The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-11-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters
DOMESTIC.


tween c. c. Fitzpatrick, Of Danville, III,
and Harry Leathers, OF Minneapolis
Fitzpatrick won the race, making three
miles in twelve minutes
The Erie vestibule passenger train
No 8 jumped the track at Adrian N
Y, on the 1lth, wreclsing the engine.
baggage car, mail car, dining car and
three Pullman cars Engineer Stickney
was killed and Fireman Beard was
badly hurt. C. Z. Mecrean, mail clerk;
B w. Hedley, bnggagemaster and D.
W. Cottrell, news agent, were seriously
injured, as were also five or six passen-
gers
OMAHA has raised IS, 900 as guaran-
tee fund to secure the republican ma
tional convention and will send COM
mittee to lay the matter before the ma
tional committee.
THE grand jury at Ottawa, O., on the
10th found an indictment for murder In
the first degree against Vanloon' the
second man arrested for the Columbus
Grove bank robbery and the murder OF
vandemarl. Roberts, who was first ar
rested for the crime, has been released
The United States supreme court mas
postponed until November 30 the argu-
ment in the three cases involving the
constitutionality OF the Mckinley tariff
act, and also the case in which the act
which provides for the classification OF
the worsteds is attacked on the ground
that the speaker had no right to count
a quorum in passing the bill
THE new town OF Kensington, twenty
miles north of Pittsburgh, was struck
by hurricane on the 18th which COM
pletely wrecked number Of buildings
in process OF construction, causing q
heavy loss Noperson was injured.
JOE MuLHArTAN,w well known through
out the country as the writer OF some OF
the most marvelously untrue stories
ever published by the newspapers was
arrested at Pittsburgh on the llth,
charged with stealing money from Pat
rick O'Toole. roommate.
THE council Of administration OF the
@. A. r. has fixed upon September 20
as the date Of the meeting of the grand
encampment at Washington next year.
AN express train from Chicago on the
Milwaukee & St Paul road was robbed
by six masked men near Western Union
Junction, Wis, on the 12th. The engi
neer and fireman OF the train were held
up at the point Of revolvers and dyna
mite bombs were thrown against the
door Of the express car, completely
wreclxing II and affording an entranc'
TO the robbers, who threw out the safes
but we're unable TO open them. Aftel
taking number Of money pacltnge'
they made their escape.
AT a meeting at Harrisburg on th'
18th, of the Pennsylvania worlds fai
commissioners twenty-eight plans for
state building not 10 cost more thai
$4,000 were submitted The commits
sion defeated proposition requesting
the national commission to close tn
gates on Sunday.
THE Pennsylvania state senate on tn
11th. by vote Of 2s to 10, adopted tn
resolution that It has no Jurisdiction Il
the charges against the state treasure
and auditor general The senate the
adjourned sine die.
The switchmen on the 500 road
Minneapolis, Mimi, have gone out o
a strike for the scale. They get % cent
n day less than the scale. There ar
fifteen Of them and four are under a
rest for interfering with the company
business
THE crystal salt block at saltdale, ]
Y, the largest salt we'll In the Wyor
ing field, was burned on the 18th, :
gether with the post Office and tel
graph Office. Loss s25o.00O; partial
insured.
A STATEMENT has been prepared
the pension Office showing that durir
the month OF October, 1891, 82,946 pc
sions OF all classes were granted, q
first payments on which aggregated $
35s eos, or siSo. 80 TO each pensioner.
THOMAS E. CHAcE, Of Providence,
L, is in jail at New York City. He
charged with being one Of the principa
of the alleged opium smuggling rim
He is a prominent resident Of Pro
dence.
A THREsHINa machine engine Q
ploded with terrific force while at wo
four miles south of St Hilaire, Mini
on the 18th. Four men were injure
The owner Of the machine, Mr. Amt
and the engineer can not live.
ORIs G. PALMETER, chief clerk Of I
warehouse Of the St Louis Transi
Company, has been arrested and tax
70 olney, Ill, TO answer the charge
embezzling $4,000 from the count
Palmeter was deputy clerk OF the COT
ty eight years ago
+. II. SMITH & Co., ship brokers a
commission merchants Of New Yc
City, assigned on the 18th Liabiliti
$500, 900, with nominal assets about I
same.
TWENTY-FIVE business houses at Ia
pa, Fla, were burned on the 10th, ,
failing loss Of $3.50, 900; insuran
$4,000
AT Greensburg, Pa, on the 18th FL
worth Luce, the West Newton trI
robber, was found guilty aud sentent
TO the penitentiary for eight years a
four months
OK the evening OF the 18th the Chi
20 police raided meeting Of anarchi
at Griefs hall and arrested thirty Of
leaders and broke up the gathering.
A yIRE in the business center OF
YER City, Ia, on the 18th destrol
property TO the amount Of sioo.o
Is believed the fire was set by THE
with the intention OF plundering