The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-05-10
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters,
DOM EsTIc.

sizing of an Arab dhow, in which the
natives were being conveyed south OF
Madagascar.
THE Toledo, Ann Arbor g. Northern
Michigan Railroad Company defaulted
on the interest Of its s per cent. bonds
due at New York on the 1st. There
are 50, 100, 900 Of these bonds outstand-
ing
ALL the charges recently made
against Buffalo IN. " city officials for
dereliction in duty in alleged illegal
dealing with the city contrary to the
charter, have been dismissed.
THE total gold in the country, as es-
timated by the treasury's official circu-
lation statement, aggregates s613, 3,000,-
900, of which S51S,0OO,0 900 is in circula-
ton.
THE Northwestern Fuel Company's
immense sheds at Milwaukee, Wis, col
lapsed ON the Sd, burying in the debris
seven worlkmen, all of whom were Sc
verely injured, but none fatally. The
damage to the company was estimated
at $4,000.
ABOUT two hundred pounds Of dyna-
mite exploded in the High Explosive
Company's magazine at Willow Grove,
Pa, on the Sd. Thomas Irwin, of Boil
var, N. Y, two cows and horse were
killed. The building was entirely de-
molished and large hole torn in the
ground.
NEAR Brazil, Ind, on the Sd while a
blacksmith named johnson was ham
mering piece Of red hot iron, piece
of the metal few into box containing
fifty sticks of dynamite. The black
smith and two other men were liter
ally torn to fragments.
AT Argentine, Kan, on the Sd, suit
was brought against the city by three
non-union mechanics, who were seri-
ously injured by union men during the
recent, Santa Fe strike. Each man
claims damages TO the amount ofS1O,-
900.
An Wolf Lake, Ind, on the cd, Theo-
philus Pendleton came home in an in
toxicated state and in a quarrel with
his wife he struck her on the head, kill
ing her instantly. The brute then
seized his infant child of months and
beat out its brains against the stove.
He then suicided by cutting his throat
AT Terre Haute, Ind, on the Sd, the
delegate convention of bituminous coal
miners, representing 5000 men in the
state, met and decided to insist on the
increase of five cents per ton which the
operators recently refused to grant.
AT Albany, N. Y, on the 4th, Gov.
Flower denied the application for elem
ency for Carlysle w. Harris and Harris
will be electrocuted during the week
beginning Mays s.
OK the 4th apiston head in the black
smith shop Of the Cincinnati Southern
railroad exploded at Chattanooga, Tenn.
The shop was totally wrecked and John
Quigley, white, and William Peak, col
ored, were instantly killed. Three
other men were hurt.
FIRE destroyed the business portion
of Bonne Terre, Mo-, on the 4th, entail
ing loss of S45, 900; partially insured.
THE National Normal University
Company, at Lebanon, o., made an as
Sgnment on the 4th for the benefit of
its creditors. Liabilities estimated at
from $4,000 TO $4,000 assets about
the same. The institution was widely
known as Holbrook's Normal school
and had been in existence about forty
years.
JOHN w. FoBNEY, jr., youngest son of
the late Col John w. Forney, founder
of the Philadelphia Pa.) Press, died at
his home in that city on the I'd, after a
protracted illness. Mr.. Forney was in
his 47th year.
Our of 10000 Chinese in California,
only about 1000 had registered ON the
4th in compliance with the Geary law,
which went into effect the following
day. Nearly all registrations were in
the interior, scarcely any Chinese hav-
ing registered in San Francisco.
FoRTY-Two houses were wrecked and
score of people injured by furious
tornado which swept over the town of
Oxford, n. c., on the 4th. The damage
to property is estimated at 100000. At
Gleyston, fourteen miles northeast OF
Oxford, ten people were seriously and
four fatally injured.
AT Denison, Tex, on the 9TH Peter
Haines, proprietor of the Gulf house,
asked an attorney at the hotel TO write
his will, which was done. Haines then
drew six-shooter and blew his brains
out. His blood saturated the legal docu-
ment until II was hardly readable.
AT Spokane, Wash, on the 5th Capt.
Ida Bennett, Of the Salvation Army,
was murdered by Daniel Hoslsins, be-
cause she refused TO leave the army
and marry him. Hoslins then killed
himself.
A TORNADO struck Wilmington, o., on
the 9Th, causing much damage. Every
church in town except the Presbyterian
was badly wrecked, as were also half a
dozen business houses and several dwell
Ings. Two or three persons were seri-
ously injured by falling timbers.
BUSINESS failures occurring during
the seven days ended May 5, numbered
for the United States 216 and for Cana
da 81, total Of 243, as compared with
2Ss the previous week and 200 for the
corresponding week Of last year.
SIX LAKES, a small village near Ed
more, Mich, was completely wiped out
by FIRE on the 4th, The flames started
in small building and destroyed the
principal part Of the town.
The case Of the Ohio Wesleyan uni-
yersity hazors at Delaware, O.,
which has attracted general attention