The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-08-17

his high office, as a stepping stone
to the presidency end should Mr.
Root seek the gubernatoral nominal
ton he would receive powerful sup
port from the rank and file of the
party.
/ One hears a great many rumOrs
concerning the prominent New York
ers who will leave fashionable New
port after this year The constant
shifting of the Newporters AMI the
buying and selling Of their villas is
entirely characteristic Of the wealthy
Americans. They squ2nder hun
Greds of thousands on homes to suit
live in them at all. 1t is whispered,
however, that the recent slump in
the market hit certain members of
the summer colony pretty hard AMI
made them more anxious than ever
to sell their places. A Newport vii
Ia where entertaining is constantly
going on is an incredible expense
and needs the right side of the mar
| ket
"blg CHIEF Devery manages to
keep himself in the limelight of pub
licity. His attest scheme is a "Dev-
| cry Day" 20 be held ct Rockaway
Beach Angus 20. On this occasion
the picturesque ex-chief will address
his admirers from the iron pier
! There will be a banquet and parade
which will be led by Devery in his
| golden chariot. Altogether, in the
language of the Bugs" there will be
warm time"
The work of fitting out the steam
ships Of the American and Red Star
lines with installations OF wireless
telegraphy has practically been com
pleted All the new vessels of this
service except the ST. Louis are now
installed and when she is placed in
commission next Wednesday she will
be supplied with Marconi instru-
ments. The first steamship if the
American line to be fitted with the
wireless instruments was the Phila-
delphia.
According to a monologist at one
Of the Manhattan roof gardens, an
old gentleman accosted a street gam
in at the Brooklyn bridge the other
day and inquired pleasantly Can
you tell me- my boy, which is the
best way to get to BROOKLYN"
"Aw CHAN, take a hearse," was the
sure reply, which exhibited the pre-
vailing content of Manhattan for the
City Of Churches.
One could search a whole day and
not find much happiness behind many
of the desks Of the stock brokers.
The wages Of nearly all of the en-
plOyes that We're raised SO generously
during the boom have been cut ma
terially during the past few months,
as brokers' commissions have fallen.
The market price OF Stock Exchange
seats has fallen almost as much as
that of stocks. Less than eight
months ago a seat on the Exchange
brought a little over $4,000 the
highest price on record. Now seats
are reported to be purchasable at
100000 cash, while the bid is con-
siderably less.
1t is only a short distance across
NarrOws from Brooklyn to Staten
Island, but a person living in Kings
county or on any part of Long Island
who wishes to visit Staten Island
is compelled to journey to Manhattan
and take a ferry therefrom. Bor-
-ough President Swanstrom of Brook
Ign thinks that while the city is con-
templating the operation of so many
ferries it would be we'll to establish |
a line between Brooklyn and Staten
Island. The trip then could be made
in about five minutes.
Much interest is manifested in the
preparation by the managers Of the
New York Botanical Garden of an