The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1891-02-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

eyy NEWS OF THE WEEK.
ne Fifteen persons were frozen to dealt
le near Athens, Greece.
ig Sarah Bernhardt, the renowne,
a. a. French actress, arrived in New Yorl
J. City Monday.
% Wednesday morning water broke int,
Is a mine at GAINESVILLE, Pa, and seventeen
n men were drowned
le The hospital at Skopn, Russia, wa.
N burned on the 1st. Fourteen patients
perished in the flames
The legislature of California has ap
+ propriated 100000 for an exhibit from
e that state at the Worlds fair.
:. :. George NJ. Bradley, the first patient in
a America to receive Koch's lymyh, died
; at New Haven, Connecticut, Monday.
II Nebraskas legislature has passed a
t bill appropriating 100000 for the relief
! of drought sufferers in the western part
D of that state.
The national executive silver commit
tee has issued an address to congress
, and the people urging the free and un
restricted coinage of silver.
3 The stage between Chehuahua and
Pinos Altos, Mexico, was held up last
night by masked robbers and 100000 in
silver bullion taken. The bighwaymen
escaped.
A cyclone passed over the western
part OF Clay county, Mississippi, Mon
day, doing great damage to property.
Three negros were killed and several
slightly injured.
| The Boston Commercial Bulletin says:
A syndicate of importers has been form
ed under the leadership of Jordan,
Marsh & Co., to test the legality of the
Mckinley bill. They will act in concert
with the Chicago importers and upon
the same line.
1t having been reported in the news
papers OF Canada and along the north
ern border of New York that negotia-
tions were pending for partial reciprocity
with Canada, including natural products
only and not manufactures. Secretary
Blaine emphatically denies the state
ment.
Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, the
explorer, fell over the banister at hotel
in Mason City, Iowa, on the Both and
sustained serious injuries 1t was at
first reported that the injury to his
spine had resulted fatally, but late ad-
vices state that he will recover, but will
be cripple for life. |
Evangelist Sam Jones and Mayor
Word, of Palestine, Texas, fought one
round prize fight Tuesday. Tue mayor
was picked up by his friends after the
conclusion of the fight and Sam Jones
boarded train for his next stopping
place. The mayor was placed under ar
rest for aggravated assault and carrying
a pistol.
In the silver pool investigation Mon
day Representative Abner Taylor, of
Illinois, testified that he had bou,,ht on
margin in last July and August 10000
ounces of silver and sold it at profit.
He wished it put on the record that
the purchase was made after the silver
bill had become law. He has not
bought any silver since.
1t is stated upon what purports to be
reliable information that syndicate
had been formed for the purpose of buy
ing up timber lands on the Pacific coast.
In 1889 the Southern Pacific sold over
s5OOOOO worth of land, most of which
was purchased by secret agents of the
syndicate which intends to purchase
and control all the mill plants if possible.
General Alger of Detroit is said to be in
terested in the scheme.
The United Labor Alliance, composed
of leading members of the trades Unions,
Knights OF Labor, nationalsts and So I
clallsts, met at Boston and denounced :
the adopted resolution setting forth the ;
sentiment of the people Of Boston" on
the free silver coinage bill, misrepre-
sented by the bankers and money lend +
ers at meeting recently held in Faneuil =
Hall. The meeting voted to call pub
lie meeting at Faneuil Hall next week +
ito voice the true opinion of the citizens I
rs to the free coinage of silver" q
A slight to the dignity of Russell B. f
Harrison, President Harrison's son, has n
0een fully avenged. In July last young a
Mr. Harrison received through the mails n
It Helena, Montana, an old-fashioned a
green goods" circular. The circular n
old him that P. Bowling & Son, of IS 1
Mott street, would sell him any amount S
# their goods from 500 to 100000 at t,
he rate of 500 of the gross for S. of n
'enuine money. Charles Manzochi was b
rrested for attempting to swindle the s,
on OF the president, and last week was W
onvicted. 81
Prof. Koch, who is about to start for : !.
egypt, gave farewell reception to his u u
laboratory assistants Sunday. The pro- - -
essor says he will probably be absent q q
rom Berlin aboutwthree months. He ee
xplains that he onl9 partially disclosed =,
he method of production of the cura- ~
i've lymph because he desired to stop VI VI
he rush of doctors to Berlin. If he had el
escribed the method of manufacture .e
1ore fully, he says he would have been - -
7orried about the details. Great dis -
ontent prevails regarding the published !, %
ccount of the method of manufactur- "
lg the lymph. The doctors made num- Ce
erless attempts to produce the lymph, 4a nl
ut they find Prof Koch's description ~
otally inadequate to enable them to Ut Ut
lake it. eI'
Public debt statement for the month hi
January, 1891: Aggregate interest ga
caring debt exclusive of United States SC
onds issued to Pacific railroads, $751; M
10, 75O; debt on which interest ceased In
nee maturity, s1,679695; aggregate tn
ebt bearing no interest, including the at
ational bank fund deposited in the vo
easury under act Of July IA, 1890, s492,- tn
1884; aggregate of certificates, offset co
cash in the treasury, s523,O98, ,373; ag- w
'egate of debt including certificates fic
ID notes. January 81, 1891, s1,544, ,677,- w
4; decrease of the bonded debt during
70 month, 81 ,Oo3, ,97O; total cash in treas
y, S698, ,O82, ,309; debt less cash in treas
y January 81, 1891, 1916, ,595, ,O45; debt
IS cash in treasury December 81, 1890, on, ~,
g., ,43O, ,41; net decrease of debt during sul :"l
9 month, s15,835, ,496. 1ns
United States Claim Agent Platt of of
ton, ILL.,, has filed in the land office at the
ashington remarkable claim. It is the
favor of Edward Hugo, Mrs. w. p. ths
Iul and Mrs. Price of Alton, and O.. s. exc
lgo of Peoria, I'LL, who are the heirs for
the late DIR. Samuel B. Hugo, and in Wis
they claim the ownership to part of sm
. Capitol square at Washington. The bra
is in the shape of land war tot;
1T from the general assembly of Mary mil
d, dated April Is, 1888, for lots 2,O78, TO
81, 2073 and 2,O74. This includes of
out five acres and is described as "ly ann