New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25
W. FOR THE BUSY MAN. MS

''Will the President be disappointed in the sams
way with his plans for railroad rate LEGISLATION o.
asked the Busy Man
me Senate will decide that" was the response
bo'h the Republicans and the Democrats are split
on the bill. Senator Bailey. leader of the Demo-
JUDICIAL review Of the rate decisions OF the Inter
sac commerce Commission: The House and the
nents The two houses 80 a 91eSee me senate amend
killed. The bin increases the salary of many CON
suls and reclassihes the service
49, The bin passed the Senate, but was amended in
ne Rouse winch II then passed The Senate now
Gut me clause providing for transfers Of consuls
M Je 1lsereuGn OF the President Cheap gas ap
delphia; Mayor Mcclellan signed the EIghty-Cent
Higgins and the Council Of Phadeiphia Voted to
reduce ne price OF gas there to 50 cents next
anti-merger bill was amended in the Senate at
Albany SO to permit the Belmont Ryan com
new sqbways. Senator Grady fought most nerceiy
to make this change in the bill. The Raines-
Murphy bill permitting a recount In the last
tRe contest in this city reported to
hhsked for the more secure guarding OF the ballot
r DISfs ne says that now Mr. Hearst's enemies
Are we in any greater danger Of a coal striker
90. a strike seems more likely" was the reply.
i because me operators and miners have been un-
ngures 10 show that the demand Of the miners
10 per ee wases hey | sad that 9 or
some classes Of workmen the uniform scale would
mean a 80 10 a $50 per cent increase in wages.
strike. The United States Steel Corporation. for
instance has begun 10 mine its coal"
some time ago you said that China was giving
washington alarm said the Busy Man. rs the
ant-foreign agitation any more acute?"
Inc native papers Of China are more hostile 10
americans. was the reply. But no more white
blood has been shed. China, however, has not at
tracted as much notice lately Is Russia, where the
people are again fomenting revolt. The working
neelng from MOSCOW for fear Of an Easter massa-
ere. The voting for the Assembly is proving to be
a farce, because the people are being inundated
Dy the bureauCratS. The working classes IN many
districts excluded from the polls by troops. The
government is trying 10 stamp out the least show
OF resistance. AT Rostof, for example, a meeting
two were killed. The execution of Lieutenant
Schmidt for being the leader Of the SebastopO
The country Meantime Russias finances are be
coming more shaly. There have been many fall
ureE, including the downfall of the largest firm
IN Russia which failed for $l3,50O00 Another blow
the S482 500 robbery Of the Credit Mutuel, one
Of the largest Moscow banks. The bureaucrats
charge the crime 10 the revolutOnists. The bank
batting the passage Of protective tariff bill. And,
by the way, Charles : Francis. Editor OF The
Troy Times has been chosen Ambassador TO Aus
Some one told me of a volcanic eruption IN the
West Indies" said the Busy Man.
Il guess you mean the earthquake In Formosa,"
responded the Constant Reader. 1t killed several
thousand people and destroyed $45,00000 worth Of
property"
Il heard somewhere that Congressman Bennett
dead said the Busy Man
mo, no. you mean George r. Patterson, Repre-
sentative Of the 18th Pennsylvania District, said
the Constant Reader. Others who died last week
were DR.. Robert ogden DOremus the chemist, edu-
Gator and inventor the Rev. DR.. j. b. Dunn, gen
ersl secretary of the National Temperance Society;
Bailey, OF Texas, and Mrs A. D. T. Whitney, the
author OF Milton Mass