The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-30

 GOSSIP FROM NEW YORK Stocks and Bonds Supported by Rockelrs Saved Credits of Small Invescrs-Great Expectations of Herr Conried
BY JOHN MARTHoL.

1 Boston on the boat. and putting his copy in type as fast as 1t was written on the trip home so that he had an extra on the street shortly after he struck the wharf. Another great graduate of the Tribune Academy was George Brown, founder and editor of the Toronto Globe. l believe he became premier or some thing in Canada. An immense number of men went west from the Tribune to start newspapers.
 The English of the old Tribune was closely scrutinized from day to day and every blunder pointed out to the man who had made it. This was the work of the literary editor, George Ripley, who, with Charles A. Dana, edited Ap- pleton's Cyclopedia. MT. Dana, by the way, was another graduate of the Fri bune Academy. He left 1t to become as- ton, and at the close of the struggle, bought the Sun. MT. Dana took with him from the Tribune Amos J. Cum mings another pupil of the academy, and also Isaac w. England. the Tri- bunes city editor. George w. Smalley, the present American correspondent of the London Times, received his training after leaving Yale, in the Tribune school. John Russell Young learned the profes-
 
 graduate course under Horace Greeley. Not in at least a decade and more has baseball been so popular in New York as 1t is at the present time. The daily attendance at the games runs up to the unprecedented figures of 12,000 which, of course. leaves a handsome margin of profit. John T. Brush at the close of the season will certainly be the heaviest uf h, hi 0f+
 
 John W. Rockefellers magnificent es- tate, in Westchester county, Is expand ing at rate which excites speculation as to where it will ultimately end. It | now comprises 5000 acres, the largest do- main within easy reach of a great city which has ever. been seen in this country, and two or three farms are added to it every week or so. Farm property around MT. Rockefeller's possessions is as valu. able as town lots in many places so that | millions have been invested in what is practically private park. It is In the immediate vicinity of Tarrytown, and 1t would not greatly surprise the many thousands of the poole who live there to be notified any day that they wifi have to get out and make more room for the oil king.
 T vania railroad has now in its employ ment in and around this city the largest number of engineers that were ever on the payrolls of a single company in any country in the world Not only that, the | salaries paid them are at the very top- notch in the profession. This is not ex- travagance; on the contrary, it is the wisest and best kind of economy. The difficulties to be encountered in tunnel- Inc tfY,do N,-fx. quate passenger and freight routes call for the highest talent attainable, espe- cially when every square yard of space cost small fortune. New ideas are be- | ing introduced almost every day, and by | the time the gigantic work is finished the whole business of tunneling will | have been revolutionized.
 Professional begging is one of the best paying occupations in this cosmopolitan center. The arrest of one of the past masters in the business has just taken place. He is a Hungarian, owning fifty thousand dollars worth of property in his native town which he visits at least once year. In his employ are several pan handlers at regular wages and a com mission. He arrangeS for their rrotec- ton with the police. Not long ago some interesting disclosures were made regard ing the operations of a beggars co-opera- tive society which had regular headquar- ters In a comfortable house on the east side. It was then shown that a mendi- cant, who could put in evidence a mutt lated leg or arm, was able to make from S5 to S6 day in the streets. One fellow made over $S,000 a year and lived in style in Brooklyn. Three years ago a beggar' s will was probated, disposing of $15,0O0 Within a year a beggar's valet was ar raigned in one of the courts, but not for | begging.