New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03
Constant Reader Tells what ne
Missed in Last Weeks
Newspaper.

= supp 80, of New York. said the Constant
the ~ On meeting his friend the Busy Man, so
PC eel, Won to begin with that the night between
u 4-re+ and Mr.. Mcclellan is stin on Mr.
Nr' = sasoo+e5 his rival in obtaining a court de-
beA o-eninr the ballot boxes Of five districts.
eson Of only four boxes gave Hearst II more
This ruling. the Hearst men say, means that
f0 W. the courts viii order the recounting Of
e.s IN about LOO OF the 1s4S election districts
- cit1 If this is done, they say, they are sure
y T,rs. sill be seated in the City Hall"
As NJ. nTr-nhv still near the Canadian border?'
sked the Busy Man.
S. Sc was the response. land while he is away
.or-ts are sending g steady procession OF
.--nsnv men to Sing Sing. Chief among those
I-s.nced for election frauds last week was Sam
Fllenbosen, a lieutenant of Tom Foley,
* leader Of the % District He was con-
yicted Of lerJury.
,..ss1.tive guardian Of the insurance companies.
s. an the stand last week. interrupted the Busy
.rcot vet" responded the Constant Reader. 1.-The
80, was heard from in Paris. He said he
-,.Is return If his health permitted He has
&c, at Bad-Nauheim. taking the cure. Mean
IL Jobn C. Mccall, son Of the president Of the
,-srYorz Life told the Investigating committee
.hst he was going to Europe to see the Judge anu
., ,ossEsle bring him back. He sailed yesterday
- elder Mccall on the stand some time ago saIo
80 % the Judge did not pay back the vast sums
=. tvr.i the New-Yorlz Life. he, Mccall, would pay
-, himself Richard A McCurdy has resigned
= ,-ssJdent OF the Mutual and Frederic Cro1n-
.-.n vas chosen for his place temporarily. But OF
~ che revelations made Of the happy-go-lucky
..boas of high finance those which came from
csorzA W Perkins. vice-president or the New
vo-k Life were the most astounding. he was
t,rces 10 admit that he handled the whole Nylic
sd NJ over $4,000, although he was its trustee
en- mixed in with his private accounts, and tha1
.,s only way he could tell one from the other was
BY private memoranda
.,srt what is the Nylic fundT' asked the Busy
Man impatieauy-
agents." was the answer. Mr. Perkins also was
shown to be the prime mover in most OF the Sc
rs. deals Of the New-York Life. He said for IN
..nce mat he and other officers had arranged
.bs Steel deal of g SO 900 in such way that the
fart that the company specializing IN STOCKS
vss concealed. It also shown that In 1SOL OF
Ise at the close of the year, when city sScuri'les
-zsre valuable because non taxable, Iheodore NJ
yanta and Edmund D. Randolph. cashier and treas
,.- respectively Of the New-York Life FeinoFeo
sToao Of these securities from the wants Oh 'H0
,orrnsnv and q bank check was SUBSTITUTED apo
s,,lv tax lodging scheme. In the mean "lliAe mo
Gas Trust has become ugly. 1t refused 10 open
e. hooks before the State Gas Commission ana
- sbovv the cost Of the gas it sells at 81 a
.horssnd feet The commission is trying 10 leaIh
., tbA company is charging too high a PRICE
ar ought rot to take long to find that OUT
shouted the Busy Man
OFT Jerome has stirred UP another ho. in,
49, % Continued the Constant Reader, not noticlhs
.s+ ,...-,,r,tor ..FIe made an attack on the Su-
,-,n. Coprt of this district. At dinner
=, +ba CIV Club ne said that many Of these 9uuses
,sva-ded Murphy as their master; that tnes
,rsusnced by political and commercial tt
ss told how lawyers had to be caIelul 49, 80
s.,r4ng their cases into certain courts lot IeaI
---or1ld
81 inst decision. And here's some ollle1 G-'y
,sv-s for vou The Jersey trolley company w"
has tunneued the North River mas peeuN - -
aovr, buildings for its downtown teIAilIN'
Church and Cortlandt SITS. ana TO purchase -aIN
.or +s hig station west OF Greeley Square peI"en
ca5 .,5 nd SITS The many deaths from foo1DaIl
Sbts Eesson have started crusade 70 apohsh 'ne
psvne Columbia has shut it out New IoIA
T--iy,ersitv called on all institutions win
:, has football affiliations for conference IN
structing its delegates to vote 10 aOoiIs-l IgaI
rsrne. a movement was also started q oust
g. c,ay,n and the rules committee from the co-i-
troll Of this sport.
'czootbaI is more brutal than prizehshtlng'
10 nv mind" said the Busy Man ana thaI MANS 20
me think of that Annapolis midshipmah you cav
Was being tried for killing young Branch.
.grba court martial of Ne1iwether. charged with
,r rir,a closed after he had testified that he had
bsen systematically prosecuted by BTanch, was
The reply He said that he wished ne was ueau
instead Of Branch An autopsy aided the oe-ence,
,,s,c,ans declaring that the striking Of the head
- E-aycb m the foor when felIed by MerlWetheF
fist probably caused his death. Two Chlteo eI1'1S
Senators have fallen into evil days Senator bur
SON ~ Kansas was sentenced to jail for SIX nOhlIs
and to pay a fine of $500 for acting as d pau
attorney before the Postotnce DepaI'I =" ~
boidtn,. once Senator Patterson was 1ined SlooV
for nr4n+ing certain cartoons in his newspaper.
.rIn our last talk said the Busy Man. you sa1u
49, 90. carrying a pretty big chip on her
shoulder" -
Let me tell you OF Russia first" said the con-
slant Reader 1.-THE worst yet has happened IN
che Cars realm A widespread mutlny orohe
-. - ca,1.+o-ol in which 5000 were slain before
She rebels we're overcome Both soldiers ana sail
ors were involved Disaffection seems to perInea1e
the whole of the military, for even the pouge 'i -
at the imperial palace at Tsarskoe-Selo "dS A0u
on the pout Of an instruction, and many arrests
vera made Another regiment was sent TO guilro
tba Fn,neror The army is the Cars sole prop
and the fear that It will soon crumpLe mas pre-
cspitated a financial panic Throughout 'he cru
pire frightened by ruraors that the soVeIii.19-I
Will soon be forced TO paper money paSlA nus
SLAMS have started runs on many OF inc pis "
Mere than 100000 was withdrawn IN Ioui uas
in St Petersburg. Strikes have broken OUT AGAIN
Most Of the telegraph lines are idle. ho"ulSa
made an attack Robert WOODS Bliss. seo e1
secretary OF the American Embassy Meal'iiiie
Jews everywhere are piling up money for the re-
lief Of their suffering brethren in Russia Pracu-
cslly yOoecoo has been raised in the United
States"
~T3pf T1,rlse,, " interrupted the Busy Man HAS
that chip been knocked on yet! -.
The powers took possession Of M1tylene' was
the reply, yet the Sultan did not yield IheIe
has been little uneasiness in Constantnople oNei
anu-C,hristian outbreak What the powers W
next will much depend on the 9uosheil u 70
land. Austria, however, in contrast Win ny -,
and Russia. IS doing little but rejoice over It's
new liberties. Free suffrage has been granted 10
en- and demonstrations have been held in every a,
City and hamlet The country has elteLeu d aO
epoch King Haakon VII took the oa{n a. as ma Ear
- meanwhile. IA ltle y dl