Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-03-04

nd the business depression that has
followed it has had one good result in
that it has given time for a normal
ouse cleaning that seems to have been
badly needed. The number of multi.
nilliohaires Of few months ago whose
Fortunes have vanished into the thin
Dir from which good part Of them
Fere drawn is equalled only by the
snk officials and controllers who are
likely to have a chance TO study the
architecture of the criminal courts
from the inside. For the general bust.
less welfare the most important effect
3 the breaking up Of the relations be-
ween chains Of paper.owned banks and
|he speculative enterprises Of tneir
owners The trusts too have come
n for a certain share of official atten.
ion. Governor Hughes has taken ac.
ion resulting in the appointment of a
Special prosecutor for the Ice Trust
tsse aud there is a growing feeling
Imong certain trust agents that New
York is not the healthiest place imag
nable for them just now. The plans
bf the Beef Trust for securing its dom.
nance of New York markets received
That is generally regarded as a body
blow in "A decision handed down a few
pays ago against a man alleged to be
bne of its secret agents maintained for
fhe purpose Of eliminating competing
interests by absorption. TIE decision
n question, rendered by Justice Green.
baum of the supreme court, denied the
petition of Frederick Joseph, now pres
dent Of the New York Butchers Dress.
fd Meat company, an association Of the
PHYS independent dealers, and former.
! y an officer of Schwarzchild and Sulz-
berger, an independent concern, for
writ allowing him to examine the
books Of the latter company. Justice
|Greenbaum did not hesitate to indi.
cate his belief that the writ was not
bought in good faith but as part of
|ievious trust methods for getting rid
|of competitors, saying, in his opinion,
ri cannot resist the conviction that
the writ is desired to further the inter
|ests of the REALTORS in their rival com.
pany and for some Interior purpose. -
|Joseph is defendant in a suit brought
by the minority stockholders of an
other concern who allege that he has
sold them out to the trust and the four
million meat consumers in the city are
hoping that in the general cleaning up
which is taking place it will be possible
70 free them from the tightening grip
of the meat monopoly.
just how near unexpected death
turks in the metropolis and adversely
how difficult II may be to find it was
never more thestrically illustrated than
an several surprising happenings this
week calculated to instill into even the
average person a certain amount of re-
spect for tine eastern proverb "Unto
every man his death at his appointed
Time On one morning was chronicl-
ed the strange death of Martin Seaks,
who suffering from chapped face had
purchased bottle OF lotion which he
rubbed on at retiring. Rising in the
night to get drink he struck a match.
That was his last conscious act for his
face Immediately took fire and ne was
30 badly burned that he died n few
hours later. For him death lurked in
the innocent seeming lotion. Then
came the third unsuccessful attempt of
"Iron Jack" Grant, an ex.pugilist, to
kill himself. Grant jumped from the
Brooklyn bridge into the water nearly
$50 feet below missing tug and an ice
boat by only n few inches. The net
result of his efforts was not what he
expected, death, but just one black eye
Previously Grant, who seems to deserve
the appellation of "Iron jack had at
tempted suicide by drinking laudanun
and seveTng the arteries in both his
arms. Any one Of his three efforts or
dinarily should have proved fatal, but
he has now decided that death isn't sc
easy after all and that he will have
10 wait his turn.
More publications are printed in New
York than in any other city in thu
world, or in many states and foreign
countries. The total at present fall
just short Of 1000, indicating the tire
mendous increase In the consumption o.
reading matter throughout the country