Albuquerque morning journal., 1906-09-30

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The lower court decided that as the
laws said nothing at all on the sub
iect. a municipality might trade in
anything il wishes even II II destroy
ed all private trade.
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A new field hitherto neglected by
the big life insurance companies, has
been discovered by enterprising pri-
vate individuals in Russia.
A Warsaw merchant named Helm
mann. who has just been arrested as
political suspect is proved to have
granted one-day policies to married
bomb throwers and shooters.
The premium charged was only %
per cent and the policy covered the
day on which thu attempt was to be
made.
Heinmann's paper showed that he
had insured against immediate death
woman and man who had thrown
bombs from a window at the governor
general The policy covered only the
risk of the terrorist blowing himself
to pieces or being shot dead on the
spot. If the policy holder was cap
tured and executed after trial Moth
ing was paid.
burg-American line will not be de-
signed as "Atlantic greyhounds." the
company having decided 10 abandon
the policy of building ships for speed.
In building their new vessels the
company will aim at size. comfort and
| luxury, but only moderate speed.
President Ballin states that three
more huge liners of the American"
| type will be built and that the mail
| service between New York and Eu-
ropean ports will be worked entirely
with ships of this class.
The company also means greatly to
extend the service to America and the
West Indies.
The fastest Atlantic liners will in
| the future sail under the North Ger
man Lloyd flag.
! On Wednesday next will meet in
| st. Petersburg, convoked by the czar,
the most important council held in
Russia since the winter palace con-
! ference of 1881, when after the as
sassination of Alexander II. the elo-
quence and persistency of Pobiedonos-
self broke down the constitutionalist
plan and entailed for the empire
! twenty-five years of unrelenting re-
preston.
Car Nicholas has summoned his
relatives and few intimate council
lors. NJ. Stolypin, the premier, VIII
attend but the gathering Is essentially
a family one. There will be half a
dozen grand dukes Count Ignatieff,
NJ. Pobiedonostseff and Colonel Putia-
tin, nominally the czar's secretary but
in reality a parsonage of immense in
nuonce in political crises. The grand
dukes who for years past have been
ignored officially as the cars advisers,
will once more be asked to give their
views on three alternative policies:
either to concede genuine reforms, to
let things drift until the convocation
of the new douma, or to return once
and for all to the old system of abb
solute rule.
There does not exist, as foreigners
believe a grand ducal party. The
czar's relatives profess all shades of
political philosophy and none, and
they differ so fiercely on personal
questions that half of them will not
speak to the other half. Grand
Duke Vladimir is not now on speak
ing terms with Grand Duke Alexander
Michailovitch, and Vladmlrs brother,
Alexis, hates him even more, for 1t
was Alexander who laid before the
czar his misdoings as head of the navy
and his romantic financial relations
with the Frenchwoman Baletta. the
Queen of Tsushima," as she is
called by Russians, who attribute. the
naval disasters to her greed and to
Alexis dishonesty. The car long be-
fore he sent him out Of Russia had
ceased to receive Vladimir and Grand
Duke Nicholai Nicholaievitch. as be-
fits his resolute, courageous character
treats all his relatives with contemp-
tuous condescension.
He is a big, resolute, unthinkine
man whose only idea of statecraft Is
"shoot straight" and as commander
of the faithful guards and of the st
Petersburg military district, he is q
weighty adviser.
In the coming council Nicholas will
declare for the old system and brain
less as he is, there is no one to op-
pose him.
Grand Duke Constantine is a gen.
uine democrat, but he Is not a fight.
ing man and has not offered the cZaI
any advice since his warning against
the dissolution of the douma was dis
regarded. He prefers his books, his
boats and his salon society to wrest'
ling with arguments.
None of the other grand dukes
Cuulll' AlcAIS Is an lITelIleNdDle us
grace, and young Andrei has likewise
: been in trouble over a foreign actress
: Nobody takes Boris seriously ant
Cyril is in exile.
Alexander Michailovitch's reac.
tlonary ideas might count were he no.
ridiculed even b. the cZar as an ar
rant coward--and a coward without
reason, for the terrorists disregard
: him.
No one expects the council to ac.
complish much though 1t may result
in the czar deciding for himself and
granting the people the constitution
! they are signing for, a course which
both his uncles, King Edward of Eng,
land and King Frederick Of Denmark
ba Ia