The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-23
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Within few days conference of
anti-imperialists of Boston will take
place and it is expected that the de-
liberations of this gathering will re-
suit in the formation of a regular
organization in Boston for arousing
public sentiment against the holding
of Spain's conquered possessions by
the United States. -...l,
William r. Frazier, grand marshal
of the Pennsylvania grand lodge of
Masons, disappeared from his home in
Philadelphia on the 10th and all trace
of his movements since that time has
been lost. lreIi n
The death of Sibyl Johnstone, the
actress, which occurred at her home in
New York City on November l, has
just been made known. Her body was
cremated.
The thirty-second annual meeting OF
the national grange, Patrons of Hus-
bandry, assembled at Concord, N. H.,
on the 10th. Master Aaron Jones, of
Indiana, presided. Seventeen states
were represented. .,...
On account of the Improvement of
street railway cars the Brooklyn
Heights IN. W Railroad Co. has con-
demned 223 cars, which are now being
burned near Coney Island at the rate
of nine day, The cars are in good
condition and worth about $500 apiece.
About $40 worth of metal is obtained
from each car destroyed.
The Tioga national bank, of Owego.
N. Y, which suspended payment Oc-
tober Ia, having complied with the
conditions imposed by the comptroller
of the currency precedent to resump-
tion, is now in a solvent condition and
openlfor business " arm sili.
President Timothy Dwight presented
his resignation to the corporation of
Yale university at meeting held at
New Haven, Conn, ON the 18th. The
resignation is to take effect at the end
of the university year.
1t was decided at meeting Of the
stockholders of the national cicyle
board of trade in New York City on
the 18th to dissolve that corporation.
A petition in bankruptcy has been
fled by the firm of Seidenberg, Steifel
& Co., cigar dealers of New York City.
The liabilities are S3OS, 1868.
Prof. Henry Vaningen, the artist, who
had been art instructor of Vassar col
lege since its opening in 1865, died sud-
denly at his horEe in Poughkeepsie, N.
Y, on the 18th. He was IS years old.
The election expenses of Timothy L.
Woodruff, lieutenant governor-elect of
New York, as certified to the secretary
of state, were $13.5OO, $40, 1000 of which
he paid to the republican state com
mittee, and $500 to Kings county re-
publican committee.
The Cuban army will receive one
years pay on December TO- Notes for
the balance due will be issued and the
troops will be disbanded.
In the Greenpoint district of Brook
lyn, N. Y, on the 18th fire caused a
loss of 100000. The largest loss is
sustained by Joseph Schriver & Co.,
furniture dealers, $50, 200. The balance
of the loss was caused by the destruc-
tion of number of small business
places and dwellings
For the week ended November IS
business failures in the United States
numbered 923, as compared with 267 for
the corresponding period of 1897, and 96
in Canada, as against 80 for the same
time last year. gt0r- .tsas, ,
The death of Lindlay Smith, aged s8
years, occurred in Philadelphia on the
18th. He was active during the war
in promoting the financial interests OF
the government and when Grant was
elected president the first time, he Of
fered Mr. Smith the secretaryship of
the treasury, but he declined the office.
On the Camden e. Amboy railroad at
Florence, N. j., on the 18th two per
sons were injured, an engine and pas
senger coach destroyed and railroad
station burned by q rear-end collision
between two local passenger trains.
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