The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-05-01
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Judge Andrews. of the New York SUI
preme court. ON the 25th rendered de-
cision which will compel the executors
of the will of the late Jay Gould to pay
the taxes upon the assessment Of $10,-
100000 which was placed upon his per-
sonal property for the year 1898 for
taxation.
On the 25th John McCabe, 60 years
old, eX-chief of the New York City
fire department. committed suicide by
shooting himself in the right temple
with revolver.
Justus +. Temple, of Waynesburg,
Pa, at one time auditor general of that
state. is dead at Allegheny, Pa, aged
aged 50 years.
On the 95th the Methodist Episcopal
bishops of the United States convened
at Carlisle, Pa, for weeks session.
They will look over the various charges
in the United States, fix dates for hold
ing all the fall conferences and desig-
nate their presiding officers
A resolution has been adopted by
both houses of the New York legisla-
ture asking congress to invite Canada
to enter the Union.
The corporation counsel of New York
City ON the 25th decided that the fact
that Hetty Green, the richest woman
in America, is II nonresident of New
York City is established. Therefore
no assessment for personal property
can lawfully be made against her. The
tax commissioners had assessed her for
$1,5OO,OOO personality. She claims a
residence in Bellows Falls, Vt.
Burglars entered the store of Noah
Hertzler, at Port Royal, Pa, on the
night of the 24th and $35, 900 in cash
bonds and stocks were stolen from the
safe.
On the 27th ult Madeline Pollard
who recovered $4,000 damages in her
suit with Col. Breckenridge, but who
has not been able to collect the amount,
sailed from New York as the companion
of a lady who will make four years
trip around the world.
Mrs. j. Beistel, who resided near
Mount Pleasant, Pa, on the Goth ult
blew her brains out with revolver
her mind having become affected by q
long and severe attack Of grip.
BY vote of 81 ayes to 80 nays the
lower house of the Massachusetts legis
lature on the Goth ,ult. passed bill tc
prohibit the manufacture and sale OF
cigarettes in that state.
For the week ended April 2G the bust
ness failures in the United States mum.
bered $50, as against 179 for the CORE.
spending week of last year, and 81 in
Canada, against 26 in 1894.
1t is said that the depositors in the
First National bank of Willimantic,
Conn, will probably lose nearly every
cent which they had put into the bank.
The exact amount of Cashier Risley's
defalcation is not known yet, but a de.
felt of more than $500, 900 has already
been discovered
A syndicate composed of wealthy
gentlemen who oppose the single gold
standard has purchased the New York
Mercury.
On the 26th ult. Joseph Cronin and
James McAvoy were drowned in the
East river at New York City. They
were in a rowboat which was capsized
by the wash from passing steamer.
AS result of the existing war in
prices for coal, orders have been ISSUED
to operate all the collieries Of the
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
on full time. Six thousand men are
affected by the order.
The official acts of the commissioner;
of Blair county, Pa, have been inves
tigated and the report made thereon
shows that two of the commissioners
overcharged the county to the amount
of III for services rendered.