New-York tribune., 1905-02-19
FOR The BUSY MAN.
Constant Reader Tells HIM What
He Missed an Last Weeks Papers.

replied Constant Reader. The bomb blew the
grand dukes head off, killed coachman and
wrecked the carriage. Two students charged with
the crime captured and a third escaped The
grand duke. OF the most hated officials in Rus
sla. condemned to death by the Terrorists just
after the shooting down of the populace in St
Petersburg This coming on top of renewal OF
the St. Petersburg strikes seemed to pOrtend an
other crisis in Russia. The Czar was almost pros
trated by the of his uncle's assassination.
and well he might be. for 1t is believed he too as
we'll as General TrepOf, Is marked for death at
the hands of the nihilists.
Rather a strenuous week for admirer of the
Simple Life that President Roosevelt put in" said
Busy Man
quick work." replied Constant Reader. He ar
rived here Monday afternoon and attended
reception for him the Republican Club. In the
evening the Republican Club gave a dinner for him,
and to wind up the evening he dropped in at the
Press Club dinner Tuesday night he the
chief guest at dinner of the Hungarian Repub-
hcan Club and the entire East Side turned out TO
cheer him on his arrival at Little Hungary He
returned to Washington at midnight, and
Wednesday sent TO the Senate the Dominican pro-
tocol, whereby the United States takes charge of
the customs OF Santo Domingo In order that its
finances may be conserved and the seizure OF it's
territory by foreign nations to collect debts averted
He thus stated the bearing of the Monroe Doctrine
on the protocol in message accompanying 1t:
" The Justification for the United States taking
this burden and incurring this responsibility is to be
found in the fact that it is incompatible with inter-
national equity for the United States to refuse to
allow other powers to take the only at their
disposal of satisfying the claims of their creditors.
and yet refuse itself to take any such steps"
How about those arbitration treaties with for
eign nations?" asked Busy Man.
Like the ground hog" said Constant Reader
they came out in the Senate but saw amend
ment blizzard coming and returned to hibernate
until a more propitious season. The Senate
amended them by changing the word agreement
to treaty thus taking the power of making them
binding from the Presidents hands and making
ratification by the Senate necessary. Then they
ratified them The President, however. in the face
Of this action. will allow the treaties to sumber.
1t is a disagreement between the Chief Executive
and the Senate to his powers under the ConstItu-
ton.
The Senate passed an amendment stopping the
Secretary of the Treasury from proceeding under
Attorney General M0odys wheat drawback de-
clsion, which practically puts lot OF and
partly manufactured articles the free list, but
the House refused to concur sending the amend
ment back to the Senate holding that the Senate
was attempting to change existing revenue laws
legislation which could originate only in the House
Then the Senate withdrew the amendment. The
House authorized inquiry into the business
methods of the Standard Oil Company the
suit Of the trusts efforts to stop the State of
Kansas from starting an oil business OF its own,
and the Bureau of Corporations began the investi-
CATION The House passed a bil putting tie gov
ernment of the Panama Canal gone in the Presi-
dents hands. The body listened to an in
terchange of amenities between Representatives
w. r. Hearst, of New-York and John a. Sullivan
of Massac chusetts. in which the latter admitted
that he had been indicted with his father for
manslaughter. The House passed five bills, pre-
scented by the Department of Commerce and Labor
designed prevent loss of life in steamboat acci-
dents. The trial Of Judge Swayne went on in the
Senate"
What have they been doing on the Continent
besides talking about the assassination of Grand
Duke sergus?' asked Busy Man.
king Edward opened the British Parliament
returned Constant Reader. "Balfour won victory
by blocking attempt to put the fiscal policy to
a popular vote. -Four seamen were killed and
fourteen injured in two explosions on submarine
boat at Queenstown 1t Is reported that expert
rnents with a new rapid teegraphy apparatus,
designed by two Hungarian engineers, had shown
that 40 000 words minute could be sent Ernesto
Carricaburn the 160 kilometre automobile race
at Havana. The highest Venezuelan court. under
pressure from PIesIuent Castro. ordered the
ouestration of the Venezuelan properly of the
New-York and BermuGez Asphalt Company
state legislatures continued Constant Reader.
''are at the bill introducing stage In Nebraska
bill was introduced for the protection OF domestic
animals which provided eight hour day for
organ grinders monkeys. The NewYork Legis-
lature advanced plan for 70 cent gas five years.
the scheme being TO knock nickel a year from
the present $l-a-thousand rate. bill intro
duced changing the compulsory Education law so
that school authorities viii have power TO COM
pei the attendance of children fourteen. An
other bill wiped out the present law that all bake
ries in tenement houses shall be reproof through
out thereby putting thousands of families in dam
ger y coroner'S bill reduced the number of
such officials in Manhattan from four to two and
from two TO one in Queens and The Bronx leaving
the present number in Kings and Richmond IL
raises salaries all around The stock transfer
measure. imposing tax of two cents on every 500
of stock bought, sold transferred whereby 1t Is
hoped to raise SCOoOOo for State revenue. pre-
sented.
The State Civil Service Board preferred charrss
OF lncompetency against the Troy Civil Service
commission The State Regents rebuked State
Librarian Melvll Dewey for his activity in barring
Jews from the Lake Placid Club property Gov
ernor Pennypacker OF Pennsylvania granted a re-
prleVe to Mrs. Kate Edwards. sentenced To he
hung with the negro who was her sccompIice IN
the murder OF her husband. Senator Mitchell was
sEaih hlocted IN the Oregon land frauds cases and
ms law partner. A. H. Tanner confessed perjury
Great dlstress was caused throughout the West hv
cold wave. some towns being unable to get coal
many persons and beasts freezing To death ara
railroads being crippled
Man. DusS
The directors met Thursday and lama. w
alexander and James Hazen HYDE who ou,rs
majority OF the stock, declared they had won Tba |
pan W mutuahze the company by allowing policy.
holdeIs TO vote for directors, which startsa -
o'1"is' that Deahg MI Aexander's plan to wrest
the appointing power from Mr.. Hyde was rafsrras
to committee for report. Senator Dsnaa, ,ns,a ~
a sneeeh which brought about peace when omen hos
eS arSei, seemed inevitable Pierpont Morgan was
Nv, What else locally was there OF interest?" sata
Jerome" returned Constant Render ..,o,,o,..,
cnTd T aIe az Ihe Casino Theatre. which luckily oe
ciared that thers e was I no audience there de-
city and appointed H. De b. Parsons to- MAKE IL 'he me
the Casino with the auditorium and orcbaSt~oou ouLu m