The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-06-17


least fifty persons, mostly children,
were violently sick as the result of eat
ing ice cream at church festival.
Many were dangerously ill and some
may not recover.
HARVARD COLLEGE will receive over
$40, 900 as the result OF the settlement OF
protracted lawsuit which has been
pending for several years, The suit
arose out OF the question as to the
validity of proceedings for the fore
closure of certain mortgages given ON
valuable property in Chicago by Charles
L. Hancock, deceased.
SECRETARY FOSTER has suspended
Bank Examiner Drew, Of Philadelphia.
This action was not due to any particu-
lar knowledge affecting Mr.. Drew's in
tegrity, but grows out of the open dis
pute between Mr.. Drew and Comptrol-
Ter Lacy respecting the formers reports
to the treasury on the condition OF the
Keystone bank before it was closed.
HARRY H. YARD, wanted in connec-
tion with the Philadelphia bank en-
tanglement, was arrested at Trenton,
N. j., on the 18th.
AT a recent meeting of the trustees of
the new Chicago university, authority
was issued to the building committee to
proceed at once with the erection OF
buildings to cost $350,000.
WILLIAM H. FOREST, bookkeeper in
the Office of the New York Churchman,
on the 11th pleaded guilty to forgery
and was sentenced to the Elmira re
formatory. He admits having stolen
$40, 900 from the firm during the past
eighteen months. His salary was Sl4
per week.
AT Montgomery, Ala, on the 18th j.
]. Gilchrist, Jr., prominent lawyer
and member of the Alabama legisla-
ture, committed suicide by taking an
overdose of morphine. Gilchrist had
been drinking heavily and this is sup
posed to have been the cause of the sui
eide.
AT Cincinnati, O., on the 18th Henry
Deering, aged so, employed as greaser
in the Pan Handle yards, was struck by
switch engine and instantly killed.
His right arm and left leg were COM
pletely severed.
LIGHTNING struck house near Little
Falls, Mimi, on the 18th. There were
six persons in the house at the time.
Ola Nysluen was instantly killed and
two others injured, but not fatally.
A GASOLINE tank at Wilder's Station,
near Cincinnati, o., on the Louisville x
Nashville railroad, exploded on the 18TH
The tank contained about 1000 gallons
The explosion was caused by spark
from a locomotive.
AT Fort Smith, Ark, on the 18th, the
LeGrand hotel, a three-story brick build
ing, burned and an adjoining building
was badly damaged. Loss, s25, 900; in
surance, $4,000. Louis Dudell, fire
man, had his arm broken, and two
guests were slightly injured.
In wreck on the Kansas Centra
road on the 18th the engine was derailet
and thrown down an embanlSment neal
Savannah, Ark. Engineer James Man
lev and fireman George Purcell were
both killed. No passengers were hurt
THE Colorado conference Of the Meth
odist Episcopal church met at Denver
on the 18th. The case of Evangelist
Sam Small came up for consideration
and upon his own request he was al
lowed TO withdraw from the church.
BUSINESS failures during the sever
days ended the 18th numbered for the
United States 2l9 and for Canada 25, oi
q total Of 244, as compared with 247 thu
previous week. For the corresponding
week Of last year the figures were 212
THE conference report on the world
fair bill recommending an appropria
ton Of 5000, 900 was on the 18th adoptet
by the Illinois house and the bill passed
The bill now goes TO the governor TO
his signature.
THE secretary Of the treasury ha
amended the general regulations o
1884 relative to the execution Of bond
30 as to provide that corporation othe
than trust company can In no even
be accepted as a surety.
c. MASON MOODY, for the past ffteei
years treasurer Of Franklin county
Mass, has confessed to taking Sl6, 10
of the county's money and using II l
his private business
THE court martial in the case Of Con
mander Lyon, who was charged wit
negligence in stranding the Triana Will
on the way to rescue the crew Of th
Galena, wrecked at Gayhead, has foun
that the officer was not guilty of tn
charge.
AT Uniontown, Pa. on the 18th Judg
Ingraham overruled the application 70
O new trial in the case Of John McSlo
and Mike Disman, labor leaders, VIII
were recently convicted Of eonspirac
and riot, aud sentenced McSloy, leade
of the coke strikers, to pay the costs Q
prosecution, fine Of six cents, and In
prisonment in the workhouse for tw
, years. Disman Is out on $500 bail an
was not here TO receive sentence, and
is said he has left the country.
A FIRE in Burrows & Kenyon's lum
Der yards at Providence, X. l., on th
18th caused an estimated loss OF b,
tween s5O,eOO and 10000; covered b.
insurance.
On the 18th large stone storehous
in course Of construction at San Al
tonic, Tex, fell, burying the men VIII
were working on the building. Vincer
Pacheco and Charles Heitsen wer
killed and five others badly injured.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
w. b. PRESCOTT, Of Toronto, Ont
was elected president OF the Interns