New-York tribune., 1906-02-04
ant Req der Tells What He
Som.seed in Last Weeks Paper.

-. ,,ro,v whether or not I'll buy merger
saia the Busy Man on meeting again his
- the Constant Reader.
IT,. ,-ould advise YOU not to do so,' was
- 'oThe plan Of August Belmont and
pe 2 RYAN 10 combine all the traction IN
- q, Manhattan is being bitterly fought
,be nolitical and financial worlds. res
p.i.. Was introduced at Albany demanding an
.1,,cstior Of the merger; and in asking its
-. nv the Ways and Means Committee Clar-
sbearn attorney for Mr.. Hearst said
he merger was the result OF Tammany's
= last November. The traction companies,
ia had contributed heavily to Mr.. McClel-
= election Just 10 get men in office VINO
Ia hermit the formation Of such a monop-
v robn Ford also told the committee that the
- stock was being inflated TO tremendous
usae-tbat Of the SJ00Ooo000 capitalization
xaoO00O00 was water"
..aut the deal has gone through hasn't it?" in
.sr-upted the Busy Man.
I .D,o.rv gone" replied the Constant Reader.
AN except the holders OF a few shares of the
Metropolitan Securities Company have paid the
k9s q share assessment"
: THE Tribune said last Sunday that Colonel
a,.nn Editor Of Town Topics had been ar
800 for perjury" said the Busy Man. Have
.bev proved the charge to be true?'
7 .rolonel Mann's counsel obtained a stay until
.o-,,orrow." said the Constant Reader His
i,,nloves are being examined by the District At
,o-nev 10 obtain evidence against him. Mean
fine two big insurance companies have been
shaking things up. Senator Depew resigned
from the Equitable and II. R. Winthrop was
Elected treasurer. The company also announced
dts withdrawal from Australia Norway, Sweden
and Russia The Mutual accepted the resigna-
zion Of Frederick Cromwell as treasurer, but did
rat elect a successor Standard Oil Won a VIC
tory over the State Of Missouri when Judge Gill
,Isfrs!cess- '+.s4s25 that H. IL Rogers need not
answer the questions nsss,2 him in that States
suit against the trust A Ee!ig1b1@ 6c'.tr"NeIsy
among the Syrians resulted in the death q 7lTm
brother Of a bishop. Miss Roosevelt has been IN
tbl cjtv with her fanoe. Congressman Long
worth, shopping. She was target for an army
of camera men, Mrs. Yerkes. widow Of the
street railroad and tube builder who died
month ago. Was married to Wilson Miner more
than twenty years her junior. Mr. Miner mans
from san Francisco"
In our last talk" said the Busy Man, as If TO
shift the subject, you said that the anti-Tam-
many forces in the Board Of Aldermen had split"
The Republicans and Hearst men are not
overfond Of one another" said the Constant
Reader but they still work together we'll enough
40 pass resolution for a recount in The contest
uf Henry Slattery against John T. Mccall The
aesder Of the Tammauy minority. Meantime
Tammauy itself is sadly divided. The feud has
reached the Fire Department. where Commits
sioner O'Bren, recently appointed by the May
or. is at outs with Chief Croker. Mr. O'Brien
has compelled Croker to give up his rooms at the
Pros5 5v-av Central Hotel which cost the City
$500 a Year. and live as before, in an engine
house The Street Cleaning Department is 10
be investigated, i is charged with being full
Of graft"
7 hear that q ship burned UP in the Brook