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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-03-20

For first class Job work, call at the
ARGUS office.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-03-20

The j. L. cigars are superior to all
theirs
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The moon threw out signal of dis
tress Saturday, having storm circle
around it.
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The finest of all kinds of tobaccos
in the market, at J. Levyn's.
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dalia;s men are quartered near the American
Consulate. The survivors of the German
vessels are quartered in the German Trading
Company's warehouse.
Most of the merchant vessels in the harbor
at the time of the storm belonged to the Ger
man Trading Company.
Admiral Kimberly, commanding the Amer
lean fleet, was the last to leave the Trenton,
his flagship. He said he considered faulty
construction of the Trenton's hawse-pipes as
indirectly the cause Of her wreck
Within q few days of the storm a condition
of things resembling order had been brought
about. The marines and Mataafa's police
had been actively OF work in this direction.
The Germans and Americans held me-
mortal services at different dates for the dead.
At tho German service Admiral Kimberly
and other American officers attended.
Only about one-fourth of the bodies have
been recovered. Some of these were badly
mutilated. 1t was difficult to identify them,
or even to tell the nationality, and it was
finally determined to bury all at one spot to-
gether.
A body, thought to be that of Captain
Schoonmaker, was found up the coast some
miles distant from the immediate scene Of
the disaster.
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Washington.

THE President made the following appoint
ments: Henry S. White, of W est Virginia,
to lie Marshal of that State; Lyman E.
Knapp, of Middlebury, Vt, to be Governor
of Alaska: James z. Luce, of Dakota. to be
Register of the land office at Rapid City,
Dakota: Thomas W. Reed. Jr., of Washing
ton Territory. to be Register of the land
office at Seattle, Washington.
THE Secretary Of State has been informed
that the Government of the Argentine Re
public will send delegates to the conference
Of American States to be held in Washing
ton on the 18th of October next.
W. II. H. SMITH has been appointed Chief
Clerk Of the Bureau Of Steam Engineering,
Navy Department.
Hoy. ALLEN G. THURMAN. of Ohio, had
social conference with President Harrison
ut the White House.
E. G.. RArnBoyE. of Cincinnati, has been
appointed Chief uf PoStoffice Inspection.
The total amount of bonds purchased to
rlatr under the circular OF April II, is STD.
iS,j, $40. of which S15. gg3. ,5n We're four per
cents and %119. .:r9 500 were IA per cents. Tie
Total cost of thes.. bonds was Sl5S. .332, Al, of
which alnaunt 81 g}2, ,2,A was paid for the
four ptr cents and G400,1T was paid for
til" ~ per cents.
Mrs J. G.. FEBEGEE. wife OF Admiral
Fel,agtr. of the United States Navy, was
thrown from her carriage in Washington and
killed.
THE Samoan Commissioners started for
Berlin. Secretary Blaine'S instructions in
sist on the maintenance of Samoan independ-
ence. The United States will pay no in
demnity.
ATToRNEY-GENERAL MILLER presented to
the Supreme Court the resolutions Of the Bar
on the death of Justice Matthews and made
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nd drilled so that no modification was neces-

and drilled. 50 that no modification was neces-
sary at the place of operations. Up to a
height of about fifty feet the workmen re-
quired no scatfolding to work upon, as each
pier supported itself although each leaned
toward the Others Then an artificial support
had to be provided. as above that height, un-
til the first platform was reached: the center
of gravity of each pier would fall outside OF
the base.
And so piece by piece the towers grew,
and at length reached a height of 40 feet.
Then four enormous horizontal trusses were
put in place to connect the four piers. These
were nearly 140 feet long and weighed
good many tons. and in order to place them
in position it was necessary to erect an cX-
tensive false work or scaffolding. When
these truSses were in position, and the con-
meeting beams to form flooring were IN
place, the worllnen had a great solid plat
form. nearly $50 feet above the ground and
upward of $50 feet square, to work upon
These four inclined piers and the four big
connecting truSses form the solid groundwork
of the tower. There is nothing particularly
unique i'll the detail of construction. The
work is simply system of truSseS and braces
in which the material is so placed as to make
strong and light structure. The four great
arches which rise between the piers, lmme-
diately under the great horizontal trusseS,
are largely ornamental in character. They
serve to round off what would otherwise be
an angular outline, but do not support any OF
the weight of the structure.
Above the lower platform two four-cor-
ner piers incline toward each other at
sharper angle. The iron columns are lighter
and the spaces in the system of bracing are
larger High above the first platform, nearly
400 feet from the ground, a second series OF
horizontal trusSeS binds the four piers to-
eether and forms the basis for second land
ing. These two platforms are glorious places
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED,
Eastern and Middle States.

GEORGE CALDER, proprietor OF the Fulton
Cotton Hill at Lancaster, Penn, has made
an assignment Liabilities $3.50, 600.
THE thirty wood acid manufacturers of the
United States met in Binghamton, N. Y,
and all association in the nature Of q trust
was formed.
INTENSE excitement was created in ship
ping circles at New York ON Saturday by the
receipt of dispatch announcing that the
Danish steamer Danmark, Of the Thlngvalla
line had been passed in mid-ocean in a
wrecked condition, with no one on board.
The Danmark had sailed from Denmark
with 739 souls-of whom $50 were passen-
gerS-on board. The agents of the line at
New York believed that the people on board
hadall been picked up by passing vessel.
AN explosion Of gas occurred in the Grant
Tunnel mine at Nanticoke, Penn, causing
the instant death of Charles Hogas, fire
boss, and Evan Maddie, pump runner.
The Commodore Bateman, a pilot boat,
was cut in twain off the Georgia Banks
Nantucket, R. l., by the steamer Sueva, and
Pilot John Handrau, of Brooklyn, and q
colored cook named Harry Halford were
drowned.
A CYCLONE struck the mining town Of
Beidler. Penn, and demolished six dwellings.
Ex-CoNGREssMAN S. 3. CHITTENDEN died
at his home in Brooklyn. He was si1ty-eight
years old and was worth S., 600, 600.
GENERAL CHARLES KINNAIRD GRAHAM,
Of the United States Army, died of pneu-
mona. at the Laurel House, Lakewood n. j.,
aged siXty-five.
THE Conshohocken Worsted Company,
of Philadelphia, has made an assignment
The company operates three mills and the
monthly payroll amounted to about S35, OOO
Liabilities 5000, 900.
MRs. RUMMAGE, of Pittston, Penn, over
come by grief committed suicide by jump
ing into reservoir. Her son committed sui
eide year ago, and her husband was killed
by lightning last September.
EX-PREsIDENT CLEVELAND has declined the
post of one of the Commissioners Of the New
High Bridge Park, to which lie was recently
appointed by New York Judge.
DR.. SAMUEL W. GROSS, the eminent ply
sician and surgeon of Philadelphia, has just
died.
GENERAL SE1GEL has sent to Commissioner
Tanner his resi- signation as Pension Agent at
New York city, to take effect upon the ap-
pointment of his successor.
JUDGE VILLAGES order dissolving the in
junction of the Western Union Company was
recorded in the United States Circuit Court.
On Mayor Grants order the Bureau of In
cnnlbrances. of New York city, tore down
the wires ard poles on Broadway from Four
teenth street to Twentieth, and were to con-
tinue on until Fifty-eighth street was
reached.
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Foreign.

Foreign.
THE French Senate, in full regalia, sitting
at Luxembourg. began the trial Of Genera
Boulanger for sedition.
VIOLENT earthquakes were reported II
Epirus Greece.
The American bark C. D. Bryant was
seized by the Hawaiian Government at Hone
lulu for smuggling opium.
Four of the men arrested on the charge OF
being implicated in the derailment of Presi-
dent Diazs train q few weeks ago, near
Monterey. Mexico, have been shot The
execution was carried out very quietly.
S1RCHARLEs RUSSELL finished his speech in
behalf of the Palnellites before the Parnel
Commission.
A CONFLICT of q serious character has
broken out at Demerara, South America,
between the blacks and the Portuguese. The
shops of the Portuguese, who are the prin-
cipal tradesmen, have been sacked. The
estimated loss is more than 500, 900.
GREAT distress is prevailing on the Isthmus
of Panama.
EDITOR WILLIAM O'BR1EN has entered q
libel action against Lord Salisbury, tho Brit
ish Premier, for certain remarks made by the
latter in recent speech at Watford.
THE Empress of Austria is insane She
suffers from long spells of melancholia and
entertains delusionS, accusing herself of the
death of Crown Prince Rudolph. She is
possessed with ideas of suicide, thinking to
leave the Emperor free to remarry.
JOHN ALBERT BRIGHT, the candidate of
the Liberal Unionists, was elected to succeed
his father, the late John Bright, as represen-
tative of Birmingham in Parliament. Mr.
Bright received 5610 votes, against 1850 votes
for William G Beale, the Gladstorian candi-
date.
GABRIEL DUMoST, the late leader in the
Riel rebellion in the Northwest Territory,
has arrived again on the scene of the 1885
battles and is addressing meetings Of
half-breedS, urging them to press aheir
grievances upon the Canadian Government.
AT Ruatan, Jamaica, West Indies, the Rev.
Henry Hobson, his wife and her companion,
a young girl, all natives of Jamaica, were
murdered by Joseph Bues.
Mr.. GoSCHEN, Chancellor Of the British
Exchequer, laid before the House the budget
for the coming financial year. 1t shows a
deficit of S100O0,000 This Mr.. Goschen pro-
poses to fill up by an increase Of the death
duties and slight increase in the duty on
beer
Count HERBERT BISMARCK and Councillor
Kranel will be German delegates to the
Samoan Conference.
AN election was held in Rochester, England,
to fill the Parliamentary seat rendered va
cant by the resignation of Colonel Hughes
Hallet. The balloting resulted in favor of
Mr.. Hugessen, the Gladstonian candidate.
The police of Paris have searched the resi-
dences of General Boulanger, Count Dillon
and NJ. Rochefort and have seized number
of papers.
AT Buenos Ayres the National Government
has closed the Bolsa because of disobedience
to the decree issued few days ago forbid
ding speculation in gold, and great was the
excitement among the aggrieved brokers.
Mr.. PARNELL has instituted suit against
the London Times for libel, claiming $500, 600
damages.
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| from which to view the city of Paris. They
| are so large that even very timid persons
standing on them will lose all fear. The
| lower one is nearly half an acre in extent
while the upper one is about one-third that
size. From the platform view OF the coun-
try for forty miles around may be obtained.
Above the second platform the four corner
piers gradually approach each other and at
length unite in one pier, at the top of which,
nearly a fifth Of mile from the ground,
there is a covered observatory, and above
this rises a slender mast Doubtless many
thousand peoplewill see Paris and ever so many
square miles of surrounding country from the
observatory during the summer. They Will
not have to walk up, for gigantic elevator
runs up through one of the piers to the very
top. This elevator is of peculiar construction,
for the carriage or truck, travels upward on
a spiral track while the car itself rises
vertically, or rather as nearly vertically as
the angle of the pier will allow.
While the Eiffel tower was a stnpendous
conception, and will stand as completed
the marvel Of modern engineering, no new
principles are involved in its construction.
In fact, to an engineer, the most wonderful
thing about the tower is its simplicity. The
way for the Eiffel tower, both in conception
and execution, was paved, after O fashion,
by the work on the Garobit viaduct and the
Taraes bridge, both of which were built by
Eiffel. In fact, the construction of bridges
and viaducts, without the use Of scaffolding or
false work, by making the several parts
balance themselves as the work progresses,
owes much to this French engineer.
Gustave EifPel is a master Of construction.
1t is said Of him that he combines within
himself the practical knowledge Of the Eng
lish engineer, the audacity of the American
and the science and theories of the French
man. He was born at Dijon, France, In 1882,
and was educated at the Central School of
Sciences and Arts He it was who first made
practical use of compressed air in cassions in
the building of bridge foundations, in the
erection Of the great bridge at Bordeaux.
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It is really at the base group Of four tow
ers, each nearly fifty feet square, placed at
the corners of the plot of ground, and in
clining toward each other as they rise at an
angle Of flfty-four degrees. Each tower con-
sistS of four columns, bound together by
trusswork. and each column rests on q
masonry pier which is so built that the weight
of the column rests upon it squarely and not
at an angle.
AS the tower is 94 feet high. it will be
seen that the matter of providing solid
foundation was one of great Importance.
There was lot of boring and digging before
the spot up",. '''Ni' '''e 'o"ei ''''N''S VIZ,
finally selected.
Tie foundation rests upon q thick stratum.
of sand and gravel. 1t may be well to say.
for the benefit Of those who think sand is
rather treacherouS sort of ground, that bed
of sand and gravel, away under ground. IS
pretty solid stuff. One OF the towers OF the
Brooklyn Bridge rests on that sort OF base
The foundations of the two piers of the Elffe!
tower farthest from the Seine rest on sand
and gravel about twenty-five feet below the
surface of the ground. These foundations
were laid in open excavations, and consist
first of great solid platforms of beton, SIX
feet thick. and next OF four stone piers winch
rise to the surface to receive the IRON co..
nmns.
The foundations for the two piers nearest
the river were not 50 easily laid. 1t was
necessary to go thirty-fve feet below the
surface of the ground, and this was sixteen
feet under water So caissons had to be
used, as they were in building the Brooklyn
Bridge piers.
A caisson is in effect simply an enormous
iron box, without any cover turned upside
down. The method of using it is to dig the
earth out from under it and allow it to
gradually settle as the excavation pro-
crosses, meanwhile building the pier on top.
When the required depth is reached the cais-
SON itself is filled up with the beton. and it
forms the bottom layer of the foundation.
A shaft is left running through the pier
above for entrance and exit as the work goes
on, and the air in the caisson and shaft Is
compressed TO whatever is necessary to keel
The water out of the bottom. 1t is the prin
ciple of she diving bell modified.
Work Oh the foundations was begun or
January IS, 1857, and ct the end of June they
were completed. Then began the labor Of
setting up the innumerable pieces of iron o.
which the tower is composed, and it went o:
at a rapid rate, for each individual piece
came from tie works OF N. Eitfel, at Leval
lois-Peret, cut to its exact dimensions, fttec
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THE NATIONAL GAME.
NIKE KELLY will captain Boston.

MIKE KELLY will captain Boston.
THE Texas League has opened its season
ALL the pitchers have new curves this
season.
THOMPSON, of Philapelphia, is failure on
first base.
ForTz has been elected captain Of the
Brooklyn team.
SEVEN of Hartford (Conn's.) players are
left-handed batSmen.
MORRILL,. late of Boston has signed to
play with Washington.
JUDGE NooSAS, who was elected Mayor Of
st. Louis, is baseball crank
BOND, the old-time pitcher, is officlal UNI
pire for the intercollegiate Association.
THE Atlanta (Ga.) Club is negotiating with
Monk Cline, who is wanted as captan-man-
ager.
PRINCETON has thus far made the best
showing of all the college teams against pro-
fessional clubs
CRANE. the New York pitcher, was sun
struck while crossing the equator with the
SpalliEg tourists.
CoRKHYLL. O'Brien and Burns-all of the
Brooklyns-,lake about the best outheld IN
the American Association.
MANAGER PHILLIPS, of the Pittsburg
League team, thinks the Cincinnatis Will
capture the Association pennant.
TIE St. Louis Club and the players who
have been holding out for an increase OF
wages have come 10 an agreement.
THE rate offered the Southern League by
the railroads is two cents a mile The differ
ent teams will travel about 1900 miles
during the season.
GEORGE WOODS fine playing on the trip
around the world will probably cause the
Philadelphia management to put him on
the team permanently.
AUCKLAND. New Zealand. offers 500
month and all expenses, for some good
American ball-playerS to go there and teach
the natives how to play baseball.
ToN DER AHE. of st. Louis has more luck
with beginners than any other manager III
the business. His latest find" Pitcher Free
man. promises to m;''ie record.
ANrs, Of Princeton College. is undoubtedly
4 pitching wonder. Hc has the most Won
lerful ,lror-ball of any pitcher in the busl-
hess. whether amateur or professional.
THE leather used in covering baseballs is
tanned at Covington. Ky. The popular lnl.
preston prevails that baseballs are covered
with either horse hide or pig skin, whereas
erg-tanned sheep skin is the cover most used.
HONEST JOHN MORRILL,. Of Washington,
is one of the five players still in the League
who were with the organization when it first
started. The others are Hines, of Indian
npcis: O'Rourke, Of the New Iorks; Anson,
Of Chicago, and White; now assigned to Pitts
burg.
RECENTLY big six-footer strolled up to the
ball grounds while the Baltimore boys were
at play He put on suit and went in to
pitch. He placed the ball in every conceiv-
able position, and his curves and in and out
shoots were remarkable. His name is George
Goetz. Manager Barnie will give him a
trial.
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an appropriate speech, to which Chief Justice
Fuller replied, and the resolutions were spread
upon the records.
REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM ROGERS TAT-
LoR, United States Navy, retired, died in
Washington. He was born Mt Newport,
R. l., November {, 1911, and entered the
navy as midshipman in 1928.
TIE Chinese Minister gave q gorgeous
spread at Washington to the Cabinet and
host of high officials. A magnificent display
of roses was one Of the features of the
banquet.
PRESIDENT HARRISON, accompanied by
Mrs. Harrison and her guest, Miss Murphy,
of Minneapolis and Secretaries Blaine and
Window, went down the Potomac for day S
ride on the lighthouse tender Holly. The
little vessel steamed for q distance of about
forty miles, and then returned to the wharf,
which was reached about six o'clock. Before
leaving the President received the Chicago
and All America baseball clubs in the East
Room.
THE President has appointed William P.
Hepburn, of Iowa, Solicitor Of the Treasury,
and William H. Whiteman, of Mexico,
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Of
the Territory of New Mexico.
UPON the authority of Russell Harrison,
the Presidents son, it is stated that the
White House inmates suffer from a plague Of
red ants.
The annual session of the National Acad-
emy of Sciences was begunln Washington.
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BOUND FOR OKLAHOMA.
Huge Trains, With Goods, Houses in
Sections, on the Way.

Huge Trans, with GOOQS, houses IN
Sections, on the Way.
In the region about Kansas City, Mo-,
nothing is heard of but Oklahoma. In the
Kansas City freight yards, crowded on the
track, and under moving orders are
about thirty huge trains freighted with
the anticipated necesSaries of the coming
community. There are houses in sections,
ready to be bolted together and entered for
habitation within sixty minutes after their
delivery. There are completed stocks of
every conceivable sort of merchandise, and
with each carload of stock is packed away
the building required to hold it. In this
manner drug stores drygoods stores, boot
and shoe stores, saloons and groceries are in
readiness to hegin business on arrival.
1t is said in the railway Offices at Kansas
City that 1000 carloads of supplies for Okla
ho:na nave already been sent forward. The
poor squatters with their slow teams, who
months and years ago. marked out their
homes in the promised land, declare they will
fight for them. Meanwhile troops are being
quietly told off to do police duty in conjunc-
tion with the United States Marshal at the
points of crowded settlement and registra-
tion.
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APRIL CROPS REPORTS.
The Condition of Winter Grain and
Farm Animals.

The Condition of Winter Grain and
Farm Animals.
The crop report of the Department of Agri-
culture for April relates to the condition of
winter grain and of farm animals as they go
out of winter quarters. There was little
winter protection except for 4 short time i'll
mid-wnter, in the latitude of heavy winter
SHOWS: consequently the more northern
breadths are somewhat brown in color, and
patches in wet soils are winter killed. Yet the
temperature has been so mild, with SO few sud-
den extremes. that the present condition Is
very good. The plants are generally we'll
rooted, and have been growing, over large
part of the area, through the winter. Tho
general average condition is a. nearly
the same as the April condition of the
crop OF 1856. which fell at harvest to SIS; that
of lsSS, So. and that of the previous year. So.
Tie April condition of the large crop OF 1854
was 95.4, going up to 9S at harvest:
Therye crop is also in good condition. The
general average is 93.9.
The mild winter has been favorable to farm
animals which are generally in high con-
dition.
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NJ. Eiffel has been busy man, indeed. these
many years but he found time, when the
statue of Liberty Enlightening the World was
to be set up in New York Harbor, to design
the skeleton framework which supports the
gigantic figure and at the same time firmly
holds it to the granite pier on which it stands.
a glance at the illustration will show to
what extent the Eiifel tower overshadows all
the famous tall structures of the world. In
comparison with its 9s4 feet CheopS is dwarfed
at $50. The Washington Monument is little
less than 500 feet high and the point of the
flame of Liberty torch in New York Harbor
rises barely 800 feet III the air.
The fees for ascending the Eiffel tower are
FIVE francs ($l) to the top, three francs
sixty cents to the second platform and two
francs forty cents to the first. The thrae
platforms will hold lQ.un0people.
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'Eiffel tower is by far the highest structure in
the world. 1t presents decidedly unique ap-
rpearance, too-in general outline not unlike a
stack of four gigantic muskets with their
butts well and soGdly spread and their bay
;onets joining at their tips.
The Eiffel tower stands in the Champ de
hdars, almost on the left bank of the river
Seine, just In the rear of the Quai d'Orsay..
and in fact part of its foundation is sunk
Through an old arm of the river, which has
been filed in these many years Its base
covers plot of ground S2S feet square, or
nearly two and half acres in extent.