The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-09-28
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Former United States Senator Will
liam Eaton died at Hartford, Conn.,,
on the 21st from a stroke of paralysis.
He was SO years old.
w. Z. Ryle, the Paterson (N. j.
millionaire silk manufacturer, died
very suddenly at Cape May, N. j., on
the 22d.
At the republican county conven-
ton held in Philadelphia on the 22d
the slate agreed upon by the leaders
of the combine and anti-combine fac
tons of the party went through with
out break. Nearly all of the legis-
lative nominees are said to be favor
able to Mr.. Quays return to the SEN
ate.
The street railway strike at Haver-
hill, Mass, is causing disorder. On the
22d cars were held up, non-union men
assaulted and in one instance crowd
charged the police with sticks and
stones. Arrests and broken heads
were numerous. The railroad COM
pany has asked that the riot act be
enforced.
An explosion in the Fleishmann dis
tillery at Long Island City, n. Y, on
the 23d wrecked the building and re-
suited in the death of Patrick McCaf-
frey. Three other workmen in the
distillery were seriously injured. The
explosion set fire to the ruins of the
building and it was consumed. Loss
$4,000.
The steady recent down ward ten
dency of cotton prices eliminated on
the 23d in the establishment at New
York City of new low record, the
October delivery touching 5.1S cents
per pound, or four points lower than
ever before recorded in the history
of cotton statistics, matter of nearly
80 years.
G. f. Green, president of the Com
mercial Travellers Home Association
of America, has started a ten cents
endless chain of letters for the pur-
pose of raising money to complete
the home, the corner stone of which
was laid in Binghamton, N. Y, in
1894.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ended September
90 numbered 173, as compared with
200 for the corresponding period of
last year, and 16 in Canada, as against
90 for the same time in 1897.
\ northeasterly gale accompanied
by rain swept the New England coast
on the cath. Much damage was done
to shipping and a number of vessels
went ashore.
Ti,ves entered the Alexander, N.
V, post office and blew open the safe
and got away with $3.50 worth of post
age stamps.
Wiman d. Shipman, for many years
United States district Judge for the
district of Connecticut, is dead at his
home in Astoria, N. Y, aged 20 years.
The Philadelphia mint is being run
to its full capacity coming gold--both
foreign and domestic-which has beer
pouring in at surprising rate, and
the intention is to transfer 10000 00C
ounces of silver to the Pacific coast
This amount means over 300 tons, OF
Is ordinary average car loads. The
shipment is to be made on a speciaI
fast freight train guarded by soldiers
and detectives.
H. G. Chase, broker of Boston, has
filed voluntary petition in insolvency
in the district court. His liabilities
amount to $45,OOO He has compare
lively no assets.
A dispatch from Boston says thai
the October number of the Arena will
not be issued and the only high-clasi
American review devoted to the inter
ests of free silver and in general sup
porting the Chicago platform, has
found it necessary to cease publica
ton.
John M. Toucey, formerly genera
manager of the New York Centra
railroad. died at his home at Garri
on-on-the-Hudson, N. Y, on the 24th
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