The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1892-02-13

issued an order giving money order faci
). tiles to all postoffices where the comper
., sation Of the postmaster reaches $500 pc
annum.
y Mr.. Watson of Georgia has Introduce
Il a bill to regulate the employment
private citizens to do work of guards
Q This bill is an indirect blow to the Pink
e erton detective force.
: Senator Proctor has introduced bill
authorizing the enlistment in the regu
+ lar army of 5000 Indians, under tn
J same conditions that govern the enlist
9 ment of other persons. The strength o.
the army is to be increased to that ex
tent.
1 The senate subcommittee on public
buildings and grounds have reported
favorably the bill for a public building
at Helena, cutting the amount from
100000 to s15O,OOO. A report OF this
kind early in the season indicates the
passage Of the bill by the house.
The senate committee on finances has
ordered favorable report on the bill in
troduced by Senator Power to repeal
certain sections of the revised statutes
requiring vessels engaged in inland
water navigation to carry life saving
projectiles and the appliances for pro-
pelling them.
The supreme court of the District of
Columbia Monday delivered an opinion
in the silver brick case. The petition of
Merrlck Morse and others for man.
damus to compel the secretary of the
treasury to receive and coin into dollars
the silver brick rendered him by the pc
titioners was denied.
The Canadian reciprocity commission
ers, Hon. Mckenzie Bowel, Sir John
Thompson and Hon. George E. Foster,
accompanied by w. G. Parmelee, assist
ant commissioner of customs for Canada
and Douglas Stuart, who will act as sec
retary, arrived at Washington Monday
and were received Tuesday by Secretary
Blaine.
George w. Childs will attend the ded-
ication ceremonies of the "Childs- Drexel
Home for Union Printers at Colorado
Springs, Col, on May II, the anniversary
of his birth. This will he Childs' first
visit to the far west. He will 60 to San
Francisco after the dedication of the
home to attend a meeting of the Ma
tional Editorial association.
Charles McIlvane, the murderer of
Groceryman Lucca, was executed by
electricity in Sing Sing prison Monday.
The doctors all agree that McIlvaine
suffered absolutely no pain. Assembly
man Stein, however, whose persistent
efforts resulted last week in having rep
resentatives of the press admitted to
the electrocution, was one of the inter
ested witnesses In an interview imme-
diately after, and while still laboring
under excitement, he pronounced the
execution most cruel and unnatural
one, and said he would use all his influ
ence to have the law for execution by
electricity repealed Immediately. He
said it was disgrace to civilized state.
The Atlantic Transport line steamer
Missouri will sail for New York March
12, on mission of mercy to Lisbon, on
the Baltic sea, in northern Russia
President Baker, of the American Trans
port line, offered the steamer Wednes-
day to w. G. Edgar, manager of the
Northwestern Millers, to carry the 2O,-
coo tons of food which has been collected
for the famine stricken peasants of
Russia. Later in the afternoon Baker
received telegram from Edgar accept
ing the offer which is equivalent to a
contribution of $4,000. The Missouri
will be commanded by Capt. Gates, who
was her chief officer at the time of the
Denma-ks rescue. Everything in con-
nection with the Missouri trip will be
free. Thomas Hogan & Sons, steve
dores, have applied for permission to
load the ship at their own expense.
The Western Farm Mortgage Trust
company, which became embarrassed at
Denver, has an Office at 40 Wall street,
New York, where VIM. T. Pratt has acted
as manager for several years past. A
few days ago the sheriff received an exc
cution against the company for $4,000
in favor of the Western National bank
on promissory notes of the San Luis
Land and Water company, which the
Trust company endorsed. When the
deputy sheriff went to make the levy
Pratt declared that the Trust company
had no property whatever in New York
county, and that the Office furniture and
fixtures belonged to him, so there was
nothing to attach. Eastern stockholders
have been clamorous for some time past,
as dividends ere past last year, but the
officials declared that they had changed
the plan of peying interest and would
not pay it until interest on their mort
cages had been collected. Last fall the
company issued statement of condi-
tion on June 30, 1891, which claims as
sets at S4,273, ,333, and liabilities at g.
538,818 exclusive of the capital stock of
s1,5OO,OO0 and surplus and undivided
profits of S233,821. The largest liabili-
ties were 81 ,4O2, 1856 for debentures certi
fed, s546,111 for bills payable. The as
sets included real estate securities of
Sl,379,833, mortgages deposited as secu-
rites for debentures 81, ,726, ,328, ann mu-
nicipal and other stocks and bonds
amounting to s6O6,974.
Montana Animals.
Mr.. John Sinclair of Great Falls is
putting up complete collection of the
animals Of Montana for the Chicago ex-