The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-09-30

absent on the Goth ult. and her thre,
small children were burned to death
EAST.
Fire destroyed the buildings anc
contents OF the Peerless Pipe Covering
Co. at Norristown, Pa, on the 22d
Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000. The
plant was owned by a Philadelphia
syndicate
The failure of Burpee, Rumsey & Co.,
shoe manufacturers, of Lynn, Mass. is
announced. The firm did business of
between $500, 900 and $500, 900 year.
Fire destroyed the new club house on
the grounds of the Merton Cricket club
at HaverforG, Pa, on the Gath. The
dub house was burned year ago and
the structure which replaced the old
building had just been completed. Loss
$4,000; fully insured.
The Boston Manufacturing Co., of
Waltham, Mass, will open their mills
Nos l, 2 and 4 on the 2Sth on full
lime. Mill No. 8 will be started up in
the near future. These mills give
employment to about 5000 men.
The Redpath Bros. Manufacturing
Co., manufacturers of boots and shoes
at Lynn and Boston, Mass, have as
signed
The Richards Co., women's outfitters.
Of New York City, has gone into the
lands of receiver Liabilities S11O,-
200; assets $4,000
at street railroad crossing in Raiah.
N. d. on the gath J. G. Sprague, presi-
dent OF the Eustis Manufacturing Co..
was instantly killed by train. Mr..
Sprague is known throughout the
country as manufacturer of tin now
elites.
The Economical Refrigerator Co., of
chicago, has assigned. Assets $50, 600:
liabilities not given.
On the 29d the populist national COM
mlttee was officially advised that the
North Carolina populists and demo-
Gratis had come to an understanding
Tor their fusion on the electoral ticket
The ticket will contain the names of
i've populists, five democrats and one
silver republican.
The gold democrats have settled upon
=. y, Prince as their candidate for gov
,rnor of Massachusetts. Nomination
papers have been signed and fled In
lis behalf.
The Carnegie Co. S Edgar Thomson
teel works at Braddock, Pa, has re. ,
umed work in all its departments af- c
er period of idleness. Both old and q
ew mills are making steel rails and
mployment has been given to about '
200 men. .
For the week ended September 25 t.
usiness failures in the United States r.
umbered 3l5, against 216 for the cor. II
,sponding period last year, and in II
anada 80, as compared with so for the
lme time in 1906
Near Butler, Pa, on the 25th ult. a
instruction train of 12 dump cars on tn
e Butler & Pittsburg railroad was tn
rown over an SO-foot embankment N
wing to the failure of the brakes to co
ork. One man was killed and num- e.
= badly injured. All were foreigners pl
Rev. Stanislaus Kaminski, of Buf.
TO- has been elected bishop of the te
'lish Roman Catholic church of Amer CO
by the convention at Buffalo, N. Y. er,
zen. Carlos Roloff, who is accused of to
ing hllbustering expeditions to Cuba ag
d who, 1t is claimed, was an active Ur
rticipant in the expedition by the me
amship Laurada last August, was
the @5th ult held by Commissioner fer
exander, at New York City, in 50, 500 Inc
Il for the grand jury. out
The total destruction of the famous wo
oden elephant hotel which was a Ter
ture OF Coney Island, N. Y, was In
Ised by fire on the 9Th ult. ngl
Jnited st.+ao ot+or,or u, Tn
district of Pennsylvania, Harry A. pee
Il, who was nominated for presi- y
ltial elector on the democratic ticket, mas
resigned from the ticket because sto'
cannot accept the platform of the 20
cago convention. oua
fter several months idleness the u u
* mills, OF Saco, Me-, are to start M .o
On full time October in all but the ~ \ -,
CHAM weaving department About o"o az,
0 operatives are employed at the JVV J;.,
ls olsc
the United States district court at posI
talo, Y. Y, on the Goth ult, Presi- "a, "a
DE Coursey, Of the Western New - .n.'
K q Pennsylvania Railroad Co. ,waa p'.
'iGned on a charge of violating the -. "A
r-state commerce law in paying re- ~
IS to the Fairmont Coal and Coke re
He pleaded not guilty and gave
Is in the sum Of IS, 600. . sun
pool is said to be In process of for tSs
ion BY the high class bicycle manu- "A
nrers for the purpose Of extermi. o.or
ng the cheap machines and per- ~ :,
ng system which will be effective d,
eeping the low-priced bicycles from and
n becoming a competitor. Of :
- sion,
WEST AND SOUTH. amo