New-York tribune., 1907-09-01
Constant Reader Tells What lie
Missed in Last Weeks Papers,

.1.-hat has the world been doing in this last "te
., sumner asked the Busy Man as ne ~ Sea'eu
himself in the sanctum OF his ir'eAu' -
readar Il have been having a week away 80
time with my family IN the co"''''' ~
looked at a newspaper ,,,,
-, :. u.as ,he reply the occurrence which
has excited most interest is probably the uea'i V
Richard Mansfield. the actor-fnarlaseF ~ 81
the Dassng OF Sir Henry Irving IN h-hSIa'I' -
Ioseph jefferson in this country, has the uea'' %
any one identified with the stage causeu 50 n'u0
-es-ret ana with these great names may be placed
that of Edwin Booth. Not that Mansneld rAhheu
with these, but he close behind thefh III Iie
professional All the comparatively cary
age Of forty-six his career has been cut snort
when he might lived TO add 10 the enjoy neIl
and enrichment of another generation OF playgoefs
His career somewhat remarkable one Ihal
he inherited the genius that together with hhio
work enabled him to attain the front rank among
the actors OF his time is believed but he sought TO
find n career as artist and as singer before
he discovered his true field the stage. What
might be termed Il chance success led him on and
he essayed difficult character after dlfcult char
acter achieving n place which makes his death
matter of regret to the many thousands who had
heard and seen him and hoped 10 repeat tHe p'e"S-
ure many times.
The great disaster the men employed on the
new Quebec bridge over the St Lawrence was the
next occurrence the week of the most widespread
interest The loss of nearly hundred lives and OF
noteworthy in the annals of building operations
While il occurred on Canadian soil. there
Americans engaged on the work. and an American
firm probably the largest loser. The structure is
designed to be the greatest span in the world, and
when completed, as it undoubtedly viii be. will
nrobablv maintain it's supremacy until of the
giant structures designed span the Hudson from
this city is reared in the air The Firth of Forth
Bridge Scotland ia the greatest in span. but
close to il rank the two bridges uniting Manhattan
urnseSaH a
in the cantilever system Of bridge building is ap-
parent from this disaster unless. indeed, il due
overlooking unsupported structure so that
the anchor strain insufficient The only
ample of the cantever system of bridge building
in this city is the BlackweIls Island Bridge. in
course o. construction. the speedy completion of
which promised. The Quebec bridge has towers.
which 800 feet in the air: the central span is
10 be 500 feet 30 feet more than that of any
other similar structure The weight of material in
il is to be one hundred million pounds and the
timated cost completion s1O.00O000. At present
no bridge crosses the St Lawrence below Montreal.
the crossing Quebec being by ferry. The hin
dIance TO the growth of the latter city by reason
of this led TO bridge project. which was aided
by the government The structure is designed to
be used by six railroad lines. and its completion
next year have been matter of interna-
tional celebration
"Of the greatest interest In this city has been
the visit of Prince Wilhelm of Sweden, the Duke
of SodermanIand and second son of the crown
prince. He has gone down to Oyster Bay whera
the President surprised him by his intimate knowl-
edge of Sweden's methods of naval training he
has paid a visit to Coney Island. where he mar
yelled over the way the Americans take their pleas
Irss In lunches and he has gone to the twenty
ninth floor of the Singer Building tower over
topnng AT that level all other New York structures
and already about stories higher In steel con
struction, exceeding the tallest of existing land
marks in this country. the Washington Monument.
and 10 go on to over six hundred feet From the
cminence he attained the prince of Scandinavian
blood royal looked down on What is probabIy tI.
busiest hive of human industry this continent ii
not in the world at the lower end OF Manhattan ISL
and If when up there he far above the common
neoDle he was them in human sympathy
same day to the bedside OF a sick swedish sailor
of his ship and expressed wish To De kept m
formed at frequent intervals of his condition.
..What is the news of the week from abroad
.eThe most important decision in international
matters is the agreement between England ana
America TO leave the long yexed questions in re-
gard 10 the Newfoundland fisheries to arbitration
et The Hague. This is important gain Tor tle
afforts to promote the peace of the world which
began with the first Hague conference. a matter
which if less deicaJeiy handled than 1t has beeH'
the mother country one of her remote colonies
nou hifs fair to be settled with peace ana hoioi.
Arotber move in the matter OF the malntelidnce
of world peace is the proposed arDltrauoh ot az. e
toirfIy by Presidents Roosevelt ana
MAJ which is expected to culninate In an drp-
tration conference at Washington, when artahse-
nenfs will be entered into which VIII prevent .'le
80 neirhbors of Mexico the south. Ills eiiori
in this direction make President KooseV9Io III
eligible for another Nobel peace prize III II can o
awarded twice to the same person The runor 'n''