New-York tribune., 1906-12-02

coal land frauds. Testimony given by
Michael A. Myendorf. special agent of the
government. that influential men had tried to
induce him to his investigation of these
frauds. He named Senators Warren and Clark.
of Wyoming; Commissioner Richards of tho
General Land Office; and George +. Pollock.
chief of Department B. Interior Department
Washington. He said. because he persisted In
his inquiry. he shunted TO Los Angeles and
then to Portland The ant-On Trust fight is
still alive. The Waters Pierce company was in
dicted by the federal grand jury, ar St Louis,
for being q subsidiary corporation OF the Stand
ard Oil Company The Great Northern and
James j. Hill have been under fire at Mime
apolis. Mr. Hill has been examined by the
State Railroad and Warehouse Commission. The
Attorney General charged that the railroad was
using money TO maintain its holdings out of
excessive rates charged to shippers. Mr.. Hill
sprang a good sized sensation when he testified
tnat there recent movement to combine
all the railroads In the, West between Mexico
and Canada. with him at the head, but that the
plan was checkmate6 by his refusal TO enter into
it. He said he wanted TO stick TO the develop
ment OF the Northwest.
II heard somewhere or other said the Busy
Man, that the Negroes almost lynched Senator
Tillnan In Chicago"
Not quite so bad as that" responded the
Constant Reader. Senator Timan, in the
Windy City. made speech violently attacking
the Negro To hell with laws. he said, which
gave the black man political equality With mo
white. Were such laws enforced, he added. two
states al least would he dominate by Negroes.
There strong guard for the Senator and
in spite of all kinds of threats he suffered no
bodily harm. Mayor SChmitz of San Francisco.
of whom you inquired in our last talk. is now
back in his home town. He was arrested at
Truckee Cal. crossing the state line from
Nevada. but, nevertheless. he received AN enthu-
siastic reception from a great crowd on his ar
rival in San Francisco
'I suppose it won't be long before Commander
Peary is back in New York from his Arctic
trip said the Busy Man
Commander Robert f. Peary replied the
Constant Reader, reached New York last
Wednesday, his way to Washington. He
would not say whether he ever expected to make
to
other explorer who returned to this city last
week DR.. Frederick Cook. of Brooklyn. VINO
with Edward Barrille ascended Mount McI<in-
ley. Alaska. the highest peak in North America.
whose summit Is 20.30O feet above the sea
Rapid transit problems. however, interested New
Workers as a whole last week more than Arctic
explorations. AS the result of an interview be-
tween the Mayor and the Dock Commissioner
plans are afoot for a new ferry line for the
benefit Of the inhabitants of the south side of
Staten Island. and also ferry across the Mar
rows The Belmont people have shown
newed interest in the building of the Lexington
and Eighth avenue subways. and VIII bid Tor
the work. Incidentally all travel records of the
Interhorough We're broken, the Companys lines
carrying 14s6..ll passengers last Tuesday an
increase of SS524 % over the corresponding day
of last year. Controller Metz has shaken up
his department a bit by bouncing a number of
mon who, he says. have been using the cfty's
time for supplying corporations with informa-
ton Both the Sugar Trust and the New York
Central Railroad were fined $4,000 for violating
the anti-rebate law. Caruso the tenor In spite
of the monkey house episode, sang at the Metro
polttan Opera House last Wednesday in La Bo-
heme' He was greeted with A mighty chorus
of braves and handclapping. a vindication. his
friends say. of his innocence
In our last talk interrupted the Busy Man:
"you said the British were having all kinds OF
trouble with their Educational bill. Have they
straiehtened out the tangle YETI
The House of Lords amended the bill so
drasticaly that the Liberals charged the upper
house with being an instrument of the Unionists,
used thwart the government. Mr.. BaIfour,
however. defended the Lords. and dared the
Premier to appeal the country on the bill. In
Russia the ravages of the famine increase. IL
is the worst since the famine Of 1891 The
Citizens Relief Committee of St. Petersburg
addressed an appeal to Mrs. Russell Sage to
come the relief of the starving There is also
a famine In China, where in the province or
Kiang-su floods destroyed the rice fields. The