The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-09-14

naVlnR lOSL Ill MS money anu PfoPOiV
on the result of the Sullivan-Corbctt
fight, committed suicide on the Sth by
taking poison.
EIGHT persons were killed and thr ee
fatally hurt In collision on the Clear
field & Cambria railroad near Altoona,
Pa, on the Sth. A work train and an
upbound passe niger train met in deep
cut Engineer Ferry and Fireman
Parish, of the passenger train were
killed, also six members OF the work
crew. None Of the passengers were hurt.
A wEsTBoUND freight train on the
Big Four was wrecked near Enon, o.,
on the Sth. Twenty-Five cars left the
track and half the number were burned.
Engineer James Ferguson was caught
under the locomotive and burned alive
before the eyes Of the trainmen.
A FIRE at Philadelphia on the sth de-
stroyed the big mills owned by the Will
liam A. Root estate and badly damaged
John Williams factory, occupying an
entire square, causing loss Of not less
than s275, 900.
CHARLES Z. THOMPSON, secretary OF
the Peoples Building society OF St
Paul, Mimi, who absconded with s1O,-
900 six months ago, was arrested at San
Francisco on the sth by Sheriff Bean, OF
St Paul
THE whaleback G. w. Wetmore,
whose cruise to England and back to
the Pacific has been watched with
much interest by shipping men, has
been wrecked in Coos Bay, Oregon, and
lies on sandpit, going to pieces. The
crew were saved, but the vessel is
total loss
On the Sth William f. Call, treasurer
Of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Glou-
cester, Mass, was arrested on a charge
of embezzlement. 1t is said that he is
about $500 short In his accounts with
the organization.
THE Hamburg-American steamer
Scandia, arrived at New York on the
night Of the 9th. On the voyage there
were 80 deaths, of which there were 20
in steerage, in cabin and among the
crew.
BUSINESS failures occurring through
out the country during the week ended
September numbered for the United
States 146 and for Canada 89, total OF
179, as compared with 176 the previous
week and 214 for the corresponding
week Of last year.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, on the morning
Of the 9th, the lifeless body Of John
IGoxwinter was found lying at the base
of an electric light pole on Fifth ave-
nue.. He had ascended the pole to trim
the light and had evidently been cleo
trocuted. His hand and arm were ter
ribly burned and the top Of his head
had been crushed in by his fall from the
forty-fve-foot pole.
AT Marinette, Wis, on the 9th, 1000
men struck for ten hours day at the
present pay and every mill in the city
was closed. They had been working
twelve hours. All saloons were closed
by order of the mayor.
| AT Colorado City, Col, on the 9th, the
city glassworlks were completely de-
stroyed by FIRE. LOSS $500
THERE was special meeting at New
York City on the 9th Of the Chamber Of
Commerce TO appoint a committee to
cooperate with the authorities In
warding off cholera from the city and
TO take measures 10 assist those who
are detained on the pest ships
OK the night Of the 9th six masked
men entered the residence Of John Wal
ter, and aged farmer living near Mason
town, Pa, and after binding Mr.. and
Mrs Walter and their brother, Jacob
Coover, babe them, at the point Of re-
volver and by threats Of torture, to dis
close the hiding place Of their money.
The robbers secured s14S and then de-
parted.
DURING the performance Of Wild
West show at Rockford, Ill, on the 9th
Mrs. James o. Fisher was fatally shot
by one Of the cowboys, who were sup
posed TO be firing blank cartridges The
entire company was placed under ar
rest
AT Buffalo, N. Y, on the 9th Lehigh
Valley switch engine, carrying five
employees, collided with a passenger en-
CINE. Four of the men were badly In
jured in the wreck and may not recover.
SIMON ]. AHERN, q leading and
wealthy citizen OF St Paul, Mimi, was
on the 9th convicted Of criminal libel
and sentenced TO the workhouse for
sixty days.
AT Pittsburgh on the 9th Robert j.
Godfrey, supreme treasurer OF the Order
OF Solon, was held for trial, charged
with embezzling the funds Of the or
ganization, while ex-Supreme President
John NJ. Ball and Supreme Secretary A.
S. Mundorf were held on the accusation
that they conspired TO conceal the su'
preme treasurer's shortages.
ENGINEER YoDER and Fireman Dunn,
Of the work train charged with violat-
ing orders and causing the recent fatal
wreck on the Cambria & Clearfeld rail
road In Pennsylvania, have disappeared,
fearing vengeance Of the friends Of the
victims Later investigation shows thai
nine men were killed.
AT Pittsburgh on the 9th Franl
Garvin, a newspaper man, shot ant
killed his wife, Cora The couple hat
been married only few days, and thu
cause Of the deed is supposed TO hav'
been insane jealousy.
ACCORDING TO recent cable advices re
ceived at New York from United State
consuls abroad, no Americans In Europ'
are III or In danger Of cholera.