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Show y . r H Round About New York H Gossip of People and Things in the Great Metropolis 0 H RYAN TO RAISE PEANUTS r-T IN HIS CONGO DISTRICT " WlEW YOUK. When Thomas F. ll Ryan Intorosts himself In nny enterprise en-terprise ho Is moro thnn likely to got everything out of It thnt can bo mado to yield n profit. When ho acquired tho 70,000 acres In tho Congo district It was generally supposed that ho would bo satisfied with tho gold, copper cop-per and rubber In sight thero. Hut Mr. Rynn, as a Virginian, knowB tho potentiality of rich soil, and ns thero would bo ninny thousands of Idlo ncres In tho Congo principality which ho had acquired, and ns this Idlo land would not yield any of tho threo great crops from which tho greater pnrt ot his profit was supposed to como, he determined to put It to prnctlcnl uso. Virginia Is a great peanut stato. Tho soil conditions In Mr. Ryan's Congo domain nro peculiarly well fitted fit-ted for peanut culture Tho best-paying grado of peanuts that como from tho Vlrglnln market aro tho so-called Jumbo variety, a 'large, rich' nut, abounding In oil and general all-around all-around nutrition. Mr. Rynn Is going to rnlso jumbo peanuts in his mid-African proporty. These jumbo peanuts will bring a big price in this mnrket and will bo Instrumental In-strumental In breaking many a corner as now engineered by tho shellors In Mr. Ryan's own state. Men with all technical agricultural "knowledge of ROUNDING out a romance that has as sldo issues a shock for Pittsburg Pitts-burg society, thrills for Now York and Paris, a bearing on tho destiny of tho world's biggest industrial concern and general Interest for men and women tho globo over, William Ellis Coroy soon will take to 803 Fifth nv-enuo nv-enuo as his bride' Miss Mabellc Oilman, Oil-man, tho actress and singer. Corey was reolccted president of tho United States Steel Corporation, largely through his own ability and tho Influence of H. C. Frlck. His retention re-tention in that position at Ms record salary ot $100,000 a year Is considered consid-ered to bo sufficient vindication ot his usefulness to tho company and ot tho fact that his standing as a business man had not been affected by his domestic do-mestic troubles. But it Is said to bo posstblo that oven that largo salary will bo Increased In-creased heavily and that Coroy may go down In history ns tho most highly paid corporation officer In tho world. At any rate, tho steel man's plans ONE CHURCH IN GOTHAM THAT IS ALWAYS FILLED IN viow of tho appeal ot a delegation of Now York clergymen to President Presi-dent Roosevelt to aid them In Inducing Induc-ing tho peoplo of tho metropolis to attend religious services it Is Interesting Inter-esting to noto that thero Is ono church in Now York that is not troubled by tho problom of filling Its pows, perhaps per-haps for tho reason that It Is an altogether alto-gether now church, based upon tho doctrlno of tho brothorhood nnd Interdependence In-terdependence of man, and uniting nil creeds whllo advocating none. Tho "Pcoplo's Church," ns It Is called, nourishes In the midst of tho East sldo population, under tho ana-pices ana-pices of tho Pcoplo's Institute. Its meotlngs nro hold during 25 or 30 weeks of tho year In tho largo hall of Cooper Union, nnd not Infrequently tho attendance Is 2,000 or moro. In this unique church tho personal GEN. 1IINGHAM has completed tho organization of n corps of secret police, a squad as faithful and watchful watch-ful ns tho secret pollco of tho czar of Russia. Not a movo can bo mado by any momber of tho pollco forco of Oreater Now York but will bo reported re-ported to tho commissioner. Every member Is under tho oyo of this secrot forco, and tho commissioner commission-er now knows moro about tho Insldo workings of tho department than ho ever dreamed of beforo. This Is tho first tlmo In tho history ot America that tho head of a pollco department has found 'It nccossary to resort to a system of spies. Tho new forco lias boon recruited from other largo cities, and not ono of them if known to tho regular mombora ot tht the mntter have been sent to the H Probably tho most used peanut ia H what Is called tho Spanish, nn oft-slioot oft-slioot of what used to bo exclusively grown In Spain. This Is tho llttlo J round peanut so tyuch used for salt- H lug. In Virginia a greater part of B tho crop grown there Is called Span- i B lsh B When tho crop Is short In Virginia J tho original Spanish Is Imported from J Spain, but, In fact, It Is grown in northern Africa. Tho conditions ot tho Virginia soil make It superior for this nut over any other section in J tho world except tho Congo district. Tho jumbo variety brings tho high- est price, however, nnd naturally it was that variety that Mr. Ryan select- ed for his crop. Ho will later grow tho Spanish peanut, which, although cheaper, has a greater sale than tho J jumbo. Hut Mr. Ryan's advisers, J knowing thnt tho jumbo would havo tho greater sale if tho price woro lower, havo advised him to try that grado first. And that Is tho grado that Mr. Ryan will grow In tho Congo district, nnd from tho proceeds ' thereof ho hopes to bo ablo to pay no inconsiderable part ot tho expenses of tho working of his rubber plantations, gold mines and copper enterprises. It Is snld that Mr, Ryan will go to tho Congo beforo very long. COREY RENTS HOUSE AND H . WILL SOON WED ACTRESS H show ho is resolved on asserting him-solf him-solf not only in business but in so-cloty. so-cloty. Ho has leased tho Fifth av-onuo av-onuo house from Mrs. James E. Mar-tin, Mar-tin, who Is gomg abroad for a year. It Is not tho most pretentious build-Ing build-Ing in "millionaires' row," but It la fl tho best dwelling Coroy cun get in fl New York in tho wealthy district and tho fact that ho has leased it only for 12 months Is taken as an lndlca-tlon lndlca-tlon that ho will provldo a moro clab-orato clab-orato homo for his brldo by the tlmo they aro ready to make their first at-tack at-tack on tho Innor fortifications ot metropolitan society. The present plan is that Miss Oil-man Oil-man shall bo married to Coroy In Paris. Cnblo dispatches of recent days havo told of extensive purchases mado by her in tho bazaars and Jew-elry Jew-elry stores ot tho French capital's most fashlonablo district nnd tho do-mostlc do-mostlc wires havo quoted hor rola-tlvcs rola-tlvcs as Baying thoy would cross tho ocean to see hor becomo Coroy'a B vlows of tho speaker' upon controvor- B slal religious questions aro nover B sought to bo impressed, not only for B tho reason that the rules forbid any B attempt at prosolytlng or any attack of creed upon creed, but becauso tho ' audlenco enjoys tho unlquo prlvllego ot nnsworing back; and tho clergyman who speaks for tho first tlmo from tho Coopor Union platform faces tho novelty of having crudo thought or Inapt statements challenged, and per-haps per-haps refuted, by his hearers. According to tlio statement of Prof. , Charles Sprngue Smith, foundor nnd director of tho Institute, un occasional roll call ot tho audloaco by "Isms" discloses "philosophical anarchists, socialists of ovory phase, single tax-ers tax-ers and adherents ot every creod un-der un-der tho sun as well as adhorcnts of H no creed at all." ,wM fl SQUAD OF SPIES TRAIL Jl POLICE FORCE OF CITY S -mmm 'i'Jw Now York forco. Sovoral largo prl- vnto detective agencies woro called .."ilJW upon to furnish mombera of tho forco, ' nnd only tho best trained plain iji clothos mon havo boon accepted. 'Ibf'H Just how long this forco of secro, 'fev pollco hns beon nt work no ono knows oxcopt tho commissioner nnd tho mon ' (SJj'j themselves, Tho rogular mombors ot wtM tho forco, captains and Inspectors, ;iBj? know they nro being wntched, nnd tt$ thoy havo sent men out on tho trail, VB(2 but thoy hnvo not yot beon ablo to "3Bw traco 6no mombor of tho now forco. '!Ih It was declared that tho rocoat raid 'mm upon tho headquarters of tho Pollco- men's Ilonovolent association in which Jllfl $82,000 In cash uncovered, was liUM tho result of Information gathorod by ,JMI ono ot the members of the new fores. SI SJJJJJI |