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EVENTS OF THE WEEK 
DOMESTIC.—Two gre;:t rillars of 
smoke and steam poured from I.yssen 
Peak, near Bedding, Cal., Dec. 2S, rising 
almost vertically from the main cra'er r.nd 
reaching an estimated height of 2.()0t) feet. 
The other smoke streamer from a smaller 
vent was about half as high. . 
Eight hnildings in the ])usiness distriet 
at M'innemucca, Xev., were destroye 1 hy 
fire Dec. 2S, cjuisiiig a h ss of .S^.l.OOO. 
The charter of the Western Eiiion Tel¬ 
egraph Comi>any was revoked and the 
comjiany iiroliibited from doing business 
in Arkansas by an order issued by the 
Secretary of State Dec. 20. A restrain¬ 
ing order preventing the revtx-ation from 
going into effect was obtained at once by 
the company in the Federal Distinct 
Court. Bevocation of the Western 
I'nion's charter was the outgrowth of a 
suit brought by William Overman of Hot 
Springs asking damages for alleged non¬ 
delivery of a message. The eomiiany ob¬ 
tained a removal of the case from the 
State to the Federal court, which is for¬ 
bidden by State statute under iienalty of 
loss of the right to do hu.sinoss in Ar¬ 
kansas. 
Forty-six Avomen Avere burned to death 
in a lire tliat destroyed St. Ferdinand de 
Halifax Asylum, at. St. Ferdinand de 
Halifax, IMegantic County. (lue., Dee. .“H. 
Automobiles killed 72!) last year on the 
streets and highways of New Yoi’k 
State, ineluding New York City, as com¬ 
pared with ()<;:> in 1!)1.7, according to the 
annual report of the National Highways 
Protective Society. In New York City 
.‘>!)2 persons met their deaths by automo¬ 
biles during the year, trolley cars killed 
78 and wagons 74. The number killed by 
automobiles in the State last year is tlie 
largest recorded. The great increase, the 
society stated, was due to the fact that it 
was not necessary for a driver of a motor 
car to have a State license before he can 
operate a car on the streets and highways. 
In the city alone 248 children were killed 
hy vehicular traffic. 
At midnight Dec. 21 the whole islaml 
of Newfoundland went “dry.” The im- 
jiort, manufacture or sale of intoxicating 
li(]Uors of every kind within the colony 
is iirohihited. A long list of patent medi¬ 
cines has been placed under the ban. The 
government has ))rovided public control¬ 
lers through whom medical prescriptions 
will he filled, while provision is made 
■whereby the ehurdies can have their own 
agencies for im])orting sacramental wine. 
It is figured that the colony’s anmial 
drink hill was about a million dollars. 
Bevenues will shrink about .$400,0tM) a 
year. 
Fifty-four persons were lynched in the 
I’nited States in B)l<i. according to rec¬ 
ords of Tiuskegee Institute made inil)lic 
recently. Fifty were negroes and four 
white iioi'sons and ineliuh'd in the record 
are tlii-ee negro women. Sixty-seven per¬ 
sons were lynched in B)!."). thirteen of 
whom were white mem. More tlian one- 
fourth of the total lynchings occurred in 
(Georgia. 
It "was announced in the offices of the 
Pennsylvania Bailroad Jan. I that the 
Pennsylvania system carried l!)ti,2!)4,14(j 
passengers on the lines east and w<*st (if 
Pittsburg in I!)l(5 without losing the life 
of a siiiglr iiassimger in a ti'ain accident 
! of any kind. The freight traffic as well 
as the passenger traffic was the. greatest 
in the road’s history. 
Fire Jan. 2 in the large four-story 
wai’chouse of the Buhiiis Dry Dock and 
Bepair ('ompany. at the end of Beard 
sti’eet, Brooklyn, N. Y.. eauscHl a loss es¬ 
timated at more than ,$1(M).0<)0. Thou¬ 
sands of dollars’ worth of shiii supplies, 
patterns and parts were destroyed. 
FABM AND DA BDEN.—Depreda¬ 
tions of predatory animals accompanied 
hy outlireaks of rabies among them in 
parts of the West resulted in tlie slioot- 
ing, trajiping and poisoning of over 11.()<)() 
coyotes during the last year by hunters in 
file employ of the Biological Surv(>y. 
Altogetlier over 15,000 noxious animals, 
including wolves, coyotes, mountain lions 
and holicats were destroyed. Over 250,- 
000 acres of government and public lands 
have been covered with poisoned grain for 
tlie extermination of ground sipiirrels. 
(Iperations have been continued effec¬ 
tively against ])ralrie dogs and over a 
half million acres have been practically 
cleared of these destructive animals. 
AVheu J. J. Pankratz. a farmer. arr<‘st- 
ecl at Hutchinson, Kan., Dee. 29, on a 
charge of reckless driving, learned tlie 
amount of his bond he was unable to put 
lip the cash and could think of no one on 
whom to call. He said he had with him 
no pesonal iiroperty of value, hut offeri d 
to put up a case of eggs for his appear¬ 
ance in police court. The bond was ac¬ 
cepted. 
Four million dollars’ worth of cotton 
that has been tied up in waridiouses at 
Little Bock, Ark., for several weeks as a 
result of I'lastern embargoes began mov¬ 
ing out of Little Bock and other Arkan¬ 
sas points Dec. 29 as a result of the mod¬ 
ification of the embargoes^. The ship¬ 
ments represent 40.0(K) to 45.000 liales. 
President ^Yil^;on signed Dee. 29 the 
Ferris bill opening up 040-aere liome- 
steads for stock raising and grazing jiur- 
posi's. The law raises the homestead unit 
January 13, 191 
from a maximum of .220 acres to 040 on 
arid, semi-arid, non-irrigable and non 
timbered public land. The bill was 
strongly indorsed by the Interior Depart¬ 
ment, which informed Congress that it 
would result in having the number of cat¬ 
tle in the 'West “greater than during the 
most iirosperous days of the cattle kings.” 
With tlie view of establishing a whole¬ 
sale market under municipal control, a 
siirvevy of the market gardening industry 
in the vicinity of Columbus, O.. has just 
been completed. It shows that 118 gar¬ 
deners, in and adjacent to that c’ty, have 
a total of 1.145.5 acres, or an average of 
9.7 acres iier operator. At an estimated 
value of ,$400 per acre, the land invest¬ 
ment is .$458,200, or an average of .$2,800 
per gardener in cultivated land alone. 
I’herc are 17 vegetable greenhouse ranges, 
with a total floor space of 101,557 sqiiaie 
feet. The 17 have an average of 9,8()8 
square feet. About .22 Auirietics of vege¬ 
tables are raised. Yi’holesale marketing 
has never been recognized officially by the 
city, although it fiouriches to some ex¬ 
tent. The investigators report that unless 
there are gluts, the growers get better 
prices on the wholesale market than by 
selling to consumers. .\ regular space is 
to be assigned the win lesale market ad¬ 
jacent to the princiiial retail market, and 
made subject to regulation and protection. 
Flowers are also expeeti'd to be a prom¬ 
inent feature of the new market. 
The Vermont State Poultry A.ssoeia- 
tiou will hold its twentieth exhibition at 
St. Albans January 10-19. 
Investigation of rates, charges, rules 
regulations and practices of the railroads 
with respect to the transportation of po¬ 
tatoes from the iiroducing States of Mich¬ 
igan, 'lYisconsin and Minnesota to South¬ 
ern and Pastern destinations, was ordered 
•Tan. 2 by the Interstate Commerce Com¬ 
mission . The commission acted upon a 
jietition of the I’otato Association of 
America, recpiesting tliat a general in- 
(luirj' be instituted, and upon complaints 
from other sources. 
Coming Farmers’ Meetings 
Chicago Foiltry Sliow, .Tan. 10-10. 
Massachusetts Fruit Crowers’ Asso¬ 
ciation, Inc., and Mas.sachusetts State 
Board of At. Iculture. joint convention. 
Springfield Aiditorinm, Springfield, 
Mass., Jan 9-12. 
Central New' York Poultry and T‘et 
Stock Associaticn arimial exhibition, 
ITiea. N. Y.. .Tan. 1.5-20. 
"W. Va. State Grange, Charleston, IV. 
Ya., .Tan. 10. 
Y(‘rmoiit State Fmiltrv Association, 
twentietli exliibition. St. Allians, "N’t., .lan- 
uary 10-19. 
New York State Agricultural Soeii'ty, 
Albany, N. Y.. Jan. 10-17. 
New York State Association of ('(Uuity 
Agricultural Societies, Alliany, N. Y., 
Jan. 18. 
American Forestry Association, 'Wash¬ 
ington, D. C.. .Tan. 18-19. 
Marietta Foultrv Show, Marietta, D., 
Jan. 22-27. 
Fennsylvania State Board of Agricul¬ 
ture, State Horticultural Society. State 
Breeders’ Association, State Vi'getahle 
Grow'crs’ A.ssociatioii, I larri.shurg, I’a., 
Jan. 22-25. 
IVesteni New York Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, Bochester. N. Y., Jan. 24-20. 
American Cranheiry Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion. Camden. N. .T., .Tar. 27. 
.Vppleton I’oultry Show, Anpleton, 
IVis.. Jan. 28-21. 
T’amim-s’ 'Week, Ohio State Fniver- 
sitv, Columbus, ()., Jan. 2!), 20, .21, T''oh. 
Ohio State Dairymen’s As.soeiation, 
Ohio State T’niversitv, Columbus, O.. .Ian. 
20. 21. Feb. 1. 2. 
Ohio State Ilorticnltural Soeiefy, Ohio 
State T’niversitv, Coliimhus. O.. .T.aii. 
. 20 - 21 . 
Ohio Ferchi'ron Breialers' .Vssociatiiiii, 
Ohio State Fnivcrsitv, Columbus, O., 
Jan. .21. 
Ohio Yegetalile Growa'rs' .Vssoeialioii, 
Ohio State Fnivi'rsitv. Goluinbus, <)., 
Feb. 1-2. 
Ohio Tiural T.if(‘ .Vssdeiatioii. Oliio 
State T’niversitv. Columbus, O., .Jan. 20, 
21, Feb. 1. 
Ohio State Corn Show, Ohio State 
T’niversity, ('oliimhus. O,, .Tan. 29. 20, 
.21. Fi'h. 1, 2. Entries idosi' Wediiesdav, 
Jan. 22. 
Machinery Sliow. Ohio State Fnivi'r- 
sily. ('olumims. ().. .Tan. 20. .21. Feb. 1. 
bulutli I’oiiltry Show'. Duluth, IMiiin. 
F('b. 1-0. 
IViseonsin Country T.ife Coiiferenee, 
(’ollege of Agriculture. Madi.son. Feb. 
5-10. 
State Cow' ’Festers’ .\ssoeiation meet¬ 
ing. Collegi* of Agrienltiire. T’niversity of 
'Wisconsin, IMadison. T'eh. 0-10. 
Wisconsin Sw'ine Congn'ss. Di'monstra- 
tion and Sales, College of Agriculture, 
Madison, Feb. 5-10. 
.\nnual meeting. 'Wisconsin I.ive Stock 
Breeders’ Association. College of .Agri¬ 
culture, Madison, Feb. 5-10. 
New' York State Grange, Oneonta, N. 
Y.. Feb. (i-9. 
Farmers’ Week, Cornell T’niversity, 
Ithaca, N. Y., Feb. 12-17. 
New York State Vegetable Growers’ 
.Association, Ithaca, N. Y.. Feb. 12-1.5. 
American Jersey Cattle Club, New 
5'ork City. May ‘2. 
Hoksteiii-Friesiau Association of Amer¬ 
ica, AVorcester, Mass.. June 0. 
.-American Association of Nurserymen, 
forty-second annual meeting, I’hiladel- 
phia, I’a., June 27-29. 
