The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1891-12-26
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The first colored man to be raised to
the Catholic priesthood in the United
States was ordained on Saturday morn
ing in the cathedral at Baltimore by
Cardinal Gibbons.
The first carload of tin ever produced
from an American tin mine was received
by W. w. Stewart from the Temescal
mines Tuesday. The output of the
Temescal mines is being rapidly in
creased and American tin will be regu-
tarly put on the market in carload lots.
The United States supreme court has
affirmed the decision of the lower court
declaring the provisions Of the New
York law providing for the solitary con-
finement of persons condemned to death
and other features unconstitutional.
The legality Of the punishment of death
by means of electricity was not attacked.
Frank Slavin met Arthur L. Lumley,
representing John l.. Sullivan, at the
New York Herald Office Tuesday and
agreed to meet again at the same place
next Tuesday morning to sign articles
for fight to finish for $4,000 side
before the club offering the largest
purse within fifteen weeks. Each man
will put up $500 forfeit and the Herald
will be the fnal stakeholder.
Richard Mansfield has issued instruc-
tions to his manager to discontinue the
use of autographs. and printing of all
kinds for use in windows and on walls,
and to contine all advertising exclusively
to the newspapers He is firmly con-
vinced that this is the only proper way
to reach all classes of theater goers.
THE influence and tremendous power of
the press as an advertising medium is
making itself felt more and more every
day, both in business and theatrical cir
cles,' says Mr.. Mansfield. "A man who
does not read the newspapers never at
tends theaters'
The conversion Of trade dollar bullion
into standard silver dollars was com
pleted Tuesday. The coinage OF stand
ard silver dollars is therefore. at an end
unless change is made in the policy Of
the treasury department through con-
gressional enactment or otherwise. The
director of the mint said this afternoon
that while he was not authorized to
speak of the future silver policy of the
department. he thought there was
scarcely any doubt that the coinage of
standard silver dollars will be continued
at the San Francisco and Carson City
mints in amounts sufficient to meet the
necessities of the service. He estimated
The steamship "Abysinnia," of the
Guion line. which sailed from New York
on the 18th of December for Liverpool,
burned at sea. She carried eighteen
cabin and thirty eight steerage passen
gers and a crew of eighty men. All on
board were saved. The Abyssinia,
which was valued at s2OO,OOO, carried
valuable cargo of merchandise, but
what it was worth cannot be ascertained
as yet She was an iron bark, rugged
screw steamer of 265l tons gross dis
placement and was built originally for
the Cunard line. For the past five years
she has been running between Vancou-
yer, B. c., and Hong Kong, as one Of the
Canadian Pacific line steamers and this
was her first regular trip for the Guion
line since then.
A dispatch from st. Paul says the
Great Northern has ust let the contract
for the last 200 miles Of it's Pacific coast
extension, to be completed within a
year. The Columbia river will be
crossed at Wanatchie, where bridge
1900 feet long will be built at a cost of
55OO.OOO. A tunnel 5000 feet long will
be constructed at the summit Of the
Cascades. Before the end of 1892 SpO-
kane and the Puget sound country will
have the benefit of the completion Of
four great transcontinental lines. 1t 10
expected that the trains will be running
into Kalispel by Jan. 10, and perhaps
earlier. The distance from Pacific
Junction, the starting point, to Kalispel
is 217 miles, and thirty new stations will
then be open. The track has now been
have been opened