New-York tribune., 1902-01-11
THE PASSING THRONG.

Richard Harding Davis came down the broad
stairs OF the Gisey House yesterday clean shaven
and erect. He had a straight bull
PATHOS AT dog brar pipe in his mouth. Il
PANAMA. can't say anything about the rela-
tive merits OF the Nicaragua and
Panama routes for the CANAL he said because.
don't you know. what l said wouldn't be taken
seriously. The choice between the two routes is
grave matter. not TO be made without accurate
knowledge of both But I've been to Panama 1
spent three days there once, and I'll tell some
thing about the real pathos IN the sight or the
engines half buried in the sand lying around,
buildings tumbling down, ruin and desolation. and
The really pathetic thing is that the company which
has sunk many millions in the scheme Is doing
all in It's power TO keep what little is left in perfect
order. The engines are all housed under awnings.
wrench covered win oil 10 keen the rust OFF That
was, TO me- the pathos of the scene, and the most
striking thing the isthmus. 1t was as II
an old general who had lost in a great battle his
name his army and his hopes should sit down in
the field and polish up the buttons on his uniform
Denman Thompson is registered at the Imperial;
from Swanzey, n. H., of course. The author Of
THE Old Homestead"
A TALK willing express himself the
WITH DEN question OF open saloons on Sun
MAN THOMP- day NO" said Mr.. Thompson,
SON shaking his white head, no 1
won't say a word about the ques-
ton for | try to please all the people, you see, and
if | expressed my views on this excise matter
body would be dispeased side or the other.
wouldn't he? Besides, what does one mans opn-
ion amount to. except it is expressed at the
polls? You may talk and talk, but the people OF
New-York have got to decide the question for
themselves. They ought be able TO without my
help" Mr. Thompson does not announce any last
appearance" of The Old Homestead" ON the
contrary. he says: I'm not doing anything new in
the line of plays; I'm not changing the old one
I'll keep running that long the public will
stand for it. and it looks If they would
stand for it as long as | can stand Mr. ThOmp-
still stand all right, though his gait is
exactly sprightly He walked away down the
rdor with short. slow steps that his laugh
easily got ahead of him.
r. Marpole, general superintendent of the Pacific
division of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, stayed
at the Manhattan last night on his
GROWTH OF way to England for a vacation. His
THE NORTH home is in Vancouver. He is full of
WEST. enthusiasm for the part of the
world he lives in, from Oregon to
Alaska. He says it is surprisingly rich and stead
lily and healthfuly growing in population
"AS for the deposits of gold such as those in the
klondike,' said Mr. Marpoe, Il won't live 10
them exhausted or even to see the output lessened
nor Will you, who are a much younger man. Sal
mon fishing, the chief industry of our part of the
Pacific Coast was this year more productive than
before the Frazer River. We catch
River your government allows traps to be used. 1t
5 a great sight see the Indians the rocks
spearing the fish. but it is greater sight to see
the fish in the breeding grounds We have regular
breeding grounds, you know. to keep the supply
constant You wouldn't believe IL l told you
how the fish backen the river. Then there is
Vancouver have two lines of Pacific steamers,
better. From a few thousand whites not
many years ago the population of this wonderful
district has increased to two hundred thousand
whites, and is steadily growing. naturally, without
artificial 'booms, you call them. 1t is certainly
great country