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TOTAL WRECKS.
A Pair of Marine Disasters on the
Atlantic Coast.
The Steamer POrtia is Wrecked Near
Halifax - Passengers and Crew
saved The Schooner Ida
Hull sinks-Al on Board
Are Missing.

Halifax, n. S., July 1.-THE steamer
Portia, from New York for Halifax,
was wrecked during a dense fog last
evening on Flynn's island, OFF Sambro,
0 point about Is miles east of Halifax.
The passengers and crew, 115 all told.
landed on the island in the ships
boats and are all comfortably housed
there. No loss of life is reported. As
soon as the people had all been safely
landed, Capt. Farrell started for the
mainland with a boats crew and
reached Sambro late last night, whence
he sent the news of the disaster to
Halifax by telephone.
Fortunately the weather was moder-
ate and the sea was not high, else the
landing of those on board could not
have been accomplished without great
hanger and perhaps loss of life. The
steamer is already full of water and Il
total wreck. The passengers, Of
whom there are IS, are nearly all tour
lists. The steamer had large cargo.
The place where she struck is known
rs Big Fish Shoal. and is one and a
half miles west of the light on Sambro
island.
1t is believed that Capt. Farrell mis-
took his position when he heard the
bomb signals at Sambro light, which
sound every 90 minutes and which are
said to be so misleading that it is ex-
tremely difficult to locate ships po-
sition on hearing them.
When the steamer struck most of
the passengers were on deck. The
Portia took the shoal with a dull,
grinding shock that sent thrill from
stem to stern and brought all on deck
to their feet in alarm. The steamer
came to sudden stop and the engines,
which were Immediately reversed, re-
fused to pull her off. When her com
mander found her filing rapidly he
gave orders to abandon the ship. Few
of the passengers ventured below to
recover their valuables after they
learned that they were in danger.
The Portia had an unusually large
number of pass eIgers on board and
her stateroom was crowded.
Machias. Me-, July 1.-THE schooner
Ida i. Hull, of Barnstable, Mass. IS
believed to have been totally wrecked
on an island in Machias bny during q
thick fog and rough water Monday
morning A coastwisc steamer re.
ported The wrcclage AMI it was later
identified as belonging to the Hull. II
is supposed that the Hull had passen-
gers on beard and that the total nnln-
her of persons on the craft was lS. As
the fog was very thick all day the
search fnr the crew did not progress
very far.
The Hull was four-masted schoon-
cr, 14S feet long. She left Boston last
Friday, bound for Windsor, N. S.
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The railroad situation In Texas be-
cause of floods is so much worse than
1t has been heretofore, that .he Gulf
Colorado g. Santa Fe has had to aban.
don its through trains from St. Louis
and Kansas City at Dallas and Fort
Worth respectively.
Paymaster w. B. Wilcox, of the
navy, has been tried by court-martial
at the League Island navy yard, and
found guilty of drunkenness and SEN
fenced to dismissal from the service.
BY the explosion of boiler on the
Moran oil tract near Oil City, Pa, on
the sth, ,sJames McCray was killed and
John Turk was seriously injured
The doors of the Citizens national
bank of Niles, Mich, were closed on
the Sth by National Bank Examiner
Selden, who was appointed temporary
receiver of the bank by the comptroller
of the currency. The cause of the
failure of the bank is poor loans which
have been made.
A general consolidation of the var
ious air-power interests is in contem-
plation and the American Air Power
Co., of New York City, will practical
ly absorb all the other concerns.
Twenty of the leading cigar factories
of Tampa, Fla, have shut down on ac-
count of differences with their EN-
ployes. Four thousand people are
thrown ont of employment.
A new rapid fire gun designed for
the protection of the mine fields and a
novel scmi-aIItomatic siX-pounder for
the navy has been successfully tested
on the proving grounds of the Briggs
Seabury Gun and Ammunition Co., at
Derby, Conn.
The first batch of claims against the
United States government on account
of damages sustained by residents of
Samoa through the bombardment by
the combined British and American
naval forces has been presented to the
state department. They aggregate
$4,000.
business failures in the United
States for the week ended July mum.
bered 1l0, as compared with 229 fol
the same period of 1898, and 20 in Can.
ada, as against II for the correspond.
ing period last year.
The l,S00 miners employed by th5
Lehigh Valley Coal Co. at Wilkesbarre.
Pa, who went on strike a week ago.
have returned to work. A compromise
was effected by the men agreeing tc
use the lamp in the gaseous parts of
the mine and the company agreeing tc
furnish the new lamps free of charge
and keep them in repair.
Heavy rains, together with IA cloud.
burst, have completely flooded Lower
Germantown, suburb of Torrington.
Conn. The 400 residents have been
driven from their homes to that part
of the place called Upper Germantown.
which is located on hill About fifty
acres of land are covered with water
three feet deep.
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OFFICIAL CROP BULLETIN.
The Department of Agrieulture's Re-
pOrt Of Conditions ON the Farma.

DCPhTtAuGht VI MhC@
port Of Conditions ON the Farms.
Washington, July 11.-Following is
the monthly grain crop report just is
sued by the department of agriculture:
Preliminary returns on the acreage
of corn planted indicate an increase
of about per cent. over the acreage
harvested last year. OF the 81 states
having 100000 acres or upwards in
corn last year, all but Virginia, Ken
tncky and Ohio show an increase, and
the decrease in the three states named
is very small. A much larger increase
than has actually taken place is report.
ed as having been contemplated, hut a
late or otherwise unfavorable planting
season has restricted operations in Iln-
nois, Indiana and several other import
s6.5, as compared with 90.5 on July /,
1898, and Oil the mean of the July
averages for the last ten years.
The condition of winter wheat de-
clined during June, being 65.6 on July
l, as compared with s5.7 on July l.,
1898, and s2.4 the mean of the July
averages for the last ten years.
The average condition of spring
wheat is 91.7, as compared with 97.5
one month ago, 95 on July 1, 1895, and
sS.7 the mean Of the July averages
for the last ten years.
The average condition of the oat
crop is 90, as against sS.7 one month
ago, 92.S on July 1, 1898, and s7.7 the
mean of the July averages for the last
ten years.
There is an increase of per cent. in
the acreage in potatoes and the crop
promises well. The wool report indi-
Gates the average weight per fleece as
being 5.0j pounds, an increase of .1j
pounds over last year.
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MURDERED IN CHURCH.
Principal OF n High school nt Dallas.
Tex, Is Killed by u Former Jani-

Dallas, Tex, July 11.-At 10 o'clock
last night one of the most startling
tragedies Dallas has ever known oc-
CURED in the First Christian church.
In the midst of protracted service
John T. Carlisle arose from his seat,
walked TO where Prof. William Lips-
comb, principal of the Central high
school, the leading educational institu-
tion of the public schools of the city,
was seated, and shot him without a
word OF warning. Carlisle was seized
and taken to the county Jail. He
would not talk of the tragedy. Prof.
Lascomb was reported dead at 10: IS
o'clock
Carlisle had been chief ianitor of the
high school, but failed to be reappoint-
ed by the school board. He attrib.
utcd his defeat for reappointment to
the professors influence and it is be.
licved that this was the cause of the
murder.
Prof Lipscomb was a native of NASH
vile. Tenn, and came to Dallas four
years ago. Carlisle is native of Ken
tucly and cousin of former Secretary
of the Treasury Carlisle.
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Fought Like a Tigre...

Chicago, July 11.-Mrs. Ann Eliza
beth lngersoll, of Painesville, o., who
kidnapped Gerald Lapiner, was taken to
the Joliet penitentiary yesterday. She
fought like a tigress and it required
three men to take her from the cell to
the cab in the Jail yard. Handouts
were placed upon the woman. but she
twisted one hand free, struck Jailer
Whitman in the face and tore her
clothes half off. When the Jail office
was reached the aged kidnaper threw
herself on the floor, tore handfuIs of
hair from her head and kicked with
frantic energy at the jailor and his as
sistants,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12
HIS LITTLE BUNDLE.
II Wasn't Much In Size But the Value
of 1t AStOnished the Hotel
Clerk.

A quiet4ooking, smooth-shaven man, with
. straw nat pushed back from his forehead,
registered from an adjoining parish at the
Grunewald one evening and laid a package.
on the counter. The package was about
the size of an unabridged dictionary and
was wrapped up in an old newspaper that
bore the stains of travel. It was tied with
q piece of white cotton string. 81 wish you
would take care of this little bundle for me.
overnight" said the stranger. 'All right.
sir" replied the clerk, and, reaching for the
receipt book, proceeded to fill out a blank.
What's the value" he asked, mechanical
ly. ''Sixty-fve thousand dollars" an
swered the smooth-shaven man in an off,
handed tone. What" gasped the clerk,
his pen averted in midair and his eyes as,
round as cart wheels. 'Sixty.fve thousand"
repeated the guest; "and, by the way, L
guess I'll just seal up that wrapping. It.
seems about to fall off.
He opened the paper and disclosed rect
angular block of $40 bills, packed as tight as
sardines. Theye were nearly all well worn,
but nevertheless the grimy mass looked
strongly tempting. Its tremendous poten-
tiality drove a spur into the Imagination of
the dullest chap in the corridor, and every
body began to tell what he would do if he.
were rich. Meanwhile the smooth.shaven.
man readjusted the cover, secured il with
wax, pocketed his receipt and walked off.
He was country banker bringing deposit
TO his local correspondent.-N. o. Times
Democrat
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12

A Latin professor was explaining the der.
ivation Of our word "ostracise" to his class
in local academy the other day. He told
the story Of the early Roman republics and
the scheming Of the politicians of the
times. He related how, when any man in
the republic became obnoxious to his neigh
bors, they used to write his name on an
oyster she'll tLatin-ostreum, shell), and on
the receipt of specified number by the
consuls that man was banished, killed or
otherwise removed in some one of those
pleasant ways the old Romans had. When
he had finished his explanation he said:
Now, the boy here in the front seat,
what did We derive from the old Latin use,
OF the shell, which was called ostreum?"
The answer he expected was far from
what he got, for the little student with
spectaccles in the front seat arose and de-
livered himself thus:
From the Roman habit of using shells
to get the best of people we derive the
present Coney Island shell game, which is
Times.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12

Cleveland, July 11.-F. S. Fuller, of
Elyria, had his pocket picked at the
Union station Saturday evening while
alighting from a Lake Shore train.
His pocketbook, containing valuable
papers and draft for $4,000 was
stolen. Monday morning Letter Car
rier Ochs found the pocketbook and
contents in the mail box in front of
the court house. Nothing had been re-
moved from it apparently. 1t was
turned over to Assistant Postmaster
Emerson. who will deliver it to Full
lcr's bankers, the owner of the book
having continued his journey to New
York.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12
A Two-Day Celebration Planned,

New York, July 11.-Plans for the
Dewey celebration were outlined at
Mondays meeting of the committee
on plan and scope. II has been de-
cidcd that there shall he a two-day
celebration, with both land and ma
val parade. Admiral Dewey will pass
under large triumphal arch to be
constructed either in City Hall park
or Madison Square park at cost OF
$4,000. J. Q. A, Ward, representing
the Sculpture society, sent commu-
nication TO the committee Offering to
submit free designs for the arch and
his offer was accepted.
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Miss LOCkheart'S
LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM.
LETTER TO MRS. PlSKHAM NO. 67,lo4l

LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. 67,io4l
II cannot express my gratitude to
you for the good that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
for me. l have taken five bottles of
the Compound and two boxes of Liver
Pills and feel better in every respect.
had suffered for years with dropsy;.
the veins in my limbs burst, caused.
from the pressure of the water. had
the worst kind of kidney trouble, faint
ing spells, and could not stand long
at time. also had female weakness,
and the doctor said there was a tumor
in my left side. The pains l had to
stand were something dreadful. A
friend handed me little book of yours,
so ! got your medicine and it has saved
my life. l felt better from the first
bottle. The bloating and the tumors
have all gone and do not suffer any
pain. l am still using the Vegetable
Compound and hope others may find
relief aslI have done from its use. ~
Miss N. j. LocKHEART, Box 16, ELIZA,
BETH, PA.
Only the women who have suffered
with female troubles can fully appre-
ciate the gratitude of those who have
been restored to health.
Mrs. Pihkham responds quickly and
withoutchargc to all letters fromsuffer-
ing women. Her address is Lynn, Mass.
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Two Killed. I3 Injured.

Stockton, Cal. July 11.--A Burling-
ton special train of nine coaches on
the way from st. Louis to Los Angeles,
loaded with teachers going to attend
the National Educational association
convention at Los Angeles, crashed in
to a freight train within 40 yards of
the depot at Newman yesterday and
two women We're killed and 13 passen-
gers injured The killed: Miss Ad-
die Harris, of St. Louis; Mrs. Lena
Thomas, Seneca Falls. n. Y. With the
exception of Robert Mills, who was in
iured about the head, though not ia
tally, none of the injuries are serious.
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Jone. Bids for a Gas Plant.

Toledo, July 11.-Mayor Jones yes
terday made bid for the lease of the
city gas plant. Four other bids were
received, all being from local people.
Mayor Jones has formed company
and will attempt to secure lease of
the city gas plant under an ordinance
recently passed under his direction
which provides for the sale or lease of
the plant for a period of years. Mayor
Jones and his friends will run ~"
plant on their own resources and will
turn the profits, if any, into the city
treasury. The losses will be carried
by the company. The bids will be
opened tomorrow night.
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LATER.

Fire destroyed the works of the
Oalkes Manufacturing Co. in Steinway,
NJ EN- on the 10th. The company
manufactured dyestuffs, and the four
story main building and the small
wooden buildings about it were filed
with infammable materials. Loss
300, 900.
At New York City the Franklin ma
ticnal banks stockholders have decid-
ed to go into voluntary liquidation OIL
August l. The capital of the bank is
S@oO,OOO. 1t has no surplus.
Maj. c. p. Porter, of the marine
corps, has been promoted to the grade
of lieutenant colonel in that service
and placed on the retired list. He is
4 son of the late Admiral Porter and
has service extending over 3j years.
About 100 members of the Washing
top Electrical Workers union, com
prising nearly all such worimen in the
city, have struck for raise in wages
from 81 and $3.50 per day to 50 per
day and for eight instead of nine
hours work per day.
The United States government has
declined the proposal of the govern
ment of Austria-IIQngary to arbitrate
the claims for damages arising from
the death of Austrian Hungarian sub-
Jects during the rioting at Hazleton,
Pa, in September, 1897.
The Buffalo longshoremen have de-
cided 10 cooperate with the strikers at
Waukegan, ILL.,, to the extent of refus-
ing to load or unload boats sent to or
from that port. Notice to that effect
has been served on the Lake Carriers
association.
The monthly cotton report of the de
pertinent of agriculture for July shows
an average condition of s7.s, as com
pared with s5.7 last month. 91.2 on July
/, 1898, Sc at the corresponding date in
1907, and ten-year average OF IS.
\ national park or forestry reserve
association for the governmental pres
eiNiation of over 100000 acres of land
in nortehrn Minnesota will be formed
in Chicago this month.
Charles Graham, the ballad writer. is
dead in Bellevue hospital, New York
City. In spite of the great popular
ity of his songs he is said to have died
penniless. One of his greatest sue
cesses, "Two Little Girls in Blue"
brought him only $40.
Manchester. Clay county, KY. fa-
nous by reason of the Baker-White
feud, is TO have telephone connection
with the outside world. Clay is one
of the Oldest of mountain counties, but
has been completely shut off from
civilization. not having a mile Of rail-
road. telegraph or even of ordinary
tnrnpike.
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Railway Commission KnocLed On

Lansing, Mich. July 6.--The Mich.
igan supreme court yesterday decided
the case brought to test the validity OF
the Mcleod law which authorized the
appointment of the Detroit street rail.
way commission, whose object was the
purchase and municipal ownership
and operation of street railways of De.
troit. The decision is that the law is
unconstitutional; that there is no such
Office as the Detroit street railway
commission that Gov.Pingree and tho
other commissioners have no title
thereto and that Judgment of custer
must be entered against them.
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Tried to Rob the County Treasury.

Medina, July s. Great excitement
was caused here at noon Friday by a
bold attempt to rob the county treas
ury and had the robbers had 90 min
utes' longer work they would have
come off many thousand dollars rich
er. They were undoubtedly experts
and gained entrance into the treasury
through the auditors office. They
used dynamite and blew open the sec
ond door. 1t took longer, however.
than they anticipated and they were
forced to flee, as the time was nearing
when the officers were to return from
lunch. There is no clue.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12

The country housekeeper has num-
Der of hams always on hand ready for
use in case of emergency, but for the
city housekeeper this is not necessary,
and even one ham will sometimes test
the capacity of her storeroom, and Is
more than she wishes to buy, anyway.
The most delicious kind of sliced ham
comes now in cans, pound in can.
1t comes usually in large slices, the
lean of delicate pink in shade and the
fat white, and each layer put up be-
tween pieces of oiled paper. 1t is put
up by well-known firm, and is both
god and convenient.-N. Y. Times.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-07-12

Columbus, July Work was begun
Thursday on the steel cage at the pen.
itentiary in which the four demons
Ira Marlatt, of Columbiana county;
John Atkinson and Frank O'Neil. oi
Cleveland, and Otis Hurley, of Day.
ton-will be confined. Marlatt is the
demon of demons. Atkinson and O'Neil
killed Guard Lauderbaugh. Hurley
stabbed Daisy Sprague, prison book
keeper. The cage will be 81 by II
feet, and 12 feet high.
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Could Remember Some Things.

Travelling Missionary-And how many
children have you, Mr. Burdock?
Farmer Burdoek (doubtfully) - Well,
now, i dunno. There's Dick and John and
Kate--wife, how many children are there
around here?
His Wife-Nine; five boys and four girls.
Travelling Missionary-A fine family and
a fine farm, Mr.. Burdock. You keep stock,
presume?
Farmer Burdock-0h, yes; I've got l73
head Of Jersey cattle, $50 sheep and 9l hogs.
N. Y. World.
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NEWS OF OHIO.
Gathered by Telegraph From All
Parts of the State.
Convention Of Demoeratic CIubu.


Columbus, July Sat the session
of the Ohio democratic clubs yester-
day morning, Gen. f. B. Finley, of Bu.
cyrus, was chosen permanent chair.
man; Charles j. Swain, of Cincinnati
secretary. Mayor Rice, of Canton,
presented the report of the committee
on organization, which provides for
all democratic clubs in the state be-
coming members upon payment Of an
annual due of ten cents per capita for
all club members. The state organ
ization is to be known as the "0hio
Association of Democratic Clubs" 1t
will meet April l2 (Jefferson's birth
day., annually. Each club will be
entitled to two delegates and one ad-
ditional for each so members. The
report was adopted.
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Desperado shoots a poIIcemon.

Peoria, ILL.,, July 11.--Bert Meadows,
recently released from the Chester
penitentiary, held up ]. A. Mettler in
his store in Averyville, suburb, and
secured 81 400 from the safe. In max
ing his escape he ran into Officer Her
man Darn, who arrested him. After
being arrested the robber drew re-
voHer and fired at the officer. sending
bullet through his arm. He fred
again and shot the officer through the
neck. BY this time aid arrived and
the prisoner was locked mp. Physi-
clans are unable to say whether the
policeman will recover or not.
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News from Northern Gold FIeId.. =

Victoria, b. C., July 1.-THE steam
er Rosalie arrived Monday from Alas
ka with $50 miners and Sl25, 900 in dust.
The White Pass road was completed to
Bennet on July and trains are now
running through. The Rosahe had a
number of passengers from the Ed
monitor trail. One of these named
Fleming is dying with drcpsy. He
started with party of IA men and so
horses from Edmonton in January,
1898. Five of the men and all the
horses were lost. Capt. Mason, lead
er of the party, was drowned in Mel.
son river.
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Mclean Will Return to Ohio,

Cincinnati, July 11.-John R. Me-
Lean will return to Cincinnati for
good, it is said. He has an agent now
looking for home and has arranged
to dispose of his Washington interests.
A lieutenant of his said yesterday
Mclean wants his son educated in
Ohio institutions, and he is anxious to
return to Cincinnati himself It is
believed that .McLean's return is to
offset the argument against his nomi-
nation for governor that he is a non"
resident,
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

Adit. Gen. Corbin on the 5th received
cablegram from Santiago de Cuba
informing him of the death of Surgeon
Clendenin. Surgeon Paul Clendenir
was the son of Col. Clendenin, of the
United States army. He was appoinet
assistant surgeon in 1885, made captair
in 1891 and brigade surgeon of volun
teers with the rank of major in June
1898. He was appointed from Illinois
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Sons Of Veterans, Encampmen,.

Columbus. July THE state en-
campment, Sons of Veterans ana
Daughters of Veterans, opened Thurs
day in the halls of the house of repre-.
sentatives and the senate. Lieut.. Gov.
Jones welcomed the delegates on be-
half of the state, Mayor Schwartz on
behalf of the city, and State Com
mander Archer for the local Sons OF
Veterans.