The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-08

phones throughout the United states
The gross amount claimed by the tele-
graph company is about sl2,0OO,OOo
WHILE George Edwards, Albert Staiey
and George Neff were painting the up
per story of the Weddell house at Cleve-
land, O., on the I'd, the swinging plat
form on which they were at work
slipped and Edwards and Staley were
thrown to the pavement, killing both
Neff managed to grasp rope and saved
himself
SECRETARY NOBLE has directed that
the portion of the grant to the Southern
Pacific Railway Company lying between
Tetes Pinos and Micaldi, in California,
be restored to the public domain. About
$4,000 acres Of land will thus be opened
to public settlement.
THE briclkmalsers and teamsters Of
Decatur, III, have struck for more pay.
Instead Of granting their demands the
manufacturers have closed all their
yards and announced that they will go
out of business
COMMODORE c. F. WEEKS, OF the
Brooklyn IN. " Canoe club, was
drowned on the I'd while attempting to
shoot dam in the Delaware river at
Lackawaxen, Pa.
A CABLEGRAM was received at Chicago
on the I'd announcing that Pope Leo
XIII. had determined TO send an i'm
portant exhibit from the vatican to the
Columbian exposition. Such step
was never before taken in regard to q
worlds fair by the papal authorities
AT Utica, n. Y, the trial of James
Buck, keeper of Dannemora prison, on
the charge of aiding in the escape of
o'Brien, the bunco king, ended on the
I'd, the jury finding Buck guilty.
A STATEMENT prepared ut the treas
ury department shows that there was u
net increase Of s6,437,9 9S5 In circulation
during the month of May, and net in
crease Of 1910, ,0OS In money and bull
lion in the treasury during the same
period
A PASSENGER train on the Delaware e.
Hudson Canal railroad was wrecked on
the I'd near Hydeville, Vt. Conductor
Wood was killed and thirteen others
were more or less injured.
AT Atolsa, Tenn, on the Sd, Moses
Bottoms 6-year-old daughter killed her
ls-months-old sister. She beat out the
child's brains and broke its neck with
piece of wood. The child seemed to
bear some hatred TO her baby sister.
Only few days before she had smashed
its fingers and toenails with hatchet
A TERRIFIC thunder storm played
havoc throughout Lackawanna county,
Ia, on the 3D. Three boys and one girl
were struck by lightning. Two were
killed and the other fatally injured.
A GENERAL strike is imminent at the
great Calumet and Hecla copper mine
at Calumet, Mich, on account Of the de-
cision of the mining company to dis
charge all employees who are members
of the Knights Of Labor or any other
labor organization.
THE Pennsylvania Railroad Company
on the 3D. purchased land along the
river front In Toledo, o., the intention
being TO build coal and iron ore docks,
the cost of which will reack $500, 900.
The company will make Toledo their
central shipping point on the lakes.
On the Sd thief was discovered
breaking into the residence of John A.
Renshaw at Pittsburgh. The Renshaw
family Is absent In the west and their
house Is unoccupied. Citizens cornered
the thief, whereupon the latter turned
and fred into the crowd, the bullet
striking William Kerner in the fore
head, inHieting q dangerous wound
One OF the pursuers shot at the thief, In
flicting fatal wound.
AT the coroner's offico In New Yorl
City on the Sd notice was received Of th'
death Of four men and three chndrer
from the heat
The business failures during the weel
ended June 8 number for the UniteC
States 175, Canada 80, total 2o7, as com
pared with 1893 the previous week ant
, 224 for the corresponding week Of las
! year.
A TORNADO swept over Reading, Pa.
on the Sd, killing several persons ant
destroying vast amount OF property
TIE steamer John Matthews collidei
with the pier Of the bridge over the Al
kansas river at Van Buren,, Ark, on tn
Sd and sank, carrying down at least one
third Of the crew. The pilot was swep
, away and drowned.
, WALTER BEREsFoRD, who was unde
$1,000 bonds for trial at Rome, Ga, o.
! charges OF obtaining money by mean
OF forged checks has fed, leaving hi
, bondsmen and other creditors In th
lurch. He owes about $4,000.
, REV. THOMAS DIXON, JR, Of the Twer
ty.third Street Baptist church, Ne'
a York, was arrested on the Sd on tn
: charge Of criminal libel preferred b
Z Excise Commissioner Koch. The latte
a complains that Mr.. Dixon, in rocer
sermon, criminally libelled him.
A CENSUS bulletin on the subject {
assessed valuation of property In th
Unitod States in 1890, issued on the 81
shows that the assessed value Of a
: property excluding railroad propert.
except In certain specified states, hi
' increased from SO, ,909, ,99S, SAB in 1880
s94, ,65i, ,5sJ, 465 in 1890. an increase durin
!. the decade of s7,74s, ,591, ,922, or 1874 p'
cent. Should 1t be found upon the con
, pletion OF the inquiry in relation to u
h true value of all property in the Unit
|, States that the same relation exists
!. 1890 between the assessed valuation nj
: their valuation as existed In 1880, Il
= absolute wealth of the United Stat