The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-26
General News Summary. j.
Interesting Home and Foreign News


Interesting Home and Foreign News
DOMESTIC.
"A fire broke out in the hospital Oh the
penitentiary On Blackwells island, N,
Y, on the Goth and did damage amount
ing to $4,000. There were 10 men and
six women in the hospital at the time,
but they were quickly removed from
4, t1anper faapssss - b; y Ai'''t go . n
The government sale of mules at
Chickamauga Park, Tenn, has been a
remarkable success Over 500 animals
were sold, netting $4,000. One thou-
sand buyers, largely farmers, were
present and the largest purchasers,
The American Car and Foundry Co.
ct Jeffersonyille, Ind.,, announces an
increase of, 10 cents day in the wages
of its 1000 employees, n {,.s s.ma
The war department states that all
the state volunteers who went to Cuba
aTe now away from the island The
only volunteers remaining in Cuba are
the immunes at Santiago and they will
be brought home as soon as the Tenth
cavalry arrives at that place. ...,lb
At Chicago on the 10th Judge Dunno
entered an order demanding TO the Gus
hody of the sheriff Ticket Brokers Al
bert ]. Gels, Hogan Cosby and David
Wasserman, who we're indicted in
March, 1898, for violation of the ticket
scalpers, 'act. This disposes of the
third habeas corpus. proceedings
brought In the war between the rail-
roads and the ticket brokers in Chi
cago.
The large tannery and yards of the
United States Leather Co. at Lincoln,
Me-, were destroyed by fire on the night
of the 18th, causing loss of $150,00O.
The employees in the train and yard
department of the Midland Terminal
Railroad Co., at Cripple Creek, Col,
are ont. on a strike for shorter hours.
About 100 men are affected. The road
is3tied up.
The meeting, at Pittsburg, of flint
glass tableware manufacturers to dis
cuss consolidation plans was without
result and the project is dead for the
present. The cause was the high valua-
tions put on the various plants.
The governor of Alabama has issued
call for an extra session of the legis-
lature TO repeal the constitutional con-
yention act.
John Louis Lay, formerly in the navy
and the inventor of the Lay torpedo,
which was used by Lieut. Gushing to
destroy the Confederate gunboat Albe-
marle in 1864, is dead in New York City,
aged 6S years. When Cushing volun-
teered to destroy the Albemarle, Lay
accompanied the expedition and de-
signed the torpedo which was driven
against the gunboat
The Kentucky law under which many
negroes in the last 20 years have been
cold on the block for term of years in
punishment for yaTancy has been de-
clared unconstitutional. ....
The wrecking steamer Rescue, of the
Merritt Chapman Wrecking Co., is be-
ing fitted out at New York City for a
trip to Santiago, Cuba. She is the larg-
est wrecling vessel afioat, and has re-
ceiyed orders to sail on May IS. The
Rescue is going TO Santiago to tow the
raised Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes
TO. Norfolk, Va.
Several Washington law firms have
agreed to push Cuban ard American
claims, at no expense to the claimants,
for 40 per cent. of the amount of the
money recovered. There are about
e30,000,000 OF claims on file at Washing
ton. 7
Ten thousand cigars were seized in
San Francisco on the 21st by internal
revenue officers because the boxes bore
forged revenue stamps. Collector
Lynch says they were manufactured by
Factory No. 3,741, of Lancaster, Pa.
The revenue officers claim they are on
the, track of 100000 fraudulently la
beled cigars.
Florists and gardeners in the vicin-
ityfof Chicago who have been waiting
for weeks for some sign of growth
from the bulbs from which they ex-
peeted to supply early blossoms, have
awakened to realization of the fact
that the severe weather of last winter
Destroyed large share of the bulbs.
II Is estimated that the loss from freez-
ing. of bulbs will be over 81 100000 with
In radius of 40 miles of Chicago.
Business failures in the United States
for, the week ended April 2l numbered
1874. as compared with 2O4 for The cor
responding week of 1898, and 90 in
canada, as against 90 for the same time
last year.
The monthly statement of the col
iections Of internal revenue shows that
during the month of March, 1899, the
total receipts were $22, ,447, an in
crease over March, 1898, of $9,491 $40.
The National Cycling association
hled incorporation papers in the office
Of the secretary of state at Trenton,
n. j., on the 21st. The object of the
association is to govern cycle racing
and to prevent, detect and punish
frauds against honest racing ON race
tracks.
The president will, in few days
Issue a proclamation giving effect ia
thenew extradition treaty between the
United States and Mexico, President
Diaz taking similar action in Mexico
The treaty's principal feature is in Civ
ing a retroactive effect, so MS TO cover
crimes committed while no treaty ex'
isted.
The American Glass Co, has decided
to advance prices 90 per cent. on double
and 12 per cent. on single strength. The
recent announcement of a general ad
vance of 10 per cent. was premature
One battalion bf the Thirteenth in,
fantry, consisting of four companies
left Goyernor's island, n. Y, on the
Goth for Manila.
The Naval Reserve Association Of Hi
nois, veterans OF the Spanish American
war, have resolved to offer the govern
ment-25O men for service in the Philip
pines.