The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-01-23
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TINE uaST.
W. A. Howell, supervisor OF the New
York division OF the Pennsylvania Railroad,
and j. b. Cox, his us 'i,tant, have been ar
rested for appropriating 5000 of the COM
pany's money to their own use. The money
was obtained by selling old ties and rails.
Business failures occurring throughout
the country during the seven DAYS ended
january rs, number for the United STATES
2S4 and for Canada 40 or total OF s3), as
against total OF 3S1 the previous week, and
3l4 for the CORE gponlng wesls OF last year.
Charles Austin for twenty years book.
keeper for Bussay " Mcleod, of Troy, N
Y, has dlsappoared together with about
$4,000 belonging to Tho frm. Austin has
had complete control OF tha firms books for
years. lie Is supposed 10 b. Ia Cana In.
All tho cigarmaycrs In forty Havana
cigar manufactures In Now York CITY went
on strike ON the 18Th against reduction Of
So per 1000 which the employer, made
eighteen months ago. The strikers, who
are mostly Cubans, number over one thou
sand.
J. Burton, alias j. Warren Miller was ar.
rested At Trinidad Col, on the nth by a
deputy United Stltcs Marshal on the charge
OF having defranded the Government Of
Sl,1l3 while postmaster ut Royal City, Ind.
Burton with his family has been living at
Trinidad for some tim.
The Nebraska Senate has passed Senator
Ransom's valued policy Insurance. bill, by
which fire insurance companies must pay
the face value OF policies In case OF total
loss.
The directors OF the Pullman Palace Car
Company on the 18th declared the regular
quarterly dividend OF two per cent.
After three days trial Jury at Ander-
son, Ind, found Ablee DOYLE, a wealthy
farmer guilty OF posting White-cap notice
warning Charles Mckee. postmaster at
Myers, Ind, to pay his debts. Doyle was
fined SD.
Judge Butler, OF Philadelphia, has rem
dered decision TO the effect that the action
brought In the Unitel States District Court
TO recover Sl,0)J pouulty from James Lees
& Sons for the employment OF contract labor
at their mills at Bridgeport, Pa, should
stand, and the matter will therefore be dis
posed Of by a jury trial.
Edward j. Anderson, New York lawyer,
driven TO Desperation by poverty, committed
suicide on the 18th by shooting himself
The employees working In the erecting
shops Of the Huntingdon (Pa) car works
were notified on the 18th that their wages
would be cut down one dollar aman per car,
and the whole force OF workmen at once
struck. At a subsequent meeting they
adopted resolution 10 hold out until their
| former wages were offered.
Isaac Bell, ox-United States Minister TO
the Netherlands, died at New York City on
the Goth.
A circular from the Archbishop OF New
York was read on the 10Th in all the Catho.
lie churches OF the archdiocese OF New
York, placing DIR. McGlyun and oil his fol
lowers under the ban, and announcing that
TO attend the meetings Of the Anti-Poverty
League is open and public SIN" The cir
cular instructs the priests TO refuse absolu
tion TO all who follow Dr. Mcilynn or at
tend meetings OF his anti-poyerty society.
"White Caps have recently appeared a
Little Falls, Herkimer, Johnstown, Amster
dam, Fultonville. and other towns in New
York.
Exports OF specie from the port OF New
York for the week ended November 10
amounted 10 siS5 045, Of which SSS 400 wal
In gold and S342, ,637 in silver. The exports
Of specie for the week amounted 10 S2l9962
Of which slGT4SG was In gold and S52, 40 II
silver
The clairvoysnts who were recently ar
rested ut New Haven, Conn, under an OLE
"Blue law" against fortune tollers, faileC
TO appear when their cases were called OF
the 10Th, and their bonds OF 200 were de
clared forfeited.
The coroner's jury investigating the re
cent Wiley building disaster at Pittsburgh
have returned q verdict Of negligence
against Contractor Huckenstein, Building
Inspector Frank, and q. Wiley, the owne
Of the building, for permitting the construc
tion Of an unsafe building.
Charles Fries, who was recently commit
ted 10 the Gloucester County IN. J.) Jail 70
forgery, committed suicide on the 10Th b.
hanging himself 10 the door OF his coll.
Hon. Samuel b. Wilson. the Oldest mem
Der Of the Beaver County (Pa.) bar, and on
Of the most prominent Democratic poll
ticians in Western Pennsylvania, died
his home In Pittsburgh on the 10Th.
The weekly statement Of the New Yor
associated banks, issued on the 10Th, show
the following changes: Reserve increase
$3.50. 400; loans increase, 800, 500; speci
increase, S3,5lS,G0O; legal tenders increase
q, ,639, 400; deposits increase, $3.50, 900; eli
culation decrease, S34.S00. The banks hel
SIS 029, 600 in excess Of the twenty five pc
cent. rule.
The Bellows Falls Brewing Company, Q
Boston, has failed. Liabilities, t9i, ,00C
J nominal assets, S900,OOO. The creditor
have agreed TO accept forty cents on tn
J dollar