The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-04-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters.
DOMESTIC.

Islands, on February 10 last. The first
and second mate and nine men were lost.
AT Chicago on the night of the 18th
Mrs. Jansen left her three small chill
dren alone in the house while she went
to a store. In her absence the house
caught fire and the children were
burned to death.
AT Toledo, o., on the 18th, the Ann
Arbor Railroad Company filed suit
for s3OO,OOO damages against p. NJ. Ar
thur and L. p, Sargent, the respective
leaders of the engineers and firemen's
brotherhoods.
THE New York court of appeals on
the 18th rendered decision declaring
the apportionment for assembly in
Kings county (Brooklyn) to be unconsti-
tutional, because the districts had been
arranged unfairly-one having $4,000
inhabitants, while another has five
times as many.
AT Chicago, on the 12th application
was made for receiver for the Illinois
Type Foundry Company, capitalized for
100000. The liabilities of the concern
amounted to s37,0
ADvIcEs from London are to the effect
that the Irish emigration TO America
for the week ended April s increased
55S as compared with the previous
week. One thousand four hundred and
sixty-eight persons left Munster alone.
The town of Jacksonville, Coahama
county, Miss, was almost annihilated
by cyclone on the 18th. Only two
houses are left standing. Several
people were buried in the ruins.
The prices Of rubber overshoes will
soon be advanced at least 25 per cent.
by retail dealers TO meet the schedule
of the United States Rubber Company,
which controls nineteen-twentieths Of
the output of these goods in this country.
The treasury department was advised
on the 18th that 657 Cinnamon had ar
rived at Victoria, b. c., on the steamer
Empress of Japan, direct from China
ports. These Chinese were all destined
for the United States.
EUGENE KELLEY, treasurer of the Ma
tional Federation of America, sub
scribes 81 900 TO the home rule fund and
has cabled $4,000 TO Hon. Justin Nc
Carthy, NJ. p, for the use of the Irish
parliamentary party.
AT Buffalo, N. Y, on the 18th the A.
s. Holmes oil refinery, covering twelve
acres of ground, was destroyed by fire,
together with twenty freight cars and
a train Of oil cars sidetracked near the
works. Thirty thousand barrels of oil
stored in the works were also burned.
AT Pottsville, Pa, ON the night OF
the 18th Lafayette Billig, an'insurance
agent, was attacked by four Hungarian
highwaymen. Mr.. Billig's assailants
knocked him down, but he struggled
TO his feet and drawing a revolver, shot
one of the men in the breast. Billig
then succeeded in making his escape.
James S. Brown, treasurer Of Bathol-
omew county, Ind, has created n SEN
sation among many wealthy citizens of
that county, by searching
the mortgage record and disclosing
over 100000 sequestered property and
adding it TO the county and city tax
Several of the parties have
been arrested and fined S75 each for
not giving his property for taxation.
AT Brooklyn, N. Y, on the 18th, in
an old tenantless building, internal
revenue officers captured one of the
largest and best equipped Illicit Sistil.
leries that has fallen into the hands OF
the government for years. The moon.
sinners escaped, leaving the apparatus
in full operation. About 5000 gallons
Of high wines in casks, an iron still OF
modern make, with a capacity Of 150
gallons, q copper worm, thirty empty
casks, 1000 gallons of mash sleeping in
a big tub and some more paraphernalia
were seized.
The treasury department has decided
10 accord TO exhibitors at the worlds |
fair the privilege Of gratituous exhibi,
tion Of their samples, catalogues, de
etc, so far as these may re.
late to the articles exhibited, such arti.
cles TO be admitted free.
On the 14th two policemen named
Fred Smith and Henry Tolcott, officers
n the employ Of the Milwaukee Rail.
-oad Company at Dubuque, Ia, were
shot dead by tramps. The officers went |
pto coach 10 arrest the tramps, who
lad taken up quarters there for the
light.
BUSINESS failures during the seven
lays ended April IL numbered for the
United States 1877 and for Canada 90, O |
.otal Of 200, as compared with 229 the
and 228 for the correspond.
ng week Of last year.
ACCORDING TO the bureau Of statistics
the total exports OF breadstuffs for
March were s13, 500, 900; for the CORE.
month Of 1892 they were s2S,.
$4,000, falling off for the month OF
70, ,206, 200.
AT indianapolis, Ind, on the 14th the
executive committee Of the Iron Mold.
RS international union and the Broth.
,rhood Of Machine Molders ended their
conference without result. The con.
erence was called TO adjust differences
between the two organizations and
fleet consolidation.
AT Diamond Lake, Mich, on the 18th
he West Michigan Lumber Company'H
ards were destroyed by fire. Seven
million feet Of lumber, half a million
'undles each Of shingles and lath and
en- freight cars were burned. Loss,
100000. The FIRE was caused by spark
rom an engine.
AT New York City on the 18th the
lothing cutters strike was settled ut
conference between the manufactur-
RS and Representatives of the strikers.
The Saxton anti-pool bill, forbiddinR