The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-05-10
General News Summary.
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DOMESTIC.

& E DOMESTIC.
Mrs. Joanna Davern, widow, COT
years old, was burned TO death in a
fire which destroyed her house at
Courtland, ". Y, on the Sd. She was
rescued from the building once, but
returned ito it to secure valuable papers
and perished,
A fire of unknown origin destroyed
Charles Bacharach's clothing store at
Philadelphia on the Sd and before the
flames were subdued IS other buildings,
principally small dwellings in the vicin-
ity, were badly damaged. The entire
loss is estimated at $l50,000; covered
by insurance.
The American Hide and Leather Co.
was incorporated in the county clerks
office at Jersey City, N. j., on the Sd.
1t has capital OF $70,O00,000.
The heaviest rain of the season Wis
tied Illinois on the Sd, bringing relief
TO winter wheat, which has suffered
severely from the dryest April in rs
years.
Four hundred machinists employed
in the Saco and Pettee shops at Bidde-
ford, Me-, have struck for an advance
of 20 per cent in wages
Lewis Carr and George Vanderwor-
den left Bernard's bay for Bridgeport,
N. Y, on Oneida lake, on the 1st and
have not been heard Of since. A storm
which swept the lake an hour after
they sailed overturned their boat, it is
supposed. 'tjt
The jury in the case of Theodore
Willis, former city works commissioner
of Brooklyn, N. Y, and William L.
Phillips, ex-police commissioner, on
trial for conspiracy TO defraud the city
through public contracts, reported on
the Sd that they could not agree on Il
verdict and they were discharged by
the court.
A worlds shooting record was
broken in the state tournament at
Lincoln, Neb., on the 4th when in a
rsquad shoot at 20 targets squad No. /
closed with clean score.
Ex-Alderman w. J. Leaycraft, OF
Brooklyn, n. Y, who was under indict-
ment with other Brooklyn eX-officials
for conspiracy to defraud the city, fell
dead on the night of the 4th at his
home.
The preliminary statement of lead
production for 1898, issued by the Uni
ted States geological survey, based on
returns from the pig lead producers in
the United States shows that the total
lead production from all sources was
31O.606 net tons. as against 2S0,69s in
1897 and 264,994 in 1896.
The Chapman Slate Co., whose big
quarries are near Bethlehem, Pa, an
nounce Is 10 20 per cent. advance in
wages.
c. L. Hummer and Robert c. Kun
mer, brothers, We're drowned in Lower
Mystic lake, near West Medford, Mass,
on the 4th, while canoeing
A battery of sixteen Pinch rifed
mortars is being put in place Mt Fort
Point, near San Francisco, and military
engineers say that when they are set
the Golden Gate viii be impregnable.
The mortars have an accurate range of
five miles.
The employees OF the blast, furnaces
of the E.& G, Brooke Iron Co., at Birds
boro, Pa, have been notified of another
advance Of 10 per cent. in wages, TAX
ing effect May115. They will then. be
getting raise of "a per cent. over 1898
wages sal
The federal authorities of the west
ern district of Texas, embracing all of
the Rio Grande border, have received
information that a gigantic plot is un-
der way to smuggle Chinese into this
country from Mexico. &C..
An examination of the books of j. f.
Wiscoskie, ex-city treasurer of Argen-
tine, Kan, shows a shortage of be-
tween 100000 and '$25,OO0. , Wiscoslde
has disappeared. a. ly 'h
The government has commenced the
work of putting in position the eight
cannons around the historic Perry will
low on Pnt-in-Bay island, in Lake Erie
The cannons came from the Brooklyn
navy yard and will mark the resting
place of Lieut. Brooks and Midshipmen
Lunt and Clark, of Perry's fleet. The
government has, appropriated $2O,OOO
to put the,canuons in position.
Business failures in the United
States for the week ended May num-
bered 1853, as compared with 23S for
the corresponding period of 1898, and
% in Canada, as against 25 for the
same time last year.
Gen. Henry, at San Juan, Porto Rico,
is making fair progress in the plan for
the enlistment of 400 Porto Ricans in
the United States army for service in
their native country.
The postmaster general has ordered
that the rural free delivery service of
the country be divided into two grand
subdivisions, the western and eastern.
The former is to consist of the states
west of the Ohio and its headquarters
will be at st. Louis. The other division.
comprising states east of the Ohio, will
have it's headquarters in Washington.
A receiver has been appointed for
the F. Kroeber Clock Co., of New
York City, in proceedings brought by
a majority Of its directors for the
voluntary dissolution of the corpora
ton. The directors allegs that the
10 ihoOANNhl llC lldOlll-
ties Of the company are $50, 0O0, with
nominal assets. b. ..J
Special government officers are at
Anderson, Ind, investigating the allie
cation that the government has been
defrauded by large corporations in
placing the valuation of plants trans
ferred to them at value far below
their real worth, in order to pay less
internal revenue tax. 1t is charged
that property worth $1,000, 900 was
turned in at $25O,OOO.
The president has presented gold
medals to a number of persons in
recognition of their heroic services in
effecting the rescue of American citi-
zens from disabled vessels.
The Great Central Railway Co, an
Engiishcopeern. has ordered 20 freight
engines at the Baldwin locomotive
works in Philadelphia.