The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-12-21
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hall that is to run all the whirring
wheels OF the fair. 4
THE Inman coal mine at the loot OF
Cumberland mountain, near Jasper
Tenn, caved in on the 18th. The entre
side Of the hill fell over the only en-.
trance to the mine, shutting OIL al
erress Two convict guards are De-
lieved to be entombed in the mine
JOHN d. RocKEFELLER, the Standard
Oil millionaire, has donated $50, ooo To-
ward making q fund OF s65,oOo LOT au'
ditional endowment Of the Des Moines
Ia) college. This makes total OF
over $4,000 that Mr.. Rockefeller mas
given to the college. Il
THE president on the 14th appointed
Jed Lake, of Independence, la- Arthur
Smith, Of Colerain, Mass, and Arthur
p. Swineham, of Princeton, Ind, com
mittee to appraise certain lands ana
/ improvements within the Round valley
| Indian reservation in California.
The Deis Furniture Company's 1ac'
tory at New Alexandra, Va, was
burned on the night of the 10Th. Loss
S110, 900; insurance, $4,000.
THE senate on the 18th confirmed the
nomination of James w. McDnl OF
Iowa. to be an interstate commerce
commissioner and large number oil
army and navy and marine corps pro-
motions.
THE contract for an equestrian statue
of Cen. WIS. Hancock, to be erected
ON the battlefield of Gettysburg, has
been awarded to L. e. Elwell, OF Sand
wich, Mass, for which he will receive
s22, 900.
AT Newton, Kan, the Newton Ma
tional bank closed its doors on the 10Th,
/ posting upon the door the notice'
5 ''Bank closed-in the hands OF the gov
ernment"
! AT the meeting of the directors OF
the Manhattan Elevated Railway Com
n pany in New York on the 18th, George
Gould was elected president The posi-
i ton of vice president and director was
Q left vacant. A quarterly dividend OF y
II per cent was declared payable Janu
u ary3.
:, AT Phenixville, Pa, n 10 per cent
!. reduction has been ordered by th'
d Phoenix Iron Company in all the mill
| and shops Of the plant except the pud
y ding mill, where wages have been re
r duced from S3.25 to s3 per ton. Th
o. reduction is to take effect December q
I'd Common laborers will hereafter receiv
y y 95 cents instead OF 1.02 per day. Th
ne reason given Is depression in business
II AT Alpena, Mich, on the 10th Az
" rust Grossman was found guilty {
~ ~ murder in the first degree in havin
caused the death of Albert Molitol
on The Jury was out seven hours Molito
by was murdered eighteen years ago, bu
ns the case was dropped until recently
IN. when William Repke, the leader OF u
i'm conspiracy, confessed and implicate
lat about dozen others.
~ AT Wellington, o., on the 10th Re
,pe John Arnold was arrested on the chars
oh Of having murdered his wife, by sta
Or. bing her in the throat with pen knit
~, 'ss BUSINESS failures during the sevt
tin DAYS ended December 16, number for u
on United States 27o, Canada 25; total 80
ay as compared with 297 the previous we
e~ ~, and 2s5 for the corresponding week
,of last year.
ka- AT Chicago, on the 10th, state WI
ac- rants were sworn out for the arrest
~" the officers, judges starter and make
of books at the Hawthorne race trac
The complaint was made by promine
on citizens of Oak Park, suburb OF G
ur- cago.
in NELSON F. EVANS, who was convict
yas Of misapplying the funds of the Spri
&C Garden National bank, of which he
me a director, was sentenced at Philat
phia on the 10th by Judge Butler TO
the a fine Of $500 and serve five years In
de- penitentiary.
mt AT New Haven, Conn, on the l6tl
the fine Of s100, the extreme penalty OF
ncy law, was inflicted by Judge Pickett u
the James A. McCrea, Of Pittsburgh, ant
M. Wyrehause, Of St Paul, Mimi,
Bell Yale students who were charged v
liar breach Of the peace on Decembe
and They raised row in the opera no
per which caused the suit
AT Buffalo, N. Y, on the 10th
ON. electric station Of the General Elec
sss. Company was gutted by fire and \
ions of the valuable machinery was ruiz
, It's The fire was cause by electricity.
,inp about $4,000; fully covered by in
As ance.
THE annual dinner of the New
ting gland Tariff Reform League was
hoI5 at the American House, Boston, on
-os,. 10th. President Henry L. Pierce
al. presidinp officer. The speakers
~ Hon. Charles S. Fairchild, secretar
sbe the treasury under Cleveland,
man Harvey M. Shepard, Josiah Quincy
here william b. Rice.
anna A FURTHER advance Of five cent
gallon on the price OF spirits wa
lifts dered by the whisky trust to tax
|, tbe feet December Is. 1t is anticipated
und. the price win be sent up to sLb
oiler gallon.
THE Michigan grangers, who
the been holding convention at Lam
the adopted resolutions protesting ag
hero the free coinage of either gold or s
.ance WALTER GuRSEA, Chicago po
the fee clerk, was arrested on tne lo'
stealing letters from unbroken
the ages. When arrested he had In hi
To session drafts, checks, railroad tx
ears jewelry, money orders, postal
ce nj etc One draft was for sf1, 900. HI
h.t,, thai art NJ rifiinp lettf