The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-08-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters
DOMESTIC.


dener, was arrested at Dayton, o., OF
the 4th, charged with the murder Of hi
wife. Mrs. Guenther died recently undei
suspicious circumstances Charges tina
Guenther had poisoned his wife were
freely made. The coroner ordered tn,
remains disinterred and chemica
analysis of the contents of the stomach
This disclosed strong traces Of arsenic
The grand jury at New York City OF
the 4th completed its work of indictine
newspapers Who published the accounts
Of the recent electrocutions at Sing Sing
Indictments against seven papers were
found The Tribune is the only leading
daily that escaped, because, like the
Post and Mail and Express, the law was
not violated by them.
PRESIDENT BAKER, Of the worlds
fair directors, on the 4th received q
proposition by cable from Mons Eiffel,
the architect Of the Eiffel tower, for
permission to erect a tower on the
grounds. The message set forth that the
tower would be superior TO the one at
the Paris exposition, The proposition
will probably be accepted.
The PAYERS strike at New York City
ended on the 4th in favor of the men,
the employers granting all the demands
Of district assembly No. 10 and the
paving block cutters union.
CARRIER HENRY E. BARLOW, after
robbing the mails for over year, dur
ing which time his stealings must have
amounted to several thousand dollars
was arrested at Chicago ON the 4th. The
arrest is the most important one made
by the department for long time.
HERMAN GUITEnBAcK, city editor oi
the New York Stats Zeitung, was or
the 9Th indicted by the grand jury foi
publishing an account Of the electrocu
tions at Sing Sing.
The executive committee Of the trunl
line freight agents has agreed to ad
vance eastbound lake and rail rates fol
the fifth and sixth classes, which had
been reduced by published tariffs, Il
the old figure. The advance takes eff
feet on August II,
WILLIAM B. HAMILTON, late teller O
the Houtsdale (Pa) bank, has been ar
rested, on oath of the recent owners o.
the bank, charged with the embezzle
ment Of $4,000. M
a FIRE at Grinnell, Ia, on the 5tf
destroyed the Grinnell cart factory ant
a number of adjoining buildings, en-
failing loss Of $4,000.
The White Star steamer Majestic ar
rived at New York on the 5th, five days
eighteen hours and ten minutes from
Queenstown The best previous recorC
was FIVE days, nineteen hours and eigh
teen minutes by the City Of Paris, Il
August, 1889.
WHILE several laborers were movini
molten metal from the furnace TO q mol'
at Shoenbergers rolling mill In Pitts
burgh on the 5th 1t exploded, fatal.
burning Frank Kalish and seriously in
juring two other Polish laborers. Wate
dripping from the waste pipe onto tn
metal caused the explosion.
HENRY jake. prominent and YER
wealthy Philadelphia butcher, kille
his only son on the 5th. They had quar-
relied because Of the sons drinking hal
bits and the father hit the young ma
on the temple with piece Of gas pipt
causing death in few hours. The oil
man has been arrested.
The amount taken by Sylveste
Young, defaulting cashier Of the Ne'
Port News & Mississippi Valley roat
has been estimated at s25, 900. 1t is nc
believed that Young had over 5000 wit
him, the remainder having been lost
speculation. A reward OF 5000 hf
been offered for his arrest and retur
Louisville, KY.
THE report OF the operations Of th
patent bureau during the fiscal year enc
ed July 1, 1891, shows that during th
year 250,3 ,3o7 patents were granted. 1t.
trademarks registered and $50 labe,
registered. The receipts from all source
aggregated 81, 800, ,T94 and the expend
lures 81, 1855 The total balance
the United States TO the credit Of Ii
patent fund was on July 1, 1891, sS,947
e4I
THE strike of the 400 members OF th
Amalgamated association at the Ves'
vius iron works in Sharpsburg. Pa,
first insignificant, is fast developing I'M
contest equal in Importance TO any
the history Of the organization.
Ar the final session Of the Cathol
Total Abstinence union in Washingto
on the 9th indianapolis, Ind, was 8
lected as the place for holding the ne,
annual convention. All the princip
officers were reelected.
THE fifth national convention Of Il
Ladies Of the G. A. R., split from II
women's Relief Corps, was held at D
troit, Mich, on the 9th. The report
the president showed that the presei
membership OF the order is 10000.
SEVENTEEN insane copvicts owe
powered their keeper and escaped fro
one Of the wards Of the state insai
asylum at Auburn, N. ", on the 6t
They scattered over the western part
the city, creating great excitemen
Five were soon recaptured and lar
force Is in pursuit OF the others.
The national convention Of ex-priso
ers Of war at It's session in Detro
adopted the draft Of bill TO be pr
sented 10 congress in behalf Of soldie
who were In prison for sixty days
more, which provides that they shi
receive from the government two d,
lars for every day Of their confnemer
THE business branch OF the Kans
State Farmers Alliance has complet
arrangements by which II will hand
tlree-quarters Of the Kansas wheat or
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