The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-26
General News Summary.
Interesting Home and Foreign News.
DOMESTIC.

New York five years ago in search of
mythical diamond mine on the west
ern coast of Alaska, ii. c, Hoffman, a
machinist, alone has returned.
At Eufaula, Fla, Fred Farris stole
from drug store what he thought TO
be ''old wine," and treated bis base
ball club to the drinks. 1t turned ont
10 be wine of colchicum, deadly
poison. The result is two dead ne
Eroes and slim chances for four or five
others, including Farris.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Co., hav-
Ing refused the compromise offered by
the striking freight handlers, has put
BIS Italians at work at its North river
piers in New York City.
The steamer Dirigo has arrived at
Seattle, Wash, from Skagway, Alaska,
with news of rich strike on Big Sal
mon river. The Dirigo had a number
of passengers from Dawson who
brought out gold dust estimated at
S25O,O00.
BY formal notice served by Secrc-
tary McAneny, of the New York Civil
Service Reform association, on the
,, esii seiSle Cy 'oii,iil'Ssio;leis anu oon'
80, a,,Ia,.a. " - L.a,, la dD' ri, ~.
s ent'o 1ss4n5 20 A. - - ''P' s ,t,'
McAneny have all been appointed since
the White civil service law went into
effect on April 10.
t,,,na,. 4, r. -, Ci;anao II o.,
',foras ~ o,4 on = ~ h"no oo.na1 IN
.. ~ don,an5s ~, of .La -,
~ boi;eyod tbat IN @ fo,v ', Tar" :,
al 10 hoi,ermol.ers win rotrru n"3 70 .
.,o.,, ~ a. 49, so,la tho,. dan,J
"a oo ~. ~ in Iaa,..
Jay ana balf boiiday on Satxr,Iou
4 coneroI s+ril,o Of IN ooo 1onr.horo-
mon nlong tho New Hnrl, and Ia,se,
docks Is tbreotenpd me- strileing
freipht handlers of tbe pennsvlvanis
railroad and those of the Lehich Val
lev and New York, New Haven &;
Hartford RAILWAYS are still out. Small
bodies of men from other piers are
constantly quitting work and Joining
the strikers ranks. The men demand
more pay.
Stockholders representing between
$4,000 and 10000 shares of the Boston
& Albany Railroad Co. after confer
ence in New York City on the 2Oth
issued circular to all the stockhold-
ers of the corporation, protesting
against the transfer of the road 10 the
New York Central on the ground that
~ is neither wise nor eqult'bIe to lease
the road on an per cent. rental.
Inc second battalion OF the Nlne-
teentn United states infantry has
started from camp Meade, "a, Tor
Manila, via San Francisco.
Business failures in the United
states Tor the week ended July 21 num-
bered l45, as compared with 2O7 for the
corresponding period OF last year. and
25 IN canada, as against II for the
same time IN ls9s'
Four MeXicans were recently kid
naped mt Nogales, Ariz., with the con-
mVance OF Two ofhcials OF Santa Cruz
county ana handed over TO the MeXi.
can antmoIlu,es ~, Wlthou' oue PROCESS ot
Jaw Inc Tour men klunaped were
ailo...y 'iieN anu '"o' 'S 1neAieah
lS,.a ~ Cot,.;doo No.. o,.
,..t.e, a. -e . -' cl Wv rl''
4on Fiaua.ad ro;l,,ou 80 5,,aI,; @ ~
49,. .+oroto,,.a. ~. uIeil'ilss :,
i. k,.oI,I,;tII 80 - ~ sup anu
aIn 'Tp iiH.o i "nu "'so So oon eu
IN -, -, -,
of +be Irni,nd cbr;sti"m
marty IN he hold a, Cbicogo nenan,ha. ,t
"a 1900 and IN rsr,oin in sessinm
weel, On lama !, 1oOO n is nro.
posed to nominate a national ticker for
which all God fearing men and wo-
men" can vote.
The strike of the electrical workers
of Washington, which has been in
for several weeks, terminated
on the 21st in a compromise between
the workers and the contractors. The
proyides for an eiCbt-bour
dav and for payment for overtime nj
the rate of time and half
Federal authorities in Texas bavei
received information of the reorganiza-i
t;on of the "Rlock lack" hand ~!
lrain robbers whose rende,rous ;s ~
Cbisna mountoins in preeidio corrty
n is evnected an ottacl on the sui ! q
prn Pacific overland axnross train :.
bu tho rohhon. aaJ as
.vnress nttioiois bono hnoD ~, %.,u 'ne
n ~ a;.o.;a t.S ts'"'' ""'e 'e'i' no''iieo Vi
mn, ,'' 49,,
.,5I o"iu " % n"'d. cnielS mas ue-
,lueu y 10 give oc months Ior pu'ldlng
.se siN new Prolecleu cruisers, instead I
y - mo-, 1,4ntnS' -, "a, as was i,rs. tonsenPlat-
a. ms Is due 10 the rnsh OF private ,
NoIh at an 'ne snip YARDS Inc eN-
.ension' .a.I. 1t is sd''' lnSures '"tlVe COM ]
'etn''oi' anu io"er hsures' ,
Inc WIRE INDUSTRY records another I
luvahce oi % per ton' ana cut nails :
lnve peeh put up IN sympathy with
elre IallS' Inc settlement OF the ,
~ pa "ases ques'loil mas Deen 8
".lomeu DE an "u'aii'e ol oo cents per
'"n - ~ ''p pi'.e'
,oat ost o.noe n' ue'"rllnent oillclais eN-
W a'N ~. an sPProPrIalioI' rom
ZEE of anto-n,nhi1as &, nsi,o.; ress ioi ,he
nails at all frstclase nos+ oftices9 '"e
t''''' N''.N0'