The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-22

not think conviction could be obtained.
A FIRE at Elizabethport, N. j., on the
10th destroyed q business block occu-
pied by James Mitchell, furniture
dealer, and several lodges of Masons
and Knights of Pythias Six large
frame buildings adjoining were also
burned. Loss, 5000 Several fire.
men were badly injured by falling
walls,
SIX men were badly burned by fire
that followed an explosion of natural
gas on the 10th at the Nathan Cook
gas well, near Mcdonald, Pa The men
were at work placing six-inch casing
when an explosion Of gas occurred, set
ting fire to their clothes. All will re-
cover but Adam Carlisle.
In the court of common pleas Mt Phil
adelphia on the 10th new trial was
denied in the suit brought by Edward
w. Magill, assignee, for the benefit Of
creditors of John Bardsley, against the
Keystone National bank This WAS
the suit TO recover on the fourteen IA
nous due bills, aggregating s945, 200,
given by the bank to Bardsley in ex-
change for 5000, 900 of state monies de-
posted by Bardsley in 1890 In the case
a verdict was rendered in favor of Ma
gill for 81, ,OO4, 900.
AT the session Of the international Ty-
biographical Union in Philadelphia on the
10th w. B. Prescott was reelected pres
/ - la1nka m tle- I,.a al
Home for Union Printers" was changed
TO "The Childs-Drexel Home for Union
Printers and Allied Crafts represented
in the international Typographical
Union," and the supcrintendents sal
airy was fixed at 81 900 and board.
The Virginia supreme court Of ap-
peals on the 10th decided the celebrated
Bette Lewis Thomas case In favor OF
the plaintiff. BY this action a colored
woman, who is Il resident Of Richmond,
becomes the possessor of an estate
valued at about seOO, 200. Her father,
w. Thomas, who was a white man, died
In 1889 at the home OF this daughter and
left no will. Relatives Of deceased, as
well as Bette, sought to obtain posses
sion Of the property, and the long It'll.
cation resulted as above.
A FIRE at Alexandria, La., on the 10th,
destroyed block of buildings, among
which were the Rapids bank and the
Exchange hotel. Loss, 100000.
BUSINESS failures during the week
ended June II number for the United
States 1853, Canada 90, total l79, as COM
pared with 1872 the previous week and
1853 for the corresponding week of last
year.
JOE WALLACE, the murderer of Henry
Cole, was hanged near Jasper, Tenn,
on the 18th. The execution was wit
messed by 10000 people. The gallows
was erected one mile from the jail in
valley surrounded by high hills, on
which the spectators stood.
BY the falling of porch in the rear
Of 414 State street, Chicago, on the nth,
four women were injured. Three prob
ably fatally.
Six deaths were reported from heat
prostitution at New York City on the
18th.
FIVE children named Pfttock, two
boys and three girls were drowned In
the Ohio river at Neville island, eight
miles from Pittsburgh, on the 18th.
They had taken buggy TO the river
bank TO clean II and the vehicle fell over
on them, throwing all in the water. The
youngest was and the oldest IS years
old.
The house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce has ordered a
favorable report on bill requiring all
railroad companies 10 use automatic
car oouplers and brakes. The type Of
the brake is to be decided upon by the
railroad companies by vote.
A REPORT Of the murder Of the fore
man at Smith Bros camp by four Ital-
ians, followed by the lynching Of the
murderers, has reached Sedro, Wash.
John A. Nelson was the victim. The
white men at the camp, numbering
about sixty, became 30 enraged that
they seized the Italians and lynched
them.
A cLoUDBURsr inundated Scranton,
Pa, on the 18th Water rose TO the SEQ
ond stories Of hundreds Of houses. Light
ming struck ak houses, killing three
persons and stunning several more.
AT Ann Arbor, Mich, on the nth,
prince" Michael, the high priest Of the
notorious New and Latter House Of Is
rael, whose immoralities at his "heav-
en-" In Detroit caused his arrest, was
sentenced 10 Ave years In prison.
JAMES BoUGHToN, colored, was mur.
dered by his wife at their home in
Scranton, Pa, on the nth. Boughton
came home intoxicated and upbraided
his wife for receiving attentions from
other men. During the quarrel Bough-
ton was stabbed through the heart
The house worlds fair committee has
completed its bill making an appropria-
ton to aid the Chicago fair. It provides
for coming ten million silver half dol
lars as souvenirs OF the fair, which shall
pass current as money. The bill also
provides for $4,000 bronze medals and
80, 900 diplomas TO be awarded TO visitors
at the fair.
THE democratic majority Of the house
committee on reform in the civil service
has agreed upon report drawn up by
Representative Boatner, Of Louisiana,
upon the results OF the committees in
vestigation Of the alleged violation Of
the civil service law at Baltimore. The
report holds that the accused employees
were actually guilty Of n violation Of
law, and that their excuses were trans
parent evasionS"