The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-06-08

~ represented ~. S'at- q, ne -on,~u.
lion hshi a. kinE-ton ,o forn a set" ton
sftiufttu
n. had h-~om- a ff-~man in iits ~
as q susss r-hn-r AMI b. hitiit 30 hr-t
sugar huuze er--,~d b-r- t-furs Tho i."vuln-
tom
~ .i,.- vs. In Wall sfr~~' and NO
hgu- va IN Qle~'p street which h nov
I'sH aud " 81 4 Nlsfe Haust n Brothers
building ~ lransIr Square now -fsrt-
~" sugar huu-" va, IN ~" r"nr ~ No
hufns
Isaac Wa n,s - The founders 20 tho
Chtmh4 - Iomrt.rc-. which va~sorgsni<sd
H. t5ts he Wh- utr ~ tho ,us' rfpratur~
~ IA" ftrt pubic hospital IN New Nuf..
NI.,i was established IN I'm Iht- Na-
uo' tn Roosevelt hlsp.'al. whirh Nts
fpui died = century la'ar by Hl1th"t Roosevelt
IsaaC Roosevelt w Gov 'in''n'~ sd
miniStt alton Wa on" 81 IN seventeen
SAT" :. na'nr- - New Nork IN" FOL
low ing entry apI-gr- IN the diaty ~ George
Washington ~ November, IN l'tt''N"
To the death of senator lt"p-svel''s Nif"
Received au invitation ., attend ihe
funeral Il MIR k,o-sNcl' hut declined
complying with ~ FIR, l'sa'Is" ne. pro-
pti"ty of acccptiug an invitation ~ rs
sort APPEARED 10 u" very uur-iuhdul"'
AMI s.sObdlv Though ,n do y, ~ this IN
starco might NJ To- imprulrrl. h"riu~"
II uish, he diNfCult to dis 'rtfriratc ~ caS's
which nigh thereafter happen
az James \ Rno>eyrlt, who lived A. 10
MAIDEN Ian" and later ~ Is Broadway,
We Rad that h" gave hk services without
reward ~ tumWi--ary To- ~" Continental
army during the entire Wal 81 'nd'I"h-
dsnrc-
q. Nicholas Roosevelt. who was hap
iiz-d INc %. 1891. n - aid - sop.
Q. i7gs. Roosevelt had fully Described 20
Roh"rt Livingston u vertical steamboat
paddlew heel which he earnestly r'c"lh-
nteud"d This IL the first practical sug-
ges,ion Of the combination that made
steam navigation a commercial suc'F'N-'
although four wears later Robert Fulton
believed that chains aud floats were alone
10 l." relied IN.
Livingston. however. had replied To
Roo-cvelt's proposition on Oct p, i'H>.
that vertical wheels are out Of the ques'
tlun
Bu, in the spring ~ isr,, Livingston
having communicated Roosevelt plans
to Fulton. they adopted the former Wow,
AMI In January Of the next year, launched
n hnat that was propelled 10y Roo-eN"ts
vertical wheels.
Roosevelt in tho meantime became
greatly embarrassed financially. the Gov
Ems failed To fulfill it, contract with
him, and he was unable to put hiS plans
IN operation In iso h" associated him.
sell with Fulton ia the introduction 81
stcam boats ou Western water, and ~ 1911
h- built and ma vigatrd the New Orleans,
the pIoue~r boat that d"sCeudrd the ONO
and Mississippi Rivers from Pittsbufs
To New Orleans In fourteen DAYS. he nav
ing previously dcscrndsd both MYERS IN
a Hat boat To obtain Information
OF the founder Of Roosevelt Hospital,
the g.nealogist says. James Henry
Roosevelt ,born 1870. died 1851. WAS pre-
vented by delicate health from practising
law He never married and the iottuile
he Inherited was not arg. hut 10y iuriu-
nate Investments and a simpI" style 81
living lie accumulated tho sum that he
intended from his early manhood to leave
To some charitable ubJect Nv III" terms
al his will he left the principal pat oi hi-
estate to GUN the noble hospital that
b-ar~ his nafne
Cornelius Van Setback Roosevelt. who
was horn IN 10. and died a. oyster BAY,
Long Island. In 1871. war o." OF IN"
founders and "A director oi N" Them
cal National Bank Of New York, who>e
eingic principl" j. honesty. and that listI-
tuiun has never failed TO paw it, ohllga-
tion- IN gold. and during the '1vl War
redeemed its notes AT one tam" a. 40 IN
grerntaCks.
The son Of Cornelius Van setback Roose-
Welt wa Theodore. the father ~ the Pres
ident He was a glass importer ~ Maiden
Lane az HIM the g-r.alpgv SAYS
During the Wa - the R"lrillon N"
helped ai-e and equip reg,rnerts that
went out. he joined Ia nrganllifS w" mon
League Club, worked with III" LOYAL Pun
location Sngtefv. hr~iSfe1 w 'nt t'tahlHN-
ton ~ the Sanitary Commission. aud saw
20 IN. comfort 81 the soldiers IA the held
and IL those left al home.
He drafted the hill Ia establish 'alloi-
ment commissions. and was appointed Ivy
Lincoln nna Of the commissioners from New
York He assisted IN organizing n" Pro-
tactiye War Claims Association, which
collected the dues Of crippled veterans and
of the families Of the dead without charge.
II was a. Mr. Roo- velt's house that the
Soldiers Employment Bureau was organ
lied
Hayes appointed him Collector ~ the
Port Of New York H. was on. uf the
founders % the Me, ropoltan Museum 81
Art and ~ the Am' rican Museum ~ Nat
,iral History. A man 81 u~ntiring energy.
~ prodigiou- industry. the most valiant
fighter ~ his day for the night. and the
winner ~ his fights
He drove a tour-in-hand In tho Park,
sailed a hra'. loved IA" woods. shared IN
eyory athletic sport, and was M" life and
soul 81 every company
He di,d in isTs. greatly lamentcd
IN