Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-04
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
Ripples on the Current of Life In the
Metropolis.

and Will never return to England. SuenBth
is given to the rumor by the stoppage of Inn
provements in the Marlborough town house
in London. The duke Is said to be tired OF
his conjugal fetters. The ducal estate has
been rescued from bankruptcy and put In
first-class order by Vanderbilt money, and
the financial charms which attract de-
generate nobility to American heiresses
have in this instance largely passed away.
In fact, 1t is said. what little heart the
duke has belongs to another. The discords
of the family in years past are matters Of
international knowledge. and they have not
improved much since the dukes fathsr-in-
law, William X. Vanderbilt. took him by
the throat in a club room and was about to
mop the floor with him" when frie IDS
interfered There are no husbands Ike
American husbands and no place like home
for American heiresses.
The celebration OF the S00th anniversary
of the settlement of New York has brought
out some curious facts connected with the
early history OF the city One of these re-
lates to the sharp practice of Aaron Burr
in obtaining a bank charter in 17S9. At that
time Alexander Hamilton and Burr were
professional and political rivals In New
York. one as leader Of the federal and
the other Of the democratic party. As sec
retary Of the treasury under washington
and organizer OF the Treasury department,
Hamilton had much prestige as a hnancier.
and he and some Of his federalist friends
had organized the Bank OF New York
To head or his rival on that line Burr de-
termined to organize a bank also. but the
question was how to obtain q charter with
out attracting public attention. To accom-
pllsh this Burr and his friends went before
the New York legislature with a bill for the
establishment OF the Manhattan water
works. The bill was passed and signed by
the governor, and six months later the
Bank Of the Manhattan Company was
opened. When Hamilton and friends began
to investigate the question of the banks
charter they found that the water works
bill contained a clause providing that II
shall be lawful for the said company to
employ all such surplus capital as may
belong or accrue to the said company In
the purchase Of public or other stocks, or
in other money transactions or operations
not inconsistent with the constitution and
laws Of this state or Of the United States
for the sole benefit Of said company" That
settled the charter question. and the Man
haitian bank has continued in business from
that time to the present. curious feature
Of the case is that the company has always
felt obliged under fits charter to maintain
the semblance OF a water works plant. This
plant consists OF a three-story brick build
Ing within the old city limits containing a
pump and reservoir. This pump is run by
donkey engine, and the reservoir of
Iron, is between fifteen and twenty feet
deep by about thirty-fve feet in diameter.
The pump is worked twice a week and
throws UafaP ia.
voir. ..r
A remarkable instance Of eonjugaI affec-
ton was revealed last Sunday when at the
coroner's office letters of Mrs Goldstein
CARING, who committed suicide a few
days ago, were opened Early last month
her husband died of a contagious disease
on North Brother island and in the letters
read today Mrs. Garling told her friends
that she had promised her husband that
she would take her life II he did not re-
cover She told pathetically of the suffer-
ings she had endured since her husbands
death. HE lived for me-" she wrote. land
l will die for him. Two hearts cannot be
| separated by death, and am now going to
join my husband" In her will Mrs Gar
ling said she wanted all of her friends to
come to her house after the funeral and
/ bANiuo Nilo AhihlbuIN dIuOUB lneI1 10 Keep as
| remembrances OF her and her husband.
This is what a prominent New York hat
| ter has to say: "Of course, we notice no
! interest in Panamas, although this decreas-
! ing demand is not unexpected. Panamas
| were killed by cheap limitations, and the
| only alternative in summer headgear is the
ordinary straw hat. There are some in
/ dividuals who will wear expensive Pana-
| mas, especially in the country, but in town
they will be few and far between. We are
not advising the purchase OF Panamas
'Sennet' straw. a smooth coarse braid, is
the proper thing" Another halter made
this statement: 'Panamas are down and
out and will never be in fashion again
Too many men have a $50 hat in their clos
cts and no chance OF using IT, There are
some Panamas in the street. but they are
| last years product, and I wouldn't allow
one Of these hats to leave my store before
saying definitely that Panamas are out Of
| date as hopelessly cooked hats. The
'sennet' straw hat is the thing and is ten
! times cheaper than Panama"
John Wanamaker is to have a 5000 900
store on Broadway. between Eighth and
Ninth streets. The structure IgiIl be four
teen stories IN height, rising 2175h feet above
! tne Curb leNel, fronting on broadway 1888
! feet 2& inches. 1877 feet 10 inches on Fourth
| avenue, S37lz feet on Ninth street and S39
feet on Eighth street. On the second floor
there will be a large music hall fo- the
| entertainment OF visitors. The facades will
be Bedford stone for the first three stories
and ornamental terra Gotta for the eleven
| upper stories. There will be exterior fire
escapes OF ornamental iron. All the eleva-
tors will be OF hreproof construction and
there is TO be installed a complete nre
extinguishing apparatus
According 10 the New York Press one Of
the richest business men in that city never
| allows himself TO work more than five hours
a day. In his youth he worked eighteen
hours. His almost constant companion for
| twenty years. and for a while his business
associate, has kept up the eIghteen-hour
| habit. He is as rich as his friend. but has
not the faculty OF enjoying anything be-
sides work At 50 he pods quite as hard
as he did at 90 Result--he Is a narrow
minded bigot with chronic indigestion. The
| hve-hour man is broad-gauged happy.
healthy. He accomplishes more in fve hours
than the other does in eighteen.
A tower 750 feet high. about 200 feet
| higher than Washington monument IL