The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-04-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters.
DOMESTIC.

house. Church, Kerr & Co, in which he
upholds the Edison patents The suit
was brought to decide the question
whether the device used by the Trenton
Electric Light Company for the dis
tribution Of the electric current was an
infringement Of the Edison patent and
the court decides that 1t Is Millions Of
dollars are involved in these rights
throughout the United States
K l. LATnIER, the escaped convict
who murdered his keeper, was captured
at Jerome, Mich, on the 2sth ult and
returned to the penitentiary at Jackson.
Both the eastern and western coal
sales agents held meetings at New York
City on the Goth ult The chief topic
under consideration by the eastern sales
men was the price Of coal and twas de-
cided to make no change at present
AT St Petersburg it is stated in an
official report that on an average one
hundred and fifty new cases of cholera
and fifty deaths from that disease are
reported every week in the government
Of Poledia.
AT Buffalo N. Y, on the 29th ult,
Charles Tones, local manager for the
American Preserving Company, disap-
peared, leaving letter that he Is de-
faulter. The amount OF his shortage is
somewhere between $40, 200 and $50, 900.
JOSEPH TAvENoR 90 years old, ma
tive Of Staffordshire, England, died at
Railway, n. j., on the Goth ult He
was more than six feet in height and
weighed 52G pounds
AT New York City on the 2Sth ult,
eleven deaths from grip were recorded
at the office Of the health board The
total number of deaths registered up TO
noon was POI, against 112 recorded the
previous day.
AT Meadyille, Pa, on the 80th ult,
the assignees Of Delamater & Co, be-
gan paying creditors Of that firm and
Of the individual members thereof, the
auditors report making distribution
having been confirmed by the court and
no exceptions taken. There are nearly
1,200 creditors and slO0, 797. 73 in all for
distribution.
AT Harrisburg, Pa, on the S0th ult
Gov. Pattison signed the pardons Of
Abe Buzzard, the Lancaster outlaw,
and James S DUNCAN, the cashier Of
the Bank Of America, of Philadelphia,
and one Of the wreckers Of that institu-
tion.
AT Chicago, on the 3Oth ult, Frank
Pendery was held TO the criminal court
by Justice Blume In bonds Of "A. 600 on
charge Of robbery and assault with
intent to kill When arraigned for trial
he calmly told of the various people he
had held up and robbed.
ARTICLES Of incorporation OF a type
writer company with a capital of s2O,-
0O0,000 have been filed in the Office of
the secretary Of state Of New Jersey.
Among the companies interested in the
trust are the Remington, Yost, Ham
mond, Caligraph and American.
At a meeting Of the stockholders of
the Edison Electric Illuminating Com
pany in New York on the 3Oth ult IL
was voted TO increase the capital stock
from 60, SOC. 900 to sl0, 900, 900.
PRAIRIE fires are raging in the vicin-
ity Of 0gallala, Neb. A strip Of country
twenty miles In extent is burned over.
The damage 10 houses and outbuildings
will amount 10 thousands OF dollars
The fires are the most destructive with
in the past four years
AT Oklahoma City, O. T., on the 31st
ult w. 7. Bradford, clerk Of Oklahoma
county, was arrested for appropriating
$1,000 belonging to the county.
BUSINESS failures during the seven
days ended March 81 numbered for the
United States 1885, Canada 2s, total 1914,
rs compared with 240 the previous week
and 2l0 for the corresponding week Of
last year.
AFTER being out forty-eight hours,
the jury in the case against William
Bergner charged with killing his
brother-in-law, James Young, came into
court at Pittsburgh on the 3lst ult. and
announced verdict which finds the
defendant not guilty. Thirty-one bal
lots were taken.
THE McKeesport (Pa.) Electric Light
Company's plant caught fire on the 31st
ult and was totally destroyed. Loss,
$4,000 The blaze was ignited by a
torch in the hands of an oiler coming
In contact with an oil barrel which ex-
ploded, scattering the fire in all direc-
tionR
THE brewery OF Philip Klein & Son,
at Philadelphia, was seized recently
by internal revenue officers, as a result
Of a discovery that an Illicit molasses
rum distillery Of 1,9O0 gallons capacity
was being conducted therein. The plant
Is valued at S75, 900 and the illegal dis
tillery is one Of the largest ever un-
earthed.
The Columbian stamped envelopes
were placed on sale at Washington on
the Slst ult The principal feature OF
the design Of the stamp impression Is
the spread eagle The denominations
correspond In color 10 those of the ad-
hesive stamps
THK original drafts Of the Declaration
Of Independence and the consu tuition
Of the United States will not be sent 20 |
the worlds fair. Secretary Gresham
has decided that the risk Is too great
and the precious old parchment win
not be exposed to the perils Of the jonr-
ney and the chances Of mishap while
on exhibition.
THE statement Il made that three
years ago Elliot r. Shepherd tried TO
effect 100000 insurance on his iifa
Three companies refused the risk be-
cause of alleged evidence Of BriRhts
dissass. while fourth company passed
him and issued q policy Of siOo, ooo