New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
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1ouhg Mems Christian Association"
Haven't heard from San Francisco for a long
time" said the Busy Man. The town must be
getting along all right"
II is having a terrible struggle" was the re-
sponse, because of the lack OF labor Carpen-
ters are getting as high SO day Many
OF ehe insurance companies are still holding
back on payments. Yet the city is not without
some reason TO be thankful. An agreement was
reached by the President Secretary Shaw and
representatives OF San Francisco according to
which the United States Treasury will deposit
With San Francisco banks S12OOOOOO of gov
ernrent money. with bonds of the city as Sc
curlty Tor the deposit the money to remain IN
the banks until the government shall call for it"
Haven't paid my May gas bill yet" said the
Busy Man Am still hesitating about paying
the dollar rate"
The Appellate Division Of the Supreme
court, said the Constant Reader, decided
mat gas company could not turn off the gas
or consumer who offers to pay the S0-cent
rate. Meantime the Mutual and the Equitable
insurance companies keep bubbling. Three
more Mutual trustees have resigned. Robert
Olyphant, Charles E. Miller and James c.
Holden. With these men passes away the old
expenditures committee which o. X the false
and padded bills that furnished the yellow
dog funds. The Equitable directorate at last
voted for the naturalization of the company.
Among other topics around town the indiCt-
ment of two subsidiary companies of the To-
bacco Trust Is noteworthy The FEDERAL gIanQ
jury found against two trust concerns. the Mac
Andrews and Forbes company, of New York
and the John S. Young company, Of Baltimore
An ice famine is feared, the price for Ice nav
ing been advanced TO 30 cents q hundred on
the other hand the tax rate has been reduced
In spite of a growing budget and increasingly
liberal appropriations. the increase in New
York City assessed valuations in the last year
is sufficient to knock the tax rate down about
10 cents on the thousand or 14S1V2 for New
York County 153925 for Kings. .154S29 for
Queens. and 155324 for Richmond Perhaps
you've noticed more policemen on the streets
That's because the two platoon system Whlch
has again been re-establshed increases the
In our last talk you said Russia was getting
nearer q revolution remarked the Busy Man
DO you think a revolution likely when the
army remains constant"
The army has been showing ominous signs
Of restlessness,' the reply. "A large pro-
portion Of the news in the st. Petersburg pa
pers consists Of dispatches telling OF mlntaty
disaffection in various parts of the empire AT
the capital Of Yenisei, a Siberian province, a
garrison mutinied and killed its officers. AT
Cronstadt. Sebastopol and Ryozan there have
49, ,,e1E1 o,,+braoIts Eoeasants have heen able
10 rout the rural guards. In the Caucasus law
lessness of all kind is rife. The Jewish massa-
ere at Biaystok, of which told you a week ago,
has been blamed by the Jews on the govern
ment They say that the troops aided the mobs.
Many Jews have been killed in other cities, also.
Hebrews all over the world are raising money
TO succor their afflicted kinsmen. The Douma
has been hard at work over the agrarian legis-
lation which the peasants demand zealously.
Its sessions have recently been marked by seri-
Gus disorder. one day a riot caused ad-
Journment. Another attempt was made to as
sassinate General Trepoff, commandant at the
palace. And, 10 change the subject we now
have an ambassador. not a minister TO Turkey.
The official change has just been made King
Haakon and his Queen We're crowned at the an
cient Norwegian capital Of Trondhjem After
years of negotiations the house in Rome In
which John Keats. the English poet. lived and
died, has been bought for memorial. The dry
dock Dewey has safely reached Singapore.
Japan. foreigners complain, has shut the door
Of Nanchuria to jhe rest of the world. Japan s
deficit in the next budget will reach S40O000OO,"
Didn't get a chance TO look at the obituary
column last week. said the Busy Man.
Among those who died. was the reply were
Archibald Watt, head of old New York fam
ily: the Rev. W. p. Ray, a Methodist clergy
man of Cambridge, Mass George ]. Snelus the
-netallurglst. Of England; George K. Fitch. a
San Francisco newspaper man. Charles E. Trip
ler the inventor OF a liquid air machine, and
" r Thompson. Pittsburg banker.