The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-11-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters.
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AT st. Joseph, Mo-, on the 10th
George Marlow, wealthy boot and
shoe dealer, drew up his will and then
went and paid upseveral life insurance
policies. He then locked himself up In
a room and blew the top OF his head
off with revolver. 1t is thought he
was temporarily insane. @ 1
FROST and ice formed in Brunswick,
Ca, and the surrounding country on
the 10th and the jubilant people ceae-
brated the event The last scenes OF
the Brunswick yellow fever epidemic
are closing fast and the town will soon
resume ITS business.
THE wages of the iron ore miners at
Minesite, Pa, have been reduced ten
cents per day. The miners now get
seventy cents for days work.
AT Memphis, Tenn, on the 10th,
Grace Episcopal church, owned by one
of the most fashionable congregations
in the city, was destroyed by fire. 5.
]. Gilbert, the organist, formerly OF
Buffalo, N. Y, was arrested charged
with applying the torch.
THE entire business portion OF Brook
lyn, Dane county, Wis. was destroyed
by fire on the 10Th. Loss, $z5, 900; small
insurance.
THE National Plate Glass association
has gone TO pieces Their last meet
ing was held at Pittsburgh on the 10th.
The association was formed for one
year, and the time for which IL was
formed hSving expired, owing to the
financial situation of the country and
the light demand fer plate glass and
foreign competition, the manufacture
ers decided not ~ continue the associa-
ton longer. Therefore its headquar-
ters in Pittsburgh will be closed on
and after this day. The association
had capita Of SlDO0O,OOO and was
one Of the strongest trusts in the coun-
try.
IRAS TATE, charged with the muir
der Of Russel Taslser and the poison
ing OF his own wife, was captured near
Uniontown, Pa, on the 18th. Tate's
criminal record is almost without
equal. In 1855 he killed Tasker and
surrendered TO the officers. While in
Jail lac was permitted to 20 with an
officer TO visit - sick sister. Tate
jumped through u window ana escaped.
After his escape it was charged that
he poisoned his wife in West Virginia.
AT Pittsburgh. Pa, on the 10th,
James Newton Hill, charged with the
murder OF Mrs- Roetzler in the Allie
gheny park last March, was found
guilty of murder in the first degree.
THE village Of Grand Ridge, Ill, was
visited by disastrous fire on the 18th.
The entire business district was de-
stroyed, with the exception of few
storca Loss, $50, 600, with $1,000 IN
surance. This is the third time the
town has been wiped out by fire.
THE general term of the supreme
court at New York City on the 18th re-
versed the decision Of the lower court
dismissing the action brought by VIII
liam X. Laidlaw TO recover $50, 900 dam
ages from Russell Sage for injuries re.
ceived by Laidlaw during the dynamite
explosion in Sage's Office. A new trial
was ordered.
AT Hazleton, Pa, on the 18th for the
first time this season orders were issued
limiting the output of all collieries in
the Lehigh region TO four days week.
AT Jeffersonville, Ind, on the 18th,
Andrew Benninger and Edward Wood
ward, two prominent young men OF
that city, were arrested and Jailed
charged with burglary. Benninger
confessed TO the authorities implicat-
ing Woodward. They have heretofore
been regarded as model young men.
FIRE at owensboro, KY, on the night
of the 10th, destroyed the Chesapeake
& Ohio Southern depot, ten cars Of coal
two cars OF merchandise, two large 10
bacco warehouses, owned by Jay Hardy
and L. A. Jones, two residences and a
grocery store. Loss probably $3.50, 900.
On the 18th United States Marshal
Grant levied an attachment on the new
Brazilian warship I'll Cid, restraining
her from leaving New York until the
salaries Of the engineers and cooks were
paid.
T. p. GARDNER, the Parkhurst agent
who was convicted recently at New
York of an attempt TO commit extor-
tion and whose trial has attracted
widespread attention, was ordered re-
leased from custody on decision
handed down in the supreme court OF
that state on the 18th.
BUSINESS failures for the week ended
November II numbered 324 in the Uni.
ted States against 205 for the same
week last year, and SO in Canada
against 35 last year.
EDWARD HOGAN and Dominick Hogan
were on the 18th sentenced TO FIVE years
at hard labor at Marquette, Mich, for
train robbery.
THE appraiser OF Edwin Booths
estate, DIR. Van Schaick, has fled his
report, which gives the gross value OF
the estate left by the late Edwin
Booth at s602,6 ,675. After deducting for
debts, legacies, funeral expenses, etc,
the balance is s462, 1885.
SUPERINTENDENT KnmALI., OF the life
saving service, In his annual report
gives the following statistics relative
TO the service for the last fiscal year
for the Ninth district, comprising lakes
Ontario and Erie: Number Of disas-
ters, 20; value Of vessels involved, s72s,-
1870; value of cargoes, toS,7O5; number
Of persons aboard, 43o; number lost, g;
number shipwrecked persons succored
Mt stations, 80; value Of property saved,