New-York tribune., 1906-06-24
n..s4rnt Reader Tells What He
Missed IN Last Weeks Papers.

,aed Congress has adjourned" said the
=, gsr. y was getting tired OF the way Il
,-.rred along"
60" replied the Constant Reader, but II
-, adjourned. WHAT'S more. it's not drag
- ,htngs. but doing q brisk business The
80 AZ LAST voted for & lock canal at Panama,
80. ,hs President has been fighting for since
-.-~-sss opened. II passed the Hopkins bin by
:. ,,oss vote OF So 90 81 All that is necessary
- - tor Congress 20 pass the Sundry Civil
~ VIZ an appropriation Of S25oo0,o0o and
- s-1 vii begin 10 hy at the isthmus A
=, MI has also been agreed upon, which sat-
=. .he President, as safeguarding the public
.s,,,t diseased and filthy meat The cost OF
@.,.,+,o1. however. is 70 be on the government
-.-s.or Lodge IN the senate arraigned the Beef
80 ae-oely, saying that the packers for years
:, s.ssd the law. TWO days after he said that
!. sv4st. Cudahy. Armour and Nelson Morris
----,snles were fined $4,000 each. George L.
-Nonas d freight broker, and L. D. Taggart, his
.,-t both q New York, were fined $4,000 and
400 respectively. and ordered sent 70 the pen
-,n.iary. Almost every state now is examining
-,ss. 70 see Il Il Is clean. The state chemist
.,Tns,sna. for example found that OF forty-nine
,,-nles tlircy-tlree were 'doctored.' ."
.T,ut the Rats b1ll," interrupted the Busy Man.
svon dc1't say anything about that nowadays.
Is !; deadf"
.-rhs confeTrues on the Railroad Rate bill
ssvs st last come 20 q fun agreement" was the
-e,y. ~ has been much simplihed- Sleeping
,s-s have been Included as common carriers
Pps lines on the other hand are excluded from
- operation OF the law forbidding railroads"
ron oEu.ng industrial properties. The anti
gsss provision forbids only government en-
pernsv!yan!a investigation still goes on T. J.
Bs-vird. president OF the company. the shares
sf which were found 70 be held IN large quaint
ties ny Pennsylvania Railroad officials, testified
,st7re the Interstate Commission that the con-
rs,.ica 0f the son q President Cassatt with the
Keys-cne Coal Company was much criticised
Ee would nor say, however. that the Keystone
was receiving en- consequence any special pref
e-srce over his own company. BY the way,
New York has got another federal judge.
Charles II. Eough. appointed by the President
IS The result of an act just passed Mr.. Hough
has been counsel 70 the Pennsylvania Railroad
ohio politics attracted especial attention last
week because of the death of Governor John NJ
Patus3n. Governor Pattison was the only
Democrat elected a- The last State election, and
so with his death the Ohio Democrats are with
OUT q leader andrew L Harris succeeds him
The next state election in Ohio will not be
he'd until 1905. The Massachusetts Legislature
has had 1olse--=auing. its House OF Repre-
sentslves voting 70 expeI Frank J. Gethro, q
Democrat o. Boston. which Il found guilty OF
bribery.
My boy w4s graduated at Brown University
last week" SAID The Busy Man
Don't know whether you noticed it but
Brown received $4,000 from Andrew Carne-
gle for Hay memorial library" said the Con-
stanr Reader. Alumni contributed also. In
aeea NE college commeuceneuts have been
marked this year by many large gifts to educa-
non. Rockefeller gave S260OO0 more 70 Chicago
University; Clark University, at Worcester, re-
1eve5 5000 from the estate Of James Smith.
q Douglas, Mass, and Tufts Divinity School
$4,000 from Albert Crane Of New York. Mr.