The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-12-06
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Battery B of the national guard of
Pennsylvania was firing a governors
salute of II guns during the parade in
Allegheny preceding the unwilling of a
Spanish gun captured and presented TO
Allegheny City, premature discharge
of one of the guns occurred and three
men were hurt, one fatally.
Among those killed in the collision
on the Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern railroad, at Paterson, N. j., on the
night of the 29th ult were Alexander
Craig, of Scranton, Pa, his wife and
two daughters, aged IL and Is years
respectively. The entire family was
thus killed. They were on their way
to Brooklyn, N. Y, to spend Thanks
giving with relatives.
Much satisfaction is felt among con-
Germs in Boston who are engaged in
the importation and manufacture of
hemp, because of the apparently immi-
nent collapse of the insurrection in
the Philippines and the probable rais-
ing of the blockade of ports in those
islands.
1t is shown by the November report
of the New Jersey secretary of state on
interpretations that 17S companies were
chartered and s32, 800 received in fees.
As compared with November, 1898, the
corporation business shows large in
crease.
At the Philadelphia mint the total
coinage during November was s3,O46,-
$50, which represents 10. 9.415,24O separ-
ate coins The months coinage of
nickels was valued at S141,5OO, while
11,Ss7, 200 pennies were made.
John T. Blair, of Blairstown, n. j., a
millionaire many times over, and one
of the Oldest railroad builders and
owners in the country, died at his
home on the I'd. He was reputed to be
worth $50, ,OOO, 900.
Fire at Hancock, n. Y, on the I'd de
stroyed three stores, causing loss of
$4,000. Mrs. Ann Tarbox, aged so, was
burned to death.
On the I'd Daniel Talon, lord mayor
of Dublin, his secretary, and John T..
Redmond sailed from New York for
home. They took back with them
about $50, 900 in American money, which
will be used in saving Parnell's house
and erecting a monument to him in
Dublin.
Announcement is made by the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology OF
gift of $50. 900 from Augustus Lowell,
a member Of the executive committee
of its corporation. This is 10 serve as
the nucleus of fund. the income OF
which shall be used for the benefit OF
the teaching staff of the institute in
case of illness, death or retirement.
Charles Potter. the printing press
inventor, died at his home in Plainfield,
N. j. on the I'd. Mr.. Potter was born
in Madison county, n. Y, in 1924
On the I'd the directors of the Ameri
can Bell Telephone Co. voted to turn
over the assets of the company to the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Co. This is the first step in the remova
of the company from Massachusetts, Il
New York.
The national export exposition which
opened at Philadelphia on September
IA closed on the I'd, and the manageri
report that the affair was entirely sue
cessful in every respect. The attend
anee was about 1,25O,OO
The New York state canals wer'
officially closed on the list.
At Philadelphia on the LIST about sOI
union upholstery weavers went on I
strike. As the result 5000 hands, en-
gagged in various departments of .
mills, are thrown out of employment
and the mills are closed. The striker
demand a 55hour working week, tel
cents per hour for overtime, and al
advance of about 25 per cent in wages
The price of chewing tobacco ha
been raised by the trust The Con
tinental Tobacco Co. has sent out
notice to all jobbers that an advane
of four cents a pound on all plul
chewing and plug smoking Tobacco
went into effect on December 1.
An assignment has been' made b,
Henry d. McCord and William NJ. Nc
Cord, of New York City, composing tn
firm of Henry d. McCord & Son, dealer
in grain. The firm is rated at betweel
500. 900 and s25O,OO