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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
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There was a wicked leer in Meandering
Mikes eye as he saw the little girl coming
out Of the restaurant side door, carrying a
small tin pail. '"The ideal" he exclaimed I'd
his comrade, "of Encouraging sich luxuries
in de young" "It's our duty to stop it" was
the rejoinder. Before the little girl could
turn the corner the tramp loomed up before
her and exclaimed: "I'm sorry, lady, but |
couldn't see ye carryin' dat pail any furdsrI
It's agin me ,gallantry." The little girl be.
moment had the bottom of it pointed to.
ward the blue sky. The effect was volcanic,
Foam flew in all directions. His one ejacu.
lation solved the mystery: Soap suds'
And when the restaurant proprietor came
out and desired to know why his children
could not blow soap bubbles without being
interfered with the victim of poetic justice
had not a word to say.-Washingto Star.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
FOREIGN.

Havana dispatches state that the
death list in that city this year will
outnumber that Of Chicago by proba-
bly 5000 and will exceed THE totals Of
Boston, st. Louis, Baltimore and San
Francisco combined.
Advices from Manila state that the
first American flag was raised over
the Malate school house ON the 22d.
1t was sent iby the University of
PENNSYLVANIA. The honor of raising
the flag was accorded to Father Nc
Kinnon, of California, in recognition
of his services in reopening the
schools.
Before leaving Havana orders were
issued by Marshal Blanco, though not
requested to do so by the American
commissioners. directing that the pail
ace silver table service be left for the
Amricans and that the magnificent
furniture of the reception room be
also left for the American occupants.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
Flatlx Denies the Charge.

Cleveland, Dec. 23.-Messrs. Kline,
Carr, Tolles G. Golf, representing the
Standard Oil Co. in the suit of the
state against that corporation, fatty
deny the charge that the company
has burned or destroyed any of its
books or records for the purpose of
avoiding the discovery of evidence
against the company by the examina-
ton of it's books. The attorneys say
that the accusation is based upon the
fact that the company from time to
time destroys useless material which
accumulates in it's business, as is the
case with every other large corpora
ton. This it does openly and with
out any pretense of secrecy.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
WASHINGTON.

The navy department is about to
issue advertisements calling for pro-
posals for raising the Maine and the
Cristobal Colon, in accordance with
the decision of the board of construc-
tion, to which the matter was re-
ferred.
The war department has ordered
THAT the first class of cadets at West
Point be graduated in February in-
stead of the following June. This is
to supply the pressing need now of
young officers.
The navy department on the 23d
sent out u general order to all of the
mime naval stations that the strictest
economy is to be exercised in all ex-
penditures of public money by the de-
partment's officers until further or
ders.
Fraud having been discovered in
connection with the cancellation of
documentary and adhesive internal
revenue stamps, by which old stamps
were reused, the internal revenue bu-
reau has issued regulation which
requires all such stamps ito be can
celled with the initials of the user, to-
gether with the month, day and year
written or stamped thereon. Hither-
to the month and day of cancellation
has not been required.
Steps have been taken by the war
department to strengthen the mill
tary force in the Sioux Indian coun-
trq, i'm South Dakota. This is merely
precautionary, as the officials deem
it advisable to be prepared for any
contingency which may arise.
"A new counterfeit one-dollar silver
certificate has been discovered and
! secret service detectives are searching
Or~its makers. The counterfeit is OF
the series of 1896, check letter c, plate
number "a, and bears the signature OF
b. X. Bruce, register, and Ellis H
Roberts, treasurer. The bogus certifi-
cate is rather poorly executed pho
to-engraving on heavy bond paper.
Rear Admiral Dewey has become
the ranking officer in active service cd
the United States navy Rear Ad.
miral Bunce, commandant of the
New York navy yard, formerly held
: that place, but as he has reached the
age limit, he will, while still remain.
ing commandant of the yard until
his successor there is appointed, be
officially retired.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
EAST.


The first order from an English
railway to be received at the Schenec-
tady (N. " locomotive works calls
/. for ten mogul freight engines, which
will be built for the Midland railroad.
The machines will be of the American
pattern.
The Baldwin locomotive works has
received an order from the Chicago
Great Western Railroad Co. for ten
large engines. The Great Western
will also let contracts in few days
for 700 new box cars.
At Concord, Mass, on the 21st Col.
Edward S. Barrett, national president
of the Sons of the American Revolt
tion, was killed by falling from a win
dow of his home. He was about 60
years of age.
Patrick Taggerty, probably the old
est man in New York state, died on
the 22d at Potsdam, n. Y. Mr.. Hag-
gerty would have been 1O9 years old
the 18th of March next, and was won
derfully preserved mentally and physi-
cally.
The year 1898, with its extraordin.
airy record for production, closes with
n burst of activity unparalleled in the
History of the iron industry, except ia
the year 1879. An enormous tonnage
has been placed for 1899 delivery, but
at very low prices.
The American Sugar Refining Co.
ANNOUNCES reduction in the price OF
'package sugar from $5.Os to $500 pei
cwt.
On the 22d Erie freight train No. 142
with two engines, collided with freight
No. 143 two miles west of Wayland
N. Y. Engineer William H. Masters
of fhe jwestbound train, was instantly
killed and Head Brakeman Patrick
q 0tBrien. of the same train, was prob
ably fatally injured.
brthur X. Hall, well-known bicycle
trick rider, was killed at Syracuse
N. ", on the 21st by being struck on
the head by "a timber which fell SIX
stories from the roof of building he
was working upon. /,
"A collision occurred off Liberty isl
and, in New York harbor, on the 23d
between the steamers Idaho anc
Flowergate. One man was killed ant
another seriously injured. The deaf
man was William Smith and the in
jured man John Birch. Both wer,
firemen on the Idaho and were ASLEEP
at the time Of the accident. Smith
was nearly decapitated, one Of th,
broken planIs cutting his throat a
de lay in his bunk.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
The ITagowans Go Free.

Cleveland, Dec. 24.-Judge Dissette
on Friday sustained the demurrer of
the Magowans to the Indictment
against them on the charge of child
stealing, and the defendants were or
dered discharged, as there is no other
Indictment against them. The courts
decision ends one of the most bitterly
fought cases ever brought in the
criminal court, and involved an i'm
portant legal point as to whether it
was crime for mother to steal her
own child. Judge Dissette held that
it was not a crime.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from An Quarters
CONGRESS.

Senate, Dec Ex-senator Teller occupied the
FIRST half Of the session with a speech in ad-
vocacy OF the theory that there are no restric-
tions upon the right of the United States to
expand its borders so as to include far distant
territory. The remainder of the session was
given up to the Nicaragua canal bill.
House.-The house listened to the first
speech ON the subject OF the annexation Of the
Philippines. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, a
democratic member of the foreign affairs COM
mite, in an hours speech, stated his opposi-
tion to policy which would bring the islands
under the sphere of United States influence.
The agricultural appropriation bill was passed.
Senate, Dec. 2l.-The absence OF quorum
saved Senator Proctor's resolution providing
for the appointment OF committee OF sena-
tors to investigate the conditions in Cuba and
Porto Rico during the approaching long ses-
sion Of congress from decisive defeat. An
effort was made by Mr.. Daniel to obtain con-
sideration Of the resolution, but his motion
mustered only eight Of the 80 votes cast No
business Of Importance was disposed Of ADJ
iourned until January A.
House.-The session OF the house lasted but
an hour. The Bailey resolution directing an
Investigation Of the right Of the members who
volunteered in the Spanish American war to
sOats in the house was adopted and several
bills Of minor Importance were passed.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
WEST AND SOUTH.

Orders have been given by the Pa
cific Mail Steamship Co. for the con-
struction of two new steamers to ply
between San Francisco and Yokoha-
ma and Hong Kong. The Newport
News (Va.) ship yards of C. p. Hunt
ington will build the boats. ,Aft
Roderick Chisholm, an electrician,
was slowly burned to death on the
21st, in sight of several hundred spec
tators at the corner of Fffty-tifth and
State streets, Chicago, while working
among a network of wires 20 feet
above the ground. For nearly ten
minutes a horror-stTicken crowd
watched the workmen in their efforts
to release their comrade from among
the wires.
On the 22d the coast and geodetic
survey steamer Blake left Baltimore
for Porto Rican waters. Her DEPART
ure marks the beginning OF work by
this government in the new posses
sions, this being the first expedition
sent to any of these islands for the
purpose of making surveys.
Lieut.. Commander Sumner G. Paine,
u. S. N, retired, died ait Asheville,
N. c., on the 22d. He was executive
officer of Dewey's flagship, the Olym-
pia, Just previous to the beginning Cd
the late war;
Several score of homesteaders, who
located quarter sections on govern
ment lands lying on the copper range
between Houghton and Ontonagon
Mich, are indulging in visions of sud
den wealth. Promoters and brokers
want the lands for copper mines, and
the homesteaders now hold theil
farms at from $4,000 ito $250,0O0.
On the 22d the supreme court ot
Illinois handed down a, decision de-
claring that riparian owners along the
shore of Lake Michigan have no right
to build wharves, docks or piers out
into the submerged shadows without
license from the state authorities, anc
that the state, holding the submerged
lands in trust for the people, would
be false to it's trust should it permit
shore owners to encroach on the pub
lie domain.
Edward F. Lawrence, one OF thu
most prominent capitalists of Chica
90, and associated with many large
financial interests of the city, is dead
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
HAS NEVER BEEN EouALLED.
Volume OF Business Increases in a Phe-
nomenal Manner-RecOrd Of All Past
Years Eclipsed.


Volume OF Business Increases In Rhe-
nOmenal Manner-RecOrd Of All Fast
Years EcIipsed.
New York, Dec. Par. G. DUN &I
Co.'S Weekly Review OF Trade says
1t is a year beyond parallel and goes;
to its close with the biggest volume OF
business ever seen. Enormous trans
actions on the stock exchange make
some difference, also heavy railroad
earnings, but when all the transport
ing and speculative Interests are elm
inted there is still much larger busi-
ness than in any other month of any
year. Last year the exports we're in
volume greater than in any previous
month in the history of the country,
but this year the three weeks report
shows an increase of 25 per cent,
against o per cent. in imports, which
would indicate much more than $70,-
100000 excess of exports this month.
The payments Through clearing
houses have been for the week 26.5
per cent. greater than last year and
1874 per cent. greater than in 1892,
and for the month 17.S per cent. larger
| than in 1892.
Shipments of wheat have been 81
S5,704 bushels, -four included, at At
lantic ports, against 3,69S,321 last
year, and the price has risen during
| the week a cent and a half. Corn ex-
ports have been 3,S24,836 bushels,
against 4,54O,613 last year, and for the
month thus far 11.012,13s against
10,S67 ,407 last year. The price has ad-
vanced about 3-S cents, but the con-
tinued foreign demand is astonishing,
Sales of wool have been large, 27,-
1861 pounds, against 23,115,OOO
pounds last week, with manufacture
ers buying very freely, which indi-
Gates a general improvement in the
demand for goods, although not
enough as yet to lift prices.
The story of the iron manufacture
is like a dream. With $4,000 tons OF
Bessemer pig sold at Pittsburg for
S1O.6O and grey forge at $9.40, and
Chicago sales limited only by the ca
pacity of the works and eastern sales
so numerous and so large as to raise
the price 25 cents, there is demand
for finished products which includes
ait Philadelphia 1000 tons of plate fol
export to South America, 5000 tons
at Chicago. where works are crowd
ed, $4,000 tons of steel rails by the
Maryland Steel Co. for Asiatic Russia
$500 tons for structural work at Chi
cago and Pittsburg and 5000 tons fol
car Builders at Chicago,
Prices of iron and steel product.
have not materially changed, although
the tone is everywhere strong; ant
for wire nails quotations have beer
advanced to $1.3O at Pittsburg. Thi
country is beating the world in thii
industry.
Failures for the week have bee1
258, against 292 in the United State
last year, and 81 in Canada, agains
| az last wear
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
Woman Suicides fin a Hotel.

Columbus, Dec. 23.-A refined look
ing woman went to the Chittenden
hotel Wednesday night, where she
registered as Mrs. Ashton, of Pitts
burg" She was assigned room, in
which she was found dead yesterday,
having suicided by taking carbolic
acid. Two envelopes were found in
the room, one with money to pay the
hotel and the other, addressed to the
chief of police, contained the following
note: my husband having died and
left me alone, l do not care to live.
There is $77 in my purse. Bury me
anywhere"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
LATER NEWS.

Three boys were drowned on the
25th at the Tivoli reservoir in Albany,
N. Y.-Fred Schwerz, aged 8; Willie
Schwerz, aged IA; Frank Rapp, aged
8. The boys were playing Shiny"
on the ice, when it broke and they
went under.
r. T. Mcdonald, of Fort Wayne,
Ind, president of the Fort Wayne
electric corporation, one of the own
ers of the Hoffman house property in
New York City, and capitalist and
promoter widely known, is dead at
Dallas, Tex.
At Burlington, VT, on the Gath 10
acres, containing 100000 feet of
lumber, planning mill, eight sheds and
large quantity of machinery, the
property of the Shepard & Morse Lum-
ber Co., were swept by fire, causing a
loss estimated at $250,000. The entire
plant of the company was practically
wiped out of existence.
The title of the Northern Pacific
Railway Co. to nearly 100000 acres
of land in the state of Washington is
invalid, according to report of the
state legislative investigating conn
mittee. The legislature will be urged
to take up the matter, with a view to
restoring this tract to the public do
main.
The navy department is going to be
prepared for any emergency that may
hereafter arise in the Atlantic and the
Pacific oceans by carrying on hand
nearly 100000 tons of the best steam
ing coal for warships that can be pro-
cured.
The Episcopal church of the Ascen-
sion at Chicago was damaged 100000
by fire on the 26th. No other church
in the west has more advanced ritual
list services and furnishings.
"A German syndicate has promised
Don Carlos a loan of 30,000,000 francs
in three installments-the first when
he has 10000 men under arms, the
second when he has captured Bilbao,
capital of the province Of Biscay, and
the third two months after operations
are commenced.
One person was killed, one fatally
injured and a third had leg broken
by an accident at a crossing on the
Ontario & Western railroad at Peck.
vile, Pa, on the Gath. Lewis Weiss
berger, a grocery wagon driver; mar
named Peter Wasnok and Joseph
Walsh, aged IA years, were crossing
the railroad when they were struck by
the engine and Wasnok was ground
to pieces. Weissberger escaped with
a broken leg. The Walsh boy wa
thrown upon the engine unhurt, bur
tried to get off and was caught under
the wheels and both legs wei , cut of
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
NEWS OF OHIO.
Gathered by Telegraph From All
Parts Of the State.
A Murder I'D LoraIn.

Lorain, December 24.-Evidences of
murder, with an attempt to conceal
the crime by burning a boarding
house, are coming to light here. At
an early hour Friday the restaurant
building Of John Dalton was discov-
cred to be on fire, and before the de-
partment could reach the scene, the
fire was past control, and the loss was
almost total.
The inmates of the building escaped
the fire with but a single exception.
John Rigo, boarder sleeping on the
second floor of the building, was
missing, and a search of the ruins re-
vealed the body. On his person were
marks of violence, with blood plainly
visible. 1t is supposed the man was
murdered and the building fired to
conceal the crime. Three arrests have
been made.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
BRYAN'S ANSWER.
The NebrasIxan Takes Issue with
Some Recent Remarks of President
Nick KinlaY.

Mckinley.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 24.-Col. W. ].
Bryan returned to Lincoln yesterday
and was rendered a reception last
night at the Oliver theater by the
Women's Bimetallic league. The
house was crowded and Col. Bryan
received an ovation. He was intro
duced by Gov. Holcomb, who well
coined him home and complimented
him for his patriotism in enlisting in
the army.
The principal part OF Mr.. Bryan's
speech was devoted to the Philippine
question. In this connection he re-
ferred to President McKinley's in
quiry, ''Who will haul down the fag""
and replied:
"The flag is a national emblem and
is obedient to the national will. 1t
was made for the people, not the peo-
pie for the flag. When the American
people want the flag raised they raise
it; when they want it hauled down
they haul it down. The flag was
raised upon Canadian soil during the
war of 1912 and it was hauled down
when peace was restored. The flag
was planted upon Chapultepec during
the war with Mexico and it was
hauled down when the war was over
''The papers announce THAT Gen
Lee ordered the flag hauled down in
Cuba yesterday, because it was raised
too soon. The flag will be raised in
Cuba again on January 1, but the
president declares in his message
that it will he hauled down as soor
as a stable government is established
Who will deny to the people the righ'
to haul the flag down in the Philip
pines, if they so desire, when a stable
government is established there?"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
HAS CALLED A HALT.
War Department Blocks the Plans OF
Franchise Grabbers I'm Our New Pos



Washington, Dec. 24.-The follow
ing order has been sent by the secre-
tary of war to the commanding Off
GERS in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines:
"Until otherwise ordered, no grant
or concessions of public or corporate
rights or franchises for the construc-
tion of public or quasi public works,
such as railroads, tramways, tele-
graph and telephone lines. water
works, gas works, electric ligtht lines
ETC., shall be made by any municipal
or other local governmental authoi.
ity in Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philip.
pines, except upon the approval Of the
major general commanding the mill.
tary forces of the United States in
Cuba, Porto Rico or the Philippines
who shall, before approving any such
grant or concession, be specially au
thorized by the secretary of war"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
A short and Pitby An.wer.

New York, Dec. 24..-Rear Admiral
Sampson returned to this city from
Havana yesterday. In an interview
he said the perfecting of the custom
house service and the police in the
island were the two most important
features in connection with Cuba. In
answer to the question: ''Do you
think the people of the island will
prove amenable to the American gov.
ernment?" he said: "It does not make
amy difference whether they are OF
not. We are down there and our gov.
ernment will go on as long as it Is
necessary" IT
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
Ohio Pupils Contributed s4,so7.

Columbus, Dec. 24.-The reporH Of
State School Commissioner Bonebral1e
of the collection of funds from the
school pupils of Ohio for the Lafay-
elite monument fund has been filed
with the governor. 1t shows that
there were contributions from $40
schools in the state, the total contrib
uted being $4,307.41. He sent out
ALSO letters calling attention to the
movement, and the total expenses in
this work were $121.ss. He has now
in bank, subject to the order of THE
treasurer OF the fund, the sum OF
$4,275.53.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28

James p. Miller. divinity student,
mas been arrested at New Haven,
Conn, for shoplifting. Five Thousand
books were discovered at his home.
New Haven booksellers have already
identified 1000 volumes as being stol-
en-. s io
For the week ended December %
the business failures in the United
States numbered 25s, as compared
with 292 for the corresponding period
of 1897, and 81 in Canada, against 50
for the same period dast year.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
Is Thought to Have Been Murdered

Springfield, Dec. 23.-The body of
George Ferryman, farmer of Wen
ma, this county, was recovered from
Beaver creek, near this city, Thurs
day morning, mile and a half be-
low where his buggy and drowned
horse were found. Coroner Schafer
believes the deceased was murdered
for SOS, which he had when he left
town in company with a stranger,
who is missing. 1t is believed that
Ferryman was given knockout drops
and then driven with his horse and
buggy into the stream and allowed to
DeriSh
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
Reduces It's Interest Rate.

Cleveland, Dec. PA circular sent
out by the Society for Savings Friday
created sensation in the financial
circles of this city. The circular is
as follows: "The rate of interest on
loans due this society, which are in
good standing, and on which interest
is not land is not suffered to become)
in arrears, will from and after this
date and until further notice be re-
duced to per cent" Too much
money is the reason given for the re.
duced rate of interest.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
RELIEF FROM PAIN.
Women Everywhere Express their
Gratitude to Mrs. Pinkham.
rlr,. T. A. WALDEN. Gibson, Ga. writes:

"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-Before TAX
ing your medicine, life was burden
to me. 1 never saw well day. At
my monthly period suffered untold
misery, and great deal of the time l
was troubled with severe pain in my
side. Before finishing the first bottle
of your Vegetable Compound l could
tell twas doing me good. I Icontinued
its use, also used the Liver Pills and
Sanative Wash, and have been greatly
helped. 1 would like to have you use
my letter for the benefit of Others"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-12-28
California.

Should you desire information regarding
rates and through sleeping car routes, first
class and tourist, to California address the
undersigned. The Southern Pacific Com
pany's famous Sunset Limited leaves New
Orleans every Monday and Thursday and
traverses country where the rigors of our
Winter and Spring are unknown. w. j.
Berg, T. P. A., S. P. Co., 22O Ellicott Sq.,
Buffalo, N. Y, or w. H. Connor, G. A., S.
P. Co., Chamber Commerce Bldg, Cincin-
matt Ohio