The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-11-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Gathered from All Quarters.
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that the province OF Quebec, Canada,
has revoked its discriminating stump
age dues on lumber exported from that
province. Accordingly lumber from
Canada, by the terms of our new tariff,
will come into the United States free.
AN overturned oil stove in the count
ing room of the Newburyport, Mass,
car shops set fire to the main building
of the plant on the 31st ult, The build
ing was soon destroyed and the five
storied wooden shoe shop Of Burley,
Stevens & Co. adjoining suffered like
fate. The Eagle house was also de-
stroyed.
BISHOPS and prominent churchmen Of
the Methodist Episcopal church from
all parts of the United States assembled
at Philadelphia on the lst, at the an
nual meeting Of the general committee
of the board of church extension. The
report of the board shows the total re-
ceipts for the year to have been $267, 1875.
AT Clinton, N. Y, on the 1st, Mrs.
Marilla Houghton Gallup died of apo
plexy She was recently elected for
the eighth time president Of the synod
ical committee of the Women's Board of
Home Missionaries for the Presbyterian
church. She was SO years old.
THE treasury statement issued on the
1st shows deficit for the month of Oc-
tober just passed of about S14, 900,
and for the fiscal year to date of $15,-
100000, as against S25,0OO,OOO for the
corresponding period last year.
The directors of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company at their meeting in
Philadelphia on the 1st declared Il semi
annual dividend of az per cent. cash.
JAMES COOLEY, United States pris-
oner awaiting trial for working pen
sion fraud, escaped from the county
jail at Columbus, o., on the night of
the 1st Cooley, with a lawyer named
c. c. Winter, operated gigantic swim
ding scheme, getting $4,000 of old war
bounties out of the treasures of Della
ware and Union counties, presenting
forged orders for them.
AT st. Louis, Mo-, on the 1st Samuel
Moore and jacob Warner were instant
ly killed and Joseph Enz fatally in
jured by falling from the seventh story
of building in course of erection. The
men were standing on scaffolding,
when plank spread and allowed them
to fall to the pavement, a distance Of
over 100 feet.
THE debt statement issued on the 1st
shows net increase in the public debt,
less cash in the treasury, during octo-
ber of S13,6SO, S59 Total cash In the
treasury, 1854, 4,54e,o11.
NEAR Kansas City, Mo-, on the night
of the 31st ult twenty boys celebrating
halloween halted in front Of Mr.. Hay
woods home at midnight. Haywood
raised a window and fired both barrels
of shotgun into the crowd. Five boys
were dangerously wounded.
The report of Capt Robert R. Ste
vens, superintendent ofthe Hot Springs
(Ark.) reservation improvement, was
made to the secretary of the interior on
the 1st He says the cost Of the entire
work when completed will exceed $780,
600, and will make this health resort
one of the finest in the United States.
JOSEPH RosINsKI was arrested ut
Pittsburg, Pa, on the 1st and held in
$4,000 bail on the charge of conspiracy
to defraud. Six months ago Rosinski
formed the Cooperative Association OF
Coke, Lumber and Coal Workers, of
Braxton county, W. Va He promised
each subscriber an acre Of land, lum-
Der for house, and steady employ
ment when $50 was paid in. He col
lected in this way about $40, 900.
CONDUCTOR A. SANDERS, of the st.
Paul & Kansas City railroad, was fatal
ly shot on the night of the 1st while in
charge of freight train pulling out Of
Chicago and was robbed of 800 and a
watch.
IT cost S2,899, 502 to feed the army
during the fiscal year ended June 30,
1894, according to the annual report
just made to the secretary of war by
Brig. Gen. John P. Hawkins. The other
expenses of the commissary depart
ment bring the total amount expended
during the year up to S2,627,17O.
THOMAS NJ. LATIMER, dry goods deal
er, Allegheny, Pa, on the ed confessed
judgments aggregating $685. 900. Execu
tions were issued and the property was
placed in the hands of the sheriff. Mr.
Latimer attributed his embarrassment
principally to shrinkage in values.
AT Omaha, Neb, on the I'd fire
with a loss of 100000, fully covered by
insurance, wiped out the beef killing
and several other departments of the
Hammond Packing Company's plant
and resulted in the death of two fire
men, John Steele and Henry Peters.
On the night of the lst the post Office
at Perth Amboy, N. j., was robbed O.
S1,7O0 in stamps and S400 in money
The safe was blown open and complete
ly wrecked.
NEAR Tuscola, ILL.,, on the night O
the 1st while Joseph Harper was as
cending the stairway leading from hi;
cellar with large butcher knife in hi
hand, he accidentally fell with tn,
blade toward him. The keen edg,
penetrated his left side and entered hi
heart and he died almost instantly il
the presence of his wife.
AT Buffalo, N. Y, on the I'd, William
Gipp, 20 years old, suddenly became in
sane and shot his father dead and ia
tally wounded his mother, The matri
eide fed and has not been captured.
On the I'd six men were frightfully in
jured by the fall OF scaffold in tn
Erie railroad train shed at Jersey City
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