The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-08-14
EAST.

At New York City on the Tth the con-
vention of the Catholic Total Absti-
nence Union of America met in Column
bus hall. About 800 delegates were
present.
While temporarily insane Miss Eliza
beth Blaney Bird, well known in social
and musical circles, committed suicide
by shooting at Buffalo, N. y, on the
sth. She was very wealthy.
: Near Plymouth, N. H., on the Sth the
cannon ball express" train on the Bos-
ton & Maine road smashed into spe-
cial freight. Engineer FAank Stevens,
Fireman G.. S. Merrill and w. H. GlineS
were instantly killed. No passengers
were hurt. Fourteen new freight cars
were ruined, as were the locomotives.
While leaning out of window in the
second story of her home at Brooklyn,
n. Y, on the night of the 7th Sarah
jerks, aged 40, lost her balance and
fell to the ground, dying almost in
stantly. Mrs. jerks was the wife of
George c. jerks, an editor on the
Morning Journal and well-known
playwright.
On the Sth at Trenton, n. j., the jury
in the case of Col. John T.. Van Cleef,
ex-secretary of the state board of as
SCISSORS, who was indicted for obtaining
money from the state for maps under
false pretenses, brought in verdict of
mot guilty"
Charles Burgess, the murderer of
Farmer Charles Whitlock, was captured
at Oswego, n. y, ON the Sth, seven
miles from the scene of the murder.
Treasurer Cheney, Of the chamber
of commerce, Boston, has been found
short in his accounts to the extent of
S6,01S.79.
At New York City on the Sth the
middle section of the big, unfinished
eight story building on the corner of
West Third street and South Fifth ave-
nue., fell in. A number of workmen
were buried in the wreck, many of
whom are missing. John Burke, a
plasterer, and Charles Smith, an cleo
trician are known to be killed.
For the week ended August the
business failures in the United States
were 225, against 264 for the same
period last year, and 43 in Canada,
against "a last year.
BY reason of strike of twenty -four
metal carriers, the Monongahela blast
furnace at McKeesport, Pa, has shut
down. The men demanded an advance
of twenty cents and . per cent. ton
mage in wages per day. Five hundred
men are idle.
Business failures in the United States
for the month OF July show liabilities
amounting to S11, ,7SS.51O, of which
S2,549, ,O75 were of manufacturing and
Ss,2S5,1 ,17S of trading concerns.
At Boston on the 9th c. +. & G. w.
Eddy, grain and hay commission mer.
chants. assigned. They were among
the best known exporters in New En-.
gland.
On the Sth Judge Bellinger in the
United States court at Portland, Ore.
allowed the prayer of the Farmers
Loan and Trust Company against the
Oregon Railway e Navigation Com.
pany for foreclosure of Sl2,5OO,OO
mortgage, with interest,
On the morning ofthe 10Th while driv.
ing across the tracks of the PennSyl.
vania railroad at Philadelphia VIII
liam Hassoh, an employe of the custom
house, was struck by train and in
stantly killed. His brother Jerry anC
Edward Misliill were badly injured.
A Philadelphia on the 9th the will o,
the late Mrs. T. Dewitt Talmage, the
wife of the celebrated Brooklyn
preacher, was fled for probate. Sht
leaves Sl66, 900, of which $50 900 is real
and S186,OOO personal property. He
husband is sole legatee.