The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1892-05-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

his residence in Chicago on the 9Th, ag
81 years.
Patrick O'Sullivan, the Cronin gu
pect, died in the prison hospital at Je
let, Illinois, on the 9Th. He maintaint
MS innocence to the last.
The ratification Of the Behring Sea a
duration agreement and the modus v
Vendl convention was exchanged betwee
Great Britain and the United Stat'
Saturday.
The house postoffice committee h;
agreed to report favorably on the bill fe
the extension of free delivery in the RI
raj districts, and the bill for the issu
OF fractional postal notes.
An important bill, designed to preven
the employment on public works {
prison or convict labor, or the product
of such labor, has been reported to tn
house from the labor committee by Rel
resentative Davis.
Heavy rains during the past wee
have caused disastrous floods through
out Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and the entir
lower Mississippi valley. A larg
amount of property has been destroyed
and in some instances loss of life is re
ported.
The San Francisco Examiner prints
story apparently we'll authenticated tina
Senator Stanford will resign early mex
year should republican legislature b.
elected this fall in California. He TOLD
several intimate friends of his determi
nation before he went east.
Ottawa dispatch: The influx of Chi
nese into British Columbia is assuming
large proportions. A large majority o1
the arrivals, after paying the Dominion
poll tax of $50 per head, disappear and
are smuggled across the line into the
United States. The revenue collected
by the Canadian government from Chi
nese immigrants at Victoria last month
reached the sum of $4,000.
A dispatch from Crawford, Nebraska,
of the 9th says: William Walker and
Ben Jones were arrested last night by
Marshal Morrison on a telegram from
The two men are important
witnesses of the late killing of the two
men Champion and Ray in Wyoming
and escaped from the Buffalo Jail day
or so ago. Several cattlemen arrived IN
Crawford today and demanded the
prisoners, who asked for protection from
the cattlemen. A train was sent from
and the prisoners and marshal
we're taken there halt an hour ahead of
the regular train on which were several
rustlers and cattlemen. Considerable
excitement prevails and much feeling is
shown in favor of the prisoners and
against the cattlemen.
The final session Of the board Of ap-
Deals of the American Trotting associa-
ion was held in Chicago on the 5th. A
arge number of minor cases were dis
posed of, including that of the American
rrotting association VS.. J. B. Rainier of
Dayson, Utah, and F. A. Smith of Hell
ma, Mont, with the bay horse Hy
lemon for fraudulent entry and perform
lnce at st. Angelo, Tex. and demand for
eturn Of his unlawful winnings. Evi-
lence to the effect that the entry made
~ F. A. Smith Of Helena, Mont, and the
conditions Of the race we're misrepresen-
ed by him to J. B. Rainier, who drove
be horse Hy Lemon, it is ordered that
=. A. Smith of Helena, Mont, be fined
100 and the horse be suspended until
he unlawful winnings of s12O be re-
urned.
The silver question threatens to come
p again as subject Of present legislative
interest. Silver men are not disposed to
ccept their defeat and are again circu-
ating petitions urging the rules commit
ee to bring out an order to fix a time
or vote on the free coinage bill. Fifteen
r more signatures have been obtained
o one petition within the last two days.
Pierce, of Tennessee, who
as been the principal in the matter,
ays that with the signatures obtained
everal weeks ago ninety nine names
together have been secured, exclusive
( the members of the rules committee.
me hundred and thirteen constitutes a
Majority of the democrats in the house,
0 fourteen names yet remain to be OBJ
aimed. Pierce says he does not know
hat will be the result of his efforts and |
hat he may fail to secure the requisite |
umber of signatures, but he intends to
eep at work until he becomes convinced |
nat he cannot succeed. Anti-silver men
re not giving themselves much concern
yer the matter, and say they do not be-
eve the requisite number of names can
e secured and that the house looks
pom the silver question as settled for
lis session, and is not in temper for a
,newal of the fight over the Bland bill.
A frightful railroad wreck occurred
n the 5th near Dumas, Mo. An ex-
ress train on the Atchison, Topeka &
anita Fe road went through q trestle,
llling seven people outright and wound
'g twenty others more or less seriously.
he accident was caused by the recent
eavy floods in that section that had
the supports of the bridge,
nd permitted the train to plunge to the
ottom of Fox river, a distance of thirty
ct. Following is list of the killed
lillian Hynes, Oklahoma City Lon
[arkell, Kansas City Luther Corne-
us, Kirkville, Mo-; E. E. Verkler, West
ort, Mo-; John G. Grones. Macon, Mo-;
lady and child, names unknown. The
,jured are: J. Tucker, conductor, Dow
ers Grove; Martin Reagan, brakeman,
riverside Andrew s. Roman, express
Claude Bell, postal clerk