The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1899-02-15
EAST.

Rev. James Monroe Taylor, president
of Vassar college, has been unanimous
ly elected president of Brown univer-
sity at Providence, r. /.
At Philadelphia on the Sth the FIVE
story building Nos. 212-214-216 New
street, which was occupied by q num-
ber of firms, was gutted by fire. The
losses aggregate about $4,000.
1t is stated in New York financial
circles that the government in remit
ting $20,OOO,0OO indemnity to Spain for
the Philippine islands will ship the
gold direct from the treasury, and will
not deal with the exchange market in
any way.
A dispatch from Boston says that a
consolidation of fertilizer interests will
soon take place, combining plants into
a trust of 100000 and an annual out
put of from 100000 to 100000 tons.
The central Office will be in New York
City.
kilograms from many points in the
interior of New York state on the 10th
reported in every instance the lowest
temperature of the season. In ROCK
land county the thermometers indicht-
ed IS TO 20 degrees below zero, and in
Orange county from IA to 90 degrees
below. The Hudson river between Ny
ack and Tarrytown, where it is three
miles wide, is frozen over--a very rire
occurrence.
On the night of the 9th John Wirth,
aged 81 years, a carpenter, was found
frozen to death in his sleigh in the
suburbs of Buffalo, N. Y.
At Philadelphia on the 18th the Off
cial thermometer registered six de-
grees below zero, the lowest tempera-
ture recorded in Philadelphia since the
establishment of the weather bureau.
From towns in the eastern end of the
state reports were received that ther-
mometers registered from 10 to 90 de-
grees and in the mountain sections the
mercury fell beyond the 90 mark.
A distressing phase of the recent
blizzard in Pennsylvania was its effect
on live stock shipped from surrounding
towns to the stock yards at East Lib.
erty. The ears of many hogs dropped
off, they being so badly frozen that the
least touch caused them to fall to the
ground. Cattle likewise suffered Sc
verely.
For the week ended February 10 the
business failures in the United States
numbered PIT, as compared with 29'
for the corresponding period of last
year, and 35 in Canada, as against 4;
for the same week in 1898. .
The village of Forestport, n. Y, was
almost completely destroyed by fire OF
the 9th.
A loss of $4,000 was the result of ar
explosion in still of the Atlas oil re
finery at Buffalo, n. Y, on the 9th.
James Bryant, who commanded tht
vessel in which Tweed escaped to Gu
ba, and who got w. j. Sharkey out O
the country in the same manner after
the murder of Robert Dunn in 1875
died on the 11th at his home in New
York City.
At Pittsburg on the 11th Mrs. Agnes
NGuHCI, Of JCtllS VI dRG, uuu uCT y
months-old baby were fatally burneC
at their home. John Neuner, the wo
mans husband, was badly burned
about the hands and overcome BY
smoke and heat in trying to rescue hi
wife and child.
At Albany, N. Y, on the night of tn,
11th fire destroyed a block of build
fngs occupied by the Hudson Rive
Garment 20. and Anthony x Gledhill
manufacturers of mattresses. Los
$4,000. i. +. Mack is believed to hav
perishcd in the flames.
While leaving Philadelphia on tn
nth for Rotterdam the, British steam
ship Haxby crashed into Pier Al, cut
ting It in two and causing damage t
the steamer and pier of over $50,OO0.
Twelve buildings were destroyed an,
six badly damaged by fire at Scranton
Pa. on the night of the 11th, entailin
a loss of about $4,000.