The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1892-04-23


bers. The safe was emptied Of it's con-
a. tents and the robbers disappeared in the
" darkness leaving the mail and passen-
d gers undisturbed. The train proceeded
on its way. Superintendent Fisher OF
is the express company said the robbers
4. would hardly get $1,000.
The modus vivendi for the protection
"a Of the Behring sea seal fisheries during
the pendancy of the arbitration, which
has been a subject of negotiation be-
:. tween Blaine and the British minister,
= was brought to the capitol Monday af
:. ternoon It was not laid before the SEN
ate in open session. Sherman, however,
was mott fed by the president of the ma
ture of the communication and he moved
l. the senate 60 into executive session.
Accordingly the people we're cleared out
of the galleries, the doors closed and
, then the seals were broken and the mo-
dus vivendi read to the senate. It ap-
: peared from the reading of the docu-
ment that Blame and the British minis
ter spent the time since the British gov
ernment consented 10 renew the modus
in trying to phrase the conditions rela-
tive to damages to secure advantage for
their respective governments. It ap-
peared that Great Brltain's reluctance
in consenting to the renewal was SEEM
ingly for the purpose of obliging this
government to accept terms which
would insure Great Britain against
heavy loss in case of an adverse decision
by the arbitrators and promise the as
sessment of such sum against the Uni
ted States as would partially heal the
soreness felt by British diplomats at the
formidable judgment rendered against
them by arbitration. Blaine endeavored
to bring the statement of liabilities to
the basis laid down in Wharton's notes
of July % and q last. While the Brit
ish government sought to escape direct
responsibility for the killing of seals and
for anything more than that difference
between 1900 skins which the lessees of
the seal islands took, and the many
thousands they might have taken had
the modus of last year not been forced.
The agreement is said to be fair. Unlike
the first the modus will require the ap-
proval of the senate, inasmuch as it pro-
poses permanent settlement OF damages
and provides for means of adjusting
claims. After discussion in the same
vein that characterized the preceding {
debates, the document was finally re- 6
ferred to the committee on foreign rela- {
tions. S
The Stock Growers Association. !
A special from Miles City has the fol
lowing to say regarding the first day of
the annual meeting of the stock growers ,
of Montana:
The Stock Growers association of .
Montana, at it's annual meeting today,
took formal action in regard to the op-
erations of the cattle and horse thieves. ,
In their resolutions relating to the sub =
ject, passed by the association today, no
reference is made to the troubles in Wy
oming, but the action of the Montana =.
asso citation is based on affairs in the sis 3
ter state. A number of the members of
the Montana association live close to the :.
Wyoming boundary, and many of them :
were in Miles City today. They have r
nothing to say publicly about the mat q
ter because they are fearful of the con- =
sequences should they be quoted as un- {"
earthing the thieves, but they presented -
the facts to the executive committee of !.
the Montana association, and the fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions we're =
the result: =,
Whereas, A considerable portion of -
the range country is infested with cattle :.
thieves and horse thieves, commonly =
designated rustlers, who have been dep "
redating and appropriating the property s. s.
of the legitimate stock men and settlers ~
to their own use, and have organized in -
certain sections of the range country "
and threatened the liberty and the lives
of the legitimate stock raisers and set :. =,
tiers OF the country; and =,
Whereas, The Montana Stock Grow ~ =,
ers' association assembled in annual "
meeting, do hereby declare and give no a,
tice to the above mentioned thieves that ~
they must desist from depredating upon ~
the legitimate stock raisers of Montana, &c
IS the association of stock ralsers will ~
not tolerate their species of work on A'
Montana soil, therefore -
Resolved, That the association pledges az
ts honor and support to the stock -
'aisers that they will assist them in IL
'very way possible to suppress this char a.
lcter Of crime and that we hereby in 'n
,trnct tho exacpt;vo oom,,;++oo ~ +ho yo
association to see that the wishes of this u
association be carried out in every par pa
icular. rle
These resolutions we're carried unani- an
aously and there is no mistaking the III
ceiling of the Montana stock growers w
lor their determination to carry out the ~
erms of the resolution. The associa- Ju
ion also passed resolution directing SUI
he executive committee to arrange for
good display Of Montana stock at the ~
he Worlds fair. Their action was the D.
esult Of an address by Executive Com WI
missioner Bickford of the Worlds fair pis
managers for Montana, who is attending WI
he association. tnl
tin
Stock Growers ho
At the second days meeting of the as in
ociation the following officers were elect me
d: President, Jos. Scott, Miles City; first me
ice president, J. T. Murphy, Helena; Rr
econd vice-president, John Holt, Miles r,
;ity; secretary and treasurer, w. G.