The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-11-16
EAST.

A corporation, capitalized at about
$1,000, 900, that will take in all the
Pittsburg breweries, is in process of
formation. The intention of the pro-
moters is to merge the interests of the
16 breweries in Allegheny county, and
operate them as one company.
The Porter Winslow and Cushing,
three torpedo boats, have been put out
of commission at New York.
Complete returns from the state,
with the exception of few districts,
show that the next Delaware legisla-
ture will stand: Republicans 30, demo-
Gratis 90. The republicans will thus
elect successor to United States Sem
ator Gray, dem.
Late returns indicate that Foster M.
Voorhees,, rep, plurality for governor
in New Jersey will be between 5000
and 5000. There will be republican
majority in each branch of the legisla-
ture, insuring the election of repub-
lican to succeed Senator James Smith,
dem.
The Massachusetts legislature will
stand: Senate Republicans, 80, dem
ocrats Z. House-Republicans 1854, dem
ocrats 81, social democrats 2, independ-
ents 5. .
At Philadelphia on the Sth the
worlds ten-shot pistol record was
broken by c. H. Taylor, of the Massa-
chusetts Rifle association. Taylor made
the limit score of 100. He placed ten
consecutive shots within three and
third inches bullseye at 5216 yards.
The board of directors of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Co. at Philadelphia
on the 9th adopted resolutions indors-
ing the dissolution of the Joint Traffic
association and the cancellation of the
agreement upon which the association
was based.
To complete the consolidation of all
the tin plate factories of the country
into gigantic combination confer
ence of the leading tin plate manufac-
turers was held at Pittsburg on the
10th and deal for all the plants has
virtually been closed at figures ap-
proximating SIS, ,OOO 600. This deal will
include about 40 factories, 80 of which
are located in the Pittsburg and
Wheeling districts.
For the week ended November II
business failures in the United States
numbered 211, as compared with 291 for
the corresponding week of 1897, and
20 in Canada, as against "a in the same
time last year.
Morris ]. Lutz, aged "A years, was
shot and fatally wounded by his son
Harvey at Reading, Pa, on the 18th.
Young Lutz came home intoxicated
and was reprimanded by his father,
when the boy fred two shots through
his head. lie then committed suicide
by cutting his throat.
Col. James Gilliss, assistant quarter
master general, U. s. A., died suddenly
on the 18th at Governors island. He
was born in 1910. He had good record
for gallant conduct during the civil
war.
In the Nineteenth New York con-
gressional district the soldier vote may
change the presentresult of the voting
for congressman. j. II. Livingston
has, according to the present count, a
plurality of seven over his republican
rival, v. V. Cochran. There are about
$50 soldiers in this district who are en-
titled to vote.
Major Taylor, the colored cicylist,
at Philadelphia on the 18th lowered
the mile bicycle record to 1882, being
three-ffths Of second better than
any previous performance. He also
lowered the half-mile record from 4S to
1885 seconds.
In the intercollegiate shooting con-
test between Princeton, Yale, Harvard
and Pennsylvania at Monmouth juno
tion, N. j., ON the 19th, Yale won, with
Harvard and Pennsylvania and Prince
ton finishing in that order.