The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-11-22
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At Ridgeway, Pa, on the 10th the
Ross house. four-story structure, was
almost entirely destroyed by fire. 1t
is thought the fire was caused by an
explosion of natural gas used in light
ing and heating the building. Loss
$4,000.
The cardboard manufacturers Of the
United States have decided upon an
advance of 10 per cent. in the price of
all kinds of cardboard This change
in price goes into effect Immediately.
New York jewelers. state that Christ
mas diamonds will cost almost 50 per
cent. more than they did last year and
Is per cent more than before the
Boer war began.
The transport Meade, with the For
ty-third United States volunteer in
fantry on board, sailed from New
York for Manila on the 10th.
Fears are entertained for the safety
of the British steamer Saltram, which
left Philadelphia for Havana, October
IS. The vessel should have arrived
about November 3, but since passing
out the Delaware capes no word has
been received of her, although her
course lay in the track of many YES
sells,
Col. W. ]. Bryan is preparing
campaign in the eastern states this
winter. He will confne his efforts
largely to New England, though he
will devote some time to the large
cities of the Atlantic coast as far
south as Richmond, Va.
For the week ended November II
business failures in the United States
numbered 219, as compared with 223
for the corresponding period OF 1898,
and 20 in Canada.
At New York City announcement is
made of consolidation between the
international Automobile and Vehicle
Tire Co. and the New England Rubber
Tire Wheel Co., of Boston. By the
terms of the consolidation the first
named company is said to have ac-
quired the business of the rubber tire
company, including number of valu-
able patents. The amount involved
In the transaction is about 81 200, 600.
At Philadelphia Samuel Salter, dep
uty coroner of Philadelphia; Joseph
G. Rodgers, lieutenant of the Capitol
police, Washington, ID. c., and Clarence
Meeser, employed in the copying divis-
ion of the congressional library, have
been held in 81 800 bail for trial on the
charge of conspiring to make fraudu-
lent election returns in that city.
The cotton manufacturers of Rhode
Island will be asked by the Rhode
Island Mule Spinners' association to
grant an advance in wages of 10 per
cent. 81
1t has been decided by the general
missionary committee of the Methodist
church to establish a church in the
Philippines, and 81, 900 has been appro-
priated for this purpose.
George Harvey Chiclxering, the Last
of the family which became famous
for making pianos, is dead at his home
in Milton, Mass. He was 20 years old.
He was the youngest son of Jonas
Chickering, the founder OF the busi-
ness ,-., q.
On the 18th the strike at Buffalo, N.
Y..of structural iron workers and allied
trades, which has been in progress for
several weeks, involving $500 men,
and practically bringing all building
operations in the city to a standstill,
was settled. The men claim TO have
gained an increase of wages.
The chairman of the New York re-
publican state committee has finished
the tabulation of the vote for assem-
blymen in all the districts in the state
and announces that the republicans
carried the state by plurality OF
about $4,000, counting the pluralities
by assembly districts.