New-York tribune., 1905-12-31
roR THE BUSY MAN.
.t Reader Tells What He
,s;.sed in Last Weeks Papers.

hnssis, hns.. ,onds with his friend, the Busy Man
On s1aA"is ,+ has been happening over there"
The "ois. - have read OF it." responded the
Rasy Mar ,.,,,,,oa - = Nicholas IT had lost
On the sceptre" said the Constant
II civil war broke out IN Moscow. and
he'os, raised barricades in the streets. as did
'hf sr,,une in the French Revolution. The
the n.vsn a week ago yesterday. and was
pS'e ,,ostiy in the outskirts Of the city and
iousI railroad stations The Cars artillery
81 +be central streets and accordingly kept
,;aar IN the first two days five thousand
NC .f,,s5 and fourteen thousand wounded. On
..,-7 5av the troops began TO get the upper
~, +he 18th day the strikers and insur-
-te.s rsve up TIE struggle. and quiet was
1ass restored bur not until the Chief OF
p,soe was shot
~ how about the Cars capital st. Peters
- irte-rupted the Busy Man. How many
have they killed of there?
=. Petersburg remained practically tranquil
.,-,re.,ort." was the reply. Soldiers crowded
-. s+rsets and only few fatal encounters were
-r,-,ed Most Of the revolutionary leaders were
.--.s,s5 Great quantities Of rifles and anmuni-
-, v-a-a seized IN Riga too. the soldiery put
..r-r -abeIlion Martial law was proclaimed IN
o5.sss The strike in Warsaw weakened and
t,-os5 service IN Poland was resumed. In
- cities also 1Iprisings have been put down.
:, .ss smaller towns and the country districts.
Lov-sver. the rebels have gained. The Baltic
..v,nces have cut loose from the Gar. and for
.s first tine the provinces east of Moscow, in
.se heart OF great Russia, have taken UP arms
A. zatoust, ira Oofa. fl the Ural Mountains. for
,vsn,pIe. .orknen Of a large government fac
- took rossession Of the town and hoisted the
bod ---EAFa "a
h.n;or that Germany has taken alarm. fearing
that her Polish possessions VIII also JOIN IN Ine
hattie for liberty
~r,,, WIN doesn't the Car give the people
.-.a5or aid end all this horror" shouted the
Busy Man.
h. has become more reacuonary. was the
,iy. ..TIe fears any more liberty Will drive his
,.onIe utterly mad He has made few more
eoncessions. but refused TO grant universal SUI
,rsre Accordingly the opposition is shouting
81 the louder for the downfall of the bureaucracy
snd the establishment of q republic
Russia Is ali Europe talks about these days.
7 suppose said the Busy Man
, Not altogether" replied the Constant Reader.
England IS again aroused by the South African
rsr scandal. and prosecutions have been ordered
# tn, officers charged with collusion with the
war store contractors. France. too. has naNal
scandal Plans OF battleships were stolen ana
were found later in the homes of certain officers
This Kind 81 business, it is expected, will solve
the mystery Of the disappearance OF the plans
of she submarine boatAigrette, a duplicate OF
which has been constructed IN Germany, sup
posedly from the French plans customs pact
which servia and Bulgaria about to estab-
vst has made some of the other powers think
=, -, a+iors are forming a closer political al
lance 10 resist outside interference Japan llIsI
Ambassador TO this country is Nlscount AofH'
fornarly the Japanese representative az GcA III
Another 11nbeayal has shaken Santo Domingo:
General Morales fed from the capital aho JoIiisu
his partisans il the north, while Genera RoG. o!
rigtIez the Governor Of Monte Crfsti, W!tl ms
followers has gone to meet Morales me upIls-
ing is evidence Of the hostility 10 the AnleFice-n
Dorniuican fiscal convention Mean" hIIe, ~ ,-, ~
Csbi1er issued a proclamation Gaming Oh 49, 49,,
pTesf6a7+ Cyaceres to take control Nenezue4a
srd Colombia are again at swords polAts; -
i6snt castro as usual, has taken thS nltIdtlse .
~ -sEa1fa5 the Venezuelan consul at Cucuta,
,oIor,1,ia The trouble arose because the 90
lon1bians would not Immediately SURRENDER
Venezuelan refugee.
sr7- INTERRUPTED the Busy Man. What new
Insurance exposures have been dug up right mere
- ..Tba Disfrict Attorney has taken hold" was
the response .'and is preparing TO indlct the
Insurance 'grafters-' Every man. ne salu W., w.
has been guilty Of perjury, falsifylng me pooAs
or nisappropriating the money OF coIhPdLleS
Will be prosecuted relentlessly. Judge Ham ham
Iton the fxer of legisla lures has peen nearu eaI
from John G Mccall brought osek AIOil
Paris he Judges report, in which he tens OF q
secret service for the suppression or hosuIe
leTislst;or h1I+ hides the names OF the men ne
rsi5 "a accon7nIish results He far failed
10 clear himself that tremendous eIorts WIN
som he made 70 oust John A Mccall MS any
frop the presidency Of the Newly ork Life. LOUIS
r pawn on the stand said that when he was
state Superintendent of Insurance he knew
little about Insurance. Yet he knew or the yel-
low deg, fund He denied however, having re
edit his report of that companys condl1%oil' ION
Richard A McCurdy. ex-presldeht OK the M
tusl vas again a target, being said to have OF
ferpd > retainer to the special representative
of the State Superintendent OF insurance James
n HYDE. meanwhile, disguised with @ cle "IOi0 ~
question Of insurance sailed Tor Europe.
Is he goine, TO take the cure Judge Ham
ilton is trying?" interrupted the Busy Man
Mayor Mcclellan took the oath OF o!llce 10. =.
feur Years more continued the constant
Reader MCGOWAN was also sworn In as Pres
dent OF th,. Board Of Aldermen
The final figures elect Mcclellan py piuf-
atty Of 2 ass The Mayor has appointed Gen
sFai Theodore Bingham for Police Commission
sr and picked so many other men counter 70
Nurpny's orders that he seems 10 nave S pLoHeh
axav somewhat from his Boss Murphy'
Meantime, has been shown 70 pe INC
financial baker Of the Dirt Trust, known oi, s
letterhes5s as the New York Contracting ana
Trucking C-ornpany' The company's notes IN
aorsed by him were found TO be held oy pahhs
which repositories of city funds rms Is IN IN
Street contradiction of Murphys testimony De
ore the Gas Investigating Committee. when ne
ssid he had no interest in this company ram
many IS after the Board of Education. wanting
70 get control Of the S25 100000 1t SPENDS year;
4 has nut the gag on the meetings OF the poaro
70 keep the public ignorant of its doings. me
speakership factions are still IN oatte array,
with M Wadsworth the favortte. StocBholoefs
n the trolley company call its merger with the
Belmont company unfair and are taxing up
arms Lambs were UnnlercifuIiy heeced "len .
the trolley stocks were forced down 10 points
On The announcement Of the details OF the deal
big iron strike is ordered by the HOusesmiths
and Bridgemens Union for next Iuesday' Whsn sd
1900 Non will demand So instead or s4 oo:
Meantime great steeI combination OUTSIDE OF
he Steel Trust IS being formed with capltaI OF
100000 006. J. J. Hill promises TO reuTe IIuIl'