Bisbee daily review., 1907-05-05
|s ST. PAUL'S IN DANGER 0F
 FALL
Famous Work of Sir Nicholas Wren Said to Be Several Inches Out of PIumb-The Engineers Don't Agree.


 Engineers Don't Agree, Citizens of London are quite anx- ious about the safety of St. Pauls cathedral. The southwest tower of wren's great building is leaning sew eral inches out of the perpendicular. and large cracks have appeared in tire stone work.
 sharp conflict has arisen 0e tween the city corporation and the London county council regarding the stability of the cathedral The coun- cil propose to run main sewer un- der the threatened tower, and this the citizens resent as likely to hasten the ruin of the cathedral Lord Mayor TreIoar has spoken vigorously on the necessity of safeguarding London's cathedral while sir Benjamin Baker, the most eminent civil engineer in England, says he is prepared to pledge his professional reputation that the proposed sewer could not in any way affect the cathedral.
 public meeting to protest against the construction of the sewer is being arranged at the HistoTis Guildhall, where the Lord Mayor will probably preside
 Those English people who take the German invasion scare seriously got a fright when large quantities of cartridges were found secretly stored at Sunderland. Other hidden stores of ammunition were found soon after wards at Newcastle and Edinburgh, to total number of rounds being near ly Ieo.e0O. It was fully believed by timid people that the whole thing was part of the German plan for . descent on the British coast. as the cartridges had been shipped from Hamburg.
 In some cases the ammunition haa been disguised in packages marked mechanical toys" The mystery was partially cleared afterwards, when it was discovered that the cartridges were only sent to English ports for trans-shipment Certain tradesmen had been persuaded to take charge of the ammunition by an organization believed to be connected with the Russian revolutionists. One of the men concerned was a Pole.
 
 at Sunderland for storing explosives, said he honestly believed the stuff was mechanical toys" when he re ceived them frcn German friend, and that later when he discovered the real character of the gods, con eealed it for fear of getting into tTou- ble. The Sunderland magistrates confiscated the whole of the car ndS-u-pich had harbored..
 The American pleasure park" is to be introduced into England. In the summer of 1908 the British holiday maker will flock to replicas of Luna Park or White City, Chicago.
 Six of these resorts are to be built by a powerful syndicate, and will be known as fun cities" Sites are al ready secured for the first two, which will be opened next year. The posi- tion of each .'fun-city'' will be settIea so that it is within easy reach of population of at least 500,000.
 There will be the usual entertain, ments-circus, bands, mechanical sensations" and freak-shows. London will probably have two of these re sorts within reach, one on the coast near Brighton and another on the Thames. The indoor ''fun-city" at Olympia, London, last winter was such success that the syndicate be lieve the enterprise can be extended Charles B. Cochran, who ran the Olympia show, is organizing the new scheme.
 Japan has caught the 'get-rich guick" fever, and speculation has be come a craze, according to London merchant who has just returned from Japan. and who says that unless the nations sobers down, speculative crises will become as common in Tokio as they are in New York.
 .The stock Exchange in TokiO," he says, "is frequently the scene of great excitement, and bucket-shops of the worst description abound both in the capital and other cities. The produce and rice exchanges are. also centers of feverish gambling. Some day a Japanese Letter will make corner in rice.
 The companies and syndicates flOated during the twelve months end ing in January last represented tho astonishing total capital of $7e0 900. COG. The railways, owned by the state, afford no opportunities for spec ulation. and the tramwavs in TokiC are shortly to be municipalized
 "Japanese statesman believe that the present fever is a passing phase due to the great wave of prosperit! wbicb is nassing over the nation ant to the elation consequent on her vic tories
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