The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-11-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters.
DOM MEsTIc.

year is 241 against 174 last year, and
that the number of institutions furnish
ing students this year is 113 against II
last
DURING the month OF October there
were only 4,69l steerage passengers
landed at New York, the lowest number
since 1877. In the same month in 1891
there were 30,
JAMES II. CARLETON, one OF the
wealthy citizens of Haverhill, Mass,
has purchased portion Of the Whittier
homestead, and will present 1t to the
city of Haverhill with such conditions
as will cause it TO remain memorial OF
John Greenleaf Whittier forever.
M. c. CURTIs, formerly assistant
cashier of the American National bank
at Kansas City,, Mo-, charged with
having embezzled funds before the re-
organization of that institution, Is miss
ing, and his bond for $4,000 given for
his appearance for preliminary trial
has been forfeited
REGARDING the published statement
that he would on Thanksgiving day
pardon Oscar Neebe, the Haymarket
Anarchist Gov. Fifer says he will not
interfere at all as long rs the presiding
judge and prosecuting attorney refuse
to sign the petition for the pardon.
THE Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany has issued orders which will result
in the employment of at least 1000 more
L.. la, Of a
pany and add over 500, 1000 per month
to the salary list in providing new
equipment
HENRY Kaufman got on a Pitts
burgh, Ft Wayne & Chicago train at
Delphos, o., on the 10th and with n
loaded revolver completely terrorized,
the passengers and trainmen. He was
finally arrested at Ft Wayne, Ind,
after desperate struggle.
AT Washington on the 10th Superin-
tendent of Census Robert p. Porter dis
charged Ivan Petroff, the special agent
who prepared the reports OF Alaska for
the tenth an eleventh censuses, and
Secretary Noble signifed his approval
Of the action
AT Portsmouth, n. H., on the night
Of the 18th, Police Officer Hennessey
was set upon by four United States ma
rines while attempting to arrest one of
them. During the melee he had his
nose broken and received serious in
juries about the head, leaving him in a
critical condition. Two of his assailants
were arrested.
AT Chicago, Ill, on the 10th Special
Treasury Agent Stone reported favor
ably the matter Of the applications of
Moy Tong Chui and Hong Quoy for re-
admission to the United States after an
absence Of two years in China They
are Chicago merchants and at present
are detained at Gretna, Man, pending
the decision of the United States au-
thorities.
Two masked men entered the bank of
Woodstock (Minn.) on the 18th, de-
manding Of Cashier Perry and Assistant
Craig that they open the vault One
took Perry In charge while the other
forced Craig TO enter the vault The
robber then helped himself TO whatever
he wanted. The burglars escaped with
1000.
The establishment OF the Koch &
Loeber company, jobbers in willow ware
and paper, at Milwaukee, Wis, was de-
stroyed by fire on the night Of the 10Th.
Loss on stock s1O0, 900 and on the build
ing $4,000. Fully covered by insurance.
AT Lockport, N. Y, on the nth, s. N.
Wood, OF Brooklyn, N. Y, committed
suicide by stepping in front Of a passen-
ger train, which ran him down. He
was son Of the late Judge Woods, of
Loclsport, and highly connected.
NEAR Wheeling, w. Va, on the 10th,
T. ]. Wendell and Henry Buch, ex-
pressmen, we're driving on the road
when their horses became frightened
and threw the wagon over cliff twenty
feet high. Both horses were killed and
Wendell and Buch fatally injured
S. @. JOHNSON, engineer; S. Buck, fire.
man, and an unknown brakeman were
fatally injured in a freight wreck at
Allegrippus, Pa, on the night OF the
10th.
THE twenty-fourth annual session Of
the Society Of the Army Of tho Tennes-
see, convened at St Louis, Mo-, on the
10th, Gen. G. NJ. Dodge presided and
$50 members were present, among them
Gen. John NJ. Schofeld commanding
the United States army, and other dis.
tinguished officers
A DISPATCH from Durham. Washing
ton county, Ark, says that that town
was completely destroyed by cyclone
on the nth. But one house was left
standing. No lives were lost, but the
damage to property in that section is
great
SPECIAL MASTER IN CHANcERY SIMMs,
appointed TO Investigate the books of
ex-State Treasurer Woodruff, OF Arkan-
sas, has reported an additional shortage
in his accou Is Of S43,5s7. This makes
the total shortage 100000.
AT meeting of the Western Flint
Bottle Manufacturers association in
Pittsburgh on the 18th, at which 90 per
cent Of the capacity In the western
district was represented, II was unani-
mously agreed to withdraw all prices
and shut down the factories for two
weeks between December 1b and Feb
ruary 1, To be selected by the members
TIE Calumet & Hecla Mining Com
pany has declared dividend Of S5 per
share payable December 10. This
makes $1,000 600 paid and declared this
year, and sss,s5O, 900 TO date.
S. " wmTE, OF New York, has com
menced TO pay off his Chicago indebted
ness in full His western creditors con.
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