The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-19
General News Summary.
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DOMESTIC.

WIS, on the 18th X. Fronsel and Mrs.A
Kettler, his mother-in-law, were killed
and Mrs. Fronsel was seriously injured.
A train demolished the carriage in
which they were driving.
The Yankee clipper Reuce, which has
arrived at New York from Hong Kong,
made the voyage of more than $4,000
miles in 96 days, an average of more
than 166 miles day.
The engraver at the Philadelphia
mint is working on several designs for
the new Lafayette memorial dollars. 1t
is proposed now to make the dollar
thinner than the ordinary dollar and
consequently larger. This will secure
more surface for the design adopted.
At Lebanon, Pa, the Pennsylvania
bolt and nut works and the East Leba-
non Iron Co. have posted notices of a
second increase of 10 per cent. in the
wages of their employees, to take effect
May /. The Lebanon Manufacturing
Co. has increased the wages of its la
borers 10 per cent.
Acting Secretary of War Meiklejohn
has issued an order directing that mill
tary prisoners in various department
who cannot be brought to trial in 80
days be discharged.
The puddlers of the Potts Bros Iron
Co. and of the lower works of the Glas-
gov Iron Co. at Pottstown, Pa, have
been notified of an increase in their
wages from $3.50 to $2.75 per ton, to
take effect May 1. A proportionate
advance will be given other employees
in these departments. TSis is the
second increase given them within 60
days.
The directors of the Pressed Steel
Car Co. have declared quarterly divi-
dend on earnings to April l. The earn
ings for the three months were over
$500,0O0.
When the steamer Lain arrived at
New York on the 18th from South
ampton the ships surgeon reported
ten cases of smallpox ON board, three
cf the sick being infants. The disease
broke out in the steerage two days
after the Lain left port. The patients
and the mothers of the three infants
were transferred to Riverside hospital.
The remaining 27O steerage passen-
gers were transferred to Hoffman
island, where they will be detained
until all danger of infection is passed.
The barge Idalia, of PSttsblrg, while
attempting to go over the falls in the
Ohio river at Louisville, KY, on the
14th struck against pier near the
Indiana side of the Louisville bridge.
The boat turned completely over,
emptying her entire cargo, consisting
of Russian iron, valued at about $780,
600, into IS feet of water. The boat
was valued at $1,000. No one was
injured.
Capt. Shoemaker, of the revenue cut
ter service, has perfected arrangements
for sending out the Bering sea patrol
fleet on May 1.
President Mckinley is preparing to
throw open to settlement 100000 acres
OF the Olympia forestry reserve in the
state of Washington. This reserve
comprises large portionaof fhe Olym-,
pia peninsula, lying between Puget
Sound and the Pacific Ocean.
The monthly statement of exports of
domestic products of the United States
shows that during March the exports
were $53,365,427, decrease of $1s,144,-
600 from the figures for March, 1893.
The Boston Museum, the Oldest play
house in Boston, was badly damaged
by fire on the 18th. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
The Cook locomotive works, of Pater-
son, N. j., has received a contract for
the construction of five locomotives for
the Barry railway, of Wales. English
manufacturers competed.
Arrangements have just been COM
plefed for the consolidation of the
hoop iron and cotton tie interests of
the country. The capital stock of the
new company will be s33,OOO,OOO.
At Joplin, Mo-, zinc ore has broken
all records and jumped from $47 to $50
per ton, the highest price ever paid,
and double the price paid year ago.
A new trust which will embrace near
ly all the big watch case and watch
movement manufactures in this coun-
try, will soon be organized with capi-
tai of at least $20,OOO,0OO.
Greystone, the country residence in
which the late Samuel j. Tilden took
such pride, will be sold at auction
next month. The sale is the outcome
of a suit in partition, brought in behalf
of the Tilden heirs. Greystone is one
of the handsomest estates On the Hud-
son. 1t is situated near Yonkers, N.
Y, and stands on knoll, 45O feet
above the river.
Traffic officials of western roads
have received instructions from their
respective presidents that under no
circumstances may they deviate in the
slightest degree from the agreement
with the interstate commerce commits
sion for the mainteIance of tariff
rates. This practically takes the con-
froa of rates away from traffic Off
cials.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ended April IA numbered
1888, as compared with 254 for the cor
responding week of last year. and 90
in Canada as against is for the same
week in 1898.
Hundreds of square miles of grazing
land have been burned over by prairie
fires, south, east and west of Cheyenne
Wells, Col. Thousands of cattle were
driven to other ranges.
The president has prepared proela-
nation setting apart 10000 acres Of
land on the south side of Lake Tahoe,
California, as a forestry reserve and
public park.
Secretary Alger has cabled Gen.
Wood, at Santiago. authority to ship all
bodies OF American soldiers to the Uni
ted States, except yellow fever victims.
All bodies brought to the United States
win be buried at Arlington. The re-
mains of yellow fever victims will be
sent to this country next winter.
The most gigantic liquor combination
ever engineered-un amalgamation Of
whisky and distillery interests, with a
leppital of $200,O00,000 has been COM
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