The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-17

ttNo {" oASe5C VI lypIIOlU, DuL LnlS year
IL is more prevalent than usual, and
a surprising number of cases have
appeared in the hotels. Physicians
attribute the prevalence of the dis
ease among visitors to the fact that
the change from higher attitudes to
the sea-level renders them liable to
levers, and that they are not ac-
customed to the water. / know of one
hotel here which has furnished five
deaths from typhoid within a week.
In some localities the fever has been
OF a very virulent type. One hospital
IN Brooklyn has lost fifty per cent. of
its typhoid cases; the normal NOR
tality is about six per cent.
On Manhattan Island the outbreak
is attributed partly to the rapid tran
sit excavations. Wherever there is ex-
tensive digging in the streets epidem-
les of greater or less importance ap-
| pear. Sometimes it is pneumonia,
sometimes meningitis, sometimes the
| grip. One year Fifth avenue turned
its sewers open to the light of day
and got form of pink eye" from
them, whereby a. fifth of the populace
went about with one eye or the other
in the seclusion of a large black patch.
The next season Second avenue had
its turn in the shape of an epidemic
OF ear ache so severe that there Were
large number of suicides. The pres
ent trouble seems to be remarkable
chiefly for the avidity with which it
seizeS upon the stranger within it's
gates. The general advice of physi-
clans to visitors is that they drink
as little water as possible, and none
that is not boiled.
Most of the stories about Chauncey
NJ. Depew feature that famous jes-
ter as hero, but occasionally one
hears (not from Mr.. Depew's own lips,
by the way) an instance where the
junior senator from New York came
out second best. For some years Mr..
Depew has fostered a grudge against
Congressman Serene E. Payne. This
dates back to the Republican conven-
ton of 1892. when Depew thought he
had a chance to be nominated for the
presidency. Payne thought otherwise,
and SO effectually pointed out to the
New York delegation the futility of
sticking by Depew further, that they
dropped his name. Since that time
"Our Chauncey' has affected not to
know that such a person as Serene E.
Payne existed. In fact he has so stu
diously ignored the Congressman that
a less even temperament than Mr..
Payne's would have broken out in re-
sentiment. Recently a dinner was
given to which a number of men who
figure prominently in national politics
were invited. Depew and Payne
among the number. Depew came late,
entering the room while Payne was
in the midst of a story. The new ar
rival Immediately began a story of his
own. Several of the guests called his
attention to the fact that another man
had the floor.
who is it?" demanded Depew, af
fectipg not to know.
why, it's Payne. Serene Payne, of
Auburn
Auburn? Auburn" said Depew,
musingly. We'll, that reminds me of
an incident that happened some years
ago. and, paying no attention to the
protests of those who wanted to hear
che rest of Mr.. Payness story, Depew
continued:
I'VE used to have man in Grand
Central Station who was a regular
gazetteer. If you wanted to go to the
last suburb of the capital of Senegam-
bia he could tell you just what lines
to take and where to change and all
about it, without looking at map.
But the fellow was stuck once. A
man came into the station and wanted
a special train to Auburn Nobody
in the place had ever heard of Auburn.
We summoned all our engineers and
asked for volunteers to take a train
their heads, but finally young fellow
spoke UP and said: Here, haven't
any wife or family dependent on me-
Give me good engine and a con-
ductor and I'll tackle the job. We
gave the intrepid fellow his pick of
the road, his companions babe him an
affecting farewell and he set out. Two
weeks afterward we got a telegram
from him. He had arrived at Auburn.
lie had found it after the most awful
experience. To-day, gentlemen, that
engineer, white before his time, is
known as the man who found Au-
burn"
This, of course, turned the laugh on
Congressman Payne, but it was quick
ly turned back again when that gen
tleman remarked quietly:
"Chauncey, you'd better hire that en-
gineer next time you start for the
| White House"
Some people think that the era of
prosperity is to go on now for at least
a year or two more. Other people
think that enough people think this to
get up one more boom for stocks. 1t
can be said positively that the big
men in Wall street want to see stocks
go up. They have engaged the best
known manipulators and they started
off the rise last week with Vigor.
There were some doubts whether they
could carry it beyond the first hour
of the Monday market. The question
was, would the public come in, and it
seems to have been answered affirma-
lively, as outsiders have appeared will
ing to buy stocks. This is regarded
as sure sign that the bull movement
will be continued. There may be re-
lapses on profit-taking, and it is quite
likely that the manipulators will be for
slow advance, since the purpose of
the whole movement is to market some
part of the great holdings of the large
insiders. These men, as 1 have said
in other letters, have been caught at
the normal close of a big rise in the
stock market loaded with stocks. OF
course, they expect to carry some
through, whatever happens, but they
certainly will want to divide with the
public and the best expert judgment in
the street is that they will push things
on up through the announcements OF
two or three deals-the Northern Pa
cific- Union Pacific. the Vanderbilt. and
possibly Southwestern combination
until things have been as much over
done as they were in any of the other
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