The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-03-23

The supreme court OF INDIANA on Ihe
18th decided that the legislature has
power to enact laws regulating the
mode of voting. The decision afiirms
the constitutionality of the Australian
ballot law
ACTING SECRETARY NETTLEToN has
instructed collectors OF customs to the
effect that under the presidents procla-
nation of the 18th inst, suspendlng the
free list in the case of certain products
of Venezuela, Columbia and Haiti, du-
ties will attach to all such articles
shipped from those countries after the
18th inst. TO ports in the United States
This ruling is in pursuance of an opin-
ion of the attorney general
AN estimate of the new state census
of New York from the sixty county
clerks, not from the secretary OF state,
makes the population G,479, 7SS, gain
OF 4S1, S77 over the federal census OF
1890 The republicans will lose three
senators and about ten assem- blymen
under the proposed legislative appor-
tionment, making the control OF the
legislature very close. The cities have
gained everywhere at the expense OF
the rural counties
An extractor In Whitney & Molts
indigo works at Millbury, Mass, ex-
ploded on the 18th, fatally wounding
Willard Rice and seriously injuring
three others.
A FIRE at Eddysville, n Y, on the
18th destroyed thirteen frame buildings,
including two hotels and four dwelling
houses, causing a loss OF $4,000. The
place is destitute of fire apparatus.
REPORTS from all sections of Texas
indicate that the loss caused by the re-
cent blizzard will be enormous. Fruit
and spring wheat have been almost en-
tirely ruined and cattle are dying by
thousands.
BUSINESS failures occurring through
out the country during the week ended
March IS number for the United States
2Os and for Canada 80, total of 240 as
compared with $50 the previous week
and 275 for the corresponding week Of
last year.
ONE hundred miners are on a strike
at Pineville, KY, on account OF cut
made in the wages by the coal mine
owners Everything is quiet so far, but
trouble is expected If any new men are
brought in.
LEE HEFFLIN and Joseph Dye, who
last fall murdered the Kines family,
were lynched and riddled with bullets
near Gainesville, Va, on the 18th.
AT Pittsburgh, on the 18th, Fred Mil
10y during a quarrel shot his wife. He
then tnrned the revolver upon himself
and fred two shots Milloy died two
hours later and his wife cannot recover.
SECRETARY TRACY will soon issue or
ders to the Pacific squadron to police
Bering sea and apprehend the poachers
found in the interdicted territory,
whether they be from Canada or the
United States
The tobacco factory Of Leggett &
Myers at St Louis was damaged by fire
on the 18th to the extent Of Ss95, 900.
THE president signed the commissions
of the nine new circuit judges on the
18th and ordered that they be forwarded
TO them at once so there may be no un-
necessary delay in entering upon the
discharge Of their functions
THE supreme court Of Michigan sus-
tanned the mortgage tax law by grant
ing mandamus on the 18th compelling
the Detroit board Of assessors TO com
ply with the statute.
HERMAN Peso, Carlin Pring and his
son, three Belgians, were crushed TO
death by fall of rock in coal mine
at Robertdale, Pa, on the 18th. They
had Just quit work for the day and were
returning to their homes
AT recent meeting OF the Russian
famine relief committee in Philadelphia
IL was decided TO send another cargo 10
the starving Russian peasants. On the
18th Clement A. Griscom rendered the
free use Of the steamship Connemaugh
and II will be loaded next month.
THE receipts from internal revenue
during the first eight months of the fis-
cal year ending June 80, 1892, were
500, ,667, 1888, an increase Of SO, 700, O7s
over the receipts during the correspond.
ing period of last year.
THE consular and diplomatic appro-
priation bill for the coming fiscal year
carries an appropriation of about sl15,-
900, against Sl,G56, 925 appropriated for
the current fiscal year. The reduction
is largely due to the cutting down Of the
appropriation for the Bureau Of Ameri.
can Republics
THE Logan Iron Company's blast
furnace at Greenwood, Pa, has closed
down owing TO dullness Of the iron
market throwing a large number OF
men out Of employment The suspen-
sion, which will extend over n period
of four months, is the first in twenty
years
The charges against Superintendent
Smith, Of the Huntingdon PA. reform.
atory, alleging cruelty to several in.
mates, have been submitted TO Gov.
Pattison and he has ordered an investic
CATION.
Snow fell to the depth Of eleven
inches on level in New York City and
on the 18th.
BY the premature explosion Of a
charge in the Juniata quarries
at Carlin, Pa, on the 18th, John Gates
was killed and two other laborers Sc.
verely injured.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
In an open letter TO the democratic
party Of the United States, Thomas +.