The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1892-05-14
The house committee on elections has

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decided that Shonk, the republican sit
, ting member in the Pennsylvania con
t tested election case of Reynolds VS.
| Shonk is entitled to the seat.
Twenty-six Italians, who arrived OF
the steamer Satura at New York Monda.
from Genoa under contract to work il
the mines at Brazil, Indiana, and in th'
vineyards Of California, will be returned
as will also six Englishmen and fou1
Swedes who came in the Servia.
The river and harbor bill passed the
house Monday, carrying an appropria
ton of s21 100000. In addition, the sec
retary of war is authorized to contract
for the completion of important projects
of improvement to an extent involving
an ultimate expenditure of about s26,
100000.
The house public lands committee has
authorized favorable report on the
senate bill amending the act forfeiting
certain lands heretofore granted for the
purpose of aiding in the construction of
railroads, SO as to extend the time to
three years from the passage of the act,
in which persons actually residing upon
forfeited lands shall be permitted to pur-
chase the same.
of
sist, under the present apportionment,
Of 356 members as against 332 in the
present one. OF this increase Of twenty
four, two each will go to Illinois, Mime
sofa and Pennsylvania, and one each to
Kansas, Nebraska, Michigan, Wiscon-
sin, California, Colorado, Washington.
Oregon and Massachusetts. Thus fif-
teen Of the new members will be from
republican states and nine from demo-
cratic ones.
Another assassination, believed to be
due to stock troubles, was reported at
Buffalo, Wyoming, Tuesday. While on
the way from the H O E ranch, on Pow
der river, with Thomas Hathaway,
George Willman was shot from ambush
and instantly killed. Hathaway, fear
ing for his own life, and knowing that
Willman was dead, went at once to Buf-
falo and reported the affair. He says he
heard two rifle shots, but saw no signs
of the persons committing the crime.
Willman was foreman at the H o E ranch
and was well liked. No definite cause
for the murder is known. Sheriff An
gus, the coroner and representative of
the local lodge of which Willman was a
member left at once for the scene Of the
tragedy.
A terrible gas explosion in coal mine
at Roslyn, Washington, occurred Tues
day afternoon by which over forty
miners lost their lives. The following is
a list Of the men who were working in
the mine at the time Of the explosion,
not one of whom is known to have es-
capped alive: Thomas Holmes, John
Foster, Philip Davies, Thomas Rees,
John Rees, Will Robinson, Robert Ora
ham, George Moses, A. Pollard, Jack
Ferguson, George Brooks, Joseph Els
worth, ST., Joseph Ellsworth, jr., John
Lafferty, John Mcclellan, Richard For
'ythe, George Forsythe, T. B. Cooper,
Lishe jackson, Scott Giles, Pruss Luv-
ng, Andrew Erlanger, Charles Palmer,
Mitchell Hall, Mitchell Ronald, Winston
Steele, VIM. Haig, Eben Olsifer, John
Danks, Jake Wetherby, Joseph Brewell,
Thomas Bender, Harry Campbell, James
Houston, Joseph Bennett, William Ben
,ett, Joseph Ismay, VIM. Penhalis, Sid
hey Wright, James Morgan, Jack Bone,
Herman Deuster.