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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-09
WILL WAIT A WEEK
Before Mahing the Balance Of
HIS Appointments.
MAYOR STUART is DELIBERATE
None Wege Made Last Night--A BRIEF
Hut lsa-y session OF the
Guy Fathers

II the larg- number ~ persons who
visited The council ro"ms last evening
we're attracted there in the hope that
The mayor would announce the balance
% his appointments they went home
disappointed The session passed very
-mo"ihly and rapidly. and large
amo4nt ~ business vas transacted an
the Two and one. half hours IN which
the council vas in session.
Residents on Crawford street asked
for a sever Referred Ia the committee
ON sewers.
Residents on Thomas street renon
-trated against the laying 81 sewer in
their street. Referred 10 the committee
on sewers.
Residents in the First and Twelfth
wards indorscd the saloon license %
George G,coeeman. Referred To the
committee on hcense--
\ Number ~ residents near jacob
Meyers asked that he be given a saloon
license. Referred to the committee on
licenses ard the aldermen 81 the ward.
Ninety eight residents in the vicinity
~ the Me-krr rOadnouse asked the
council not o grant "a saloon license To
s.li liquor there Placed on file. as there
y. a. yet. NO petition Tor the saloon.
Residents on jefferson avenue asked
% have Nacaiam pavement land on taat
erect Referred 10 the committee on
streets
n. Grand Army % The Republic pos,s
asked that the council attend and take
part IN Memorial day exercises. Ac
cepted
Residents OF Crosby street asked Tor
aswer Referred Ia the committees on
-cwaFS
number % members - the Kent
couaty bar asked that the Justices courts
D. .acstsd an the Norris block on Lyon
street Referred 10 the committee on
Vty- and means.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-09

Mt'RPHY-At hi- 7. sidencc. NJ N,-.f
FELTON, street. Michael Murph, 9 i
yeas Funeral Tuesday morning from
~ James church.
LAKk-N the homo 81 his father. No 2i5
sweet street. Saturday. NJ I? 40 p. m. of
consumption. George ". Lark. aged =.
years. : months. Funeral from the home
at y. m. Monday. Detroit papers please
copy.
TALFoRD-On May 4, Cordelia l.. Talford.
vie of W. ID. Talford, at their residence.
No. osI East Fulton street. in the cath
year Of her age. Notice of funeral here
nFf.r
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-09
Auction Sale OF Furniture.

have a LOT ~ consigned goods that ]
will sell at public auction. consisting II
fancy stands. fancy patent rockers. fold
ing beds. extension tables odd rarlor
chairs. etc. This lot has been consigned
To- me 10y the manufacturers and will
positively scll without regard 10 cost OF
value. "a have got to have the room for
my own stock Sale viii take place a,
my store. No - south Division street.
"Wednesday. May TO- at ioa NJ. Comp
ton Furniture company. ]. H. Wilson,
auctiOncer.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-09

The roll Tor grazing The alley betw eeu
Lyon street snd Crescent avenue va,
ratified aud confirmed. The roll foI
lowering the crrek ia DE Nr,es addition
was referred ip "A committee to hear ap
pesls.
The rolls for sewer in second ave
nue.. Winter street. Wealthy avenue
alley between Cass street and jefferson
avenue. Sweet street. were ratified anC
confirmed.
fcrred to committee.
The roll fof sewer IN Chatham ant
other streets was presented 10y the com
mi-sioners.
The roll for the improvement, II Lake
avenue was presented from the com
missioners.
The roll for the opening 20 Hamilton
street Mas received from the commits
-ion~rs
Motions and Resolutions.
Alderman Campbell offered a resolu
ton for the improvement 81 Fountain
street from Lafayette to Union. with
Macaiam. at "A cost ~ $4,000 on III,
i've yea, plan. Adopted
Alderman Teachout offered a resolu
uon Tor the Improvement Of LINES ave
nue. on the tiye.y year plan. Adopted
Alderman Emner offered resoiu
ton instructing the highway commits
sloner- 10 appoint one man in their re-
spective districts whose duty II shall h
81 patrol the district and pay special al
icntion IN small breaks in pavement
and report all defects in streets IA soor
as they are discovered. Adopted.
Alderman Mills offered a res plutiol
for improving West Wealthy avenue
Adopted.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-09
Marriage Licenses.

The following i, LIST of the marriae
licenses issuod since last publication, MI
thu rames. residences when oat of the cat,
and i.,es oi the parties: A.
George Schwcitzcr. Alpine. and Rosa
NIndi-h. Alpine ................... 81.
Chailcs II. Roman and Belle German -
Louis T. Maude and Elizabeth NJ
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Dr. w. ~. Ross

10 az we'll known he -rsrceiy needs al
vsrtlsug Vet fes dsys sgu pstieut
Who cam" from OUTSIDE the ciiy sa- Try
iig ~ hni the i,-'ors os'ic- and the 90
Juifed -. ssY - policeman. sho ,n
f.,smet her he I'D not tnos bat thought
q sac ~ Wet FULTON street The fsrt
~ ipT Zee o''icr i ~ the " ,ttIcotn b
butihng where ~ hs- hs.a eYes -inre
ihs biss h vss bu,lt several years ago
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-09

Ceurtroi'~r caro- asked "a 30 allowed
4 sripiav clerical help 20 collect the
.utstsndirg az claims. amounting to
s-4tsr Referred - the commttl's" on
Nsy. prt nteara
The city electri,tsn reported tho aver
az far he chta for Ngrli - have ben
. r rer cent.
Thr mayor appointed alderman Forbes
u~wter 20 the committee On streets.
- fhs committee tai tot $50 msaiiers
snd shou a have ais
he e,.uufiffse nu Nsva anA means 70
ported ths' tine 0.unci bst nn .ezai
rover 81 exfsnnd 49, frr The ornaeirntsi
pfndns in TIE Michigan ear'da fair
IuUfitrg N'lagfs-i
Thr committee IN p-rnr restrrH 0irr tind
ths spFointr,i q kentrn to- ass e~pef
- th@ suppiv st.rs The srg'f0tnloni
So ccn1ffuff
The ronlusiffer IN ariirances reported
that NJ favored the rerrsi = Size orsii
nance shich -aiGefs-i bssk d. VS. p,
i.S. osif = iesr-s TIE r~g,tt saz
adopted ard 'h~ sul-ufir-l sr'i rsr, = sss
t.,s-s,i g.. 80 fhiri readire
HE stlu faitf@~ nu risr'er sneri
nsnfs repartsrL r'san fn"r.i.uE that
hereafter az change fa p" ats.i@ N tte
rtarr.- 90 sutnaftad ta of~ Z tho
trst ~ fhe fiff ssisf ban tarr
i. urt~,f =, a. ths report sr fhs' tsi.ie
rnf seek shsrn 49, tore
TIE eusf ftiffrs on lfsrr~e- reported =
Icrg - - saassn -oen ~ sheT tneF
re,.s.uisn er,ls-i tle granting = llsen--.
Hu-v rhry -fsDt
Tie -crr ~. tf.r 80 streets hs~s re
rsr-.l - - ,mgf.rrntFri- - I've ess,i~
~ ~ See sea- pan De ct shows
he ssFss- - hsv- prepared ,ss saFsnl
i~s fAa f,li1~lnE saass
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The Reliable Loan Office has removed
from NJ. o. Lyon street 'o No T. Canal
and No. III Arcade SitGIE 4 Co.
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Gf.ENiTUER.

SrR,vBrEEi,s aud all fresh vegetables,
AZ VI &. Goossens
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-09

For fnce' trees -end ORDERS to y y.
iiu-,ed 4 60. Lowell Michigan Plenty
- ,tule Ia plant yet Orders Tiled
rrnmntlY
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Jssef' NJ - Nuskegnn street
scarlet fever. Liza Haze ~. = second
.tr~si. shooping cough. Martin Hsse
sane
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p(nDN(n Tihbs' drug store 10 H.;
w W0'tO' Monroe street. opposite
-nlhieIa monument
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The comptroller reported bills calling
for sums from the various funds as fol-
iDzz
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On the FIRST FLOOR.

Water pitchers, red. from 35c; now. 5 .ls
Covered gravy dishes, Sl.lO: now .oS
Platters, reduced from 25c; now. IL
Every article IN this line nearly half.
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Tur HrRarp 10 stiiI euppiying iss resd-
er. with the 1892 coins 81 500 In Chi
esgo they are being held 1T $50 each
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Will bear tho figures 1892 Iso3 instead
Of ita2- 1890 az those already coined
are dated.
The morning call., 1893-01-20
GOING TO FIGHT.

Already we see the effect of starting conf
petition in the Central American trade.
The Pacific Mail Company is prepared to
take freight at losing rates rather than see
a competitor in the field. A full cargo,
with some overplus freight. was given the
Grandholm, the first dispatch of the Span
Ish-American Steamship Company; and the
Mon.serrat. which sails on the 1st of Feb
ruary. has also full cargo engaged. Mer-
chants gladly availed themselves of rates
which were not half what they had been
paying to the Pacific Mail Irritated by
this audacity, the Pacific Mail Company has
now resolved to cut the Spanish American
Company's rates more than one-half. For
general merchandise there is fall from SIS
10 S4, and even S3 per ton. Flour goes down
from SO toS4; lumber from S24per thousand
feet to IS and Sc, and coal oil from $50 TO
$40. The Spanish Company could
flourish on the moderate rates it offers, but
1t will not be pretended that the Pacific
Mall can pay expenses on the rates quoted.
Ii it does profess to make a proft out Of
them then the rates which il is now reduc-
ing were wholly unjustifiable and eXorbi-
tant. VIGOROUSLY the through rates TO
New York it charged were for the purpose
OF keeping traffic away and sending it over
land. But whatever happens, shippers
must not delude themselves. If they do not
sustain the new line, but allow it 10 drop,
the old vexatious state OF things will re-
turn. Up will go the rates of the Pacific
Mail Company to the old figure, and San
Francisco will feel itself again a seaport
punished and kept down for the sake of a
greedy, overstocked and bonded railroad
The morning call., 1893-01-20
ASKING FOR HELP.

Congressman Camnetti has fled with the
Committee on Rivers and HaTbOrs dis
patch setting forth the condition Of certain
named agricultural counties along the Dor
ders of the Sacramento and Feather rivers.
1t appears from the dispatch that the river
beds aIe flied to such an extent that con-
siderable rain causes an overflow. Mr..
Caminetti said that the conditions require
systematic Improvement on a cOmprehen-
sive plan lie thought Congress should
make an Immediate appropriation. The
chairman of the River and HarbOr Com
mittee said. however, that the committee
had determined not to take up such ques-
lions this session. as the door once opened
would let in hundreds of others.
The people Of this State should consider
not what they think Congress ought to do,
but what they thiuk Congress may do.
There are hundreds Of localities that de-
mand Federal help. All Of these are not so
sorey pressed as residents in the Sacra-
mento Valley, but many Of them can speak
louder in Congress than the whole Pacific
Coast Much as THE CALL would like 10
see the Federal Government undertake TO
put our rivers in good condition, we have
not tie remotest hope that it will do so.
That tie bad condition of the rivers was
brought on largely by hydraulic mining. no
one questions. and the State is held respon-
sible for the result. The State. therefore,
or counties in it, may as well begin to help
themselves first as last. The fact that the
valley counties are seriously threatened is
unfortunately undeniable.
The morning call., 1893-01-20
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

The Shah of Persia has Shetland pony
shod with golden shoes.
Alfred Rothschild employs four of the
finest of European cooks.
General Robert E. Lees daughter. Mary,
has travelled twice around the world.
Senator Kenna died poor. He had not the
art of making money nor the art Of keeping
what he made.
IL is said that Sir Arthur Sullivan divides
his time at Monte Carlo between composing
music and gambling.
Governor Cleayes of Maine selected three
of the handsomest men in his own town TO
be mem berS of his staff.
ii Carlisle is called to the Cabinet there
will be at least eight candidates for his va
cant chair in the Senate.
Truman Henry Stafford, professor of as
trOnomy at Williams College, Is one of tho
most remarkable lightning calculators"
now living.
Bernhard has sent diamond ring and
photograph of herself in the role OF Cleo
patra TO the English lady who captured and
restored TO its owner the actress serpent
last summer.
1t is custom in the Rothschild family to
lay aside six pearls of the value of $500
upon each anniversary OF the birth of a
daughter and to present the necklace to her
when she reaches her majority.
The morning call., 1893-01-20
UNDERGROUND TROLLEYS.
Patent Granted for a Device Claimed
to Be Practicable.
50. LONE Globe. pemoerat.


A system Of underground trolley wires
for electric cars has just been patented In
Washington. D. c., by three residents Of st.
Louis. The patent was granted on the 10th
inst. to George Van Beck. d. J. Murnane
and James B. Sheldon. 1t is designed by
these parties to operate all electric cars
from under BY the conduit and slot method
at present used by the cable cars. at pres
ent there ars several electric lines operated
by similar method in the United States,
but only as yet experimentally, the scheme
having, up to date failed IN many respects
The new scheme eontemplates a conduit
and slot with power wire running FAR TO
one side of the SLOT so that IL cannot be
possibly reached from the opening. This
wire VIII be OF the usual slZA, quarter OF
an inch thick, but thoroughly insulated
first with three-eighth-inch thickness Of
ita-percha, then incased in leaden tube
Of an eighth-inch walls and the latter thor
Oughly coated and insulated again TO keep
il from deeaying or wearing. 1t is claimed
for this insulation that when once ii is done
aud laid it will never decay nor need re-
pairing.
Just above this Insulated wire. but out
side of the open conduit and resting In
solid bed, sits a circular switchboard, prob
ably six inches 10 diameter. These switch
boards are set one TO every sixteen feet for
the entire distance along the line. To these
switch boards an insulated wire leads from
the main wire that is TO say, at points six
teen feet apart along the line of the main
insulated wire branch wire leads away up
to this switch, and is from there transferred
10 the underground trolley or contact bar.
For this switch board absolute Insulation is
claimed. 1t is Theoretically sealed, so that
although the entire main wire and switch
board system be submerged in water, not
n drop nor even dampness can enter, leaving
it perfectly sound and operative all the
time. From these switch boards an
electric brush, which Is a copper bar,
composed of three separate layers of
sheets of metal, leads cut and down
into the conduit where 1t can be touched by
the travelling contract bar attached to the
car. The cars will have two arms or
brackets reaching down into the conduit
and holding the travelling contact bar, which
will be eigh teen feet long and Of very little
thickness, but OF great width. One edge of
this bar will touch the elec trio brushes that
come down from the switch boards. The
contact, of course, completes the circuit and
the power is obtained. The length OF the
contact bar assures acOnstant circuit, as the
bar is never free from the contact OF one
brush before it has touched another.
The advantages claimed for the new svs-
TEN are that there will he no danger of a
short circuit or a grounding of the wires. no
loss of power and the ability to carry a
stronger current. AS the electric brushes
are set far to one side and cannot be reached
except by the use Of curved bar from the
slot no one will be harmed by them. A work.
ing model Is now In operation. Ali points
of the scheme are fully patented.
The morning call., 1893-01-20
NOT AT A PROFIT.

According to the reports laid before the
California Fruit Union, the shipments of
green fruits to England last year did not
result in profit. This fruit was shipped in
refrigeratOr-cars. and the trains ran fast
express passenger time to New York. Upon
arrival there the fruit was placed at once
on board the steamer TeutOnic or Majestic
Of the White Star line. Both these vessels
regularly make the run to Queenstown in
six days and to Liverpool In seven. At
Liverpool the fruit was landed Immediately
and would reach Coyent Garden. London.
in time for the market of the following
morning. There is no complaint or cha
grin at The prices obtained at the sales. AT
retail California beat all com petltors. Pears
sold al one shilling each, and French pears.
perhaps as bulky. fetched only one-third
the price. his fact at least is encouraging.
The failure Of profit came through high
rates Of transportation.
About these rates there is mystery which
some one should explain. The total cost Of
transportation from California to London.
including commissions, was S1400 per car
load of ten tons. For delivery at New York
the cost was 5000. and between New York
aud London the cost was $500. Steamers
do not under ordinary circumstances charge
nearly much for freights as railroads, and
for long while freights have been excep-
tionaIly low. Indeed it has not been un-
common to Gil up with wheat at a nominal
rate as ballast. Then the cost of refriger-
alton OF steamer properly equipped with
apparatus, as the vessels named are, is much
less than when ice is used as the cooling
medium. The overland journey is 5000
miles; the ocean voyage from port to
port is just little over 1000 miles,
and the rail distance to London IS only 200
miles. How then comes it that 5000 should
be the charge for one portion Of the service
and $500 for the other?
1t is true there were commissions to pay.
What these were, as well as the precise sums
paid to the White Star Company, it would af-
ford enlightenment to know. Perhaps there
was resort TO lavish advertising in the
newspapers. But That would not account
for the disparity. The cost of advertise
ments is moderate in London compared
with the scale in America. If any one has
the facts on these points they should be
made known in detail. The extension of
market for green fruit should constantly be
kept in view, and there does appear to have
been kindly welcome given to the cOnsign-
ments we sent to England last year. 1t
should be borne la mind that there are no
duties to pay, except for some dried fruits
and almonds. At $500 per carload the grow
ers declare there would be profit, though
a small one but there would be parallel
gain in the relief which foreign cOnsumpt ion
would afford the home market The expert
ment should not be abandoned in despair.
The morning call., 1893-01-20
A NOTABLE VISIT.
An Interview Between Tennyson and
Queen Victoria.


1t was in the latter part Of 1862 the year
after the death OF the Prince Consort. /
was conversing with Mrs. Tennyson on the
sudden death of much-valued common
friend and the loneliness of his widow,
when Tennyson, who had been stalking up
and down the end Of his bow-windowed
drawing-ro0m, with his usual long strides,
suddenly broke in with. 81 saw another
widow three DAYS ago." Indeed" / re-
plled "and who was thatP" ''The Queen"
he replied. In his deepest tones. "She sent
for me to Osborne" / said that | supposed
her Majesty wished to thank him for his
noble tribute to the memory of the Prince
Consort. and, with perhaps pardonable
curiosity, went on 10 ask what the Queen
had said TO him.
lost my head l only remember what said
TO the Queen-big fool that was"
What was that?'
"'Why, what an excellent King Prince
Albert would have made As soon as 1t
was out of my mouth felt what a blunder
had made. But, happily. 1t proved to be
the very right thing to have said. The
Queen replied that that had been the con-
slant sorrow Of her life-that she was called
TO govern while he VINO was so worthy of
the first place was obliged to take second
airy position"
Tennyson had little more to say of his
reception, except that, Notwithstanding the
perfect calmness and self-restraint of the
Queen and the sweet consideration she
manifested for him. the interview was
peculiarly trying one and be was glad when
it was over. To stand so long in a respect
full attitude was unnatural 10 one accus-
toned TO perfect freedom OF movement
The Queen is accustomed TO il and does
ii well; did il awkwardly."
The morning call., 1893-01-20

it was 10 disgrace for gentleman to get
drunk at dinner The first personagcs in
the colonies did so. When they set such an
example. and gallon of rum could be pur-
chased for sixty or seventy cents of our
money, it is no wonder that the streets
were full of Keeling men and that farm
laborers consoled themselves for the labors
of the day with pannikin of heady liquor.
Exact comparisons cannot be made for
want of statistics of past times. But there
is reason to believe that intoxication was
more common among the early coloDists.
who put an ungody truant from church in
the pillory, than it is now, though the cities
are full Of loose multitudes of idle strangers.
The morning call., 1893-01-20
pickle. But all is possible just as the Su-
preme Court lays ii down, or until the con-
Stituiinn Is amended.

pickle. But all is possible just as the SUI
preme Court lays it down, or until the con-
Stitution Is amended.
One reads with q shudder about the
frightfully severe weather they are having
in Europe from the borders OF Asia to the
western shores of France. The rivers are
frozen over, the temperature is Arctic and
the people are being frozen to death. To
add to the horror of the situation destitu-
ton is prevalent In Berlin 100, 600 persons
are out of employment and are necessarily
in sore straits. The wolves ara also stary-
ing, and they are besieging the villages and
laying in ambush near the highways of
Southern Germany and Russia. It is long
since such a severe winter has visited
whole continent. One OF the extraordinary
incidents occurred on a snowbopnd train in
France, near Amiens. The train was with
out heating apparatus and member of the
Chamber of Deputies was frozen to death.
Even the heat engendered by the Panama
scandal could not save him.
Also in the Eastern, Middle and Western
States there is biting weather such as we
know nothing of In California. The con-
trast is striking when we think of the
rgors of winter beyond the Sierra Nevada
and the genial sunshine OF the Pacific
Coast A glance at any OF the general mar
kets OF San Francisco reveals dellcacles Tor
the table procurable nowhere else. Leav-
ing meats and game aside, there are choice
fruits of many kinds gathered fresh or re-
Gently, and as 10 fresh vegetables, what
variety! Asparagus, green peas, new pota-
toes. cabbage, salad herbs. turnips, carrots.
onions, squash and numbers of others which
are brought to market daily. An Eastern
or European visitor in January is at a loss
for terms to praise our climate and the
prolific nature of the soil. The fair at the
Mechanics Pavilion is revelation of our
rasnnrnaa In winter
The morning call., 1893-01-20

the first railroad across the continent with
the peoples money. There are people who
do not believe that company who have got
all they could out of Congress, the State.
counties aud cities in the State should form
combinations to keep the rates of fares and
freight above the cost OF service with rea-
sonable profits. This company was not
given money by the millions in the expecta-
tlon that they would conspire with other
transportation companies against the inter-
ests of the people. If our contemporary
feels inclined TO deny that the Southern
Pacific Company has so conspired, let 1t
inform the public upon what other basis
than conspiracy against the people bar
gain was made with the Pacific Mall Com
pany, which practically gave the Southern
Pacific the power to keep rates on the
Pacific Mail up to the Southern Pacific
schedule