The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1891-05-16

The United States supreme court ha
decided the case involving the constltu
tionality and validity of the law of Penn
| sylvania taxing the Pullman Palace Ca1
company on basis proportionate to thu
number of miles of railroad within the
state over which the company's cars run
compared with the total number of miles
! of railroad in the United States ovel
which the cars run. The court hold:
the law constitutional and not in viola
ton of the interstate commerce law
The case also decided in the same way {
case from Massachusetts involving prac
tically the same question applied tC
lines of the Western Union Telegraph
company in Massachusetts.
A Boston dispatch says: By order OF
the Colorado authorities DR.. Thatcher
Graves is under arrest for the murder
of Josephine A. Barnabee. Through
adroit detective work the necessary evi-
dence to indict him has been secured
and Dr. Graves is now bound west, not
for the purpose of giving testimony be-
fore the grand jury, but to be within
the jurisdiction of Colorado, where he
will be formally indicted on Tuesday, if
the evidence obtained and now in the
hands of States Attorney Stevens, OF
Denver. is to be believed. DR.. GRAY es
has confessed sending the mysterious
bottle to Denver and to writing the in
scription upon it. He asserts that the
bottle contained pure whisky when it
was mailed in Boston and that any poi
son therein contained must have been
added after the package left his posses
sion.
On the 7th inst, Mr.. Corte, the Italian
consul of New Orleans, addressed COM
munication to Foreman Chatfee Of the
grand jury, charging, among other
things, ''that an extra judicial body, ap-
pointed by the mayor. premeditated for
political purposes, the killing of prison
ers." This statement has given the
moyor great offense The extra judicial
body to which reference is made. being
the committee of fifty appointed by his
honor Immediately after the killing of
Chief Hennessy. That they should be
characterized as murderous body for
political purposes has OccasiOned great
Indignation. The committee has COM
menced the preparation of a report
which will give in detail their connec-
tion with the matter. This will be sub
mitted to the mayor and council, and on
the basis of the report the mayor will
take the necessary action leading to the
recall of the Italian consul.
Adam S. Brown, Canadian commits
siOner at the Jamaica exhibition has re-
turned from Kingston, Jamaica, and re-
ports the exhibition great success in
everything but it's finances. Brown says
the people of Jamaica feel very sore
over the neglect of the United States,
with which the largest port trade Of the
island is done, to take part in the exhi
bition. Strong efforts are being made
to induce the government to send com
to Washington to see if
Blaine can be induced to allow existing
relations between the two countries to
continue. People want to hold on to
their enormous trade with the United
States, but do not want to come under
the recopricial provisions of the McKin-
ley bill for the reason that to abolish
and materially lower it's tariff on Ameri-
can breadstutfs and manufactures will
cripple it's revenue as we'll as discriml-
nate against England and her colonies.
A question of Importance to several
thousand soldiers who lost an arm or
limb during the late war has been refer
red to the attorney general by the sur
geon general of the army for an opinion.
1t involves construction Of the act
passed the last day Of the session amend
ing the law of 1870 SO as to grant new
limb or the communication value thereof
every three instead of every five years.
The language of the new law is such as
to make it a toss up whether the three
years period is to commence from March
4, 1891, the date of the passage of the
last act, or June II, 1870. the date of
the passage of the first act. The pop
ular opinion among the officials who
have looked into the matter informally
is that the new law has a retroactive ef-
feet, but no formal decision will be
made to the secretary of war until the
general has rendered his views.
There is great anxiety among the be-
nefciarles to know the effect of the new
law, as is evident from the hundreds of
letters of inquiry being received by the
The officials. however,
say there is no occasion for hurry, for
even if it should be decided that the
claimants are entitled to the arrearages
there will be no funds available for the
purpose until congress meets and makes
an appropriation. Only S125,OOO was
for providing limbs during
the coming fiscal year. Should arrear-
ages be allowed it would require at least
a million dollars to pay all the claims.