The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-04-17

the business failures occurring thoughout
the country number for the United States
2i9, and for Canada "a, or total OF 239 as
against 222 the previous week, and 222 for
the corresp on ling week of last year
John g. Carruth & Co., proprietors OF the
Endurance Mills, Philadelphia, were robbed
OF 81 100 on the 18th by their boolIkeeper,
William W. Hill who succeeded In getting
out Of the city before the robbery was dis
covered. The money lad been given to Hill
to place in envelopes for the weekly wages
Of the employees.
Walter g. Sterling, who was identified
with large real estate, banking and other
interests at Wilkesbarre, Pa, died In that
city on the l2th, aged sixty-eight years. He
laid the foundation for bis large fortune by
his luck in California 10 lS4g
Samual johnson, convicted of the murder
OF Isaac Sharpless in Delaware County, Pa,
has Leen respited by Governor Beaver until
June 4.
George Calder, Jr., Of Lancaster, Pa,
manufacturer OF cotton goods, assigned on
the 18th, with liabilities of Sl50,001 Assets
less than S5l,0OO
Henry G. Miller, aged sixty-eight years,
OF Easton, Pa, started for his wood tract 10
burn brush a few nights ago. The next
morning his body was found in thicket
burned to crisp. ltis supposed his clothing
caught fire aud he cou d not escape
Mrs. Olive f. Friend, who was arrested
on the charge Of larceny in connection with
the Electric sugar swinde, still maintains
| that she is innocent aud that her husband
really possesses the cTet of refining raw
sugar cheaply and quickly by means Of
electricity. Mrs. Friend IL still confined in
the Tombs, unable 10 s3Gure bail for 5000.
The Kearney mills of tho Clark thread
works Mt Newark N. j., shut down for an
| indefinite period on the 18th. owing to the
strike against the fifteen per cent reduction
in wages.
Henry Damon, aged twenty-five, OF Scit-
uat' Mass, was bitten b a savage dog last
October and died Of hydrophobia on the
Rth, after suffering great agony.
IL Is reported that great des tuition pre-
walls among largo number OF miners in
the Clearfeid tPa) coal districts. Many OF
them have been without work since the first
Of the year. and have not the means to pay
for the oommOnest food aud other necessary
expenses.
Five burglars escaped from the jail at
Salem, Mass, on the l4th Before leaving one
OF tho gang robbed the ja lor's safe OF $780,
They had been gone half au hour before
their escape was, discovered.
Captain OGDEN h. Red, OF the Eleventh
United Stat S Infantry stationed at the
Plattsburg IN. " barracks, suicided on
the l4th by shooting himself in tho head
Charles RoiEes and Evan Medde were
instantly killed by an explosion OF gas 10
the Grand Tunnel colliery at Nanticoke,
Pa, on the 18th They were experts en-.
gnged in examining the mines looking for
dangerous flows OF gas with naked lamp
AT Norristown, Pa, on tho 18th, while
Rudolph Spielhoffer was endeavaring 10
make an opening In a kiln Of lime at the
quarries Of q. & W. II. Corson, he fell head
long into the hot lime and was roasted alive
before the eyes of his fellow workmen,
who were unable to extricate him.
A steamship which arrived at New York
on the l4th from Hamburg reports that on
April 10 10 q dense fog she struck the pilot
boat Commo5jFe Bateman about amidships,
sinking h6r at once and drowning Pilot John
Hapdran and the cplored cook, Harry Hal
ford.
Exports Of specie from the port OF New
York during the weeiI ended April 10
amounted 10 sl,36S 4S9. The imports OF
specie during the same time amounted 10
teo0e0.
ghe mmlttee OF sixteen treasury exports
appointed by Secretary Window TO count
the New York sub.trea ,ury cash before II
is transferred 10 Mr.. Roberta. the new As
sistant United States Treasurer there, be-
gan their work on the 18th. II Is expected
to OCCUPY three wc5ks tine.
The wo,kly statement OF the New York
assoc ated banks, issued on the 18th, shows
the following changes; Reserve increase,
si,65J, ,y15; loans decrease, s2,376 800; specie
increase, g, ,T29 200; legal tenders increase,
81 ,6S35C0: deposits increase, $3.50, 800; cir
citatiou decrease, $4,000 The banks held
taOs5. 80 In excess Of the twenty. FIVE per
cent. rule
The steamer Rio Grande was damaged
s25, 900 by FIRE at her dock IN New York on
the i4th.
John A. Kasson, William Walter Phelps
and George II. Bates, members Of the Sa
moan Commission, were among the passen-
gers on the Cunard steamship Umbria,
which sailed from New York on the 18th.
Ex-Congressman Simeon b. Crittsnde n
died on the 18th at his home in Brooklyn, N.
Y. His age was soventy-iive years.
The annual statistical report OF the Ameri-
can Iron and Steel Association just issued,
shows that the production OF oil the leading
forms OF iron and steel In the United States
10 1885 with the single exception OF pig
iron, was less than in 1887. Following are
the figures In net tons; In 1887, 2,JSl ,406;
In IpNa On nrI Gna