The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-14
General News Summary.
Interesting Home and Foreign News
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Two deaths from heat and many
prostrations are reported as the effect
of the terrific heat in Pittsburg on the
9Th.
A mixed train on the Missouri Pa
cific was deraled near COTS, Kan, on
the 7th. Nineteen passengers were
severely injured.
At Dover, n. H., Judge Pike has ap-
pointed an assignee for the Cocheco
savings bank, of that city, which re-
Gently suspended payment.
Seven deaths from heat were report
ed in New York City during the "a
hours ending at noon on the 18th.
The American Steel and Wire Co. has
advanced all wire products 25 cents per
hundred pounds. This will make wire
nails S2.45 per keg and wire S2.40 per
100 pounds. This is within ten cents
per hundred of the highest prices
asked during the life of the nail pool
in 1s95-1s96.
A party of 16 educators from Japan
ese universities and schools have ar
rived at San Francisco. They will
visit educational institutions in the
United States and Canada and are ex-
pected to attend the national education
convention at Los Angeles, Cal.
Nineteen people died from heat at
New York City on the Sth.
The rumors to the effect that the So
called banana trust" is soon to have
n rival are founded ON fact. Negotia-
tions looking to the formation of the
new combination have been under way
for a few weeks only, but it is likely
that in a few days this new combna-
tion will be launched and ready to do
business.
Richard Daverkosen, who is now
serving a term in the county Jail Mt San
Francisco for stealing 30 cents from
the poor box of st. Joseph's Catholic
church, will find 100000 gulden or
about $4,000 in American money to his
credit in the National Holland bank
when he is released two weeks hence.
He took the 30 cents because he was
on the verge of starvation and was too
proud to beg.
The war department has prepared a
statement showing the number of en-
listments in the regular army since the
Spanish war began. At that time the
army consisted of $4,000 men. The
enlistments since that time have been
about $4,000 men. This would make
an army of 100000, but there were a
large number of enlistments made for
service in the war with Spain alone,
and these men have since been dis
charged.
Export provision rates from Chicago
were cut 2h cents on the sth. The
Michigan Central made the reduction
via New York and Boston to meet
similar cut by the Chicago & Grand
Trunk via Montreal.
A state celebration is being arranged
for the welcoming of Admiral Dewey
TO his old home in Montpelier. VT, al
though the exact form which it will
take has not as yet been decided upon.
The president has approved an
amendment to the civil service rules,
excepting from examination one as
sistant postmaster or chief assistant
TO the postmaster at each post office.
This position had been excepted prior
to the issue of the presidents recent
order, and was overlooked in the draft
ing of the order. ...
A receiver has been appointed for
Howard Lockwood & Co., publishers.
of New York City, on application of the
stockholders for voluntary dissou-
tion of the company. The company
was incorporated in 1896 with capital
stock of 100000. The liabilities are
S75,45S and assets S49.156.
Fire in Loeser G. Co.'S department
store, in Brooklyn, n. Y, on the 9TH,
caused panic among the thousands
of buyers and employees in the place.
All escaped in safety, though a num-
her of women tainted, and had to be
carried out by policemen. The fire
was speedily extinguished.
There is no warrant for the state
ment that Gen. Otis had been author
ized to enlist as many natires as he
chose and had cabled the war depart
ment declining to take advantage of |
the offer. Gen. Otis was authorized |
to enlist some native Filipinos as
scouts and guides and has enlisted 200. |
His authorization did not contemplate
the enlistment of bodies of native
troops for service.
Directors of the Diamond Match Co. |
nre figuring on leasing the water pow
er capable of development in the drain
age channel at Lockport and Joliet,
i'll. If satisfactory terms can be
made the company will erect immense
water power plants at both of these
points and apply the force thus ac-
quired in the manufacture of its en-
tire output of matches. The plan
contemplates the removal of the com
pany's numerous plants now located
in various parts of the country to the
Chicago drainage canal, where new
works will be erected at cost of ST.
100000. ....
A number of non-union glassblowers
who were brought to work for the
Cumberland Glass Co. at Bridgeton. y.
j., have been induced to leave that
town, their return fare being paid by
the union men. The strangers were
given rough reception and at first
made a show of resistance, but final
ly concluded that it was best to leave.
Within two weeks Chicago will have
hotel conducted by women and ex-
clusively for women. A ten-year lease
has been taken on the 1O0-room hotel
building in Michigan avenue known as
the Richelieu annex, and workmea
have been putting it in condition for
occupancy. When completed it is to
be a home for Chicago business wo-
men and women travellers.
A strike of $4,000 coal miners in the
central district of Pennsylvania is
Meetings have been held
recently at Robertsdale and Clcarfeld
Mt which the national and district of
fcers of the United Mine Workers were
to prepare the machine
miners of the whole district for q
strike within month or six weeks.
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