New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-20
THE PASSING THRONG.

Three OF the leading surgeons OF Minnesota
DIR. Charles A. Wheaton. vice-president Of the
State Medical Society Of Minnesota; DIR. Il. Bouck-
man. one Of the most prominent
NO SPECIFIC bacterlologists in the country and
FOR CON DIR. J. L. Camp, consulting sur
SUMPTION gcon OF the Northern Pacific Rail-
road and chief surgeon OF the
Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railroad-ars
staying at the Hotel Imperial. They are on their
way to Europe. where they Will spend several
months combining business and pleasure. They
will try the fishing and other sports in Norway,
and will visit the hospitals in London, Berlin Paris
st. Petersburg Dresden and Vienna DR.. Wheaton
visited the Presbyterian Hospital last evening.
DR. Bouckman was asked by reporter 10 ex-
ronsumu;ion called formaldehyde, which has at
tracted a great deal Of attention In the last few
" "Consumpton, in its early stages, may be cured
by a number OF remedies, but there Is no spscih:
other l"' so-caiicd remedies Tor consumption which
have sprung up in the past ana WIZ continue To-
srasplng after straws and endeayorlng to CONVINCE
themselves that the most serious maladies can De
proper remedies can be discovered. Now, as
matter OF fact there Is no cure Tor ns any d sS
When you attempt to Kill the tuberculosis germ
With drugs you are Of by fbs ~' system ter foea b.
medicine or climatic surroundings or Dotl. Nnen
the disease advances BEYOND What be peoo
should do is 10 stop their MAD NUM- lot as
Tubercuoss IS increasing at fearful rate. simply
because the proper precautions are no nelns tdHen
ota,'t infectious disease Otherwise there 70
telling where II will stop The streets OF lhs Guy
s end f h6Ssds Of nSercuoss splitting ordinances
should be made and enforced
Frank C. Kirby. of Detroit, who during the Span
ish-American War was a consulting engineer at
the Quartermasters Department Of the United
States Army, having In charge the
IMPROVING fitting OF the Army transports, Is
ARMY at the Waldorf Astoria His bust
TRANS ness IN the city Is 10 arrange for
PORTS. the refttng Of the transports
Logan and Thomas for regular SER
vice These transports were pressed hastily into
the service he said TO Tribune reporter yester-
day. and not by any means as Wen G9u,ppIel
as they should be- We did ne pest we cou We u beys
the opportunity We will finish the work that eould
not be completed while the hurry ana push OF war
lasted The Logan and the Thomas VIII be fitted
sherman and the Sheridan, which arc now in The
Pacific our orders are to make the transports -
complete possible. but We consider tnaI 'Le
Grant. the sherman and the sheridan cannot he
improved upon. They model transports and
better than the transports OF any other nation pc
cause we have been able TO proht by the mistakes
Of other nations.
w IT Fenner. OF Chicago. formerly president Of
the Grant Locomotive Company. and now PROM
inently identified with railroad interests in the
country does not believe in big ey-
EXPOSI- positions. He Is staying al ue
TIONS DON'T Hotel Manhattan. "Chcago mas
PAY not yet recovered from the bad ef-
fects OF the Worlds Fair" he said.
"It encouraged speculation 10 such an extent That
the real estate market has suffered severely. ana
will continue to suffer for several years OF course
there were some good effects. There was tre-
mendous amount Of money brought into inc ciy,
Hiding the banks over a serious panic, ana the
city was widely advertised but i IS a question IN
the minds OF the business men OF Chicago whether
the good points made Up for the bad In my Judg'
nent and in the Judgment Of many Others me
former were moro than counterbalanced. / belieVe
that St Louis will be sorry that she has UNDER
taken the great exposition for 1858. The times are
good and ST. Louis Is prosperous. She VIII proDa.
bly, suffer less from the reaction then she nllsn.
under other circumstances. but suffer she nust
and suffer she viii Enterprises OF that kind ars
not wholesome. They don't pay