The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-03-20
the East.

A battery OF boilers at the ST. Nicholas
colliery, near Mahanoy City, Pa, exploded
with terrific force on the 18th A fragment
Of iron struck Mrs. Hoffman lwho was pass
Ing the buildinRl breaking her hip, and kill
ing child In her arms. James Delaney,
Michael Warren, Edward Seltzer Peter
Wanner aud Edward Watts wore all seri-
ously II not fatally hurt by flying pieces Of
iron and escaping steam
BY vote OF - TO IS the Rhode Island
Senate on the l2th passed the resolution re-
submitting the prohibiiory amendment to
the constitution. TIE resolution must now
pass the Assembly TO be submitted 70 the
perple In 1891
The furniture manufacturing establish
ment Of G. ID. Nedicus & Co., Williamsburg,
N. Y, burned on the l3;h, entailing Q loss OF
$4,000 The l25 employees In the building
were compelled 10 save their lives by leap
ing 10 a small building In the rear Of tho
factory, distance OF fifteen feet.
Henry BerCh has been compelled 10 re.
sign tho pre- .ilcncy Of the Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty 10 Animals, which
was founded by his uncle twenty.three
years ago. At an executive session OF tho
board Of managers In Now York on the 18th
NJ. Brown. a well known banker. was chosen
as his successor. IL was claimed that
Bergh was too domineering and would not
consult with the board as 10 the manage
ment OF affairs.
James Payne, aged foriy-cight years, sui
cided by shooting himself at Elizabeth, N.
j.. on the 18th. He lately withdrew from
the Knights Of Labor and has complained
that the labor men were bounding him.
At Marlboro. Mass. on the 18th Walter
and William White, aged eight and sixteen
years respectively. saturated box OF pow.
der with kerosene and applied match 70 Il,
caSsing an explosion by which both were
fatally injured.
The Cape Cod Glass Company, OF Sand
wich. Mass. has been chartered with an au-
thorized capital Of 5O,0O10O0 The preh.
dent Is e. w. Spur aud the general mana
ger II. y. Spur, formerly OF the Boston a.
sandwich Glass Company.
The Western Union Telegraph directors
met at New York on the 18th and declared
the regular quarterly dividend OF IN per
cent payable April 10.
William y. Rich, foreman In one OF the
composing rooms Of Harper Bros, died at
his residence 10 Orange, N. j., on tho 18th.
Mr.. Rich had bsen connected with the Har-
pers for over fifty years.
Following In the wake OF iron manufac-
turers in the Schuyllill Valley and points
near Philadelphia, firms throughout Lebs.
non Valley have reduced their puddlers
twenty-five cents por ton and other en-
ployes in proportion.
The Connecticut House OF Representa-
tiyes has passed q bill prohibiting the use
u tobacco for smoking by minors under
sixteen years Of age, and making the sale
Ir delivery OF tobacco 10 minors q criminal
iffense.
After months OF consideration the Cana
iisn Pacific Railroad Company has decided
70 extend It's tracks from Niagara Falls,
Ontario, 10 Buffalo by way Of Tonawanda,
wanna tracks 10 get into the heart Of the
aity.
Tho coroner's report on the recent Park
Central Hotel disaster In Hartford, Conn,
BY which twenty-three persons were killed.
nnds that Engineers Risley and Thuer are
responsible. The accused men are under
bonds for trial
The steamer City Of Atlanta, from Havana,
on the 18th brought 70 New York Captain
Jones and eight sailors Of the bark Mispah,
wrecked at Cayo Cruz month ago. The
mon were rescued and conveyed 10 Havana
hy the steamer Manila N
Tho thirty-seventh annual commence
msnt OF tho Woman's Medical College o
Pennsylvania was held in Philadelphia o.
ne 18th There. wero thirty.slx graduates