The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-09-28

and the engine and sixteen cars wen
down steep embankment Three un
known immigrants were killed.
The sheriff's deputies levied upon thu
personal property of the metropolitan
opera house at New York City on The
22d to satisfy claim for s1O9, 9,s1s, made
by Earl " Clinton Potts, for which
amount he obtained Judgment
AT Clayton, Del, on the 22d the boil
ers in Carson's factory exploded, injur
ing three persons, blowing off the roo
of the building and sending the boiler
eight feet into the air.
THIRTY cases Of typhoid fever were
reported among the non-union millmen
at Homestead, Pa, on the 22d. One
death, that of q man named Taylor,
had resulted from the disease.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 22d the
grand jury found true bills against
Lieut. Col J. B. r Streator. Col A. L.
Hawkins and Assistant Surgeon Will
lam Simpson Grim, of the Tenth regi-
ment, national guards of Pennsylvania,
charged with aggravated assault and
battery in connection will the case OF
William L. Iams
JUDGE ALFRED B. BEERS, John M.
Hawley and David F. Read, of Bridge
port, Conn.,, will shortly institute civil
suits for damages against the Ham
burg-American Packet Company due to
their detention and the exposure and
privations to which they were subjected
on the memorable trip of the Nor
MAMMA. They will claim $40, 200 each.
FOREST fires in the vicinity of New
castle, Col, have devastated thousands
of acres of valuable timber. The latest
estimate places the loss at over $780,
900 and the fires are still raging.
HAROLD BEcKwITH committed suicide
at his home in Cass City, Mich, on the
Esd by drowning himselfin bath-tub.
The act was the result OF dissipation.
BeclSwith was the only heir to his
fathers estate, said to amount to 81 ,OOO,-
900.
The little whaling steamer Kite,
with Lieut. Peary's exploring party and
the Peary relief party on board, reached
Philadelphia on the esd. Both expedi-
tions were eminently successful, max
ing favorable passages, without sick
ness or storm of any kind.
DURING service In Jewish synagogue
in New York City on the esd some dra-
peries caught fire from candle and an
alarm was raised. A panic ensued
among the four hundred people present
and mad rush was made for the doors
Four women were tranpled to death
and a number severely injured in at
tempting to escape from the building.
The fire was speedily extinguished with
little damage.
j. II. WIcKs, millionaire Of New
York City, and president of the Wicks
Refrigerator Company Of Rochester, N.
Y, fell out Of the second-story window
of house Of Ill repute at Detroit,
Mich, on the esd and was instantly
killed. It is supposed he was intoxi-
Gated.
SECRETARY OF STATE FOSTER has been
informed by United States Minister
Pacheco 10 Guatemala that the govern
ment Of Guatemala has issued decree
closing absolutely from date (Septem-
Der 22) all Atlantic ports Of that country
rs quarantine against cholera
THE life underwriters national con-
vention at New York City on the Esd
elected C. Z. Tillinghast, of Cleveland,
O., president; E. F. Plummer, Of Phila-
delphia, secretary, and w. Ratcliffe,
treasurer. The convention adjourned
TO meet in Cleveland next September.
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, on the ESD, Fred
Primer, one OF the Pinkerton detectives
accused Of aggressive riot and conspir-
scy by Burgess McLuclxie, Of Home
stead, In connection with the Carnegie
officials, signed his bail bond for trial
at court The other detectives have not
yet been arrested, nor have they sur
rendered.
AT Aspen, Col, on the Esd, John Pow
ell, superintendent OF the Veteran mine,
was instantly killed, and his wife badly
injured, by an explosion Of powder
which had been placed near the house
opposite the sleeping apartment OF the
couple.
THE safe In the postoffice at Weiser,
Idaho, was blown open on the night Of
the 22d, by some unknown parties and
s7O0 In money and about 81, 200 In de-
posit certificates stolen.
AT Grand Rapids, Mich, on the esd,
the Fifth district republicans renomi-
mated Capt. Charles Il. Bellnap for con-
gress by acclamatlon.
NEAR Rich Hill, Mo-, on the night OF
the o2d a passenger train on the Joplin
branch Of the Missouri Pacific railway
was wrecked and Frank Deforest, OF st.
Louis, an air brake inspector Of the
Missouri Pacific, was killed and several
others were injured.
Two brothers named Garfield and Lee
Van Arnum, aged II and Is, went TO
visit relative near Watertown, N. Y,
on the esd, and on the way the younger
brother accidentally shot the other
with revolver. The wounded brother
seized the pistol and shot the other.
Both boys then jumped into river and
were drowned. They left a note de-
scribing their action.
BUSINESS failures during the week
ended September 23 numbered for the
United States 1888 and for Canada 2S, a
total Of 2ll, as compared with 1872 tho
previous week and 244 for the corre-
spending week Of last year.
AT Cedar Rapids Ia, on the 23d the
train dispatchers announced their de-
termination TO join the striking opera