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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
ALINE OF roRPEpoEs.
Formidable System of Defenses for the
Protection of New York HArbOr-GOvern-
,,,ant HaLaa TorCa PurChaReR of Coal.

Formidable System of Defenses for the
Protection of New York HArbOr-GOvern-
ment Makes Large Purchases of Coal.
New York, Feb. 26.-The Brooklyn
Eagle says: At Willett's Point pre-
caution is being made to make the
East river entrance to New York IN
vulnerable. A so-called skirmish line
of torpedoes is projected from the
Willett's Point shore across the channel
10 Fort Schuyler. The torpedoes will
be anchored so close together that it
will be impossible for a hostile vessel
to cross the line without being blown
ND. The torpedoes will be connected
With electric wires and the engineers
aave arranged to have batteries located
It each end of the line, so that in case
IN apparatus was used by the enemy
20 sever the connecting wires and
oreak the circuit, the torpedoes still
| could be exploded from either end OF
the line. :,
The channel is already protected
from Willett's Point shore to the center
Of the channel by two groups OF sub
marine mines. Each group OF mines
consists of % torpedoes, A altogether,
containing 1870 pounds of giant powder.
At Fort Schuyler, directly opposite
Willetts Point, considerable engineer
ing work has been done. A torpedo
magazine and experimenting gallery
was recently completed. 1t is consid-
red the strongest magazine on any
United States fortification.
Pittsburg, Feb. 26.-It was learned
Friday through an officer of one OF the
largest coal corporations in this dis
trict, that the navy department had
closed contracts with the firm of Cast
ner. Curran & Bullitt, of Philadelphia
ior the delivery at Key West, Sand
KEYS, Dry Tortugas, Savannah, Charles
ION and Fortress Monroe of $50, 600 tons
, of Pocahontas coal, and with the
Rhodes & Beidler Coal Co., of Cleve
land, for the delivery of $4,000 tons O.
! eoal.
The stipulations of the contracts JUS
placed are that the coal so ordered
, shall be delivered at the designated
, coaling stations as soon asiti is possible
! to do so and that the utmost secrecy o'
=. observed about the matter.
, In carrying out these contracts th'
q railroads play a prominent part an'
q for the purpose of moving everything
q as expeditiously as possible Presiden
Ingalls,, of the Chesapeake " Ohio rail
= road; Receiver Murray, of the Baltl
a more & Ohio, and General Manage
9 Loree, of the Pennsylvania railroad
+ went to Washington last week and cor
n suited with Secretary Long, OF tn
q navy, and Assistant Secretary Meike
II John, of the war department, on tn
n matter.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
LATER.

GEN. w. B. TALIAFERRo, a Mexican
war veteran and commander of the
Virginia troops during the John Brown
raid, major general in the Confederate
army and an ex-judge, is dead at his
home in Gloucester county, Va.
The Italian claim against Haiti has
been settled by Haiti paying the full
amount demanded, $S0,000.
AN interesting cargo of living freight
was landed at New York City on the
2sth ult. by the steamer Manitoban.
On board the big vessel, which left
Norway February 4, were ia Laplan-
ders and Finns-men, women and child
ren-together with 537 reindeers, 420
sleds, over 500 sets of harness and $500
bags of moss with which the deers
were fed.
ONE of the men who attempted the
life of the king of Greece has been ar
rested. His name is Karditza and he
was employed in the mayors office at
| Athens.
FIRE that broke out at midnight on
the 2Sth ult. in a four-story tenement
house in Brooklyn, N. Y, damaged
property to the extent of $4,000 and
made 70 families temporarily homeless.
Several smaller tenement houses were
destroyed. A number of persons were
slightly injured.
The Pennsylvania railroads annual
report for 1897 makes the following
statement: The gross earnings of al
lines east and west of Pittsburg were
S12s, ,27s, ,0s6; operating expenses $s7,
641,031; net earnings $40, 637, ,055.
Gov. ROGERS has ordered that the 1;
companies composing the nationa
guard of Washington state shall b.
Immediately recruited to their full
strength. Recruiting is being carrie'
on actively.
COMMANDER FORSYTH at Key Wes
has secured ground in the cemetery a
Kew West in which will be inferred tn
remains of such bodies of the Main
victims as are brought from Havana.
IT can be stated positively that n
river and harbor bill will be reporte
: at this session of congress-
SECRETARY GAGE denies the publishe
statement that he is preparing for
, bond issue and that the bureau of ell
q craving is preparing the plates.
= HENRY W. CoRBETT was ON the 2Sth ult d.
MED admission to the senate as a senator fro
Is Oregon on an appointment by the governor, b
i the decisive vote of 80 to 10 After disposir
Of the Corbett case the senate began conslde
Z alton OF the Alaska homestead and railwi
n right Of way bill and had not concluded 1t WHIT
y IL adjourned ... The house passed the sund
t. civil appropriation bill after four hours
= bate. The most important action was Il
70 elimination OF the appropriation for represel
tation at the Paris exposition.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
INTERESTING OHIO NEWS
Gathered by Telegraph from All
Parts of the State.
rhrse relephone oompanle. IneorpOrate.

Three Telephone Companies Incorporate
Columbus, March 1.-The Bucyrus
Telephone Co. was incorporated with
$50, 600 capital stock Monday. The
company will connect and operate in
the following cities: Bucyrus, Upper
Sandusky, Tiffin, Marion, Mansfield
and Mt. Gilead. The Crestline Tele-
phone Co. increased it's capital stock
from $4,000 to $4,000. The Puritan
Land Co., of East Liverpool, increased
it's capital stock from $40, 900 to $50, 600
The Ravenna Home Telephone Co. wal
incorporated; capital stock $4,000
The Citizen Savings Bank Co., OF War
rem, was Incorporated; capital stocl
| S100. 900.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
NINE PEOPLE cREMATED.
Awful Result of an karly Morning Fire
in a Tenement House.

Charleston, S. c., Feb. 25.-Nine lives
were lost in fire here this morning.
At 2:lO policeman noticed sparks
fiyine from tenement house at No
1850 Church street. A blaze was issuing
from one of the windows on the first
floor. The doors were broken open
and the family on that floor rushed out
The police rushed up stairs and when
they reached the third floor the life
saving work was stopped by the flames.
Screams from dying women were heard
and Officer Bagby rushed in and pulled
out three charred bodies. The fire was
soon under control, but not until nine
lives on the third floor had been lost,
The dead:
Mrs. Rebecca Knickmeyer, Albert
O'Neil, Caswell O'Neil, Josephine
Knickmeyer, II years of age; Katie
Knickmeyer, 16 years; Leonora KIick
never, 0 years; Frances Knickmeyer,
years Lilly Knickmeyer, 3years, ant
q baby of Mrs. Knickmeyer, one montl
n1d
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
EAST.

About 1900 would-be volunteers have
visited the Vermont at New York City
since the recruiting began, but only
small number were accepted.
The pioneer circus proprietor, Asa R.
Stowe, is dead at Middletown, Conn,
aged 73. Xxi. d.
At point below the Notifications of
Washington the Potomac river has
been blocked off and prepared for
mines and torpedoes, so that it is prob
able that hostile ships would be blown
out of the water before it would be
necessary to use the guns at the fort.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ended February 25 num-
bered 2S3, as compared with 297 for the
corresponding period last year, and 30
in Canada, as against so for the same
time in 1897.
An assessment amounting to $1Ss, 900
has been levied by the receiver upon
1000 residents of New York and $500
persons from other parts Of the coun-
try, policy holders in the United Life
association which went into bank
ruptcy in August, 1895. Individual as
sessments in some instances amount to
$1,000.
The arsenal at Watertown, Mass, is
now engaged in loading 500, 900 pounds
of ordnance and other war material
destined for points along the Atlantic
coast.
The American Iron and Steel associ
atoms bulletin shows the production
of Bessemer steel ingots for 1897 Il
have been 5,475,315 gross tons, an in
crease over 1896 of 1855, 400 tons. Th'
production for 1897 was the largest IL
the history of the country.
DR.. John P. Maynard, aged 70 years
famous as the discoverer of collodiol
as used in surgery, is dead at Dedhan
Mass.
The report that the government
securing from railway companies est
mates of their capacity for movin
troops and munitions of war betwee
Atlantic and gulf ports and the II
terror, is denied by Vice President 3
John, of the Seaboard Air Line, who's
road was mentioned in the reports.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02

Washington, Feb. 9&-In view of the
report that Havana harbor contains a
system of submarine mines, state
ment around which has centered the
chief public interest in connection with
the disaster to the Maine, Senor Du
Bose, Spanish charge d'affaires at
Washington, last night made to the
press the following statement, which
may be considered as an official denial;
81 wish to state on my own official
knowledge that no mine exists inside
or outside of Havana harbor, nor is
there any submarine defense of any
kind"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02

Youngstown, Feb. 26.-Angelo Will
on Thursday night shot Martha Law
renee, Joseph Farando, Mrs. Peter
Farando and Daniel Noute. Farando
and Noute are fatally wounded. All
are Italians and lived at Coalburg
Blocks, little place about seven miles
north of here. All the injured persons
are relatives. No motive has yet been
learned. Mrs. Gabriel Farando, at
whose home the shooting occurred,
would have been killed but for her
sister-in-law, who interfered and was
shot in the arm. Will was arrested
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
MEAT INSPECTION LAW VOID.
A Federal Judge Decides that Congress
Exceeded Its Powers in Enacting tn

A Federal Judge Decides that Congress
Exceeded Its Powers in Enacting the
Measure.
Kansas City, Mo-, March 1.-The en-
tire system of government inspection
of meat, which has been established in
the packing houses of the United
States, was declared to be unconstitu-
tional, ineffective and void in an opin-
ion handed down in the United States
district court Monday by Judge John
Rogers, federal judge at Fort Smith,
Ark, who is sitting for Judge Phillips.
An indictment against Harry Boyer,
foreman of the fresh meat department
of the Jacob Dold Packing Co., charged
with attempting to bribe a government
meat inspector, was quashed on the
ground that congress had no power to
create the office of meat inspector; that
even if Boyer had attempted to bribe
an inspector, as charged in the indict
ment, he did not commit an offens'
against the government.
Under the decision of Judge Rogers
packers may disregard the meat in
spectors without fear of successful
prosecution, because the law by whicl
the inspection was created has beel
declared invalid. Boyer's attorney
contended that the carcasses whicl
were inspected were not subjects o
interstate commerce and therefor
the government had no right to i'm
pose police regulations at the packin
houses. .,
uJudge Rogers in his decision say
the powers of congress are expressl
granted or indicated by direct implies
tion, and he held that the constitutio
made no provision for the passage {
laws creating packing house inspection
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
murdered ,rlth a Hat pIn.

Chicago, March lit is almost GER
tainty that Bartholomew Brandner,
the Partisan drummer who is dead at
the Palmer house, was murdered with
awomat's hat pin. The autopsy showed
not only concussion of the brain, but a
small puncture which began near the
corner of the left eye and extended far
into the interior Of the skull. 1t was
not of greater diameter than the lea
in pencil. Four detectives have been
detailed on the case. Brandner en-
tered the hotel late Sunday night,
bleeding profusely, and fell to the
floor.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
NEST AND Sourh.


Robert Law, aged 76 years, the pio-
neer coal dealer of Chicago, died on
the Gath ult. Mr.. Law began operating
coal mines in Illinois in 1850 and until
recent years was one of the leading
operators.
One of the most prominent lawyers
of Illinois, ex-Judge Elliott Anthony,
of the superior court, is dead at Chi
cago, aged 7S years. Before coming to
Chicago Judge Anthony was connected
with the Kirkwood academy at Clin-
ton, N. Y. One of his pupils was ex-
President Cleveland.
1t has been arranged that Sunday,
March 90, is to be set apart by the otfi-
GERS of the w. c. 7. U. as memorial
day for Frances E. Willard. 1t is already
red letter day among white ribbon
ers, being prohibition day, the birth
day of Gen. Neal Dow.
Resolutions were adopted at a meet
ing of the Womans' Temple trustees in
Chicago on the 25th ult. appealing to
the public for assistance in raising the
debt which hangs over the W. c. L. u.
building. The trustees resolved that
when they had secured for the National
w. c. 7. U. the capital stock OF the
temple, the building should be rechris-
tened "Willard Temple" as a monu-
mcnt to Miss Frances E. Willard.
John E. Wilkie, Of Chicago, an oper-
ative in the secret service of the treas
urv department and formerly city ed
itor of the Chicago Tribune, has been
promoted to be chief of the bureau,
} vice w. P. Hazen, who has been placed
in charge of the service at New York
The Southern Railroad Co. on the
Goth ult. purchased the Memphis &
Charleston railroad, extending south
east from Memphis, Tenn, to Steven
son, Ala, distance of 300 miles, Th'
. purchase price was $500, ,OOO
r Fire destroyed the Stamford dy'
e works at Lynchburg, Va, on the 97tl
i ult. Loss 100000; partly insured.
In reply to card in Middlesbor
. Ky.) newspaper asking ex-Confed
Y crates to form regiment to serve il
" case of war with Spain, more tha
e enough responses have been receive
. to fill the ranks from southwest Vii
ginia, east Tennessee and Kentucky.
le The death of ex-Mayor Blee, {
i Cleveland, o., prominent democra
IL IL and for many years general superb
a. tendent of the Big Four railroad, o.
s. Cured at his home in that city on tn
A Goth ult. He was SO years old.
SO President Dole, of Hawaii, sale
Il, from San Francisco, Cal, for Honolul
re on the steamer Mariposa on the 95t
ct ult
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
studsnt volunteers, Convention.

Cleveland, Feb. 24.-The third inter
national convention of the student
volunteer movement for foreign mis-
sions opened Wednesday afternoon in
the Grays' armory. Nearly 1,5OO dele
gates from more than 900 colleges were
present when Rev. F. B. Meyer, cele-
brated London preacher, opened the
session. The convention is composed
Of representatives from many lands
Japs, Chinese and Hindoos being among
the delegateS.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
Found Five Bullets in the Corpse.

Columbus, March 1.-West Jefferson
is greatly excited over the discovery
that Joseph Millholland, whose body
was found on the Little Miami tracks
Saturday, was murdered and the body
placed upon the tracks to prevent the
discovery of the deed. 1t was at first
thought that Millholland had COM
mitted suicide. Upon investigation
the coroner discovered five bullets in
the mangled remains of the deceased
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from An Quarters.
CONGRESS

SENATE Feb 22-The bill to increase the
artillery branch of the regular army by two
regiments was passed. resolution was also
.assed directing the committee on naval analrs
10 ascertain If ship equal to any in the world
md to be named the George washington, can
be built within one year in United States snip
Eards
HousE.-Mr johnson (rep., Ind.) delivered
,peech in opposition to the proposed annexa-
don of Hawaii General debate on sundry civil
pill was concluded
SENATE, Feb 2a-Quite q sharp debate on
Ihe Cuban situation was precipitated by M.
Allen, OF Mel raska, who offered as an amend
uent to the consular and diplomatic appro-
priation bill the resolution passed by the SEN
Ite a year ago recognizing the belligerency
rights of the Cuban insurgents. The debate
became general and occupied nearly four hours
The Allen amendment was laid on the table
and the consular and diplomatic and military
academy bills were passed.
HousE-Many subjects were introduced dur
ing the consideration Of the sundry civil ap-
propriation bill. resolution was adopted
inauiring Of the treasury department what has
been done by the United States to prevent the
CONVEYANCE TO the Cubans OF articles produced
In the United States; also as to the prevention
Of flibustering.
SENATE, Feb. ga prominent feature oi
the proceedings was the speech OF Mr.. Spooner
Of Wisconsin, on the right Of Henry W. Corbeti
70 q seat in the senate from Oregon under ap'
pointment of the governor. Mr. Spoonel
argued in favor of seating Mr.. Corbett and hat
not concluded when the senate adjourned. Tit
resolution previously offered by Mr.. Allen Il
appoint committee OF five sesators to inves
tigate the Cuban situation was withdrawn b.
Its author.
HoUsE.-Thirty additional pages of the sun
dry civil appropriation bill were disposed or
SENATE Feb. 25.-The right OF Henry W
Corbett to seat in the senate from Orego
was under consideration for five hours but n
vote was reached
HoUsE.-The question Of river and harbo
appropriations was precipitated in the houS
during the consideration of the sundry civ
bill and after u long debate it was agreed tha
there would be no river and harbor bill at TIL
session of congress- This led Mr. Moody
attack the contract items carried in the sundr
civil bill and his remarks in denunciation
what he termed favoritism approached Il
sensational Four pages Of the bill were di
posed Of and the senate amendments to Il
army appropriation bill were agreed to.
SENATE, Feb. 26-The discussion on Il
right Of Henry w. Corbett to seat was CO.
tinued. Mr. Thurston opposed the admissit
OF Mr. Corbett, while Messrs. Foraker, Ky
and Mantle supported Mr.. Corbett's claii
The pension calendar was cleared by the pas
age Of several private pension measures
few bills Of general character were al
passed.
HousE.-Consideratio Of the sundry ci'
bill was continued. About 20 pages of it we
disposed Of. Many efforts were made to inje
river and harbor items into the bill, three
them being successful
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
Levied on the Hayes Homestead.

Fremont, Feb. 26.-The homestead
of the late ex-President R. B. Hayes,
known as Spiegel Grove, was levied
upon by the sheriff Friday to satisfy a
Judgment obtained in common pleas
court for $1,000 damages awarded Mrs
Addie NJ. Smith, of this city. Mrs
Smith was given a Judgment for in
iuries received in runaway caused by
a dog owned by the Hayes estate. Th'
costs amount to 81, ,O19.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
An Expensive Wreck.

Elyria, Feb. pa freight wreck oc
CURED in the yards Of the Lake Shore
road at this point Wednesday morning
causing loss of several thousand dol
lars. A broken rail caused severa
large gondola cars to jump the track
smashing them to kindling wood.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
Evidences of Crooked Work Multiply.

Lancaster, Feb 24.-Secretary Hitch
cock, successor of William M. Wise,
the absconding officer of the Stouts
vile terra Gotta works, is piling up
evidence of Wise's crookedness. The
amount of his peculations, as shown
by the books of the concern, is near
1000, and it is evident that much OF
his crooked work will never be known,
as it is alleged he was in the habit OF
making sales of the products OF the
works without leaving any record o!
the transactions.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
Murdered by a Boy.

East Liverpool, March 1.-Samuel
Gibson, of Irondale, near this city, was
murdered yesterday by Fred Mosey, a
boy of 1s. The two were in the saloon
owned by Mosey's father, where an
alteration ended in young MoseJ
drawing knife and stabbing ellison
who died in half an hour.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
self-Dumping Cages a Failure.

Massillon, March 1.-The Woodland
mine has been idle for several days
while repairs are being made. The
self-dumping cages with which the
mine was equipped have not proved q
success and are being replaced by cages
of the standard pattern.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
More Bribery investigation Testimony.

Columbus, Feb. 2e.-The senate com
mittee to investigate the alleged at
tempt to bribe Representative Otis held
meeting Friday. Frank Ross, man
ager of the Columbus Telephone Co..
was the only witness examined tie
produced the records of the long dis
tance telephone company during the
senatorial contest. He stated that the
telephone in the Hanna headquarters
was paid for jointly by Maj. Dick and
Representative Boxwell. He also
stated that on January s, 8 and 10 the
Hanna headquarters telephone was IL
communication with the Gibson house
telephone at Cincinnati.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
Attempted Suicide.

Lorain, Feb. 24.-Thomas Dalton
took strychnine Tuesday evening in an
effort to commit suicide. He is not
dead, but in very bad condition.
Dalton is young married man, with
one child. Domestic trouble is given
as the cause,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
VIII Wage War on Several Railroads.

Columbus, Feb. 26.-Attorney Gener-
al Monnett says that enough evidence
has been obtained by the senate trust
committee to void the charters OF sew
eral steam railroads operating in Ohio.
He says they have departed from their
mission as common carriers to discrim-
mate against individual people and
concerns. He will commence action to
have their charters voided, it is an
nounced
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02

Father Weber, the priest who recent
ly said at Rondout, N. Y, that in case
Of war with Spain it would become the
duty ct Catholics to fight On the side
of Spain, has been officially requested
to leave the diocese.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-03-02
A Fatal Fall.

Lorain, March edwin Lewis, an
aged employe of j. H. Barrows & Co.'S
-four mill, was fatally injured Monday
by falling about IS feet from plank
in an elevator. He struck upon his
head. Mr.. Lewis has large family.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-02-25
ne coula Change His Mad.

No man il better known or more gen
orally beloved in the city in which he lives
than Prof. Adam Hendershott. Hisconversa.
ton is quite devoid Of bitterness. Only once
was he ever known to say anything indlcat-
ing even the slightest trace OF ill'temRer:
Travelling downward on suburban trolley
line to call upon a friend, he asked the con
ductor to transfer him to the city street
cars at a certain poi mt. =,
Soon afterward the car stopped. and he
was surprised to see outside the very friend
he was seeking. He started TO- leave the
car. but the conductor accosted him. -,
"You can't change for your car here" he
said brusquely. go back!V
The professor passed him. taking no no.
tice. -.
Cant change cars here, I tell you"
snapped the conductor again.
Prof. Hendershott. deep in conversation
whit his friend, merely waved his hand to
signify that the car might go on without
him.
"Here. you old jay" cried the man with
the brass buttons angrily, "don't tell yoM,
that you can't change cars at this station?"
The good old professor answered with Sc
verify: "But can change my mind at this
station, can't I?"-Pittsburgh Dispatch.