The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-09-06
EAST.

The position of director general of
the Pan-American exposition at Buffa-
10, n. V, has been rendered to William
]. Buchanan, United States minister
to the Argentine republic.
On the night of the 2sth ult. fire at
Williamsport, Pa, destroyed the brick
manufactory of D. p. Guise. Loss
$4,000.
Twentyiour concerns are merged
into the American l're am Lrntner
Co.-upper leather trust-which has
been m orpor' - ew Jersey with
a capital of S25.OOO,OO0.
At the present time dimes, quarters
and half dollars are being turned out
by all the mlnts rs e pa a, h,v
can be produced, the demand fer fraa-
tional currency and silver dollars he
ing unprecedented. The requests do
not come from one section pf the
country. but from ever ,-"t'or.
Two vessels which sailed from Phil
adelphia previous to the recent cv-
clonic disturbances, are now lvrldce
TO such an extent that hopes for the
safety of the u men constituting their
crews have almost vanished. They
are the British steamship South Cam
bria and the 7 ,a.,elrhia ,cnot ner
Charles NJ. Patterson. For the South
Cambria, which carried 90 men, there
is not the slightest hope.
This year the populists of Massachu-
sets will not hold state convention.
The executive committee defines the
position of the party as follows: "Hav-
ing for three years endorsed the dem
Ocratic state convention candidates for
state Office, and having voted for
them, it is well TO continue doing so
until the next national convention
shall decide whether the national alli
ance of 1896 is TO be continued"
The largest month of customs re.
ccipts that the New York custom
house has had under the Dinglev law
closed on the 31st ult. The casl,ier
announced Sl3,7S0,47l as the total re-
ceipts for the month.
For the week ended September 1
the business failures in the United
States numbered III. as compared
with III for the corresponding week
of 1898, and 25 in Canada. as against
% for the same period last year.
Announcement is made that the Or
ganization of the United Starch Co.
has been completed. The company
has been organized under the laws of
New Jersey with capital of SG,OOO,-
0oh. Four companies are merged
Frank Cronk. OF Alva, y. Y. aged
90, is still carried on the pension rolls,
although press dispatches recently an
nounced his death He was not only
the last surviving soldier of the war of
1872, but also the oldest pensioner.
During 1914 he served 10 days in the
New York militia.
Near Enfield, Me-. or the I'd Albert
7. Curtis, John |. Curtis and Herbert
Curtis, aged 60, "a and 2j respectively,
were killed by gas at the bottom of q
well on the farm of j. T. Tracy.
The Pittsburg coal combine has talk
on charge Of the railroad mines in that
district and advanced prices to S1.1O
per ton, an increase of from 10 to 25 |
cents per ton. Immediately upon re-
ceiving notice the retail dealers raised
the price OF coal TO the consumer 25 |
cents a ton.
On the I'd the Berks county (Pa.) |
republican convention elected Johna-
than G. Leinbach delegate to the re-
publican national convention. He is
the FIRST delegate elected to the con-
vention. He received strong instruc-
tions to support Mckinley for renom-
inatiop.
After an absence of 95 years Frank
]. Leach. who was reported dead, has
returned to Elmira. \. Y. to claim
property valued at several thousand |
dollars left by his mother and now in |
possession of his step-father Leach
served 10 years in California prison
for crime Of which he was after
wards proven innocent.
On the 30th ult. the United States
transport Fitzpatrick sailed from
Brooklyn, n. y, for Porto Rico with |
half million pounds of provisions
contributed for the relief of the desti-
tute Porto Ricans. The cargo also in
cludes AZ cases of clothing.
On the 1st the combination Of Bal
timore, Philadelphia New York and
Boston fruit importing companies, un-
der the name Of the United Fruit Co.,
went into effect.