New-York tribune., 1907-12-01

conditions of the financial market return, anu anu
every such purchase is an aid to the cieariiis
away of existing conditions
MORE RAPID TRANSIT,
After many delays and difficulties, ana year
later than originally promised the HrS' N
from the Battery to Brooklyn underneath 'he
East River has been 1t is nearly a"a
ter OF a century since the first visible hhh Vi
Brooklyn with Manhattan Island, the oio priuse'
opened the public Its consuuc'ioii no.
been watched with the utmost interest anu
when last il stood completed ana feauS io
use the opening was celebrated 10y pupliC
ercises. participated in by the mayors anu .6ms
tinguished citizens of the TWO cllteS Ied
united by "A visible bond. and it was reearueu
event of great Importance as the se1 "
ing of charter for new munlclpaiitE VI .hts ~
opening of the first public water supply iSt
CITY But the opening of the second pliue0
failed to any great degree OF puplit t
terest and the opening of the hrst supNaS - -
underneath the river failed to arouse more tAoIl
d languid degree of interest. II had an edus
been discounted by the transit OF the beiinou'
tube to Long Island City part OF queens ' ooi
oush and will be overshadowed by the opening
of the tunnels beneath the HUDSON " ~
neighboring. if foreign state OF Nova ~ $50 co.
or as known in the Nernacuar, New Jersey
Edward Payson Weston has vindlcated ms
claim a long distance walker III ms N'In, seN,i
eth year by ilis successful tramp from fol
Me IA Chicago i'm less time than he coNci'u
the same distance forty years ago he salheu
his first repute d walker by gong apout ~
in his days as a newspaper reporter. when tele-
phones were as yet unheard of. The cher po-
litiCal development of the week was the WoluN
encounter in Washington between senator pan
iel. Of Virginia, and William Jennings bryan
in which the latter fatty told by the former
that he pestiferous interioper IN the lletn-
ocratic party and if he would take hll1seH 'ut
of il the party and the country would pe me
gamers. MIR. Bryan in public speech declared
that President Roosevelt WAS carrying out many
Democratic ideas and principles. Judge Gray
of Delaware. favorahly mentioned Tor Dehi<
ocratic standard bearer Senator Foraker OF
Ohio. declared his purpose OF steaafastIE 1pPTS p
ing the candidacy OF Secretary Taft ana 10 tihS
end will himself be a candidate. Inc moon
Presidential convention OF Colunlpla Sluuehts'
presided over by ex-Leutenant Governor l. L.
Woodruff. declared by large majority tof
Governor Hughes the candidate. next to MN
in favor being Senator La Toilette. while after
them appeared Messrs. Taft Root. Roosevelt
Cortelyou and Cannon, Vice-President Falr-
banks not being in the running. BY the way:
Chicago is up in arms because il has been found
that the buttermilk sold and drank In that elty
is a nature fake, being only skim milk treated
with Tactic acid. Chicago is also in ebulIuon
over fake currency certificates. some OF Them
being for the Lemon Association President
Roosevelt made another Presidential pilgrimage
Thanksgiving Day to the former home and
present grave of James Madison He has gone
the homes of Washington. Jefferson and Jack
son as well. and is expected soon to visit the
home Of James Monroe
IN THE FOREIGN FIELD.
The prospect of change OF sovereigns in
Portugal does not seem imminent. although
there are those who say that if the Crown
Prince. who weighs between 300 and 400 pounds,
seated the throne there might be less
danger Of It's being overturned, But he is not
the heaTIest scion Of royalty in the Old World,
for there IS Danish prince. some removes
from the throne who is over 400 pounds in
weight and is so large that he does not dare
show himself in public. The award of the
Nobel prizes in science and literature to Sir
William Crookes and Rudyard Kiplins respect
lively pleases not only their admirers III England
but in all other parts of the world Secretary
Taft has successfully crossed Asia and entered
Europe. He desires to cut short his stay at
the Russian capital and 10 sail next Saturday
from Hamburg fer home His return may be
still fu.ther hastened by the alarming condition
OF the health Of his mother The scene OF hos
tile operations in Africa has been transferred
from Morocco to Algeria, where the French
troops have been attacked by large force of
natives. with conflicting reports of the result
President Amador Of Panama has returned from
his six months trip in Europe and has seen the
President at the White House. The announce
ment is made by General Garcia. of Cuba, that
he mas oeen assured oy tne F[esIoeht Clm ut @ lno.
troops would be withdrawn from Cuba as soon
S the country desired IL Walter Wel1man
says the Presidential election next year Will
prevent the renewal Of mis- efforts TO find the
North Pole by balloon. which is interpreted 10
mean that all the money already expended on
this fatuous ENTERPRISE has been wasted The
settlement of question of state patronage by
the toss of a coin in the White House has been
made the subject of jocose comment by reason
of the fact that Senator Gamble was one OF
the participants. John Bigelow celebrated his
ninetieth birthday and Andrew Carnegie his
seventeen on the same day. Ex-Presdent
Cleveland, who again i'll, is reported re-
stored 20 health The output OF manufactures
in this country last year was valued at $40
opOoO00Oa The tide of emigration has set
toward the Old World. and unusually large
number of persons are leaving these shores
Among the deaths of the week were those Of
Surrogate Frank T. Fitzgerald, Of this city.
from the effects of a accident several years
ago, and of Major General Sir Henry Edward
Coville. of England. from automobile acci-