1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
725 
Events of the Week. 
DOMESTIC.—Five persons were drowned October 8 by 
the wreck of the coal schooner Anna Maria, of Alpena, 
Mich., in Lake Erie, off Kincardine, Ont.The 
first Adirondack snow of the season occurred October 7. 
There was a heavy fall of snow on Mt. Washington on 
the same date.The Pittsburg Plate Glass Com¬ 
pany’s building, at Peck Court and Wabash Avenue, Chi¬ 
cago, was almost entirely destroyed by fire October 8. 
The loss is estimated at $250,000.Buildings be¬ 
longing to the Moore & Handley Hardware Company, 
Birmingham, Ala., were burned October 8, entailing a loss 
of $200,000, 75 per cent of which is covered by insurance. 
The fire was started by an explosion, presumably of gas¬ 
oline.Three masked men stopped the Pacific 
Coast express train four miles from Lincoln, Neb., Octo¬ 
ber 11, blew open the safe in the express car and secured 
$50,000.The little mining town of Keota, six 
miles from Macon, Mo., was almost destroyed by a hurri¬ 
cane October 13 and two men, one woman and two chil¬ 
dren, names unknown, were killed. The general store of 
Edward Vail was demolished and Vail was pinned under 
the timber and badly injured. 
LABOR.—The disorder in the anthracite region October 
8 included the shooting of a striker who refused to obey 
a sentry’s order at Shenandoah, the dynamiting of a train 
on the Lehigh Valley road, the wrecking of a train near 
Lattimer, the dynamiting of the bridge at Tuscarora, and 
attacks on workmen at the Henry Clay and the Treverton 
collieries, in which they were severely beaten. Strikers 
bearing one thousand rounds of ammunition were arrested 
at Jessup, and it is known that strikers have rifles hidden 
in that vicinity. Anarchistic notices were posted at 
Duryea suggesting murder, and threats were made by 
strikers at Shamokin against men who were trying to 
get them to return to work. The killing at Shenandoah 
was the first by a soldier since the strike began. 
Private Wadsworth, who did the shooting, was on guard 
at the house of John Bolcavage, which was dynamited 
October 7, and he had orders to fire if anyone approach¬ 
ing the house failed to answer the second command to 
halt. He obeyed this order. When a man approached 
the house and paid no attention to the challenge, Wads¬ 
worth fired, killing the man, the bullet tearing through 
his chest. In the wreck of the Lehigh train 100 cattle 
were killed. As a coal train was due at the time the in¬ 
tention evidently was to destroy that, but the cattle 
train was sent in advance. The engine and seven cars 
were blown from the tracks. The cars rolled down an 
embankment and were crushed, the animals in them be¬ 
ing smothered and torn. At Pottsville, October 11, the 
Third Regiment was called upon to assist in the arrest 
of a number of dynamiters. The home of Albert Dry, 
near Minersville, was partially wrecked by an explosion. 
The family were badly shaken up, and Ellen Dry was 
seriously injured. Three men were apprehended. One 
was Charles Ditzel, who is known to be an enemy of 
Dry. The two others were foreigners. They claim that 
when they heard the report they hurried to the scene to 
ascertain the cause. Dry is not a mine worker, but owns 
the largest dairy in this section.October 14 the 
coal operators agreed to the appointment of a commission 
to be appointed by the President of the United States, to 
which shall be referred all question at issue between the 
companies and their own employees, whether they belong 
to a union or not, and the decision of the commission 
shall be accepted by the operators. The commission is 
to consist of an army or navy engineer, an expert mining 
engineer, not connected with the coal mining properties, 
one of the judges of the United States Court for the 
Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a man of prominence 
as a sociologist, and a man who, by active participation 
in mining or selling coal, is familiar with the physical 
and commercial features of the business. The operators 
also make it a part of their proposition that the miners 
shall return to work as soon as the commission is con¬ 
stituted and cease all interference with non-union men. 
The commission is to name a date when its findings shall 
be effective, and to govern conditions of employment be¬ 
tween the companies and their employees for at least 
three years. Employees who have remained at work dur¬ 
ing the strike ask that in arranging terms the question 
of protecting them from violence and intimidation be 
considered seriously. In a resolution passed by such 
workers, October 14, they give the following as a partial 
list of outrages committed during the strike: Killed, 14; 
severely injured, 42; shot from ambush, 16; aggravated 
assaults, 67; attempts to lynch, 1; houses dynamited, 12; 
houses burned, 3; buildings burned, 10; washeries burned, 
3; stockades burned, 2; riots, 69; works dynamited, 6; 
trains dynamited, 1; railroad bridges dynamited, 4; rail¬ 
roads seized, 5; trains wrecked, 6; attempted wrecks, 9; 
trains attacked, 7; strikes in schools, 14.October 
16 the President named six arbitrators who were accepted 
by Mr. Mitchell for the Mine Workers’ Union. The origi¬ 
nal plan for five arbitrators was modified. Work was to 
be resumed at once. The arbitrators named are: Gen. 
John M. Wilson, E. W. Parker, mining engineer, Judge 
Geo. Gray of Delaware, E. E. Clark of Order of Rail¬ 
road Conductors, Thomas Watkins, a Scranton coal 
dealer, and Right Rev. John L. Spalding, Roman Cath¬ 
olic Bishop of Peoria. 
ADMINISTRATION.—The situation as to Cuba at pres¬ 
ent gives officials great concern. It is feared that Cuba 
is drifting away, and evidence is multiplying to mark the 
growth of a spirit of indifference toward the cultivation 
of friendly commercial relations with the United States 
that almost borders on hostility. The best efforts of the 
State Department thus far have failed to secure the ad¬ 
hesion of the Cuban government to the treaty which, by 
the terms of the Platt amendment, must be entered into 
between the two governments. The delay is all on one 
side, namely, at Havana, for Secretary Hay and the 
Cuban Minister, Senor Quesada, have performed th i - 
part in drafting a treaty which, it is believed, carries out 
the intention of Congress. That treaty is now awaiting 
the approval of the Cuban Government, and approval is 
withheld,’ not with any expressed intention of rejecting 
the convention, but through what is regarded as the nat¬ 
ural inertia of the Cubans in diplomatic matters. This 
treaty includes provisions for a considerable measure of 
reciprocity between the United States and Cuba, and, 
while it is true that the Cubans believe the United States 
has been rather niggardly in the arrangement of the 
reciprocity schedules, these objections are not regarded 
as sufficient to account for the great delay in concluding 
the treaty.The complications on the Isthmus 
of Panama growing out of the orders of Commanden 
McLean, of the Cincinnati, and Admiral Casey, who suc¬ 
ceeded him in command, regarding the use of the rail¬ 
road, are the subject of negotiations between the govern¬ 
ment of Bogota and United States Minister Hart. Re¬ 
cent newspaper advices from Colombia show that the 
action of the American commanders has caused a feeling 
of great excitement at Bogota and other places, where 
it is deeply resented. In some sections of the country, 
it is declared, feeling is so strong that some apprehension 
is expressed that it may seriously interfere with the 
negotiations for the purchase of the Panama Canal prop- 
Puzzle Pictukk : Kind the Consumer.— Philadelphia Ledger. 
erty by the United States.The grand total of 
appropriations which the Interior Department asks of 
Congress for the next fiscal year in the estimates is 
approximately $167,000,000. Of this, $142,200,700 is for pen¬ 
sions, including expenses of administration and distribu¬ 
tion. The estimates of expenses of the Indian Bureau 
aggregate $7,000,000 and of the General Land Office $2,094,- 
130. The largest increase asked for in land service is an 
additional $200,000 for the protection of forest reserves, 
the total for such work being $500,000. 
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FARM AND GARDEN.-The Southern Nut Growers’ 
Convention convened at Macon, Ga., October 6. with a 
large attendance, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, 
Florida and Georgia being represented. It was decided 
to change the name of the organization to the National 
Nut Growers’ Association, and to secure a charter ?n 
Georgia, with Macon as headquarters. 
One hundred and fifty delegates, representing every 
section of the country, met at Atlanta, Ga., October 7, 
in the sixteenth annual convention of the Association of 
American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. 
Among subjects of importance to come before the con¬ 
vention is the need of the diversity of crops in the South. 
It is said that the beef problem in the Southern States 
also will be brought before the Association’s attention. 
Jesse B. Rogers, 63 years old, died October 7, at his 
home, Newark, N. J., after an illness of seven weeks. 
Mr. Rogers was born in New York City, and was edu¬ 
cated for the bar. He was admitted to practice in I860, 
but did not remain in active practice of his profession. 
He was interested in agriculture, and for many years 
had a farm in the Orange Mountains, going to Newark 
to live in 1887. Mr. Rogers was one of the most widely 
known men in New Jersey, and his reputation in con¬ 
nection with agricultural affairs extended throughout 
the United States. At the farmers’ institutes. Grange 
meetings and other assemblages Mr. Rogers was a famil¬ 
iar figure. He took an active interest in all public affairs. 
The Coal Tuust (prayerfully): “Oh, Lord, if you’ll call oiT that 
other bear, I’ll let this one go.”—The Denver Post. 
Three sons. Dr. Robert H. Rogers, with whom he lived; 
Louis H. Rogers, Henry B. Rogers, and one daughter, 
Miss Edith H. Rogers, survive him. 
Former Representative William H. Grout, father of the 
Grout anti-oleo bill, died at his home, St. Johnsbury, Vt., 
October 7. He was born in Canada of American parents 
in 1S36. When he was 21 he was graduated at the Pough¬ 
keepsie, N. Y., Law School, and was admitted to the bar 
the same year. In 1862 he enlisted and in a few days was 
promoted to captain, and later lieutenant-colonel of the 
Fifteenth Vermont Volunteers. In 1864, at the expiration 
of his service, he was mustered out with his regiment. 
In 1865 he was elected State’s Attorney of Orleans County, 
Vt., and was reelected in 1866. In 1868 he was elected a 
member of the lower house of the Vermont Legislature, 
: nd reelected to a fourth term. In 1876 he was elected to 
iIn- State Senate from the County of Orleans. In 1878 
h<- was nominated for Congress by the Republicans of th. 
Third District, but was beaten by Bradley Barlow, Green- 
backer. In 1880 he was elected to the Forty-seventh Con¬ 
gress from the Third District of Vermont, and was a 
candidate for nomination in the Second District in 1S82, 
but was defeated by Judge Poland. In 1S84 Colonel Grout 
was nominated by the Republicans of the Second District 
and was elected to the Forty-ninth Congress by a ma¬ 
jority of over 13,000 and was reelected to the Fiftieth, 
Fifty-first, Fifty-second, Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth and 
Fifty-fifth Congresses and reelected to the Fifty-sixth, 
making his total length of service as a member of the 
House of Representatives, at the expiration of his term 
of service, March 4, 1901, 18 years, which is the longest 
term ever held by any member from Vermont. 
The Southern Veterinary Association met at Atlanta, 
Ga., October 8, Dr. C. A. Cary, of the Alabama Poly¬ 
technic Institute, in the chair. It is understood that the 
Association will recommend a uniform system of cattle 
laws, and probably will issue a bulletin on the best meth¬ 
ods of annihilating the cow tick in the Southern States. 
After a very successful meeting in Guthrie, Okla., the 
National Anti-Horse Thief Association adjourned to meet 
next year in Springfield, Ill. President Fielding Scott pre¬ 
sided. His report shows an increase of 5,000 in the mem¬ 
bership during the past year, and the admittance of New 
Mexico, Idaho and Arkansas into the Association. 
CROP PROSPECTS. 
Apples are a large crop in this vicinity and of good 
quality. This would be a good locality for apple buyers. 
Wilawana, Pa. j. c. a. 
The bean crop in western New York was about half 
ruined in July by a heavy rain, and the frequent show¬ 
ers at the present time have caused over one-half of the 
remaining crop to be in the field and many of them 
worthless. m. d. w. 
There is, I think, about two-thirds of a crop of Baldwin 
apples, and what have been bought were secured by the 
lump or orchard I have not heard of any special price 
per barrel. Nearly all of the apples in this section are 
Baldwins, that is Winter apples. s. h. w. 
Weston, Mass. 
All crops were very good this year. We have had a 
very favorable season until September 18; since that 
time have had considerable wet weather causing corn 
to spoil, also fodder, as well as damaging the tobacco in 
the sheds. g. w. b. 
Ansonia, Ohio. 
On page 659 the Hope Farm man would better prove 
the crop prophets, as corn in this vicinity is late and 
much damaged by frost. If we have clear weather corn 
will be light and chaffy, if cool wet weather lots of the 
corn will rot in the field. Small grain is damaged by 
rain. Potatoes are rotting badly. w. d. m'm. 
Ross, Iowa. 
It has been a hard Summer on grain, harvest being dif¬ 
ficult on account of so much rain. The buckwheat crop 
has been injured considerably, and in many instances 
lost. The apple crop is good and prices low; many are 
sold for $1 a barrel. Corn crop is quite large and fairly 
good, but quite late, as the weather interfered with the 
cutting. The potato crop was only medium and many 
farmers complain of their rotting. c. s. h. 
Otisville, N. Y. 
We arc having another wet rain. It has rained every 
day for nine days, and may for nine more for all I can 
tell; it looks so at present. Potatoes are fully as poor 
as first represented here; a man can dig and pick from 
four to seven or eight bushels in a day. Silo filling is 
the order of the day here; most of the silos will hold 
twice the corn they have to put in them. I. n. 
Brookton, N. Y. 
Corn is very green yet around here, and in the southern 
part of our county was much damaged by early frost. 
Potatoes will be a light crop in this county. About 11 
acres of ours never came up; and all we get will be from 
the underdrained ground. Our asparagus never made 
a better growth than it has this Summer, and the rust 
does not show yet, so I feel encouraged. l. c. k. 
Crown Point, Ind. 
A large share of our apples go to the canning and dry¬ 
ing houses. Just now an average price for the fruit of 
an entire orchard, shook from the trees and delivered at 
the canning factory, is 50 cents per 100 pounds. Many 
orchards are sold for a lump sum, the owner having 
nothing to do with the harvesting. Buyers sort into dry¬ 
ing, canning and barreling stock. Of course the price 
varies according to the amount of first-class fruit there 
is supposed to be. Ordinary drying stock runs about 25 
to 30 cents per 100 pounds. Barreled stock of good qual¬ 
ity has been bought for from $1.50 to $1.75 per barrel, ex¬ 
clusive of package. In the more extensive and valuable 
orchards, nearer the lake than this locality, I suppose 
there is better fruit, and larger prices prevail. Help is 
very difficult to get, and the dry houses are short of 
fuel; conditions that tell against prices of apples. 
Fairport, N. Y. _ g. f. w. 
BUSINESS BITS . 
This is the season when most housewives are bvisy 
making their homes comfortable and attractive for the 
Winter. There is no one thing that affords so much 
comfort as a good mattress. This is apparent when you 
consider the great portion of one’s life spent in bed. 
Feathers are a thing of the past, and the hair mattress 
is expensive and unsanitary besides. The Ostermoor pat¬ 
ent electric felt mattress is guaranteed to equal in every 
possible way the best $50 hair mattress. The manufac¬ 
turers offer to let you sleep on it 30 nights, and if it is 
not satisfactory in every way, and all that you hoped 
for, they will pay express charges both ways, return 
your money and ask "no question.” Nothing could be 
fairer or more liberal than this. Write for handsome 
book, “The Test of Time,” which will be mailed free. 
Address Ostermoor & Co., 107 Elizabeth St., New York. 
Send to Humphrey & Sons, Joliet, Ill., for their free 
booklet on the egg problem. You will find it full of hard 
sense and helpful suggestions. It' you don’t agree with 
everything it says, it will at least give you something 
to think about. Follow its suggestions and you may 
double your egg yield. 
