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VOL XXL No. 24.
The Needham Plant Escapes De- Wm. Steinway the Only Lucky
struction by Fire.
Investor.
T
HE fire apparatus, with which the large
Needham piano and organ manufac-
tory, at Washington, N. J., is equipped,
alone saved the building from destruction
last Sunday morning. A piece of waste
took fire from spontaneous combustion in
the flywheel pit in the engine room, and a
serious conflagration was narrowly averted.
The damage caused by fire and water will
amount to several hundred dollars. Over
one-half the of 250 employees will be out
of work until the necessary repairs are
made.
Alexander Krell's Will.
T
HE will of Alexander Krell, who lost
his life in the big fire at the Krell
Piano Co. 's works, was probated Friday.
He leaves his property, which includes
$7,000 in insurance and eighty-three shares
of stock in the company, to his wife, and
at her death $2,000 of the insurance to his
sister, Mrs. Herman Vogel, and the bal
ance, except the jewelry, etc., to his father.
The date of the will is January 23, '92
The wife, having met with death by an
unfortunate casualty since then, the sister
and father get the property. The father
declined to serve as executor and the
brother-in-law, Herman Vogel, also named
in the will, was appointed.
Alleged Swindler.
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Published Every Saturday at 3 East Fourteenth Street. New York, January 4,1896.
N old piano swindling scheme was
nipped in the bud this morning by
the arrest of Benjamin T. Duel, a New
Yorker, by Detectives Connolly and Bre-
ault. Duel has been renting pianos on the
installment plan, and after making the first
small payment he would sell them cheap
for cash. As his payments were usually
monthly he had lots of time to dispose of a
dozen pianos and pocket a good quantity
of money before departing.
Miller &
Thompson, 93 Michigan avenue, were
Duel's victims to the extent of two pianos.
The police will, however, recover them.
Duel is 34 years of age, describes himself
as an agent and gives his address as 85
State street. He was arrested on Wood-
ward avenue shortly before noon.—Press,
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 28th.
" p v R . 1 DE KRAFFT, the multi-specu-
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lator, physician and promoter of
stupendous schemes, who is charged with
perjury and promoting fraudulent enter-
prises amounting to the tune of over one
hundred thousand dollars, is confined to
the prisoners' ward at Bellevue Hospital,
the result of an attempt at suicide. The
Sunday Journal says: People who know
De Krafft say he is really an up-to-date
Svengali, and has, with one exception, suc-
ceeded in practising his hypnotic influence
on men and women alike. The exception
was William Steinway, who became inter-
ested in one of his water-gas schemes.
Mr. Steinway was the only one who came
out without a financial loss. He suspected
a cat in the meal sack and pulled out. It
was after the failure of this scheme that De
Krafft got several people interested in a
plan to manufacture ozone gas.
Money was put up by a number of indi-
viduals who saw no reason why a forhme
could not be made out of it. Nothing ever
came of it, though, and the financial backers
are still out the amount they contributed.
Pushing Right to the Front.
T
HE Prescott Piano Co., Concord, N. H.,
write us: "Our '95 business was way
ahead of '94, and we are pushing right to
the front." Now, this is the talk we like
to hear.
If we seek the reasons why this
firm are enabled to make such a satisfactory
showing we find it in the excellence of their
pianos, which are high-grade instruments,
sold at a fair price. They are attractive in
design, pleasing in tone, and honestly and
carefully made throughout. The Prescott
piano is certain to extend its constituency
of admirers during 1896—and to no limited
extent. It possesses merit, and merit tells
in the end. Dealers should make a note of
this.
SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS.
ing. In the affidavit of defense it is stated
that the plaintiff forced the signing of the
notes by intimidations and threats that he
would bring a suit for $25,000 damages on
account of the trouble over the lease. The
plaintiff, however, secured a rule for judg-
ment for want of a sufficient affidavit of de-
fense. When'the argument was heard, the
Court discharged the rule and the case now
goes on the trial list.
THE Blasius Piano Co. held their annual
meeting in Woodbury on Thursday, Dec.
26, electing these officers: President, Oscar
Blasius; treasurer, Levin Blasius; secre-
tary, P. F. Rice.
H. M. HOWARD, with the Needham
Piano and Organ Co., leaves to-day for a
two months' trip.
RALPH C. JACKSON, with Geo. F. Hedge
& Son, Buffalo, N. Y., is in town.
WM. KNABK & Co. closed the year by a
sale of seven pianos in their New York
warerooms.
F. M. BARNES, of Win. Knabe & Co., is
in Boston en business.
WM.
D. DUTTON, of Hardman, Peck &
Co., says that 1895 has been the best year
they have ever had in the retail line.
P. J. HEAI.Y, of Lyon & Healy, is in
town.
OTTO SUTRO, of Baltimore, who under-
went a surgical operation some time since
in the Maryland Hospital, in that city, is,
we are pleased to say, now fully restored
to health.
PAINTER & EWING have embarked in the
manufacture of pianos at 1105 Spring
Garden street, Philadelphia, and expect to
have instruments ready for the market late
in the spring.
THE Tonk Manufacturing Co., Chicago,
have discontinued their sample room at 215
Wabash avenue, and future orders must be
sent to the factory.
Calls It Intimidation.
H
UGH ROGERS has brought suit
against A. A. Zweidenger in the
Court of Common Pleas, Pittsburg, Pa., to
recover $500 on two notes. The defendant
had a music store on Smithfield street, and
a dispute arose over the lease for the build-
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