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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
BUILT. THE SAND
Many Of the skyscrapers Of Ameri.
: ; :
ca Rest on Strange Foun-
dations.
Some Monstrous Chicago Buildings
That Are Floating Upon
!. 4"
Rats.
Chicago Inter Ocean.

! 'tDoEyou know said a famous
architect the other day, ''that the
heaviest and tallest buildings are real
ly houses built upon the sander the
mud
Take the Park Row building in
New York. 1t is the tallest CONNER
cial structure in the world, and proba-
bly, the heaviest. also. It weighs over
$4,000 tons, which means pressure
of nearly 5000 pounds on each square
foot of the site. This enormous load
rests upon a bed Of fine, wet sand
scarcely different from a quicksand
and about 100 feet deep.
SIT is perfectly safe. Nearly 1000
large piles were driven in it aby
>2,O0O-pound hammer falling 20 feet,
which compacteds it until even these
tremendous blows could force them no
farther, and they could well carry
their loads Of $4,000 pounds each.
tribute the loads over the surface Of
piers We're built on that. Steel beams
were laid on the fat pier tops to dis
tribute the laeds over the surface of
the masonry. Some of: the columns
carry as much as 100000 pounds
each.
/ tsMany Of our heaviest buildings are
say, ON foundation piles driven thru
sand or mud to the solid rock.
In other cases heavy buildings are
supported on piles which neither reach
to hard bottom nor are driven in firm
soil. Long piles are driven into very
soft mud and silt, into which they sink
many feet by their own weight and by
light blows of a steam hammer. = If
they are driven there 80 or SO feet and
left undisturbed a feW.hours 1t is found
that the adhesion of the tenacious
mud is so great that they can hardly
be started again, and may safely be
trusted to carry heavy permanent
loads, which are really supported by
the sickness OF the mud.
1.-The ST. PAUL building in New York
is supported on very deep bed Of
wet sand, which was only excavated to
a depth of about 80 feet. A one-foot
layer of concrete was spread over the
bottom Of the pit and on; this was set
the real fOundati onss consisting of
crossed layers of steel beams and
Orders. ., s..
..The 4spreckles building in San
Francisco, which weighs over $4,000
1000 pounds, rests on dense wet sand,
on which solid p forrn of steel and
artificial stone was laid as founda-
ton. This building has passed unin-
jured thru the test Of a severe earth
quake 5sh ock. 4 49,. $780,. i; ,:.r, ...,,i
Few If any, tan buildings are OH
worse soil than those III: -, Cf1cag9.
Here, only. tenor fifteen: feet beles1
the surface. is a crust of clay notSm ore
than ten feet thick, VI hich floats on
plastic. mud from so to 100. feet deep.
Piles more than Il 90 feet long would
be required to- reach the hard pan or
bedrock: and lost OF the tall build
Eings there really stand Oh great. RATS
built on the surface Of the clay. It
has been found that a load OF 5000
pClIindS per square, foot of CLAW SIR
face will settle slowly for several
Emonths. After settling perhaps two
inches it will become stationary, and
may be considerably increased with
safety. No attempt is made to prevent
this settlement.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
BIG FLOUR TONNAGE
Minneapolis Roads Took Out 1885,
483 Barrels To-day, and 215.-
... 707 in Two Days.
East-Bound Lake and Rail Ship
ments Especially Heavy
49, at This Time.

The railroads centering in Minneapolis
got a big flour haul yesterday and ship
ments out, to this morning, were 1875, 4S3
barrels. While the heavy movement was
in some part due to an accumulation over
the Thanksgiving Day holiday, the total
has been heavy right thru, 90,224 barrels
going Friday and 1926 being shown in
the report of the previous day
For a week broken by a holiday the
shipments are unusually heavy. East
bound lake and rail lots were the heaviest,
and the car ferry routes got a big share
of the total. Heavy shipments are likely
to continue heavy from now until the clos
ing of the lake ports. Shipments by routes
for two days are as follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
CHINA ANTICIPATES WAR
Viceroys Are Ordered to Collect
War Fund.

Victoria, B. c., Nov. 2S.-News was
brought by the steamer Indraveli from
the orient that Prince sub, a prom
inent Chinese official, has advised the
Chinese government to join with
Japan to GUST Russia from Mancl1uria
by force of arms.
A. Shanghai special to the Toxic
Asahi says that the Chinese govern
nent. has issued Instructions to the
viceroys and governors of the province
that, owing to the imminence Of war
between Japan and Russia, prepara-
tons should be Immediately made for
calling out troops and for collecting a
war fund.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
Patti Cited to Appear.

Patti, Baroness Cederstrom, must
show cause, next Monday, why she
shall not be punished for contempt for,
failure to appear and be examined
concerning the claim of J. S. Kennedy,
a custom-house broker, against Rob-
raising $4,000 as a guarantee fund
for the Patti tour. GO,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
CAUSE. AND CURE OF CANCER
The Cause Said to Have Been Discoy-
cred Recently i'm New York and
the Cure In This City, Which
Is ,nf thu Most .TmDOrtanCe.

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. Is, 1900
Whether the discoveries recently
made by New York specialists of the
cause of cancer have been of any. par
ticular advantage to DIR. Benjamin f.:
Bye, Of this. city, in; discovering a
cure is a matter little interesting to
the afflicted, one of cancer, since the
cure is of the greatest Importance. DR..
BENJAMIN Il. Bye sets forth in his
new book, which is now OH the press,
and which will be mailed in a few
days to all the afflicted people ask
ing for it. proof 7of the cause OF cans
Ger, and its painless cure with oils. r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
Mrs. Mary Z. Ho1bert,. 25o1 Clinton ave-

Mrs. Mary z. Holbert,:, 25o1 Clinton ave-
nue., M1nnea polls, Mimi, writes:
my son suffered fol. three months with
catarrh of the bronchial tubes, which
threatened to become very serious. The
doctors advised that he seek more favor
able climate, but as he had heard of Pc
runa as a. specific for lung trouble he de-
cided to give it a trial before he left his
family for. an expensive journey among
strangers. For six months he used
1t faithfully and found that the trouble
gradually disappeared and blessed health
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

took its place. In two months he was per-
fechy. we'll and able to perform his duties
YOU have indeed a grateful mothers
thanks Mrs Mary Holbert.
It is the praise Of those who have been
cured by Peruna that makes this remedy
SO popular and SO extensively used. Nc
advertisement could have accomplished
this result.
Peruna cures the first stages of con
sumption by removing the cause, which is
chronic catarrt.
Peruna cures the cause in the right way
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
CHRISTMAS SHIP

The Culgoa to Take Dinners to Ma
rines at the Isthmus..
New York. Nov. 2S.-Equipped for:
a long stay in Panama, two companies
of marines are ready to sail on the
supply ship Culgoa tomorrow morn
ing. They have been fitted out with
clothing appropriate to the tropical
climate There are 1870 men in. the
two companies. H..
The Culgoa is bound for Colon and
will carry 8 80, 900 pounds of meat and
fowl for the Christmas dinners Of the
marines and sailors now doing duty
at the isthmus.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

Or. George WSid- in his .'Netes of NV
Life, gives charming sketch of Pro-
fessor Blackie, of whom he writes that
m ne ms popularity WAS due to his.af:
nature, his free and outspoken but never
bitter Speech and, his habit of frequently
bursting into .song:-a custom somewhat
alarming on occasions. s. 3
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
OLDEST MAN
Holding an insurance, Policy Has Lived
.S...s for 100 Years. -. yeg
:. New York Times.

New York Times.
In Englewood, N. j., lives the person who.
80 far as can be ascertained; is the Oldest man
in the world holding insurance policy.
Henry Booth still lenjoys remarkable health,
sleeps like young man, shaves himself attends
his meals with clocklike regularity and walks
He was born Sept Is, 1903 VIXEN Thomas
JEFFERSON was president Of the United States,
and he has voted in every presidential cleo
tion since Madison. That is. he has cast ballot
for or against all but three of the men who
have sat in the, chief executives chair since
the country achieved existence.
In 1S43 he insured in the Mutual Life Insur-
ance company, then in the first week Of its
st22' The rolicy has been kept up ever since.
The Mutual company, to do honor to the old
gentleman's hundredth birthday, has prepared for
him q testimonial handsomely engrossed 6 on
parchment, and Inscribed THE Oldest American
Company to Its Oldest Po1icyholder.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
NEUROLOGY OF 1903
Totals from News Items =-Regarding
fs~s->>- Various: Familiar Per-
r. SOnageS.


ts>s-~, Various. Familiar Per-
.sOnages.
New York Sun.
Captain in charge Of troops who
captured Jeff Davis, 4.
Lieutenants in charge, 8. The last
one died the other day.
The last man who hanged John
Brown, 2. .=. 3
Last survivor of Waterloo, 9.
Last BalacIava men, 8. 3D..
Last men who saw Napoleon. g This
does not include the men who have
written about him, none Of whom have
died for several years.
Last women who as flower girls were
kissed by Lafayette, IS.
Last men who shot ). Wilkes
Booth, 6.
+ The original Mckinley man has not
died SO often during the year as for
merly.
ALL of the original Roosevelt men
are still living.
There has been a noticeable falling
off in the men who knew Lincoln be-
fore he was president.
The last man who voted for Andrew
jackson has died once this year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
a. NARROW FOOTING.

$500 = :"
Smarticus-I didn know SOffiseeker had
had any experiences as "a tight-rope walker.
aSpartieus-He hasn't.
-Snnaftic Without it dom see how
hessperformfng the feat ofswhich he's ac-
cused-running on This own merits.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

The average peasant of Macedonia has "a net
yearly income of only about $50, Of which about
SIT goes for taxes. 1t is a common incident for
villagers to gut down their fruit trees to- ayoid
the tux on them. --e---.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

We bought from Germany In: the. last fiscal
year $119, 700 00e worth-aii Increase OF 600
600 over the previous year. ~ :.e II
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
INDIANA IS
FOR ROOSEVELT.
Senator Fairbanks Denies There Is
Any Disaffection With Presi-
dent in the State.
Speaker Cannon Wonld Not Accept
Nomination for Vice Presi-
dency if offered.
From the journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
= Washington. l.sE -. -

From the journal Bureau, Colorado Building.
Washington.
been circulated in the east that In
diana is not likely to give its support
to President Roosevelt In the national
convention next year. This report is
intended to annoy the president. Sen
ator Fairbanks has stopped all talk
by saying in a public interview that
there Is no opposition in Indiana to
the president and there will be none.
Speaker Cannon, who has been touted
as a vice-presidential possibility. for
the past few days, has taken the wind
out Of the story. by saying that he
would not accept the nomination if
rendered. He thinks the speakership
Is a greater office than the vice presi-
dency, and will not swap one for the
nf =. VI =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
I'm Ancient Foe

TO health and happiness is Scrofu1a-
as ugly as ever since time immemorial.
1t causes punches in the neck. dis
figures the skin, inflames the mucous
membrane wastes the muscles, weak
ems the, bones, reduces the power of
resistance to disease and the capacity.
for recovery, and develops into consump-
ton.
"a bunch appeared on the left side Of
my neck. 1t caused great pain, was
lanced, and became a running sore. I
went into a general decline. Twas per-
suaded to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, and
when 1 had taken six bottles my neck
was healed. and I have never had any
trouble of the kind since Mrs. K. T.
Snyder, Troy, Ohio. I'll. LIZ.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

-9t.1ate years the game OF billiards has been
growing In. popularity among American women,
cfety leaders are experts with the cue, notably
Mrs. George Gouda her Sister-in ,Ia Mrs
Roche and numerous others also devote much
time to the game
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
a DARING. MAN.

Chicago Post.s
He's the kind soft a man who courts
danger, understand.
atsWel should sav.so. Why. he doesn't
hesitate to open a. f1irtation with .any
young widow he:rieets. @ 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

4 It Is estimated that half million New York
srs are awake and busy, legitimately or ether
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

: Pfso's Cure for CONSUMPTION always gives re-.
ief III eases.ef Coughs and Colds, &c.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
A CASE OF EASY PICKING.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

A CASE OF EASY PICKING.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
t'You know that man, Hyperion, who
claims to read character at q, glance?"
Eyes"
'tWe1I. he swindled me out of S300.''
Indeed? I didn't suppose he ever put
his Boosted talent to any practical USE
"A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching, Blind. Bleeding Protruding Piles.
Your druggist will refund money If PAZ0 ONT
MENT fails to cure you in 6 to II days. DOC.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
Hoods Jas;sapariHa
and Pills

win rid you Of it, radically and perina-
nently, as they havecrid thousands.<
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

Nv heh-a piPe-is zepefheatea -it-evapurates tbes
wax and then the chemical process is lost
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
SMUGGLING GAME BIRDS

Total .125, 4s3 eo,224
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-17
HaSen Ineligible for Cadet.

Roy Hazen OF Avoca, the ranking candi-
date at the recent examination In Red Oak
for the appointment Of cadet at the Naval
academy at Annapolis from the Ninth con-
gressional district. has been disqualified for
the reason hat he is over age. The rank
Ing alternate. Shirley Allen Of Atlantic. has
been notified by Congressman Smith that
he will have the nomination in the event
Of his passing the required physical exam
nation. The other alternates are Benjamin
Barnes of Tabor and Robert A.. Dunn of
Villisca.
The examination for the cadetship nomi-
nation was open only to young men who
had not yet reached their goth birthday.
In filling out his examination papers Mr..
Hazen omitted the date Of his birth. Know
ing that Mr.. Hazen had taken the exami-
nation a year previously and had been
named as ranking alternate for a similar
cadetship. Congressman Smith looked up
the records. with the result that he called
upon Mr.. HaEen to furnish proof Of his
birth so hat the proper returns could be
certified to the department in Washington
No entry could be found In the county
records Of Mr.. Hazen's birth, but there
Was found a record of the death OF Ray
HaEen, said to be a twin brother. on March
6. 1888, giving the child's age as l year
months and 8 days. This wou place Mr.
Hazen's age at over II years. and conse'
quently make him Ineligible to receive tho
nomination for the naval oadstship.
George 8. johnson of Atlantic was last
evening appointed third alternate by Con
gresham Smith.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-17
Doctors want a Laboratory.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, April ~16.-(Special Tel
egram.)-A campaign for the appropriation
Of 10000 for a meteorological laboratory
was started here today by the Iowa State
Medical society. "A resolution was intro
dueed to the effect that a lobby should be
established at Des Moines for hat purpose
at the next term Of the legislature. Along
this line papers were read this evening
by DR.. F. W. Powers Of Waterloo; THE
Laboratory in Public Health Work" by DIR,
r. F. Westbrook OF the Minnesota State
Board of Health, and by DR.. Walter L.
Bierring OF Iowa City. The sense of the
meeting was that IL Vermont can pay
$4,000 a year for the support Of such an
institution, Iowa certainly can, and a cam
palgn to influence legislators will be COM
menced st once.
The doctors we're given a banquet last
night by the Sioux City Medical associa
ton. Two hundred doctors are in attend
ance. The meeting closes tomorrow.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-17
Federal Grand Jury busy.

SIOUX FALLS. s. D.. April ls.-(special
Telegram. 1.-THE United States grand jury,
which convened here on the 7th inst, to-
day concluded its labors and was discharged
by Judge Garland. During the time Il was
in session II Investigated seventy-seven
cases, examined 200 witnesses, returned an
aggregate Of sixty-eight indictments and
MIN mo bills" Prior to being discharged
the jury returned an indictment against X
e. SeIlan. a stockman living in the SiouI
land west OF the Missouri river, for driving
to the Rosebud Indian reservation a herd
OF 100 cattle which were grassed on th'
reservation contrary TO the federal statutes
reserving the land for the Indians. This 4
the hTst case Of the kind 90 far - known
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-17
Many teachers Attend.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, April 16.-(special Tel
egram. 1.-THE Northwest Iowa Teachers
convention met here today. Several
hundred teachers are in attendance this
evening and it is expected over 1000 will
be here tomorrow. Many distinguished
educators, among them being State Super
intendent r. c. Barrett of Des Moines and
Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch OF Chicago, are pres
ent. Miss AgD~s Robertson OF Cherokee
county, president OF the association, was
one OF the early arrivals. The opening
session OF the convention, which is to last
three days. was held at the high school this
evening. The county superintendent held
a meeting this morning with State Super
%intendent Barrett, at which the compulsory
education law was discussed.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-17
Plumbing and heating. Blxby & Son.
Matters in District Court.

The third trial Of the personal injury
damage suit Of Henry Geesen against James
A. Saguin, the bridge contractor Of this
city. which was begun in the district court
Wednesday, came to a sudden termination
yesterday when Judge Wheeler. at the close
of the plaintiffs testimony, took It from
the Jury and directed a verdict for Saguin.
Geesens while working on the construction
OF one Of the Omaha viaducts, was injured
by o falling pile. He brought suit for
10000 and in December, 1898, secul Ell a
verdict for 81, 100. This was set aside and
at the second trial in October. 1899. Geesen
obtained a verdict for $500. The case was
taken to the supreme court, which set
aside the verdict and ordered q new trial.
Following the Geesen-Saguin case the
trial OF the suit Of A. l.. Thomas against
the motor company was begun. The plaintiff
asks for damages in the sum of 81, 800,
alleging that he was assaulted by the mo-
torman and conductor OF a car on the
Council Bluffs and Omaha line, on which
he was a passenger. The defense is that
Thomas, while under the alleged influence
of drink, boarded the car in Omaha and
became very sick. The motorman and con-
ductor moved him to a rear seat and while
being removed Thomas struck his head
hkdlnbI the SLUG VI tut SCAT. II ploluNlut
on the other hand, claims that he was not
feeling we'll, and this accounted for him
being sick on the car.
Thomas E.. Cassidy brought suit against
Jennie Frawley, Winifred Hausberry and
Mary Downes, heirs OF the estate Of Mrs.
Margaret Fox, for $500 for legal services
said to have been rendered in connection
, with the litigation over the administratio
Of the estate.
The State and Anchor Fire Insurance
companies Of Des Molnes have filed notice
A., Of appeal to the supreme court in the suits
brought by Petrus Peterson, and in which
Peterson secured judgment for the amount
OF his policies on the store and stock OF
general merchandise in Weston, destroyed
by fire.
This special venire was drawn yesterday
for the present term of district court at
Avoca. Samuel Barnett, Macedonia Au-
gust johnson, o. G. Miller, Grove; A. d.
Putnam, +. M. Ronk. Center; John A. An
derson, Chris A. Rossman. Herman Moritzv
Peter ~Simonsen. Layton; E. e. Alexander,
d. s. Pleak, Belknap; N. Ingram, Lincolni
V. Dewitt, Wright; s. ID. Fletcher, Will
liam Clark. jr, Albert Peterson, W. Arm
strong, Valley; j. N. Pritchard, G. l.. True
Ed Riley, Charles Chamberlain, Calet
Smith, Henry Flesher. J, o. Cushing. Knox
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-17
COUNCIL
MINOR MENTION.

Davis sells drugs.
Stockert sells carpets.
Expert watch repairing. Leffert. go BY.
Celebrated Metz beer on tap. Neumayer.
For rent, modern house, 19 Sixth avenue.
Cabinet photos, 25c per dozen. SS Bway.
Clothespins. 1c a dozen at A. Il. Howe s.
80 Broadway.
Picture framing. c. Z. Alexander & Co.,
1893 Broadway. Tel. $50.
Real estate in all parts Of the city for
sale. Thomas 70. Cassidy, 20 Pearl street
Bluffs company No. q, uniform rank,
knights Of Pythias, will meet this evening
in Hughes hall.
The regular meeting Of the woman's Re
lief corps Will be held this AFTERNOON 1T
Grand Army hall.
A civil service examination Will be held
April % at the federal building for post
office clerks and carriers.
Before pa pering your rooms we want e
show you our elegant 1903 designs. c. b
Paint, OIL and Glass company.
T. A. Barker, g.: II. Conner, J; y. John
son and Perry Allihouse returned yesterday
morning from Hamburg, Ia, where Wed
nesday night they participated IN the exer'
cises attendant on the dedication of the
new Pythian temple at that place.
The sale Of 1923 acres in SCOTS Blur
county, Nebraska, by Receivers Bereshein
and Murphy Of the Oficer & Pussy bank e
Mrs. Josephine Taylor for. 5000, was ap'
yesterday. The property had been ap'
praised at 5000.
The work of transferring the records and
other paraphernalia of the superior cour
from the county courthouse 10 the city hal
was completed yesterday. The records VII
be stored in the vault on the second foo
and Deputy Clerk Brown will use the coun
ell committee room as his office. Cour'
will be held in the city council chamber.
John Guilfoyle, aged 81 years. died yester
day morning at st. Bernard's hospital from
paralysis after one weeks Illness. He wa
single and leaves one brother, Thomas
Guilfoyle of 1928 Second avenue, this city
and one sister, Mrs. Guirdera of New Yorl
city. The funeral. will be held SATURDAY,
morning at . o'clock from st. Francl,
Xavier's church and burial will be In st
Joseph's cemetery.
Mrs. A. L. Whitaker died Wednesday
night at her home, 20S West washington
England and came to the United States II
1851. She had been a resident of Council
Bluffs since 1855. A brother and four s S
tiers survive her. The funeral will be helC
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from tn
residence and interment will be in Walnu
Hill cemetery. Rev. G. F.. Walk of st
Pauls Episcopal church will conduct tn,
services.