The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-04-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters.
DOMESTIC.

natl to Gallipolis, POS miles, In seven
teen hours and fifty minutes.
BY the fall Of a scaffold at West Su-
perior Wis, on the 4th five carpenters
were precipitated sixty feet to the
ground. All were terribly injured,
two Of them probably fatally.
AT Lafayette, Ind, on the 5th, the
jury in the case OF bartholomew j.
Murphy, charged with conspiracy to
kill ex-priest George p Rudolph, re-
turned verdict finding Murphy guilty |
and sentencing him to two years in the
penitentinry and to pay fine OF 81, OOO
AT Denver, Col, on the 9Th, Antoine
Woode, the l1-year-old boy murderer,
who killed Joe Smith for his watch and
gun, was sentenced to twenty-fveyears
in the peuitcntiary at hard labor.
REPRESENTATIVES, of the various state
boards of health held a meeting at New
York on the 5th to consider the equip
ment and efficiency of the various sea-
board quarantine stations and their
ability to cope with the cholera in case
of an epidemic this summer.
THE president sent the following
nominations to the senate on the 9th:
James +. Ewing, of Illinois, to be en-
voy extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentary to Belgium; Thomas f. Crit
tenden, of Missouri, to be consul gener-
al at the City of Mexico
THE College Hill sanitarium, near
Cincinnati, O., burned TO the ground on
the 9th. Loss about 100000; insurance
500, There were 200 inmates in
the building, all of whom were rescued.
The origin of the fire is mystery
THE plant OF the East Lebanon pa
Iron Company was destroyed by fire on
the 4th. Loss $4,000; insurance sS7,-
900.
THE trunk line executive committee
met at New York on the 5th to consider
rail and lake rates to the west 1t was
decided TO make the rates the same as
last year. They will, therefore, be on
the basis Of "a cents frst-class from
New York TO Chicago and Sill from
New York to St Paul, Minneapolis and
other northwestern points.
A cABLEGRAM was received at New
York from Italy on the 9TH stating that
at a meeting of the largest exporters OF
Mediterranean fruits held at Palermo,
II was unanimously decided not to ship
fruits this season on steamers carrying
immigrants.
THE bonded warehouse OF the Allen
Bradley Distillery Company, East
Louisville, KY, together with $4,000
barrels of whisky, was destroyed by
fire on the 5th The whisky was val
ued at 5000, 900 and was owned by over
900 different persons The warehouse
was valued at $50, 900. All the property
was we'll insured.
ALMOST the entire business portion OF
Anson, Tex, was destroyed by fire on
the night Of the 9TH. Out OF twenty
three business. houses in the town, nine
teen were totally destroyed. Loss $751;
900; partially insured
JOE DUNFEE, whose blow In the re-
cent fight with Dan Donovan, at Maple
Bay, N. Y, knocked the latter insensi
BILE and caused his death, was arraigned
at Syracuse on the 9th, charged with
manslaughter in the first degree.
AT New York City on the 9th Mrs
Frances Eddy committed suicide by
taking a dose OF carbolic acid. Hei
7-year-old daughter was with her at thu
time and the mother forced the child L
take some OF the dose also. The mothel
died and the child was not expected II
live.
AT Chicago on the 9th Harry Flamyn
a staff worker on the dome OF the agri
cultural building, was killed by fal
Of 1s0 feet, striking on his head.
THE bill providing for submission u
vote OF the question Of the consolida
ton Of Brooklyn and New York Cit.
has been practically killed in the New
York senate.
THE fire losses OF the United State
and Canada for the month Of March ar
estimated 10 aggregate SIC, ,0O2, $50.
AT Columbus, o., on the 7th Attorne
General Richards rendered an opinion
that insurance against burglary is au
thorized by Ohio laws This include
the proposition that burglary is an aC
cident
The contest over the will OF Mrs JC
sephine Barnaby came TO an end a
Providence, r l., on the 7th. The prot
ecution Of the charge OF murder agains
the executor. DIR. Graves, will b
dropped
FoUR distillery warehouses at Owen
boro KY, were totally destroyed b
fire on the 7th. The buildings containe
1887 barrels OF whisky and there wer
400 barrels on which the tax had bee
paid.
AT Chicago on the 7th during III
progress Of wind storm, a large stru,
ture adjoining the exposition ground
known as the Panorama building. wa
completely wrecked
BUSINESS failures during the seve
days ended April number for u
United States 1876, Canada 2s total 30
rs compared with 1914 the previous wee
and POS for the corresponding week I
last year.
The monster Krupp gun was take
from the hold Of the steamship Loi
Ruiel at Baltimore, Nd, on the 7th m
loaded for shipment 10 the worlds fai
The effort Of raising the 124-ton mass
steel was accomplished without hitc
In thirty minutes The gun is fort.
seven feet long. ak feet six inches
diameter In its thickest part and has
lek inch bore
A cERrIFIcArx Of the increase Of u
capital stock Of the American Tel
phone and Telegraph Company fro
100000 70 100000 was aled at A