New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-11
Consta mt Reader Tells what ne
Missed in Last Weeks Paper.


q, ,ro-sg strike won't come until April l. re-
.,,.6 she constant Reader and even then mere
won't be q cosl famine. The coal companies ~
ssreasv stored 100000 tons. and TO prouect 49,
selves further they divided the mining US -,
sn,o sections with corsstabulary 10 guaTo 'hei' -
have erected stockadss around the coiherles' 10
,n,rs,s on t2ae other hand raised sulAe Iuilu %
xsecoen BY April they expect 10 nave s0'O' -,
The miners demand an eight hour gay anu -,
reooenation Of the union John Mitcheli' pres
q. .bo union wants the 10 strike, whereas
ratr5cl- DoIan president of District NO. o.
firm az. INST one. The facuonal nghl Jew" - =
men nav disrupt the organization Zen e,s
miners nave already gone out IN the ~ -
-,.e.. tn. onerators saw that they will make
~ oonce. sions Meantime Pittsburg has annexed
.sllegheuy. becoming thereby CITY OF me
rsnk with a population OF half mlhon
at s,-ros the fight against the merger OF uie
.ransporfatt IN companies IN MailHa''oH -
on, said N Busy Man -,
war is srl n being wage6 at Alhany asalls' t
-,,.olidarfou,- the reply. William M. wins
-. penuhlica1 candidate for Mayor last ia4l a.
,ss +ta m areer and urged a statute which
,,,o,,l5 rrevent II. Bird s Coler. Borough fresi-
dsrr ~ Frookl, n before the Railroad COMMITTEES
~ the BOARD OF Aldermen. urged that the merger
be probed and rlst Charles E. Hughes. the insur-
ance investigator, do the probing"
mas tbe legisa ture taken any action as the re-
s,,l, f that inslr investigation? interrupted
the Busy Nan.
,-.,,or,es that ex-Pnssident John A. Mccall shoulo
he sued for AZ least $1,000 which he still is said 10
ou-e the company. and that Andrew Hamilton tne
legislatiye agent. should be eXtraoited rom
France aI5 made pay up also Altogether ham
iltor got 81 Ooaoo0 from the company The COM
mite. also scored George W Perkins ana started
3 legal inquiry into the question whether he Is az
oountable for certain amounts which ne look as ms
On, 7,roffs Mr.. NJ -Call has followed James n
15,5e's example and sold his horses Meantime
Richard T. MoCurdy. who retired under IRE from
the presidency Of the Mutual Is preparing 10 go
- paris 10 lir. The charges made against MI
woodbury.. the Street Cleaning Commissioner that
his department graft ridden were brushed
aside by tie Mayor. who said they were IN
SOM one was saying that Bishop Potter had re
signed said the Busy Man, as if to shift the suO-
ject. .--s
Won mean the Rev. DR.. William s Rainsford
who resigned the rec7 oship of St Georges Episoo-
pa church. in Stuyvessant square said the ON
slant Reader. He ga-Fe up the work because ol III
health The man chosen TO succeed him Is the rev
Hugh Birckhead who has been the minister IN
charge NJ Birckhead. is BARELY thirty years old
.eYou were saving something about cheap gas
bill in one Of our recent talks. said the Busy Man
NV own gas hill that paid yesterday made me
think % it
"A bill fixing the price Of gas at eighty cents
thousand feet has been reported favorably to the
Assembly at Albany said the Constant Reader
and j is expected pass the lower house Inc
Senate. however. il IS feared. viii Kill it. The
charges against John 7. Merrill chief clerk OF the
Corporation Tax Bureau. that he had Disseminated
un3ustlv in favor Of many corporations were as
missed by otto Kelsey. the State Controller. The
Attorney General who conducted the investigation,
decided that Merrill was not guilty. Congress, how
ever. has working harder than the legisla-
ture. The House passed the Hepburn Railroad
Rate bin by vote OF 346 10 :. This bill gives the
Interstate Commerce Commission authority. when
a rate has been complained OF unreasonable
by a shipper. 10 investigate that rate, and if it
finds II unreasona bic 10 that is just and
that viii be the maximum rate which be
charged. The report the Pennsylvania Rail-
road asked for by the Senate and caused by the
charge that that railroad had entered into an il
legal combination with other lines made by
the President. The report had 20 him from
the Interstate Commerce Commission. and said
that there combination The Pension bill
passed the House. II carried Sl3a 10000 for PEN
sions and 81 2s5oe0 for pension administration In
The mean while Harvard has abolished football
year"
You haven't had much 10 say about Russia OF
late. Have the revolUtionaries given it up? asked
the Busy Nan.
The forces Of reaction have become so strong
replied the Constant Reader. that the Workmen's
Council dishanded to lay plans for spring upris-
ing. Heavy shipments Of arms recently to Fin
land have caused the Russian authorities some
war, the Lettish revolutionists fghting ierceIy
1SeIt ~ Ro ee many pe1hg XII kiieG General
ing mutinies The meeting OF the long anticipated
when thev learned from Premier Ni1te 9bat gbeT
would have 10 buy the state lands, which they
wanted divided among them free. NJ. Pakotiloff
the Russian Minister u China, and Mr.. Tong rep
3esenting Inc Chinese government, discussing a
treaty along The lines of that between China and
japan. Russia wants mining concessions in Mon
COLA and commercial privileges in Chinese Tur-
Is China stin boycottng Americans?" asked the
Busy Man, impaUently.
Worse than that was the response. The
Washington is alarmed. and il is said that the
soldiers who Were just the Philippines from
san Francisco are 70 he held in readiness against
q Nilhese Crisis. Many acts OF violence against
foreigners IN China have been reported The mis-
sion buildings at Changpu have been destroyed All
ne flsslorarleS escaped except the Rev. Mr.. Old
ham an English Presbyterian. The districts most
aneeted by the anu-foreign movement are in the
south and east Of the empire. At Algeciras the
international conference continues With GERMANY
ana France each refusing 10 Weld a point In
France Catholics are still 'resis,ing IT, co.,
Shurch property Many fights ia sanctuaries have
ge'n reported NJ Taigny. recently French charge
by President Castro, has been at Wsshineton iT
confer ence with the French Ambassador there He
ss-a ne feal cause OF Castros hostility France
70 70 ger money, by hook or crook The President
Is preparing Tor war, according 10 Venez1elsD 5ts
patches and IS modifying his little army 10 defy
cause her bonds were quoted below par she cut the
interest in proportion The American Minister 10
Eayti has been asked 20 bring about q settlernsrJ
olont get a chance 10 look the obituary
AmonF 1aT fboss xbo SEQ sac the Busy Man
Lady Grey, wife OF the English Foreign Minister.
Dr. John slsde Ely, professor OF theory and prsc-
6yeIson Fowler. brevet brtgadier general and sur
{son on the stan OF Major General Roe OF the
Ne"-Hork State National Guard"
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