New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-02
THE PASSING THRONG.

Henry c. Mercer who Is connected with a large
oiiuse building firm in Cleveland. is in this city
at the Imperial Hotel. Mr. Mercer
sI1h-h MEN says that nearly all men who
rOn In the iron and steel business
EAfANsION. expansionists. I'VE are now sup
plying the material for, and send
ing the engineers 10 build bridges in India, Aus
tralia, China and all parts OF the world think
with the acquisition OF new territory and the in
vestment Of American capital in these posses.
manufacture and trade to expand and develop and
h reaoh out and get new business. 1t is going to
party OF commereia travellers he fell il with in
a Western city. or course, man isn't able TO get
81 proSs IS large c0 Hs hspPsnsS e drop s nto
group OF travelling men in the hotel in tho even
OF b snd these a6 e M SpTsng hs luck 0n
drygoods house said bitterly 7 haven't sold bill
OF goods in two days Another one. clothing
week; and haven't taken an order. A third and
fourth chimed in and II was the same story.
any kick coming. I haven't taken an order in two
and then one said Say what bianked fool house DO
you travel for any Tay2 What do you selir
moment. and then the one who had propounded the
question said. Well it's on me- Let's go into the
There are we'll authenticated reports Of men who
have started out looking for trouble There are in
WANTED found II. II is unique however, 10
YELLOW hear OF a man who seriously tries
FEVER 10 contract malignant fever,
that, having had 1t once. he may
consider himself immune in the future Such is
the case. however. with DR.. D. F. Dudley, whose
home is in New Hampshire. but who is now in the
United States Marine Hospital Service. DR.. Dud-
ley is oft on vacation. and was in the city on his
way, 10 New, Hampshire TO spend Thanksgiving;
his work is combating the spread OF yellow fever.
Il have tried diligently" said the doctor. TO get
2 gSw have attended, to as many as hun
dred cases OF yellow fever but so far have not
where that went whereas Il I was an immune
SHd @ tho mere .s eRa s xo
have been worked in improving the sanitary con;
healthy but 1t will be years before the fever en-
tirely wiped out The people who are most likely
TO suffer now are the immgrants Of whom ON great
1T usually takes two or three, years before the
immig-an = contracts the disease.
Senator James Mcmillan of Michigan, who has
been in the city for several days at the Holland
House, went over to Washington
THE yesterday in order to be present at
CURRENCY the opening OF Congress. The
BILL Senator doesn't believe that Con-
gress should take too great rbcr-
ties with the question in the course OF the
coming session. but should rather be conservative.
There features OF the Senate BILL he
said IN the course Of talk, that like The meas
ure prepared by the House is materially different
from that suggested by the Senate and OF course
there will have 10 be conference OF the committees
before a uniform bill be determined upon: II
too much is attempted IL is possible that nothing
will be accomplished" Tie Senl,or thinks that
the coming Congress will do something toward
making laws for colonies II am of the
opinion" he SAID that the coming Congress VIII
make laws for the territorial government Of Hawaii
and Porto Rico, but IL is hardly likely that any
thing In that direction will be done for Cuba or the
Philippines for long time" Tho Senator said he
has no idea who would be nominated for the vice.
Presidency 1T the coming Republican National con-
yenton but said the idea seemed TO be general that
the choice would be accorded TO New-Iork state