The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16
DOMESTIC.

THS FIRE cracker house of Masten Il
Willis at Boston, Mass, was blown up
on the 9th. One man was killed and
four injured. Three out of four Of the
buildings comprising the works were
burned. tr.. ..
AT Rochester, N. Y, on the 9th
Joseph S. Tice, convicted of wife muir
der, was sentenced to be electrocuted
at Auburn during the week commencing
Monday, January 1a
J. W. KNoRsA, an insane passenger
from Marysville, Col, shot and instant
" killed John Lampkin. night watch
man on the Santa Fe road at La Junta,
Col, on the 9th. Knorsa then cut his
own throat with pocket knife and bled
TO death.
A JAIL delivery occurred at Gales
burg, Ill, on the night of the 9th.
Eleven prisoners escaped from prison.
Three iron bars an inch thick which
guarded one OF the windows were cut
and by ropes made of bed ticking the
prisoners descended in safety
A DISASTROUS fire visited Louisville,
KY, on the 9th, destroying block Of
buildings OIL the north side Of Main
street The store and stock Of the
Boone Paper Company were destroyed.
entailing loss Of s65, 900. Four fremen
were killed under falling wall. Soon
after an explosion occurred In the ad-
joining building, occupied by Bamberg-
or, streng & Co The walls crumbled
and another fire began which caused
800, 900 losA
II. r. JACOBS theater at Cleveland,
O., was completely gutted by FIRE on the
9Th. The white Slave" Company,
which was playing an engagement at
The theater, lost all their scenery and
wardrobeS Total loss on theater. cos
tunes, scenery, etc, SOS, 600; insurance,
40, 900.
THE Fort Worth TEX iron works
failed on the 9th for 500, 900.
The Ohio supreme court on the 9th
refused new trial TO William Ftzger-
raid, the murderer Of Policeman Fried,
at youngstown, and he will be exc
euted on December 1s
A TRIs TTUL accident occurred on
the Elmira, Cortland a. Northern rail-
road near Broclrton, N. Y, on the 9th.
While a number OF men were At work
jacking up massive steam shovel In
order TO get II on the trucks and trans
port IL 10 another point on the road, the
shovel toppled over, fatally injuring
three of the workmen.
AT Louisville, KY, on the 9th, six
girls and one man were roasted 10
death in the candy and fireworks fac
tory Of #. A. Menne a. Co, which was
entirely destroyed by FIRE. Thirty-fvo
other persons In the building only es-
capped with their lives
THERE Is not weeks supply OF soft
coal In the hands Of the dealers In Da-
kota, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Kansas
nor Nebraska Miners everywhere are
working on half time on account Of the
scarcity Of cars
RoBEBT SHTRREY, ex-president Of the
First National bank Of Red Cloud,
Neb., also ex-manager OF the Farmers
Loan Association, was arrested In Dem
YER, Col. on the 10th, charged with the
embezzlement Of $50, 900 from the two
institutions
ALADLE filed with molten metal ex.
pioded at the Lucy furnace in Pitts
burgh on the 10th, fatally burning
James Mardella and Peter Hickey.
Three other men were also terribly
burned and may not recover
FIRE was discovered on the 10th in
vacant frame hotel building in Pinos
Altos, N. NJ. Not drop Of water be-
ing accessible, the whole town was
soon in flames Only two business
houses were saved. Loss, 100000; in
surance light
AT Nyack, N. Y, on the 10th, the
jury In the forgery case against Assem-
blyman Frank p. Demarest returned n
verdict Of not guilty. The verdict
practically disposes Of all the cases
against Demarest
II IS stated that one hundred and
thirty-two men, or about two-thirds Of
the senior class at Yale have voted in
favor OF caps and gowns and they will
be worn on commencement day.