The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-30
General News Summary.
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DOMESTIC.

The New York presbytery OF the
Reformed Presbyterian church is in
session at Newburgh, N. Y, for the
purpose of trying about score of
members who are alleged tohave voted
at the presidential election of 1896 in
violation of the church law, which pro
hibits voting.
The court of inquiry has entirely ex-
Onerated Lieut.. j. c. Fennessey, quar-
termaster of the Ninth Massachusetts,
of charges brought against him by off,
GERS of that regiment, but says that
four of these officers are subjects for
military discipline.
The most disastrous prairie fire that
ever ravaged the Indian Territory has
been, brought to an abrupt stop by
heavy winds. The fire started two
weeks ago and property valued at
S250,00O has been destroyed. An area
of 75 miles square was burned over.
The development of the plates ex-
posed at Yale observatory during the
meteoric shower shows that about ten
meteor trails have been obtained. On
one night during a few hours more
than 100 meteors were observed with
the naked eye.
The only limit to the sales of st.
Louis exporters of wheat at present is
the scarcity of cars and their inability
to get vessel room. The car famine is
being felt by all shippers and the rail-
roads are unable TO guarantee any
special time for shipment.
In Clay county, Tenn, the country
home of Milton Garvin was consumed
by fire and his four children perished
in the flames. The parents were alb
sent at the barn when the building
caught fire, and returned to find the
house wrapped in flames, and, owing
to the gale, were powerless to aid their
little ones. The children ranged in
age from to Z years.
A strong combination to control the
peanut product of the United States is
being organized and the formation of
a trust has been almost completed.
1t is reported in connection with the
the negotiations looking to the consol-
idation of all the tin plate mills in the
country that every mill in the United
States with but two exceptions is
pledged to join the consolidation.
Neither of these mills is located in the
Ohio valley.
The strike at the Corbin and Excel
sior collieries, near Shamokin, Pa, has
been declared off, the operators agree
ing to lower the price of supplies.
At 0conto, Wis, on the 24th the
electric light plant burned, causing a
loss of 100000 The insurance on the
plant was only $4,000.
Reports from the extreme northern
part of New Jersey say that not with
in the memory of living man was the
snowfall SO heavy for the time of the
year as that of the oath. Ten inches
of snow were reported at Lake Hopat-
acong and the lake was frozen over.
The firm of Colburn, Fuller & Co.,
boot and shoe manufacturers of Bos-
ton and Derry, N. H., one of the Oldest
and most prominent shoe manufactur-
ing firms in New England, has made a
voluntary assignment. The liabilities
are estimated at $S0O,00O The amount
of assets is not known. i-+
The United States naval recruiting
Office at Chicago has received orders
from Washington to enlist so appren-
tice boys, go landsmen, and l5 seamen
at once.
The annual report of Paymaster Gen
eral Stanton, of the army, shows an
expenditure of S23, 400, ,969, an increase
of S2,S2G, S04 compared with last year.
The torpedo boat Davis, constructed
at the Wolff g. Zwicker iron works in
Portland, Ore, has been given her Off
cial trial trip on the Columbia river.
Not only did the Davis make her Off
cial trial of two hours successfully, but
she made an average speed of 2319
knots per hour, a full knot in excess of
requirements, ~ ald.ers .,lfo.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ended November 25 mum
bered 1888, as compared with 236 for the
corresponding period of 1897, and is1in
Canada, as against 20 for the same
time last year. .H4l
Mr.. Dawes, the comptroller OF the
currency, has appointed a committee
to liquidate the affairs. of the Trades.
mems national bank, of New York.
The comptroller directs that the bank
must be open for purposes of liquida-
tion on or before December /, y
At Gas City, Ind, on the 25th west
bound passenger train struck street
car at the Main street crossing. Seven.
teen passengers narrowly escaped
death. The car was wrecked and
dragged 40 feet Motorman Badger
was badly hurt and j. L. Cox severely
injured internally. All the other pas
sengers were cut by flying glass.
A terrible wind storm in the oil dis.
trict of Los Angeles, Cal, caused much
damage on the 25th. Thirty-sever
derricks and many overhead pulley
wires and smoke stacks were blown
down. Two oil tanks holding thou
sand gallons of oil were punctured by
falling derricks and the oil ran through
the streets. Several houses and barns
were crushed under the falling der
ricks. BWie5 u t %
The British ship Cromartyshire
which collided with and sunk the
French liner La Bourgogne last July
off the banks Of Newfoundland, which
collision caused the loss of hundreds Of
lives, has cleared from Philadelphia
for Valparaiso with 1850 tons of btu.
minous coal, which is said to be the
first cargo of the kind ever shipped tC
port in Chill.
A receiver has been appointed fol
the Chelsea Paper Manufacturing Co.