The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-09-06
DOM MESTIC.

THE official count Of the cash in the
United States treasury, which began
May 81 last, has been completed. The
total weight Of the coin counted was
about 5000 tons. In counting and
Weighing this vast sum not one cent
tvas found missing.
ABOUT ten thousand people, all tra-
cling their ancestry 10 somnon root,
assembled at Peapack, N. j., on the
3Oth ult. The occasion was the annual
reunion of the descendants of John
Smith.
THERE is every indication that def
cit in the United States treasury of
$50, 900, 600 will exist at the end Of the
fiscal year June 80, 1894, unless meas
ures are taken to avert it.
THE proposed north and south rail
road, extending from the Dakotas to
the Gulf of Mexico, was chartered at
Topeka, Kan, on the 31st nit, under
the name Of "The Dakota, Wichita 6
Gulf Railroad Company" with capi-
tai stock of SIS, ZOO, 900.
bECAUbE VI bne UTILITIES VI bhc piB
iron market the twin furnaces of the
Ashland (Ky.) Coal and Iron Company
have shut down after an almost un-
broken run of twenty-five years.
EMMA GOLDMAN, who was to have
been star attraction at an Anarchist
gathering in Philadelphia on the S1st
ult, was arrested prior 10 her ap-
pearance on the charge of melting riot.
THE freight business Of the Jackson
vile & Southeastern line, running be-
tween Peoria, Ill, and ST. Louis, was
tied up by strikers on the 3ist ult, on
the ground that their wages have not
been paid since June.
THE strike among the longshoremen
at New York City ended on the 31st
ult The men relinquished the struggle
without gaining a point and applied
for work at the various piers at the re-
duced rates
A STATEMENT Of the condition Of the
American Tube and Iron Company
shows assets s2,624,s41 and liabilities
of 1886, ,s57, leaving net surplus Of
s1,247,asS .....
BUSINESS failures during the week
ended September numbered for the
United States 356 and for Canada 90, n
total Of 3s5, as compared with 17G for
the corresponding week of last year.
A FREIGHT train on the Gulf, Colo
RADIO & Santa Fe railroad was wrecked
on the 31st ult near Bernham, Tex.
Three men were killed and two fatally
injured.
THE public debt statement issued on
the 1st shows net increase in the pub
lie debt, less cash In the treasury dur
ing August, Of $40, 442, ,s9s.93. The in.
terest-bearing debt increased $4,000
the non-interest bearing debt decreased
s160, ,9Os, and the cash in the treasury
decreased SIC, sos, ,656.40.
THE coroners jury on the thirteen
victims OF the disaster on the Long
Island railroad at Berlin, N. Y, re
turned verdict on the 1st charging
Towerman Robert ]. Knott with Grim
inal negligence. The train crews are
exonerated. Knott was held without
bail.
FORECLOSURE proceedings against the
Toledo, Ann Arbor & Northern Michi.
gan Railroad Company were com.
menced on the LIST by the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company, Of New
York. The petition for foreclosure
claims that the Ann Arbor failed tc
pay it's interest on 100000 Of gen
eral bonds which fell due in July.
The national bank circulation In
creased during August s26, 1882, ,o54 anC
is now s19s, 1881.
JUDGMENT for go, $40 was entered OF
the LIST against the Equitable Manu-
featuring and Electric Company O
New York City, Of which Cornelius
Fellows is president, in favor Of Wen
dell Goodwin on IN assigned claim O
Eben r. Morse for money loaned.
FRANK BRUCE, alias MingA who is In
jail at Terre Hsute, Ind, for SAT,
blowing, has been positively identifies
rs the robber who held up Pollock. th,
New York diamond drummer. on IN.
Chicago, Burlington a Quincy trair
last fall and made on with diamond
worth $4,000