The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-05-27
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Ir 10 stated that the liabilities involved
In the assignment of Mr.. Joseph Davis
Of Lynn, Mass, will amount to $4,000
900, and that fifty cents on the dollar
may be realized by the creditors
AT Terre Haute, Ind, on the 22d
freight train collided with switch en-
CINE. Both engines were demolished
and several cars smashed. Loss, 10000.
A GIGANTIC pool box scheme involv-
ing 500, 900, organized under the name
of the New Haven Conn. Jockey club,
has collapsed. The scheme was backed
by q syndicate Of pool room and policy
room proprietors and the plan was TO
give handicap race ut the Sheepshead
bay track with prizes Of S50,ooO, $4,000
and $4,000, the remaining $4,000 OF
the 100000 to go into the pockets OF
the hackers as commissions.
JOHN SHELLEY, chief deputy grain In
spector at Minneapolis, Mimi, created
sensation before the wheat. steal COM
mittee at st. Paul, on the 22d, by stat
ing that there was apparently collusion
between high officials in the matter OF
inspection at Duluth. He said that
vessels were constantly loaded with
wheat at night without inspection.
THE bureau Of statistics reports that
the total arrivals OF immigrants at the
ports OF the United States for the month
of April was s5,00l against 64,2l2 last
year.
The directors of the California Ath-
letic Club have decided TO give Jim Cor
bett and Peter jackson $4,000 apiece for
their recent exhibition, and to offer the
men purse of 81, 500 to fght before the
club again.
THE society OF American Civil Eugi-
neers met on Lookout Mountain on the
22d in twenty-third annual convention
with large attendance. Papers were
read by H. NJ. Wilson, of the irrigation
department, United States geological
survey, and number Of others.
AN explosion Of gas occurred on the
22d at the Pratt mines near Birming-
ham, Ala, in shaft where negro con-
victs are worked. Ten convicts and one
free miner were killed.
THE board Of officers appointed to sur
vey the United States steamship Galena
finds that the vessel cannot be repaired
within the 90 per cent limit and II
therefore recommends its sale. The
Galena was an unarmored cruiser Of the
third rate.
AT New York City, on the Esd. Angus
Elbogen, who sent girls TO New Orleans
for immoral purposes, was sentenced TO
Eve years and eleven months imprison-
ment.
THE standing committee OF the do
cese Of Indiana on the 22d voted unani-
mously to confirm the election Of DIR.
Phillips Brooks as bishop Of Massachu-
setts.
MERCHANDISE exports from the United
States during April aggregated in value
$40, 9S1, $40, against s6S, 52S, S15 in April,
1890. Imports during April were valued
at ss1, ,2o9, ,6se, against s71,9O2,1 14O in
April, 1890.
The difficulty between the lumber
dealers association and the lumber
handlers at New York City was settled
on the 29d, an agreement having been
reached by which the lumber yards are
to be opened Mt once and all strikes de-
.clared off. An arbitration committee
was appointed to settle all difficulties.
AT Englewood, N. j., on the 22d
Frank Turke quarreled with his wife,
to'whom he had been married but few
weeks, and shot her in the neck, infiict-
ing injuries which resulted in her death.
He then shot and killed himself.
AT Memphis, Tenn, on the 2ed the
Hill Shoe Company failed and William
Villas Hill, president Of the company,
committed suicide. The failure was
due TO the failure Of the Lynn Davis
Shoe company, which owed the Hill
company between $500, 900 and s4oO, 900.
AT Fort Wayne, Ind, one hundred
men in the employ Of the American
Wheel trust went on strike on the 22d
against reduction Of wages.
AT Belair, Nd, on the 22d the direct
ors Of the Maryland Central railroad
were indicted by the grand jury for
granddaughter. The indictment was
found in connection with the accident
Of April IS. when several lives were
lost In the wrecking Of a freight train.
BUSINESS failures during the week
ended the 22d numbered for the United
States 914 and for Canada 80, a total OF
254. as compared with 937 the previous
week. For the corresponding week Of
last year the figures were 222.
AT Birmingham, Ala, on the 22d, DIR.
II. c. Dubose, OF South Carolina, was
chosen moderator Of the southern Pres
byterian assembly.