The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1902-04-29
New York Letter.

steer ana granite twenty stories high
at the corner of of Fifth avenue and
fifN fifth street The walls have al.
really reached within a story of the
roci. The structure sands upon the
cresi Of the avenue and il il surround D..
ed by the three aud four story pala.
ces Of the many New York million.
aires. A block of granite weighing
eight hundred prunis sliped from is
place Jew days ago and tell from
the sixteenth story Ia the roof of an
adjoining house owned by Mr james
EXerard, the millionaire brewer.
crashing in through three thous
and dollar skylight and narrowly
missed crushing some of the Inmates.
As one approaches his imposing al
dition to New York's skyscrapers the
wordcr is that the spindle shank at
fair itself DIES not sag, sway aud top
pie over The architects Of New
York vii keep at The Tower Of Bah.
el business until something will hap
pen that will make the world SIT
up.
All hail To Albert Santos Dumont.
The celebrated little aerial navigator
is here as clipper as lark in an
April Irish sky, and as confident of
his ability To sail through and control
cloud and storm as the optimistic
John L Sullivan was in his control
day e. pulverISe any and all oppo.
neuts. Mr. SautO- Dumunt is one of
the brands IF men that the whole
world should love and honor as its
prince. When these DAYS are as dead
blades in the aftermath Of Time, the
great soul and genius If this strip.
ping will stand glorions monument
to this aye in the solemn cemeIary Of
the ages. lie is To rise above our
sail over the city and un
der the Brooklyn Bridge Every
American should uubar the portals Of
his heart so that this distinguished
visitor can sail in there.
Miss Stone, lie unfortunate mis-
siomary who was captured and kept
four mouths by Bulgarian brigands
until her American friends paid the
sum Of sixty five thousand dollars for
her ransom, was also II passenger on
the deutschland" with NJ. Santos
Dumont. Miss Stone will deliver
series OF lectures throughout the coun-
try, the proceeds from which, it is
understood, will be used to pay back
The money so generously contributed
by her friends Tor her ransom 1t was
a savage, inhuman plot That those
hrlgands Perpetrated upon an inof-
iensive American lady, and the wond
er Is lhst this government does not
make some show Of holding the Turk
ish government responsible for the
outrage Despite her horrific experl.
encc, Miss Stone looks the picture
OF health She is plump aud rosy
No doubt her lectures will he largely
She was met on the pier
by aany e her friends aud co.work
ers.
The New York papers are, very
properly, calling the attention Of the
country 60 ,he rather shady methods
OF the Beet Trust The prices have
advanced so that many OF the local re
tailers are unable e. continue III busi
ness, and hundreds Of thousands ST
the poor find f'at fresh meat is be.
coming gradual, a luxury. Siruin
steak that WIS only a shor time since
relaiIed in The small butcher stores
Of this city az seventeen cents pound
cannot be secured for Iess than 23cts
80 doubt the men in the Beef Trust
who are now cornering The market.
and who are depriyiug the poor of
The country Of their natural food will
be- found iu FIVE or Ten wears more re-
uriug from business aud wondering
how they can dispose of their rillious
in deeds ofpublic charity They will
nn doubt be- founding new hospitals
for the very people whose health their
avarice is now doing much To- impair
The manner boo which the average
American millionaire acquires bis
millions takes aII the glory away
from Die subsequent deeds of Charity
indeed 30 ,s much like the r.ca muu
who lets bic own relative Grst slarye
to death and then raises ~ mourmenl
over his dust Tor ihe sake Of the fam
ily pride Mr. Theodore Roosevelt
who beloved only few years AGO
when be was Police Commissioner r
New York that all Jaws should b.,