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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
Howard Strikes Gold.
The "Peerless" Piano Player.
THE GT. NORTHERN, OF WHICH HE IS PART
OWNER, IS DECLARED TO HAVE PROS-
PECTED INTO A GREAT MINE.
The installation of machinery and other
essentials for the production of the "Peer-
less" piano player is now under way in the
factory at St. Johnsville, N. Y. This at-
tachment, which won considerable notice
of a highly complimentary nature under
the name of the ','Autono," will be manu-
factured under the superintendency of the
inventor and a competent staff of workers
in a better and more satisfactory manner
than before, and with several features that
will commend it to the trade. It will be
ready for the market within the next few
weeks.
R. S. Howard, the well-known piano
man, who is at present visiting the Pacific
coast in the Baldwin interests, is striking
it "rich" in connection with his mining
ventures. The following clipping regard-
ing "The Great Northern," of which R.
S. Howard, Col. Ike Guker, Canyon City,
Ore., and Frank Harris, Salt Lake City,
Utah, are now the owners, is of interest in
this connection. It is taken from the
Daily Tribune of Salt Lake City:
" A gentleman of Canyon City, Grant
county, Ore., was interviewed by the
Baker City Democrat Tuesday regarding
the development of the Great Northern
mine, which was recently transferred from
the possession of its discoverer, Ike Guker,
into the hands of Salt Lake capitalists,
who, after months of active development,
are more than pleased with this eastern
Oregon bonanza.
"The Canyon City man said in part:
'Before Mr. Guker sold the Great Northern
he cleaned up the small fortune of some-
thing like $215,000, often obtaining chunks
of pure gold weighing from about $50 to
$200, with one monster nugget which as-
sayed at $967.15. The Salt Lakers have
eight or ten men opening up Guker's nine-
ty-foot delving, and the miners have gone
into this golden mountain to a total dis-
tance of 210 feet. It is reliably rumored
that these miners have delved out several
thousand dollars in their work since Au-
gust, 1898, although their direction has
been simply to open up the property for
investigation. I can't give you the partic-
ulars, but you may say that the Salt Lake
owners have practically already proven the
Great Northern to be a paying proposition.'
"From other sources the Democrat man
learned that the Great Northern on Tues-
day had teamsters at Sumpter ready to re-
ceive from 5,000 to 6,000 pounds of sup-
plies to be forwarded to the mine."
We also.notice that the Great Northern
Mining and Milling Co. received a medal
and highest award at Omaha Exposition
for best examples of gold ore and gold
nuggets.
May the ' 'Great Northern" prove a second
Klondike to the genial "Bob" Howard.
The George S. Beechwood Co., Utica,
N. Y., are advertising a closing out sale
preparatory to removing to new quarters
at 106-8 Genesee street on May 1st.
Cable Branch in Minneapolis.
The Cable Piano Co. have arranged to
open up a branch house in Minneapolis on
7th street near Nicollet avenue, which
will be under the management of T. H.
Christianer.
Still at Sea.
CLOUGH & WARREN CO. NOT
SITE.
SETTLED ON A
Receiver For Hughes Property.
[Special to The Review.J
Baltimore, Md., March 6, 1S99.
Charles F. Fiske has been appointed a
receiver to take charge of all the consign-
ed goods and all debts due the estate of the
late George Milton Hughes, who for many
years was a dealer in pianos, organs and
sewing machines at the corner of Fayette and
Charles streets. He filed a bond for $11,000,'
indicating assets of half that amount.
The bill was filed by Andrew Kirkpat-
rick, against Ida N. Hughes, the admin-
istratrix of the estate and she is directed
to surrender to him all books and papers
pertaining solely to the sale of consigned
goods of the plaintiff, as well as to permit
access to the other books. An injunction
is also granted, restraining the defendant
or her agents from collecting amounts up-
on these goods unless the order is rescind-
ed. An accounting is asked of all sales
of this character of goods.
Felt Trust Mortgage.
Elizabeth, N. J., March 6, 1899.
A half-million dollar mortgage was filed
The committee of the members of the
Merchants' & Manufacturers' exchange and with the County Clerk Friday by the Amer-
the Manufacturers' club which was to have ican Felt Company of Picton in favor of
been appointed by Presidents Baldwin and the United States Mortgage and Trust
Howarth yesterday to wait on the Clough Company of New York. The mortgage
& Warren Co. in an attempt to persuade was given to secure the issuance of 500
that firm to continue their manufacturing bonds of a par value of $1,000 each and
business in this city did not come into bearing the legal rates of interest. The
being as expected. It will be appointed property covered by the mortgage is on
some time next week and will then call on the southwest corner of Hamilton and
the piano firm. Secretary Campbell of the Prospect streets, together with lands in the
exchange said yesterday that a delegation village of Dolgeville, Herkimer County,
from Adrian was in. the city trying to N. Y., known as the Alfred Dolge Felt and
induce the company to take a vacant fac- Lumber Factory property; land in Norfolk
County, Massachusetts; property known
tory in that place.
" Everything is indefinite as to where as Bloodgood's Mills property, in Clark
we are going and what we are going to do," Township, this county; land on the road
said a member of the firm last night. "We leading from Westfield to Rahway, and
may go to Adrian for a time and then land in Greenwich County, Connecticut.
return to Detroit when our new factory is
David H. Schmidt Busy.
built, if we decide that Detroit shall be the
David H. Schmidt, maker of piano ham-
location of it. What we want is a place
where we can do something at once. We mers, is doing good business. In talk-
may go to South America or Europe or ing with The Review on Tuesday con-
Australia. As I say, we don't know what cerning trade conditions he said: "I
we are going to do."—Detroit, Mich., have no fault to find with existing
conditions or the prospects. All my old
Tribune..
customers remain with me this year
Husic Rental Co.
and a number of new ones are on my list.
"The hammers I am making—although
Among the incorporations registered by
the Secretary of State of New Jersey on I say it myself—are found to be durable
Monday was the following:
and reliable. These two qualities are es-
Music Rental Co., Jersey City. Slot sential in hammer-making. My aim is to
machines and musical instruments. Capi-
tal, $20,000. Incorporators: R. L. Stanton, do perfect work. My patrons seem to be
satisfied with results."
E. H. Lincoln, R. M. Jacoby.
THE PIANO AND ORGAN SUPPLY CO.,
93-125 RACINE AVE., CHICAGO.
Manufacturers of
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