The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-08-17

place IOI nOluihB VAo
in. 1895.
MRS. ELIZA ROBERTS, of Battle Creek,
Mich, who was injured in the wreck
ON the Santa Fe road near Denver, COL,
on the 9th, died In the hospital in that
city on the 11th.
THE secretary Of state has directed
Hon. Clarke Carr, the United sta'es
minister to Denmark, to proceeh ~
once to Copenhagen and resume charge
of affairs there, In view OF the arrest OF
Henry b. Ryder, the United states con-
sui at that place.
THOMAS CONNER and Elmer thinner,
accused Of assaulting John heams'
non-union workman at Carnegies
Eiphtv-third street mill, recently, were
held under $500 bail each for court az
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 11th. ban was
furnished and the men released.
THE strike Of the planning mill men az
st. Louis, Mo-, which has been on ior
several weeks, was declared on on 'no
nth and the men are now seeking their
old places. The trouble arose over
demand for shorter hours with no oe-
crease in pay. NJ
THE new United States cruiser NO.
II, was launched ut Boston, Mass On
the 18th, and christened "Maroleheau
Her principal dimensions are: LengUn'
oT feet: extreme breadth, 81 feet; oeptn
of hold. 10 feet; draft Of water, IA 1eet
9 inches; displacement in tons 10 loau
water line, 1900; indicated horse power,
5,4OO; maximum speed per hour 10
knots in smooth water.
Ir was announced at Washington on
the nth that Minister Egan has den-
nitelv agreed with the Chilean govern
ment upon a convention for the se'tie-
ment of all unadjusted claims OF clt-
zens of the United States against Ohiie
by means of claims commission 10
meet in Washington. No general
claims convention has ever before been
agreed on with Chile, although claims
of American citizens date back Tor
more than half q century.
AT Greenville, Pa, on the night OF the
10th William s Goucher committed
suicide by hanging himself in his barn.
He was about 70 years OF age.
The first bale of the new crop OF
South Carolina cotton was received at
Charleston on the 18th. 1t came IRON.
Barnwcll county and weighed Az
mounds. It Is four days later than the
= first bale Of last years crop.
. THE conference between the western
= Flint Glass association and the worker'
: adjourned on the 12th after agreeing
ON the scale, which is practically the
! same as last year, the only additions
being In certain new lines OF prescrip
l. ton bottles.
4 A COLLISION between passenger
II train and freight occurred on the BIZ
h Four road on the 11th near Sidney, o.
/. Both engines were demolished. Engin
h eer Lem, Of the passenger train wa
n seriously hurt, and fireman finglini
was killed.
n THE switchmen on the Erie, Lehigl
It Valley and the Buffalo Creek roads a
le Buffalo, N. Y, struck at midnight O.
n the 18th for ten hours day and an II
n crease in wages.
ID HENRY MCGEE, colored, was hange
1t at Houston, Tex, on the 18th, for IN
d murder Of police officer James Benn, o
IN the night Of March IA, 1891.
e. BUSINESS failures during the seve
d. days ended August 12 number for u
United Statesol69, Canada 20, total lS
he as compared with 1874 the week previo'
IL and 227 for the corresponding week Ia
er year. -.
ye AT Fall River, Mass, on the l2t
i'd Lizzie A. Borden was arraigned befo
IS Judge ]. C. Blaisdell on charges OF hor
eide arising from the killing OF her I
an ther and step-mother. She pleaded n
VS. guilty TO the charge,
on AT Jamaica, L. l., on the 12th, Fran
Is lin Square hotel was struck by mgr
80, ming and entirely destroyed by nj
ne Loss So, 900.
GEN. WILLIAM P. TRowBRIDaE, pi
hn fessor of mining engineering In Colu
led bia college, died at his home In NJ
,ut Haven. Conn, on the 18th, aged
Ter wears. His death was very sudden q
an ia attributed to heart failure.
OTIS AT Chicago on the 18th an engine
the Rock Island road was thrown frt
IN the track by q misplaced switch a
use crashed into q passenger train. 1
on engineer OF the locomotive and thl
Ivy other employees were severely in)ur
lir, MANY passengers on the train vi
nto slightly injured.
led JAMES DoBsoY, who brutally m
dered his mistress, Nancy Ables, at
sti. wallis Bluff, on October 2, 1890, v
by hanged at Little Rock, Ark, on the II
100 A DAUGHTER Of the great Indian ch
nv Sitting Bull, and Peter Markle, form
nk. ly OF the United States army, were m
the ried at Rondout, N. Y, on the 18th
has the residence OF william Van Braeu
,rts Markle, II Is said, served with Gus
ton and II is reported that his bride o
saved his life when attacked by India
the AT Monument Beach, Mass, on
on 12th, a cottage occupied by Geo
oed Alden. n Brockton shoe manufactu
n 4 was struck by lightning and \
nd's Alden, aged 2s, was instantly xii
rtar In an adjoining cottage the bolt W
len, through the tower and killed the c'
and who was cutting wood In the cellar.
AT Washington, d. c., on the
on the Hotel Stratford, new skis
Ira building at the corner of FouTtee
ant and II streets, was badly damaged
bile FIRE. Loss on furniture and fixture
seal estimated at about $4,000; insured
bis s14, 900. Loss on building about s2o
tera fully covered by insurance.
TIrr Rve-story grain elevator OF 7