The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1897-09-15
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]. Bascom, of Williamstown, was
nominated for governor at the annual
convention of the Massachusetts, pro-
hibition party held in Boston on the
0th.
On the night of the sth Jesse A.
Hathaway, prominent lawyer, of Os-
wego N. Y, attended prayer meet
ing at Grace Presbyterian church in
that city. AS soon as he arose to pray
the electric lights in the church went
out and Mr.. Hathaway fell to the floor
dead
In response to a request by Gov.
Hastings, Frank Reeder, secretary of
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
rendered his resignation on the Sth.
Operations have been resumed in all
departments of the Everett cotton
mills at Lawrence, Mass, after shut
down of FIVE weeks. About /, 200 hands
are employed in the mills.
In Buffalo, N. Y, on the 9th the three
offices OF the International Commits
sion Co., bankers and brokers, of which
John c. Allen is treasurer, were closed.
Mr.. Allen said that if his customers
would give him little time they
would be paid in full.
The death of Capt Samuel McConihe,
of the Fourteenth infantry, U. S. A.,
occurred at New York City on the 9th.
He was one of the heroes of the civil
war and received six brevets for gal
liant services, the last being as briga-
dier-general of volunteers.
Because of a cut in wages, $50 weav-
ers in the Eclipse and Beaver cotton
mills at North Adams, Mass, have
struck. This mill furnished cloth for
the Arnold print works. 1t is expected
that both mills will shut down en-
tirely.
At New York City on the 10th, 90
prostrations from heat were reported,
none fatal.
For the week ended September 10,
business failures in the United States
numbered 215, as compared with 3l5
for the corresponding week of 1896,
and S5 in Canada, against AZ in the
same period last year.
After an idleness of several months
the looms of No. 2 cotton mill of the
Laconia corporation at Biddeford, Me-,
have started with full crews. Looms
in other parts of the plant will be put
in operation soon.
A new high record has been made
for Standard Oil liquidating trust cer-
tiicates. At New York City on the
10th they sold for $9S3 share. The
price ran up in about ten days from
about $500. The stock last year paid
about 9719 per cent
Justice Putnam at Albany, N. Y, on
the 10th delivered the opinion of the
appellate division of the supreme court,
in which all his associate judges con-
Cured, declaring the law unconstitu-
tional which compelled the branding
or labelling of convict-made goods
The position of secretary of the CON-
monwealth, made vacant by the resig-
nation of Gen. Frank Reeder, has been
accepted by David Martin, of Philadel-
phia.
About 1900 miners employed in the
Latimer (Pa.) mines have Joined the
strikers. They are the men upon whom
march was being made when Sheriff
Martin and his deputies stopped it.
Articles of incorporation has been
filed with New jerseys, secretary of
state for the Yukon RAILROAD Co. which
is capalized at 100000, Afor the pur-
pose of building railroads in Alaska
from Skaguay, over the White pass in
the Chilcoot Mountain, to the head of
Lake Bennett.
At Medford, Mass, on the 18th. in
the great match race between Star
Pointer and Joe Patchen for a purse
Of $4,000 arsRSinter won the first
heat in 9:pSA, and Me second in 2:O4K
Both heats were exciting, the first be-
ingYon BY only nose and the second
byshalf q alength.
In their home in Lynn, Mass, two
sisters, Miss Harriet c. Sheldon, aged
81 years, and Miss Matilda Sheldon.
aged &c. were burned to death on the
18th. The old ladies were cooking
with an oil stove, when it tipped over
and the fluid ran out and set their
clothes on fire.
@ WEST AND SOUTH.
A loss by fire Of $685. 900 occurred in
the plant OF the Peninsular lead and
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