New-York tribune., 1905-12-17
..ot Reader Tells What
He Missed In Last
Weeks Paper.

must pay that bet on Hearst, SAID
7 ns Man on meeting again his friend, the
/ " ant Reader. Shall Il?
4 loas-.s hetter guess was the reply. Mr.
4 Inst his fight for recount The Court
i assi.oois decided against him. It said that
! q a.ct,on officials We're the authorities to
I he 80 80. many votes were polled for each
's. s,s.te. no matter how much they appeared
s1aius' botched the business. The court also
ha'. .rident that the election laws of this
asoe -,.re in a sad tumble. Accordingly. Mr..
Sas viii again be Mayor on January and
sn,ze his administration His early show
Feees.,e,deuce has completely wilted and it's
~ iii choose the men whom Boss Murphy
~ ..oSad out The Boss. by the way, is back
\ - - from Mount Clemens, Mich. His first
1 .--iying was TO cane a photographer who
snap him Meanwhile Robert Fulton
..,v resigned as head of the Citizens Union
e"E .,E he was tired Of being called e boss. !"
-. IN the world will Mr.. Hearst do If the
4 hare nut an end to his election fght?''
~.--pnted the Busy Man.
s,,, Hearst is still fighting. for all that re-
- the Constant Reader. His lawyers say
1 - ,5,i resort to quo warranto proceedings.
-.+.er how expensive and slow such meth
4 ,,sv be They also say they viii ask AL
/ y FOR legislation which will permit re-
-. The scrap. I should say, will drag on
n che end of Mayor McClellans second term"
.zss insurance investigation must be about
..-.sh /" said the Busy Man. as If TO change
he subject.
sv., wouldn't say that IL you had heard Mr..
,.-sr,an,s testimony" said the Constant
...ssr "Thomas F. Ryan. who controls the
/ rou.tsbIe. told the committee that Mr.. Harri-
=, had threatened to ruin him unless he gave
1 =. hartman half the stock. He said that
1 =. hartman vowed he would use his political
1 -sr.nca At Albany to undo him. In answer
| . .prh statements Mr.. Hartman practically
| ,a-,tted that Mr.. Ryan spoke the truth. He
| =. sa,d that after Mr.. Ryan refused to share
| ne s.ntrol of the Equitable with him he wrote
/ ,ststn letters TO Governor Higgins and Speaker
| y.m. Senator John T. Dryden, president or
/ u. Prudential said that company gave $4,000
! a,rt IN the last three Republican national cam
sigu funds and had employed Judge Andrew
u,n,ton for legislative work In two cases
1 7svsrd w. Scott, president Of the Provident
savings Life, testified that the Equitable had
| snployed agents to prey upon the business OF
ss company who had stolen records from his
dire, Mr.. Scott is alleged to owe the Equitable
$500
1 aMr. Scott also said that his company. all by
4 A,elf. had hired Judge Hamilton in suit for
1 vovery of taxes. He contradicted the tesu-
-ory Of the New-York Lies president, that
I Be two companies had had an agreement to hlre
/ Ne Yudge' between them. He knew of no such
! ureement. AS the Judge got $134,oOO from the
ysE-York Life for the same legal work. people
4 ss wondering why he got It The new presi-
i,nt Of the Mutual is Charles A Peabody, the
s,,ndsrd OF lawyer. George w Perkins re-
arsd as vice-president of the New-York Life
II grs vas succeeded by Alexander e Orr Johh
\ Czan succeeded Mr.. Perkins as chairman OF the
ftsrae committee
d tbe town interrupted the Busy Man again.
The Port Chester Railroad has at last won
Il Is fight for a franchise through The Bronx.
Ed the Constant Reader. The Board or hssu-
ate practically approved OF the application.
ne trial OF Abe Hunrael for subornation of
/ lsr1ury is On and''--
! What is Washington doing about that canal
appropriation bill you told me Of IN our last
slk?' asked the Busy Man, more abruptly than
senate leaders have been cutting the salaries
n that BILL" replied the Constant Reader, good
aaturedly. TT Is the general opinion that some
Il them are extravagantly high. The Dill may
Be Whitfield down still more before 1t passes the
I Senate The Merchant Marine bill, wh1ch Is
new before the Senate Committee on Commerce
{ Il is said viii pass. A bill for the federal con-
-ol OF insurance was introduced IN the House.
Minor Meriwether jr., the nlidshipman who had
fatal fight with James R Branch, was SEN
tsneed 70 q years confinement at the Naval
Academy Yet despite this warning there has
! been more hazing at Annapolis. in consequence
] Of which one l,aidshipnan was suspended and
] another is IN the hospital. The latter had 10
/ stand on his head until unconscious. And here
4 : ssntler news for you. The engagement OF
A1ss Alice Roosevelt and Congressman Nicholas
lngworth. of Ohio. was announced The Wed
! ding viii take place in February.
Has the Car at last given his people wha1
I hey want?F asked the Busy Man
The Gar turned another somersauit laSt
rex was the response. First, he took the SIDE
Z the reactionaries and abandoned Witte the
4 ssders Of the striking worknen or St. PETERS
4 srg we're arrested. The CosSackS, VINO nave
anained loyal despite the mutinies among otheT
{ nops. were summoned to the capital, TN II re-
snbled ar armed camp. General Trepon ana
saerEl Count Ignatief were intrusted Win lhe
sscuton Of q new programme, taking away
sast few liberties had been promised tne PEG
( le. Then Nicholas II took fright again be
ssrd that there had been a mutiny lot the nESl
me among his Cossacks. that worFmen had de-
saed on armed uprising instead or ahoIher
Nike. that fnassacres had occurred IN Riga;
shlch resulted in the rebels seizing the contIol
Lthuania and causing its secession from tne
+piTe that throughout the provinces cofrlIIeT ~,
= failures were increasing, that peasants ali
se the empire were conhscattng the estates
he big landlords, and that the Reds mad al
nnF organized national goyernine1e. e .ies ias
"a uereupOn threw up Trepon ana 1shaueiA
Ersnme
] h England Sir Henry Campbell -Bannerrnan
% @S new Premier completed his list of ministers.
= EDWARD Grey is Foreign Secretary; JONI
sssn President of the Local Government
] SSa'd Mr.. Asquith. Chancellor OF the Ex-
ssaaequer, and winston Spencer Churchill Under
ss.1etary for the Colonies
qont get even A look at the death hst last
"a said the Busy Man.
Among those who died" was the reply
.ere Rear Admiral Lille. General Herman
rrAebt Captain s. S. Brown. the tur1man; n
I Ballan;ne- the brewer and his nephew,
eefH D.. who killed himself: Frederick CIl.
psaa, also a brewer: Justice John Courtney, OF
Yssy9Nyn: Thomas ]. Dunn. the ex-SLleIlI'
s2sn Sloan The Garnet merchant; Tom Crom- |
~ sa Lawrence, the artist: Edward Atkinson, the
Il i,s7esi economist and William Sharp, the Eng
4 a author"