The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1892-05-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

: NEWS OF THE WEEK.
J. Deeming the Australian murderer, was hung
= at Melbourne Monday.
Portions of Iowa. Minnesota and South Dakota
were visited by snow storms Saturday which
e were reported equal to January blizzard.
At the session of the Methodist general confer
ence at Omaha, Tuesday, the proposition to pro
long the pastoral term beyond five years was
. : voted down.
= Chairman Clarkson of tn national republican
league has issued call for meeting of the ex
ecutive committee, to be held at Minneapolis
June 9th, next.
Nine hundred persons reported killed,
1000 injured and half the crops destroyed by
cyclone in the island of Mauritius The mayor
of London has opened relief fund.
BY collision on the Cotton Belt railroad be-
tween Humphrey and Golden Station, Arkansas,
passenger and freight train were wrecked,
seven persons were killed and number injured.
AS a result of the trouble between Secretary
Blaine and F. A. Bancroft, late librarian of the
state department, the president Monday notified
the senate of his withdrawal Of Mr.. Bancroft's
uouiudtiOu W Dc COuSuI dI DIuueWlCk, utTulduy
At Palo Alto, California, Monday poll on
presidential preferences was taken of the 3l1
newspaper editors and proprietors accompan ying
the excursion Of the national editorial associa-
ton. OF those who voted 149 were democrats
and 1862 republicans. The poll resulted: Cleve
! land III, Harrison &c. Blaine 12. Boies H. Hill T.
scattering II.
| The announcement is made that the Northern
Pacific has completed arrangements with the
Guion Steamship company by which it will in
augurate trans-Pacifc service in connection
with the line of road. Three Clyde-built steam
ers will be employed in the service to be run be-
tween Tacoma and Hong Kong one of which is
now on the way from Hong Kong to Tacoma.
Senator Power Tuesday offered in the senate a
resolution instructing the committee on public |
lands to make full investigation into the rela-
tions of the geological survey and typographical
! survey, the necessity for the existence of two
such systems on the areas and as to their
personnel and expenses. The resolution was re-
ferred to the committee contingent expenses
The second test of the Ericsson improved sub
marine gun made Saturday at the navy yards
and is said by Commander Converse to be the
most successful submarine gun ever made A
|
below the surface; through the second net "a
feet below and through the third net or 800 feet
from the muzzle of the gun 9ls feet below the
surface. The projectile struck the end of the
dock with considerable force but done no mate
rial damage.
Rarus, long known as the king of the trottng
turf, died on Robert Bonner's Tarrytown farm
Tuesday. He was 25 years old At Buffalo in
1878 he lowered the trotting record to 2:13A and
remained king of the turf until October 1879,
when St Julien reduced the mark to 2:l2H.
Rarus was purchased by Bonner in 20 for $46,OO
and has not since appeared on the turf When
~ years OF age the late John Murphy claimed to
have given him trial of mile in AHA.
At a meeting of the Duluth trades and labor as
sembly, action was taken regarding the large :
number of men being shipped from and through :
there on the Northern Pacific to the Couer d {
Alenes, the scene of the mining strike in Idaho r
The assembly will endeavor to prevent any more {
shipments. Employment agents say that they Z
have already sent large number to the mines !
The original order, which called for 800 men, in
creased to 1,eOO now calls for 1900. They are I
being forwarded as rapidly as possible. !;
Mitchell, from the committee on privileges +
and elections, Tuesday reported to the senate a
Joint resolution proposing constitutional +
amendment providing for the election of United r
States senators by popular vote. Members of the a
are divided on the subject, and separ-
ate reports will be made. The Joint resolution q
~-- pi"o0u o1 unu .arUnuaI. SUBJECT uIs-
,ussed by the committee this morning An
proposing to elect the president and
'ice-president at the same time and in the same T.
manner as representatives was rejected
AT Wednesdays session the Methodist confer Z
'hce adopted report commencing the objects of u
he Worlds Fair and urging that it be closed on e.
sundays and recommending the appointment of 81
commission to make a church exhibit at the O
ar. The report recommending that ministerial II
md lay delegates be seated separately at the next Il
General conference, was adopted. The report of Ii
he Judiciary committee to the effect that bishops o.
AVE the veto power over the action of the book u
ommittee in all matters pertaining to elections u
ut have no right to vote in meetings of the book #
ommittee, was adopted. The committee on lay q
reported in favor of equal Law and
lerical repres entation. q
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William II. Vanderbilt, aged p, son of Come b
lus vanderbilt, died in New York Monday His ir
ather, mother, brother and sister were present p
'hen ne passed away. He was taken seriously u
IL May 4th at New Haven, Conn, with typhus B
ever, which 1t is supposed he contracted while T
n western trip. The deceased inherited by the n,
'iil OF his grandfather, William H. Vanderbilt, re
l,UU,OVO the income to be diverted to his use tt
ihen he attained his majority and the principal tC
De placed to his credit when he became 30 b]
ears OF age. lie was the only grandchild of r
William Fl. Vanderbilt mentioned in his will or
'eceased was one of the most popular men in oe
ne junior class at Yale college ~
The Cincinnati Enquirer prints dispatch from ia
Is Washington correspondent. In view of the III
arm social relations between Blaine and John m
" Mclean, the dispatch may be considered quite eS
gnificant. The dispatch reads as follows: "The st
onvention to be held at Minneapolis on the 9th ct
June next, will nominate j. G. Blaine for the 10
flee of president of the United States The sit To-
alton has reached a crisis. Blaine has spoken W.
} this extent 1 will do nothing to prevent nv WI
omination. have made nv last denial and br
IN say likewise that if nominated Blaine will ST.
AXE the race. WELDING every considora,ion - tn
arty welfare. He is in the hands of the dele
ties. He will neither seek nor run away from su
e nomination - --0A' sic
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After routine business Saturday the senate re- ie
med the river and harbor bill, and various of
nendments were offered and agreed to. After a tn
ng discussion the bill was reported back to the in
nate The committee on amendments concur tn
IN gross The bill WAS passed without divs-
a, although MCPHERSON remarked later that e
tended to request the ayes and nays. A con-
renee was asked and Messrs. Frye, Dolph and Int
'nsom were appointed conferees on the part of
senate The following bills among others,
re taken from the calendar and passed: The pO
use bill to ratify the agreement with Indians H.,
siding on the Collille reservation, Wash; the grs
nate bill to authorize the construction Of rail me-
ac across the Columbia river in the state of
tn,
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New York dispatch says The passing of the re9