The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-04-13

and there is every lndlcatlon that the
cutting will result in war.
CAPT. CHRIS RATH, who hanged Mrs.
Surratt, one of the Lincoln conspirators
in Washington, was suddenly bereft OF
reason on the 9th while on the run to
jackson, Mich, with the mail train. He
had been mail agent for twenty years,
with headquarters at Jackson Rath
was provost of Washington at the close
of the war.
TIE house committee on railways and
canals has ordered favorable report on
the bill appropriating 100000 to enable
the secretary of war to ascertain the
feasibility und probable cost of con-
structing ship canal from the great
lakes TO the Hudson river.
GEN. SIGEL" MILLER, leader Of the
moonshineys and one of the murderers
of Joshua lIochstetter, surrendered to
the authorities at Somerset, Pa, on the
It'll. Miller confessed that he had killed
lIochstctter, but says he did it in self
defense.
a COMMERCIAL traveller, who went by
the name of Watson, died in a hotel at
Rocliland, Me-, few days ago, and all
efforts to find any friends or relatives
failed. 1t is now stated that he has
been identified rs Gen. Stedman said to
have been " noted cavalry officer during
the war, who fell into disgrace and dis
appeared.
TnE house of Mat Williams, near st.
Louis, Mo-. burned on the 7th, and
three of his children, Isaac, Margaret
and Nettie, aged i2, 0 and respectively,
perished in the flames.
Horace l.. TRAUBER, one of the lit
erary executors of Walt Whitman, found
among the deceased poets manuscripts
a poem on the landing of Columbus,
which is said to possess much literary
value 1t will be offered to the mana
gers of the worlds Columbian exhibit
tion.
A DISPATCH from Dillon, Mont, an
nounces that battle occurred on the
7th between band of thieves and cat
tlemen on the Montana side Of Wind
river. The ranchmen, exasperated by the
depredations of a gang of thieves, be-
gan searching for the robbers and
found a large body intrenched in winter
quarters. They attacked them and
were repulsed, losing eight killed and a
number wounded. The robbers also
lost heavily.
AN organization was perfected at
Omaha, Neb., on the sth that may have
an important bearing upon politics.
The object of this movement is TO OPP
pose legislation harmful TO railroad en-
ployes and members of the order are
pledged TO drop party affiliations when
ever their class is threatened and to
support men and measures friendly to
them.
PROBABLY the heaviest losses ever sus-
tanned by any one set Of pool rooms in
the United Statee occurred at Coving-
ton, KY, on the sth. The play was
made on the third race at Gloucester,
the winning horse being Van S. The
odds were six to one. The total losses
Of the pool rooms are estimated at s41,-
600.
A WRECK occurred on the Sth near
Connellsville, Pa, on the Pittsburgh,
McKeesport & Youghiogheny railroad
in which the fireman and a brakeman
were instantly killed. The wreck was
caused by a loose tire on one Of the driv-
ers Of the engine. Engineer Richard
Martin was seriously injured and may
die. The engine had been out Of repair
for some time and the engineers were
running It under protest.
R. ]. CUNNING, head of a big sign
painting firm, and ]. M. Rice, manager
Of the Household Loan Association,
were arrested at Chicago on the sth by
secret service officers for counterfeiting.
Both men are charged with violating
the law which prohibits making any
picture of United States money, they
having had painted poor imitation Of
q $40 treasury note on billboard.
OMAHA dispatches indicate alarming
loss of cattle during the late storms.
Between North Platte and the Wyo-
ming line 1900 cattlelie drowned in the
North Platte river. Several thousand
calves perished In the blizzard.
BUSINESS failures occurring through
out the country during the week ended
April 8, number for the United States
1T, Canada 81, total 2Os, as compared
with 21S the week previous and 248 for
the corresponding week of last year.
THE various steamship companies
have decided to advance steerage rates
TO this country about six dollars head
on account of the new restrictions on
immigration.
THE total registration of students in
the Michigan university at Ann Arbor
for the current year reaches 1909, which
is s72 more than were registered at this
noted institution Of learning in 1891.
This is "a more than its rival college at
Harvard claims.
THE Victor Touring mills at Shelby
vile, Tenn, burned on the Sth, entail
ing loss of $685. 900; half insured.
A COLLISION between freight and an
eastbound passenger train on the Cleve-
land, Akron & Columbus road occurred
at Mount Vernon, o., on the 7th. About
dozen passengers were injured, four
or five seriously.
ALICE FIELD, daughter of Cyrus W.
Field, has been declared insane. She is
so years old and is suffering'from insane
delusions.
THE plant of the Portland Distillery
and Cattle Feeding Company, at Trout
dale, Ore, was destroyed by fire on the
sth, involving loss of 100000. Be-
lieved TO be the work of incendiaries.
The southern New England Method.
ist Episcopal conference has voted