1905. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
361 
Events of the Week. 
DOMESTIC.—The Armstrong Cork Works, of Pittsburg, 
Pa., has received orders for one hundred thousand new life 
preservers, and this brings out the information that the 
Government has practically condemned every life preserver 
on the Atlantic coast. Inspector General Uhler has just fin¬ 
ished a complete overlooking of the Pittsburg works, where 
so many big orders have been placed, and has laid down 
strict rules as to what sort of preservers shall be turned out. 
Only solid or compressed cork can be used. Captain I. B. 
Williams, an inspector, is authority for the statement that 
practically every life preserver on the coast has been con¬ 
demned by Uhler. . . . “The American Mercantile Asso¬ 
ciation” has closed its offices at Kansas City, Mo., and this 
notice has been posted on the door: “Goodby, suckers; 
goodby.” The whereabouts of the officers of the association 
are not known. The company’s head office was at St. Joseph, 
Mo., and from there a notice has been sent out to sub¬ 
scribers, announcing the suspension. The subscribers had 
agreed to pay $1 a week for eighty weeks, on the promise 
that they, were to receive $100 at the end of that period. 
. . . The Massachusetts State Board of Fish and Game 
Commissioners, in its annual report submitted to the Legis¬ 
lature April 11, states that the statistics of the lobster fish¬ 
eries “show conclusively the same decadence of supply that 
has characterized the lobster fishery for many years. The 
outcome, the commercial extinction of the lobster, is as sure 
to result as day is to follow night. In thirteen years there 
has been a decrease of more than 66 per cent in the catch of 
lobsters per pot.” . . . Three employees and an attorney 
for the Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company of New York 
were Indicted at Chicago April 13 by the Federal Grand Jury 
which is conducting the beef inquiry. Bench warrants were 
issued by Judge Humphrey, and the defendants were taken 
Into custody by Deputy United States Marshals. They garo 
bonds in the sum of $1,000 each. The sudden departure 
from home of two high officials of the sausage casing indus¬ 
try, a voluminous Secret Service report on a high packing 
official now in Canada and the alleged resignations of rail¬ 
road freight officials during the last few months are now 
matters about which interest will center until the Federal 
Grand Jury investigating the so-called “Beef Trust” reas¬ 
sembles. The operations of the Etna Trading Company, the 
alleged clearing house of the casing industry for the big 
packers, will also be gone thoroughly into by the investi¬ 
gators. . . . Attorney-General Galen, of Montana, April 
18, secured the issuance of a summons directed to the Ar¬ 
mour Packing Company, Swift & Co., Cudahy & Co., and two 
Hammond companies directing them to appear in the District 
Court on April 25 to answer an information filed against 
them by the Attorney-General of the State of Montana, 
charging them with combining for the purpose of unlaw¬ 
fully fixing the price of meats. . . . United States Sen¬ 
ator .T. It. Burton, of Kansas, was reindicted by the Federal 
Grand Jury at St. Louis April 13 on the charge of agreeing 
to accept fees from the Rialto Grain and Securities Com¬ 
pany, in whose behalf, it is alleged, he acted as an attorney 
before the Post Office Department at 'Washington. The in¬ 
dictment contains five counts, the first three covering the 
allegation that he agreed to accept money for the use of his 
influence before the Post Office Department, and the others 
alleging that he did accept compensation for the service. 
While the Government alleges that Burton received five 
monthly installments of $500 for his services, only one of 
them is made the subject of the indictment. This is ren¬ 
dered necessary by the decision of the Supreme Court, re¬ 
versing his former conviction and remanding the case. . . . 
A jury at St. Catherine, Ont, April 13, awarded a verdict of 
$1,500 against six unions of that city in the suit begun by 
the Gurney Foundry Company of Toronto against the unions 
for having put the Gurney goods on an unfair list. The 
Gurney company asked for $5,000 from each member of the 
six unions, $10,000 from the unions collectively and for an 
injunction to restrain them from further boycotting the 
firm’s goods. In 1002 the company decided to run an open 
shop and the unions began to wage warfare against the busi¬ 
ness of the com-'any throughout the Province. Judge Ang¬ 
lin decided the point of liability himself, while the jury 
assessed the damages. . . . The joint committee of the 
two houses of the Texas Legislature to investigate the beef 
trust affairs in that State reported April 14, saying in part: 
“There exists in this State a combination of persons and 
corporations engaged in the business of packing and selling 
beef and other like products In contravention of the anti¬ 
trust law, constituting a trust monopoly in restraint of 
trade.” The committee recommends that the bill making an 
appropriation of $15,000 to secure evidence to prosecute the 
beef trust be passed. The report was adopted. . . . 
Mount Shasta, Cal., threatens to become active again. Some 
startling occurrences are reported at Sisson's, a town in the 
vicinity of the mountain. The ground has opened at several 
points, and mud is ejected. The railroad embankment across 
a big canon has sunk 40 feet, while the streets of the town 
are filling up with a mixture of mud and oil. . . . Con¬ 
stables are searching in Hazleton, Freeland and other towns 
in Pennsylvania for James Rhodda, a member of the miners’ 
examining board, and two other members whose names are 
not made public. They are charged with issuing miners’ 
certificates illegally. Rhodda has confessed and it is ex¬ 
pected that the greatest violation of the miners’ certificate 
law since it was passed will be unearthed. Officers of the 
United Mine Workers declare that over 1,000 of these 
certificates have been issued since January 1, and that they 
were for sale at saloons for from $1 to $5 each, being pur¬ 
chased by newly arrived mine workers and by others who 
found it impossible to pass the examination or who did not 
desire to undergo the two years’ experience necessary to 
comply with the law. How much loss of life the issuance 
of these fraudulent certificates has caused it is Impossible to 
estimate. There were over 100 fatal and 250 other acci¬ 
dents in the affected district last year and the mine in¬ 
spectors agree that half the' accidents are due to the incom¬ 
petence, ignorance and carelessness of the mine workers. 
. . . The New York State Senate passed April 17 the 
Keenan bill. It prohibits the Long Island Railroad Com¬ 
pany from charging its patrons for travel and baggage any 
greater price than that in force previous to January 1, 1005. 
. . . A fraud order was Issued April 13 by the Post Office 
Department against the Home Owners’ Corporation, 108 
Broadway, New York. The Inspector reported that the Home 
Owners’ Corporation is merely a name by the use of which 
one J. TWilliger Van Smythe seeks to circumvent fraud or¬ 
ders heretofore issued against the many titles under which 
he has continued fraudulent operations in connection with 
the sale of lots situated among the “wild lands” of Long 
Island. . . . After a search extending over five years, 
Gen. Horace Porter, Ambassador to France, discovered the 
body of John Paul Jones, founder of the American Navy, 
which was identified April 14. Jones died in Paris on July 
18, 1792, after his return from Russia, where he had been 
an admiral in the service of the Czar. The destruction of 
many church records during the Reign of Terror, in 1793, 
made it difficult to discover his final resting place, which was 
believed to be in a cemetery in the outskirts of the city. 
The remains were found in the Cemetery of St. Louis. As 
the body had been sealed in a leaden coffin, in alcohol, it was 
in a perfect state of preservation, and was absolutely identi¬ 
fied. . . . According to Joseph G. Armstrong, coroner of 
Allegheny County, Pa., and Adelbert Merle, Austro-Hungarian 
Consul General to Pittsburg, Hungarian workmen are being 
ruthlessly slaughtered in the blast furnaces, the steel mills 
and the coal mines in Pittsburg and vicinity. Concerted ac¬ 
tion on part of ttie Coroner and the Consul is to be taken 
with a view of lessening, if possible, the mortality. Twelve 
men killed in one plant alone, owned by the United States 
Steel Corporation, has aroused the Coroner, while Consul 
M’erle has been driven to action by the reported “disap¬ 
pearance” of Hungarians whom, lie believes, have been killed 
at th furnaces. The matter was brought to a focus by Cor¬ 
oner Armstrong during the week, when he addressed a jury 
sitting on the death of one of the foreigners, who had been 
cremated in the plant of the American Steel and Wire Com¬ 
pany. Coroner Armstrong declares that efforts are made 
almost daily by officials of the steel corporations to suppress 
information regarding the circumstances of men killed at the 
mills. The attention of both State and Federal authorities 
is to be called to the subject. . . Frost was reported April 
18 from Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia and eastern Ten¬ 
nessee. The temperatures are much below the seasonal av¬ 
erage, particularly in the South. There were killing frosts 
April 17 throughout the eastern Virginia truck belt, with 
more and heavier damages to growing crops than on the 
night before. In the salt water districts the frost was re¬ 
ported lighter than on fresh water streams in the Princess 
Anne sections, where strawberries, beans, peas, etc., were 
totally cut off. Heavy losses were reported from other lo¬ 
calities. The weather forecaster reported killing frost at the 
following points April 17: Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro 
and Weldon, N. C.; Columbus and Macon, Ga., and Chatta¬ 
nooga, Tenn. Unprecedented cold weather for April pre¬ 
vailed in Saratoga Co., N. Y., for several days with frequent 
snow squalls. During nearly all that time the mercury 
stood below the freezing point. April 18 the temperature 
registered 20 degrees above zero. 
BUSINESS BITS. 
The Philadelphia Silo lias many features which will com¬ 
mend It to dairymen, among which are the patent opening 
roof and the continuous door. This silo is giving excellent 
satisfaction, and is in use by thousands of dairymen. It Is 
manufactured by E. F. Schlichter, 1910 Market Street, Phil¬ 
adelphia, Pa., who Issues a catalogue containing valuable 
Information for anyone interested in the silo subject. Just 
drop a card for it. 
The Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co., Waterloo, Iowa, write: 
“we have recently developed a new style 3% horse-power 
stationary gasoline engine that we are placing on the mar¬ 
ket at a very attractive price. It would be weil for prospec¬ 
tive customers to investigate the Waterloo engine before 
placing an order.” This company manufactures a variety of 
styles in gasoline engines which all interested should learn 
about, and should write them for particulars. 
The Ilook-IIardie Co., of Hudson, Mich., are issuing a 
valuable little booklet on spraying which should be in the 
possession of every farmer and fruit grower who takes a 
pride in producing a high grade of fruit and desires to In¬ 
crease the yield of his orchard. The Ilook-IIardie Co. man¬ 
ufacture every form of spraying device from hand to power 
sprayers, with all the necessary accessories. This season 
they are manufacturing a large power sprayer which they 
claim is a decided improvement on any machine of this kind 
ever before placed on the market. Write for their booklet 
at once. It costs you nothing, and will aid you in selecting 
an outfit suitable for your work. Address the Ilook-IIardie 
Co., Hudson, Mich. 
At Wholesale Prices 
OUR OVEN THERMOMETERS 
make 
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baking 
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Every Gold Coin has 
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Handy, easy, saves fuel. 
Gold Coin Stoves have boon STANDARD in high grade 
trade for nearly fifty years. In every town where they are 
not now sold we will sell 
Gold Coin Ranges 
and Heating Stoves at their wholesale price, sent on your appro¬ 
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and at exactly dealer’s cost. Return at our expense if not 
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a MANUFACTURER of a High Grado Trado Mark Stove. Sendfor 
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It tells what a good stove must lie and describes our full line of 
Gold Coin Ranges and Heating Stoves. Write for it to-day. 
The Gold Coin Stove Co., Troy, N.Y. 
(Successors to Bussey & McLeod. Estab. 1860) 
GRFFN MOUNTAIN 
|) If you are now keeping five cows, buy a Green Mountain 
■ Silo and l(ccp ten. it will cost you no more to keep the ten 
■ cows with a Green Mountain Silo than five cows without 
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( Write for it. Special discount to early purchasers. Agents 
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[ for Daily and Creamery ; also Gasolene Engines, Pleasure Boats, etc. 
Stoddard Mfg. Co., Rutland, Vt.^ 
UTilPII’Q 20th 
nLllUn 9 century 
Steel Ball Coupling Pivot Axle 
Cultivator KSWS 
Planter and Fertilizer 
Attach Complete in 
One Machine. 
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Louis. A woiiderful- 
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to different sty lee. 
Thousands in use. M’f’r’sof all kind of Ag’r’I Im¬ 
plements. Agents wanted; write for circular. 
The Hench & Dromgold Co., Mfrs., York, Pa. 
double value 
from your manure. Cover two _acre3 
to every one by hand, spreading 
with better results and do it as 
fast as 10 men with forks. 
-.MILLER— 
Manure Spreader 
and Pulverizer 
is the only low down spreader, easy to 
load. Handles all manure, pulverizes 
thoroughly, spreads evenly, thick or 
thin, as wanted. Right width to 
straddle corn rows. Solid bottom box, 
scraped clean every load. Automatic 
drag return, safety end-gate, double 
drive. Send for catalog M and know 
every reason why you should own a 
Miller modern spreader. 
The NEWARK MACHINECO., Newark,O.. 
The WAGON to BUY. 
Properly con- 
etructtfcl. Haves 
labor, omioy- 
»nce and expense of repairs. 
STEEL WHEELS 
TO FIT ALL 
WAGONS. 
Your address on a postal will brtug you free catalog. _ 
The Geneva Metal Wheel Co., 
Box 17, Geneva, Ohio. 
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