New-York tribune., 1903-09-22
About People and Social 1Slcf6eTlfs.
THE PASSING THR0NG.


Daniel J. Campau. whose family name .s --s a,
the oldest In Detroit. and who - himself ro-s,t
factor in Michigan Dcuor-.-- .--
JUDGE the national co.Dclis o. lis parf,
PARKER - az the WALDORF, STr. ~ans5ar 4,
MUCH rot only member % the Demo.
TALKED OF. cratic National Cor.nlt-se bu,
had place on the ezecG-. com
mittee N The campaigns OF Is,s aad 800. lie vas
chairman of the campaign ccra1-i-tse Col t'. f-s.
Bryan campaign. Asked as 90 the outlook n t..
matter OF candidates on tne Democrat tickle, Pa
national convention % head tie ticaet w.9 g14 4l.
iSysi , - 20 .hs,',i 5s parry g@,.25' .i - le es
contact with prominent. ta1- 81 o.. men % ~
&%itoS % y, Parker. ~ NeaYo-s s e4I.1 J'ess s
fay"ra6ly mea,onsd, lie Is resareee - an az
ests OF the country would be safe. lie would 10
that must BE satisfed With The ,ht-1-t.-'' '''l.I
qualifications of the candidate"
Captain John J. HeaIy an Alaska suthu-is-t q,
at the Park Avenue Hotel Captain Hea.y Is
native New-TOrker. but let n
ENTHCsI- State IN 1855. intending t. f9in ,ss
ASTIC Walker hEbusterlnR expedition p,
ABOUT Nicaragua but fortune led him r-t,
Alaska the regular army and among tas
MOrmons IN Utah Subsequent
he went to Montana. where be scout vro,-
pector and miner for VII two dozen years Ifs
slept In safety in the tepee OF the slathead Indian,
founding Of the present capital city % Montana vas
remotely contemplated lie was mining u a-.l1l-
information he had acquired from a friendly Flat
head and Il Proysd a sure sure UP, for thar was ta-
ions in the yellow metal and made fame rs f7a
Territory. Captain Healy Is made % the st.. thar
feeds on adventure. He went % Alaska when ia-
neau and Stka were the only towns on tl- nap
and there we're only four hundred population IN 10
whole Territory. represenuns an area ot six L-H-
dred thousand square nlLss- lhat was i1 l,,5. and
for nearly dozen years he was engaged iu coast
wise trading with natives. fishermen and miners
and since issS has been idensiasd with POST trs5>
and mine development Captain Healy says 'A.ask1
has as much sunshine as New-G York, and lts I'll.
sweden It's mineral wealth. has only been scrat.ss5
The klOndike country. which s. included IN al ara
forty miles square. has yielded S049oooo9 since 81
but the Stewart Peninsula. both placer ard qgar,z
will exceed the output Of the Koad.ke. The hlndi.
cap TO devsIopme2t IS lack Or economical trars-
rivers in the winter months But few Of -as rivers
Railroad Of importaace is the White Pass -osf
which begins az White Horse. at TIE head u navi-
cation the Yukon. and runs 70 Skagway. As.
tance Of two hundred miles the greater part osia.
IN British territory. Only one hundred miles lack
from the rivers the cost OF packing supplies ss,SS.
fishes price that Is prohihit,ve- 7 have seen
ffty pound sack OF -four sell FOR SO Alaska has
wo7derfu % @ 2 resources , IN igm9sr , n minerals a.a
az aso i9r' & ana & expect 20 sec J1 --a'on
years Bat The thing AlasS4 needs g.. railroads
Of the Americans IN Alaska In the boundary as
pute. now before the commission IN London. hs
said. II have doubt the rights OF the Cn.tsd
states will be confirmed on the basis % whar vs
got from Russia"
Frank p Judson or Chicago is az th- Park Avs
Hotel He II accompanied b his vie sut
children. with whom be has been
FINANCE IN making a sumner vacation trip.
THE WEST. Mr. Judson ts cashier OF The Bank
ers' National Bank of Chicago ths
strong conservative. solid financial institution %
which Edward S. Lacey. eX-ControIer OF tie Cur
rency. is president u was founded eleven years
ago. with 81 $4,000 capita. which has since been
doubled The surplus and profits add another uil-
lon and the deposits have grown since the words
ing career a messenger boy II the old aller--a1
Exchange Bank OF Chicago. eighteen years ago,
and became Eay.ng teller. He began NTH TIE
Bankers National Bank VIXEN e. opened IS Go0rs
"a chief clerk and fairly earned his recent promo
ton his present respOnsfDle post For tne last
State Bankers Association. which. with tts U4as
hundred members Is CT the stTOuEesr 0rEariLa-
lions its kind IN che United States When seen a.
hotel he said. Mine has been busy and elct-
New York Speaking OF business and d1ancfal
conditions in the West. he SAID: Never within nv
recollection. have the calls of country banks upO1
their correspondents in Chicago been 80 srla.i a.
this year. The country bankers seem 20 have mads
preparation for the demands % the crop ng
season. The West Is in good condition but thecs
will be a season OF more or lass appreh snstou IN
reference 20 the corn crop until danger Ot d1IIaEs
from frost kas been safely passed Ise iacot stu
z ton IN Chicago Is growing better. It ts alre1-y
Benefited By a revival n buildirc operations
Though everything ts going along nicely TIE uank-
ers OF Chicago have been COunseling caution and
curta iment OF the debt making prOcivttv. 10 - q
better time. they nave COntended. 20 get out OK
debt than 10 get into it."