New-York tribune., 1906-06-17
us FOR THE BUSY MAN. gA5

tienry A Du Pont, the powder man BRYAN &c s+;,,
- oens Doomed for the Presidency in various parts
=. t'e country, but Mr. Bryan himself saws il is
al TOO sudden He has been attending the sas
s'ohs OF the Douna. ST. Petersburg"
Jerome has had some more alleged insurance
cIooAs indicted. suppose" said the Busy Man
trail" '' ''-e''
lie has secured more indictments of insur-
a'ee oInclals was the reply. The District Attor-
hey says he is going to make q test case of Robert
"a. 1Fanniss. formerly president of the Mutual
VINO was indicted for forgery in the third deeree
u Mr Granniss is found stdltE ,lr. Jerome will
then look Scr similar isw dis skers in the other in
surance companies The D l. & w has rari,.aa
us o4d plans for a tunnel under Manhatta, and
'+e ->oTth and East rivers. 1t wants to build il
uloeF 18th street, with Manhattan station under
Union Square. The cost is estimated at s45Ooo0oO
The Elevated railroad won a case against a prop
erty holder which will mean a saving Of &c Ono O0o
10 Ssv00oo TO that company. 1t will render invalid
about 1900 claims"
near all kinds of advice about paying gas
bills' said the Busy Man so I don't know
whether 10 pay at the of so cents or 81"
II you offer 10 pay the 80 cent rate," responded
the Busy Man. the company cannot turn off your
gas This is in accord with the decision of Justice
Levintritt just handed down in the Grossran- Con-
soLdated Gas Company case
You were saying that Mr.. Bryan had been at
tending the sessions Of the Douma." said the Busy
Man Then the Car has not prorogued ii yet?"
NOR Is he likely TO, Just at present" the
reply. Such action would doubtless precpitate
the revolution that seems to be near at hand.
another Jewish massacre has again stirred up
race hatred. at Bialystok the Hebrew quarters
were sacked by Christians and many Jews were
putchered. The DOuma is pervaded with gloom as
ule breach between it and the Czar widens. A
peaceful settlement of their differences appears 10
be growing less and less possible. The army is
becoming more restless. mutinies breaking out on
ali sides In many provinces the government has
shown itself unable 10 cope with the most serious
agrarlan disorders. In the Voga region a famine
is feared. Meantime Austria is seeking to
strengthen the Triple Alliance. It would seem that
the dual empire fears il would be implicated in
should Russia break loose. China is having great
difhculty IN obtaining money 10 meet her rapidly
increasing expenses. England is troubled with an
uprising in Nigeria in which a British assistant
commissioner, Oswald Crewe Reade, was mur-
dered'
4 heard that some relative of the President was
dead said the Busy Man. Was he close of kin?'
You mean Robert B. Roosevelt, the Presidents
uncle replied the Constant Reader. He died at
his country home at Lotus Lake, Long Island.
Others who died last week DR.. Mary jacob,
one Of the foremost women physicians in the
try: General Ralph Brandreth, the sportsman; the
Right Rev. John B. Delaney, Roman Catholic
Bishop of the diocese of Manchester y. H; Henry
O. Houghton the Cambridge publisher; First Lieu
tenant Edward c. Bolton, of the 18th Infantry,
Governor of the Province of Davao island of Min
danao who assassinated by natives; and r. j.
Seddon. Prime Minister Of New Zealand"