The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-11-29

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ing to the Geddes Sheep Co. were
driven from Wyoming into Routt
county, Col, to the range, 40 miles
northwest Of Craig. Fifty masked
men captured the herders and then
killed the entire flock. The herders
were warned not to bring any more
sheep into Colorado and were released.
The American Steel and Wire Co.
announces officially that the Wauke-
gan, ILL.,, wire mill that was burned
recently will be rebuilt at once. The
new works will employ more than
1000 men.
On the 21st Lieut.. Arthur Cava-
naugh, who fought on the Olympia in
Manila bay when Dewey annihilated
the Spanish fleet, was rendered pub
lie reception and presented with a
handsome sword by the citizens OF
Tecumseh, Neb.
At South Cumberland, Nd, on the
23d Baltimore O. Ohio passenger
train, westbound, crashed into anoth-
er passenger train and was badly
wrecked. Engineer Kindle, of Balti-
more, was seriously injured and may
die. His treman, Lewis Massey, of
Baltimore, was terribly scalded and
died in few hours. No one else was
dangerously hurt.
The new baseball circuit for 1900 as
made up by the American league, will
consist of Minneapolis, Milwaukee,
Kansas City and Chicago in the west
and Detroit, Indianapolis, Cleveland
and Buffalo in the east.
On the 22d heavy fall of rain
caused the Nooksack river to overflow
in Whatcom county, Wash. At the
mouth of the river is an immense log
jam a mile long. This caused the river
to find new outlet. The new cham
mel swept through Lummi village,
which was almost wiped out. The
town contained 200 people.
On the 22d messages were tele-
graphed from Chicago to Milwaukee,
Wis, and back again at the rate of
$4,000 words an hour. This extra
ordinary performance was achieved
by the Pollak-Virag rapid automatic
, telegraph and was preliminary test
of the machine. After the Milwau-
kee test was made the apparatus was
attached to loop extending to Buf.
: falo, N. Y, and back again and mes
sages were sent at rate of 10000
words an hour.
' At Chicago on the 23d every union
I structural iron worker at work on the
= new Northwestern elevated roat
struck and the construction is at {
= standstill. The trouble arose over thu
4 employemnt of foreign non-union la
Dor.
{ 1t is announced that the remains
/ of 65 Cinnamon who, dying in Chicago
q were buried in unconsecrated soil, ar,
e to be returned to the Flowery King
S dom by order of The emperor, there t,
t be reburied in holy ground. The re
r moval of the bodies will cost $32, 900.
The offer made by Andrew Carnegi
e to give $4,000 for public librar.
e building at Tucson, Ariz., has been aC
h cepted, the city council voting sit
: and $1,000 per annum for the mainten
: ance of the library.
+ Burglars entered the Bank of Nil
n ton at Milton, Wis, on the night O
:, the 23d. The vault was broken opel
I and $500 in cash, 500 in revenu
stamps and $1,72O in coupon govern
= ment bonds taken. The time loc
n prevented the cracksmen entering tn
! safe, which contained between $500
e and $4,000.
t On the oath a portion of the tow
i of Collula, Tex, was washed away b
il a cloudburst. Four inches of raj
fell in 80 minutes. A merchant name
d Walker and his wife were drowned
e Many buildings were wrecked an
8 great damage to live stock and ranc
l. property in the vicinity was done.