The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-09
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The New York board of education
has decided that no teacher in Greater
New York's public schools could hold
her position after marriage. The "her"
in the resolution is emphasized as it is
held that a male teacher may marry
and retain his position. The decision
will affect married women who are now
employed as teachers in the schools.
The resumption of window glass fac
tories in the Pittsburg district on the
Sd was not as general as was expected,
but good start was made and the
manufacturers expect that the split in
the ranks of the blowers and gatherers
will soon result in a resumption in
full.
From the opening of navigation to
date shipments of grain by the Erie
canal total 30, S44, 1888 bushels, as against
21,940, 1S0 bushels last year and 32, 146,-
1856 bushels in 1896. There has been no
shipment of flour so far this season.
A broken axle caused the wreck of 16
coal cars on the Lehigh Valley railroad
near White Haven, Pa, on the night of
the 1st. While walking to the wreck
Edward Teel and Samuel Steener, of
White Haven, were struck by an en-
gine and killed.
The long threatened trust among the
manufacturers of envelopes has evil
IDENTIFY become a fact as the paper sta
tionery trade have received circulars
quoting an advance averaging 25 per
cent. in all grades of envelopes The
trust is said to control 90 per cent. of
the production.
A temporary receiver for the First
national bank of Carthage, N. Y, has
been appointed by the comptroller of
the currency.
The steamer Kaiser Wilhelm has
landed II Cubans at New York City
who were released from the Spanish
prison at Ceuta recently. They were
sent to this country at the expense of
the United States government and are
the first batch of released political
prisoners to arrive in New York. They
will be returned to Cuba.
For the week ended November bus
mess failures in the United States num-
bered 1914, as compared with 276 for the
corresponding period of last year, and
2S in Canada, as against 80 for the same
time in 1897.
The Rutland & Canada railroad bill
passed the senate at Montpelier, VT,
on the 4th. 1t had previously passed
the house. The bill Incorporates the
Rutland & Canada Railroad Co. with
capital stock of 81, 0O0,OO giving it the
right to construct road from Burling-
ton to the Canadian line. The con-
struction of this line will give the Van
derbilts line from New York to Can
ada and the great lakes.
The Mariana, big steel freight
steamer, crashed into the Starucca, a
steel freighter belonging to the Erie
Railroad Co. at Buffalo, N. Y, on the
night of the Sd. The Starucca sank in
25 feet of water, with huge hole in
her side. The damage is estimated at
about $4,000. The steamer will be
raised.
The motion for temporary iniunc-
tion compelling express companies to
pay the one-cent stamp tax on express
receipts has been denied by Judge La
combe in the United States circuit
court at New York City.
A very serious accident has happened
to ex-Gov. Roswell Farnham and he
now lies in a critical condition with
conclusion of the brain at his home in
Bradford, VT. He fell from railway
station platform.
For the week ended November 5, the
statement of the New York clearing
house banks shows an actual loss of
IS, 10000 in specie and legal tenders
and the reserve suffered loss of over
e7,OOO,OOO.
The death of Hugh H. Cole, promi-
nent lawyer, occurred at New York
City on the bth. He assisted in the
prosecution Of the Tweed ring.
The well-known writer on political
economy, David A. Wells, died at Nor
wich, Conn.,, on the 5th.
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