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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-21

The Big Four Car shops at lndianap-
oils Collapse.

ISDIANaroLrs. April oO.-This morn
ing while the wind was blowing here at
the rate of sixty miles an hour. the
workmen in the Big Four car repair
rhoIe at Brightwood, saw the roof and
the walls Of the structure shaking. and
as a prscaution ali got into box cars
which were waiting for painting and re
pairs. The next instant the whole
building collapsed. but the cars were
strong enough tn support the big tim
bere and not man of the twenty was
injured. The building was GOO feet long
and 10 feet wide.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-21

WASHINGTON. April - The total
numter of fourth class Iustmssters sp
pointed to-day wss seventy seven; sll q
which ~ere IA nil vacancies caused by
removals and death.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-21

Boale's Coadtstoa Cnchanecd.
WAsHisoroS. April -. The condition
~ Gen. +. =. B~sie do<s not show any
material improvement and he 10 still re-
eardcd ~ q very sick man.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-21

sevto.s charges Against Nsn.ss
state pNsstai

Torrss Kan ,yrsl ~ Secretary =
the STATE O~hevn ta-isy n'ssse pubic
asore damaging ehsrgrs against of'clsls
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-21

WAsHIScToS. April - The memt.ers
~ the national committee of railroad
commissioners With the lsdics accom-.
panying them we're received by the
president today.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-21

NFs Yoss. Apr ~ Their was great
excitement on The coffee eNrhsnge IN
3sv Barr & Co. the firm that 'slled ~
rnezlsv r~fus'Si - r-iea-s Is margins
ae,r-eSstnr sSoc' - thi= amount
q slisa "a hsld hy iwo Krus. whose
names ar nr, aivuiget The price =
cnfFes dropped froan ~ o. - certs fNis
narninz oeing ga the depfss-'ou Al
Ha4rs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
Of narpor charges are to be taken IN

OF narbor charges ere to be taken in.
to consideration.
The Norddeutschen Lloyd line ID
Justly famous for It's table. A pert
sal Of the purser's supplies for q trir
Of the Aller shows consumption az
follows for 100 first cabin, 1870 second
cabin. 500 steerage passengers, and
200 crew: $500 pounds fresh beef,
1000 pounds veal, pork and
mutton; $500 pounds sailed beef,
1000 pounds salted pork, 500
pounds pressed beef, 500 pounds
smoked pork, 100 pieces smoked
hams, 800 pounds corned beef, 800
barrels sausages, barrels herrings,
salted; $40 cans sardels, anchovies,
Holsters, ETC.; $50 barrels fresh fish,
100 barrels fresh Holsters, $50 pieces
fowl (game); 1,450 cans preserved
vegetables and fruits, ESQ pounds pre-
served cucumbers, pickles, ETC.; / ,250
pounds dried and picked vegetables,
1,400 pounds peas, ETC.; $500 pounds
beans, etc.; 1000 pounds rice, 80
barrels flour, 1000 pounds fresh
bread, 1000 pounds coffee, $50 pounds
tea, 500 cans milk, condensed and
fresh; 800 bottles cream, 10000
pounds potatoes, 1900 pounds butter,
1000 pounds dried apples, raisins,
plums; 200 pounds pecan, hazel, wal
nuts; 800 pounds cream, Edam, Swiss,
Roquefort, ETC., cheese; 200 bottles
sweet oil, $50 boxes ice cream, all
Cv>fo a+o ofo
The liquor list was as follows: 700
bottles champagne, 1000 bottles
Rhine wine, 400 bottles claret, $50
bottles liquors, 400 bottles cognac
and brandy, 1900 bottles mineral
water, 5000 bottles beer, $500 liters
beer in casks.
These supplies, which cost $40, 900
to $4,000 are mainly packed away
in the store-rooms and refrigerators
in the bow of the steamer, but the
apparently vast quantities Of food
consumed do not indicate the total
supply, for the purser estimates that
in case of necessity he could supply
plain food for his floating community
for two entire months. The length
of the trip seldom exceeds ten days.
All of which indicates the modern
steamship is an expensive as we'll as
a resourceful affair.
When the Alters starts on her east
ward voyage she carries 2, 300 tons Of
coal in her bunkers. Some Of this is
American and some foreign soft coal,
costing on an average SO. so ton.
The gangs of the sweating and sooty
stOkers, whose industrial recompense
is 500 per month, away down in the
depths, on the iron plates spanning
the spine Of the ship, daily shovel
into her roaring furnaces 200 tons.
Gallons and gallons of Oil are used to
lubricate her ponderous engines,
pumps, and dynamos, SO that the
for the vitality of her run
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

A NEWSPAPER man will sit up
nights to write something kind about
a fellow-c citizen to help him along, or
to extol local enterprise to help it
along, even when he may have nc
personal friendship for or interest in
either, and will pay out good money
to put his words in type after they
have been written, yet the persons
who are benefited seldom think OF
making return, attributing the no.
tice to their personal greatness. Ten
chances to one they will send out OF
town for their next job Of work OF
will take it to an exclusive job shop
under the false impression of making
saving, or they will take it some
where to offset a bad debt. But the
newspaper man keeps right along
looking pleasant and saying good
things about everybody and spending
more time to ascertain what Mr.. John
Doe has done that is worthy of note
than would be required to write an
article on the sources Of the Nile.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

THE Australian financial disaster
struck community which Was al
ready on the top wave of an unprece-
denied financial imitation. Within
the past five years banking mania
has ragged in Australia. Banks have
been established by the score, and
some of them have begotten as many
as $50 to 200 branches Every little
village, every crossroads hamlet, had
it's one, two or three banks. The
parent institutions were of such mag
nitude that nothing as potential can
be found in this country outside of
New York City. Their aggregate
deposits exceeded $3.50, 900, OOO-near-
ly half as much as the entire deposits
of the national banks in this country
About half this volume of deposits
was derived from England, and was
paid for by the Australian banks at
81 to Al per cent. No English bank
could afford to pay such a rate of in
terest; English capitalists, eager for
income, sent their money to Sydney,
Melbourne, and Adelaide. To earn
interest on this vast volume of de-
posits, the Australian banks were
forced to lend on any security that
was offered, from the wool on
sleeps back to shares in hole in the
Broken Hills, or lots in Sydney val
ned at $4,000 a front foot 1t was
evident that the first mishap would
precipitate liquidation which would
be disastrous The mishap came
when the big strike of 1890 forced
the workmen and their employers to
withdraw their deposits to live. For
a time the banks paid dollar for dol
lar But presently other depositors
who were not pressed by personal
needs. but who watched the gradual
decline in the resources of the banks,
began to take the alarm, and with
drew part Of their deposits Some
English money which was lying sub
ject to call, was cabled back to Lon
don. This went on until the banks
were not able to stand the drain. and
one after another they suspended
payment. In the course of SIX weeks
fifteen banks failed, with liabilities
of over $500, 600, 900. Others have
since followed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

The International Fishery Com
mission, appointed by this country
and Canada to inquire into the
means of securing better protection
for coast and inland fisheries, will
commence its work along the coast
as far north as the St. Lawrence
River, which it will follow to the
great lakes. 1t expects to reach the
lakes this season and to conclude the
work upon them, and follow the
boundary through to the Pacific next
summer. The work is Of very great
interest and value to both countries,
and, we trust, will end in the estab-
lishment Of better fishery regula-
tions upon the great lakes. There
is serious need Of an improvement in
methods, and the only way it can be
made in completely satisfactory
manner is by international treaty
and federal law.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
NERVOUS people have drawn atten-

NERVOUS people have drawn atten-
ton to the stringency of money at
Chicago and to the failure of the Co.
lumbia National Bank, which was
followed by the suspension of twelve
banks in Indiana, six in Michigan,
and one or two elsewhere. as evi,
dences that confidence was being
shaken there. But the apprehension
seems ungrOunded. The banks which
have failed were creations of the no
torious Zimri Dwggins, who has been
going around starting banks wherever
the soil was q little damp, after the
fashion of the famous George Smith
aud st. Paul Mitchell. This enter
prfsing tinancier seems to have flooded
the grain States with banks which
failed whenever they got few thou
sand dollars on deposit. They gen
orally had a bucket-shop in the real
of the bank, where the cashier stood
ready to let the unsophisticated buck
the tiger to the extent of their means
Of course, the failure of such insti
buttons has no commercial signifi-
canoe
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

THE idea that farm work neces-
sarily implies more of mere drudgery
than does other occupations is great
mistake. Every business in these
times requires close attention to Sc
cure the highest success. In one
sense, therefore, every business man
is confined to his work. But there is
really less confinement on the farm
than in other business, and the
horses that the farmer is obliged to
keep for daily use give him oppor-
tunities tor rides and short eXcur-
sions with less expense than can be
enjoyed by others.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

Last, but not least, is the ships sur
geon, who sits at the foot of the cap
tain's table
All these men are under military
discipline, and many of them have
worn buttons of the army of Ger
mania. When that minister of state.
the pilot, comes aboard, he becomes
absolute in authority, and he is an
expensive, if short-lived, potentate
for the ship. His pay is graduated
according to the tonnage of the yes
sci whose movements he is directing.
The pilot charges from New York to
Bremen via Southampton aggregate
something liz the neighborhood of
$500, and then the important item
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

ming forces amount to nearly Sc, 500.
The achievements Of ocean racers"
have started some very absurd para
graphs on the rounds, to the effect
that one burns $13, 900 worth CT coal
every trip. A little calculation, with
facts to back it, will show the ex-
travagance of this statement. The
American liner New York consumes
about 1928 tons per day, the White
Star liner TeutOnic about 316 tons,
and the Cunarder Etruria $50 tons
per day at full speed. 1t has been
stated that the Etruria at a speed Of
IS knots burns only 275 tons per day.
This consumption would send the
about 1000 tons in round figures.
The price of coal in New York is
considerably less than "a pei ton, and
in Liverpool it is cheaper than here,
but even at outside figures the cost
of fuel per trip, it will be seen,
does not exceed $4,000. The
fuel bills of such ships are,
of course, far in excess Of those
of the average ocean steamer. Triple
GA CetHSlOH CAS1ICS duu lulDIONCu lid
chinery of the present day have made
it possible to SO economic coal that
the consumption per indicated horse
power per hour has been reduced in
ratio to much less-two pounds as
against nine pounds in 1886, and five
and one-half pounds in 1910. The
Teutonics average is quoted at 1.6
pounds per hour. The majority of
ocean steamers of ordinary size,
travelling at an easy gait, think a ton
of coal per hour is quite extravaganza
enough for their propulsion. Our big
new war ship Iowa will have bunker
capacity for only 1000 tons of coal to
speed her at sixteen knots, the Indi-
ana's bunker capacity will be 1900
tons, and the 3,000-ton cruiser Gin
cinnati's bunker capacity will be only
$50 tons.
There is any amount of expense
outside the coal-bunkers of a passen-
ger ship. Twenty thousand dollars
is tidy sum, but that is about the
aggregate expense of the Alters trip
across the Atlantic.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

sides making large grants OF pros
pectively valuable land, Ia order to
build ESQ miles Of railroad, by which
she hopes to develop some OF her re.
sources. The plan may be success.
full, but If the statesmen of New.
foandland would study the history
of the Argentine Republic and other
South American countries, they will
observe that speculation Is like climb
ing a creased pole.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

WE insist that Mohammed Webb
should pause in his mad career long
enough to apprise the American peo-
pie which brand of Islamism he pro-
poses to convert them to. Like the
Christian religion, Islam has sundry
Earring SectS, each Of which calls the
other misbeliever, and denounces its
rivals as worse than the Christians.
History tends to show that in the
last clause of this indictment they
all tell the truth. Until Webb can
assure Us that he has the only simon
pure article we are eXcusable for de-
riding all his efforts.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

pense to cater to this desire. The
railway follows the sun westward to
the sea, over the trail of the now
extinct buffalo, the early pathway of
"the ships of the DESERT" piloted by
the venturesome modern Argonauts.
Even the iron horse now rushes east
ward in the peaceful calm of the Holy
Land from Joppa to Jerusalem, or up
through Afric's wild by the banks of
the Congo. Our traveller not only
demands rapid transit to places diff
cult of access, but all the luxuries en-
route. He will be royalty wined and
dined rushing over the dusty desert
at pace of fifty miles an hour, and
he regards the convenience of bath
and barber-shop as much of necessi-
ty as the sleeping-car.
What does it cost to run a passen-
ger steamer across the Atlantic?
Not necessarily one of the palatial
tWin-screw racing type, where every
extra mile of speed means heavy
proportional consumption of coal, the
steamers life-blood, but one of mod
est proportion where the element of
substantially and conservation is as
ISOLATED with good living.
Just think Of the investment in
the fleet Of the Norddeutscher Lloyd,
comprising seventy-nine steamers,
whose individual cost is from $500, 900
to ST, 200, 900, all being either iron or
steel compartment steamers whose
propelling forces may vary from mod
crate powers to triple-expansion en-
gines of 5000 horsepower. The
routes of this line almost girdle the
globe, sailing from New York to
Bremen; New York to Genoa; Bre-
men to the Brazils: Bremen to East
ern Asia China and Japan); and Bre-
men to Australia.
But to return to the cost of trip
from New York to Bremenhaven
(Bremen's port).
Primarily the salaries of ships
company, modest AS some of them
might individually appear in the ag-
gregate, amount to nearly So, 900 per
trip, without estimating perquisites.
On the Aller there are nearly 200
persons employed in attending to the
working of the ship and providing for
the comfort of the passengers. Be-
sides Captain Christoffers there are
the first, second, third, and fourth
officers any one of whom could be de-
pended upon to take charge Of the
steamer in case of an emergency. All
of them are time-tried, experienced
sailors, who are advanced in strict
military rotation. There is a chief
engineer, first, second, and third
and twelve assistant engineers and
macninists. There is an electrical
engineer who has two assistants,
three chief stokers. and sixty-four
f1remen. On deck there are boat
swain, four quartermasters, four
wheelmen, two carpenters, and thirty
seven seamen. In the cabin are the
purser, three cabin maids, a barber,
and forty stewards and walters, in
Guiding an orchestra of nine must
clans. Finally, in the culinary de-
partment are fifteen cooks, bakers,
and assistants, and two butchers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

from Washington to look out for dis
ease germs and prevent their passage
through the mails What the post
master who doesn't know disease
germ when he sees one is to do is not
stated. 1t seems that careless peo-
pie had acquired the habit of boxing
up suspicious small fry and sending
them to experts to find out what
they were
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

PROF. DOLBEAR, of Tufts College,
thinks there can be no doubt that
telegraphing without the use of wires
is near At hand. There is good rea-
Son to believe that wires will not be
necessary even for commercial pur-
poses. He declares there is no doubt
that within year electrical trains
will run at the rate Of 120 miles an
hour.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

THE Bank Of England is a great
institution. 1t is powerful tinan-
cial regulator. There is nothing of
the kind in this country, Bankers
here, as a rule, are money shavers.
When the time comes to encourage
business and protect it under tempo
rary pressure, they rush off like a
flock of sheep to take care of them
selves. The difficulties are aggra-
waited
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

The "mender Of quill pens" is said
to be an Office still in connection
with the United States Senate. 1t
must be soft snap as only one Sen
ator uses quill pens, and he is sup
piled with pens ready made.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

ENGLISH Tories fancy that Uncle
Sans contemplated treaty with Rus
STA is merely bride to obtain Rus
sian support in the event of a disa-
greeable outcome of the Behring Sea
arbitration. 1t is nothing of the
sort Uncle Sam can paddle his own
canoe, no matter what the result of
the sealeries dispute may be,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
Cost Of o Single Trip.

Comfort, like charity, should be-
gin at home, writes Chas. e Nixon,
In the Chicago Inter Ocean, but In
this fln-de-siecle age Of accomplish
ment the average man begins to de-
mand not only the conveniences but
the luxuries OF life when he travels.
The old-timer knows the value Of get
ting the best; the tourist demands,
so to speak, "the gilt-edged, l." and the
common carriers have spared no ex-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

HOBART CHATFIELD CHATFIELD-
TAYLOR, Of Chicago, gave dinner
in honor of the Duke of Veragua
but Carter Hustleboy- Hustleboy- Har-
rison-Harrison is the only Chicago
man who has kissed the Infanta
Eulalia's pink finger tips.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
Some Remark able Peaches.

A curiosity of this years peach crop
on the Delaware Peninsula is the fruit
of a tree in the garden of Colin Siam
at Chestertown, Kent County, Md. All
the peaches on the tree are in twins or
triplets. A twig one foot long was
found to have sixteen twin peaches.
An occasional double peach is not I'M
usual, but such fruit seldom reaches a
healthy maturity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
Wanted to Know.

Make the best Of misfortunes, by all
means; but that is not the same as
making the most of them. Mother
your finger may pain you little,
my dear, but it isn't hurt badly
enough to need doing up" Harold
well, put rag on it, anyway, SO /
shall know which finger it is. Puck.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

CYRUS SPAULDING, of Springfield,
a bookkeeper, and s12, 900 belonging
to firm in that city have gone out
Of sight, and there seems to be a di-
rect connection between the de-
parture of the one and the disap-
pearance of the other.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

LOOK out for the little things.
They do not seem to count at the
time, but every item helps to count
up on either side Of the balance
sheet. By that is not meant that
one should be close, but one should
be careful.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

A WALKING DELE GATE has been in
terviewed and declares that what his
kind of bacillus need is more lati-
tude." How would the degrees be-
tween SO and 70 north do? The
American people are good deal tired
of him and the Esquimau should be
given a chance.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

FoGGY Newfoundland proposes to
try risky experiment. She has
only about 200, 600 population, less
than half that Of Rhode Island, with
debt of $4,000, 000 She proposes
to increase this $4,000. 600 more. be-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

HAVING put little Willie Wilde
away, what will Mrs. Frank do for
advertising now? Willie was GER
tainly useful in this way.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

MORE women marry between the
ages of 20 and rs than at any other
time of life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

SHE - should think bicyclists
would sit up straight when they are
riding. Why is it they lean so far
forward? He-Because they are on
pleasure bent. Rochester Democrat.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

A RECEIVER for the whisky trust?
More receivers for the whisky Is what
the trust wants.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
Industrial school for Girls.

Ata great industrial school Tor girls
in Rome, course in geometry is par
allel with the course in mending for the
purpose of making the pupils thorough
~ familiar with the designs of fabrics.
The same study forms part OF the course
in embroidery. A course in making ar
tificial flowers begins with drawing and
copying buds, blossoms and leaves from
nature. Lace members have first to
learn the making of Point Venice and
Gothic Point
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
ON AN OCEAN STEAMER.
FACILITIES PAST
AND PRES ENT.

How Much the Passenger Eats In . Week
THE Old-Time Sailor Diet Of Salt Pork
and Hardtaek II No More.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29

IS it wise for a locomotive engineer to
stop to think ? Y0nkcrs Statesman.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1893-06-29
EAGLE RIVER, WIS.

0. B. MOON, Editor and Proprietor