New-York tribune., 1905-08-13
SE FOE EHL BUSY MAN.

bermudez Asphalt Company. At the same time
president Castro placed an order abroad for six
torpedo boats and a destroyer. From Norway
came the news that Anthony Fiala. Of Rrooklyn
the Arctic explorer sent out by William ZiegIer
had been rescued. In the Philippines Mr.. Taft
secretary Of War hailed as the next Presi-
aeht His boom was sprung at dinner of the
chamber Of Commerce at Manila
Never mind about future Presidents" inter
rupted the Busy Man What Of the one vc
have now? Still at oyster Baver
Mr.. Roosevelt was not still anywhere last
week, said the Constant Reader Al Ovster
Bay he preached before a non -sectarian society
on personal righteousness. Many prominent
Americans visited him. including j. p Morgan
who told him that American interests in the
Hankow Railroad were endangered by the boy
cott spirit now rampant In China The Chinese
Minister was Mr. RooseveIt's guest the nevr
day, and the two talked about the boycott An
other visitor was Francis B. I.oornis Assistant
Secretary Of State, who proposed a closer sys-
TEN OF communication between our embassies
abroad ON Thursday at Wilkesbarre the Presi-
dent addressed eighty thousand miners. and en-
phasized the need of each building on his
own sell and not relying on others on Friday
ne spoke before the Chautauqua Assembly on
the trusts and the Monroe Doctrine. He said
the trusts must be curbed'
Il hope you'll tell me that the yellow fever
is letting up in New-Orleans." said the Busy
Man quietly.
response
plague has been spreading. Deaths from il
average six a dav. Among its victims was
Archbishop Chapelle Federal authorities are in
charge or the hospital work, and say they can
not tell when the peStilence will abate Smaller
towns near New Orleans are also stricken 4
quarantine against Louisiana is maintained by
nelghboring States at the muZzles of shotgIns
Stray cases of the disease have also appeared
at Atlanta. and even in New-York TWO steam
ship passengers from Colon have died on Swim
burne Island. In this city, however. typhoid
fever has appeared to alarming extent and
IN the Bath Beach and Bay Ridge districts has
caused several deaths. Impure water and bath
ing in the Lower Bay said be the chief
causes. Almost all the cases are in BROOKLYN -
Somebody said that Mr. Jerome IS going 10
run for Mayor remarked the Busy Man
some Citizens Union want him to head
the anu-Tammany ticket" said the Constant
Reader, but l believe he sticks To his original
purpose of running again for District Attorney
He's getting lots of booming. \ big East Side
Grub mas come out for him. Republican leaders
say tnat party viii indOrSe him to succeed him
self Meanwhile the legislative committee to in
Nestigate the insurance companies secured
James McfNeen Corporation Counsel for Brook
lyn under Mayor Low. and Charles f. Hughes
who probed the gas companies recently 10 con-
duct the legal end Of the inquiry But for hot
politics go 10 Paterson. where the town is still
gnashing its teeth for having elected Recher
Mayor since MS disappearance mis- debts have
Seems TO me we're having some bad fires
around town, said the Busy Man.
st. Thomas's Church. with all its rich and
beautiful works of art, was destroyed on August
y II meant loss of S:iOOOOo Defective in
sUlaton was the cause. Another larger and
costlier cdifice, however will be built on the
same site, 50 its pastor says The day before
the Hoboken terminal of the Lackawanna was
burned with a loss of $3.50 600 ,Tba 80
service. however. was quickly resumed due 10
the energy and ability of its officials Albany
also had disaster \ big department store
collapsed, causing the death of score or more
Bread riots on the East Side have resulted from
a strike of bakers Prices for loaves have been
doubled. Meantime, Wall Street bulls have been
making big money. Stocks have scared above
all records of the year. Delaware and Hudson
went up 1884 points in day The tremen-
dous crops promised in the West and the like
iihood NJ peace are said 10 be the causes OF the
financial boom"
i saw somewhere that General Roy Stone
was dead" said the Busy Man
General stone who veteran of two
wars. died al Mendham. y. j." responded the
Constant Reader. Others who died last week
were Captain Evan p, Howell. a Southern jour
nalist; Alexander Melville Bell father of the
telephone inventor; General Emmons Clark. for
merly a colonel Of the 9Th Regiment. of New
York; ex-senator w. H. Cobb OF Georgia who
vas accidentally killed by his wife. and Colonel
wreck"