guilt of plaintiff, was by no means calcu
lated to enhance the almost religious
worship of royalty, as it implicated the
heir apparent in gambling games, the
paraphernalia for which it was shown he
carried constantly with him in all his
travels. The interest in the trial reach
ed it's heighth Monday when Sir Ed
ward Clarke, solicitor general of Eng
land and leading counsel for plaintiff,
numerically roasted the Prince of
Wales for his connection with the case.
In closing his statement to the jury the
solicitor general referred to a remark
made by Sir Charles Russell that seven
if the jury found for plaintiff and disre
garded the document the latter had
signed at Tranby Croft the military
authorities would take the matter up
and that Sir William Gordon Cummings
name would be stricken from the army
list" 81 wish to say in unmistakable
terms" exclaimed Sir Edward Clarke,
raising his voice until it echoed tellingly
through the court, 'that it would be
impossible for the authorities to do any
such thing and leave on that list the
names of the field marshal, the Prince of
Wales, and General Owen Williams"