The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-24

| "A lOlS SJIluC lOW dIu luC COAApAOS
control by one corporation of all wir
communication in the United State
was made in the acquisition by tn
American Telephone & TELEGRAPH
Company of the control of the West
ern Union Company. Officials of tn
Postal Telegraph Company emphatic
ally deny that they will be in tn
| merger.
At the cabinet meeting in Washing
ton the sugar trust scandal at New
York was thoroughly discussed and
it is generally believed that on the as
sembling of congress 1t will send com
mittee to the eastern metropolis tt
thoroughly investigate the customs de
partment. In the meantime Attorney
General Wickersham and Secretary
MacVeagh will take steps to prosecute
certain officers and directors of the
sugar company.
Three companies of state militia are
now at Cherry ILL.,, by order of Gov
Deneen at the request of Bureau coun
ty officials. 1t is feared that when
the bodies of the dead winers in the
st. Paul mine are brought to the sur.
face some ill-advised move on the part
OF the miners may be made. The fire
in the shaft is still burning fiercely,
preventing any and all attempts at
rescue.
At a meeting of labor unions in
Ramvik, Sweden, it was resolved to
false fund to assist those DESTROYS
OF emigrating. This is the answer of
the Workmen to the movement recent
~ started to collect money and ask
1or legislation to prevent emigration.
Robert Morrison, head of the Brook
lyn comb factory that burned last
week, killing ten persons, committed
suicide at his home in New York. His
son died in the fire and the disaster is
said to have driven him insane.
Former Treasurer of the Big Four
Railroad c. F. Warmer was indicted
by the grand jury at Cincinnati on
charges of grand larceny and embez
element in the amount of $4,000 on
each count.
William D. Adams, a former heating
contractor, who has filed petition in
bankruptcy in New York, with liabili.
ties OF $4,000, declares his only asset
Is one dog, value not given. Under
the law the dog will be seized for the
Be nefit of creditors.
Miss Barbara Tschaykovsky, in St.
Petersburg, writes to friends in New
York that her father, who is facing
charges as revolutionary leader, will
be tried behind closed doors. Ameri.
cans are expected to appeal for an
open trial for the man.
A great mass meeting to urge votes
for women was held in Carnegie hall.
New York, under the auspices of the
Woman Suffrage associa.
ton, the president of that organiza
ton, Rev. Anna Shaw, presiding
The fourth Christian Endeavor
worlds convention opened in Agra
India, with delegates present from
nearly all lands. DR.. Francis E. Clark
founder of the society and president
of the Worlds union, was in the chair.
President Taft has officially pro-
claimed Thursday, November 25, as
Thanksgiving day. Gov. Deneen OF
Illinois also has issued a like procla.
nation.
When the news that the court OF
appeals at Washington had refused to
grant a stay of proceedings, asked
or by the labor leaders, was received
at the convention of the Federation of
Labor in session at Toronto, it was
that all delegates should &C.
as an honor escort, Presi.
lent Samuel Gompers and his asso,
GATES to Washington when they go to
give themselves up to serve their sen.
enceS for contempt
The mine at Cherry, ILL.,, in which
more than 800 miners are entombed
s again on fire after an unsuccessful
attempt by rescuers to explore the
lrifts and it has again been sealed.
All hope of rescuing any of the poor
has been abandoned. It
S feared that it will be several days
before entrance to the shaft can be
Effected.
The work of the New York civil
courts was brought to standstill and
'ecords were threatened when fire
started in the basement of the court.
house. Quick action was necessary
% keep from flooding the bulky ex.
libits used in the trial of the Ameri.
can Ice Company. The fire was put
out with little loss.
The annual report of Samuel Grab.
Felder of Philadelphia, president of
he National Jewish Hospital for Con.
sumptives at Denver, shows that the
Heath rate among patients has been
decreased in ten years from 7.8 to 3%
per cent.
James ]. Hill, in talking to President
Taft, expressed the opinion that the
COUNTRY was on the verge of ruin be-
ause of the high price of living and
he decreased purchasing power of
money.
Harry K. Thaw was mobbed by
rowd that filled City Hall square at
Jew York, as he emerged from the su.
rene court building where he had