New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-10
r.nstant Reader Tells What He
,s,ssed in Last Weeks Paper.

81
'Aiu was read Tuesday and Senate leaders
hoss s.s.a,,, began to draft railroad rate bill,
inl'i9 -e NJ which, the President said, was the
use .ssa ~ the session. It is to prevent dis
os'e1 tton 1,v railroads by which they give GER
,srr lower terms or favor certain local
iain ohare4ng proportionately more freight
lus luz elsewhere Accordingly. Il empowers the
SHIP e..+. commerce Commission to decide when
D4 1.,o,rt IS made whether a given rate is I'M
~ ,f so. to fix s. rate below which it will
juss - - IN 90. This measure VIII be some
2 ne, ,,,,a +re Fsch-Townsend BILL which passed
[,o,,se last lession and which has been rein
troeuoed." 49,. -. ,,no,a
- 70 The railroad rate question. did he?"
ssEa5 the Busy Man
90 M means" responded the Constant Read
s+b laugh. ''It was a ponderous document
.. those were some of the other Things ne
-. Federal control of insurance companies
- stable methods Of raising internal revenue
Ilei9 :. the navy, expedition in digging the
-,.,ems. Canal, the prohibition OF campaign con-
.t,o,s rom corporations. stricter interpre-
che Monroe Doctrine, the prevention of
ss-,-.t1a immigration and statehood for Ariz-
alO' 80 NJev7-Afexico and for Indian Territory
Oia -,-1.,.,,e The canal caused the first fight
e- ,or in the House The bill calling for
o. ale ZION Of SIC 10000 for the canal was
q - >, +ba Democrats, who argued that
baing wasted. The bill finally passed
49, a. es7,-es had been cut down to SI1'OOO'-
80 7. YES also amended to provide that annual
.ss.,,o5 statements Of canal expenditures snouIo
S-.osA N the President. Joseph W. cannon
- -s-s,ected Speaker Of the House.
- v,~.s,dentrs recommendation on insurance
10 has heen following the inquiry here
-.s.+v closely remarked the Busy Man.
20. .o.b,,g new in insurance every day. re-
sas the Constant Reader. THE climax
ENC FRIDAY. when Thomas F. Ryan, owner OF
-. Foritsbles majority stock defied the IN
.,-t,s,ting committee. When certain quesIohs
,,..-a asked of him he fatty refused to answer
~. break came when M. Hughes wanted 10
srow whether E. +. Hartman had offered 10
,,ss his influence with the State administration
n prevent an insurance investigation II III re-
,u,n he obtained an interest IN the stock pur-
erased By Mr.. Ryan of James H. Hyde
arut can't the committee force Mr.. Ryan 70
srvwer7" interrupted the Busy Man, excitedly.
81 g,,eSs the courts viii have TO decide that'
-,,. fba answer. Senator Armstrong. chair
-,., n fhe committee said it would force the
-s.,sss T. sneak # It considered the inforEna-
&c, he reused important enough MI Ryan
s,5 cav however, that he bought control OF Ihe
Equitable not for personal profit but TO avert
rsr,e Meantime Mr.. Jerome is preparing 10
hing criminal prosecution against several IN
sursnee officials At the end of this year ne
mi .s,, for a special panel of the grand jury
n Zeal with these cases. BY probing some u
te smaller companies Mr. Hughes uriear IHeN
uo-e yellow dog funds and similar lax coi4u'
TONS Of finance which obtain in the big llsu.-
s,a societies. In the Security Mutual Lie
rr7zr;C7 0f
vas shown Here it was found that the son.
son-s,-leyy. wife's nephew and wife's sister
bnzrsnd Of Charles NJ. Turner. the president
-r.-e ~, the payroll Of the company. Robert h
4ccrr5v. general manager Of the Mutual ike
tls father. so long its president, resigned SEN
,.,- T,srez- also retired from the Equitable Inc
Mutual trustees are split in two facuoLI9' e0c--
s,n.frz IN elect its man president, breoerlc
rro-,yreu meanwhile acting as the temporary
head"
eyotbing has been done yet. I suppose IN
cha Hearst Mcclellan fight for Mayor salo IAie
Busy Man. as if to change the SUBJECT
.rfr Hearst has won again" replied the Con-
slant Reader. The Appellate DIVISION Oh Ihe
supreme Court, to which he appeaIed' oecloeo
e. an entirely new canvass OF the ballot boxes
IN which the void ballots stuffed in oy 1aiiliidS
,,sutenantg are to be counted out. In one
IN SIS desire for delay, got a stay pending an
apneal n the Court of Appeals More men
lave been sent 10 prison for election frauds
ops qet+in- three wears Edward Milan, an al
leged election briber, following Krup's example
sumned bail. His bond was for $1,000. The
agitation 10 abolish football led to con-
ference at which the advocates Of the game
scored victory. It was decided to reform, and
not DO away with, the sport. Representatives
Of the smaller. colleges after ded the session
A dinner was given Mark Twain IN honor OF
his SEVENTEEN birthday anniversary L I;
Nickes, the tJekyll and Hyde lawyer was louilu
guilty of blackInail. And here is some more
asws from a little further away. captain
Amundsen, the Arctic explorer reported lILa'
DC had not only found the north magneuc pore
out had been the first TO bring snip lntouSL
fhe Northwest Passage. Domestic seaman may
oepose ". E. Corey from the presidency OF
The Steel Trust and pat Thomas 9loI T IS
superintendent Of the Homestead steer Works'
n his place Mrs. Mary Mabel rogers, WHO
has been fighting execution for three years.
was hanged at Windsor. VT. for murder, a.
Some one was saying that the car nao Aeo
ron Russia said the Busy Man.
feet Of German warships, sent 70 C Ion-
stadt, gave rise 10 the report that the emperor
vas going to escape on them" said the ConslaIL
Reader. Yet he still stays at TsarsKoe-SeIo'
although Russia's plight grows worse ana worse.
The Imperial fabric seems to be falling 10 pieces
"a all sities. The army, the Car s sole prop ~
comes more mutinous. At Kieff troops, ~hiejI
2penly rebelled, were shot down Win nau u'
boodshed. Many regiments in Poland are ois-
s1ected- The Baltic provinces have pTactcaIIIy
Dfoken away from the empire, ana theLe VI
sutooracy is helpless. A strike Of telegrapheiis
sut on St Petersburg and all Northern Russo 45l
TON the rest Of the world, and tie-up OF INC
postal service has brought the export anu IL
gort business Of the empire TO a standstli inc
aerrori5ts keep the nobility IN constant terror
sSle Of them, q woman, aSsassilaISSo Si,,
kakfarofT ex-bIinister of War. The reVolu-
uonists hope 20 overthrow the government Ell.
eFely by forcing II into bankruptcy: us
bo1gses are 50 a state Of panic husslah se
erities constantly tumbing lower Runs on. on
ne banks are sending many to the wall ~ g.
Nltle seems helpless to stem the uae, anu rrba
constantly reported that he has resigned ane
army IN Manchuria has gone wild, ana, !.aNiiis
HLhEl1efaa cAnr IL by IOraRlLE