New-York tribune., 1909-11-28

Archipelago. for whose fate much anxiety
has been felt since the recent hurricane
in those waters, were reported safe.
"A huge aqueduet running through the
heart OF Manhattan Island from Yonk-
ers TO Brooklyn al an average depth Of
4CO feet from the street surface. is
planned by the Board of Water supply.
II will probably add S25.O00Cd0 10 the cost
Of the Catskill water system
The Interboroughs much vaunted $780,
10000 subway plan was rejected by the
Public Service Commission. The plan pro-
vided for extending the present subway
south from Times Square on the west side
and north from 42d street on the east
side: for building the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
loop in Brooklyn; for an extension TO
Pelham Bay Park up Westchester ave
nue.; for building another track on the
Second and Third avenue L lines. and
extending the Sixth avenue elevated line
IN upper Manhattan.
The records which DR.. Frederick A.
Cook. the Arctic explorer. will submit TO
the University OF Copenhagen in proof OF
mis- claim that he reached the North Pole
on April 81, lS,s. were shipped to Copen-
hagen.
THAT old expression. Tell il to the ma
rines.' is giving way In some quarters TO
Tell it to the Danes said Busy Man.
How did you find your Thanksgiving
turkey"
out OF sight growled Constant Read
er. 'or nearly so. \ turkey dinner that
cost 81 9j ten years ago cost 81 g this year
And a painted kitchen sink that cost
500 in 1880. replied Busy Man. nov sells
for $50 What are you kicking about?'
The French colonial authorities" con-
tinued Constant Reader. have begun
serious attempt to introduce in the French
market the zebus OF Madagascar as sub
stitute for beef. The first batch of dozen
carcasses sold in the Paris stalls brought
the prices of the highest grades OF cattle.
Larger shipments are now on the way.
~ prize Of slG0.Oo0 has been offered by
an anonymous Yale alumnus to the first
person who discovers a cure for tubeFcu-
losis"
Several years ago wealthy citizen OF
New York. overtaken by blindness. offered
100000 to any one who woull restore
his sight, but the reward. while IT elected
many claims. did not produce cure said
Busy Man.
Twenty living miners We're rescued from
a chamber at the far end Of the tunnels
Of the smoking. ill-smelling tomb that a
rev Gays ago was tue CDdl
at Cherry. Ill. and over a hundred and
fifty dead bodies were also recovered.
Joseph Everard. one OF the best known
brewers in this country. who. with his
brother. James Everard. established a
brewery twenty-five years ago in New
York. died in his home, No. q East 1920
street, from heart failure.
David A. De Armond. famous Demo
cratic Congressman from Missouri. was
burned 10 death at Butler. Mo. while try
ing 10 save his grandchild from a fire
that destroyed his home.
"Twenty-six killed. seventy seriously
injured. and scores of others painfully hurt
has been the cost OF football TO the United
States thus far this year. The number OF
deaths is the highest II has been in years
and Is almost double that of either OF the
two seasons recently passed. in 1907 there
were only fourteen deaths and in 1903 only
thirteen. This shows that the game needs
a lot more reforming"
''Yale's football receipts OF $4,000 for
the season point out one Of the biggest
obstacles in the way OF any radical
change said Busy Man. What have
those comparatively cautious sporting men
who only fly been doing?"
"Dr. Brenckmann and Hugo Francke
the two most daring members OF the Aero
Club OF Berlin, were killed through the