1906. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER* 
295 
EVENTS OF THE WEEK. 
DOMESTIC.—An obstinate fire in an old factory building 
at Fourth and Lafayette streets. New York. March 13, 
caused a loss of $400,000. . . . Terrible suffering, men¬ 
tal and physical, and many acts of heroism in saving life 
marked the loss of the Phoenix Line steamer, British King, 
which foundered in a storm about a hundred and fifty 
miles south of Sable Island. Nova Scotia, March 11, and 
carried to death 27 members of the crew. Thirteen men 
were rescued from the sinking vessel by the Ley land Line 
steamer Bostonian, bound from Manchester to Boston, and 
11 by the German tank steamer Mannheim, from Rotter¬ 
dam for New York. Five others, who had been sucked 
down in the vortex which engulfed the British King, were 
picked up by the Bostonian from a frail bit of wreckage, 
which they had grasped after a desperate struggle for 
life. . . _ . Three firemen were killed and nine others 
seriously injured March 16 at a fire which destroyed the 
old Sixth Regiment Armory, Camden, N. ,T. The dead are 
George W. Shields. William Hillman, and William .lobes. 
The Are started in the boiler room of the armory building, 
and quickly spread to all parts of the structure. About a 
dozen firemen were ordered into the burning building with 
a line of hose, and were making good progress in fighting 
the flames when they were warned by Fireman Harry Dease 
that the roof was giving way. Before the men could heed 
the warning the great roof fell, burying Dease and the 
others under it. Shields, Hillman, and Jobes were crushed 
to death, but the others managed to follow the line of 
hose, and escaped after most of them had been seriously 
cut and burned. Property loss between $50,000 and $75,- 
000. . . . Two score lives were crushed out March 16 in 
a head-on collision of two passenger trains, one drawn by 
two locomotives, near Adobe, Col., on the Denver & Rib 
Grande Railroad. More than a score of the victims were 
incinerated beyond identification by a fire that destroyed 
the wrecked coaches. More than a score were injured, 
but all will probably recover. The wreck was due to un¬ 
delivered orders/ heavy mountain grades, a blinding snow¬ 
storm, a sharp curve, and the slippery condition of the 
rails. Only the locomotives, baggage and day coaches 
were wrecked, the sleeping cars escaping almost unscathed, 
as in the case of the Eden disaster on tne same road in 
1904, when part of a train ran into a flooded canon 
through a washed-out bridge. Many of the dead were 
homeseekers bound for the Northwest. The three crushed 
locomotives set fire to the splintered coaches, and it was 
hours before all the bodies were recovered, the flames being 
so hot that rescuers could not approach the debris until 
the fuel burned out. As to the cause of the wreck, it ap¬ 
pears that the Utah and California Express, west bound, 
left 1 ueblo an hour and a half late, with orders to meet 
the Colorado and New Mexico Express, east bound, at 
Florence. This order was changed, and the west-bound 
train was directed to pass the east-bound train at Beaver, 
about twelve miles east of Florence. The order should have 
been delivered to the train crew at Swallow, but for some 
feason the operator there neglected to deliver it. In the 
meantime the east-bound train had received its orders and 
expected to meet the west-bound train at Beaver. No 'other 
orders intervened to prevent the wreck. . . . March 17 
Johann Most, well known as an Anarchist speaker and 
writer, died at Cincinnati, O. Most was born at Augsburg, 
Bavaria, on February 5. 1846. Ills father was a court 
officer and gave the boy a good education. His mother 
died when he was 10 years old. and fine introduction of a 
step-mother, whom he hated, made the rest of his boyhood 
unpleasant. lie was apprenticed to a bookbinder and‘after 
learning the trade went wandering through Italv, Switzer¬ 
land and Hungary. He found it difficult to get work, be¬ 
cause, as he says in his autobiography, his “facial disfigure- 
® p nt kept customers away.” Many Americans supposed 
that this disfigurement, which gave Most a savage aspect, 
was caused by the kick of a mule. It was reallv due to a 
surgical operation for the removal of a part of the lower left 
jaw. Most went to Zurich in 1876 and got work, escaping 
military service because of bis deformity, lie imbibed social¬ 
istic ideas and started a crusade against all organized 
government. In May, 1869, be made a violent speech de¬ 
nouncing the clergy, the military, the police and the middle 
class, lie spent a month in jail for this outbreak. After 
passing other time in jail for similar offences Most was 
selected by the Socialists as a missionary in Austria. The 
authorities banished him on May 2, 1871, and he was es¬ 
corted to the frontier by a large procession of workingmen, 
lie was twice elected to the German Reichstag, was in 
frequent conflict with the authorities, and after difficulties 
in London came to this country, where he was imprisoned 
three times for incendiary utterances. In recent years he has 
not been so prominent as an advocate of force. 
Five men are known to be dead and at least $1,000,000 
worth of mining property has been destroyed by snowslides 
in the San Juan district, Colorado, March 17-18. The loss 
to the Camp Bird Company will reach $400,000 and may 
exceed that amount. The boarding house, in which 300 
men were sleeping when the slide occurred, was directly in 
its path, but the force of the slide was broken and its course 
diverted by the great mill with its heavy machinery, and an 
appalling disaster was averted. Other snowslides in San 
Juan and San Miguel counties killed five men. injured many 
and caused property damage estimated at from $350,000 to 
$400,000. March 19 12 miners employed at the Shenandoah 
mine were caught by a snow slide and were swept to death. 
The men were part of the large force employed at the 
Shenandoah and were on their way to Silverton to escape 
starvation at the mine, the supply of provisions having run 
short. ... II. Clay Pierce, former president of the 
Waters-Pierce Oil Company, the man who for three or four 
weeks evaded Attorney-General Hadley of Missouri by se¬ 
cluding himself in his rooms in the Waldorf-Astoria, New 
York, and afterward volunteered to appear as a witness in 
the oil investigation in Missouri, took the stand at St. 
Louis March 19. Following the admission by Standard Oil 
attorneys that the stock of the Republic Oil Company is 
held by its stockholders for the use of the Standard Oil 
Company of New Jersey came the equally surprising con¬ 
fession on the part of Waters-Pierce Oil Company counsel 
that there is a trade territory division agreement between 
that concern and the Standard : that reports of the Waters- 
Pierce company are made to 26 Broadway, New York, the 
Standard headquarters, and that orders regarding the busi¬ 
ness of the Waters-Pierce company in Missouri passed be¬ 
tween the Standard and the local company. . . . David 
E. Sherrick, former State auditor of Indiana, was found 
guilty March 15 of misusing State funds, the verdict carry¬ 
ing with it a penalty of from one to twenty-two years in the 
penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was made. Sher¬ 
rick was tried on an indictment charging him with misuse 
of $127,000 belonging to the State, and though the money 
had been paid back to the State treasury, the Governor anil 
the State prosecutor forced a trial of the case. In 1904 
Sherrick was re-elected auditor by a plurality of 94,000, 
the largest ever given an official in Indiana. Last Septem¬ 
ber Governor Ilanly learned that Sherrick had been invest¬ 
ing State funds in private ventures, and made an examina¬ 
tion. Finding that the charges w-ere true, he at once forced 
Sherrick's resignation and laid the matter before the grand 
jury. Within a short time two indictments were returned 
against the deposed auditor, one charging him with em¬ 
bezzlement, grand larceny and conspiracy to commit a fel¬ 
ony, while the other charged grand larceny and emliezzle- 
ment. Nothing that has occurred in Indiana in years 
created so profound a sensation, and when subsequent in¬ 
vestigation disclosed the true state of nffairs the people were 
amazed. Sherrlck's apologists asserted that he did only 
what his predecessors have done for years, but the Gov¬ 
ernor's purpose was formed to make an example of the 
man, and in this he has succeeded. With the hope that 
payment of the debt would prevent a conviction, Sherrlck’s 
friends succeeded a short time ago in making the account 
straight, but apparently this move had no effect on the 
jury. Another trial that will speedily follow is that of 
Willard S. Wickard, a lumber agent, who was indicted with 
Sherrick for conspiracy to use the State funds. Sherrick 
had made heavy loans to Wickard. 
NAVAL AFFAIRS.—Secretary Bonaparte discussed condi¬ 
tion at (lie Naval Academy March 15 before the House 
Committee on Naval affairs. He declared that midshipmen 
have for some time been in a conspiracy to prevent their fel¬ 
lows from attaining a high standard of scholarship. lie 
asserted that an agreement: exists among the cadets to keep 
all members of the respective classes on an equal footing as 
regards their class records. This plan had the tendency to 
keep the duller midshipmen and those who lag and who 
would under ordinary circumstances be behind in their stud¬ 
ies on the same plane with the more proficient, and ex¬ 
cellence in scholarship has been discouraged. He further 
told the committee that the plan recently enforced on grad¬ 
uation in September of those who have made good averages 
and holding the others until six months later had already 
affected the combination against high grades and improved 
the class records. Mr. Bonaparte opposed the amendments 
which the Senate made to the original anti-hazing bill which 
he had suggested to the committee. These amendments pro¬ 
vide that midshipmen may be tried bv court-martial for 
hazing upon their own petition. lie believed such a plan 
would be Injurious to discipline and urged the passage of the 
bill for graduated punishments without amendment. 
FRUIT GROWING IN NEW JERSEY. 
Very many fruit growers think it is impossible to compete 
with some of our sister States in growing fruit successfully. 
I must confess that I have entertained the same impression 
more or less, but I have changed my views materially on 
this matter since I visited my friend, John Rapp of Glou¬ 
cester County, last August. Although my time was short 
I saw enough to convince me that fruit can be grown per¬ 
fectly, and as successfully in our State as any where else. 
No doubt it takes more care and close observation of all the 
details of success, but this is offset by the close proximity 
of our markets and other advantages over those more distant. 
There are 200 acres planted in fruit. Apples (4,000 trees 
of Winesap alone) ; pears (largely Bartletts), and 15 acres 
of Concord grapes, Bartlett pear trees 30 years old were 
loaded with extra large perfect fruit; Duchess (dwarf) trees 
the same age with monstrous fruit. These trees were ap¬ 
parently no larger than when I saw them eight years ago, 
but perfectly healthy and giving all their energy to fruit 
production, with little or no wood growth. I did not get the 
number of treees, but his crop of pears was 1,100 barrels 
of Bartletts and about 300 barrels of Duchess. Of apples 
he grows Winesap largely, but also large quantities of 
Maiden's Blush. Hagloe, Minch (a fine yellow apple), Smith 
Cider and a few others. His crop of apples was not mar¬ 
keted or picked, but must have been 1,500 or 2,000 barrels. 
Ilis grapes were loaded with perfect fruit, free from rot, 
which was unusually prevalent. In New Jersey the past sea¬ 
son. lie grows them on very low trellis, not over three or 
four feet, and over wire. He has been fighting the scale 
for years and has kept it under restraint with crude petrol¬ 
eum. In 1904 he used lime, salt and sulphur, but it was 
very unsatisfactory and he went back to oil. He uses Bordeaux 
Mixture pretty freely ; so much so that it sometimes causes 
a brown rust on the apples, but he says this is not seen when 
the fruit colors, and it helps the keeping qualities of the fruit. 
He sprays once before the trees start, then just after bloom 
falls, and twice after, making four applications of Bordeaux, 
the last has one-quarter pound Paris-green to 50 gallons. He 
gives thorough cultivation, uses no nitrogenous manures but a 
fertilizer of 2% per cent ammonia, 8 per cent phosphoric 
acid, 10 per cent potash, composed of blood, dissolved rock 
and muriate of potash, one-half ton per acre applied an¬ 
nually in Spring. Ilis soil ranges from a gravelly loam to 
quite sandy soil. A large proportion of this quantity of 
fruit is put in a large modern cold storage plant of his own, 
and Is taken out as wanted for Philadelphia market, where 
It is sold to the best trade at high prices. His sons are 
associated with him in this largest and most successful 
fruit farm in our State. chas. bi-ack. 
OUR SPECIAL TOP BUGGY 
Our 90 years of square.business dealings and 
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low price, it is well made and represents a sav¬ 
ing of from $15 to $20 as compared with the 
prices of regular dealers. Our large line of car¬ 
riages is fully described and priced in our 
Special Carriage Catalog which will be sent 
free on request; also our New 600-page 
General Catalog No. 90, and our Grocery 
Catalog, showing a great saving on all kinds of 
farm and household articles. Prices lower 
than ever. Freight and express rates are 
lower from New York than any other city in 
America. Established 1816. 
White,Van Glahn & Go, , 5 S™ te 3 ' 1 
OLDEST MM ORDER 
MOUSE IMAMERICA 
BEATS THE 
Grindstone 
Ten Times Over. 
Grind any tool, knife to mower 
Bickle, with the 
Practical 
Grinder. 
3.000 revolutions of 
carborundum wheel 
per minute. Greatest 
abrasive known. No 
pressure needed, does 
not draw temper or ‘ 
beat tools. Every ^ 
borne needsit. Write 
for price and circu¬ 
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agents wanted. 
ROYAL MFC, CO., 220 E. Walnut St., Lancaster, 
Steam Engines 
3 to 25 Horse Power, mounted or 
stationary. Also 1, 2, and 3-Horse 
Tread Powers, 2 to 8-Horse Sweep 
Powers, Separators, Corn- 
Shellers, Feed Grinders, Fod¬ 
der Cutters,Wood Saws, Cul¬ 
tivators, Land Rollers, Corn 
iPlanters, Potato Planters. 
TUK UtSfllKtiEB *FG. CO., Tatuaj, Pa. 
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being satisfied. Don’t forget that we are factory people. We buy nothing but materials. We 
make everything we sell, and sell everything direct to users. 
That accounts for the extraordinary low prices we make. Same low prices on all classes 
of vehicles. Two special bargains right now in our general catalogue. Write for free copy. 
Tke Progressive Vehicle Mfg. Co., Depl T. Ft. Wayne, Indiana. 
GUARANTEED BUGGIES 
T HERE Is a reason why you can buy a better buggy from us at $29.50 than you 
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THE ANDERTON MFG. CO.. 
19 Third St., Cincinnati. O, 
One-Horse Corn, Kean and 
Garden Seeder. Drops in 
hills nnd drills 12 acres A 
d*j. Fertiliser extra. 
Calu' 
mat 
check 
row 
planter with automatic reel 
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two section steel land 
roller. 7 ft. 3 section, 
$17.50. 8ft. $18.75. Light 
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PLOWS. 
- 4.95 
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up. 
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grinder;grindsheel and 
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Grinds 6 ft. sickle in 10 
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$ 1.15 
for automatic com¬ 
pressed air two 
gallon spray pump. 
Four gallon site, 
12.65. With solid 
brass tank, |4.45. 
Extension pipes 
for trees extra. 
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ft. 
Hay 
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One 
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fork, 
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rope, 5 floor hooks, 3 pulleys. 
Wood, steel aud cable track 
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$ 4.95 
For this 12-16 all steel 
disc harrow. Frame is 
made of best angle steel. 
Axle of cold rolled pol¬ 
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grade tempered steel. 
Spring seat. Praft is di¬ 
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bbls. minute. Suitable for rub¬ 
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$ 6 . 65 . 
Oblong galvanized! 
bbls. steel 
tank, heavy angle steel rims. 
All sires St styles. Catalog free. 
Steel lever harrow; cuts 
10 ft; 60 teeth; two sec¬ 
tions. 
.85 
Steal Cultivator, 
plain, with 5 shovels, 
spreads to33inches. 
MARVIN SMITH CO. CHICAGO. 
