New-York tribune., 1899-05-26
THE PASSING THRONG.

Frank Mclaughlin publisher Of The Phia.
dephia Times" is in the city on business ~,
said yesterday that principal topic of interest
in the city Of Brotherly Love Is
THE PHIL the Exposition TO be given thsrs
ADELPHfA under the auspices OF the Com
ExPOST- mercal Museum. The buildings
TION. are rapidly nearing completion.
promises have been obtained for
almost all the exhibits desired. and everything Is
practically in readiness for the great show
Persons who have not followed the preparations
closely" said Mr.. Mclaughlin, "can scarcely ap-
preciate the magnitude Of the Exposition. There
will be representatives from nearly every country.
large and small. in the world and In addition 70
ganIzations from every quarter OF me giobe VIII
send representatives, and establish EXHIBITS An
several months ago TO secure natives and native
products for Philippine NEE exhibit msde m an IN a1,m2 I
show at the Exposition. 80 Jealous WAS ne
9ssm1 oTson 'nS While still in the custody OF he F
plnos he wrote a letter 10 the Museum saying that
he did not think Aguinaldo would come. at lea',
There viii be q Midway Plsi.snee on n.
Worlds Fair except that there will be no hoochee-
coochee dsnc9rs 1t was urged by some that ,he.s
should be a feature also. but the moral sentiment
of the city was too strong for them
Despite the fact that the United States Govern
mcnt Lighthouse Department has recently declared
would never be practical enough
POSsIBTIJ- for il TO use. Thomas r. Mercen.
TIES OF secretary Of the Northwestern
WIRELESS Electrical Association. saws that
TELEC- wireless telegraphy is perfect IN
RAPHY theory and has been proved practi-
cal by the seyerest tests Mr. Mer-
celn T. delegate 10 the Electrical Convention now
being held at the Madison Square Garden. when
seen last evening at the Murray Hill Hotel ne SAID;
"The scope OF wireless telegraphy depends entre-
ly upon the degree OF perfection which can he at
,eIned in the instruments. 1t has been used across
the English Channel. a distance Of thirty miles.
Interpassing ships and other obstacles did not IN
uo reason why messages should not be flashed
over the ocean In the same way, nut me lkstu,
TO permit this Some OF the best talent in the world
is az work on the subject and believe that y w
conis system is conceded to be as practical as ths
telephone
Dr X Totsuka. a deputy-inspector in the Ned
icsl Department of the Japanese Navy. who ar
rived IN this country recently on the Empress OF
India from Yokohama IS now IN
WHAT THE this city. Or. Totsuks. who nas
JAPANESE served fifteen years In the navy
THINK OF has been ordered to make a tour OF
DEWEY the more important hospitals in
this country and England for tho
purpose Of learning the improved methods OF treat
ing various kinds OF diseases. He VIII spend Two
weeks in New-York From here he Will 20 to
Medcal Bepartment Of the United states Navy
After learning what he can on tnls lue,' slue D' Inc ore
tlnue his Investigations Indefinitely ne t9d q
Tribune reporter ocers are loud in
their praises OF Dewey. They consider nun a re-
Totemka said that japan is devotng great deal
Of attention to her navy a Se isnEs tbst its pr9g
ress has been phenomenal.
John b. Roach. the shpbuilder. OF Chester Penn'
Is at the Grand Hotel Mr.. Roach is one Of ths
best-known men in the country In his line OF nusi-
ness having built nearly all OF tho
THE ships OF the Mallory company, the
SHIPPING New-York and Cuba Mall Line the
SUBSIDY Old Dominion Line, the Ocean
RIrL. Steamship Company and all Of the
Sound steamers. THE SUBSIDY
bill which Is now before Congress is being watched
With much interest by American shpbuilders
said Mr. Roach "It would he wonderful boom
for us because lines would be put INTO operauon
which under the present r nns ean more ships
TO build About twenty years ago my tatner s,at,.
ed he cto,es 20 %ouId give us subsidy. and the
Government OF Brazil would do the same Bgt rh ne
Subsidy from our own Government was NOT ,lorh-
coming the line Inc 9%s nr.tS be S pas.s i vii s
william r. Calder and John Henderson. % the
firm Of Calder Henderson Livingstone large
lumber dealers in Glasgow at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel having completed tour
MODEL, TENE- through Wisconsin, Minnesota and
MENT-HOUsEs portions of Canada The opinions
~ GLASGOW they have formed OF America on
this their first visit 10 IT, are
notte ing Ir the extreme. Mr. Calder SAID tha'
umbermen in this country are 30 rushed with ousl-
ness that his firm unable TO secure all tne nmnet
from here that they would like TO get lie taIKei
entertainingly Of the City Improvement irust, OF
GLASGOW which is buying up the hthy, dlapida'eI
tene1en nj houses in the sums and erecting M ther
stead modern tenement-houses. which are orignt
and airy aud have all the latest Improvements IN
sanitation , ,,, . 49, -.
tocratic portion Of the city hundred years sgo
had been high up. has been cleaned out oy ths
Trust and IL respectable. Anderson
cross another dirty sum. has been similarly