The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-10-02
THE EAST.

The convention Of the Cigarmakers' Inter-
national Union elected the following dele
gates 10 the American Federation Of Labor,
to be held in Boston next December sam
uel Gompers, of New York; John s. Kirsch-
ner, Of Philadelphia; William Parman, Of
Cleveland, and Jeremiah Mahoney, Of
Springfield, Mass.
William Irwin and his helper, Polander,
were suffocated by black damp in Lawrence
& Browns colliery at Mahanoy, Pa, on the
96th.
Dennis Kelleher, who recently embezzled
nearly $4,000 belonging to his employer In
Philadelphia, pleaded guilty on the 26th and
was sentenced to three years in the peniten-
tiary.
While attending the funeral OF Colonel
Gouverneur Carr, the journalist, in New
York City on the Goth, Jacob A. Water.
house, friend Of the deceased and a mem
Der Of his regiment during the war, dropped
Head Of paralysis. itl
The yacht race for q, 900 between the
yachts Fredonia and the Hesper was sailed
at Boston ON the 26th in fresh breeze and
heavy sea, resulting In clear victory for
the Fredonta. The course was forty miles.
At Cressona, Pa, an explosion in Latin
& Rand's powder mill resulted in the in.
slant death Of William Schropp, Samuel
Stotof and Henry Reed. A number Of other
wQrkmen were seriously injured. -
The passenger railway stations at Pen
sauldn and Mapleshade, N. j., were raided
by thieves a few nights ago, who cleaned
them completely out Of tickets, money,
clothing and every thing Of value they
could hnd.
Samuel L. Caldwell, d. D., LII. D., ex-
president OF vassar College, died suddenly
At Providence r. l., on the 10th, after q
brief illness, aged sixty-nine years. He
was native Of Newburyport, Mass, and
was for seven years president Of vassar
College.
Pagenstecher & Co., Of New York City,
until recently the largest exporters OF pc
troleum In the country, assigned on the Doth.
The direct liabilities are stated at 80, 900 10
$4,000 and contingent liabilities $500, 600, on
accommodation acceptances and indorse-
ments for Andrew Brown, Of Buffalo, N. Y.
An express train on the New York & New
Jersey railroad ran into freight train on q
siding at Lodi Junction, N. Y, on the 26th,
causing wreck Of the engine and several
toisn' .eie' FH0an ""hah iounb "e,
Iataly hurt ana the engine ana several
freight cars were wrecked. None OF the
two hundred passengers were injured.
Near Fall River, Mass, on the 9th ult.
Eve persons were drowned In South
Watuppa pond by the upsettng OF row
boat. The victims were Louis Dubois,
Nathalie Dubois, his niece MIS- George
Michaeud, her daughter, Lean Micheaud'
aged seven, and Kosanna Leiters, aged eight.
Dubois Is said 70 have been intoxicated and
an empty whisky bottle was found In the
boat t,..
Business failures occurring throughout
the country for the seven days ended sep
tember Is number ls2, as compared with
total OF 1856 the previous week, For the
corresponding week OF last year the figures
were 2S9,
Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor Of the New
York World, offers 10 be one OF twenty-five
men to subscribe $780, each for an imme-
diate guaranty fund Of e, SOC, 900 TO further
the Worlds Fair.
Mrs. William Conroy, Of Susquehanna,
Pa, recently found some wild parsnips In
her garden. After eating small quantity
she gave some TO her three children and tc
the two children Of Martin Griffin. AL
were thrown into convulsions, Mrs. Conroy