The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-05-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters.
DOM MEsTIc.

the mother so years of age.
The private banking firm Of Beattie
a Beattie failed at Chicago on the 10th
as the result of the suspension OF the
Chemical National bank. Assets, 80, 1000;
liabilities, $4,000.
NEAR Lexington, Mich, on the night
Of the 9th, while a party Of six young
men were out on the lake spearing fish,
their boat capsized and Jacob Frank
and Edward Nader were drowned.
Their companions were rescued.
AT North Galveston, Ind, on the 9th
the residence of j. j. jackson, among
others, was destroyed by fire and the
entire family, consisting Of himself,
wife, two sons and daughter, per-
ished in the flames. Several other per-
sons were badly burned. Many fami-
lies lost their entire earthly possessions
and made their escape clad only in their
night clothes.
THE boilers in the electric light plant
at La Junta, Col, exploded on the 10th,
destroying the building, wreclsing a
planning mill and killing the engineer,
Charles shepherd Loss about $40, 900.
THE British squadron which recently
participated in the great naval parade
steamed out of New York bay on the
10th and proceeded to sea, headed by
the armored cruiser Blake.
WILLIAM Il. MORGAN, millionaire
banker and real estate dealer, commit
ted suicide at San Francisco, Cal, on
the 9th. He was 35 years old and had
been married only few days. Finan-
cial difficulty was the motive for the
deed.
AT Chicago, on the 10th, Gus Thomas
ton, Cornelius Wagner and Andrew OF
sin stepped from behind freight train
directly in front of switch engine
which was running in an opposite d.
rection and concealed from their view,
and were instantly killed.
The dispute between the Indiana
bituminous miners and operators was
ended on the 10th and work was re-
sumed. The men agreed to accept last
years scale, seventy cents per ton, on
condition that the wages of the day
men be increased from s1.90 TO s2.
THE Michigan crop report for May
indicates a very discouraging condi-
ton of the wheat crop. 1t is estimated
that at least per cent of the acreage
will be plowed up because winter
killed or otherwise destroyed.
COLLECTOR LoTAN, at Portland, Ore,
telegraphed Secretary Carlisle on the
11th that the Danube had cleared for
China with 400 Chinese on board who
had. been refused a landing in the
United States
REPORTS from thirty of the sixty
three internal revenue districts giving
the number Of Chinese who have regis
tered, have beenreceived at the treasury
department. The reports show that
3,04S Chinese have complied with the
law.
MATTHEW o'BRIEN was burned to
death and William Whalen so badly
burned that he will probably die, by
fire which destroyed the boarding house
of Mrs. Graham, at New Rochelle, N.
Y, on the 11th.
AT Easton, Pa, on the 18th, a suit in
replevin, involving $4,000 worth of
binder twine was begun by Jering &
Co., the Chicago manufacturers of now
ers and reapers, against Rinek Sons
The suit grows out of the National Cord
age Company's failure.
AT New York City a syndicate has
.1 ta1 -
900 for the construction and equip.
ment Of line between Niagara Falls
and Albany, N. Y, for the transmission
of electric power generated by the Nj
agara Falls Power Company with the
waters of the Niagara river.
AT Spring Lake, Mich, on the 18th
FIRE destroyed the Baptist and Metho-
dist churches, an engine house, aschool
house, together with about fifty other
houses, rendering eighty families home
less. Loss, about $50, 900; insurance not
known.
THE steamship Lain, from Bremen,
arrived at New York on the 18th, hav-
ing on board four cases Of smallpox
among the steerage passengers.
The train house and power house of
the Grand View Beach electric road, at
Rochester, N. Y, burned on the 18th,
causing loss of ESQ, 900.
r. II. RoBsoN & Co., bankers and
brokers of Wilmington, Del, failed on
the 1lth. Liabilities $500, 1000; assets,
100000.
BUSINESS failures during the seven
days ended May 10 numbered for the
United States 2o7, and for Canada 2S, a
total Of $50, as compared with 943 the
previous week For the corresponding
week Of last year the figures were l76.
AT oswego, N. Y, on the 18th Will
liam Scully and Thomas Lavere, 8.
year-old boys, entered the barn at the
formers home and locked the door. II
is supposed they started bonfire, as
the barn was soon on fire. Both per
ished before they could be released.
AT Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the 11th As.
signee w. II. Stodart, OF the defunot
banking house of Z. v. Rockafellow,
filed his first partial account with the
court. Four per cent Of the $500, 900 re-
ported by the depositors will be paid.
AT Cincinnati, o., on the 18th, Judge
Sage decided,in favor Of the plaintiffs
the suit for ejectment OF property hold.
ers in Fayette county in Washington c.
H., where they laid claim 10 over 800
acres Of land. The property involved
is valued at many millions Of dollars.
The big furnishing house Of Frank A.
Lappen & Co., and the Lappen Furni-
ture Company. at Milwaukee, Wis,
were seized by the sheriff ON the 18th.
Judgments were entered by the Wis
consin National bank for ~, 900 and by
Landaur q Co. for 10000 The Plank.