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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
WASHINGTON.

A favorable report has been made
by the house committee on alcoholic
liquor traffic on the bill to prohibit
the sale of Intoxicating liquor on res
ervations and in buildings controlled
by the United States.
The honorary degree of doctor of
laws has been conferred by Yale uni
versity upon President Mckinley.
The secretary of the navy has Sc
1ected Capt. p. II. Cooper, superintend-
ent of the naval academy at Annapolis,
Nd. to command the cruiser Chicago.
This vessel is one of the pioneers of
the navy and was the flagship of the
white squadron which visited Europe
several years ago. She has recently
undergone extensive alterations.
The actual cash expenditures of the
government up to July l on account
of the war amounted to about $780,
100000.
For the fiscal year closing June 30
the governments receipts from Gus
toms amounted to little less than
S150,00O,000, loss as compared with
the fiscal year of 1897 of about $780,
OO,uOU. nc revenue TeCelDIS
amounted to about $4,000 900, a gain
of $23, 100000.
Negotiations still continue between
the war department and ship owners
for the purchase of additional vessels
for army transportation service.
President Mckinley has signed the
bankruptcy bill and it is now law.
A decision has been rendered by the
commissioner of internal revenue to
the effect that railroad companies
making charge for excess baggage
of passengers shall be required to
afliX one-cent stamp to bills of lad
ing covering such excess, in the same
manner as express companies are re-
quired to stamp their bills of lading.
During the week ended July 1 the
business failures in the United States
numbered 254, as compared with 241
for the corresponding period of 1897
and Il in Canada, as against 80 for
the same time last year.
President Mckinley on the 1st made
the following appointments of cadets
at large at the United States military
academy: Ulysses S. Grant, the third
of New York City; Charles S. Hoyt, OF
Washington; Grayson Murphy, ot
Philadelphia; Charles F. Smith, son ot
Maj. Smith, of the First cavalry.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
The SHIPPER MUST PAY.
Express Companies Decide that Their Gus
toners Shall Pay the War Revenue Tax.

Express Companies Decide that Their Gus
toners Shall Pay the War Revenue Tax.
New York, July 1.-For a number
of days the officials of the various eX-
press companies with headquarters in
this city have been discussing the ef-
feet of the war revenue tax upon their
business. The companies decided that
the payment of the tax by them would
take so large proportion of their en-
tire net revenue that it would be i'm
possible for them to assume the bur
den. Two propositions were consid-
cred, either to increase their rates to
an amount which would make good
to them the expense of the tax, or to
add the tax directly to their existing
rates.
Under their contracts with the rail-
road companies the express people are
obliged to pay certain percentage,
varying from 40 to so per cent. OF their
gross receipts, as compensation for
express facilities on the various roads.
The adoption of the first of these meas
ures would therefore have necessitat-
ed an increase in the express compan-
les rates to a sum nearly double the
amount of the tax. 1t was therefore
decided to adopt the rule that only
the exact amount of the tax shall be
collected. The shipper will be re-
quired to pay this tax, plus the ex-
press companies rates.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06

New York, July 1.-The headquar-
ters of the National Volunteer Re-
serves was closed yesterday. William
Washington, president of the organi-
zation, said the treasury was about
depleted and the organization would
have to suspend temporarily. The OBJ
iect of the National Volunteer Re-
serves was to form an adjunct to the
land and sea forces of the United
States from which the government
could draw its men when needed il
war. There were enlisted in il from
5000 to 5000 men in all parts Of the
country.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
THE NEW REVENUE STAMPS.
The Supply is Millions Short of the De-
mand-Patent Medicine Makers Greatly
InconvenIenced.

The Supply is Millions Short OF the De-
mAnd-Patent Medicine Makers Greatly
Inconyenlenced.
Washington, July at is stated at
the internal revenue bureau that fewer
complaints of inability to get the new
revenue stamps were received Friday
than were expected. The acquisitions
of the collectors for an estimated three
months supply amounted to about
400, 100000 stamps. These acquisitions
have been honored to the amount OF
over 200,000,000 and other shipments
will be made as rapidly as possible.
In a number of cities large crowds are
reported as standing in line at the
collectors Office waiting to purchase
stamps, but no serious inconvenience
has been reported so far.
There seems to be some danger that
the supply in the hands of collectors
will be exhausted before renewals can
reach them, but the bureau of engrav-
ing and printing and the internal rev.
enue forces will work night and day
as long as the situation seems to re-
uuire, and before the middle of next
week every one, it is expected, will
have an ample supply to meet all de-
mands. One. great source of annoy
ance is that persons using large guam
titles of stamps are insisting upon lay
ing in a sufficient number to last from
one to six months and so deprive 9th
ers from getting even temporary
supply. The question of limiting the
sales to one person until the conges-
ton is relieved is now under consid-
Grafton by the officials.
New York, July 2.-The war tax law
in it's entirety is now in force. The
schedules relating to beer and tobacco
became operative June IA; the other
schedules took effect at midnight
Thursday.
There is a great scarcity of stamps.
As result several large manufactur-
ers of proprietary medicines will be
forced to reduce their output for days.
or perhaps weeks, until the supply OF
stamps is adequate.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
WEST AND SOUTH.

The commissary general of the army
has awarded to Swift & Co., OF Chi
cago, a contract for supplying the
troops in Cuba with refrigerated beef
in such quantities as may be required
The contract is big one and involves
the shipment to that country OF large
cargoes of dressed meat.
A number of vessels have been sent
to Cuba during the past two months
with supplies for the Cuban army ana
the suffering people, amounting in all
to several hundred thousand rations.
The sum of $4,000, 900 has been placed
at the disposal of the commissary de-
partment for supplying the army with
beef and feeding the Cuban army and
the eX-reconcentrados.
The soldiers at Camp Thomas wear
out daily nearly 500 suits of uniforms,
and other clothing in proportion.
At Miami, Fla, where Gen. Schwan
commands a division, the commissary
department of the army has concen-
trated 100000 rations, indicating the
probability of troops being kept there
for some time and the addition of
others in the future.
The steamer Newport, which sailed
recently from San Francisco with Gen.
Merritt for the Philippines, will bring
Joy to the hearts of our troops in Ma
Mia, as it carries large sum of money
for the payment of the soldiers and
the purchase of needed supplies. 1t is
said that the steamer carries from
81 900, 900 to $3,000,000.
Six men were arrested at Lake City,
! S. c., on the 30th ult., charged with
having murdered the negro postmas-
ter there last February. The case at
tracted national attention and the
government has been vigorously at
work ferretting out the participants
in the crime.
Batteries C and NJ, of the Sixth
United States artillery, now on duty
at Fort Myer, Va, have been assigned
for duty to the Philippines.
On the 1st severe north wind die
considerable damage to grain ant
fruit in the Sacramento and San Joa
quin valleys of California. The great
est loss will fall upon the growers o
wheat About 40 per cent. of th'
wheat has been threshed out by th'
storm in some localities.
Fire on the 1st entirely destroyed
the Hotel Roanoke at Roanoke, Va.
owned by the Norfolk & Western Rail
road Co. Loss 100000.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
LATER NEWS,

The Spanish steamer Bonito Ester-
ger, of about 500 tons, and small
sloop, the Emanuel and Raoul, cap
tured by the Hornet off Manzanillo,
have been brought to Key West, FLA,
by prize crew.
In head-end collision on the llli-
nois Central railroad at Garrison creek
bridge, near Paducah, Ky, on the Sd,
between two freight trains, Engineer
Thompson was killed. Jim Scott, of
Madisonville, KY, who was stealing q
ride, was fatally injured. Other train
men were injured, but saved their
lives by jumping. Both engines and
"a cars are wrecked.
The comparative statement of the
government receipts and expenditures
shows that the total receipts for June
were $33, ,5O9,31 and the disbursements
$47,S52,2S1.
The Seymour Paper Co., which has
y mandatory at Windsor Locks,
Conn, has made an assignment. The
liabilities are S50,000.
During the fiscal year that closed
June 30 the coinage at the mints of
the United States amounted to $751;
400, 1893, as follows: Gold $64, 4,434,S65,
silver SIC, 6,4S5,5 ,5S4, minor coins $1,4S9,-
4s4. The standard silver dollars
coined aggregated $10,002,7S0.
Forty-four accidents were reported
in st. Louis on the 4th, nearly all
growing out of attempts to celebrate
the day with fireworks.
The first miners to come out from
the Klondike this season arrived at
Seattle, Wash, on the Sd from st.
Michaels on the steamer New England.
There were 20 of them and they
brought gold dust and drafts estimat-
ed at $375,O0O. The largest individual
holder of dust is credited with $4,000
The steamer Waesland, from Liver
pool. arrived at Philadelphia on the
Sd with large consignment of Irish
sod, said to be the first that has ever
been shipped to this country. This
sod was placed on board the Waesland
at Queenstown, and is consigned tc
the Irish fair at San Francisco.
Horace II. Fralick and Miss Estella
4 Kaiser were drowned in Lake Erie or
the Sd while bathing at Edgewatel
beach, resort near Cleveland.
At Philadelphia on the 4th the ole
state house, which has been undergo
ing repairs for some months, wa'
turned over to the city after patri
otic demonstrations in which thou
sands of people participated.
The session of the senate. on the I'd was dc
voted chiefly to the Hawaiian debate, Senate
Pettigrcw speaking for FIVE hours An eitor
was made TO secure an agreement to adouri
until the 5th but il was unsuccessful. III
house was not in session.
In the senate on the 4th The debate on tn
Hawaiian resolutions was Continued. Mr. Ale
beginning a long speech in opposition TO ar
nexation. Mr.. Turpie read the Declarato
Of Independence and number OF private bill
we're passed. The house was not in session.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
CRISP OHIO NEWS
Gathered by Telegraph From All
Parts ct the State.
Christian Endeavor Onicers Elected.

Mansfield, July 1.-Officers for the
ensuing year were elected Thursday
by the C. E. convention as follows:
President, Rev. A. C. Miller, Plymouth;
recording secretary, John Lawrence,
Cincinnati; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. j. H. Darnell, Van Vert; statisti-
cal secretary, Mrs. Sterling X. Black,
Akron; treasurer, N. S. Lewis, To-
ledo; superintendent junior work,
Mrs. G. c. Morgan, Cleveland; assist
ant superintendent junior work, Miss
Clara L. Boyer, Dayton; superintend-
ent missionary extension, Miss Flora
L. Edwards, Cleveland; superintend-
ent floating c. E., Rev. A. c. Vincent,
SauduskV
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gathered from All Quarters.
CONGRESS.

Senate, June S-The general deficiency bill
was considered and a number OF amendments
were agreed TO. The remainder OF the ses-
sion was occupied by Mr.. Caffery in speech
against the annexation OF Hawai-.
House-The house adopted the conference re-
port on the bankruptcy bill and the measure
now goes to the president for his sgnaipuirttes;;
The senate amendments to the war claims plll
were disagreed to and conferees were appoint,
cd The remainder of the day was devoted
10 consideration of matters reported from the
committee on military affairs.
Senate, June 29-The resolutions. recon-
!mended by the president were adopted tender
ing the thanks OF congress TO Naval Con-
structor Hobson and the other heroes OF the
Merrimac and to Lieut.. Frank H. Newcomb,
commander OF the revenue cutter Hudson;
for his gallant rescue of the Winsloyw,, and
her crew off Cardenas and retiring on full pay
Capt. Hodgson, Of the McCuoch, for dis
tinguished services at Manila The general de-
hciency BILL carrying $227 100000, was passed
sion to settle the Pacific railroads government
indebtedness within ten years. Debate on
the Hawaiian annexation resolutions was then
resumed
House.-The house sent the Indian and sun
dry civil appropriation bills back to conference
and passed a number OF bills relating to mill
tary affairs.
Senate, June 30.-The last of the apDropria-
tion bills that had been pending in conference
was disposed of and made law. After long
debate the senate receded from its amendments
TO the Sundry civil bill and adopted the con-
ference report on the Indian appropriation bill.
House.-An attempt to secure passage of the
bill TO incorporate the International American
bank met with determined opposition in the
house. Fibustcring was indulged in, but it
was not effective in preventing consideration
OF the bill. Adjournment. however. was forced
before vote upon the measure could be
reached.
Senate, July 1.-The Hawaiian annexation
resolutions were debated during nearly the
entire session, the main feature being the
speech Of Mr.; Pettus. of Alabama, in favor oi
annexation The conference report on the bill
providing penalties for maliciousy damaging
coast defenses was agreed to and the bill wa:
passed.
House.-The proceedings in the house werc
OF no public interest and no legislation OF any
importance was considered. Adjourned unit
the 9Th.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
EAST.

At Pittsburg on the 30th ult. the
wage conference of the Window Glass
Cutters league and manufacturers
adjourned without reaching an agree
ment. The cutters demanded an adj
vance of nearly 6 per cent, which the
manufacturers refused to grant. About
5000 cutters are affected.
On the 2Sth ut. 122 sailors and ma
chinists left Philadelphia over the
Pennsylvania railroad for San Fran
cisco, where they will join the cruiser
Philadelphia.
A circular is to be issued by eastern
railroads to shippers. 1t is a notice
that the railroads will pay for but one
war revenue stamp for each shipment.
If the shipper desires a duplicate in
any form he must pay for the stamp
which is necessary to make it legal
document.
A regiment of volunteers is being
raised at West Hoboken, N. j., by Gen.
Franz Sigel, a famous Union officer of
the civil war.
On the Goth ult the 19Sth annual
commencement of Yale university was
keld at New Haven, Conn; over 700
students graduated.
After undergoing a thorough over
hauling at the Brooklyn navy yard,
the United States cruiser Topeka went
to sea from New York on the 1st. The
Topeka was built in Germany ten
years ago for the Brazilian govern
ment, but was never delivered. She
was purchased for this government
Just before the breaking out of the
war with Spain.
The war tax of l per cent. on tele.
phone messages costing Is cents OF
over proved good thing for New
Yorkers. The New York Telephone
Co., which has always charged IL
cents, has announced reduction tc
ten cents per message.
On the 2sth ult. Patrick Haggins
said to be the oldest man in Pennsyl
vania, died at Scranton, Pa. aged IL
years. His age is authenticated by
records and certificates which show
that he was born in County London
derry, Ireland, November 1, 1881.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
LETTERS LOSSES.
They are Said to be Reflected In the Bor>
rowing by His Father OF @3,0OO,OOO.

rowing by His Father OF S3.oOO.OOO.
Chicago, July 2.-Levi Y. Letter has
completed negotiations with the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Co. for loan of $3,000,000 for ten
years at 4 per cent. The security con-
sists of number of the most valuable
pieces of business property in the
city. In completing the details of the
loan, Mr.. Letter informed the agents
of the Northwestern that he would
probably require further advances of
about $3,5OO,000 or $4000,O00.
The money obtained by Letter will
go toward the liquidation of the debt
incurred by his son Joseph in wheat
peculation. The share of Joseph
Letter in the immense estate of his
father will be nearly, if not entirely,
consumed by his speculation. Mr..
Letters notice that he would probably
require between $6,000,000 and $7,000,-
600 in loans on his property is taken
to indicate the extent of Joseph Lei
ter's losses he is compelled to bear,
being the excess of the sum of losses
in the deal above Joseph Letters pri-
vate fortune, which was variously esti-
mate at from $1,vvv,000 to $3000,000
before he began his career on the
Chicago board of trade, over year ago.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
The Bombardment of MORO.

Off Santiago, July Admiral
Sampson bombarded the fortihcations
of the harbor of Santiago for the
fourth time Saturday. The lombard.
ment lasted two hours. The damage
was more severe than in previous bonn
bardments. The enemy's fire was 81.
lenced. Morro castle was badly
knocked about and the eastern, west
ern and Punta Gorda batteries were
torn up in many places. The Spanish
flag which has flown all the time or
MORO castle was shot down by tho
Oregon. No casualties were reported
in the feet.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
Kerr Wins the Prize.

Wellington, July 1.-THE republican
convention of the Fourteenth Ohio
congressional district which met here
Wednesday and took 129 ballots with
out choice being made, reassembled
Thursday morning and on the 151st
ballot nominated Winfield S. Kerr, the
present congressman from the dis
trict, the vote standing: Kerr 143,
H. G. Critchfield, of Knox county, AZ;
Mark Cook, of Morrow county, %; j.
f. Laning, of Huron county, 13. The
nomination is almost equivalent to an
election, Kerr being chosen in 1896
by majority of 2,276.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
Darby winners Defeated.

Cincinnati, July Pink Coat and
Han Dor, the two derby winners,
went down to defeat before Talbot
Bros great 3-year-old colt, John
Bright, in the Himyar stakes at La
tonia yesterday. There were but three
starters in the race and John Bright
was the outsider at to 1. The race
was at mile and an eighth and was
run in the remarkable time of 1891.
The value of the stake to the winner
is $4,000.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
The State Claims $4,000.

Columbus, June 30.-State Auditor
Guilbert and Claim Agent William Tai
ford have gone to Washington to press
a claim for $12O,OO0 against the gov
ernment. The state expended that
amount of money for the pay and
equipment of troops, between the time
when they were called out by the gov
ernment and mustered into the Uni
ted States service,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
Got a Small Supply of Stamps.

Cleveland, July IA limited sup
ply of new revenue stamps was re-
ceived yesterday by Collector McCord
The supply will not begin to meet the
big demands to be made upon them
and the collector Immediately wired
to the department in Washington that
he wanted more as fast as they could
send them. On the face of the new
revenue stamp is engraved a represen
tation of the battleship Maine.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
or Interest to Home-Seekers.

To those desirous of owning farm home,
and seeking by industry and thrift to attain
an independent condition in life, no better
chance is afforded than the fertile farming
lands, at low prices and reasonable terms,
situated along the line of the Chicago &
North Western R'y, in western Minnesota
and South Dakota. !
This locality is forging to the front and
yearly gaining immense wealth from its fine
crops, dairy interests and stock raising.
For further information regarding Home
seekers rates, ETC., please apply to W. b.
Kniskern. G. P. and T. A, % Fifth Ave,
Chicago.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
Does Not Ant,cipate a Strike.

Columbus, July 2.-Presldent Ratch'
ford, of the United Mine Workers ma
tional organization, does not think
there will be strike in Ohio. lie
states that the troubles between Ger
tain operators and the railroads dc
not affect the mine workers and viii
not unless the operators see fit to re
pudiate the Chicago agreement.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
Overrun with Thieves.

Chagrin Falls, July 2.-Russell
township, east of this place, is over
run with thieves. The poultry houses
of Gus Anderson and M. B. Perkins
prominent farmers, were broken into
and 35 hens taken from each. w. L.
Halstead's cellar was robbed Thurs
day night of 20 cans of fruit and num-
erous other farmers have had harness
saddles, tools and anything of value
%n1yor,
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06

For the first six months of 1898 the
business failures in the United States
numbered 6,429, or s per cent. fewer
than a year ago, Is per cent. less than
two years ago, and only per cent.
larger than in 1898. Liabilities, too,
are smaller, aggregating % per cent
smaller than last year.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
Recruiting Office Closed.

Cleveland, July 2.-After noon Fri
day there was not recruiting office
in Cleveland where a man could en-
list in the volunteer army. Lieut.
Dissette, who had charge of the Fiftf
regiment recruiting detail, closet
Huron street armory at that time ant
left for the depot with eight men
They proceeded direct to Tampa.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
SECOND Call volunteers to be Paid.

Columbus, July 1.--Adjt. Gen.
Kingsley issued orders yesterday for
the payment of second-call Ohio
troops from the date of calling out to
and including the day before muster
ing into the volunteer service, at the
rate of So per day, less the amount the
government will pay. Officers will
not be paid anything by the state.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
Give the Children a Drink

called Grain-O. 1t is delicious, appetizing,
nourishing food drink to take the place Of
coffee. Sold by all grocers and liked by all
who have used it, because when properly
prepared it tastes like the finest coffee but
is free from all its injurious properties.
Grain.O aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves. 1t is not stimuant but a health
builder, and children, as well as adults, can
drink it with great benefit. Costs about t az
t,n,,nh on nnHnn LIZ md O6o
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
America,s Greatest Medicine.
A Slight Misunderstanding.

Mr.. Guyer-I suppose you ride wheel,
Miss Antiquate?
Miss Antiquate-Yes, indeed; I completed
my first century yesterday.
'Really? You don't look it, I'm sure"
Friends they were, but strangers now
Chicago Evening News.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-07-06
IL Health Worth Ten Centsy

Man suffers many mysterious ailments
from unknown causes, and nine-tenths Of
them have their origin in the digestive canal
somewhere. II does any person good to
clean out this canal occasionally in a rational
way, provided it is not done in violent
manner. The proper cleansing and disin-
fecting preparation is Cascarets Candy Ca
thartic, which are very gentle, but at the
same time thoroughly effective. A l0c box
will purify the whole system and in most
"feeing bad" take Cascarets. They will do
you good, and can do you no harm.
Language of the Day.
He-I shall never love again.
She-Ah! An immune. - Indianapolis
journal.